New-York tribune., 1868-02-17

sonal mode OF argument. II must be II ana you. ~
ceye the eternal fe but the spirit 0 when
he Is the embodiment II is truth which wSui6 o. not
which was before He uttered It, ana VIII Pe 20 I'm @
OF which he possessed can any one be saved
SOUTHERN RyANGELIzATION.
A large congregation was in attendance at
the Fifthave Presbyterian Church the Rev. Dr. Hail.
PASTOR, last evening. in response to call for Union
meeting OF the friends Of the American Tract Society
The Rev Dr. Hall presided and commenced the services
by reading selections OF the Scriptures after which an
appropriate prayer offered. Tins was followed by
the singing OF hymn, and at s close the Rev. q. L.
shearer Of Richmond, and District Secretary for the
South Atlantic States gave interesting OF the
work accomplished by the American Tract Society in the
ColPortaee is found to be admirably adapted
to the prevailing want and the coporteus cooperating
with resident Christians, have endeavored 10 establish
prayermeeting In every community, and 10 afford Sab
bathschool instruction TO white and black children alike
One thousand six hundred and nfy schools Sabbath and
secular are founded and these have al aggregate OF
scholars 100000 United States primers
have been distributed during the past year 90 cOlp0r
teurs employed through whose 1000
souls were hopefully eonvsrted III tne S0utn A.ianuS
81 IN 1861 who maintained chiefly by churches sab
OF 500 The cost per scholar to tho society Is about
20 cents year. There are no saried teachers but All
aud the colOred people, instructed within the past few
years Offering themselves in great numbers that
the blessings OF education be carried TO points where
the freedmen have hitherto been naccessble letter
from district in North Carolina describes many adults
there deprving themselves Of food that the children
may be provided with books Other letters report large
proportion OF the families OF the South without the word
Of God Virginia pastor said to have put IL Sab
bathschoOls IN operation, containing 2OO sch0Ars IN
Georgia 10 schools were esaDnshed Dy Aensucay
characterized the operations Of the voluntary aDOrers,
OF whom there about 5000 in the South To enable
the Tact Society to furnish these with the books and
tracts required, s8000C0 needed and all who could
were invited to contribute literally hymn was sung,
and Mr.. John b. yassar, a missionary colporteur,
was INTRODUCED ana said 2 that IT was was the OBJECT
an intelligent Christianity. OF the 100000 eolored
nORS ali df whom manifest great desire to learn young
were especially scholars and advanced so rapidly In
and three months and frequently In one month In
North Carolina, 81 900 people were found who could not
spell the name OF Jesus these, however, were last i
proving thousands OF others are awaiting the dstrbu-
hon OF books that they, too, may learn to read:
address, and said there were some soce-
not Of the number; The Gospel OF the Synagogue
essential the Gospel OF the highway To con-
but TO bring the Word to people In the highway was df
cUt undertaking. and many as soon as they get beyond
the walls Of Church. grow weak IN then knees and say
II s impossible to reach the needy souls, they were 50
numerous. 1t was a human imPossiDlty but human
impossIblIty Gods possibility. Some people object
the distribution OF tracts, and advance as
for this objection that the Apostles did not dis
tribute The tract the word OF God and must
be distributed The speaker reoieed TO receive lately
a chd's paper printed in modern Greek and published
address by saying that the people OF the South would be-
more attached 10 the people Of the North by the
By the Reconstruction acts Of Congress The doXology
sung, benedction was pronounced, and tho large
congregation retired
Mr. Kristeller a converted Israelite, was pub
cly ordained the Gospel ministry last evening. at the
tabernacle Baptist Church. No. 62 secondave The Rey
Messrs Bright Backus, Anderson Hyatt ana kendrlcK
conducted the services
The annual missionary services were held
yesterday Paus Methodist Episcopal Church. cor
Bishop James preached sermon in the morning and
sunday school meeting addressed In the afternoon
It Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr.. r. q. Pardee
At the evening service addresses delivered by the
brooklyn.
The Rev. F. NJ. Whittle is soon to be conse-
Grated Assistant Bishop Of Virginia.
A revival is progressing in the Baptist Church
at Danyie about forty having made public profession
Of religion.
Phineas Must of Springfield, Ohio, has given
SOO the Ohio Wesleyan University ON condition that
$4,000 more shall be raised.
s25 600 the establishment OF Methodist heologi
cal seminary IN Germany
On the annual visit of the Church of Mill
stone ~ j. to their pastor the Rev. Mr. Corwin, they
left with him more than t425.
The Rev. d. K. Van Doun Of West Hurley
recently received the substantial testimonial OF 800 from
mis- congregation and friends
The centenary contributions of the Method
ist Church 1867 amount Ss0OOOOO-$00 600 Of
which have been contributed by Sunday Schools.
The congregation of the First Unitarian So
out leaving their seats, to lift mortgage from the
church.
A minister at Schralenburg, returning from
prayer meeting last Tuesday evening was bewdered to
ind his parlors crowded with people, who had given him
various packages OF notepaper stamped with tens ana
tWenties, but all from the same mill
The Congregational Church at Fitchburg
celebrated the centennial anniversary OF the settlement
OF its pastor last week Men OF the oden time sang
old hymns to old tunes which "deacOned" on line
by line, "a they were "A hundred wears ago.
On the occasion of the great fire in Portland
the communion service and church furniture OF the Pay
Church Of that city was destroyed. Last week MI
Quncey OF Boston presented Dr. Caruthers an elegant
communion service TO replace the one burned
The Rev. Isaac Leeser, Rabbi of the prlnci-
pal Portuguese synagogue of Philadelphia died on the st
Inst aged He for several years the editor
OF The Occde journal devoted to the interests OF Juda
ism, and generally esteemed by the Hebrew commu
nifty
The Church of England pays to MAINTAIN its
establishment IN Ireland for ArchbshOps, Bishops,
Priests, Ecclesiastical Commissions, &c. S4s5,OOO Be
side this has OF land S25OOOO annually
paid Trinity College beside the students fees OF $5OO
The membership is 6930OO The Disseners and Catholics
number 5,sOO,0OO.