, 1866-04-12
RELIGIOUS RECONSTRUCTION.
Operations Of Inc American 4aoEo
mtaA1onagY society in kAe 801tAs

Operations Of The American AoEo
mtaAs0nArv society in The so1ths
letter of Rev. J. E. Roy, to n. +. 1ndePesdena1 ]
/ zee that the American Home Missionary
Society Is following up the track Of my pkl-
grimage through the South, With permanent
occupation. At Knoxville, Tennessee, Rev.
7. D. ?. Stone has been commissioned. At
ChattunoogA-that strategic and historic To-
cality, that point where the railways Of the
great eouth converge from the four quarters
that place Of manulactures-the Rev. ]. H.
Manning has been stationed. he Is getting
his work well III hand and nnler way, hay
Ing the generous cooperation Of the post
to be one Of the Permanently occupied forts,
1t must be a.place OF safety as we'll as OF In
terest. At Memphis, Rev. 7. E. Bliss new
church IL under Way, aud Is to be completed
by the FIRST Of May-one Of the first fruits OF
the fund Of Forefather's Day. At Helcna,
the friends have raised $500 for minister,
and the society Is about sending him along,
agreeIng TO supplement the salary: while
the Congregational Union Is negotiating for q
church site see by the New Orleans Tine,
that On the fourth Of March Rev, Wm. T.
Eustts, of New Haven, commenced service.
under the auspices Of the society in the sec
ond Presbyterian church, bonght And beauti-
tianal Union, tor the First Cong.esational
church of TINT city. Tho site Is central and
lifting III every way. While was there the
! corporate society was . organized, with
twenty seven male memoeEs, among them
some o. inc Oldest and oest 51o"n citizens.
1hefe IS cieaf demand ior tnis church Its
blessing of God, must be certainty. In that
city of Two hundred thousand souls, with d.
| rect communication with the North by the
gFeat river anu Inc ocean, tnefe must ai"sys
ue . !alge Iepreseneatlon o. tne Congrega-
slqnai Hate.iais Tg.,, 10 saVannao; suat oean1nnl
u', foless C.ty, tae society mas sent rev.
en1s e. - un., ,r1,, o. hs1 oana. Gonn, son
O. g r. = Srant, % lo1melty Missionary Of the A.
.. y: :. ~: ,among nc HISTORIANS. While !
was Inefe tnasy business men put their names
70 paper pleogme 70 become members Of 3
colpofate society, a9d y 1helr influence and
substance =. 70 ald II It's support. BESIDES
!h shsss, twenty more eaIe vetpat ptomse OF
tHe same u Was an interesting !act that
OF these tWo-thirds were ex-oft5ccEs of
the unlon army serted There IN bust.
Mesa Church militant indeed they will
make. VI tnese mere were enough to
iorm tne nucleus OF church. A pleasant
anu convenient naH WIS engaged, md
~ "" M seSn So. me
mg WIZ hss. Jonn iael pony, VINO - no"
sees1,sing me GoveEnment 10 an important Ro-
a. na.1on a. asnm @ mgton, y, ny eanoF " ea-
o.aa ~ W. "aS -, leusu .p.s y. sitI ne nloa
49, rsha9fr.-.sss 49, -. t1- ~ ~ ~
@ .! ~ ~ at tha haan t4ete. !! nas
w sone oat tlat tne aasast ~ WIS 20 plsaso 1or
LIZ ~ sou, ioMalu Ine sna oI tne Week an9aeh,'
sat tneipeis Is na!tea upon toe pastof ano to,d
.I,L. niM taat ~ Mou4 nos W ~ auo" tuat IDOL
tioalst 10 Eteaen. 30 n t9e st!alt ot the
younR man ior ssTinon tne ola man proposed
70 icno hiM one YVES done: ano, the people
oe1ng nlghly Pseasea #lIn Line pastor 9aa fne
pasasule y. telioE snem taat - "ae ais y - iatn-
ers stimon !, ~ Gnalleston, kne olo Clrea-
iar Cn1lcn, Wnlch "as organized In LOU BY
EaGlsh Ulssentefs, when nas ever held q
lcao1ne posit1on IN the city, put whose mouse
ol "orshlR, lnat eost *ti,uu, was burned IN
tue great 1re OF ioo13 Is now muc1 reduced IN
means and membership Nhcn was there
!. was nas1ne NO phbiie Worship, except that
tno co'osco portion OF rs members were ho!d-
ine recular service IN MISSION chapcl ouilt by
tne cnufcn sevcfal years before. lhe deacons,
VINO were men o. canaor ano Proolty, assured
NE tnat no Nortneln M nan HoulG again PC &C
cep1anle 10 them. Ihey complained Of the
last pastor, VINO At their communion table
even naa exp1essed sncn sympathy win the
noathn s1o nna a1s @ sinsfnotlons lmak1ne u mstake
thaI he had been born Nosth} that they had
eautsoaea 1im, sayng tnat they Only wanted
ana WHO hao now gone back, publicly TO be-
Ellsworth, who went out under the auspices
OF the a. Il. NJ s., Is DOW rejoicing In
chapel lifted up In one OF the Government
buildings, purchased for TINT purpose. The
printed constitution and bylaws" Of this
snclety, drawn up By Rev. Capt, Horace
James, u model ofits Kind. Al Richmond,
TWENTY-FIVE men signed 4, Dfedre TINT thew