lanner . anti P3borait.
PITTSBURGH, NAY 2, 1857.
TEILMS. In advance, or in Clubs
0.26; or, delivered at residences of Svabserlv
bere t SI.TS. Iles Prospectus, on Third Page.
R g NEWA I. 8 should be prompt; II little
while before the year engird's, that we may
make full arrangements for a steady totpply.
THE ILED WILAPPEK indicates that we
desire a renewal. If, however, in the Inuits
of malting, this signal should be omitted, we
hops oar friends will still not forget us.
azdtuvrrAscirm,sima payment by safe
hands, when convenient. Or, send by snail,
enclosing with ordinary care, and troubling
nobody with o knowledge of what 'you are
doing. For a large amount, wend a Draft, or
large notes. For one or two papers, send Gold
or sissdi notes.
TO MANE 011ANOMI, fend posts** stumps,
or better still, owed for moors papers; say $
for Seventy numbers, or el for Thirty-three
stouobera.
DIRECT all'Lottsro and COIIIIIIIKMIIOIII,IO=I
to REV. DAVID MoKINARY. Pittsburg%
Ps. '
,Oeneral Assembly.
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Munk in the United States of America will hold
its next meeting in the First Presbyterian Church,
Lexington, Kentucky, at eleven o'clock, A. M.,
on Thursday, the 21st of Ma r y next, and will be
opened " with a sermon by the Rev. Francis
McFarland, ILL., Moderator of the lest As
sembly.
The' Committee of Commissions 'will meet in
the Letiture:roont of the ahurch, on the Wednes
day, evening preceding, at eight o'clock, to ',
re:-
deirti COnnniiiiioris, and on Thursday" morning,
the lay of the meeting, at rime o'clock, for the
semi purpose.
...Torn Lunn:mu t Stated Clerk.
ALEXANDER T. MCGILL, Permanent Clerk.
P. S. Stated Clerks of Presbyteries are re
spectfully requested to make out their list of per
sona entitled to the Minutes on.a separate sheet,
and to send that, together with moneys for the
Minutia, to G. H. Van Gelder, Esq., Philadel
phia, Treasurer of the General Assembly.
To the Members of the Assembly.
LEXINGTON, Ky., April 20, 1857.
Notice is hereby given to the members of
the General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church, that their lodgings will be assigned
to them immediately after their arrival in
the city of Lexington, Ky.; and that they
are privileged to travel on the packets of
" the Cincinnati and Louisville Mail Line,"
by Captain Shuley, President, from St. Lou
is to ,Cincinnati or Louisville, "for half
lam either way," and that the "'Covington
and Lexington Railroads," by their Presi
dent, allow members, paying the usual fare
as they come, to return frecof charge, upon
producing the certificate of the officers of the
G. A., that they were members.
JOHN. D. MATTHEWS,
Chairman Committee Arrangements.
AOKNOWLEDGMENT.—We have received,
from a' Lady, five dollars toward procuring
u bell for Mission at Little Traverse.
PASTORAL ACKNOWLE.DGMENT.—We are
permitted to sqy, that a part of the charge
of Rev. R. S. Grier, of Carlisle Presbytery,
have made their pastor a donation of $lOO
in money, and of half that amount in valua
ble articles. .
Western Theological Seminary.
The regular Semi-Annual Meeting of the
Board ofTrustees of the Seminary, will be
held on the Second Tkursday of May,
(14th) at 10 o'clock, in the Lecture-Boom
of` e Fiiet Presbyterian Church.
F. G. BAILEY President
•
LETTERS OW BUSINESS.—Persons sending
us lists of subscribers, and espeetally in
making remittances, will please direct their
letters, always, (as requested above) to REV.
DAVID MCKINNEY, Pittsburgh, Pa. Seri
ous losses have 'occurred, by a neglect of
this request.
MRS. JAI IlAupxn.:---The notice, in our
obituary columns, of this excellent lady, the
daughter' of the Western Patriarch, Rev.
Dr. McMillan, will be read With interest;
and especially by those who would be fa
miliar. with the early history of Western
Pennsylvania. The remarks about the first
Log Cabin Academy may be. of importance
to historical truth.
THE CITY OF , GAIETY AND FASITION.---
We see it stated that in Paris, one of every
three thousand persons commit suicide; that
two-thirds of the population cannot afford
the expense of burial ; that in every three
`births one is illegitimate ; that thirty. thou
sand persons,'besides those assisted by regu
lar charities, arise every morning without
knowing how they will get a dinner, and
that seventeen thousand habitual drunk
ards, of the roost, brutal character, dis
grace the city.
Western. Theological Scinin . ary.
The l3oard of Directors of the Western
Theological Seminary will meet in the Lec
ture-Room of, the First Church, Pittsburgh,
on the 13th day of May, at 1.0 o'clock A.M.
The Examining Committee, eonsi4ing of
Dr Marshall, Dr. Canipbell, Mr. Paxton,
Dr. Carothers, and Mr. F. „G. Bailey, will
meet on Thursday preceding, at 2 o'clock
P. M., in the Seminary hall.
W.'B. MohrvaDlF., See'y.
Danville Theological Seminary,
The Catalogue for 1856-7, is just received.
the whole number of students is thirty-six.
It is known that the system of instruction
pitsied in this Seminary, is different from
that adopted in the others. The Catalogue
goes , into a pretty full explanation, and ar
gues
ite excellence. One year each is devcr
tied to, these subjects : The knowledge of
God OBJECT". v ELY considered; SUBJECTIVE
, LY considered ; and RELATIVELY considered.
This division and, method, is supposed to ex
haust the. whole of Systematic, Didactic, and
Polemic Theolou.
Revivals.
GaumEL, N. Y.—A number of hopeful
conversions have recently occurred among
the pupils in the Institute in this place.
Faithful instruction in the Holy Seriptures
Are owned of God. His word returns not
void.
UPPER MOUNT BETITET., PA.—For an ac
count of a delightful reviving time in this
place, see the letter of J. M. in another col
.
num.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.,--ThEi , church under
thi:care of Rev. Mr. Cunningham; received
twenty-persons on examination, and eight, on
certificate at :1, late communion.
Theatre•Going.
Quite a strenuous effort seems to be
making to revive the interest of the commu
nity in the Theatre. This institution has
always been an evil, wherever it has existed.
Practically, it is the way to degradation and
woe; but its respectability, in the common
acceptation of that term, has varied. In
some periods, scenic representations have
been less immoral, and the adjuncts less se
ductive to evil, than in others ; and there
have been times when persons reputable for
their moral standing, and when even some
who had a name in the Church, attended
and applauded ; but such has not been the
case of late years; or, if there have been
instances of such attendance and approba
tion, they have been but sporadic. Evan
gelical Christians have, for a long time, and
with a remarkable unanimity, declined being
present, and have restrained their house;•
holds. And actors are ,considered, &oust
universally, as not entitled to a place in repo•
table society.
Theatres, however, still 'exist, and are
sources of gain. Some of our Solons con
sider them a necessary evil—a means, of oc
cupying the idle hours, and of giving exit
to some of the baser excitabilities of that
portion of the community who.cannot find
their evenings" delight in the literary,
scientific, family, moral and religions sources
of enjoyment - which happily abotind, and
which furnish gratification and improvement
to all who possess good taste and a pure mind.
There must be something, we admit, to
exercise and gratify man's excitable nature,
and it must be something social. And pos
sibly there may be a deeply-rooted depravity
in the heart, grown and strengthened by
education and habit, and subsisting in so
many minds, that if the Theatre was not
tolerated for its gratifleation,:it would ex
pend itself and seek its joys in something
still worse for the individual, and more in
jurious to society. But if any think that
such is the case, they need not hence justify
the evil. They need but barely tolerate its
existence, while they warn against its allure
ments, diminish by all righteous means the
number of its visitors, and strive so to reform
human society that the imagined necessity
shall cease.
Means of excitement are furnished
abundantly in things which are rational and
useful; in things which belong to man, in
the body, and to the soul of inan as im
mortal. Religion and benevolence open up
immense sources; and the family presents
an exhaustless fullness. It is, then, the
part of wisdom, with all those who desire
the welfare of their race, to turn the cur
rents of social delight into the channels of
innocent amusement, benevolent enterprise,
and religious meetings.
The secular press, strange to say, but a
mournful truth, has been, and still is, very
generally an ally of the Theatre. The ad
vertising we look for as a part of the busi
ness carried on in the land, but no one is
influenced by an advertisement. The com
mendatory nntiep_si „ A re not-so excuaableyhat,
even these , are getting to be so well un
derstood as to have little or no influence
upon the ordinary mind. But the labored
editorial articles (happily these are but rare
in respectable papers,) are to be deeply de-
plored. We have been much Astonished at
seeing a few such, recently.
But the latest and most astounding feature
in the movements of the advocates, mana
gers and actors in the theatrical line, is their
enlisting the pulpit in- their, behalf. But,
what pulpit The pulpit generally ? No.
The Evangelical pulpit? No, not'even one
orthodox or evangelical pulpit, 'so far as we
have heard. The testimony of the Church
of Jesus Christ is as strongly 'against the
Theatre as ever.
Recently, however, a minister, Mr. Bel
lows, of All Souls church, New York,-
preached a 'sermon in which, as is said, he .
adVocated the institution as a means of pro
meting morality; and urged that respectable
people should attend, and raise its character.
The gentlemen of the Stage, delighted with the
advent ofsuch an advocate,tendered to Mr. Bel-,
lows a service of plate, valued at one thousand
dollars. This was declined. But Mr. Bel
lows accepted,an invitation to a dinner with
the Dramatic Fund Society,- where he . made
a speech which was accepted with plaudit&
Thus Mr. Bellows is claimed by the play
actors as their friend and adjutor. He is
now, engaged, as announced, to deliver be
fore them an address "Upon the relation of
the Theatie to the sober and sacred interests
of Society."
Mr. Bellows has the reputation of being a
respectable minister to • a Unitarian Society
in New York, but even amongst 'Unitarians
he seems to be a stray one. Their standard
of morality, we take it, is far, very far above
the level of the modern Theatre.
On the evil influences of the Theatre, we,
give the folloiving from Harper's Weekly :
",What better proofcan, you have of the
evil influence of the Theatre than. the rapid
corruVion which ensues m a neighborhood,
on the raising of one of, these temples. of
vice ? No sooner is the flaming poster
stuck upi the doors opened, and the gas
lighted, than decency flies it as health would
the plague spot. The erection, of, a new
Theatre in a previously respectable quarter
of, one of our cities, is well known to de
stroy that quarter for any future deceliley of
life: The private house is turned into the
bagnio ; the shop of honest trade into the
faro-saloon, or bar-room, 'and the play-house
stands a' speciacle of vice, supported by its
congenial aids of, rowdyism, gambling,
drunkenness and prostitution. Verily, the
national taste and morality do well in scorn
ing the "Theatre and its Friends.".
Rome and Foreign Record.
The May numbor of the Recor'd is on
our table, giving us information of the pro
gress of our work, as a,Church organization,
in, sustaining and extending the kingdom of
our Lord. In this, our department of his
laborers show about our wonted activity.
To make great 'progress would be an occasion
for joy; but even to hold fast,_ when
_
unto we have already attained, is good.
DOMESTIC MISSIONS:
W t tool,.azox frora ;Fond du Lao
THE P_RESBYTERIAN =BANNER AND ADVOCATE.
Dobb's 'Ferry, Jersey City, Louisville, and .
North Salem, from which readers will per
ceive the beneficial workings of our system:
That from Louisville is from Rev. Gk.
Knight, missionary to the colored people.
Mr. Knight says his Bible Class of colored
preachers failed, owing to the multitude of
meetings they held, and other reasons. His-
Sabbath School was organized with twenty
two scholars, and now, at the close of ten
weeks, numbers two hundred and ten. IIW
Bible Class of Sabbath School teachers con
tains twelve to fifteen. The teachers excuse
themselves for 'their small attendance by
saying they have so many protracted meet
ings requiring their presence. Of Mr.
Knight's teachers in his Sabbath School, he
says, 44 We have a valuable corps, all white,
and about thirty in number, and most of
them ladies." The scholars are regular in
their attendance. Mr. K.'s congregaAns
average, about two hundred.
The efforts made by our Board toward' the
instruction of the colored people are worthy
of commendation, though they should be re
garded but as the mere beginnings of an
immense and efficient system just being in
augurated.
RECEIPTS itt March:• At Philadelphia, $8,227; at
- Louisville, $1,222.
EDVCATION.,
The ' Boird us some exeellent
thoughts on preaching, and record instances
of reviving influences upon some of our in
stitutions of learning, in connexion withihe
day of prayer. This cause we commend to
the warmest Affections of the Church. If
it shall decline, all our missionary enterprises
must be enfeebled. Without laborers, there
will be no harvest&
Rzonirrs in Afaleh: At Philadelphia, $3,988;
at Pittsburgh, $267 , ; at Louisville, $34.
FOREIGN MISSIONS
The Record gives information from our
Indian Missions, from Africa, South Amer
ica; India, China, and the Chinese Mission
in California. Of most of these-Missions,
we have lately spoken, and do not now en
large. Our Church loves her Foreign work.
DONATION'S in. March, $12,381. There were also
contributed, in India, $5,745.
PUBLICATION. _
The Board have added largely to their
Colporteur corps—many of the appointees,
probably, being students who desire to spend
their Summer vacation in the good, work.
Four small volumes were noticed , as being
added to the catalogue of publications, and
also two Tracts.
DONATIONS,March 17th to April 16th, $2,623;
sales in larch, $5,587. '
, CHURCH EXTENSION.
The success of the fiscal year just closed,
has been far in' advance-of any former year.
We shall hope, soon, to have the report of
the Committee,. and will then give an ab
stract, embracing particulars. Let the con
tributions be multiplied still. They are
greatly needed.
DONATIONS in March: At St. Louis, $2,190 ;, at
Philadelphia, $3,034; at Pittsburgh, $117,• at
Cincinnati, $36 ; at' Louisville, $234.' Total,
$5,613.
Western Theokral Semina.m,Closing
envies.
The Address before " the Society of In
quiry" of the Western Theological Semi
nary; will be delivered by the Rev. S. L
Prime, of New York, in the First
Presbyterian church of Pittsburgh, on Tues
day evening, Mayl2th, at 7f o'clock.
The Closing Exercises will be performed in
the Seminary Chapel, , on Wednesday evening,
13th May, at the same hour. Discourses
will be delivered by three members of the
Senior Class. After which the Diplomas
1;411 be presented to the Graduating Mem-
hers, by the Rev. Prof. Elliott. , The public
are respectfully invited to attend.'
"Do Yon'go to Church ?"
We have a very sensible letter, responding
to the remarks of cc J. F." on this question.
It is . somewhat long, and we ire pressed for
room. We, therefore,- but note the three
points he'makes. 1. He would have minis-*
ters visit the careless families. They do, to
some extent. It should be done far more
than it is, and still more\ good would result.
2. He would have the Board send out Col
porteurs. They are "doing this, to, the full
extent Of , their means ; and it is a good work.
3. He gives an instance of two Christians
who, when no other social means of grace
were enjoyed, invited :their, neighbors to
their' houses, alternately on the Sabbath, for
reading and prayer ; which good deed re
sulted in the formation of aflourishingchurch.
The zealous and wisely directed pensonal
labor of ,Christians ; is one of the great wants
in , our Church. Our ministers labor hard,
and' with great self-denial; but most of our
member's do very little, either personally or
by contributions, to sustain those who are,:
or who -woP.I.d be, wholly devoted to the work.-
Christians must feel their consecration, and
carry it' out consistently.'
Then, will 'the
cause prosper.
Union Movements.
It is known to our readers, that, efforts
,
have been in progress, 'for a keg 'time,
toward a Union of the Associate and the
Associate Ref6rmed ChUrehes. A paper has
been'put forth, on the part 'of the for Mer
termed The Basis of Union. .The.; follow
ing is given relative to the action of the
latter body, at late meetings of their Pres
byteries
"The Monongahela Presbytery, at their
Meeting in East Liverpool, Ohio, took an
informal vote on the Basis uf Union, which,
so far as taken, was unanimously favorable
to it. The Presbytery adjourned "to meet
in Dr. Pressly's Church, Allegheny, on the
lst Tuesday in May, when the vote on the
subject' of Union will be closed. The Pres
bytery of Lawrence adopted the following
resolution unanimously : Resolved, That
we are willing and desirous the proposed
Union should be accomplished on the Bashi
now overtired. The Second Presbytery, of
Ohio adopted the Basis of Union by a wail
of 18 to 1. The First. Presbytery of Ohio are
unanimously opposed to the proposed Unioo.
The Presbytery of Indiana adopted :the
Basis, by a vote of Bto 1. The general
Synod of the Associate Reformed Churoli ,
of Nortk America will hold its next meet
ing in the city of New :York, on- the third
Wednesday (the 201,19 of May, at laalf.paat;
rieoloilk P. 141:" - -
!=1
. ,
Decease of Rev. David Polk.
The following letter informs us of the
death of another of our fellow-laborers in
the 40PP.1%., The, voiee is most emphatici
"Be ye i)lsci ready ;" "Work while it is
day, foi the bight cometh in which no man
can work." The Lord give to his servants
all needed grace:
BRooRvILLE, Pa., April 22, 1857.
DEAR BRo. :—Another member of our
Presbytery,az fallen., Truly Ood is say,
ing to these -left, " Work while it is day,
for the night cometh in which no man, can
work." Last month Rev. R. W. Orr died,
and now Rev. David Polk. He had left
home in the month of March, for the pur
pose of ' , fishing his brother in St: Louis, but
was seized'. with Pneumonia. After some
what reaetvared, he made his' ,way ' home,
where hek.lay for two weeks. He died on
Saturday , Morning, the 18th inst. •
suppoetti'oui• Presbytery, which will meet
the last oft;Tune, will have prepared a no
tice of him and his death, more at large.
Please `request the Presbyterian to copy.
• Respectfully yours, &c.,
• '' . O. P. Oirmarrws.
4 11
ott. - Western Bible Society.
The Annual Meeting of the • South-West
,
ern Bible;Soeiety was held at New :Orleans,
Jannary- 4 4, - 1857, The Report shows pro
gress m the work , It says
There, • haveiiyti.afrenibteheniispoledoasaitdodyons7Bt7ead
Bibles
sg
and
Testaniiiii, being an increase in number of
1,073, and in value of $2,250.26 upon the bag ,
ness of lasti^gear.
During the six and a half years of the Society's
existence tit has dispensed in one way, or other,
to our South-Western population, more than
42,000 copies , of the Holy Scriptures. These
have gone forth in about twenty different
languages 4, The issues; of the past; year have
bben in sitteen different tongues, viz.: 'German,
Danish, kiench,, Spanish, Italian, Latin, Greek,
Hebrew, Portuguese; Dutch, Swedish, Polish,
Chinese, Choctaw, Mohawk, and' Delaware. To
these .maylbe added, from • this Depository, the
Scriptures in Welsh, Irish,, Gaelic, Russian,
BoheraianTurkish Hungarian, Syriac, .Arubie,
Grebo, Alpo4lk, and Arrawack; making a total
of' about: thirty different languages in. which the
Word of God is furnighed by this' Society.
Oorambsioners to the General Assembly;
Faussirmass:' • idnuarmts. ' • • Emma.
Ohio, -A. B. train), D.D., Benjamin' Wallin,
Itichard.Lee, Foster.
AlleihenyCity, R. 1.. Swift, D.D:, A. Cameron.
Philadelphia, jJ. H. Jones, D.D.,' Judge Sharsweed, '
W. E. Schenck, James Russell.
Fort Wayne, - Wm. Boner. Joseph floirell.
Clarion,. • • James Montgomery; John Mafia:
Schuyler, R. Matthews, J. D. Haynie.
Saltsbrirg, - S. M. MOClung; Mr. Garden:
Blairsville, R. Stevenson, Mr. Humes.
Newcastle, • A: O. Morrison, Jno. M . Helton;
.I.Thomas Love, Archibald Armstrong.
-. Robert M. Wallace, D. W. Shryock. .
0.0. Jones„ D.D., • J. B. Mallard.
J. C. Mitchell, J. Hope. •
5 '2L. W. Leland, D.D., A. Crawford,
J.H.Thornwell,-DD., Dr. Townsend.-
Cincinnati, Scott, D.D., JC. Clapper,
Allegheny, .' ~ loyal Young,' John Breckinrldge.
Huntindou, j James Woods, II.D, Dr. Wiley,
' l'A. B. Clark; Jno. Scott.
J. Harrison; D.D., J. E. Woods.
• "Jo.lah. Milligan,, Samuel Aiken.
John Ustiak, ' M. Burns.
; John M; Dinsmore, • Robert Graham.
T. 31 Ontwfard, David Mitchell.
L: Mershon, 'J. B.:Wright.
J. W. Drake, Thomas Brown. .
W. S. 'Rogers, ' Dr.; 0 Falconer.
• L Tenable; • Findlay' Paull. •
• A. - C. McClelland, , Zebulon Sheets.
S. Hirt, F. it: Morton:
F. McFarland.. Robert Morrison.
11. Brown; H.D., Dr. Todd,
. S...T.P.Anderson,D.D., C. D. Drake, 'Esq.
W. J. McCormick.. A A illcliczmic.
S. H. Hay, James Meenteheort,
E. P. Palmer,": • L. Q. Barkley.
;D. Humphreys, • OM. Hamilton,
/J. D. Adger; D.D.,. Dr. Archer.
*John Watson, Wm. McLaughlin.
5 WEL G. March,: . D av id H anna, •
John D. S. Mclntosh.
Redstone,
Georgia,
Tuakaloosa,
Charleston,
lowa,
Battenpie,
Chicago.
Richland,
Donigal,
Loug
Oxford,
Palestine,
Loganspo
N Albany,
Lescington,
Sangamon,
St. Louis,
Bethel,
Harmony,
B. Carolina,
Steubenville,
New.Llsborti
Per the Presbyterian 13eliner alieetdvcieete
Installation in NVisooniiu,
Rev. Wm. Reid, was installed pester of
the Rosedale Presbyterian aux.* on Thtlit
day, April I.6th, by a. Committee of Winne
bap Presbytery. The sermon was by Rev.
George ; C. Heckman, of Portage City.
Rev. Reuben -Smith, of Beaver Dam; Pre
sided, -put thee questions, and gave the
charge to the pastor, and. Rev. H. M. Rob
ertson, of Horicon, the charge to the people.
Resedale is'a country congregation, situa
ted in ; the midst of one of the most beau
tiful andlfertile prairie regions of Wiscon
sin, about fifteen miles East of Portage
City, and near the Milwankie and La Crosse
Railroad.] A. church was organized here
about a y,ear: ago, .and a very , neat and com
fortable, house of worship completed and
dedicate..a few months since.
Presbyterian Banner and Advocate
Commemorative:
For 1
RESQVUT O i t ir
NS .OF THE PRESBYTERY OF
' DON AL, ON THE DEATH OF THE
R .' SAMUEL HUME SMITH.
i t
li'esolv 4, That it is with heart-felt serrow
have heard of,and '
that'weare called
upon to ecord, the death _ of our beloved
brother; e Rev. Samuel Hume Smith.
~. „
~
Resolv ilj That in the opinion of this
Presbytera, it has lost a member wise in
counsel, dibcreet in conduct, conciliatory in
spirit, and ingenuous in dispo4tion, and the
Church :faithful; zealons, conscientious,
and' labo ous minister.
R e 8 06,., ~ That we deeply and tenderly
sympathi .1.. with .his bereaved flock, and by
faith and prayer'commend his fatherless and
motherle s 'Children to the care of that
enpmg God 7 , 7 who has said Leave
,erless children to me • I will pre
)
alive."
covenant
your fat
serve th e
;cl, That the Presbyterian, and the
r` - csn Banner and Advocate be
to publish the above' resolutions,
copy of the same be presented to
the deceased:
i ( Stated Clerk.
,
Resolv t
Preskyte
requests •
and that,
the' fanil
, For
,
The Pr
Meeting a
thiir,fr,
and dimid
Coshosto
Reid,' an
two midi
lin, 'were
Assembly.)
Theyon
tiPiesttVteriiia Banner and Advocate
1
ibytery of SteubenTille.
.
:bytery of Steubenville, at its late
Oak Ridge, received the , Rev. John
, the Presbytery of. Allegheny City;
ed Rev. Wm. 'D. McCartney, and Mr.
i nt, , licentiate; to the Presbytery of
1 They licensed Mr. Alexander M.
'Mr...Tess& W. Hamilton;..and received
: tea under their care.
ll:Watson and Mr. William McLaugh
lead& Watson,
to the General
• e'thei following aipoinimetith for
.iiIIPPIDIS.
.-41esars. Swaney and Agnew, one
eh, at discretion. - and for, the remain
time they have leave to supply them
,
Welled:
Sabbath:
deb. o
selves'
2? oo
b ay.
2.-J--Mr, Campbell; Third Kabbath in
ifarl
Richm4
April.
Ktigo •
`Ha r.
Brngh, Third Sabbath in May.
Galloway, last Sabbath in
•`Reid, First Sabbath in June. •
• Mr. Minx,
,Second Sabbath in May.
ton, Third Sabbath:in Jane. •
Patterson, Second Sabbath in
By Sp
May.i
ND
bath in
Berland Mr. Hamilton; -Fourth Bab
ay.
beliesnynnian Ballast' and Advpcue
Sumli
.4ppeinted by Blairsville Pres
bytery.'
t;iii.-7Mr. Kennedy, gourth, Sabbath
'Mr. : Edgar, 'First S'abbath in May.
alker'and Carothers, Third 'Sabbath in
administer == the Lonrs4Sapper. Mr.
Fifth Sabbath in May. AMr. .Shepley,
bitaili in. Jane. . : "'' .
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May.'
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Second
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plies.
Have : leave to procure ..thelr own sup
-6 f 'his'
Be, year, as Stated Supply.
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Eastern Smamtg.
BOSTON.
The Baptist Board of Foreign Missions reports
contributions during the month of Mareh r to the
amount of 540,000. This will make the whole
ainount collected by this Society,'dnring the year,
about $lOO,OOO, which will meet all expenses, and
reduce the debt considerably.
The: lite ANNUAL " FAST" DAY deelnOt seem
to have been very strictly observed by the Legis
lature of Massachusetts. A large delegation of
thetmembers giade an excursion to :,Plymouth in
the cars, famished gratiiitnualy by the Old
Colony and Fall River Railroad -Company. -A
bountiful dinner was furnished the excursionists
by the people of Plymouth, at the Samoset
House. It is but just, however, to state that the
Speaker: of the House, and some of the mem
bers, went to the Oongregational church there,
and heard a'very able sermon from the Rev. Mr.
Edwards, altogether devoid of sieular, matters.
The next ANNUAL COMMBNCE`MENT of Williams
College will beheld on the first Wednesday of
August, on which occasion the Rev. Joseph P.
Thompson, Of New York; will deliver the Address
before the Mills Theological Society ; E P.
Whipple, Esq., of . Boston, will deliver the Ad
dress before the Adelphie 'Union; and the Rev.
Willis Lord, D. D., the Address before the Society
Of the Ahnini.
On Thursday, the 9th of April, a new CON..
'onswoiionsa, CHURCH was organized , in Roxbttry,
near Boiton. This organization is the result of
missiontiry. and Sabbath Schoid efforts, supported.
in this district for some time past at,the expense
of ' the Eliot church, from which . a colony ,of
twenty seven has just gone out in aid of :this en"-
terprise.
On the week preceding that of the. Anniversa
.
ries, the HANDEL AND HAYDN SOCIETY will have
a grand musical festival, which will last three
days. A guarantee fund of $6,000 has already
been subscribed toward defraying the heavy ex
penses that will be incurred.
The NEW ENGLAND CONFERENCE of the Metho
dist Episcopal. Church" met on the 10th of- April,
in -the oity of 'Lowell. This-'meeting-seems to
have been unusually pleasant, and not marred by
acrimonious discussions. In that city there are
ten thousand unmarried.;?romen engaged, in the
various manufacturing establishments:
Pnor. CLAIM, of Amherst College, in making
some eiperimenta with electrical light, injured
his eyes so greatly, that although in a room per
fectly dark'to others; the most intense brightness
appears before him:
Upon his return to Newburyport from Wash
ington, the Bon. CALEB Ctraturru bad a very en
thusiastic• reception from his friends and fellow
citizens. The lion. Moses Davenport presided,
and delivered a speech highly complimentary to
Mr. Cushing; ,to ,which Mr. Cushing replied in
an able speech, but a advocating the policy of in
definite annexation :of 'territory •to the' United
States, on the American Continent.
Another daily paper, the Bonola TIMES, has
ceased to exist; it has been purchased by the
proprietor of the Boston herald , and will be
merged into that paper.
NEW"YORit
Len complaints,daremade of imposition
Loud
„, still
upon
. passengers .. for California., -by venders of
" bogus " tickets ; end it has been charged that
the Companies themselves, are not free from blame
in this matter, because they continue to dispose
of tickets to irresponsible persons, who buy to
sell again. ,
MAYOR". WOOD,CoittißtleS to resist - the• authority.
of the new. Police Committee, - appointed - under
the , new charter, and has .aiked for a :perpetual
injunction. 1 - ' . , 1- - - . ' -- - •. - ' .
-:The Seventy-First- Anniversary of the ST.
GEORGE'S SOCIETY, was - -celebrated on the 25th .
ult. The attendance was very large, owing, in
part, - to the presence of the new British Minister
. -
to this .country, Lord : Napier. This: gentleman
made a speech, in Which he spoke very kindly
of the manner, in - . which he had-_ been received by'
\e. Government-.and people .of this - country. -In
th course of his; emarks he said, respecting the
con xion . between this - country. and England:
"Th only 'entangling. alliance' which I shall
ventur to, recommend, to your -adoption, is the
submarine cable between \this country and Eng
land." Th\k was received with 'great Cheering.
Since the Tat:Eu.l44qm \ i's, about to' be taken
down; the religious- SocietAs have •'beeti 'com
pelled to seek other, quarters for:the - approaching
AnniverSaries.- 'The Bosid oi‘Bornign Missions
1
of our Church, and, the Sunday\ 501i.,01 Hnicin,
will hold their . meetings in thaßrooltie 'Street
' Presbyterian church.' The sermon before' the
Home Missionary Society will be Pr ached in'Dr-
Adals' church,'On Madison Avenue. - The Amer
loan and'Foreigh Christian Union, 1
a dSeareen's
Friend Society, will occupy the attire of pr:. Asa ,
D. Smith. The Female Guardian .Sollety will
have the use of Dr. Gillett's (Baptist church.:
The Colored Girls' Institute Association, : \he Con-,
gregatierial Union, the, Home • Mis'aiena‘y and
Bible Societies, and the American- Board of For
eign Missions, will assemble in Dr. Chee, er's
church, on Union Square. . . . .._
1 1
The Aztrx-H.t.aVsar meetings, - , and the Cong
gational collation; will be held in the City Asse -.
ply Ropms— .. . - .' .
,: - . .-
Taal Mercer Street Presbyterian...church, on
last Sabbath week,-made a contribution of $5,600
to the:American Board of :Foreign MissiOns. •
Several Vessets have been seized on suspicion-
of being fitted out for, the - horrible' slave trade,
and a vigilant watch is kept over others; suspected
of a - similar iniquitous designatioM . ' ': .-
The public ministry'of the-Rev. ArrionErre
%town. - does 'not seem to have been successful.'
Her congregation decreased sadly: and the house:
of -worship his , been closed. . It . reqUired but lit
tle , penetration to discover, in . advance,- that this
would bathe final result., . - -- ..
In 1842,-.there were• forty-three ministers of
the EPISCOPAI Cannon in the city andenvircess
of New York ; now. there ' are eighty-six---an in
crease of one hundred per cent. in fourteen years.
The NIAGARA has sailed for the purpose of aid
ing in laying the Suhmarine Telegraph froni New
foundland to England, thus uniting' the Eastern
and Western- Continents. In the'month of July,
two steamers will meet in the midst of the Atlan
tic, each having on board one-half of; the wire,
connect the two plrts, and depart in epposite
directions, keeping up a constant communication
by means of the wire. ' The whole distance by
the'nearest line is one thousand nine hundred
miles, and the greatest depth sounded is= two and
one-third miles. Soundings have been taken
every twenty miles, when possible to do so. The
whole length of the cable will be two thousand
six huared miles; each mile . weighing some
thing less than a ton. The whole cost is esti
mated at $1,084,160. The first experiment with
respect to the Submarine Telegraph, was made by
Prof. Morse, on the 18th of _October, 1842, from
Castle Garden to .Governoes Island.
The Lutheran Observer says there are six Ger
man Lutheran, and one English ; Lutheran, churci
in the city of New York.- . The :Observer attributes
this small increase of that denomination; in. this
large city, to the exclusive use of the German
language in the services of the sanctuary in time
peat:
We give an extract from an exchange; con
taining a brief synopsis of- the NEW lawmen
Law of New York, of which much has been said
and-.written : •
The, Legislature "of , , New York has passed a:
new law for licensing the sale of intoxicating
liquors.,. It oreate,s aaloard• of Arxise tin .eaeh.
County t grani lidenses: NO storekeeper licensed
is allowed to sell liquor to be drunk on thepremises.
MEE
TEEM
No liquor toille sold to minors. nor to perions
complained Ot„as habitual drunkards. No 'tales
of liquors of O Sunday; and every petition for
license must be signed by at least twenty respecta
blefreek9ldersl.7
PHILADELPHIA.
The North'ielAeiican says that the PERFUMERY
manufactured every year in Philadelphia; amounts
to the sum of $1,500,000; and that foreign im
portations are sold in that city to an equal
amount. So that the perfumery trade of Phila
delphia amounts annually to $3,000,000. It is
also said that the manufactory of perfumery in
that city has diminished the foreign importation
into -this country at" least 'one-third; in sftijen'
years.
The NEW &Boor. Presbyteries had appointed
a simultaneous collection for the benefit of the
Publication. Committee, which proved almost an
entire failure. But John A. Brown, Esti:, offered
$lO,OOO to the Committee, to complete the pay
ment for the building; on condition that $lO,OOO
more be raised by the friends of the ComMittee in
the city. This last sum has been already se
cored:
The Pennsylvania'BlßLE Social:l sold and dis
tributed, during the month of March, eight thou
eind seven hundred and ninety bibles and
mews, in the English, German, French, Spanish,
Welsh, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Portnguese,
Italian, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and Irish lan
guages. •
The subject of the late Ravisroar, by, the
American Bible Society. has been referred by the
Pennsylvania branch, to an able Committee, con
sisting of the . Bev. Bishop Potter, Rev. •Dr. Board
man, Rev. Mr. Badmes, Rev. J. W. ,Smith, Rev.
,Dr. Durbin,: Rev DL' Mayer, Rev.. Dr.
Rev. Dr. Bomberger, Joseph H. Dulles, Bsq., H.
J. Williams, Esq.
The Presbytery of .the District of Columbia
(New School,) has appointed the Rev. - Dr. Ham
ner delegate to the' General Assembly at Cleve
land; to promote the interests of the Sonrimut
An) Sectary before, that body.
Tun Presbytery of Baltimore, at its late meet
ing, had an earnest discussion concerning the
lawfulness of a man's marrying his deceased
wile's sister. The final vote in the case before
Presbytery was—guilty of incest,:6; offence
against edification, 19; neither, 2
Rev. JOSIAH MILLIGAN'S Post Office ad
..
dress is changed from West Rushville,
Ohio, to Triaclelphia, Va. The pastoral
. , .
relation between Mr._ Milligan and the
churches of Rush Creek 'and Bethel, is
dissolved.
Mr. Soar* E. WOODS, late of' the Presbytery
of Ohio, has accepted a call to Bentonsport,
Rev. T. M. OMIT has accepted a cat to
Burlington Second church; lowa.
Rev. F. B. DINSMORE accepts the. call to
Round Grove church, lowa, serthgLiniq
church in connexion.
Mr. J. C. Itticarr, of the Western' Theologi
cal. Seminary, has been licensed' by the
Presbytery of Richland.
Rev. J. E. MARQUIS has been called, to the
churches of Shelby, and Onta,rio„,
Rev. I. N. SHANNON, of Terre Haute, has
united with the Presbytery of Richland,
and received a call tot he church of Mt.
Vernon.
Mr. J. W. M'GREGOR is called to the'chluch
of Mansfield, Ohio.
Rev. 0-. VAN ARTSD A TYN has cleclinedthe call
to TJnion church, Donegal Presbytery.'
Mr, GALVIN W. STEWAIVI' was lidensed by
the Presbytery of Donegal, at their `late
meeting.
CHARLES STURGES M. D., lately set apart
for the Omaha Mission, has been ordained
as an Evangelist, by tilt Presbytery of
Long Island.
Rev. EVAN Evans was received, by the
Presbytery of Marion, on the I.4th of
April, from the New School'Presbyterian
Church.
Mr. H. M. SRACKLEY, of N. A. 'rhea,
logical Seminary, has been licensed by the
Presbytery of Oxford; and Mr. Jas
N. ALLISON, orsame
,Seminary, by the
Presbytery of Palestine and Messrs.
JOON A. ANDERSON, NYEiTESTER F.
SCOVEL,, A. J. YEATER, F. R. MORTON,
and JOHN TnomAs; by the Presbytery of
New Albany. ' • •
,
Rev. .ALT EN MCFARLAND has„-rem_ovod to
Cambridge City, Ind. -
Rev. THOMAS M. CHESTNUT; of Careiden
Mills, 111., has removed to - Sioux - City,
lowa.
.
Mr. RoBEIVI: C. WALSER hag been licenied
by the Presbytexy of Lexhigton.
Rev. - P. D. YOUNG has _resigned. at Chester,
DI., and taken charge of the church: in
Decatur. , •
...
Rev'. A. V. 'Some:lqm has, resigned, - at St.
Joseph's, 'Mo.
Mr. A. S. M.A.ltsrrAtr, was ordained, :by
the Presbytery of Cedar, pn - the 10th,
, inst., and installed in ,the • church of
\ Marion, lowa.
ley. JOHN L. MARTIN has accepted a 'call'
\
. to Upper Indiana church.
RP '.. Wm. A. FLEMING has been released
from his charge. at Farmington, 111., and
\has accepted a unanimous call to. Lewis
( iown, in same. State. Correspondents will;
pleage note the change. ~
.. . ,
icy. JOHN .R. "DuNDAs has reeeiineinid
' keepted a ' call . to the 'churcli.of Middle
.ndy, °hip. .
Rev
a
WM. REED has received and accepted
r 1. to the church of elarison Ohio
PR SBYTERIAN BOAR - Er OF FOREIGN'
Mzssz s IN ICANR4S.--ThR Washington
Star s A patent has:just been isstied .
from tI t General 'Land Office to ' , Walter'
Lowrie .Esq., attorneys of the Board , ‘:of
Foreig . Missions •of the sPreshyterituc
Church for. a reservation of land-on tha
Missou river, adjoining the •to , :ini of liSwa
Point; n Kansas Territory, ;containing .
about on quarter section—being: onabf the
reservati.. s granted to that Ilbard by the
lowa - Lit'ans, in the 7th article 'of their
treaty of 7th May, 1854. Thia is>the first
patent las id by the = Govermnent for lands
in the Territory of Kansas.."—Piesbyterian.'
• Tonchint'Hilltorlear IneidazA.
. t h A very touching incident occurred Auring
e session sof Itedstope Presbytery, which,
held its Spring, meeting at_:Greensbero',
Green Gounty, 'last week. Early—in . the
session, Rev. J. 11. Hughes exhibited . to
Presbytery the identical' wateh- owned by
. ~ , ~ ,
the slate Rev J. .11'111ilkin D;,V,- and used
, by . hirn t , to regulate thi .husinesis . hours of
preibytery, when be w Aloclorator of that
ti l
body at its organization, r-a l lyet, meeting was
held at Pigeon Creek i Vur h September
19th, 1781 ' just one -ra th previonstoithe.
surrender,ef Cornwallika, , Yorktown, The,
line& ' Wasi 'dePosited..„„ou\ 'the Ale_der,atort,s ,
table, and Dr. Wilson ', moved that the
Mdderator
.use it to regulate the bows of
EcolesiastiCaL
==
==l
meeting and adjournment of the Ee siu, ; ,
ile body at its present meeting, and
record of the same be entered on
Minutp. M'Millen was one of
first pioneers of the Presbyterian
in Western Pennsylvania, or West o f it :.
Allegheny Mountains. He was pa,t r
Chartiers church, in Washington
frowthe year 1776 till 1830, and orioia t%
and was mainly instrumental in establisi %
the Institution which has grown into,
flourishes still nobly, as Jefferson
lege. He died Nov. 16th, 1833. 1. ! :
watch, which is an old fashioned 173 2 ;;,",
oEull's Eye," and said to be still a good tiL L .
piece, is in possession of Captain Parke r , a
grand son. of Dr. Dl'Millen.—Dispatch.
For the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate.
Narrative of the State of Religion in the
Pretsbytery of Washington, for the
Years 1856-3.
Addressed to the General Assembly of the Pru!.„
rian Phurch in the United States of America.
BELOVED BRETHREN :—The Presbyter,
of Washington greets you in the Lord, I . ]
offering to you our annual Narrative of th,
State of Religion within our bounds. Iv,
have walked about our Zion, counted her
towers, marked her bulwarks, considered h ex
palaces ; and we now come to report our pi,.
servations to that venerable Assembly, whici,
we revere and love as a wise, tender, faith.
ful, and devoted mother.
ORDER OF PRESBYTERY IN REGARD TO THE
NARRATIVE.
By a recent order of Presbytery, it is
made the duty of our Sessions to send re
ports of the State of—Religion in their re
spective congregations, to the Chairman of
the Committee on the Narrative, at least
ten, days previous to the Spring tneeti.
The Committee, in furtherance of this ae.
sign, addressed a circular letter to the Fes.
sions, suggesting topics on which it wenld
be desirable to receive information. Ou r
Presbytery embraces forty churches. The
Sessions of thirty of them, comprehending
rather- more -than five-sixths of our mem
bers, have obeyed the injunction of Pre ,
bytery. The statements in the present
Narrative are confined to the thirty conere
gations from which reports have been re
ceived, and have no reference to the ten nut
reporting.
ATTENDANCE ON SADDATEI SERVICES
Despite the continual drain made upon
our congregations, by the spirit of Werte:n
emigration, it is cause for thankfulness that,
while a few of our churches complain rf
scanty assemblies and listless Wearers, the ma
jority of thern report increased attendance
on the services of, the .sanctuary, solemn ht
tendon to the Word, and a seeming appetite
for, the precious truths of the Goepl.
Many appear to come to the house of God
as gladly as Israel came to Elim, where
were twelve wells of water, and seventy
palm-trees. Even in the absence of special
outpourings of, the Spirit, this is an encour
aging token ; for God's Word, when faith
fully preached, and attentively heard, shall
not return unto him void.
In five of the churches reporting, there is
nather weekly lecture nor prayer meeting.
In the other twenty-five, one or both ar-
maintained. me of the churches report
two, three, four, and two of them even six
prayer-meetings per week. Some of these
languish, but many are well attended, lively,
and profitable. Several young converts,
and young men's - prayer-meetings, are re
ported; but only one female meeting of the
kind. In fourteen churches, the month!s
concert of prayer for the conversion of the
world, is neglected; in the others,.it is kept
Op . with'•more or less fidelity.; and in a few
it mentioned as the best sustained and
most interesting -cf all the meetings.
Prayer-meetings are the pulse of a church.
They are the little wheels which keep the
great wheel in motion. Muck prayer,
mucA grozath., is a maxim" equally true in
individual and associated piety. How need
ful, then, to the building up of our churches
in holiness and comfort, that their members
(not a few, .but all,) should meet in the as•
semblies for social prayer!
INFANT BAPTISM
It is with pleasure that we report to you
the sentiments Land practice of our churches
in reference.to infant baptism. By nearly
all believing. parents in oar bounds, it is
esteemed
_as, a precious ordinance; and
their practice corresponds to this belief.
Of the thirty' reporting churches, ten report
this sacrament as universally observed;
fifteen as almost,,or quite, universally oh
servedl ,two as extensively neglected; and
three make , no report on the subject, but
they,.are churches which would belong, at
least, to the second class. Taking the
statistics on this' subject, as given in the
Appendix_ lto the. Minutes of the General
Assembly, for the' years 1850-4856, a
period of seven years, we arrive at the
following results : There has been, during
those seven years, one baptism for every
10 9-members in. the ten churches of the
first class; one for every 14 8 members in
the eighteen churches at the second class;
and_onefor•every forty members in the two
churchei r of the •third -class. The general
average for the whole thirty churches is one
baptism for every 15 1 members; or, omit
ting the' two delinquent churches, one for
every 13,3 members. In regard to the
causes, of_neglect, where the ordinance is
neglected,,we have - the following explana-
Om' to offer -based upon the reports re
ceived a very, few cases, it arises from
direct oppoSition to the baptism of infants;
in :a larger, number of cases, from doubts as
to-the pcopriety and validity of the ordi
nance; but geuerally, from mere indiffer
ence to J it,',-a. want of due appreciation of its
importance n and preciousness, as a seal of
covenant blessings;
SABBATH) SCHOOL AND OATECHETICAL
STRZOTION.
'Three of , thureporting churches have no
Sabbath Schools. All the• rest gladden us
with the'intelligence of =flourishing schools,
varying from four hundred scholars to
fay. • Fifteen are "rept up throughout the
year. The'othersheing in rural districts, are
suspended through the Winter. General
rewards very limited use; but the
plart•of reWarding, with the gift of a hand
some Bible, eiery youth who makes a per
feet - rental of the Shorter Catechism, is
quiie - common. Much attention isgiven to
the learning of verses of Scripture and
hymns. But the most interesting feature in
our Sabbath School instruction is the in
creasing attention given to the Shorter Cat
echism. The study of this unequalled
compend of Scriptural truth is prosecuted
with spirit by nearly all the children and
youth of our Schools, who are old enougt
to engage in it. Two hundred and fifty-to
scholars, in seven schools, are reported as
made a perfect recital of the whole
Catechism, within the past' year, all of whoa ,
have received, or are to receive, as a reword ,
the. gift of a-Bible: The Session of another
church reports two hundred children and
adults ashaving, within the last few years•
accomplished: the •serne labor, and received
from the:instal. a Catechism containing a eer•
tifteate.ot 4)re fiet. Other churches makes
general report . of many having
completed
the work, without speeifying the number.