The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1868-06-10

Lane Seminary. Board of Trustees OF
Lane Theoloeica Seminary. at their Ia,e meet.
ing, determined that 100000 should be adde'!
TO the permanent funds of the Seminary
And they showed their earnestDess in this de-
termination by promptly giving $40 0OO of 1t.
The Board will pay half of what the Seminary
needs for It's complete endowment, If all Its
other friends will pay the remaining half.
The General Conference of Maine reports l26
Congregational churches. OF these, not more
than 100 are self sustaining Of the remaining
l46, not less than % have little or no prospect
of growth, or long continued existence.
Baptist.-The receipts of the American Bap-
list Missionary Society for the last year have
been Sl9l, 637. So, and expenditures, $22l, ia
IS. 1t is estimated that S225,00 will be
needed during the current year, There are
twelve Foreign Missions under the direction
of the Society, with 799 missionaries and
about 1000 church communicates.
Matthew Nswlxirk, well known citizen of
Philadelphia, died in that city, May 81. aged
"A. He came TO Philadelphia in 1910, was
long successful merchant, and accumulated
a large fortune. He retired from mercantile
pursuits in 1889, but became President of the
Philadelphia, Wilmington Il Baltimore rail-
road, of which he was the protector. He was
an elder in the Central Presbyterian 10. s. J
Church, and prominent in the support of be-
neyolent enterprises. He was the oldest trus-
tee of Princeton College His only child is
Rev. Matthew Newkirk of the 20. s. Pres
byterian church.
For Liberia.-The Colonization ship Goconda
sailed from Savannah, Ga, on the 18th OF
May, with 45l emigrants for Liberia These
were mostly from Georgia, though Alabama
aud South Carolina furnished a few and Nash
vile, Tenn, nine They have chosen as their
places of settlement in the African Republic
.-Monrovia, sixty eight; Cape Palmas, ninety
and BaSsa, two hundred and ninety-two.-
Most Of the men are farmers and mechanics,
and are well supplied with agricultural nipple
ments and tools. Turning lathes and the re-
quiSite machinery for grist and saw mills, for
which ample water power abounds IN Liberia,
were taken by some Of the well TODD of them.
Sewing machines were not forgotten by the
women.
The Next Assemblies.-Both the Assemblies
of the .. and n. s. Churches will meet next
year in the city Of New York. The former
in the Brick Church, Rev DR.. Spring $.
The latter in the Church of the Covenant, :"
Rev. DIR. PrentiSs' The two churches are
located within short distance of each other.
The acceptance of the Presidency of Prince
ton College, New jersey, by DR.. McCosh, of
Queen College, Belfast, was announced at
the college, and was greeted with great enthu-
slasm by the faculty and students.
Foreign MissiOps.-The Board of Foreign
Missions in connection with the Old School
General Assembly reported 10 ordained mis-
Sionaries, II native ministers, l79 native teach
ers, IS American teachers, and l,6l9 church
members, and $751; children under instruction
in schools.
Rev. j. L. Nevius, of the Ningpo Presby-
terry, said that his commission to the Assembly
Is signed in Chinese characters by the native
Moderator of his Presbytery, and so familiar
was he with such signatures in the business of
the Church, that he had not noticed it until he
handed it to the clerks. This fact speaks the
progress which this missionary work is making,
and that a native church and ministry, in pa
gan lands, are rising up to carry it forward =
The work is the appropriate mission of the
Church and should be considered as part and
parcel Of preaching the Gospel