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V . tt,btfto.4,t-.::,:.'...4,ittii0f.
tiVTAtfIIOI,:BITURDAY, itiffitpt 4, 1860.
purchased our O'FC'e the " Right" to use
'Neve AtedensMnt PatefiCatt.,-oe. nearly all,
Ay op,rlOthsoribira now have their:papers addressed to iiteNt,
reguldrly. by a sinfulaily inique machine,. which fastens
on the white margin a - ,tanatt" colored "'address 'stamp:" or
label, whereon appearethcir nantalgainly printed, followed
by the date up to which they have aid for their papers—this
being authorised by an Act of antgress. The date tail l
always be adtandid on the - itiatipt , Of subscription money,
in exact itto?rdancetsatth the,astwant 847 received, and thus
be on reer•rtady aitd tvard .'receipt; securing to every one,
and at at/ him; alphrfectl mimics/ye of his newspaper ac
cord so that,if any errar is made he can immediately de.
teak it and hare- brims Way vatuable to - the
publisher, and ankeriberi as it must terminate all liaitifut
intsioutersternetings between them respecting accounts, and
that tend topinpettiate their:important relationship.
Viable Feintle College, Ohio.--Catalogne
for 1660—Seniors; 6; Juniors, 27; So..
phonaores, 82; Freshmen, 40; Prepara
tory, 105; Ornamental-only, 12; total,
142. Glendale is ,twelv,e miles from Cin.
eienati, on the Railroad to Dayton. The
President is Rev. Dr. Moravia, of the
liresbyter.
ihetek Coedited. —:—The degree of D.D.
has been conferred by the College of New
Jersey, at Princeton, upon, the Rers. Jo
/APB. M. OGDEN, of Chatham, N. J.i GaAs.
K.lntitßre, of Jersey City, LEvr H. CHRIS
TIAN, pastor of the~ North PresbYterian
chnrch,, Philadelphia, and the Rev. Mr.
PLizalurt, of Richmond, Va.
,THE; UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,
Me Statistics appended to the Minutes
of the Assenibly of the U. P. Church ex
hibited the followinc , summary •
PasOrs,'B34; Ministers without-charge,
118.; Licentiates, 53.; Congregations,
674;
Families, 26,337; Communicants, 58,781;
Increase on examination,.3,77B; . on Certifi
cate, 3,048; Decrease by death, 712; by
Removals, 8,017; Baptism of Infants, 4, - -
840 , ; of Adults, 875 ; Contributions to
}idiot Missions, $11,345 ;to Forel' , Mir
- .18, - to gn ,s
-aims, $17,`284; Education, $1,300 . ; Pub
lication $1,392; Church Extension, $2,-
301; issembly and Synod's Fund, 8,260;
Salaries paid by CongreFations, $159,401 ;
by the Assembly, $7,612;' Other contribu
tions, $56,86.7; ;Total contributions, $253,-
150:; Average per Member, $4.31.
EMU - PRESBYTERIAN ' QUARTERLY RE-"
VIEW.
4 the articles in the July numher
'The Bible and Politics; IL Commentary
ow.the Gospel of John; 111. The Atone
ment' of Christ; IV. Genealogy of the
Saviour; V. Serpent Fascination ; VI. The
Rival Dictionaries ; - VIT. - 'Short Notices.
These ardeles display ability, but the
fait 'and third suffer greatly as tothe pro
duction of beneficial ,effect, by an inflated .
style. Adjectives, in the superlative; are
used quite)too prufusely. This is a grow
ing fault of the day Conversation abounds
with it, and ive'might expect to find it in
the . light literature of the times; but we
should think that, it would be avoided in
a staid, theological Quarterly.
REV. BAZILE E. LINNEMJ.
B: B. bANNEAIJ, Professor of micient
languages in Oakland. College, Miss., died
July 12th; in the 31st year of his age.
, Mr. Liurty.Air was born at Charleston,
S. C., 'of pious parents. At the age of fif
teen he united in the communion of the
Church. He graduated at Charleston Col
lege, 'alert he was' nineteen, and at once
entered upon the study of .Theology, at
Columbia
. Serainary. His early ministry
he exercised at Lake City, Florida: Fora
little while he was editor of the Southern
Presbyterian. Ho was inducted - to Athe
Prefe'ssorship at Oakland, in October list.
The Trite *mess speaks of him in very
high terms, as a Christian, a preacher, and
a scholar.
WASHINGTON COLLEGE, PA;
WASHINGTON, PA., July 26, 1860
MEtitlas. EDITORS :—After my respects
to you, I Wald safthat our College is in a
very flourishing condition, as you will see
by our late Catalogue. The . present ses
sion will end about„the ;Ist of September,
and the Commencement Exercises -will take
place on Wednesckiy,
,September sth. The
Graduating Class, numbering thirty-one
young men will be examined Tuly 27th and
28th. The following have been awarded
performances : First Honor, SAMUEL GRA
HAM ; SicOnd •Honor, E. P. LEWIS ;Third
Honor, 11. A. !NEWELL; Fourth Honor,
•J. E. Ermuips; Fifth Honor, WILLIAM
..JACK. And Orations to—the following :
W. R. Cunms, D. HULL LAVERTY ; J. B.
IREply- M. L. ANDERSON, D. C. WILSON,
T. D. , EWING, and J .11,103LAy.NRy
'Other performances you will see by the'
sCataloga4. I remain yours,
JA.MES bLACK, Sec. Fac.
inrshington College.'
BORROWING MONEY.
"Thi:folloWing *e.eopy from the Presky
:terian Herald.: will remembered that
the editor, Rev. Dr. HILL, is one of the
Secretaries , of the Boaid, and hence cannot
be.mistaken as to the fact.
BORROWING IviONEY.-At the recent
monthly meeting of, the Board of Domestic
3lissions it was announced that all the
treasuries of the Board 'are now empty;
and as most of the missionaries are not in'
a condition to wait for the (payment of
their salaries, and very little money is
coming into the treasury, it was resolved,
that the ExectutifeTinntiirttee at Philadel
phia be authorized to borrow, from time to
time,xsum not exceeding in the aggregate
fifteen_ thousand dollars, and the Western
Executive Committee in Louisville a sum
'not exceeding eight thousand dollars, to
meet the payment, of the salaries of the
missionaries as they fail due."
On this statement the Herald may well
call for eon'tributions to pay indebtedness
to missionaries. And the true friends of
the Domestic cause may well ask how it is,
that a balance of $29,911.29- in the treas
uries on March Ist is expended, and a deep
hole already made in a loan of $23,000 ?
As the churches are being involved in a
debt :which they must pay, Secretary HILL
does well' to inforw them of the way in
which!things are going.
.
Meet the -reisponiibilities, we eay r fully 1
.#lo.titB‘kavd in
volved as: ; Xt' `they'^have done our- bidding
it is well . if iotvlse thein; and' not the
missionaries ; bear the 'responsibility. 1
And we might ask here, why did not the!
Record, the organ tell us of
Ars - tier? 'Why not state their 'wants?
Ighy . .eot Mention meneys received on,lemk
Ict,he.Record ; . i the authoritative er,lionelit
ot.etir.affairs;iamtwhieh we initiumiris:at'
EZI=IE
SABBATH SCHOOL LITERATURE
In our days, many agenciAs are put for
ward for the purpose of assisting the Church
in doing the work of her great Master.
These, when used as adjuncts to the Church,
and in subjection to the authority of the
Church; are to be warmly welcomed; and
carefully cherished. At 'the Caine time, :
watchfulness is necessary, lest what in- t
tended to be only an arm of the Church,
may come to be considered and. treated as
the Church itself, or as even superior to the
Church. Moreover the Church is liable to
neglect a proper supervision of its adjuncts,
and thus weaken, their efficiency, and leave
them exposed to perversion from their orig
inal and true object
No other agency is so closely connected
with the Church as a whole, and every par
ticular church, as the Sabbath School.
This institution was at first intended only!
for the benefit of poor and neglected chil
dreti ; but at length its scope has become
so enlarged as to include the children of the
entire Church. So that now the Sabbath
School h.ts much—very much--Ito do with
the training and culture of the children of
the Church, 'as well as those who other
wise would have none to care for their souls.
At present we do not intend to say anything
of , the •advantage that has been taken of
this state of things by professedly Chris
tian parents to ~neglect the proper religious
instruction of their families, and to roll this
duty over on others. The degree to which
this has been carried• is alarming, and the
conduct of such parents is highly repre
hensible. But we pass over this,' to the
immediate purpoSe now in view.
At the origin of Sabbath Schools, the,
main design was to afford instruction in the
principles of our holy religion, from the'
Bible and the Catechisms of the different
denoininations of Evangelical Christian&
The efforts of teachers were toward thein
cuication of . Scriptural truth, atid, the pu
pilsmere expected to study and commit to
memory portions of Scripture and the Cate-
ehisins. But the need of a religious liter;
;s`lr4 suited to the capacities of the young
began to be felt. This was necessary
for the enlargement of their reli
,:ons and the cultivation of a
;pirituai Taste, but also to counteract the
evil effects of a worldly and perniCious lit
rature injurious to both the intellect and
l , art of - the young. And from small .be
p•unings the Sabbath School, literature has
iecome a great and mighty power ort earth.
Its influence is felt in the. Church, and in
II the departments, of life. Christian;
meficence has founded and 'largely en
wed Societies and Boards for the publi
cation- of works of this character. Pri
vate entet.prise has invested immense sums
with the sane, end., in view. In no other
t apartment are so many authors, and of
s ~ch -various gifts, employed. These pub
.l2:Btl.ol2S are found in every Sabbath School
.",...ibrary, in, all our families, and in the
hands of all our children. They exist in
he form of the goodly volume, the small
the tract, and the tastefully and
`highly illustrated, newspaper. Tens- of
thousands of children feast upon this kind
-A* food every. week. -No: other department
lf •literature is so generally read; or doing
Jo much to form the Character of the youth
of the Church.;Hence it is perfectly evi
'dent that the utmost, care and watchfulness
should be exercised= with regard, to ;;its
quality. The selection of ordinary food for
latch a vast multitude would be an under
taking demanding great vigilance, that
health.might be preserved, and that growth
and strength of body might be attained:
lut how much more important that the
f .od upon which their souls' are to be fed
nd, nourished, be healthful, invigorating ;
elevating, and, sanctifying ! There is rea
son to fear that in this matter there has
been great and most unjustifiable neglect.
I:liar less attention is given to the character
of the books selected for our Sabbath School
Libraries, than is bestowed in a single week
upon the quality of the meat "and'. bread
with which our children are supplied.
That' none of our Sabbath School books
are highly objectionable, and that they
'nave as a whole reached the highest, ttain
able standard, is what no one, competent to
give an opinion on the subject, will dare
maintain. Yet, for the most part, those
having charge of this matter.in our Sab
bath Schools, "act as if every,thing in the
form of a Sabbath School , book and pm
tending to be such, was of the most excel
lent'eharacter in every respect S'ad delu
sion, and destined to vanish upon even the
most cursory intelligent examination. In
Mollie. churches the pastor, in connexion
with the superintendent and some of the
More cultivated members, ia a committee,
whose duty it is to examine every book
thoroughly before it is placed in the li
brayy. ItrOther churches, thiri duty de
volVes upon a.committee of the teachers.
But these cases are comparatively few.
There is reason to apprehend that most of
our Sabbath School'books are ehosen more
from the peculiarity of their names, and
the tact that they, bear the imprimature of
some Society, Union, Board, or well-known
publisher, than from any intelligent under
standing of their contents. And :that our
Sabbath School literature is not morefmilty
than it really is; is owin'g vastly more to
the general fidelity of authors and pub
lishers, than ,to the efficient watchfulness
of the Church. But as it is, the case is
bad enough,',When we consider the vast in
terests at stake. Insipid and fanciful .
nar
ratives. dull, and uninteresting tales, as
destitute of reality ae , the- , modern novel,
and without its graces of style or ability
of conception, and`the prosiest tnoralizings,
comprise even now a very large part of the
intellectual and spiritual food, served out
to the children in our Sabbath Schools.
Let the pastOr, or any member of the
church, having sufficient intellectual cul
ture Combined with' earnest piety, enter
upon the examination of the Sabbath School
Library, thoroughly and ccinscientiously,
and he will be surprised and' alarped at the
dycoveries made ; as he progyeases.
him, easefully remove away which lare t iqh.
jectionable, which maybe injuriens•to both
intelle4 and heart. And then* hith;take
away those which are worthless, that have
nothing in style orsentiinent to recommend
them, though, they may not he positively
erroneous. ; After such a work as this'll°
be Surprised at the vacant 'space 'on
the shelves; and at the comparatively` small
number of hbots that" remain." hitipy
t~ur►g.,Woulc Ott be igt 4103...4)AtioitUf.Th
122r!E
PRESBY TE ) ANNER ---SATURDA Y iit_TiGrti ST 1860
rAN,
MS
of our Btibbath Scheel, libiltriesteie sub-
I.
jected to juseisuch:alsiViproe es ; as this.
It may ~ b e. asked 401103 tirbAdlaN We
reply, refuse to purchase trifling and useless
books for your Sabbath Schdols.. Jot them
remain on the shelves of the publishing
Societies or houtes, and the demand for
something higher' tend' better willlsOon
gratified. The very-llemand;:will:soon cre
ate a supply of the right kind. , Ourt
churches owe it to themselves and to their
Divine Master, to set aboUtth r eorredtion
of this great and growing evil 'h.eonee. t
, . .
IMRE AND FOREIGN, RECORD. ,
During the Summer months there Seems;
to be a general languor relative' to religion;
and especially does the,grace of giving then,
remain dormant; or, if net utterlY,4rmant;
in the heart, its, wakefulness is inadequate'
to any •abundant ,Movement .of the,hafids.
If our missionaries acid candidates could do
without food and . =inherit 'froui
,April to
Oct ,* er 'el f cf .ielaiation :in' the;
churches u ould, no: e Isainfully ielt; but
nature makescits 'demands ,the} year round.
It hence becomes those who conduct-our
church enterprises to exercisesbree 'l'4:ire - -
cast—to lay up something in the Months
of plentiful income-- 7 to husband their, re-:I
sources, and to bt cautious'about incurring'
obligations. The laborer is worthy of his\
4 • '•
hire, and the honest and judicions emyloyetr,
Will not contract ft - qthelnsn's* toil; with-,
out ,pre-arranging the means eflpayment.
Our :Boards find that a full. treasuryAn-
March is a very-importantthing-inmeeting
obligationslbedothing due in Augiiist.
-DOMESTIC 'MISSION& d
The Record contains smite letters, shtri2 ,
big that the work'progresses-eneburagibg
iy. The Board, hOweyegi,tenlS l thb inCon2,
yenience of ,an exhausted treasnry Qq
this subject we quote the official state
nient: , •
The regulanmonthly meeting•tif 'the Board cif'
Domestic Missions was'held anthein nforas, 910 -
Arch Street, on the 9th of July,,Dn•John Mc-
Dowell, President, in the chair. In. addition to
their ordinary business, some measured were
adopted to meet the exhausted` Treasury' of the
Board. Him to meet, th enutny pre 'ming d'eniziUs
for new and, promising missionary fields; - and.at
the same, time discharge promptiyohe present.
liabilities, of the, Board as.,they, fall due,, is : a1
question of much" anxiety" to the Board. ,`'we
hope the friends of this great cause PromptlF
and liberally assist us. We need- this ItsSistiince
now. The folleviing resolution-was adopted:
'• Resolved, That in accordance l yrith the ague;
meat between the Board .and the South Western
AdvisorY Coromittee„all mdneys raised Ibr DO-"
mestic Missions within that 'field, to' carrY en -the'''
operations of said' Conunittee,' should be forward!'
ed to its 'Treasurer.. But 4f.arly individuals on
churches in.that field should desire to make ,
do
nations to the Board to carry, on missionary oper
ations in other sections' of the country, .'they :
should be allowed the liberty:of doing so.-'
The object of the foregoing' resolution' is to
provide,for the application of donations ,to the
missionary operations ottlie Board in sections of
the country not included' within the bounds Of
the South-Western Advisory Committee—as, for'
example, the 'Pacific cOttet,Ah'e Freiteh Colony:in'
Illinois, &e.
Our South-Western brethren, like the
Grecians of old, were disposedto complain
that their destitutions were neglected in'
the ministrations from the Central,Treasury.
They therefore'asked for wsub-organization,
that they might attend to their - own wants:
And eien then some of them thought
hard that, in their scattered . conditien,",and i
with their immense territory, ,they should
be left to their own - resources,. unSupple-r
mental by funds contributed 'the older;;
denser ; and- wealthier , portions of '
Church. We trust iheywili feel
selves complimented, at least, ,by, this
mation of a desire to 'share in their liber
ality.
REbEEPTS in June: - 4 PhiladelPhiii, W 407
Louisville, $104; at New Orleiiii; $604.
This Board gives us some good remaris
on the Ministry, and on Educatian ; but no
account of its own doings "during the
month. •
RECEIPTS in Jtine: ghiladelphia, S - 1,413; at,
Pittsburgh, $.145, ' •
. . ,
FOREIGN `MISSIONS.
CHINA The latest dates, received are
to April 29th. They
,announce the death
of Rev. REtIBEN Lowttim; which we noticed
two weeks ago. • But few.of the Particulars
haire been 'received'. He himself had writ
ten, on the 17th' of April, ina,Calmd
an ,
cheerful strain, but with a,deefitiing,hope
of life. The , missionaries .are the Lord's.,
.
Arnica.—By %he arrival of • Mr. and :Mrs.'
'ackey, rand Mrs. eleniens in' "New' York, on the
30th of June, intelligence is received. from corisco
as late as the 15th...ot;May., These Christin
friends, who have_ returned to ill:la conntrY for
ni
the improyeent of their health; bring very en=,
couraging intelligence in relation in the litate-oi
their mission. At the last 'communion season, ,
seventeen persons were received the member-'
ship of, the church, paking,fifty in all , that have ,
been admitted in something more than one year.,
In Liberia' the missionary work was going, on
as usual, but nothineof: Special interest is cent=
municated.
INi:q.t.—The latest letters are dated May 14th.
In some parts of the Country there , ,was, much
suffering from drought and:excessive, hot weather.
The letter from the Rev. Gope.e Nat'l Mundy, and
portions of Mr. Scott's journah'nublished in the
present nuinber of this Journal,: give- pleasing
evidence of the progress of the Gospel in differ
ent parts of this great ;geld. Earnest prayer;
should be offered up that these promising indica
tions of good may be fully realized. Mr. ',Scott
gives a good account of the Maulawi, wh4ee.l4-
tistli has already been Mentioned, and says he is`
now preaching the Gospel instead of Maim/arnica;
anistni which he wasp proclaiming .a , short , tittle
since. He mentions two, other. persons who nre,
candidates for baptism.
INni.txMissioNs.—Mr. Ramsey *rites enconr 7
agingly from,his new station among the Selma;
notes. At their recent communion, three'perseni'
were received to the membership of the thurch, ,
one of whom had formerly been a pupil of Ale
school .at Cakridge. The people, atiend„public,
worship with regularity, and many of thein, are'
desirous of learning to read. -
Mr. Copeland speaks encouraginglY' of things
at Bennington': Eight erten persons - were' man
ifestly much concerned , ,about,.tim Salvatiort,of
their souls.
ItionirTs in 'Jai. t 7,447.
PUBLIOA.TION.
The Distribution Fund of this Board is
yet exhausted, and means: to justify gratui=
ties of books, to poor pastors and Sabbath
Sebools,,are earnestly *solicited.
The new arrangement,- relative to • the
Sabbath School Visitor, receives favorable
testimonials, and
.filtien thousand '"copies
have been added to the cirmdation. f Still
there are those who prefer the semi-month
ly. The Board wishes to hear from all the
churches and Sabbath SChools, and IO be
formed . of their prefereneei whether they
Would 'prefer a Monthly at preseliit;rates,':Or
a Semj-,Moathly,aLdouble the ;cost. be
Agaid" Wit3hea totimrsue,tiae.plan .whioh will
do the niost.good rtr• -LT
AIicEIPTIT: in Jiirta:': 'oppilsOioiti, 1606; , Sitra
$028...x.r ; . i •
• :VIIIIROII-IXtniStON. r• '
RaoxrPra : at St: Louii; • •
Washington College, Pa : The Catalogue
for 1860,.shows an attendance pf-7,Seuigrs,
Si; Juniors, 30;ophomores, 17,£ Fresh
;
men, ; Preparatory , T 321, . total, , 140.
The Atinted Oenmierieeinakt yv li take riga
on t.lbe Fine WedifeadayinOePteMlieh'
-4" 4.),
~.,.....,,,.
EAIS .
B OS' A, NIS El' -EIGLA. -IP ..
lt
, A N s w 'if ' •' ~,.\ tk"' , ,
i
In the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF
.0.0 ' NCB
AND ARTS is an extract from a late work
by Prof. Agassiz, in which the Cambridge
professor iittelyannikilatest r be irseriptu-_,l
1 ral4l-4-4, - 6ier w,hrt ns) - Aiti..l),a,cw, iti.,;ls'n the,,
::!`-origieo.L.4pecies,'.'.....on.,..purely—scientific..
1 grounds.. While there is much to lament
,! ,1 1, , J ‘ OV, -, I ,` I.L "'i ; ~ ~ „,,
, with respec t to ' the theoloaical .status of
I i this ancient:and, .reriown ed . rieiyersity, ; the:
friends of truth. ,and, sound
,learning,.will
rejoiderthat , such- a' mischievima book( as
that of 30. ..baiwiii has :been so effect:n:4llY'
answered:by-onerofits'professors so , distirr
,geiMleir:iiil,'SO competent. ' ''. " '
, ,
The OARISTIAN "INQVIREIG Cu n Amur))
gives c , followin account, of . ,the success
of the Reii. ThomasoStarrlkino: -formerly
eVdspieuoUS' in the' Uhiveria l 6 l and
Unitarian: ranks of , the Eastern States, and
rs a' lecturer througl out the country on
this side of ,the Rocky 11ountains , in his
,
new field''of operations ` at `"San Francisco
At,a:recentitiale. of pews in Itev. , lf:<St•Kings
:churclt itt,San Francisco; the netprooeecis'yielded.
'thelsum 53f'$8.200.`pie,pricee; ranged fromns6s
to $6OO a pew.. Besides paying Mr. King $6,000
for a year:Aleervices, the 'Societrwill 11"e...enabled
to , pay. olfi a dett.of $14,000. incurred'in (building,
the sphoidinsi.chirch; as dlie gross income "this:
'year, frOaralrsourees; will , exceedss2o,oool .
"This'VelifiseS 'the: income of either 'Mf. l
Bes4er,'s Nr.,,'Cliapiuls churches:l How
etive,t zealous and deterred ed'ard thd
vacates 'et soul ,destroying grr,oT
ninetieth ;
birthday ofIT,RE AVpROESTER (Mass.) , APirp
which vas commenced iri s Bon,by t lsaYah,
Thera asyt enAhe;lrith.oft July, 1770, trader ,
'thd `"*Of 'The 'lthisa r t SKy'r'
It:was : so active , in; behalf,- of the , cause of
liberty that it was obniaidoe:tolbe
and daring thdi,siege,pf Boston
Lion was "suspended' "After a • ,silenee 'ef'
. 1141
about four T weeks, he ,vy was preseutm,
to' the public'in , Woreester,'withithe . mottos:.
t' tbeity 9
or I) Patli. , ? . : isen ' 4 l 4 l de o st" e
Uewspaper in Massachusetts:l ; r
Tin ANNIVERSARY of the Theelozical
Institute L ' at East Windsor Qom!: was this
year of (Unusualinterests , ; ',The addtess . 4o,
the- Alumbit was d g eliVeredi ,- sy , the .Re:"
II envy W*lFCeld;one of the achOMASheil
editors 'of ;the. 'NeT, yortc, ~:bangeitst,
oreduate nipeteen, years ago !The sermon.
was preached,by..?, the „Rev..; Benny: M.. Par
...
sons, on the 6 1oriOnstiGespel'of the -bless'ed
Prod. iliOgeininary
I Jen ;n.
ings and 'a Conimth
oous chapel, there is an
ca49Y,gru,erit , 0f,,566,9,00, - Nhich is, sojuvested
as ,to , l)ay the salaries, oil . ther;thrde“profes
ofs; 1: 11;j,
The eifablishm'at of this SetninaryVaS
a favorite,objectwithi the ,lamented ,Nettle
ton , and.tojt he,bequeathed°a'largeportion
of a - , , surn' whf6h, hid accumulated , to , him
from the sale' .of " The 'Village - HyMnS."
Inra small 'grily'eYard'in" the rear of 'the
eleapel;. 4 , now.restremains ti or ;
ed servan t oft Chti'st, , an d beside. , are
those of :the ,late , Presidentr,LßeV. :Bennett
Tyler,.DilY.:,Laird Ins Invite., who after 'laving
togetherhoed
al;oue, - I;i :J lf.a. "century were
" ){1
diyN t in, death only hy, a ; few: weeks.
Among:diet...causes; ifit , was mot the main
ieasoti;TOr thOitigination'afithiS seminary, ,
tIF was d cilitoteraet' the erroneous
teac.hings of ! New' :14ven,
„; rt•
whose sentiments iyere beinc,,,widely..diffus
pdy,and,thieatenad great, hanger to. the ,
teresisimf orthadoityi not; only in 'Connectil
ent r y'biit=alselt,thioligliont New ,England:
:11iliiy i ol.`itsiradliat l ei have heen'able and
honored
. among thepplinistry, of .New Eng,
land. 'Soma of thetif.have tied - I:emery sUC;CeSt3-
&lin the znissienary field, and others occupy
places of' great iiscfulr!es9 zn differeit parts
of otir own country j ; ,
•The Abdiinll.r.Go'siliiwigtizmiziir"ATY4E
Oiitilikieb le lilicel last !eel. The legree
: • .of:war—log * .i... . N.,. t , •iu..: - , „ri: , ~
of a ßsehelor or Arts was conferred on one
inn4reitigudseight,members ,of,tate.gssadu
. .
ethic!! classpand thit of 111.811tef or Attirogr
fogyliiix;:filigilifnCivil Ehenier on 'one;
&bill n . 1 .)/I. L vii Limo . tt.. The d ,•
a . 12 ,...,b, ac e i ri q,.. mil miqw..a e Pii ,
OVI!! of erA 4 O O , ri. of .411 1 3 1 .. l ase qq9ferrqd : on ,
President. Felten,fot Hat vardtßollege; i the
degree lif:lficheloi'ef ...ikile.ron - IT'.. Henry `
Poirkiii; l 6f -i tll6 Olifik'Ot 167 ;' Maileeilf
Arts on Judge Parks, of the Superior eenii .
of' endreglieit !;*•D:litliiireik i "'HiiihiA,
hf r lieirViii i k i lt, it ptilii,l l ,rilfetigiiiif.hr
•„, ~ • : . •,,a.... sti i. li., . /I? ...,1, 1 .,,, ~,:,, :3 t,....... I
til P . . 4 1 . 1,0 11 .4 C R .t 9 :-Alitlfillela; if vv....,•*v
PlOAlltstbr ...G' iforaia • ! Josiah bhitrliasi 'of
Bestonfi mid , tJohir ft!. illitebeillb'i'; .- *l . ''''
1 i ' 4 .' ' '
-Thi: ` , Blrllo..fi igailies.s; 'be..,fe -the, `AI-'
1 3 V-ifre.l 1 1 ~,' ' itt: - ., r.. ii . .1".:14•3:14 ' 3 '.' 'Jr ' •
Urlllp of al' s; , was„ tne maticep. ,mat7es
• . the;i• i.. +.l l I
'of umhy meeting. His topic was
44 1 r1
.. I
a •„discosalWilof i t. thiti -ovigin,•ii*Progrean,
pd. ila tin beLlp, f : the! , College 4drfcw
n•
by '
ita*sia of 1 1)4 t hat' I Ttientilil Crafalogiiii.
No.subject.cguld have been bete.rftdept,e 2 rl
to the ~ p eculiar, tillfate , and habits cf , Ae.
distinguished, author, of •the +./Ifentoirs ,of the
American Pulpit.
' . g.....i r. far',
~r,'; . :• , , ,:. ,' ; ,r 7 ,
I Of The ten clergnnen, , Who, in' A. D,.', .1700,
each laid his armful of booki i utiint 'the labia in
the study of-Ilev.-YorNoyesp.with -the -simple
torm . q, mrords, ~ , L give. these books for the found
ing of a Colie6 in clink Colony," e were grad
uates of the EldetiCStide Ol
r 'it tcabrid g e. New
Haven. Mid, from the date g of the founding of
Harvard Clillele, held her own 'design orestab
lislikii alCollege in the Colony in albeylands, and
iip-tp the' opening. of :the eighteenth century,'had
liberally contributed, , botlr,in money.and in kind,
to theisupport, of the lilassaeliuletts Institution.
The':li,ves of` i.he ten found ers were briefly 're.
viiivhd; - and then, by a few spirited and disc:riot;
natiUttoucliii'i, the 'lives of the seven first. Prem.;
dents; from 4.braham. Pierson (1701) to Timothy.
Dwight"; 1131Taiwere,breught before the -andiense
wit,b,:pi9t(ilislilfidelityr ilw ltale has hail ..but nine
Presidenti him?, hundred and sixty years of her
exiaexiceAff l ycliom'Dr: . Clap hAcf the office 'for
twenty4eVe'n iyea . its:dind Dl. Day—who still
lives in the serene tivitightlif almost. four score
and texi.,,yeanshead , it for,, twenty-nine years.:
May ilia I,l)ustriows successor,...Dr a c lyoelsey, hold
it pion:
.. , .
Of nehrli seven thous ' a'nd Altiniiii *hose names
are' fOuria: , on the 'Triennial Catalogue' of Yale,-
over seventeen hundred have been, clergynien.
Probably no• College in, the land has been ever so
entirely national.. No State is unrepresented in
her annali‘. It ivould be long to Sustain all time
facts by lists of nanies—of the illustrious'states
men, Jtidies acid professional men, living' and'
dead,iwhoin Dr. Sprague summoned to the.proof
of -his position.,, . , , • •
... , - .
Nor ,wer.e„tie:livir! entirely passed
,over in
silence. Prp f.
. - Mprse Whose class held its dfiletti
anniterisfrYfiain gia: nation'is year) irtiiiio
bly enxiimemoristed iti •h'e"deserVes to 'be.• - Tref..
Silliman and the American:Toterail of Science,were
crowned with a, greetsful,,,,,preotkLor , honor.
'American Lexiemtph,v, . in, the ( persons , of the
den'etsied yebster and Go4ifii4, 'l44,:iif the liv
hi Wa`riester, looks-to YaliKilthipiseildfindritiaa'
awls' peculiar Alma; Mateir:h . •V5 , .:11.2 -c; •
'•-• r - - • - •
,sroilifimil c, impressiqb: otA, go* gbraiid
0wi1441 the fact that . he l i ExlcgdpanlY
OF W5)11.01.8 171 f, iashe atainsiard. at Harvard,
th a i l h e . is en v ugpapalOg 419 it
This hi'
rivo.f,
,AN .01tAsaw deliv,oreiVakSookonk,
1., oti the - 4th,df july,gbyttitetitevvaininel.
Is I r
11.:" • ,
1141 SrlptiiYes, thit will be new atlo
• N jr •1. , 44 ‘ , 4
:iitermtbing idra4l - , of our readers:
Sti t
fle.goye a *mkt biography:of Rev. Samuel:,
ewmaln, the fimnder,of Seekonk And his ances
tors, and spoketopitireligions and intellectual
character, and-his 'theological labors, and of the
great fact that the infant town, then a wilderness,
could Claim the honor of producing the fret full
1e0n„c 6 149 1 66 in-t - BoliehbfAtlie.Efolp Bible ana Ap
leTertmlia ett t erlxtiitten=-almOnuraent of learning,
industry, , ,,,and skill. The first edition,.
warinfitTed'ii,Mnatiir 17:16437tifie'tieCend . was
prepared, in that town and ,printe,d at, London in,
1650,, and the tom and Digt, preimred here
and printed in LOndon'in 1 1 658,`Kini he exhibited
the indentical copy the author reserved . for his
own, use... His London ' , publishers 'failed, rand
there,is.trit an instance of. More flagrant wrong.
committed Upon ti, toiling schOlar, alum( leaving
the'werAd, and. unable to speak for liniself it a'
.clistanee'of three' thousand miles, that:l'Mo fraud
AC.whiah this mawwas,silbjected._ :His book was
republished under the, high-sounding title of the
Cambridge, pow or dance, , faintly crediting its
authoiShip to the initial letters of 'S. N
Among the ,valuable and coatly books.
which crowd the shelves of the College.
Library at -BROWN UNIVERSITY, is a Col
, kotion of Original and hitherto unpublished'
'ciocuments yertaining to the history'Of
Frarice in ninety-two quarto voluthei l the
recent gift, of ~a welirkno.wn ;benefactor.
This great work, which was completed: ihi
,1852, was cobinienced , _ quarter' of a cen
tury ago by Louis -Phillippe,„<nuder the
:following title : " Collection de Documents
' Inedits Sur l' Ilistnire aekranee, publics
par, Ordre. du• Roi et par : les Soins du gin
= istre de , rl Instruction - Bublique." ~ I t
.eludes-!sii.teen Volumes" illustrative of the
• history and Reign, of ronis, XIV.; nine.
volumes ' , .pertai fling to'' Rbeiins, where ,
tlifoug4
.the :a.ehievernents !of the famoui: Maid Jof
I—m es °St t Pa
pms
of Cardinal Granville, edited from imanu
'
scripts in the librarY of P4iiiic`or" b . M
.oh. -Weiss; volumesof documents pertain
irit'to the' Templars, the s Crit;a' des the
jinguenots : ,.;&c., &c. Such works reflect
honor upon the Government' thafpubli:shes,
„ ,
them,t4ey rebuke
t e . iextravagance
lavished our own Goverinient upon the
publication of quarto volumes of reports,
and the like, of Comparatively' trifling
- • •
value
NEW-YORK_
The Eruntmots of the jip
hnese Embassy .at , the' Metropolitan Hotel,
has aroused gebetirfndigilition. It is
said, v 3 good authority, that the„ entire or
dinary expenses, of -that , ,house 'alone do
netr amount to a thousand' dollars a day,"and
how tbe Japanese alone
_could run the out-,
lay up to .ten: times that sum, is by no
means apparent to, the people`. An injunc
tion against payment : has: been asked, for,
and in all. , prObability:ithe, Aldermen will
be , taught a lesson that be the means
of protecting the city from loss in the.
future:
The - influx of STRANdERS froin'all parts
of the country is immense. .So' great are
the attractions of the Great .Easiern, ',that
the city is literally overflowing with visi—
tors e hotels'are so full that in many
cases the proprietors are coMpelled to re
applications, for rooms sleepinc ,
places. As an instance, one gentleman
went to„six.. hotels ~on one z night before: he
could obtain A-place' to sleep, arid finhlly,
was compelled to accept a cot in' the parlor:
Another night seven hundred And twenty
five persons Iddwed under the roof of the.
Fifth ,Avenue Hotel,,- and 'there , mere five
hundred new arrivals at I the'St. Nicholas.
ThiS i fatveiceeds the rush. to visit the.Crys
tiljPalacel.B3; which was considered
• .
greater than ; at any,time previous.
'THE DmerPAPEns of this -:eitY consti
! tute a tremendous 'pOWer, involving odait
outlay in s their, establishment, and,, employ 7,
ing - much talent end vast, ands ,untiring
energy in condanting thein. The following
sunimatjy s will give seine Idea . of the force
einpOyeszl s in connexionwith such' papers as
theliferqW, TOnes, ancl. - Ti ihune: „
.11;arelis gerterally, twelve ediMis and reporiers,
forty printers,tym proof-readers, ihirteen, press
men,;engineers, and other employees in the press
rdorn, ;half a' !Ipzen, eorreppondente . in Europe,
two or three regular eorispondents in Wishing-'
ton, thirty-five persons in' the' dell, *rapping
and-mailinw 'departinents, and: iboht as many
More . engaged as, carriers
the'great VtilWark 'Or
E p i s c op ac y,.P r lt `if itc4l*
whole, , z)RotTY..i.o4,PossP.4.9d .04 iuoil,PoP.:
i wealth i beams popular This'
arises kom!sek , itid o abaes,'amobg
I 7oofiftri'' ' its
principal 04 4 Of ; t f :4:ke:v7 " ;
olut l ionoand ;the allegation that the ,property ;
held it , does notbelong •to• it Sitiet by
equity. I= . 1
.• = •
Tbtfyourr.,' t of 'Appeals, ..for some days past,
lis?enizig to an argum e nt in ihe'fainona
4311191 i of the; P6ople of the- State or-New Writ
versue • CorPoration of Trinity* church, upon,
a suit to test the title of ttte, latter; to, soutp
twenty-five or thirty-millions of reel estate in the
cityrof . New York, ktiownlimi the origin'sl gratitas
the !lines ,Farn!.v ,
• Mother 'l'rinity,Claims, that. she, has held, this.
• property for an uninterrupted t.w ,tri, of one bun
died and - fifty years, and pleadic bar of pa. :
Ceedings, the statute of limitittliont- ' •
. Theanswer to this‘ples is-thatthe telentr."per
. son r,..used in that ottattite,. does 'not, apply to
t , ,,corporations." -
1 This is not the first action.
,that has been
Wrought against,the Church upon the same issue,
but'sa Trinity has alwari managed to come out.
right side.up; the resultin the present case will
no.doubt• be in' her fav - or also, especially as there
• are mo facts:biought.flgitillS,t i her which ; were. not.
argued before. • . _
The court is not expected to rendir a finalde
cision'till Sepfeniber neit.
The . 111rtittrittarEit Nugnin of the Chris
den:Review is just published, Joy Messrs...
Sheldon &=Co., embracing seven. solid -and=
well . Written= articles, •on. Otel.Proyers' for
Infants' in .the AposiOlipal Cinistitutione;
oiir t Engliah Dictionaries ' the Early Life
and Conteraion ; of Augustine:; avi) made:
Sblaa,OrAr4 PO , OrtikoeP.7 ;
the Defence
.of*Crur,oo; ; And,
Evidences--besidesP•tweiitY iSages.:ok . 'dist
criminating Beek 144ibee; and f. Theological
aad•Literary IntelliAtee. The article on
Dictiouaries is understoodto be from the:
pen cli,the ,Hon.,loeorge P.• Marsh, and is
full of thnexast=philelogical-Inowledge for
which he ita i so o kerlidtilible:'. 4 ,l"le tells ho*
a dictionary e; ' ; and rinehei
the•, , qt,t ,
‘ t e 9) 1 4 1 !_.. 4 , 5n ot l 334>' g r i er .01 -the9aSißal
points—vocabulary; .ort , hography,;-•pronun-,'
ciatiod; etyniblogY;and definition —Worces
ter's dietiontitY alt,imperior,to Webstetts,
as ' Webitier'n. warrior most' respects' in ft.bisie;
yvAttnit'itelliditd s thekfifel : aborit.":':- •
• 4•l' 4 r.!'" . ,1:e .4 ',..f 1,1 "
Tag AUTUM,I4I4L •Lit.DWITENTION • •••
•UI;
N
.
, TAnIA-N8 will bolield,incßroOklynin Oct°-
, ber nest. Every effort is being maan'to
bite. this theeting'alfattractite
Thesermon'lL be h ' b y ilt a )l4"
wi preac e e
James Martineau ; yho belougs, _the • rm* .
gibed and , the ni oat: dap geronst schbols of
theinemies , of:Evang,elictil %truth irirAEng=l
•
land 'l4l; l i:sift: Of / the".
•••• ••ff4: • `' f 7.3i 1 L1i
P r fi n P 9ll l V?" 4/ 8 '66 . 614 ^"- 1,
. • -
Reaieio as ":he still, we believe, to the
National Re:vivo'. The dangerous and se
ductive character . of, his books, the one
called the "Nationale of Religious In
quiry," the. other.,-'". Endeavors after the
Christian Life," and his' Miscellanies,"
is well,knowm.-
This city has at present a lame, number
of VisTrons, but many, of its , own people
are at; the sea-side, the springs; in-. the
menntains, , or retired to the quiet and`cool
nooks oft tl4 ad)aCent country.
„The, honse ofUPPINeorr & Co., an
nounces” for publication `onr the 25th just ;
the Occasioncd Productions of the Late
Richard Hush: This' work compfises
seriesOf.papera many of which have nev
er ,hcfore been, published, written. by Mr.
Rush (hiring .4tis residence in= Paris as
American' Minister. ":The leading political
and diplpinaf c writings refer chiefly to the
Court and, GoVrninent , of LouiSPhiliPpe
and the Revolution of .1848. ',The publi
cation is> made under the direction of the
execiitors of Mr. Rush. The Reeollectioni
of Charles J. lo:gP,rseili, in' the press of the;
au
7- - ,
same
-
same house, will be, soon published. Thi s
book is historical,political, and, biographi- ,
pen-portiaits of`public men in
the United } ' States in the; pericld . which
elapsed from the arrival ; of Genet until
the purchase of Louisiana, to which in
crease of territory Mr. Ingersoll 'traces the
origin of many great events. s
The PRESBYTERIAN PUBLICATION COM
,
M7TEE (New Sphool,) are about tot issue
Th Preskyterithi Hanical,;by Rev:.l.Tolr
H:'Lewis: The. Committee =also announce,' l
as in course of, pUblicntion, The B6te s At of
Chrhies - Decith; old „Italian work by one'
4onip Paleario„ who 7as burnt by the.ln
q.oisition, at Rome, in the 16th century for
holding that , man is justified by faith alone.;
The work Was condemned s and proscribed'
and nuppoied. to be 'Utterly lost, b,tit it has
been.discovered, and, is, about to be issued
by: the Committee. ; .
PROTESTANT EVANGELICAL. PREACH=
INd in the French Language has been es
tablished in Philadelphia : ; for _ more , than
one every. Sabbath evening,. , at the
Rnoms of the` Young Men's Christian As
seoiation, Chestnut Street above Tenth, and
the French people have the prospect of .a
native French,pastor in.a few : weeks, from
France. :The .friends' of this 'cause; of dif
ferent denominations, have generouslitiub
scribed toward the support of this miasion.
• :
Geperal_ Tiew . of the . PresbElerian Church,
. „ Burl& .the Year , Ending. lay =
During, the year .ending May; 1860,.
three new Presbyteries ;have ":been been organ
ized, viz., Monmouth., Fairfield, and Puget--
,
Synods in...connexion-With the General=
Assembly ' 33
. ,
Presbyteries - 171:
Licentiates 338
Candidates ler the Ministfy . .......... ' 634
Ministers • '' ' 1 2;656'
ChtireheS ; • :Is. - 13,631
Licensures'
Ordinations
Installations ' 3.66
Pastoral' Mations dissolved c ''''" 123
Churches organised" ;" l24'
Ministers-received.fromtOther - denomi-:1
nations ' 65 .
Ministers dismissed, io other *mai,
nations "„
ChUreheiliceiVed from'etheidentiMi-
nations - -2 t,
Churches dismissed to ethic dertontina--•
dons ; ' =c2
Ministers deceased , - 37,
Chttrches dis Solved ' -, 37
'Member's examination` 17 1 ,899
MeMbersadded on. cert ificate ' ' • 114316:
'Taal 'numbers :of comthunicants ''t '
ported • .292,927'
iAdults HiPtized • " 5 ; 156 ,
Infants baptized 15,631'
Amount contributed for cditgreka-'
, tional purposes - ' - • ' $2,241,916
Amount Contributed for Boards and
I • . Church Extension $651,412 ;
Amountontributid for Miseeromeous
,
purposes • ' ' $275,976
'Whole amount'contributed in` 1859...::53,175,304
The flillOwin6' ministers IMin died during,
'the year
Prekbyterie.t.
Daniel Dana, D:D., 'Londonderry. `
Gardiner Perry, •
George McQueen, Albany. • T y it;
..Tames W. Alexander, D.D., New York.
'Joseph Penny - ;. ; ‘.4
Alexander' Macklin,
'Joseph A. Alexander, New Brunswick.
Matthew B. Hope,
,Ttieebtßirkpa:triek, • ' "
'Mini , M. Parsons, • Northumberland:- ''
Jam emßla ek, :4;i ; =l' i
Nathaniel M.; Crane,,: ; ;
Lemuel P.. Bates, „ ,NewLisben.„ -• I
Wtlliain Hutesison, • -Marion. '.
Silvester Cochrane, • "Miehigan:
Jame's Hervey, D.D.,
." • 'c
"John Burns, H ; . Richland.
.7.'Finley Crowe, :Madison.
R. fl..MorroW 'Cedar.
N`; Mebane
.' ;Orange.' '•
Oliver Bronson, Milwattkie: ' -;
John. A. McClung,' DrD. Ebenezer.'
Benjamin Boyd; ",. ;
John Harrington, - Harmony
Joseph Brown, ,
J.' C. HuMphrey,
,Hopewell.
'Tacob'W. - -Lanius, ' NashVille.' -
John E. McPherson, Concord.
James,M. Walker,-
l Eields,Bradshaw, . Tuskaloosa.
,l 1: A: Fet; • Louisiana: •.•
A. E. Thom, , NeW • "'
deter R. Bland, Memphis. , , ,
James' Paine, • - " : '"
.CephttetWashburn, Arkansas.;
li'illiam-H. .Rice, ; EaStern 'Texas: . •
Total, 37.. „
• „' • J OHN-LEYBVRN,
c : Stated Cleric of the Genera/ As!aeinbly. ,
--- , Presbyterian,.
.
;vv.)
On the 14th of June, the new edifice
erected at Walcott, lowa, as dedicated to,
the •service' of Almighty God'. An excel- -
len!: sermon was preached 'by the:Re:V. Jas.
D.# Mason,' from Luke vii 5. " The
Mr. Striker, Methddist, `the Rev. Dr Car:
Pouter, 'Baptist, and the Rev Alexander'
S. 'Marshall, Presbyterian, were present;
and participated in the sdivides.
- This prosperous little church; under'ithe
pastoral 'care' of the ReV.J } M Janes, lies
labored under great incenvenienee for want
of a 'house' for wcirship. The ;only , place
that, 'Could be obtained ine d that purpose,'
was the public school house, and- the dobr's
of it, through the influence-of an unpin
dipled director; were recentlY closed against
them. They were thus cOmpelled to build
do without a ;house of worship. Not.
withstanding the' hard.itimes, they liaiie
now a neat frame building, twenty : font:kr
thiity-six-feet; eorepleted and free'ef debt,
showing whit can be done, where; there are
energy and prudence in thelastoi,.and,.the
peo'pletiave a mind to werlcgi
On' th6lBth of July, theadir.lkobt.. Nr. 7 '
utliera was inatallediplador of tlieiild?Pres-*
byteriali , church in Tipton, Tovfe. 77 '-`4.,_ Ser
mon was' preached by the' Rev:'Aleiterider
Marshall, from Rotivil:'10:: "The chare.'
es to pastor and people were delivered by
the Rev. J M. Jones,
A.t th 6 cothinunioU,OU feiloWing,
bath, in which the .pastor was assisted by
the Rev. Alefander B .l'3larshall, seven'
Members were_added',ti,ho, 61110: . Bro.
Caruthers enters en, his;:rie w field. of Cabo ,
with an e ncoTmiglog4iojpeet, or 'useful I
nos- &IC
7•
I=
PHILADELPHIA
For :the Presbyterian, Banner.
Ordination =and Installation.
.
nECOESIASTICAL
Rev: WILBON, 1): II ; has do:
clined• the' Call ;uniinirnottsly given him
by the church of Mansfield, and has ta--
ken charge of the!' Female= Seminary at
Springfield, Obio. Correspowdents and
editors will-please noticeltho change.
Rev; VELIE C. OSTiOli, of New Orleans,
—La., has received—from the America n
Tract Society, the appointment of dis
trict Secretary for the State of Texas.
Rev. MILTON W. BROWN'S. Post Office ad
dress is changed *ern Millersburg'', 0
to Nashville, Ohio.
Rev. FRANCIS LYNN has received an d ac
cepted an, invitation to supply the church
at Washington, Ind. His Post Office
address is changed from Carlisle, Ind.,
to Washington..
Rev:
Rev: .HOLLYDAY'S Post Office ad
dress is ,change4:U.from Bellair, Ohio, to
Columbus Grove, Putnam Co., O.
Rev.. N. McCoNoucav waS, on the 12th of
June, ordained and installed pastor of
the church at Millville, New-Jersey.
Rev. Dr.,NE.viN has resigned the charge of
the Alexander church, Philadelphia.
He 'preached his farewell sermon on the
22d ult.
Rev. FRA - NdIS IL L. LArnD has been unan
imously elected pastor of the church at
Carlyle
,
Rev. Jortw ..k.. MooRE was installed pastor
(for half his tiine,) of the church of
Rough Cie'elr, by the Presbytery of Ro
anoke, ou the 3.4 th ult., ,
Mr. W. C. NEELY was ordained by the
Presbyterraf.Greeihrier; on the 21st of
June, with a view to his laboring at Ra
venswood'and,;other points in Jackson
County, Va.
Supplies for Allegheny Presbytery.
The following.-supplies were appointed
by Allegheny,„ Presbytery, at its June
meeting , •
Porteriville.—Third Sabbath of July,
Mr. Ogdetr, - First , - Sabbath , bf August,
Mr. Coulter. Fourth Sabbath' of August,
• Mr, Walker.- Third Sabbath of Septem
ber Mr. Munson. First 'Sabbath of Oc
tober,
Mr: Cunningham.
ainton.---Fourth Sabbath ,of August,
Mr. Taylor , -to:administer. the Lord's Sup
per.
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31Essus. EDfrons :=,-Please acknowledge
,the following contributions to the Board of
Colportage during the month of July
Synod of Allegligny—Allegherty Pres
bytery : Freeport
~churcb, $12.10; Slate
Lick, 20.85
Synod of kitisburgli--Blairsville Pres
byteryal;.; Int
8 gna church,
,$22.40.
Tot u s4.B9:
AcoT ,CurminTsON, Librarian.
Tid 3i 1860.
13111
Complimentary.
At a nieetini of .
,the members of the
Stieleii of 'the Mendota
Collegiato4nstitute, the following resolu
tions;were unanimously adopted relative to
the Leoture' deliv,ered,,beforn" 'them, on the
evening Wednesday, the - 27t1; of June,
by the .Ite.y. W. 'ltarsha,
.Dixon,
Illinois, on " Tornadoes."
Resolimd; That the`members of this body
8.4-Uoer their. sincere thanks
W;%lT.:.:.liarsha : for his highly
interesting. and ~instructive lecture -on the
Causes- and , Effects - of Tornadoes, delivered
before.M3 ( Cin'the : 'evening!of 27 - th.
Resolved, That. as a body we' heartily ap
prove ".Theory-of Tornadoes," hav
ing- been convinced of its -plausibility by
the clearness and. manifest Itrutb.fainess of
his vihole`courselof.lresanning;..
r SIMITTEE
jfendota, .22dc48.60:
'it& the Piesbitedan Banger.
Rae Gellerkriskembilit,
M.E..sens..,Eraro4s... 77 4here. are, now in
this couptry„elKle -General Assemblies be
sides our own._ Each ci,f,,,th r eseprofesses to
be styietlyPresbyteriaii,„and all n are candi
dates ,forpopolar favor 7 ---in some., localities
they ; may ; be viewed as rivals. They all
hold,theirsonual ecovottien,in May, and
as they publish yearly statistie,s; it; is almost
impossible•te • avoid,institutipt, some corn
portage ,of. their. respective, strength and
efficiency.
Te,those of your ; reaslers. wit.o have not
access. to statilstios,-it curious,
perhaps profitable a little upon
them ~'There of le opmberland General
isseruhly lave note yet, -reached ns, but
thoSe.,of.our own .Assembly, ef the New
SCbool` and of the. United -Presbyterian
Church,jarepublished in the, papers. We
compare them in several particulars.
The,tetals of, comraunicantrs ; without
fractions, stand thus • Old School, 293,000;
Nev : School, / 135 4)90; United- Presbyte
rian, 59 i090.
2.. Increase on examination. for last, year :
Old. School, `15,000; .New , ;School,000:
United Presbyterian; .4,000, ,nearly.
3. Totals . of ministers: Old School,
2,656; New 5ch001, , ,1,528 ; United Pres
bYierialli
• 4. , Totals of : churches: ; .Old Sehool,
:New School 1 428 - United Pres
byterian, 674.
JS baptized { Old4'; School, 5,150;
N1.4":t31.143141,, 1,690 ;Jlttiteci Presbyterian,
•
.6 'Ministers received` from, other denorn
,instions : ;Old School, .55; New School,
,not, reported in - the papers; 'United Pres
byteriao,.4. ;One of these, latter was an
Old. School man ; two were from, the Bap
tists; one ,from ~ ,the New, Schoel, -and two
were fromlthe Covenanters.. ,
,NLuoiber,, licensures; Old School,
106. f New, School,. not reported; United
;Presbyterian
18. ; Ordinations: ( Old School, 114; New
School, pot
.reported ; : United Presbyte
riP,3o
.ffichole,,n.intber of licentiates : Old
Seltoolt ,libels
School, r 128; United
P r , Yi.iViAn;,, sl -
.. 61 ?- . - •
'otal or ,funds contributed, or church
purposes Old, - School, 63,175,000 ; New
Schopl; not fully reported, , tinited Presby
terian, 00-00 , -
There are other interesting items in these
statistical,.,tables, i 4ut m
Is•uit not extend
this _article :too The O/d School, for
exam le, report Presbyteries; the
Nev 5e, 110 91;19' ilana the United Presby
,terial)s7 have Set down the num
ber. of,....r.Pn.nsatli-ded
they ire, on certificate, because
chiptly . of those who pass from one
of the fti another of the same de
ecnuiPation: A considerable number of our
niinistepAre with Out pastoral charge, and
abOut, one . . 12 every four of the United
Preshyieriaris, is thus reported. So also 3
number, of ft,ll,` Presbyteries are small ; and
uf.it t hithild Presbyterians, one Presbytery
haii„onlY two' ministers two have four min
i atelii fbur -Presbyteries have five ministers
each, and .s.eventeen Pr,ashyteries embrace
lekt i tape ten ministers each. Two of their
;Presbyteries have only one pastor each, and
twpt,y-nne have, seven pastors, or under
tho,unmber.
imprw the minds of all Old
Se11:09 - 1 Men, eSPOiilly of our ministers, the
slifOl9rds and ,iuides of the flock. that
:therAnre entrinted to their,,spiritual care
anCinstrue4on. a body of people eon,-
PiTftmit probably o, kirger vumber of persons
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