ELE lltjtEriatt,
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1869.
REV. JOHN W. MEARS. D. D., Editor.
Ire. 1334 p7seatnut Street, Phifidaphis.
TIWE EDITORIAL COMMITTEE.
Rev. Z. Mt Humphrey. p.n., Pastor of Calvary
Church.
Rev. Herrick Johnimi, D. D Pastor of the
First Moron. '
Rev. Marsh; DJ)." Pastor Clinton St.
Church. • .
Rev. Peter RUT D.D., Pastor of R. Broad
ilt Charch.
Rev. George`P. Whine D.D., Pastor of Green
Hill Church. •
Rev. E.' R. Adams, D.D., Prof. in Lincoln lOW
versity.
Rev. Samuel IV. Duffle/4, , SpeetiA,Cor
respondent.
Mr. Robert E.-Thompson swili 004tinueta asi
as Editor of the News Department. . t '
Correspondents in, every , ; , Presbytery - and
Syuod will promptly furnish us with fresh items
of news from their"respective selda.
stir Letters from the Bills, 11., by" On the
Wing," An Obituary, The Rock of the Church;
is it Christ or Antichrist P Rev. A; L Stew-
art's Leiters,' XL IV; page , 2nd pEditor's, Ta
ble Literary' Items, of
Items Romanism ; Con
vey! sion of Noah, Webster, How to be Saved,
_Diet of Brain- Workers. pageSdpitan (Poetry),
by S. W. Memories , o,t, Childhood, by
Bishop iiorris ) . The 'Soldier .and , the . Substitute,
"Make tit so 4 Plain that I can get .holdpof-itX
Budget of Anecdotes, page 6th; Religious World
Abroad', page 7th:
- —Lafayette' Coll* begins its Sessionsofl.B69
—7O with one hundred and, seventy students,
sixty two of them Freshmen.
—Of -the 150,241 persons who
school these United States .oVer 'lOO,OOO
•
are women.
—AlleglienySeminary (O. S.) - opened its ses
s'ons Sept. 14th with twenty Four' atudents. Six
more are expee4ed. Dr. Hodge delivered an ad-
' —Rev. T. B. Bittinter, D. D. of Sewick
lerille, 'Pa:,' has declined "at hd 4kresidency of
Wash ingtog, 'And Jefferson , ( 1 1rift4) College) to
which he was recently •elected,
new Sunday law, closing Barber shops
and clearing boot blacks from the 'streets, went
into effect in Washington last Sunday. The
law, it is said, was originally_introdUced into the
Councils, by a leading colored barber.. .
—The Cutholt7e Standard corrects the as
sumption in the letter of the Moderators .to Ahe
Pope, that Presbyterians had been invited to
the (Ecumenical Connell. It sityS:'",,,*o such
invitation has been extended to them. They are
urged .by the charity of the Holy, See to . pral
for the grace. to return to thelChurch Of God."
-'Dr Dorr, just deceased, illay - be reckoned as
the :direct successor of the Venerable Bishop
White, as rector of Christ chutch. On the
'Bishop's decease, in 1836, Rev. J. W. James
was chosen rector. The church was then closed
for repairs, and before' it was opened again,Mr.
James had died, 4out a month after his elec
tion. Since 1857,, Dr. Dorr resigned his work
and salary to Rev. E. A. Foggo.
—The Scottish Episcopalians, who own the
greater part of all the laud, in Scotland, have re
cently furnished a grand cathedral at Inverness
They expended some' $140;000 in gold on its
erection, rather less than some single American
congregations have expended for the same pur
pose, but they are not out of debt. So instead
of putting their finger's deeper in their own
pockets, they are'begging £l,OOO 'of an English
Missionary. Society, the 5,.,P. G,.
--At the recent meeting of the British-Asso
ciation, Archdeacon Freeman read• a piper op
posing Darwin's theory of the Origin and
Development of Natural Species. The •Arch
deacon >revived the old Platonic doctrine that
the various species were created after the pat
tern of ideas preexisting in—the Divine 'blind.
Moses coincides remarkably with Plato, in say
ing that species were created "after their kind."
--In the Convention of Illinois, which met
this month, a new cane.' was proposed and re
ferred to a committee, providing that , if, at any
time pending proceedings against a clergyman
under a canon of the diocese, an application be
made by him for the ,
interposition of any civil,
tribunal to stay or delay such proceedings, he
shall• be. suspended from, the.exercise of..th.e func
tions of the miystry, and shall not be allowed to
attend in .pereob, 'br by counsel or ..agent, upon
any subiquebt proceedings id rkividAo the of
,
fenea alleged against him. This is4ntended to
prevent' future .interruptions to ecclesiitStical
trinlf like that witnessed in -the- late gheney
trial.
—The recent 'attcrnpl'ef a German, sceptic to
assassinate a Lutheran miniSter in a 'Terlin
thireh t while be. Was repeating- .. the creed, has
led tti a renewal of the discussionins-to the spir
itual condition of that country. The English
papers bade iditg letters, many of them full of
curious misapprehensions. The general conclu
sion arrived' at is.that things are not so bad as
they were, but iltat in some sections of the coun
try, the '° Tat mass of the German people have
lost all hod on thfi'tritth orehfistian doctrine.
Many prObliblfare lie* duke '•finiiliar with the
inside of a Church than was the Berlin butcher,
who,h4p,p9n,cd.tuAttend at the veb , service at
*hick this attempt of assassination took place:
He exclaimed : " Whew ! Firing guns in the
creed? Why that's new. They didn't do that
when I was a boy !"
—The Pope has had his word about the con
vent atrocity at Cracow. It is to censure the
Bishop for calling the saintly jailoresses " de
mons." Our newish exchanges are publishing
all sorts of versions of the affair, but these don't
hang together well. One story, told "on.good
Catholic authority," denies the whole story of
constraint and imprisonment, and says that
Barbara confined herself to her own room
through:excessive scrupulosity of. conscience.
Another , version, also on good Catholic authority,
is, that she was confined because suffering, 'froni
some horrible form of madnesd—mania eAiitica
seems to be hinted at. In either case, whether
the torturewse : self inflicted, or -inflicted on a
maniac, the main fact remains' the some.
—A very sad, weelc has the past one been to
theobServer, of sad,
affairs, as brought to our
not* hy Vie •daily press. ;Homicides mi,d, deeds
of • daring.violence frauds and ~defalcations, es•
pecially the 'corrupt and obstly"trihstietions
Certain `departments of the lilsethodiit B6ik
cern, just.brought light, , the blood stirred
vpiagainst our country in. §pain o und the. intense
and disastrous frenzy got up by artificial means
in the New -•Yark . money -market;'revealiiig'inore
clearly than eVer; the almestdespotic pdwqr of a
smill.and . .perfectly unscrupulous clique over the
finances, the credit; and the welfare of the.entire
country—these have constituted a scene far from
agreeable to contemplate.. They , are loud to
all. Christ's people , to' keep themselves Unspotted
froDi the world; to pray' and watch lest they he
drawn, into the widening, yawning vortex of•evil,
while the pulpit idsummoned to utter,telear and
loud, its warnings and denunciations against the
forms of wickednessthat seem to' be sii4
flood n
.
upon of popularity and of moral indiffer
ence, and threateniug,teundermine the seats. of
justice themselves. • •
k~ >:~t ::-c;
"THE POW' AND THE TICHET.We , bave two
papers in thiwcity which represent the two wings
of the,Republican party.'• 'The Post represents
the Itadioals"fig,hts' the rings, &mends the nom
nation. of decent men,, and the, withdrawal of
scamps who have,' secured nomination. The .
Press fights for what - the party chooiegn with
a rigidity ; of discipline which it learnt in' the
Deinooratio ranks.., Since the chanue in the
.
Democratic ticket the two have, changed sides.
The Press. urges the bad nominees of the. party— ,
especially for the Legislattireto withdraw The
Post cries; " Who's' . afraid I" supports'' the
whole ticket.
Olgt ROCHESTER CORRESPONDENT.
The annual meeting was held last week in
Watkins, in the new PresbYterian church, erect
ed,
at, an epense of 850,000 i by the late HON.
JOHN MAGEE of that place. It „is beautiful,
commodious, and convenient brick edifice, a fit
ting monument of the generous man who erect-.
ed it and .gave' it'. to Ithe ,cotigregation. It is
modeled • somewhat-after. the.. Brick •:Church of
this city,. With Sabbath-School Rooms, Lecture
Room, and Church Pailor in the rear.
It
• is neatly frescoed; finely' carpeted; seats
nicely cushioned; church , lighted with gas.;
gallery , ltt one end; organ and choir on the:right
hand of the 'pulpit; on a raised' platforni and
shut in by a low'railing. The choir is intended
only to lead the congreghtional ,singing, which
is chiefly done by the help of our.
_own most
`excellerit Social - Hymn andi•Tune Book. Rev.'
F. S. HO*6 has now ministered for many years ;
to thiscongregation—a man much respeated and
beloved .by all The Churtih was never
,:bifore
enjoying, so- .great• prosperity It shows how
'much a neat, tasteful eburehv edifice Will help'
impart spirit and life to a- cOngregation,
as attriet_strancers to its pleasant retreat, and so
add to its numbers. , •
The opening sermon in Synod was preaehed
by Iterl•Horace Eaton, D. D., of Paltnyra, froM
the words, " To preach. the gospel in the regions
,
beyond you." The 'central thofight, of the r
'O„
mon was the outworking poweri of the gospel.
It naturally:seeks the. regions. beyond.. It will
not be shut, up to ourselves. If -we have the
true gospel in our hearts,'we ehall try to give it
to others far and near.. •
This grand old thought was beautifully ,elabo
.
rated, and enforced with a great variety,of strik
ing and happy illust i rations. If we dared. to
Make any Miticiim,'it Would' W. that the con
tinuity of the discourse was spinetimes,broken.
Some of the remarks, though - beautiftil, were
fra,gmentary.• .or, at ~ l east, their connection
with the 'great theme was !not 'apparent. And
yet, as a 141161 e; the dis'eontse`-wis a - tifking'of
pearls. The ‘ figures of 'speech' were imleed
sometimes homely, sometimes
,so quaint As to
provoke &smile, but trlmoit always-striking; and
sometimes very beautifUl....` Dr. Eaton thinks in
metaphcirs.
We
,shall not attempt . . to follow theroutine of
the Synod's business, but only notice a few of
the more ifriportant . particulars. Dr. Wood . of
Geneva, was elected Moderator. Dr. Goertner
was heard in behalf of Hamilton College. We
are glad to hear him say that the fall _term has
opened prosperoasly. Fifty:three have entered
the Freshman class. Nearly half the. graduates
of that`college have becotne:minfeterti -of the goh
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER. 30, 1869.
SYNOD OF GENEVA.
pel. Two hundred of its graduates have baen
educated at Auburn Seminary. Three hundred
are still living, and doing the work of the minis
try. Hamilton College is a Christian institu
tion. It belongs to the Church, and the
Church should take good care ofit.
Rev. A. p. Stowell, of Elmira, by appoint
ment, read an essay on amusements, which in
terested the Synod so
, mnch that a Committee
was appointed to publisfi it, and many pledged
themselves to take copies.
,The report on FA;raira Female College,,wbich
is utder the care of this Synod, showed ;that
that. institution is. enjoying a .high degree of
prosperity: It falai larger' number of students
than it has had before in some years: Over one
hundred names : have heeri„ehtered,fop the pres
ent term, and over ninetrboarders are already in
the house.. Within'. the lint year also great im
piovements have tetii`inade in the college Vaild
lags and. grounds
We,Jearned ineidenteliy,however,. that : Prof
Fordi.upiiii_whomcitnimportinti part :cif:the in-
StrikctiOiit,in. this. insiitutiorr *as: 'demi:lived; has
leave of absence for one year:'llic istartie*
ter - tam' round tha'wiirld,..-:He. , goes..first- to
Palifel:rii;:, then to Climax India , ` = Syria,'Ettftipe'
and hpme. lits.plase,- of 4 conrse, will be - sip `
plied: by others absence., . '•
cAnladnairable address ; was made
by ,Rev; W. W. , l4.`tterbuty. of the , !New
Sabbath Committee, in regard` to the' encroach
Tents made and intended on our Christiao
bath. ,presented ; . Ole su ' biect,YeAl; forcibly,
alit stirred the heantif of all present deeply His
gddreestvas eminently practical ':also, showing
Plainly whnt is to be done to resist "these infidel
encreae l3 Pen,is•
.•
..Rev.,wl A: Niles, D. Corning presented;
dome adnairable resolutions;. urged: by ;r1 good,
speech also, on the subject of graded' or rmproc
Ad Sabbath-School instruction z A',large 'I.IOM
mittee, .. Niles.chairmap,. kitf,, raised to 'take
the Matter into further consideration,,andsee
what can be done. — • . ". •
. , .
Tlke Proprietors 'of Witkin's .Gl6l' Seemed
disiosed 'le do liberal - things — T — Thef no `only
sent in tickets, admitting all, the members of the
Synod to the Glen:lnt offered them free passes
to the end of time; free access also for all'the
Sabbath-schools cirf a inectba the Synod.
Jrany 'of the., members of the , Synod availed
`themselves ofithelopportnnity thus offered to see
this 'svander:bf i nature. Tt certainly is 'one' of
the greatest of t r;ilt4rarcnriesities, and one can
; scarcely tire looking Mots_ beauties agiin.and
agaitt, , whenever opportunity offers.,
.011ANGES AND ITEAg.
Rev. Creo. Rayless, who has served On, first
Presbyteriic*Chnriih of Phelps with "great ac
eeptance thitlast:„ Year, has resigned his charge,
and been dismissed by the Preshytery of Orenein,
thatle may go to •our church is Duhuqa . e,
Rev: Robert; E. Willson, sof Clyde, whose sre=
signation his people have 4wice refused to accept
his finally been diiinissed by the" Presbytery of
Lyons, and will seek another field of labor.
The First Church or; Watertown, Rev,„. Dr.
Porter's are making repairs and • improvements,
inside and out, on their church:edifice, .to''tlie
amount of $3,500'. rt will - kook better; and' be
loved more tenderly, when*, is done.
Rev. Geo, S. Boanlman, D, D., who has., sup
plied the pulpit' afAlle Presbyterian Church in
Rome, during the pastor a - absence in Europe,
Was presented 14'1,he` Pei;le with a silver set.-
..,
vice, on retiring, as a testimonial of the esteem in
which he and, bis4ervices. are held by the con
gregation. He .
, new'goeti supply Dr. Miller's
ChUreh in sOgtiedibusg,. while their pastor' visits
the distant East. GEES.F.E.
Rochester, Sept, 25, 1.869,- • '
:...:
,`,llEill.i4f.':.:.f":it;.':•.(Sii#Tjli.
Dze Presbytin Church. of Hokeridauqua . ,
Pct., was, dedicated with impressive and appro
priate services last. Sabbath, September 26th, the
morning Sermon tieing preached:most touchingly
and powerfully 'by the' Rev. Richard H Allen,
D-D., of the Pine street chnreh, Philadelphia
the prayer of :dedication, tieing offered by the
Rev. Cornelius,;Earle, .of Catasauqu.t, who for
some years past has faithfully fostered. this young
enterprise to-its present position. 'Excellent ser
mons wereched in the afterno on ` and even=
, Shaw,
ing by the :Rey. Charles of the Cen
tral church,: Delaware, and- ,by,the. Rev. Thomas
J. Aiken, of East liThiteland, Pa.
Encouragement and happy success seem to
, .
crown this, our new churchat Hok,endinqua. We
have reason f ? to thank G-ud, and take courage"
J. A.. L..
Ministerial. Rev. J B Bratidt, Secretary
of the Y. M. C. A. of Indiatapolis, las received
a unanimous call to the Sevehth church (0 S.) of
that city. ',"'
-Rev. J. 0:Sloan hai begun-his labors with
the - church at Belle Plaine; Mien , vacant by the
removal of Rev: Lewis o.•ThoMpson to the (JUL
lege at Watertown,Wis. •
—Rev. S. D. W:nWestfall (late of !Lyons, N.
Y:;)- tikes charge of diir _churches at Redwood
and Beaver Fall's, 'Minn., vacant 'brtlie' removal
of - Rev. Chatincy Hall westward to YellOw Medi
cine, Minn.
—Rev. JIM B. Little; of Dayton ) 0.,.is called
to the 'church at Mankato, Minn.,.vacant
removal of Rev. T.: Maishall, of St: Lduis.. -1
—Rev. W. 0. Smith, of Huntington,' Ind. - ; has
begun his labors with the church of Urbana, 111.
—Rev. A. S. Dudley leaves Logansport, Ind.,
after a laborious pastorate of four years. He re
moves to Morrosy, 0., on account of ill health.
—Rev. Alvin Cooper resigns the paitorate of
the Second church at Durham. N. Y., after ,a ten
years' pastorate. -Ile leaves after Dec. Ist as the
two. churches propose local re-union. Both are
pastorless.
—Rev. R. M. Scudder has reached the At
lantic States, preaching in the Second chuich of
Chicago, Sept. 12th.
—Rev. Ed. D. Neill was the first Minnesota Su
perintendent of Education, and founded our two
churches in St. Paul. His appoiutment to the
Consulate at Dublin was among the first made by
President Grant. new schmilliouSe 'in St.
Pali' has just been called the "Neill school
house" ilk his honor. • '
—Rev. John Waugh., of Canton, N. Y., has
accepted a call to the church of
.Carthage, N. Y.,
and enters at once upon his nevi charge.
—Rev: Charles M. Whittlesey, a graduate also
of- Auburn Seminary, and step-son of the late Ti
has , recAiVed sod accepted.an in-
vitation to the Mission enterprise in East Utica,
sapported by, the Westminster church of that
city. Ilf!4.his preached! a year or two at New
Berlin, but now remotes this.new and - prom
ising,f:el4 of tabor. ; • = . -
—Rev. CharteE! v ii:. Dickey, who has left "Pitts
burg Pa., ghat - 0 . 4 the FiriC church in
T.ibilis, -. MW:Aus .been i'?resinted' With a - giver
tea-Isetr .by soirie• members' of is old• charge (U
P..] in Allegheny, Pai • •
—A few years ago a "Aew school" Presby
terian minister settled on a wide .and deatitute
missionary field iii Minnesota. The itenerable man ,
(lieiis..now nearly seventy : . years oP age,) conk
menced, preaching the Gospel to his neighbors.
liter a while :the Way seemed open for the er
&anization of a church. The Agent of the
American ' llotne Missionary Society urged that
the church about.to be organized_shOulebe Con
gregatienal..i, ffia, other , arguments ; he
threatened ,the Old,:veteran with the withdrawal of'
aid from' the
,Society it the church was organized
as' it 'Presbyterian church. The missionary re
plied, "al eittilake •int MEd in my hand and•teg
from door to door, if , neeessary, butl. cannot and
will , not consent to , your terms.", And he,did
not. A Presbyterian . chureh wasorganizek and
connected With, a Near-SehoOl Presbytery. 44,
threat was_' executed; the'iiiieSiona.ry'l aid
withdrawn. The missionary' knew w*.;' Ere
family did not. And, thongh;'several years have'
elapsed, they have butxeepoly,leArned,but not
even now, from him, why they were left without
support Time and
'ProVidence 'set: , all things
right. To i aY,this venerable ` missionary has the
pleasure ofk:nowing that. there is scarcely to?
ly ter miles around hini*that, is no connected:
with his' little chtirch, and be'jciYfully anticipates
the comin g r e unio n of the;two.greit; Presbyterian
bodies.t-,-(br. c
ClaliThed. —.. Re• Dr: Wisher; . Of - Lockport,
has in his , church what; be Calls the Children's
Sabbath `Tb:at is, on the morning of'the Sab
bath after the Cn l inuitietion; 'prkclies iipen in
fant baptiain,'thetfutiei of parents? to their bap
tized children, the, problises. to thoSe whoa fulfil
those' 'dales; and similar topics..this trine
also, children are.. presented for 'baptism. The
SeconirSiibhati of this month, tWenty i tbree . were
brought forivarilat )3,114 tinie: On theliievious
Children's Sabbath, nineteen were So presented.
making forty-two. Most of them are the child
ren of the converts of the recent' marvellous re.
vival ;i in hjschurch,,-.Nva agerist.'
. ; ice igec
Mussey,'late "df 'Batavia,
N. Y. is , engaged ottting up a col6nY to '...6 with
him to' start a now town in Kansas. About,
twenty familie s are now,pledged, and he hopes to'
. pace` fifty `He takes three elder's' from 'the church
of Le Roy_ ..Some_ o their_.number_s.re out pros
pecting for a location; and the plan is to carry
school and church' with:theca. .They expect to
be able to organize a . clAurch with some. twenty
or thirtiMeMberi:itt oilee: Ode of their number
is quite competent to take charge of their sing
ing, another has bett - a sueCessfill Sunday-school
superintendent.—/bd.
7 —The elitirbh 'at - Efba, N. Y., eighty-six_ metin
bef:s,"are.Ovethauling and repairing' their hotOe
of wOtship. They are looking fOr a pastor: ' '
=The church of Junius, N. Y.; have refi.ted
their house of worship at an outlay of 62,100,
and it Was re - dedicated A.ugust, 26th, In the
fifty-eight years of its hist,ory it has had 433
members At present it has sixty-eight' and is
free,froni debt. '
Four new ehuicheS have been organized in
Minnesota; at - I.Ake Crystal, 'near 'M.ankato, of
thizreeen members;'. M.adelia, of nineteen mem
bers ; tit Dnillth of twenty-five members (where
a fine church edifice : is going up); at Home; on
the Minnesota River, August 29th;of twenty-one
members With a rotatory eldership. • . ;
—Laneiboro' and-Le See& churches in Minne
sota are building houses of worship.
—The Mundy, Mich.; church dedicated a
.
beautifil house:of worship , the first- ere,:ted in
this fine farming region, and by the joint -sub
scription of every family in, the, towns.
First and Third churches of Newark ;
N. J., held a Reunion meeting Sept. 19th.,
Synod of lowa met at
OhUrOb., 0011113. — 'N
gossgth settlement. Dr. Specs of Dubtique was
elected Moderator. Most, of the time was taken
up with a most vexatious judicial case, from Mr.
Dimmick's .church at Omaha, which has not
only previously harassed the Session and the
Presbytery,:bnt is now on its way.fo' trouble the
~Oeneral As.sembly. - After its constitution Synod
held.: its sessions in,thh O. S. ChOrch, and each
days!, tAbic.was spread in, the. N. S church. The
conversation; on the state,or religion 'developed
the fact that theie had been an increase during
the, last year of 17 chnrches,ettCh of which was
supplied with preaching; ,287 communicants
and only 173 in Sunday schOol membership. 'The:
Synod extends from the eastern line of IOWa
to,the western linepf N4rislia,,apid' has in its
connection 98 churches, 3.682 - communicants,
44(14,585 SuudaysehoOl membership; and it Si
fords a magnificent field, for missionary
Presbyteries.—The Presbytery
. of Hawn
has jest held its stated mewing. The Rev.
John, N. Bdyd was chosen Mederator, and
Xessrs. Bell and Nichols" clerlcs: The overture
rri
fro the General .A.SSenifily respecting Reunion
was reached at an early hour, and after a`brief
discussion; the: ,- answer of. . the Presbytery was
given , in Ihe .-affirmative by a • unanimous and'
rising mote: • '
Resolutions were then introduced by one Of
the oldest and most judicious members of the
body, bearing on the action of the united Church
In the adjustment of the boundaries and relati ons
of the inferior judicatories, which elicited sonic
debate; but after some modification th ey , ere
passed with entire unanimity. The most in t .
portant of these is the following:
"Rmoleed, as the earnest and unanimous con
viction of this Presbytery, that, if the Reunion
of the two branches of the Presbyterian Church,
referred to in the preceding minute, shall be
consummated, it will be for the harmony and
edification of all the parties to this union that
the, first General Assembly of the united Church,
in whatever action shall be taken to readjust the
boundaries of any of the inferior judicatories,
shoutd provide that ample time and opportunity
be given, to' -those judicatories to make known
their .respective preferences and their views in
the premises."
Provision was made, by a special appointment,
for a, full representation at the adjourned meet
ing of the Assembly at 'Pittsburgh, if either of
the present otiminissiotters shall be unable to at
tend...T.he,sum. required from us for the Mileage
Fund wins also put into our Treasurer's hands
with instructions
,t 3 forward it to the Assembly,
Presbytery met
,in 'a new.and beautiful
house orwaighip erected 'last year by one of our
'substantial iongregations, "and wholly paid for;
which to, us gives gratifying, evidence of their
we -verily. an 4 progress. Another of our con
gregations is now engaged in enlarging and beau
illyigg its luiuse of 'worship, at a cost of several
thousand dollars, for - which they have made full
proirision." -
The.R.resbytery did not deem it , necessary to
appoint," a Spending Committee on Vacancies,"
as, we have none. Oar pulpits are all supplied.
'The' Preslytery of Chetkingo, at an adjourned
ineeting•sa the floor of Synod, at. Sidney Plains,
N. ,22d, gave their, unanimous assent to
the Reunion of the two branches of the Presby
terian Church on the followin. basis : " The Re
union shall be effected on the doetrinal and ec
blesiantical baths of our , common standards; the
:Scriptures of the Old and-New Testaments shall
be - acknowledged to be the inspired Word of God,
and the only, infallible rule of faith and practice;
the Confession of Faith 1141 continue to be sin.
cerely `received and adopted as containin e , the
sYsteift of doctrine taught in the Holy Scriptures;
and the government and discipline of the Pres
byterian Church in the United States shall be
apilrdved -as 'co:ltaliang e principles and rules
4k:our. polity!! W.. H. SiwiaLLF., S. C.
North Ri.irer Presbytery at its recent - 'needing
in. Freedom Plains, by a „unanimous vote, ap
proied, the Basis of Reunion.. STATED CLERK.
Oro' toforcho' ille Presbytirkinet in the church
o ft NewtoO, Ind'; .'September 3,1869. Mr. Mark
li. Milford, licentiate, received a letter of dism's
sion to the Presbytery of Athens, within whose
bounds, he is laboring. , My. Jame.s. E. Cowin
was licensed to preach the Goapel. The plan
foi; Reunion, indorsed by the Assemblies, was
unanimously adopted. The condition of most of
.the.-churches is full. of encouragement. Their
fie* up opening wider, .
John P. Crosby, Efq„ having resigned the
office of Tretitinrer of aka Chuieh Erection Fund,
and - Air. A. N. Brown having been appointed in
hiaVlace, all - remittances' hereafter may be ad
dressed to the latter, at 30 Vesey street, N. V.
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