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The lowa Indians as they Now are in 1864.
In a former communication soma account
was given of the lowas as they were in
1887. 'We will now turn for a few mo
ments to their present condition. Could
you nowl 4 travel with me through the lowicl
`settlements you would scarcely believe that
"the foregoing account could be of the, same'
'people. You would see substantial fog
`houses, soul° *awed houses with good •
'shingle roof, glass windows, &o.; horses,
cattle, hogs, poultry; good fields, with rail
fences, stacks of hay and cribs of corn.
Passing the frOtiteS you would axe females
comfortably clad in English oestunie, sew
ing upon garments, or patch work,.and at
tending to all the ordinary duties of house-'
wiiery. You would hear the. axes of the,
men in, the woods, or their voices ; .driving
oxen before good'wagons. L,est,eliii should
seem like exaggeration, I will bere-roake
few brief extracts from the report ,of their
Agent,, J.' A. Burbank, to the. Indian. De
partment,. which may be seen In the: report'
of Commissioner Dole for, the year 1 . 862,
pages na nd 1.4144 says, speaking of
their houses :
" At present there are thirteen completed,
and three in, course of construction, of
whictislit liave been built-by the Govern , .
meet, ten by the Indians, individually,
without aid, °giant Turniishing them nails,
glass, lumber, for doom, tide,' SM. The
buildings die made of heWn logs,:and gen
erally 16x18 feet in dimensions. "There
are forty-three heads of families, and of
this number Sixteen are living It tenses, ,
the remainder in ***emit and. tents. The
custom of Eying' in villages is ' abanddned,
and each one Ms selected "a pitch 'aground
for his own exclusive use. 4 *- Theie
are thirty-four fields and. plitches,-eontain
ing in all two , htindred and 'eighty-nine
acres, , bajug . an increase the' 'past year of
thirteen lields,-containing sixty-four aerne,
a parb of which has been broken up, 'and
all fenced by the Indians: They have
learned to drive- oxen well, are generally •
i t
industrious, and anxious .to livel" e the
'whites. ' * * *' ru the 'S`priii "`the,Y
met together and passed" a laWarnoif Adel
selveej that -no whisk* should* be brolight
upon the 'reserve until the . : fields 'were
fenced, and (wept platted; and a Spirit of
emulation was bullets], - between the bands,
which resulted in , the comparative exol,nl
Edon of liquor and the production o` ''n
large crop of beans, corn, &O. * -* ' The
lowar are 'loyal. Twelve have enlisted i r n
the United states army." ' .
In conelusion the Agent ie Incased rather
incidentallye to add; ' ' ,
. , 4 In general the LOW* of the Agency
are progressing rapidly, much of which is
owing 'to the influence of' the Mission "which
was established upon-the lowa land, Some
twenty years since." '
This indicates, asiliere really is, . a ` great ,
change. Drunkennese" is subeid s ing. In
dustry is common, and popular war parties
and MR danees ard.obsoletb.... Village !life
is abandoned, and aw•individual right and
ownership of property are felt and under
stood ; hence it is, that happiness, increase,
and peace are manifest. -I must here in
troduce a short extract from a letter re
ceived a few days age. IE4 from &lull
,blnod lowa. Her name is Mary Childs.
*r a, la as I
.Mission, and always calls the - VrTiTieTthin,
artiole by the affectionate title of" Fatter."
It is written ins a. very plain, good hand, ,
41.n.d I give the extract just as it reads, with
out any Alteration :
"Dear ,tether :—I will try - and Write a
few lines to you- this evening, to lot yea
know that Iva well, and hope you are all
.welli lam very -sorry that I did not get
to see you when I went away, but I will tale
you before long. Dear Father, I would
like for you, to come up and preach for tin
some time. Somehow we get. so lonesome
on Sundays:; but we try to keep Sabbath
holy as much as we can. We are 'going to
have preaching next Sunday, and after that
I hope you -will come, for the lowa. talk
about you on Sunday. They want toknow
what is the 108000 you have quit coining to
preach for them. L told, them you felt so ,
bad about the death of your 8011.• * * *
'Lizzie and I are going tatty and teaok the
- children. We wrote to Mr. Burbank (the
Agent,) and he said he would try us three
menthe, and if we would do better than the
teacher they had before, we might have the
eohool a year.
a Give my best love to mother, and all.
"Yours, , MANY CIIILIia,"
The school ill° refers. to is a common day
school for Indian children, taught in their
neighborhood under Ole direction of Gov
ernment Agent. Mary °Mick is,oompe
tent to the work, and will be more; opttlar .
among the `ln dians than any white teacher
they could obtain. She is apieue girl, and
a consistent member of the Church. It:
may be interesting to know that she, is a
daughter of one of the lowa braires who
Was in the , war council touching the lives
of the missionaries, referred to in a former
part of this, paper.
Nor have we been altogether wanting in
the manifest tokens of the presence and
power *of- God's, Spirit in the conversien,
and as we may well hope, the sanctileation
of the souls of some of this people. '
have had most satisfactory evidences of the'
work of legeberation, and a life of faith.
One Indian girl, after uniting with the
church, and living for -several years
eistentlife, was at about eighteen yeare of
called to the world of spirits. She loved the
Bible more than all other books ; indeed,
though she could read well, rejected all
others unless she could soon .find in them
something about-God eviler Saviour. She
had , alweillrounded hope in the Saviour
whose eorntbk elle patiently waited. When
told thardeathwits very near, she exclaimed
a 0, then, I= shall see Moses and the Lamb,"
and soon patted away. Another who was
calla& to her littal'aecount at about the Sterne
age, was the most"consistent Christian I
have ever known.. Diring five years of the
moat, intimate sequaintente our own
fatally, often undergoing severe bodily suf
fering, I oat truly say that she was in her
bumble ;sphere emphatically a "burning ,
and 014144 light." Notit That ormeteor;
but a steady, constant light. And 'she "hoz
lug dead - Yet speaketh." A little narrative
of her life, and especially of her peaceful '
death, was printed a year or. two ago in
the Foreign Missionary, a copy 'of which
was sent by her Sabbath School teacher to
(4asgow in Scotland. It was printed there
, tract form, and scattered among the
thousand Sabbath Schools of that country.
An extract or two from the ,SectelOprint
matafitikkiiiiteet4 ll o 4 l 44 " 474llBll mh:
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about .er earthly things, she • : am
done with the world; lam ready to go • I
want to drink of the water of life;
0, I
want a large draught that I thirst not
agaitt." When a little nearer the brink
gho,paid to one supporting her: "Is not
the Visage band playing this evening ?"
On bentig told it was not, she said : heir
deligh OR music,; listen, I think you can
hear IL could I raise my handS I would
clap them tatether for the beautiful pros
pect bads'. 013 N. Jesus ` is coming — they are
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coming—raise me up "—and thus shirk
parted.
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This paper is, now long enough, and I
will 'close 'With two or three brief reflect . ..
don's.
Ist: Agent Burbank is correct in saying
that muali- of the improvement in thiepeo
pie 'dite'to the 'influence of the Mishion.
In efetSr• inStance, those in . the lead in these
lutpreveinents hive Ista . moit to do with.
The Mission. It, seems much dairetv for,
them to fall into 'the ways of the whites,
and their moral charaater is incomparably
better',' than the uninstructed Class. ThOr
understand and eapPreelitte Bible inatine
don, and yield to - moral suasion, while ,the
wild and untaught are imionialite. T e l
difference ein,be fully appreciated only'hy.
these who have lime knowledge of their
language and Manner of thinking.
2d - ..As a general thing I. think mission
ariee and 'the Church expect too much` at
once=-toossudden and' decided a' change in
the character .of a' heathen people. It ne
cessarily requires' a' long time to change the
character of a tuition or people, espeeitilly
the manner of 'thinking and the' Ojeda! of
thought. The Anglo Saxon. race have'heen
many eenturiertislurto Its present posi
,tion, and why shottid we expect the Abo
rigines-tdbuttun its in/heti:ace .of improve
went7, At, times it, becomes , truly disponi...
aging; but. the prisent esillts., in the bilge. :
ry of the ,lo was, Ott*. beautifullythe wis
dom of patient perseveranen,in.woll i doing.
3d.. ,The, amount ofigned, done, to this
poor people, . its infancy, and but little
of the fruit can yet be seen.... It will, we
may tope,. increase in a. genmetrieal , tatio,
The crisis i t s, past, the !mile has turned, life
fit& been t spend, and, animpulpe, given t to.
t:h4
,peiietql life / .which, situ*: 9.04.,iin
mar hope soon .4evelop to the
honor,ofiOod and the gratification of the
friends of humanity. ,
4th. Tlie iihuroh; the Bnaxd, and the
missionaries,,may, be' glad..and thankful, fiir
what Ova has wrought. They, mar
thankful for the -privilege, of
. putting forth
so many, efforts, and for grace which his
enabled,therm, to,iontinne so long,at work.
Many were the„deik, days and years : which ;
tiied. the OhurCh, and the people ; of, the
Mission ) and many, times, did „they, feel
giving up„the ease - ark. hopele ss " W eOP--
bag may endure fox nuight, but j oar cometh
in the morning,",,,.Muphy, very much,. has,
been spent npoit,bis.Mission, and now at
length Clod seems to „have :aoceptgi the 0f...
,faring, and has Alone:",great things for Us,
whereof we areigladell
or the Presbyterian Banner.
The 'Preebytext of Tionisylite and the priier_
• abrdind, from :Vie, War Department by
our Bo ard of DOmeste Missions.
,MESSES. EDITORS your eolumn; of
ic.News of the Churches and ,Ministers," I
fthda aeries of reffolutions _moved-11;nel'.
S. R. Wilson,,D.D., in, : the Presbyterricit
Loulsyille r and passed by. that body? cen
t:ming the Board,uf Dcmcotie missions for
the order recently obtained from the War.
Department in reference• to our-niissionary,
operations in the territory, in the Southern
States . reelaimed,lrom the grasp or the,re- ,
hellion. Will you permit a few lines in
the Banner, from one who, feels a lively in
terest,ln . the subject, lest any should. be
mistailts, to the , eharacter of this action of
As.ls
inihe 'little band ivh° opposed these res
°lotions/IWe. reeetrtize brethren' beloved,
whoseonAjoes , are a . sylionyme for Jciyalty,
moderaeltln,.andgentleinanly healing whet
eier'they are known: And"- we are every
certain that if there 'hence° - full Meet
ing ' of- that largit 'Ttesbytery (which sends
a double delegation to--the 'General Assemi
hly) instead of ,about a dozen ministers;
and a half, a *Zen -olders, , :tie Wks actually
the ease the resolutions could never have
been pa s shd . And we are happy to know
that Dr. W. L'Breckinridge, who is 'one of
the doMmissioners elect 'to the Assemhly
to meet at Newark, is opposed to the action
of the Presbytery, and the unsound prin
ciple u pon which it is founded:
Bat what can 'we say of the advocates of
the measure, who thus accidentally ,ecinsii
, tilted a majority ':of Preebytery ? Among
them all we recogniie only one= who'` has
,
any claim' to be' regarded as in any respee
table degree loyal to the Government un
der which they have enjoyed ao inanities
sings. 'ln one we recognize a quondam
editor of the so culled ` True Presbeeriein,
ga' in' another;
,the piesebt j iireprietor ,of
thardbeitili'inielihateceiheet. Among the
eldore we see the names of at least three
notorieulf secesaidniots,"and one efthem
we mistake not) an unworthy eobjeot of
Queen Victoria. 4 lehabod" may be writ: ,
- ten upon the 'preshyteriair Church - the day
such iben begin to be recognized as the
-'conservators of her pirity and integrity :
for no one who knows' them; doubts ;that
their hearts'are with that almost - imaginary
body, we hear of; called 44 The General,AsT
senibly of the Confederate States of Amer
ica." 'We' have also a word to say as to ,
11. THE RESOLUTIONS THEMSELVES.
The protest ;is urged not against' : r the
present order alone or' against any thing
specific it contains, but against all and
order, haviag.the same-general end in,
view. Their 'indignation: is' not kindled,
because the order contains objectionable
features, but because there is any order at
all. Now what plan will these savans give
us, by which •our . missionaries can ' operate
without annoyance from from= the military, with- , ;
out something of 'this kind?' 'Doe's any
sane man suppose that the oomnianders of
our armies 'could allow ministers or others, 1
to occupy _.positions when it would be so
easy to convey contraband informatien to
the enemy, without some adequate vouch
er as to their loyalty? Certainly it would
be .neither wise 'nor safe to conker such
privilege upon the men composing , that ma
jority : -The truth is, that these men are ;
opposed to - our loyal missionaries going
there at all. They want the whole field
left.to their darling 4i . ieeesh" Assembly.
It is true also r that these-men belong, for
the most part ; to a oleos—unfortunately too
numerous,---whe,belic.ive,that 4 the Constito
deed' the , United States* its simply
,a,pys-,
tefti'of fetters invented tO.OliitekletheTrnit
it 'd 111
tlOll, an ;himeve r, .ha nd an ,an.,
Toot, to' the tender mercies of Jeff. lberis'
Sc Co." And is it wonderful that' they
would also aver that "True PresbyteVittn
ism" ie only a machine to help ferwarit
their iniquity, and to effectually gag the
Lord's people to the end that they may ut
ter no voice against the stupendous iniquity.
V i et this is about all that is peculiar to
themselves in their,boasted theory of the
Church. Allow me a word' how in, regard
Jx.'”l
',SENT.
No one knows better than tho Editors of
the Banner, that I do not approve indis
criminately all the acts and measures of our
Government. You, also, know that I pro
test, not only in the name of God and his
Church, but in the name of common hon
esty against some of the orders otitained by
so me of the denominations in our land.
And if I acknowledge that the order in
question is not gtiardod in all its points;
and that it is liable to misconstruction and
abuse; this is only, to say that it emanated,
from human minds mid human hands, and
that-those who have to do.with it are fallen_
creatures;, the best of them only partially
sanctified
,•by the grace of God. But I
cannot nee that the order is liable to.the
serious objection urged against it: and not
only against it but Against every such or,
der. To be .sure it contaiiie •an indorse
. ,
merit of our Board and the .commissions
veined by it. Bit what of that ? The.
Board does. not wish to commission traitors,
and' the order simply puts our missionariesearrying . cur commisruonA t on the samewith . the delegates of the o.,ctirietian
Commissien. Their commission from the.
Board, is their, pass, which saves them
,from
all unnecessary interference on the part of
our military, officials.'
The order clothes thein with no power,',
aonfers-on them"no favor, and .iiripesesnp-'
on them no restraints which are inConsist ,
(mt. with the
. principles of, our -Church.
The military being," the powers that be,"
for the time is ordered to,protect -their per
sons, and their rights -as 'Christian loyal'
citizens. They are also' permitted to mu
-11 Churchproperty by the consent of; the
.
loyal owners, arid are to be protected ixits
use.' And it restrains them from nothing
earthly,, but ' treasbn and rebellion. This
is all; and all this the civil authorities'
have always beeneapeptecl to do in ; time, of
peace. It is to be earnestly, lioped that the
Assembly and the Churchwili fully anstain .
the Board- against this, wanton, attaelc.
A PRESBYTIBRI.A.N.:
till ismie is peat. future lictur . •
' ' 146 t ye t'beetle to 11 . 9:
.The " iirelaezitl.: The 'idere line that partti-
Timel from Eternity. , , .
Exhaustless- iftoreo of good: and ill
bi 'OW Tutuila' ;
Itht ours-the 'cholas: which part to Seize, t
Ati , they come flostinrby. * ;
.And llMe's the record of -the ohoioe
To fill with joy,or ehame
The aohl,-wien Jesuit' word'ehall come
THe Judgment to proclaim: ' •
-•; ' -
Christianity -occupies tolargo and 'oon
spieuous, place in • human history.: Ito
great office, has been to propose and Astab4
Ash peace,. ',.lt Fhas.reconciledAitillionsc of
men to God..
~.Its legitimate infliience lista
,harmed no maxi...-. Yet, a , bitier. and -per=
sistent hostili 'ty agid,not.it has, imparted.: to
ita history a polemic! aspect, and hue obliged
the heralds of peace to gird ;on the armor
of. war, ;Learning,. pedantry,: and blank
rignonaupe ;have. been: J ilin Assailants. Sci.•
.enact, sophistry, libellous- invectives and
ooarse j9kes ; havei with, a common purpose
of destructionybeen hurled at. the= pure and
-peaceful religibn,of . the Bible. The coin
won aim luus , been to- overthroW Christian-
EMI
The continuance of the,:contest, it will
be notioed,.is no proof of,the .weakness' of
its defences, but rather of their -strength ;'
iherepetition of assaults on-our faith, does
not show that previous ais' ailints have not
been triumphantly repulsed,,butrather the
....** mei- - - ..
,vietory.; 'as financial disasters do not deter
a new race of speculators from , plunging
into • hazardonik enterpises. • But 1 Chrietiah- 1
ity standwas 'finnan& safe after., Renany as
it did before Calms; ..-- ~ -., --,--
I know of: no better illustration „of-the
infidetwarfare. against Christianity, thumb;
presented by.the pretient rebellion against
the.::.Government -rr. begun' without <just
cause.; under. the abused 4iame; of Liberty,
aiming at debasement' and;` bondage; pros
,eouted with a bitterness of passion that' has
no counterpart iirthe minds of their oppo
,nents; continuing the nsagessof honorable
contest; persistent, after the,textinetion of
hope; and in despair of victory, seeking
gratification in revenge. ;,'have
The 'effortiof infidelity, been `mainly
aggressive. It ,professetr , nothing. It. de
nies. It .has no intereits to protect; no
comumnioations,to maintain ; no capital to I
defend. Possessing nothing", it has nolfear
of lois.* Its choien office is to:attempt the
destruction of that wealth of happiness , and
hope, which wiser people have •treasured I
up.• Thd,pretending scholar; the groveling
sensualiat,:the grinning' merry ; andrew have 1
joined,in efforts of. Herculean magnitude i
and Protean diversity, to- demolish our
temple and to-'overthrow our altar;- but
none of the motley company of iconoclasts
has.phiend one-stone upon 'another „foe the
construction of any rid* system of religion.
At least,_ there. 4besp, proposed. no sub- i
stitute for Christianity, but what has been
reade'up, as to all itsjational„and reliable 1 1
materials, of thiti.riligion Which they pro
pose to supplant. - This, if my memory
serves mefaithfully, was the, case with
Lord `Herbert's Five Articles 'of Natural 1
Religion,. But, like fregments of a statue,
or the debris of a demolished house, they
,
present no form of hiauty, nor, an
any safe d
'convenient sbelter. ' , , ,
IVe are diked to tois'iway our Bible, to
Withdraw our
,confidence from our Divine
'Saviour, to resign our highest and purest
enjoyments, and' to commit our !anis' in
terests to chance; in a
W oid, to give up all
'that our reason approves and our affections
enjoy, in religion; at the suggestion of
those who, claiming no experience of, thii,
le
have nothing else to offer,,al compensation 1
`ler our loss. But., cannot afford to give
what, our minds ap'
t rove'ruid our hearts en-.',
joy, for a denial,' a nothing: It Must be a
very poor religion, that is not better than
none.
I bouid he isposea
t.
o Aanas a, t -
ill
e,
e
-1
fore making, so, ruinous a bargain. : I would
say, to these traffickers in opinione, if you
expect us to give ,up our religion, you
shoild offer in .exchange another, as good
or better. If ours is, the ;invention Of ,
weakness, it were easY,for. You to expel it,
since you claim superior ability and dis
cernment. If we are the weak, the eredu
lous,„the superstitious, as you affirm, your
acuteness could notlesire ,more ka,o4 $4l
- '' '" ' '' 'a tiand
jelts,to operatiymw ,yop:riu,, in dustry zeal
you'llivo placid beyond Challeago. , ,Wii.y,
Wen; ai ? „you come empty-handed,_ asking
us to give up our feassts of great price,?
Why 'do, you ask s us' to exchange bread
for a . stone, or rather, au egg for a scot:-
pion? ~Away ! You are cheats ! You are
false rogues I. - Or, if they affect, as they
often do, the champion, I would parley be
fore surrendering the ortress of our faith.
Where are, the fields of your conquest?
:T9 4 . 7 affigirlok 4 1 P 11 W,4,,,ant iL!•_ogges
t...../. AAP.... .' ll4 l' 1118.0eiL.InjZAOIRif
PITTSBURGH, WEDNESD
Time:
Ifor tiro Piesbytefitin Vairher.
Infidalli a,rketativisni.
!.. ...
aro robbers, as well as cheats. -
There is ono style of impugning our holy
religion, which is deserving of special no
tice. While keen-eyed to detect and free
spoken to expose the delinquencies of pro
fessing Christians, ,there is scarcely any
designation given to the virtue and devotion
of Christians, by a large number of com
mon, every-day infidels, but hypocrisy. If
we do . not live according to oar profession,
ibis inconsistency; if we do, 'it is
rise. In the one case, the censure
the action ; in' the other, on the mr
both it is laid on the persons,
tended for the religion which they
But in reality, it is an. indirect,.'
tional, and therefore more valuably
to'., the 'excellence of that ,relf
much as the bad living is coil._
it, and tli4 gpc4 living, even w
,aritical, is adjusted to its requirak.
Another practical: evidenee of,
prior value of Christianity ; is pm
the. not
,to be disputed, that
do .turn their backs upon their ow ,
sion - and-embrace infi,delity f they
improvid, by:;the change, ,hut
come less upright and less happy;
those who. are converted from infi,
true their
are manifestly improiSd. Arid;
is-some additional to
titeiiiapeoCcof
Of* Ohriptiarc
oir
Let not, therefore, - the boast.
infidelity intimidate or overbear ti
'Sul faith of 'any orie; Its 'aehi(
have Uniii44talled its pietensioni:
11 •
tiOthing to 'g
ive in exchange for our
our imukortrilitir Una - our God. - IT
lottinent'.-Of `its false ‘,prin,oiilus
iidvantagrebtfis the iniiitane ofthem
DarkiWold;-anfnufrodttAive of gi
ozone Where' it flbiiriihen white
r`tlin*.giiniar - sun 'Of "GoSpel - truth',
'rtivelyj'lniiii,
good reptirt.: i Infidelity, hOwever
its foinchciVievir 'Oetentiouslts 4
but a deit6OtiVe'protutginditim.
cunning /and industry of lie' activ ,
rank them with the Eastern Thr
life-bpsinolOputst tp6f roll and
unwary traveler who comes _with*
•
Lett verypirit3tian meet their soJ
tuns word's of Peter :
biased I Siiioiir; 'shall we go ?- Thi
the words of, aternal life • atid
and' are _sure that thou art the :Chrial
"Sen'of theliving God."
'II3ROPEir
PREPARED P01170:10:431140BRLAN BAN
TEAT CERTAIN', PARTIES s in , high'
Mon in England to the if
the continuance of the Rebel Confect
Confect
and to a
_complete, sundering of .the::'
States - v ia evident_ to all , intelligent a
On the 6th of last 4461,, a ,Societo
oitanized in the e r ittorMinef
the 'a B,olAhoiT
a ire itign avowed o b ject j a ,...ch,
`ebitragerraent and ' supPort - 'of the
'by inflneneing the'
r 4 ••,
meta, to omit its claims ara.an anttepe
, ,
Government. - Among the - effacers - al
few•df the. oldest -and - proudest of
land'i nobility. This is allikpen reeve,
course directly nufriendly to. the Mat
existing between' Englaradiand the Pi
,States. And it • is a procc&re
former.mould not like to iffiness in tl
ter against herself. Already-English
-nale.have abounded in complaints, hei
of the forination 43f the "Fenian' Br
:among . the Arista poPulatioa
the United States. ' But we do not bel
that it has been ever ohm 'd that -the
ti Americana hal
Ten one -.
turing ~ _ vitt-
The object of the " Fenian: B:
is,, the aeliverance, .of Ireland from alle
'glance to the British' Crown. And what
Woad - England My' if , our, leadiig A mer-
chants and statesmen should unite in aiding
this ,Society to,l . a:445:4013h its designs
against, the British Government ?
, .
I, TrIE , tRECEPTION ;of Garibaldi:-by the
English „people was Ai great' ovation But
suddenly, and, without- any. -4openly declared
cause, he left the , shores of , England. The
reasonfor this is:generally supposed to the
that-the Government had reserved an inti
mation from the Emperor of France, that
such manifestations. - of ,popnlar. sympathy
with one , whom , the. Emperor both hated
and ;.feared,. were , Aiistasteful to ' him'; = and
that on thin secount; Garibaldi-WM quietly i
informed ,ef , the - proprietynf - leaving. ; If
this suspicion - ;betrue, and it seeing AO be
generally credited, it plaiiea,the British au
thorities ins most'humilitting position.
"
DR. Buit-utien leaiiug , lndia, - ,deliv re
en ;addieSlEP et ; surpassing, vigor and,'point.. ,
He cell Arianalwith the following eloquent
arid lot:Mai observatioM, ishinh 'Wi l ey ,lie ,
loOked `uponad'his :parting farewell to 1
India
"Let the,supreine Government ,iii' these ,
realms preen faiilifill to tlieirGcki of provi
dence, by dealing out perfeet rightemisnese
and' irdgMent to the muititiides, over whora '
it his, inn way'sit) rearyilldus and #ivii•
&dented; been constituted the:protester
and 'the ' guardianand God oclirori; ;
denee'ivillisinile'pronitfoitelY onifEf efforts, ,
and render its administration a source and
surety of a boundineprosperity to itself—a
guarantee of reviving hop - to - the millions
of tbe-presento-beneration— a fount of re-
versionary-blisitolutnle:niyriads, who, as
they rise up in long succession, may joy- 1,
ously, hail the ,continued waevirivoriAhe
British sceptre m the surest pledge.,ef, i,;40 i
ocqxtirißed:c!njoymint,of theirdemestrighto
and , noblest ,prwileges. And, whin,: #.4.
time, comes, as' come ,it must, for:Akre:it .
Britain to lay down the most ,Totent soop:
tre ever wielded over these Indian.reelnis,
my prayer, as heretefere.; expressed, has
ever been,..that she may, be enabled to take . ;
up the an .e, not of boastfulness, hut -
of gratitude,-,to the 040 :providence, for
the , sueonsgul 'discharge of her delegated ,
trust, and Say `:Found India one widhana
universal scene, of anarehy.and ,misrule -,--I
left it one, peaceful „nntil oonsothWist 01z 1 4. - : -
Fire 5 . rtliUndoB.Pe9Ple-VGIO4 down by
the, most:frightful oppression, its industry
PerarYse'll and' Peru% and property °A,
pose& to ,tbe „assaults of lawless , yiolence
and the 'ilirgut!-OFi4: 6 3oEY .Plifion.,P lun-,
derer—l left ita,,„people texemptLfrem the
multitudinous exactions of covetousness
and wrong, its i n du s try revivea and -sang- ;
merited in preduciivenesii l a hunarea-fofch 1.
person, and' F O ll O 4l. Ware' , APO- #letvilli: ;
provent,ent $4 paivicirtal„,4omestig„autt , igt
oudaOre t 1.*4,0 8 lglifeSin ;4nlirl*xot i ol; 1
ot, - erig t le, les 5 ,r, PuP;4. 'lo.,itti lying i
prostrate beneath. the yoke of blinding, ig, ,
norance opitfmofying Buperstition—r,lleft
her joyfully, recovered from, the double
yoke, revivified by the kindling beams of
fairest science, and the revelations of
Heaven's own illumining truth; ,I. found
India the chosen habitation of the most
horrid cruelties that ever pollute& the
earth, or disgraced the , family of man —I
`m.•a ! :411 A0.1 ,33 1PA 5ver,440411: and.
t 2- .6.l.,iwtaiddentuteti kenev,ni
't trl ese
On these High Hetti-enshaU rhea
First by thy guardian voice to India led, .„
Shall Truth divine her tearless victoriesspread:
Wide and more wide the heaven -born light shall
stream,
New realms from thee shall catch the blissful
theme ;
Unwonted warmth the softened sairage feel,
Strange chiefs admire and turbered warriors
kneel,
MAY 18, . 1864.
The prostrate Batt ?Omit her jewelled pride,
And swarthy kings adore the Crucified.
7 Yels, it, Shall cothe V-P.i'n now my eyes behold
filscpt ,VieWEAP.Wish'irt-for age unfold
Lo, o'er, Llle shadowy days that roll between,
A- wandering Op: foretells th' ascending scene'!
Qki,doomedidomis from thy wounds to rise,
DOectef , thy : downcast:Ales,.
Arid mark' the hour, whose faithful steps for
Through. 'time's r,prosed ,ranks, bring on, the
• Jubilee!'
, , _ .. .
- ,-,"'Thatiliiiklit ilia gloriOns era for India
"and the World' 1 have long 'seen in the
vision of faith. .'lie vividly realized hope
of-it..bas_oftmsestained.me amid toils and ,
-anffer4tga calumny , ancl- , seproach ilisip
,polutlret and reverse. - And the assured
'pre - Spc(4 of its ultimaiii realization helps
nil* to.shodt iiiiin'egleini•cif ligh't' ithwart
.th,o . ..dailtneasiof- mptiorizon, and; ad far, to
thotithe Amin' edge. , ,,-nf :grief - and . sadness,
10).eN - 4,4 4 ,t - 14 , 44.-A-n5ll , adieu to : these,
long -loved Indian isliorea. Some of you
may live to Witiiiii3ll lAA merely the blissful
dawf64 . but ItexiiiiridiWeffidgence ; to _me
thatlprivilegnit, 1 itiwtheimithaiifett ' 'My
*AA Wlll%o 4 trkit. --tearTalmi.,y,ellopr,
l ~V.t Oaf f r ae #41:A... - , t kat'intddittg. his,
long iie-eitifil, lasted - if
,;
_the sap and'
. vigtif"TifSifitiiiioWiiittirtiting fulness
have well-nigh gond—leaving me dry and
hrittle,like a, withered herb or flower- at
the„-ql4oF,of , A u tum n; the boar-Trost off
old , age age prematurely old-- gm,_ win
try 0141 age, is flat Ottling down upon Me:
lint whalikti.„ - iiiiter-thO'ordinatiPn' of the
,
Higli,andHoly One who inhabits eternity,.
my diya.A4wor many, -whether my old. ,
Age b.' - 0' 'V'' .. .: . deifeptitudb iiiref - Pritrileged_
useful*aiimy ,liest; and: latest _thoughts
"will bit , t,Ailltifjnikia. Wherever I-wander,
Ailkereveil iliF-ithereier, I,l'abor, viler-{
'aieilreEtt, , heart `will s till in 1n4114.41
fA rt
So 10141012 am hi this tabelcnaele of 'clay, ,
I shall, ever oeatiec if permitted ibyi a'gra
'l
.
~ . ,
010 . 1 111XTPX1W-cei to havrifer -.the :geed 30f
, India;, an d
7 , pi
:y latest breatk„Nill be, spent - 1
1 in Itiiplortni bleAnitigs on
,redia and its
people : , - And' when at lestiliis frail - Mortal
body,.is cenOithe'dlo„likteiliint tambr 7 .-while
I lyiartiliiiv9iat' the only befitling epi-2
'tlifiCf6r:inyllOmbeionii Would' be; i'lleri .,
lies Alexander Duff' by nettere and:praetoe
it ! i@htifel,.guilty,oreattireiabut saved by grace,
through.faith in:the , blood and righteous
ness dials latorenid :Saviour Jesus Ohristi
7vere.it tz : ethers thenght b desirnbl ' e
that
anyaddition should be m ad - t thi
,se
-
tense; w3iil4 l •AbViii it my Highest
-ly honor ; 'shotld IP'be - dedned 'Worthy ef
appropriating the graidlrgerierone , Woids
already suggested by t4he-exuberant kind!
as pf , onertof l mi videstagtiveyfritn . ds,..
in - 6016 'buck hfrtrk itECibllo,ivi,:‘ 131,- pro ;
fission erilitsihrairfitbi 1114ife. and labors,
the true and,,ponitant,,,friend of India.'
mys,Wi'ilittihtic . iiainee is overcome ;
the: gush of, feeling 'is - beyond control;
Amid tears of sadness I must new bid you
all a , solemn. farewell '! ' ,N...
1111
; ZLed..l l W,ChritiL
I l ea& jtinfily -Light, Amid ,th,e,`l ()wilding ifloorn,
Lead .0 111
o nre on ;,.
The nightie . dark, 'and Mu farkrOinlffilmei
Lead then meson v- "
thou my feet;.do not,ask to see,
Thedistant scene; one step's enough for me.
Saullne 11 4 111111 1 1;111. . h . t w
d that. 4. 1 9 u
hus; Ictr Fne •
4040,7
I ; was not
Will lead me on
O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till
The night is gone, •
And rithrtbe morn those angel faces smile
;Which - I hive loved long since, and lmit awhile !
Joan HENBX NEWMAN.
For the Presbyterian Banner.
Extraordinary'Meeting.
.
. .
M - F.sarts. Eorr ritts :—At the suggestion
'and request of the united oongregations of
Toms Oreeleand Piney.Creek, (Maryland,)
a ineeting,was appointed to be held on the
29th day . of April last, to observe and to
celebrate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the
=settlement - of 'the Rev. Robert B. :Grier
over -Itheni-as , their: pastor, He'preached
to them a very-appropriate discourse from
, ~ . . , , . the anniversary
2. Car. v - 20 • after which the anniversary
Serm'on' was preached from - 2. Cor. ii : 15,
- 16. ' Theireeson Avila the more interesting,
by:reatioriot the presence of both the sons
of,thei Rev. ' Robert S. Grier, Viz.: , Rev.
Smith F. Grier,,ef Nen , Cumberland, Vir
ginia,i,od, the Eev,LavertY,Grier, of Evt,
SPririgfield,"Ohici. 'When the anniversary.,
eirefoiseii*bre conelrided, the congregations;;
' , held , a. united , meeting, to express . their,
feelings ripen an occasion: of so „much in- 1
tprest. Aphert,Annan, Esq., was to;
the Chair, and gr. CochianAnnan was ap-,1
'Pointed eeretary l and the folipiing pre- '
rubble and resolutions were heartily' and
unanimously adopted, viz.:
WHEV,,a,,,It hospleased Alinighty God I
to spire, us - orii. 'beloved pastor, the Itev.,l
leoberi'S.Vrier, who heti ministered tothe '
'ehargetcOmporsed of Tanis Greek' and Piney
„Creek ,ehufohes for a period. of fifty ,years, ,
,weSeel it to be our duty, as well as sincere
`of
give.exPimssior to our feelings
`of &Mafia to God in appointing over us
riiiiasolorelrertialifiel to fill the ''exalted and
-holy , Office , oft 'a minister' of the Gospeb'and
our appreciation„and ,satisfaction, with, the
able, . impartial, and faithful manner in
which' in hasVerfOrmedAe dirties pertain
ingt,h: hiS ; (4O; therefore,
, Resolved, I. 'That' this charge would
'freely anti their id
ilebiedness to'tlieir pastor; who, has labored(
for half a century , in expounding to' them,
-in his'eleari,plain-, and fearless. and forcible'
*tanner, the truths contained in the' Word
of 'God
Resolved, 2. , That 'our , confidence in the,
purity of the intentions , of onr-pastor, after
an association so extended, has i beeri. con-,
ria
. firlila increased, and our Ittiii . to' him'
*OW etionger rind deeper as eird - in-
Ain:jeep deireltiPithetlioneitY and modesty of
the man and the noble qualities of his
ohmmeter. • , .
610/ved, - 3. That the .present relitien
existing between theßev. Robert S. Grier'
arid the people of this charge is • highlY
agreeable and satisfactory, andtha.t.ii change
a
of, that,„;r,elation yoitild #ll.our„hearte with'
_Si4riesratikeli:beltiAirig, air Vre 46,,, Orli !
~.,10:01 0 %,/9444,0f lii?-41,, , d ~!.- i4= 1
, i , Psoze t ic' 4 41,0' it is
. 4 5..wr 0, 11 4 - • . t.i?, - :fii
1
l eourgig4i-ir pfiool, le, . 1 ./k,,krOteririiimairintrof'
feeling and action, a 'More' active and de-
Voted piety, a larger Christian development,
and au earnestne,ss in the cause of Christ,
making for our eternal good
it was peeiliarly impressive and delight
fUl *to see the children and children's chil
dren of those who fifty years ago had called
him to the pastoral office, on almost all of
whomhellutd,p, grog =the .haptimpal water,
' 4 4s l leii ilf) . 1 0e 21 1 4-Artd - rtra -,
.1.--,..1.... --,... •.'.. t.......i
with all the tendernega
and looking lap to him as a Father, and de
siring, with so much earnestn ess, that
an he
might be spared to them, r d
comfort them in their way to heaven. And
not satisfied with having expressed, by
their flattering resolutions, their high ap
' preciation of his rainisteriEd services eo
long continued, they did. not fail to come,
==l
WHOLE NO. 607.
with their gifts and offerings in testimony
of their kindeit affection: ‘lrt addition to
other, substantial tokens of, their regard,
they presented to him a purse of between
'four. and five hundred dollara. And thus
passed away one of, the Most" pleasant con
gregational meetings it has ever been our
privilege, to witness.
For the Presbyterian Banner. '
A Word to the Prayerful.
Tntbe truly pions of every name, I de
sire to say, a few words. , No time has ever
occurred history of this nation—no
'oriel& has* come =up in the prOgress of the
present waft when lelieVing:praYer is . so
much, needed as, at. the present moment.
We are certainly, in ; the of the
most ,astouuding ,and Important transao
tions,--transactions that. involve the lives
of thensands of men, the , comfort - Of thou
-serids.-ef families ' and the results of which
may affect the well-beingbf thianation for
tiAatitYlit9PS
mar broughe us in , progress ,to a
point'at which the MOit weighty bloWs are
being stinek,'and battiest 'the 'Most bloody
and hotly contested:are being fought. Mighty
hosts on. both sides are engaged tin the
terrible eppflict. Every breeze , from the
Eat MO bear on its wings the sound,, of
the roar' of battle and the groans Of the
Aging. 'ln this solemn and aWful'sPieta-,
_o4e; - thsyman of:the world- sees , only army
gonfrontingarmyl nunzberalarrated , agairist
numbers; cannon for cannon;,mnsket for
inuSitet ; fbrinin .geketalst,liP, pittld:
generalship ; fOrne against Erne
ihndc Calculates' the , chances of victory on
rthiii side or.that, - faceerdingto the prepon
derance of force here or „there. ,But the
Christian _.recogriims another element in
the contest more mighty, more, controlling
than all these." That is, Tie' Presenoo. and
agency of -God:-' It is thbhirepOnderating
power'that•cian secure infallible victory to
,the side *doh he espouses. ~Ifere then is
the _,time } and place for offering
,to_.
etre4nel, fervekt prayer..
It is not flow an 'undecided question
whether Gel 'lreare and - answers 'prayer..
,Thatiproblem has been -solved long singe.,
,Every,, succeSsive -age,,,,,for thousands ofi
riare, has been adding„ to the proof that ,
God' aiisieri3 prayer. Elijah found' it so on
'the mountain; 'when lie prayed for rain
Daniel. found it so when he prayed' to do&
in , the ,:midst: of the most' imminent.-dau
,gers. The, primitive
,Ohristigis,f oll ild it flo
when they
„prayed for the deliverance, of
from `pria,.:*,:llntliej. found'' it SO at
the Diet Worms Themertyis feund'it
so in =the days When faggots took the place .
ar g ume A tl3.. T he,, godly now flad..it
in proportion to their Faith and earnest—
nese
Now let the fervent' of
the' saints 'of-the BrosV. High, 'reach his
,_ear., NOW, from all parts ' , of the land,' let.
,the people .ory aloud and plead ,with Gtod 7
Alit he may: continue with our armies in the
fight, - and: secure to is, victory and peace._ :
From every ploset let the ery ascend..
-Froni'every;lamily altar in the land let the'
accents of believing. prayer go up.. In
every praying circle let the crisis of the
countr,yAest like a t l irkiaLoit..the pious
holt. tjatptihkoongreAtionfaotjhe i
74,161T 6 W140671; i.7100404iiin5e41e, - -4
. '
strong gate e
us and our cause, victory is sure. Then
let all Christians pray—pray in faith—pray
earnestly---pray , now. The signs of the
times, are ominous of momentous results.
We need one iit:the helm who has wisdom
to choose and' power 'to direct. Such an
one is Jehovah. And prayer moves• the
hand that moves the world. A. B.
.akw Hagerstown, 0.
Pnr the Presbyterian Banner.
goldie.es Opinion of the Christian Commis-
tERTAN, Bel m'es Co., 0., April 15f'64
Mr. dos. Albree, Treas. C. S. Chris. ont
mission, Pittsburgh, Pa.:
DiAit Six:—By, the providence of God,
r`send younnother mite—tWo. dollars. It
is front 'a young Christian soldier, John
Getz, in the' Arley of the Cuniberland.
the tender age of seventeen; a few months
- after he had enlisted under. the Banner of
the'Cross, - 16 took :his place in the ranks of
" our ceuntry'edefenders.7 And although
it was with` deep anxiety We saw him depart
into the midst of so many dangers, tempo
-1 ral and siritual, yet we have most cheering
evidence that he is fighting euetessfnily, the
enemies of his country and of his God.
hear him speak for hiniself, or :rather
for' the Christian CoininbiSion
w Oh! - would that I couiallive . l4en
with you in your blessed meetings ) , in
which sixteen
_Orions united. :iith the
Church, and "among then). two Of my own
dear siitere. Oh 1 I cannot tell you hoW
glad I feel on 'their aceotint. But I thank
God also for my priViliges tire:Ne
have a Very gobd chaplain: lie preaches
Sibbnth.; There are also;'two'
del
egates Or the' S. Christian" Commis
sion ' . herb! They' have' prayer meeting
'everY'afternooti, and preaching every . even
ing. The 'Christian 'Commission is the
best institittion that was ever devised for
the' benefit of the soldier. It supplies us
with tracts and pipers. The Messenger is
read leer's than: any: other 'paper. , do
love it. ,There has been quite a change in
this department since ' the arrival of the
Christian COnitniasiOn. Therdis not one
foUrth as mucluprotanityorcard-playing as
Tormorly. During the - last few mouths,
scores have been converted, to Christ, and
have
,enlisted "under the blood-stained ban : -
- nor of King konmannel," - '4.
'Yours, resiebthilly;
C.. andsm.
EIME
The Presbytery of West Virginia
Met at Fairmont, April 28th, 1864; The
opening-sequen,.wes • preached by the, it*
Moierator t *T r . H. W. 43igp. `There
- *Cr piegent three Ministers and five" rul-
iiiVeldeili.s ,three
A:: wing' was-elheted
ilfteeratoi Ittt'Fit li.'llalt,t Vol., Tenipd
miry Clerk. ~ , • :214: L. , . ",'. `i,'''''',t •.; -
,They. Q. P., yrerich.was received funuithe
Presbytery of Cincinnati. One candidate
for the ministry was received Under care of
<the Presbytery.
LMr. R. A. Blackford, from the Presby.
tery of Allegheny City, .and Mr. J. B.
Reed, from the Presbytery of Washington,
were received as licentiates under our care.
The 91urches of Buckhatren ind French
ti4elc. 'Were kranteir Yeki f ve ic ' e l iiiPley: the
WO s—tifie4l4.o6P*4 _ . v- - ...P. P. -Irre44ll„.
eawommuomgra.
-views of Mr. Tt. k. me ofel,
Supply until the next regular meeting of
Presbytery.
Mr. J. 13. 'Rood reoe.ived and. accepted. 9.
call from the clinroli of Parkersburg.
'Rev. 11. W. Biggs, principal, and itev.
n. Vla.nagam, alternate, and Vaa exa Y '•
nap., F. 30 principal, an d ittr..Totee.
unctipanuoga
J. N. C. GRIER
Sin
For the Prealesterhi,n,Baoner
iA%OV I
HE PRESBYTERIAN BANNER.
Publication Office
PAZICTTE Is 4 Firtn Nt., eirrsousoß. PA.
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ADVERTISEMENTS:
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CENTS A 1.11f2.
OBITUARY NOTICES, 5 Omni a Lnnt. '
alternate, were elected Cominissioners to
the General Assembly. It 'was made a
standing 'rule of Presbytery, that congre
gations report settlement with pastors, and
stated Or other supplies, annually at the
Spring meeting of Presbytery:
Rev. W: W. Campbell'was granted leave
'to labor without the bounds of Presbytery
until the next, regular. meeting.
Mr. R. A. Blackford, and Mr. J. B.
Reel, were Ordained as Evangelists. Rev.
Ewing preached'the sermon, proposed
the Constitntional questions, and offered
the ordaining prayer. Rev. C. P. French
delivered the,charge to thekEvangelists.
The 7th day of June next was fixed as
the time for the, installation of Rev. J. B.
Reed as pastor of the church of Parkers
burg. Rev. H. W. Biggs was appointed to
preach the, sermon, preside, and deliver the
charge to the pastor; Rev. R. A. Black
ford to deliver the charge to the congrega
tion.
Rev. I. -H. Flanagan was installed pastor
of the - church of Fairmont.' Rev. C. P.
A'rencli,preaphed the sermon and presided.
Be't!: .11..W.'-Bigsrdelivered. the charge to
the pastor ; and Rev. J. A. Ewing to tte
people. Mr. Flanagan will give a part of
his time to the church of Fetterman, the
name and location of which were changed
to Grafton.
Presbytery adjourned to meet at Bethel,
on the 2d Tuesday of October next, at 2
o'bleck P. M. J. A. EWING, S. C.
Per the Presbyterian Benner
Marion Prisbytery.
The Presbytery of Clarion met, accord
ing =to adjotriment, in the church of
Greenville, on April 26th.. Rev. John
Wray preached from Acts vii : 59, 60.
After, sermon, Presbytery was called to
order, and was opened with prayer by the
Moderator.
Ministers present—James Montgomery,
John Wray, John McKean, Jas. S. Elder,
R. K. Hennigh,.s.Wasp. Elders—
Aiexander. Gutlnie, John Neil, Ross M.
'Corbett, Robert Morrison, Joseph Guthrie,
Jarnei" Fatten' james M'Clure, Robert
"MoCaskey, J. H. Forgus
Craven. .
Ministers absent—Wm. McMichael, Jos
Meteor, T. S. Leeson R. O. Junkin,- S. P.
Kinkaid, J. H. Sherrard; Robert Sutton.
those absent, three are engaged in
the seivfoi of the U. S. Christian Commis
sion -in the Army of the Cumberland.
.1417.,J01in Wray. was elected Moderator,
and S., S. Holliday, Clerk.
Rev:A.,Mallwain, of the Presbytery of
Saltihnrg, being itresent, was invited to sit
as a.Corresponding Member.
Rey.,E. K. Hennigh .was dismissed from
this Presbytery to Unite with the Presby
tery of Saltsburg; he having been ten
dered . a -call "from the church of Curry's
irtlfit, Presbytery.
Rev. John Wray was appointed Com-
*Baena to the; next General Assembly,
with Au, James Montgomery as alternate.
:In the evening, Mr . Meilwain, of the
Board of Domestic Missions, delivered an
address on the subject of Domestic Atia
sions, after which the following resolution
was adopted :
Roolv4 That Presbytery has heard
jitt pleasure:plc addiess of Bro.
Mf
the Board Domestic and
„- , • 'a- thi s
Ara,
urge upon them a like presentation o e
claims of all the various Boards of our
Church. •
SUPPLIES.
Beechwoods—Mr. McKean, Fifth Sib
.
bath of May, or First of June.
Richardsville—Mr. Graham, First Sab
bath of June.
Rich/and—Mr. Graham, Second Sabbath
of June.
' Academia—Mr. Graham, Fourth Sab
bath of June.
Rackland—Mr. Graham, Third Sat) . , _,
of May. //, '
, ,
Ent/eaten-and New Bethlehem , have pep
mission to obtain their own supplies. i
B. H. HOLLIDAY, Stated Clerk.
`:
For the Preebytertan Barlll6r.
St. Clairsville Presbytery.
The Presbytery of St. Clairsville
its recent sessions at St. Clairsville.
drew Greenlee, from the Presbytery of
znyra, was received as a member.
Calls from the churches of Martini
and Kirkwood were received and awl
by - Rev. G. W. Chalfant.
A call from the church of BeHai
received and accepted 15y Rev. J. D.
gerald.
.Mr. John Gillespie was lima
preach the Gospel.
Revs. John B. Graham and Willie
Grimes were recommended to ape'
weeks in the army, under the direct
the U. S. Christian Commission;
pulpits to be supplied by Presbytery.
bretLren expect aeon to go to the Ai
the Potomac.
'Rev. T. A. Grove and elder W. C.
'wood were 'commissioned to attei
next General. Assembly.
Rev. W. S. Dool received a call fc
church of Antrim, for two-thirds
time.
During the month of February, a very
marked and special work of grace was en
joyed :in the church of Mt. Plop
twenty-nine persons were added
cliurch on pro . fession of their faith,
two of whom received the ordi'
baptism. J. B. GItATIAM.,
For the Presbyterit
bupplits Appointed by The Presl
• `•West Virginia.
Sistersville---3• A. Ewing, one
.at:diseretion.
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