, 1877-07-04

prcabytcrian Church force ot the United Stairs
tn hc a.hS ministers. II 1I congregations, Hl.h
,G'i4:&3v numbers, making In ono year cnntri-
eun Of &lA,5l2, f9a pr npout EA tsN. .WD, nearly
sl5, Or E3, TO each con1nunfcant In the whole
country.
THEOLOGICAL BCnoOrA
Relying upon The sanctIlted Intelligence of tie
| ministry, the Presbyterian ChuTc has nlale tie
instruction Of It's candidates for The pulpit IN
object OF tha highest importaucet planting and
ensewinR II al parts Of the country iatitutlons
Of the Wotd. The 1'reshYtcrlaus have moro
than twenty Of these divinity scliouls, with
n!,cat seventy-tlyc Professors, and morc than
9O students, the most of whom have had =
Thorough, college education In the scfenres and
arts, arc now dcyottng ther whole time 10
preparation for The Gospel ministry.
In all these institutions for thcoto0icai IT.
atsnetIon large and costly libraries have been
gathered with great diligence anlsucccst. under
our laws, books for all Institutions Of learning
may be Imported free Of duty; arri the halls OF
our arc made thcrepo.tto orics
of the test w0fkaln nallnnGuaEcs of the Uld World.
50 that a student In B0uth Carolina OF 1tflih'!a
may lay hts ilnnd upon almost any volume I'm
poftant for Theological study "a readily as Il
no were tll EndEnharR o. Berlin. sutn9 Of
these libraries nro exceedingly r!cl as we'll as
cxtenArc: Tho Union Seminary III New York
great valuc, Princeton has 37 .oN New Druns-
wick has q, 600. Tie Treahvterlan scninartce
have aO, ,0o0 volumes out ot h25 000 yoln'ncsin hl!
thu divinity schools In the United States. That
10 to say, tlle Presbytertane llavo libraries IN.
Guiding a0,O 900 volumes, whtlo tho libraries OF
the Corgregnt!onaltsts, Bapt'sts, Slctl'olistst
Eptscopailans, Roman Catholics, and all others
aotno flen may be obtained Of the value At
taclctl 10 theological education by American
Presbytcrians, from tho TACT that the real estate
and i6vcstui fund for the support Of teachsss
aqd eandt1ates 10. TIE MINISTRY owned hy os
amount 10
This IL for theological education only. Soma
e our colleges have bad largo !,cnSfaet!9ns.
More tlan 81, or, ,0O0 have been given since tho
accession Of pr, McCosh TO tts Presidency.
: Fer th. oplowmens and foundation ei colleges
bytcriau Churei. havs chcertully given millions
Of aneF, which they regard not Their oEn, hut
tho Lords, whore stewards they nro. It ts be.
l!eved that In no department OF tho Church Of
Christ 4 the religion, duty anl pEiy,lege Of con-
telligcntly understood aud conscichtlously dis
The reunion oi Tic two greatest prcsbytetfan
Vii % @ s te sls IL Lord ne u near.y Y s
o00, OF El,G00W0.
Church In the United 8tatcs Is doing for tod
md mum. In tho ndstondt bonovo1ont and rellR-
!ous Institutions, which have no dsttnctivcly
dcnomInatioual character, and iu tlose private
or public chartlcs sustained by tho gtl,s Of good
people OF all Christian names Prcabytertatis do
nntf0n, but In some Of these union societies they
give more thnn many other denominations to-
Ectier, and in \ fow OF them they give tic
larger part OF Ill that Gomez into tile treasury,
TILE AMERICAN D5nLE SOCIETY
receives tho nearly undivided contributions of
tho american churches. As its supporters arc
aseoclated In au1atarks, and not u Aurcaes It Ia
impossible to distinguish the contributions
nominations But, taking tho receipts OF au
auxiliary bibfo society In the Cty Of Nav York
for an example, VIC ret tho following figures: