la E 3 litistnegt Gait* GUY AND SUBURBAN. STATE CDRISTIAN CONVENTION. OP*lalisleftetratensadoe ..... Wetense p — ol nanalialgo —Rules or Se UM- Ten tioa—ltepas fee Meer. eitiOle. tbAS Slate Christian Convention, rolled at Instance of the Young Men's Association of thie city, nth the Fil;t Presbyterian Church, 'Woolf ertr6t, last evening, . and the opening sessl?n pas held. The ottoncl- 000 wee 1112104 -r and a number of dele gates form &distance were present. A tekipontry organization was effected by calling 'Rev. E. B. Snyder,' of Christ Chards, to the Chair, who stated the ob ject of the Convention, atter n Meltthe ornilffegatiOn sung the foltowinghymn• end) rorrrter to an, •ll ifs•sfa feu e• ttin''Ve.lhrotee. odit ...sat eon.. es a•-• Gnu ten, deae arras Kim gad geialee. lore Se Op/ se t . wes.. ..a tt. era.. set. W Is f;ekr, be detain had tats He emu as 14 ke. O yeteeth. the saw wits se m i ., r r tr;Pre b eitli g.T 4 ==vo.. Neale peal, **We.. Mowers .be teed ear God limed, es so rttf . En Well et di sneeeli e. • Lee enat Leas rye a t e Attlie dose of the hymn, which was goof to Old Handled,' the Chairman ?rad the 12th 'chapter a Peal's; letter to - the nom i nate, after which he offered an oquen and touching prayer, invoking the blessing of U Almighty od upon the work of the Convention . . Oliver McClintock, President of the YOung Men'e Christian Association of Pittsburgh, was then introduced by the chairman, and delivered the anonym OF WELCOME. The Young Men's Christian Associa oti of this city, by reason of repreirenthog various evangelical chorales, and having been tint named in the cirrular Of call under which you have assembled, been honored . the lest in this m on of the dietitian brotherhood, It la thus that at the meltwater the Pre • liminary Rusin...so' Committee it Tura be come my privilege to extend to you the earnest, honest right hand of fellowship _and express the wenn hearted greetings and christian welcome of the churches .of Pittsburgh. I feel very deeply, han •som, my weakness and unfitness as the aponent of this Mud family in Christ, as they welcome you to their hearts and homes, to their present and counselithge over tae Interests of Christ's Kim:dom. Let. th erefore, th e apostolic salutation to therobealans be, to-night, their message of wet - loom° and the golden chain that shall link heart to heart end Intercom municate tho currenteof mutual love and 00 ... n sympathy which bind together Chriet's amity en earth. t. ."Peso bo to the brethren, and love 'with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jew's Christ. Grath be with all them that love our Lord Joann Christ in sinornity." Atilt was with this Apostle, so let it be with this Coniention, that Christ 'shall be " all and in all" tho Mo tive of evert - act and the energy of every effort. Lottlove to Christ be the Shibla.s leth by' which all men shall pass the t teway of each one's heart and sympa- Vflth Paul Christ's cross width° great aserlfiee were ever presen realties, and mode his life a miracle of toll and achievement for the Master. So let ne raise tomes unseen butspiritually pres ent cross and crucified Redeemer. Let us gather Atka foot and In our discus sions keep in view Its divine burden of suffering and atonement for the sin of the world. May such a presence and such a looking all every member with a deep and abiding genes of the ?enthral debt of love and the Individual respon sibility of each disciple in the Master's work. May God's spirit le rite in inef faceable letters of Me anti light upon the hearts of the Chrirtians of Pitts burgh the eigiuticanoe and lesson of the facts which appear in the table of relig ions statistics of this eity,. which . will be presented to this Conventton. That in a total population of one hun dad and sixty-three thousand, of which ftirty-two thousand am Roman Catholic, sod one hundred and twenty. thounmd nominally Protestant, of the latter forty thouund do, but eighty thousand de not Attend church--twenty-four thousand are church members, but of these how many are faithfully sratetilng like the "thee virgin'," orMiliently laboring like the good etewarda the Heavenly Bride gin= and the Divine Householder only knuweth. Were alt the. Pro testant churches filled to-their ut -moat capacity, ninety thousand of the population, or forty-seven thou sand of theProtestaut popula Joe, would still be without the doors. Seven thousand children who are In the public schools do notatod Sabbath School, There are six b dyed and thirteen h ennaed liquor et:donne and ono hundred and twenty-three churches, or in the pro portion of five saloons to one church, tb. latter opus for one day the latter for PDX and sometimes seven days and night. In the week. If such be the forts in thie "city ofehurettee," this center of relig ions life and power, how grout, at least is an equal degSe most bo the spiritual seeds In other sections! HUM urgent Is the call for the church of Christ to . *wake and realoto the magnitude mod pressing importance a 1 the work. 1 believe that the Christian ministry does roedize this, but r fear the Christian mem beoship does not, and I do hope and pray that whatever elm of blessing may be tide, one good may result, from this convention, that every lay member sztle_v_ats christian here shall go away in his or her innermost souL that labor and sacrifice and self &Mal are as mach conditions of true dieelpieshlp in-the Church of Christ as they were In the days of the Apastlesand martyrii that every merchant, methanic amilsrmerhere whohasthe love of Christ in his beefed, will go hence earnestly in quiring "Lord, what wilt thou have me to do 'l"' sml at once address Mussed to his own sphere and duties to the work ot whaling souls, relying upon God'a spirit for mimosa, and remembering that "he that goeth forth and neepeth, bearing precious mod, shall doubtless comb again rejoicing, bringing his sheaves." At the conclusion of Mr, MeClholock's address the Chairman stated that the meeting had now been opened, sad he hoped that any person present who de sired to take part in the excerchies would — do so without being called upon,• e Meeting trayt opened for them. Th th ey ,had met not as the representatives (limy sect or creed; but for the purpose of ad vanding. the common muse of Christian ity—to accomplish a purpose that nes in common sympathy with the principles of the Christian mllgion. This, be sold, -was a preliminary , meeting foe the pus- . theirhearts and min grthlsrgr a w i tgb w as Wore them, and hewn pleased to see so mane hearts &c -louded by a true spirit of cluristianity. He hoped that every christian present would devoutly pray for the srudilfica lion of the work- that without the ald of the'Hedy Spirit' they could do nothing, and they Would theretbrethkOod foetus blessing upon their labors. The speaker again announced that the meeting. seas open, and an the evening would be spent in devotional exercises,. all who desired might hay° an opportunity to particite. e g- Crthat each member pa would H he b m rief , remarks or prayers, and that but a fewverses of a hymn be totngat a time, and that any person present desiring to have a partlar hymn sung would name it. At the close of his renter!. hymn No: 27, "Caine Holy Bpint," was called for, two verses of which were sung by the congregation. Prayer by Rev. McClelland. Rev. N. H. Judd then addressed the Convention. Ho said ho was highly gratified with the manner in which the meeting was conducted, and urged all Mntto work earnestly and prayer and and that ho sometimes athat, the ministers were more L In their duties than the mem- After some further remarks the speaker closed, and was followed by a toughing prayer, at the close of Width if Bei (coronation) was sung. Prayer-by Rev. It. W, Chldlaw, of Kentucky. A delqpite announced that the Rey. Mr. Mclntyre, of St. Louie, wan present, and requested that be addle. the Con vention. Mr Mclntyre responded to the .edlitt a tborwell chosen remarks, in which be espaerad. himself highly grat ified with thepoxeedings oflhe Conven tion, and knew, be said, that it could nut Lail Lobe prod:le/meet twit Works Lathe came of Midst. Hymn 11, "Must Jesus hear the cress arson" was then called for and two ver ses of it snug, after which Eduard Long led the Convention in prayer. Ur. Louie, a Jew, next addressed the Onmention end asked their prayers lu behalf of his brethren In the Beth. He said he was sorry he was the only repro suntativeof his rave pro' eat, but hoped thae bis pimple might be led to a saving knowledge of the god Jesus Christ, thr=tk die prayers 'of the ehrnalan t After several prayers had been offered and short addressee delivered by dele gates leledie nameer Y.•a were unable to *wedeln, and the singing of the 'Ltd hymn, (Rweet Itmt), the Chairman an seemed that the Committee on Parma. nont °menhaden was ready to report nitro= or costerrrier, The Chairman of the ComMlitho Mb. matted the names of the following gen tlemen as °Moors of tho Convention: Oltstratan—lL Thane Miller, Cinctu res Praidente—Hon. H. W. Williams, 1 Rev. B. F. Wilson, Levristonn; Rev. B. W. Chidlavr, Rev. S. Woodkok, Al toona; 'Major Wit:LT - raw. • Santo Dr Robinson, W. H. Zr' 'win, West Virginia and reporters of the Cbanatite on Btainess--Rev. S. F. ice sill; W. P. Simpson, Dn., West Virgin ia; L. Borland, Las., Ohio, .1. W. F. :White, Thu.; M. A. Woodward, F,se. ...The report of the Committee was re pp"' and adopted. gonfil ov Tux cowv.e: crtom. Tiodfollowthg rules for the govern ment Of the Convention wore adopted: untas Oa TOE come mtg. r, Boug.- 7 : 1 0 Delegpita skull' speak More elisn - onto 40014 same quaitka until sll who wish havo spoken, nor more than ten minutes at any time except those who open the discussions. Scrond.—s. it Illntioll , l Alan he reduced to writinihefoto they two preoontorl. resolutions shall be re. ferred to tho Business Committee with out discussion The Committee on Business w. re rc— questedtoconvene immediately in the .Utudy, widener a few moments absence, reported as follows, vs,DER OF 111:6LVES, o' r e r i l Z, C° ll. n :ri e leTat s inn il al ' exer mLie eke6 until mr-past nine, when the furor tonic for iliecuesdon will be taken up = The Christian. How csin we increase our zersonal devotion ,and aortae of ilea pontibklits and best secure preparation liart snatt VOA( ? Mr. Kirk Porterrornislthst, inasmaca as a tdmilar Convention was at prearatt in session in Minnesota. this Convention should send them a message of greeting. Unanimously adopted. The-. Convention then sung the 14.ng metre Doxology and adJoumei. =Er=! Jamesßobhason yesterday made infor mation before Alderman Taylor against John Burns, charging him with larceny. The proseehtor, it appears, about two weeks since was out hunting, and feeling fatigued sat down on the road side, near his residence, in Ross township, where he fell asleep. .When be awoke (mut hi, slumbers his gun, a double-barreled Engßah shot. gun, was missing. Ile made diligent search for it but was unable to find it, and ono day last week he carne to the city to purchase another. lie called upon Mr. Johrodon, a gun smith, and to Isle great surprise found ilk own gum Mr. J. says he got the gun front a pawnbroker, and eiretun steams connected 'with the nflitir Indi cate that it was taken by Burns, who, it will be remembered, is one of Vie party arrested a short timesinee 43;let Scott, on swipielon, and ag ainst whom a number of charges of larceny were afterwards nuads, and upon whirls he was committed to jail, but subsequently 'released on ball. A warrant was Issued for Ida arrest. Ellen Lindsay yesterday made infor mation before Alderman Taylor, against D. G. and George Lindaty,eharging them With libel. The theta of the ease so far as we could ascertain them are as lot loam: William Lindsay, some time since, married the • prowntrix, against the tvlsbi °Chia friends, and D. G. Lindsay; his brother, ban been en deavoring aver dance their marriage to creates dlaturbance between them. The defendants inside in 11.'Keesport, and the prosecutrix resides in the Fifth ward, this city, with her husband. Our day last week. William Lindsay received a letter front McKeesport, purporting to have been written by his father, George Lindsay, but evidently written by 0. a. Lindsay, the, brother, in which ho alleges that Ellen, the prosecutrix, was -inconstant The totter, which is at present in the Alderman's possession, Is one of the mos' Villainous, slanderous, and Infamous productions the mind of men could contrive, and If the statements It contains (which are too obscene for publication) are true, the man who. carom it is a mast consummate scoundrel; tor ' In order to convince the husband of his wife's infidelity, be no trnowledges hliamitilif to have been guilty of a most damnable crime. A warrant was issued for the arrest of the accused. It is said that George Lindsay, the father, whose name la signed to the letter, Is a blind man, and it la most probable that the letter was written without his con. sent, AOIIOAVATBD ASSAULT AND DATTEDti. John Simpson came before Alderman Thomas yesterday and preferred an in formation charging Thomas Martin and a man named Ginnif with aggravated imam& and ' battery. The prosecutor aliegesthat he went out between one and two o'clock in the morning after a female member of his house, who was staying at • a neighbor's,. andsswhlle going to the bonsai be was knocked down be the deVindant,, and kicked, best and abused by him Wail he was senseless- A warrant ha been lamed. • I= John M. Bunter made information fore 'Alderman Mcitiasters. yesterday. against John - Vast, charging him with assault ail, battery. alleges that Yost struck his son, a little bar eight years 'old, with a brick. We published the cireoutstances ern of which the tlitll culty.originated, under the heal Grave Diggerlieaten." - Yost was arrest ed and held for a hearing. - M=! Hugh McHugh yesterday made infor mation before Alderman McAlester.% against James Martin, charging him with obtaining money . under false reten,.. Marlin is a hack driver and is employed by Pitcairn Smith: It is alleged That be represented to , the prosecutor that ho awned the team ho was driving and upon this ropmeentation obtained Salt, for which he gave his note. A. warrant wo, issued for hia arrest. Jeworr —Mary llrrr. r, young German woman, waa arrested ye— terday by the Allegheny charyt.,l with having stolen ,eereral article, of jewelry from the bowie o(Justlee Milk , . where she was employes] as a 41001eNtl, The alleged stolen ankh,: were (hand In her p 05.... esalon. 11,1,1 for a hearing. Lewt. Leir o. four year. of Pin.. W an killed at the coal aorta of 11, B. Rays ,e Co., Streets Run, on Monday, In at. 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