gottritan, EmlrOtriait.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1869
REV. JOHN W. MEARS, H. H., Editor.
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MISSION SUNDAY SCHOOLS IN KANSAS.
" Kansas is ripe for Sunday School Missionary
work, and the schools already started are doing
the greatest amount of good. One school near
Leavenworth, was recently engaged in a revival
reaching nearly every family. All the schools
are flourishing.
" An Eastern young lady, only eighteen years of
age, finding no religious privileges in Osaukee,
started a Sunday School there with sixty schol
ars, the first ever organized in that vicinity.
This stimulated the starting of another."
These items are gathered from the reports of
one of the missionaries of the American Sunday
School Union. The Union principle is the only
one on which Sunday Schools can be organized
in many such communities.
KOLAPOOR MISSION, INDIA.
STATEMENT OF THE - COMMITTEE-IN CHARGE OF THE
=I3
This Mission was re-established under our di
rection in 1861. Since then its annual reports
show the following :
SUMMARY OP WOKK'DONE
I. One , Christian church, built of stone, 65
feet long by 36 wide, valued at $5,000, standing
as the only, temple of the living God amidst the
two hundred,and fifty-four idol temples of Kola
poor, the sweet tones of its Sabbath bell being
heard over the whole city, and one hundred and
fifty to two hundred idolaters gathering at every
service. •
IL Daily and Sabbath preaching, lectures,
prayer-meetings, church meetings, Bible classes
and catechetical exercises.
Alora than 2,000 children and youth
gathered into schools for a longer or shorter pe
riod, under daily Christian teaching, resulting
in the enlightenment of many and the conver
sion of some to Christ.
IV. More than 2.8,000 volumes or 3,000,000
pages of Christian Tracts and Books have been
put into circulation, of, which 3,100 (1,500,000
pages) were Bibles or portions of Scripture.
These pages of. Christian truth have been very
widely circulated, and in a way to give promise
of the largest results on the minds and hearts of
the people. Our Missionary has also labored in
Bible translation and revision, has prepared
Christian Tracts and Books for the press,—such
as " Scientific Errors of _Hinduism," " Jane, the
Young Cottager," and "The Shepherd of Salis
bury Plaiu"—books exposing and refuting hea
then superstition and error ; and full of the
sweet essence of divine truth and 'rich - Christian
experience, and he has completed a Coramentary
on two of the Gospels—the only original Com
mentary ever published in the Mahratti language,
, on any part of Bible.
V. An unprecedented amount of labor has
been ierformed on preaching tours—the Mis
sionary having visited every city, town and, vil
lage in the kingdom and many in , adjacent
territory—in all 1,580, whose population is
1,051,140; his aggregate hearers having been
over 100,000; and in 1,275 of these cities and
villages, , he could find no trace of any Missionary
having been there before, or that even the name
of Jesus was known. KOLAPOOR is a city of
50,000 idolaters, and in the wide region * around
it stand marked on 'this touring journal, forty
four towns and villages, ranging in yopulation
,from 2,000 to 30,000 souls, each of which is, a
favorable locality for one or more Missionaries,
having around it a circle of smaller villages,
suitable stations for native helpers.
VI. A church of native converts has been
gathered, and twenty-eight Persons baptized, of
whom twenty one are now living, communi-
This work has been accomplished 'With no aid
from any Board or, Society, but with the volun
tary gifts of a few Sabbath Schools and friends
in America and India, at an annual expense of
some s3ooo—an aggregate of $27,000, and with
no charge for collecting or remitting funds.
Stern parental duty has now brought our Mis
sionary to America, but he is anxious to return
as soon as possible and to take back one or more
young missionaries to reinforce the mission - and
perpetuate it, when he can work no longer.
The committee in charge of this mission the
past ten years, , fully sympathizing in the desira
bleness and necessity of such reinforcement, most
thankful for God's favor in the large amount of
work accomplished and results secured, deeply
impressed with the special eligibility of KOLA
poon as the centre of a large and needy field of
labor, wholly unoccupied by any other society
or missionary, highly appreciating the self-sacri
ficing spirit which has led our missionary to
struggle on with his heavy burden, rather than
accept the offer of the full value of all his build
ings and property, together with a retiring al
lowance—an offer made to him by the Bishop
of Bombay, on condition that he make over his
mission to' the S. P. G. (the English High
Church Ritualistic Society,) and having im
plicit confidence in his fidelity and whole-heart
ed devotion to hismork, are anxious and resolved
to do what we can to reinforce and prosecute the
mission. And we earnestly commend our mis
sionary, the Rev. R. G. Wilder, to the churches
and Christian hearts who . love the souls of the
heathen and desire their salvation,• hoping they
will Soon furnish him means to take back one or
more missionaries with him, and, place the mis
.
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1869.
sion on a more efficient and permanent basis.
In behalf of the Committee in charge of the
KOLAPOOa 3.l.l§slois
OUR ROCHESTER CORRESPONDENT.
DEATH Or PR. MOSES BRISTOL.
A good man has 'hus gone, at 79 years of age,
to his peaceful re . He was born in Clinton,
educated at Yale Clege, where he graduated in
1813; studied me tine in New Haven ; prac
, 1
ticed for a time in s native village, and settled
in Buffalo in 1822, hen that village contained
but 3,000 inhabitan —it is now a city of 120,000.
For a long time he as one •of the leading phy
sicians of the pla , but retired from active
practice nearly twe y.years ago.
During the last orty-five years he has been
an esteemed and nored Elder in the First
Presbyterian Chur .. , For several months past
kites been seen b his friends that he was fail
ing; but the end meat last suddenly. He
was stricken down ith paralysis and lingered
ate but a few hours. He
'ward. Bristol, Fail., an ear ,
;r, and one of the Elders in
church. His funeral was
his death was noticed with
in an unconscious
was the father of
nest Christian wo
the Lafayette st
largely attended,
tokensof highest
lIFFALO ITEMS
Dr. Clarke, of
his people an able:
,of the Old Testa , .
ship, their scope a.
Dr. Hopkins, o
supplying Dr. flea
the Lafayette St.
ffalo, has been preaching to
ies of sermons on the Books
t, their date, their author
design.
Auburn Seminary, who is
k's pulpit, has been giving
urch some of his historical
en especially busy with the
John Calvin, John Huss,
a krilliant, instructive, and
in each one. We believe
ome next.
lectures. He has
Johns—John Kn
and John Wickli
interesting, lectur
Martin Luther is
Mr. Anson G. ester, (brother of Rev. Dr.
dhester,) a well-k wn editor, writer, and poet,
has . recently been ensed by the Presbytery of
Buffalo. He is al dy preaching very accepta
bly as opportunity ers, although he;is still pur
suing his theolo 1 studies, under direction of
the Presbytery. Jhas been strenuously urged
by his pastor, Dr. lacock, to enter the ministry;
and feels within , h elf, " Woe is me if I preach
not the Gospel," so gives himself to this sa
cred calling, even ugh not now quite so young
as he was ten yea go. We know that troops
of friends are wis him all possible success in
the new sphere o I ristian activity upon which
he is entering.
Rev. Dr. Ileac
.f..)rnia on the 2 ,
warmly attached
him. It will be
special demonstr,j
is expected home from Cali
abbath of December. His
.le will be very glad to see
like them to make some
oi l. their love and welcome.
Rev. Dr. Ni •B
of a successfu& mi
church of Coining.
have united/with h
Last year his, peopl ,
at a cost of about $
perous, alld the pa
beloved/
Arnorig other te•
recently manifest,
tial buggy wagon
for the comfort of
Rev. Danoin Chi
torate of the Presb
and been released
bytery of Chemurvz
and beloved, a g
pastor.
just completed ten years
ry over the Presbyterian
n that time 215 persons
hurch, 151 by profession.
ilt a fine house of worship,
00. The church is pros
is greatly esteemed arid
onials of their good will
uable corn and substan
presented to the pastor,
If and his family.
ter has resigned the pas
ian Church of Burdett,
his charge by the Pres
] e is a brother esteemed
preacher and faithful
our city, preached a most
, abbathevening on Syste
urged benevolence as a
joy ; and that'it be syste
genuine or efficient. A
giving adopted by the
Rev. Dc. Crowe
admirable 'sermon
matic Benee, ficence.
duty, .a privilege a
matio in order to
scheme of system
session, is also pas
books, as a gentle
of the times and t
be taken each mo
bered. Such a s
cleat pastor, is th
benevolent, purpo
tend to it, there
each one of the church
nder. to the congregation
uses. A collection is to
Each cause is to be num
, well worked by an effi
. way to raise money for
If all pastors would at
be little left for outside
be halcyon days to the
agencies. Those
church.
• g was devoted to a re
rn. By invitation of the
• rst and Second convened
g, which at present' is the
ening services were eon
wluy of the First Church,
•ardman of the Second
n address and report • of,
emblies in Pittsburg were
untington,.
commissioner
Last Sabbath
union meeting in
Central Church,
in their place of
Opera House.
ducted by -Rev
and Rev. S
Church, after w
the meeting of t
given by Rev. '
of Cayuga Pres
good; the meeti
siastic. Auburn
Rochester, N.
The address was very
eresting, and even enthu
.r union. GENESEE.
1869.
he Bishop of Orleans
t, the editor of the ultra
e Eniverse], for the pub
ceding.the infallibility, of
Paris, Nov.
reprimands
.montane organ
lication of artic,
tbe Pope.
C - Eo. W. MEARS.
J. S. CUMMINGS.
JOHN W. NEARS
While the two lines were standing at the
Pirst church, on either side of the-street, we,
and several others not members of the Old School
Assembly, said : "The other line is rather short;
let us desert and join them." As we did so, one
of the Old School exclaimed : " What business
have you over there?" We. replied : "This is
the Short Line; we prefer it." Another said:
"He is just where he ought to be. He has been
defending the New School all along." An Old
School man cried out 'to the other side : "We
are glad to see you come baci to the old fold."
Some one from the other line responded: "It is
you are coming back. Old things have passed
away. Behold, all things have become' new."
Again from the Old School line some one said: "No
man having tasted old wine straightway desireth
the new, for he saith the old is better." The
presence of Geo. H. Stuart, as Marshal, added no
little to the merriment of the march. Some one
cried out to Mr. S.: " Which Schobl do you be
long to ?" Mr. Stuart did not hear, but another
answered : "He is the manager of the Pan
Presbyterian drama,• and this is the first scene."
As Mr. Stuart was giving' oideis along the Old
School line, some one said : " You had better go
over there and keep those people in order, and'
you will find it about as much as you will be able
ttolo."
OUR EXCHANGES.
REUNION
The Methodist has been a warm friend of
Presbyterian Reunion_ from the first, and thus
sends its congratulations on the accomplishment
of the measure :
This was a sublime spectacle. We doubt not
that the heavealy host rejoiced over it; and all
good men throughout Christendom will hail the
news of it with heart-uttered hosannas. It is
one of the great exponent events of our age—an
expression of that deepened charity and growing
catholicity which have been revealing themselves
more and more through Protestant Christendom
with each decade of our century, and the result
of which will be a general moral, if not ecclesi
astical, unification of Protestantism. CEcumeni
cal councils are an historically exploded illusion;
evangelical charity and unification are taking
their place— the scriptural " communion of
saints." Methodism, by the unification of its
numerous American branches (so unnecessarily,
and therefore unjustifiably apart), should have
claimed the signal honor of presenting to the
world this grand precedent; our General Con
ference and our episcopate were disposed to win
it for the Church; but we have failed, and the
blessed credit of the example, has fallen on our
Presbyterian brethren. Let them enjoy it with
our gratitude and benedictions; but let us lead our
ecclesiastical hosts into' the same line of march
as promptly as possible. We, above all other
people, are morally bound to sustain their bene
ficent example by imitating it ; there should be
no unnecessary delay.
The Western Christian Advocate speaks with
brotherly cordiality, and a true insight into the
facts :
We hail it as a harbinger of the unity of Pro
testantism, as a manifestation of the power of
Christian charity, and as the exponent of the
tendencies of the times in which we live. We
join some of our contemporaries in regrets that
Methodism was not first to celebrate the consoli
dation of her scattered branches. For a time we
hoped this honor would fall upon the Church of
our choice. But we shall not complain. Our
Presbyterian brethren have earned the triumph,
and we accord to them the credit of leading the
way in the grand march to unification and suc
cess. Their's was a victory of no ordinary char
acter. The difficulties they had to encounter
were not merely personal and ecclesiastical, but
doctrinal. Although subscribing the same
standards, a diffeient method of interpreting
them had grown into a fixed habit, drawing be
tween the sections of the Church distinctly
marked lines of theological differences, threaten
irig-to become irreconcilable antagonisms.
Zion's Herald holds up the Reunion as a re
buke to Unitarians and an encouragement to
Methodists :
The two Presbyterian churches were formally
united at Pittsburg,• the week before Thanksgiv
'ing. The union was one of heart, and the differ
ences in doctrine were ignored rather than set
tied. The two assemblies came together with
the singing of one Methodist, one Congregational,
and.two Episcopal hymns. " Blow ye the trum
pet, blow," "All hail the power ofJesus' name,"
" Blest be the tie that binds," and "Praise God'
from whom all blessings flow." It was a little
odd, and dreadfully shocking, undoubtejliy; to the
Revised Version Presbyterians that such a mar
riage should be effected without a single psalm of
David, and with these four hymns, all from un-
Presbyterian sources. The Church thus united
has agreed to raise five millions of dollars as a
thanksgiving offering. What do our anti-Chris
tian and super• Christian free-religionists say to
such a liberality ? By their fruits ye shall
know them." This union betokens the union of
the Methodist churches, and that of all the Pres.
byterian bodies still scattered abroad. -
"The reporter of the Presbyterian says:
Next to the unanimity with which the reunion
was declared, nothing calls for greater thankful
ness than the spirit that was exhibited toward
those who were known to have been its opponent&
Not an uncharitable word was uttered about
them. An examination of the lists of Trustees,
Professors and Directors, elected by the Assem
bly, and of the Committees appointed by the
Moderator, will discover the names of some who
have disapproved of the various terms of reunion.
The paper itself has not yet arrived at any
conclusion on the subject, except that it is to be
the paper of the united Church.
The _Herald and Presbyter is too full of joy
for utterance. Dr. Montfort writes :
Many little .pleasant and harmonious things
occurred in intervals of relaxation like one that
is told of Mr. Barnes, as taking place a few weeks
ago during the meeting of the American Board
at Pittsburg. Mr. B. rode up to the Allegheny
Seminary, and meeting an, Old School friend he
was asked : " Why, Mr. Barnes, what are you
doing up,here ?" Mr. B. replied : "I under
stand ' that we are soon to get possession of
some property up here, and I thought I would
like,to see it.'
Another humorous point in regard to - Reunion
appears in the same paper :
There are two Presbyteries called Potosi in
Missouri, one of which is in connection with
the 0. S. Synod of Missouri, and voted for re
union. The other is a part of the D. and T.
Synod of Missouri, which Synod claims to be
" all that will be left of the dear old Church"
after reunion. Its Presbytery of Potosi has
"gone through the motions" and voted against
the Basis of Reunion. Whether it has voted on
the Fiftegnth Amendment of the Constitution of
the United States, and sent up its vote to the
Secretary of State at Washington City, we are
as yet not informed.
The organ of these malcontents, The Missouri
Presbyterian says :
According to the secular papers, the wedding
was an occasion of overflowing joy, manifested
in hand-shaking, *eel ing, and most brotherly
speeches. While we do most emphatically de
precate the avowed motives of the leaders in this
movement, and particularly the tricks and out
rages with which they have thought proper to
prosecute it, and while wi do honestly dissent
from the Basis as too indefinite and a virtual
surrender of distinctively Old School doctrine
and history, and, therefore, have our fears lest
the predictions of discord and great strife be
fulfilled, yet it is our desire and prayer that
these fears be not realized, but that God will
graciously order the reunion to the glory of His
great name, in 'the'furtherance of the gospel.
The Independent does not see anything in the
Reunion to be jubilant '
Aver, and presses the
issue of "*Union in the Spirit," but ends thus :
We are sure this new exhibition of brotherly
forbearance, this latest achievement and illustra
tion of Christian liberality, will strike the world
as pleasantly as it does us. The only difficulty
in the popular mind, we apprehend, will be how
to strike the balance, and award the credit of so
regal a triumph of so worthy a principle. The
more, we are inclined to believe, will insist on
congratulating the New School on the excellent
spirit of forgiveness which they have manifested,
and especially on the recognition and vindication
they have been able to win, at the hands of the
-very men who once persecuted them to their
ecclesiastical death. Our congratulations go
rather to the "Other Branch." For, "to get
justice dope to one's self," is that so much, as it
is "to do justice to somebody else ?" And have
not these. Old School brethren, with a unanimity
rare for them, laid aside the garments of suspicion
and prejudice, and clothed themselves from top
to toe with the pure white robes of neighborly
love ? Nay, by the sacrament of a solemn vote,
have they not taken to closest embrace of enofra
ternity those whom they once denounced and
" exscinded" as heretics ? The palm is theirs.
We publicly hand it over to them. And when
men's shouts shall be heard in celebration of the
victory of the New School, ours shall ring out clear
and loud for the Old! But, be we right or be we
wrong in locating our praise, emerging out of
the dust and confusion and enmity of this long
controversy, comes sweet-voiced and fair-browed
Liberty. Her we salute. And, seeing her, we
begin to suspect that the real victory is not of
this party or of that, but of toleration. For
that let paeans and Te Deums be sung.
—The would-be murderers of detective Brooks
have received their sentences, to suffer the full
penalty of the law,—a fine of $lOOO and seven
years' imprisonment. The ring was powerless
to mitigate their sentence or to attempt a rescue.
Mr. Brooks, nothing daunted, is again at work,
closing up illicit distilleries, and we think he will
be unmolested for awhile. Even in New York
city a man who intended to commit murder, but
who shot the wrong man,;was last week sentenced
to nine years and six months' imprisonment.
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
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of Sampson Low, Son and Marston's, Bayard
Series: Dr. Johnson's Rasselas, and Wm. Hazlitt's
" Round Table."
MRS. J. HAMILTON THOMAS has published an
elegant volume , of poetical selections, entitled
" Thoughts that Cluster Round our Homes.'
Sq. gilt, pp. 223.
HARPER AN] BROS. publish " Haydn's Dic
tionary of Dates revised for American readers."
Bvo., pp. 541. Also " Wild Sports of the World,
by James Greeenwood," with 147 illustration
pp. 474.
PERIODICALS.
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FOREIGN. ITEMS.
—About one hundred . and fifty Bishops have
already arrived in Rome. Many of them are
from America.
.Madrid, .Nov. 23.--The Government has de
termined to adopt vigorous measures against
certain Bishops who have gone to Rome without
passports or p emission. The Bishop of Havana,
who was recently arrested in Cadiz, was taken
to Madrid yesterday under guard.
Rome, Nor. 25—The religious exercises pre
liminary to the openino. of (Ecumenical Council
have already been ordered
St. Petersburg, .Nov. 26.—The old law limit
ing the -residence of Jews has been enforced
in some parts of the empire recently. Two
thousand of these people have been removed
from the Bessarabian frontier to the interior of
Russia, within a few days.' An impression pre
vailed that the Emperor will disapprove of these
proceedings.