Vrtshgttrian Ganiter.
PITTSBURGH, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1864.
THE SOUTHERN GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
The Presbyterian has received from a
friend a copy of the Southern Presbyterian,
dated May 12, 1864, containing a part of
the proceedings of the Southern General
Assembly. This body met at Charlotte,
N. C., May 5, and was opened with a ser
mon by the Rev. J. A. LYON, D.D., Mod
erator of the last General Assembly. The
Rev. JOHN S. WILSON, D.D., of Georgia,
was elected Moderator. Thirty-seven min
isters and twenty-seven Ruling Elders were
present. Among the ministers are the
names of Rev. Drs. M. D. HOGE, R. L.
DABNEY, and W. S. WHITE, of Virginia;
Rev. Dr. ADGER and A. A. PORTER, of
South Carolina; Rev. Dr. J. H. RICE, of
Mississippi ; and Rev. Dr. J. L. KIRK
PATRICK and Rev. D. A. PENICK, of
North Carolina. The most prominent lay
men were J. T. L. PRESTON, of Virginia,
Judge SHEPHERD, of North Carolina, and
Hon. T. C. Pxnaxp, of South Carolina.
The only member from the west side of the
Mississippi was the Rev. R. F. BUNTING,
of the Presbytery of Western Texas. The
Presbytery of Winchester was represented
by J. D. ARMSTRONG, Ruling Elder; the
Presbytery of New-Orleans, by Rev. Dr.
B. M. PALMER and Rev. RICHMOND MC
INNIS ; and the Presbytery of Memphis,
by Rev. D. H. CummiNs and elder CHAS.
LYNN. But as the last three Presbyteries
lie within the Union lines, it is quite prob
able that their delegates were not appointed
in the usual way.
We may mention a few facts concerning
some of those whose names we have given,
which may not be uninteresting to our
readers. Dr. HOGE ran the blockade, went
to Europe to secure a supply of Bibles for
the Confederacy, was somewhat of a lion
in England and Scotland, and reached
home in safety. Dr. WHITE was a mem
ber of the Assembly of 1860, which met
in Rochester, and left behind him a high
character for gentleness of spirit and Chris
tian earnestness. Rev. Dr. J. H. Rion
was settled over a church in Louisville for
several years. Rev. RICHMOND MCIN
NESS was editor of *the True - Witness, pub
lished in New. Orleans, and was one of the
few members hom the South in the As
sembly of 1861. Dr. B. M. PALMER was,
after Dr. THORNWELL, the ablest preacher
in the South, and was elected a Professor
in Princeton Theological . Seminary in
1860, but he declined. J. T. L. PRESTON
is an able laymen, was a member of the
Assembly of 1860, made a pleasant speech
at Niagara Falls during the excursion
taken by the Assembly, is a son-in-law of
Rev. GEO. JUNKIN, D.D.; and a brother
in-law of the late Gen. STONEWALL JACK
SON. Rev. R. F. BUNTING is a native of
Beaver County, Pa., and a graduate of
Jefferson College, Pa. In former years he
was well known to many Pittsburghers
who had visited Texas.
Arba—lbuoinogio herri the_Assembly.
Rev. J. LEIGHTON WILSON, formerly one
of the Secretaries of our Board of Foreign
Missions, presented the Annual Reports of
the Executive Committees of Foreign and
Domestic Missions, and Rev. Dr. LETBURN,
once of the Freabyierian, the Report Of
the Committee on Publication. No inti
mation is given of the character of theie
Reports, but it is not probable that any one
of these Boards has made much progress
during the year. The Rev. J. B. ADGER,
D.D., reported thatthe Committee on the
Revision of the Form of Government and
Book of Discipline had completed their
work on the Book of Discipline and Gen
eral Rules of Order, and had commenced
on the Form of Government. A Commit
tee is also engaged en a new Hymn Book.
The Theological Seminary at Columbia
has decreased in the number of its students
from sixty-seven to seven ; and Union
Seminary, in Virginia, has but a single
student in attendance.
The subject of union with the Southern
section of New School Presbyterians and
the Synod of the Associate Reformed
Presbyterians, elicited warm and prolonged
discussion, the end of which is not given
in this paper. Dr. .ADGER opposed, and
Dr. HOGE advocated union with the New
School Synod.
The place of meeting appointed for
1865 was Macon, Georgia. But it is prob
able that long before that time Macon,
which is directly in the line of Gen.
SHERMAN'S operations, will be out of the
grasp of the rebellion.
THE CHRISTIAN COMMISSION,
The Fairs in different places in behalf of
the Sanitary Commission, are almost over,
and great sums have happily been realized;
and they will all be needed. But the
Christian Commission has from the begin
ning been sustained by the free-will offer
ings of the people. Many of the thou
sands which have been poured into its
treasury have came without any appeal
whatever. A remarkable feature of these
contributions has been the amounts received
from those for whose immediate benefit the
Commission was organized. Many of the
regiments in the field have sent $2OO and
$3OO at a time, and some have gone so far
as to establish a sytem of regular monthly
contributions. This is as good evidence as
could bo desired of the appreciation the
Soldiers have of the Commission's work,
while it should be a stimulus to the public
to do more for the noble men who have
given their all for their country.
The-Christian Commission is now doing
a greater work than ever before. And
there is every probability that throughout
the Summer the pressure on this noble
Commission will be very heavy foi hospital
gores, religious reading matter, Sze., for
the sick and wounded. Individuals, pas
tors, church Sessions, add 'congregations,
must continue to supply the funds neces
sary.
Tha 10-40 MO.—The subscription to
the 10-40 bonds is still, before the public /
and over seventy millions have been al
ready taken. At the present rate of pre-
Mium on gold, they pay nearly ten per
cent. interest in currency, and at the con
clusion of the war they will certainly be
MEM
EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE
Our arrangements for an enlarged Euro
pean correspondence are about completed.
Next week we will give the first letter from
Dublin, by a minister resident in this
country for many years, widely known and'
highly respected, and who is now pastor of
a church in the Irish Metropolis. This
will be followed by a communication from
our old London correspondent, "J. W.,"
so long and so highly valued by our read
ers, whose services have been permanently
secured to the Banner. And we hope to
be able in a few weeks to give the first in
stalment from a correspondent in Paris.
This will necessarily devolve great expense
on us. But we look to our readers for such
an increase of subscribers as will more than
justify the increased expenditures. Now
is a convenient time for pastors to urge the
claims of the Banner upon their people;
and for all our friends to bestir themselves
in our behalf. All such efforts will be
duly appreciated.
DUTIES OF AN EDITOR
The Rev. Dr. CRARY, the present editor
or the Methodist Central Advocate, pub
lished at St. Louis, in his introductory ad
dress, contends that the editor of a relig
ious newspaper is as much an evangelist
and a preacher as he who fills a 13tation or
rides a circuit. This no doubt is the true
idea'of the work of an editor of a paper of
this kind. As Dr. CRARY remarks, "to
enlighten the people, to advocate the truth,
to oppose falsehood, to expose shams, hy
pocrisies and wrongs, to defend virtue, and
as far as possible to destroy vice," are the
objects that should be supreme in the Chris
tian editor's heart.
Examination of Intrant
know of a Presbytery in which a discussion
occurs at least twice every year, as to the
subjects upon which ministers who come
from one of our Presbyteries to another, or
from another denomination to one of our
Presbyteries, are to be examined before
their reception. By referring to Baird's
Digest, p. 253, we find the rule of the As
sembly to be this, viz.: " The Constitu
tional right of every Presbytery to examine
all seeking connection with them, was set
tled by the Assembly of 1835. This As
sembly now render it imperative on Pres
byteries to examine all who make applica
tion for admission into their bodies, at least
on experimental religion, didactic and po
lemic theology, and Church government.
This rule was reaffirmed by the Assem
blies of 1838, '4l, '43, '4B, and '49."
Papers of the United Presbyterian Chnreh.
—The three newspapers of the United
Presbyterian Church, the Christian in
.structor, United Presbyterian, and Presby
terian Witness, have entered into an agree
ment, in which, among other things, they
declare : From this date forth all club-rates
are abandoned. All who receive their pa
per by mail will be charged $2.00 in ad
vance; if not paid within six months,
$2.25; if not paid within the year, $2.50;
ter_the_v_ear _has _expired,_ MM. In
all eases when communications liable to be
charged for are sent for publication, and
are not accompanied by the inoney, if they
aro inserted, the pprson sending them will
be held responsible for the amount.
A Sabbath School Library for Kansas,—
We have before us a letter from a former
citizen of Western Pa., but now a resident
of Kansas, asking for a Sabbath School
Library costing from $3O to $35, fora Sab
bath School in Kansas, within less than,
half a mile from the Missouri line. The
church in that place has been broken up
for nearly three years, owing to the in
roads of the "bushwhackers." But now
efforts are'being made for its resuscitation;
and in connection with this, a promising
Sabbath School has been organized. We
hope that some benevolent individuals or
church will at once send us word that the
Library will be provided. For names and
particulars, apply to the editors of the_
Banner. The gentleman who makes the
application, is a most excellent and reliable
man.
Domestic Mission in NeW-York.—The Pres
bytery of New-York has made a vigorous
beginning in the work of Church Exten
sion and Domestic Missions in the great
city of New-York, . which promises most
happy results. The following officers,and
Committee have been appointed : Presi
dent, ---. Ist. Vice President—Rev.
Wm. W. PHILLIPS, D.D. 2d Vice Presi
dent--Wm. WALKER, Esq. 3d Vice Pres
ident—Alm:mu L. ELY, Esq. 4th Vice
President—Runny M. ALEXANDER, Esq.
Recording Secretary—Rev. CHAS. K. Im
num. Corresponding Secretary—Rev. S.
D. ALEXANDER, D. D. Treasurer—J.
CROSBY BROWN, Esq. Executive Com
mittee—Rev. N. L. RICE, D. D.; Y. W.
DOWNER, Esq 4 A. B. BELKNAP, Esq.;
A. B. CONGER, Esq.; JASPER CORNING,
Esq,
The Mails.—We greatly regret to learn
,of the irregularity in the delivering 'of the
Banner by the' mails. Every facility is
given by us that there may be no diSap
pointment. The papers are placed regu
larly in the Pittsburgh office; and there
should be no delay. But the same com
plaint is made concerning all the weekly
papers of this city. There certainly must
be something defective in the working •of
our Post Office arrangements, and we hope
that some remedy will be speedily found.
New-York Observer—Advance in Price.—
Thelast number of the New-York Observ
er announces, that after the' first of July
the terms of that paper will be three dol
lars per year in advance, and three dollars
and
,fifty cents if not paid in advance.
The reason assigned for this change is the
increased coat of every thing connected
with the publication of a newspaper.
Renewing Subseriptions.—Our subscrib- -
ers can always know when their subscrip
tion expires by referring to the small label
on their papers. A renewal a little in ad
vance of the time at which the subscrip
lion would save us from much
trouble, and also be a convenience to the
subscribers. Therefore, subscribers are re
. • f 11 , re t nested to renew promptly.
PRESBYTERIAN
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To Our Etoders,—Many thanks for the
many words of encouragement and the new
subscribers received from time to time.
Continue to send additional names and we
will endeavor to make corresponding im
grovement. Let every subscriber make an
effort to secure another, and all will be sur
prised at the result.
Mass Convention for 'the Amendment of
the Constitution.—The first Anniversary of
the National Association for the amend
ment of the Constitution of the United
States, will be held on Wednesday, the Gth
day of July next, at 10 o'clock A. M., in
the Trinity Methodist Episcopal church,
on Eighth, above Race Street, Philadelphia.
JOHN ALEXANDER,
President National Association.
JOHN DOUGLAS, Secretary.
'toy. G. W. ATUSGRAVE, D.D., Rev. J.
H. A. BOMBERGER, D.D., Rev. J. G. BUT
LER, D.D., THOMAS WATSON, THOMAS
LATIMER, THOMAS T. MASON, MARTIN
BUEHLER, SAMUEL AGNEw—Committee
of Arrangements.
NEWS OF THE OHUROHES
AND MINISTERS.
PRESBYTERIAN.
old SChool,—At a ' meeting of the Ohio
Presbytery, at Forest Grove church, on
Tuesday, June 21, Mr. Henry C. ,Foulk
was ordained to the work of the ministry
and installed pastor of the united congre
gations of Montours and Forest Grove.
Rev. J. Y. McCartney preached the ordi
nation sermon, Rev. Dr. S. 0. Jennings
presided and proposed the constitutional'
questions, Rev. R. McPherson delivered
the charge to the pastor, and Rev. C. G.
Braddock the charge to the people.
The Rev. Mr. Bittinger, formerly pastor
of the Euclid Street Presbyterian (New
School) church, was received a member of!
the Presbytery of Allegheny City, at its
meeting Last week. He accepted the call
to the church of Sewickley, and arrange
ments were made for his installation on the
evening of the 6th of July. The Rev.
Dr. Elliott will preside; sermon by Rev.
T. X. Orr; charge to pastor by Rev. Mr.
Shields ; to people by Rev. L. R. Mc-
Aboy, D.D.
Mr. David J. Beale, a licentiate of Hun
tirigdon Presbytery, has received and ac
cepted a unanimous call to the Middle Tus
carora church, Juniata Co., Pa.
The Presbyterian says : '
Last Sabbath was the day of the quar
terly. communion in several of the churches
in Philadelphia.. Fourteen persons were
added to the Spring Garden Presbyterian
ohm oh, (Rev.. Mr. Sutphen's) an addition
most cheering to the hearts of the pastor
and people of that prosperous church.
" The Fourth Presbyterian church re
ceived sixteen persons to its communion.
The services in this church were very sol
emn and interesting. The present pastor,
the Rev. W. M.. Rice, was installed in
April of the present year, having previous
ly labored' for six months in this church.
Since he commenced his labors among this
people, thirty-four persons have been added ,
to the communion of the church!'
The congregation of the Sixth Presbyte
rian church (Island) of Washington City,
have extended a unanimous call to the Rev.
George A. Smyth, of New-York, to become
their pastor. Mr. Smyth is a graduate of
the University of New-York, and has just
closed his course of theological studies in
the Seminary of Princeton, New Jersey.
The call will probably be accepted.
The Westminster church of Philadel
phia have renewed the call to the Rev. Dr.
Irvine, of Knox church, Hamilton, Canada
West, to become their pastor.
The Rev. W. M. Robinson, formerly pas
tor of the church in Newark; Ohio, was in
stalled on .Tuesday, the 21st, by. the Pres
bytery of Erie, pastor of the Second Pres
byterian church of Mercer, Pi,
The Rev. S. Alden Freeman was installed
pastor of the Presbyterian church in Squan,
New Jersey, on the evening of the Gth
inst., by a committee of the Presbytery of
Monmouth. The Rev.., John L. Kehoo
preached the sermon and gave the charge
to the people ; the Rev. Isaac Todd pre
sided on. the occasion, and proposed the
constitutional questions; and the Rev.
Thaddeus Wilson gave the charge to the
pastor.
The Rev. Prentiss De Veuve was in
stalled pastor of the' Second Presbyterian
church of Germantown, Pa., Wednesday,
the 22d, by a committee of the Second
Presbytery of Philadelphia.
New Sehool.—Rev. Stella Martin, whose
reception at the Cooper Institute was a very
handsome affair, has decided to become a
citizen of New-York, and has accepted a
call to Shiloh Presbyterian church, late
Mr. Garnet's.
The late pastor of this church, Rev. H.
H. Garnet, was duly installed over the Fif
teenth street (colored) Presbyterian church
of Washington, D.C., on the afternoon of
the 12th. The services were conducted by
the Moderator of Presbytery, Rev. john
C. Smith, D.D., assisted by Rev. Messrs.
Coombe and IlleLain. A Washington cor
respondent of the Anglo African takes a
very favorable view of the new field of Mr.
Garnet; " With a splendid church and
congregation, and excellent choir, a rising
Sabbath School, a liberal people and intel
ligent rulers, Mr. Garnet has a brilliant fu
ture before him. The young men of the
church have a project on foot which, when
consummated, will furnish a lasting monu
ment to their graise and liberality.'
Rev. J. Jermain Porter, of St. Louis,
has accepted a call to the Presbyterian
church in Watertown, N. Y., of which
Rev. Dr. Brayton was recently the pastor.
Mr. Porter has been , for some time pastor
of the Union church (Old School) of St.
Louis, and is one of. the few ministers of
that city who, from the outbreak of the
rebellion, has taken an active and earnest
part in favor of the Government.
&Med.—The Christian instructor says :
"The 28th Street congregation, New-York,
has resolved, we understand, to leave the
Presbyterian church (Old School) and join
the United Presbyterian Church under the
care of the Second Presbytery of New-.
York. This congregation has had several
changes, but it is believed is now in a fixed
condition, and under an active and earnest
pastor, which it is fondly hoped will be
early secured, it may have a gratifying-ca
reer of usefulness and comfort before it
The First Presbytery of Ohio, at its late
meeting, resolved that all the able bodied
ministers of the Presbytery be requested
to labor six weeks each under the direction
of the Christian Commission.
Mr. J. W. Clokey, licentiate, will accept
a call from , the longregation of Steuben
ville, Ohio, and enter upon his labors on
the first of July. At a meeting of the
Presbytery of Allegheny, held last week,
Rev. J. Clark was directed to explore
the field about Perrysville, Pa., and re
port. •
Reformcd.—Previous to the Union be
tween the Associate and Associate Reform
ed Churches, which formed the United
Presbyterian Church, it was expected that
the Reformed or New Side Covenanter
Synod, would also go into the Union. This
Synod, however declined to do so by the
casting vote of the Moderator, Rev. Dr.
Wylie. This same Dr. Wylie was the del
egate from this same Synod to the late
General Assembly of the United Presbyte
rian Church. He said :
"Some six years ago, when he occupied
the same position in the Synod of the
Church, which he was then present to rep
resent, which the Moderator then occupied
i.O the Assembly, a proposition looking to
ecclesiastical communion between these
two branches of the Church - was brought
before them, and that upon the vote being
taken upon it, it was found to be a tie,
which dev . olved upon him the necessity of
giving the casting vote. This he did in
the negative, and thus the proposition was'
lost. • For thus deciding he expressed his
sorrow, intimating that if such a proposi
tion was now to be brought before them, it
would receive his support. In replying to
this, the Moderator said that the United
Presbyterian Church most heartily lament
ed .the divisions which kept these two
branches of the Church from the enjoy
mpnt -of that communion to which refer
ence had been made, but that so long as
these differences or divisions continue, we
would be contented to continue the prac
tice which now prevails in regard to it."
Reformed Dutch, --- Professor Kalm, as
quoted in Mr. Parton's lately published
Life of Benjamin Franklin, gives a quaint
- account of a contest for the pulpit of the
old Reformed Dutch church of Philadel
phia, in 1756, in which one of the contest
ants possessed himself of the debatable
ground, by a sort of permanent occupancy.
The church had imported a minister from
Holland, named Slaughter, who proved ac
ceptable until another came, on his own ad-,
venture, who "by his artful behavior"
alienated the minds of many of the mem
bers, so that the congregation was divided,
and the two factions, each headed by its
favorite, strove for the church and pulpit.
€c Nay," adds the. chronicler, "-people re
late that the new-comer mounted the pul
pit on a Saturday,, and stayed in it all
night I" As the poet says : " Laymen
have leave to dance if parsons play;" and
so it appears that the congregation, being
assembled under these. circumstances, be
took themselves to" beating each other, and
committing other excesses," over hich
scene, doubtless, the apostle in the pulpit
presided, appropriately.
LUTHERAN.
Rev. Henry L. Baugher, son of Rev. H.
L. Baugher, D.D., President of Pennsyl
vania College, has received and accepted a
ball to the Evangelical Lutheran church of
Norristown, which became vacant by the
death of the beloved and lamented Baer.
Mr. Baugher has labored with the greatest
acceptance and most gratifying evidences
of usefulness in Wheeling, Va. The choice
of the congregation is a most happy one,.
and we predict that the new relation will
abound in blessing to them, and to their
young pastor.
BAPTIST.
The Home Mission Board have fiVe mis
sionaries under appointment for California
and Nevada—two of them from among the
latest• graduates of Rochester, one of HElM
ilton, and one of Newton. These appoint
ments have been made within a few weeks,
and are -additional evidences of the deter
mination of the Board to do their work
promptly and thoroughly.
EPISCOPAL.
An Independent Episcopal church has
been formed in Cincinnati, Ohio. The
church uses the Episcopal form of service,
but acknowledges not the Episcopal, gov
ernment in the Diocese of Ohio. The
Rev. B. K. Maltby is the: rector, and the
church is called the Church of the Epiph
any. He is still a minister of the Episco
pal Church, but deposition is threatened if
he perseveres.
CONGREGATIONAL
The Rev. Dr. A. L. Stone, pastor of the
Park Street Congregational church, Bos
ton, has been invited to the pastorate of
the Central Congregational church of Phil
adelphia, whose organization we lately re
ported. There seems to be great anxiety
on'the part of_Congregationalists in other
places, for Dr. Stone to accept this new ap
pointment. The independent says
" A man of Dr. Stone's noble gifts and
splendid spirit will do as much for build
ing up Congregationalism in Philadelphia
as ten American Presbyterians, joined to
gether, could do for pulling it down.. A
man-like Dr. Stone, who has tbe ability to
be a pioneer, whose shoulderado not shrink
from the rough burden of carrying a new
church, whose commanding 'eloquence can
gain him in instant audience even among
strangers, would find in the present state
of things in Philadelphia such an occasion
as comes only once in a lifetime for the de
veldpment of a Christian minister's best
powers of usefulness. -Will he go ? How
can he say no ? We hope the Park Street
church of Boston will not be selfish, but
will demonstiate that Boston is a city of
biotherly love, by sending a good gift to
Philadelphia."
For the Presbyterian Banner
Presbytery of Ohio on Pastoral Support.
The Presbytery of Ohio met June 21st,
in- the church of Forest Grove. This is a
new and prosperouX branch of Montours,-
which has at different times sent forth liv
ing shoots that now rival the parent vine;
and yet the old mother still lives, and if
not as vigorous as in her earlier days, nev
ertheless has much vitality. May she long
continue a fruit-bearing mother in Israel.
The building in which this new congre
gation worships is a neat, substantial frame
edifice, situated on the outskirts of a beau
tiful forest of oak. ' The good people of
the congregation had most bountifully pro
vided for the accommodation of the Pres
bytery. We regret that there were not
more of the members present to unite in
partaking of -their hospitality.
The Rev. H. C. Pouke was ordained and
installed the pastor of the unitad charge
of Montours and Forest Grove. These
exercises were solemn and impressive; and
during their continuance the church was
crowded to its utmost capacity. Dr. S. C.
Jennings presided; the Rev. J. Y. ke.
Cartney preached the sermon, and Rev. R.
McPherson delivered the oharge to the
pastor, and Rev, 0. 6-. Braddock to the
people.
The committee. appointed 'to install the
Rev. J. J. Beacom as pastor ofMingo re
ported that on the 27th of May they lad
performed said duty. Both these young
brethren enter upon, their work in these
fields under very encouraging aspects.
May the good Shepherd make them wise
to win souls. It Wlls my privilege to be
with brother Beacom reci!urly at a com
munion season. There were several acces
sions to the church, and both spiritually
and temporally the interests of the congre
gation seemed prosperous.
The following paper was ibtroducei.l by a
Ruling Elder, and adopted :
Resolved, That in accordance with the
communication submitted to them from the
General Assembly, the Sessions and Trus
tees of all our congregations are hereby
directed to see to it that proper action is
taken in reference to their pastor's support,
and to report the same at the next meeting
of this Presbytery, and that the clerk be
instructed to send this our action to the
Sessions and Trustees of each of our con
gregations.
By order of Presbytery.
R. McPuEasoN, Clerk.
For the Presbyterian Banner.
The Religions Instruction of the Freedmen.
At the late meeting of the General As
sembly, the Report - of the Committee on the
Religious Instruction of the Freedmen was
taken from , the docket,• and amended, and
is as follows :
The Committee to whom was referred so
much of the report on the Board of
Education as relates to the establish
inent of schools among the freedmen of
our country, have carefully considered
the whole subject in the light of such
information as they have been able to
gather ; and they aro constrained to be
lieve that the attempt, on the part of our
Board of Education, to conduct an enter
prise of such a magnitude, would seriously
cripple it in its legitimate woi k,which was
never more important than at the present
time, while the results of its efforts must
disappoint the expectations awakened. The
Committee, therefore, recommend the fol
lowing- for the adoption of the Assembly,
viz.:
The General Assembly, recognizing the
Divine providence which has removed the
shackles of bondage from a multitude of
the African race, thus bringing them with
in the reach,of missionary effort as objects
of Christian benevolence;.and persuaded
that their condition is such as to now ap
peal to the Christian heart of God's peor
ple, would call the attention of our church
es, and the members of our communion, to
a consideration of their duty to this de
graded and suffering race. We rejoice in
the fact that God has, in the midst of the
desolation of ' so much of our country,
opened a way for the instruction, and, as
we hope, elevation of this long degraded
people.
Their unsettled posture forbids the hope,
at this time, of establishing any permanent
schools or churches among them. They
are without homes, and although now gath
ered in communities under the immediate
care of the government, the shifting events
of civil strife are liable to break up these
communities any day; while it is evident
that, as soon as the government shall cease
to issue rations to thorn, they must be scat
tered, in order to find employment and sup
port. But while it is evident that no
scheme can now be inaugurated for an ade—
quate systematic effort - for the Christian
education and evangelization of this people,
this Assembly is persuaded that something
may be done, and must be done, toward
preparing them for the enjoyment and
right use of that liberty which has so sud
denly fallen to them, and for the reception
of an intelligent hope-of the Gospel. The
Presbyterian Church must be true to its
historic doctrine and faith, that the hope of
the African race, under God, is in Chris
tian education, and in "the liberty where
with Christ makes his people free," and
not in the possession of civil privileges
alone. Our communion must also be mind
ful of the fact, that while multitudes of
these freedmen are taught the use of
arms, and trained in military tactics,
and inspired with' the thought that
they are now called of God to con
quer for their people a position among the
races of mankind, no human foresight can
assure us of safety from issues of this civil
strife, when a people having such a history,
and educated only in the school of war,
shall be cast into a society with inveterate
prejudices against them.
Moreover, the facts go to show not only
that this field of Christian effort is thrust
upon the Church of God of all denomina
tions, but that _those who have entered it,
have done so with good promise of success.
It is indeed a work of vast magnitude,and
must be beset with manifold difficulties.
But it is clear to this Assembly that God,
in his adorable providence, is calling upon
our Church to arise, gird itself with the
spirit of the Master, and do what it can
for the elevation and salvation of this
down-trodden and long abused people.
While, therefore, we recommend to the
members of our communion to cooperate
with all evangelical Christian effort for the
education of the freedmen, yet in order to
draw forth and direct more fully their
efforts toward this work, therefore,
Resolved, 1. That two committees be ap
pointed by this Assembly, consisting of two
ministers and three Ruling Elders each, to
be called the General Assembly's Commit
tees for the Education of Freedmen, which
committees shall receive, control, and dis
burse all funds which may be contributed
for the establishment and support of schools
among freedmen, or for the support of mis
sionaries who may give themselves 'to the
work of preaching the Gospel among them.
Resolved, 2. One of these Committees .
shall have its headquarters in Philadel
phia, the. other in Indianapolis. They
shall cooperate, dividing the oversight
of the field as may best suit their con
venience, both for the collection and dis
bursement of funds, and for operations
among the freedmen. They may appoint
teachers and ministers for the work only
upon the endorsement of the Presbyteries
or Committees of the sane, within whose
boundaries such teachers or ministers may
reside. They may fix , the salaries of the
same, determine the character of the books
to be used, and - do all other things neces
sary to the control of such au enterprise.
But they are allowed in no wise, to inter
fere with the plans or work of the Board
of Domestic Missions. .
Resolved, 3. These committees are re
quested to call upon our people, for funds
to be expended in this work—by circulars,
by printed or personal appeals through the
pastors and sessions. But in making pub
lic collections, care must be taken not to in
terfere with the plan already adopted in
reference to the support of the several
Boards of the Church.
Resolved, 4. These Committees shall col
lect facts, keep a correct account of their
receipts, expenditures, and disbursement
of funds„.and report to the next General
Assembly upon the whole subject of their
appointment, which Assembly shall con
tinue, alter, or disband such Committees at
its pleasure.
Resolved, 5. The Board of Publication
is directed to furnish gratis, at its discre-
tion, upon the order of these Committees,
such of its publications as may be used for
the education and evangelization of this
people.
The Moderator announced the following
as the two Committees on the Religious In
struction of the Freed Men
.The Comniittee at Philadelphia--Rev.W. P. Breed, Rev: S. F. Colt, .attd
rnlin
eldera 3R016 Patterson,"o. - ohn NeArebuT,
and Wilfred '
The Committee at ladinnapolis—Bey, J
H. Nixon, Rev. S. C. Logan, and ruling
elders James U. Ray, Charles N. Todd,
and Jesse L
The General Assembly's Eastern Com
mittee met on the 24th of June, and was
fully organized by : the following ap
pointments, viz.: Uhairman—Rev. Wil
liam Y. Breed, No. 258 South Sixteenth
Street, Philadelphia. Secretary—Rev.
Samuel F. Colt, Pottsville, Pa. Treasu
rer, Wm. Maine, Esq., No. 821 Chestnut
Street, Philadelphia.
After taking other initiative action for
the collection of facts from the eastern
portion of the field, and aranging that no
time be lost in commencing the proseen- ,
tiou of the great work assigned them,__ the
Committee adjourned to meet at the Publi
cation Rooms, 821 Chestnut Street, Phila
delphia, on Tuesday, the sth of July, at 4
o'clock P. M.
WY' . It is exceedingly desirable that
churches and individuals should make im
mediate and liberal contributions for this
interesting object, and forward them with
out delay to the Treasurer, William Maine,
Esq., 821 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
Correspondence is solicited by the Chair
man and Secretary with Presbyteries and
Christian friends generally, as to gatherings
of freed persons or favorable locations .for
such,. and especially as to persons of piety
and skillto engage in the religious
instruction of freedmen.
SAMUEL FISHER. COLT, Seo'y
d Remarkable Pulpit.
In the very thick of London's crowded
streets—on the Surrey side of the Thames
--stands a large plain structure that great
ly resembles the olden Broadway Taberna
cle. In fact it may be called the sire of
that once famous edifice, and of all similar
tabernacles of the masses in "great cities.
It was built in 1783, on the open ground
of St. George's Fields, and among the sub
scribers to its erection was the famous Lord
George Gordon, the hero of the "Gordon
riots." Lady Huntington aided in its
erection, and in spite of her unhappy quar
rel with Rev. Rowland Hill, she bestowed
her blessing upon him when he became the
first pastor of the new congregation. The
building took the name of Surrey Chapel;
and until the !erection of Mr. Spurgeon's
colossal " Tabernacle" in its neighborhood,
it was the most celebrated " Church for the
people" on the globe.
The building is semicircular in form,
and when crowded, will hold over two
thousand people. Rowland Hill's eccen
tricity, earnestness, and evangelical fervor
drew multitudes to the spot, and for more
than a quarter of a century Surrey Chapel
was one of the " lions" to be sought out
by visitors to the Metropolis. Quaint and
queer "Father Rowland" grew feeble in
his closing years, and his congregation
dwindled. Empty pews grew abundant,
and soon there was an empty pulpit. Such
a church can only be sustained by a man
quite out from the common run, and the
choice of the congregation happily fell up
on one of the most remarkable men of the
British ministry in this century.
In 1836 he came to his new pulpit; and
at once the multitudes thronged the vesti
bules. James Sherman, when he began
his ministry at Surrey Chapel•, was in the
meridian of his strength. Handsome in
person, graceful in delivery, fervid in ut
terance, with a - close, pungent bayonet
thrust of truth at the Conscience, he was
the very man to catch the popular ear, and
rouse the popular heart. There is a magic
in a crowd; and when Sherman presSed his
way up through a buttress of living, eager
men, every Sunday morning, into his pul
pit, he saw before him a harvest-field of
souls that extended quite into the street.
The living mass swayed before him under
the spell of just the simplest of all Bible
truths, poured forth in the manliest style
of persuasion. This is the model preach
ing after all. Hundreds wept together
under his appeals, and sometimes blocked
up the doors into the inquiry meeting room
after the service was concluded. Re gen
erally chose fresh, unhackneyed texts—il
lustrated them from every day life, and
kept up such a perpetual fire upon his
auditors that, like Grant before Richmond,
he left no chance for a man to fall into doze
for a moment.
Twenty years of such preaching—coup
led with the most thorough pastoral labor,
in which he was assisted by eight efficient
elders who gave him a weekly report of
their labors—produced. extraordinary.4ie
sults. During those years he received
2000 communicants on profession—in one
year (1841) two hundred and eighty were.
admitted. At one time his membership
amounted to 14G0l Not even Mr. Beech
er's success has surpassed this as to num
bers. He preached on the Sabbath—also
on Tuesday evening and on Friday. morn
ing. Four prayer-meetings were held each
week. Every Monday morning, from nine
to eleven o'clock, and on every Tuesday
evening, the pastor was in the vestry to
hold religious conversation with all who
hungered for it, and thus .he, gathered ma
terials for his sermons out of that inex
haustible well, the human heart. Four
Sabbath Schools and two "Ragged School"
—numbering 3500 scholars and 380 teach
ers—were sustained by Surrey congrega-
tion. Periodical " tea meetings " were
held in order to promote social fellowship
among so vast and heterogeneous a body,
and the members were invited to them in
sections by alphabetical order.
Such was the pressure for places in the
chapel that even the window-sills were let
to the poor at a nominal rent. No free
seats were: proyided. For a low pew rent,
securing a permanent Sabbath home to
each family however humble is always more
prized than any " pauper accommodations."
A spirit of independence was thus fostered;
and it is always better to rent a pew for a
mere shilling per year thati it is to convict
a man of pauperism by offering him a gra
tuitous sitting. We commend the exam
ple to the managers of American mission
chapels, as well as to our wealthy city
churches who ought to have, all eases,
several pews reserved for a rent no higher
than two or three dollars.
In twenty years Mr. Sherman found his
health exhausted, and reluctantly withdrew
from his post. He was then neaily sixty
years of age, and he had been an unwearied
toiler for forty years. His closing minis
try was at Blackheath, near _London.
Here too he reaped a plentiful harvest.
The American tourist who is now attracted
to Surrey Chapel to hear its eloquent pas
tor, Newman Hall, will notice a tablet in
the wall on which it isinseribed that "The
Rev. James Sherman entered into the joy
of his Lord, on the 15th February, 1862,
aped 66 years."
This famous Chapel has always com
manded a deep interest among American
Christians. . Dr. E.a.N. Kirk, of.Boston—
then in his splendid prime of elogiuence--
preached a series of revival sermons there
in 1838. Mr. Sherman said of him that
he was "the only preacher from the United
States whom he had known to arouse thor
oughly an English congregation." Other
American preachers, he tells us, when in
London, have - --usually read elaborate dis
courses; and . " close ieiding took of the,
edge of their sentences, and their eyes
fixed on their manuscripts, lost the fire and
directness of earnest oratory." This hint
may not be lost on our clerical brethren
who may, in future, visit Great Britain.
Mr: Barnes delivered his celebrated' tem
perance sermon; "The Throne of Iniqui
ty," in Surrey Chapel, about the year 1854.
Since that time the pastor. of the Chapel
his been the:- eloquent, and accomplished
Newman Hall. Qf him we need not speak:
Every American Christian has
author of " Come to Jesus," and
of our countrymen ibe glad to wet.
S Mr. Hall among 5::;1 thank hi, l
for his powerful advoe:ley our natiorad
cause before the British puLlic. Tie
is in the prim:: fZ his power as a pr ca d l ,
and a champion fit mor;:d reforms.
Such is a brief history of Surrey
el, which may be pronounced the theqro,.
markable church of this century. Bach
has been its pulpit ; and may it alway s 1 1
filled by men of God like Rowland Bill
and James Sherman, and Newman
Evangelist. T. L. tt
Personal.
S. Henderson, publisher of the Y. I - ,
Evening Post, and Navy Agent at Nc w .
York, was arrested by Marshall Murray ( „ 1
a warrant issued by Commissioner B e t ti
on the application of Mr. 'Wilson, sp,'
cial counsel of the Navy Department.
The charges are very serious, enabraeic,
fraud, bribery, the transmission of fe e
vouchers, &c.
Wilt. Robert P. Illeßibben, of the regn)ar
army, was seriously wounded in the Tate
battles on the Peninsula, and is n ow
in Washington City. lie was severel7
wounded at Antietam in the foot, Capi.
D. B. McKibben, his brother, (formerly
Colonel of the 158th) is now a prisoner i s
Richmond ; Lieut. Chambers McKibben,
another brother, was wounded severely z n .
der sleClellan on the Peninsula, and Chan.
hers McKibben, Jr., his nephew, was
wounded under Sherman at Buzzard'F.
Roost, in Georgia, recently. These yonn?
men were born in Pittsburgh.
The varieties of spelling of Shakspearers
name are so many that we have wade a col
lection of the several forms of orthography
employed therein : Chaesper, Saxpere, Sax
spere, Schackspere, Schack - speare, S,ehacks
piere, Schackesperc, Schakspare,
peare, Shackspere, Shaekspire, Shagspere,
Shakesepere, Shakespear, Shakespeere,
Shakspnre, Shakspeyre, Shakispere, Shake
peare, Schakspere, Schaksper,
Sehakspeyr,
Schakuspeare, Shaseper, Shaikespere,
Shaxkspere, Shakyspere, Shakysper, Shar
per, Shaxpere, Shaxspere, Shaxsper, Shea.
peace. •
The Philadelphia Press eays : The ap•
pointment of Prof. W. H. Allen to the
presidency of the State Agricultural Co;.
lege is not more highly a compliment to
this very able man and experienced dui
tor than it is a real gain to the institution
and the State. As the late President of
Girard College, Professor Allen has ea•
joyed the general respect and esteem of
this community, and by various position;
of responsibility and honor is well Imorfn
to tho State and to the country. The 2d•
mirable and prosperous condition of Gird
College for so many years is mainly du,,
his intelligent direction; and his ruin:-
don, therefore, has occasioned wide rovr.:
It would have been fortunate bad D.
Allen continued in its presidency, and
trust that it will not be impossible to ice
him again in connection with an institu:i.:.
with whose best years his eminent service:
are so strongly identified.
• General Scott's Memoirs.--Thoro• I,av
some time back been intimations that Ge!.
eral Scott has been occupied for the pa-:
two years, or since, he retired from actis
military life, in preparing "Memoirs
his own Life and Times." We are g:a'
now to learn definitely that the great wN
has been completed and is already in th
hands of a publisher, and will soon
given to the public. Few men hare wh'
living attained so wide a popularity, a'
been so firmly enshrined in the hear. ,
all their countrymen, without distincti , ,s
party, as General Scott.
It -is difficult to feel that one whom w
see among us to-day, and whom we I
been wont to consider one of our cotti:.
poraries, was really living, and a ni.•
prominent actor in the early days of 11
Republic. General Scott was a dirt'
guished and successful general (holdiei
major-general's commission) at the ear
age of twenty-eight, while most cf
leading men of the revolution were aril
active life; and of course Scott's posh
as the hero of the war of 1812 threw h'
into intimate relations with these rev'
tionary fathers; and now in our days ot.
versity, like a voice from the tombs, a..
to us, transmitted through this great L 2;
the admonitions and example of those
laid the foundations of this great Repub.'
and cemented them with their Woad.
-Directly after the close of the wac
1812, Scott went abroad, and was in
just after the battle of Waterloo;
the hero of our second war with Ergh
he there saw the combined armies of
trig, Russia and England, and wet A
ander of Russia, Francis of Austria,
the great hero Wellington. 110 spent'•
eral days at the house of Lafayette.
We are assured by those who have v.
the proof-sheets of this book that it is al;
with interesting memories of the past,
written in a most piquant and attract
style. It contains one hundred and h
pen-and-ink sketches of characters,
bracing nearly all our _prominent men"
the Revolution down.
Scott was present at the trial of
Burr, and was also the most pro Lai r,
actor at the time of nullification in
Carolina,lB32 being in and near C6ar: 3l
during the entire difficulty—and Fob!
by his presence and conciliatory inev;
did more than any other manic Prat
the efforts of Calhoun and his seces:
followers of that day.
The Mexican campaign is too 11 . 0
the memory of us all to need m ore'
mention. Whatever difference of opv
may exist as to the justness of that
none can doubt that it shed a halo of g!
around the American armies and the
commander who led them to cortao
tory. It is difficult to conceive a I:.
interesting book. It will 5a0u 10 , ,1 .
lisped in two volumes, 12rtio, by
Co., New-York.
Varieties.
College Endowmeills. —The
Church of Scotland has resolroci r
6406,000 for the endowment of 0-111
The libeling of that body of Chrl.':ar.!
wonderful, when their means and no'
are considered, and they put
contributions of all the other Cori ,iac
nominations in the world.
National Democratic Convention. ---
ponetilent until August 29,
meeting of the Executive Comreitt..o
National Democratic Committee, tee
New-York on the 22d day of ;Inv,'
it was voted that, in deference to the dt
of a very large number of the leading ,
bers of the Conservative Union 1?e112 0 '
pasty throughout the country, the U
of the Democratic National Con v en;iol
postponed to Monday, Augut 1
at 12 o'clock at noon, at Chicago.
AUGUST BELMONT,
Frederick 0. Pierce, See'y.
Hawaiian Dictionary. The `:`ll`
Island Friend says: (6 We are Oil
.nounce that the publication er Attu'
Hawaiian Dictionary has been eoziaut
It will appear in large octavo farm,
contain. from five to six huniirci
This will be a notional work, i n ti
Bess 91which all the friends of the
alas will r e j o i ce . F r om the South St
learn that a:dictionary of the , langur
Wed:ern . Polynesia, including the
Hebrides ; been has c comesca
El