The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-09-25

the church the reverend gentleman quoted the injunction
OF the apostle James, "Ress the devil and he will fee
from YOU and added, but Icsn say, "Resist the dea
| cons and they will fly at you.'
Rev. s. j. P. Anderson, D. D., pastor Of the Central
Presbyterian church. St. Louis has been elected Presi
dent Of Oakland College, Mississippi
Another Methodist preacher the Rev Solomon KcKin
ney has been ordered out Of Texas for preaching against
slavery public meeting Of the citizens OF Dallas adopted
aseres Of resolutions denouncng the Methodist church
North in general and Mr.. Mckinney IN particular, ana
| warning the preacher to depart.
Before the Grand Duke Constantine embarked at Ryde
on Wednesday September deputation Consisting OF
British and Foreign Bible Society, presented his Imperial
| Highness with a Bible in the Russian language The
sacred volume was accompanied by an address as fol-
lows
May please your Royal Highness have made bold
this occasion of leaving to ask Your acceptance Of the
ongaetat book which lies foundation
pory Of our land SO we pray prove The strength the
the s Ry. IF s%s. We @ with
en Tor your 'snnS'' DON '0' m' ana
The deputaon subsequently received personally from
the Grand Duke the assurance Of the pleasure gave
him accept marked token of their kindness and
regard. Above $50 copies of the Bible purchased
| by the Russian sailors while at Spihead.
The Rev. J. Dugard, who has been for some time past
curate Of Haggerstone eng has inmated his intention
of retiring from the ministry Of the Established Church,
with the view of establishing free church Of England
at Hackney. Mr. Dugard was formerly curae OF Ports
mouth.
church now being built at St. Petersburg in which
| divine service will be performed in French
DEPARTURE OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF OREGON CITY
| From the Metropolitan Record]
| The Most Rev. DR.. Blanchet, Archbishop of Oregon
City, arrived in New York Saturday, the 18th inst
from Montreal having in his company hryo persons
who destined to supply the requirements Of his
docess and the docesses Of Vancouver Island and Mes
st. as Cathedral His left hs cv lass
Tuesday, in the California steamer, the same in which
General Scott took his departure for San Juan In add
ton TO the company which no takes with him for the pur
poses already stated he is accompanied by the Very Rev.
| J. B. A. Broullet.
OF the company twelve are sisters of the Order of Jesus
and Mary, who will take charge of the choos which
to he established in Portland in the docess of Oregon
City, where large house purchased by the Most
Rev Archbishop in 1857 for this purpose. There also
for the docess the following cergy-Rev Messrs.
Petite who to ociate chaplain to the Sisers Pouln
Malo and Crocquet The last named priest is from the
American college at Iouvan the other three being from
/ the diocess Of Montreal
In addition these there several assistants for the
| Sisters.
For the diocess of Ncsqualy there in the company
two Sisters of Charity, who will join the seven Sisters al
ready established there in charge of hospital orphan
asylum and school, which is well attended and in excel
| lent condition.
For the docess of Vancouver Island there is one cer
gyman, Rev. Father Baudry and Brother of the Order
of St. vator who will cooperate with the two others al
ready there There are also two Sisters of St Ann for the
same diocese who will operate with the four Sisters Of
| the same Order who established at Victoria.
The Most Rev. Archbishop of Oregon City speaks in the
ceved at the hands of the Archbishop of Quebec and the
Bishops of Montreal, St Hyacinh and Three Rivers He
also received the most substantial and prompt assistance
from these preates, for which requested to make
his sincere Acknowledgements He in want Of the
cessary means to defray the expenses amounting to
$4,000 of the numerous company already referred
| and as as the fact became known TO the
Bishops Of the docess already named they took the
cessary means to raise the required amount Collections
taken uphe docess Of Montreal contributing 81 ESQ.,
and the docesses of Three Rivers Quebec and st Hya.
cinh contributing 81 Ol9 Nearly 900 more were re.
whose truly Christian heraity is beyond all praise. We
should state in regard to the Catholics of the docesses
named that the amount contributed by them is in addi-
ton TO what they have already given for the propagation
of the faith We should also remark that the cergymen
| and sisters from the diocesses
The Archbishop also desires in this TO return
his thanks for the c0nreses and attentions which he
ceved from the companies OF the railroads from Montreal
TO New York separate was provided for the Most
| Rev. Prelate and his company.
On the morning of his departure Archbishop Banchet
celebrated in the Church of Our Lady Grace in Ho
boken where prayers were offered for the success Of the
mission
Of New York during his stay in this city
HARD TIMES AMONG WESTERN PREACHERS.
The Upper Iowa Conference, which closed It's session
last week in Iowa City, learn from the Northwestern
Methodist Adrocdte must be hard field Many of the
former preachers have abored in the face Of absolute
not merely Of but Of the n'ces a%
families the frontier have lived hominy instead
The editor remarks
We have said that there were hard times in the north
west, such nowhere else, and so we say now What
would some Of our Eastern brethren say to going to
quarterly meeting, and after coming within five miles be
compelled to leave their horses and walk through the
slush? After preaching the class leader says We have
nothing to eat;'' but finds that in tho meantime some
meal has been procured and the preachers share it.
Next morning love feast is held without bread and
ter for bread there is none The sermon is preached
and the audience dismissed without the administration OF
the Lords supper for the people can provide no bread
Yet the Methodist preachers who endure these things
say not word Of desisng Truly the days Of heroes
past The who there will not desert the
sheep the wilderness. In instances, but for the
small missionary appropriations brethren and their
families would have been utterly penniess Yet there is
no hinchng Men stand true to their posts. They can
aort to die, but not to desert They share with the pco
pie in their poverty and when days Of abundance shall
come the people will share with them Of their plenty.
Some of the preachers were compelled to work aborng
the sentiment Of the Conference against secularzed clergy
| was clear and unmisakable.
BY the way some time since a ssfronter layman', re-
ported that presiding elder received from
cult as his claim for one quarter two chickens and one
pound of butter We have the preacher in charge,
who says there fifteen chickens and six pounds of
butter quarterly Conference. OF these the pre-
siding elder received six chickens and bought four pounds
Of the butter and the pastor desired the matter corrected
the people believe in paying up the presiding elder
But Methodist preachers are not alone in their suffer-
ngs presbyteran missionary IN one on OF the western
in cash, and not dollars worth of provisions in the
house OF those who subscribed 5000 to support last
November, know not a man to whom l can go for a
measure Of meal or pound of meat. Times have been
awfuly hard for six months past Johnny cake has been
| the staff of life, and almost life ITSELF"
THE AMERICAN BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS-FIF-
/ TEETH ANNIVERSARY.
The meeting Of American Board of Missions which will
be held in Philadelphia the 5th 9th and 18th of October
| promises to be one of great interest.
Among the missionaries who will be present are Rev.
A. Lndley who returned last Friday from South Africa,
and who has been located in that country for twenty
years; Revs f. j. Pierce and A. d. Jack of West Africa;
Revs W. W. Alexander, E. W. Clark and T. E. Taylor of
the Sandwich Islands, Rev. H. NJ Scudder OF the Arcot
Mission; Rev. William Clark, of Constantinope and Rev.
G. A. Perkins. These missionaries not all now in the
employ Of the American Board Some persons are so
short sighted complain when they hear of MISSIONARIES
returning home forgetting that they often obliged
meet some demands Of the Board that they return
account of domestic affections. The employed in this
work Of the stamp who wish enjoy the comforts
of home to the neglect of duties abroad When in their