Nam Niaratt DAVID MoKINNEY, JAMES ALLISON, Pitapathrojim. STEP/lEN LITTLE, PITTSBURGH, NOVEMBER 26, 1869 VERMI.-- 11.10, in cavoacal .r Ira Club* guns or, dolivored at rsoldwassa of Millwork. Mere, •21.00. Soo Prospestas, ow "Plalrd Page. II NINV LL I Mould le prompt; is little While borers, tits iocr saphros, that wo amp sucks fallarraaisrasnss for a Woody supply. 4as RAD INIMAPIP:1111 tadiastes that Iwo &mire a ranavral. Its Itowerworg tag baste at astalllakag this airman should ba emaittad, Ira sops our trleadm still not 'Wrist lane RIIIIIMPANCILL—Sand payment by iota linuadet Irking awaroulwat. Or, wad by aunty snalooliag with °ratans, ears, wad troubliwg nobody with a knowltdso of what you are going. Vor a large wan a Draft, or large Vor ono or two papaw. road Gatti or await noting WO MAAS CIIAINGIV, gead postage stasaPils or betker still, sartd for store papers; sap SA or Seosatty auralrers. or $1 for Bhtrtrtaros gustbsrs. 01110.11091/ all bettors and Conamosateations to DAVID IItaIiIPNLIP CO., Pittsburg:a. Pa. A LUTHERAN Cauaott was lately organ feed in. Birmingham, under the ministry o Rev. H. Gilbert. WESTERN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.- One hundred and thirty•six students are now in the classes. The Rev. Dr. Kenne dy's °bur* a Troy, N. Y., has lately made this Seminary a donation of a line hell. PRINCETON TREOLOO/CAL SEMINARY.- , The new about to be erected for the purpose of supplying a sufficient number of rooms for the use of the students as study rooms and dormatorics, will be a noble one. The estimated cost is $30,000; the amount received' from the estate of the late Mr. Brown, of Baltimore. Synod of Pittsburgh. The Treat containing this Synod's notion on Sabbath Observance, and. the Pastoral Letter, is printed, and may be had at the Book Rooms, St. Clair Street. Subscribers will there find in packages, the number for which they asked. Payment will be made to Mr. Culbertson. A few extra copies were printed, and are there for sale. Twenty.five cents will buys dozen copies. We hope that all will be ta ken and paid for; as the whole proceedi are given to the Synod's Board of Colportage. Exercising Presbyterial Authority. The Presbytery of Baltimore has refused to release the Rev. Thomas E. Peck, from his pastoral charge. Mr. Peck had been chosen a Professor in Union Theological Seminary, to fill the place vacated by Dr. Hoge. The reasons for Presbytery's refusal we have nut seen stated. They were doubt less such as to induce the belief that the true interests of Christ's kingdom required the pastor to continue in his charge, and hence, that their Lord, on whose behalf they acted, was unwilling to have his servant change his field of labor. So to exercise authority is the right of a Presbytery, and it-may be the duty; and a cheerful acqui escence becomes all the parties concerned. In ordination, the minister vows obedience to his brethren, in the Lord. The same Presbytery also refused to re lease Rev. Mr. Noble, from his charge at Bel Air, Maryland. American Episcopal Church in Paris. A few years ago, an American chapel was opened in Paris, under the auspices of the American and Foreign Christian Union, for the purpose of uniting all evangelical Ameri can, Christians, resident permanently or only temporarily, as travelers in the same congre gation. For the sake of the Episcopalians, a iriodified liturgy was adopted, but they would not be satisfied with anything short of the Book of Common Prayer, and the Episcopal forms of worship. They there fore withdrew and formed an Episcopal church under the care of the Rev. Mr. Lamson, and at the late National Episcopal Convention, in Richmond, a canon was adopted which makes provision for the re ception of such foreign church& as that of Mr. Lamson, under' its authority. More. over, the Bishops are making arrangements to raise funds in their respective dioceses, to erect a chapel for American Episcopalians in Paris. In this connexion it may be proper to state that the report that the American chapel, founded by the American and Foreign Christian Union, was about to be closed, has been officially denied. The pastor, Rev. Mr. Seely, is in this coun try on a merely temporary visit, and will soon return to hie field of labor. The affairs of the enterprise with which he is connect ed, are represented to be in a prosperous condition. Synod of South Carolina, This Synod held its annual meeting at Columbia, the last week in October. An unusually; large number of members were in attendance. Rev. Mr. McQueen was Moderator. The reports in the Southern Presbyterian and the 'Due ' West Telescope, indicate a harmonious and profitable meeting. A motion to invite the Irish Delegation to visit the churches for the purpose of making collations, was laid on the table. Pastors may extend an invitation if they so choose. The Perkins Professorship of Natural Science as connected with Revelation, was recognized as a Fifth Chair in the Theolo gical Seminary at Colhmbia. This chair takes the name of the generous donor of the endowment, Judge Perkins, of Mississippi. The salary of the occupant was fixed at $3,000; and heis to be the nominee of the Synod of Georgia. The Seminary is under the care of the Synods of South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama, which nominate, in turns, for the filling of the , chairs. To ac commodate the Seminary's constitution • to a Fifth Professorship, that instrument was so amended as to provide •for four chairs, "and such others as the Synod may, from time to time, establish ;" and also to provide that the four shall be filled with ordained ministers of the Gospel, and that others may be filled by Ruling Elders or laymen. This provi sion enlarges the sphere of instruction to can didates for the ministry. Whether it will be, upon the whole, beneficial, is a matter which some are divined to question. The Synod sustains Professor in Ogle tbrope University. • His salary was raised to $2,000. The institution is represented' as doing a great work in educating pious young men. It needs funds both for buildings and endowniente. Should a Minister 'Continue to Serve 'a Declining Church This question, however important, is one which cannot be answered by a simple affirm ative.: or. negative... Every case is. to, be judged of by itself. But there are general principles which may be profitably applied, and which should therefore be extensively - known. They are such as are likely to lead the good man to a wise conclusion. 1. There are vicissitudes in all things earthly, or which occur on earth. It does. not always rain, 'neither is there a perpetual dronth. With the husbands:6in aieed time is indispensable to a harvest. Without a season for growth-there can be -no ingather ing. These remarks hold in spiritual hus bandry as really as in the natural. No pas- tor. should hence be diseouraged if he is 'not-- always gathering in abundant sheaves. Let Mai labor seasonably, • assiduously, and wisely; and let him not faint: In due time he Shall regip, lie may justly, - as does the •• tiller of the soil, look for perennial fruitful ness, but not for an equal' abundance every season. And if, ocoasionally,'there should be a season in which he shall reap nothing, he must not. conclude that his field ie capable of yielding an increase; •nor •yet that thc Lord has utterly refused to ' grant the frueitifying shower.. Let him labor on. Use more skill; employ more industry; cleanse' the seed ;. sow copiously; hedge : . Well; irrigate; us essll approved means, as- eared that the harvest will yet betibnidaist;.: and if not gathered by hiM,Hit .will be by' others. 2. The'work to be done for the Lord is varied, and different parts of it require peculiar adaptations in the workmen One set of men are 'good at clearing off rubbish and digging a foundation, another excel in raising the walls of a building, another are adapted to perfecting and beautifying the structure. When each has hie appropriate part of the work done, let bim give place to his le/low. Some ministers who even excel in a specific work, soon exhaust their use fulness. The permanency of such would be a waste of talent. Such Should be men of obange, as to location: 8. Every congregation ham something characteristic, and every minister has his peculiarities. Hence a people may be high ly susceptible, docile, and ready to yield obedience; and the pastor may be pions, able, and laborious, and yet there may be a declining church. Pastor and people do not suit each other, and hence the cause cannot prosper. There should then be a separa tion. 4. Sometimes a minister's usefulness is prevented by an ungodly clique, or an inju- rious person; a Diotrephns, a talebearer, or evil.surmiser. The pastor should bear up against such. He should hold on, and should be sustained. Good men should cluster around him. The Session should defend, help, and strengthen him. The Presbytery should maintain hie cause. It is outrageous when one or two men in a con gregation are permitted to expel a pastor, and in such cares a pastor may well exhibit his powers of patient endurance. . 6. Some men have but slender, or rather no just qualifications for usefulness anywhere, in the ministry. Such have mis taken their calling, and should not continue to blight a congregation. Neither should they accept a new charge, nor should a peo ple call them, nor a Presbytery ratify a set dement. . The amount of these observations, as eon cerns the question proposed, is, that un fruitfulness in the pastoral relation should lead to a diligent inquiry as to the cause, to , a remedying of evils, to the supplying of deficiencies, to more humility, more prayer, and more labor. Long continued unfruitful ness should lead the pastor to inspect that he 'is not adapted to his field. Re may find nothing wrong in himself, which can be rec tified; and nothing wrong with the people, which is remediable ; but the sowing of ,good seed, year after year, and the gathering of no harvest, is an anomaly. There must be a cause for the failure; and it the cause cannot be discovered and removed, the result may be attributed to a want . of adaptation; such a want as to infer the propriety of a dissolution of .existing bonds. If there is not only unfruitfulness, but really a declin ing Church, and that after protracted efforts at revivification, the minister should cease there to serve. No servant of Jesus Christ is called to wear out his energies in a west• jug work; and no congregation of the . Lord's people is to be made to dwindle. and their ohildren be lost, for the sake of sustaining a minister. Labor, care, and consequent in crease, is the normal condition of the pas torsi relation. Fruitfulness is the promise of. Jesus. The ministry• was instituted for the multiplying of converts, and the ed ifying of the body of Christ; and every minister should feel that he, as one called of God and commissioned, is actually to ac complish a, portion of the work. Fluids Needed. An appeal, by the' Dontestfe Board, to the churches, for aid, about this season of the year, is no, novelty. The demands of congregations hungering for Gospel food, and of poor and toiling missionaries who need the temporary sustenance of the bread that perishes, are so numerous and so ur gent that the Board votes to them every dollar of money it possesses, and some also of that which is in prospect. Hence, when congregations are forgetful, or tardy, the cry of want must be uttered. A collection may be put off for a week, or a month, or a . year, and those who should be contributors, suffer no pain ; bat, if yon defer the supply of the missionary's food and raiment, then even days produce sufferings, and months cannot be endured. Thus, following the few'and light contributions of Summer, and Autumn, the approach of Winter compels the awakening cry. The present condition and wants of . the Board of Domestic Missions, we present by authority, in another column. The man agement by which this state of affairs was brought about, we do not now scrutinize. It should be examined, and, if wrong, a re form should be urged. Bat to press that reform by a withholding of • contribution'', just now, would be unwise—we might say, unjust. There are many feeble churches, who are not in fault, and should not be 'made to suffer. There are many latiorictui sionarier who had no part in bringing into existence the state of things which Omar-- age the exercise of liberality. These should not be deprived of the sums premised them. They entered the service of the OhurCh a D 111 D it, • 4 ER AND ADVOCATE. good faith, and are keeping the covenant of labor on their part; and shall not the Church on her part, keep her covenant of compensation? For the current year, let the wonted liberality abound ; and for an other year let reformation be urged. On the subject of a wise and effective use of consecrated funds, we have several times spoken. Much, however, remains yet to be said. True, there are those who depre• cite all discussion on the subject of our benevolent operations. Others there are, who demand that thee things, as all others, shall be transacted in the light; and that if there are mingled with them any of the deeds of darkness, these shall be brought to the light. Which of these come nearest to the teachings of the Great Master and of his inspired Apostles, it is not difficult to decide. We may recur to this subject again, ere long. For the present we would urge liber al contributions. Relieve the Board from its embarrassments. If the Board is to be dealt with, do not inflict-the chastisement in such a way as to make the !missionaries to suffer and the cause to decline. Synod of the Pacific. The growth of this •Synod, its zeal in spreading tha . Gospel, and its attachment to Presbyterian doctrines and order, are pleas ing. It occupies a most important field, and it is putting forth influences which are to be frititful in producing their own kind. It gtves a oharacter to Presbyterianism which is to be perpetuated, and spread, and be the type of our Church, in large States, for eon tUries. Well, then, may we rejoice in the evidences of, prosperity and en!.rgy. The last meeting of the Synod was at San Francisco, October 4th. There were pres ent thirteen ministers and five ruling elders. There are in the Synod twenty-seven minis :ten and twenty Ohurches. Our work com menced there in 1849. The growth is not all that we could wish, but it seems to be healthful, and to promise both stability and' greatness. Laborers, wise, self-denying, and , of an unconquerable spirit, 'are greatly needed, and ,needed in large numbers, to oc cupy the: land. , The benevolence of the 'older churches should aid; but enterprising men should not all waWcin the benevolence of others. Rather let ministers try to re. cover the apostolic spirit; and . go" of their own accord, and endure hardness for Christ's sake. Are there not, in the present gener ation, some men like their grandsires—like the pioneers of Western Pennsylvania and Ohio? Let such know that still there are crowns to be won. The following, from the Pacific Exposi tor, shows that the Synod Is sound in the faith, and vigorous to act, on the subjects of the Sabbath and the Bible in Schools': "Among, the great questions which -were conaidered, none was of more importance than that of Education. After mature de. liberation, the Synod by a large vote resolved to establish a Grammar School, as the begin ning of a College or University in San Fran cisco, and recommended Rev. Dr. Burrowes , as Principal, and the Rev. Albert Williams as general financial agent. It is expected that the school will begin in a few weeks,at least by the first Monday of. November. The Synod also adopted the reeolutions of the last General Aseembly in regard to the bath,Sab together with the following : 16 Resolved, That it be recommended to the members of , our churches and congregations to unite with the lovers of the Sabbath in all lawful efforts to secure the enactment of such just and proper laws, as will protect the Sab bath worshipper from annoyance, and pre vent the public desecration of the holy day. 11 The,Synod, also, in adopting the language of the General Assembly of 1854, on the question of introducing the Bible into,Pub , is Schools, adopted the following resolu Lion : "Resolved, That•this Synod, in the adop tion of the resolution in relation to the in troduction of the Bible in Public School', does not intend to favor its compulsory use, by law, in such schools." Synod of North Carolina. This body, as We learn from the _Moth, Carolina. Presbyterian, had its meeting, this year, at Wilmington, where the mem bers were entertained with great cordiality. In this, however, the Christians of the South but show that they are brethren in feeling and conduct, as well as in name, to those whose lot has been east in a cooler clime. The true heares blood is of about the same temperature, all the world over. Rev. F. R. Nash was chosen Moderator. Rev. Thoa. E. Peck declined by letter, the invitation to a Chair in the 'Union Theo logical Seminary, giving as a reason the refusal of his Presbytery, by a vote of seven to six, to release him from his pastoral charge in the city of Baltimore. A motion requesting the Synod of Vir ginia to unite with the Synod of North Car olina in delivering the Seminary, with its property and funds, to the control of the 'General Assembly, was discussed with much animation, and then withdrawn by unani. coons consent. It was recommended to our Foreign Board to accept and sustain the Choctaw Ithision, which was lately dropped by the American Board. The attention, by the Synod, to its Do. mode Missions, seems tb be great. Seven teen missionaries are employed. The beneficial influence of a religious journal, whose circulation in every family of their charge is made a matter of effort by , ministers and elders, is strongly acknowl edged. The next meeting of the Synod is to be held at Statesville. The Christian Review. This Review will hereafter be edited by Revs. Drs. Robinson & Hotchkiss, of the Rochester Theological Seminary, aided by contributors in all parts of the 'country. Its object is to set forth and defend the princi ples held by the great body of the Baptists, and at the same time to discuss in a compre• hensive and catholic spirit, topics connected with theology, history, science, sound learn ing, and• Christian morality. It will endeavor to meet the wants of the scholar, and to gratify the taste of all intelligent readers. The numbers for April and July have sev oral articles of marked ability. The fact that this Review is now published by Sheldon & Co., of New York, augurs well for its fu• tore success. The price is iS3 per annum. The North American Review. This Review is island on the first of Jan. nary, April, July, an ‘ , /ctober, and has bad • a successful career o/' than forty years. Many of the first solh a ;) ableit *Rims 1 \ I,'' , of the country have supplied its pages, and are now its regular contributors. The contents of the number for October are:—l. James Fennimore 'Cooper; IL Causes of Mental Disease; 111. The Depreciation' of Gold; IV. Educated Labor; V. The Age of Chivalry; VI. Douglas Jerrold; VII. Nuremberg; VIII. American Diplomacy in China; IX. Biography—Plutaroh's Lives; •X. Praed and his Poems; XI. Critical No tices. Published in,Boston, by Crosby, Ni chol & Co., at $5 per annum; and for silo in Pittsburgh by Kay & Co. EASTERN SUMMARY. Boston and New England. Busineas in Bolton is ,unusually dull ; and strangers and visitors are very few. But little change is expected until the opening of the shoe trade in January and. February. Fanny /rembk Builer, wife of Pierce •Batter, of Philadelphia, is spending the Winter, as is her eastern, at the Revere Rouse. Many years ago, she retired from the stage, and has latterly de.. *lined to give publio readings from Shakes peare:' - Dr. W. F Manning, a son of the late Dr. Wil• Liam Ellery Channing, having become dissatisfied with his wife, has 'found it convenient to spend a short time in the State of Indiana, where he has succeeded in having the matrimonial noose un. tied. This has caused quite a sensation in social and literary circles, of Which Dr. Channing has been heretofore quite an ornament. The Dr. has published a letter, in which he seeks to justify the State Indiana, in the facility it affords for obtaining divorces, and also his own conduct on account ofuncongeniality, both mental and soir between hini.and his wife. He is careful not to cite any practical benefits resulting from this view of the subject,- that would be likely, to counterhalance the immense evils that would cer tainly ensue.: Low,views of the marriage relation, is one of> the great evils of ;the day. Hrs. Sarah Jane Lippincott, now of Philadel phia, but formerly 4 resident of New , Brighton, Pa., where she first became known as a writer, under the made of Grace Greenwood, has . been lecturing to the people of Boston, 'in Tremont Temple, on the ' , Heroism of Common Life." The Bosttin Aurae/ states that Hr. Thorburn, the noted seedsman and horticulturist, and son of the .aged and happy . Grant Thorbnrn, whose reminiscences of the occurrences and People of his early days, have delighted so many readers, will soon proceed to Mt. Vernon, for the purpose of restoring, the buildings, walks, grounds, and fences to their former state. Father Chiraiguy was in Boston, last week, pleading in 'behalf :"of 'his colony, at Kankakee. He was ordained tr priest in 1833, and spent sev eral years as w-temperance lecturer, obtaining more than two hundred thousand signatures to the pledge among Canadians. His father was a member of the Romish Church, but a read er of the Bible, and his neighbors frequently Col leated at his house,, to hear him read it. When the present Mr. ChiniquY was only nine years old, a priest came to the house and told his father that he must give up the Bible. This he refused to do, and told the priest, " You came in by that door, and you may go out by the same way that you came in." Mr. Cbiniquy is meeting with very considerable sneeess, in procuring funds and clothing for his people, in the Eastern States. And we do hope that beyond necessary relief, no thing more will be solicited or expected. Be-, cause, if that people can be provided with cloth ing and food for the present Winter, and until the crops of next Summir begin to be gathered, they certainly ought to be' able to take cure of them selves. Perverts from Romanism, ought not to expect to live at the expense, of public charity; nor should they suppose, as some have done, that their secession from Rome entitles., them to be freed from the toils and cares of life., They are to be received kindly and i treated generously, but not beyond what we would consider proper toward our own : people, whose ciroutnstances in worldly matters, may be about the , same. The following extract from the Lawa of Nana chusetta in 3643, Shows bow voting was managed in this quarter of the world at that time. The process reminds of one Succotash: It was ordered by The Court and the authority thereof, that for yearly choosing of assistants, the freeman shall Wm Indian corn to manifest election, the beans contrary; and if any freeman shall put in more than one Indian corn or bean, for the choice or refusal of any public officer, - he shall forfeit for every such offence, ten pounds. _Ex -President Pierce has purchased grounds and made arrangements for building, near Concord, N. H., with tile intention of making this place his permanent residence. The session of the 'Theological Seminary at Bangor, Maine, has opened with most encourag ing prospects. =The number of students is larger than usual, and the'friends of the Seminary are anxious for its success. The library at present amounts to twelve thousand volumes, and efforts are being made toward its increase. New York. , Business, at' this season of the year, is usually not very active, and the present is no exception, although sales continue to be made to cities and towns in the vicinity or in the interior. But the Western sales have almost entirely ceased. Or ders from the south continue to come in, and the business in that direction is considerable. All efforts to revive the stook market have failed, and there is still a gradual: decline. , . The Exports of Bread. Stuffs are still incon siderable, no= are they likely to be increased to any.greatextent ;. for the simple. reason that owing to the very abundant harvests in the old world, but little of our super-abundance is required. . The Raibroad Statistics, published In this city, show that the receipts for freight for the last year are in excess of the previous year, but that there is a manifest falling Off in the receipts for passengers. Tht3,fresh advertisements in the Reread, Times, and Tribune, for one morning last week, amounted to the handsome sum of $2,300. Nowhere, else is thO value of 'advertising understood so well as in. New York. And no papers there, are so high ly prized for many kinds of advertising as the religious papers. The coluinns of the Observer, Independent, Evangelist, Examiner, and Christian Intelligeneer, afford ample evidence of this. Nr. Norton, agent for libraries in this city, has jait returned from Europe, where be has made a 'valuable collection of nearly one thonsand letters, covering the most exciting period of our country's history, in revolutionary times. Among them are some twenty or thirty written or signed by General Washington. A large number of letters from Churchill Brendan give a clear and accurate statement relative to the precarious financial condition of the country, and also °Social reports of many , of the battles for freedom from the British yoke. Here is also the petition, sent from the unfortunate prisoners is the Sugar House, in New York, detailing the hardships and cruelties to which they were ex posed. Altogether, this collection is a valuable addition to the records of the Revolution, already Bemired. Among the +Wiesen Improvements now in pro gress, is the immense Piano Manufactory of Steinway & Sons, on Fourth Avenue, between Fifty-second and Fifty-third Streets. Seven years ago they commenced business in a small rear building in Varick Street, making one piano a week. Now they have a building ready to re ceive the roof, having a front of over two hun dred feet on Fourth AMMO, forty7feet deep, with an extension on Fifty-third Street of one hun dred and sixty five by forty feet; five stories high. One of Corlie's celebrated fifty-horse engines has been contracted for. The heating of the roems,and the, drying of the lumber used in the manufactory will be effected by steam; and the gas used in the , establishment will be manu factured on the, premises. The total cost of the ground, buildings, arid equipments, will`reault -about slBo,obo. This fitetery will , give employ ment to nearly five hundred workmen, who wilt turn out from forty to fifty instruments every - week. About two millions feat of lumber, sea soned and prepared for use, will be kept constantly on hand, involving another eipenditure of 'frOtit $60,000 to $70,000. The establishment wilt .be ready for occupancy by the let of January. The Catholic Library Anode:Won has held a meeting for the purpose of taking into considera tion the propriety of ereoting an immense hall} like that of the Mercantile Library Association, but to be entirely under the control of Catholic , interests. The projeot was warmly advocated by` several Catholic gentlemen of. Imam. and influ ence. There is an evident determination on the part of Archbishop Hughes and kin adhsrents, to give Romanism a prominence awl attractiveness in this city, beyond anything it ken previously attained. The Appleton,: are about to publish the finest edition of the Pilgrim's Progress that has ever been issued. It will have eighty ilastrations from the English plates. The Trustees of the Nem York Inebrar, a Azyben have issued an earnest call for the $70,01:0 neces sary to complete the entire arrangements of this laudable undertaking. The Trustees of Dr. Cheei7er's Church have pub lished resolutions in which they declare that they had nothing to do with- sending•the young My to England, to solicit funds, or with the accompany ing letter of the pastor, and say that the church of the Puritans does not require such aid. Dr. Cheever has published a communication review ing the strictures upon his conduct in this mat. ter by the secular and religions press, which does , himself more injury than all the other matters connected with this affair. He appears to. have forfeited the confidence of his best friends, and to have lost all respect for himself as a minister of the Gospel. The Sixth Anniversary of the Southern Aid Society will be held in the Reformed Dutch -church, on Fifth Avenue, of wiiich the Rev. Dr. McAuley is pastor, on next Monday evening. Addresses will be made by the Rev. John Cham bers, of Philadelphia, and the Hon. Randolph Tucker, Attorney General of Virginia. The Salary of Me Rey. Dr. Bethune, as co pastor With the Rev. Mr. Van Nest, has been fixed at $5,60 . 0 per annum. The following movement in the aggressive Policy of the Church, is worthy of imitation in other places. We quote from the Observer: Two years since; "systematic visitation" was begun and prosecuted with great vigor in some of the New York churches. This' consists in each congregation taking a portion of territory, remote as well as contiguous to it, and dividing it up ameng the members, who shall thus visit every family. Their spiritual wants and destitution, as well as temporal necessities, are thus ascertained and provided for. The "Brick Church" has just taken hold of this matter with a degree of vigor and earnestness which• is most encour• aging. Two crowded and enthusiastic meetings have been held, and addressee made by Rev. Drs. Spring and Hoge, and Mr. Pardee, of the Sunday School Union. The warmest interest was mani fested, and when volunteers were called for, over sixty names were entered. Subsequently the number was nearly doubled. Thus from Murray Hill comes an example of a rich church whose members propose personally to go out into the highways and bye-ways, and minister to the poorest classes in spiritual and 'temporal mat. tern. Philadelphia. The Finance Committee his fixed the rate of atxatiou for the ensuing year, at $1.85 per $lOO. The first number of the Democratic Review, ed ited by the Hon. Thomas B. Florence, has made its appearance. The fifth anniversary of the Young Men's Chris tian Asaociation, was celebrated on last Friday evening, in . Jayne's HalL This was the last pub. lio'rneeting to be held in this place, as the hall is to be entirely changed and devoted to mercantile purposes. Every seat and every foot of standing room was 000upied, while large number's found it . Impossible to obtain adraission. Since the organ ization of the Association in IBM, two thousand four hundred and fourteen have been admitted to membership. The Scriptures were read by the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Edwards, and prayer was of fered by the Rev. C. P. %mak D. D. A.ildresses were delivered by the Rev. Reuben Jeffrey, Rev. Dr. Jenkins, J. B. Watkins, Esq., of Richmond, Va., Rev. Win. J. R. Taylor, Rev. John Cham bers, and Rev. H. Grattan Guinness. The Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary, conducted eo long by the late Rev. Dr. 8: B. Wylie has been reopened under favorable auspices. The Rev. G. McMillan, of the Ohio Presbytery, presided and introduced the exercises with some very encouraging remarks. The Rev. Geo. Scott, of the Pittsburgh Presbytery, addressed the Su perintendents, Professors and students in terms of warm congratulation. The Rev. Dr. McLeod, of New York, delivered his inaugural address on "The Mediatorial System," in the disenesion of which he indicated the course of instruction he intended to pursue as Professor of Theology. The Rev. T. W. J. Wylie, D. D., .of Philadelphia, Professor of Biblical Literature, followed with an address on the " Need in the Church of an Efficient and Faithful Ministry." -Re referred especially to the need of ministers in the Re formed Presbyterian Church, and said that that Church was determined to, maintain its own or ganization. Afterwards , an instructive and ani mating speech was delivered by the. Rev. John Edgar, D. D., of Belfast. Our readers will re member that this denomination declined to enter into a union with the United Presbyterian Church, alter mature and conscientious delibera tion. It has now fifty-four ministers, nearly one hundred congregations, and about nine thousand five hundred communicants. This denomination is eminently orthodox, having - an able ministry and a devout membership; and whilst adhering firmly to its own principles, is willing to allow an equal liberty to other denominations. Messrs. Lindsay 4- Blakision, of this city, have 'taken high rank in the book trade of the country as successful, -reliable. and liberal publishers. Their catalogue of publications is a very fine one. Among their late issue's are two, exceedingly well written treatises on the popular topics of Alcohol and Tobacco. Combined they passed through no less than twenty-seven . editions in Edinburgh, and are now having a large sale in this country. The Pedobaptist work, "Annie Clayton," which so effectually disposes of the arguments against infant baptism and in favor of baptism by im mersion only, and does it in a style so attractive, is still exciting attention. Dr. Schaff's new Ger man Hymn Book, published by this house, has been adopted by the Synod of German Re formed Church. And these gentlemen are about issuing." A New Volume of Poems," by the Rev. H. Harbaugh, the well known author of " Heaven, or the Sainted Dead," ate., etc ;a new book for the young, entitled "Edith's Ministry," by the author of the " Flounced Robe;' and the " Evanielical Psalmist," a col. lotion of Hymns and Tunes for Congregational and Social Worship, in a Very handsome volume. They also publish Medical Works to a large ex tent, and are almost the only publishers of Den,. tat Works to any amount, in America. Among the latter are "James' Dental Surgery," and "raft's Operative Dentistry." Dr. Harris' works still meet with extraordinary sale. The Presbyterian Historical Society is still re= ceiving valusble additions to its library and its cabinet- of curiosities. It has lately received a present of the pistols of Colonel Gardiner, the accomplished gentleman, the brave soldier, and the devout Christian. They were taken by a Highlander from his- dead body, after the battle of Preston Pans, in 1745, where he fell in oppos ing the last attempt made by the Stuarts to re gain the crown of England. They were sold by, the Highlander to Mr. 'James Whyte, an -attorney, of Edinburgh. His son brought them to America; and his grandest', the Bev. Archibald Whyte, of South Carolina, presented them to the Society. No doubt whatever cane be entertained of their , authenticity. They are upwards of two feet long, with the cominon flint look of former times, and in'exoellent preservation. Ecclesiaatifal , , Rev. JOSEPH' W. Porrzi having received a unanimous call frail" the church of Charleston, and also one from the first church of Phamix. lle,. Preshytery of Philadelphia, hiti Plait Office address is ,_ changed from Easton, Pa:, to Phomixville, Pa. Rev. tt C. TIDBALL'S Post*Oirtee address is obanged front Beokett'e Store, Ohio, =to Columbus Ohio.. Rev. W. 0. DAVIS' Post Office address is obanged from Wilkesbarre, Luzerne Pa., to Can ton, Bradford County, Pa-. Rev R. A. HOUSTON was installed pastor of the church of Greensboro', Georgia, by the Prealltery of Hopewell at its late meet ing. „ Prof. JAMES Wooßßow was memo to preach the Gospel by the Presbytery of Hopewell, at its late meeting. Mr. ROBERT J. GRAVES was licensed to preach the 'Gospel by the Presbytery of Winchester, at its late meeting. Rev. CHARLES THAYER'S Post Office ad dress is changed from St. Paul, Minnesota, to Point Prescott, Wisconsin. Rev. 3. E. MARQUIS' Post Office address is changed from Bloomington, Illinois, to _Elmwood, Peoria County, Illinois. Cor, respondents will please notice the change, and address him accordingly. Rev. JOHN RION Bownares Post Office address is changed frorn Eutaw, Alabama, to Buckingham Court House, Virginia. Rev. GEORGE S. MOTT was installed pastor of the Presbyterian church at Newton, New Jersey, on the Ist inet, and his Post Office address is changed from Mott Haven New York; to Newton, New jer , sey. Rev. GEORGE K. SCOTT has been elected pastor of the churches of Lockhart and Fair Summit, in Texas. He is to be, in. stalled pastor by a committee of the Pres bytery of Western Texas, on his return from Pennsylvania to his family. Rev. D. A. MURDOCK'S Post Office address is changed from Mi. Vernon, Mo., to Bolivar Polk County, Mo. Rev. R. M. ROBERTS, of Hilletoro', 111, has received and accepted a call from the church of Litchfield 11l arid may here- after be addressed at that place. ' Rev. WILLIAM T. FINDLEY'S Post Office address is changed from - Springfield, Ohio, to Xenia, Ohio. Re has not as yet ac. cepeed the call from the First church of Xenia, but is to spend the Winter there. Rev. W. G. IlrumAN was installed pastor of the Presbyterian churches of St. Ma ry's and Wapakoneta, Ohio on the 2d inst. Rev. E. B. SMITH was installed pastor o the church of Lewensville, Fairfax Coun ty, Virginia, by the Presbytery'of Win. cheater, on the 10th inst. RAW. J. M. C. BARTLEY, late of Hampstead, New Hampshire, having removed to Kit tery Point, Maine, requests all communi cations designed for him to be sent to that place. Rev. ROBERT D. MORRIS, of Newtown, Pa. has accepted the Presidency of, the Ox ford Female College, Oxford, Ohio, and removed to that place. Correspondents will please addr_ess him accordingly. Rev. S. MCC. 'AmnusoN, of Fredericks burg, Ohio, has accepted a call to the First church, Davenport, lowa. Rev. J. M. TRAVIS, of Paris, Mo., has re ceived and accepted a call from the churches of South Fork and New Hope, and may be addressed at Florida, Monroe County Mo. Rev. Dr. STE.ATTON, of .Natchez, and Rev. Dr. ANDERSON, of St. Louis, have re- turned from their European trip in great. ly improvedlealth and strength, and are expected to resume .their labors immedi ately. Poi the 'Presbyterian Banner and Advocate; Receipts TOWARD THZ ENDOWMENT 01 FOURTH PROFESSOR SHIP IN WESTBAN THZOLOGIOAL SISIZART_IIP TO Normassit. 1, 1859. Received from Concord, Allegheny City Presbytery, $ 8.00 Received from Freedom, Allegheny City Ploy, 12.00 Received from Sewickley, additional, Alle gheny City P'by, 14.00 Received from Tarentum, additional, Al gheny City P'by, 20.00 B,eoeived from Hilands. Allegheny City P'by, 9 47 Received from Bethel, Saltsburg P'by, 20.00 44 4 4 Jacksonville, Selashing P'by, 6.00 " " Gaga!, ' " " 22 75 " " Mt Pleasant, " " 7.75 • " " Kittanning, 44 44 20 00 " Glade Ron, 44 44 60.00 44 44 Saltsbnrg, 4 4 " .21.70 4 4 44 Academia, Clarion P'by, 16 00 44 4 4 'New Rehoboth, Clarion P'hy, 34`91 " " Greenwood, " " 4.00 " " Beeohwood, " " 42.00 " " Middle Creek, 44 ,44 750 44 4 4 Bethesda, Si " 41.50 " " Perry, f t " 37.00 44 44 Mt. Pleasant, 44 " 00 44 44 Brookville, 4 4 " 5.00 " " Callensburg, 44 44 22.00 Concord, 44 " 25 00 " Bacon Ridge, Steubenville P'by, Received from First church, Steubenville`, Steubenville P'by, 72 87 Received from Centre, Steubenville Pb'y, 10 00 " " East Springfield, Steuben ville Pb'y, 10 00 Received from Chortler's, Ohio P'by. bal., 2.50 " Raccoon, 44 62.50 " " Washington, Woolen P'by, 292.50. 44 44 Lower Buffalo, " " 600 -4 4 " Second church, Wheeling, Washington Pb'y, 115 00 Receiied from Cove, Washington P'by, 5.00 4. 4. 4 Mt. Prospect, 44 .4 55. 70 " Sistersville, 44 44 21.50 " McClellandlown, Redstone P'hy, Received from George's Creek, Redstope,, Foy, 5.50 Received from Morgantown, - 64 "•26 50 " .‘ New Providence and jeffer- • son; Redstone P'by, 50.00 Received from Georgetown, Erie P'by, 21 00 64 " Sugar Creek, 4 6 66 22 60 64 4, Sturgeonville, " " 15 00 " Fairfield, 64 44 21.00 " " Milligerville, 64 66 840 46 64 Freeport, Allegheny 'P'by, 25 00 " " New Salem, " " 9.00 46 4 6 Shelby, Richland P'by, 18.00 " " East Hopewell, Coshocton ' P'by, 54 00 Received from Bethel, New Lisbon P'by, 10 00 •' " Newark, Zanesville P'by, 50.00 " " Rev. James Henry, 27.00 " Bethel, . 7 00 " " Westminster, Ohio,. `• Bab:4o, Ohio, " " Mansfield church, Pi., Ohio P'by, • Nottingham,: St. Clairaville, 17.00 Ohio, $1,603 00 T. R. NEvni, Treasurer. November, 1859. Complimentary to Rev. J. 11. Agnew. The &mien of the First Presbyterian church, Steubenville, Ohio, at their regular monthly meet ing, November 7th, 1859, passed unanimously the following, resolutions Wentuaes, The Session have heard with regret that the Rev. John R.; AgneW, is about to draw from our midst, and toenter, another field' of labor; therefore, Rate/vHI, That we, gratefully acknowledge the many valuable services rendered to the congrega tion of the First Presbyterian church, during his almest five years' residence among us. Resolved, That we cheerfellj bear;testimony to the character of the Rev. J. R. Agnew, (our, be— loved brother and fellow laborer,) as .a faithful minister, a successful , instructor of youth, and as a Christian gentleinan, worthy of the high re gard of any Christian community. Resolved, That we cordially reoommend this excellent brother and-his familyto any church or commuulty,where God luhisprevid,ence may fix . their ‘ future, hoine. gl..Conenno, Mod., .. A. J. ArDoevell, See. Session. Per the Presbyterian Banner and Advocates Board of Domestic Missions: M/08ION Rooms; 910 Arch Street, ..Flailaddyhia, November,lBs9. DEAR BRETHREN.:—The present fiscal 00E dition of the ,Board of Domestic Missions, rendeit it indispensable to appeal to the of ficers.and members of the churches for pe cuniary aid. Agreeably to what seemed to be the .general sentiment of the church, the Board have extended their operations, in the hope that the means necessary to sus tain them, would be promptly furnished. But we regret to say that our expectations thus.far, have not been realized. While our appropriations up to the tat of November, embracing, a period of eight months, have exceeded by twenty one thousand three hun dred and fifty one dollars and fifty seven cents, ($21,351 5.7) those of the correspond ing months of the year preceding; our re ceipts up to the . let of November have been less by six thousand two hundred and forty dollars and forty eight cents, ($6,240 48,) than they were up to the , corresponding date of the previous year. The large balance of twenty-eight thous and four hundred and twenty two dollars and nineteen cents, ($28,422.19) reported on the let of March list, was not only entirely ex hausted by -the lit of November, but at that date there was due the Missionaries who bad reported services rendered, the sum of one thonsand eight hundred and twenty see en, dollars and eight cents, (.81,827 08.) The amount due the Missionaries who had not re ported up to November let, was much larger, and the liabilities of the Board daily matur ing are much greater than our current receipts —so that the indebtedness of the Board is constantly and rapidly increasing. Of course, until the Treasury is ref leniehed, our Mission aries will be obliged to wait for the payment of their salaries. We trust that the churches will not permit them to wait long; for we are well aware of the inconvenience, and sometimes actual sufferings, occasioned by a short delay. It is well known,-that in accordance with the plan of systematic benevolence adopted by the General Assembly, this Board, in common with the other Boards of the Chinch, has dispensed with all collecting Agents, and must rely, under God, upon the Pastors and Sessions for the collection of funds. Dear Brethren, as this responsibility has, in the providence of Gad, been devolved upon you, we trust that you will cordially present and commend this cause to your people, and use your best endeavors to induce them to con tribute. In the present condition of the Board, promptness on the part of all, is ex ceedingly important. It has been a . subject of deep regret, that so many churches have failed from year to year to contribute'to the Board of Domestic Mission& We trust no church, however feeble, will continue .to neglect this duty. Small contributions from many'" churches, would make in the, aggregate a. very conaid, erable sum, and would materially aid in sus taining the operations of the Board. We forward this appeal to all the Pastors and churches within our bounds. If any churches have already taken up collections for this Board, and, feel that it would be a privilege, in view of the exhausted state of the Treasury, to add to their contributions, such additional contributions would be grate fully received. Are there not many individuals whom God has graciously prospered, who would feel it to be a privilege to make a donation to the Board in this time of need. Any do nations from such, would he very acceptable, and would greatly relieve the pressing wants of the Board. - And now, dear brethren, having present ed these facts, we submit them to your pray erful consideration ; eonfiding in your. Byrn pathy, and;trusting to, your cordial caopera don. By order of the Committee. . Joint M'DowELL, Chen;: G. W. Musgrave, Cor. Secretaries.' B. Happersett, . P. S—The Committee would respectful ly suggest to every Pastor to whom this ap peal is sent, to-read the same from the pul pit, for the information of the people. Presbyterial Notices. The PR E SBYTERY OR 1111NTINOM1 lAD hold an adjourned. meeting in the Pine Orono Fireabyt/rfan church, on the That Tuesday (the 6th,) of Deconiber, at 11 o'clock A. M. -Private conveyances will be at/Inn:ice Creek Station, Penna. Railroad, on the Monday afternoon previous, to meet any members coming Bast or Went. _Ai, the afternoon, trains of that day, and convey them to. Seine Grove - ROSSILVEtAhI= s Stated Clerk. , . The PRZIBTTERt 01 DEAVER, will meet In Welecturtle s , on the Third Tonality eZ Deeeniben et 634 °Work PIA'. D. C. R-KkU a Mated Clerk. St ins tpadinent, Guam's Sonoo.t. lirmiTon..--Bee advertisement, for notice of a work intended to interest and im prove the young. TUB FOURTH SrimaT Fassenger. .Railway, to East Lihsxty, has been put under contract, and its completion may be expected at a future day. TBF Minuott OP Iraws..—This splendid Tamp. rama, is on exhibition, at Masonic 11411, this week, every evening at 7i o'clock; and on Wed nesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at g o'clock P- M. It is well worth seeing. _ . 10,00 Lammas Ott CREMISTRT.—Prof. Barker of Boston, has commenced, in the Western Univer sity, the delivery of a course of lectures on Chem istry. They are well worthy the attention of our citizens. They are , delivered on Monday and Thursday evening.; in each week. THE C 06.1. STRUCERO wbo were prosecuted for riot., /dude/ in number, have been sentenced, some to a „fine of SF4, ,others tn.& fine of $5.- The Court remarked that they would make the sen tence mild, in this eve, and advised the men, if they suffered any grievance, to 'resort to the civil law for redress. EE3 We add largely to 'our list of Woks advertised, this week. Many of them are most valuable, and they are in season, for the long Winter even ings, and the wet and stormy weather, when " in doors" shbuld be made profitable and attractive. Especially may we invite attention to the large and excellent list offered by our own Board. Presbyterians are not restrictive in the places of 'dealing ; but in the publications of their own Char& they find works which have passed a close scrutiny, and which they may safely entrust to their families 60 00 8:50 The Overland Route The Rocky Mountains are now being traversed by tens of thousands annually, and the protection of the route has become a matter of great import ance The Indians have alwaYs been foes, and a display of force is indispensable., But the Mor mons seem to be , worse than, the Indians. Trains still pomplain sadly of robbery and theft, and sometimes of murder. ' 31:00 The emigrants, this year, to California, by the overland route, have been, by Honey Lake, ten thousand ;..and through Carson's . Palley, fifteen thousand; and to Oregon and Washington Terri tories, five thousand. A few years-ago, to make the journey; by land, to the Pacifitrcoast, was an expleleeaciting wonder ; now it ismade by men, women, and children. The- emigration above noted was caused greatly by the disappointment at Pike's Peak. Many could ind no geld tbere worth staying for, and preferred to go farther, rather, , t than return to their old homes. Railroads in Virginia. report on the railroads in Virginia, states that there are in Operation one thousand. four hundred and sixty eight miles of main line of raifitaid. The exhibit of earniegs toy the various roads is quite flattering to railroad - enterprine in Vntinia. Books.
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