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DEJA, AMuRrOAN :—The church at Denver,
Colorado, having made application to' the Chica
go Presbytery, with which it stands - connected,
for the•installation of, Rev. E. P. Wells, its s
tar elect, Rev. J. H. Taylor, of Lake Forrest,,
and the writer hereof were appointed . a,com . trait
tee of Presbytery to„ prlceed to Denver and Ter
form the agreeable service. - Leaving hre on the
23d of November, we reached next morning the
goodly city of Omaha, now numbering' upwards
of 20,000 souls, having more than doubled. its
population in the two years Since last I visited
it. It was pleasant to find a handsome rind • eau--
a odious house or worship on the 'fonndation
which had then stood for some time unoccupied:
This church has suffered froin canine not yet al
together removed; but it has elements of strength
and a noble ppportnnity,.ard ought to have a
bright and prosperous future.
Resuming next da y'our journey over the 'U.
Y. R. R., a ride of 24 honrs carried-us across the
entire State of Nebraska to Cheyenne, the caps
tat of the Territory`of Wyoming, where our
route diverged from the main track. This en
tice route is now eo familiarly inan to all read
ers of newspaperit, that I shall spend time in
eentibin g 'either the country , or the' jenru - 4.
Yet one ean hardly rid himself' of the feeling of.
wondernient,'arni a lurking suspicion 'that' it is
all unreal, as be rolls luxurioutily along Over these
vast and mainly unoccupied spaces, at ihdiate of
500 miles 'per day, eating, -drinking,' reading ,
talking, sleeping as though enjoying' the eom;. H
forts of a well appointed house.
Cheyenne, wish Its 8,000 Intabitanii,
growth of little more' than two years; hasi the
tined and permanent look of a to*n ten tidied its'
age. Here we feted 'brOther of the late 0.€1.,.
,
laboring with encouraging prospects on the titri4-
6/1 / hard material with'which he has to build, and
patiently awaiting 'the - arrival ef his cliurch oil=
tine, which; hadluttelbthini f oinforireety - telkin
graph, had been shipped by rail Frani Chicago;
and might be ex,peeted any hour: It was to post
$B,OOO, and to be the beet -chur i ch edifice between
Omaha and San Francisco: Whether he got it
up so as to preach in 'it the next Sabbath,' I have
not learned.
We bad looked forward with some misgivings
to a stage ride of 1.10 Miles, twenty hours, from
this point to D., coca Were happy to find onisnlvis
just in time for the first 'traid - over . thd Denver
branch, now build to Evans, a point about half
way the distances Calais yeti have '.a Map com
piled within the last sit *Peeks, you need not troll,
Me yourself to search for this newest of "cities;"
for six weeks since not a vestige of it occupied
the present site. Yet it numbered that day' from,
one hundred to one hundred and My housesoind
the daily paper of that date announced that, should
the present favorable weather continue ".a week
longer," a considerable number could be added.
As an evidence of the rapidity with which civi
lization advances in those parts, the keeper of
the house where we dined had been shot dead, in
cold blood, some days before our arrival, and his
murderer hung upon the nearest "cottorawood,"
within two hours thereafter. The details were
given us by a young man, a fellow passenger,
who bad "assisted" at the trial and execution,
with the air with which be might have spoken of
pie-nie. The last 50 mites we made by ,stage,
reaching our destination late in the evening.
This whole ride from Cheyenne to Denver was
of a most interesting character. The road runs
nearly parallell with the mountain range, some
GO miles distant,, but appearing, in the pure,
transparent atmosphere of those elevated regions,
(0 000 feet above the sea,) to be scarcely ha 'f a
dozen miles away. Its lofty snow-capped peaks
are constantly 'in sight, and, the long serrated
ridge stretches away, on either hand until it
loses itself in the distance& Herds of antelope
bounded away from us on every side at the ap
proach of the train; prairie wolves sneaked out of
I:glit, and pert little prairie dogs sat composedly
at the doors of their houses, as though railway
traits had been familiar, objects all their lives
long. The country itself is beautiful, the soil
fine, and capable, with irrigation, of producing
the finest of crops. It' is, however, and will be
hiefly valuable us a grazing country ; cattle
reeding the entire winter ou the wild grtnses of
the region, and couilig out hi good condition for
market iu the,spriug. We were surprised to see
how numerous were the ranches or farina lying
coutinnou-ly along all the water courses, indi
cating a much larger population than we bad
supposed to exist there.
Denver, the capital; and princip 1 . town of the
territory, is a goodly little.cityi of five thousand
Boo's, skirted by the l'lntte, tied divided by the
bed of Cherry Creek, whose waters sink into the
ground about midway the town; giving a'singidar
appearance from the bridge under which they'
disappear. Through all its streets, yards,. and
gardens are seen the shallow.ditclies, which bring
water, taken from the Creek at a 'higher level,
without which neitheiktree nor plant could grow.
The scenery of the region is scarcely, surpassed,
in grandeur, the temperature , mild; the i
Mid
salubrious, the people intelligent, 'and generally
moral. •
The installation services Of the Sabbath dreii
together a large and apparently interested 'audi-'
mice. lt, had seemed , a scarcely necessary ex
penditure of time and means, that two persons
.
should make an, excursion of 2,200 Miles for 'this,
service of an hour, but`we fudged' that' it was
wisely made, and that 'the 'reSalts the Churah
and the people would prove
ly happy`
,
Our excellent brether Wells is* universall yes- -
teemed and beloved, and we trust' may long 'Con
tine to labor with success in' that distant, bit most
interesting and important field. '
Unfortunately the season' of `the year did" not
perMit of our entering the inountaini,,
ring the region to any' great extent, with refer' ` '
cube to MiAsionery work '
.` ' ;We `sew'ind thetiid'
enough, however, to 'deepen and' intEilsif~" our'
convictinn'bf the urgent necessity Of a' 'great 'aid
rapid extension of our #orle,,inithia great `
embryo'
State. is mountains cite literally fall . of'val na
ble ores, now more suenessfilllY:eitranted - than
ever before, and are soon to le poputons
`with ad'
aCtive; enterprising, and nrealthy claii of pnrskins.
BUth the Kama's Pacific' and' the Denver Pact'.
fie Itait'reads will ' hive ranched Denver
course of another seasea,.ind will bring allarge
secession to its Population.. The sainfirity Of the
bring there in 41neit of'
health, 'while in five - years' time its caroni,
parks, streaths; and, above : all, its ' magnificent'
mountain scenery will make it the annial'resore
of thousands upon theusands 'of our . recreation
arid' pleasure-seeking citizens from 'every 'part-of
tl Itroad - latrid: '
„On tiaixig.i.*eattalitexo,tha ti
the intellectual character of the greater 'part of
the People we met all over that great region.°lt
would lie” very difficultto equal them in any; situ
ilar - number of people at the Eiat. Bold, reso
lute; self-reliant, afraid of nothing, aoustomed
to carry their lives in one hand and. a' revolver
the other; they are yet frank, cordial, communi
cative, generous and friendly. Those-Who-'go to ,
preach the gospel to such> men as are . chiefly '
found there,, must be live, earnest, practical men,
well versed in human nature, and ,prompt to en
ter into the interests ; and views , of , these young
and vigorous communities. All others ,had, on
every account, best rema i n,, elsewhere. They
will . get ne hearing there. . , IsT9wraw.EsT.
Chicago, Dec. 10, 180.
GREAT ENLIGHTENMENT OF THE NA- ,
TIQE PRINCES QV INDIA.,
RAJAH OF KOLAPOGIR. OOING.TO EN.OLAND.
LET lEK. FROM REF. R. G. ; W ILDER. .
We hear that, as a part of his general educe,
tion, before taking the reins of government; the
Maharajah of Kolapoor is likely to Make a trip
to England. He will probabry'start in Mardi
next.— Times of India.
MY DEAR EDITOR :-The 'good' peop'e' of
America have not 'yet learned to feel a Very ape
cial interest iti the'details of political;
religious movements in India.' Hilt 'doubtless,' as
the' lines of ihtercommunieation continue to
shorten, and all nations are drawn more.closely
together in , one common brotherhood, thiginterest
will greatly increase.
A very hopeful sign of the times in India, at
presentis the 'rapidly increasing intelligence Of
many of ithe - Chiefs and 'Princes, resulting in ,
breaking up their exclusive. views and- feelings,
and their adoption of sentiments add principles
more liberal, and more in:accordance with the
spirit of the age. . Witness;-the King (Rajah) of
'Jeypore employing a missionary, to , supetiutend
his medical and educational departments, accord ,
ing to hint a position of the highest importance
and influence under his government, and wel•
eernino - o and supporting a young lady, from our
Women's Union Missionary Society, to teach , the
ladies of his.palace and the girls of •his,eapital
Four years ago I spent:five hours in the Durbur
of the young Chiefs of Koorundlear, an indepen
dent principality twenty five miles' from my house
in India, and was listened to most eagerly by them
and one hundred and fifty of the heads of their
people, as I discoursed on the leading principles,
history and doctrines of our Christian faith,—
and never was I more, intelligently questioned on
all, the leading topics which interest the m0..4 in
telligent minds of the age. Oue of those Chiefs
has rinse been eected member of the Legislative
Council of the Governor of Bombay. The Chief
Of Junzkhuncli well educated man, and so far
in advance of the priests and people around him,
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, D,ECEMBER 16, 1869.
that when the first instancofottbe remarriage: of
a Brahtnan widow occurred recently in Bombay,
an event which• seriottily algibated the':whola of .
Western India; and brongh4 upim the parties and
all *ho countenanced theirdthe bitterest ceron t r e
of-the whole orthodom,Brahkdan priestlittod, this,
Chief instantly marked his sense of the propriety
and int portin of 'die :ro' form, :by sending •r,00.0.
lupees ($750) to the bridertand‘bridegrdorn - as S .
marriage gift; .1; rz 1,)
The t piragraph • abnie; whiehl ate'rel , ilipped
from en' Indiin Taper jiist vatliand; hem speeial:
interest for , me, .beeause riferring onr:Owni
Kink: (Raj tily)' atKolapedk --Ela is a t Young ilant
of abetit twenttiearii, i,oti'verade readily'ito Eng
lish, 'and is welt eawisted Oa. IlltellitigtitV iik k ti
all gatheriagtrof the Mitive Princes ef
at Lotirbtr Of; the' `Governor' of "Itodibay-;
the 'Nee Of epeelif helitirls"Secordeot id , Mini;
and the sustaln`s 'it go'ott , griiee and • arkedc
'At •My interieleo irith: him"; three
months ago, he spoke .4 1 Rio/viol, to vißit 'Eng:
land—La wish which 'l' 6Mitt#'d 4k‘ , eiforftto encore
rage; litiowityg 4t to be ode , 4.(thl; most effeetite
measures for 'dehtrby int , ' thee r‘eninantiffi:if ; Super: ,
••• r • •
kititibn' add r ' , eaate-pi.djadircer rind conf•ming;'
'aidie'liberil hireadyi.an'
enlightened:a t 6 earre' E6tilinfg rfortheidof eir6 2 `
monies aild'w6i•ships,'Sia r ObtroonfottriV
plaisittee' to''the , 'prieStS Ileople l 'sleet
has an English' ookr oroiir Chriatian ofierip4'
. ,
tures=-a gift' from our Atntlfican BibleSOdietiyi
and "I auf issiliedi thni . .t4Toften NOS'. it! 'Ai's.
kind Te'eliiigs fo*ards otti 'Mission itieve baie•oft,' ,
dad' ivha'n3. l 4te let l his' dapiGill;'
three whenier
witAi rtlian-he 'f&L e6tijoretni• -illtisoll ;00.1
Weisel men tief 1 61110, aisirred,? ti
will dirterin' itd irifili4neto in his sibjecitd: , 43611141
his heb:rr - . brOtifilit°6lider the' influeifee
oocri , gitt r ee' , atnill'Sprli;f skid
4 " {' ""
ron*e - , Ake e ri tut nnee,.
iDhulip Singh, now in England soon
look for trinnipts:ok'fliii Goefel' , in the Kingdifm
Xe_iiipopals ,, fai . giiiii . aitiMilefok4,o 4400' It?'
, ' - ranspiririg • on the: Island of Madagascar; ' For
this let us pray. Youra sincerely,
-.1 - ,'" ... ..i . ,! .. .:i; . T G. WILDER
• ROCHESTER; SHAIV'g TirENTY-i .
thiIIRSABY.
;7;.'
.11EATIT OF ELDER FREDERICK STARR-OR.:
hwoxote iingiVELICVOltomE.
With-the eapiration' Of 'the fast month; itev
Dr. Shaw Completed , IWenty•iiin'e "years of his
grand: and.4ticceissful sittit(istryT6ver :the Brick
churoh , of this city. riatit,Sibtidihr `evening he
preached• his: anniversary FierniOn 't63a (great con
grbititio'n of deeplii filterestet ''Jatidi: 'attentive
hearers: ..It was . a . remarkahle an'd : interesting
'occasion. How seldom a pastor 'is:Permitted 'to
preach:lis..'B9il anniversary sermon" to the same
frock. What Changes: in that time! , What
resurrections froth deaths unto . life! How
these .t matters thronged the, minds, 'especially' of
'the older:members, of the congregation. They
lived , Over very rapidly some scenes of marvel
lous interest lin' the' 'history of the Old Brick
churCh.
W
, e are happy to ' , report that :the -enterprise
was never more ,prdsperous than now; the pastor
never stronger in •the , affection 'of his people.
'The. church ''giews not old with age; bid only
more vigorous; and more efficient year by year.
,
The numberadded to. the' felloWShip the pist
year Was 0fi1y.222 ! The Whole nunibei now in
its communion. only 1267 1' Stich •a church is a
mighty power in the community.
But the Anniversary sermon was not the only
notice taken of 'the event. After the Sabbath,
the :ladies , took it in hand, and on Thursday
evening the 'church proper, the Lecture ' , Room,
Sabbath school Rooms were all thrown open for
a reception -or sociable . and supper. 'The great
church'Was thronged. All the rooms Seemed to
be' full. Hand shaking, kindly greetings and
pleasant Words filled , up the flying hours. The
supper, enough of the best for an army of men,
was sprea& upon the long 'table in the lieeture
Room. We • noticed a great stout man in • the
desk "carving' turkeys!' But it was not the Only
time meat has been dispensed from that< sacred
place; meat which some have relished, even
more than' they did:this which perishes with the
using.
There was' a great throng of young people
present: The Brick church is' largely compOsed
of such, full of life, hope and activity. Long
may they live and labor in the Master's‘service,
better' Christians than their fathers, making the
chtirch more and' more mighty and useful every
year till time shall end.
STAiftS'DZATII
Last Sabbath evening Dr. Campbell preached
a most appropriate and highly sat;isilatdry ser
mon on the, death. of his esteemed and able
Elder; ` , FREDERICK.• STARR, Esq. . He paid a
well;deserved .tribute to - - his worth. Mr. Starr
was.born in Warren;Ct.,-settled hi Rochester in
1822, where helms lived until he quietly yielded
up' his life tb the. Giver of ail good, on , the 27th
ultyatd 70 'years tif 'age. • Hitrdiy any layman of
our part of the country was better known'than
fdr.!•Stair,. especially within the boUnds •of the
Presbyterian church; • -certainly no one was's,
better friend:of our. belOved: Zion.
He was an intelligent New School, man; well:
ready itt Theology, lehaafous of his . own views,
yetluroni rejoiced' More sineerelk
vicitlyithan.he; in. th'e • bleseed" reunion' now so
happily consiimniated: ;The -last' act dr .11isllife
peas to on .the ntiptinl oerenicerise;at Pitts
burgh:: 'tom his- dental: ;bed: he said it 'wae
gloaious4 it Was: Woitkallit cost.":
9Thi4.last !remark' wha -made in' view of the
tat thafthemisrtakerk sick while: Attending, the,
meeting at Pittaborgh6 ) He inettu3dito , be saying,
t,liatisuohiconsunimation was:mord' dying for. .
itany . or , Miinreaders remember.lthat
Starr 'once: owned iand published , the'. 'Galicia?
;Evcngelist,:befoile it •Was;removed. froth our %city;
to, Phil/m:l6i and • Igritivi to be ithe.Amsuickwi
PiCESBYTE4IAIC OTItiB a:salittole of. ,the
waythr,Whieh he' %yeti :always 'trying to. protriote
the,' iriteresti: ofvthe :church.. Her 'Carried' the
hurdin,:of • that: piper , for some.ltime vn 'his
Shoulders, because he thought it a power forgciod
in" all 'this ;region: ; r.„ •
1 He Was `, one lot gthe hest Men - in - this,. or any
other , city ; alWays ready.to deny himself to do.'
gold •; a min pf conicience, a 1,6a1l of intqgrity,
tearless foie the right, ,Thea&chturaeteristica:wnre
heautifully presented , by: his 'pastor: • be did
nob indulge in Tnisome ;adulation ;' with-sueh
6ne discrimination amheLie eatable. Of making;
the bestiqualities of: theme!' were.strikingly and.
pleasingly
_presented. • 'The Sermon <gave great:
Satistaction.idthdae wheheardit.
Rev . Dr. Knox has - eomnienced his 'labors
Awillny'ettt!iiebiptifiltineis in - Ehe- a Wit& '6
Elmira. On letti , ina - Roine" lagt 'Week, Many of
his people ainompanied him to` the Depot, arid
gali,e" 'bird ‘a most friendlY fareNiell: Among'
their last ants 'was the' presentation ',of aepurse
of ; $2501'
A four 'days' meeting has been in progress `
the preierit - Week in the Presbyterian cbtirch of
!Almond. The pastor, Rev. Mr.' Ogden, is aided
bYitei* . . A. Niles , D. DI, of Corninc..;
ERRATII M
; .
types in our, last, made, a certain fund of
, College. $lOO,OOO, instead of ten
thoupand as it unfortuu.ately is. True, this was
- only the addition
,of one cypher—nothiug—and
yet it was a great exaggeration, after all. We
suspect, however, there was a. .providence in it.
'One hundred . thousand ,is what is; neededor
what theipstitution would gladly have, in that
fund. , If any, one will take thh hint, and sup
ply.that
. additional •cypher, we shall, not regret
the mistake made. GE.N.Esio.
Rochester Dec 11 1869
.PITTSBUROIL.
A MARVELLOUS REUNION 7. 110 LD
,AorioN ,
ON THE FREEDMEN A.ND THE CHINESE IN
CALIFORNIA ; • .
DEAR Pagsß7lnimi:—Let me tell you
something of the meeting of the Presbytery of
!Pittsburgh;just closed. Presbytery met in the
'late " Old School churrih'in this place. I hardly
know of anything more marvelloui connected
with the Re union movement than this very fact,
e. the coming together of the Old and New
Schocil chut!ches hero.. It was in this very house
that the
some
FRET- CHURCH .movement
started, some twenti-three yiirs ago. In no
part of the country, perhaps, has a more bitter
state 'of feeling existed. To` the credit of all
concerned, a few months ago a movement origi
natcd in the Old School church, which has re=
'suited in an atmost unanimous and most hearty
coming together of these two divided branches,
for the Free church branch had been taken into
our Presbytery two years ago. • It is marvellous
to an extent that only those who know something
of ScOtch Irish Presbyterian character'in West
ern Pennsylyania can understand, that these two
. .
Co n gregations should have been brought't l.;
ogether
frankly, fairly, confidingly, under the same pas
tor. But so it is.. Our eyes have seen it. Would
that you could have been present at our meetings,
and e specially last evening, to hear brother Wm.
F. Mitchell, the really eloquent Quaker repre
sentative of our Freedmen's work, carry along
that large mixed au Hence of old.line, Free
Cburch Abolitionists, and those who, until late
ly, rejoiced to be politically and otherwise their
avowed foes, with breathless attention for fifty
minutes or More, as be p'eaded for a true recon
stuction of the South, especialy of the portion.
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embraced in the Southern Church—by _the
Spirit of LOVE, through the medium of first
class Freedmen's teicheri; not going to the
South to irritate, but to soothe 6nd win, by show
ing a More excellent way. All the meetings of
Presbytery have been attended by large congre
gatons, and the deepest religious feeling seemed
to prevail. ' •
'Feopy for you th 4 resolutions adopted unani
monsly'iin the sUbjeet of the Freedmen and the
Chinese in California.
VItEEDMiN
-Resblv . ea, That' the Presbytery has been deeply
interest . ed in. the ;presentation of the cause of the
Freedme,n, by. Wm. F. Mitchell, the representa
tive of the General Assembly's Freedmen's Com
iftge
Resottek;'That Presbytery . heartily approves of
the manner In which Dr.lllatfteld and .t he Freed
men;B.oonlinittee have entered on this work.
Resolved, That it s is the duty of, our church,
and. Of the , entire united Church, to go on, more
extensively and earnestly with this work, and
that' we pledge the Cominittee our full sympathy
and bek efforts to promote the cause and urge
thej churches to, take up larger and still larger
Coll ‘ ections for thin object, and in every way in
their power to go on, until every neighborhood in
die entire South is supplied with , st. good 'day
sehool,•Rabbath School, 'Church, and pastor for
the. Freedmen..' • '
CHINESE 'IN CALIFORNIA.
After:an earnest'discussion of this subject, the
folloWing.resolutions were unanimously adopted
Resoliled, That• the situation of the Chinese
in, California, presents special claim upon the
sympathies of Amsiloan-Christians. ,
Resolved, 'That we regard with unmitigated
disaPkobation and disgust the treatment the
Chinese in California are reported to have re
ceived:
RAplo s ed, That, it is, the clear , duty of the
Pres "peep Church in the. United States to see
tlipit * : eip . peeple - hive the opportunity of instruc
t
066' diq'ttuf SabbSth Schools suited' to their
peenliar circumstanced, 'and 'that we Specially
commend their , case to our Freedmen's Commit
tee,,and hope that, at the_ earliest possible day, a
District Secretary will be appointed under their
care and direction to attend to this department
of latiti;.- ..,-,-”•,• ._ ..,..:;,•
,'. '-:" ' ' - ''' '!" '
- finay as well add that Bei..t: F. IDS was air:
pointed Moderator. Rev. D. H. Evans, of Grand
River •Valley - Presbytery, was received into our
PiedbYtery. ' Mi. B. C. - Montgomery of the Re formed Pieabyterian'Church, and now a student
.
of the •Wester*Theological Seminary, was taken
nniler the care of Presbytery:
... , .
- Rev: - W. T. Wylie, late of the 'New Castle
church, met with us for the last time. Re goes
. .
to the Presbyterian church in Bellefonte. He
has been
--a very earnest and successful worker
with,us. We shall miss him exceedingly. The
church at Lowell—some six miles away, where
there has been very little evangelical preach
ing for many years, has been, through the
labors of Bro. Hill, and the contributions of
many who have chosen to regard themselves as
'skeptics,renovated and' refurnished very neat
ly. They held their first communion on last
Sabbath. . The organization now numbers sixteen
members, and they, have a .flourishing
Sabbath
School. '
NEN/ BBDIOnD, Lawrence Co., Pa., Deo. 4, '69.
MINISTERIAL UNION IN PHILADELPHIA.
An interesting event transpired at Calvary
Presbyterian Church on last Monday, in the or
ganization of a new Ministerial Association,
composed of all , the Presbyterian ministers, (of
what Used' to be called the Old and New, School
brancheeof the Church) in Philadelphia and its
. .
;vicinity.
The meeting was largely 'attended, nearly all
the brethren being present, and the best feelings
were manifested OD. every aide:
The Rev. Dr. Musgrave was called to preside,
and was assisted in leading the devotional exer
eises, by the Red, Dr. Humphrey.
At the close of the religious services the meet
ing proceeded to business.
The joint committee on organization, which ,
had been previouSly appointed, submitted ti se
ries of Rules for the regulation of the doings of
tne new Association. These were fully amass
ed, and after being .
amended in a few minor
points, were unanimously adopted.
The Rev. Charles Brown was unanimously
elected permanent- Secretary, notwithstanding
his •earnest 'desire to be excused. But his long
experience (for twenty-one yearn) as Secretary
of the late Pastoral Associatidti, induced the
brethren to press him again into service.
The Asioeiation will hold its meetings every
Mon&y at 11 o'clock, A. M., in the Rooms of
the Presbyterian Board of Publication, No. 821
Chestnut street.-
—Dr BOyd, "`The Country Parson," made a
good point, 'not long ago, when in maintaining
the need of an order of service or ritual in pub
lic worship, he- added that when the ritual be•
came ritualism. , tt religion instead of lin aid to
tergion, it becomes an abomination.