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'*;arattr git *Watt, PITTBBURGH,4II3IE .6,4867. TERDISIow 01.50, In advance; or In Clubs SI.J or, adhered at residences of Subscric berm, •1.76. See Prospectus, on Third Pose. 211 EWLI alioaddl be , Prompt; a little while before the year expires, that we stay full arrangenseasts for a steady supply. THEI RED_ WRAPPER. indlooOss that yr, mar* a ritiawal. If,,hovrairor, in the haste of stalling, this signal should be omit - Mil, we " boPo oultirlends win Mill not forgot us. REMITTANCES.—Bend payment by safe hands, When convenient. Or, mud by Mang onelasing with ordinary care, and troubling nobody with a knowledgo of what you are doing. For a large amount, send a Draitotr large Matsu Foronoortwo papers, sesid Oold sr small notes. TO MAKE MANGE, Sand postago itestpaj or bettor still, send for moor. 'payola!! ear AS rev Solsatyauaberyor Al for Tletrtretbreo aamberee DIRECT an Lettere and ecripriartadostima to KEY. DAVID JECEIRNRY• Pittsburalis REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD.—Rev. A. W. Black,' D. D., of Symickley, Pa., and deorge )1 Stuart Esq of Philadelphia, were appointed, at the late meeting of this Synod, delegates, to the Evangelical Alli anee,-to meet at Berlin, Prussia. THY ECLECTIC MAGAZINE OF FOREIGN LITERATURE:—The June number of this Valuable monthly is promptly on our table, containing a fine engraving of Jenny Lirid, and well filled with choice articles, from'the European Reviews and Magazines. W. H. Bidwell is the editor and proprietor. THE fREESBYTERIAN QUARTERLY RE-, VIEW, JUNE, I.Bs7.—This No. contains eight articles : 1 Exclusivism—Part 2. 2. Thoughts on Attic Tragedy. 3. Will the 'Jews, as a nation, be restored to their own land? 4. M.acWhorter on the Memo rial Name. 5. American Literature. 6. History of Public Worship. 7, Notices of new books. Sudden Death. Rev. W. C. Kniffm, near Lexington, Sy., died suddenly, on Sabbath morning, May 31st. He was in a feeble state of health for some time. On that morning, re went to his 'spring, and stooping down 'for a drink of cool water, fell in and was' drowned. He was a good man, and a faithful laborer in the vineyard. Change of Time. The •meeting of the General Assembly, for next yeai, is appointed to take place cin the Frnsv Thursday in May, instead of'the Third ThurmlaY, as has been usual The change is ma - de in consideration of the Southern latitude of New Orleans, and its unhealthiness when the season becomes far advanced. Western Theological. Seminar3r. Mr. Sainuel J. Wilson, a licentiate of the Presbytery of Ohio, and for several years Tutor in. the Hebrew, and Instructor in Church History in this Institution, has been elected by the General AsseinblY to fill the vacancy in the Professorship& This appointment will receive the cordial'appro bation of the 'friend& and patrons. of the Seminary who know its requirements, and the promise of usefulness given by Mr. Wilson dining his past connexion with the Institution. Southern Presbyterian Review, for April. This Review, commenced in July, 1847 i has been suspended• for a time, but accord ing to a notice accompanying the present number, it is expected that it will be issued regularly. The suspension was brought about by the failure of its patrons to pay punctually their dues. This Review contin ues to give the name of the authors of its articlei. The articles of the present No. are : Constitution of the Presbyterian Church, by Rev. Samuel R. Baird.. 2. Christian Missions and African Colonization, by Rev. J.' .B. ' Adger, D.. D. 3. The Martyrs of Seotland'and Sir Walter Scott, by Rev. J. H. Bocock. 4. Testimony of the Ancient Jews to the Trinity, by Rev. Thomas Smyth, D. D. 5. Historical. Sketch of Systems of Theology, by Enoch Pond; D. 'D. 6. Idolatry, b)• Wm. A Scott, D. D. 7. Wig fall's Sermon upon Duelling, by' Rev. J. B. Adger, 1). D. 8. Critical Notices. Rome and Foreign Record. BOARD OF DOMESTIC MISSIONS. A • letter is presented hum the Rev. J. W.' White, of -Middletown, Pa, giving a cheer ing account of a late work of grace in the Presbyterian church of that place. RECEIPTS for April: At Philadelphia, $6,526 72; at Louisville, $2.199.86. Total, $8,726.58. BOARD OF EDUCATION The number of students in the Theologi . cal Seminaries of our Church is given aUfol lows : Princeton, N. 114; Allegheny, Pa , 81 ; Union Seminary, Va , 25; South ern Seminary, S. C., probably, 30; New Albany, Ind , reported; 13; Danville, Ky., 36. Total, 299, RECEIPTS at Philadelphia, in May ; Fund for. Candidates, $8,166.46; Fund for Schools and Colleges, $628 26; African Fund, $87.02, Total $B,BBl. At Pittsburgh in ApriV $820.- 84 ; at Louisville in April, $410.50. BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS. Mr. and Mrs. McMullin arrived safely at their station, Futtehgurh, in February. Mr. Leavitt was married to Miss Shurman, daugh ter of the late Rev. Mr. Shurtcan, a re spected missionary of the London Mission ary Society, in January, but is compelled to return to this country on account of impaired health. RECEIPTS in April: Frei: churches, $15,215.48; from legacies, $2,262.76 ; from 'Synod of Re formed Presbyterian Chttrob, $2,160 00; Mis cellaneous. $4,064.25. Total receiptsin April, $23,692:49. BOARD OF PUBLICATION. • During the month, several new books have been published, among 'which we no- tice the Selections .from Rouse's Version; now incorporated in our book of Psalms and Hymns, in a separate form. Price 10 eta. DOLLTIONS for Colportage and Distribution Fonds, from 15th April to 15th: May, 1857, inclusive, $2,278.48. Amount of, sales from Aprit'lst to April 80th, inclusive, $4,991.82. MERU( EXTENSION. ItaterlPTS for April : At St. Louis, $772 00 at Philadelphia, $242.00; at Pitesburgh, $90 1 8,84 at Cincinnati, $95.21. Total, $1,200;86.1 UM The General Assembly of 1857.1 The multitude of subjects which come. before the Assembly is such, that we cannot en large upon them all. We notice a few of them in our editcWial 'Columns, that our readers may have a glimpse of the more important transac tions. In other columns, and in smaller type, we give more extended notes of the Proceedings, in their Order. THE SABBATH Sabbath, the 24th, was a delightful day. Ino churches were thronged, and we have reason to believe that the Gospel was faithfully preached. There may have been something of man's sinful• frailty in the manner, and even in the spirit. Pride and vanity beset the beat. These are great, tormentors of the truly devout minister. In making his best efforts, he is annoyed. ' And it is not always great efforts which convert men; neither is it on great occasions - that hearers always receive the most benefit. But great occa sions and great efforts have their uses; and we rejoice when there are good, as well as great men, to meet them. We shall allude to, but one of the many preachers of the day; and that one is the Moderator of the Assembly: Like the Great Master, he preached the Gospel to the poor. He proclaimed the blissful glad tidings of a free salvation, in one of the large,African churches, whose organization numbers sixteen hu r ndred mem bers. Truly, it would seem that, in this place at least, there is no , respect of persons—or if respect, it is, that God bath, chosen the , poor of this world, rich ,in faith. The attainments of these people we know not, but they appear well, and have the means of'grace, and • enjoy those means. Sixteen hundred colored members . in one church I and there are other colored Church. es here. Verily, if , the sons of-Africa:are, made the Lord's freemen, they may bless the Providence that alloted them a home among Christians, -even though it be a home in bondage; and' if our Southern brethren afford to their servants, church l es, and preaching, and time to attend upon 'the ordinanees, and the liberty of choice among evan gelical denominations, we may well perpetuate with those brethren our ecclesiastical connex ions ; and we may also learn something of them, as well as they learn-of us, what the disciples of Him who is no respecter of persons, owe to every being that possesses 'a human soul. FOREIGN MISSIONS: Foreign Missions was the theme for Mohday.. The discusoion was earnest and able.. - 8°1;3(3 diversities of views on minor points were present ed, but there were no opposing , sentiments. The duty of sustaining the Board was universally ad vocated. There was not the shadow of A: censure cast on the brethren for thejndebtedness incurred (eleven thousand (pillars) It was caused by the demand for labor, and by circumstances beyond theicontrol. The heathen themselves made the demand. They were. stretching outtheir hands to God. They were crying to ;Christians for help. What could the Board do ? Must they not respond in the spirit of. Christ? Might they not confide in the churches whose agents•of progress th ey, are ? - The call is now upon the church for •vastly in creased liberality. The addresses of Secretary Wilson, Mr. Rankin, of the China Mission, and Dr, Thornwefi, of South Carolina, - were listened to with profound attention. Dr. Adger and other brethren spoke feelingly ensile edification. The Report or the Committee, fully sustaining the Board, was adopted with entire unanimity; being first amended by the addition' of a resolution directing all Church Sessions to take up, speedi ly, a special collection to clear off the indebtedness, and replenish the exhausted Treasury. This collection, it is intended, shall not interfere with the regular contribution& These are to be con tinnedl they must be increased, to meet the growing Wants of the` heathen world. The day of conducting our Missidnary affairs on principle, as <a part °twit:ship, and as demanded' by; allegi ance to - our Lord, al EiB our prayers and hearing of the Word, see:esti° have dawned. That prin ciple is to become all-pervsding and • effective. Mon. will yet feel that they are the Lord's, to aerie him always and in all things--their per sons, offspring, ,property—their all:; - all will be ".holiness to the Lord." .:It will be so. it should be so now. Ye are Christ's. While men live, they should live unto;the Lord. The sermon in the evening was on, the =same subject which had occupied the Assembly's at tention through the day. It was preached by the Rev. Dr. Humphrey, of. Danville Theological Seminary, and.was a masterly treatise, on, the subject of Allisions. We hope it will be publish ed, and we will take pleasure in recurring to • the great truths which it sets forth • lucidly and elo quently. EDUCATION, On Tuesday the,Report of the Board of. Educe,- • flan was before the ..11ouse. It had not : been printed, and no abstract' was : furnished. We are ' hence not so fully possessed 'of its condition and operations, as We are of those' of the Boards of Missions. And the time occupied 'on it WWI not near so great as •that' devoted on yesterday to the Foreign cause. Thitrlife : Would' Wishitoe'io attribute 'to any''defective appreciation of this vital interest of our Church ; and yet we' cannot entirely repel the rising thought that there is a halo in the distance, attracting our adiniration and drawing us to a work far nobler,' as we imagine, than that of training up boys at home. But how can any enlightened Christian regard the Education:cause as of but secondary import ance ? The preparation of the men is surely the first thing in both time and order. If men are not, they cannot be sent. Christ called and taught, and. Prepared hie heralds before he sent them forth into the world. Can there be preach ing, without preachers ; or missions without missionaries' We must have the men. The prayer to the Lord of the harvest to send forth laborers, implies,that there Ire laborers on band; or, it implies both their ~ p reparation• and .their sending. What will all our :contributions and prayers for the Foreign field avail, if thereare nolministers ? Can missions live without Men to send? Education, as conducted' by- our Board, is the , calling; and- training of the 'men. ' It is es sential. It furnishes, under God, the motive power of missions. It is the missionary spirit'' in the well prepared men, that awakes theinter est in the churches, and incites and impels them to liberality and prayer. All this, however, was substantially embraced, and parts of it made prominent, in the exercises of Monday ; and hence need not, so soon, to be at large reiterated. The substance of the Board's Report was stated by Dr. Van Rensselaer. We may yet have an abstract of it. The Committee's report, on the Report of the • Board, was read by Dr. Leland. The. Board was cordially sustained. THE METROPOLITAN CHURCH. Rev. .7. M. r. ilmsnison, agent for the collec tion of funds for a church building in Washington, which may correspond:with the style of the place, and be adapted to the wants of the floating pops. lotion of the city, and the numerous strangers who flock there, reported progress ; but not that • progress which would indicate the • speedy act complishing of the object. The enterprise has been before the Church for a number of years. Several times has it been commended by the General Assembly; and by the Synod of Phila delphia,. and by the Synod of Baltimore. The Presbytery. of Italtintore, have had it in .charge. Agents hive been employed to travel far and soliiri funds. -Money enough has been obtained to purchasiN very eligible site, but not sufficient to authorize`a ciinerabf for the edifice. In rifition to it, we !eel like' many' otheis--8, great 'desire ERZ R - ---- - 7" t ry , ' for its success, but not that practical desire which would: make us ardent co-operators. We think the Work should be accomplished; but do not approve of the soliciting of distant and,feeble„ $ congregations, which can scarcely procure for themselves comfortable plaedgf of worship. - should be done by men of large means, and who esteem splendid houses a necessity. The Pres bytery of Baltimore, Which . pnibraces Washington;: City, should do it, and Philadelphia, New York, Richmond, and Charleston, should aid them. Why beg the country - pyerfor the means to littild:` a single church? Why expend ott" . oi erection the funds , of charity,.which would sgive .effective aid to fifty feeble congregations in comfortably supplying their pressing wants? The Assembly again commended the : cause to the favorable regards of the Church and country. THE•. ASSOCIATE REFORMED SYNOD OF THE This is one of the smaller orthodox Presbyter . rian bodies. For the first time, they sent a Del egate to our Assembly, in the person of Itiv. N. GORDON. Between 'Mr.' Gordon and the Moderator, the-usual courtesies,passed, and with' evident •cordiality. We note it in the proceed; ', SERMON ON DOMESTIC MISSIONS. The Annual. Sermon on Doniestio . Missions was preached on Tuesday evening, by REV. - Da. Hoivann, of Pittsburgh. 'The rain, Which fell copiously, prevented the large attendance which had waited on the instructions of the previous evening; bat a -house nearly filled testified to the interest felt in the cause, by members,of the Assembly and by citizens - . As the theme assign ed waw.Home Missions; Dr. Howard , ;very piltately directed the minds of his auditors :te :ibe fnct,' that Jesus was a home Missionary. He came to his own. He labored, his life long, with the Jews; and, with very slight exceptions, preached to Jews only. And when hi.sent forth the twelve Apostles, he bade them, go, ,not to, the Gentiles nor to the cities of Samaria; but- to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And When he commissioned the , seventy, it was to.go into all the cities whither luk himself- would cotite. And when, finally, he instructed -his servants • to go into all the world, they were to begin, first, in Jerusalem In all this there was most clearly indicated, the duty - of evtingelizing our own coun- The preaCher beautifully and foreibly presented the 'reason of our SaViour's course, and urged. the importance of our acting on the same prinoi-, ple. There were ties of kindred and the impulses' of patriotism. The Jews also' ere prepared, in Providence, to receive the Gospel, and fitted to distribitte it. They bad colonies-,--the dispersed of Israel—trading colenies, in every _principal' city and country ; colonists who. •kept up a constant intercourse with home:, And we are prepared of God to receive the Gospel—a free , country, an untrammelled Church, boundless, opportunities for education, are our heritage., And we possess the 'greatest facilities for spread-, ing the influences . of,4he Gospel-a'people gather-1 ed, from 'al" lands, trading with all nations.; possessed, of immense wealth, , in our, soil, mines,. forests, lakes, rivers. If ' this nation should beoorne truly and thormigidy evangelized, what a. powerful instrumentality would .:it , put forth toward the evangelizing of :the world! The Sermon was` a good successor -to that of Monday evening, and-would be a worthy compan ion to accompany it, on printed pages,' on visite' throughout' the land. We shall hope to meet them oft on theirerrands of influence. SERMON' ON MINISTERIAL EDUCATION The sermon on Education was preached "by Dr. Plutaer, of the Western Theological Seminary, on Wednesday evening. The weather was delight ful ; and as many people as could, get within the , reach of the speaker's voice, 'embraced the op pertunity of listening: The aim of the dis&Mrse . was to show the importanee of hiving a ministry well prepared for their'work.And , this was'done' in spanner Which must surely condrinfthe at-, tacbment of Presbyterians to the prineiples of their Church in this line, and:enlist their sympa-• tines anew in behalf of our Educational prUvis -% ions. But we have, lready said So much on .this subject, that we forbear to multiply words, ft.k the present. The Assembly has asked copies for the press, of the sermon on Foreign pdissione.ned of that on Domebtio Missions. needs, also the diteourse which speaks of the due preparation of the la borers. We may be permitted now, in connexion with our commendations, to netice a failure which Oc curred in each of these excellent discourses. The failure was one and the: saine—a failure of ex..' cess. There may be too tinkly even of a, good thing, and then, all that is added, beyond enough, detracts from the benefit of whdt had gone before, When we have but one sermon in a whole week;its, excellence may enlist us, and enchain us, far be yond the hour; but when,' it the close 'of ever wearisome days of mental effort and ettentien, we are to have a Sermon each evening; the' capabili ties of endurance' in ger mOrtals`onght'not to be too severly tried. An audience' in inch catiei, ordinarily if not always, would:greatly peter that their entertainer and instructor should send them away a little too soon—a little before they, are satiated—that their appetite may be keen for the next evening's repeat. And it may be well for us to take this hint to cairselves, and restrain our voluble pen; or direct it to anaher subject. * PUBLICATION. The Secretary of the . Board presented its con dition and prospects, in a manner quite, encour aging. An abstract of the Report to the Assem blris given in another place. There is a gratify ing progress in every department of the oper4t tions, as exhibited. We have not yet had leisure to examine the document throughout. Should we hereafter find anything'which needs, and would likely be benefitted by ,our comments, we Isbell notice it The press is one of the guiding and ruling powers of the day. It should be "eminent ly in Christian hands, in all its department& The Church should nse it in all ways in which . it can be made effective`; but especially ; in, the ; produc tion of books and tracts. Benefits have eiidently resulted from the strictures made last year, upon a portion of the 'spirit then manifested. The wants of the people have been since more exten sively looked after, in the issuing of a largely in creased number of books, embracing music boeks, all adapted to family, and• Sabbath School wants. The Assembly expresses gratitude for these pro- . dnetions, and cheers the Board onward. It also gives a very strong recommendation, almost en joining the issuing of some of our standard Works, in the German language. , This will be a new step, in a right direction. ' • • The importance of this Board' increases with every difficulty which encompasses the' American Tract Society. That hitherto eminently useful institution, has been involved in trouble. Whether • it will be long able ttrpublish books commanding 'the confidenie of the' churcha generally, comee .to be doubted.• But the fieldfor us is evidently enlarging. We have no idea that ourßoard shall •'be a grasping concern, nor a supplanter of any thing else that is good but we wish to see' it so conducted that'it shall be dequate to the richest supply of the wants of our ` own. Church, and in 'viting to all who love precious truth. The sermon on this subject' was appointed for Thursday evening, to be preached by . Dit. +STA:un ion, of Chillicothe, Ohlo. It will doubtless, he. a, worthy, successor of, the excellent:discourses no ticenlaiready ; brit we fear that rolion'will fail 'Vs .to speak of evert '..ti ft det4l4, even if our own powers were adequate to the de: 11= tforiptien, and onrreaders' tide'ivould Xstify the perusal. CHURCH EXTENSION. ~„„The.jutereatin,this,enterprisa.lka-greatlyAnl? creased. The contributions t though more than double ;of last Atilt, however, fall: short of the demand There are many congrega tions now , al,dcd by the hoard of, Missions, which; if they. had ChUrchieifioes, Could 'Sustain themselves. It would be economy to help such churches promptly and liberally. An %nitrated discussion., Vas had Inpthe, , As.„ t. sem ly, on the Committee's rule, not to aid any church which sent abroad solicitors: They-allow every church to choose whether it will apply to them, or send. abroad; , bat -not to.do both. The Assembly sustained them notfully in this: .We fear an injurious result. Otherwise the Committee was fully approved; and was commended to the confidence, and , liberality , of all the, churches. This is the youngest of, our,Church enterprises. It is not yet duly appreciated ;. but, through the persevering industry of its conductors, it bids fair to win its way,to a generali and , generous regard. THE AMERICAN BIBLE SOCItTY. Some - ten .years ago, thel American Bible So ciety, finding the variations'Allat had crept and were still creeping into the English 'Bible, through errors of the press, changeivinioithograPhy,' and other constantly operatinecinsesV had %vio l in° very numerous, conceived the idea of`a, thordtigh revision; embiaeing I the' editions "in most:re pute; as far back as the' 'first,; `which "was printed in 1611 To accomplish this• work, the Managers - appointed an able Committee Of Chris tian. ministers, wite,':ifteifriome . feur years of label.; had their , task%iidented; and their revised' Bible *di-adopted and , published.' It has hence been' in Circulation some SIX years. And it is only recently that the question of the SOCiety's right to do 'whit it' ha's done, has been. Mooted. In. melting the reyialon,, the Managers put into the hinds of the Committee, their own_ standard Bible; the Oxford Bible,:published 43 , 1767 !by Dr. Blaney; the London, NiOurgh i , and Glas gow. Bibles ; and the Translators! Bible, first edi-: tion 1611.; six copies. ',The• result is, an altera tion in theleading Ormany•ohapters; the change of a few words, of some. capital .letters, some spellings, some italics,. and, Oft some of the punc tuation: . -5 c f This adieu of the' SoCiety was - assailed 'tifith great earnestness in the Assembly, by Dr. It J. Breckinridge, who baa.p o ,ited SD Overture re-. questing the Assembly to Aistip'proire' of the So cietfe iverk, and to 'arrange' for. the pUblishing, by our Church, of an English Bible, 'which we might regard as a' Standard. The Hector,'is Chairman.', of t the` , Committee of 'Diertures, re ported own paper ; and, on its coming before the House, made a speech of'some three hours in length. The subject is "4":,f immense importance— well worthy the brother's zeal, and the Aesembly's time. If the things charged are all as be stated them, the Society should be rebuked and re claimed ; if the speaker hes misconceived` its doings, and is,, by his efforts, lnjaring. one of the noblest and most, useful institutions, in the land, or.in the world, 'his: error should be exposed, and the Society vindicated. The Managers of the American Bible Society, in their zeal for the perfectness. of their edition, of the Scriptures,. may have gone too' far;, and even though they may have introduced nor error into.- their Copy, 'they may yet.-have ,assumed" a power, in revision, which , wasnot theirs,.att the assumption of-iihicit is a. dangerous precedent. The Society was organised , to - print the Scrip tures,. and circulate them. Ite thinstitution; and its professions to the Christian comnrenity, bind it to publish the , English Bible, as in -.use it the time of its organization,' (18160 Without note or Now, has the Society exceeded its powersq Breckinridge'says that it ;has: ,The Managers think it has not ; but they 'say that it it;'‘has, it will retract every thing done beyondviihat was properly 'Within' its-proVincel - Atit, "thoiigh it;vot: untary institution;'' it is not ahtagonisiriC'to'llie Church, but auxiliary; that it is composed of Prisbyterians, BpiscopitlianS, Congregationalists,, DutCh Reformed; Methodists, &c.; SM:--coinposeil of all EvangelicalChristianti; and that it is not abihit to contend against the Church, nor; against, any branch of the Chyme!". Only point' out, its wrong, audit will retrace its steps. Thisjs surely fsir: Rev. Mr. MoNeil, one of the Secretaries, was. in the Assembly, and spoke on the subject. His explanations seemed to be highly and his promises on the Society's behalf were all: that could be reasonably, asked, Ile.gave a. very interesting statement of, the History ; of *the Eng lish Bible, and of the:labors and, careininese of tho Society in their work.— But, has the Society exceeded its powers? The work is evidently well-done, in the main,- if not entirely;; But had it a right,- under , its2constitu- Bon, to do it; •'or should the Church, in. some of its Ecclesiastical organizatiens, havedoneit ? That revisions' are needful; is most ,evident. There is never an edition Printed, WithouVerrors of the press. These, errors are copied, apd others aided. Orlhography;Aingei, taste inthe nee of capitals change& If the Bible in the impression of 16H, were before us, it is supposed that not one perion in twenty could now read it—scarcely read it with the use of a Dictionary. There must, necessarily, be revisions Such is the state of hu man affairs.' Who shall make these revisions?, Why, every publisher makes .a -revision, every proof reader Makes one, to some extent. He tries to follow a" Copy, but he twill not reprint, manifest errors. He will correct, them Bow far does his duty go ? Ho* many good copies . May hi look at, in 'correcting hisproofs? • - Suppose now that our Chureh, as requested in the Overture, should so, separate, itself from the, sisterhood of Churches in Christ's, { family, as to set about making for itself an English Bible,, how, would it proceed? Would it take someone of the editions in use in 1816 as the -standard ? Which / one; for tkey are ,various? WOuld, it take the Oxford. Bible 0f,1707-hy Blaneyl. Or the Lon don Bible ? • ,or the ,Edinbaribi. or Glasgow.?, Or would it take the Original of 1611 ? And if it'should select :the standard; wouldt. it copy the manifest misprints-? If not, hikw . woitid - it -correct them ? Would it not refer ' . to the other editions, which were highest repute? Well, this isjust what has been dMie by the Bible Society. , And it was .solemnly affirmed 'by 'Mr McNeil, that the copy ,of the Society, which is the result of the late'revision, "is nearer ,to ' the original of thellranelettore, than any othe coAt extant. And of this revised edition only a feW, compara tively, are yet printed. They have it in the form of a large pilpit Bible, an octavo_ Bible, and a Brevier, while they have tens of thousands of the common edition. .`F The 'discussion'in the Assembly waS protraCted and'animated. For some notes, of it, See our column of proceedings ,iirneboold greatly, dep recate ,the p.ublishing of a Bible to -which might, be;prefixed the epithet.Presbyterion., Hence we would regret the refining of the matter to ,our Board, embracing, as the Overture asks, a. revision Of all editions of the;Scriptures, from 1847 •haek to 1611. The Overture is as follows : 1. The American Bible. Society hag, by the, terms of its constitution, no legitimate right to alter, in any way, the common and accepted atandard - linglish Scriptures, as they stood at the creation cf that Foclety. . 2. Concerning the said English' Soritdures, the Anterican .Bible Society bag full .ROWST tO . print and circulate theta, and to collect and funds for those Purposes. But it has no : power to edit , them—in any other-,sense'than to keep them 'in the exact condhionAu which thevStaiuMrd , English Bible eked arthe forination -Faid,t3ocieti. . 3.:This General Astrombly,;ind.theiChurch At xepregents, - ags,And front themeginning have warm and 1310, L04 ' 7 , inousibpporterivof the-Auferibins Bible iety. 'Mid it is in this mass we feel called on lb toy that we neither do M!MESI! =ME 1I AND TOAT.R.' . nor can allow, on our part,:of any, even itre smallest, da parture from original principle . on which that Seci,ty_ was founded; and to! express the settled conviction that the continued support of that Society, by the Presbyterian Chinch, depends upon the strict adherence of the Society to - - 4 - The Board of Publication of the Presbyterian Church :will consider and report to the General !Assembly, a plan for the 'preparation and permanent ptiblleation, Wit. - of the ' common English Bible in a form suitable for pulpit use, 1 with the Standard text unchanged, and the usual access, ries to the text common.y found in pulpit English Bibles from 1,64 1°4117. • 4 - , cThis would' certainly - Very like the beginning of a Sectarian Bible on our part..-It would justify, , in some measure, the Campbelite effort.2ltterbuld be a irebedetk-of hind omen. We_ might soon look for an Episcopal Bible, .alklethodist - Bible; 'a" Contrigitiiiiiir Bible, Sla~" very and Anti-Slavery Bibles—Bibles of every kind: The variations Would at first -be very, small, but they would become' rent ' Confidence , ' in thelniliSh Bible would fiat. NoW; as revisions are iudispeusable in the ria titre of things, we , Prefer that they shOul be .made by the united'ilsdo6 of Christians. And' let - every .denomination - watchful, a be'nd,' - at the .• • same time, generous and truthful " Our Church has Bq£l4 good example. The sub ject has been disenseed freely, and been referred to. the Assembly of next year, In the mean time, examinations will 'be, mide. The Society 'will re;rise, its work, and if. any thing- wrong is disceyered ? , it will be rectified— The , confidence in,the Society should ). unabated—it should ;be even, the zreater,,from ; the yery fact of this dis mission new demonstrated that the chsrelies 'have their,eyes. , ; .upon it, and will ,gnard its .cor reOtneas with sleepless care. .WESTERN "'THEOLOGICAL SEMINART—L A FOURTH PROFESSOR. The Subject of a 4 Fourth psofeasor at Alle gbeny, occupied same time in the Assembly ; on Friday and. Saturday, of last week, and elicited considerable animation on the part of tlifferent 'speakers. It was brought up by, a telegram from Pittsburgh, inforining . the brethren here; that the 'Direatois, in a meeting regularly called, nnani mouldy passed , a• resohition:requeating that the Chair. of Ecclesiastical History shall be filled by an appointment by-this Assembly; and. nominating 'Mr. Samuel S. Wilson for the position, he being a young man, tried in the'Seminary as to his capa bilities; and -posseising• the full' confidence of the Facility, the ilirectors, and'- Students.'" A conferseito was called, on 'Gig informatiths, of .gentlemenfrom the: region interested; and the movement 4afing the approbation of. all present, the Committee On Semitries were so infermed. The ; Matter was, by them, then brought before the Assembly. Mr., Wallace,. of Redstone, represented that Presbytery as being - opposed to the:employing of more than • three Profeasors in any Seminary; ; :but said, that if the Assembly gave its other Semi naries four, he then' wished that the'Weitern should be put ore a full equality. He , hadno idea . of:Seeing it but a second class concern. The coun-: : try wag . wortily of the highest= regard by the Aar. license under tne new ,Excise law; Assembly, and the interests 'of the' phurches, .there,.and of the 'Church 'at large, demanded itd that if any one did, he, should be expelled front the Association. There are in, the city, fif that this Institution should be of the first . - , - ... , - - - - , , , . - - .'. teen hundred liquor dealers. not,connected„witn class i capable of furnishing the very best herb- . . __ - • - the Association, Robert D. Holmes,, Esq-, lug; ties to the very large number of young men who • been appointed Excise Commissioner 2 , l and-has , resorted thither for their Theological education. ," N - ~. '- Mr. M'Clung, of Saltsburg, stated that thataccepted theoffice : pres-- 'oytery was opposed to a Fourth Professor at In the Naomi os Dm' Goons for. last week, there has been a, decrease of • nearly one-half Allegheny.; that the _churches had been already compared with the. corresponding week:of fist heavily !axed to sustain, it, ; and that it would year, and &considerable falling off dompared with not be right to „place upon' them new burdens. 'the same week in 1855. ' ' - • • ', Other brethren from the region , most interested ;. . uttered with earnestness their strong desires, _for.. ° The G_SNSIIAL , &son or THE ASSOCIATE Rs . the additional Professor.. They, also alluded to F /DIED UHUR . ORs closed :tl3 Sessions lasire!lr'' The great topic of , thscussion was, , thevi , ion with . happy combination of eircumstanaes, which indi cated the man, and ; the means of sustenance. , the Associate, or Seceder Church, on the basis The principal oppbsition toffibe'measure was . that had been presented to both bodies. The dis=" missions were earnest and animated. "Great di -made by' Dr. 1t,: . .T.' Bree,kinridge. He objected' strongly to the youthfulness 5f the nominee, and' versity of °Fini‘in existed. At length the basic ' 'to his having never' been' a pastor - objections , of . union . was ..... adop , to ? 7 a __ , SIX Y• Ire ct, both of which would have' combined to rule the thirty-six. Eine were excused frpm voting. The now eminent Professors at Princeton; Dr. Hodg e llo foliiig is the principal of these resdlutions: ' and Dr. J:•A. Alexander, out Of. that Institution; , Reso , lved, That th&Associate Referined Church and•nne-of which would have excluded Professor ; does hereby declare her acceptance or the Testi mony proposed as a basis of, union by the ASSOCt- Green. , Dr. Breckinthige also ob j ected to the r a t e . synud, and overture& by the General Synod nomination, because made at .the suggestion of 1 of .1.86, to the d P t ryshy o tries,in`th e fidence amendments=miry the Directors. This objection bears strongly against right reason, and against every successful 1 1 ° Zis with the faith and Priie ndminatien hitherto made for any of our Bernina- t tt i l(} :e l he uil l aY d rl i n n tinz : e orn sa ni rti oft.hi the tivo Churches,'or ren der it more entirely acceptable, will he in due 'ries. •All such nominations have' come, either ' time effected by the. ; united. Church, and in the:; confidence that reasonable forbearaime will be directly or indirectly, from: the Directors, e exercised toward any member of either body, that Faculty, and other immediate friends Of the In exercised feel constrained to dissent from any , article stitution interested. And who so competent to in the basis. _- . . • • nominate, as those who have the care and reopen- • arrived f the Associate S nod . 1 Adelegation, fromy , sibility' of au Institution; and ' who know its = noire sitting in Philadelphia, and presented a re wants ? And who would vote for a nominee ' "t of the action of that body on thepropOsed brought before the Assembly from any other , basisat of union showing than the Synod had , . : quarterr? And wh° would accept a position i without the knowledge that he , was the choice of • I accepted it, after some slight amendments. A protest MSS entered, signed eby D iicCarrell, and . those for whom, and with whom, he, was to gerve? . , . . . , : ; fifteen others, on the grOnnd, that the action of Dr. B. objected still ferther, ; and that hence, by that Mr. Wilson was nit an ordained minister t, the Synod was unconstitutional and void, because of the complex sal uncertain vote of the Presby- Seminary regulationS, he, could not be elected to • teries'; •and that, therefore, the Synod had no s Professorship. The Seminary regulation is constitutional right to act in the case at the this : "See. 2. No person shall be inducted into present time... The Rev WM McMillin, and two the office of Professor of Divinity, but an a l ' otherS retested against any terms of communion (laird minister i of e ~ Gospel.7 , ( Di i'Ft l P• , "P- 4 .1 ( , additional to those now' held, The 3ee 7 .T . .. v..- It is thus manifest, that ordination is a *pile , p ree m y, and seven others, protested, because of requisite only to the Professorship of pOittyy ; and the form, agaiost the Bth arid 9th that, even, for this, a licentiate might be coustitn- Articles-; also, ' against the, Article on Covenanting, and on, tionally elected, though, before- being inducted. " constitutionalgrounds.These protests Were u . into, office, h- mast be, erdained. Strange thnt ~ , # . - answered, by the adoption, after amendment,. of this should have se far escaped the notice of a , , a report by, blesirs. , Findley, 310(instrey, and Theological Professor hims:,lf. The: discussion on the part of the Assembly, ) Dr. Forsythe,. were ~appeinted delqgatea to the , otherwise than as above noted; was most cordial;'.' General Assembly of the : Irish .Presbyterian and we congratulate_Allegheny on, the,attainment, ! Church; : and,the Rev. Dr. Forsythe workable-21p; should Mr. Nyiison sobcept,, of a full professorial ; pointed &delegate to the Evangelical Alliance, to 'corps, The endowment is now ,needed. ~A nd i meet in Prussia; next November. - The memorial: there, int now encouragement to,, work. Let the . for the establishment of a Mission in:lndia; Was proper wisdom and energy be found on the, part of - referred to • the Board of Agency, with - power`to those-entrusted with affairs and =.a kind Provi-. act. During the meeting of this Syned, theßev.' deuce will snatle ( propitiously., Unity, Harmony,..;. , Dr. Forsythe delivered an , address, on thez ,, Eis-- a and an overpowering love to the Redeemer's cause, 1 tory of Presliyterianism. , , , , , -, will attach us to.our Institution ; and will not ., - PHILADELPHIA. rest till we shall see it not only well manned, but, ~,; , ,•,, • ~, ; ~ , , , ~,, An anthem.; of three thousand, five _hundred adequately endowed. , ot crowded Musical Fund Hall, to leai ,Toitit' B. And why should any faint? Has not the Lord f_L. n ~ -- , ~ •, . , Gorton - , on the subject of Temperance, prerous blessed• bur 'region with an abundance of good - , • , • to ,his departure for Europe, on another lectotang things? And suppose much has been given, nas • tour. " Early in-'tbe 'me i - 1 ' ;single ticket not the Lord entrusted us with still inore ? And scald ijo, kr w eriri t td. ,00,07rgePAiinsLaar., ,pre does he not love a cheerful giver ? We rejoice in • , - the'decision of the Assembly, an sided: shall unite °or- . /MOM- The L.. jiat, .. o . R DzAtant s 01. phijadelphis City and, ppushing the endowment dially with the Trustees and Directors, in , County &reforming an Association, toresist the . present License Law, or to seek . its repeal. A, • Saturday afternoon was occupied in arranging , ea has been appointed, to report a for new Presbyteries and Synods in Northern i c l , l ' o f n g s e tit ° u ° t r oi ntt ri . Missouri Southern lowa, Kansas, and Nebraska ,2d B v-Laws " - r Monday - was taken up with miseellaneOus busi- ' The Main Lips .of. Pubic• Works hi'adverti sed' nesi, which, with other matters, We defer for for sale"Mx the 24th instant, at' the' - Merchanis' further comment till next week. - Eireltange. * - -, -1, The Asiembly adjourned finally at 10 o'clock, The Eireboran Convsiarron, Of thettionese4)? Monday evening. PettneylVariii, was, in session list Week: Plre. candidateS, all natives of Philadelphia, were or dained deacons. During the ye ar ,. BiShoP POtter has confirmed one thousand four "hundred and sixty-two candidatesPesnsiditttte e el4en t)tht:dianate;4iidft:deae°na l prie consecrated five Cbtiels6n4laideih corner stones: He has also preached one hundred and sixty-three times, haptized twenty:sliee'hil: . dren and ~one adult,' and officiated at tin Mar riages and four timers:ls. The * ishie repriesents portions of, the, Diocese:to be nourishing ; While in other sectiens, Area* zeal andefficleney ar" recommended. - ' . : 41 The Ai rth l l9 o: q glEillif o. lll 4an,:was. cele brated, al Girard,, College, on Itairotday . ', tite 28th nit. This is the one hundred and aeVent.h. ' • , _lc, pittnt,,,kkilftolti ishhatk S . otiod, :::erCrmisAr'4,7ve":'da.firt.44l74.l3.4l ' P. ' n ' xntOß, N. S ,) de n a neglected part of the city. i Two hundred Eastern Summary. t BOSTON AND NEW ENGLAND The 48th4universary of -the .litissiennarirs . Bums &A in was celebrated - on Monday after noon, the 24th'ult,, in the Central' church. The last year his been one of marited-prosperityin the 'Operations of this Society:` The . issues' ex needed those of the 'previous "year by four thou sand volumes. The income for the year has been $22,887. ' In the evening theSOUTHERN , Ain SOCIETY held, , • • • its meeting, in the same church. During the three Years of the existence of this Societithere 'have been, contributed; to; : its funds, $24,828.85„ of, which, 48,556.74 came from 'New ,!ngierid. Different Islaw _England gentleman have coetrilig-, 1 ted, $l,OOO, $5OO, and. $BOO, ' each. „Wring , oe, Ist year, eleven missionaries were aided in five 1 ' 7e --- "1: 4-- •,., 4.•• , : ,-,, :•'_ c.: - •- , K ,, , '0:.; • 4 _ 27. ~ • slave States; the-2d year twenty-two in nine dif. %Tont States Lind the 3d year, forty in eleven States. Addresses were made by the Rev. John Veddi.l34.,,Dri.af.Rittsfield,illasa.,,,anchthe Rev. Dr. Bethune, otßrooklytt, New York. Ou Ineiday 28thr' inst., the AMERICAN EDUCA TION SOCIETY held its 41st Anniversary. Rev. Dr. Humphrey presided. The number of young men assisted last year, was three huiidred and thirty-two, of whom eighty-four were new bene -sciaries. The available funds have been $29,- 505.82 ; and the disbursements, $26,289. The balance in the treasury .April 80th, was $3,239.90. The speakers were Sev.4:o;Bodwellvof Framing , ham, and Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, of Brooklyn, New York. Oa the' same day, at 3.P.'1%f., the addreas -be fore the CON 611.10ATIONAL LIBP.KRY ASSOC'S:AMON; was delivered byThe Rev. Ray Palmer, of Albariy, , N. Y. ' The subject was "Preaching and Preach.. ere-of the rest:" - The BOSTON CITY MISSIONA'nY Socrarr support.. ed, the pia year, twenty missionaries—seven males, and thirteen females. The number of vis its made by these Misnionaries during the quarter, was 10,337; number of families visited, 2,385; number of sick persons visited, 1,283; .nember of funerals attended',`tracts distributed, 83,:. i 92,; Bibles, 75;Testainente, `182; children gathered into Sabbath .Schools; 254 ; into public schools, 30;"regialar nteetings,beld, 501; number converted, 23 ; employment farnished to 48 ; pe cuniary aid:furnished to 612 ; garments distrib uted, 1,600 ; nuMber of temperance pledges ob tained .12. A rich. Merchant has offered .$l,OOO toward the support of an additional,missionary in the. 'southern part of the city, on. condition that be-. sideq,sthis,,one, the number .of last year be, kept: np, ,Are there pot opportunities for. a like liber, ality il by some of the wealthy ,Presbyterians of The EISEIGRAIIT AID SOCIETY held its Annual `meoting on the 27th ult., .Frotn the report of ; the 'Directors, it appears probable that the invest ments, with some itithince, , will be re.paid to the stockholders. • The receipts for the year have been $42,000. ' • . 'The Maine Conferecce of the METHODIST EPIS COPAL Cauntin has passed a resolution• denouxic ing the use of tobacco as an expensive and need lass indulgenc& unfavorable to cleanliness and . • goed'manners, and unbecoming 'Christian& eve" cially Christian ministers. 2 The Hon. Jamss Bum., Becatoifioni New HamPshire; is dead: • NEW YORK. The 27th Anniversary of the BaooKriva,Strs , DAY 8011001, Irlnow was celebrated on T'ltesday, the 27th ult. Over twenty thousand children and teachers,walkedin procession. At a mestipg.of the Liquos.,Pgaznies Assock /Ton, last Jargelr, a .resolntion :was _gassed not.a single member. of the Association sb.eoid ietition Adm . , Or Er- lay na~t~:^~tms~~,^~:u.~~ ~...~wx~!.. x~ v. anoTfifty dollars were asked for this tnjr e . ; be end, - the coi3gregstion conirlb u t„l thousand six hundred dollars—f,efficie Lt chases lot, and erect a suitable building, 17.1'.4110N THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, V A The Rev. Wm. J. Hoge was inaunr- Professor 4 Biblicallntpoduction" in ; 1,, Seniinary, on the 12th of May. The to the new professor was given brother, the Rev. M. D. Hoge, D. 1) Richmond, 'la. It is said that Dr. B . - Smith Will remain in connexion with Seminary. For the first time since it gin, this Seminary has four regular prr.l;.. sors. The plan of instruction devised 1, its venerated founder,.the Rev. Dr. John Rice, is now filled. Rev. S„ pastor. : of the Sixth Presbyterian ehu r c ri. ' Pittsburgh, en the evening of the May: :Rev. Dr. Marshall presided wt proposed the constitutional questions, p,, : ;„ IL Lea preached the . sermon, R et. McPherson gave. the charge to the paqqr, and the Rev:. S. C.-Jennings the chanx, the people. , Mr. Findley requests t r : -. respondents and others to address him h; Pittsburgh, Pa: Rev. J. A. CAMPBELL'S Pont Office addm i is changed from St. _Mary's, Ohio, t Fletcher, 3.l.iand `CO Ohio. Rev. nrzarr McDoNALD having received : call to the churches' of Ebenezer oli d . Fayette, his Post Office addren is elano , t.l from Clinton, La; Fayette, Jefr eN , : , County, Miss. • Rev.' Wivf.'D.A.tZELL S Post Office addres changed from Mansfield,. Ohio, to ton, Hardin County, Ohio. Rev. WASHINGTON MAYNARD was installtri pastor of the Truro church, Colunibu.. Ohio, on the 22d of May. Mr. H. S. UST/CH has been ordained all installed pastor• of. the First Presbyteib t church of Hamilton, Ohio. Rev. F. N. EWING was installed pastor the Fiist`Presbyterian church, Blooming. ton, Tilinois, on the 10th of May. Rev. J. A. BALDwiNplate of Lancaster, Pa., was installed pastor of the Presbyterin church of New Providence, New Jens v, • on the 12th of May. Rev. P. W. TRomrsoN's Post Office address is now Prairie City,, McDonough County, Illinois. Rev. JAMES M. CRowYrais.Post Office ad- dress is;. changed from, Parkesbure, Pa. to No.. 414 South lifteefith Street,'Phila delphia. - • - Mr. W. B. ScAnafOßOiau his been ordained and_ installed. pastor Of the churches Taneyrtowii and New Windsor; Maryland. Messrs. THOMAS M. OARTERi RUDOLPH HOLLOWAY„ and A. C. of - '4l'Seininary, were' licensed' to preach fle Gospel, by the Presbytery of Transyl73l . pia at their late meeting. Proceedings -ef the .General Assembly of , 1857. novara,DAY. , •Nonilay i Mar2s, The t Aseembly:metin the Second,church,and.waeopenci with'stoging, readfilik the,Eciiktnies and Mayer: The!minittbe of Satordat were read and approved. : With the lease of the Assembly, the Moderator acMed it the Committee on Theological Seminaries:lr: Townaend, Rnling•Dirler l iMni ilia Presbytery of ,Bouth•Careittn4. Dr. Dumont, from timCommittee to nominate Delegates tOForeign - Bodes;niade a rep'ort, whiek'cin motion of Dr. Thopinell,,lrinkrrent on the. ihrkat_ . A. riimirt - from Rai. Dr. grebe, Delegrite to the General Amide ' was , -read and received; also, letter fon - EL : the Scribe-. of the -Evangelical CODEClCh tiOtrjiif Abdo Tehitd.'srbielf, on - inotibn of Di. Hoge. were referrekto the Ckinimittee on Foreign Correipondence On motion of Dr. M'Gill, Jones, D. D, , principal, and J Daliiknatrick,D:lo..hlternate, ; were appcimed toprearb the annual:lmM= oa Domestic Mr - micas" before . the Assem bly of 1558. TFOREDMVERSUONS:-. . The order of the day *as taken up, and in the absent of the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign NI issioni. Dr. J. L. Wilson wascalled mato make such remarks as he deo)). ed roper in that connexion. r. Wilson proceeded to remark that the Report of the Baird .could be sent abroad through the churches, and the mfisidobary journals-would con - sin all the news necessary to afford fnll,information in reference - to the regret.; of this - voids: 'Dr' Wilson said be had been warned not to make af-1 011 13 !Ouch,' no doubt witka good motive. But is it tight, when we spend _ twelve or fourteen daya together. to approrriate onlj- one itiosrAo the-great: missionary work ,among the heathen ? There have been a greater mimics of failures.of lealth, among missionaries, within the year, 'thaw usual.: _me ;station. at : Canton has been given up. TM& is a discouraging circumstance, but otherwise t he walk has been preatly'preepered. - afore than one hundred and fifty sours have beenascertained to have beeb conver+ed duo ing the year.at Missionary, Stations. One ettnr hat homehai r anti qui - iheff- her "pastor to go abroad; another one bast lees np one of her leading Ruling Elders. a man of wealth and intelligence, and flee of her members. These churches have been greatly prospered in consequence of their &sol aces. Dr:Wilson then : gleamed at the progress of the work, at each of - the lidisoktOnary Stations under the car e of the Board, and give 'a most encouraging account of their pro- Dr: Kdgeir..ehafraiitit'af theCominittee on the Report of the Board, then read the report of the Committee, which is as follows: . . , Octe: . Church; which numbere2,22o ministers. and 233 715 members, now has.tis her rept esentotirre a in all the beetle.. .. world, only 'about seienty preachers of' tee evielastioe Gospel. Our contribution% for the support and protagatinn of Christianity ,among the heathen, amount. during the ,past year, to Onlylaborit $207,000. less $ll.OOO ivceivrd to. et the tllnitedeihates Government for the American Indians, that tient.) , about $168,000. Oen BoarlY_ report' a baltince against their treesnry of 'ell 0.0., .Ithey Om report a wids and effectual door opei ' , for nain'Tedia; C hints, Fiam Africa, and our own ludise tribe ...',''bey. Mort upre neur shy for more money to support the work as it now stands, and more men anti ,money to exte nd the work, as a good Provider ee is opening the way for . Ittohe extended And this Assembly IP :eked to adopt PDC'• measuree as will place this greas matter on prolitee footing befpie our chinches, not only relievlr g the Board firm itq present - debt, but enabling it to enlarge its operatione. • ' • • . 'ThetAsetsmhly would reepond to this call by reiterating 'to, and,before all our churches, the teatitnenY of the Ar texatilrittlEtriffidO and the Assembly at Nashville, that Ile "ertalty in givieg - Nutt:ye - Rapport and propagation of the a grime of the spirit; that it is a Trait, and an evi dence, and a moans of trees; also. by reiterative the testi motty,otthose Aseembliee; that offerings or money for the services of tbe,Lbiti ere acts of worship whieh ought to le systematically and eolenuoly performed in all our dm mites. 'and by.every, Christian. IT. The A' aembly w cried also'deelaie; (epeehing to itself 'ln thn;ininisters, anti elders here presen t, and through them to each and 'estery inioietor and elder in. all our bounds.) that. not only; 1/3 it our Individual duty to exerciee this Fb eralitv, and:make Ahatte. offerings, but, moreover that it it the ofciei duty of 'ryery ons of us to set forth this testi 'moray in our severalihurebes, until they all practically re ceive the acme. , TIL ' 'AA:dying:these; general ' principles to the particular 'matter of:Foreign , Ttliesions, the - Assembly would r. von 'mend th - e following amongst other modes and ways of training our people = it the grace of . giving: (a.) That our, Sunday Schools be enlisted, by p ai t t et, it the void woilecif contributing for Forrign 'Minions. The aggregation , of many particles is always a mighty and in thle.ease the many smith' streams would. by floviig tomether. make le great liver: Rot far more than 11./F. the children of,the Church would thee receiving an sdi.o.- ton in Nerietiolence and beneficence. ( 6 44'bitt tittriminieters preach aysteroatically and fre quently-0,3411e snity.et of Foreign htiesions, t aching 'no neoPle„that it is their duty to give 0 ore and more mosey to thistatiee, iff'order that the work may grow and Fprr3.l. and proportion as it does grow and greed, because the Itnewledge of the lto'nl must 1111 t the earth, even at tie -waters fill the sea; that our manta/we also teach that it is needful to ipereare greatly.the number cf 11111.35inuari , in beithenlande;and. that, to this end. more or our Tou r ' mauls:est y , offer themselves to this work tetng thereto moved by the Holy Spirit, and therein bonered IT the Great ',Bead of. the Church: that our min init.! it also Aeachthet.it is.tho„joyful privilege of pious perent.. - with - 'filth` arid'Utia Bay Ghost, to dedicate their chidden 'to thisinett esalted, and, happy eel- ice. More' over, the first Thinday evening in every month, or on otter Bod.freno rime to time, let this people hear Rai their. minlatee detailed sem:etas. of various Foreign :ll.' tffisCiiettilon, vri h a description of the religious rote ditlouottbe pepple, and the beginning and progress of the Church's' wo, k amongst them. (c.) That, to • this end, our ministers take pains. then: _lnell,icaregully to read the Home and Fentge and oloreygn .tifiroirmary, so as to know what is Icing dos'' . I Y onemilledoniries : and that they also further the elic‘ alto And,ei.courage the. reading of these publication': fn at° cOugregatiens. IV. , With respect tuthe debt of $ll.OOO which has bees reported, this Aesemidy is perfectly well aware of, the diffi culty and embarrassment into which debt -meet elotT , :bring the Board. The credit of the hoard, and the po'gr'''' nay the very existence of the minions , we know requiiee that the Church, nom year to year should furnish all 'b e means which the f/IlgetteieS of our great foreign enterprie' • demand., The Church bas manifestly not turn i,,e n d this year all „thateome peculiar - cii cumes anom an d F ee went the general.and healthy growth of onr missions. made need . ltd. But - this Assembly; In bumble yet el retrial cot flaw!, in our g re at Heed, Red:hi His people, .wonld email 11 ! the Board, in His naine . , 6 . forward and enter every d"' which heists befoie them..:Ahe work of foreign tion,of. the faitb,must not stop, nor be even ebecetd: yet on the other hand, the Asieinbly would eallupon the church_ _ as .thiy deliv_er. their egints, the Board , foul to . ° T Present difficulty, and from the certainty of yet 'lv a ': 'einbarraesments at the close of the current sear, it!'f,_ , diately.andittonsitierably to, enlarge their gi.ta a o'S Inge. Let those *So heve heretofore given, a°l.r if 11 11 Isla, girt twenty - five per rent-, at lout, morn; —ft a .i i . y.ti Ecclesiastical