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RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. May 18--Fiith Sunday After Easter. RELIGIOUS PROGRAMME FOR TO-DAY. Herald Religious Commu- nicants. neal eaiciniaia THE PROPHECY OF ST. MALACHY. Judas Iseariot in Respectable Compan eeeiet aaa THE PRESBYTERY OF NEW YORK. ——e—_—___ Liberty ot Conscience in Minnesota, Se Denominational and Minis- terial Movements. Services and Subjects for To-Day. “The Death Penalty” is the theme upon which Rev, E. C. Sweetser will discourse this evening in the Bleecker street Universalist church. Rev. J, M. Atwood preaches in the morning. ‘The lessons to be drawn from the many recent executions will doubtless be illustrated by Rev. F. Hamblin in his elucidation of “Capital Punish- ment" to-night at Jane street Methodist charcn, Morning services at the usual hour. St. Stephen’s Episcopal church will be opened for initial services to-day. Rev. Dr. Price, the rector, will preach in the morning and Rey. Dr. Morgan Dix in the evening. The President of Dartmouth College, Rey. Dr. Asa D. Smith, preaches this morning at the anni_ versary services in Fourteenth street Prespyterian church. Reunion services in the evening. Rev. Wayland Hoyt will treat of “The Common Trials of Life,” in Steinway Hall, this evening, and Preach in his church (Tabernacle) in the morning. Rev. Dr. Thompson will preach at the instailation of Rey. William B. Merritt, in the Sixth avenue Union Reformed church, this evening, There will be services in the morning. Services in French this morning by Rer. Dr. Verren, at the Church du St. Esprit. Morning and evening services in Laight street Baptist church by Rey. Halsey W. Knapp. Rev. John E. Cookman will preach morning and evening in the Methodist Free Tabernacle. “The Crystal Sea Before the Throne” and “Zac- cheus in the Sycamore Tree” will be the themes upon which Rey. William H. Pendleton will address his congregation, morning and evening, at Fifty- third street Baptist church. The editor of the Christian, H. L. Hastings, will preach in the Star of Hope Mission, in the morning and aiternoon, and at Temple Hall in the evening. Rev. H. D. Northrop preaches morning and even- ing in West Twenty-third street Presbyterian church. Services by Rev. J. F. McClelland in St. Luke’s (Methodist) church, morning and evening. Rev. Drs. D, Curry, of the Christian Advocate, and §. S. Brown and Rev. Delos Luil will speak in be- half of church extension and city missions in Eighty-sixth street Methodist church. The Second Adventists will have morning and evening services in Cooper Institute. Elder Bar- bour's subjects will be “On Time” and “The In- ternationals and Prophecy.” Miss Jenny Leys will lecture inspirationally at Robinson Hall this evening. Other services at usual hours. Rev. L. Davies preaches morning and evening tn Berean Baptist church. Preaching morning and evening, in Westminster Presbyterian church, by Rev. J. K. Demarest. Elder James Bicknell, from Westmoreland, Preaches this morning and afternoon in Beulah Baptist church. Bishop Snow will preach in the University at three o'clock. Rev. Dr. Beach preaches Peter's, in Twentieth street, At Forsyth street (Methodist) church Rev. J. W. Barnhart will resume his ministrations, preach- ing morning and evening. Preaching at Calvary Baptist church, morning and evening, by Rev. R. S. MacArthur. Rey. U. T. Tracy will preach in the morning at the Church of the Reformation, and Rev. Dr. Mont- gomery, of the Church of the Transfiguration, in the evening. Services morning and evening at the Church of Christ. Rey. W. C. Dawson will officiate, this morning at St. “The Use of Churches” will be the subject of | Rev. Henry Powers this morning, at the Church of the Messiah. Evening service of praise. There will be services commemorative of the late Bishop Eastburn in the Church of the Ascen- sion thismorning, at eleven o'clock. Discourse by Rev. Dr. John Cotton Smith. Séances and trance speaking at Union Hall, Jer- sey City, at three and eight P. M. i Rev. Dr. Flagg will preach at the usual hours, Morning and evening, in the Eighty-fifth street church. At Anthon Memorial church, Rev. R. Heber New- ton will preach morning and afternoon. At the lat- ter service (choral) his theme will be “The Fall.” Rev. Dr. Holme preaches morning and evening in Trinity Baptist chureh. Morning and evening services at St. chapel. Rev. H. B. ititchings preaches m the “evening. At All Saints’ (Episcopal) Rey. W. N. Dunnell ‘will conduct the services, morning and evening. Rev. Dr. Hugh Miller will officiate, as usual, in Christ church. Rev. Messrs. G. H. Hepworth, H. B. © Stephen H. apin and ng, Jr., will advocate the claims of the Evangelical Alliance this evening at the Church | of the Disciples, Mr. Hepworth will disc@arse upon | “The Peculiarities of Christianity” in the morning. At Pilgrim Baptist church Rey. J. Spencer Ken- nard will lecture this evening op ‘The Life of Moses,"’ The Prophecy of St. Malachy. To THE Eviror or THE HERALD: In the very interesting account which you gave of the prophecy of St. Malachy in your impression of the 6th inst. there is a very important omission. I refer to the mention of the 102d Pope, who {# named “Lumen in Colo? 1 have Known of this prophecy for many years, and mem, bers of my family were acquainted with it long anterior to the papacy of PioNono. In no case have I heard it mentioned without the name attached to his successor as quoted above. It appears evi- dent that the whole of the inspiration was directed to these two last named Pontiffs. All the names previoasly mentioned are, if the explanation is cor- rect, no ‘more than ‘notices of trivial incidents of family and title, and could have only been in- spired to give authenticity to the burden borne at the end. Your explanation of the “Crux de Cruce” nas been generally accepted since the aggressions of | the house of Savoy against Rome have begun. 1 can remember when it caused a8 much speculauion as the “Lumen in Calo” does at the present mo- meni If, therefore, there is any virtue in this ancient Gocument there will be at least one more Pope. ‘The abropt conclusion of the document does not necessarily pigally that the Papacy terminates with the last mentioned, but only that it more were named they have been lost in the lapse of ages, even as In ur version the last important one is lost; or hat the vision of the seer faded away at this point, 1 pee alse the design of God to reveal more at t e, i For those who prefer to think that the Papal throne-spiritual will be finally vacant after the de- mise of the last named, they may console th selves that with it will terminate the existe: Wage upgn this ggrtp, a6 Whatever falls His ce Of ‘word John’s | NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, shall not pass away" who said to Peter, “Tam with you to the ending of the world.” A. T. We Thirteen More Popes To Be Expected— More Learned Interprotation and Criti- cism of the Prophecies of Saint Malachy. As the old prophecies of Saint Malachy are attracting some attention, I desire to say a word on the subject. I read these prophecies some years ago, in an Irish work published by the Ossianic ty of Dublin, and edited by the lagg Nicholas O'Kearney, who bad @ very Competent brain tor that work. The mottoes or coat of arms of the Popes are only given. The words that came to Pius IX, are Crus crucis, or the “crucified heart; and then it distinctly Says that there will be only thirteen more Popes after him, when, if remember rightly, the world Will be destroyed. Theroiore, whoever read the prophecy must have had either an imperfect copy or he was in @ hurry with the extinction ot the Papacy. A correspondent, who calis himsolf ‘“Ro- man Catholic,” appears to chuckle over it as he fires a shot from behind the bush. Ican assure the gentleman that the Papacy is not likely to be ex- tinct yet awhile, As the Popes are usually selected trom very old men we might average the lives of these thirteen Popes who are to come at ten years each, which would make in the aggregate 130 years. In tact, we don’t know what tay happen at the end of this time, say 130 or 150 years. Ihave read a great many of the prophecies of St. Columkille, and, strange to say, they have come to pass with sing lar accuracy, They even foretold the lave Daniel O'Connell aud Father Mathew, There scarcely could be any interpolation, as the work was written in the ‘Bearla Keine,” or Phoe- nictan tongue, then used only by poets and histo- rians. The Irish language was the most copious and dificult under heaven, In it were five dis- tinct and separate languages, the common Irish being used by the people. Thope Ihave set this matter right, and I hope you will give place to itim your journal, und very much oblige your humble correspondent, DAVID O'KEEFFE. Was Judas Iscariot as Black as He Is Painted? To THE Eprror OF THR HRRALD:— During the time of the Abyssinian war it was dis- covered that the Abyssinians had some notion of Christianity mixed up with heathenism; that they held some of the doctrines of the Catholic Church and retained many of its formalities; were in possession of the Bible, and a calendar of saints, the frst name thereon being that of the Blessed Virgin, the second that of Judas Iscariot! But how strange it will appear to some to hear of the name of Judas being placed in such respectable company! To me there is nothing strange about it, for 1 take fhe Scriptural account literally, “that Judas ‘repented’ himself of his crime, went and hanged himself.” Excess of joy and excess of grier produce insanity, Witness the wile of the late Em- peror of Mexico. Now, against insanity there is no law: and I have yet to learn t at the time Judas committed suicide that suicide was classed among the category of deadly sins. But Judas did ropent, for he returned the thirty pieces of silver, Would that many of the world’s miilionnaires would show such proofs of penite: One of the first acts of contrition is to gotten goods; and Judas did it, An attempt to commit sutcide, by the laws of this State, 1s not punishable, if a man be pronounced insan very justly so, too, We shield, provide tor commisserate him, Surely some of Christ's self-appointed ambassa- dors—men who suppose themselyes to be doing the work of the kvangelists—might make the death of Judas a lively theme for pulpit exlibitio Might they not draw from the fountain of tears that swept down the cheeks of a crucified Saviour a powerful argument of the Saviour’s mercy, ex- tended to even poor Judas’ Alas! no; he has no iriends. Over the stones rattle his hones; He's a damnable traitor whom nobody owns. Christ and Judas must have suffered about the self-sume hour. Some commentators incline to the supposition that Christ suffered first, and that Judas was the first fruit of the redemption; that the first answer to the Saviour’s prayer on the cross—‘‘Fatuer, forgive them, for they know not what they do”—was the immediate cause of Judas’ repentance. tis not recorded that Christ looked upon Judas as he did on Peter. He did more; He allowed Him- sell tobe kissed! The fact of alowing Judas to kiss Him is inexplicable, unless he intended to par- don him. Christ surely was not playing the traitor; ile either was or was not. Let us rather suppose that the floodgates of divine mercy were opened, and that the waves of of forgiveness rolled over the head and washed the soul of another of the actors inthe drama of the atonement, who had been predestined before the foundations of the earth were planned to play so important a part. What does Paul say, ninth chapter Romans? (for children read Judas).—‘For Judas not being yet born, neither having done any good or evil that the | purposes of God according to election might stand.”” Jadas was @ necessary character to fill up the plot as much as were Pontins Pilate, Cephas, the high priest; Barrabas, the Roman soldiers and the mad pra, John, the beloved disciple, and the three arys. IfChrist’s blood were shed in vain then the whole scene of the Passion and Resurrection ends ina miserable farce, and would seem origi- nally to have been written as such, elevated by time and antiquity into a stupendous tragedy, 1 To THE Epirok oF THE HenALD:— This opinion ts gaining ground. The gentlemen of the pulpit shouid see to it, For my own p: I believe Ju repented and was forgiven. Neither could all the rhetoric of a Beecher nor the motley foundling fancies of a Talmage imagine the sutfer- ing, the anguish, the misery that pessessed the brain of Judas alter betraying his Lord and Master, for he went out and hanged himself. JOSEPH BURTON, De Kalb avenue, Brooklyn, The Presbytery of New York and the Action of the Board of Trustees Toward the Pastors. | To Tur Epiror oF TAE HERALD:— We must accept the universal conclusion of mod- ern psychologists, that ‘corporations have no souls,’ and its logical inference, that their only | safety from excessive Magellation Hes in the law for the prevention of cruelty to animals. Yet, somehow, it is humanely conceded that the indi- vidual members of such body politic may possess the aforesaid indispensable attribute of humanity, and consequently may have some intellectual as well as physical comprehension of the eifects of the club or the boot. Thus far, however, the persons formerly composing the Board of Trustees of the Forty-second street Presbyterian church have sub- mitted, without wincing, to a most vigorous cas- press; but now, during a pause in the operation, venture to ask, What have we done to merit these terrible denunciations ? {n vain we search for the answer in the resolu- tions of the Presbytery, published in the Kvangelist of March 20, They sj , indeed, of “the course pursued by # portion of the board of trustees d | aflected toward their pastor,” &c.; they ‘‘con- unreservedly and emphatically, the action atoregaid trustees, in their attempt to break | up the pastoral relation,” €c., but are silen as to any particular act.done by the board or by any member of it. | ized to state that all the course and all the action | vaguely referred to above were the unanimous ; course and actionof each and every member of the | board, including one elder—except his signing of | the paper referred to below. | Inthe same issue, March 20, you volunteer your | assistance to “restrain the ambition of a Who were charged with the temporal int that church,” and say, “that they may confess their error is, doubtless, the wish of their breth- They do not yet confess it, for the simple reason that they have not yet discovered it. The Christian Statesman (Philadelphia, Mar quotes exultingly from the /ndenendent:— trustees of the society appear to have taken the government of the church upon their shoulders, and an opposition party, organized by them, has demanded the resignation of the pastor. Ths quest Was granted, We have kuown of sev flagrant c Of thus sort, and we shall be h glad if the Presbytery of New York shall suc beating it into tke heads of some of these gentie- men that there are otuer considerations bestaes pew rent,” &c. We might be philanthropic enough vo undergo limited suifering just to conduce to the happiness of some fellow mortal, but the Jnde- pendent man must postpone his rejoicing, on a count of either the thickness or induration of the organs beaten or the inadequacy o! the weapons used. But we credit tne /ndependent with the most candor in stating the mest explicitly the gist of the indictment against us. We answer, we or- ganized no party; no trustee er number of trus- | tees asked or demanded the resignation of the | Pastor. What we did do was the following, and we claim | that we did only our duty as trustees, and as church members we acted in accordance with “the prinet of Presbyterian order.” In the latter character we had united with the congregation in calling as our pastor a candidate of apparently at least average ability as a preacher; and the Pres- | bytery found no fault with the $4,000 @ year salary We promised, Salaries do seem to be graduated, ; Somewhat at least, on the scale of mental caltbre | of the recipients, For superior or supreme ability | double or quintuple the above may be paid. Now | If, say $2,000, be the minimum for very indifferent | parts, then we paid one-half fer average ability | and We had a ot right to it, or to chang We do not say we were decetved, but we were | grievously disappointed. The attendance of the | youth of the church fell off largely, and gradually or inane tear a the number of twenty-five ore lease thirteen of whom pa pews, Tebigned their pews, om paid jor full As trusiées, we could not she . We asked, Why are you leavitig Ect A Rui answer being’ substantially, t ficiency of the pulpit service sinted to the Presbytery that ‘True, from it was torty tigation inflicted on them by the Presbytery and the | The undersigned 1s tree and authot- | | ating. | tandis, shall be observed.” to sixty had succeeded them; but in reality only six full pew holders and sixteen others, and this In a rapidly growing poighbor- hood, Near the close of last year we were In ar- rears $1,500. We requested the pastor to read & hotice calling on the congresation for subsoriptions to pay the deficiency; but instead, by a statement Much more Ingenious than ingenuous, the de ficiency was made to appear much less. No sub- scriptions were forthcoming, and the $1,500 re- mained unpaid, In all this did we transcend our duties either as church members or 28 frushowm? Ande letters perhaps WE Word Superseded, A jnd Snilding were owned by Mr. Lenox. In November last we decided to take steps to pur- chase the property and secure the fee to the con- gregation. A committce of trastees was ap- Pointed to confer with Mr. Lenox’'s agent, and & Meeting of the Board was called ior February 4, to Which the jay members of the session were invited, the elder trustee writing and serving the invita- tions, We had on other occasions sought the counsel of the elders in pene meetings. At this one the trustees’ committee reported favorably. The trustees, conceiving it their duty to consider ali matters bearing directly on the temporal pros- perity of the congregation, stated in writing, one of them verbaily, that “It is Known that many of our people are dissatisfied with the services in the pulpit on the Sabbath, and for that reason prin- cipally have lost their interest in tne church. When we look around at the empty pews on the Sabbath, and especially in the evening, we may well ask ourselves, Wheie is the youth of the church? We think that our pastor ought to be in- formed of the teeling existing in the congregation. We would, therefore, urge that this meeting to-night take the proper steps to bring the matter before our pastor and the congregation.” Many other matters were discussed; but the “steps proper,’’ or improper, which “this meeting” took were to hear a statement from an elder that the pastor should resign; a motion by an elaer that 4 com- mittee ef three should be appointed to see the pastor and read the paper to him (containing tue loregoing statements), which was ‘amended, on motion ofa trustee, that only the substance of the paper should be stated to him, The committee was therefore appointed nem. con; but just here “the action” of the trustees ceased, tor which the Presbytery adopted the following :— Resolved, That the Presbytery of New York do con- demn, unreservedly and emphatically, the action of the aloresaid trustees in the attempt to break up the existing pastoral relation as uncalled for by auy exigency, splr- itual or temporal, in the condition of the church and con- grezation: as subversive of the principles of Presbyterian order, as threatening the peace of all our church sessions and congregations and 4s injurious to the whole body of Presbyterian churches. “Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth !—James, iid., 5. ‘Three ef the trustees were appointed the com- mittee, but betore any one of them had obtained an interview withthe pastor some other party had exercised their functions. ‘Che pastor had stated from the Dulpit his intention to resign his charge; on the next Wednesday evening he made his tare- well address and shook hands with the members present, After all this the committee met the pastor; ne asked their advice as to what he should do, but they declined advising him, made no re- quest and no demand. Afterward a notice, signed by the pastor, calling a meeting of the congrega- tion to appoiat commissioners to unite with him in his request to the Presbytery to dissolve the pas- toral relation, was read by the minister then offict- The commissioners were appointed, but made no attempt to influence the action of the tery in any direction. this lengthy statement we should close, but sters seldom teach us what is Presby- terial order, we have to find it in the Confession of Faith, form of government, chapter 17, which, aiter bing the mode by which a pastor may obtain ase from his pastoral charge, say: ar ) “And ifany congregation shaildesire to be released from their pastor, & similar process, mutatis mu- xchange parties and names and proceed as in the other case. In fact, Presbyterianisin is the radical difference and happy means between the absolutism of congregationlism on the one hand and of prelacy on the other, The congregation must have its ng in both the settlement and release of pastors,and the movement on the part of the congregation must originate somewhere. If the clamor in the congre- gation for a change be unfounded the Presbytery can retain the incumbent, despite the prospect of empty pews or skort rations. All this is just as it should be, yet. the uncertainty, especialiy in this country, of ministerial tenure, and the exigencies otmuinisterial lue, tend to sway Presbyteries to- ward prelacy. But since the decrees of Laud have degenerated into denunciations by Presby- teries, and the dragoons of Claverhouse into troops of editors, we suppose we have small cause of complaint, A, STEWART BLACK, New York, April 24, 1873, 388 Broadway. Liberty of Conscience in Minnesota—The Religious Rights of Prisoners and Paupers—Governor Austin’s Veto—An Indignation Meeting. At the last session of the Minnesota Legislature, | that adjourned a short time since, there was passed a “Liberty of Conscience bill,” which was vetoed by Governor Austin, In the prisons, asylums and poorhouses of that State the Uatholic inmates have been prevented from receiving the ministrations of clergymen of their own faith and compelled to attend Protestant worship. The ap” plications of Catholics to be visited'by priests have been steadiastly denied, and even in their dying hours the prohibition has been known to be car- ried out. ‘There is no law preventing Catholic clergymen from visiting prisoners and paupers, but the regulations enforced by the managers close the doors of penitentiaries and eleemosynary institutions against them. Citizens of all denom* inations favored the passage of the bill, which was grounded on.the plainest principles of equity and in acecr dance with all American ideas of religious liberty. It was provided that after its passage po hindrance should be offered, on proper occasions, to the adinission of such clergymen as the inmates | requested, and it was made the duty of the officers in charge to afford facilities for that purpose, The only public institution in New York where the Minnesota system obtains is the House of Ref- uge, on Randail’s Island. The mght of the present trustees, however, to hold office at all—they not being subscribers towards its support, as the law requircs—it appears, is to be investigated, and it 1s expected that the rules that now debar the boys and girls confined there from their inalienable right to religious consolation and help will svon be entirely changed, In Minnesota the action of Gov- | ernor Austin nas given rise to much indignatiqn. It is contended that the only influence to benetit Catholic prisoners, spiritually and morally, is shut out by the authorities, and that they are not touched by the teaching or preaching of Protestant ministers, no matter how good these gentlemen may be; that they are coerced into hearing. It was brought to the at- tention of the Legisiature that in the British isles has long passed when such intolerance d, and did such a state of things now exist in any public institution there public opinion would not permitit to continue a week. In France and in Germany the greatest attention is given to the religious Wants of criminais and paupers, Catholic, Protestant and Jew are allowed to obtain counsel from their respective ministers and attend their respective forms of worship, and, instead of placing obstacles in the way, the laws encourage the practice. A large meeting of citizens was held in Mower county to protest against the conduct of their rep- resentative, Who favored the of Governor Austin. The resolutions adopted “proclaimed to the world our utter dete: jon and contempt of the narrow, illiberal and bigoted ideas that would proseribe any class of our people from a free and unrestrained exercise of their religious opinions, We recognize the right of the inmates of State in- stitutions to exercise that inalienable right, guar- anieed by the constitution, to worship God accord ing to the dictates of their conscience. There is to be some disposition to test the power of the officers in charge of penitentiaries and jails to exclude ministers and to compel prisovers to atrend se S against which their consciences tous that clergymen cannot be trusted to hold communication with the inmates, and that the privilege of admitting them would be , are considered unworthy excuses to cover e bigotry that controlled the mind of the Gov- nts and Changes. EPISCOPALIAN. Dr. Henry Laning, of Syracuse, has received an appointment from the American Protestant Episco- pal Church Mission to organize and take charge of a hospital at Osaka, Japan, which is to be, in con- nection with an American school, there estab- lished, He is to sail from San Frapyisco on the 1st of June, and hence will go out in the same steamer with Bishop Harris, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, The Cathedral Committee of the Diocese of New York has, we understand, accepted the charter incorporating the Cathedral Chapter of St. John qe Divine, We also learn that Bishop Doane, of Albany, is going abroad to study the cathedral system as it exists in England, and thus to obtain Valuable suggestions as to the best system to be adopted in this country. Rev. Dr. Paddock, of Erooklyn, has been elected Bishop of the Diocese of Massachusetts, Vice Kastburn, deceased. A let- ter from an Episcopal missionary in Mexico states that the persecution. of Protestants and native converts in the State of Morcles is very bitter and violent. A Mr. Rodriguez, who was recently ad- ministering baptism publicly, was tired upon, but escaped, The bullet, howeve wounded three others, The minister Was then knocked down and h attempt was made to take his life with @ Ministerial Move dagger, but @ convert inter ed and received the fatal biow and died shorily alterwards, refusing to confess to the Roman Catto rate, The other wounded converts also refused to see the priests and steadiastiy adhered to their new-iound faith in Jesus Christ. The Protestants subsequently appealed to President Lerdo tor protection, which he promised to the fu extent, and ex- resged his gratitnde to the Protestants for their earty Support of himself and his government. Batia, Which contains a pepulation of 250,000 and is the seat of fhé Homantat Archbishop of Brazil, hag been selected as a feld for Protestant Episco- pal missions. The Rev. J. F. C. Setineider has com- menced his labors there, and he reports that he hopes soon to organize @ church, as there are so Jew who seem to be greatly tateresved iu the truth, e ae." Al the priests have} begun agaiust this Protestant movement and to urge the MAY 18, I873—QUADRUBLE. SHEET. to falminate | mca Baddam, Conn,, has been invited by the poopie to have nothing to do with it. Oalifornia has fourteen tree Episcopul churches, Tne chavel sac- vices and Sunday schools of St. Matthew's ohurch, Philadelpila, nave been merged into the Chureh of the Holy Innocents, That portion of the Church ‘qf England in Sierra Leone which is ministered to and gmain- tained by (he church fund Bumbers 9,591 churon mem! of whom 2,944 are communicants, and provides for filty-eight services.on the Lord’s Das, which are conducted in gun ‘¢purches and school rooms, having An averagé Altondance on the Lord’ Day morning of 3,573 persons, and, at the secon: service, of 2,771 persons. There are twenty-elght day schools, in which are 2,148 children, and sev- enteen Sunday schools, ia which 1,253 persons are taught, ‘ ROMAN OATHOLIO, The Catholics of Italy, acting on the suggestion of the Unita Cattolica, are gestae, up an address to the Holy Father protesting against the insults offered in Rome to the divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ. The signatures will be inscribed tn an album and sent to the Pope, with oiferings, on the 25th of May, feast of St. Gregory VII. A great pilgrimage took place on April 14 ta the strine of St. Anne d’Auray. There were over ten thousand pilgrims present. A pilgrimage to Notre Dame d’Autun is being organized in Paris by a committee of gentlemen and ladies, at the head of whom appear the names of Comte de Diesbach, and the Duchesse de Chevreuse. This pil- rimage ig m honor of Blessed Mary ‘argucrite Alacoque. ‘he Catholic Church in Spain has just lost one of her greatest lights in the person of Cardinal Cuesta, who died at Santiago on April 17. His Eminence was Archbishop of this famous city and shrine of St. James & Composteiia. A great number of pilgrimages will take place this ear in Belgium. ‘The first of these occurred on May 1, to the shrine of Notre Dame de Walcourt, under the guidance of the Bishop of Namur. Some five thousand persons were present. Mgr. Lachat, Bishop of Soleure, having been turned out of his diocese, has been invited by the Catholic canton of Lucerne to take up his abode near Grutli, the birthplace of Swiss independence, Durnin, his brief stay at Altishofen he received @ perfec! ovation. All the priests of the environs hastened to pay their respects to the illustrious exile. The Cardinal Bishop of Perugia, Italy, has written a letter of sympathy to gr. Lachat. Signor Lanza has ordered the Prefect of Perugia to close the Basilica of St. Francis d'Assisi, to prevent the pilgrimage which was to have taken place, as already announced. The great pilgrimage to As- sisium, the cradle of the Franciscan Order, ‘in honor of St. Francis the Seraph, is being rapidly organized, notwithstanding the flerce threats of the revolutionaries. The new Church of the Holy Cross in Dover, Del., wasdedicated last Wednesday. The magnificent new Church of the Immaculat Conceptuon, Genoa, was opened with the greatest powp, on April 27, for the first time to public wor- ship. The Archbishop of that city, together with eight bishops, performed the ceremonies, and for three days the church was densely crowded. A mission, conducted by fathers of the Society of Jesus, is at present in progress at the Church of St. Francis Xavier, in Sixteenth street. The first week was devoted exclusively to women, and this past week was set apart for men. The results have been most gratifying. All the services have been thronged, the coniessionals constantly besieged and the communions exceed- ingly numerous. There is said to be a erect quick- ening of Jaith throughout the wholé of the Church ia tis country. A mission, conducted by Rev. Fathers Damen, Kaupmanns, Camp, Masselis and Converse, of the Society of Jesus, was begun on Sunday, May 11, at St. John’s church, in Twenty- first street, near Fifth avenue, Brooklyn. They had the week previous conducted two missions in Philadelphia, in which fifty-seven converts are re- ported and 900 confirmations. Father Garesché and companions opened a mission last Sunday at St. Mary’s church, Boston, Mass, The archi- ‘4 cross to be presented to his ‘Archbishop of Baltimore, by the clergy of the Diocese of Newark, has been received from Paris, and is on exhibition at the Bishop’s house in Newark. Bishop Corrigan bas appointed the Very Rev. G, H. Doane as Vicar General of the Diocese of Newark. The subscribers to the Free- man’s Journal have even within the past year $628 to a fund for the Pope, “in testimony of their love and faith, and that they are afilicted in his aflictions; and that the cross he so bravely bears isfor their redemption.” They vow also unalter- able fidelity till the last hour of their lives to the Holy See of Rome. The Easter collections through- out the diocese of Hartford for the Seminarians amounted to $16,229. The corner stone of the new Catholic Cathedral in Hartford will be laid to-day by Bishop McFarland, The Rev. Thomas Lynch, assistant pastor of St. Stephen’s Catholic church, Kast Twenty-eighth street, has received orders irom the Mest Rey. Arcabishop McCloskey to us- sume the assistant pastorate of St. Teresa's, Rut- gers street, vice the Rev. Father Flattery, who is about to jound a new church in the neighbor- hood of Second aveaue and 105th street. ‘The Archbishop has also appeinted the Rev. Dr. chroeder, assistant pastor of St, Peter's, Barclay street. Dr, Schroeder isa native of Germany and graduate of the College of the Propaganda, Kome, whe has been adopted in the archdiocese of New York. As assistant pastor of St. Peter’s Dr. Schroeder will have a fine field for his priestly zeal, for thousands of his countrymen and co-religionists are landed every week at Castle Garden, who stand in much need of the consolations of religion, and to whom the sight of a friend, in the person of a German priest, Wil be a glad presage of their future happiness in this land of civil and religious liberty. With Father Michael J. O'Farrell to look after the spiritual interests of the Irish emigrants and Dr. Shroeder to see to his countrymen, it 18 expected that Castle Garden and the adjoining streets will soon eae the model district of St. Peter's parish. PRESBYTERIAN, The Interior says that the Ninth Presbyterian church of Chicago is making an effort to secure Rey. Dr. Duryea, of Brooklyn. Anew church has been organized at Bowenville, Ga., with nine mem- bers and two ruling elders, The aes of South Carolina has appointed Rev. R. A. Fair the evangelist of that Presbytery. Mr, J. F. Cannon, of the Senior Class of Union Seminary, has accept- edacallfrom the church at Leesburg, Va. Rev. Jacob Weidman, of Bristol, Pa., has been called to the Brainerd Presbyterian church of Eas- ton, Pa. Rev. H. A. Miner, of Columbus, has received the appointment of Home Missionary Su- erintendent for Southern Wisconsin. The First Presbyterian church of Schenectady, N. Y., have unanimously called Rey. Mr. Darling, of Baltimore, Md., in place of Rev. Dr. Backus, who lately re- signed. The young church at Willow Creek, Mon- tana, has raised $12,000 toward a building, and a vigorous young congregation at Fort Collins, Coio- rado, have commenced the erection of a stone church, Rev, J. T. McBride has been called to the pastorate of the Franklin church, Mobile, Dr. W. Taylor, of the First Presby- terian church, Camden, N. J., has been Rue by the Board of Foreign Missions as physician to the Gaboon Mission, on the western coast of Africa. He will leave in about four weeks for his new tield of labor. About a year ago, some ninety colored members of Zion church, Maury county, Tenn., at their request were organized into a separate congregation, Known as Salem Presbyterian chu ‘They have now 148 members and preaching once @ month. The First Presby- terian church at Orange, N. J., is going to support a@lady missionary in Canton, and the church at Bloomfield will also send one to some point in Alrica. The Presbyterian General Assembly which inet in Baltimore Jast Thursday is the argest Presbyterian body in the world, It counts 35 synods, 166 Misdesth, 4,441 ministers and 1,190 candidates and licentiates ; 4,730 churches, 468,164 communicants and 485,762 scholars and teachers in its Sunday school ‘The contributions of the several churches last year for home missions Was $419,383; foreign missions, $345,870; educa- tion, $176,98 urch erection, $17 ;freedmen, | $46,685; pastors’ salarie 5 ongrega: tional and miscellaneous, $6,12 Colicctions | for other objects foot up a grand total of $10,088,526. The sessions of the Assembly will con- tinue about two weeks, The Southern Presbyte- i Gen Assembly, whieh met at Little on the same date, reported J 8, 11; presbyteries, 50; ministers and licentiates, 912; candidates, 205; churches, communicants, 91,208; Sabbath school schol. 5 tributed to foreign missious, $41,004 to education, $47,532; for salaries, $482,060; for gregational and miscellaneous purposes, $491 whole amount contributed, including other sum not named here, $1,083,709, . Jeremiah Sear, recently of Peekskiil, Was installed pastor of the Calvary Presbyterian chureh of Newburg on Tues- day evening, the 6th instant, BAPTIST. A new Baptist church is to be erected, it is said, on Madison avenue and Sixty-third street. The First church, of Plainfleld, N. J., have generously added $1,000 to the salary of Rev. Dr. Yerkes, mak- ing it $4,000, Rev. J. Duncan, D. D., aiter three years of earnest work, has resigned the pastorate of the Central Baptist church, Brooklyn, FE. D. Mr. Spurgeon’s church has contributed 100 guineas to- | wards the building fund for Newman Hall's new Surrey chapel, in London. Rev. A. W, basiman, tor- merly a Methodist preacher, was baptiz at West Cornwall, Vt., and has become pastor of the Baptist church there. The Rey. George H. Allen, recentiy pastor of the Baptist church of South Chelimstiord, has been engaged to labor in connec- tion with the mission work of the Centralville | chapel, in Lowell, Key. N, Wright has accepted the call of the First Baptist church in Kinderhook, Branch conitty, Mich., and enters upon his labors immediately. Rey, Jobr T. Craig has seen it to be his daty to decline the unanimous and cordial call of the First Baptist church of Danville, Pa, and remain with the church in Newto Rev. P Vreeland has just been ordained and set over the Baptist Church Mission in Vineland, N.J. Rev. B. R. Black hag also been ordained and be si gh of the Bap- ed recently Uist church at Sandy Ridge, N. and Rey, C. A. Haris also, of Dover, Del. The Baptist charch in Poughkeepsie have re- solved on the erection of @ new house of worship, A new Baptist church organization, with the name Emmanuel, has been evected under the lead of Rey, Mr. Hanna, late pastor of the Mount Zion chureh, in Philadeiphia, Tt already embraces about ninety members. Rev. Thomas Mitchell has just closed a pastorate of twenty-four years with the Springfield, P Baptist charch, fle has gone to Covorado, J. W. Plannett, ef Alle- gheny City, accepted a call to the Sharpsburg chureh, Aliégheny county, Pa., and enters on his labors at once. The Indiana Baptists’ Ministers‘ Institute will be held at Franklin, commencing, June 16, It will continue until Friday, June 20, \ CONGREGATION AL, Rev. G. W. Field, D, D., of Bangor, Me., has sailed from Bostan tor Kuyope. Kev, BP. Werrigh, of American Board to take charge of the mission at Monterey, Mexico, where there are eight Protest. ant churches. There are thirty-three Congrega- tional churches in the Suffolk South Donlepeaee, and a division of the conforence is to be considere at the next meeting in October, The Shepard Memoriat church, in Cambridge, 93,, Gedicated thelr chapel one day list Weak. e phstor, Rev. Alex. McKenzi refed the address. Rey. B. A. Robie. latg of Waterville, cee the call to Bo Rev. Anguatus A. Swain, of Nantucket, Yecent graduate of Union Seminary, spoopta 18 call to is the church in Needham, and ministry there next Sabbath; alaty $1,0 Rev. 8. W. Ségur. recently of Gloucester, was installed Pastor of the church in West Medway, May 7. ‘The ageeustional church in Hyde Park have sold their church property for $20,000, and will proceed at once to build @ more commodious house. Kev. E. Norton has og his pastorate at Montague, Mass, Rev. J. P. Skeele nas also resigned at Hat- fleld, Rev. Dr. Seelye, of Easthampton, Mass., 18 on the invalid list, unable.to preach. Mr. Burke F. Leavitt was ordained at Portland, Me., May 8, a8 pastor of the Williston church, the Ninth Con Ere tional church in that city, which was recently formed. It is maini; an outgrowth of State streot church. Rev. J. BE. Fullerion, late of Cumberland Mills, has received a unanimous call from the First church in Bethel. Rev. 8, Hayward has resigned at South Berwick, Me., and Rev, D. B. Sewell, at Freyburg, Me. The Congregational church, at Windsor, Vt., have re- fused to accept Rev. S. P. Cook's resignation, Rev, L. C. Partridge, a Methodist minister in Weybridge, Vt., has turned Congregationalist and becgme pastor ef the Vongregationalist church in Salisbury, Vt. Rev. W. P. Aiken, of Rutland, has become pastor ‘of the Congregational church at Vergennes, Vt. Rev. . B Lee, of Brooklyn, N. Y., has become pastor of the First church, Portland, Conn, METHODIST. The proverty of Wesleyan University now amounts to $880,476, of which $347,775 18 @ per- manent endowment. The number of students is greater than in any previous year, being 189; of these 154 are professed Christians and sixty-nine are edlan for the ministry. Nearly $10,000 has een raised by the Lovaned School Missionary Asso- ciation of the Church of the Covenant (Presbyte- rian), On Park avenue, in this city, and expended through the American Sunday School Union in the South during the past eleven years. The Northern Methodist Church, thotgh only a few months in Mexico, reports now four preachers: and one teacher, two English and three Spanish congrega- tions, two church edifices bought in Mexico, and 8 foot-hola also in Puebla and Paducah, ‘This shows something of the spirit and oneray: of Rev. Dr, Butler, Superintendent of the Mexican mission, The corner stone of the new church at Clarence, N, Y., will be laid June 4. Bishops Simp- son and Janes and Rev. Dr. Foss will dedicate the new Memorial church at White Plains, N. Y., to- day. The Broadway Methodist Episcopal church, Camden, N, J., are about to add thirty feet to the length of the building. They have purchased a house for a eee near the church, The Methodists of Nyack, N. Y., are about to builda new church, Arrangements have been made to erect a new Methodist church at St. Albans, Vt. Rev. W. H. Wight, of the Vermont Conference, is slowly recovering from his recent illness. Bishop Wiley is about to remove his family to Boston. Rev. G. Clifford has been appointed by Bishop Fos- ter presiding elder of the Petaluma district, Cali- fornia Conference, filling the place made vacant by the death of Dr. Thomas. Bishop Morris entered upon the create year of his agé on the 28th ulti- mo. Rey. D. Kennedy, M. A., B, D., of the Canada Wesleyan Conference, alter a year’s leave of ab- sence and travel in Europe and in the Southern States, spent a few days here last week en route to his home, President Cummings, of the Wesleyan University, at Middletown, is now on his way from Liverpool to this port, and will probably arrive in adayor two. * UNIVERSALIST AND UNITARIAN. Rev. G, W. Powell preached his farewell sermon in the Universalist church in Le Roy on Sunday, April 30, to an immense congregation. He goes to Baltimore, The Universalists of Brooklyn, Pa., are building a $6,000 meeting house. Rev. W.N. Van- demark has resigned his Saree in Pittsburg, Pa., and gone to Black Hawk, Cal. Rev, 5, 8. Davis has also ode ed at Mechanics Falls, Me., and Miss Fannie W. Roberts bas begun her pastorate in Kittery, Me. Rev. G. W. Bicknell bas become tem- a supply jor the Universalist church in South Windham, Me. Rev. Dr. Miner celebrated his quarter century pastorate over the Second Univer- salist church of Boston, Mass., on the 4th instant. Rev. J. G. Adams, of Lowell, is to take the pastor- ship of the Plum street Universalist church, Cin- cinnatl, Ohio. Park county, Ind., is said to be fail of Universalists, but there is not an ordained min- ister to gather the scattered sheep together. Three or four strong churches, tt is believed, could be or- ganized in a short time. The new Universalist charch mn Union City is to be dedicated to-day. Rey. T. C, Eaton has accepted the position of Fi- nancial Agent to ald Rev. J. R. Sage in canvassing Jowa in behalf of Mitchell Seminary. The Univer- salist Society in Sidney, Me., has recently engaged the services of J. 0. Skinner, of Waterville, to preach every Sunday aiternoon at twe o'clock durmg the seagon, commencing May 18, MISCELLANEOUS, Of the 1,244 Sunday schools of New Jersey report- ing to the State Association for the past year 359 hold teachers’ meetingg. wWhis is well as far as it goes, and it leaves & wide margin for improve- ment. The Spiritualists are to hold a mass meeting in New York irom the 23d to the 26th of this month, It is to be hoped that there will be some unusual “manifestations.” The Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church in the United States have decided to establish a mission in Ja- pan. They will immediately endeavor to select a suitable base of operations, and take steps to secure proper persons to engage in the mission- ary work. Rev. J. W. Waugh, ., after a season of absence from his field in India, has set his face towards it again. He goes out a man of sorrows, having in this country been bereaved of the wife of his youth and he now leaves five motherless children behind him. In one of the lowest, vilest and most destitute portions of our city, the Five Points, there is a regular church organization, At the last communion members were received from Italy, Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales, France, Africa, Jamaica, Madagascar, St. Helena and America, presenting a phase of mission life that was never before equalled in this coun- try. Many of these have been gathered from the Streets and slums -of New York, and have been washed, fed, clothed, lodged, converted. The New York Legislature has passed the bill in- corporating the Home for Aged and Infirm Hebrews in this city, and the Governor's signature is now awaited to make it legal. The appropriations of the Board of Missions of the Reformed Dutch Church for the current year to foreign missions is:—To Amoy, $13,500; to Arcot, $31,775; to Japan, $7,726; home expenses, $6,000: $4,000 are now re- quired to send and maintain two missionaries among the Indians of Arizona, and Japan needs $4,000 more to complete a church build- ing and nearly an equal sum for a girl’s boarding school. At least $76,000 are needed for foreign missions by this church during the cur- rent fiscal year. Kev. Eben 8S, Hammond, of Closter, N, J., leit last week for Arizona, where he is to act as Indian Agent, under direction of the Reformed Church Board of Foreign Missions. THIRTY-FOURTH STREET SYNAGOG! = ee Scientific Absurdities=Placing’ Reason Above Faith—The Terrible Results De= picted by Dr. Vidaver—Blasphemous Israclites. A goodly congregation gathered yesterday in the synagogue in Thirty-fourth street, near Sixth ave- nue. The Key. Dr, Vidaver preached with his usual fervor and earnestness, His theme was the fearful consequences of setting reason above faith in mat- ters of religion. His text was the story of the Israelitish woman's son, whose father was an Egyptian and who was convicted of blaspheming the name of the Lord and was therefor con- demned to death, Judaism, the Doctor remarked, teaches that the proper union of reason and faith secures all the bressings of the terrestrial life and of the celestial life also, Reason without religion he said begets vice and blasphemy and all manner of wiekedness. Religion without reason begets superstition and bigotry; reason without faith pre- vents us from giving that heed to spiritual things which we should give. Lt cannot benetit us therein norjsave our souls irom sin and death. When THE LIGHT OF JUDAISM is brought to bear upon the mind and heart reason is tound to be the handmaid of faith, whose sieps it guides. Judaism teaches that both gre gifts of heaven, and both are designed to make us lappy here, and should never be separated. By Judaism re- ligion appears nothing more than faith, with a ray of light and hope in the end. Well could the King of Israel extol reason and say :—“Blessed is the man that getteth wisdom and the man that ob- taineth understanding; it is better than gold, yea even than tine gold, and more to be desired than silver.” Look at the man who enters the temple of nature and who realizes that from God) cometh every good and every perfect gift, and that the author of revela- tion must be also the author of nature, and he wor- ships the God of nature and of grace. Open the Bible, said the Doctor, and read the 104th Psalm, and you will see the grandeur of Judaism, There all the treasures of nature are around him, the glory of God 1s in the midst and we behold giory, and joy in everything. And thus in natu see one stupendous whole—matter its body and God its soul. Thus man’s happiness is secured here and his salvation hereafter, But alas! not only here but in other countries also do we hear the biaspie- mous words of the Israelitish woman's son as he goes out of the camp of Israel. The Doctor then referred to the blasphemies of scientists in deny- ey and weakening faith and exalting reason, n OPPOSE GOD AND TRUTH, and inflated with vanity they deny the Creator and ignore the light which hath led them on and whicit shineth more and more unto the pefect day. They come and offer us their theories and ask us to give up our faith and to accept them with gratitude from their hands, But these theories cannot satisfy the soul and heart of man, If we had only head and hand intellect and muscle to satisty, the sclentists’ theories might do; but they fail to satisfy the heart and mind. These men not only ete oe God excluding faith from the heart, but. they seek voney the void with that which cannot satisfy. x away my dad, said the rabbi, and give me hing but a bigd idol instead, They (ake awvey \ my Bible and offer me strata of rock in its place, They would shut out the blessed teachings of brouh> erhood and love of that book, and would give me doctrines of their own, which have produced only wars and fighting and bloodshed. And what im the resuit of all this? Don’t we see generations: arise that curge their fathers and bless not their mothers Has not honesty and justice fallen in the street, and is not CHASTITY A VIRTUE ALMOST UNKNOWN? And who is it that works all this mischief? Toe gon of the Israelitish woman who blasphemes the name of the Lord, Don't you know that faith and not reason ts the foundation of religion? The Doe- tor deprecated the spread of this spirit among Israelites and others, and urged his people nut to listeu to these men who call religion superstition. and would ignore faith. Trae reason, he said, is nothing but religion, and true religion is nothing: bué reason sanctified, The Doctor called brief attention to the stress laid upon the parentage of the young man in the text, but said he would reserve the sudject of més- alliances contained therein to another time. There was a time, he added, when a blasphemer could not be found in the camp of Israel, but since Judatem has been allied to Egyptian idolatry and to other unholy institutions it is no uncommon thing te hear the sons of Israelitish women blaspheme ¢he name of the Lord. Judaism seeks to correot ait this and to raise them up toa holy and a blesse® life here and bliss hereafter, and for thisend the Doctor earnestly prayed, THE ROMAN CATHOLIC PROTECTORY. —- Tenth Annual Report—Satisfactory Exe hibits of Results. The managers of the New York Catholio Protect> ory have submitted their tenth annual report ¢o the Legislature, from which it appears that the only drawback to the successful results of thee, labors during the past year was the destruction by fire of the girly’ building and all of its material con- tsnts. They propose, however, to lose no time im proceeding, as soon as circumstances will permit, to replace the edifice destroyed by fire in July last. In erecting the new structure various improve- ments, suggested by their own expbrience and that of others charged with similar responibilities, have been duly considered and adopted as parts of the plan of the new buildings they have made arrange- ments to put up. These improvements, tt is conf- dently expected, wi bring with them better securities against fire, or against the dime tressing consequences of such a calamity, af «& should again occur; will provide ampler Ty tei ties for instruction in elementary knowledge an@ in the usetul arts; will furmish the requisite facitie ties tor fe ProRee classification of the youthful ime mates, and will reserve suitable apartnients for ine valids or cenvalescents, so especially needed in the event of an epidemic or contagious outbreak of disease. According to the résumé for the nine months ending September 30, 1872, the number of boys in the institution on that day was 1,259 boys, 829 girls, Total, 1,688 The total expenditures im 1872 to the date of September 30, including $80,523 48 of llabilities contracted previous to January, 1872, were $250,201 and the luabilities contracted during the same eriod and unsettled September 30 were 42,850 34. ‘The,amount received from the public treasury during 1872 was $207,332 15. Accordu the report of the Rector the institution is at ¢ moment, apart from its financial embarrassment, owing to the fire, in a flourishing condition. To attain the end of impressing on the minds of the inmates that they are not eating the eleemosynary bread of the workhouse, workshops have been e- tablisied and trades introduced comparatively easy of acquisition, and such as are suiticiently re munerative to guarantee good chances of compe- tence tor life. The health of the institution is geod and the general showing satisfactory. PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY. The Question of Books of Praise—Overtures from the Cumberland Church Well Received— A Committee Appointed to Confer with One from That Branch for Union—Report of the Board of Publication, BALTIMORE, Md., May 17, 187%. The third day’s session of the General Assembly was opened with prayer by the Rév. Dr. Benjamin F, Stead. Dr. Herrick Johnson, from the Special Committee on Book of Praise, reported that they had completed their work. The compilation had been entrusted to Dr. J. T. Duryea, of New York, who had been added to the committee to fill a va~ cancy. The report was accompanied by regolu- tions for the consideration of the Assembly direct- ing the committee to proceed with the work of stereotyping the book without waiting tor the ap- proval of the next Assembly, and requesting the churches about to change their hymn books ta, postpone action until the appearance of the new book. Dr. Hatfield, a member of the committee, stated that he was not present at its last meeting, and decidedly dissented from certain teatures of the report. The matter was referred to a special committee, composed of Drs. Heberton, of St. Paul; Schaff, of New York, and Robinson, of Harrisburg. Acommunication from Rev. Andrew P. Hopper, of the Canton Presbytery, relative to establishing professorships of missionary instruction, was refer- red to the Committee on Theological Seminaries. A RETIRED LIST. Aresolution offered by Mr. Brier, of Californts, that when @ minister becpmes disabled by age or disease he shall be placed by his Presbytery on the retired roll of honor, was referred to the Commite tee on Church Polity. Rev. Dr, Agnew read a report on the conflicti claims of the church at Jacksonville, Fla., withou! recommendation, which was placed on the docket. A number of papers from different Presbyte: on education, demissions of the ministry, observ- ance of the ‘Sabbath, &c., were read and referred to the appropriate committees. Rev. Dr. H. A. Baird, representing the Cumber. land Presbyteri the Assembly of which Church is now in session at Huntsville, Ala., was intro- duced bythe Moderator, the Rev. Dr. © and was received by the Assembly, hers rising asa mark of respect. Dr. Baird them addressed the Assembly in eloquent terms, stating concisely the condition of THE CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERY, m4 the number of churches, communicants, college@, &c., and spoke on reunion, He hoped the day would soon come when there would be but one Presbyterian Church. The Cumberland Church ‘was ready to meet the Northern Church in any ne- gotiations for that end, He was, he said, in the presence of his mother—the mother of all Presby- terianism inthis country, The reunion of the two branches of the Church North was réferred to and the causes which led thereto, If this Assembly should deem it proper to appoint a committee to consider any proposition relative to reunion the Cumberland Church would do the same, and their consultations might result in healing the differ- ences oj the churches, The Moderator, Dr. Crossy, in reply to Dr, Baird, said it gave him great pleasure to welcome in this assemblage the representative of the Cum- berland Church, His suggestions in regard to re- union would prompt A GENEROUS RESPONSE from this Assembly. In the kingdom of grace, as ir that of nature, the principle of gravitation was the same. The carth was drawn to the apple as the apple to the earth, and the same principle might prevatl in the gravitation of this General Kssemoly, the Cumberland Church. The remarks of Dr. Crosby were not only [elici- tous in diction, but they produced a most happy and harmonizing effe: A COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE APPOINTED. The Assembly then took a recess of filteem mine utes, alter which, on motion of Mr. Pierson, of De-~ troit, @ committee, composed of Drs. Nelson, of Lane Seminary; (. A. Dickey, of St. Louis; J. P. Smith, of Baltimore, and Elders George S. Drake andgl. 8. Farrer, was appointed by the Moderator, to confer with a similar committee from the Cum- beriand Church on the subject of reunion. Rev. Dr. ROBINSON, chairman of the committee to consider the report of the Board of Publication, recommended its approval. The report contains gratifying evidences of progress, among which is the erection of a hew and elegant pubit- cation house, at @ cost of $150,000, contributions to the Sige eed fund were larger than usual, and colportage and Sabbath school work had increased durt the year. The moneys received, including a ance from the prior year of $23,907 85, have $506,946 The expenditures has $297,425 57, Of this amount $71,562 71 has disbursed for the new building, leaving the regular current business expenditure ol $225,363 26. Bal- ance in the treasury at the close of the yeat $9,520 71; sales of books and periodicals for the ear, $157,576 78; amount received for missions fund, $65,302 16; amount expended, $55,868 showing @ balance of receipts over expenditures ol 23 30, Ms RE-ELECTION OF MEMBERS, The committee recommended the re-clection of members whose terms expirea this year, with the. exception of Messrs. Agnew, Moore and Snod- grass, who wished to retire. Messrs. Sheppard, Sharpe and McElroy were nominated to fil the’ vacancies thus created. Rev. James Dunn offered @ resolution requiring the Board to publish each year a detailed state- ment of its financial accounts, Amendments were offered to include ali other Boards requiring them; also to publish each year detailed statements of their expenditures, upom which pithy debate oe aire ora in by Dr. Booth, of New York; Dr. Backus, of Baltimore, an® Dr. Nichols, of St. Louis, and others, # beem beem The report of the committee, with the resolution: of Mr, Dunn, was finally adopted, ater which the Convention FAQurBe URI Mopdey, ak mins AM