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But we are told that all this looks well upon
paper, but it is impracticable to realise 1t
This may iu one sense be true. But how is II
impracticable2 | believe it is certainly true
that very few of our people would refuse to
give something like their share, if the whole
case were explained, and they were kindly
solicited to come into this measure. But just
precisely there is the rub: they are not asked.
The most perfect idea of Sustentation and
Church extension is that which Is composed
within single text of Scripture: From
whom THAT is Christi the whole body htly
Joined together aud compacted by that which
every Joint supplieth, according to the etfectual
working in the measure of every part, maketh
increase of the body unto the edifying OF itself
IN love '-EpheS- ": TO- | greatly admire this
plan of SuStentation proposed by our Secre-
tary, and now so generally adopted IN our
Church, and just because | believe 1t so well
suited to this great inspired model. But 1t
will be in vain to devise the most perfect lans
upon earth, if they are not carried out Our
Church organization affords us the most com-
plete opportunity of both making and collect
my contributions for carrying forward all our
schemes of evangelization. Most of the con
gregationS meet every Sabbath; few twice
or once a month. Whenever they meet, there
are pastors, elders, deacons to attend upon
this very thing. The Church has positively
far better means Of collecting Its revenues than
the State, if its solemnly appointed officers
will only attend to It. Will they do it? This
question, it might be supposed, ought never to
be asked. does not experience show
does No Apt in multtudeS of church
es l~sll a mesr"+'''
DDoubteSs there Is
| great h. people; but there can be
no doubt dat the great secret of our
empty treasury is this We receiUe not, becdalSe
zoe ask not, ask not Gods people to give
Now let us look to this one point-rely not
any longer on help outside of our own Church
carry the appeal for self-SuStentation home
TO our own people-to every one of them
show them how practicable it is to carry on all
our schemes by their own exertions-rely not
upon the large donations of the few that are
seldom given, but mainly upon the small gifts
of the many repeatedly given, every Sabbath,
If 1t can be-in short bring out g the efcctuGl
'0orL;ing az the measure Of eUeryp0rt aud then
see if your beloved Zion does not soon break
forth on the right hand and on the left =
lengtheuing her cords and Strengthening her
stakes, and becoming "a praise in the earth. "
[Ifan apology is necessary for the greater full
ness with which the last speech is given, it may
be found in the regret that the means of present
ing the admirable addresses preceding it, are
not within reach.-ED. Gen. Pass
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Joint Control.-In a notice of the recent
decision in Kentucky in the case of the Walnut
St Church, Louisville. the Rresbyter advises
the two parties in the Presbyterian Church
in Kentucky to compromise rather than
have further litigation; and thinks they
might have joint control in Centre College as
Old and New School now have in Princeton
College, and even In the n. S. Theological
Seminary in New York. 1t then adds
We regard it as a happy providence that
the Theological Seminaries and Colleges of the
South are free from Assembly control, and
free from interference from the North, We
do not believe that the Church North has any
desire to NEEDLE with property or funds in the
South; and yet if the Assembly, according to
the plan of any of these institutions, had the
appointing OF Professors or Directors, it might
be difficult to avoid contention and trouble
If Union and Columbia belonged to our As
Semby they would be worth nothing to us
without churches in the same region connected
with US, to patronise and support them"
The advice and opinion of the P-csbcto,. may
be taken by the reader for what they are
worth. 1t might have been well to give it
sooner.
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&eliaioMs autelliaeute.
FROM THE SOUTHERN STATES.

Installation of Rev. DR.. Pryor at Nottoway, c.
the Petersburg EIpress We give the
following notice Of this meeting:
"On yesterday, the Sabbath dec. 9TH it
was my pleasure to witness the very solemn
and interesting service of installing the Rev.
DR.. Pryor as pastor of the Presbyterian Church
at Nottoway Courthouse. The exercises were
conducted by the Rev. Mr.. Rutherford. the
able and much esteemed pastor of the Tabb
Street Church in your'city. They commenced
Saturday at IL o'clock, with a sermon to
very good audience, and were continued on the
Sabbath by sermon, aud the usual charges
to the pastor and to the people. This dis
course was founded on the 9Th and 9th verses
of the 2nd chapter OF Ephesians: BY grace
are we saved, &C., and was conceived and de-
livered in the speaker happlest and most lm-
pressive style, edifying and dellghtng very
large and soemnly attentive audience. Nor
was his charge to the people less destructive,
interesting and solemn.
IL is a singular and very pleasing fact, that
DIR. PRYOR. more than thirty five years ago,
was ordained to the gospel ministry in this
very church. After having fulfilled an useful
ministry here of twenty-one years, he was
called first to a church in Baltimore, then to
the 2nd Presbyterian Church in Petersburg,
then to the church in Brunswick, and now,
having completed one entire revolution In his
ministerial orbit, he has come back TO renew
his labors and his first love" with the people
of his first charge He fluids them not less
eager to renew their union with him now than
they were 20 form il long years ago. Rich IN
the happiest fruits, may X Tong continue anu
and never be dissolved, till Heaven shall claim
either him or them.
Rev. T. M. Boyd, formerly of Virginia, but
lately of Washington, Arkansas, has recently
accepted call from the Three Creeks and
Scotland churches, Union county, Arkansas,
in Ouachita Presbytery.
Rev. ]. D. Dudley's post-office address is
changed from Dover, Miss, to Fords Depot,
Va.
Rev. Jas NJ wharey's post-offce address is
changed from Max Meadows, to Farmville,
Va.
Presbytsry of Nashville.-A pro re ndtd meet
ing was held in the First Presbyterian church
at Nashville, on the 23d of November. At his
own request the pastoral relation between
Rev. Dr. Wardlaw and the GAINESVILLE church
was dissolved, and Rev. r. L. Bunting, DID,
was appointed to preach in the church and
declare the pulpit vacant. Dr. Wardlaw goes
to Shelbyville, Tennessee, to take charge of
school. Rev. j. H. McNeilly was admitted
to the Presbytery from the Presbytery of
Western District, and permission granted to
the Edgefeld church to employ his services.
A son of Rev. K. T. Brantley was taken I'M
der care of Presbytery as a candidate for the
ministry.
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woods, to shout at the top his voice. IL Is
the duty of the neighborhod to turn out anu
look for the lost person, AMI it is his duty 10
halloo till he is heard.
81 thank you again for lelding me space, as
YOU did, in your paper, to plead for our m ms
sion in ISL and 1852, whileyou we're in Phil
adelpha And l rejoice that you are w hnanS
still, that the poor Indian should be en- hed re
through your paper. AND not only !n me- IL"
dian but his missionary and missionary
friends. ,,ou
" Brother Copeland thus closes his letter
Should | get strong, will write again as
soon as able. Pray for us Ill:
:" / should be very glad % have you con o,as
ue your favors, and if you think my little noteT
may help the cause of missions among you'
shall feel encouraged to write more: D.
Il suppose 1 shall remain here till the ZEN
tateuch is printed, say January, 1868.
Very truly and RESPECTFULLY,
Yours, etc, -,
CYRUS BYINGToN
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Preachers in the Presbyterian Churches
in New Orleans.

A correspondent of the Episcopdlian, wri-
ting from the city of New Orleans, speaks as
follows of some well-known Presbyterian min
listers of the Southern Church:
q attended service in the morning at the
Presbyterian church of Rev. Mr.. Mallard; it
being their Sacrament day, | remained until
the conclusion Of the services. There were
five persons received into membership, four
being present, the remaining one being sick,
not expecting to live; he was to be baptized,
and the communion administered in the after
noon at his home. There were two adults and
TWO infants baptized. The services were un-
usually solemn, as this was the first Sacra
mental occasion since the sickness came
upon us. Mr.. Malard made some brief
remarks, in which he alluded to those who,
having met with them three months since
around this table of the Lord here, were now
enjoying the blessedness of sitting at the Sa-
viour's feet above The baptism was On this
occasion solemn and interesting The minis
ter read off the names of those who were to be
received into the church; tour made their APP
pearance, where was the remaining one! lie
was lying on his death-bed. Here was the
brother and sister of the dying man, neither
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Another inquiry is suggested, viz: wheth-
er the Assembly in adopting the reporter their
Committee of Bills and Overtures, have not
thereby cast an implied censure upon the Syn
cd of South Carolina, and upon other Synods
and Presbyteries which have passed resolutions
commendatory OF the Reuie,o in question and
pledging it their support? For If the highest
iudicatory of the Church is restricted by us
principles from giving its Recommendation 10
any work under its control, the inferior Judlca-
tories are of course similarly restricted. For
the same principle that governs the one, must
govern the other.
3. A third inquiry may here be made, VIZ:
whether the Assembly is restricted by It's prln-
ciples from establishing Review OF Its own
and committing its management to an lndlvld-
ual editor? If the publication OF the Chu-
dren's Friend be legitimate work OF the
Church, why may it not be Legitimate work
of the Church to establish Review Tor grown
| up children? In both cases the principle is
the same. Apply the principle, and see how
! the matter stands on the case In question:
The Children's Friend is edited by one OF the
Secretaries appointed by this Assembly. Inc
Southern Presbyterian Rerie,o is edited by one
of the Professors in our Theological Seminary
at Columbia, who is bound by his oath OF OF
fee to teach nothing directly or indirectly con-
trary to our standards. We have then as great
security for the orthodoxy Of the one as we
have for that of the other. And II the AS
sembly's sanction is due to the one, 1t Is due
to the other on ground equally stable.
The only real difference is, that II the Chu-
dren's Friend fails to meet the expense OF pub.
iicaton the deficiency has 70 DC suppiemeneee'
by the Assembly. Not so with the RerieU. =
Its publishers are alone responsible. Yet the
Assembly, while in heart perhaps every mem
Der of that body approved of the resolutions
in favor of the Reuie,o, could not give them
expression in their acts, lest they should
transcend their ecclesiastical powers! But to
) one at least it seemed as legitimate ground OF
action as any other enterprise TO which the
Church has at all times given their counte-
nance and support. u.
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your earnest and hearty support? Is it not
privilege, great honor, to be engaged IN SO
glorious cause? Let us not despi:e the day
of small things, or forget our obligation to the
great Head of the Church to dothe best we
can. Our beginning may be small; 1t may be
late in the day to embark in this great work;
but, nevertheless, if We go about it from SIN
cere desire to honor the Saviour, and IN de-
pendence upon his aid, he will cause our lntiu-
ence to be felt, and perhaps, at no very distant
period, to the remotest ends Of the earth,
The Committee would be glad to be informed,
atthe earliest period possible, whether your Sab
bath school is ready to enter upon this work,
and to know as far as practicable, what may
be expected from it.
In the bonds of Christian love,
j. LEIGHTON WILSON,
Secretary ot Foreign Missions.
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East Hanover Presbytery. an adj
iourned meeting held in Richmond, on the
10th inst, Mr.. James P Converse, son Of
the Rev. DIR. Converse, Of this city, and a
student of Union Theological Seminary, was
received under its care as candidate for the
holy ministry.
At the same time the Rev. James A. Wad.
dell, licentiate of the Presbytery of Green
brier, was received under the care of this
Presbytery.
Mr.. Waddell has entered a new and encour-
aging field of labor in the county of New Kent,
where it is hoped one or more churches may
soon be built up and become blessings to the
community.
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Reristered Iettersand Money Orders

Registered Lettersand Money Orders
We request our subscribers to make remit
tances to us only in registered letters, or In the
form of post.of6ce money orders or bank
checks Under the new law, registered letters
are perfectly safe butwe cannot take the risk
of money sent in other ways, as we have sui
fered heavy losses by mail in the last few
months. Registrationor money orders can be
at our exnense
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Several com plete sets Of Vol H., viz: from
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nr plumer and his Book of Psalms.-It is

DR.. Plumer and his Book of Psalms.-lt is a
thing worthy of remembrance, that during
the war Dr. Plumer was driven by overwhelm-
ing passion and prejudice, from the Chair of
Professor of Theology in the Seminary at Ale
ghany City, and from the pastorate Of his
church 1t was then no easy matter for him
to find place TO labor in the service Of his
master. 1t was during this period that he
must have reduced to form his readings in the
Book of Psalms, as well as Others of his recent
publications 1t is sublime picture of the
old man in exile, sitting down to commune
with the divinely inspired heart-utterances of
the heroic King of Israel, and bringing forth
the results of his meditatons and reading for
the instruction and consolation of future gen.
erations. -Resbyteriaa Lader.
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Ministerial Courtesy. In Washington
city the Rev. Newman Hall preached to
crowded house, in Rev. DR.. Gurley's church.
In the course of his sermon he took occasion
openly to to attack and riGicule one Of the
distinctive doctrines of the Presbyterian
Church, Ito the great delight of its opponents,
and to the astoniShment of those who had
tried to show him Christian courtesy by giving
him the use of their pull pit.
So writes correspondent of the Pittsburg
Presbyterian Banner-a source not at all likely
to be prejudced against Mr. Hail. We had
marked this item to include in our notice Of
him last week, but it happened to escape us at
the time. 1t seems further to illustrate his
claims to be invited into pulpits in Richmond.
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SOUTHERN JOURNAL OF EDUCATION
This journal, devoted to the educational inter-
ests of the South will be published monthly;
the first number will be issued January lst,
1868.
Educational and Literary Intelligence, Re-
views of Current Literature, Announcements
of New Books, Sketches Of Educational and
Literary Institutions, Proceedings Of Teach
ers' Associations, Selections from the best
American and Foreign publications, will con-
,titute the leading features of the Journal.
Price, 81 per year, payable upon receipt OF
first number
All communications to be addressed to John
T Hearn, Shelbyville, Kentucky.
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Must Send in Good Time -Correspon-
dents often send communications with spe-
cial request that they may be published i'm
mediately. Sometimes this cannot be because
others have precedence, but more frequently
because they send too late. The first and
fourth pages of this paper are finished by Fri
day. A communication cannot usually APP
pear on the inside unless received before Mon
day, and not then unless it is short, and has
from its matter some claim to speedy inser-
ton.
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Contributions for Mrs. Rice's Tombstone.
A friend in New Jerse7 sends us SIS. We hope
the gifts during the coming Christmas season
will complete this memorial.
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DE Bows REVIEW MONTHLY. Heirs of j.
D. B. De Bow proprietors, R. G. Barnwell and
Edwin G. Bell editors Offices, Nashville,
Tenn, corner of Union and Cherry streets :
New York, No. so Broadway.
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their extraordinary aShty.
The work in its enlarged form is divided IN
to twenty-eight chapters, and contains COM
prehensive discussion of the whole subject
Every intelligent theologian knows that the
great battle ground concerning the orthodox
Christian faith is precisely at this central point.
We must express the great satisfaction with
which we have read this work OF DIR. Hodge.
1t is not only bulwark in its defence against
the open assaults of inidels, but also against
the insidious errors of such writers as Barnes,
Beman, Jenkyns and Bushnell, many of whose
arguments are the old, spent arrows OF Socln
ians, which they have the honor OF picking
up, painting, barking and featherlng anew,
and discharging again to vex the Church with
strife.
Without undertaking to subscribe to every
thing in this book, We recommend 1t as one OF
great merit, evincing deep research and that
admirable talent which the author has to make
things plain. Its publication is timely, since
many good men seem just now extensively
seized with disposition to cover up dangerous
heresies under the vague idea mania, that
If they can only get together, outward uniform
ty, it will be panacea for about all the ills the
Christian Church is heir to. They will doubt
less take their course, and with it, after lit
tie, the experience of all burnt children
1t may be proper to state for the information
of many readers, that the author is son OF
the Rev. DR.. Hodge, of Princeton, and was
formerly pastor of the Presbyterian church In
fredericksburg, Va.
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THE FAMILY TREASURE for December, 1867,
published in Cincinnati, has the following ia
BILE of contents: |. Physiological Fallaces.
3. My Darling Call. 3. The Device on Gene
vas Shield. Chapter vi. 4. My Childhood.
5. The Church of the New Testament. g..
The Opening of Congress. I. Philip Brant-
ley's Life Work. s. Some Days in the Life
of Cowper. 9. History. 10. Past Present,
and Future. IL. Peace from God. ~. Chron
icles of Cumberland. Chapter XIV. 10.
Leaves. IA. Adam and Eve. Is. Editor 5
Bureau. l6. The Last Month. l6. Book Ia
HE
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PUTNAM's MONTHLY MAGAZINE We have
received the first number of the new issue OF
this Magazine. For several years it had high
place in our periodical literature, but was dis
continued for eight or ten years. 1t is now re-
vived by the same publisher, and in part with
the same brilliant corps of writers. Some of
those who once gave interest to its pages, have
passed away But otIsl rs remain. The ranks
are filed up by new men. From the perusal
I'VE have been able-tcgSe it, we cannot COM
,mend. it to Southern ,ouage Article after
ARTICLE has such Offer, asss -. aur late
eerccss, that with a. 1 respect, We cannot
read them with either 6easure or profit. We
have our own periodicals deserving the sup
port OF Southern people; take them and ex-
tend their circulation.
IF our newsdealers would only fill their
counters with the Southern Revie,o, the &c
lectic, the Land We Love, the Southern Boys
and Girls Monthly, Bwke's Weekly, and
MANY others we could mention, instead Of the
illustrated and libellous Yankee literature they
often offer for sale, it would be lasting benefit
to our people. Scepticism is so insidiously in
troduced into many Of the Northern and En-
glish periodicals, that the danger of our young
people from their perusal is alarming.
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

THE AroNEMENr. By Rev. Archibald Alex
ander Hodge, D. D., Professor IS, of Didactic,
Historical and Polemic Theology in the
Western Theological Seminary. at Allegheny,
Pa. Philadelphia~ Presbyterian Board Of
Publication. Large l2mo., PIP. 44O.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-03-26

CRop PROSPECTS IN TEXAs.-A letter
dated Houston, Texas, 4th instant, says
the season thus far has been remarkably ia
vorable for planting. Corn in some places
is above the ground. A letter from Gal
weston says:
"Texas has been favored with the most
pleasant, favorable, and delightful winter
known for many years. We enter on the
spring season buoyant with hope, and las
compared with our sister southern States)
with exceeding flattering prospects. Du-
ring the last three months a large immigra-
ton has found its way into our country, and
the stream seems undated. Our farmers
are theoretically preparing for a large crop.
Industry, energy, and public spirit seem
rife in the community. Railroads are be-
ing pushed forward in various directions.
Schools are fourishing. Churches are well
sustained. Politics are generally avoided,
and progress-physical, mental, and mo-
ral-seems to be the order of the day."
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NJ FIFTEEN YEARS AGO AND Now.-

NE FIFTEEN YEARS AGO AND Now
Fifteen years ago H0sTETTER's ToMAC BIT
TIERS was struggling into notice against the pre-
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To-day Il stands at The head Of sill the tonic and
Alternative preparations In existence. Its celebrity
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sic,aus pronounce II the ONLY SAFE sTINULASr that
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In the hospitals OF the army and navy the sur
geons nnd II the very best tonic for convslescents,
and report It as invaluable for sustaining the vigor
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have emphatically endorsed II as the sISBR's NH.
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There is no mystery abou. the causes OF its sue
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which are combined the grand requisites of a mild,
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finest selection OF tonic, anti bilious, anti-scorbu-
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II lis also proper TO state that the BITTBRS arc sold
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the Government STAMP ovor the cork OF the bottle
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