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RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. October 6---Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost. RELIGIOUS EXERCISES FOR THE DAY. Herald Religious Cor- respondence. The Primacy in the United States. What Shall Ye Do To Be Saved? SCIENCE AND _ RELIGION. Plain Talk for Intelligent Readers About the Bible. —-—— CHRISTIANITY IN CHINA. Ministerial Movements and Changes. Services To-Day. Dr, A. R. Thompson preaches morning and even- ing at St. Paul’s Reform church, Rutgers College chapel. Dr. W. W. Newell and Rev. David Mitchell will speak at the Canal street Presbyterian church. T. G. Foster will be in a trance twice to-day at Apollo Hail. Rev. P. L. Davies lectures at both services at the Berean Baptist church, Bishop Snow speaks about the ‘Mystical Baby- “lon” at the University at three P. M. Rev. Dr. Flagg will discourse morning and even- ing at the Church of the Resurrection. Rev. W. C. Dawson preaches at the Christian church at both services. Rev. ©, 8S. Harrower will lecture morning and evening at St. Luke’s Methodist Episcopal church, Rev. Dr. Krotel will conduct the services at the Church of the Holy Trinity. Rev. J. H. Chapin speaks at the Fifth Universal- ist church. Bishop Harris will preach at the Rose Hill Metho- dist Episcopa! church at half-past ten A, M. Rev. \W.T. Egbert preaches morning and even- ing at the Church of St. John the Evangelist, Rev. Dr. Gallaudet and Rev. Dr. Seymour speak ft St. Ann’s church, Eighteenth street. Rev. Robert Cameron preaches at the Seven- teenth street Baptist church. Rev. W. H. Pendleton lectures twice at the Fifty-third street Baptist church. In the Orthodox Eastern (Russian-Greek) chapel, 951 Second avenue, near Fifticth street, there will be divine service at éleven o'clock in the morning. Free admission to every one. The Rev. H. Glackmeyer, the well-known Jesuit Treacher, will deliver a lecture on “Religion” next unday evening, in St. Lawrence's church, Eighty- fourth street, between Fourth and Madison ave- nues, The reputation of Father Giackmeyer as a lecturer and pulpit orator ought of itself to be fuMicient attraction to crowd the church in every part, even though the proceeds were not to be, as they are to be, devoted to the relief of the poor of St. Lawrence's parish. Rev. R. H. Newton preaches at the Anthon Me- mortal church. Divine services will be held at the Free Church of Bt. Mary the Virgin. Rev. Dr. Ewer discourses at St. Ignatius’ churche Rev. W. T. Clarke will preach at Unity chapel, Harlem. Baptism—What Sha Saved? To THE EpIToR OF THE HERALD:— Seeing an article in the Sunday HERALD in which the writer is asking for in’ormation on the passage in Mark xvi., 15 and 16, with your permission I will give my view of it:— And He (Christ) said unto them (the disciples), Go ye into all the world and preac Gospel to every creature, He that believeth and Is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. The writer propounds a case in this wise:—Mr. A. believes and is baptized; he, of course, is saved. Mr. B. “believes and is not baptized. Mr. C. does not believe and is not baptized. There is, of course, no salvation for him. position does Mr. B. occupy? Can he be con- demned because he is not baptized? Ye Do To Be did not believe; for to believe that they must be baptized was part of the Gospel that the aposties enjoined on their hearers to believe. Peter, in preaching on the Day of Pentecost, after telling, them, how they had killed the Lord and t He had risen again, the Jews ask the question, “Men and brethren, what shall we do?” what is his answer? Acts if., 38:—“Then Peter said unto them, Kepent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins.) 41— they that gladly received his word were baptize This shows plainly that a part of the Gosp Peter preached was that they must be t and those that obeyed his teaching show the: belteved what the Apostle preac 5 while those who were not baptized showed that they did not believe it, for the Gospel is not simply words that men may say:—“Oh, Thelteve that !¥ but it requires obedience to the pre- cepts taught. When Christ sent the aposties to preach the Gospel He does not state what words they should say; but we find that, while He spake to the Jews in parables, He taught ‘His disciples pri- vately, and promised that He would send the Holy Ghost to bring to their remembrance all Pentecost, and Peter's preaching was the effect of it, Inthe case of Philip and the eunuch we tind the eunuch reading the Scripture and asking Philip to explain what he was reading (Acts vii :—Then Philip opened his mouth and began at the same Scripture and preached unto him Jesus. ‘What is the effect of Philip’s preaching Jesus anto him?’ (36).—“And as they went on their way and came to a certain water; and the eunuch sald, ‘See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized "3 And Philip said, ‘if thou be- Heveth with all thy heart thov mayest.’ What in- ference can we draw from tits’ There was nota word said of baptism in the Scripture the eunuch was | reading, therefore he must have Leen told it when Philip preached to him Jesus; or, in other words, the Gospel. Thereiore the on): usion that we can come to is that Philip in preaching to him Jesus preached the necessity of baptism. Paul also says—Romans, iv., 17—“God be thanked that e were the servante of sin; but ye have obeyea ‘om the heart that form of doctrine which was ¢ livered you.” What form of doctrine had Paui ¢ livered unto them? He says, in the third verse, “Know ye not that 80 many of Usws we: paptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death ’”* Then baptism was part of the Gospel that Paul delivered unto them, and he was sent to preach the Gospel to the Gentiles, and it ts not possible that the Gentiles who were idolaters should know anything of baptism unless told by the Apostle, as; art of the Gospel they must be- lieve and obey in order to their salvation.’ he says—Galatians i. 8—“But though we or an angel from heaven preach any other Gospel unto ‘on than that which we have preached unto you, et him be accursed.” Peter also, in lis First Epis- tes, ii., 20 and 21, says, in using Noak and hig famlly going into the ark at the time of the flood as afigure, ‘The like figure whereunto (baptism) doth ba now save us (not the putting away ol the fith the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience to- ward God) by the resurr And Paul says—Galatiars 26 and 27—“For ye are all the children of God by faith in Jesus Christ; for a8 many Of you as have been baptized unto Christ have put on Christ.” In all this testimony the aposties teach conclusiveiy that those who have #0 done are in the ark of saiety, and also that it is of the Gospel to be believed and obeyed, and without it they are not heirs according to the promises made to Abraham, Hoping that “In- quirer” will search for himself and be convinced in fis own mind, | will close. Ww. PB. Science a Rel To tur Error or THe Heraip:— ‘There being many veovle of undisputed learning ion of Jesus Christ.” But the question is, what | I would } take the position that Mr. B., not being baptized, | things he | had taught them, and this came on the Day of | Again | anid trttelligence whd evince ® disposition to ques- tion the scientific truthfutness of the history of creation, as given ta'the Book of Genesis, a discus- sion of the subject in the Sunday HERALD, by the light of sctentific truth, will doubtiess be interesting to many of your readers, Being one of those readers, I will take the liberty to suggest that your correspondents on this subject should evince a becoming respect for the geological truth that the earth (and if the earth, then all similar bodies ef matter) was formed py precipitation of such matter from a solution, and, therefore, could not have been a molten mass while undergoing the process of formation ; moreover, chemistry develops the fact that such solution of matter could have been none other than a gaseous vapor, from which it is not reasonable to suypore that solar , and planetary bodies could have been formed except by a process of separation, condensa- tion and precipitation, Admitting the probable truth that the primary condition of matter was a gaseous vapor we cannot conceive the pos- sibility of any other force being Heyeeped by it than pressure, Pressure being of necessity insep- arable from matter, and therefore coexistant with it, we must admit that pressure is tne primar; force of matter, to the action of which force ail ether forces owe their development. Therefore if we would put forward a reasonable speculation as to the modus nat of the formation of worlds and their inhabitants we should first answer the inquiry, What effect should pressure produce when applied to & boundless mass of all the known, and, if you please, unknown, gases when held in a com- mon solution of gaseous vapor? Supposing that the iu ish Kinds of gases would evince their susceptibility of pressure by their contraction only, and that the choleric gases would evince their susceptibility of pressure by be- coming heated as well as contracted, and that some of the gases are greatly expanded by the action of heat, which expansion would correspondingly in- crease the pressure, except so far as it would be neutralized by the contraction of other gases, we shall readily reeive that pres- sure applied to @ solution of such gases would necessitate their separation from the gen- eral mass, and their concentration tn innumerable bodies on the bases of their susceptibility of pres- sure and of the action by which they evince that samen La Those gases which evince their sus- ceptibility of pressure by becoming heated as well as compressed by its action would naturally assume the character and position of solar bodies or suns, and planets would be formed of those gases which evince their susceptibility of pressure by their contraction only. ases which do not appear to be in any way effected by pressure would remain fixed in their primary position, and would constitute that boundless mass of expanded matter in which the planets are suspended. The gases of which this matter is composed would naturally be concentrated around the solar centres in the order of their Suncare of heat; those which are the least susceptible would be the most dense, and would therefore form the inner strata. It not being supposable that the work of con- structing a planet by the precipitation of matter from a gaseous vapor could begin until such vapor had been condensed into a space but little greater than is now filled by the planet's atmosphere, we May reasonably suppose that the final work of creation should not uecessarily have taken more time than is given in the “story of Moses.” And his statement that animal as well as vegetable life was primarily a spontaneous production of the earth being scientific truth, [ will refer you to the book of Genesis for scientific information on that part of the subject. I will, however, suggest the explanation that man, so far as we know, is the only created being in whom the intelligent prin- ciple is so developed that he is enabled not only to comprehend the law of matter and thereby to con- trol the forces of nature and make them his obedi- ent servants, but also to design and construct forms which do not exist tn nature and which his necessities do not demand. Therefore this intelli- gent principle is a creative power, analogous to that which we see in the works of nature by which we live, move and have a being. If this intelligent principle is God, then ‘all may know God from the least to the greatest; for man is made in the image and after the likeness of God. If it is not God, then bi Wt no intelligent knowledge of the being ofa God. Plain Talk tor Intelligent Readers About the Bible, &e. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Starting out with the proposition that belief, sure and steadfast, is too important and sacred a thing to fix upon any other than absolute scientific evi- dence and positive demonstration, allow me to present to an indulgent public a starting point from which all, both old and young, can reasonout the philosophy of life and true theory of right-doing and reward and wrong-doing and punishment, which in the main is easily stated in theory, but which in particular application has to be wrought out in the Iie of each individual to be truly under- stood. First, even a child can see the truth of this proposition, that it ts beyond the possibility of any power in the universe (not excepting God Himself) to make a true circle that shall have ends, or what we calla straight line that shall have less than two ends, This is in the same sense that, as the Bible informs us, “It is impossible for God to lie.” Some things, then, are impossible even with God. Now, we cannot go astray if we start out upon our investigations with this statement, Rob- bery is not right under any circumstances; and the “living and true God,” the great Spirit of the universe, never has commanded one man to rob another, This must be as true as tt is that it is im- possible for God to do wrong. For the very ideaofa God is that of an infinitely pure and holy being incapable of doing or encouraging wrong. If He ever did this we have the most incontestibie evidence that He is not an infinitely holy being, or that the witness who testities | to God's complicity in wrong-doing is an unfaithful witness, and not worthy of belief on our part. But we read in Exodus that God commanded the Israelites to “borrow” all their | neighbors’ jewelry; that He gave the people favor | in the eyes of the Egyptians, that is, made it easy to do the borrowing, and that they “spoiled” (or | robbed) “the Egyptians.’ Now, a8 we cannot ac- | cept the statement that God could have lent His aid to wrongdoing (for “two wrongs cannot make one | right’), we are compelled to accept the alternative that it is an error. Hence the Bible containg errors. When we consider that the testimony in the above case is furnished by acruel old priest, who was capable of doing what is recorded of him in Numbers xXxxi., where it says his band of ma- rauders, after pillaging the country of his wife's | father—Midian, the land of Jethro—ruthiessly murdered in cold blood, by his command, over @ hundred thousand) by a _ fair estimate, of helpless babes and defenceless women, | and also kept 32,000 young women (thirty-two of whom were for his Own personal use) for a fate | indnitely worse than that of their mothers and infant brothers and sisters, we cannot fall to have grave doubts as to the inspiration and authority of the Bible, | What makes the Incredible slaughter of Num- bers Xxx1. so much more barefaced an exaggera- | tion than any of Baron Munchausen’s stories, which were never printed or told for truth, is the | following consideration :— According to the Pentateuch (see Exodus, vi., 20; | Numbers, xXxvi., 6, and I. Chronicles, vi., 1, 16), | Moses was the son of Jochebed, the sister of Konath, who himself was one of the seventy that went into Kgypt in the famine. | Hence Moses was born in the next generation | after the Israelites went into Egypt. (These facts are more rellable for argument than the mere dates of 480 or 215 years, both of which are quite uncer- | tain and apt to mislead.) Now, when any of our | learned divines can tell us how “this Moses” could | lead out 603,550 warriors, in addition to women, | children and “strangers,"’ or about three millions of people (see Numbers, i.), When each of Jacob's twelve sons had only about four children on an average, and where he afterwards mustered the | 12,000 warriors even, who performed the above | herculean task without the loss of a man (sus- picious), then, and not till then, shall we take the | | Bible as a better book than the Koran, and im- | .plicitly follow its teachings as those of a god. | _ The’ writings of this man Moses and the laws of | his Pentateuch are all that gives the New Testa- ment any value; for Jesus Himself is represented as saying, “All those things which you find in Mo- ses and the prophets those things observe and do; and “Not one jot or one tittle shall pass from the Jaw till all be fulfilled.’’ When Moses’ infamous record and his fabulous accounts of creation, deluge, Egyptian plagues and | incredible numbers of people and equally incredi- - | ble feats of a barbarous age are a little better cleared up and relieved from the suspicion and ob- scurity in which they lie concealed, we shall be bet- ter prepared to base our arguments upon the infal- libility of “the Scriptures," Let us take one more of the numerous instances unreltability. In Genesis it is stated that scph was thirty years old when he stood before | Pharaoh,” or was promoted to be governor. Then | followed seven years of plenty. Aiter two o1 the hae of famine which followed had expired the raelites moved into Egypt, seventy in number. Hence at this time Joseph was thirty-nine years | old. Judah was three years older than Joseph, for | he was born in the fourth and Joseph in the seventh | year of Jacob's double marriage. Hence Judah was | forty-two years of age at the removal into Egypt. But if this was his age how are we to account for his growing up to manhood, marrying, having three sons—Er, Onan and Shelah, two twin (illegitimate) grandsons, after Er and Onan's death, and from one of these twin grandsons, Pharey, three great grandsons, who are enumerated among the seventy who went into Egypt, while at this time Joseph had only recently been married? his story is even more incredible than the others and equally as mu" “mixed” as Oakes Ames’ political record, Hence the more intelligent part of the community will lose enough of their confidence in witcnes, so calied, and mediums, to try to account for the following facts:—In the presence of Dr. Henry Slade, of this city, the most won- derful communications are received, written by unseen hands, ie | purchased a doubie siate, with @ wooden frame, and a@ pencil, your correspondeat went to Dr, Siade's reous. “Bible Spiritualists” quoted authorities against | After cleaning the slate and biting off a small grain of pencil about as large aa a af pea, but small enough to move between the two surfaces of the slate when closed, I placed the little grain of pencil in the slate and closed it up. Dr. Slade and myself then joined our hands on the So oF, the table, all in broad daylight, and wi we sat engaged in curious conversation about so wonderful a manifestation we distinctly heard the little piece of penct! moving over the surface in- side the slate;and when the noise ceased, on open- ing the slate, we found a communication, commenc- ing “My Dear Louise” and signed with my mother's signature, she having been in spirit life nine years. his can be verified by numerous witnesses who have seen the wonderful manifestations of spirit presence which occur in Dr, Slade’s presence, and until otherwise scientifically explained, I take the most probable theory for accounting for 80 unusual an occurrence by attributing it to the cause pur- porting to produce it, and tmdicated by the ad- dress and signature and more especially as Dr. Slade was ignorant of any of the facts alluded to in the communication. The Doctor's honesty ts un- doubted, and if these facts are not so they can be disproved, Any one doing 80, however, must write ‘over his own signature, when I will agree to aiso | isterial brethren by contest the matter over mine, INVESTIGATOR, Christianity in China, A letter from Tientsin, China, dated on the 24th of July, reports as follows with regard to the pro- gress of Christianity in the ancient city :— The beautiful new Roman Catholic church on the French Concession will be completed in Septem- ber, and @ handsome edifice it is, being the only. fine building in the settlement of Tientsin, Ad- joining it are the residences of the Fathers, orphan- age for girls and boys, forming a complete and pretty range of buildings. The schools are well conducted, presided over by Pere Delemasure, & gentleman. highly esteemed by the foreign com- munity, as was his predecessor, Pere Xavier, who is now with the Bishop, Monseigueur de 1a Place, at Pekin. The interior of the church will not be co! pleted till next year, 80 that the walls will be di y enough to be plastered. The church was designe by the Fathers and'built under their superintend- ence, and competent architects are high in their raise of the building in every point of view. elieve it is intended to rebuild the old cathedral in the city destroyed during the massacre on June 21, 1870, and to erect monuments on the graves of fis aouls Sisters who were so barbarously mur- ered, The Xavier Alumni Sodality. A meeting of the gentlemen of the Xavier Alumnt Sodality will be held at four o'clock this afternoon in the Sodality chapel, 49 West Fifteenth street. This being the first reunion of the members after vacation, Rev. P, F. X. Dealy, director of the So- dality, extends a kind Invitation to Catholic gentle- men Alumni of New York city to be present at to- day’s meeting. It will probably be the most impor- tant session held this year, North Gwinn, of she owner Conference, has Sonn We NY presiding ‘sider of the ‘Atlanta john W, Yai district, Georgia Conference, has withdrawn from the Methodist to offer himself to pal Charch the Church South. Exeter street church, Balti- more, i3 now enjoying a re! ing season, The astor, Rev. W. F, received ten persons nto church fellowship on Sunday last. Rev. Thomas Guard, pastor of Mount Vernon place church, Baltimore, returned last week from South Alrica, bringing with him his family, The splendid new church of which he will have cl will be ready for dedication during the present month. At Oxford, Md., & Mere) camp meeting is in pro- this week, held in new church, ‘me ev. Dr, Foss, of St. Paul’s Methodist church, preached an excellent discourse at Fourth avenue Presbyterian church, New York, last Sabbath morning, on exchange with Dr, Crosby. An interesting revival of religion is in progress in South Orange, under the labors of Kev. James Montgomery, pastor, who is at the same time a student of Drew Seminary. A number of conversions have been reported, and the good work goes on. Rev. E. M. Smith, pastor of the church at Bristol, R. L, has resigned his charge to accept the position of Tutor of Mathematics in the Wesleyan University. A new house of worship isin rocess of erection by the church at Sherman, Me, ‘he enterprise is conducted mainly by the pastor, Rev. John Morse. Rev. John Emory Kound, itor of the Methodist Episcopal church at South Wilbra- ham, Mass., has preached his last sermon to his people, and leaves at once to take charge of the entenary Seminary, Baltimore, under the appoint- ment of the Freedmen’s Aid Society. evival meetings have been in progress in Franklin street Methodist Episcopal church, Baltimore, during the past ten days, resulting in thirteen conversions and a large number of penitents asking salvation. Rey, Willlam E. Robbins, of the Indiana Confer- ence, left this city Saturdi afternoon in the steamer for Liverpool, intending to take passage there by the quickest route to Bombay, that he may at once unite with Rey, William ‘Taylor in evange- listic work in Bombay. The Methodist Book Agents have purchased a church edifice on Sixth street, near Franklin avenue, St. Louis, 74x125 feet, which they intend to convert into the Western Book Con- cern and publishing office for the Central Christian Advocate. This purchase will cause the transfer of the Book Concern from Cincinnat! to St. Louis, ‘The contributions of the members of the Methodist Mission in Sweden furnish a remarkable example of abouncing liberality im deep poverty—three dollars for each member out of an average daily in- come of twenty-etght cents. The case illustrates, likewise, the power of littles—large sums raised by the small contributions of the many. The Methodists are to dedicate a new church to-day, at Great Neck, L. L., the gitt of Mr. James Spinney; Bishop Simpson is to preach. Also at Fayetteville, Ind., October 20; at Bluffton, Ind., October 13; at New- tonville, Ohio, to-day. A new church was dedi- cated last Sunday, at McLanesboro, Iil., and another at Paxton, in, valued at $10,000. A new church, to cost $4,000, 18 soon to be erected at Hart- Ministerial Movements, Changes, &c. BAPTIST. The Chicago Baptist Theological Seminary has secured the library of the late Dr. George B. Ide. There are about three thousand volumes in it, A beautiful Baptist church at Adams, Jefferson county, N. Y., will be dedicated on Wednesday, October 9. The afternoon sermon will be preached by Rev. A. S. Patton, D. D.; evening, by Rev. ©. D’W. Bridgman, D. D. The Rev. W. F. Benedict was installed as pastor of the East Avenue Baptist church, Long Island City, last Sunday. Last Sab- bath was a great day with the Church of the Pil- grims. In the morning the pastor, Rev. J. 8S, Ken- nard, preached on “The Church a Blessing to the City,” and at the close the people made their oiferings to pay for the recent improvements and to cancel a floating debt. The whole amount wanted was $7,700, which wasraised, The Strong Place Baptist church, Brooklyn, has been greatly improved during the Summer vacation of the pastor. The new pulpit and stained glass window in the rear gable add vastly to the appearance of the house and make it, as it always has been, one of the most beautiful places of worship in the City of Churches, The Clinton avenue Baptist church, Brookivn, Rev. Dr. Hiscox, has a@ faithful and earnest working force. Froma membergiip of 35 it has gone up to 200, an‘lopens the Autumnal season with vigor. The Sunday school, scattered through the Summer, Is reassembling, and the church ts enjoying peace and prosperity. The Rev. 8. P. Smith, the Baptist poet, a High Church- man “on principle,” says, in the Watchman and Reflector, that the Baptist Church is the Charch of Christ and the only Church of Christ on earth, This brother evidently has not read the twelfth and thirteenth chapters of I. Corinthians lately, or ifhe has he has not imbibed much of their spirit. The Cen- tral church, Bridge street, Brooklyn, on Friday last, completed the twenty-fifth anniversary of its exist- ence and of the pastorate of the Rev. Dr. Sarles. It has been a quarter of a ceatury of unbroken inter- nal harmony in the charch, and between the church and its pastor, and both church and pastor have earned an honorable place in the Christian com- munity. Friday, Saturday and to-day will therefore be spent In a sort of silver-wedding festival. Rey. J. Sexton James, of Lewisburg, has accepted the call of the Allentown, Pa., Baptist church, and will enter upon his pastoral duties forthwith. Rev. James Walden was ordained asa minister of the Gospel, on the 26th ult., ut Penningtonville, Chester county, Pa. po Rev. S. B. Gregory, lately of Washington, D. ©., has been appointed to the charge of Leland Univer- sity, at New Orleans, La. Rev. R. B. Kelsey, of the Tabernacle church, Al- bany, has been unanimously called to the pastorate of the Baptist church, Passaic; and it is hoped will accept the invitation. Rev. C, C. Bitting, of Richmond College, Virginia, reports that nore than $20,000 of the proposed Jubilee Fund of §300,000 for educational purposes in the South has been paid in and is in bank. The churches of the Ottawa Baptist Assoctation will hold a foreign mis- sion mass meeting at Mendota, Ill, commencing Wednesday, November 13. The introductory ser- mon will be preached by Rev. J. A. Smith, D. D., of Chicago, Rey. J. E. Clough, missionary to the Rev. N. W. Miner, D. D., the church at Belvidere, Dr. Goodspeed, of the Second Baptist church, Chicago, has returned irom his trip to the Western mountain regions, and occupied his pulpit last Sab- bath, His health is not sufictentiy restored to render it advisable for him to engage in full work, The Western avenue church, corner of Western and Warren avenues, Chicago, having completed the enlargement of their house of worship, will re- open it to-day. It is understood that the farewell services connected with the departure of Miss Rankin and Miss Eastman, missionaries of the Woman’s Baptist Missionary Soclety of the West, and of Professor Packer and wife, who go to Rangoon, will be held in this city soon. Washing- ton avenue Baptist church, Brooklyn, 1s undergo- ing repairs to the extent of $25,000 cost. A lofty Spire, with a tower on the opposite corner, is going up. Rev. Dr. Moore, ita pastor, has returned from his vacation tonr among the mountains. At a large meeting of the First Baptist church, of Brooklyn, held on Tuesday evening, Sg goa 4, the resignation of the pastor, Rev. H. M. Galiaher, was read and gas eo accepted. Mr. Gallaher | accepts the call to Elizabeth, N. J. An important pulpit is thus made vacant and a sterling man is needed to stand in it. Mr. Gallaher has been elght years pastor of this church, During his late vaca- tion trip to Europe his church, which did not at first ey hte of his going, accepted the inevitable, and in his absence yoted to continue his salary and sent him a present of $1,000 to pay his expenses. Mr. Gallaher returned the mone and refused the salary, and now goes to a churc! which had previously called him and offered him a salary, It is said, of $10,000, and some friends are to present Mrs. Gallaher with a house valued at $15,000, He did not go to Brooklyn at ail after his | return from Europe. Instead of silencing his min- js defence of his “mixed com- fiunion” service, Rev. George F, Pentecost has drawn down upon himself the vials of wrath more numerous than ever. Rev. 8. W. Culver, of Mum- ford, N. Y., pitches into him after this tashion:— “You first Me gy articipation to Miss Smiley, You invited the two Methodists to partake. And it was by your authorization that the unbaptized wife also partook. On you, Brother Pentecost, rests the sole responsibility of 30 strangely mixing this com- munion. No, it was not altogether providential. It was, in @ remarkable degree, Pentecost-al.” METHODIST. Bishop Peck is recovering from his late sickness, and expects tobe able to meet the Central New York Conference at its appointed approaching ses- sion. Rev. ©, T. Mallory, of the New York Kast Conterence, who has been spending a three months’ | health-seeking tour in the West, chiefly in Kansas, has returned fully recovered. Rev, EK, W. Jones, oi the Northern New York Conference, is spending & few days on a visit to tamily friends in Jersey hty. Rev. George A. Hall is making arrangements in Washington city to commence this week a ‘‘Train- ing Class for Christian Workers,” under the aus- pices of the Young Men's Christian Association, sim- ilar to the ‘Tabernacle Free College” of Spurgeon, Tyng and Talmage, of London, New York and Brook- lyn. Three lectures a week willbe delivered by emi- nent speakers. The Northwest lowa Conference was organized by Bishop Andrews, September 18, at Fort Dodge. Twenty ministers were present, Bishop Marvin, of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, opened the Louisville Conference at New Lebanon last Wednesday. On Sabbath he dedica- ted a new church at the same place. Rev. William A. Mayhew, of Palmyra station, Missouri Confer- Jhurch Sonth, was married week before last. eorge J. Smith, of the North Georgia Confer- e (Church South), is taking a trip to the West to the country, and to visit some of the confer- ences to see how Southern Methodism prospers there. The Rev, T. A. 8, Adams has taken charge of the achool located at Blackhawk, Mias., under the renage of the Yazoo istrict Coufercove, It the = property of the weil, Ohio, The revival spirit continues in the churches, and during a recent meeting on St. John’s circuit, Mo., twenty-six persons joined the churchon rofession of faith. Rev. C. G. Bowdish, of Glen Cove Methodist Episcopal church, received twenty ersons into his church last Sunday fruits of last inter’s revival. A very neat Methodist Episcopal church was dedicated a few days ago at Rivers, Hedgesville circuit, Baltimore Conterence, Rev. W. H. Reed, astor. A great revival is now in progress there. The Second German Methodist Episcopal church, Philadelphia, laid the corner- stone of a new Methodist Episcopal church on Wednesday last. The spirit of fraternization be- tween the preachers and ople of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the South and those of the Methodist Episcopal Church is growing, much to the gratification of all concerned. In New Orleans, especially, there has been noteworthy progress made in the right direction. Ames Methodist Epis- copal church pulpit has been filled by ministers of the Church South, and Rev. M. ©. Cole, of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church, preached a few Sabbaths since in Moreau street Methodist Episcopal church South. Other ministers of both churches in that city and in other towns in Louisiana have ex- changed pulpits. The Northwest Indiana Confer- ence at its late session, alter hearing a short ad- dress from Bishop Janes, unanimously resolved that camp meetings ought to be held in the most wicked parts of the country. The Illinois Conlerence, at its late session at Decatur, approved the plan of purchasing an episcopal residence at St. Louis, and resolved to raise contributions for the purpose, at the rate of twenty cents for each member, provided the other Conferences inter- ested should do the same. The ReV. Silas A. Clarke was received a8 a member of the Erie Conference at ita late session, from the Free Will Baptist Church. Twenty-seventh street church, this city, having been repaired at an expense of $8,000, will be reopened to-day. Bishop Harris will preach in the morning. During a recent visit to Canada, the venerable Father Bochm preached in Palermo, Ont., and bap- tized an infant relative of the seventh generation. PRESBYTERIAN. The Dundee (Scotland) Presbytery, fatling to compel Rev. Mr. Knight, one of their number, to declare publicly that Rev. Mr. Martineau, an elo- quent Unitarian minister, who recently occupied Mr. Knight's pulpit, is outside the pale of the Christian Church, have taken the case to the Higher Courts ofthe Free Church of Scotland, which body, it is hoped, will convict Mr. Knight of heresy and condemn his act. His sermon preached in Mr. Martineau’s pulpit has been published, and it shows a wonderful laxity of theological dogma and doctrine according to the orthodox standard. Mr. Knight at first succumbed, declaring that the Presbytery had added a new article to the creed of the Free Chfirch of Scotland. But neither party is yet satis- fled. Dr. Maxwell, -a medical missionary of the English Presbyterian Church, opened a dispensary on the Island of Formosa, oif the coast of China, which brought people from all quarters in search of healing to the hearing of the Gospel. Two of those who heard the preaching of these truths, on returning to their native place, cast away their idols and became preachers; and now from six to seven hundred of their people as- semble regularly to listen to their preaching of Jesus. In like manner the entire work has been introduced and carried on by native agency. Out of fourteen chapels that have thus far been erected only three were built or assisted by funds of the mission, The West Presbyterian church isto be reopened next Sunday, 13th inst. Rev. Dr. McVicar, of Montreal, it is stated, has been cailed to one of our Brooklyn Presbyterian churches. A plan has been under consideration for some time for the es- tablishment of a Presbyterian Church South in New York for the accommodation of Southern families who do not feel at home in the Northern or- ganization. The movement hangs fire for the want of the right sort of a minister. A man of talent, magnetic force and eloquence, would be needed to make such a movement a success. Dr. Palmer, of New Orleans, is the favorite. So far he has not seen his way clear to join the movement. In the meantime the Presbyterian Church North is moving in the direction of the South. At the re- quest of the General Assembly Rev. Dr. James Richards, of Boston, has consented to represent his Church in Western Virginia. He passed ase 24 this city last week on his way to his charge in Charleston, the capital of the State. In the ab- sence of a church edifice divine service is held in the Senate Chamber. Rev. J. M. Harlow has re- signed the pastorate of the Presbyterian church in Manchester, Ontario county, New York. Rev. J. R. Page, after four and a _ half years’ service, will close his pastoral labors with the Kast Avon N, Y., Presbyterian church. Rev, Thomas Gallaher, of Lousiana., Mo., has received and accepted a call from the Presbyterian church at Pisgah, Mo., and enters upon his duties immedi- ately. The Rev. E. H. Payson, of Oneida, has ac- cepted an invitation to take charge of the church in Vernon, (N. Y.,) and will remove there immedi- ately. The Rev. James Demorest, Jr., has acceptea a unanimous call from the Second’ Presbyterian church of Peekskill, which was lately made vacant by the resignation of the Rey. Nelson Millard to accept a call from the First Presbyterian church of Grae The Rev. Samuel Carlile, pastor elect of Evansville, Ind., filled the pulpit of the Thir- teenth street Presbyterian church on Sunday last, in the absence of Dr. Burchard, who responded to the wish of his old be ltailia Mr. Palmer, of the Broadway Bank, and preached in the beautiful new Presbyterian church which Mr. Palmer and others have erected at Bedford, Westchester coun- ty. The Rey. J. V. Griswold, formerly of Washing- tonville and more recently of Brooklyn, has ac- cepted a call to the Presbyterian church at Port Jeiferson, Long Island. ROMAN CATHOLIC. Rev. P. Joseph Wissel, C.SS.R., formerly of Bos- ton Highiands, is now joned at Annapolis, Md. Rev. George F. Haskins, Rector of the House of the Guardian Angel, is lying dangerously ill. Rev. Father Morrissey, formerly of Petaluma, Cal., ha: been appointed assistant pastor at St. Patrick’s church in San Francisco. Right Rav. Bi op. Do- menec has appointed to-day for collecting it his diocesan seminary. Ata mass meeting of Catholics in New Orleans lately a formal protest was drawn up against the German persecution of the Jesuits. The meeting was held under the auspices of the “Catholic Militant Union of the Cross.” The new Church of the Assumption (German) on Lib- erty street, Rome, Oneida county, was dedi- cated on Sunday, 22d ult., Right Rev. Francis McNierney, Coadjutor Bishop of Albany, with imposing ceremonies. It has three fine-toned bells in the tower, which were solemnly blessed on a re- cent occasion. Rev. Peter Schmidt is the pastor. Aschbishop Bayley is to be installed over his new See in Baltimore next Sunday, 13th inst., and at an early day thereafter Bishop Gibbons will be instalied over the See of Richmond. Ata recent visitation of some districts in his diocese the Bishop of Cey- lon confirmed 1,060 persons, Of these sixty-two were adult Buddhists, ‘The corner stone of the new St. Peter's church in Lewiston, Me., was laid on the 29th with appropriate ceremonies. Right Rev. Bishop Bacon ofictated on tne occasion, By asingu- jar coincidence just at this time, when the Order of Christian Brothers has falien under the ban of the German Empire, the Church appears to preparing a crown of honor for its venerated founder, John Baptist de 1a Salle, The German Catholics of Balti- more arevtaking steps toward holding a mass meet- ing in that city at an early day, at which art, pur- , in fitting resolutions, to express their indig- nation at the conduct of Prince Bismarck in the Fatherland, MISCELLANROUS, It is believed that Christian missionaries will goon be able to occupy Kioto, tne ‘Miako,” or sacred capital of Japan, the residence of the Mi- kado, The new Bible House at Constantinople 1s in successful operation and is adding great strength to the religious forces fe aenge = | in Tur- key. Rev. Calvin Stebbins has begun his work at Detroit aud bas good congregations. Lutelligence of than 48,591 souls. The number of native Protestant Christians in India, Burman and Ceylon is estimated at 300,000, The Rev. Dr. Putnam, of the First Uni- tarlan church, of Brooklyn, has put the brakes down on the tendency to orthodoxy in his own chureh and in the denomination generally by caus- ing the following creed to be adopted and sub- scribed to:—First—We believe in the Bible, a8 con- taining the inspired Word of God. Second— We believe in one God, the -Father, infinitely wise and good, as revealed to us in the Bible, and more especially in the New Testa- ment. Third—We believe in one Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. We believe him to be the Son of Goa and his ally appointed messenger and representative to our race, endowed with super- natural power, approved of God by miracles and signs and wonders which God did by him, and thus, by divine authority, commanding the entire obedience of all to-whom his pone is revealed, Fourth—We believe in the Holy Ghost, the com- forter, the Spirit of God, given to lead men into a!l truth and sanctify them in holiness, Fitth—We be- lieve in the Church Universal, in the forgiveness of sins on true repentance, in retributive justice, in the resurrection of the dead and in life everlasting. The Young Men’s Praying Band closed another year of public service in Lefferts Park on Sunday. The attendance has averaged over a thousand each Sab- bath afternoon, Ministers of different denomina- tions have preached to the crowd. The services have been run in the style of a vigorous camp meeting, and many conversions have followed. The Band of Young Men who have conducted these services have ps the expenses, and by their efforts have kept Lefferts Park from being turned tnto a scene of revelry on the Lord’s Day. They have made collections on the spot suficient for the rental of the Park and the cost of the meetings, and have not burdened the churches with any expense. The New York and Hudson River Conference of Unita- rlan Churches and Ministera will be held in the Church of the Redeemer, Staten Island, on Tuesday and Wednesday ot this week. TEMPLE EMANUEL. A Day of Repentance and Preparation for Atoncment—True Repentance—Ser- mon by Dr. Gutheim. ‘This day, said the Doctor, is set apart for repent- ance and returning to God, as indicated by the prophet in Isatah lv., 6, 7—‘Seek ye the Lord while He may be found; call ye upon Him while He is near; let the wicked forsake his way and the un- righteous man his thoughts, and let him return unto the Lord, who will have mercy upon him, and unto our God, who will abundantly pardon.” The most faithtul condition in which man can be blest is in conflict with himself, and whatever encourages a man to remain in sin is in conflict with his better self, and must be painful to him in his efforts to return, Sin is ever opposed to that inward con- viction which we have found to be good, and which draws us toward God. And thus every sin which we commit drives us imto confiict with our better natures, and the disquiet which forces itself into our hearts after every violation of the law of God is an evidence of this conflict between sin and righteousness. The sincere desire of the heart to return to God—this is repentance, and every man feels this spirit of repentance at some time. The man wno is addicted to-open and gross crimes feels this sentiment of repentance perhaps very rarely. But our blessed religion comes to our help, and it has appointed A SEASON FOR REPENTANCR and returning to God. But woe unto him who waits for special seasons. The good and wise man repents whenever he feels he has done wrong. He returns to God at once. Repentance should not require special admonitions,’ as some persons think. And still more fallacious is the idea that the day of atonement will bring us repentance, and that after that day we may continue in sin as before. Is it mght to think that this day will atone for all our sing and we continue as before? Men argue that they can do this and that wrong act be- cause they have another chance to repent or the day of atonement is coming. But it is a mistake .to think the day of atonement will cover our sins. It is the inspiration of the heart which God requires—truth in our lives, not professions of our lips. The prophet Isaiah tells us very plainly what God requires in the Fifty-eighth chapter :—“Is it such @ fast that [ have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul ? 1s it to bow down his head as a bulrush and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him ? wilt thou call this a fast and an acceptable day unto the Lord? Is not this the fast that { have chosen ? to loose the bands of wicked- ness, to undo the heavy burdens and to LET THE OPPRESSED GO FREE and that ye break every yoke? Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry and that thou bring the poor that are cast out’ to thy house? when thou seest the naked that thou cover him, and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? Then shall thy light break forth as the morning and thine health shall spring forth speedily, and thy righteous- ness shall pe belore thee and the glory of the Lord shall be thy reward.” Sincere re- pentance really springs from a conviction of the neart, and is not inspired by fear. If we were not called to account for our sins we should not do them, because they are injurious to our- selves, But no repentance that is the result of fear can be lasting. But if it be called forth by a love for truth, virtue and our Father in heaven, it will cause us to retrace our steps at once. But every man will errat some time. There are more who doeth good and sin...th not. But the turning to God must spring from the heart, and then we shall amend our ways as the text suggests, by returning unto the Lord, who will have mercy, and to our God, who will abundantly pardon. And thus shall we gain strength not to commit those sins that need to be repented of. In regard to injuries to our nughbors, the Doctor called special attention to the moral code and the commandments and the in- terests of humanity,which should bind men to each other in love. He encouraged his hearers to that repentance which needed not to be repented of, and promised them the blessing of the Lord there- with as made inthe chapters from which he had quoted, THE XAVIER UNION. An Address of Sympathy to the Jesuits and Members of the Orders Expelled from Germany. A well attended meeting of the members of the Xavier Union was held last evening at their rooms, 59 West Fifteenth street, Mr. Joseph Thoron pre- siding and Mr. Joseph F. Mosher Secretary, The following address of sympathy to the very Rev. Father Beckx, and through him to the Jesuits and members of the other religious orders expelled from Germany, was read and unanimously ac- cepted :— To Very Re ciety of Je Very Reverexp Farnen—We, the members of the Xavier Union of the city of New York, assembled in gen- eral meeting, beg leave to express to you the sl ret we feel at the persecutions to which the soc een subjected by the German Imperial governmon We look upon the recent law closing the colleges and churches of the Order and banishing the inmate: gross infringement of the right of treedom of conscience, an insult to the age,a daring attack upon the rights, homes and liberties of unoffending m Pression deserving the reprobation of ail friends of civil and religious freedom. The proscription of a whole class. without specific charges, must be condemned by all fair-minded men ay a’ most iniquitous proceeding. The enemies of religion in Germany have revived the old penal laws, and are prosecuting men for opinions’ sake. Without proof or even the semblance of proof they have decreed banishment to worthy men for no other reason than that they belong to an order f mous for its martyrs, itsgreat missionaries, and its mer bers distinguished in every science. Inspired by the vain hope of burying under the ruins of the Papacy the Catholic religion, these so-called liberals expect to attain their end by destroying the Order that from its successful championship of the Holy See has been justly called the right arm of the Church. From years of imtercourse with the members of the Order in America we can bear witness to their zeal for religion, their pure ma heir unaffected piety and to their patriotism. We that, Im interesting themselves in temporal affairs, they are devoted solely in the cause of religion, to laboring without rest and to suf- fering without recompense in this world. We sympathize also with the millions of Catholics in Germany who, ty thie unjust law. are deprived of the ministrations of thelr trusted spiritual advisers, and we sympathize also with the Catholic students who, with rief, are compelled to ace their beloved instructors driven into exile. Lead ett eae isthe last step in so-called pro- whiclt liberalism has made, but we hope and tru its victims will successfully resist this, the latest on- ght, and that shortly the expelled Jesuit Fathors will return to their churches and colleges, there to resume thelr labors of love and charity, seeking consolation in the words of St. Paul:—"“God 1s not righteous that He should forget your work or the persecutions you have suffered in his name." The address is to be engrossed and sent immedi- ately to the Very Rev. Father Beckx. Appropriate remarks on the persecution of the Jesuits having been made by Mr. Frauklin H. Churchill, the meeting adjourned. Farner Beck, Superior General of the So” n, and an act of op: The St. Joseph's Home, situated in West Fifteenth street, is an institution under the charge of the Sisters of Charity and got up for the special pur- pose of affording a shelter for aged and indigent females, A fair for the benefit of the institution will commence to-mprrow evening at Irving Hall, under the auspices of a committee composed of the members of the St. Francis Xavier Union, The principal Catholic churches of the city will be re- presented by separate tables and each church is pit with the others as to which will present the most Inviting appearance. The enthusiasm which rompts the ladies in charge of the different tables ‘o devote their valuable time to the onerous duties Bisco e! ho such an undertaking will certainly be apprectat their gentlemen friends, who are sapected to aioe or co. ration. Hon. Wil- liam R. Roverts will mn the fair by an appropriate address, while Mollenhauer’s band will coliven the scene by choice selecligns of mumo, . NEW YORK CITY. The police made 1,758 arresta during the past week, There were 479 deaths, 418 birthe, 217 marriages: and 33 still births in the city last week. The Ordinance Bureau received in the week 6 complaints of violation of corporation ordinances. Marshal Hart granted 907 licenses this week and received $931 25. Fire Marshal'McSpedon reports @4 fires for the past week, the estimated lossupon which is $41,900 ana the insurance $252,200, Two thousand and ninety-nine persons were ac- commodated with lodgings at the several police stations during the pust week, Patrick Barrett, of 21 Hamilton street, haa his leg broken yesterday afternoon on pier 19 Eaat River by @ piece of wood falling upon him, The police of the Second precinct removed him to the Park Hospital. of Daniel vunne, eighteen, Brooklyn, was severely injured yesterday morning by falling from the second story of 249 Grand street, while hang- ing out goods, He was sent to his.home by the police of the Tenth precinct. John Miller, a man twenty-eight years of age, arrested in the Fourth precinct on a charge of vagrancy, died yesterday morning while being taken to the Tombs. The body was taken to the Morgue and Coroner Young notitied. John Fisher, sixty years of age, of No. 755 Tenth avenue, was dangerously hurt yesterday by falling into an area of his residence. He was sent to Bellevue Hospital by the police of the ‘'wenty- second precinct. Noah Davies, aged forty-five, colored, of 154 Sulll- van street, fell from the second story windows of the Metropolitan Hotel to the ground and die@ shortly afterwards from the effects of the fall. The Coroner was notified to hold an inquest. John McManus, of 19 First avenue, fell off a cab last evening on the corner of Fifty-second street and Fifth avenue. The horse trod on bis head and fractured the skull, He was taken to St. Luke's Hospital. Coroner Young was yesterday called to 110 Delan- cey street to hold an inquest an the body of An- drew Diegel, a German fifty years of age, whose death resulted from injuries received by having been accidentally thrown from his wagon on the 2d instant. John Corey, thirty-five years old, of 547 West Fifty-second street, was thrown from @ wagon at the corner of Fifth avenue and Seventieth street last evening, and was seriously injured about the head. He was attended to by Dr. White and sent to Bellevue Hospital. ~ ‘ At half-past eleven o’clock yesterday morning J. G. Herold, of No, 20 Watts street, was knocked down and rovbed of $30 by two colored men while standing in front of his residence. The thieves made their escape, but the Captain of the Twenty- eighth precinct and two of his detectives are out after them, Frank Stright, of 166 Bowery, was fatally injured yesterday morning by falling from the second story window of his residence to the yard in the rear. ‘The police surgeon, upon examining the boy, found pe seul badly fractured and had him conveyed to is home. William Rashan, thirty-five years of age, of No. 4 East Fifty-fourth street, fell into the hold of a vea- sel yesterday at Fishkill and was severely injured. He was brought on to this city by the steamer queen and sent to hishome by the police of the 'wenty-eighth precinct. Yesterday afternoon the body of Frank McCue, late a fireman employed on board the steamship City of Antwerp, was found in the dock at pier 45 North River. The deceased is supposed to have been drowned by accidentally falling overboard. The body was sent to the Morgue, and Coroner Young notitied. Noah Davis, a colored waiter at the Metropolitan Hotel, yesterday afternoon, while engaged in clean- ing a window on the second floor, lost his balance and falitng to the pavement was killed. Deceased was a single man and lodged in Sullivan street. Friends oF deceased took charge of the remains, and Coroner Young was notitied to hold an in- quest. James Donahue, Superintendent of the Free La- bor Bureau, Nos. 8 and 10 Clinton place, makes the following report of business for the week ending October 5:—Applications for employment, 1,298; of these there were 207 males and 1,091 females, Male help required, 179; female, 1,032, Situations pro- cured for 156 males and 880 females, Whole num- ber of situations procured for the week, 1,036. Alarge meeting of the Irish Democratic Union was held at Masonic Hall on the 4th inst, Mr. Anthony Grifiths was in the chair, The Committee on Nominations unanimously recommended Samuel B. Garvin for District Attorney, Algernon 8, Sulll- van for Judge of the Supreme Court, Dennis 3. Griffin for the Assembly in the Fourth district. Thomas Shields in the Seventh ward, Charlies P. Blake for the Thirteenth, William O'Connell for the Seventeenth, Joseph Paul for the Twentieth and John Murphy for the Eleventh were nominated for Aldermen, General M. 'T. McMahon was nominated for Congress. The annual parade of the Police Department is to take place on the Uth inst. The force is to be formed into @ hollow square after the review, in ‘Tompkins square, when Superintendent Kelso wilt receive the i to be presented to the police Dy the citizens of New York. A band of music wil accompany each battalion during the march through the streets, and inspectors and senior cap- tains will be mounted, to attead upon the General Superintendent Kelso. As aids—Captains Kennedy, of the Sixth; Byrnes, of the Fifteenth; Irving, ol the Detective torce, and Ulman, of te Fourth pre- cinct, will be all detailed for this service. The mounted squad and marine guard will take part ia the procession. GIVIL SERVICE. The commissioners for examination of candl- dates for positions and promotion in the Custom Mouse have concluded their initiatory labors and will hold the first meeting in their new room at the Custom House to-morrow morning. About two hundred applicants who have petitioned for places were notified to appear there. The following RULES OF RXAMINATION have been adopted :— 1. Every candidate is required to present bim- self punctually at the time specified in his notifica- tion, 2. The examination will commence at nine o’clock A. M. und close at three P. M. 3. Candidates will be permitted to leave the ex- amination room for a short time after having given up each paper before proceeding to the next, bat no candiaate will be allowed to quit the room until he has given up the paves on which he is engaged. 4, Each candidate Is required to write his answers on the paper furnished and to subscribe his name | to every sheet of paper which he uses, 5. Any didate who is dissatisfied with the pens, ink and paper supplied to him may apply to one of the examiners; but any one who Is ac- customed to use @ particular Kind of pen should bring it with him. 6. Candidates are warned that any attempt to use books or manuscripts, either in the examina- tion rooms or elsewhere, during the hours ol ex- amination, will be regarded as aifecting the moral character of the candidate, and as rendering it necessary that his certificate should be refused, and any candidate copying from the papers of another, or permitting his own papers to be copied, or re- ceiving or giving assistance of any description, will expose himself to the same penaity. 7. Bach candidate will leave lis address, at the close of the examination, with the Board of Bx- aminers, that the reault of the examination may be made known to him. THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. The Range at Creedmoor. The range of the National Rifle Association at Creedmoor {8 approaching completion, and it is claimed that it is superior to anything of the kind either in this country or in Canada, The grounds cost $26,250, the targets $4,000 and the embank- ment in their rear a like sum. When completed twenty targets may be used at once at any rango up to 1,000 yards, so that @ full regiment can go through an entire course of instruction In @ single day. At the same time, a8 we are assured, the range can be greatly improved at a slight ad- ditional expense by the erection of buildings, &c., which expense the association hesitate to incur, as it desires to avoid contracting any debts, A range of this character is a desideratum to our extended militia system, and a systematic effort is now be- ing made to induce the National Guard to join the organization. The terms of membership are as follows:—Life membership, $25. To others $5 for the first year and $2 annually thereafter. Organi-~ zations joining In mass pay half these rates. Appli- cations for membership shonid be made in wri wd to the Secretary of the association, Mr. George W. Wingate.