REV. DAVID M'KINNEY, Editor and Proprietor. REV. I. N. NVKINNEY, ASSOCIATE EDiroa. TERMS IN ADVANCE. BY HAIL $1.150 lIeLI VaRED I l EITHER 0? ?HZ CIITIEB 2.00 . For DMA a 6, We will eend by mail meranty numbem ad I,r ONE Dot.ta it, thirty-three numbers. pes es sending us TWENTY sabscribere and upwards, wil to rehy entitled to a paper without charge. It n owals should be prompt. a little beim. the year expire , / Send payments by ease hansie. or by mail. Direct all totters to REV. DAVIT? M'KINNEY, OENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE 1 PRESBYTERI ' CHURCH IN THE U. PEORIA, LL., MAY 21,..1863. FFIOERS BEV. JOHN . MORBISON, Moderator. REV. ALEX. MetidLL, D. D., Stated Clerk. V. WV!. SOFIENCIt, D.D., Permanent Cllt. REV. JAS. .MA 801 , 1'10'0E, D.D., Temp. Ctlk. ROLL OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 1., SYNOD OP ALBANY. .. Parearreant. * - DGrterafte. ELDSR.S. Loadonde;ry, IR. A. DeLooney, 1 J. U. Bates. - RrE.•MORA, John O. House. jJere trdah 'Weed, J . M. Lusher. M. S. Eloodale, Mohawk, D. W. Condit, -'"'' Johnson Harvey. I:. IL SYNOD OP BUFFALO. ,- , „i ogdensbur James Ojeland, Bober, 11 1 0 40 p 6.4. v tie tIVASIT ver, W. D. McKinley, 0. Shepherd: Balm rt ei ~ A.l . Rankin, 11. 1. A. W. Page. Rechestm ity, Isatah , Teries. IIL ti.Noxt dr .trvir-toks. .. - mason A. G.. Airkeoubeey, .J. G. ediThimigh- North 111 1 Ver, JohnWM ' - ..• " ~ „lota S. 'Pudy. Long Istand, Thomas M. Gray, W. B,Peer, New-Yotk, H. IL nankin, John Stuart, ,- Joseph Cory , . -A. B. Gonoer, 4 B. 0, Wins, jellies Derrdeh. 1 New-Yvh Sd, Wilson Phraner, Robert Carter. Connection!, - JD. P. Benedict, .. George. P, Goodhue. Raglan, j.l. J. A; Morgan, A. V. Cortelvon. J. P. Knox, W.S. Wood. Mol OF t, Nina VieitvA Meth • lily, Alba 1 IV. SYNOD ON NOW-JERSEY. gliziibeNdown, fG. S. Plumley, Wm. W. Mune% IS. S. Shedden, John Amerman. Pas le, Joseph' M. Ogden, Henry Hedge* No 13runewIck, fA. D. White, W. D. Sinclair. R. S. Mannlog, E. B. Pullet, W. t Jersey, E. P. Shields. 2e. oNI.Ge rge S. 'Mott, J.Msekey, 1 Wm. H. Kirk, John M. Sherreid t, tan, Wm. R. Glen. .uolmuna, Darwin Cook, Abel Moyt. t erne, !Jonathan Osmond, George Fuller. IM, 3. Ilia ok, 0. L: Ryneareon. 1 lington, Imam 0. Uaker, G. 11.• Vern Gelder. mouth, Frank Chandler. d isao, V. SYNOD OF PH.II4ADS.I4PEIIA. iladelpbla, ' f Alex. W. 'down% George Junk-in, Jr. 'WM. Blackwood, 8. H. Fulton, Iln. Central, lA. Nevin, • M. Newkirk, 1 W. B. Work, RobOt Graham. hiladelphis. 1 2d, Joaeph Rogge, Blina E. Weir, J. 11. M. Knox, J. P. Helfenstein. ew Castle, 3. 0. Thompson, R. N. Brown, R. J. Miller. Donegal, O. W. Ptewart, J. O. Jordan. Itnidglngdon, 8. M. Moore, 3.. A. Christie. D. H. Barran, James rattempn. • NortimmberPcl, William. Life, • W. O. - Lawson. J. Thomas, B. Simiagton. VI. BTNOD OP BALTIMORE. Baltimore, R. O. Galbraith, J. N. Brown. eorgo P. Bays, A. Stirling, Jr. •W. 0. Cane% George Renoh, R. MTaehran, James Clerk. ourllkle, Winoheuter, Lotvon. Potomno, Jot. L. Polk, R. M. Jones. Frederick T. Brown,' Jac P. Tustiu. VII. SYNOD OF PITTSBURGH. Redstone, Robert F. 'Wilson, John Gitlin. 0hi0,5 W. B .Mcllvaine, . Thornae-KAddsse, 1 Richard Lea, John Culbertson. li. Samuel HoFarren, • John Barnett. - James S. Bider, .. Joseph Neiman. . G. W. Mechlin, JametilllcKees ' VIII. SYNOD - OR I ,A.LLEOHENT. . ~.. . . . Allegheny, Dr. L. Tonna, e John Boyd. Beaver, Jittin W. Johnston, Joseph Hanna. Erie, Wm. M. Blarkbiarn, Cornelius Biles. Allegheny CIV, Louis L. Conrad, T. H. Nevin, IX. SYNOD OF WHBR GING. Washington, I Jas.l. Brownson, Joseph Vance. 'Wm. IL-Keeling, Thos. WIC.-nniiii. Steubenville, fC. C. Beatty, Thos. S. Milligoan, I,John. S. Marquis, Geo, B. Johnston. 0. M. Todd,* Robert Whilwre; Wm. IL Vincent, John Hajar. X. SYNOD OF OHIO. ' Columbus, CleOrge Carpenter, Samuel Sharp. Harlon, John B. Blaney, J. W. Robinson. Zanearille,s Simnel Wilson, Wm. Mourn 1 Joh o B. Magian, Matthew Scott.. Richland, James Rowland, Robert Herr. SVooster, John S. Carson, John Striae. Hacking, A. J. McMillan - , A. G. Biocen. . . -.. _ .XI. SYNOD OF SANDUSKY. Vsit glO,, Joaeph F, Se rn Jennison, Hntex K. Clark. . es n'Heserve, Varnuoyes, Henry B. Wee." Maumee, , D. S. Anderson. Findlay, J.'A. Meeks, Aaron Hail. XII. SYNOD OF CINCINNATI. Chillicothe, John Wiseman, Wm. B. Franklin. Miami, B. R. Bower, 0. A. Phelps,' Cincinnati, IL. D. Potter, H. H. Leavitt, T. B. 'Dallies, C. Williaiiia. A. B. Otililand, Win. Mixer. • J. M. Oros% Wm. McCullecls. 80, r 4 1 a 01 i on Bniteburg. New Irlebow, Bs. Olalwhille, Oxford, 8 d nay IW. SYNOD OF INDIANA Now Albany, Josiah Crawford, 3. W. Sproule. Vincin nes, E. S. Wilson, ' R. T. Rose,ma r . Madison, David B. Reed, J. 0. part. Indianapolis, L. 0. Hay, Samuel Tawrytyst Widtewater. David M. Stewart. XIV. SYNOD OF NORTLIERN INDIANA. • Logansport, J. W. AVOlnskey, Lake J. L. Lower, • Ft. Welno, John`tlS, Lowrie, Crawfordsville, john L. Martin, _ Jae, SA:Lunitton. Munoie, Thomas Whallod, J. S. Rummy. XV. SYNOD OF ILUNOIS. aid. Corbett, J. T. Icclet. Wm. R-.lllok. S. O. Malone. Kaskaskia, Palestine, itnngnm. n, T. (Matt, Peoria. • John: Andrew, Bloomington,3. C. Minna, SEIlillO 7 John Mack. XVI. SYNOD Of 0/110 AGO, Schuyler, I Ci.V. keti: Thomas Candor, 1 J. 'Wave'', J. :BOWL Rock River, Ciearge B.lriglie, Cho. Cilo4bv. Chicago,(Reuben Prune, dllen,Dttitpld, i n lotirilriemtng, Samuel Hooke. --------- XVII. SYNOD. OF WISCONSIN. John Vanderlax. • Enbert•thier, A, P. Waternisn II B. Thayer, Tnnis Voorhees. XVIII. SYNOD OP ST. PAUL P. A. Pratt. 'chugs , Ainslie. Date, Milwankie, Wllinebago, St. Paul, Chippewa, Luko Superior, Owatoma, W. OPeoP , 3c:IX. SYNOD OF lOWA, Alain S. Narwhal!, Alex. Caldwell, J. L. Wilson, Coder, Toledo, Dubuque, Sioux City, XX. SYNOD 'OF SOUrEtIIiBN lOWA. lowa, W. B. Westervelt, J.C..• Walker. Dee Moines, J. A. Carothers. Miesouri River, N. M. Witmer, Luther Headley, Fairfield, J. M. Mokilroy, B. P. Baldwin. XXI, SYNOD OrtiP PER nrissoultr, Upper Mieeortri, Lafayette, Highland, Platte, • 0. McCain. mar. SYNOD OF 110850[11U Jura, (tnarlent Isaac. Tate. tr. A. Booth, . " I Et. B. Bare. W. T.:Wood. John Leightonj J: A. McAfee. Asabol Munson, A...1d Mophoreon. 11. P. S. Wtttie, Adani N. Trails. X 500 , urjI St. touf*, Pa ittyra, Po oel, Wymoonda XXIII, SYNOD OrASWITOKY P. McMillan, Ink:hard Valentine, Idutilenburg, H Vat. Neville. Teensy!verde, IR. P.'Humphrey, B. M. Pentok, C. Reed, Robert Antler, Woes . Lexington, S. LI. Bayless, G. W. Lawie. Ebenezer, lie M. Scudder, E. W. Martin. Paducah, O.K. Perkins, Charlee 'Rubber& XXIV; IWNOP Op VIRGINIA. IA evl a Greenbrier, ' Lexington, • West. Hanover, 'East Hanover, ktentgotnery, Roanoke, XXV.' WNW- OF NOWFWEOLAROLTNA. * Orange, Fayette. Concord, X 7 Y 2: sierroti arreidettr,LE. Holston, Maury, Nashville, Knoxville, ffltNOD OF BOUTHLOAROWPA South i Clarollys, Bethel, Harmony, Charleston, 7112139111.. MOD OP*llOllOl4. Georgia, Hopewell, Flint River, Florida, Olherokea, XXIX. SYNOD. Or ALABAMA B. Aleb o ema, " • . , TuemigieN R. Alitend. .XXX. SYNOD OF MISSISSIPrI. Idiesteelppi, Leutelans t Tombeekbee, Red givers N. fffieefeelppl, Oentrel Mieliselppi, New Orleans, . XXXI. SYNOD OF DIEMPIIIS. Western Dletviet i • Chickasaw, Memptile, N. Mississippi, XXXII. SYNOD OP ARKANSAS. Arkansas, Ouachita, Endluni Greek Nation, xxcm simoDeo,Malik VOL. XI., NO. 38 Pittsburgh, Pa. Ka stern Texas, 'Western Tex.*, Central T,•xas, XXXIV. SYNOD OF TRW PACIPIC. Alexander Scott. California, Oregon, Qtockton, Ben . c I XXXV. SYNOD OF NORTHERN INDIA Patilana,. J. 11. Morrisop. Furrukhabad, Allehabad, • • CORRESPONDING BODIES. fenerst Assembly of the Cumberland Peekihyterien Church Cfengriy. Synod of. Reformed kroteetant Dutch Church—Rev W m: V. V. Nfubon, D.D. Aseoolate Reformed Synod of New• York. BILLS AND.CrilMlTtnekEr. Ministers—C. C. Beatty, D.D., M. T. °Bridals, DX., B. E. Rankin, 8: S. Shaddan, W. C. Cattail, Wm. M. - Black - burn, 3. L Wilson, John Leighton. 'Biders-11. H. Letreitt, U. K. Olsrk, Thohitts MdKennan, John M. Sherrord, George Junkie, dr., J. T. Bede& JUDICIAL COMMITTEE. Hintreirs —E. T. Humphrey, D.D., John Mile, O. Galbraith, Frank Chandler, Ilenert McCachren, Alex. Scott, George W. Eldert—A. B. Conger, William Meentioeb, W. -43. : Wood, Robert Carter, S. G: Malone. , 'Pinot:owe/AL SEMINARIES. • Ministers—R.W. Conditt, D.D. George, B. Mott, Wm, B. Whritine, 42itorge B. Inglis,- Alex, T.''Matebittli C. W FITAWart. • Elders—B. M. Penick, James Patterson, J. 0. Walker, Robert Kerr. • ,BOAILD . OY Doxrantlitionomi. Atoirarren, le. -A; Delancey', William Speer, R. Valentine, E. K. Dower. Eiders--ArE. Waterman. S. E-Weir, George IL Jobudon, James W.. Sprewlo. "BOARD OP FORZIGII Ministers—Alfred Navin, D.D., Frederick T. Brown, L. L. Conrad. A. 2: McMillan, L. Q. Hay.• Eiders-J.l°bn' Stewart,' Matthew Scott, A. Stirling, Jr., A. N. Travis. , Ministers—B. 1.3. Wines, DM., J. H. Bates, .iVnt. H. Kirk; D. 11. Barron, J. S. Marquis. Birtert—Wm: Munro, or Zanesville, Stand riEuvro,, , B. P. Baldwin, S. 11. Fulton. • I BOARD OF PutIICATION. MfniNers—hfao J. Hickok, D.D., C. Bskei, .Tesapit L Polk, H. F. Wilsoueß..ll. wit ou. Elders—J. 0. Burr, A. M. McPherson, J. M. !Asher; 0. A Pholirt. .Bi-inf./ars—J. M. Lowrie, DM., Joseph Corey, R..8.-Man ning, George P. Hays, Jciseph F. Jennison. Eiders—Johnston Hussey, :Sobers Orshiun,- W Pinneo, NARRATIVE OF THI STAIR OF RRLIOION. Ministert---Jantes L Browneon, 0.,5. Plumlop Jo Beggs, Elder—Thomas Candor., Ministers—Wm. Blackwood, D.D., jamas Rinkland, S. A. Moreau. Eiders—J. P. Tustin; C. Ryles. SITTSAUVO BRNEVOLE2* Miaisiers=Loyal , Young, D.D., Alex. -W. Sproul, Jeep.ls Crawford. Elders—J. 8. Belfemetein, Allen Dufleld.• iFINANOB. Milers—Matthew Newkirk, J. N. Brown, 'VB. Nelda: Elders—A. V. Corte . lyou, Charlee Hubbard, Tunis Voor hoes. LAYS oz ABiENOS. Ministers—Jeremiatt Wood, J. 0. Thompson, J. R. Dun can, W. B. WeatervOt. Eiders—George Fuller, Ezra Wright; Abstract of the. Run nal Report of the ,Board of Publication. From the. Annual Report of the Board of Publication, we make the following es- tracts: Bringing together the various items of distribution, which have above been given separately, the-aggregate will be atrfollowS Total , of volumes distributed, - 318,215 Increase over4ast year, - 78,`41 Pages of tiacts..distribited, 3,653,459 Less than last year, - - - 731,679 In addition to these, the Board has issued: Copies of the' S. S. Visitor, - - 676,000 Copies of Home and For. Record, 126,000 Copies of various Reports, - - 12,000 Besides Sessional Minutes andrßegisters, Forms of Systematieltenevole.nce, Sabbath School Class-books, Sabbath &hoot Tickets, Sheet Music, Hymns, Hospitaf*Cards, &c., in - great numbers. The net value a these issuerof the year is -06,087.74. As .this ~total comprehends amounts-rep resenting credit sales and, donations, it does not, of course, correspond with the Treasurer's account, which ekhibits only cash received. Ezra. Wright. , John M. Hood R. S. Alexander John 0. Brawn 46# / • Cllll s :it; • 411 ~ STANDING COMMITTEES. BOARD' BDuCAT/ON BOARD or Catmint Errytasion DEVOTIONAL EXERCIEML Ministers—Reuben Emma. J.M.McElroy, John°. Hanna Elders—W. P. Williams, John Honeytnan, M.D. dONSESPONDENES. ?dna am DISJOILID MINISTERS' FUND. Ariniitert—A. T.Rankin, B. P. Benedict, Richard Lea. Bides —Charleil tioalifj Z. B. Fuller. DEPARTMENT ':OF STISTENTATION. The receipts of the treasury from all soureeS, excluding, of ..course the balance on hand- at' the beginning of the year,.have been $81,670 93, or 03,634,93 greater than the year proceeding. The aggregate expenditures have been $71,849.59. The amount of each received froin sales of books, tracts; and periodicals, has been $50,887.82, an increase 0f , 00 , ,510.86 , 0ver that of last year. The balance in the treasury at the end of the year is 05,- 907.70. TETE ! 00pPpATAGE guND. The-amount received for Colportage .from all sources amounts to $25,078,85, Whioh exceeds the receipts -of last year by "1,- 906 64: The amount is the largest ever received in any year from those States which : are now cooperating with the Board. It is larger than the total ever received in the United States in any year; except 1860 and 1861; and lacks only $3,355:62• of the receipts of 1,861, which , were the' largest ever made for Colportage in any single year from the United States. The number, of contributing churches has this 'year been 673, whioli is larger'-by 166 than` -the number reported kit year. The contributions of churches, apart lrom legacies and miscellaneous contributions, have exceeded those of last year by...85,- 349.39. The Board takes pleasure in acknowledg ing the receipt'of over one thousand Bi bles, valued , at 067.17, from-the American Bible' Society. These - are intended ,for gratuitous distribution by the colporteurs, when, in places remote from auxiliary Bible: Societies, they find individualirdestitrite of the Werd 'of God. The .expenditures: for ,ColnortageL during the year have been $18,918..98, besides' which the sum of 46,10 37- ha p been,piid upon the , balance due from the Colnortage Fund at the close of the previous 'year. That balance, asTeportecl to , the lett Gen eral Assembly, was ,Itris.now !educed; t0A2,35049. For tpo Prestyterarataimer SIOw .to Speak. "Let eery man -Om . to 9e.,0•P - 74.+NA 8 i "Stow to speak." That is 'another thing essential' to eminence' in ,Ohristi.an grace, and vigor of Christian :principle. .Great talkemaruseldom remarkable,for anything but talking. All the strength of, feeling: and intellect'which' should be expended on the truth heard, maturing opiniona,'filcing principles, an& gro-unding them in-themn derstanding. and the affections—all among great talkers, ,is_. :wasted in talk. They can discuss, N:ery ,flueutlY t . any nmiise they bade - hettgd: PITTSBURGH, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1863. er all its strong points, and all its Weak .es. They an tell you what was logical, and what was not; what was orthodox, and what was not; what was grammatical, and what was nit; what was personal, and just who was meant; what was original, and what was .stolen from a book! All this they can, and do' tell. They can, and do remember all this. But the trouble with the great talker ;s, that he does not give the truth time to go any further than the memory. On the Sabbath he is awake, and the , truth does fall on listening ea S. AU Sabbath day, and all through the week, the truthis held in a retentive mem ory ; out it is like the fires I have seen kindled on the ice of rivers, which never warmed the water beneath, and next day you could carry away . all these burning coals and blazing billets, and the water have never felt it a moment. So with those who are swift to speak of the truth heard; it rests ' cold, on the memory. All week long, when they meet a neighbor, .they discuss the sermon or the lecture. Theylift up great truth .after great 'truth, and deposik it with.this , man and thatnian, and at the end of.the seek the - truth itt all gone—given away, and the talker none the better of the truth heard. Recollect, iny friend, memory is not th e place to lodge the truth, but conscience! Your minister would not be much elated were every one of you to go away arid-repeat his, sermons, word by word, a- 'week after they, were spoken, if that were All. He would be delighted, did he find the 'truth taking fast hold on your consciences, tbough you might not"rementher a word of it A friend complained- tome; with some feeling f the other day, that his minister had• made him oat a ‘i stony-ground hearer," because he could not remember his sermons! lint I was glad to find that the minister:B•words Were no longer dead seeds on my friend% memory, but living stalks in his conscience, with fruit already on them Be assured your minister does not care, about your re membering his words, unless he be a very silly minister. Words arew-harren things. wants{ his words to pass into your hearts in the shape of ".principles, which will bear their own fruit. Words, like seeds, are , not quickened except they die. Bat, that words may grow into princi ples, you roast' ponder the truth. Truths do not shape themselves into principles at once, just as seeds do not grow up into stalks all at once. You must hold these truths in your hearts, and ponder them. They gather strength as you ponder, just as new wine,gathers strength by being pent Take ask of new wine,. openin casks.c e, open it every day, and draw from it forthis man and that, and it will be always weak. Seal it up, roll it into your cellar and leave it there until you are ten years older, and then taste it; what a flavor it ha's ! So, take a store of new truth; and talk about it to every body, every word-you say weakens it. Bat, keep it in your heart, ponder it, and it grows stronger and stronger. Then, after you have felt its strength and its power, you may talk about it to others. But do n't forget to be "slow to speak." It is the coal that' rests on the hand that burns. The PsalmistAays, " Whiloy I was gaming, the .fire burned; then spake I with *my _tongue." So let all hearers of the truth do--=muse till the fire burns, then speak with the tongue. • H. BRUM CORRESPONDENCE: Trades' Unions and Mr. Adams—What Friendly things the Times ,srays—.9pkitual Destitution in London—" Men, and not Money "—The Num ber of Volunteer Laborers Great—Thellay Meet ings-and their Localities—Bible Stielety=Shafte bury, and the " Professor of Arithmetic"—As pect of the Platform—Lord Harrowby--The New Archbishop—His ,Antecedents—His Speech; versus Adman and the Bishop of M -- au retiusßrotherly Co-operation—The Jesuits 'in Mcidagasear—The king and the ldolatere-7—Bible Receipts; and Expenditure„—The . ; Ragged - School Upion Statis*s—The Leidon Oily Ilgtaion and its Prutits:. LONDON, ,May 8,1865 A DEPUTATION from the Trades' Union of the metropolis, went up this week with Mr. Bright at, their head, to present to the American Ambassador, ; an address of sym- pathy with the North in the present strug gle. Mr.' Adams used very ,conciliatory language in reply. The Times declares that it was;". . a. most .renurrkableundlriend ly. spech." MEN AND NOT MONEY is the somewhat per Verse text of the Tintesin , reference to the new enterprise to"which' the Bishop of Lon don is calling attention in connexion with spiritual destitution the metropolis. It iti!proposed' to' form , not a Church building Society, buta -Board which does something more Any gentleman-who puts down his rnanie-for £loooA•year, for six years ) will find 'his , nioneytipplied notonly to the pur chase of sites, the building and endowing of churches and of - parsonages, but also to the pay of home missionaries, the hire of temporary •-places• of worship, and other means of usefulness among the neglected masses. The Times questions " the pro priety of perpetwilly raising a cry for mon ey and not for men. • There , is reason in what, it. says, 'but- it has a vicious .aspect.as to intention about it . So far as uniting Jay help rand labor it commendable.: Thus it Says "This . is a' spiritual affair--so, at least, it is .alleged ; and it is, for -that improve ment of heart and soul which can,-alone accomplished by the agency, of the good, the wise, the earnest, and the sympathetic. In the sacred .narrative. to which" tie re lerred,the other- day, we see attiode of con ,verting;,•soulo, propagating , , a belief, and founding ..a. Society,- entirely4n. accordance with, all the ideas-of the most sensible and bisiness men among us. But the *hole werk itself was dotie withotitiminey. The Only man • that 'made , it a matter; of money, was"' driven , out , of thei. Church at -Once. .When. _money, was „was.snat, for building,elturclipsfor payiUgyeachers, but fOr Widows: and Orphans, and for the vic 'tinie'of a terriblektnine. netin rfer;• iwe—shall idoubtletraltbe , told -Nve: do, .that; therefore money should notthamoliect ..ed for gliurehes And weachers, bit., oily that mopey, was not put before Inet„,atk it -• If the;Ciiiiialk of these daYs• ia'thir4anie- fil3 4-- 111frehiltal 'of those days ' there .can be -no reason • why everymniu whodetiirps : it. and , is qualified, should not be invited to, assist in the extension of-.the . 'Church, and'have Ids part ssoigned him." And again : " There Are on. all, sides, n;ten who want to assist the'eMirelf"by their' personal ser *lees, ape still iriori3 terSeethiiii•stnas and ''dau=ghters empliqed; swan good' books tell' oughtven 'employ Para of their time, in 4initite teaching the ignorant. The hearts of tens of thousands of parents will respond to these words. What would they give to see their young people employed in good works, instead of doing anything to pass the time, and get up a faint interest? But good works, whether in the Bible, or the Papist, or che Puritan, or the old Church of Eng. lantsense, are daily more impossible, and practically all but forbidden. And what is the eehetitute ? The incessant collector, with his.calrd of charities, hie inkbotttle, his steel pen, and hiS receipt--bools, "demanding money to be paid to institutions an 4 hire lings to do the things which Christians might to do themselves, ought to 'be al lowed to do, ought to be invited tefio. If the .gible be true, "then any utihibei of Christians, setting about-thework: , and us ing no other agency than the faculties which Heaven has given them, are prom-- iced such assistance that they shall cdtivert all that can:be converted out of those enor' mous populations for which we are called on to build - and endow ollui : 441, Then, why does not the Bishop .of Lon for men as well as for money, anU ndicate thwway in which the poorest can'issistri The foregoing, so far as regards young people, -the- children of ebrietian , parents, is as important for the 'Nonconformist, as for the Chnrellaity, 'and as important for America as for , England.. it is sadly wrong that somany " idle," and are clearly' members , of " The Do-Noth ing Family," who ought to be busy and ac tive, and that the increase of Ivealth and luxury among the great middle class and the , upper ten thousand, as well , as the at tractions of a "sensation" literature, tends to the paralysing of that energy which young. pursons professing Christ, are bound to put' forth in behalf : of his cause. Nevertheless I. am bound to say, that the number of workers and lay-laboiers is ever increasing in- Eng,land. The- selftdenial exercised; by the voluntary. teapbera of Rag ged Schools and. Sunday Schools—An-Eng land and'Wales alone nearly 300,000—as also' by those who are Superintendents of 3ible-Women, active' meithera cif* Cniumit eea of our great metropolitan and local Associations, and by very . many, who, Dor cas-likeonake garments for the poor,,searoh outthe outcast, and succor and save by nour ishing food, many a one, and smooth the pil low of death for those who otherwise would have died without hope and without the cheery voice that brought:to them the glad tidings ea-Saviour—in all these respects, I say with confidence that All over` the kingdom- a power is put forth, and a spir, it .of devoted self-sacrifice exemplified, which Calls for abundant thanksgivings to God. THE MAY MEETINGS bring out illustra tions of this en masse as-it were, both •as to Home and Foreign objects. Daily these gatherings are being held not only, in Fae ter Hall, but at St. James's Hall. Hanover Square. Booms, and' other localities, and powerful stimulus - is thus given to fresh and eidarged'labors and gifts and prayer ful earnestness. THE BRITISH AND' FOREB3IT BIBLE SO forinedin 1804' cdtitintlas its meg nificent career of Usefulness. I was present at its annual meeting in Exeter-Hall.. Its platform presented" Lord Shaftsbury, the. President, in the chair, who opened the • meeting by an energetic address in which he expressed his.glad ,astonishment that there had- beep taised up so many antago nists-to " The Professor of Arithmetic"— Dr. Colenso. Around and behind - Lord Shaftsbury were men of rank and. wealth, as, well as of learning,and talent .both-cler ical and lay. Theffewer of the Evangel ical clergy and Nonconformist ministry were there. many w.prty necessarily absent on other duties, and many once faMiliar faces were to be seen no more because they :now rest from their labors, and are with Christ. The Earl of `llarrowbyi an- excel lent nobleman, whose property aneseat are in Staffordshire, 'of a thoroughly catholic and earnest spirit, whom I have often..seen on the platforin,of the Bagged School, and whit is now growing old: andyet is full- of wisdom and energy, expressed his unabated attachment to the Bible Society. The new Archbishop of York; Dr.. Thompsoii, for nterlya. Professor of great note at Oxford, who wrote-one of a series of Essays in re ply to the " ESsaye and" Revieat t i r and who, on that 'account and .hecanse of his soundness -.in_the faith, tis as his popular gifts, was ,first .made 'Bishop of Gloucester, and then, -on - the refusals of the Bishops of Winchester and London to become ArchhiSli6p Of York, was exalted to that lofty, post at the age of abbut forty-three- years—he it was who. de livered ,at the-Bible meeting. what might be called the speech of the day. He is of tail and commanding Stature ; his hair iehlack and his complexion dark ; he has' been a great student, but he is 'physically weak ened thereby ; his voice' irelear'anti 'sono rous,ntui his delivery natural and earnest. lie dealt specially ,with . Colepapisin t and with the attempts -now made' to, -depreciate and„dishonor Alae.Bible Ile gave in put line a very-beautiful- and impressive ,argu ment : Ist, From the personal character of Christ—so'lovely, faultless , that 'it could not have been the'inventiOn;'Of the imagination-of any fallen man, and,his ut terances, such as only wisdom heavenly .-and , perfect could explain ; 2d, Fiom the dectrines taught bY Chriat, so directly op posed ,to the self-righteous and proud re ligion that prevailed in Judea, so unearthlY, and so humbling -to the sinner; ad, From the spread of , the' Gospel try , men :who had " cowards fled from - andde ,seTted Lent" and yet, were suddenly transformed.. into heroes and: conquerers against the worldin -arms; and , in the face - persecution antl- death. 'Hedealt very tetidetlY !With gObtiii; and'he'tledetaie tiatts to bring to 'bear on such the argument ,and-the evidence furnished byAbe :ability ,p e r a onay say, , 46 = It lees , chottrjedonty own rt" - MeltoVer"hn' counselled theta "to iiiihtera , ihe i ?Mar/MeV-40134e 47 d IE6 W r 11 'll 4M. ,r 51A , , u , , The Rev, tbr..Tidtnat4 \Secretary,: of.ths eLendort , aissionaty Soeietyii tooklttawfull survey of the mightyehattge,-andi , the 'on kogreeic"Ceinfiatine'the!pericitt; Ay years ago t sinee he;had appearecibegre,ett that platform to advocate the Bible 0,41180. He referred to- the agitations that,thenliad . 'Stirred England in connexion With - the Invasion of French' tresnits of 7the'island of Tahiti landing Under the guns, of French ships of war. Ele,.referred _bathe. deprivation of Queen Potuare of-het-coup try 'and her eicivni---saye as a dependent, AO 't4 vAlpeg'lo l : 1tjr.„13e134#6 6 s which r,43144011 mumi oiochipm.; ,Ai'd Word of God had prevailed ; Popery had made no progress, and all over the islands of the South Seas its emissaries were de tested. Again he turned to Madagascar, and Very powerfully pointed to the oft-repeated but' always moving and interesting facts of the persecution there; and showed how in the absence of the living missionaries, whom the heathen Queen had banished, and while martyrdoms abounded, still the na tive Church bad, through.the written Word left thelb,grOirn mightily. And just as he was, expressing his earn est desire, and that of. the-London Society, that the Church Missionary Society would set up a Mission at Madagascar, to help on the evangelization of five millions of heathen idolaters, and referring to Dr. Ryan's recent visit to the island and the capital, that excellent and evangelical prelate unexpectedly appeared on the plat forte: Great was the enthusiasm, and when the good' Bishop of Maureaus told whatlaa.had seen and heard; when he re hearsed how the young officers of the king's army, whom 'he saw On his way to the cap. ital„'Ome to him With the eager question, "'Have yorkbrought With yon'the book of Jesus Christ?" and how the people ev erywhere were thirsting for the Scrip turesmany eyes were . wet with tears, of thankful'joY. He also pointed out the dis trict near the coast,_where it was, proposed to begin a Churith Mission, not to interfere in any way with that of the London Society at the capital. He described the conduct of the Jesuit and other _priests, now in Madagascar, as " perfectly infamous," in misrepresenting the designs of the agents of-the Bible Society. tie also plainly in dicated that the . king's life was in some peril from heathen hea conspirators, and asked , for special ,prayer on his behalf Since the , formation of the Bible:Society, sixty-two years ago, the total circulation:has been upwards of ferty-three millions of copies. During thefirst four ;years of its history, the number was only 81,157; last year alone, at home and abroad, it was 2,133,860. Assistance also in past years has been given to other Societies, so that the total Circulation by those" combined agencies, amounts 'to upwards of SEVENTY THREE mrtmoNs of copies, in one hundred and sixty-four !engages, (147 being trans lations never before printed,) and render ing accessiblethe Word of Life to about six hundred millions of the human family. Last year's receipts and expenditures were—Receipts £l5B 750 • Expenditures £150,290. The total expenditure since the establishment of the Society, amounts to -X5,444,780. From China, from Af rica, from the Turkish Empire, from Cent. tral, Northern and Southern Europe, from the islands of the Pacific, New Zealand, Australia,. Madagascar, and the Provinces British North America, come tidings of an ever-increasing supply. Yet the need is still great, and the Society has not done half, the work which Providenee has assigned to it, in connexion with kin dred enterprises in the United States., THE , RAGGED SCHOOL UNION, this year, reperte: Sabbath School attendance in the Metropolis, - . - Day Schools, do., (199 schools,) Week-d 4 scholars, - - - 49,650 But as many of the week-day, scholars at . . tend on the, Lord's day, one-half •of the above r orl about) 25 ; 000r, is the average :at-. Total, - tendance on London • , Ragged Schools. Then as , - -(llAsstria/ classes, there are 2,850 young people being taught and trained in useful sewing and other employ ments. ?dents' Meetings have 3,117 in attendance. •There are 2,700 voluntary teachgrs. Of course there must be paid teachers also—not' hirelings," butlaborerrs worthy of their scanty hire, and far more, in love with their work; full of Christ:like coMpassionifer the poor parish outcast boys add girls, aid aiming directly et their sal vation. The paid teachers are 360, and the paid , monitors 460. The Shoeblack ades of London' have' a full force of 372 lads,• whose, united earnings _list year AiLoun.iid.fo the large suni'of £6,222. . TitV..4,NVoN . :o47l4.tssioN , held its A4phri.o3lll7,l:ll.,'Eliuraday.. .Its agents oe- Amoyoinacied kids :of deep interest all over Itheidetkopolii. .Therorare missionaries for GfitMalis, Italians, Welsh, &e., 4810.0 g . their : respeetiv,e languages; as '.also fors,tlie Orientals. There ,is op e who is knowb as " The Thieves Missionary," who is well known to' the fraternity, and) has acquired -wonderful power over this. class in Whitechapel and -the 'Eastern die- . ttrictia -The •missionaries are 380 in all; have access ever-increasing to the hearts as ,well as the.hcmes of the masses; spent last yeSi t 568,172.h0ure in domiciliary visita tions; paid 2,012,199 visits, of which 256,- 494- werelothe stelr and dying; distributed nearly, 3,000;000 of 'religious tracts; lent 4.6,04 kiooks• 'bola .4023 . in-door meet miga,imil Bible, °lanes, toigetlier with 4,350 unt-duor.services ; • restored 147-backsliders tochnrch-fellowship; inducted 6l9:families *cernmente faid9ly prayer; were" the ovine of reol t iiMitig.,go,7:3. drunkards; in dneeil 366 coUples to..marry ; -rescued 40&-fallen 0ne.15, eatiacid. 208 shups to be alleged on the Lord's day . ; sent 8,726 children' school, and visited . 6;791 'adults Who di ed 2;167 of whomfmere visited by. the missionary on(0. The total receipts for the year were Z 36,761-6. 9., besides £368 fort Disabled Missionaries' - Fund. Without 'the GO Miesion,"*Viithottt' the 190 Bil:ole- Wo4ian; without Sunday, Pay, and i ßagged ..Sobools,; wit bout • the open.-air . preachers.; Without- the. Sabbath and.. its ; tbly•npportunities-L- , wbat a fearful-fiend of 4 viieFedhia l ibilt oveilowthis; ‘ l litithat fandis,stenMei, arrested, sted,dfiinj 4/144,by.•a1l these, and many. a lovely:seena of spiritual -verdure and beauty reveals. ~ i tseilfl.even here,. tnterod• and: his• Angels. • Idiglihll6 The heart yearns for - frienfistip. Cold l itethe . world to hint' who ; 11TK not if' friend. He may' have 'W . S)Ol;'' position, honor; but what are . they'all: to him who feels that he is surrounded, by. 'mercenaries: iloathes the- sycophants 'who Crowd' and , . siOlaud and otoWn him in knoirinethat in 01,;Teversc of. hits raroyanstaneee they world' -We pity the child• of min• rfortgne; who irvpinched , brTioverty, .and efahtains, a' inetgr o#felioe"itleekful .odds WHOLE NO 558 the kind offices of true friendship, is still more to be pitied. Yet it is one's own fault if he has not friends. Cold and selfish as the world is, so long as human nature is what it is, no one needs to be friendless. The reason why one has so many friends, and another so few or none, is easily accounted for. He who would have friends must show himseli friendly. Let any one seal the fountains of his sympathy for others, and it will seal their sympathy for him. Gold is powerless to pro cure friendship. It can be obtained only by friendship. Let one have a generous nature, a kind and loving heart, and he will have friends any where, under any cir cumstances.' He may be penniless, among strangers ; but there will come to his help those who would share with him the last morsel, and for his welfare even peril their lives.—Morning Sear. THE ASSEMBLY OF 1863. THIRD DAY—SATURDAY, May 28. Opened with prayer. A dispitch from the New. School . Assembly, now sitting in Philadelphia, informed the Rouse that that body had unanimously appointed deli- , . gates to this Assembly. The names of several new members•were an nounced. The Committee on Bills and Overtures rePorted in part—A request from the Church at Morris ville, Pennsylvania, to be detached from the Sec ond Presbytery of Philadelphia, and connected with the Presbytery of New Brunswick. The Judicial Committee reported the com plaint of Rev. R. J. Breckinridge and others, against a decision of the Synod of Kentucky, rel ative to the right of suffrage in the choice of a pastor. It was accepted, and made the second. order of the day for this morning. —2d. The Appeal of Mr. Abbott against the Synod, of Missouri. on docket.. —34. The Appeal of John Turbott, which was withdrawn. The Committee on Correspondence recom mended the appointment of Dr. Tustin and Judge Shorewood, as delegates to the New School Gen eral Assembly.. Adppted,,aud the elerli was di- rected to telegraph io the nominees and the Assembly. • The Committee on Church Extension reported. The committee ,regret thasmallness of the amount contributed to this important cause, and recom mend. it to the prayers and increased liberality of the churches. The report was sustained by Dr. J. M. Lowrie, Secretary Coe, and Rev. Mr. Hayes of Baltimore, Rev. F. T. Brown, and others. It was adopted, and is as follows : 1. The committee recommend that the Assem bly approve of the minutes of the Board as kept by the Secretary, and that the report also be ap proved and published as usual. , • 2. We call attention to the facts that more than two-thirds of our churches are still entirely delinquent in contributing to the funds of this Board; that the small amounts given =lessthan ten churches reaching thc sum of $lOO-Lindicat e hat the merits of the cause are too little laid be fore our people; and, that the increased" cost of building makes larger contributions more impor- taut than before. We recommend, theretore, that the:Presbyteries be directed to inquire at heir Fall meetings what churches have taken collections enjoined by the Assembly for July, on behalf of the Board of Church Extension, and to urge .a ruore.general attention hereafter to the wants of this Board 3. The Committee are gratified to learn that the Board of Church Extension, in view of the difficulties of the times, has made special efforts to conduct their work economically, and express the assurance that, if, the churches knew %how carefully their contributions are applied to the purposes of the Board, and how needy are many of the recipiints of their benefactions, this knowledge would result in a great increase of the Board's funds. 4. The Committee would further call attention to the efforts, so remarkably simultaneous—often so liberal and so generally successful—which have lately been made all over the land, for the payment of church debts; would express their gratitude to. God for his special favor upon their efforts ; would recogniie that prayer has had a most special and delightful agency in leading to these results, and would express the hope that other churches, laboring under Buell disadvan tage as a churc debt, may he encouraged to en deavor to throw off the incumbrance. This would certainly tend to the comfort of all these churches, and prepare them to give more efficient aid to others in less favored circumstances than themselves. At what less should the Presbyte elan Church aim than a house of worship for every organized church in the land, and no house iniebted to the community around it for anything else but love? - 23A60 - 17.970 - 8,320 Judicial Case No.• 1, being complaint of Dr. R. J. Breokinridge against the Synod of Kentucky, was taken up. The Moderator read the standing rule. The papers in the ease were read. The Synod of Kentticky had decided that, in voting for a pastor, our Book authorized that only regular 'church members have a right to vote, and that any of those who refuse to contribute their share to the necessary expenses - of the congregation, de prive themselves of that right:for the time. Dr. Breckinridge and others protest and complain: Ds. UMPIII3 Y, one of the complainants, advo cated their cause. He stated' that the subject bad been before the Assembly two yeari ago, and postponed. It nowcomes up as still in or :der, and parties are ready. The Synod has de termined that only communicants in"gond stand ing are legal. voters. The' complainants main tained that Presbyterians, persons baptized' in ;the Church, holding to its' doctrines, moral in character, and belonging to the congregation, paying their. share of expenses, &cl, are proper voters, according to our Standards. Baptized children are members of the Church, and have rights, and those rights continue in manhood. Children of ministers, and elders, anu other Christians, should not be cut off from the privi lege of voting for their, pastor. They have in terests as well as rights. They are, by our , Standards; under the Discipline of the Church. 1 There - is an attempt to jntroduca new customs, under a new doctrine—a doctrine which excludes children from membership. The dedieion of the Synod deprived • many exoellent , PreSbyterians of their rights; females who do not contribute, and men who hold the truth, and who do con- tribute and walk orderly, but do not commune. heads of families have deep' 113G:treat in'.Who shall be the teacher of their childi‘ier,* . imtl-visit in their families. Men and women; notlet ittrO fessors, have souls. to save,'and should have a right to be heard on the . ..queetion of who shall guide them. There is a wide difference between the minister and.the ruling elder—the . one kath es., the other 'but ruler—then let all rate for the pastor, even though communicants only vote for the elder. Unbeliever may possiblfdo harm to a church, by their voted, bat the Presbytery can correct , this if it should occur. The real inter est of congregations is' prOmetedf byJoitririding the right, of suffrage. • Adjohreed!viitli ,cigened.Witlt:ONSter The COMmft4pg.on Ar,stiooal ; Te n ported at artanggeent".for a , meeting ,on be if ofttnitP::ll.olll74lupPo9unissi9n, ou Tim a. 7 The unfinlelieil .liusinesp was reshmed. • . 111.y..41,44,:y e pa5;,4 sy., .from the complainants, ,Wpitgd, to say a word in reference to the alleged danger of.. l t ll 9.7 l Pg. oo !44.ltrties; to titit9trart 41,1149/IPnti in the.. 4 14114. SO ihr. as h*exPvi ttt}ge lad gppe, th.e.xiteo.B htmPLIN.4B I ),Pr.gPod,, tkiv i g 9 p.k.4B4,.ti vm lirtng . memr.tpio the. •ohitrOvw)lthAtifilFFAKl!9uid • 1 4r• Y4,4 3 . 1 140;,Pn, .behali' or 'She , did. riot sYmpathly . .e, w ith . - *any , ...neW.. : theory , of the' ,Church.,. 1 e thought the..SygoiVe action was founded on the provision of our ,Siterdirds. In regard to the membership of pernons. baptized, the Synod , and ; . the oomplainanta,mere, of one mind. The Synod would exclitde from voting, those who were not members—outsiders—men who do not ,hold themselves to. be under " the .discipline,of the Churoh." , They , are they who. ', .do not engage to "render obedienee in the Loped." And • ,e very cYPing 4/110.040,A-o,ol4o.,s.o3•Pmirth fhla CELE PRESBYTERIVI SINNER Publication. Office JAZP,TTP: BUILDINGS, 4 FIFTH 3r., PITI , IIIIIIOII, PA i'HILADF.I.PHIA, SOUTH-WEST COR. OP 7PII AND OffESTNIVI ADVERTISEMENTS. = - - i',:^;ll.4llF`, (8 lines or leas,) one inzertion, 60 cents; each :bteinent ii:bertion, 40 cents; oath line beyond eight, 8 ets A. Square per platter, P. 00; ~ kach line additional, 33 rent► k RED-110110N made to advertisers by the year. EIISINIGSS NOTICES of TEN lines or tem, $l.OO each ad ...ttional line, 10 conic,. REV. DAVID 1711 1 KINNEV, PROPRIETOR &ND PITRLIRRER. of the Church—he neglects a duty enjoined and urged. Mr. NEvius was not present at the decision of the question in Synod, nor did he agree with the Synod. The Book authorises persons who may not be communicants to vote, provided they be otherwise qualified. Mr. REED regarded the wife and daughter of a contributor, as also contributing, and hence entitled to vote, if they arc communicants. Mr. SCUDDER believed with'the majority of the Synod. He regarded the Church as the body of Christ, and to be guided by the spiritual mind. He thought non-communicants excluded by our Church law, and that permitting them 'to vote was, sometimes, very injurious. A half hour was spent in devotional exercises Adjourned. FOURTH DAY—Momper, May 25. .opened With prayer'''. Minutes of Saturday were read and approved. Dr. BEATTY read a telegram from the New School General Assembly, stating that that body had unanimously approved of the correspondence by Delegates. Dr; BEATTY, from the Committee on Bills and overtures, reported, that the Synod of Missouri be held at Liberty. Adopted. The Second Presbyterian church of Nashville was transferred to the Presbytery of Transylva nia (loyal). Overture No. 5, a request from the Western Theological Seminary, that Presbyteries be re quested not to license young men until the com pletion of their course of study. Adopted. The complaint of Rev. Dr. Breckinridge and others, was resumed. Mr: Mo MILL/LW, of Kentucky, spoke on behalf of the Synod. He thought it right to exclude the votes of those who refused to aid in paying church obligations. • • . Dr. HUMPHREY reported Judicial case No. 5, Viz.: Complaint of Mr. Guild against the Synod of New Jersey. Mr. Guild requested the ap pointment of Mr. Sheldon, as his aid in con-. ducting the case. -Appointed. The case was deferred. The complaint of Dr. Breckinridge was re sumed. The parties being satisfied as to their presenting the case, the roll was called to give members of the Assembly an opportunity of ea, presssing their opinion. Dr. DELA.CY thought that the Assembly should ' be enreful not to do anything that would bring our rules , in conflict with Charters of congrega tions. He also thought that men - Presbyterian in sentiment should be allowed a voice to the choice of their pastor. The order of the day, viz.: The Disabled Min isters' Fund, was taken up. Rev. J. H. JUNES, D. D., Secretary, presented• the subject in a written paper. Mr. Itamtis, from the Committee, submitted the following resolutions, which were" adopted, Resolved, That the Assembly have heard with great interest the report of the Trustees of the Fund for Disabled Ministers in need; and the 'destitute widows and orphans of deceased. min isters. Resolved, That they learn with great .satiefac lion of the rapid progress of thiszood- cause, as evinced in the increasing number and amount of the'collections. Resolved,. That in view of the success and fa vorable acceptance of the plans recomniended.by the Assembly of 1849, and sanctioned by several subsequent - Assemblies, this Assembly reaffirm said action, and recommend that annual eollee tiOns be solidited in all the churches fer current expenditures ; and also, that large donatiens and bequests be solicited to form gradually a permanent fund, the interest of which ehall be Pledged in aid of the objects indicated. Resolved, That the report be appended to the minutes of this Assembly, and be printed by ,the Boar) of Publication, a copy of which shall be sent to -each pastor, with a request that it be read to his congregation. Resolved,.That, should the sums contributed by the churches in any year exceed the sum needed to meet the demand upon it, the Trustees be au thorized to invest such surplus as, a part of the permanent fund, in such way as that it shall be safe and productive. Resolved, That the thanks of the Assembly are due and are hereby tendered to those generous friends of the cause by whose liberality a- large proportion of the.expenses of this important agency are.provided for. In sustaining the resolutions, Judge Im,tvlsr said he did not know that a word was needed. in addition to the report of Dr Jones, which- had beea read. Be, however, felt sa deep an interest in ' the cause, that he would say a few. words. This cause had been several years before the churches, and he rejoiced in the increased, favor with which it was received.- The enlarged con tributions were the evidence. The sytem of col lections be highly approved, and, he trusted it would be lurked vigorously. Dr. MelisneAs, of Washington, not let the oocasion pass without a few remarks. The ministers had been negligent in bringing this subject before the people: He ie. a layman,' and he regarded the ministers as too delicatteen this subject. The laymen woubieentribute.with pleasure. The disabled servants of dhrist, and the widows and orphans of ministers, deserved support, and the cause coniteenda i ihielf to the churches. He called upon , the Apsembly,. and .especially upon the laymen, to give it their at tention. Rev. Mr.,Lze quoted the Saviour's remarks— " The poor ye have always with you." There ~being two, hundred applicants for e.id,.shows that there are persons who -need aid, and who are . willing to receive it The aged minister is eft neglected. The fund comes to his, relief. The aged widow pines in want; this fund alleviates her. sorrows. . Rey. Mr. .13mexit preferred the plan of aian eual.collection.tO that-of a permanenL fund. He was, even . oppo,sed to, any thing that would refiiive the churches from this collection. The cause should be brought before the - people. It Was a benefit to know, and to relieve. Rev., G. S. Pi.mitsx thought the laymen and the younger ministers should labor to ad:Vance 'this cause. lie . also was opposed to a permanent fund, which should.be formed by collections. But a permanent fund might be, or should be raised by bequests and special donations. Mr_ T. EL Nests regarded the subject akone which commended itself to the elders of the Church..they should see that the annuttliqol 'action is taken, and strive to have it Money could not be better appropriated. • Mr. Gso. JIINEIN, Jr., knew somethin . cof. the difficulties of the Committee which cond ucted ,this scheme. There were efforts to fifiirlSre with it,. under,the idea of substitutinglotii4ifig better. The plan is good, and should be.prose cuted... The lilinistry should be sustained, while able to labor, and also when disabled. Ther,rain isters were too delicate orr . this sobjct. He hoped the whole of the report .Of j:oces would• be read in every church. wciiilkdo great g00d... He • superintended aHslibe,th School and took up, a collection. Dr. J. M. '10.4 1 f40. was .srtp,osedlo any...kflote lion that the reporkshould be read'. .Thersiofas a.disposition 4414 , 41, on • str.„l,ceme ceses„mil s to represent thepa.es:common. Dr... 4.; Asv,ts ,tivered t t lie; iv)uncfpn It would ! reli ; eve . the, miniat4 otos . frig „ dr,o : icmy • .A4P 3 PHiI4II wikh•PPaYer• • • • „.r. • Arrittitoom 131$81011: Opened viltptOir . f . • • RA. - ii .Tleilyddit,"tif !Ad l ll l 'rtlitiAlqitp- ToSiited 'as a D'etsgaletroin'theetady? ''. ' • Pr' Js 4 'ffii.C. ll .47P f k l ik 1f..91?..ArCq:,,V 6 5 1- 1044 4 ) appoin t ed - by .thP. last .49° m 1.44: Ou t ike Ti'oard ,ofyolloittlifp',. riitioltifid. '•• 7 ' tzt idir The retioilxiiirtismitellinl7llieliitintik4 in 'philad'elpliia,:ao. atten4:44' ' 1,11.;001.1'' 'ed ihein. Thesik4 *hie' liir 4,4iii.%1711.' * - pl , ii Th iwniai r ' '''' 'l. - `.1b47 1, of December, go: *win .6 . 4i0n siedayeT ey investigated' the' OiliAdter 'of thi H :p'filtss e. They Attle,,song in tio,:trinsiesialit T ens e ) :.•044. (it .t.l,Tpitibiied..9h h';'44' 'Wee ,Oi r lipOXe ',Wise lb**. ''*liiii`; ailt !are givioftig. itait.pre, read:., • " " " qt r i ot. 34 ThS.lyntimt of, 0041 Irv,. hiviOtigat-4' it a1. 1 )9u4, 4} OIYg,BIP O . 'Ai tilegniOqrs 00 11144 .sifuit • of; real ft 1414: . :pAit '' k 1)1#414, . it,- inindp,4,4i., hi given:. V' "ni 'e was dp i na- Jed' y,:trierids, arid . 4.l 4 toirsew. o n iti t r, v 4, .th 0 ...eiOint: of 'about sl6o,olXloan be used'.` '' i *: The rejkort; collayfide "the n'itio,olloly. Changes in the way_ of retrenehtnt4t.:arit rito,oni ` Pes4l4.,A—Nr, of Secretary to 'retina - un- Wiegter,, - 6u Mile 442 t h . . - e, ti,"otlie
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