niri iI.PT. '.h . '. i,,-.T.',--i.
Vresbgterin Namur.
PITTSBURGH, SATURDAY, ;MAY 12, 1860.
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church.
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church in the United States of America will
hold its next meeting in the First Presbyterian
church, : Rochester, New , Yorks, at eleven o'clock
on Thursday, the 17th of Nay, and :frill
be opened with a sermon by the Rev. WILLIAM
L.. Rex:mt.:minas, D.A., Moderator of the last
Assembly.
,'.ThelOommittee of Commissions will meet in
the Lecture-Room of the church on the Wednes
day eirening preceding, at eight o'clock, to re
' ceive.Cbsumissions, and on Thursday morning„
the day of the meeting, at nine o'clock, for the.
!tante pintos°.
JORN larrnung Stated Clerk.
• ALsx.suunit T.'MUGILL, Permanent Clerk.
•:P. S.-- , ,Stated Clerks of Presbyteries are re
spectfully requested to make out their •lists. of
persons- entitled to' the Minutes on a separate
sheet, , and to send that, together with'moneys for
the '-Minutes, to G. H. YAM GELDER, EsQ.,
Tr4Astinta OF Tux GENERAL' ASSEMBLY, 320
Wkritrr STREET, PIIILARELPRIA.
The Committee of Arrangements request Com
missioners-and others, who expect to attend the
meeting of the General Assembly,. which- con
venes in. the CITY,OPROCHESTER, M6.Y.17T11,
.next; tolorward.their names 'and Post Office ad
dresses to SETH R. TERRY, ROCHESTtIt, N. Y.,
asisoOn-as may be.
Placea'Will be assigned to all such before' their
leavinthome:
Tiio96 Who d 6 not'send their names in season,
will be provided with places on their arrival, on
apPliaatiOn at .the Rome of the Committee, at
the 'First Presbyterian church.
Due notice will be given of any arrangernents
made with Railroad Companies, for a reduction
of fare.
Paled, ` Rodhoater, April 60, 1860.
SA'MUEL MILLER, LEI A.
i A. WARD,
•
FREEMAN CLARKE, . KELM' MATTHEWS,
• SEER IL TERRY, • '
• • • Bub-Cominittee 'of Arrangements 4
The Board of Colportage is requested to
meet at, the Presbyterian ROOMS on St.
Clair Street, on Tuesday the 15th inst., at
2 o'clock : P. N. The Executive Commit
t le, is to meet at the same place, on the
s uue.day, at 10 o'clock A. N.
FranlOort, Ind.—This place has been, en
joying; as we learn by a letter just received,
quite' refreshing :time from the Lord.
There, have been several accessions to the
communion, and members of the church
have.been greatly, revived.
Wa4ltingtou College, PA.—We regret that
Xtev. JOAN SCOTT, D.D.,Tresident of this
institution, has determined to resign his
place.: He purposes to accept an invitation
to the, P s resideney of the Maryland Agri
cultural ,College.
McConnellsville, Ohio.—The labors of. Rev.
W. M.' GRIIIES, at this place, have been
greatly blessed. The church is so much
strengthened as to insist upon having the
toil* of. the pastor's time, thus leaving
the other part of the charge, (Bristol,) to
seek a minister.
PASTOR WANTED.
At the Spring meeting Of, the Zanesville
ilyesbytery, the pastoral relation of the Rev.
W. Monnxs GRIMES and. the church of
Bristol' was dissolved, to enable him to
spend all his time in the church of 31c-
Connellsville. The Bristol church is in a
prasperous condition. It is entirely in the
ebuntry. It is a very inviting field, prom
ising to a faithful •pastor great encourage
ment. The Session and congregation are
'anxious.' to settle a pastor immediately.
Any minister desiring to visit this church
may address,
SESSION PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,
Bristol, Moryan Co., Ohio.
SYMPATHY FOR THE POPE;
. A large meeting was held, on Tuesday
eveniagyin this city, in the Cathedral, by
the friends of the Pope. Deep sympathy
was expressed in his troubles, and e,,spe
cially in'the dreaded loss of his temporal
power. One of the kingdoms co
.f this world
bas repudiated his chieftaincy, where he
had ruled an unwilling people with des
-potic sway yand our free Americans mourn I
But all, do not mourn. Let the Pope have
his full freedom, just as any other man.
We wish the Italians in the Papal States
to havetheir freedoni also. Let them choose
their religion, and 'choose their rulers, un
der their, responsibility to God, and en
lightened hy the holy. Scriptures. This is
the proper right of all men, and, it• should
be their .privilege,
'BRIBING BREWSTER.
A member of Session Sends us the fol
lowinc, •
• " Died, suddenly at Cape Island, April
80, 1860, of apoplexy, Rev. LORI NP BREW
swat, pastor of the first Presbyterian
church of this city, in the seventy-first
year of his age.
‘,‘ The subject of the above notice was
installed as pastor, of this church,•on the
fourth day of May, 1859; although one
brief •year has scarcely closed since he be
came • our regular:. pastor. He finished his
labors-cm earth, by preachinr , the evening
preceding his death, from 'lke xvi : 22;
but altliough such,an event seems mysteri
ous to our finite minds, and although his
,death is not only a great loss to the Church
and the community around, yet their loss
is no doubt his infinite gain. We, as a
church feel deeply our affliction by this
suadeo , bereavement; yet we desire to hum
ble ourselves before the Lord our Maker,
aria, feel that the
,Judge of all the earth
doeth right."
BUSINESS TO , COME. BEFORE THE ASSEMBLY.
There is likely to be an unusual amount
of important business before the General
Assembly, which is to convene at Roches
ter on the 17th inst. There will be, in ad
edition to the ordinary care of the Church
, Jand her institutions, the following serious
matters : '
1. Church Corporations. ;
2. A Church Commentary.
3. The Revised Book of Discipline.
4. The modifying of the Boards, and a
change of: location.
These lie over from the last Assembly.
Then there will be also--
5. African Colonization, in a memorial
from the Synod of Wheeling. This will
involve the Thornwell theory of the fune
tions'of the Church.
6. A Fifth Professorship in the Semi
naries at Princeton and Allegheny.
7.;.The filling of the two new chairs, and
the election , of Professors to fill the vacant
chairs'. at; Princeton and Danville—four
Pr'o l feSiors'fo be chosen.
"~
USEFUL, BUT WHY NOT MORE USEFUL'
The Presbyterian Church we 'regard not
only as founded upon the Word of . God,
but as being more deeply and thoroughly .
fixed than any other Church, upon that
foundation. It is more orthodox than any
'other ; more,. : apostolic'; more pure in doc
trine;
in
heavenly in Order'; more Di
vine in its activities. It is, we would my,
better adapted than any other, to the eon.=
version antredifiCation of Men. It 'should
hence flourish beyond any Otber. 'lt is the
truth.. which is mighty. - It is Gospel
preaching which saves . souls... The, logical.
inference from our assumption then is, that,
beyond any other, the PresbYterian Church
should be useful. , ,
Now, is it so ? Can we bear the practi T ,
cal test ? It is beyond controversy, that,
fruit-bearing designates the 'character of
the tree—in kind, quality, and quantity.
What then, in these aspects,, is the ,fruit of
the Presbyterian tree ? Take Calvinistic
doctrine as the trunk, the parity of the'
ministry as the branches, mddes of worship•
as the , leaves, and the spreading of the
Gospel, with its reforming influences as the
fruit, and make the comparison.
Calvinism, as held and exhibited in , the
Preabytorian, the Congregational, BaptiSt,
and Episcopal Churches, is by far the
most prevalent system of doctrine
galical Christendom The parity of the
ministry is the pervading' sentiment sir 'to
Cluirch order,'eicept among Episcopalians.
The r 'Presbyterian mode of worship ,in all
its essential parts, except, baptism, meets
the common views of those•who take the,
Bible as the •Authoritative rule; and in re
'gard to baptism, immersionists 'axe quite in
the . minority. And reformino• influ
ences, that is, in maintaining Church ordi
nances, in literature, Sabbath Schools, mis
sions, circulating the Bible, &c., &c:,.and
in the honesty, uprightness and sanctity of
its membership, the Presbyterian Church
is second to none in the world. ,
But while our Church,-in its grand fea-'
tures, contemplating the - J:ll,one by one, is to
be numbered with the vastly pre.ponderat
ing majority - of true' Christians, let in the
aggregate of lts, , features, that is, as a de
in
nolnation,among the ,peoPle of Christ; it
is in numbers, greatly ; below several others:
It has not grown, as others have grown. 'lt
does not-now' grow as do others. Why is this?
If it is nearest to the Scriptures, that is, to
the mind of Christ, it, must be the best
adapted to the end for which a Church ex
ists. It must exhibit most of truth's pow
er: It' might hence expect most of the'Di
vine blessing. Hence it should shine the
most brilliantly, and grow the most rapidly.
Why does it : not? Why do others .out
strip it?
The character of a Church, itstruthful
,
ness, , .
adaptation, and working, power, will
,
certainly be known by its enlightening and
saving influence upon and among men. The
Church was established for influence, and it
has its end in the edifying of the 'bedy of
thrist. But the v'e'il usefulness of a church,
or rather of a denominational part of the
Church, is not to be measured, always and
only by the number, of its members. Its
light may shine greatly`to the benefit of
other denordination's. It may be a power
ful defence to others. It may prepare the
way for them, and shield them, and stimu
late them. It may be abl essing to a whole
land, by being the friend of education, the
embodiment of .:freedom's spirit, the ex
emplification of noble 'sentiments, the ,ex
einplar of public morality, the•author, pro
moter, and sustainer of
r useful institutions,
All this it may be independent of the'vast
,
ness of its numbers. Yea, the very pecu
liarities which are promotive of these high-'
er forms of usefulness, niay be hindrances,
in certain states of society, to its populari
ty, and hence not 'favorable to a very great
increase in its :numbers. And Presbyteri
anism may be contemplated much' in this'
aspect. In extended social influnceei we
regard our own Church as much above, the
highest of its fellows, while in Popularity
and hence in, numbers others can claim a
very great precedence.
The question; however, inay still be agi
tatcd, why has not the Ptesbyterian Church
grown more rapidly ? Why has the Baptidt
Church, about: its equal in age in thii,
country, and occupying the same' fair field
of competition, out-grown it four-fold?
And why has ,the Methodist' Church, the
•
junior of both, attained .to a membership'
beyond the aggregate of both? There
must be a cause for such results--an ade
quate and appreciable cause. What is it.
Presbyterians should know; and if it is
any thing -which may be made available by
them, in promoting religion ;as it. exists
with them, that is, in its:higher and purer
foim, they should appropriate it.
v it. is hardly .• permissible to say, that
Christianity in . its lower forms, is better ;
adapted to the masses. Tie :who gave 'to
the Gospel its purity, elevation, an dbeauty,
knew what man is,.and ,'he intended to
save men, and his intentions are, the °a
goings of infinite• wisdom:, He meant to,
save sinners, the chief of sinners, those
who were by nature the most' depraved,
and in the world the most ignorant. He
nieant to call such, and transform, them to
his own likeness. He meant that hit
Church should be thejescelitacle for babes,
the school for their instruction, and the
foster home for their nurture to full ItlATl
hood. Our deficient success cannot then
be rightly attributed to the purity in which
'We exhibit Gospel' doctrine, not to the, , ,
ele
vated attainments in holiness of heart' and
life, at which we aim
Neither will it be entirely proper in us,
to assign our comparatively- slow progress
to the defective mental culture of the com
munity. We have our own children with
us from their birth; and in civil govern
ment, and in all educational means of in
fluence, our position has been second to no
denomination in the land. We should
then have had generation after generation,
so trained as to receive religious truth in
its highest forms.
Now, wherein lies the cause of our few-'
ness in number, amid those millions of our
countrymen, and in this open field for en
terprise ? We have but'a quarter million
of communicants, in a poptilation say,
fifte en millions of People of a suitable age
to make an intelligent profession;; while
the Methodists have a million and .a half—
we, one in , sixty of the adult people;' and
they one` in ten ! are not a 'deelinino•
Church, nor a stationary' Church. We
PTZESByTtiAN BANNER.---SATURDA 16; MAY 1860.
groi. 'And We bless Goa tor mu. growth
but still it would . be I.,,praise-worthy ambi
tion. to • strive •not Only - for'utility as a teach
ing, illuminating and stimulating pOwer, but
also for fruitfulness in nuinbers, even thirty,
sixty, and an hundred fold. Hence the
question is proposed, , why, since claim
to preach a ftiller . GosPel ticau others, and
to exhibit 'parer - light,' and - SineeGi>d'
blesses the truth - and makes it mighty, why
are' not converts' to ins . propor;:.
tion ally ?'
DR. EDWARDS' THIRD LETTER ON TILE
BOARD` OTWELICATION,
This letter discussei, in part, the expen
ditures of the Board. The Writer nofes'tho
fact tint the Bciard is doino. a Church
work, and hence there should,he a due
,econ
:only—DO sinecures, no merely honorary po
Bilious, nepensions. The funds are the of
ferings of Christian benevolence, `a'rid' are ;
not to be wasted. The laborer isentitled
to a due reward' for actual 'and needed ser
.
vices, but not to more.
The expenses of the store are then (riven,
as being .$11,365. 5 58, of which amount the,
Secretary receives 62,500,'being 1500 be
yond what is' paid to any other of our Sec:
retaries. Some othei'itemi of ,liPerise are:
then stated.. These matters„were'set'before
our readers,..la,st.Summer, and we neethnot
enlarge upon'thein.
' A new fact is breught foiliard by pe:
F.DIVA:I9 - 5S in the letter now before
is thus st:ii&j.
, „
To these items from the. Reportt`l sub
join an incident whichls ! said to, have oe
curred in this city since the„ last
Assembly, which„is notable and pertinent;
.and ,which seta, the whole matter of .the'
Board's,cconomy in a strong holt.. .A.4' re
spectable and , responsible publishinghouse
is reported,to bave, offered to contract with{
the Board for the whole work publish
ing and '.circulating their books,giving all.,
proper guaranties for their stYle„4o. o , and
that among other
. things they proposeFl to
`give the Board .
For rent of house-per year, • $:.4.000 .
1.1 ,
se l of stereotype plates per year, 10,000:
Salary : of Editor,: ' ' 1;200:
Besides dispensing viith ' employees and ,
other expenditures, amounting to-- 6,7,63
Amount, - $20,663
This:would have made ll:difference in' the
Board's' operations Of more than , 820,040 a'
year—la sun" -Which might hate sustained
and greatly, enlarged the department of.
Colportage without appealing to the churCh-,,
es for a separate collection for the Puilpose:i
But the proposal was declined. I ,Such a
Case is its own comment. 'AnCunless it
admit of a clear explanation, including rea
ions high and forciblq, it will mere - than;
suggest—it will prove—to many minds that
economy, of places, of men, 'and of .money;'.
is not the policy of the Board,of Publica)
tion.—N. C. Presbyterian, April 28.
We speak of this as new, because it is
now first .given to the public. The offer
was made to the Board last Summer. The'
fact is indisputable, and the amount of say::
ing would be even, greater than above
stated. The guaranties, as s represented to
us by authority commauding COOdenFe,
were'adequate. .But there .may still be rea
sons why the Beard should retain the Book
store in their own hands. We should, like
to hear 'from themselves, before forming a
definite opinion as to that. The use we'
would now make of the' fact of the offer is,
to confirm our former intimations that ad
business of the Board is carried on, at a
very extravagant expendittcre. The eost`of ,
the store is double; at least, Of What it
should be, and the prices paid for work are
beyond, what, is needful for the quality ob.=
tained. Here are responsible parties whd
offer to take "it, 'and' do all the work at a
saving to the 'churches • of over,_'twenty
thousand dollars
• The Presbyterian, of May, sth, notices
this statement of Dr: 'EDwARDs, and. we
might have'expected either' a 'denial , of the
fact, or a reason for rejecting the offer: But ,
we, have neither. It says
c,c We, might note,' as , an instance , of this,
kind of evil, (Writing for the chtirches,)
statement madmhy the correspondent:of the.
North ~C a94 o lina ~ ; Presbyteriani : +that the.
Board' of Publieatiom 'actually :rejected': a,
plan, whichilso far frOm.• impairing its efft',
ciency, would have saved -to its funds jOhy,,
(twenty) thaAand dollars ! • Will. any can,
did' man believe a statement so preposterous
And if any man , does believeAhe =bald'and.,
naked Tact; Can , he honestly refrain- froni,
Charging Abe , Board., it the proper tribunal,
with an attempt at 'embezzlement,- or other ;
'dishonest practices .?:" •
Now, is not this a,
attempt
utterance?
There isevidentlyan attempt made to pro-,
dace: the impression of a denial.'!. Just-look.
at it. And, yet there is no direct ;denial.,
Why 'evade ,"a plain' response ? Wty 'not,
give Dr. 'EnWAR,I)S statementS and figuresy
and then ,:deny, affirm, correct; explain, 'or
justify? ,;This would ,be open, noble,.fair.",
This would bring the 'matter , before 'the;
true' proprietors-Lthe cOntribUtos of the,
fUnds, the persone.who desire to carry on
great work for themselves; their children,
the: world, and their Lord, and - Master: ,
These'could then judgo, and'aiiiirove or die
approve. But 'But this, it would:Seem, is the
very thing to be wielded, ,
The,
;churches areto be kept.in ignorance. ~Our.
, contemporary. says:: • ;, •
' " These Boards are amenable td, * the Gen
eral Assembly of the whole Church. *., *
,If any :individual ,or individuals; are pre
pared, ow their own - responsibility, - td yap
pear before that bodrand; state their ,e6n-,
"We regard it, however, as
a very different matter; when the.piablic at,
large is appealedto." ; , J , 2 •;1 •
It i's'idifferent matter, but, is it not the,
right way ? nob.the People be informed
as to their own affairs,? What are religious
journals ;for, if it,iwnot to circulate• infer. ;
mation, and discuss 'qUestions of living, in
torest---Testions Which belong to the
Church, as, matters of ;air* . and activity ?
In the„light, men may see things which
they would;.ratb.er not see; but:still, it is
utterly unsafe to run in the dark. ' We have
, ,
great confidence in a General Assenibly,but
especially so when that Assembly is , coin
posed of the representatives of a well-in
formed, people-not only an intelligent peo
ple, but also a' people truthfully and extenJ
sively familiar with the subjects which they
entrust,their Cammissioners,to transact on
their behalf.. May not t4e,People,—,a•Pres
byterian people.-:--•be entrusted *ith a ill Owl -.
edge of 'their own affairs ? ' •
our conteUvoraiy kindly ' tell` us
what were the exact facts . of, the offer, and
why it, was ; rejected ? The people de
mand, and Should. have ',the information ;
they` are sufficiently "weigh
and, appreciate ' . reasons, and ;magnanimous'
enough, even if a, mistaVe:has laben ?made,
to pardon their honest employees..
THE "'GEIERAL , ISSBIIIBLY-ziN PITT lIl:IwH •.
' 4
The GeueralAssdifiblyfof the Presbyte,
Han Churcl, (N. S. will meet in this city,
on the 17th inst., in the Third Presbyteri
an Church.
This Assembly, if fully convened, will
consist Hof abdut ltwo *Unired' and {fifty
members • but with Delegates from other.
Churches, Committees Foreign Missiona
nes, 'visitors;'&c., we may expect the pres
ence of three' hundred gnests,or more,' The,
sessions of the, hody, may be expected to
Continue from eleven to fourteen days;And
will he Open qo all. Many of our people;
doubtless, will feel it to be :a privilege' to
attend: Christian's show intelligence, and
. „
taste, as well
• as courtesy, by their, esence
at such gatherings of• God's Servants. ,
We proffer to our break:fen a'oordial wel-
Come ; and feel assured that" Old School
'Presbyterianswifl. open to them their, hearts,
and houses... ; The two Assembles are; more.
alike than ire' any oth et' bran ches'of the Chris
tian family. The authorized public ekpo
eition of their 'Faith, : Order,
and i Worship, is expressed in, the, very same,
words; and' in.the ! actual manifestation of
their religion;lthey liear to'each 'other a IT
'semblance so extended ' minute,' that
'strangeri'`ear i nei see' the difference. ''Even
• ":
among themsclvers, it is but their theologi-,
ans who. can point ont.dissimilarities., For ;
sake.of these it is Well to keep up!Sep'-'
irate Ecclesiastical Councile but in bro ,
therly love, personal re'c'rarel, kind attentiOns,,
and in, all efforts, for the conversion and
sanctification of men, there, should .he
trre cordiality
The-:Cottun'ittee' of airancreinents; have
invited the 'Commissioners to meet and
spend Wednesday, the lfith, the day before
the organization, 'special religious Ser
vices.. Some Or the PasterS and' laymen' will
'OlO 'froni of revivals,] their' hearts
being fUll of:the sUbject,we may expect
the day
_to be one of.. peculiar interest. To
this meetii)g especially, would, we invite all'
the churches in, the city. Prayer and sup:
: plicatitini' Will - be 'made, not only forL one:
'Assembly and, one branch of the Church;
for'alySiniilar convocations, ,and far all
branches of the ,Lord's Zion. Especially
may:we, hope,•that a revival of religion in=
this city, will be . the 'burden of many ear'
nest entreaties.
Many of the COmiaissioners
But
not be
'able to be here' on that day: we look
fUr a sufficient' number, to inalie the day
one of peauliF interest.
We .see; a„.ll.oeheter paper, that:the
people =of that 'eity,nrticipaterd large meet
ing of th'e As'seinbly,.there: They are mak
in:,4preftaratiOW4'to entertain hUndred
guests ; .. We,trust they.will not .be , disap;
pointed .their - expeetationa of a double
;remuneration,' .intelleettially and spiritu-
=IN
CHERCII AT. FT,,WAYNE.
The cisition t to piepare historical
sketches ofTarticuln.r churches, is growing.
It should be .cherislted A. knowledge, of
the , piet• gratifies 'curiosity ; : and is fruitful
of ''b'enefits:-; Too often the desire becomes
strong, not tall after the means of satisfy-.
ing it are, [ pparted. But e,omparatiyely
few of tihe,.ey,ents ; oee,urring in the early
history of, aylistriet or.rof a elnirch, are re
corded, and if . - no , historian is found till
after the fathers are departed, there soon
comes a generation of phureh members who
,obliged to ,eontemplate their , origin,, as
belonging to the dark dges. _ .. ,
'F401. 1 , of Ft. Wspe,,,
Indiana, lies resea~ea the-First .PreAbitetian
chtirch of tbat-place,froin thiS undesirable
fatality.
,We. have before us, in. a neat
pamphlet of twenty-sevenTages, a Lectere
. by this worthy brother :iris the•tlership,
*hiCh Sketches its historifroili:its'hrst op- .
Cupancy2,bY the French, as a trading,, post
soon ,:after, the year. 17.00. , , :The French
..founded..•Quebee. in' • 1608,-undl . ',extended
•th4"fOiiificati Cris ami• POW .West
yeitTlY, 'al • okig i 't,44;l •
. 100 7en , and the
Lakes toPiesque 'to,ehcoit, and, the Mis
sissippi .; anif thence Botthwardly by the'
.Mississippi ands its branches to %New Or
leans. Our iraintit3:;:thiu'FL Diticesne i
was one of their' 'Ft. Wayne` . then
Fort Miami •Iyas. another. • With tiv i l..f4l
of Quebec, in 17a,•the. French:power:fres ;
broken, in the •liiittit'and 'Westti was
long, hole**, befoie;lbe English` porila-'
ion.tritieled Westin sufficient niiintere to.
flltm..4 4 lXishea as- far. as Ft. WISY4e•
place,.: after, several conflicts And!
viciesi
•tudes, 488 taken-by from the
ini?i,.thenbeforiverd,
,i4iiiiiiiilntlYpecupied. The preaching
; the„ place, was • by Rev) *Arril : PV Gi.
a -Presbyterian. nit:dater :and.
chaplain lin i Gem HalutisON'A in .
Iskidllc-
Moir, Baptist, " a"missionary te the India:ne,
1820., The third Mader,. wag.. itev.
Pe=fspaed
TA4SiongrY service,in .1822
The,. ; Presbyteriartchurch • was organ
itay.lJs.sizai.Ciroirs; in 1831; and
.131SniligitrOf eleven tieinheni! ' This is now
' 1 " d''wealthy d"
a Tags an .c• ureh • and -
rptided : by, 4. cal .9hrgAtes .of other
names,: • . •. '
i tiThP,.4;;s•l l,l Bo o rThe V41:11r, in its new
improved form; has reached. us. It is
;noltr-iihetaitiful"lltte sheet. It is' .to•tp
peitr"kuin'till; at twenty-five centsay TESir
Eton spike . IV 11'1.00
.; :fifty copies ,for 44280;
or one hundred copies for $B.OO. Ws . trust
•
:it will i intlife to be , just • what the -Church
=IEEE=
GESEltile BI:NOD OF. THE REFORMED PRES
izt • ETTERIAN CHURCH.
bl • I
, y asseru e e
of the Bev,: M. McMILLAN, Allegheny
on the evening of Wednesday, of
, next i wee)c, the ; instant., and will be .
,opened ! with a sermon ;by the Rev. JOHN
, NEvirr,„the last Moderator. This body
Will . &twist of about sixty members, and
*ill - i4in.4enCti i iicry. Worthy branch of the
greet Presbyterip
• • ' Por the Pres"bytoilait Banner
Churth Exte*ioii. • . • .
„..R c ceipts for •April.:.i
ltraonsburgoßlairsville Piesbytery .$9.00
sLostor,lL'emAllile, Washington Presbytery... 3.65
isTAPPoirbilNOWle4).'lCitY Presbyt e ry MO.
Com d. 1 . 0.
-A•eitokbm .'"4" ti"'". "do , o.
4.000-
bon .":11.:tv. , :tt :•••:. .• •. . •
' • •, • " • ' ' • • $22.65'
• ' , 'l4l';' , lgtinzi, Receiving Agent`.
Pittabuiffh, 'Pa., • 7 80, 1860.
~~.
1,3 - 0.,S TQA:4lVl)''' . X.i':ir-EIV7G. T , A10:1
A number ofxentletnen in Boston determined
that the late ERESIDENT OF HARVARD COLLEGE
should not be troubled with regard to the means
of ponifortablersupport
i n his old age, and me
. ,
oordingly presented him with $12,000. In this
-oity there are.many , always-ready to devise and
do liberal things. The Sprig catalogue of this
. •iiistiinthciihas just been published, and presents
a very encouraging state of things as to the num
' berkif students in of endnuee. . Tlie Senior Class
' Tfluptprs,
.107 ; Junior, ;
..13ophoinorn, 10£4.
..„Fres!! mee t ).2% . The gtoniur „Own *ll be the,
largestsrer graduated finio,the •
•The sale Of. the Lißake/1.. of •the late Mr. Per:e.
oival, the iloet, geologiet, of whi‘ch !so much
hal been said since his decease, lasted .six. day*.
It contained many ••rare and valuable .workii;
• but - at.• the' same' tired . olttge` porthinofit ; °one , :
• slated !of periodicals, pamphlets; and nondescript
works,lfoi which 'net ninny would • wisk to find
room tin' their libraries.. Pot* Percival was
• pcieseased\ of rinielf intellect, 'and amassed a vast
amount of infOrnlatlim on all kinds of subjecta,
htiebeOarise his 'life ''sys conducted without any
high and delititO it was a sad failure.
One of the,oldelt. and most respected parish
ioners of RT ? D.aI9ANNETT!t3 SOCIETY (Utah.-
. rien,) in 8eat0n, 7 .40,5, .ttg;kentiy. signified his inten
tion to present a ;#ol.ohiple. of 'thirteen ; bells—
costing six,,tlkonsand dollars—for: the elegant
new .cliFehnow ,bnilding at the: corner. of Ar
. lington ,Strept. The princely , donation will: be;
stdpoient„ , ,ftis believed, to procure the best of
belle in Amenica..; tenor bell , is expected to
:weigh four.thousand pounds.: , • , • ~ t
The war between the Rivan f
Webster and Worcester, still centinnet.'with nu
•abated vielence. Coinmendationtiqiimi 4 dietin.:
' guished , rnen,.and'sometimes'fitiMileitaena Of rib'
very great distinction • 'are' oogerlj ' sought and
speedily publiahe&bY each 'party: Worcesfor is
receiving high praise from the 'moat'noted Bne
lish authoritiesi.4.Tlie -venerable Charles Rich
ardson, whose life has been, for the most part,
devoted to:the,. spttly I of ; the English language `
;,
and the hardly less distinguished B. 11. Smart,.
ivhose phiitilo g ioal 'researches 'date back to the.
14ginning 'Of *the - Present century, and . whose
'pronouncing dictionary,, of • the Engliiit lan
guage stands as the acknowledged,heaAl of works :
:of thishind, have given their warm and cordial'
approbation of 'kids great work. Richard C.
Trendy . . a Philologist. .unriialled; if not unap
proac,hed in :the , field :of .litontry. research, to
which he lies devOted his! rare scholarship and
`his wOricteiful disM'iMitititiOti, is not less emphat
ie.and,fultpidastic in acknowledging the triumph
the.Amorican work; which he does with gen
; eions and: - unhesitating 'terms. lierbert. Cole-'
ridge, the klusman of the ',great poet, and holding'
himself rahigh postof : linor, that of Sec retary .
of : the Philological . Society; with equal cor diality `
welcomes an American dictionary, whiCh;•in hid
"judgment, is worthy. to rank as an English die
tionary also!. Among the rest, the distinguished ,
.
author of a dictionary of- the ..inglo-Saxon
guage, the Rev. Josepb;lliirwortli - D. D., whose,
ripe; scholarship, 'mature ^t '
e;',.iii:td':unwittrieli o
literary investigation so well fit. lam for, - the poet-,
tion of honor and responsibility which he occupiett,.
as Professor of Anglo-Saxon in the ancient insti•-•
tation of Ciiferd, has contributed a full and:
earnest expression of his appreciation of the .
• most complete and practical English,„
lionary "that has ever fallen- withitiliikribudr,
`edge.. The produotcon
‘ of two such irorlOt'as
these is an honor to lgew-England
of which the whole country may• well coat
BROWNS ' ON is growing lugubrious ; his exPeo
•tations with regard to the progresi of Romani=
do not promise to be realizedi. indeed, he beg**
to fear a rapid decline of the party. to whibli
has attached Qtte.grast, cause he fin s
to be the want of intellect among the devotees. of
the Papacy in this. country, and in speaking:Of
'this; he mentions a fact. worthy of being remem
bered. In' Review he is warning his Catholic
brethreriithat, " the Church!' must, decline in
this country, and dwindle into insignificance, un
less it can attain a greater intellbctnal
. power.
:says,the Phurch is not growing by bonver
,,.•• • • . ,
versions as rapidly as it is diminishing by per
.yerta ; that it cannot hope to maintain its ground'
by immigration from abroad; and that very soon
some of its great cathedi•als wiltbe wiitioutCon-.:
gregations. Ho says the Cattiolics must humble
the Protestant pride of intelleet.in , this country;.
by priming themselves siipifiiiir:; and of this ,he.
sees. bFklO4O Piesent 'iopf„il.B . ,tiie intellectuality:
the.Oatheiles.ef .AMeriets is now so near 'zero:
that, •amencall 'the 'hundreds of thousands, no
work of any Merit,' from the best Papal pen; can
l otwiinianlli3aleS 'Of more than two thousand or two'
.thopsand,.five hundred copies.
• 17NliAittiiifiit diris not flourish with'much
gor`in ,INStbrd.: The chttcekrt . litm
Street s formerly,ooonpiett by the . defunct Übila
ru in Sobiety, to: the . Charter Cl i .
ra),
Batik f0rA . 9,4;000. 3 , llll:riowbe tiplor
banking house , *OP, and . :
" The iralni" of the iniipieVT. - ,54..the
:ymatte4l:atoV44,sl3 l .,.r.l.ost income was'
'sl.4oXls;r . :Thile , lita expOnditule . was •
Tlifs'lnistitittion• belongs 'OnUral.* to 'the Bpiisoo'
are about to Lake tVpicitif
:aorta incite behalf.: It la encouraging ,to notice .
theintereet taken in education now,. by. a denom-....
ination, many of whose ministers, a few years
ago, rlcliculed all . hutnap learning in the min-m
-..4ra of the,GospoL • •r,', •
'The scene of 'Pi:Tribes 'ErrLeri. WITH TEE
• WOLF near i'om:fret;Ciiin along . with fifty'neieei
. land, has lately*en:purohia . ed by the , Hon:
. .:Daniel T. Tyler,. ofarooklyn,..ll. Y. The loos
; tian is oa o eediagly iittiireinind; frau' some points'
a most 'oharniing view of Prim tiienty, to thirty ,
miles.may ,be obtained.,,, ; .; . .
.. • • NEwiyo ß k . ...l , • .
. .
TILE LAW paultd...by,t 1 46168 t legislature in ref-,
eronce to the better observance of the Sabbath by
closing the •6inicilig' figtit6; the low theatres,'
and, tlie. vile dance:houses,..is . meeting with most
ideterminedoppoSition-from'a part of the German
nopulation.• Every possible attempt toward evad-•
ing,the law is made ; and the boldest and most
offensive: Infidelity and Atheism are proclaimed
bi-some of the writers and speakers. The keep
big of beer houses'havetanded together and im
posed a. tariff of tWenty cents a barrel oil the
sales of the Sabbath, to be collected on Monday
• ftiorning, to be expended 'On o lawyers, courts; &e.,
•f protecting the confederates in violating '
the
; ;
•
"The'. pßoprietors of the theatrical 'establish
.• inentaloyeissOfed to a still more disCretlitabla'
• • prodesit: 'They pretend to'have established a new
religious' sect; and, undercover of the freedom
permitted to all kinds of worship, claim the right
to have such exercises as they see fit on,Sunday.
Lindenhuller, .who seems to be one of the
batik SSinfitilous and incisesliameless of these per
sons, has published a programme of his purposes
. •in the German papers. He announces that he has
founded asw .free,German Church, which has
for its object the sanctification of the. Sabbath ;
the instruction of the people, and the improve
ment of young criminals in this happy land. He
denies that he intends.to ridicule religion,lint he
claims' the right, under!our constitution, to proc
.4ce any religion he chooses.. preacher in church
only tells you fro . p the Bible, that if good you
Will be rewardcd, itelril,, : pitnished in this world
and the next. 'Any'man who actsiiii the princi-,
phi of doing to others as.lieivonld have•them do
tb him,does not need 'this assurance ; and any
one who does not act upon it will not care for the
warning.. No priest. can change , him. He has
' ,more fear of' the Judge in Centre Street,t - than of
. ;fhe Judge in Heaven. ' If,' says he, giVe mo-•
rid representations on Sunday, 'decent and in
• atructire, 'lama preacher and my'actors are ora
,torsq; no i church is anything.but a different kind
of theitre.' He . announces, therefore,
• Abe dia-
Ccinrses Which he and his eolleligues'will - • deliver
—each being in five parts. ' Ten cents is to be
paid for admission.into the temple; but .admis
,, Rion. to tthe garden—' ; under the: end .God.and
the free sky '—is free. ; L , , ; ,• ;
Under this annonneeMent, „ f
EirkoleizicOngre
' he' Mills their, assemtleil l on 'Sunday
evening last. • Toward 'Midnight—after the regii-'
lar performances-'-he delivered his discourse, and
EASTERN SUMIIMY.
was a good.deal ITIC9 frank than he had been in
his published programme."
He openly avowed himself an Atheist, and ut
tered a'deliverance, which, on account of its her
rid profanity and disgusting sentiments, we will
not shock the better feelings of our readers by
repeating. But nearly a thousand half-drunk
Germans liste,ned to and applauded these Atheis
-fic ravings in a Stinday theatre. ° But the' lead
ers have gone many steps too far;-there-action..
against them will be tremendous. They are
shocking the entire moral sense of the commtini
' ty,and Whether the law is executed .by the pres
' ant atith,orities or not, the day otretribution from
public sentiment,' and by means of law, is not
very; distant,
Five hundred and ninety-four Monmorts landed
at Castle Garden, -from the Vanderbilt, last week.
These deluded people left 'their homes in the
British° Isles and Germany; to enjoy the blessings
of the Mormim Paradise in Salt Lake City, under
the administration' of that arrant scoundrel,
Brigham' Young. " Bider Ross, Who -has 'crossed
the Atlantic four times on a similar eriand;' ac
'eoinpftnieS:these people on' 'their pilgrimage.
They' are of all ages 'and siieS, and represent
nearly all the trades. Two hundred and ninety
Will ;proceed immediately to Utah, and the re
mainder will seek employment in the States.
THE Coarnox ConNcir, has appropriated
cct4 for the entertainment of ,the. Japanese
Embassy, during its stay .in this city. Their
quarters be at the Metropolitan, where a
full suite of parlors.and seventy„roorns have been
secured., , The • object of this expenditure, is, to
i propitiate the favor. of. the Japanese for our, com
mercial.
„interests. As our, r Chinese Embassy
found it necessary to employ a missionary ef our
Church, Rev. Mr. Martin, as its interpicter in
Chine, so it is expected that another missionary
must be called• upon,to act as interpreter. for the
Japanese, •while in this. country. , Th 'Rep. ±S.
:Wells Williams,' for along time missionary- 2 in
;China;.and Author of: , a an a. reliable
work on that country; has been stsikep of as the
'most suitable person for this service; if he ar-
rives in time
One of the means adopted by sbnie churehes in
this city, to free themselves from debt, is to• get
up a Couwof LECTITICE, by popular speakers.
But these are not always as profitable, as could
be wished. One of the Up-town churches, quite
laden with debt, concluded to see what could be
done with two lectures—one from : Hear? , Ward
Beecher and one front Mr. chapin. It,was found
on, summing ,up the, profits that Mr..' Beecher's'
lecture netted the sum of twenty cents, and Mr.'
Chapin's,the sum of thirty cents above the es-'
penses of theStecasiom,„..lslot a remarkably profit
able speculation that ! The debt was but slightly',
reduced. • . • •
The REV. Dn. CIELEVER has been in hot water
again with his chnrch, about the agency Great
Britain for soliciting funds foi his aid. Meeting
after meeting has been called, speech after speech
has.been made, the bitterest feelings have been
expressed,by both. Parties, and the difficulties are
notsettled. To us it scents that the,, very small
amount received from : Bngland,'or that is likely
to be received, will scarcely justify 'all, 'this ex
citement ;it is not , , worth the . trouble; Dr.
Cheever is not likely to, grow.,very fat on British
bounty
A FEW FAMILLES have removed from , this city
to Orange; New Jersey, where theyhave com
bined for the purpose` othavingreligionSiervicei`
on:Sabbath mornings, 'held 'alternately , tit each
others' residences. Instead of regular ministers,
they propose 'telive what they are pleased' to
denominate " representative speakers,"
without regard to sect or denomixiatiena 'free,
`Clnire,ll of , the "broadest kind. Thebdore
Tili2on; of 'the Independent, ministered '6 thes
ProgressiieS on' the morning' of 'lid, Sabbath.
Any 'such organisation as this will soon come to
nauAit and 'the sooner the better. y one
who contemns the regular ministrations and or
dinances of God's house s gives as littleevidenee:
of practicalwisdont•as 0 - devoted piety.,
REV. .ARCILIBALD MACLAY, DM.; one of the
oldest and most respected•clergymen of the Bap
tist Church, died yesterday,•tit Ids residence in
West• Twenty-eighth Street. Re was born in
1778, and for the last few months had been una-
ble to leave his home, though' his intellect re-'
mained clear • to--the last: --Dr. iNlaclay came to
this city many years ago, and has been identified
with the interest : a Of: the Baptist Church here for
over half. a. century t _ . • .
••• • .
Notwithstanding the many REPORTS that knuw- 1
ing. ones, and industrious letter writers have sent
abroad, the.congregation • of the;late Dr. James
W. : Alexander haa not.yetglade,ehoice of a pas-
tor, nor is such an event rely to take place for
some time. , The Sessien,.of that chinch, has,
made arrangements with the _Rev. Dr. Ferris, of
the Reformed Dutch Church; to.supply• the palpii•
for the present. • -
In a ihort time thi4TrsICDANCE senioi4.%l' the
churches will he giestly diminished Aie j elo)n .
months. Many i!ot• their Meinbeis are priiiiikking
to leave for their &tinnier residences in the coin
try The find city enuroli is rather adetterte4
. :. • •
place during the *taper. The .pastor”ie.fre
quently alumni. for weeks, andany of hie people
/Or "oaths.
: .I The Aicraw. SER3IO. on the occasion; of the .
•Twenty-third Anniversary of. ,the ".Doird of
.
Foreign ,Ilia,siona,of .the Presbyterian Church i n
;the United' States" was preached at Dr.:Elking'it
church, in Fifth Avenue, last Sabbhth ;evening,
by Elijah R. Craven,-D.Di, 'Of Newark, New
ersey. Previous to the isermon,: BevnlktiWil-:;'
son, a Secretary of the , Board, read anisbdiesof
or the • annual, report, from. which it'appfared
• I
that the receipts from all sources during the'past'
year have been $237,982.28, being an advance
over lost, year of, $7,901.71.. la lastyear's re
port there were included over, $l9 000 more of .
the: fund for repairing . losses in and . :
of
Government appropriations' for Indian aehools;
• thanis contained in • this' year's report; so that
the actual :increase of receipts 'from ordinary
sources,' over, last year, is .upwards of, $25,900.
The expcnditFeshave beep $234,08,7.73,. leaving
a tialance on hand of $3,944,§5,. — Th'e number
of missionaries ' sent out' during the Year hati
been: fortyl:fObr,' which, ; With twenty-two othere
'received :in,: ennnexiou with 'that I branch of the
Choctaw Mission formerly, under the American
Board, , Takes the . whole ninuher..added to, the
missionary force during. ihe,year,.
being double the nuniber in lieriried driving 'any
previous: 'year. The; reports 'front: the , . various
vissiontiries regarding the success of.their labors
are generally very favorable, in view, of which
the Board invoke the continuedraptors and - ma.
. .
terial aid of the Church. . • P •
After' the reading of thereport; 35r.' Craied .
preached a•biief sermon from the following text:
"He, shall see of the trivail• of -his soul, and
shall be satisfied."
.- 7 .15a...,1vi.: Me fulfill-
Inent and satisfaction of ; the , reward, of C hrist, as
well as the glory Ottled l !and 'of the ChUrcli, as
effected throughthe itibtrumentality of Missions,
and the.universal•preachirig of!the Gospel; was
the .theme, of the 'discourse. - .Tb.e..adienee was
not large. „„ . • • , • •
• • PHrt AD ELPHIA...- •
• .• •
The EigimaTtOti : ox. zuwron
„AND CITY Orrspassts
last week,' lii,eAted great interest, Mr. 10:nry
was reelected by, a majority of over eight, bin
:tired votes. He received.the suffrages of many
of the best mextpf. all parties.
The ..PENNBYLVANIA BIBLE Socirrr held its
fifty-second anniversary on Wednesday. evening, •
of last week. The exercises were highly inter
esting • and ienconraging. The report irefertvi to
the death 'Mr.' Charles S. Worts, hohiped •
member 'of' the Society. The Societj,
leetedi4td pititi into the treasury ''of 'the Ani.eiri ,
can Bible Society the sum of s 7 ,6to;nottiiin' the
total $13,748.27. of
svOluitietillitted dating the,year ji3dheventy-nine
'fact 'efe'venty-eigiit:
'twenity different , laitgtiages. The' number c;
books Issued ' sinee the 'founding 'of the Sc4iety
was os eP lll .i'.M sour huFOrftlalul;i4:4llionsand,
'money,
dis
bnraed;by tdie '4Ciety during tae year was $33,- 600.51.
• .
. . .
• .ne.anztivirsary, of tb s e, ILADELrinA, • TRAcT,
13qcuirrr. whatiheld l lsse. rweek; at 'Musical Fund
) I hilt.:::4The.Tepoit of. the treasurei was, read, by
which we learn that the • SOCietY• is -flourishing.
The statistics show that during, the. past year
} I
twelVe newv fraCts live been distributed, to th e
nuMber. of one million seven hundred and sixt r ,
nine thousand one hundred and ninety-two. h
has circulated Bibles and other books to the
amount 'of nine ,hundred and sixteen volume,,
while its .visitors: have paid visits to the nunih t ,
of ten. thousand nine hundred and eight. (h
-tract visitorathe number engaged in the work is:
no less than five hundred and ninety-one. Th e
Society also employs-threentissionaries, who r e _
port conversions to the number of one bumh, l
and thirty-one. , The donations received durin g
the past year have been four thousand dollan-.
The religious services on the occasion compri,,,l
of addresses by Rev. B. Watson, Rev. W,,, p.
Breed, formerly of Steubenville, Ohio, Rev. 3 .
Hyatt Srbith and Rev. A. A.. Willits, all of when
urged upon the audience the great work ame n _
plished by the Society, and the necessity for it s
support -by tho religious community.
lhaNnw-Scuom. PuEsnrrEntAxe of this eil r
and vicinity, 'have,' within a few weeks, iie; rl
making Verytliberal contributions in aid: of their
PubliCation cause. - -Even a mall degree of th e
same liberality in t ether
. parts of the Churn
would speedily place their dominittee in poses,i,,„
of the most ample Means..
Tlie,Conxurt Sroxa of the Second Presbyteri a „
church, of GermantoWn, was laid on Monday at
ternoon, at Tulpehocken and Green Stree ts
Addresses.were delivered: by Hevi.• H. A. Boar. _
man, J. M. - Crowell, HC G. Hinsdale,:arid: others.
On:Tuesday everting, let instant, Mr. MORiti
C. StIIi'IIEN was ordained, 'and - then installed
collegiate pastor, with' `the venerable Dr. Jok i
McDowell, of the Spring Garden church, Phila.
delphia;by the Presbytery of Philadelphia. In
this service Dr. John McDowell presided, put the
constitutional questions, offered the ordaining
prayer, arid gave ; the charge to the pastor. D r .
Joseph ILlones preached the sermon from its
xi : 24,;" Dr. G..W.:Musgrav,e gave the charge 0,,
the people. , The , Rev., Dr.:•McDowell is now
eighty years of age, and has been in the pastoral
office ftfty-Six years. - -
Rev. JAMES G. - ILCHRIST, of Mt. Cartnel,lnd
having accepted, ab invitation to labor in
the churchen of Union 'and Sardinia,
Ind., his , Post-Offiee-addregs is Forest
• .
Mr. J: P. MoMrcLair has been' , ordained
. i
by the Presbytery of boutsville, and n
' stalled pagtor 'of, the Shiloh and Olivet
ehttroheg.
• ; ;
Rev. U. AX,TELL has been compelled, from
ill-health to resign the, elytro-e of the
chnich in Galena Illinois.
G. , AN AATSDATIEN ihas received a
'unanimous' call from' the churches of
Upper Tusea,fora and) Shade Gap, of
• lltintingdon Presbytery, in thee bounds
of. which he 4s been laboring for the
last six - teen .n„onths, and has. signified
his willingness to: accept , the same.
Rev. ,31.iiTHENV MCFEAT . T.EItB was in
,
stalled:paitor'Of the'ehureh* or Texana,
by the'PFesbYtery` of WestteaS, on the
Igt of 'April:
.GWRGE , HArs ,has engaged to
supply - the First chUrek Kittanning, Pa.,
as assistant to 1)r. Pabiter, during the
Summer
• , .
Rey.' EL - trs, the learned blacksmith
and.'-eOlored 'missionary emit dui to West
4frica, by the Synod* 'Of "Alabama, who
'wai's.ustanided from. the „ministry some
years ago, has.beeti restored by the Pres
hytery of ' Western Africa.
A:, BowmAN • has - been ,released
'from
• the eharcre of the church in Eutaw,
Alabama, and Rev. D., D. Sanderson has
befoine its stated supply., •
Rev, H.-TV - nobs Rai resigned tile
care of the church in'Greensbnrg, Ken
•
ReV. J. P. CALDWELL was in5t.:40541 . 50 . r
of the Cross Roads chnreh, byjz. Qom
4nittee.,of Washingteri Presbrery, on
, the 26th of April. Rev. S, f: Grier
,preached the sernson,..Rev.A,A-4.9rtoir
. delivered the charge, to . . gie ‘ paapF, and
Y. Calhaun:to..tegogls.
Rev, Moss i•43.Trivririsorioliairirign taken
charge. of the , eh niched s 'of...Ligonier and
Donegal, • his' Yost-9ffice.—C address is
• ..changed_fiem'ice*:Florence,.Westmore
.. •lan'd • :County; triliikonier,' West
, Iriioreland:Gountl,.Pitx , ;• 7t:! • .
get:. Eiglitigi `liaa' 1 " j install
.:**.
of the ".phifeli'ilf.ll3ierliiiglilinois, by
the`Preebyteiy of 10101 aver.
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MEM
ENE
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:American:Traiit,sot exp..
ANirmataatirpirs*-Tolutkiitrit 9, 1860.
; The, blegoing Of 413.8,1 1 liae'iested upon the
. of"lthis Society in the
thirty-fifth yer of its, history. lt-has is
-Mild '64e T hUndred new `publica
tions-in seven different litnoSgeist,' *tiny of
4.hein - beautifully it litillstint
-4.neerlilthieezquirtais; . ef a Million' of
• Volunieti;, itn& eleven •Million
e.cintitinintovel."ticr • ;#idied
and thirty-eight' Mi ll ibii in• g the
- Viiit•'.anionnt'bf five thousand fiveltitillred
and' ninety-six million-tivii; liendied and
eighty-seven thousan d and
thirty four' pars sincetlii . foimation of the
IF,Cleiety. - - Alf infeimelleara, the Society
lian;••inade, . ir ante' to missionaries,
seameti't iliagainii;' Sabbath School teach
ers, midi othersr aniiinting, with those
supßlitid tollife-members, to about seventy
litteh; or . $45,000.
• a h3Eofrigbr p riili' prosecuted its system
of Volportagoi. 1t• luxe had in commission,
'fo'rtheiVhole• or part. of the year, six .hun
'fired and•forty-nine leolportilins, one hun
dred and seventy :•!Cf-*licini were students
laboring in 'theifyitCitiinis:* Or..these, two
litilidfed ski Jinn:lV-three' iaboled in the
butidied andi 'iti l ity-one in
tlie*Sontliern;liod..*cone' hiin&kl and fifty
' tii.o t in; the•lirestern Ste'tes, aiiB thirteen in
other fielder 'flitietpiliiir were engaged
amongthe.Gtriiiani,/ Sw,ede, ,p Norwegians,
Dikbeti; - itellsililleYsiWelttli, 'French and
• Tkey , Visited =i#ia hundred and
't 4 entimine"thoniatid . :liine hundred and
fifky-tivo.fainilies; with over two-thirds of
Whoni-thkyleonteised on personal religion
or prayetl: They circulated . five 'hundred
and siTti-three *tbonsand'' mid • seventeen
' yolnines;one kindred and'trnity thousand
and thirty-tsio cif Whieli,.givaittiitisly.
" Received' in • donatione legacies,
$111,964.87 t•liales, 62321636 A ';''received
on insurance- . and.expentied-before April I.
$32. 4 ;7,18.01; waking, with balance in the
treasng,s3Bo,7g.pai,,,Axpended—manu
facturing an it" isitlitigr,"Sno,9sB.67 ; Cul
rsrtagei $79,616:201 vcolp; Orteer- agencies
and " 1 / 9 368 iterliAi $29;497:99; cash Jr.
foreigii leade r $12;000 . 1. all• other expense,
3 3 8i690107T•ntaking $380,762.93.
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For the Fresbytenan Banner.
. Church at Groreport.
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li.ese!ke Bromnts :--We hear much. said, and I
am sad tiny" r ;wlth . great point, and propriety
'Wit, 6f the sevete :exactions many' churches inS
upon the "Miniatir's Wife." I Suppose, sirN
that much more might be said, aittd even with
Maraelooint 'and .pungency, respecting the con
di:mt. of . some churches in :this
,very particular.
Ataiftits' tint, hoWever, 'MS to refer to the
liftle•hfir:Ch at OrOveibil, Ohio, as one from
the' mimister'S• wife: 'is 'sure to find the
'kindest:attention: endered in the most delicate
Insimpr: • • r!,..;. • z
P t epently, upon leaving that, ,church, in addi
. thin tp 'many and valuable 'tokens of esteem eon
'tinned throughonethe 'whole period of our stay
with them, a private circle . Of individuals pre
..seated Mrs. Irwin. With two setts of silver forks, in
..atdition to Vic which the . " Ladies'. Sewing So
ciety " contributed from their, thuds. having
hitherto refrained fr om publicly recording these
'deeds feel; 'Olaf it is no longer
proper to 'do' ay.'? May the blessing of Joseph"Le
upon that dear little band. _ J. C. luwizi.
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