The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-25

OF ner private fortune IN behalf or tho
criminal She SAYS, very truly that { ae men VINO
are confined IN our jars and houses OF detention
have nothing 20 40 from one week to another
except TO recall past crimes and ooncOct new
ones. ~ they could be educated by GOOD library
untold good might be accomplished. II these
wrelcnes cannot be mnstered 10 by SPOKEN
words OF announcement aud admon ton they
can ~ least enjoy the mtnlsraton or the printed
page. To save one soul by such means IS worth
al the DOCKS we snah ever give for THIS OBJ
lect. Let me then make this practical
sugges ION. Every one whO reads this lester
has rom one 70 many scores o GOOD and
strongly bound books, which are OF no partlcular
value. because they have been read. They may,
however, be put 70 very imtorFant use. Tho
library IN the T0mbS has actually made IL easier
10 enforce discipline IN tnat prison. The inmates
read with snarpened appetItes ana great graft
tude. The libraries which have been established
IN osher quarters have produced ike results. Let
me ask you, them 10 cooperate with rs in this un-
derfaElng. Choose rom your nbraTg as many
volumes "a you can easily spare. ana send them
TO my residence NO 10 West Forty seventh street,
or 10 my church, on the corner Of Forty -nfth
street and Madison avenue, and WIN see Jnat
they get into the hands oil MISS Gilbert III
dared would also ask that money De sent for the
same purpose, ut as AN 20 poor to give my
sell estate TO ask others Botn cooks and money,
however, Will ne gracefully received. properly
acknowledged ana carefully used. am only too
glad TO commend tots work TO the cnarirable, and
subJoln letter latoly received from MISS Gilbert
the criminals OF America. IL GOD can forgive them
we Can AZ least aflord to pity and nep them
NEW YORK, Aprn %, 1875.
PRESBYTERIAN MINISTERIAL SUPPLY.
The Rev. @. II. Burdick writes to the EgGn0eJist
OF this city giving some OF dlssatis faction
with ministers and their repeated changes or pas
Lorate. The question OF ministerial oily Is now
being agltated quite extensively anu the General
Assembly soon to meet in Clcye and, ohio, win un-
doubtealy be called upon 10 devise some means to
abate the eva, which DR.. Burdick says Ia an alarm
Ing feature in the practical workings OF the Pres
byterian system. He therefore calls the prayer
lul attention OF the Church to the evil and It's
causes among which ne cites q Iaise impression IN
ally tnat the Cnurcn mas an over-auYply OF MINIS
tiers. lie there ore Gives the following statistics
a basis for dlsabuSlng the minds OF his readers
on this point Last year ne says the presbyterian
Church lost from ner ministry oy death, So; dis
missed 10 olher bodies "a; total, Ill. she added
ner D1sfry Iron her theologlcl semnsries.
loss Ill net gain during the year, 90. sac added
to bne number oil her CHURCHES during the same
year By organization, ia; rom otner bodies, III
total, 1885, Deduct tue loss Wy dissolution; o. and
aads, we received 80 more churches than minis
tiers. Inc total numoer OF churcneS under care
OF the General Assembly Is 4,936; total
number OF Minister'S 1926; giving more
chnrcnes tnan ministers by $40. Add to this
number All presidents, professors teachers
edItors secretaries, az ents and retired minister's
VINO are necessarily emordced IN the ABOVE
enumeration, ana OF necessity rom lack OF
minis ers more than one-tentn oil the churches
must remain vacant, unless tney can introduce
the circuit s. stem more enectuaHy, oy winch one
III MISTER may supply more than one cnuFcn. This
accounts Tor not more than one-thlrd, or at most
one-nali, OF the vacant eau eheS. Bat 10 shows
that the evil complained OF cannot be. to any ex-
tent, from surplus OF ministers. lie does not tell
us. says DR.. BurdIck, why rom 500 to lU00 OF our
MINISTERS are with ut charge, nor wny from 900
to 1000 more Of them are seeking change.