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LITTERS ON 13IISINESS.—Persons sending us lists of subscribers, and especially in mak ing remittances, will please direct their letters, always, (as requested above,) to REV. DAVID MCKINNEY, Pittsburgh, Pa. Serious losses have occurred, by a neglect of this , request. INDIA.—An interesting letter concerning the progress of the Gospel, and religious in , titutions,in.thia dietantJandoviLbe.tfound in another column. Its facts are important, and worthy of remembrance. Drs MOINES COLLEGE.—The first Annual Catalogue of this Institution is before us. It is conducted by. Rev. tr. C. Hollyday, as Principal. The pupils, for the year, uum bered, males thirty.seven, females thirty three. Billiman Institute, Clinton, La. The main building of this Institution, for the education of young ladies, under the care of the Rey. H. Mosely, of our Church, vias.recently destroyed by fire. The school has not been suspended, but is continued in a building, secured until the loss is repaired. "North Carolina Presbyterian." This is the title of anew weekly journal, to be published at Fayetteville, North Caro lina, as soon as a sufficient number• of sub scribers shall be obtained. The concern will be owned by a number, of stockholders, who have appointed the Rev. W. N. Me bane and Rev. Geo. McNeil, Editors, upon a liberal salary. Lindenwood Female College: The building intended for this Institution, at St. Charles, Mo., is nearly completed, and will be ready for the reception of pupils on the Ist of September. The Rev. A. V. Schenck, of St. Joseph, Mo., his been elected President, and also Stated Supply of the church at St. Charles, for one: year; both of which appointments have been ac cepted. s Rev. A. P. Rapper, X. D This brother, having been prevented from returning to his missionary labors at Canton, China, for the present, by the difficulties ex isting between.the British and Chinese Gov :ernments, has, after conferring with the Ex ecutive Committee of the Board of Foreign Missions, accepted an invitation to supply, temporarily; the Central Presbyterian church, Baltimore. He requests correspondents to address him at Baltimore, Md. United Brethren. Quite a controversy has been in progressfor some time, in, this denothination, with re gard . to the doctrine of natural depravity. Many anticipated a rupture in the denomi nation; but the late General Conference, by a vote of fifty-seven to one, caused the fol lowing question to be answered affirmatively, by their ministers, to be inserted in the Dis cipline : "Do you believe that man abstract of the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, IS fallen from original righteousness, and is in clined to evil, Wand only evil, continually ; and except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.?" New Church. .The Presbytery of Ohio, at its late meet ing, determined to organize a new church on Mt. Washington—one of the 'elevations of Coal Hill—across the Monongahela. This enterprise is undertaken in the midst of a large and growing population, that has hith er to been much neglected. The Presbyte rians there are not numerous, but active and zealous. The present movement is .owing, in part, to the labors and efficiency of the members 9f a single family. We hope that this is a beginning that will be speedily fol lowed by enlarged efforts in the way of church exteroion. Oakland College. At the late Annual Commencement of this Institution, ten young men received the degree of A. 8.. The Alumni Address was delivered 'by the Rev. T. R. Markham. The Trustees 'have contracted, for additional buildings, the estimated cost of which will be 00,000. „The income of the College for the coming year, to be devoted to the support of the Faculty, and defraying incidental ex penses, will be about $lO,OOO. Rev. W. D. Moms, formerly pastor of the Presbyterian Church in:. Greensburg, Pa., and Robert Patterson, Esq., formerly Professor in Jeffer son College, pa., are among the Professors. Central Church, Cincinnati. This church is still enjoying the gracious presence of God's Spirit, in more than ordi nary measure. Last Sabbath . week, as we learn by a letter from the pastor, fifteen others, in addition to those received a 'short time ago, made a public profession of their faith. Ten were young men. Eight of these were ,• baptized. The pastor preached in the morn ing, from Song, ii : 4; "He brought me to the banqueting-honse, and his banner over me was love." In the evening, the Rev. DSs Vermilye, of NeW York,.preached from 1. Cor., xiii: 12; a 'Tornow we see through glass darkly, but, then; face to face." We learn that there are quite a number yet anx iously inquiring. • The Morality of Skeptics. We stated in our notice of the last num ber of the Westminster Review, that we in tended to advert to it again. This we do in order to show our readers the spirit of that journal, in its lamentations over the obstacles which exist in England, as hindrances to the more public avowal of infidelity. In Liver pool, there is a clergyman in the Established Church, named Macnaught He is Incum bent of St. Chrysostom's Church, at Ever ton, and for a considerable time past, has rendered himself Conspicuous for two things—his attention to the humbler classes of the district in which his church is situ ated, and the peculiar form -of skepticism, which, as a minister of the Establishment, he is seeking to promulgate. In Liverpool, there is a Ministerial Asso ciation', or eeting of the clergy for conver satietn, prayer, and mutual improvement. Mr. Macnaught was a member of ibis Asso ciation, and in certain;papers which he read as part of the transactions of, the body, he developed his opinions on the . lnspiration and Infallibility of the Scriptures. Soon after wards, the reverend 'gentleman's name was removed from the roll of the members; and the reason, no doubt, was the unwillingness of the brethren to have. among them a man who, while he ; professed to belieye that the Bible was inspired, held That it was Consist ent With a belief in the: inspiration of. the, volume, also to believe that it might contain many things which were erroneous, and that, so far as it was erroneous, it was destitute of authority. Mr. Macnaught has brought out his views on these subjects very fully, in a work which has reached a second edition.. In a review of this work, the Westminster loudry deplores the fact that congregations in the Established Church will not quietly receive the lucubrations of such Germanized Progressionists. The , ministers are not afraid ". of ecclesiastical censures,- or articles in the abstract, htit lest their own• congregations should rise in clamor against them, and so_ an immediate moral influence •for good be destroyed, for an indirect and distant-pros pect of enlightenment." So it would ap pear that these modern lights of science, the propagators of philosophical Christianity, have no objection to "articles in the ab stract," Or in the concrete. They have easy and elastic consciences; 'and although they don't believe these musty and antiquated symbols, )et they, can-swear before God and men that they are moved by the Holy Ghost to enter the ministry of a Church, of which these articles are exponents of Tier faith. They can sign and swear to what they don't believe, and having entered their pulpits by perjury, they can deliberately set about to destroy the faith they have sworn to uphold. Ecclesiastical censures, - neither, do they dread l The Bishops, good easy men, have their families to, promote, or Parliament to attend, and to see that Dissent does not make headway among the clergy : but to: guard against latitudinarianism, or infidelity, or Popery, why, that is another thing alto gether ! The people, on the other hand, the unruly people, won't be Germanized.'' They have a rude, blunt sense of what is meant by truth, and consistency, and honesty. Turning from the Establishment to Dis sent, the prospect does not improve before the mind of the chagrined Reviewer. "In the non-established communions," he says, "the bondage of ministers to trustee's, elders, and seat-holders, is even more strict." That is, among the Dissenters, ministers are ex- pected to be honest men; to believe and ex pound the creed which tlieY haVe volunta rily professed; and then, should they change their principles, they , are expected to resign 'their livings honestly, and tells their people that they cannot play the'hypocrite, and eat the bread of deceit and treachery.'` The Reviewer, no doubt, is -a lineal de scendant of the English,Unitariani, who, .by such dishonest .trickery,' stole' the churches and, endowments of the English. Presbyteri ans—plunder Which, in many ca ses, would have been rescued out of their hands, only for the infamous bill of the late Sir R. Peel, which confirmed the Unitarian poisessors in the tenure of:their spoils. He adds "En do*ments are voted,- and _lands subscribed and set , apart in , order that ministers should be highly educated—raised intellectually by means of special studies, above the average of their hearers. 'But when they begin to speak what they think; out of the fullness of their hearts and headkthey are bidden to confine theumelves to.the-phraseelegy of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.", .We profess our ignorance of the fact that any fends exist in 'Britain, or in this country, for the education of Ministers, and for their set-. dement and support, on the principle that whether they` grow up Unitarians or Cal vinists, Papists, or Swedenborgia.ns; Episco palians or. Congregationalists, ,they "are still equally and legally entitled to he sustained , by such' funds. 'The ReViewer knowS quite well that no such endowmente have ever been made. He knows. that= the Dissenting' Churches of the ssixteenth" and seventeenth centuries were founded:for'the pronnOtiOn of the Gospel • and the fact thatbefore .any minister could be recognized as such, his be lief had to be tested, either by subscription 9r by oral statement embracing a creed, in ac-, cordance with the views of the founders. Unitarianism did not like this and hence dishonest men crept in.by concealment: and perjury, and some already in, having changed' their views, instead of proclaiining the fact and resigning their pOsitions, held to their places and set £11)01.1t, with low cnnning, to disseminate, in a : manner as safely as they could, the heterodoxy which they had em braced, and whialc,they thus took steps to have proclaimed to anothCr generation at - the cost of funds contributed for thuspread of the saving truth of the Word of God. This was Secured when perverted " and dishonest trustees were foisted into the management of such churches and enddivments., The same sense of grieyousinjury, inflict ed, by trustees of Trinitariam and; cal property, when they; hesitate to allow the funds and churches Whieh, Sol emn trust they have, in the eye of the laW THE PRESBYTERIAN BANNER AND MWOCATE. and of the country, undertaken to manage for the ends of their institution, -is thus further displayed by the Reviewer : "The Rivulet Controversy, and the treatment which Dr. Davidson has received in some quarters, are an exemplification of the little real liberty allowed in communions which ought to exhibit a different picture!' Does the Reviewer mean to insinuate that if * min isters of the Establishment become Papists, they , are not allowed to leave the Church and go over at once to Rene ? 'Dees he mein to say that when Dissenting . ministers, who had been settled in Evangelical churches on their profession of an Evangelical creed, become infidels, they are not permitted to leave their churches and to proclaim their newly adopted opinions to all who may follow them? Surely this is a liberty of which no than has sought to deprive them; and if they were honest and upright what more could they desire ? This lamentation of infidelity over Evangel ical law and order, reminds us of an excel lent, godly Elder in the` North of Ireland, who was told, some twenty-five years ago, that certain Unitarians in his neighborhood were about to erect a Unitarian edifice. " There:is no cause for fear," said the good man, "'they'll riot build a house so long as there is one that they canisteal." So it would appear, Unita rians and skeptica. of our own day . are the same: in morals as their fathers: They would allow godly, 'pious, praying Evangelical men to' create endowments to build chnrches, and contribute means for the promulgation of the Gospel of Christ; then if they are not al. lowed to peivert these funds and abuse these endowments of the sainted dead to ends and objects which their founders abhorred, they cry out persecution, and stand amazed at the purblind ignorance and narrow-mindedness of the age. Eastern, Summary. " BOSTON AND NEW ENGLAND. During the late session of the LEGISLATURE OF MASSACHUSETTS, an amendment :of the Constitn tion, limiting the 'Sessions of the Legislature to one hundred days, unless protracted not exceed ing ten , days, by a vote of-two-thirds of,all the members elected to both houses, was agreed to, and referred to the next Legislature. An ex; tea Session will assemble on the 14th of July, for the purpose of districting the State for the next election of Representatives.' The, people of Montreal, as well as elsewhere, do not seem to have any relish for the vagaries and infidelity of THEODORE PARKER and LUCY STONE. Both these persona had been invited, , by the. Direct Ors of the Mercantile Library Associa tion, to lecture in that city. But at a large meet ing of the members of the Association, this se- % tion was disapproved, and, the -invitations , have been recalled. The deleterious influence of Ralph Waldo Emerson had been felt, and the, members did not wish to add any thing -more of the same kind, or even worse. The truth is, Parker has reached his zenith.; his peculiar .views have lost the charm of novelty, and their baneful character has been fully revealed. - Eight members -of the , Joint Committee on . Ordinances, of Councils, have been visiting the CHARITY AND REFORMATORY INSTITUTIONS of New York, for the purpose of acquiring necessary" in formation to aid in the organization and conduct of the similar institutions in their own city. . The Rev. Da. VINTON, of Boston, has been elected Episcopal Bishop of Texas, with a salary of $2,00. The Convention in which , thiselec tion. took 'place consisted of only eight ministers, and six laymen. There was some discussion with regard to him, in connexion with the ques_ tion of . slavery; but at last the election was unan imous. The Episcopal Church in Texas is small, and its congregations and members are widely dispersed. The Episcopate there, will not be a sinecure. It was lately stated, by a pastor in the city- of Austin; that not - -one-sixth of its inhabi tants, amcninting in all to five' thousand, ever go to any church. . • • Ex-Govenana Huunaan, of New Hampshire, a, well known politician in that State since 1842, died:on the sth inst. • The Anniversary of The COBCORE BIBLICAL IN STITUTE, at Concord, N. H., tinder the care of the Methodist Episcopal Church, will be held on the 7th, Bth, and 9th of July. Dr. Durbin wih nrettoWbefore the Missionary 'AsSociation; Rev. Mr. Brown, of Albany, N. Y., before the HOcie.; ties, and the Rev. E. 0. - Haven, D. D., editor of Zion's Herald, Boston, before the Truatees and' visitors.. ;=" , Prom one town in New Hainpshire, Two' Hon. • romp' MECHANICS have gone West this Spring, carrying with them at.least sloo,oeo. The Rev. Da. DWIGHT, of Portland, ..Me ; preached his twenty-fifth anniversary sermon on the last Sabbath of May. He :stated that there are now only seven Congregatienal clergymen in the State, in the same pulpits occupied by them at his settlement There have .been about three hundred additions to the church during his pan, torate. , . The number of SWECOOL DISTEICTS Maine is 4,061, an increase since 1850 of 711; number of children between . four and twenty-one years old, 241,097—increase, 47,002; .average attendance, 106,401--increase, 24,605; amount raised for support of sdhools,•sBB6,4BB.s3—increase, $64,- 512.89. These figures sliow an encouraging• pro gre,ss in six years. It is worthy of note that B..rxicqous SZILVICZS are frequently held on board of the, steamer City of fkartford, during her passage between .Flartford and New York... This vessel is under the control of Christian men; and its management is accord ing to Christian principles: - Would that suchlin stances were more common. NEW YORK The EXPORTATIONS OF SFXOI.I are now very large. The Arabia, which:sailed on the 10th inst., carried out $2,000,000.: ' ' Uneasiness continues to be felt in COMMERCIAL Cintaxs,'' with regard' to . Western yayments. Owing, to the immense transactions in Western lands, remittances to the East come in, very slow ly,•and Many predict a general " crash " in, the business of the West, at no distant day. • The Naw POLION Commisaionsas are steadily advancing ;.'on one day last week, 169 of the in eubordinates were cited ..for 'trial, - and` 125 dis missed. In the meantiene, the Mayor makes new appointments, but refuses to — give tgeir•names to, the reporters. r , Many of the WNALTHT AND FASHIONABLI in tend making the-tour of Europe'- the present Slimmer, instead of frequenting the 'usual Sum mer resorts, the sea- side t 'and watering places. It hrsaid this couriie will be leis expensire; and more interesting and improving;' and at`the same time less detrimental to'health' and 'literals. For it cannot be denied that most of the plaCes Of fashionable resort in July acid August, are nothing less than scenes of great dissipation: At 'theM, much sobial and moral' oison has been imbibed, of late years. The Ray. 0. B. Rum), D.D.,,has published a Pamphlet of, eighty-four closely= printed pages. reviewing the origin, object, and conduct of the American Bible Union, with which he was for merly connected ; giving a list of its revisers and revisions, and exhibiting its condition and pros pects. About $200,000 have been already ex pended on account of the revisions. The - liiit of "eminent scholars" for whose servfces much of this money has been expended, is said to be some-' what remarkable. NO . doubt Drs. Conant and Hackett, who are henceforth to be the'responsible Fevisers, will make short work with much of the labors of, these " eminent scholars." It is SaidAbSt DR. BRAiiPLETH, the celebrated pill manufacturer, has given $40,000 . to aid In the completion of the National Washiligton Monu ment The GENERAL SYNOD .of the Reformed Dutch Church met at Ithaca, - N. Y., on 3'd inst. Eighty eight delegates were present. The whole number of students in the Theological Seminary of this . Church, at New Brunswick, N. J., for the last year," was thirty-four. in the different edu cational institutionsef thisbody, there are seven ty-nine young men preparing for the ministry. They have about sixty vacant churches. During, the three years of the' existence of their Board of publication, 45,000 of their different publications have been issued, comprising nearly 5,000,000 of pages, Ten years ago they had only ;ten churches in the Western field ; now there are forty. Seven years ago there was not a single church from the Fatherland ;now they have in , this coun try no less than thirty Holland churches, with a large membership. , They have 637 Sabbath Schools in connexion with their churches. They have contributed through the Ame'rican Board, to Foreign Missions, in the year, $12,803.90. The question of a separate and denominational Board of 'Foreign Missions has been* discussed, the, result of which We have not learned. The friends and' patrons of the CoLoRED HOKE," inlilstiStreet, below lat Avenue, cele brated hit 17th anniversary on'Tkursday, the.llth inst. The city pays eighty cents a. week for each colored person sent there:by thenuthorities. Pensioners are received from families in any part of the State, at $5O. per annum. . The remainder of the - funds is contributed mostly by private charity. The number now in this Institution, is three hundred and three. The whele amount re ceived during the year; was $12,420.36. Attempts have lately been made, by the AMER DIAN INDUSTRIAL ASSdOIATION, of New York, to proettre suitable' employment for the many Italians found in that vicinity, living in idleness, or depending for a liVelihood on the returns of the hand organ. But ithas been found that most employments in the region of, the'city are too se. vere for those who have not been accustomed to labor. Many of thent'are anxious to be hired as gardeners or vine- driasers, for which they are well suited, while they would be willing to engage on low term. A letter addressed to the Secre tary, Mr.,Thomison,,67 Greenwich Street, N. Y., will receive immediate attention. The friends of GENERAL WALEER, the noted Filibuster, are making preparations for giving him an enthusiastic , reception, after his visit to Washington. • PHILADELPHIA. The total number now in the PHILADELPHIA. ALmstiouss, is 2,002; at the same time last year, the number was 1,761, giving an increase of 241. The . number receiving. out. door relief is 665: of which 356 are Americans,— and 309 foreigners; 240 of these are negrdes.'- The members of the AROR STRBET PRESBYTE * aras,CETIROII, of 'whielr the„Rev. Charles Wads . worth is pastor, have lately raised, $6,700, and paid off the mortgage debt on the church. The pastor was installed in 1850, at which time there were only sixteen communicants, now there are three 'hundred and fifty In the same time, the congregation . has paid for the church edifice, for the organ, and fora, new chaperin the rear, for weekly meetings, and containing rooms for the Trustees and Sabi:lit:il l Schools, $70,000: The American Presbyterian notices, with com mendation, the large attendance of Elders at the New &Boor. "dnatiatan ASSEMBLY, in Cleveland, and also the,prorainent part they took in the dis cussions. The samk,paper greatly regrets the course parsued by the Southern members, ,and at the same time speaks highly of their manner and spirit. The Christian Observer, also a New School paper, commends - the stand taken by the South ern members, ,and contains 'a letter from the Rev. Dr. Roes, in which it'ia intimated that the pres ent moven:lent frir a new General Assembly will end" in the union of all the Southern members, both Old and New School, in the same body; and in the union, of both branches of the Presbyterian Church, OldE and New School, in the North, in one,body.' In • this 'letter, Dr. Ross states that the, idea of the propoied Convention, in• Washin gton, D. C., originated with the Rev. Dr. Converse, editor of the Christian' Observer. For the Prnebyterisn , Banner and Advocate. Another Church Organized. By eider of the Presbytery of Cedar ' the church of Linden was organised on the 28th *of May, 1857. , Linden is a small village nine piles from Marion, on the regular stage routefrom loia City to Dubuque. The Air Line Railroad is expected to run near this village, and if so, a . depcit will be built with in one Mile of it The Air Line will run from Belittle, on the Mississippi, through the heart of lowa to the Missouri. Good land May still be obtained at reasonable prices. Saw and flouring mills are abundantly found, at distances varying from one to nine miles. Sehool-housei have been built, and.an intel ligent and industrious population is already on the-ground. The newly-formed church consists, as yet, of but eleven members. We have no house of worship. To those who do not fs despise the day of small things," the neighborhood of Linden will now afford the 'advantages as good as are , usually found in the West, with encouraging prospects for the.future. Yours, truly; Zor the preabyterlan Banner and Advocate. - Installation. " • On lait Thursday, (June 4th,) a Commit tee of Peoria Presbytery l previously a 'pointed for the purpose, met in the Presby! ter4in church of Lewistown, fo install Rev. W: A. Fleming, as pastor. The Committee consisted of Revs. J. And rews,Robertjohttson , and J. C. Hanna. Rev. Robert Johnson preached' an excel lent andimpressive,sermon from 2. Cor. 16 ; 'Who is sufficient for these things?" Rev. Andrews presided,. and proposed the constitutional questions. Rev. J. C. Hanna.deliVered the charges to both pastor and people. It was throughout a very in teresting and solemn meeting. Our house of worship is .new, commo dious,' and beautiful: It was dedicated in last October. The pastor-elect preached the the - . sermon, from Lev. xix : 30. 1 It has been finished and paid,for, at a cost of. $13,- 000, and furnished by the ladies at an addi tional cost .of over $5OO. ' It occupies a sqnare planted with trees. "the building covers an area of forty by seventy feet, and has abasement, entirely above ground. The height is one hundred and nineteen feet, from the ground to' the arrow. Our Sabbath School averages one hun dred' scholars, withA very efficient corps of teachers; and an excellent , superintendent. The library will hold one thousand volumes. It contains now about five kindred, princi pally books, of our• Board. • Dr. Jacokis's notes and questions are used by all the teachers: • - ' The attendanoe upon the preached Word is encouraging. The Wednesday evening prayer meeting is well attended. Almost every family' in the village, connected with the church, is represented. It is gratifying to know that God's.people feel the need of a revival of religion in their own hearts, and in the community.. Brethren pray for us. M.,R. Mn. EDITOR :—My heart has .been made glad, by the -special revivals, of religion in many of our churches, during the last Win ter, and I have frequently, gone rip, as it were, to the top of the mountain, and look ed in the direction of the sea of God's grace, if, peradventure, I might see little cloud .rising there, promising our thirsty hill. of Zion a refreshing sprinkle. And blessed be the name of God, for the mercy drops in our midst. Notwithstanding, the accessions have not been numerous -at this time ; but how encouraging to know that God is work ing in our midst, by his convincing and con verting Spirit! Fourteen united with the church, last week, and we trust are hope fully, converted.. Among the number re ceived was an aged father, fair-score and nine years of age; few come in in their nine tieth year. There are a number inquiring; and, - 0 that G6tl would help us to pray more, and labor with more zeal for the ad vancement of the Redeemer's kingdom. Fi3ItItUKHABA3) NORTH INDIA, ' . darch 1,`1857. The question is often asked, both in Eng land and America, has the success attending our missionary efforts in India and Ceylon been sufficient to warrant the continuance of the past and present vast outlay of funds in their behalf? there sufficient reason to . believe that the sacrifices our missionaries are called upon to endure in these countries are com pensated for by the results attained ? These are grave questions, and questions, too, upon which-no littlediversity of opinion prevails. I am aware that some have even gone so far as to intimate that the conversion of the Hindoos is an impossibility; and'of others, that it is not practically impossible, but that there are 'other fields more promising and less expensive. The only proper way to answer these questions and objections, seems to me to call for the facts and results in the case. The entire native Christian population now includes one hundred and twelve thousand persons, young and old. The vernacular day schools maintained in India Missions, thirteen hundred and fifty in number, contain forty-seven thousand'five hundred boys. There are ninety-three boarding schools for 'boys, with two thousand four hundred pupils; and a 'hundred and two boarding schools for girls, containing two thousand' eight hundred pupils. One hundred and twenty-six English day schools• are now in successful operation, giving a superior edu cation to more than fourteen thousand schol ars and students. - J. S. FIILLEaTON. For the Preabyterlan Banner andAavocate. Itevival at Waffleld. For the Presbyterian Banner and Adiocate Missicins in India and Ceylon. I propose, therefore, to give . a brief sum mary of the state of these Missions at the present day, as taken from the most recent and authenticated records on the subject, and leave the reader to decide for himself as to the practicability or impracticability of the work. • The number of missionaries of all evan-: gelical bodies, both European and American, now laboring in India and Ceylon, amongst the native population, is four hundred; to gether with forty-eight ordained native mis sionaries, and seven hundred native cate chists. These agents are employed in a variety of ways, according as the different depart ments f missionary labor require. Some devote their time almost exclusively to the preaching of the Word; others to teaching; others spend much of their time in the su perintendence of Orphan Asylums, printing presses, translations, and compilations, in the native languages. - There are now three hundred and thirty one native Christian' churches, which contain eighteen thousand five hundred communi cants. Female education, so recently commenced, is now carried on in four hundred day schools, with not less than thirteen thousand girls, <Christian and heathen. There are ten translations of the whole Bible, with five additional versions of the New Testament; all of which' are being more or less revised and improved, every year. Twentyfive printing presses are= engaged in issuing Tracts, translated books, com piled books,and versions of the Holy Bible. Connected with these missions there are twenty-two Missionary Societies which ex pend nearly ten hundred thousand dollars per year. Such brief, a summary of the state of the - India and Ceylon Missions at the present day.- The remark that'it is still with them "the doy of"small things,!' is very true, when we consider the many millions that are still in the gall of bitterness and bond of in iquity; but those who judge of the work merely from the number - of converts that have been made, take but a very cursory view of the subject, and measure it kby very imperfect rule. Whilst it is the avowed object of the missionary to make (by the blessing and assistance of God) as many converts as possible, still the results obtained are often of tt - very different character--such as the removing of obstacles, and givinc , 6 a guarantee for ultimate success and triumph. These have, in numerous instances, been successfully assailed, not only by the mis• sionaries themselves, but also through the agencies exerted by the Government, and a long list of religious rites and customs once prevalent, but %ow abolished, establish this great truth. Still the results, as stated above, give us every encouragement to not only sustain, but to increase the agenciekto press forward this great work, and should leave no doubt on the minds of any as to its, practicability; remembering that God has promised : "Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession."" Fn the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate. Acknowledgment HUBBARD f June 6,1857. DR.. MCKINNEY :—Permit, me, through your paper, to acknowledge a•favor conferred upon me by the little church of Liberty, to whom I minister one-fourth of my time Dear Sisters :—Upon examination, the letter presented to me by you, the Commit tee, in behalf of the Congregation, on Mon day, the;6th inst., at the,close of our com munion, was found to contain the sum of $43.00...1, hereby desird to express my gratitude for this very unexpected manifes tation of your love and respect for he, hop ing that the Lord who loves a cheerful giver,. may reward you with the richer blessings,of, his grace. Yours in Christ, • • N. B. Lyon. REV. D, MCKINNEY, D., D.—Dear Sir: With yonr permission, I desire to invite the attention of such Presbyterian ministers as may be " unsettled," and who may wish to enter some field of labor in the West, to this place. Albion is the County Seat of Noble Co., and occupies a central position within the bounds of " Fort Wayne Presbytery," which embraces a large portion of North-Eastern Indiana. The first Presbyterian church of Albion, was organized about ten years'ago, and has been supplied most of the tine with semi-monthly preaching, by a resident Mis sionary. Its progress has been slow, though several important accessions have been gain ed by immigration. The field is now unoc cupied, and it is believed that could we be supplied with faithful ministerial labor and superintendence, a prosperous church would grow up. Presbyterianism is popular here, and there are many willing and anxious to encourage it, and contribute to its support, could they see : an active and efficient minis try among us. The liberality of the people will average well with other portions of the country. A handsome donation, valued at about two hundred dollars, was made, not long since, to our Missionary- and his family— one-half in various articles of domestic use,' mid the other half in cash. ' Any one who will enter the field as "workman," willing not only to preach the Word, but to maintain the usages of the Presbyterian Church—such as family visitation; Cate chetical instruction; the Sabbath School; infant baptism, &c:—will be cheerfully and creditably supported. Should it be desirable, it will be practica ble to unite this with some other field of labor, as there are several small organized chinches in convenient proximity to this place. A house, of wnrship was erected, not long since, for the use of all evangelical de nominations, at a cost, including the bell, of some fifteen hundred dollars. The Presby terians use this house for the present, but it is hoped that before long they will be able to build one for their own use. T. G. SCOTT A. 0. JOHNSON For the Presbyterian BaIIDAT and Advocate. A Minister *anted. ALBION, IND., May 25, 1857 Albion is pleasantly situated near the Toledo and Goshen Air• Line Railroad, and is surrounded by a fine agricultural country, with a population rapidly developing its re sources. Any one wishing further informa tion, would do well to address Sylvanus Cook, or William Crispell, members of the Session of this church. ' As the people of Macedonia we cry • " Come over and • help us." _ R. R. C.. For the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate. Church of Bristol- DR. MCKINNEY :—The following resolu tion was passed at a meeting of the Session of the Presbyterian congregation of Bristol, with a request that it should appear in your paper: WHEREAS, The Rev. William Willson, of the Presbytery of Erie, has labored among us for some mcinthsi past, as a Minister of the Gospel, Resolved, That we feel under lasting and abiding obligations to him for his faithful and, efficient labors with us, and that we feel sorry that he could not see his way clear, to accept of our call to become our pastor. Signed by order of the Session. - HUGH Bore. For the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate The Presbytery ,of Zanesville Met at Duncan's Falls, on, the 20th of. May, 1857, and was opened with a sermon by Rev. M. A. Hoge, from Eph. iv: 20, 21. The Rev John Kelly, having accepted a MX' from Duncan's Falls .church, for one-half - his la bors, was installed as pastor. Rev. M. R. Miller preached the sermon, Rev. W. Morris Grimes.de livered the charge to the pastor, and Rev. Wm. M. Robinson the charge to the people. Rev. J.'F. Irvine was received as a member of Presbytery, from the Muskingum Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. The pastoral relation between Rev. Wm. Aikin and the church of M'Connellsville was dissolved, and the church deolared vacant. .Presbytery ordered that.the followhag pastoral letter be addressed to the churches within our bounds on the subject of temperance: PASTORAL LETTER. In view of the prevailing influence of public sentiment on the subject of Temperance, in most of the communities within their bounds; arid con sidering the necessity of cautioning and guarding their. ,own members against the influence of this evil on the purity of the Church, and the welfare of society, the Presbytery of Zaneirville deem it their duty to issue this PaFtoral Letter, and here by order it to be read to the churches under their Care. Wherever the vice of dtankenness prevails, even though the church itself may be free from its scandals, Christians, in far too many instances, do not regard it with that tittier abhorrence and dread which the Bible enjoins upon us to enter tain toward every form of evil. The moment we regard iniquity with , any complacency,• or in any other light than that in which tied regards it, we become in a certain degree its friendirand al lies. If he be of purer eyes than.to beheld ini quity, they who meets to be ,4 pure as he is pure," must maintain an attitude of perpetual enmity to ward whatsoever thing defileth, or worketh abomi nation, or maketli a he. If we suffer gross vices, or corrupting habits to pass by unrebuked in our daily walk and conversation, it shall be found that since we are not wi4h Christ, we are against him. We must cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and of the spirit, if we would perfect ho liness in the fear of the Lord. ' We would remind you that the standing testi mony of the Christian Church, as derived from the doctrines of Christ, is wholly averse, not only to habits of reeling, besotting drunkenness, but to the habitual use of intoxicating drinks, and to the, frequenting of bar-rooms, and all other tip pling places. These places are the ways of the ungodly, in which the righteous man does not walk, and we are commanded to avoid them, to pass not by them . , to turn. from them and pass away. Let your conversation be as becometh the Gospel of Christ. Rave no fellowship with the unfruitful works, of darkness, but rather reprove them. No one- who prays, "Lead us not into temptation,": may thus deliberately place himself under the influence, or within the reach of des troying, polluting temptations. Concerning the habitual use , of spirituous liquors, the law of the New Testament is very simple and explicit. "It is good neither to eat flesh nor drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stamblethi or is offended, or is made weak."—Rom. xiv: 21. Even though one may be assured that he is doing himself no harm by such indulgence, we are taught (1. Cor., that such'knowledge pnffeth up, but charity edi fieth The love of Gml and our neighbor, and.not our own vain wisdom merely, must decide in refer ence to every such matter of expediency. Take heed, lest by any means your liberty become a stumbling block to them that are weak, and through thy`knowledge thy weak brother die, for whom Christ died. When ye sin so against the brethren, ye sin against, Christ: Whatever, there fore, one may fancy he knows, as to the harmless effects of his habit upon himself, every one is , to remember that he is his brather's keeper, so far as to be accountable for the influence his exana ple may have on others. But such habits cannot belindalged in.without harm to!ourrielves. Aside from the danger of fall ing into temptatien,'ltii&Of being led away into's life of idleness and gross intemperance, we have high and official scientific authority for aiserting, that the liquors now in ordinary , use as, a bever age, are, in almost all instances, 80: adulterated as, literally speaking, to infuse . poison _ through the system ; -and even.when taken in Moderate quantities to endanger, the'functions of animal life. Laws are indeed enacted against.such of fences, just as it is declared "unlawful for any person to get intoxicated," . I:tut :Ahem can be no except b effectual' safeguard raised ` ` against the danger, y individuals titentaelves abstaining'from the use of such impure and maddening mixtures., No one can he safe from all harm when he knows not what manner of strange fire it is that he is p ou ring into his veins, so that his very r netn ,,,_ may be " set on fire of hell." For these reur„ — "Let him that thinketh he standeth, tole lest he fall." In view of these truths, which are given for car guidance, we enjoin it upon our church S es ,i,, t „ 4 to treat the habitual use of intoxicating dribk; . 4 and the frequenting of places of intoxication. as well as the grosser offences of dr un k„.„ 4 „ as proper subjects of Church discipline, a r .,l ,' evils calling for faithful admonition and re.hq. on the part of all who love our Lord Jesus Ch r i, t whenever they are brought in contact with they . We affectionately urge upon our members 1 : „ 3 duty of abstaining from all such evils. L e separate unto God, and touch not the noch;• thing; crucify the flesh with the affection s . a . ; - lusts ; denying ungodliness and worldly 1 13 ,, I live soberly, righteously, and godly in this p r „,: ent world. As ye have received the truth,. manifest it unto others; as voluntary ngen e t,", for the dissemination of temperance prineirt., seem to be declining in their efficiency, Church, through her members, must labor more earnestly in advocating these sound p, t i Scriptural views, which commend themselves t; every man's conscience, especially to those ;;,;., have been taught of God to love one another. u, • would exhort you, further, to deal kindly nt. j faithfully with the baptized members of th- Church, who have not been received into full coz. munion. Forget not that they belong to a hc., people. Prevent them from casting off the r e , ' stTaints of a Christian education, and from vat. dering in the paths of vice;'and in the spirit rt the Good Shepherd, seek them when they astray. Ye are the salt of the earth ; take hnc l lest ye lose the savor of Christ. Let your whose example and influence be such as not to destr c . men's lives, but to save them. order of the Presbytery: JAMES M. PLATT, JJod'r., JOHN KLLLY. Tern. Clerk. ATTEST— Wan. N. Robinson, Staled Clerk. For the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate Extract from the Records of the Presby tery of Ohip. A circular, setting forth the claims of the Ash. min Institute, being laid before Presbytery, was Resolved, That this Presbytery regard the e tablisbment of an Institution, under the auFpicE of our Church, for.the literary training of colorei young men, to be demanded by the clear indica tions of Providence: Resolved, That we have full confidence in th.. Principal of the Aehmun Institute, the Res. J. P. Carter, as eminently qualified for this it. portant work. Resolved, That we earnestly recommend to cur churches to take contributions for this object, ai a feasible and efficient plan for advancing the co:. ored race, and supplying educated men for latcr , among them in this land and in Liberia, as p tore, and missionaries, &c. W. B. brlLverNE, Stated Clerk. THE REFORMEDDIITCH CHURCH WITH DRAWING FROM THE AMERICAN BOARD.- The General Synod of the Reformed Dutch Church closed its sessions on Wednesday. 10th inst. The most significant act of ti;is. body was the conclusion reached respeetin 7 its further connexion .with the Americat Board of Foreign Missions. The Synod re• solved, by a nearly unanimous vote, to ter. urinate, at once, its existing relation with that Board. Two voices onlywere heard in opposition. The late agitations in the American Board, and the sew views of pol icy that have go% erned the Prudential Com. mittee, have, says the Journal of Com. merce, led to the. adoption of. this measure . Having already a regularly organized Booth of Foreign Missions, the Reformed Dutch Church will at once fall back upon that. Its miestoits ttie at Arcot, India, and Aral, China. The Reformed Dutch body com prises three hundred and eighty six church. es, and their annual contributions for fa. eign missions are about $12,000. ANOTHER. NEW Onuacn.—On Belmont Avenue, near the Episcopal . H spital, little society,of Presbyterians •are erecting a neat and tasteful church edifice. The congregation is small but zealous, and fora the first Old Sehool Presbyterian church Or. ganized within the city, West of the Schell• kill. The church lot contains an acre of ground. It was donated to the congrega gation by a benevolent gentleman residing in the vicinity. The church is in a neigh• borhood where Gospel privileges are much needed. Between the old Lancaster road on the North, starting on the river road or the East, and running West , for several miles, there is - a thickly settled and rapidi3 improving !fistriet of country, in which there is no church' of any denomination. To supply the'great necessity, the Eamon: Presbyterian church was undertaken. The ft:pensions of the building now in progre of erection, are eighty by forty-four feet it the clear. The walls are up; the roof- trees laid, and ready to receive the slate. The congregation is anxious to complete it, no worship may be commenced there before Winter sets in.----Phßa. North American• Ecclesiastical. Rev. H. B. 'Binges Post Office addres'i is changed from Wethersfield, Connecticut• to Belvidere, Boone Co., 111. Mr. /TAXES MCDOWELL was ordained and installed pastor of Ahe churches of Conew 'and Clarendon, South Carolina, on tke Bth ult., by the- Presbytery of Harmon Bev. GEo.' H. W. PET RIE was installed Pa' • for of 'the Presbyterian church in Non:. pinery, Ala, on the 31st ult., by th' Presbytery of East Alabama. liev. GEORGE CA.taivs' Post Office address changed from Slate Lick, Armstrong Co.. Pa., to Princeville, Peoria Co., 111. Rev. WILLIAM WizrasoN's Post Office ad drestris. changed from , Fairview Erie Co, Pa., to Lecompton,Douglass Co., Kan.* Ter. , Rev. Roma. Bties Post Office address', , ' changed from Geneva, Coffee Co., AI- To Decatur, Newton Co. Miss Rev. Saatru-ELPI. rOsMoivn has been release=: from the .pastoral charge of the Uniu,:. First and Second Churches of Amwt-,, New Jersey, and his Post Office is chant , from Lambeth - 11a, New Jersey, to PerrF• Pike Co., 1111 Rev l oax Warrz has acceptdd an iscita• ton to supply the Presbyterian church: . Sunnnit Hill. His Post Office address changed from Wyalusing, Pa., A:. San Hill, Carbon Co.; Pa. Rev. WILIaAM E. Jos was installed 1:* for of the'Presbyterian church at Calk Dia, New - York, by the Presbytery ''= :Genesee River, on the 20th of May- C. BoTsronn, of Yorkyille, 04; has declined a call from the CVT gregational church of Kerseville, Cliatot Co., New York. Bev. A. P. BOTSFORD, of Hughsonville. Y., has accepted a call from the Pr--" byterian church of Port Byron, New Mr. JOHN 0. BROWN, of D anv ille Ser:-'; nary, was licensed by the Presbyter?: „Greenbrier on the 2d inst. Rev. ROBERT. GARBLE'S Pest Office atidre' is Gap,..Lancaster C0.,-Pa. Rev. THOXAS K. STEWART has remove- Fort Smith, Arkansas, and taken of the church in that place. Rev. Jos G. WELLS has removed r Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and vaktn charge of the church there.