llje lmrnn~rai ^mdo0 matzoO f H ll55rIlettr 1863. MIN UTES OF THE SIXTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING; NORTH MIDDLEBORO', JUNE 23-25. PASTORAL LETTER, NARRATIVE OF THE STATE OF RELIGION, AND STATISTICS OF THE CHURCHES. BOSTON: PRESS OF CROCKER AND BREWSTER,. 51 Washington Street. 1863. NOTICES. Meeting of 1864-At the First Church in Springfield, under the pastoral care of H M. Parsons. Preacher of the Home Missionary Sermon —Benjamin F. Hosford, of Hlaverhill. Substitute-Ariel E. P Perkins, of Ware. Associational Preacher-To be appointed by Old Colony Association. Committee to prepare the Pastoral Letter-Alfred Emerson, James M. Bell and Edward P. Smith. Committee to prepare the Schedule of Questions directed by Rule IX,'Section 7 —James T. McCollom, Daniel T. Fiske and Thomas Dogget. Tl45'li-ms, and places of meeting of the various Bodies with which this General Association is in correspondence, may be found in the CONGREGATIONAL QUARTERLY, published at Boston, in the January numbers.of the respective years. The " Index" is at the close. I. N. T. OFFICERS. SECRETARY AND TREASURER. Rev. ENOCH HALE, Westhampton,.... 1804-1824, Rev. THOMAS SNELL, D. D., North Brookfield,.. 1824-1850. Rev. EMERSON DAVIS, D D., Westfield,... 1850-1858. Rev. ALONZO H. QUINT, Jamaica Plain,... 1858STATISTICAL SECRETARY. Rev. INCREASE N. TARBOX, Boston, or West Newton, 1863Associational tax for 1864,-60 cents. MINUTES. ASSEMBLING. THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS assembled in the Congregational Church in North Middleboro' 1863, June 23, at 7 o'clock, P. M. The delegates were called to order by Elbridge G. Little, pastor of the church. DELEGATES, ETC. The following clergyman were enrolled as DELEGATES FROM DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS, etc:Andover-James H. Merrill, Steadman W. Hanks. Berkshire North-Sardis B. Morley. Berkshire South-Josiah Brewer, Nathaniel H. Eggleston. Brewster-None. Brookfield-Ariel E. P. Perkins. Eber Carpenter. Essex North-John Pike. Essex South-None. Franklin-Robert Crawford, D. D., David A. Strong. Hampden East-Richard Knight, Henry M. Parsons. Hampden West-Emerson Davis, D. D., Charles J. Hinsdale. Hampshire-None. Hampshire East-Rowland Ayres, Henry B. Blake. Mendon-Andrew Bigelow, Noadiah S. Dickinson. Middlesex South-Joshua T. Tucker, Elnathan E. Strong. Middlesex Union-James M. Bell, Edwin R. Hodgman. Norfolk-Charles W. Wood, Henry L. Edwards. Old Colony-Timothy Stowe, William L. Parsons. Plymouth-Israel W. Putnam, D. D., David Brigham. Salem-None. Suffolk North-Daniel L. Furber, Asa Bullard. 4 Suffoll South-John 0. Means, Stephen R. Dennen. iTaunton-Abel G. Duncan, John Haskell. Vineyard Sound-James P. Kimball, Joseph B. Clark. TWIoburn-William H-. Wilcox. Worcester (entral-Charles Kendall, James H. Fitts. Worcester North —Abijah P. Marvin, Samuel J. Austin. Worcester South-Joshua L. Maynard. Massachusetts Home Missionary Society-Henry B. Hooker, D. D., Ezekiel Russell, D. D. Ex Officiis —Increase N. Tarbox, Acting Statistical Secretary; Alonzo H. Quint, Secretary and Treasurer; Isaac P. Langworthy, Acting Secretary and Treasurer.; Elbridge G. Little, Pastor of the Congregational Church, North Middleboro'. HONORARY MEMBERS. The following ministers were enrolled as Honorary Members:Lewis Sabin, D. D., preacher of Associational Sermon. Delegates to Corresponding Bodies during the past year;Erastus Maltby, to the General Conference of Ohio. Charles W. Wood, to the General Association of New York. William L. Parsons, to the Evangelical Consociation of Rhode Island. Delegates from Corresponding Bodies;Francis Horton, from the Evangelical Consociation of Rhode Island. Albert Barnes, from the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. Myron N. Morris, from the General Association of Connecticut. Aaron C. Adams, from the General Conference of Maine. Francis Bartlett, from the General Conference of Ohio. Clark E. Ferrin, from the General Consociation of Vermont. John C. Holbrook, from the General Association of Iowa. ORGANIZATION. Abijah P. Marvin, of Winchendon, was chosen Moderator; Joseph B. Clark, of Yarmouth, Scribe. David A. Strong, of South Deerfield, Assistant Scribe. Prayer was offered by the Moderator. The Rutles of the Association were read by the Acting Secretary, COMMITTEES. Committees were appointed as follows: Credentials-James H. Merrill, Josiah Brewer, Richard Knight. Arrangements-Elbridge G. Little, Henry B. Hooker, D. D., John Pike. Accounts-Timothy Stowe, Eber Carpenter. Narrative of the State of Religion-Daniel L. Furber, Noadiah S. Dickinson, Nathaniel H. Eggleston. Nomination of Delegates to Corresponding Bodies-Rowland Ayres, Abel G. Duncan, Edwin R. Hodgman. Appointments for next year-Henry M. Parsons, Ariel E. P. Perkins, John O. Means. HOME MISSIONARY SERMON. At 8 o'clock the Home Missionary Sermon was preached, by Henry M. Parsons, from Matt. xxviii, 19: Luke xxiv, 47: " Go ye therefore and teach all nations, * * * beginning at Jerusalem." The devotional services were conducted by Ezekiel Russell, D. D. The Committee of Arrangements made a report, which was adopted; and, after prayer by Emerson Davis, D. D., the Association adjourned to Wednesday, 9 A. M. SECOND DAY. Wednesday, 24 June. The Association met according to adjournment, and after prayer by the Moderator the roll was called, and the minutes of the previous day were read. COMMITTEE ON THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY. Nathaniel H. Eggleston, Israel W. Putnam, D. D., Ariel E. P. Perkins, were appointed a Committee to present resolutions on the State of the Country. REPORTS OF DELEGATES TO CORRESPONDING BODIES. Reports of Attendance upon Corresponding Bodies were presented by the following delegates: Charles W. Wood, delegate to the General Association of New York. Erastus Maltby, delegate to the General Conference of Ohio. 6 SALUTATIONS. The Association received salutations from Corresponding Bodies, through the following delegates:Francis Horton, from the Evangelical Consociation of Rhode Island. Albert lBarnes, of the Presbytery of Philadelphia, from the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. Myron N. Morris, from the General Association of Connecticut. UNION OF THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION WITH THE GENERAL CONFERENCE. Christopher Cushing, in behalf of the Committee appointed last year, to receive returns from the District Associations on the proposed union of the General Association with the General Conference, made a report, concluding with the following preamble and resolution. " Whereas, The subject of the Union of the General Association, and the General Conference, has been submitted to the District Associations,-and the members of these District Associations, to the number of 379, have expressed themselves in favor of such Union by a majority of 103; therefore Resolved, That a Committee of five be chosen, authorized to present this decision to the General Conference at its next meeting, and act in behalf of this General Association in making arrangements with the General Conference to effect such Union, if the Conference should favor the same." The protest of Berkshire North Association against the proposed Union was presented by Sardis B. Morley. The Report of the Committee was accepted, and, on the adoption of the Resolution, a protracted discussion ensued, conducted by Ezekiel Russell,. D., Henry M. Parsons, Sardis B. Morley, Josiah Brewer, John Pike, Steadman W. Hanks, Henry B. Blake, Ariel E. P. Perkins, Alonzo H. Quint, John C. Holbrook, Nathaniel H. Eggleston, Isaac P. Langworthy, Increase N. Tarbox, Elnathan E. Strong, Robert Crawford, D. D., Henry L. Edwards, John 0. Means, Asa Bullard, and Abijah P. Marvin. The Resolution was adopted. Yeas 29-Nays 16. The Association adjourned to 2, P. M. Wednesday, P. i. The Association met at 2 o'clock, and was opened with prayer by John C. Holbrook, of Iowa. Increase N. Tarbox was chosen Statistical Secretary for three years. The following Resolution was presented and passed to a second reading. Resolved,-That Rule VI be amended by striking out the words-" The Rules of the Association shall also be read,"-and inserting the following: 7 "It shall be the duty of the Secretary at the opening of each meeting of the Association, to furnish each member of the same with a copy of the Minutes of the last previous meeting of the Association, including the Rules of the Body." Reports of the State of Religion from the various District Associations were read. A Hymn was then sung. SALUTATIONS. Salutations were received from Corresponding Bodies, through the following delegates:John C. Holbrook, from the General Association of Iowa. Aaron C. Adams, from the General Conference of Maine. Clark E. Ferrin, from the General Convention of Vermont. Francis Bartlett, from the General Conference of Ohio. George Ritchie, from the Congregational Union of Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. To these Salutations the Moderator appropriately replied. A letter of Salutation was received from the General Association of Michigan. Christopher Cushing reported his attendance upon the meeting of the Congregational Union of Canada. William L. Parsons reported his attendance as delegate to the Evangelical Consociation of Rhode Island. After singing, adjourned to 71 o'clock. Wednesday Evening. The Association met according to adjournment. George Trask made a brief address on the subject of Temperance. A hymn was sung, and Myron N. Morris led in prayer. DISCUSSION. The following topic was presented for discussion; "The individual responsibility of Christians at the present time." Addresses were made by Albert Barnes, of Philadelphia, Prof. George E. Day, D. D., Of Lane Seminary, Charles Demond, Esq., of the Christian Commission, and Alonzo H. Quint, Chaplain 2d Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers. A hymn was sung by the Choir, and prayer was offered by John Pike, after which the Association adjourned to 81 Thursday, A. M. 8 THIRD DAY. Thursday, 25 June. The Association met according to adjournment. The roll was called, and prayer was offered by the Moderator. The Minutes of the preceding day were then read. The Committee on Accounts made a report which was adopted. Lewis Sabin, D. D., reported his attendance as delegate to the General Association of Iowa. DELEGATES TO CORRESPONDING BODIES FOR 1863-4. The Report of the Committee on Nomination of Delegates to Corresponding Bodies was adopted as follows:To the General Conference of Maine: Primaries-George N. Anthony, Kinsley Twining. Substitutes-Josiah Brewer, William A. Mandell. To the General Association of New Hampshire: Primaries Henry L. Edwards, Albert K. Teele. Substitutes-Edward W. Noble, Martin S. Howard. To the General Convention of Vermont: Primaries-John Pike, William S. Coggin. Substitutes-Alonzo B. Rich, Daniel L. Furber. To the Evangelical Consociation of Rhode Island: Primaries —Enoch Sanford, Thomas T. Waterman. Substitutes-Charles Brooks, Jotham B. Sewall. To the General Associations of Connecticut and Oregon: Primaries-Emerson Davis, D. D., William H. Bessom. Substitutes-Aaron M. Colton, Samuel H. Tolman. To the General Association of New York: Primaries-Joseph R. Munsell, Timothy Stowe. Substitutes-Martin Tupper, Timothy G. Brainerd. To the General Conferences of Ohio and California: Primaries-John H. Bisbee, Charles E. Reed. Substitutes-Henry B. Blake, Amos H. Coolidge. To the General Associations of Illinois and Indiana: Primaries-Abijah P. Marvin, Luther H. Sheldon. Substitutes —Caleb E. Fisher, E. G. Thurber. 9 To the General Association of Michigan: Primaries-Charles Hammond, Thomas A. Hall. Substitutes-Ezekiel Russell, D. D., James P. Terry. To the Presbyterian and Congregational Convention of Wisconsin and Nebraska. Primaries-Charles C. Beaman, Elihu P. Marvin. Substitutes-Sereno D. Clark, Stephen R. Dennen. To the General Association of Iowa: Primaries-Charles Smith, Samuel Hunt. Substitutes-John Tatlock, Jr., Charles M. Tyler. To the General Associations of Minnesota and Kansas. Primaries-Aaron Foster, Edmund K. Alden. Substitutes-Theron G. Colton, Erastus Maltby. To the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church: Primaries-Mortimer Blake, Henry M. Parsons. Substitutes-James B. R. Walker, James P. Kimball. To the Congregational Union of England, Wales and Canada. Primaries-Ebenezer Cutler, William A. Stearns,. D. Substitutes-Andrew J. Willard, Samuel J. Austin. CONCERT OF PRAYER FOR THE NATION. The following preamble and resolutions were adopted: Whereas, a large number of our Churches observe a season of prayer for our Army and Country once a month; Resolved, That it be recommended to all the Pastors of the Churches, for the sake of Concert, to set apart the fourth Sabbath Evening of each month for this purpose. PASTORAL LETTER. The Pastoral Letter was read by Joshua T. Tucker, and approved. The proposed amendment to Rule VI, was read the second time, and after discussion, was rejected by the Association. STATE OF THE COUNTRY. The Committee on the State of the Country reported the following minute, which was adopted, and ordered to be sent by the Moderator to the President of the United States, and entered on the minutes Of the meeting. 2 10 The General Association of Massachusetts, convened for the third time during the pendency of the war, which for more than two years has convulsed the land, find in its protracted continuance no ground of discouragement, but rather a new incentive to patriotism, and a new occasion for the devout recognitions of the over ruling presence of God in national affairs. The Association gratefully recognize the truly Christian sentiments of the President, agreeing with him that the present civil war "is inflicted upon us for our presumptuous sins, to the needful end of our National reformation as a whole People." With such feelings in the high places of influence and authority extending, as they do, throughout our Churches, and in some good measure, throughout the land, and aided by the recollection of God's dealings with us in the past, we gather the confident hope that as we humble ourselves before him, He will lift us up, removing the rod of his chastisement, and bestowing upon us a prosperity and greatness which we have never known before. The Association tender to the President the renewed assurance of their confidence in his integrity and patriotism, their sympathy with him in the arduous duties and trials of office, their unhesitating and unqualified support of his administration, and their unceasing and earnest prayers that he mnay be endued from above with all needful wisdom and strength. And we would urge the members of our Churches and congregations to an unfaltering support of the powers that be, the cultivation of patriotic sentiments, continued cheerful self-sacrifice, the stern discountenance of all sympathy with the spirit of rebellion, and constant and fervent prayer to God for his forgiveness and favor. To the officers and soldiers who have gone out from this Commonwealth, nobly bearing the privations and hazards of the Camp and of the field, and to those associated with them from all parts of the land, we tender our thanks for their patriotic self-devotion, for the many lessons which they have given for our inspiration, and for the high toned morality which they have so largely maintained amid manifold temptations. We assure them that in all our Churches, and by tens of thousands of household altars, they are constantly held in grateful memory and esteem, and commended to the protection and " Grace of the Father Almighty." COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION. Increase N. Tarbox, Isaac P. Langworthy and Asa Bull.rd, were appointed a Committee on Publication, COMMITTEE ON THE UNION OF THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION AND THE GENERAL CONFERENCE. Christopher Cushing, Nahum Gale, D. D., Samuel G. Buckingham1 John Pike and John 0. Means, were appointed a Committee on the union of the General Association and the General Conference, APPOINTMENTS FOR THE MEETING OF 1864: The report of the Committee on Appointmerts for the n-dx ySeai Wag adopted, as follows: Place of Meeting-Springfield, First Church. Preacher on Home Missions-Benjamin F. Hosford, of Haverhill. Substitute-~Ariel E. P. Perkins, of Ware. Pastoral Letter-To be prepared by Alfred Emerson, James M. Bell, Edward P. Smith. Associational Preacher —To be appointed by Old Colony Association. Schedule of Questions-James T. McCollom, Daniel T. Fiske, Thomas Dogget. Steadman W. Hanks briefly addressed the meeting in behalf of the American Seamen's Friend Society. Asa Bullard presented the claims of the Massachusetts Sabbath School Society. After a short recess Letters of Salutation were read from The Congregational Union of Canada, and The Presbyterian and Congregational Convention of Wisconsin. Elihu Loomis reported by letter his attendance upon the Geneial Association of New Hampshire. DISCUSSION. The following questions were introduced for discussion (1.) " What is the true province of the Ministry as to politico-moral questions? " (2.) "What are the proper terms of membership in the local Church?" (3.) " What is the true idea of Unity in the Church General?" Brief addresses were made by Emerson Davis, D. D., John 0. Means, Francis Horton, Abel G. Duncan, Henry M. Parsons, James H. Merrill, Josiah Brewer, Richard Knight, James A. Roberts, and Joshua L. Maynard. At the request of the Moderator, Francis Bartlett, of Ohio, led the audience in prayer for the Slave. 12 NARRATIVE. The Narrative of the State of Religion was read by Daniel L. Furber, and adopted. TEMPERANCE RESOLUTION. The following Resolution on Temperance was adopted: Resolved, That in view of the increasing tendency to disregard the laws of God, and of the Commonwealth, in relation to the sale of intoxicating liquors, there is reason for alarm, and that we deem it the duty of the Pastors of the Churches to reassert the principles upon which the Temperance reform of earlier times was so successfully effected. Adjourned to quarter past one, P. Ir. Thtursday, r. Ni. The Association met at quarter past one for public worship. The Scriptures were read, and prayer was offered by George Ritchie, of Nova Scotia. Lewis Sabin, D. D., preached the Associational Sermon, from John xvii, 2: " As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him." The Lord's Supper was administered by Myron N. Morris, and Albert Barnes. VOTE OF THANKS. It was unanimously Resolved, That the thanks of this Association are due, and are most heartily tendered to the Congregational Society, and to the people of North Middleboro', for their generous, and genial hospitalities; to the choir for their aid in our services; and to the Pastor of the Church for his assiduous and earnest efforts to promote the interests of this meeting; also to the Directors of the Old Colony and Fall River Railroad, for their liberality in furnishing free tickets to the members of the Association on their return. Parting words were spoken by the Moderator, and responded to by the Pastor of the Church. Israel W. Putnam, D. D., led the meeting in prayer. The Minutes were read and approved, and with a benediction by the Moderator, the Association adjourned, sine die. ABIJAH P. MARVIN, Moderator. JOSEPH B. CLARK, Scribe. DAVID A. STRONG, Assistant Scribe. A true Copy of the Minutes, Attest: Jos. B. CLARK, Scribe. NARRATIVE OF THE STATE OF RELIGION. Reports on the state of Christian religion in the Churches composing this body have been presented by the delegates of 24 out of the 27 District Associations. In view of the General character of these reports, we find abundant occasion for thankfulness for the success which has crowned the labors of the past year. Notwithstanding the discouragements which have been felt by some of the feebler churches, the great majority of the ministers of Christ have been permitted to see that they do not labor in vain in the Lord. Among the topics prominently presented in the reports, the following may be mentioned as specially worthy of notice. (1.) There has been an unusual degree of outward or temporal prosperity. In several instances heavy church debts have been removed. Attendance upon public worship have been increased. The same may be said in general of the social meetings of the churches, although in many cases the presence and help of young men now in the army is greatly missed from these meetings. (2.) Contributions to the usual objects of Christian benevolence have rather increased than diminished, notwithstanding the liberality which has been so constantly in exercise for the benefit of the army. (3.) The cause of temperance appears to be receiving but little attention, while the need of exertion in that cause is growing more and more urgent. Serious apprehensions may well be entertained upon this subject, not only in view of the present aspect of things, but also in view of unfavorable influences that may yet return upon us from the army. (4.) The love of country in these times of national trial is everywhere manifest. The patriotism which is built upon justice and the love of liberty, is strengthening. Sacrifices are cheerfully made, prayer is offered, the monthly prayer-meeting for the army and for the success of our cause is extensively observed, and there is a growing confidence 14 that the Lord of hosts is with us, and that the God of Jacob is our refuge. (5.) The attention of the Churches continues to be directed with even increased interest to the Sabbath school. They regard it as a field of great promise, and feel warranted in bestowing npon it abundant labor. Increased attendance and interest in the Sabbath schobls of the State are generally reported, and in many instances with the most cheering results. (6.) The Churches have been blessed with an unusual degree of religious prosperity. Precious seasons of revival have been enjoyed in many parts of the State, and many a goodly harvest has been gathered in. It is believed that there are comparatively few Churches which have not enjoyed some tokens of the Spirit's presence. The spirit of prayer has been stimulated by the condition of the country. The chastening of the Lord has brought his people near to him, and kept them waiting before him for help. And while asking for blessings on the country, they have also asked that God would arise and have mercy upon Zion. He has heard their prayer. He has in wrath remembered mercy. He has caused the walls to be built in troublous times. He has given us the greatest encouragement to seek for spiritual mercies in times of public calamity; and to say as Moses did when the people were suffering under the judgments of God, " Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children." TREASURER'S REPORT. REPORT FOR 1863. GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS, In account with ISAAC P. LANGWORTHY, Treasurer. Dr. 1863. To paid Crocker and Brewster, balance,..... $62 24 " " Rev. R. S. Green, for postage,... 54 " Rev. I. N. Tarbox,....... 2 10 " " Rev. C. Cushing,..... 3 00 " " Messrs. Crocker and Brewster, in full,... 181 02 $248 90 223 49 25 41 12 00 Due acting Treasurer,.. 13 41 Traveling expenses, paid Gen. Assoc.,.1 00 $14 41 Cr. 1863. By cash of Rev. R. G. Greene, former Treasurer,. $198 19 C " from Hampshire East, (Rev. J. H. Bisbee,)...2 40 " " from Middlesex Soc., (Rev. I. N. Tarbox,)... 7 00 " " from Brewster Assoc., (Rev. E. B. French,). 5 00 " from Brookfield, (Rev. C. Cushing,).. 9 50 " "Minutes sold,..... 1 40 223 49 " from Berkshire North, (Rev. Mr. Morley,). 10 00 " fromn " (for 1863,).... 2 00 $235 49': from Rev. I. N. Tarbox, to balance,... 14 4 July 3, 1813. ISAAC P. LANGWORTHY. RULES OF THE ASSOCIATION. I. DOCTRINAL BAsIs.-The Associations by which the General Association of Massachusetts was originally organized, agreed to admit, and this Association continues to admit, as articles of faith, the doctrines of Christianity, as they are generally expressed in the Assembly's Shorter Catechism; and the above-mentioned doctrines, understood by us to be distinctly those which, from the beginning, have been embraced by the churches of New England as the doctrines of the Gospel, are considered as the basis of our union. II. DENOMINATIONAL BASIS, AND OBJECT.-This General Association is founded on the principles of Congregationalism, and wholly disclaims ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the churches or the opinions of individuals. Its object is, to promote brotherly harmony and intercourse among the ministers of Christ;-to obtain religious information relative to the state of their churches, and of the Christian church in this country and throughout the world; —and to cooperate with one another, and with other ecclesiastical bodies, in the most eligible measures for advancing the cause of truth and holiness. III. MEMBERS.-1. Each District Association in Massachusetts, consenting to the principles of this Union as stated in the first article, may appoint two delegates annually, to compose the General Association; and it is recommended, that one be appointed who attended the preceding year. 2. The Secretary, the Statistical Secretary, and the minister of the church where. the Association meet, shall have seats, and act as members; the Association to which they belong retaining the right to elect their number of Delegates in addition. 3. The principle of the connection formed with the Massachusetts Missionary Society is, that said Society may annually appoint two delegates to this body, who shall be admitted to equal privileges with the members from the District Associations. 4. The preachers of the Home Missionary and Associational Sermons, the chairmen of committees attending to present reports, the delegates who, within the preceding year, attended the meetings of the corresponding bodies to which they were sent, and such others as. the Association 17 upon the recommendation of the Committee of Arrangements, may vote to admit, shall have seats as Honorary Members, and shall be allowed full liberty to take part in all deliberations, but they shall not be entitled to vote. IV. MEETING. —. The several Associations shall have the offer of receiving in rotation, the annual meeting of the General Association. 2. The time of the annual meeting of this Association, shall be on the fourth Tuesday of June, at four o'clock, P. M., at such place as shall have been duly notified. V. QIUORUM -Twenty members, delegated from the particular Associations of Massachusetts, shall be requisite for a quorum. VI. ORGANIZATION.-1. The minister of the church in the place where the Association meets, or the Secretary, may call the Association to order, and preside in the meeting until the Association shall be properly organized. 2. The certificates of the Delegates present shall be read by the Secretary, or by a temporary Scribe; and the Association shall then be organized by the choice of a Moderator, a Scribe, and, if necessary, an assistant Scribe, by ballot. The Rules of the Association shall also be read, and the Moderator shall open the business with prayer. VII. SPECIAL ORDER.-1. At the opening of the session on the morning of each subsequent day, the Moderator shall take the chair at the hour to which the Association stands adjourned; shall immediately call the members to order; shall direct the roll to be called; shall open the meeting with prayer; and cause the minutes of the preceding day to be read; and the session of each day shall be closed with prayer. 2. The Committee for the session shall be appointed upon Tuesday. 3. An annual sermon shall be preached before the Association on Tuesday evening, ou the subject of Home Missions, and a collection taken. The preacher shall be appointed by this body..4. Wednesday, A. M. and P. M., shall be appointed to the following objects:-not exceeding half an hour to necessary business; hearing reports of Delegates to Corresponding Bodies; receiving salutations of Delegates from Corresponding Bodies, who shall be expected to confine their remarks within ten minutes; hearing the narratives from the Delegates of the several Associations concerning the state of religion and the churches, which shall be presented in writing, with a view to obtain an accurate account of the principal facts, not however to prevent any more particular details which the Delegates may think expedient to add, or the Association to request,-no report of the state of religion being read in public, unless it be approved by the Association from which it comes, or by the Committee of Arrangements of the General Association,-no report being allowed to exceed four minutes, and the Moderator being instructed to enforce this rule; the discussion of theological and practical 3 18 questions connected with the ministerial profession, and in accordance with a schedule prepared by a special Committee and printed with the notices. Wednesday evening shall be occupied by religions services having special reference to the people of the place of meeting. 5. The Associational Sermon, the preacher of which shall be appointed by each Association in turn, shall be delivered at two o'clock, Thursday, P. M, after which the Lord's Supper shall be administered.,6. Previously to the close of each meeting, the General Association shall specify a place for meeting the next year, and request some District Association to appoint a preacher to deliver the Associational Sermon. A'nd the church of the place of meeting is desired to make preparations to celebrate the Lord's Supper during the session.'. Each arihual meeting shall be closed with a psalm or hymn, and pfayer by the Moderator, or such other member as he shall appoint. VIII. PERMANENT OFFICERS.-1. The Secretary shall be chosen for three years, from the close of the meeting at which the choice shall be nrade. He shall, ex officio, be the Treasurer of the General Association, aid shall be authorized to pay such expenses as ate allowed by the Association, and shall be allowed his own travelling expenses in attending the meetings of this Association. He shall receive the publications from foreign bodies, and distribute them among the several Associations, in proportion to the tax paid by them respectively. One copy of each publication, received by, the General Association, or printed by its order, shall be kept in the archives. 2. A Statistical Secretary shall be chosen for three years from the first of September following his appointment. He shall procure the Statistics of the churches through the Scribes or other statistical officers of the District Associations; complete and arrange them for publication, and present them in that form and properly combined into a summary, at the same time with the reports of the District Associations at each session. He shall superintend their printing; shall be a member, ex officio, of this body and of the Publishing Committee, and shall be allowed his traveling expenses in attending the meetings of the Association. IX. COMMITTEES.-1. At each meeting of the Association, a Committee on Credentials shall be appointed. 2. At each meeting of the Association, a Committee of Arrangements, consisting of three, shall be appointed by nomination, to prepare the business of the session; and no business shall be introduced during the session, but through the hands, and with the approbation of the Committee. But if said Committee decline presenting any item of business proposed by any member, he shall have the privilege of appeal to the Association. 3. A Committee shall be appointed annually, to audit the accounts, who shall report the state of the treasury, and the sum in their opinion hecessary to be paid the next year by the members of the several Associations connected with this body. 19 4. A Committee shall be appointed to receive the narratives and statements, and shall condense them into one narrative, to be submitted to the General Association and published. The written narrative shall be deposited with the Secretary. 5. A Committee shall be appointed to nominate Delegates to Corresponding bodies. 6. A Committee of three shall be annually appointed, to submit to the General Association at the next meeting, a Pastoral Address, to excite the attention of ministers and Christians to faithful discipline in the churches, the instruction of the rising generation, the sanctification of the Sabbath, and other subjects relatiting to the general interests of religion. The address being approved by the General Association, shall be signed by the Moderator, and printed with the Minutes. This Committee shall be chosen from the several Associations in rotation. 7. A Committee to be chosen from the several Associations in rotation, shall be appointed to prepare a Schedule of Questions for the next meeting, which they shall furnish to the Secretary, to be published with the notices of the session. 8. A publishing Committee shall be annually appointed, to make such extracts from the minutes of the meeting, as in their judgment it will be proper to publish; procure to be printed such number of copies, with the Pastoral Address, Narrative of the State of Religion, and Statistics of the churches, as will give one copy to each minister of the Associations represented in this body; and such a number of copies for other bodies connected with this Association, as shall be mutually agreed upon, and shall transmit them under the direction of the Secretary. X. CORRESPONDENCE.-1. Our principles of fraternal intercourse with all ecclesiastical bodies in correspondence with us are, that this Association, and each body so connected with it, shall annually appoint Delegates to the other, which shall be admitted to the privilege of sitting, and deliberating upon all matters which may come under consideration. 2. The Delegates shall, as far as practicable, be selected from this District Associations in rotation. The brethren chosen substitutes in the delegations to the bodies in our connection, shall, at our next session, be considered as Delegates to the respective bodies, if they shall not previously have taken their seats there, through the failure of their principals. 3. The printed Minutes of the Association shall be sufficient testimonials of the appointment of Delegates to Corresponding Bodies. 4. It shall be the duty of those Delegates who attend the meetings of Corresponding Bodies, whether they be primaries or substitutes. to certify the Secretary in writing, on or before the opening of the annual meeting next after his appointment. XI. ASSESSMENTS.-It shall be the duty of the Delegates of the District Associations, to pay the amount of the assessments due from their respective Associations for the past year, whether collected or not, 20. XII. STATISTICS —1. The Statistical returns, with respect to the number in the churches, etc., shall be made out according to a printed schedule of this body, and according to the numbers on the first of January past. 2. The names of all the members of the Associations belonging to this body, whether with or without charge, shall be inserted in the published returns, and corrected up to the date of publication. 3. Each District Association connected with this body, is requested to appoint a Statistical Scribe, to collect the statistics of the churches within its bounds, in methods designated by this body, and under the direction of the Statistical Secretary of the General Association. XIII. RUEs OF OORDER. —1. Every motion, on being seconded, shall, if requested by the Moderator, or any two members, be reduced to writing, and no motion shall be open to discussion, until it be seconded. 2. The Moderator may speak to points of order, in preference to other members, rising from his seat for that purpose; and shall decide questions of order, subject to an appeal to the house by any two members. But he may not speak to the merits of the question without leaving the chair, and placing some other member in it, to preside while he speaks. 3. On questions of order, adjournment, postponement, commitment, or the previous question, no member shall speak more than once. Nor on any question shall a member speak more than twice, without leave of the Association. 4. When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received, except for adjournment, amendment, postponement, commitment, or the previous question, viz.: Shall the main question be now put? The effect of adopting the previous question shall be to put an end to debate, and to bring the Association to a direct vote upon amendments reported by a Committee if any, upon pending amendments, and then upon the main question. 5. If a question under debate contain several parts, any member may have it divided, and a question taken on each part. 6 Every member, when speaking: shall address himself to the chair; and shall be subject to no needless interruption; if he act disorderly, it shall be the duty of ihe Moderator, and the privilege of other members, to call him to order. 7. No member shall leave the Association before the session is closed, except with the consent of the body; nor shall any one leave the hoqse during a sitting, without the consent of the Moderator. XIV. AMENDMENTS.-A Vote or Resolve to establish, alter, or anuil a standing rule of this body, shall be read twice on different days, and mnay be debated at each reading. At the first reading the question shall beQ Shall it be read the second time? ANNUAL APPOINTMENTS. The order in which the several Associations have the offer of receiving the ANNUAL MEETING OF THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION; Hampden East having the session of 1864: Suffolk North, Suffolk South, Vineyard Sound, Salem, Berkshire South, Mendon, Andover, Brewster, Taunton, Hampshire, Essex South, Hampshire East, Norfolk, Berkshire North, Middlesex South, Brookfield, Old Colony, Plymouth, Hampden East, Essex North, Hampden West, Franklin, Worcester South, Woburn, Worcester North, Middlesex Union, Worcester Central. The order in which the several Associations shall appoint one of their number as PREACHER OF. THE ASSOCIATIONAL SERMON Old Colony appointing the preacher of 1864: Worcester Central, Suffolk North, Suffolk South, Salem, Berkshire North, Vineyard Sound, Essex South, Franklin, Worcester South, Mendon, Hampden East, Brookfield, Hampden West, Middlesex South, Norfolk, Hampshire, Hampshire East, Worcester North, Old Colony, Plymouth, Taunton, Middlesex Union, Woburn, Essex North, Brewster, Andover, Berkshire South. The order in which a Committee will be appointed from the several Associations to prepare tho PASTORAL LETTER,-one from Middlesex Union to be appointed in 1863, who will prepare the Letter to be reported in 1864: Brewster, Berkshire North, Mendon, Vineyard Sound, Taunton, Essex North, Middlesex South, Plymouth, Hampshire, Hampden East, Suffolk North, Suffolk South, Essex South, Middlesex Union, Woburn, Brookfield, Hampshire East, Franklin, Norfolk, Old Colony, Andover, Worcester Central, Worcester South, Worcester North, Hampden West, Berkshire South, Salem. The Committee for preparing the SCHEDULE OF QUESTIONS, ordered by Rule IX, Section 7, is taken from the several Associations in alphabetical order,-the Committee appointed in 1863 to report in 1864 being taken from Essex North. 22 DELEGATES TO CORRESPONDING BODIES are selected from the several Associations in rotation. At the meeting in 1864, one Substitute Delegate from each District Association will be appointed to the Body whose nome stands in the opposite column. It is the privilege of each Association to nominate a person, who will, regularly, become Primary the succeeding year: Andover, and Mendon, England, and Canada. Berkshire North, and Middlesex South, Indiana, and Illinois. Berkshire South, and Middlesex Union, Iowa. Norfolk, (two,) Maine. Brewster, and Old Colony, Michigan. Brookfield, and Plymouth, New Hampshire. Essex North, and Salem, New York. Essex South, and Suffolk North, Rhode Island. Franklin, and Suffolk South, Vermont. Hampden East, and Taunton, Wisconsin, and Nebraska. Hampden West, and Vineyard Sound, Kansas, and Minnesota. Hampshire, and Woburn, General Assembly, (N. S.) Hampshire East, and Worcester Central, Connecticut, and Oregon. Worcester North, and Worcester South, California, and Ohio. Changes from year to year are made in the following manner:-The column of Associations remained fixed, the lowest name in the column of States one year, is placed at the head of its own list the next year, the others in that list being lowered, each one line. Thus, next year, " California and Ohio will be placed opposite "Andover and Mendon,"'! Indiana and Illinois will be in a line with " Berkshire South, and Middlesex Union," and the remainder will follow in order. STATISTICS OF THE CHURCHES. EXPLANATIONS. 1. Associations are arranged in alphabetical order; Towns, alphabetically in each Association; Churches in each town, according to age; and of each Church, (1) its town, (2) its locality in the town, and (3) its name, which name is always followed, or intended to be, by " ch." 2. The location of Churches not found in the tables where they have hitherto appeared, will be asceitained by referring to the Index of Towns. 3. The "total " of Ministers in each table, is reckoned by the tables, not by membership in the Association; although the membership is given for the convenience of the Association. " Resident " are these who reside in Massachusetts. 4. The columns specifying Churches and Ministers are corrected up to 1863, Aug. 1, or, the time of publication: Church members are reported for the last day of the year preceding, though for convenience of reference dated 1863, Jan. 1: Admissions, removals, and baptisms cover the year 1862: " Absent " are not additional to "m males,"' females," and " total' "Sabbath School " includes total membership of teachers and scholars at the time when most numerous during 1862, covering "branch schools" when under the exclusive care of the reporting Church. 5. Churches organized since 1861, are reported with their original membership, but are not included in the summaries. 6. Dates of Church organization printed in italics, are those which have been authenticated for this report by reference to original records; those not so designated may be.correct, but the Statistical Secretary has not been able to obtain knowledge on the subject. 7. Dates earlier than 1752 are given in "old style." To reduce these to "new style,"-if it be a date in the 17th century, add ten days; if it be a date of the 18th century (prior to 1752,) add eleven days. 8. "Ordained" denotes the date on which the person was originally set apart to the ministry "by the laying on of hands;" "Installed" denotes the date of his present pastorate. 9. All Post-office addresses are to be found in the Index of Ministers, and not in the tables. The Towns, in the latter, are often different from the Post-office addresses in the former. 10. In no instance is any number in these Statistics supplied from the returns of previous years; blanks signify ignorance or carelessness. Nor is a single figure inserted without reliable authority. 11. See " Remarks" at the close of the tables. I. N. T. 1. ANDOVER ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1863, Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1862, Jan. 1. Admitted. -1861 —Removed. Baptized. Sab. Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fem. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exc Tot. Ad. Inf. Sch. Andover, South ch. 1711 Oct. 17 Charles Smith 1847, Oct. 10 1861, Dec. 18 8 22 326 50 4 1 5 7 3 10 2 1225 Theol. Sen. ch. 1816, Ag. 20 Faculty Pastors ex officiis 3 61 0 340 6 344 13 17 4 16 0 20 0 0 215 " West ch. 1826, Dec. 5 James H. Merrill 1839, Nov 26 1856. apr 30 74 159 233 35 3 2 5 0 1 0 1 1 2 175 C Free Chr. ch. 1846, May 7 Stephen C. Leonard 1844, Aug. 30 18&59, St.sup. 60 145 205 48 8 2 10 0 2 1 3 3 2 175: Ballardvale, Un. c. 1854, Dec 31 Henry S. Greene 1837, Dec. 27 1855, Apr. 1 10 46 5i 1 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 125 Chelmsford.N.2d C.c 1824, Apr. 27 Benjamin F. Clark 1839, Aug. 189, 28 53 81 14 8 0 1 0 0 1 5 3100 Dracut, 1st Ev. Conec. 1721, Mor. 29:George tf Morss' Lic. 1862, St. sup. 13 31 12 4 0 4 0 0 1 4 0 65 West ch. 1797, Aug. 31 VDavid M. Bean Lie. 1862, St., su. 34 60 94 16 3 1 4 6 1 0 7 3 1 125 " Central ch. 1847, July 25 Austin Richards, D.D 1827, Nov. 6 1861, St. sup. 34 61 95 6 O 8 8 0 5 0 5 0 0 96 Lawrence, Law. st. c. 1817, Apr. 19 Caleb E. Fisher. 1843, Aug. 23 1859, Apr. 13 118 264 382 92 22 9 31 1 9 0 10 14 0 1245 " Central Cong. ch. 1849, Dec. 25 Christop'r M Cordley 1849, Sep. 5 1S62, Oct. 15 107 239 346 60 15 18 33 4 20 0 24 2 7 333 Lowell, Ist ch. 1826, June 1 -George N. Webber 1855, Dec. 5 1862. Sep 17 67 -310 377 141 3 5 8 3 15 0 18 1 1 460 Appleton-st. c. 1830, Dec. 2 J. Eames Rankin 1855, Feb. 27 1862, Dec. 17 47 166 213 50 1 0 1 1 9 1 11 1 0 281 John-st. ch. 1839, May 9 Joseph W. Backus 1852, Sep 29 162, Sep.24 70 300 370.91 5 0 5 411 015 2 0 400 Kirk-st ch. 1845. May21 Amos Blanchard, D. D. 1829, Dec. 25 1845 May 21 82 246 328 70 8 8 16 1 11 0 12 7 4 342 " High-st. ch. 1816. Jan. 22 Owen Street 1842, Feb. 3 1857. Sep. 16 70 127 197 50 13 6 19 4 1 0 5 5 2 325 Methuen, 1st Con. ch. 1729, Oct. 29 Edward H. Greeley 1849. Nov..7 161, Mar. 7 54 122 176 46 5 5 10 2 0 0 2 4 1 158 North Andover, Ev. c. 1834, Sp. 3 L. Henry Cobb 1857, Oct. 28 1857, Oct. 2 23 92 115 16 5 1 6 2 3 0 5 2 1 223 Tewksbury, Cong. ch. 1735, ov7. 23 Richard Tolman 1845, Sep. 17 1852, Aug. 25 53 107- 160 27 0 0 O 2 0 0 5 0 0 429 TOTAL: 19 chhs., 14 Pastors.t 4 St. sups., 1368 2831 4199 1169 112 82 194 43 107 2 152 56 30 5197 OTHER MEMBERs.-Resident: Elijah P. Barrows, D. D., Hitchcock Prof. of Heb. Lang. and Lit., Andover, ord. 1832, June 6: Spencer F. Beard, Andover, ord. 1829, Jan. 14; John P. Cleaveland, D D., Lowell, ord 1<27, Feb 14; Steadman W. Hanks, Sec. Am. Seamen's Friend Society, Lowell, ord. 1840, March 20; Samuel C. Jackson. n. D., Assistant Sec. Mass. Board of Education. Andover, ord. 1827, June 6; David Oliphant, Andover, ord. 1815, May 15; John L Tavlor, Treasurer of Trustees of Phillips Academy, Andover, ord. 1839, July 18.-7. Nonz-Residenat: Isaac Hosford, Thetford. Vt, ord. 1838, Feb 14; Jonathan L. Jenkins, Dist. Sec. A. B. C. F. M,, Boston, ord 1855, Oct. 17; John C. Phillips, Boston, ord. 1833, Dec. 18; George W. Thompson, Stratham, N H., ord 1840, April29. —4. X Not members of this Association. t In addition to the Professors in the Theol. Sem., Andover. Association meets-Second Tuesday in February, April, June, October, December. CALEB FISHER, Lawrence, Scribe; L. HENRY COBB, North Andover, Statistical Scribe. 2. BERKSHIRE NORTH ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1863, Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1862, Jan. 1. Admitted. -1861- Removed. Baptized. Sab. Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fem. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exc. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sch Adams, North 1827, Apr. 19 W. H. McGiffert........... 1863, May 13 " South 1840, John Tatlock,Jr. 1859, Nov. 29 1859 Nov. 29 3 0 110 55 6 8 1 5 0 1 0 2 75 Becket, North 1849, Sep. 25l William C. Foster 1648, 1860, May 3 69 101 170 10 1 1 2 5 2 0 7 0 2 112 Dalton 1785, Feb. 16 Edson L. Clark 1859, Nov. 30 1859, Nov. 30 37 82 119 37 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 5 60 Hinsdale 1795, Dec. 17 Kinsley Twining 1858, Aug. 26 1858, Aug. 26 63 105 168 17 0 8 8 3 4 6 7 0 1 175 Lanesboro' 1764, aiVr. 28 George T. Dole 1842, Oct. 6 St. sup- 16 29 45 6 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 60 Peru, 1st Cong. ch. 1783, Apr. 23 Noe................ 50 74 124 18 3 0 3 3 1 0 4 0 0 90 Pittsfield, 1st ch. 1764, Feb. 7 John Todd, D. D. 1i27, Jan. 1 1842, Feb. 16 t 2d, (colored) 1846, Feb. 20 Samuel Harrison 1850, Aug. 13 1850, Aug.13 7 29 36 9 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 30 " South ch. 1850, Nov. 12 Samuel R. Dimock............ 1861, Sep. 25 259 40 3 43 5 4 1 10 150 Richmond 1765, A. J. Quick, Not ordained St. sup. 25 59 84 5 2 2 4 4 1 0 5 2 0 70 Washington 1772, Moses M. Longleyt 1846, May 28 1859, Mar. 3 12 19 31 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 75 Williamstown, 1st ch. 1765, Addison Ballard 1857, Sep. 15 1857, Sep. 15 250 40 43 5 4 0 9 3 0 100 College ch. 1834, Jlne 15 Mark Hopkins, D. D. 1856, Sep. 15 1836, Sep 15 58 2 60 38 3 6 9 0 3 0 3 1 0 2d ch. 1836, Calvin Durfee 1828, Apr. 23 St. sup 15 22 37 4 2 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 72 Windsor, Ch. of Christl 1772, George W. Stimson............ St. sp. 23 36 59 21 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 98 TOTAL: 16 chhs., 11 Pastors, 4 St. sups., 2 vacancies, 405 638 1552 218 98 32 130 31 25 2 58 9 12 1167 OTHER MEMBERS.-Resident: Nathaniel H. Griffin, Williamstown, ord. 1839, June 28; Charles V Spear, Pittsfield, ord. 1852, Oct. 27; Sardis B. Morley, Williamstown, ord 1851, July 9; John Tatlock, Williams College, ord. 1852. Oct. 12; John Bascom, Williams College, ord. Dec. 1853.-6. Non-Resident: Russel S. Cook, New York City, ord. 1837, Jan. 17; Dwight W. Marsh, Rochester, N. Y., ord. Dalton, 1839, Oct. 2; Albert Paine, Chelsea, 1848, Sep. 7; Marshall D. Saunders, Missionary, Ceylon, ord. Williamstown, 1851, July 17; Hymen A. Wilder, Missionary in South Africa, ord. South Adams, 1849, Feb. 28.-5. * Pastor by vote of Cong'l. and M. E. Churches. t No report. Association meets-First Mondays in March, June, September, and December GEORGE T. DOLE, Lanesboro', Scribe, and Statistical Scribe. 3. BERKSHIRE SOUTH ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1863, Aug; 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1862, Jan. 1. Admitted-1861-Removed. Baptized. Sab ~,. - -~ 5- - _ ~_~A.. —-------- Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fem. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exe. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sh Alford 1836, Aug. 13 With eth. Ep.eh......................... 9 16 25 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Becket, 1st ch. 1758, Dec. 2S *Lyman Warner 1857, Oct. 28 1862, St.up. 32 63 95 16 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 80 Egremont 1816, Nov. 22 Timothy A. Hazen 1854, Oct. 11 1863, St.sup 34 71 105 16 0 2 2 6 2 0 8 0 0 96 Great Barrington 1743, Dec. 28 4William B.Clarke 1855, May 4 1863, St. sup 51 130181 5 0 1 1 6 0 0 6 0 0140 " Housatonic 1841, June 18 Josiah Brewer 1826, May 10 1857, St. sup. 19 48 67 4 0 4 4 3 8 0 11 0 2 125 Lee 1780, May 25 Nahum Gale, D.D. 1842, June 22 1853, Sep. 1142262404 54 4 610 7 8 015 311254 Lenox 1769, ReubenS. Kendall 1845, Dec. 24 1860, Mar.29 6113 193 17 7 2 9 1 1 0 2 1 2 130 Montere 1759,Sep.25 None..............23 56 79 17 7 1 8 1 1 0 2 4 1 91 Mount Washington 1831, one...1 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 20 New Marlboro', 1st ch. 1744, Oct. 31 Charles C. Painter.Licentiate 1862, St. sup. 35 74109 34 0 2 2 1 2 0 3 0 0121 " Sonthfield 1794, Apr. 25 *Irem W. Smith 1853, Aug. 18 1861, June 26 23 44 67 12 3 0 3 1 3 0 4 3 2 45 Otis 1779, Feb. 2 Thomas A. Hall 1841, June 16 1856, St. sup. 29 67 96 20 1 2 3 4 1 0 5 1 3 92 Sandisfield 1756, Feb. 24 Aaron Pickett 1826, June 23 1837, Jan. 23 75147222 55 0 2 2 0 3 0 3 0 0140 Sheffield 1735, Oct. 22 George E. Hill 1851, June 5 1835, May 17 40155195 628 8 36 5 5 1013 1 135 Stockbridge 1734, Oct 18 Nath. H. Eggleston 1845, Feb. 19 1858 Dec. 25 77147 24 5 3 6 9 5 5 1 10186 " Curtisville 1824, Dec. 22 Alfred H. Dashiell 1847, Dec. 28 1863, St. sup. 21 44 65 12 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 60 West Stockbridge 1833, Dec. 25 Edward J. Giddings 1857, Oct. 19 1863, St. s 32 55 87 44 1 0 1 2 1 0 3 0 2 60 " _Centre 1789, June 14 Lewis Pennell 1833, Sep. 17 1854, Dec. 6 32 46 78 4 1 0 1 1 2 0 3 1 70 TOTAL: 18 chhs., 7 Pastors, 8 St. sups., 2 vacancies, 736 1559 2295 329 55 36 91 43 42 0 85 27 35 1865 OTHER MEMBERS.-Resident: David D. Field, D. D., Stockbridge, ord. 1804, April 11; Rufus Pomeroy, Otis, ord. 1811, Oct. 15; Richard T. Searle,New Marlboro', ord. 1845, May 8; George Uhler, Curtisville, ord. 1847, Oct. 17; Horace Winslow, Gt. Barrington, ord. May 25.-7. Non-Resident:;James B. Cleaveland, Goshen Con., ord. 1852, June 8; Spencer O. Dyer, St. sup., Torringford, Con., ord. 1858, April 21; Daniel D. Frost, Southport, Con., ord. 1846, Dec. 30; Winthrop H. Phelps, Hitchcockville, Con., ord. 1848, Feb. 9, Chaplain 19th Reg. Con. Vols.; George T. Washburn, Missionary, A. B. C. F. M., Madura, India, ord. Lenox, 1859, March 22.-5 *Not members of this Association. Association meets-Last Tuesday in January, April, July, and October. NATHANIEL H. EGGLESTON, Scribe and Statistical Scribe. 4. BREWSTER ASSCIATION..Churches. 1863, Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1862, Jan. 1. Admitted. -1861- Removed. Baptized. Sab _,..._.. A, I — _- ---- \.... ~ -— W-. —-_- -~ ~- / --------— B Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fern. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exc. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sch. Barnstable, Hyannis 1854, Jan. 3 Charles Morgridge 1831, Sep. 20 1858, Jan. 21 10 18 26 6 6 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 50 Chatham, 1st ch. 1720, June 15 Alexander C. Childs 1853, May 16 St. su. 38 94 132 4 9 9 9 3 0 0 3 9 1 150 Dennis, South 1817, Jan. 16 None Eastham 1646, Harwich 1747, Nov. 6 " Port, Pilgrim ch. 1855, Mar. 5 Orleans, East 1719, None Provincetown 1714, Jan. Osborne Myrick 1846, Feb. 18 1846, Feb. 18 15 52 67 5 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 80 Sandwich, Puritan ch. 1847, Mar.21 Truro, 1st ch. 1711, Nov. 1 Edward W. Noble 1849, Oct. 26 1849, Dec. 26 43 66 109 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 140 " North, 1842, fMay 22 Wellfleet, 1st ch. 1730, Geo. F. Walker 1863, July 2 1863, July 2 66 112 178 7 2 0 2 4 2 0 6 5 7 202 " South,2dch. 1833, Dec. 4 Wm. E. Caldwell 1863, Feb. 10 St.sup. 35 72 107 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 5 0 0 200 Yarmouth, West 1840, Sep. 30 Robert Samuel St. sup. TOTAL: 15 chhs., 4 Pastors.' 2 St sups., 2 vacancies, 5 No Report. 207 414 621 26 18 4 22 13 6 0 19 14 S 822 OTHER MEMBERS.-Resident: Ebenezer Chase, Tisbury, ord. 1810, Aug. 19; Nathaniel Cogswell, Yarmouth, ord. 1822, Aug. 24; Samuel Hopley, Wellfleet, ord. 1855, Sep. 19; Cyrus Stone, Boston, ord. 1826, May 10; Jacob White, Orleans, ord. 1835, Jan. 13.-6. Association meets-Second Tuesday in April, July, October. EDWARD BEECHER FRENCH, Chatham, Scribe, and Statistical Scribe. 5. BROOKFIELD ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1863, Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1862, Jan. 1. Admitted.-1861-Removed. Baptized. Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fer. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exc. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sch. Barre, Ev. Cong. ch. 1827, Aug. 15 David Peck 1852, Oct 13 1861, Apr. 16 58 153 211 40 11 2 13 2 4 0 7 7 5 200 Brimfield, 1st Gong. c 1724, Nov. 18 Charles M. Hyde 1862, Aug. 19 1862, Aug. 19 41 128 169 9 5 1 6 4 3 1 8 5 5 147 Brookfield, Ev. ch. 1756, Joshua Coit 1860, Nov. 13 160, Nov. 13 46 81 127 33 0 3 2 5 5 145 Charlton Cal. Con. ch 1761, Apr. 16 John Haven 136, Dec. 14 1850, Apr. 1 20 69 89 16 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 125 Dana Cong. ch. 1852, Sep. 28 William Leonard 1814, July 7 1,61, Oct. 16 13 28 41 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 62 Dudley, Gong. ch. 1732, HHenry Pratt 1b54, Oct. 25 1854, Oct. 25 43 104 147 25 0 4 4 3 2 8 0 1 150 Hardwick, Or. Con. c. 1736, Nov. 17 Martyn Tupper 1828. Apr. 16 1852, June23 31 70 101 22 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 130 Holland C. ch. Christ. 1765, Apr. 12 Ogden Hall 1858, Oct. 13 St. sup. 11 22 33 2 O O 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 60 New Braintree, Co.c. 1764, Apr. 18 John H. Gurney Ib50, Feb 22 1856,. Apr. 23 16 71 87 10 2 5 7 1 3 0 4 1 1 125 North Brookfield, 1st Cong. ch. 1752, May28 Christopher Cushing 1849. Feb 27 1851. Sep 17 101 197 298 50 1 6 7 4 11 0 15 0 3 275 Union ch 1854, JLne 6 Luther Keene, Jr. 1863. Feb 11 1863, Feb. 11 30 66 96 13 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 107 Oakham, Ev. Cong. c. 1773, Jhne 23 Francis N. Peloubet.1857, Dec 2 1860, Dec. 25 76 158 234 25 1 3 4.1 2 0 3 1 5 302 Southbridge, Cong. c. 1801, Sep. 16 B1.er Carpenter 1830, Feb. 17 1835, Dec. 1 59 121 171 35 0 5 5 3 6 0 9 0 2 150 Spencer 1744, T1ay 17 James Cruickshanks 185S, Sep. 8 St. sup 41 106 147 15 2 5 7 1 4 0 5 2 3 227 Sturbridge 1736, Sep. 29 Marshall B. Angier 1853, June. 1863, July 1 68 125 193 35 0 3 3 3 2 1 6 0 2 167 Ware, 1st Gong ch. 1751, May 5 William G. Tuttle 1851, Apr. 16 1861, Oct. 10 41 85 126 26 2 3 15 0 4 0 4 1 6 125 " East Cong. ch. 1826, Apr. 26 Ariel E. P. Perkins. 1844, Sep. 18 1855, Dec. 5 85 192 277 42 10 5 5 3 12 0 15 6 9 286 Warren Gong. ch. 1742, Edward L. Jaggar 1861, Mar. 6 1863, Mar. 17 54 115 169 24 4 1 5 0 0 7 1 2 125 West Brookfield c. ch. 1717, Oct. 16 None....................... 74 157 231 60 0 5 5 3 6 0 9 0 7 217 TOTAL: 19 chhs., 16 Pastors, 2 St sups., 1 vacancy, 8992048 2947 490 38 49 87 40 64 4 108 24 59 3219 OTHERP MEMBERS.-Resident: Rev. William H. Beecher, North Brookfield, ord. 1830, Mar. 25.:Not members of this Association. Association meets-First Tuesday in January, Third Tuesday in April, Second Tuesday in June, First in August, and Frst Tuesday in October. JOSHUA COIT, Brookfield, Scribe. 6. ESSEX NORTI ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1863, Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1863, Jan. 1. Admitted. -1862- Removed. Baptized. Sab..... ----—.a-~ _.A.._,- _,____ --- Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fern. Tot.' Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exc. Tot. Ad. Inf.. Sch. Amesbury, West 1826, May 19 Leander Thompson 1838, Nov. 30 1854, Sep. 20 42 117 159 30 2 1 3 0 6 0 8 1 0 170 " Mills 1831, Dec. 6 George E. Freeman 1856, 1858, St. sup. 67 137 204 32 1 1 2 3 1 1 5 0 0 228 " and Salisbury, Un. Evan c. 1835, Oct. 14 Nathaniel Lasell 89 sup. 1849, St. p.10 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 101 Bradford, 1st ch. 1682, Dec. 29 James T. McCollom 1841, June 25 1854, Jan. 25 80 139 219 10 2 0 2 5 2 7 0 1 280 Georgetown Cong. ch. 1732, Oct. 4 Charles Beecher 1844, Nov. 9 1857, Nov.19 68 132 200 34 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1&9 Groveland 1729, June 17 Thomas Doggett 1857, Nov. 4 1857, Nov. 4 43 98 141 0 0 O 0 2 6 0 8 0 0 125 Haverhill, West 1735, Oct. 22 Asa Farwell 1853, Apr. 21 1853, Apr. 21 67 145 212 14 6 8 14 3 4 0 7 4 0 230 " East 1744, Nov. 28 Abraham Burnham 1857, Sep. 30 1857, Sep. 30 51 87 138 0 7 1 8 1 4 0 5 3 1 258 " Centre 1833, Aug. 28 Benjamin F. Hosford 1845. May 21 1845, May 21 10 24 34 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 "North, Cong c 1859, Mar. 20 Raymond H. Seely 1813, July 5 1860, Aug. 6 26 68 94 16 0 0 0 1 3 1 5 0 1 120 Ipswich, Linebrook 1749, Nov. 15 Ezekiel Dow 1845, Feb 12 1860, Dec. 25 27 27 54 9 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 Newbury, 1st chM r. LWithinton, D. D 1s16. Oct. 31 1816, Oct. 31 49 127 176 27 0 0 5 0 1 6 0 4 165 Newbury, 1st ch. 1635, ^^ ^ ^^ ^ ^^^ ^^ ^ 20 lb59 Jan. 20 June John. Thurston 1559, Jan. 20 1Ib59, Jan. 20 Byfield ch. 1706, Nov. 17 Charles Brooks 1858. June 16 1858, June 60 9 155 25 8 0 0 5 2 0 4 0 3 100 Newburyp't, Northch 1768, Mar 4 E. Cornelius Hooker 1860, Dec. 18,ec. 1 1860 Dec.1 69 206 275 9 5 1 615 1 0 2 2 5240 Fourth ch 1793, May 30 Randolph Campbell 1'35, April 30 1S:7, Oct. 12 71 126197 25 4 0 4 3 7 0 16 0 1 160 " Belleville 1808, Apr. Daniel T. Fiske 1847, Aig IS 1847, Aug 18 66 152 218 18 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 3 303 Whitefield ch. 1850, Jan. 1 Samuel J Spallinz 1816. Oct. 28 1851. June 30 53 141 194 31 12 3 15 5 5 0 4 3 8 297 WV. Newbury, Tst ch. 1698, Oct. 26 Charles D. Herbert 1146, Apr. 14 1857, Mar. 5 41 72 113 18 3 1 4 1 0 0 9 0 12 118 2d ch. 1731, Sep. 1 Davis Foster 1855. Nov. 1- l~ 1 7 1 1 4 1 0 2 0 0 333 Rowley 163., Dec. 3 John Pike 1840, Nov. 180,Nov.18 42 117 159 7 2 1 3 5 0 0 1 1 1110 Salisbury Point No report. 6 Salisbury, Hill 1718, Nov 19 Benjamin Sawyer 1809. Nov 22 St. sup. 5. 16 21 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 900 TOTAL: 22 chhs., 19 Pastors, 3 St. sups., 1 vacancy, 988 2189 3177 335 45 19 64 66 44 3 113 14 41 3632 OTHER MEMBERS.-Resident: John P. Cowles, Principal of Young Ladies Sem., Ipswich, ord. 1833, June 18; John Q. A. Edgell, Ass't Sec of Soc for Prom. of Col. and Theol. Education atthe West, Andover, ord. 1832, Sept. 19; Nathan Munroe, Editor Boston Recorder, Bradford, ord. 1836, Feh 10; Calvin E. Park. West Boxford, Teacher of a Select Family School. ord. 183S, Oct. 31; Henry A. Woodman, Newburport, ord. 1842, Nov. 30; James Cruickshanks, St. Sup. of Cong. church in Spencer, Ms, ord. 1858, Sept 8-6. Association meets-Third Tuesday in Februay, April, June, August, October, December. JOHN R. THURSTON, Sec. Pro. Ter. of the Essex North Association. 7. ESSEX SOUTH ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1863, Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1862, Jan. 1. Admitted. -1861- Removed. Baptized. Sab. Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fern. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exc. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sch. Beverly, Wash. st. ch. 1837, Feb. 8 Aloazo B. Rich 1846, Feb. 8 1852, Dec. 8 39 124 163 18 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 200 Danvers, Maple-st. ch. 1844, Dec. 5 James Fletcher 1849, June 20 1849, June 20 30 75 105 5 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 0 4 295 Essex, 1st ch. 1681, Sep. 9 James M. Bacon 1816, Oct. 8 1856, July 9 53 106 159 10 8 0 8 4 1 0 5 6 1 286 Gloucester, West 1833, Dec. 13 *Ssmuel Cole 1840, Jan. 23 St. s. 17 28 45 11 2 2 4 0 4 0 0 50 Harbor, Ev.ch. 1829, Nov. 17 *Isaiah C Thacher 1844, Dec. 25 1860, Apr. 26 27 93 120 6 5 4 9 8 0 0 8 3 3 281 Lanesville 1830, Aug. 25 Ebenezer Burgess 1839, Mar. 18 1861, St. sup. 34 36 50 6 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 165 Hamilton, 1st ch. 1714, Oct. 27 Frank H. Johnson 1861, Oct. 15 1861, Oct. 15 61 92 153 25 0 3 3 7 0 0 7 0 0 160 Ipswich, 1st ch. 1634, Robert Southgate 1832, Jan. 4 1851, July 24 52 168 220 19 4 0 4 3 3 0 6 1 0 214 South ch. 1747, Aug. 22 Daniel Fitz, D. D. 1826, June 28 1826, June 28 42 146 188 21 1 5 6 4 1 0 5 0 3 200 Lynfield, Centre ch. 1720,Aug.12 None............ 16 43 59 19 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 65 Manchester," The Orth. Con. ch. 1716.Nov. 7 None 63 157 220 11 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 0 4 165 Orthodox Cong. ch. 1716, Nov. 7 Francis V. Tenney 1845, Aug. 7 1%8, Aug.18 29 83 112- 10 0 0 0 2 3 3 8 0 0 150 Marblehead,3dch. 1838, Sep.28 None 19 57 76 8 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 303 Middleton, ch.of Christ 1729, Oct. 22 Amos H. Johnson 1857, Jan. 1 1857,Jan. 1 48108156 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 150 Rockport, 1st ch. 1755, Feb. 13 Wakefield Gale 1826, May 17 1836, May 4 100 182 282 19 1 0 1 3 3 0 6 1 7 225 " r2d ch. 1855, Mar. 15 David Bremner 1855, May 2 1855, May 2 29 37 66 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 103 Salem, Tabernacle ch. 1629, Aug. 6 Charles R. Palmer 1860, Aug.29 1860, Aug.29 60 274 334 30 1 5 6 10 4 0 14 0 3 286 " 3d ch. 1735, Apr. Brown Emerson, D. D1805, Apr. 24 1805, Apr. 24 77 251 328 42 0 0 0 8 8 0 16 0 3 385 " Howard-st. ch. 1863, Dec. 29 Charles C. Beaman 1839, June 20 St. sup. 15 69 84 10 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 95 Crombie-st. ch. 1832, lMay 3 J. Henry Thayer 1859, Dec.29 1759, Dec.29 49 192 241 40 0 1 1 2 4 0 6 0 2 223 South Danvers, 1st ch. 1713, Sep. 23 William M. Barber 1861, Oct. 2 1861, Oct. 2 77 203 280 15 11 1 12 5 0 0 5 5 4 387 TOTIAL: 21 chIs., 16 Pastors, 3St. sups, 3 vacancies, 917 2524 3441 363 33 23 56 70 31~4 195 17 43 4426 OTHER MEMBERS.-Resident: George B. Jewett, instructor, Salem-preaching at Rockville, South Danvers ord. 1855.on-Resident: Ephraim W. Allen, Pastor, South Berwick, Me., ord. 1843, May 17; James M. Hoppin, Prof. of Pastoral charge, Yale College, New Haden, Ct., ord. 1850, March 27; John H. Mordough, Portland, Me., ord. 1636, May 18; Nelson Scott, (where?), ord. (when?); Charles B. Smith, Boston, ord. 1848.-4. Enumerated elsewhere: James 0. Murray, Pastor, Cambridgeport, 1st chh.; Francis N. Peloubet, Pastor, Oakham.-2. *Not a member of this Association. Association meets-First Tuesday in February, April, June, August, October, December. WILLIAM M. BARBER, South Danvers, Scribe, and Statistical Scribe. 8. FRANKLIN ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1863, Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1862, Jan. 1. Admitted. —1861-Removed. Baptized. Sab. Place, and Name. Organized. Nanze. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fern. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exc. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sh. Ashfield, 1st ch. 1763, Feb. 22 Willard Brigham 1843, May 24 1856, Mar.12 29 86 115 17 1 0 1 5 2 0 7 0 5 122 2d ch. 1855, June 13 Theodore J. Clark 1842, Oct. 11 1862, June11 22 44 66 5 0 2 2 1 3 0 4 0 0 80 Bernardston, Or. C. c. 1824, Jan. 13 Daniel H. Rogan 1859, Nov. 12 1861,SS.May 22 37 59 14 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 Buckland, Cong. ch. 1785, Oct. 8 Charles Lord 1843, Oct. 20 1860, Mar. 29 48 108 156 28 0 2 2 5 13 0 18 0 5 96. Charlemont, 1st ch. 1768, Jin e 6 *Alonzo P. Johnson 1892, June 5 1862, S. S. 33 58 91 17 0 4 4 3 3 0 6 0 3 103 "t'East 1845, Aug. 6 Aaron Foster 1825, Oct. 19 1850, Feb. 13 29 58 87 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 100 Coleraine 1750, -Isaac B. Smith 1860, Sep. 1111862, S.S. 16 42 58 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 75 Conway 1768, JfdEy 14 George M. Adams 1851, Sep. 18 1851, Sep. 18 110 207 317 56 5 8 13 11 5 0 16 0 3 260 Deerfield, Orthodox c. 1835, June 2 Robert Crawford, D.D 1840, May20 1858,Jan. 13 27 57 84 8 0 3 3 3 2 0 5 0 0 84 " South, lst c. 1818, June 30 Perkins K. Clark 1846,Aug.26 1859, June28 51 101 152 11 1 5 6 3 1 4 1 2 150 i Monumentc. 1848, Jan. 25 David A. Strong 1849, Mar. 21 1849, Mar. 21 24 77 12 0 2 2 3 4 0 7 0 2 80 Erving, Ev. Cong. ch. 1832, Sep. 19 NVone 10 12 22 13 0 0 0: 2 1 0 0 0 0 Gill, Cong. ch. 1793, Abijah Stowell 1844, Sep. 18 St.sup. 12 49 61 2 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 Greenfield, 1st ch. 1754,7Mar.28 Azar. Chandler, D. D. 1810, Feb. 7 1832, Oct. 25 29 64 93 11 0 0 0 1 5 0 6 0 0 100 2d ch. 1817, Jan. 15 Artemas Dean 1849, Feb. 5 1831, Oct. 31 78 149 227 32 0 7 7 3 3 0 6 0 12 207 Hawley, East 1778, Sep. 16 Henry Seymour 1843, Mar. 1 1849, Oct. 3 38 55 93 27 1 2 3 5 0 0 5 0 1 75 " West 1825, Aug. 24 David Connell 1842 1862, S. S. 27 41 68 15 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 50 ~Heath ~1785, Apr. 15 *L. White S. S. 7 17 24 2 0 2 3 0 0 3 2 2 S165 Montague, 1st Con. c. 1752, Nov. 22 Francis B. Perkins 1860, Feb. 15 1860, Feb.15 53 116 169 21 1 5 6 4 1 0 5 1 Northfield, Trin. Co. c. 1825, Nov. 30 #_Isaac S. Perry 1858, Jan. 21 1862, S. S. 17 32 49 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 100 Orange, Cen., Ev. C. c. 1846, Sep. 23 Daniel Phillips 1861, Feb. 20 1862, S. 5. 49 91 140 34 1 0 1 6 0. 7 1 2 120 Shelburne, 1st ch. 1770, Richard S. Billings 1855, June 6 1855, June 6 71 91 162 4 0 3 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 175 " Falls 1850,.71ar. 6 Wilbur F. Loomis 1856, Apr. 15 1866. Apr. 15 112173 20 3 2 5 3 0 0 3 2 7 306 Shutesbury, Or. Co. c. 1742, Oct. 27 -Andrew J. Clapp 1862, Feb. 19.1862, S.. 16 32 48 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 75 Sunderland 1718, Jan. I Sereno D. Clark 1840, June 11 1853, May 31 82 134 216 13 0 3 3 3 8 1 12 0 6 226 Warwick, Trin Co. c 1829, June 9 Edmund H. Blanchard 1860, Apr. 25 1860, Apr. 25 14 47 61 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 1 0 64 Wendell, Centre, lstc. 1774,Nov. 29 John H. Dodge 1856 Sep. 21 1861, S. 14 36 50 4 0 1 1 1 0 4 5 0 2 81 TOTAL: 27 chhs., 16 Pastors, 10 St. sups., vacancy, 989 1929 2918 388 18 57 75 68 61 5 134 10 59 3164 OTHER MEMBERS.-Resident: Roger C. Hatch, Warwick, ord. 1818, Oct. 23; George L. Hovey. Dist. Sec. of Am. and For. Christian Union, Deerfield, ord. 1838, Sept. 6; Eli Moody, Montague, ord. 1818, Aug. 12; Jeremiah Pomeroy, (preaching at Readsboro', Vt.,) Charlemont, ord 1833. Oct. 7.-4. N.on-Resident: Lyman Warner, East Hartford, Conn ord. 1857, Oct. 28; William W. Howland, Missionary A. B. C. F. M., Ceylon, India, ord. 1845, Oct. 11; Henry C. Haskell, Missionary, A. B. C. F. M., Sophia, Turkey, ord. 1862, Aug. 13.-3 * Not members of this Association. $ Union School. Association meets-Second Tuesday in February, May, August, and November. ROBERT CRAWFORD, D. D., Deerfield, Scribe; PERKINS K. CLARK, South Deerfield, Statistical Scribe. 9. HAMPDEN EAST ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1863, Aug. 1. Ministers. Ch. Mem. 1863, Jan. 1. Admitted.-1862.-Removed. Baptized. Sab. Place, and Name. Organizcd. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fer. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exc. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sch. Chicopee, lst ch. 1752, Sep. 27 Eli B. Clark 1839, Oct. 16 1839, Oct. 16 30 54 84 9 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 60 2d ch. 1830, July 3 Roswell Foster 1855, Mar. 14 St. s. 43115 158 58 0 1 1 2 2 1 5 0 1 175 " 3d ch. 1834, Oct. 16 Luther H. Cone 1855, Apr. 5 1857, Feb. 19 53 137 190 44 1 14 15 3 2 3 8 1 3 201 Longmeadow 1716, Oct. 17 John W. Harding 1850,Jan 1 1850, Jan. 1 62 135 197 18 2 3 5 4 2 0 6 0 7 100 East 1829, Apr. 22 Albert B. Peabody 1860, May 24 1860, May 24 33 66 99 22 1 2 3 2 5 0 7 1 0 108 L Wadlw 1789,. -Monson 1762, M (cy231 Alfred Ely, D. D. 1806, Dec. 17 1806, Dec. 12 48 76 124 135 0 1 1 1 5 0 6 0 0 150 PMamson r 2, 1s ch. 0Theron G. Colton 1849, Sep.25 1855, Mar.28 77 153 230 29 7 7 2 7 2 2 200 Palmer, 1st ch. 1790, Jeremy W. Tuck 1843, Sep. 6 St. sup. 20 40 60 20 0 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 100 " 2d ch. 1847, Nov. 1 Joseph Vaill, D.D. lb44, Feb. 2 1854, Dec. 7 28 77 105 20 1 0 1 1 4 0 5 0 4 100 -South Hadley Falls, 1st Cong. ch. 1824, Aug. 12 Richard Knight 1837, May 1856, Sep. 10 28 96 124 35 4 2 6 1 0 1 3 150 Springfield, 1st ch. 1637, Henry M. Parsons 1854, Nov. 15 1854, Nov. 15 92 273 3i5 36 1 21 11 7 2 20- 3 7 317 " Olivet ch. 1833, Jan. 8 Geergc H. Gould 1862, Nov. 13 St. sup p 2 124 176 26 0 2 2 0 5 1 6-.. 0 0 150 " South ch. 1842,lar. 23 Sam G. Buckingham 1837, May 24 1847, June 16 100 208 308 34 2 4 4 6. 5 0 1; 1 7? 315 " North ch. 1846, Oct. 28 L. Clark Seelye 1863, Jan. 20 1863, Jan. 20 80 148 22840 0 5 0 3 0 3 0 5 290 "Indian Orchard 1848,.lay 23 22:41 63 19 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 60 Wilbraham 1741, June24 John P. Skeele 1850, Oct. 9 1858; Nov.30 61 114 175 56 0 4 4 2 0 0 2 0 4 120 South ch 1785, _ John Whitehill 1 1861, Dec. 11 1861, Dec.'11 33 76 109 15 0 3 3 3 0 0 3 0 1 75 TOTAL: 17chhs., 13 Pastors, 3 St. sups., 2 vacancies, 862 1933 2795 496 27 63. 85 41 48 7 96 11 50 2671 OTHER MEMBERS.-Resident: Frederlck Alvord, Monson, ord. 1858, July 21; Frederic A. Barton, Indian Orchard, ord. 1839. Nlon-Resident: Charles B. Kittredge, Westboro', ord. 1833, Oct. 16; Warren Mayo, Danby, N. Y., ord. 1854, June 4; William S. Blanchard, Minn.; Wm. W. Woodworth, Plymouth; George D. F. Folsom, Fair Haven, Ct. ord. 1850, July 16.: Association meets-First Tuesday in February, May, July; second Tuesday in November. E. B. CLARK, Chicopee, Register, and Statistical Scribe. * Voted, May 13th-That the vote of last year be added to this report, viz.: Tthat whereas the statistics returned by the Rev. R. Knights to the Scribe of the Association cover certain contested matters between the two bodies in South Hadley Falls, each of which claims to be the original church, organized Aug. 12, 1824, this Association having no ecclesiastical jurisdiction over such'disputed matters, expressly disclaim all reponsibility as either authenticating, or denying the historical verity of the statistics aforesaid. 10. HAMPDEN WEST ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1863, Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1862, Jth. 1. Admitted. -1861- Removed. Baptized. Sab. Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fem. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exe. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sh Agawam 1819, Sep. 1 Ralph Perry 1844, Jan. 3 1847, Dec. 28 40 72 112 10 0 1 1 5 3 0 8 0 3 90 Feeding Hills 1762, Nov. 10 T. A. Leete 1845, Sep. 24 St. sup. 23 50 73 7 0 2 2 2 4 1 7 0 0 73 Blandford 1735, Wm. H. Berrow Licenztiate St. sup. 31 63 94 18 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 Chester, 1st ch. 1769, Dec. 20 Francis Warriner 1841, Oct. 26 St. sup. 37 37 74 22 0 1 1 2 4 0 6 0 0 85 2d ch. 1844, Nov. 13 Selah Merrill Licentiats St. szup. 8 16 24 6 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 30 Granville, East 1747, Asa Mann 1844, June 19 St. sup. 24 41 65 1 2 2 4 1 1 3 5 1 1 60 " West 1786, Austin Gardner 1860, Oct. 31 St sup. 21 30 51 0 4 0 4 1 5 0 6 3 0 Holyoke, 1st ch. 1799, Dec. 4 Simeon Miller 1846, May 7 1846, May 7 25 57 82 18 0 1 1 0 4 0 4 0 1 56 " 2d ch. 1849, May 24 James B. R. Walker 1847, Oct 27 1855, Nov. 8 43 129 172 75 3 8 11 2 8 0 10 0 7 220 Huntington, 2d ch. 18,16, Ang. 26 Townsend Walker 1844, Mar. 12 1853, Dec. 27 22 43 65 6 2 5 7 0 4 0 4 2 1 80 JMonltgomery 1797, June 30.Nos7e......... 3 13 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Southampton 1743, Jzsne 8 A. D. Stowell 1858, Nov. 17 St. sup. 105 179 284 50 0 2 2 9 5 0 14 0 4 190 Southwick 1773, Aug. 16 Thomas H. Rood 1848, Dec. 25 St. sup 11 53 64 10 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 35 Tolland 1797, George Ford 1846, Oct. 6 St. STp. 30 58 88 25 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 60 Westfield, 1st ch. 1679, Aug 27 Emerson Davis, D. D. 1836, June 1 1836, June 1 77 223 300 20 4 2 6 6 2 0 8 2 3 310 " 2d ch. 1856, May 22 George Bowler 1819 1863, Ar 90 140 230 17 11 5 16 4 9 0 13 4 3 330 West Springfield.lstc. 1698, Jecne Eden B. Foster, D. D. 1841, Aug 1 1861, Oct. 1 4 147 211 30 010 10 4 5 0 9 0 1 203 2d ch. 1850, Jan. 10 Henry Powers 1861. Oct. 30 1861, Oct30 1 1 47 7 3 3 2 2 1 120 TOTAL: 18 chhs., 8 Pastors, 9 St. sups., 1 vacancy, 670 1382 2052 322 30 42 72 37 58 4 99 13 27 1941 OTHER MEMBERS.-C. J. Hinsdale, Blandford. ord. June 15, 1823; Z. Whitmore, ord. Sept. 5 1821; M. Herrington, West Springfield, ord. Oct. 4, 1834.-3..Vonz-eside^t.: J. S. Bingham, E. Boston, ord. Oct. 20, 1846. —i. Association meets-Second Tuesday February, June, September, November. EMERSON DAVIS, D. D., Westfield, Scribe, and Statistical Scribe. 11. HAMPSHIRE ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1863, Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1862, Jan. 1. Admitted-1861- Removed. Baptized. Sab Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fem. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D!th. Dis. Exc. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sch Chesterfield 1764, Oct. 30 Wm. W. Rose 1862, Dec. 24 St. sup. 13 33 46 10 0 0 0 1 6 0 7 0 1 50 Cummingon, 1st ch. 1779, July 7 None..................11 32 43 18 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 Village 1839, July 1 J.Jay Dana 1835 Sep. 9 1861, St. su. 44 52102 21 1 3 4 1 2 0 3 1 0 130 " West Village 1840, Sep 20 Henry Matson...... St. sup. 22 43 65 14 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 75 Easthampton, 1st ch. 1785, Nov. 17 Aaron M. Colton 1840 June 10 1853, Mar. 2 82 164 246 14 5 1 6 1 3 0 4 3 4 150 Payson ch. 1852, Dec. 28 None....................... 69 177 246 18 10 14 24 2 6 0.8 3 5 200 Gnshen 1780, Dec 21 Sydney Holman 1833, Jan. 17 St. sup. 21 49 70 13 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 2 75 Huntington, Ist ch. 1778, July Edward Clarke 1839 June 19 1860, St. sup. 39 64 103 18 2 5 7 2 1 0 3 0 3 130 iddlefield 1783, Nov. 18 Lewis Bridgman 1840 Oct. 29 1859 May l11 46 53 99 24 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 8 Northampton, Istech. 1661,June 18 Zachary Eddy, D. D. 1835, Mar. 36 1858, Mar. 3 160 355 515 0 713 20 6 4 0 10 2 8 450 Edwards ch. 1833, Jan. 30 Gordon Hall 1848, Oct. 25 1852, June 2 117 182 299 33 3 4 7 3 2 0 5 1 6 203 Florence ch. 1861, Oct. 9 Horace C. Hovey 1858, Apr. 16 1863, Feb. 5 12 16 28 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 140 Plainfield 1786 Auv.31 Solomon Clark 1841, Apr..12 1859, St. sup. 52 97 149 10 2 1 3 3 2 0 5 2 0 250 Westhampton 1779, Sep. I Edwin C. Bissell 1859 Sep 22 1859, Sep. 22 98 132 230 17 4 1 5 5 3 0 8 0 10 150 Williarnsburl, 1st ch. 1771, July 3 Eliphalet Y. Swift 1844, Jan. 1862, June 26 105 152 257 44 0 9 9 6 8 0 14 0 0 175 Haydenville 1851, Jan. 4 Cyrus Brewster 1843, Aug.23 1858, Aug. 18 53 108 161 12 0 0 0 5 2 0 7 0 4 240 Worthington 1771 April 1 John H. Bisbee 1834, Feb. 20. 1838, Dec. 19 70 117 187 25 0 2 2 4 7 0 41 0 3 310 TOTAL: 17clichhs. 8 Pastors, 6 St. sups., 2 vacencies, _ 1014 1846 2850 -292 35 55 90 45 48 0 93 12 48 2813 OTHER MEMBERS.-Resident: Erastus Clapp, Easthampton, ord. 1823,Jan. 1; Solomon Lyman, Easthampton, ord. 1826, Jan. 4; Oliver Warner, Secretary of State, Boston, ord. 1844, June 5; Ebenezer B. Wright, Chaplain of State Alms House, Monson, ord. 1819, Dec. 8.-4. Association meets-First Tuesday in February, May, November. EDWARD CLARKE, Huntington, Scribe, and Statistical Scribe. 12. HAMPSHIRE EAST ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1863, Aug. 1. Ministers. Ch. Mem. 1863, Jan. 1. Admitted.-1862.-Removed. Baptized. Sab. Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fern. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exe. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sch. Amherst, 1st ch. 1739, Nov. 17 Henry L. Hubbell 1861, Apr. 24 1861, Apr. 24 77 212 289 33 0 3 4 5 4 0 9 0 4 273 2d ch. 1782, Nov. 11 Chas. L. Woodworth 1849, Nov. 7 1849, Nov. 7 56 144 200 60 1 3 4 4 7 O 11 0 0 269 " College ch. 1826, Mar. 7 Wm. A. Stearns, D. D. 1831, Dec. 14 1854, Nov. 21 70 21 91 31 10 16 26 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 North ch. 1826, Nov. 15 None.71 130 201 9 0 4 4 2 1 0 3 0 3 176 " South ch. 1858, June 8 James L. Merrick 1834, Apr. 15 1858 June, 8 24 52 76 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 150 Belchertown 1737, Henry B. Blake 1845, Jan. 1 1855, June26 96 221 317 15 2 8 10 6 4 1 11 2 2 350 Enfield 1790, tJohn A. Seymour 1854, Jan. 2 1862, April 17 130 22035058 0 0 O 6 3 9 1 2 165 Granby 1762, Henry Mills 1854, Nov. 23 1854, Nov. 23 101 148 249 39 0 0 0 7 7 0 14 0 3 164 Greenwich 1849, Edward P. Blodgett 1843, July 5 1843, July 5 39 117 166 19 1 6 7 4 0 0 4 1 0 150 Hadley, 1st ch. 1650, Rowland Ayres 1848, Jan. 12 1848, Jan. 12 77 125 202 29 0 2 2 5 5 0 10 0 5 19S 2d ch. 1831, Oct. 26 Warren H. Beaman 1841, Sep. 15 1841, Sep. 15 38 82 120 17 0 2 2 3 1 0 4 0 7 155 " Russell ch. 1811, July 15 None....................... 32 88120 8 0 0 0 3 2 0 5 0 1 100 Hatfield 1670, John M. Greene 1857, Oct. 20 1857, Oct. 20 87 165 252 20 3 6 9 4 5 2 11 0 13 178 Leverett 1784, Nov. 10 John Hartwell 1859, Sep. 29 1859, Sep. 29 34 71 105 30 2 0 2 6 0 0 6 O 0 135 Pelham ch. 1837, Oct. 25 None........................ 16 44 60 15 17 3 20 1 0 0 1 13 0 90 Prescott 1823, June 15 David Bancroft 1838, Oct. 20 1858, June 8 16 25 41 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 70 South Hadley, 1st ch. 1733, Hiram Mead 1858, Sep: 29 1858, Sep. 29 86 187 273 73 6 4 10 5 15 0 20 2 7 215 South Hadley Falls, Cong. ch. 1824, Aug. 12 Samuel J. M. Merwin 1844, Dec. 18 1860, Dec. 4 37 99 136 18 0 3 3 3 4 3 10 0 0 150 1Whately, Cong. ch. 1771, John W. Lane 1869, Oct. 17 1860, Oct. 17 66 92 158 17 1 1 2 4 6 0 10 1 2 135 TOTAL: 19 chhs., 16 Pastors, 3 vacancies, 1153 2233 3396 496 43 62 106 68 66 6 140 24 52 3102 OTHER MEMBERS.-Resident: James Bates, Granby, ord. 1827, Nov. 14; David Eastman, Amherst, ord. 1840, Feb. 12; Roswell Hawks. Agent, South Hadley, ord. 1825, April 20; Edward Hitchcock, D. D., LL. D., Prof. Amherst Coll., ord. 1821, June 21; William Tyler, (where?), ord. 1819, Feb. 24; William S. Tyler, D. D., Prof. Amherst Coll., ord. 1859, Oct. 5; Aaron Warner, Prof. Amherst, ord. 1824, Sept. 1.-7. Nonz-Resident: Dana Goodsell, East Haven, Ct., ord. 1837, Sept. 27; John Woodbridge, D. D., Chicago, Ill., ord. 1810, June 20; John A Nash, Editor, New York City, ord. 1836, Oct. 19; Edward S. Dwight, Saco, Me., ord. 1844, Dec. 25; Rob't MeEwen, D. D., New London, Ct., ord. 1833, Oct. 9.-5. k 2d Cong. ch. worshipping with 1st ch. t Pawtucket, pT.. Association meets-First Tuesday after first Sabbath in January, March, July; third Tuesday in September. HENRY L. HUBBELL, Amherst, Scribe and Statistical Scribe. 13. MENDON ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1863, Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1862, Jan. 1. Admitted. -1861-Removed. Baptized. Sab. Place, Snd ia. - Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Ferm- Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D>th. Dis. Exc. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sch. Dover, 2d Cong. ch. 1839, Oct. 23 -Thomas S. Norton 1846, Feb. 14 St. sup. 9 23 32 2 O 0 0 1 0 0 1 O O 50 Foxboro' 1779, Nov. 25 Noadiah S. Dickinson 1846, May 27 1858, Mar. 10 53 146 199 12 O 5 5 2 5 0 7 0 3 250 Franklin 1738, Feb. 16 Samuel Hunt 1839. July 17 1850, Dec. 4 37 129 166 15 0 0 0 2 4 O 6 0 2 175 " (South) Union c. 1855, Sep. 13 9John K. Deering 1850, Apr. 23 St. suv. 8 15 23 0 5 1 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 65 Mansfield 1838, Mlay 9 Jacob Ide, Jr. 1856, Mar 26 1856, Mar. 26 32 66 98 4 0 2 2 2 1 3 0 9 181 Medfield, 2d Cong. ch. 1828, Feb. 6 Andrew Bigelow 141, Aug. 25 1855, Sep. 12 25 86 111 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 100 Medway, (East), lstc. 1714, (prob.) Jacob Roberts 1839, July 17 1856, Oct. 9 40 91 131 20 1 4 1 O 1 168 (West),2d c. 1750, Oct. 4 Jacob Ide, D. D. 1814, Nov. 2 1814, Nov. 2 73 45 18 37 1 2 3 3 3 6 3 180 " Village ch. 1738, Sep. 7 David Sanford 1828, May 22 1838, Oct. 3 57 141198 40 3 3 3 2 5 140 Mendon. Evan. ch. 1828, Aug. 13 No public services........................ 7 20 27 5 1 0 0 Milford,'st Cong. ch. 1741, July 15 *Alfred A. Ellsworth 1862. Sep. 4 1862, Sep. 4 56 156 212 29 27 1 28 1 2 0 3 6 3 400 Walpole 1826, Nov. 13 Edward G. Thurber 1862, Oct. 29 S. sup. 45 113 158 32 0 0 0 6 12 0 6 136 Wrentham, 1i oh. 1692, Apr. 13 +Charles L. Mills 1838, 186357 2054 5 1 4 5 6 1 1 8 O 2 226 North, Union ch. 1839, July 18 tJohn E. Corey 1853, Oct 12 St. sup 9 25 34 4 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 65 TOTAT: 14 chhs, 9 Pastors. 4 St sups., 1 vacancy, 498 1313 1811 261 38 18 56 32 25 1 58 21 29 2!36 OTHER MaIEMBERS.-Residenzt: John Dwight, North Wrentham, ord. 1837, Apr. 12; Sewall Harding. Auburndale, Sec. Cong. Board of Publication, Boston, ord. 1821, Jan. 17; Calvin Hitchcock, D. D., Wrentham, ord. 1815, Aug. 15; Caleb Kimball, Medway, ord. 1832; Andrew H. Reed, Mendon, ord. 1829, Sept. 23: William L. Ropes, Cambridge, ord. 1853, Sept. 14.-6. NVon-Resident: Daniel J. Poor, Teacher, Romeo, Michigan, ord. 1840, March 11; Thomas Williams, Providence, R. I., ord. 1807, Jan. 1.-2.: Not members of this Association. t Member of Norfolk Association. $ Member of Taunton Association. Association meets-Second Tuesday in June, December. WILLIAM L. ROPES, Cambridge, Scribe, and Statistical Scribe. 14. MIDDLESEX SOUTH ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1863, Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1862. Jan. 1. Admitted. -1861- Removed. Baptized. ___________ _, __________ —A -----— a-, —-, _._\ _ Sab. Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fern. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D7th. Dis. Exc. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sch. Ashland, 1st ch. 1835, Jaz.21 Albert H. Currier 1862, Dec. 3 1862, Dec. 3 48 108 156 24 1 3 4 0 4 3 7 0 0 190 Carlisle, Ev. ch. 1781, Feb. 28 Josiah Ballard 1835, Aug. 5 1862, Sep. 15 12 53 65 10 76 Concord, Trin. ch. 1826, Jan. 5 E. S. Potter............ St. sup. 20 76 96 26 96 Framingham,Hollis v. ch. 1701, Dec. 8 ]ohn Knox McLean 1861, June 5 1863, Feb. 19 71 179 250 29 1 1 1 2 0 3 4 145 " Saxonville,Edwards ch. 1833, Nay 26 None.................. 32 108 134 12 0 5 52 13 0 15 0 10 160 Holliston, 1st ch. 1728, 12ov. 20 Joshua T. Tucker 1837, Apr. 16 1849, June 6 123 260 383 37 3 2 5 2 13 0 15 1 5 291 Hopkinton 1724, Sep. 2 John C. Webster 1837, Mar. 15 1838, Dec. 19 53 110 163 7 2 3 5 1 1 0 2 2 5 200 Lincoln 1747, Azg.18 Henry J. Richardson 1860. Sep. 6 1860, Sep. 6 26 52 78 15 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 110 Marlboro', Union 1836, 11ar. 18 George N. Anthony 1855, Oct. 3 1860, Nov. 8 57 137 194 23.1 13 14 6 5 O 11 1 10 225 Natick, 1st Cong. ch. 1802, Feb. Charles M. Tyler............ 1859, May 19 62 161 223 35 6 3 9 3 2 0 5 5 3 354 "So., John Eliot ch. 1859, Nov. 16 Elnathan E. Strong 1859, Apr. 10 1859, Nov. 16 10 24 34 3 4 7 1 1 0 2 0 18 126 Sherborn 1685, Mar. 26 Edmund Dowse 1838, Oct. 10 1838, Oct. 10 54 118 172 31 6 3 9 4 0 0 4 4 1 175 Southboro', Pilgrim c. 1831, Feb. 17 one...................... 7 0 0 111 Stowe, " Assabet 1852, Sep. 23 Adin H. Fletcher 1845, Oct. 15 St. sup 14 57 71 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 115 Sudbury, Union Ev. c. 1640, An. Erastus Dickinson 1835, Sep. 25 1856, May 14 57 134 191 10 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 4 200 Wayland 1828, May21 Josiah W. Turner 1837, Apr. 19 St. sup. 45 85 130 33 6 5 11 4 2 0 6 0 0 140 TOTAL: 17 chhs., 11 Pastors, 3 St. sups., 3 vacancies, 739 1740 2479 327 28 47 74 30 52 3 85 13 62 3632 OTHER MEMBERS.-Resident: Birdsey G. Northrop, Saxonville, ord. 1847, March 10; Increase N. Tarbox, Sec. of Am. Ed. Soc., West Newton, or Boston, ord. 1844, Nov. 22; William M. Thayer, Editor, Franklin, ord. 1849, June 20.-3. Association meets-First Tuesday in January, April, July, October. GEORGE N. ANTHONY, Marlboro', Scribe; INCREASE N. TARBOX, West Newton, or Boston, Statistical Scribe. 15. MIDDLESEX UNION ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1863, Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1863, Jan. 1. Admitted. -1862- Removed. Baptized. Sab.,, —-- _* — ~ —-------- * -~ —--— L-~ L~v — _- - _- ~-~'_ 7~ —---- --- Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Ferm.. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exe. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sch. Acton 1832, Mar. 13 Noe........................ 64108 172 53 0 3 3 2 3 0 5 0 140 Ashby 1776, J2ne 12 James M. Bell 1858, July 21 185, July 21 61 122183 31 2 5 7 4 1 0 5 2.2 200 Boxboro' 1784, Apr. 29 George N. Marden 1862, Oct. 2 1862, Oct. 2 23 36 59 12 0 4 4 0 8 0 80 Dunstable 1757, May 12 William C. Jackson 1835, Oct. 14 1859, Nov. 2 26 50 76 17 0 1 1 4 3 0 7 0 1 90 Fitchburg, Calv. ch. 1768, Jan. 27 Alfred Emerson 1845, Oct. 15 1858, June 2 119 254 373 79 6 9 15 8 2 1 11 0 0 431 PGrotorn 1664, July 12 Edwin A. Bulkley 1841, Oct. 11 1850, Sep. 18 54 161 215 21 8 6 14 3 8 0 11 6 2 130 Junction 1861, Sep. 5 David M. Bean 1863, July 23 St. sup. 9 14 23 4 5 2 7 0 0 0 0 1 2 75;Harvard 1821, lday 17 John Dodge 1842, June 15 1854, May 10 42 109 151 31 7 2 9 7 1 0 8 1 5 130.Lancaster 1839, May 22 Amos E. Lawrence 1848, June 25 1860, Oct. 10 21 63 84 20 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 120 Leomrinster 1822, Dec. 25 Horace Parker 1861, May 31 St. sup. 77 149 226 37 2 10 12 4 3 3 10 1 0 254 Littleton 1840, May 14 Elihu Loomis 1851, Oct. 22 St. sup. 18 32 50 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O 0 65 Lunenburg 1835, Jtne 10 William A. Mandell 1842, Apr. 2 1856, Jan. 2 28 72 100 8 1 3 4 1 3 0 4 0 2 100 -Shirlev 1828, Mar. 12 None............. 16 41 57 25 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 65'Townsend 1734, Oct. 16 VNoze 71 176 247 54 0 0 0 6 3 1 10 0 5 266'Westford 1828, Dec. 25 Edwin R. Hodgman 1849, May 17 St. s p. 46 114 160 45 0 1 1 1 2 0 3 0 2 122 TOTAL: 16 chhs., 10 Pastors, 4 St. sups., 3 vacancies, 779 1692 2481 490;53 47 100 57 40 6 103 11 21 2602 OTHER MEMBERS.-Resident: Daniel B. Babcock, Shirleyville, ord. 1839, Nov. 7; Daniel Butler, Sec. Mass. Bible Society, Groton, ord. 1838, Oct. 13; Robert W. Fuller, Stowe, ord. 1841, June 10; Charles Hammond, Groton, ord. 1855, Oct. 9; John E. B. Jewett, Pepperell, ord. 1851,Sept. 10: Leonard Luce, Westford, ord. 1829, April 8; Milan C. Stebbins, Teacher, Lancaster, Licentiate; George Trask, Anti-Tobacconist, Fitchburg, ord. 1830, Sept. 15.-S. Non-Resident: Bronson B. Beardsley, Hartford, Ct., ord. 1850, Oct. 8; Moses Patten, ord. 1b60, June 7; Edward P. Tenney, ord. 1859, Oct. 19.-3. Association meets-First Tuesday in January, March, May, July, September, November. EDWIN A. BULKLEY, Groton, Scribe, and Statistical Scribe. 16. NORFOLK ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1863, Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1862, Jan. 1. Admitted.-1861-Removed. Baptized. Sab. Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fem. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exe. Tot. Ad. Inf. Abin-ton, Istch. 1712, Frederick R. Abbe 1857, Sep. 3 1857, Sep. 3 61 109170 10 0 3 3 3 1 0 4 0 0212 Zn~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4 1 0 6 g 256 South, 2d ch. 1807, Aug. 19 Henry L. Edwards 1857, July 12 1857, July 12 101 165 266 20 10 I 2 4 0 6 7 0256 " East, 3d ch. 1813, Aug. 27 Horace D. Walker 1844, Feb. 15 1844, Feb. 15 73 129 202 11 1 1 2 3 0 0 3 0 6 230 " North, 4th ch. 1839, Oct. 3 -Martin Moore 1814, Feb. 16 1862, St. suv. 32 75 107 20 0 1 1 3 3 0 6 0 0 154 Braintree, 1st ch. 1707, Sep. 10 Richard S. Storrs,.D. 1811, July 3 1811, July 3 41 123164 28 0 0 0 3 4 0 7 0 1 135 " South ch. 1829, Nov. 18 Lucius Rt. Eastman,Jr. 1862, May 1 1862, May 1 31 63 94 10 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 5 180 Cohasset, 2d cong. ch. 1824, N\ov. 24 Frederick A. Reed 1848, Mar. 9 1848, Mar. 9 19 76 95 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 6 234 Dorchester, 2d cli. 1808, Jan.' 1 James H. Means 1848, July 13 1848, July 13 78 230 308 40 9 716 2 2 0 4 3 9240 Village ch. 1829, Jlar. 11 None....4............ 9 99 148 23 6 1 7 4 0 0 4 3 1 163 "Port Norfolk, Tr. c 1859, MV7ay 11 ~J. B. Johnson 1855, Jan. 4 St. sup Easton Unknown. Luther Sheldon, D.D. 1810, Oct. 24 1810, Oct. 24 23 67 90 20 0 3 3 4 2 1 7 0 2 171 E. & W. Bridgewater, Union ch. 1826, JTne 30 RNath'l H. Broughton 1856, St. sup. Hingham, Ev. Cong. c 1827, Dec. 21 E. Porter Dyer 1839, Sep. 25 1849, Jan. 4 13 29 42 8 4 2 6 1 2 0 3 1 3 80 Milton, 1st ch. 1678, Apr. 21 Albert K. Teele 1844, July 15 1850, Dec. 18 37 80 117 23 1 1 2 4 0 0 4 1 2 70 "Railway, 2dEv.c.c. 1843 Nov. 9 Terry............ St. sup. 5 28 33 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 75 North Bridgewater, 1st 1740, Oct. 15.Edward L. Clark..Pastor elect, 40 85125 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 195 " South Cong. ch. 1837, Jan. 3 Charles W. Wood 1839, Oct. 29 1b58, Feb. 3 58 4 0 0 4 4 1 195 "Porter Ev. ch. 1850, -Mar. 6 Samuel H. Lee 1S62, Sep. 17 1862, Sep. 17 64 126190 16 1 4 5 5 2 0 7 0 0200 Quincv, Ev. Cong. c. 1832, Aug. 16 *Edward P. Thwing 1858, Sep. 22 1862, Nov. 19 27 69 96 19 1 1 2 1 4 0 5 0 0200 Randolph, 1st ch. 1731, 7kay 28 None........................ 36 98 134 10 0.2 2 7 1 0 8 0 1170 East, 2d ch. 1818, Dec. 15 Stephen G. Dodd 1852, Sep. 24 1860, St. sup. 26 61 87 4 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 200 " "Winthropc. 1856, Dec.30 Ezekiel Russell, D. 1836, June 22 1857, Feb. 3 38 73 111 3 0 2 2 4 1 0 5 0 0 327 Scituate, No., Tr. C. c. 1635. Jan. 28 No report, Stoughton, lstch. 1741, Aug. 10 Thomas Wilson 1848, Mar. 1 1856, Mar. 13 30 66 96 16 1 4 5 2 4 0 6 1 1 135 Weymouth, 1st ch. 1623, Joshua Emery 1835, May 13 1838, Jan. 25 42 75 117 2 0 0 0 2.0 0 2 0 6 104 South,2dch 1723, Sep. 8 James P. Terry 1839, Dec. 4 1848,July 6 31 82 113 8 12 2 14 1 0 0 1 7 0 186 " Landing Un.} ch.ofBraintree 1811, Aug.14 LysanderDickerman 1858, Apr. 29 1861, Jan. 17 53 105 158 1 0 3 3 2 3 0 6 0 4 353 and Weym'th, " South, Unc. 1842, Nov. I Stephen H. Hayes 1844, Aug. 20 1858, Apr. 8 19 61 80 2 6 1 7 0 2 0 2 0 3 167 East, Co. ch. 1843, Mar. 4 James P. Lane 1861, Jan. 10 1861, Jan. 10 54 81 135 8 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 170 " N'th, Pilgrim c. 1852, M.ax 11 Sam'l L. Rockwood. 1840, Mar. 11 1858, Mar. 2 14 47 63 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 2 150 TOTAL: 31 chhs., 23 Pastors, 5 St. sups., 3 vacancies, 1114 2472 3586 349 72 47 119 78 139 1 118 33 52 5108 OTHER MEMBERS. —ResidenZt: Oliver Brown, St' sup., South Malden, ord. 1857, Dec. 2: Lucius Rt. Eastman, Sen., Amherst, ord. 1837, Nov. 24; Edwin Leonard. Milton, ord. 1852, Mar. 25; William Leonard, Pastor, Dana, ord. 1844, July 7; Charles L. Mills, Pastor 1st ch. Wrentham, ord. 1837, Oct.; Theodore T. Munger, Dorchester, ord.1 856, Feb. 6; Lebbeus R. Phillips, Groton, ord. 1841, July 29; Jonas Perkins, Weymouth, ord. 1815, June 14; Albert Perry,; ord. 1815, June 14: Edmund S. Potter, St sup. Concord, ord. 1843, May 15; Dennis Powers, Abington, ord. 1838, Dec. 5; Isaac C. White, Plymouth, ord. 1850 Oct. 23; Daniel Wight. Natick, ord. 1842, Sep. 28; Henry D. Woodworth, St. sup., West Needham,o rd. 1860-13. Non-Resident: Philo B. Wilcox, Norway, Me., ord. 1851, May 14; Paul Couch, St. sup., Central Village, Plainfield, Con. ord. 1827, March.-2. Not ninemb.er_0f..th.is.Association, No report. 17. OLD COLONY ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1863, Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1862, Jan. 1. Admitted. -1861-Removed. Baptized. Sab. Place and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed.. Mal. Fern. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exe. Tot. Ad. nf. Sch. Dartmouth, South 1807 Martin S. Howard 1856. Nov.20 1859, May26 21 58 79 24 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 100 Edgartown 1641 Hartford P Leonard 1863, June 23 1863, St. sup. 29 79 108 11 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 90 Fairhaven 1794, TMtly 25 John Willard 1855, Jan. 25 1855, Jan. 25 71 166 237 43 2 0 2 3 5 0 8 0 0 276 Marion, Roohester So. 1703, Oct. 13 Leander Cobb 1827, Sep. 27 141, Sep. 1 32 58 90 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 130 Mattapoisett 1736, July 27 William L. Parsons 1841, Aug. 24 1859, Mar. 10 72 124 196 30 2 0 2 5 0 0 5 2 1 150 Middleboro', Cenitral c. 1847, Mar. 25 Vacant..54 118 172 7 12 4 16 2 0 0 2 12 0 200 Nantucket 1711, Samuel D. Hosmer 1856, Nov.l1 St. sup. 59 242 300 61 0 2 2 9 9 1 19 0 0 200 New Bedford, 1st ch. 1696, Asahel Cobb 1825, Dec. 1857, Nov. 11 16 45 61 18 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 87 C North ch 1807 Oct. 15 Henrv W Parker 1848,May 9 1856, Aug. 8 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 310 Trinit ch. 1831, Nov. 15 Wheelock Craig 1849, Aug. 9 1850, Dec. 4 60137197 50 1 0 1 3 8 011 1 2175 Pacific ch 1844, Oct. 8 Timothy Stowe 1854, Apr. 11 1854, Apr. 11 40 102 142 213 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 6 287 Rochester, Centre ch. 1703, Oct. 13 *Edwin Leonard 185-2, Mar. 25 1861, Nov.27 25 75 100 21 5 2 7 0 0 0 0 8 0 95 North 1889, Mar. 17 AJames R. Cushing 1829, Aug. 12 St sup 4 6 10 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 25 Warebam 1839. Dec. 25 Timothy F. Clary 1849, Dec. 12 1860, Apr. 18 34 44 128 25 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 140 TOTAL: 14 chhs., 10 Pastors, 3 St. sups., I vacancy, 515 1304 1819 321 24 11 35 28 29 2 55 23 15 2265 OTHER MNEMBERS.-Resident: Samuel Nott, Jr., Warebam, ord. 1812, Feb. 6; Harvey M. Stone, Middleboro', ord. 1861, April 12.-2. Non-Resident: Homer Barrows, Pastor. Plaistow. N. H., ord. 1836, June 1; Azariab Eldridge, Pastor, Fort St. Presbyterian Ch., Detroit, Mich., ord. 1847, Oct. 15; Melancthon G. Wheeler, West Roxbury, Vt.,.ord. 1831, Oct. 13; Daniel C. Burt, Berkley, ord. 1835, July 1; William Gould, Pawtucket, R. I., ord. Nathaniel Cobb, Evangelist, Knigston, ord. 1827, Oct 31 6. Elsewhere enumerated: Isaiah C. I hacher, Pastor, Gloucester; James A. Roberts, St. sup., Berkley; Eli W. Harrington, St. sup., North Beverly; Sylvester Holmes, St. sup., South Plymouth.-4. k Not members of this Association. Association meets-Third Tuesday in April, July and October. HENRY W. PARKER, New Bedford, Scribe; TIMOTHY STowE, New Bedford, Statistical Scribe. 18. PLYMOUTH ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1863, Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1862, Jan. 1. Admitted-lS61-Removed. Baptized. Sab Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. IFem. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D:th. Dis. Exc. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sch Bridgewater, Trin. ch. 1821, Oct. 17 Ebenezer Douglass 1856, Jan. 14 1862, June26 26 60 86 10 9 2 11 1 0 1 2 5 3 175 " Scotland ch. 1836, July 4 James C. Seagrave 1851, Dec. 3 St. sup. 11 35 46 2 7 0 7 0 1 0 1 6 0 60 Carver 1733, May 13 None........................ 19 54 73 0 0 0 1 0 0 1. 0 3 70 E. Bridgewater, Tr. c. No public services. Halifax 1734, Oct. 16 Timothy G. Brainerd 1840, Nov. 5 1855, June 27 19 29 48 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 140 Hanover, 1st ch. 1728, Dec. 5 Joseph Freeman 1844. Mar. 10 1855, Apr. 18 14 46 60 10 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 65 " 2d ch. 1854, Apr. 12 James Aiken 1843, Aug 30 1859, June 16 21 43 64 10 0 0 0 0 0 67 Hanson 1748, Aug. 31 Benjamin Southworth 1859, Feb. 24 1860, S. S. 13 39 52 10 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 90 Kingston, Evan. 1828, Mar. 19 Joseph Peckham 1842, Nov. 30 1859, S. S. 22 61 83 15 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 60 Lakeville 1725, Oct. 6 George G. Perkins 1857, Mar. 27 1861, S. S. 46 67 113 12 12 1 13 2 1 0 3 11 1 112 Marshfield, 1st ch. 1632, Ebenezer Alden, Jr. 1843, Nov. 5 1850, Oct. 30 15 31 46 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 130 " East, 2d Trin. ch. 1835, July 4 Daniel D. Tappan 1826, Nov. 14 1859, S. S. 19 27 46 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 Middleboro', 1st ch. 1694, Dec. 26 Isr. W. Putnam, D. D. 1815, Mar. 15 1835, Oct. 2 55 101 156 35 0 3 3 3 0 0 3 0 1 190 " North 1748, Elbridge G. Little 1848, Oct. 12 1859, Apr. 13 46 116 162 5 43 4 47 1 0 0 1 42 0 200 Plymouth, 2d ch. 1738, Nov. 8 -Sylvester Holmes 1811, July S. S. 30 70 100 6 0 6 6 3 9 1 13 0 3 70 3d ch. 1801, Oct. 1 Wm. W. Woodworth Pastor elect 63 202 265 15 51 6 57 3 2 0 5 20 15 140 " 4th ch. 1818, June 18 fSamuel Woodbury 1841, April 1859, S. S. 18 39 57 5 19 19 0 19 0 1 0 11 0 75 " 5th ch 1862,-Vov. 6 tJob Cushman 1825. July 5 S. S. 18 38 56 0 55 1 56 0 0 0 025 0 60 Plvmpton 1698, Oct. 27 Moody A Stevens 1862, Dec. 9 1862. S. S. 27 86 113 17 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 5 0 112 TOTAL: 19 chhs., 7 Pastors, 10 St. sups, 2 vacancies, 482 1144 1626 160 197 24 221 26 14 4 44 120 30 1871 OriHERz MEMBERS.-Residenst: David Brigham, Fall River, ord. 1819, Dec. 29; Timothy Davis, Kingston, ord. 1808, Nov. 16; D. B. Nichols, Scituate, ord. (when?); Stetson Raymond, Bridgewater, ord. 1817, Apr. 9; Baalis Sanford, East Bridgewatler, ord. 1827, Oct. 4; Enoch Sanford,'Raynham, ord. 1823 Oct. 2.-6. 4 Member of tho Old Colony Association. f Member of Taunton Association. t Not a member of this Association. Association meets-Third Tuesday in February, May, August, November. EBENEZER ALDEN, Jr., Marshfield, Scribe, and Statistical Scribe. 19. SALEM ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1863, Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1862, Jan. 1. Admitted. -1861- Removed. Baptized. Sab. Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mat. Ftem. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. lYth. Dis. Exc. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sch Beverly, Dane-st. ch. 1802, Joseph Abbott, D. D. 1834, Oct. 23 1834,'Oct. 23 78 158 236 255 Boxfvord, 1t eh. 1702, Wi. S. Coggin 1838, May 9 1838, May 9 40 85 125 1213 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 5 200 Danvers, 1st cong. ch 1689, Rev. Wi. Crawford..St. sup. 36 139 175 7 0 0 0 4 4 0 8 0 0 304 Lynn, 1st ch. 1632, May Parsons Cooke,'D. D. 18-26, 1836, May 4 74 202 276 28 0 1 1 4 1 5 0 3 437 "4 Tower Hill chpl. Miss. of Ilst c. Allen Lincoln 1845, Nov. 2.5 1859, St. su7p. 12.5 Central ch 1850, Dec. 11 Jotham B. Sewall 1855, Feb. 28 1855, Feb. 28 28 70 98 22 1 7 8 1 1 2 19207 " Chest.-st. Co. ch. 1857, Edw. Payson Ingersol Licentiate St.SP. 7 * 35 42 8 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 115 Lyonfield, 2d oh. 1854, Jan. 22 Allen Gannett 1836, Jan. 20 St. sup. 13 135 Marblehead, 1st cll. 1684, Aug. 13 Benjamin R. Allen 1829, Sep. 11 1854, Nov. 8 39 295 337 50 4 0 4 7 0 0 7 1 3 260 Saug-us Centre1st Orth. Cong. chh. 1732, Levi Brigham 1837, 1851, 12 31 43 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 Swampscott, 1st cl. 1846, Jonas B. Clark 1842, Nov. 5 1846, July 15. 200 Topsfield 1663, Anson MeLoud 1841, Dec. 8 1841, Dec. 8 45 110 155 14 0 1 1 5 0 0 5 0 9 220 Wenham, cong. ch. 1644, Oct. 8 John S. Sewall 1859. Apr. 20 1859, Apr. 30 31 72 103 18 3 0 3 6 2 0 8 1 2 150 TOTAL: 13 chhs., 9 Pastors, 4 St. sups., 389 1198 1603 16411 11 20 26 12 1 39 2 34 2748 OTHER MEMBERS.-Reside ut: Milton P. Braman, D. D., Auburndale, ord. 1826, Apr. 12; John Moore, Cambridgepori, ord. 1852; Joseph Tracy, D. Di., Sec. Mass. Colon. Soc, Beverly, ord. 1821, June 26; Samuel M. Worcester, D. D., Jiec. Sec. A. B. C. F. M., Salem, ord. 1832, Jan. 14- 4. Association meets-First Tuesday in January, March, May, July, September, November. JOHN S. SEWALL, Lynn, Scribe, and Statistical Scribe. 20. SUFFOLK NORTH ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1863, Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Merm. 1862, Jan. 1. Admitted. -1861- Removed.. Baptized. Sab. Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fem. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exc. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sch. Boston, Old South ch. 1669, May G. W. Blagden, D. D. 1827, Dec. 25 1836, Sep. 28 Boston Old South h.69, 12-16 Jacob M. Manning 1854, Jan. 31857,Mar. 11 100303403 3 6 9 5 6 0 11 1 3 160 Bowdoin-st. c. 1825, JTuly 18 None...................... 83 231 314 80 0 0 0 2 30 2 34 0 0 257 " Salem ch. 1827,. 2 Noe.... 160 290 450 250 6 10 16 13 19 0 32 0 0 380 Central ch. 1835, ay John E.Todd 160, Feb. 2 1860, Feb. 2 210 321 10 4 14 3 27 0 30 5 0 430 Springfield-st. ch. 1860, Jan. 4 Daniel Tenney 1845, May 13 1862, June 25 1 69 90 22 10 12 22 1 0 0 1 0 0 355 "East, Maverickc. 1836, MIay 31 Joel S. Bingham 1846, Oct. 20 1863, Mar. 18 102 268 370 15 8 9 17 3 31 0 34 0 4 472 Cambridge, 1st ch. 1636, Feb. I John A. Albro, D. D. 1827, Nov. 21 1835, Apr. 15 83 211 294 30 14 12 26 4 4 0 8 2 10 200 " Port, 1st ch. 1827, Sep. 20 James 0. Murray 1b51, Oct. 26 1861, May 1 118 268 386 90 8 15 23 8 10 1 19 2 8 768 "r " 2d ch. 1842, Mar.0 one.................. 29 59 88 30 0 0 0 1 8 0 9 0 0 0 "East Ev. Cong. c. 1812, Sep. 8 William W.- Parker 1858, Dec. 28 1861, Apr. 3 45 82 127 0 3 12 15 2 5 0 7 1 6 200 " North, Holmes c. 1857, Sep. 23 William Carruthers 1858, June 16 1861, Jan. 1 44 67 111 12 11 4 15 0 2 0 2 3 0 140 Charlestown, 1st ch. 1632, Nov. 2 James B. Miles 1855, Jan. 2 1855, Jan. 2 94 211 305 50 3 10 13 6 0 2 8 0 7 462 " Winthrop ch. 1833, Jan. 9 Abbott E. Kittredge 1859, Sep. 14 1859, Sep. 14 135 319 454 13 18 31 8 5 1 14 0 0 943 Chelsea, Winnis't ch. 1841, Sep. 20 Albert H. Plumb 18.58, Nov. 10 1858, Nov. 10 135 253 388 40 10 31 41 2 11 4 17 5 7 5S8 " Broadway ch. 1851, Apr. 2 Joseph A. Copp, D.D. 1852, Jan. 7 93 142 235 10 13 9 22 3 6 0 9 2 6 677 Malden South,Con. c. 1861, Oct. 30 Oliver Brownt 1857, Dec. 2 1862, St. sup. 11 26 37 3 0 0 0 1 6 0 7 0 0 149 Medford, Trin.Con.c. 1823, Oct. 2 Elihu P. Marvin 1845, June 23 1852, Feb. 25 44 112 156 16 15 7 22 2 7 0 9 2 4 192 Needham, West 1798, Sep. 6 None........................ 75 125 30 3 4 7 1 3 0 4 1 3 105 Newton Centre, 1lst ch. 1664, J/dy 20 Daniel L. Furber 1847, Dec. 1 1847, Dec. 1 61 110 171 32 8 9 17 6 3 0 9 4 4 165 North Chelsea, 1828, May 9 None....................... 6 25 31 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 75 Reading, Old South c. 1770, Feb. 21 William Barrows 1845, Sep. 4 1856, Feb. 20 45 129 174 23 2 3 5 2 9 O 11 1 2 245 Somerville, East, 1st c. 1855, May 3 David T. Packard 1851, Sep. 21 1860, Sep.21 51 102 153 28 10 12 22 2 4 0 6 7 0 496 TOTAL: 22 chhs., 17 Pastors, I St. sup., 5 vacancies, 1621 3562 5183 766 150 187 337 75 196 10 281 36 66 7459 OTHER MEMBERS.-Resident: George E. Allen, Cambridgeport, ord. 1858, May 20; Marcus Ames, Superintendent and Chaplain 8tate Industrial Schoo1 for Girls, Lancaster, ord. 1854, June 28; Rufus Anderson, D. D., Sec. A. B. C. F. M., Boston, ord. 1826, May 10; Abijah R. Baker, West Needham, ord1838, April 25; George C. Beckwith, D. D., Sec. Peace Society, Boston, ord. 1827, July; Asa Bullard, Sec Mass. S. S. Society, Boston, ord. 1832, Jan. 13; William Bushnell, M. D., Physician, Boston, ord. 1832, Aug. 8; Dorus Clark, Waltham, ord. 1823, Feb. 23; George W. Field, Boston, ord. 1853, Nov. 15; W. Jenks, D. D.. Boston, ord. (when?); Isaac P. Langworthy, Sec. Am. Cong. Union, Chelsea, ord. 1841, Nov. 10; Edwards A Park, D. D., Abbot Prof. of Christian Theology, Theol. Sem., Andover, ord. 1831, Dec. 31; Francis G. Pratt, Middleboro', ord. 1849, Oct. 19; Calvin Terry, North Weymouth, ord. 1846, Dec; S. S. Milon, R. I.; John Whitney, Waltham, ord. (when?)-15. Non-Resident: Edwin Johnson, Pastor Hammond-st. ch., Bangor, Me., ord. 1852; J. H. Northrup, Miliville, N.J., ord. (when?); George Richards, Hartford, Ct., ord. 1845, Oct. 8.-3. * Not a member of this Association. t Member of Norfolk Association. Association meets-Third Tuesday in Februay, April, June, September, October, December. ALBERT H. PLUMBE, Chelsea, Scribe, and Statistical Scribe. 21. SUFFOLK SOUTH ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1863, Aug. 1. Ministers. ~hh. Mem. 1862, Jan. 1. Admitted. -1861- Removed. Baptized. Sab. Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Odained. Installed. Mal. Fer. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exc. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sch. Boston, Park-st. ch. 1809, Feb. 27 AndrewL. Stone,D.D. 1844, Sep. 3 1849, Jan. 25 270 590 860 3 5 86 4 22 0 26 575 Essex-st. Un. ch. 1822, Jzne 10 Nehem'h. Adams, Dv.. 1829, Dec. 17 1834, Mar. 26 143 355 498 25 8 14 22 5 15 0 20 2 8 280 Berkeley-st. ch. 1827, Sep. 2 Henry M. Dexter 1844, Nov. 6 1849, Apr. 18 100 243 343 60 3022 52 511 0 16 14 16 748 " Mariners' ch. 1830, Jan. 20 -Elijah Kellogg Mt. Vernon ch. 1842, Jne 1 EdwardN. Kirk, n. b.1828, Oct. 23 1842, June 1 226 424 650 116 17 5 2 9 19 0 28 2 10 300 Shawmut ch. 1849, Apr. 4 Edwin B. Webb 1850, Sep. 11 1860, Oct. 5 90 201 291 51 8 2634 2 12 1 15 2 10 741 Oak Place ch. 1860, June 21 Joseph P. Bixby 1862, Apr. 30 1862, Apr. 30 37 72 109 9 15 14 29 1 4 0 5 4 6 260 South, Phillipsc. 1823, Dec. 10 Edmund K; Alden 1850, Jan. 2 1859, Sep 21 73 165 238 36 6 14 20 4 5 0 9 2 6 694 " "E St. Or. C.c. 1860, Mar. 21 None 43 97 140 27 3 1 4 2 8 0 J0 1 5 276 Brighton, Ev. Con. c. 1827, Sep. 13 1John P. Cushman 1860, May29 1863, May 6 30 90 120 31 2 1 3 3 5 0 8 0 0 Brookline, Harvard c. 1844, Aug.26 J. Lewis Dimand 1856, Dec. 9 1860, Mar. 15 60 110 170 17 1 19 20 0 1'0 1 0 0 175 Canton, Ev. Cong. ch. 1828, July 3 Ezra Haskell 1860, Aug. 22 1860, Aug. 22 12 25 37 4 2 3 5 1 o o 1 0 1 80 Dedham, 1st ch. 1638, Nov. 8 Jonathan Edwards 1863, Jan. 1 S., South ch. 1736, June 23 Moses M. Colburn 1851, June 12 1852, Oct. 28 30 65 95 11 7 0 7 1 2 0 3 5 4 167 Needham, Grantville 1848, Feb. 24 Edward S. Atwood 1856, Oct. 23 1856, Oct. 23 " Ev. Con. c. 1857, May 6 William B. Greene 185., Nov. 15 1859, St. sup. 16 30 46 6 2 6 8 2 2 0 4 1 0 75 Newton, West, 2d ch. 1781, Oct. 21 Henry J. Patrick 1854, Nov. 16 1860, Sep. 26 58 89 147 22 1 12 13 1 3 0 4 1 2 225 " Eliot ch. 1845, July 1 Joshua W. Wellman 1851, June 18 1856, June 11 79. 169 248 46 9 15 24 2 8 0 10 2 2 322 "Auburndale, C.c. 1850, Nov. 14 None 32 44 76 29 0 4 4 0 4 0 4 0 0 140 Roxbury, Eliot ch. 1834, Sep. 18 A. C. Thompson, D. D. 1842, July 27 1842, July 27 130 248 378 119 8 10 18 9 15 0 24 4 12 691 V" ine-st. ch. 1857, Apr. 9 John 0. Means 1851, Dec. 3 1857, June 3 48 108 156 5 19 18 37 2 10 0 12 6 9 391 Sharon 1741, Jan. 25 Perley B. Davis 1862, Jan. 29 1862, Jan. 29 34 82 116 1 4 4 13 1 4 0 5 5 1 156 Waltham, Tr. Cong. c. 1820, Sep. 28 Richard B. Thurston 1846, Nov. 11 1859, Jan. 13 29 111 140 53 7 4 11 4 2 0 6 2 4 162 Watertown, Phillips c. 1855, Apr. 17 None 31 67 98 24 4 9 13 1 3 0 4 4 6 90 WV. Cambridge, Ev. c. 1842, Dec. 14 Daniel R. Cady 1845, Oct. 27 1856, Feb. 14 36 84 120 16 6 4 10 0 1 1 2 1 4 235 W. Roxbury, S. Ev. c. 1835 June 1 Thomas Laurie 1842, Mar. 6 1851 Mar. 7 28 65 93 8 2 7 9 0 6 0 6 0 1 95 Jamaica Plain,- Mather ch. 1853, Feb. 15 Noe........................ 46 68 114 31 3 2 5 2 3 0 5 1 1 119 TOTAL: 26 chhs., 21 Pastors, 1 St. sup., 4 vacancies, 1581 3359 4940 693 169 248 417 56 154 2 212 45 92 6249 OTHER MEMBERS.-Resident: John W. Alvord, (of Newton,) Sec. Am. Tract Soc., Boston, ord. 1836, Sept. 16; Edward W. Clark, Chaplain Reg. Mass. V. M., ord. 1850, Jan. 1; Steven R. Haven, Watertown, ord. 1855, July 11; Thomas N. Haskell, Pastor Meridian-st. Pres. Ch., E. Boston, ord. 1855, Feb. 7; Henry B. Hooker, D. D., Sec. Mass. Home Miss. Soc., Boston. ord. 1825, Sep.; Richard Hubbard, Longwood, ord. 1862; Austin Phelps, D. D, Bartlett Prof Sac. Rhet., Theol. Sem., Andover, ord. 1842, March 30; Charles S. Porter, S. Boston, ord. 1832, Aug. 1; Alonzo H. Quint, Chaplain 2d Reg. Mass. V. M., ord. 1855, Dec. 27; L P. Rockwood, Sec. Am. Tract Soc., New England Branch, Boston, ord. Calvin E. Stowe, D. D., Associate Prof. Sac. Lit., Theol. Sem., Andover, ord. 1833, April; Selah B. Treat, Sec. A. B. C. F. M., Boston, ord. 1836, March 24; Israel P, Warren, Sec. Am. Tract Soc., Boston, ord. 1842, April 20.-13. Non-Resident: Thomas 0. Rice, Pastor, Circular ch., Charleston, S. C., ord. 1845, Jan. 1.-1. Elsewhere enumerated: Solomon P. Fay, Pastor, 1st ch., Fall Rtver.-1. *-Not a member of this Association. Association meets-First Tuesday in January, March, May, July, September, November. HENRY J. PATRICK, West Newton, Scribe; EDMUND K. ALDEN, South Boston, Statistical Scribe. 22. TAUNTON ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1863, Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1863, Jan. 1. Admitted. -1862- Removed. Baptized. Sab. Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fem. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exc. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sch. Attleboro', st c. W'st 1710,N...............29 7 16 12, 2d ch. East 1748, Arov. 30 William W. Belden 1848, 1857,.. 59 159 218 30 su5. Berkley, 1st ch. 1737 NoV. 2 Franklin Davis 1847, Oct. 6 1860, St. sp. 59 06 165 23 0 5 5 2 150 4 Trin. cong. 1848, Jzne 20 -James A. Roberts 1824, Oct. 20 1856, St. sup. 15 30 4.5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 56 Dighton 1710, Ebenezer Dawes Not ord. 1862, Spp 11 26 37 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 45 Fall River, 1st ch. 1816, Jan. 9 Solomon P. Fay 1849 Sep. 6 1861, May 2 38 121 159 55 9 17200 " Central ch. 1842, Nov. 16 Eli Thurston 1838, Jan. 3 1849, Mar. 21 85146 231 5 2 5 7 2 2 3 7 270 Freetown 1807, Apr. 24 Abel G. Duncan 189, May 13 1856 Stp. 7 17 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 30 Norton 1832, Apr. 3 RSamuel Beane 1841, June 1860, Sep. 26 41 89 130 27 9 2 11 3 0 0 3 5 3 90 Raynham 1731, Oct. 19 John Haskell 1850, Dec. 25 1859, Jan. 5 62 125 187 20 0 1 1 4 3 0 7 0 0 150 Rehobotll 1721, Nov. 29 -Samuel Y. Lum 1851, 1862, St. stp 42 74 116 26 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 160 Somerset 1861, July 3!Nath'l Richardson 1838, Aug. 8 1861, St. sup. 7 17 24 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 75 Taunton, 1st ch. West 1637, y Thomas T. Richmond 1832, July 17 1860, May 16 34 73107 20 0 0 0 1 5 0 6 0 0 Trin. Cong. c. 1821, Aug:. 17 Erastus Maltbv 1824, Sep. 29 1826, Jan. 18 108 297 405 33 0 11 11 4 4 064 " Winslow ch. 1837, Yan. 12 Mortimer Blalke 1839, Dec. 4 1855, Dec. 4 6S 124 192 29 1 3 4 3 2 1 6 0 1 298 "Ev. Cong. c. East 1853, Jtine 16 None......................... 4 19 23 9 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 104 Westport, Pacific U. c. 1858, Myg 31 vIsaac Dunham 1835, Mar. 29 1858, St. sup7. 6 23 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 120 TOTAL: 17chhs., 7 Pastors, 7 St. sups. 2 vacancies, 675 1533 2208 345 21 30 51 29 25 5 59 11 14 2442 OTHER MEMBERS.-Resident: John Sandford, Taunton, ord. 1816, April 24; Charles D. Lothrop, Norton, ord. 1854, Dec. 14.-2. Nosz-Resident: Alexander C. Childs, Nantucket, ord. 1853, May 18; Franklin Holmes, New York City, ord. 1852, Sept. 15; Augustine Root, Chaplain, Beaufort, S. C., ord. 1858, May 20.-3. Elsewhere etnumerated: John E. Corey, St. sup., North Wrentham; James R. Cushing, St. sup. at North Rochester; Samuel Woodbury, St. sup., Chiltonville, Plymouth.-3. ~ Not members of this Association.. t Report last year. Association meets-Last Tuesday and Wednesday succeeding, of March, July and November. MORTIMER BLAKE, Taunton, Scribe, and Statistical Scribe. Note. By change of State boundary line, the churches in Pawtucket and Seekonk are no longer within this State, but in Rhode Island. 23. VINEYARD SOUND ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1863, Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1862, Jan. 1. Admitted. -1861- Removed. Baptized. Sab Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fer. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exc. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sch. Barnstable, West 1616, Henry A. Goodhue 1863, May 20 1863, St. sp. 25 39 64 5 0 0 0 I 1 0 2 0 0 73 Cotuit (No report) "' Centreville 1840, Mar. 23 William H. Bessom 1860, Feb. 23 [860, Feb. 23 28 71 99 13 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 100 Chilmark 1690-1700 None....................... 2 11 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 Falmouth, 1st ch. 1708, James -P.; Kimball 857, May 12 1860, June 20 51 151 202 26 10 2 1 27 2 10 8 4 175 East, 1821, Jne 20 None 18 29 47 0 6 0 6 2 2 1 5 0 3 72 " North,' 1833, Aug. 1 Levi Wheaton 1[50, Jan. 23 18-58 St. sup. 47 58 105 16 6 0 6 5 0 0 5 3 0.50 "Waquoit, 2d c. S19, Jan. 3 Elijah Dernond 1821 Mar. 7 1858, St. sup. 13 40 53 2 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 85 Sandwich 1849, L. H. Angier 1840, 1863, St. sup. 43 88 131 0 0 0 0. 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 " Monument (No report) - Tisbury, I st ch. (No date) William H. Sturtevant 1853, Nov. 15 1861, July 1 27 42 69 0 35 0 35 0 0 0 0 27 0 75 " Holmes Hole (No report) Yarmouth 1639, James B. Clark 1861, Oct. 10 1861, Oct. 10 30 81 111 12 8 5 13 4 1 O 5 3 9 176 TOTAL: 13 chhs., 5 Pastors, 4 St. sups.. 4 vacancies, 284 610 894 74 65 9 74 19 6 2 27 41 16 876 OTHER MEM1BERS.-Resident: Hiram Carlton, Fairmount, ord. 1838, Jan. 4; George Ford, Lancaster, ord. 1846, Oct. 6.-2. Association meets-Second Tuesday in April, Auguat, November. WILLIAM H. BESSoM, Centreville, Scribe, and Statistical Scribe. 24. WOBURN ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1863, Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1862, Jan. 1. Admitted. -1861- Removed. Baptized. Sab. Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fern Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exc. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sch. Bedford, Ch. of Christ 1730, JTly 15 Wm. J. Ball, St. sup. 1859, Sep. 29............ 37122 159 44 0 1 1 3 0 4 2140 Billerica, Or. Cong. c. 1829, Apr. 30 J. G. D. Stearns 1843, May 10 1843, May 10 26 65 91 20 0 0 0 4 2 0 6 0 4 60 Burlington, Ch. 1735, Oct. 29 St. supply......................... 14 30 44 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 60 Malden, 1st Tr. C. ch. 1649, Charles E. Reed 1858, Apr. 7 1858, Apr. 7 61 115 176 30 2 11 13 2 1 2 5 2 3 250 Medford, Mystic ch. 1847, Jely 6 Edward P. Hooker 1861, Nov. 13 1861, Nov. 13 30 117 147 13 16 11 27 1 5 2 8 6 5 210 Melrose, Or. Cong. c. 1848, July 11 Henry A. Stevens 1861, Sep. 12 1861, Sep. 12 42 76 118 29 8 2230 1 7 8 4 1150 North Reading,Ev. Cong. ch. 1720, June 29 T. Newton Jones 1848, May 24 1853, Oct. 19 15 45 60 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 100 Reading, Bethesda ch. 1849, Apr. 17 William H. Willcox 1851, Mar. 5 1857, July 2 56 101 157 17 3 0 3 5 0 0 5 3 1 258 South Reading 1645, Nov. 5 Charles R. Bliss 1859, Apr. 28 1862, May 22 55 99 154 18 2 16 18 1 3 0 4 1 2 141 Stoneham, Cong. ch. 1729, Jily 2 NVone.......... 30 75105 25 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0131 Wilminigton, Or. C. c. 1733, Oct. 24 Samuel H. Tolman 1856, Aug. 14 1856, Aug. 14 26 65 91 12 3 1 4 1 3 0:4 2 10 134 Winchester 1840, Nov. 19 Reuben T. Robinson 1852, Oct. 27 1852, Oct. 27 124 200 324 24 1 2 3 3 1 0 4 1 4 270 Woburn, ist ch. 1642, A7ug. 14 Joseph C. Bodwell 1839, Apr. 3 1862, Nov. 11 187 334 521 95 9 3 12 5 6 2 13 6 2 449 " North 1849, Nov. 22 Non.e........... 15 41 56 4 0 0. 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 100 TOTAL: 14 chhs., 10 Pastors. 718 1485 2203 339 45 67 112 30 33 6 69 26 41 2453 OTHER MEMBERS.-Resident: Dana Cloyes, South Reading, ord. 1821, July 4; Samuel Sewall, Burlington, ord. 1814, April 13; John Lawrence, Stoneham. ord. 1853, May 5; Joseph E. Swallow, Woburn, ord. 1848, July 18; Abel Patten, Billerica, ord. 1832, Feb. 7; Joshua Buffum, Billerica, Licentiate.-6, Non.-Resilent: William C. Whitcomb, Hospital Chaplain, Newbern, N. C., ord. 1850, May 1. Association meets-Third Tuesday in January, Mareh, May, July, September and November. CHARLES R. BLISS, South Rcading, Scribe and Statistical Scribe. 25. WORCESTER CENTRAL ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1863, Aug. 1. Ministers. Ch. Mem. 1863, Jan. 1. Admitted.-1862.-Removed. Baptized. Sab Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fern. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exc. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sch. Auburn, Cong. ch. 1776, Jan. 25 Charles Kendall 1844, Jan. 24 1860, St. sup. 52 98 150 35 8 2 10 2 1 0 3 3 0 160 Berlin, 1st ch. 1779, Apr. 7 Wm. A. Houghton 1843, July 5 1853, Oct. 26 46 72 118 14 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 175 Boylston, Cong. ch. 1743, Oct. 6 A. Hastings Ross 1861, Oct. 17 1861, Oct. 17 48 9313324 4 7 11 3 0 0 3 0 3174 Clinton, 1st Ev. ch. 1844, Nov.14 None 74178252 7 6 6 3 5 8 250 Holden 1742, Dec. 28 Wm. P. Paine, D. D. 1833, Oct. 24 1833, Oct. 24 101 231 333 50 2 2 4 2 1 0 3 0 1 250 Leicester,- Probably John Nelson, D. D. 1812, Mar. 4 1812, Mar.4 87 14823530 0 1 1 8 0 9 0 0 250 1st, Cong. ch. 1721, Mar. 30 Amos H. Coolidge 1857, Apr. 21 1857, Apr. 21 Northboro', Ev. C. ch. 1832, Apr. 12 Samuel S. Ashley 1849 Aug. 1 1852, June 16 24 60 84 17 3 2 3. 1 5 0 6 0 0 172 Oxford 1721, Jan. 18 Noe 7616624244 2 3 6 3 2 11 175 Paxton 1767, Sep. William Phipps 1840, Nov. 11 1840, Nov. 11 35 77112 10 0 3 2 510 Princeton, Trin. C. ch. 1764, Ag. 13 William T. Briggs 1846, Nov. 41856, Feb. 13 5711016719 0 1 1 4 2 0 6 0 2 170 Rutiand, Cong. c. 1727, ov. Clarendon Waite 1858,Feb.25 1858, Feb.25 142208562 4 2 6 2 55 Shrewsbury, Cong. c. 1723, Dec. 4 Wm. A. McGinley 1859, June 2 1859, June 2 80 139 219 42 0 4 4 5 3 8 0243 Sh 8 0'ry, 243 Sterling, Ev. Cong.c. 1862, Jene22 John C. Labaree 1863, Feb. 4 1861, St.sp. 24 49 73 11 0 6 6 3 0 0 3 0 80 Webster 1838, Jan. 13 Silvanus C. Kendall 1854, Mar. 29 1860, Nov. 8 W'st Boylston, 1st c. c. 1796, Sep. 15 James H. Fitts 1859, Nov. 2 1862, Sep. 3 59 132 191 28 2 4 6 3 7 10 1 0153 P's2 O. 15, Worcester, 1st ch. 1716, Edward A. Walker 1863, July. 2 1863, July 2 172 380 552 78 1 4 5 4 13 17 1 7469 " Calvinist ch. 1820, Seth Sweetser, D. D. 1836, Nov. 23 1838, Dec. 19 104 243 347 50 2 9 11 2 3 0 5 2 2 350 Un-ion ch. 1836, Feb. 3 Ebenezer Cutler 1850, Mar. 6 1855, Sep. 6 200 357 557 59 6 24 30 6 14 0 20 1 5 626 " Salem-st. ch. 1848, J.tsne 14 IMerrill Richardson 1841, 1858, Jan:27 77 145 222 63 2 2 9 4 11 0 15 0 0 565 TOTAL: 19 chhs., 15 Pastors, 2 St. sups., 2 vacancies, 1382 2813 4195 701 29 b3 112 64 73 2 139 8 24 4707 OTHER MEMBERS.-Resident: Joseph W. Cross, West Boylston, ord. 1834, Oct. 1; Preston Cummings, Leicester, ord. 1825, Aug. 23; George Denham, Chelsea, ord. 1843, Nov. 2; David Greene, Westboro', ord. 1833, Aug.; Rodney A. Miller, Worcester, ord. 1827, June 7; Miner G. Pratt, Agent Amrn. Col. Soc.. Andover, ord. 1828, Oct. 22; William H. Sanford, Worcester, ord. 1832, Oct. 17; Isaac R. Worcester, Auburndale, ord. 1837, Sept. 27; Sanmuel Souther. Chaplain Insane Hospital and Mission Chapel, ord. 1847, Sep. 24; Horatio Bardwell, D. D, Oxford, ord. 1815, June 1.-10. Non-Resident: L. Ives Hoadley, Norlh Craftsbury, Vt., ord. 1823, Oct. 15; Horace James, ord. 1843, Nov. 1, Chaplain 25th Regt. Mass. Vols.; Charles F. Morse, Missionary A. B.C. F. M., Bulgaria, Adrianople, ord. 1856, Aug. 13; Nathan W. Williams, Providence, R. I., ord. 1849, Feb. 28; WarrenWV. Winchester, Chaplain Finley Hospital, U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.-5. Association meets-First Tuesday in January, March, May, July, September, November. SAMUEL S. ASHLEY, Moderator. CLARENDON WAITE, Scribe, and Statistical Scribe. 26. WORCESTER NORTH ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1863, Aug. 1. Ministers. Ch. Mem. 1863, Jan. 1. Admitted.-1862.-Removed. Baptized. Sab. Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fem. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exc. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sch. Ashburnham, 1st ch. 11760 Apr 28 G E. Fil.her 1850, Fe6.27 18163, May 21 63 98 61 41 0 160 North 2dch 1860. June291 George H. Blake S.S. Not ord. 7 7 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 Athol 1750, Aug. 23 John F. Norton 1844, Oct. 23 18-52, Mar. 17 71 145 216 20 0 5 5 7 8 0 15 0 0 225 Gardner. 1st ch. 17b6, Beb. 1lJohn C. Paine 183S.June 6 1848, Jan. 12 35 82 117 10 0 0 0 2 5 0 7 0 0 200 Evan. ch. 1830, A 11 Sa ue l J Austin 157, Fe. 25 189, Dec. 8 58 105 163 21 0 1 1 7 8 6 21 0 0 266 Hlubbardston 1770, Feb 14 Chas. F. Boynton 1861. Aug. 1 1862, S. S. 46 3 139 48 3 2 5 3 3 0 6 2 5 130 New Salem 1845, Atg 15 David Eastman 1840, Feb. 12 18t3, St. sup. 8 25 33 8 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 Petersham IS23. Jtnre25 Lucien K. Adams 1862, Oct 28 1',62. Oct 28 29 75 104 20 0 1 1 1 1 1 3 0 0 126 PhillipSIuO 17-.5, Nov 26 Lyman White 149, Oct. 23 1863, June 10 42 104 146 24. 6 0 0 4 1 0 5 0 2 130 Royalston, 1st ch. 17-6, Oct. 13 Ebenezer W. Bullard 1838, Aug. 8 1852 8ep. 2 32 103 135 15 3 2 5 8 1 0 4 1 0 175;" 2d ch. 1837, Feb2. 22 37 66 13 27 0 1 1 3 5 0 8 0 0 80 Templeton 1812, Apr. 11 Lewis Sabin, D.D. 1836. June 1S37, Sep 21 46 98' 144 20 4 0 4 2 0 0 2 1 1 160 Westminlster 18144, Oct. 2) Milan H. Hitchcock 1857, Sep. 25,1862, Dec. IS 64 148 1212 51 3 5 8 2 8 0 2 0 148 Winchendon, ist ch. 17t2, Dec. 15 Benjamin F. Clorke 124, Feb. 4; 1855. Oct. 4 24 52 76 21 1 1 2 5 2 0 7 1 0 78," North 1843, Dec. 7 Abijah P. Marvin 1814, Jan 10 1844, Jan. 10 41 117 158 17 3 3 6 1 i 0 2 2 0 185 TOTA.: )15 chlhs., 10 Pastors, 4 St. sups., 1 vacancy, * 603 1318 1921 343 17 23 40 47 48 7, 102 9 8 2125 OrF1ER MEMABERaS.-Refiudent: Cyrus W. Allen, Hubbardston, ord. 1833, Oct 6; Samuel W. Barnum, Phillipston, ord. 1853, Jan. 25; Samuel W. H. Peckham. Westminster. ord. 1825. Sep. 14.-4. NVoi-Resident: Brown Emerson, New Jersey, ord. 1837, Aug. 3; Edwin Seabury, ord. 1840, Juine 1.-2. Association meets-Second Tuesday in January; fourth Tuesday in April; second Tuesday in July; first Tuesday in October. JOHN F. NORTON, Athol, Scribe, and Statistical Scribe. 27. WORCESTER SOUTH ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1863, Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1862, Jan. 1. Admitted.-1861-Removed. Baptized. Sab. Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fern Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exc. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sch. Blackstone, Cong. ch. 1841, Apr. 15 John E. Edwards 1840, Apr. 6 1862, June 3 16 25 41 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 110 Douglas, 1st ch. 1747, Nov. 11 -John D. Smith 1839, Nov. 20 St. sup. 7 35 42 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50 " East 1834, June 12 Joshua L. Maynard 1841, Jan. 14 1852, July 7 71 147 218 25 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 2 200 Grafton 1731, Dec. 28 Thomas C. Biscoe 1838, July 18 1838, July 18 94 160 254 67 4 2 6 3 12 1 16 4 1 240 Millbury, 1st ch. 1743, Oct. 28 Edmund Y. Garrette 1854, Apr. 12 1857, Sep. 30 53 116 169 38 0 2 2 1 11 1 13 0 3 2d ch. 1827, Aug. 23, Charles H. Pierce 1850, Oct. 9 1862, Oct. 22 71 125 196 35 10 13 23 1 2 0 3 4 0 137 Northbridge, 1st ch. 1782, Tune 6 Sylvester Hine 1848, Sep. 28 1862, Aug. 3 26 58 84 12 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 127 " Whitinsville:1834, July 31 Lewis F. Clark 1842, June 1 1842, June 1 73 124 197 24 0 1 1 2 1 0. 3 0 4 220 Sutton, 1st Cong. ch. 1720,Autumn George Lyman 1851, Nov. 12 1851, Nov. 12 43 111 154 30 2 4 6 4 0 1 5 1 10 168 Saundersville 1860, Apr. 18 Simeon Waters, Lb47, June 12 St. sup 7 15 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 Upton 1735, Jan. 18 Andrew J. Willard 1857, Apr. 30 1857, Apr. 30 75 178 253 37 19 0 19 7 3 0 10 13 0 378 Uxbridge, 1st Ev.GC. c. 1731, Jan. 6 None. 29 108 137 28 9 4 13 2 3 0 5 6 2 237 Westboro', Ev. Co. ch- 1784, Oct. 28 Luther H. Sheldon 1844, Aug. 1 185, Mar. 02 109 239 348 50 7 5 12 3 9 0 12 2 0 326 TOTAL: 13 chhs, 10 Pastors. 2 St. sups, 1 vacancy, 674 1441 2115 361 52 33 86 25 44 3 73 30 24 2233 OTHER MEMBERS.-Resident: Rodney G. Dennis; David Holman, of Douglas, ord. 1808, Oct. 19; Sidney Holman, of Holyoke, ord. 1833, Jan. 16; Elijah Demond, Westborough, ord. 1821, May 7.-4. * Not member of this Association. Association meets-Second Tuesday in January, April, July, October. E. Y. GARRETTE, Millbury, Scribe, and Statistical Scribe. SUMMARY. (See Explanations, page 23.) Ministers, 1863, Aug. 1. Churches. Chh. Mem. 1863, Jan. 1. Admitted -1861- Removed. Bap 1861. Sab. Associations. A SaA_ Pas. S. s. 0th. Tot. W. p. W. s. s. Vac. Tot. Males. Fem. *Total, Absent. Prof. Let. Total. Death. Dis. Exc. Total. Ad. Inf. Sch. 1. Andover 14 4 11 29 14 5 0 19 1368 2831 4169 1169 112 82 194 43 107 152 56 30 5197 2. Berkshire North 11 4 1126 11 4 1 16 405 638 1552 218 98 32 130 31 25 2 58 9 12 1167 3. Berkshire South 7 8 12 27 7 8 2 17 736 1559 2295 329 55 36 91 43 42 0 8 27 35 1865 4. Brewster 4 2 6 12 4 2 7 13 207 414 621 26 18 4 22 13 6 0 19 14 8 822 5. Brookfield 16 2 1 19 16 2 1 19 899 2048 2947 490 38 49 87 40 64 4 108 24 59 3219 6. Essex North 19 3 6 28 18 3 1 22 988 2189 3177 335 45 19 64 66 44 3 113 14 41 3632 7. Essex South 16 3 7 26 16 3 3 22 917 2524 3441 363 33 23 56 70 31 4 195 17 43 4426 8. Franklin 16 10 7 33 16 10 1 27 989 1929 2918 388 18 57 75 68 61 5 134 10 59 3164 9. Hampden East 13 3 7 23 12 3 2 17 862 1933 2795 496 27 63 85 41 48 7 96 11 50 2671 10. Hampden West 8 9 3 20 8 9 1 18 670 1382 2052 322 30 42 72 37 58 4 99 13 27 1941 11. Hampshire 8 6 4 18 9 6 2 17 1014 1846 2850 292 35 55 90 45 48 0 93 12 48 2813 12. Hampshire East 16 0 12 28 16 0 3 19 1153 2233 3396 496 43 62 106 68 66 6 140 24 52 3102 13. Mendon 9 4 8 21 9 4 1 13 4981313 1811 261 38 18 50 32 25 1 58 21 29 2136 14. Middlesex South 11 3 3 17 11 3 3 17 739 1740 2479 327 28 47 74 30 52 3 85 13 62 3632 15. Middlesex Union 10 3 8 22 10 3 3 16 779 1692 2481 490 53 47 100 57 40 6 103 11 21 2602 16. Norfolk 23 5 15 43 23 5 3 31 1114 2472 3586 349 72 47 119 78 39 1 118 33 52 5108 17. Old Colony 10 3 8 21 10 3 1 14 515 1304 1819 321 24 11 35 28 29 2 55 23 15 2265 18. Plymouth 7 10 6 23 7 10 2 19 482 1144 1626 160 197 24 221 26 14 4 44 120 30 S71 19. Salem 9 4 4 17 9 4 0 13 389 1198 1603 164 1 11 22 26 12 1 39 2 34 2748 20. Suflblk 1orth 17 1 18 36 16 1 5 22 1621 3562 5183 766 150 187 337 75 196 10 281 36 66 7439 21. Suffolk South 21. 1 14 36 21 1 5 26 1581 3359 4940 693 169 248 417 56 154 2 212 45 92 6249 22. Taunton 7 8 5 19 7 8 2 17 675 153 2208 34 21 305 1 29 259 11 14 2442 23. Vineyard Sound 4 2 11 5 4 4 13 284 610 894 74 65 9 74 19 6 2 27 41 16 876 24. Woburn 10 2 7 19 10 2 2 14 718 1485 2203 339 45 67 112 30 33 6 69 26 41 2453 25. Worcester Central 1 2 15 32 15 2 2 19 13S2 2S13 4195 701 29 83 112 64 73 2 139 8 24 4707 26. Worcester North 10 4 6 20 10 4 1 15 603 1318 1921 343 17 23 40 47 48 7 102 9 8 2125 27. Worcester South 10 2 4 16 10 2 1 13 674 1441 2115 363 52 33 86 25 44 3 73 30 24 2233 TOTAL: 323 110 210 642 318 111 59 490 22,262 48,520 t71,377 11,520 1,523 1,404 2,928 1,187 1,390 92 2,756 660 992 82,905 TOTAL, 1862: 323 95 202 620 316 95 72 494 23,218 49,976 74,243 11,890 1,346 1,502 2,841 1,225 1,357 87 2,596 646 1,066 82,909 *5 In some churches totals only are given. t Add 2,102 members for churches not reporting, making 73,479. In the Tables preceding this Summary, the Reports have been given as Reports of church-members cover only the year 1862. But the columns they were supplied from the District Associations, and no figure has been in- headed "ministers' and "churches " contain the latest accessible informaserted without reliable authority. tion. In giving the total of ministers (642) we have not attempted to separate The "Absent" are not additional to males, females, and total, but included in those who are temporarily or even permanently absent from the State. We them. Doubtless an equal number attend with our churches while retaining have given them, in accordance with the returns of membership in the Dis- their membership elsewhere. trict Associations. If the absent were taken out, it would lessen the number by 40 or 50. REMARKS UPON THE STATISTICS. ASSOCIATIONS. The number and names of the District Associations remain the same as in the year 1862. CHANGES AND DISCREPANCES. The result reached this year in the Statistics, shows, that with all our care, the system is not yet perfect. Under the heads " Admitted " and " Removed," it appears that the number received into the churches during the year by profession and by letter was 2,928. The number removed was 2,756. By this record we have a gain of 172. On the other hand, the sum total of church members last year was 74,243. This year it is 71,377-a falling off of 2,866. This discrepancy is in part accounted for by the fact, that this year, there are 14 churches that do not make returns of their numbers. In these 14 churches last year there were 2,162 members. Then we have one church of 60 members reporting this year that did not report last year. Striking the balance and we have 2,102 members to be added to the total of this year, making it 73,479. Still we are behind the total of last year, by the number 764, whereas to be in harmony with the other record, we should have made a slight gain. This year 490 churches are returned against 494 last year. It is not supposed that the number of our churches is any less, but the returns are not so complete. For three years the reported number of Sabbath School scholars has remained almost precisely the same. In 1861 it was 82,159. In 1862 it was 82,909. This year it is 82,905. In 17 of the Associations there has been a loss in the sum total of membership, in 10 there has been a gain. In several of the latter however, owing to revivals, the gain has been very decided, while in those where there has been an actual-loss, the loss has usually been slight. DEATHS. We give the following list of deaths, as it was published in the Boston Recorder, in connection with the meeting of the General Association, June 26. 1. Rev. Nathaniel B. Blanchard, Aug. 7, 1862, aged 35. Pastor at North Bridgewater. 2. James E. Tower, Aug. 18, aged 28. Licentiate, supplying at North Brookfield. 3. Rev. Stillman Pratt, Aug. 30, aged 58. Pastor at S. Adams, and Editor, Middleboro'. 4. Rev. Dan'1 T. Noyes, Oct. 4, aged 38. Pastor at Dorchester, killed at Corinth, Miss. 5. Rev. J. W. Underhill, Oct. 17, aged 33. Pastor at North Amherst. 6. Rev. Asa Hixon, Nov, 16, aged 62. Died at West Medway. Pastor at Oakham. 7. Rev. Jonas Colburn, Nov. 19, aged 72. Died at Chicopee. Pastor at Leveret, &c. 8. Rev. Samuel Backus, Nov. 27, aged 75. Died in Brooklyn, N.Y. Pastor at Palmer. 9. Rev. Samuel Osgood, D. D., Dec. 8, aged 78. Pastor at Springfield. 10. Rev. Lyman Beecher, D.D., Jan. 8, 1863, aged 87. Brooklyn, N. Y. Pastor at Boston. 11. Rev. Elisha Bacon, Jan. 18. Died at Barnstable. 12. Rev. J. Bowers, Feb. 4, aged 57. Died at St. Johnsbury, Vt. Pastor at Wilbraham. 13. Rev. Otis Lombard, Feb. 13, aged'48. Died at Springfield. Pastor at New Marlboro'. 14. Rev. Robert Carver, March 1, aged 53. Pastor at Raynham. 15. Rev. James Means, March 6. Died at Newbern, N. C. Pastor at Concord. 16. Rev. Peter S. Eaton, March 13, aged 64. Pastor at W. Amesbury. Died at Chelsea. PASTORAL LETTER. Adopted, 1863, June 25. Brethren, reverend and beloved: New exigencies of the church and of society require, not the invention of novel methods of protection, but the marshaling of the old-guards, and the manning of the old defences, with a fresh energy, and a sharpened sagacity. Long ago the only safe strategic policy of Zion was announced: " When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him "-a warning banner which shall put him to flight. " So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun." Ever since the church was founded, that hostile flood has been rolling in upon it, with more or less depth and swell. But, whatever this assailing force may be, we have no other means of turning it back than our fathers in the faith have had from the beginning. We must take wisdom and the power of God as revealed in the church through her past ages of trial and triumph; and appropriating these to our special circumstances, renew, through divine help, the victories of the old heroic times against the world, the flesh and the devil. It is safe to say, dear brethren, that there has never been a better occasion, than these passing days afford, for the exercise of the very highest kind of Christian character and consecration. We have talked about the relaxing, unnerving effects of too much prosperity and ease, in years gone by; and, in our prayer-meetings and pulpits, have sometimes expressed almost a wish that God would break up, in some way, this monotonous flow of good fortune, and put us upon conditions of direct encounter with difficulty and hardship, in our religious life, which should bring out our Christian manliness and heroism in more firmly-set positiveness than it has of late put on. We are fast having the opportunity of precisely such a regirding ourselves for duty. It is upon us already. If the existing perils of Christ's kingdom of truth and holiness have not power to bring all our Christian efficiency into full and steady service, no stress of violent opposition would be likely to move it in that direction. Let us note, carefully if briefly, our present exact position as churches of Christ, with reference to this aspect of affairs. Our danger is not so much that we shall fail in loyalty to our country, at this crisis of its destiny, as in loyalty to our Divine Head. Our churches have set a noble example of fidelity to the government which protects our 54 civil rights. History will again set down, in letters of light, the inspiring record which honors and consecrates our revolutionary annals-that, in this severer conflict of right with wrong, the pastor and members of our denomination have been prompt and true in maintaining the cause of justice, mercy, liberty and law. But this is not necessarily to keep up a corresponding loyalty to God. Patriotism and piety are not the same thing. The tendency runs strongly, just now, to confound them, to regard them as identical. Outside the evangelical churches, this is the popular doctrine of the hour, defended at funerals, glorified in platform speeches, hallowed and made beautiful in glowing verse. Inside that circle, this sentiment is also creeping. But it is only another smooth-skinned serpent stealing subtly into Christ's Eden, to do the primal work of deception and ruin over again. It cannot be too earnestly urged upon you, brethren beloved, that loyalty to your country, in the free and self-denying support of its government, does not of course carry with it a proper spirit of love and allegiance to the kingdom of our Lord and of his Son. The patriot-martyr is not, consequently, a Christian hero. To do and to suffer for our national salvation is not necessarily to meet the claims of the divine glory upon our obedience. If irreligious persons make this, for the time being, their religion, as under other excitements they have done with movements in behalf of temperance and other reforms, we must not fall into that snare. The confounding of these things which, however closely related, are not the same thing, will breed corruption and decay at the very centre of our spiritual vitality. Bear with us, then, as we renew the expostulations of former addresses, and exhort you to guard from profaneness and neglect the things that are holy. Prominently, the Lord's day of rest and devotion puts in a plea for protection from all needless secularizing. Its value is precisely the value of whatever is included in the instrumentality of the church to civilize and Christianize the world. It gives the church the fulcrum of its lever for lifting whatever needs to be elevated into the atmosphere of religious light and purity. It is emphatically one of the foundations, which, being removed, what shall the righteous do.? This needs no argument here. But that undermining tide of Sabbath desecration around does need watching, and turning aside, and drying up. God has built a sea-wall along there which we must keep solid, not letting a stone fall out, nor a seam or fissure go a week unstopped. Our Sabbath, under God, has been our salvation. There is no need that this war should destroy it. If it should, it could give us no equivalent good. When peace shall smile again upon us, the full power of an undamaged Sabbathveneration and observance will be requisite to save that peace from proving a fearful curse. We observe another nearly related tendency, concerning which we would guard you, in a disposition to adjourn the expectation of much religious progress until the settlement of our national difficulties. It is much like the feeling of the returned tribes of Israel, busy in reconstructing their civil State; " the time is not come," is npt npw, " to build the house of the Lord." We 55 detect this sentiment in our thinned and straitened prayer-meetings; in a diminished urgency of the claims of personal piety through individual private conversation; in a variously expressed, and as we fear, growingly spreading idea that these troublous times are not well suited to carry higher and broader the walls of Zion. If the prayer of the prophet still is offered, " 0, Lord, revive thy work, in wrath remember mercy; " is there not a want of faith to look for its answer until the wrath be overpast? If this be so, on any wide scale, it indicates its cause in a running down of the standard of personal, holy living. It shows that communion with God, through fervent effectual prayer,. and daily meditating in his testimonies, is less intimate and inspiring than it ought to be. For he is faithful who has promised. But our faith must bring his faithfulness into action; while, at the same time, his Spirit sought in habitual walking with God must stimulate that faith in our hearts. These are the high and pure fountains of saving grace, from which the engrossments of the times are insensibly calling us away. Our closets, brethren, and our domestic altars where the flame of the diurnal sacrificeshould never burn more brightly, and our weekly conferences, and our Sabbath ordinances, and our frequent reflecting on the truth of God, and our exhorting one another daily, and provoking one another to love and good works-must counteract this unspiritual, this materializing tendency around us and within us. It is always strong enough, but now it comes like a spring freshet. Let us meet and arrest it by encouraging ourselves, as surely the promises and providences of God will sanction, to anticipate revivals of religion, and the most distinct and successful advances of all Christian undertakings, now in the very noontide heat and burden of our public troubles. We must not consent that the rights and honors of Jesus our Lord be held in abeyance, while even the most sacred of temporal issues is undergoing a trial and a decision. It will not have escaped you that the missionary spirit, in our churches, is in special danger of dwindling and shrivelling under present influences. We include, in this admonitory suggestion, first, of our benevolent operations abroad. It seems to be appearing not only natural, but well-nigh necessary, to some of our good people that, for awhile, the foreign field of our labors and benefactions should be left within, at least, its present enclosed area, if indeed the cultivation of this can be vigorously kept up. This comes of a growing anxiety, in many hearts, for the spiritual wants of our own land multiplying through the depletion, almost to the point of inanition, of multitudes of our churches, by reason of military demands upon their members. That aspect of our domestic work is painfully affecting and cannot be overlooked. Then again, our sympathies are dra~wn homeward to the claims of the tens of thousands of recent freedmen whom Providence is casting upon us for Christian instruction and salvation, to turn away from whom in their appealing helplessness, and easily accessible situation, will make us worse than infidels. We understand the feeling, upon this subject, which swells like a great ocean-tide through our Northern Christian heart; and we press you, brethren, to give it scope and outflow, in the most energetic way, to use the favorable moment 56 now arrived for their best benefit who have so long waited for this hour of deliverance. -But, at the same time, we beseech you not to grow faint nor weary in fulfiling our Saviour's parting command to preach the Gospel to every creature. It is with alarm that we notice an intimation from another great body of Christians in our country, that " the missionary fervor is not high, and is not probably advancing. Contributions are confined to a portion of the churches, and do not increase; missionary publications are not read even when circulated; and while the foreign demand increases by the advance of the work, the stations are not reinforced, and the missionaries overwork and die." We entreat you, brethren in the Lord, that this sad picture of another section of our American Zion be allowed to become no truer of our churches than it now is. The glory will depart front our puritan Israel, when the apostolic zeal, of thirty years ago, to convert the entire world to Christ becomes only a bright, and then a fading tradition. But there is a second view of this matter which must not be passed by without a word of counsel. You,are in danger of losing even this anxiet for home necessities, and settling down in a torpifying half-persuasion, that all which can now be done is to meet the secular drafts of the land upon your resources. These are many and exhausting. You are nobly meeting themyou will continue so to do. But, do not let the error into your hearts or purses, that these disbursements can settle your account current with that glorious Redeemer, who still sits over against the treasury to see how you cast your gifts into it. The wheels of his chariot of salvation must not stop through lack of that motive power which he has left us to furnish. And the surest way to protect yourselves from this defection, this default of service, is to resolve that at no point in the great circle of our religious charities will you begin any curtailments. Greet these regular returning calls upon you with a cordial welcome, believing that God will still give you the means with which to gratify the promptings of a liberal soul. If we weary you, dear brethren, with these suggestions, it must be our apology that our beloved Zion, and the glory of Christ's dear name, are now exposed to an unusual combination of adverse causes, and threatening perils, through the lack of service on the part of his friends, much more than from any outside aggression. We therefore exhort you to watch and pray that this temptation do not overpower you. For this cause we bow our knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ; of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named: that he would grant you according to the riches of his glory to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend, with all saints, what is the breadth and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. NAMES OF MINISTERS, [The table published in former years with the title "Unassociated" has become so imperfect, and so practically useless, that we have dropt it the present year, still re-.g the names not mentioned elsewhere, in the following list.] In alphabetical order, with the Post- Office address of each, and with the number of the Association in whichl each name occurs in the statistics. Abbe, Frederick R., Abington. 16 Barrows, Homer, Plaistow, N. H. 17 Abbot, Jacob J., Uxbridge. 27 Barrows, William, Reading. 20, 24 Abbot, Joseph, D. D., Beverly. 19 Barton, Frederick A., Indian Orchard. 9 Adams, George M., Conway. 8 Bascom, John, Williamstown. 2 Adams, Lucien K., Petersham. 26 Bates, James, Granby. 12 Adams, Nehemiah, D. D., Boston. 21 Beaman, Charles C., Salem. 7 Aiken, James, Hanover. 18 Beaman, Warren H., North Hadley. 12 Albro, John A., D. D., Cambridge. 20 Beane, Samuel, Norton. 22 Alden, Ebenezer, Jr., Marshfield. 18 Bean, David M., Groton Junction. 15 Alden, Edmund K., South Boston. 21 Beard, Spencer F., Andover. I Allen, Benjamin R., Marblehead. 19 Beckwith, George C., D. D., Boston. 20 Allen, George E., Cambridgeport. 20 Beecher, Charles, Georgetown. 6 Allen, Cyrus W., Hubbardston. 26 Beecher, William H., North Brookfield. 5 Allen, George, Worcester. Belden, William W., Ea t Attleboro'. 22 Allen, Ephraim W., South Berwick, Me. 7. Bell, James M., Ashby. 15 Allen, William, D. D., Northampton. Berrow, William H., Blandford. 10 Alvord, Frederick, Monson. 9 Bessom, William H., Centreville. 23 Alvord, John W., Boston. 21 Bigelow, Andrew, Medfield. 13 Ames, Marcus, Lancaster. 20. 26 Billings, Richard S.. Shelburne. 8 Anderson, Rufus, D. D., Boston. 20 Bingham, Joel S., E. Boston. 10 Angier, Luther H., Sandwich. 23 Bisbee, John H., Worthington. 11 Angier, Marshall B., Sturbridge. 5 Biscoe, Thomas C., Grafton. 27 Anthony, George N., Marlboro'. 14 Bissell, Edwin C., Westhampton. II Ashley, Samuel S., Northboro'. 25 Bixby, Joseph P., Boston. 21 Atwood, Edward S., Grantville. 21 Blagden, George W., D. D., Boston. 20 Austin, Samuel J., Gardner. 26 Blake, George H., N. Ashburnham. 26 Ayres, Rowland, Hadley. 12 Blake, Henry B., Belchertown. 12 Babcock, Daniel H., Shirley. 15 Blake, Mortimer, Taunton. 22 Backus, Joseph W., Lowell. I Blanchard, Amos, D. D., Lowell. I Bacon, James M., Essex. 7 Blanchard, Edmund H., Warwick. 8 Baker, Abijah R., Lynn. 20 Blanchard, William S., Minnesota. 9 Ballard, Addison, Williamstown. 2 Bliss, Charles R., South Reading. 24 Ball, William J., Bedford. 24 Bliss, Zenas, Amherst. Ballard, Josiah, Carlisle. 14 Blodgett, Edward P., Greenwich. 12 Bancroft, David, Prescott. 12 Bodwell, Joseph C., Woburn. 24 Barber, William M., South Danvers. 7 Bowler, George, Westfield. 10 Bardwell, Horatio, D. D., Oxford. 25 Boynton, Chas. F., Hubbardston. 26. Barney, James 0., Seekonk. Brainerd, Timothy G., Halifax. 18 Barnum, Samuel W., Phillipston. 26 Braman, Milton P., D. D., Auburndale. 19 Barrows, Prof. Elijah P., D. D., Andover, I Breed, William J., Brookline. 14 8 58 Bremner, JDavid, Rockport. 7 Coggin, William S., Boxford. 19 Brewer, Josiah, Great Barrington. 3 Cogswell, Nathaniel, Yarmouth. 4 Brewster, Cyrus, Haydenville. II. Colt, Joshua, Brookfield. 5 Bridgman, Lewis, Middlefield.. 11 Colburn, Moses M., South Dedham. 21 Briggs, William T., Princeton. 25 Cole, Samuel, WV. Gloucesler. 7 Brigham, David, Fall River. 18 Collon, Aaron M, East Hampton. 11 Brighain, Levi, Saugus. 19 Colton, Theron G., Monson. 9 Brigham, Willard, Ashfield 8 Cone, Luther H., Chicopee. 9 Brooks, Charles, Newburyport. 6 Coluell, David. W, Hawley. S Broughton, Nathaniel H., E. and W. Bridge- Cook, Russell S., New York. 2 water. 16. Cooke, Parsons, D. D.. Lynn. 19 Brown, Oliver, South Maiden. 16, 20 Coolidge, Amos H., Leicester. 25 Buckingham, Samuel G., Springfield. 9 Copp, Joseph A., D. D., Chelsea. 20 Buffum, Joshua, Billerica. 24 Cordley, Christopher M5., West Brookfield. 1 Bullard, Asa, Boston. 20 Corey, John E., North Wrentham. 13 Ballard, Ebenezer XW., Royalston. 26 Couch, Paul, Plainfield, Ct. 16 Bulkley, Edwin A., Groton. 15 Couwles, John P., Ipswich. 6 Burgess, Ebenezer, D. D., Dedham. Craig, Wheelock, New Bedford. 17 Burgess, Ebenezer, I,anesville. 7 Crawford, William, Danvers. 19 Burnham, Abraham, Haverhill. 6 Crawford, Robert, D. D., Deerfield. 9 Burt, Daniel C., Berkley. 17 Cross, Joseph WV., West Boylston. 25 Bushnell, William, Boston. 20 Cruickshanks, James, Spencer. 5 Butler, Daniel, Groton. 15 Cummings, Preston, Leicester. 25 Byington, Swift, North Woburn. Currier, Albert H., Ashland. 14 Cady, Daniel R., West Cambridge. 21 Cushing, Christopher, North Brookfield. 5 Caldwell, William E., S. Wellfleet. 4 Cushing, James R., Rochester 17, 22 Campbell, Randolph, Newburyport. 6 Cushman, Job, Plymouth. 18 Carleton, Hiram, West Barnstable. 23 Cushinan. John P., Brighton. 21 Carpenter, Eber, Southbridge. 5 Cutler, Ebenezer, Worcester. 25 Carruthers, William, North Cambridge. 23 Dana, J. Jay, Cummington Village. 2, 11 Chandler, Azariah, D. D., Greenfield. 8 Dashiell, Alfred H., Jr., Stockbridge. 3 Chase, Ebenezer, Tisbury. 4 Davis, Emerson, D. D., Westfield. 10 Childs, Alexander C., Chatham. 4, 22 Davis, Franklin, Berkley. 22 Clapp, Andrew J., Shutesbary. 8 Davis, Perley B., Sharon. 21 Clapp, Erastus, Easthampton. 11 Davis, Timothy, Kingston. 18 Clark, Benjamin F., North Chelmsford. 1 Dawes, Ebenezer, Dighton. 22 Clarke, Benjamin F., Winchendon. 26 Dean, Artemas, Greenfield. 8 Clark, Dorus, Waltham. 20 Deering, John K, South Franklin. 13 Clark, Edson L.. Dalton. 2 Demond, Elijah, WVesti)oro'. 27 Clark, Edward, Huntington. 11 Denham, George, Chelsea. 25 Clark, Edward L., N. Bridgewater. 16 Denison, Andrew C., Medford. Clark, Edward W., Westboro'. 21 Dennen, Steven R., Charlestown. 21 Clark, Eli B., Chicopee. 9 Dennis, Rodney G., Southhoro'. 27 Clark, Joseph B., Yarmouth. 23 Dexter, Henry M., Boston. 21 Clark, Jonas B. Swampscott. 19 Dickerman, Lysander, Braintree and WeyClark, Lewis F., Whitinsville. 27 mouth. 16 Clarki, Perkins K., South Deerfield. 8 Dickinson, Erastus, Sudbury. 14 Clark, Sereno D., Sunderland. 8 Dickinsun, Noadiah S., Foxboro'. 13 Clark, Solomon, Plainfield. 11 Diman, J Lewis, Brookline. 21 Clark, Sumner, South Natick. Dimock, Samuel R., Pittsfield. 2 Clark, Theodore J, Ashfield. 8 Dodd, Stephen G., East Randolph. 16 Clark, William B., Great Barrington. 3 Dodge, John, Harvard. 15 Clary, Timothy F., Wareham. 17 Dodge, John H., Wendell. 8 Cleaveland. James B., Goshen, Ct. 3 Doggelt, Thomas, Groveland. 6 Cleaveland, John P., D. D., Lowell. 1 Dole, George T., Lanesboro'. 2 Cloyes, Dana, South Reading. 25 Douglass, Ebenezer, Bridgewater. 18 Cobb, Asahel, New Bedford. 17 Dow, Ezekiel, Linebrook. 6, 28 Cobb, Leander, Marion. 17 Dowursp, Edmund, Slerborn. 14 Cobb, L. Henry, North Andover. 1 Duncan, Abel G., Freetown. 22 opbb, Nathaniel, Kingston. 17 Dtunham, Isaac, Westport..' 59 Durfee, Calvin, Williamstown. 2 Greeley, Edward H., Methlen. I D wight, Edward S., Saco, Me. 12 Greene, David) Westhboro'. 25 Dwight, John, North Wrentham. 13 Greene, Henry S., Ballard Vale. I Dyer, E. Porter, Hingham. 16 Greene, John I., Halfield. 12 Dyer, Spender O0., Torringford, Ct. 3 Greene, William B., Needham. 16 Eastmain, David, Amnherst. 12 Greenwood, Alfred, Naick. Eastman, Lucius R., Sen., Amherst. 16 Griffin, Nathaniel H, Williamstown. 2 Eastinan,,Lacius R.,Jr., Sotlh Braintree. 16 Gurney, John H.. New Braintree. 5 Eddy, Zachary, o. oD, Northampton. 11 Hall, Gordonl, Northampton. I1 Edgell. John Q. A., Andover. 6 Halt, Ogden, Holland. 5 Edwards, John E., Blackstone. 27 Hall, Thomas A., Otis. 3 Edwards, Henry L., South Abington. 16 Hammond,. Charles, Monson. 15 Egglestoit, Nathaniel H., Stockblridge. 3 Hanks, Sleadman WV., Lowell. 1 Eldridge, Azariah, Detroit, Mich. 17 HIarditg, John W., Longmeadow. 9 Ellsworth, A. A., ~West Dracut. 1 Harding, Sewall, Auburndale. 13 Ely, Alfred, D. u., Monson. 9 Harding, XWillard AI., Taunton. Emerson, Alfred, Fitchburg. 15 Harlow,AVilliam, Wrentham. Emerson, Brown, Neew4 Jersey. 26 Harringtotn, Eli WV., North Beverly. 17,19 Emerson, Brown, Du. D., Salem. 7 Harrison, Samuel, Pittsfield. 2 Emery, Joshua, North Weymoutth. 16 Harlwell, John, Leverett. 12 Farwell, Asa, Haverhill. 6 Haskell, Ezra, Cantlon. 21 Fay, Solomon P., Fall River. 21, 22 Haskell, John, Raynhim. 22 Felt, Joseph B., LL. D., Boston. Haskell, Henry C., Turkey. 8 Field, David D., D. D., Stockbridge. 3 Haskell, Thomas N., East Boston. 21 Field, George W., Boston. 20 Hatch, Roger C., Warwick. 8 Fi~sher, Caleb E., Lawrence. I Haven, John, Chariton. 5 Fisher, G. E., Ashburnham. 26 Hazen, Timothy A., Egremont. 3 Fisk, Frederick A., Newton. Hawks, Roswell, South Hadley. 12 Fiske, Datniel T., Newburyport. 6 Hayes, Stephen 11., South Weymouth. 16 Fitts, James H., West Boylston. 25 Headley, Phineas C., Boston. Fitz, Daniel, Ipswich. 7 Herbert, Charles D., West Newbury. 6 Fletcher, Adin H., Assobet. 14 Herrington, M., W. Springfield. 10 Fletcher, James, North Danvers. 7 Hinsdale, Charles J., Blandford. 10 Folsom, George DeT., Fairhaven. 9 Hitchcock, Calvin, D. D., Wrentham. 13 Ford, George, Tolland. 10. 23 Hitchcock, Prof. Edward, D. D., LL. D., Am Foster, Aaron, East Charlemont. 8 herst. 12 Foster, Davis, West Newbury. 6 Hitchcock, Milan H., Westminster. 26 Foster, Eden B., D. D., West Springfield. 10 Hill, George E, Sheffield. 3 Foster, Roswell, Chicopee. 9 Hine, Sylvester, Northbridge. 27 Foster, William C., North Becket. 2 Hoadley, L. lves, North Craftsbury, Vt. 25 Fowler, William C., Amherst. Hodgman, Edwin R., Westford. 15 Freeman, George E., Amesbury. 6 Holman, Sydney, Goshen. It Freeman, Joseph, Hanover. 18 Holmes, FraWklin, New York. 22 French, Edward B., Chatham. 4 Holmes, Sylvester, South Plymouth. 17, IS Frost, Daniel D., Southport 4 Hooker, E. Cornelius, Newburyport. 6 Fuller, Robert W., Stowe. 15 Hooker, Edward P., Medford. 20 Furber, Daniel L., Newton Centre. 20 Hooker, Henry B., D. i)., Boston. 21 Gale, Nahum, D. D., Lee. 3 Hopkins, Prof. Mark, D. u, Williamstown, 2 Gale, Wakefield, Rockliort. 7 Hopley, Samuel, Wellfleet. 4 Gannet, Allen, Lynnfield. 19 Hoppin. James M., New Haven, Conn. 7 Gannett, George, Boston. Htosford, Benjamin F., Haverhill. 6 Gardner, Austin, West Granville. 10 Hosford, Isaac, Worcester. I Garrette, Edmund V., Millbury. 27 Hosmer, Samuel D., Nantucket. 17 Gay, Ebenezer, Bridgewater. Houghton, William A., Berlin. 25 Gidddings, Edward J., W. Stockbridge. 3 Hovey, George L., Deerfield. 8 Goldsmith, Alfred, Groton. Hovey, Horace C., Northampton. 11 Goodhue, Henry A., W. Barnstable. 23 Howard, Martin S., South Dartmouth. 17 Goodsell, Dana, East Haven, Ct. 12 Howland, William W., Ceylon. 8 Gould, George H., Springfield. 9. Hubbard, Richard, Longwood. 21 Gould, William, Pawtucket, R. 1. 17.Hubbell, Heny L., Amherm. 1r4 60 Hunt, Samuel, Franklin. 13 McGiffert, WV. H., North Adams. 2 Hutchinson, John C., Richmond. 2 McGinley, William A., 25 Hyde, Charles M., Brimfield. 5 McLean, John Knox, Framinham. 14 Ide, Jacob, D.D., West Medway. 13 McLoud, Anson,'Topsfield. 19 Ide, Jacob, Jr., Mansfield. 13 Maltby, Erastus, Taunton. 22 Ingersoll, Edw. Payson, Lynn. 19 Mandell, William A., Lunenbrg 15 Jackson, Samuel C., D. D., Andover. 1 Mann, Asa, Granville. 10 Jackson, William C., Dunstable. 15 Manning, Jacob M., Boston. 20 Jaggar, Edward L. Warren. 5 Marden, George N., Boxboro'. 15 James, Horace, Chap. 25th Regat Ms. Vol. 25 Marsh, Dwight W., Rochester, N.Y. 2 Jenkins, Jonathan L., Salem. 1 Marvin, Abijah P., inchendon. 26 Jenks, William, D. D., Boston. 20 Marvin, Elihu P., Medford. 20 Jewett, George B., Salem. 7 Matson, Henry, Cummington. I1 Jewett, John E. B., Pepperell. 15 Maynard. Joshua L., East Douglas. 27 Johnson, Alonzo P., Charlemont. S Mayo, Warren, Danby, N. Y. 9 Johnson, Amos H., Middleton. 7 Mead, Hiram, South Hadley. 12 Johnson, Edwin, Bangor, Me. 20 Means, James H., Dorchester. 16 Johnson, Frank H., Hlamilton. 7 Means, John O., Roxbury. 21 Johnson, Joseph B., Port Norfolk. 16 Merrick, James L., South Amherst. 12 Jones, T. Newton, North Reading. 24 Merrill, James H., Andover. I Jordan, Francis, Springfield. Merrill, Selah, Chester. 10 Keane, Luther, Nort~h Brookfield. 5, 17 Merwin, Samuel J. M., So. Hadley Falls. 12 Kellogg, Elijah, Boston. Miles, James B., Charlestown. 20 Kendall, Charles, Auburn. 25 Miller, Rodney A., Worcester. 25 Kendall, Reuben S., Lenox. 3 Miller, Simeon, Holyoke. 10 Kendall, Sil vanus C., Webster. 25 Mills, Charles L., Wrentham. 13,16 Kimball, Caleb, Medway. 13 Mills, Cyrus T., Ware. Kimball, James P., Falmouth. 23 Mills, Henry, Granby. 12 Kirk, Edward N., D. D., Boston. 21 Mitchell, David M., Roxbury. Kittredge, Abbott E., Charlestown. 20 Moody, Eli, Montague. 8 Itittredge, Charles B., Westboro.' 9 Moore, Erasmus D., Newton. Knight, Richard, South Hadley Falls. 9 Moore, John, Lynn. 19 tabaree, John C., Sterling. 25 Moore, Martin, Boston. 16, 28 ane, James P., East Weymouth. 16 Mordough, John H., Portland, Me. 7 Lane, John W., Whately. 12 Morgridge, Charles, Hyannis. 4 1Langworthy, Isaac P., Chelsea. 20 Morley, Sardis B., Williamstown.. 2 Lasell, Nathaniel, Amesbury. 6 Morong, Thomas, (where?) Laurie, Thomas, West Roxbury. 21 Morse, Charles F., Bulgaria, Adrianople. 25 Lawrence, Amos E., Lancaster. 15 Morss, George H., Dracut. 1. Lawrence, John, Stoneham. 24 Munger, Theodore T., Dorchester. 16 Leete, T. A., Agawam. 9 Munroe, Charles W., East Cambridge. Lee, Samuel H., N. Bridgewater. 16 Munroe, Nathan, Bradford, or Boston. 6 Leonard, Hartford P., Ddgartown. 17 Munsell, Joseph R., Harwich. 4 Leonard, Edwin, Rochester. 17 Murphy, E- D., Monson. Leonard, Stephen C., Andover. I Murray, James 0., Cambridgeport. 7, 20 Leonard, William, Dana. 5, 16 Myrick, Osborne, Provincetown. 4 Lincoln, Allen, Lynn. 19 Nash, John A., New York. 12 Little, Elbridge G., North Middleboro'. 18 Nelson, John, D. D., Leicester. 25 Longley, Moses M., Washington. 2 Nichols, D. B., Scituate., 18 Loomis, Elihu, Littleton. 15 Noble, Edward W., Truro. 4 Loomis, Henry Jr., Andover. Northrop, Birdsey G., Saxonville. 14 Loomis, Wilbur F., Shelburne. 8 Northrup, J- H., Miliville, N. J. 20 Lord, Charles, Buckland. 8 Norton, John F., Athol. 26 Lothrop, Charles D., Norton. 22 Norton, Thomas S., Dover. 13 Luce, Leonard, Westford. 15 Nott, Samuel, Jr., Wareham. 17 Lum, Samuel Y., Rehoboth. 22 Oliphant, David, Andover. I Lyman, George, Sutton. 27 Packard, David T., Somerville. 20 Lyman, Solomon, Easthampton. 11 Paine, Albert, Chelsea. 2 McCollom, James T., Bradford. 6 Paint, John C., Gardner. 26 Al cEwen, Robert, D. D., New London, Ct. 12 Paine, William P., D. D., Holden. 25 61 Painter, Charles C., New Marlboro'. 3 Rice, Thomas O., Charleston, S. C. 21 Palmer, Charles R., Salem. 7 Rich, Alonzo B., Beverly. 7 Park, Calvin E., West Boxford. 6 Richards, George, Litchfield, Ct. 20 Park, Prof. Edwards A., D. D., Andover. 20 Richards, Austin, D. D., Dracut. Parker, Henry XW., New Bedford. 17 Richardson, Henry J., Lincoln. 1 Parker, Horace, Leominster. 15 Richardson, Nathaniel, Plymouth. 18 Parker, William W., East Cambridge. 20 Richardson, Nathaniel, Somerset. 22 Parsons, Henry M., Springfield. 9 Richardson, Merrill, Worcester. 25 Parsons, William L., Mattapoisett. 17 Richmond, Thomas T., Taunton. 22 Patrick, Henry J., West Newton. 21 Roberts, Jacob, East Medway. 13 Patrick, Joseph H., West Newton. Roberts, James A., Berkley. 17, 22 Patten, Abel, Billerica. 28 Robinson, Reuben T., Winchester. 24 Peabody, Albert B., East Longmeadow. 9 Rockwood, L. P., Boston. 21 Pease, Giles, Boston. Rockwood, Samuel L., North Weymouth. 16 Peck, David, Barre. 5 Rogan, Daniel H., Bernardston. 8 Peckham, Joseph, Kingston. 18 Rood, Thomas H., Southwick. 10 Peckham, Samuel H., North Ashburnham. 26 Rose, William W., Chesterfield. 11 Peirce, Charles H., Millbury. 27 Ross, A. Hastings, Boylston 25 Peloubet, Francis N., Oakham. 5 Root, Augustine, Beaufort, S.C. 22,25 Pennell, Lewis, West Stockbridge Centre. 3 Ropes, William L., Cambridge. 13 Perkins, Ariel E. P., Ware. 5, 7 Russell, Ezekiel, D. D., E Randolph. 1 Perkins, Francis B., Montague. 8 Sabin, Lewis, D. D., Templeton. 26 Perkins, George G., Lakeville. 22 Samuel, Robert, West Yarmouth. 4 Perkins, Henry K. W., Medford. Saunders, Marshall D., Ceylon. 2 Perkins, Jonas, Weymouth. 16 Sanford, Baalis, East Bridgewaer. 18 Perry, Albert, (where?) 16 Sanford, David, Medway. 13 Perry, Isaac S., Northfield. "8 Sanford, Enoch, Raynham. 18 Perry, David, Brookfield. 15 Sandford, John, Taunton. 22 Perry, Ralph, Agawam. 10 Sanford, William H., Worcester. 25 Phelps, Prof. Austin,.., Andover. 21 Sawyer, Benjamin, Salisbury. 6 Phelps, Winthrop H., Chaplain 19th Regt. Ct. Scott, Nelson, (where?) 7 Vols. 3 Seabury, Edwin, Royalston. 26 Phillips; Daniel, Orange. 8 Seagrave, James C., Bridgewater. 1S Phillips John C., Boston. I Searle, Richard T., New Marlboro'. 3 Phillips, Lebbeus R., Groton. 16 Seely, L. Clark, Springfield. 9 Phipps, William, Paxton. 25 Seely, Raymond H., Haverhill. 6 Pickett, Aaron, Sandisfield. 3 Sessions, Alexander J., Salem. Pike, John, Rowley. 6 Sewall, John S, Wenham. 19 Plumb, Albert H., Chelsea. 20 Sewall, Jotham B., Lynn. 19 Pomeroy, Jeremiah, Readsboro', Vt. 8 Sewall, Samuel, Burlington. 24 Pomeroy, Rufus, Otis. 3 Seymour, John A., Enfield. 12 Poor, Daniel J., Romeo, Mich. 13 Seymour, Henry, Hawley. 8 Porter, Charles S., South Boston. 21 Sheldon, Luther, D. D., Easton. 16 Potter, Edmund S., Concord. 14, 16 Sheldon, Luther H., Westboro'. 27 Powers, Dennis, Abington. 16 Skeele, John P., Wilbraham. 9 Powers, Henry, Meitineague. 10 Smith, Charles, Andover. I Pratt, Francis G., Middleboro'. 20 Smith, Charles B., Boston. 7. 14 Pratt, Henry, Dudley. 5 Smith, Edward P., Pepperell. 15 Pratt, Miner G., Andover. 25 Smith, Irem W., Southfield, 3 Price, Ebenezer, Boston. Smith, Isaac B., Coleraine. S Putnam, Israel W., D. D., Middleboro'. 13 Smith, John D., Douglas. 27 Quick, A. J., Richmond. 2 Soutbgate, Robert, Ipswich. 7 Quint, Alonzo H., Army of the Potomac. 21 Souther, Samuel, Worcester. 25 Rand, Asa, Ashburiiham. Southworth, Benjamin, Hanson. 18 Rankin, J.SEamnes, Lowell. 1 Spalding, Samuel J., Newburyport. 6 Raymond, Stetson, Bridgewater. 18 Spear, Charles V., Pittsfield. 2 Reed, Andrew H., Mendon. 13 Stearns, Jesse G. D., Billerica. 24 Reed, Charles E., Maiden. 24 Stearns, Piof. William A., D. D., Amherst. 12 Reed, Frederick A., Cohasset. 16 Stebbins, MilanC.,Lancaster. 5 62 Stevens, Henry A., Melrose. 24 Uhler, George, Curtisville. 3 Ste~vens, Moody A., Plympton. 18 Vaill, Joseph, D. D., Palmer. 9 Stone, Andrew L., D. D., Boston. 21 Vinton, John A., South Boston. 28 Stone, Cyrus, Boston. 4 Vose, Prof James G., Amherst. 28 Stone, Harvey M., Middleboro. 17 Waite, Clarendon, Rutland. 25 Stone, RollinS., (where?) Walker, George F., Wellleet. 4 Stone, Timothy D. P., Amesbury Mills. Walker, Horace D., East Abington. 16 Storr, Richard S.,. D., Braintree. 16 Walker, Ed. A., Worcester. 25 Stowe, Calvin E., D. D., Andover. 21 Walker, James B. R., Holyoke. 0 Stowe, Timothy, New Bedford. 17 Walker, Townsend, Huntington. 10 Stowell, Abjah, Gill. 8 Ware, Samuel, Sunderland. Stowell, Alex- D., Southampton. 10 Warner, Prof. Aaron, D. a., Amherst. 12 Street, Owen. Lowell. I Warlier, Lyman, Becket. 3, 8 Strfong, David A., South Deerfield. 8 Warner, Oliver, Northampton. 11 Strong, Einathan E., Soullth Natick. 14 Warren, Israel P., Boston. 21 Sturtevant, William H., Tisbury. 23 Warriner, Francis, Chester. 10 Swallow, Joseph E., Woburn. 24 Washburn, George T., Madura, India. 3 Sweetser, Seth, D. D., Worcester. 25 Waters, Simeon, Saundersville. 27 Swift, Eliphalet,Williamsburg. 11 Webb, Edwin B., Boston. 21 Tappan, Daniel D., East Marshfield. 18 Webber, George N., Lowell. I Tarbox, Inc. N., West Newton, Boston. 14 Webster, John C, Hopkinton. 14 Tarlton, J- W, Plympton. Wellman, Joshua W., Newton. 21 Tatlock, John, Williamstown. 2 Wheaton, Levi, North Falmouth. 7, 23 Tatlock, John, Jr., South Adams. 2 Wheeler, Melancthon G., W. Roxbury, Vt. 17 Taylor, John L., Andover. 1 Whitcomb, William C., Chaplain, Newbern, Teele, Albert K., Milton. 16 N. C. 7, 24 Temple, Josiih RHI, Frammngham. White, Isaac C., Roxbury. 16 Tenney, Daniel, Boston. 20 White, Calvin, Amherst. Tenney, Francis'V., Manchester. 7 White, Jacob, Orleans. 4 Terry, Calvin, N. Weymouth. SO White, Lyman, Heath. 8 Terry, James P., South Weymouth. 16 White, Lyman, Phillipston. 26 Thacher, Isaiah C., Gloucester. 7, 17 Whitehill, John, Wilbraham. 9 Thayer, J. Henry. Salem. 7 Whitney, John, Westford. 20 Thayer, William M., Franklin. 14 Whitmore, Zolva. 10 Thompson, Augustus C., D. D., Roxhury. 21 Wight, Daniel, Jr., Natick. 16 Thompson, George W., Stratham, N. U. I Wilcox, Philo B, Norway, Me. 16 Thompson, Leander, West Amesbury. 6 Willcox, William H., Reading. 24 Thurber, Edward G., Walpole. 13 Wilder, Hymen A., South Africa. 2 Thurston, Eli, Fall River. 22 Willard, Andrew J., Upton. 27 Thurston, John 1t., Newbury. 6 Willard, John, Fairhaven. 17,Thurston, Richard B., Waltham. 21 Williams, Nathan W., Providence, R. 1. 25 Thwing, Edward P., Quincy. 16 Williams, Thomas, Providence, R. I. 13 Todd, John, D D., Pittsfield. 2 Wilson, Thomas, Stoughton. 16 Todd, John E., Boston. 20 Winchester, Warren W., Chaplain, WashTolman, Richard, Tewksbury. I ington. D. C. 25 Tolman. Samuel H., Wilmington. 24 Winslow, Horace, Great Barrington. 3 Tracy, Joseph, D. D., Beverly. 19 Withingion, Leonard, D. a., Newburyport. 6 Trask, George, Fitchburg. 15 Wood, Charles W., Campello. 16 Treat, Selah B., Boston. 21 Woodbridge, John, D. D., Chicago, Ill. 12 Tuck, Jeremy W, Palmer. 9 Woodbridge, Jonathan E., Auburndale. Tucker, Joshua T., Holliston. 14 Woodbury, Samuel, Cbiltonville. 18, 22 Tufts, James, Monson. Woodman, Henry A., Newburyport. 6 Tupper, Martyn, Hardwick. 5 Woodworth, Charles L., Amherst. 12 Turner, Josiah W., Wayland. 14 Woodworth, Henry D., West Needham. 16 Tuttle, William G., Ware. 5 Woodworth, William W., Plymouth.. 9 Twining, Kinsley, Hinsdale. 2 Worcester, Isaac R., Auburndale. 25 Tyler, Charles M., Natick. 14 Worcester, Samuel M., D. a., Salem. 19 Tyler, William, (where?) 12 Wright, Ebenezer B., Monson. 11 Tyler, Prof, William S., D. D., Amherst..12 TOTAL, 669 INDEX OF TOWNS, And of such parts of towns as have distinct names; with the number of the Association in which each occurs in the Statistics. Abington, 16 Braintree, 16 Dartmouth, 17 Acton, 15 Brewster, None. Dedham, 21 Adams, 2 Bridgewater, 18 Deerfield, 8 Agawam, 10 Brighton,'21 Dennis, 4 Alford, 3 Brimfield, 5 Dighton, 22 Amesbury, 6 Brookfield, 5 Dorchester, 16 Amherst, 12, Brookline, 21 Douglas, 27 Andover, 1 Buckland, 8 Dover, 13 Ashburnham, 26 Burlington, 24 Dracut, I Ashby, 15 Dudley, 5 Ashfield, 8 Cambridge, 20 Dunstable, 15 Ashland, 14 Cainton, 21 Duxbury, None. Assabet, in Stowe, 14 Carlisle, 14 Athol, 26 Carver, 18 East Bridgewater, 16, 18 Attleboro', 22 Centreville, in Barnstable, 23 Eastham, 4 Auburn, 25 Charlemont, S Easthampton, 11 Auburndale, in Newton, 21 Charlestown, 20 Easton, 16 Charlton, 5 Edgartown, 17 Ballardvale, in Andover, 1 Chatham, 4 Egremont, 3 Barnslable, 4, 23 Chelmsford, 1 Enfield, 12 Barre, 5 Chelsea, 20 Erving, 8 Becket, 2, 3 Cheshire, None. Essex, 7 Bedford, 24 Chester, 10 Belchertown, 12 Chesterfield, lI Fairhaven, 17 Belleville, in Newburyport, 6 Chicopee, 9 Fall River, 22 Bellingham, None. Chilinark, 23 Falmouth, 23 Belmont, None. Chiltonville, in Plymouth, 18 Feeding Hills, in Agawam, I 1, Berkley, 22 Clarksburg, None. Fitchburg, 15 Berlin, 25 Clinton, 25 Florida, None. Bernardston, 8 Cohasset, 16 Foxboro', 13 Beverly, 7,19 Coleraine, 8 Framingham, 14 Billerica, 24 Concord, 14 Franklin, 13 Blackstone, 27 Conway, 8 Freetown, 22 Blandford, 10 Cotuil, in Barnstable, 23 Bolton, None. Cumminglon, 11 Gardner, 26 Boston, 20, 21 Curtisville, in Stockbridge, 3 Georgetown, 6 Boxboro', 15 Gill, 8 Boxford, 19 Dalton, 2 Gloucester, 7 Boylston, 25 Dana, 5 Goshen, 11 Bradford, 6 Danvers, 7, 19 Grafton, 27 64 Granby, 12 Lincoln, 14 North Wrentham, 13 Grantville in Needhtam, 21 Linebrook, in Ipswich, 6 Northfield, 8 Granville, 10 Littleton, 15 North Reading, Greenfieltd, 8 Longmeadow, 9 Norton, 22 Greenwich, 12 Lowell, 1 Grotoni, 15 Ludlow, 9 Oakham, 5 Groveland, 6 LuineiLburg, 15 Orange, 8 Great Barriingteon, 3 Lynn, 19 Orleans, 4 Lynnfield, 7,19 Otis, 3 Hadley, 1-2 Oxford, 25 Halifax, 18 Malden, 20, 24 Hamilton, 7 Manchester, 7 Palmer, 9 Hancock, None. Mansfield, 13 Paxton, 25 Hanover, 18 Marion, 17 Pelham, 12 Hanson, 18 Marlboro', 14 Pembroke, None. Hardwick, 5 Marblehead, 7, 19 Pepperell, 15 Harvard, 15 Marshfield, 18 Peru, 2 Harwicih, 4 Mattapoisett, 17 Petersham, 26 Hatfield, 1.2 Medfield, 13 Phillipston, 20 Haverhill, 6 Medford, 20 Pittsfield, 2 Hawley, 8 Medway, 13 Plainfield, 11 Haydenville, in Williams- Melrose, 24 Plymouth, 15 burg, 11 Mendon, 13 Plympton, 18 Heath, 8 Methuen, 1 Port Norfolk, in Dorchester, 16 Hinsdale, 2 Mettineague, in West Spring- Prescott, 12 Hingham, 16 field, 10 Princeton, 25 Holden, 25 Middleboro', 17, 18 Provincetown, 4 Holland, 5 Middlefield, 11 Holliston, 14 Middleton, 7 Quincy, 16 Holmes Hole, in Tisbury, 23 Milford, 13 Holyoke, 10 Millbury, 27 Randolph, 16 Hopkinton, 14 Milton, 16 Raynham, 22 Housatonic, in Great Barring- Monroe, None. Reading, 20, 24 ton, 3 Monson, 9 Rehoboth, 22 Hubbardston,' 26 Montague, 8 Richmond, 2 Hull, None. Monterey, 3 Rochester, 17 Huntington, 10, 11 Montgomery 10 Rockport, 7 Hyannis, in Barnstable, 4 Mlonument, in Sandwich, 23 Rowe, None. Mount Washington, 3 Rowley, 6 Indian Orchard, in Spring- Roxbury, 21 field, 9 Nahant, None. Royalston, 26 Ipswich, 6, 7 Nantucket, 17 Russell, None. Natick, 14 Rutland, 25 Jamaica Plain, in West Rox. Needham, 20, 21 bury, 21 Neponset, in Dorchester, 16 Salem, 7 New Ashford, None. Salisbury, 6 Kingston, 18 New Bedford, 17 Sandisfield, 3 New Braintree, 5 Sandwich, 4, 23 Lakeville, 18 Newbury, 6 Saugus, 19 Lancaster, 15 Newburyport, 6 Saundersville, in Grafton, 27 Lanesborol, 2 New Marlboro', 3 Savoy, None. Lanesville, in Gloucester, 7 New Salem, 26 Saxonville, in Framingham, 14 Lawrence, 1 Newton, 20, 21 Scituate, 16 Lee, 3 Northampton, 11 Scotland, in Bridgewater, 18 Leicester, 25 North Andover, 1 Seekonk, 22 Lenox, 3 Northboro', 25 Sharon, 16 Leominster, 15 Northbridge, 27 Sheffield, 3 Leverett, 12 North Bridgewater, 16 Shelburne, 8 Lexington, None. North Brookfield, 5 Sherborn, 14 Leyden, None. North Chelsea, 20 Shirley, 15 65 Shrewsbury, 25 Tisbury, 23 West Cambridge, 21 Shutesbury, 8 Tolland, 10 Westfield, 10 Somerset, 22, 28 Topsfield, 19 Westford, 15 Somerville, 20 Townsend, 15 Westhampton, 11 Southampton, 10 Truro, 4 Westminster, 26 Southborol, 14 Tyngsboroll None. West Newbury, 6 Southbridge, 5 Tyringham, None. Weston, None. South Danvers, 7 Westport,'22 Southfield, in New Marlboro', 3 Upton, 27 West Roxbury, 21 South Hadley, 9, 12 Uxbridge, 27 West Springfield, 10 South Reading, 24 West Stockbridge, 3 South Scituate, None. Wales, None. Weymouth, 16 Southwick, 10 Walpole, 13 Whately, 12 Spencer, 5 Waltham, 21 Whitinsville, in NorthSpringfield, 9 Ware, 5 bridge, 27 Sterling, 25 Wareham, 17 Wilbraham, 9 Stockbridge, 3 Warren, 5 Williamsburg, II Stoneham, 24 Waquoit, in Falmouth, 23 Williamstown, 2 Stoughton, 16 Warwick, 8 Wilmington, 24 Stcwe, 14 Washington, 2 Winchendon, 26 Sturbridge, 5 Watertown, 21 Winchester, 24 Sudbury, 14 Wayland, 14 Windsor, 2 Sunderland, 8 Webster, 25 Winthrop, None.j Sutton, 27 Wellfleet, 4 Woburn, 24 Swampscott, 19 Wendell, 8 Worcester, 25 Swanzey, None. Weiiham, 19 Worthington, II Westboro', 27 Wrentham, 13 Taunton, 22 West Boylston, 25 Templeton, 26 West Bridgewater, 16 West Yarmouth, 4 Tewksbury, 1 West Brookfield, 5 Yarmouth, 2.3 9 IN DEX. Page. APPOINTMENTS for each session, how made,...... 21-22 " " 1864,........... 2,11 Committees appointed at the session of 1863,.... 5, 11 Corresponding Bodies, report of Delegates to,.... 5, 8 i" " salutations from,....... 7, 11 DELEGATES TO CORRESPONDING BODIES, how annually appointed,. 22 " " " for 1863-4, list of,.. 8, 9 Discussion on selected topic,......... 7 GENERAL CONFERENCE OF MASS.,........ 6, 11 Home Missionary Meeting,......... 5 Lord's Supper, celebrated,.... 12 Members present at the session of 1863,........ 3, 4 MINISTERS, deceased in 1862-63,......52 " LIST OF,......... 57-63 MINUTES OF THE SESSION OF 1863,........ 3-12 NARRATIVE OF THE STATE OF RELIGION,...... 13, 14 OFFICERS OF THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION,....... 2 " " " " at the session of 1863,. 5 PASTORAL LETTER,............ 53-56 RULES OF THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION,.... 16-20 Sermons preached,...;.... 5,12 State of the Country, resolutions adopted,..... 9, 10 STATISTICAL TABLES FOR 1863,......... 24-51 I" " explanations of,...... 23 " " remarks upon,..... 52 " " 1864, how to be prepared,..... 67 TOWNS, INDEX OF,............ 63 TREASURER'S REPORT,........... 15 Votes of Thanks,............ 12 Errata,............... 68 COLLECTION OF STATISTICS. 1. The Statistical Secretary of the General Association will supply the District Statistical Secretaries, 1863, Dec. 20, with a sufficient number of blank Schedules for distribution. 2. Each District Statistical Secretary will supply (Dec. 31) each Minister (or Clerk of a Church having no Minister) within his limits, with a blank Schedule: He will also follow up all delinquents, complete the returns, (requiring the strict observance of every point specified below), and send to the Statistical Secretary of the General Association, during the first week in March, 1864, (1st) a table of the returns from all the Churches, properly arranged and summed up, as in the issue of 1863; (2d) a list of all the members of his Association, with residence, occupation, and date of ordination; (3d) the times of meetings of his Association; (4th) the names of its officers. He will also send to the Statistical Secretary of the General Association, during the second week in June, a list of all ecclesiastical changes, complete, to that time. 3.. Each Minister, (or Clerk of a Church having no Minister), is requested to report the Statistics of his Church for the year 1863 to the Statistical Secretary of his Association, during the first week in January, 1864, according to the Schedule below, which is furnished for the purpose. The following points are to be observed with care: In the column for " Place and Name," give first the name of the Town, followed by that of the village or locality in the town, as "North," " South," etc.; then, the full name of the Church as authorized in its own documents. Write all names correctly, legibly and in full, giving to each individual at least one Christian name. If the date of church organization do not appear in italics in this year's issue, let it be authenticated from the original documents, and the anthority stated on the margin of the returns. Write all dates in these reports in the order of the year, month, day. " Ordained " refers to the date when the Minister was set apart by " the laying on of hands ";"installed," the date of his present Pastorate. "Absent " members are those who do not attend with or reside near the church; they are not additional to "males,"" females," " total." "Sabbath School" denotes the entire membership of a school when most numerous during 1863, including both teachers and scholars, and covering branch schools when under the exclusive care of the reporting Church. " Church members " are reported for the last day of 1863, though for convenience of reference dated 1864, Jan. 1. "Admitted," "Removed," and " Baptisms," cover the whole year 1863, and not a day before or after. Leave no blanks whatever; a blank marks a defective return: Let a vacuum be abhorred, and whenever " none " is the proper designation, express it by the figure " 0 ". If each officer concerned will hold himself responsible for his share of the work, our Statistics will be full, accurate, and therefore valuable. Churches. 1864, Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1864, Jan. 1. Admitted. -1863-Removed. Baptised. Sab. Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fem. Tot.' Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exc. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sel INCREASE N. TARBOX, Statistical Secretary. ERRATUM. In Table 21, for Steven R. Haven, read Steven R. Dennen. " " 23, for James B. Clark. read Joseph B. Clark. i " 13, for William L. Ropes, Scribe, read N. S. Dickinson " " 14, add name of William I. Breed, Southboro'. 1864. MINUTES OF THE SIXTY-SECOND ANNUAL MEETING; SPRINGFIELD, JUNE 28-30. PASTORAL LETTER, NARRATIVE OF THE STATE OF RELIGION, AND STATISTICS OF THE CHURCHES. BOSTON: CONGREGATIONAL BOARD OF PUBLICATION. 1 864. NOTICES. Meeting of 1865 -- at Medford, or Cambridge. Preacher of the Home Missionary Sermon - Eden B. Foster, D. D., of West Springfield. Substitute - Jacob M. Manning, of Boston. Associational Preacher -To be appointed by Plymouth Association. Committee to prepare the Pastoral Letter - Joseph C. Bodwell, of Woburn, Charles E. Reed, of Malden, and William H. Willcox, of Reading. Committee to prepare the Schedule of Questions directed by Rule IX, Section 7-Charles R. Palmer, of Salem, James Fletcher, of Danvers, and William M. Barber, of South Danvers. The times and places of meeting of the various Bodies with which this General Association is in correspondence, may be found in the CONGREGATIONAL QUARTERLY, published at Boston, in the January numbers of the respective years. The " Index " is at the close. OFFICERS. SECRETARY AND TREASURER. Rev. ENOCH HALE, Westhampton,......... 1804-1824 Rev. THOMAS SNELL, D. D., North Brookfield,..... 1824-1850 Rev. EMERSON DAVIS, D. D., Westfield,....... 1850-1858 Rev. ALONZO H. QUINT, New Bedford,....... 1858STATISTICAL SECRETARY. Rev. ALONZO H. QUINT, Jamaica Plain,....... 1856-1862 Rev. ISAAC P. LANGWORTHY, Chelsea,....... 1862-1863 Rev. INGREASE N. TARBOX, Boston,........ 1863-1864 Rev. ALONZO H. QUINT, New Bedford,....... 1864Tax to be paid at Session of 1865,-75 cents from each member of District Association. No alterations have been made in RULES, for which see Minutes of 1863. MINUTES. ASSEMBLING. THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS convened in the First Congregational Church, Springfield, at 4 P. Mr., 28th of June, 1864. The delegates were called to order by Alonzo H. Quint, Secretary of the Association. DELEGATES, ETC. The following ministers were enrolled as DELEGATES FRO~M DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS, etc: - Andover- L. Henry Cobb, Steadman W. Hanks..Berkshire North -Moses M. Longley, Edson L. Clark. Berkshire Sotth - Nahum Gale, D. D., Josiah Brewer. Brewster -George F. Walker. Brookfield - Joshua Coit, Francis N. Peloubet. Essex NYorth - None. Essex South - None. Franklin - Sereno D. Clark. tcampcden East - Albert B. Peabody, Jeremy W. Tuck. Ifamnpden "West- Emerson Davis, D. D., Townsend Walker. Hcnampshire -Edward Clarke, Aaron M. Colton. Hcampshire East John M. Greene, Rowland Ayres. Mfendon -Jacob Ide, D. D. Middlesex South~-Elnathan E. Strong. Middlesex Union -Amos E. Lawrence. Norfolk - Stephen H. Hayes, Lucius R. Eastman, Jr. Old Colony Martin S. Howard. Plymouth -Alexander Fuller, Jr. Scalem- -Joseph Tracy, D. D., Levi Brigham. Suffolk North - William Barrows, Dorus Clark. Stffolk South- Edwin B. Webb, Edward S. Atwood. 4 Taunton- Samuel Woodbury. Vineyard Sound - Joseph B. Clark.'Woburn -William J. Batt. Worcester Central - William A. McGinley, Merrill Richardson. Worcester North - Samuel J. Austin, John F. Norton. TWorcester South — Lewis F. Clark. Massachusetts HSome lissionary Society - Abijah P,. Marvin. Ex Offciis - Alonzo H. Quint, Secretary and Treasurer; Increase N. Tarbox, Statistical Secretary; Henry M. Parsons, Pastor of First Church, Springfield. HONORARY MEMBERS. The following ministers were enrolled as Honorary Members:Ariel E. P. Perkins, preacher of Home Missionary Sermon. Delegates to Corresponding Bodies the past year:John Pike, to General Convention of Vermont. Samuel G. Buckingham, Committee to the General Conference of Massachusetts. Delegates from Corresponding -Bodies - Constantine Blodgett, D. D., from the Rhode Island Congregational Conference. Jonathan Clement, D. D., from the General Convention of Vermont. Joseph Haven, D. D., from the General Association of Illinois. Henry Cowles, from the Congregational Conference of Ohio. J. Crane, from the General Association of New York. Chester Fitch, from the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. J. A. Hawley, from the Presbyterian and Congregational Convention of Wisconsin. Reuben Gaylord, from the General Association of Nebraska Territory. ORGANIZATION. Nahum Gale, D. D., of Lee, was chosen Moderator; Lucius R. Eastman, Jr., of South Braintree, Scribe; and Edson L. Clark, of Dalton, Assistant Scribe. Prayer was offered by the Moderator. The Rules of the Association were read and distributed by the Secretary. 5 COMMITTEES. The following Committees were appointed: - Credentials —Lewis F. Clark, Amos E. Lawrence, William Barrows. Arrangemenrts -Henry M. Parsons, Moses M. Longley, Levi Brigham. Nomination of Committees- Stephen H. Hayes, Increase N. Tarbox, Josiah Brewer. Accounts - DorusClark, Moses M. Longley. Narrative of the State of IReligion William A. McGinley, Rowland Ayres. Nomination of -Delegates to Corresjponding Bodies -Emerson Davis, D. D., Aaron M. Colton, Elnathan E. Strong. Ebenezer Alden, M. D., read a communication from the Massachusetts General Conference, which was laid on the table for future consideration. The Association listened to the report of the Treasurer. After receiving and adopting a Report fiom the Committee of Arrangements, the Association adjourned to a quarter before eight. HOME MISSIONARY SERMON. Public services were held at a quarter before eight. The Home Missionary Sermon was preached by Ariel E. P. Perkins of Ware, from Matt. v. 14: "Ye are the light of the world." The devotional exercises were conducted by William Barrows. Adjourned to Wednesday at 9 A. M. SECOND DAY. TVednesday, 29th June. The Association met according to adjournment. After prayer by Jacob Ide, D. D., the roll was called, and the minutes of the previous day were read and approved. UNION WITH GENERAL CONFERENCE. A Report was received from the Committee sent last year to the General Conference of Massachusetts and accepted. On motion of A. P. Marvin, and after discussion by Josiah Brewer, S. W. Hanks, John Pike, A. H. Quint, Joseph Tracy, D. D., Dorus Clark, 6 William Barrows, A. P. Marvin, and Emerson Davis, D. D., the Association voted unanimously to adopt the recommendation at the close of the Committee's report, viz:"Your Committee recommend that the General Association give no further consideration to the subject of a Union with the General Conference. Meanwhile, your Committee further recommend that the General Association spare no pains to secure to itself fresh interest and renewed energy." In accordance with the above recommendation, H. M. Parsons introduced the following resolution, which was adopted, viz: - Resolved, That to secure renewed energy and fresh interest in the legitimate objects for which this General Association exists, the subject be referred to a committee to amend the rules of the Association, so far as necessary to promote these objects, and report at this session. William Barrows, Abijah P. Marvin, and Edwin R. Webb were appointed as such Committee. The following vote was passed on motion of H. M. Parsons, viz: Voted, That the communications from the General Conference be taken from the table, and that the Secretary be directed to acknowledge to the General Conference the receipt of the reply to the proposal of the General Association for a Union, and also communicate a statement of the action of this body upon the report of its Committee. REPORTS OF DELEGATES TO CORRESPONDING BODIES. Reports of attendance upon Corresponding Bodies were presented by the following delegates: John Pike, delegate to General Convention of Vermont. Abijah P. Marvin, delegate to the General Associations of Illinois and Indiana. SALUTATIONS FROM CORRESPONDING BODIES. Salutations were received from Corresponding Bodies through the following delegates, viz: — Constantine Blodgett, D. D., from the Congregational Conference of Rhode Island. Jonathan Clement, D. D., from the General Convention of Vermont. Henry Cowles, from the Congregational Convention of-Ohio. Joseph Haven, D. D., from the General Association of Illinois. Chester Fitch, from the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. 7 J. A. Hawley, from the Presbyterian and Congregational Convention of Wisconsin. Reuben Gaylord, from the General Association of Nebraska Territory. In the temporary absence of the regular delegates, salutations were presented by M. E. Strieby from the General Association of New York. Salutations were received by letter through Edwin Johnson, fiom the General Conference of Maine; Martin Kellogg, from the General Association of California; and Anson Clark, from the Presbyterian and Congregational Convention of Visconsin. A letter was read from Enoch Sanford, reporting his attendance on the Congregational Conference of Rhode Island. Sereno D. Clark, Merrill Richardson, and Abijah P. Marvin were appointed a Committee to report resolutions on the State of the Country. Steadman W. Hanks, George F. Walker, and L. Henry Cobb were appointed a Committee to report resolutions on Temperance. The Committee on Accounts made a report which was adopted, and a tax of 75 cents for the coming year was voted. Adjourned to 2- P. M.'Wecnesday, P. M., 21 o'clock. After prayer by Emerson Davis, D. D., the Association listened to the reports from District Associations. A hymn was then sung. The following question was taken up for discussion:"In what way can the interest and spirituality of public worship be increased in our congregations? " The discussion was carried on by Joseph Tracy, D. D., Henry Cowles, Merrill Richardson, Aaron M. Colton, Josiah Brewer, Steadman W. Hanks, and Alonzo H. Quint. Adjourned to 7- o'clock. Weclnesdcay Evening. Association met at 7- o'clock. Prayer was offered by Rev. Dr. Vermilye of East Windsor, Connecticut. Statements as to the work among the freedmen were made by Martin Moore, of Boston, and J. A. Hawley, of Wisconsin. L. P. Rockwood presented the cause of the American Tract Society, New York. M. E. Strieby addressed the Association in reference to the work of the American Missionary Association. Joseph Tracy, D. D., presented the following resolution, viz: — Resolved, That. the support and endowment of Liberia College is, in the judgment of this General Association, an object worthy of the serious and favorable consideration of the friends of sound learning and Christian civilization. The resolution was adopted. The Association sang a hymn. Steadman W. Hanks spoke of the Seamen's Friend Society's work. E. D. Murphy, of Avon, Ct., and Alonzo H. Quint, gave some account of the labors of the Christian Commission. After prayer, by Professor Haven, the Association adjourned to Thursday, at 9 A. M. THIRD DAY. Thursday, June 30. Association met according to adjournment. The roll was called. Prayer was offered by William W. Woodworth. The minutes of the previous day were read. The pastoral letter was presented by Alfred Emerson. The letter was adopted, and the Secretary authorized to present copies to such religious newspapers as choose to publish it. The Narrative of the State of Religion was read by William A. McGinley, and was adopted, and ordered to be printed. Emerson Davis, D. D., presented the following report on Delegates to Corresponding Bodies, which was adopted, viz.: To the General Conference of Maine: Primaries - Josiah Brewer, William A. Mandell. Substitutes - Stephen H. Hayes, Charles W. Wood. To the General Association of New Hampshire: Primaries - Edward W. Noble, Martin S. Howard. Substitutes -Ebenezer Douglass, William G. Tuttle. To the General Convention of Vermont: Primaries —Alonzo B. Rich, Daniel L. Furber. Substitutes - Robert Crawford, D. D., Daniel L. Cady. 9 To the Congregational Conference of R. 1.: Primaries - Charles Brooks, Jotham B. Sewall. Substitutes -James Fletcher, Dorus Clark. To the General Associations of Connecticut and Oregon: Primaries - Aaron M. Colton, Samuel H-. Tolman. Substitutes - John M. Green, Seth Sweetser, D. D. To the General Association of New York: Primaries - Matin Tupper, Timothy G. Brainerd. Substitutes-Saml. M. Worcester, D. D., Saml.J. Spalding, D.D. To tlhe General Conferences of Ohio and California: Prinaries- Henry B. Blake, Amos H. Coolidge. Substitutes - George E. Fisher, Edmund Y. Garrette. To the General Association of Illinois and Indiana: Primaries - Caleb E. Fisher, Edward G. Thurber. Substitutes - Henry J. Richardson, Addison Ballard. To the General Association of Michigan: Primaries - Ezekiel Russell, D. D., James P. Terry. Substitutes Alexander C. Child, Isaac Dunham. To the Presbyterian and Congregational Conventions of Wisconsin and Nebraska: Primaries- Sereno D. Clark, Stephen R. Dennen. Substitutes - Richard Knight, Thomas T. Richmond. To the General Association of Iowa: Primaries - John Tatlock, Jr., Christopher M. Tyler. Substitutes - Nathaniel H. Eggleston, Alfred Emerson. To the General Associations of Minnesota and Kansas: Primaries - Theron G. Colton, Erastus Maltby. Substitutes - John C. Paine, Ralph Perry. To the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church: Primaries -James B. R. Walker, James C. Kimball. Substitutes- Zachary Eddy, D. D., Joseph C. Bodwell. To the Congregational Unions of England, Wales, and Canada: Primaries — Andrew J. Willard, Samuel J. Austin. Substitutes- Steadman W. Hanks, Jacob Roberts. 2 10 CONCERT OF PRAYER FOR THE COUNTRY. The following resolution, on the observance of the Concert of Prayer for the Country, was presented by Henry M. Parsons, and adopted by the Association, viz.: — Resolved, That this General Association renew its recommendation to set apart the fourth Sabbath evening of each month for a meeting of prayer in behalf of the country and our army and navy, and also to take a contribution at each meeting in behalf of the Christian Commission. Emerson Davis, D. D., presented the following preamble and resolution, which were adopted, viz.: — Whereas, The Providence of God is opening, at the South, a field of philanthropic and spiritual labor of unusual promise and urgency; and whereas the American Missionary Association, by its evangelical character, its tried devotion to the welfare of the slave, and its prompt and efficient labors among the freedmen, seems specially fitted for this work, therefore, Resolved, That we most cordially commend the American Missionary Association to the churches ofthis commonwealth, as a suitable channel through which to reach the freedmen of the South with temporal benefactions, education, and the gospel of Christ. CHANGES IN THE RULES. William Barrows, in behalf of the Committee on Changes in the Constitution, made the following report, which was adopted by the Association, viz.: - As it is deemed necessary for harmonious and desirable action, that any important changes in the general management of this body should be discussed and approbated by the local associations constituting it, your Committee would recommend that the following changes be suggested to the several associations for their consideration, and that they be requested to report their views on the same to this committee, before the 1st of April next, and that this Committee report at the next meeting of the General Association We suggest the question whether the annual meetings of the General Association should be held in Boston on anniversary week, or in different places, according to some general plan. We suggest whether it is desirable so to change our present order of services as to include a report of ministerial statistics and necrology, a concio ad clerum, and essays and discussions on professional, theological, and practical questions, and questions of denominational polity and usage; and that, if the meetings be held in Boston, two or three hours be devoted to free social intercourse, and a dinner in the afternoon of the day. If the meetings be held among the different churches in the country, we suggest the same general programme, with more extended time and exercises. And we suggest that the sermons, essays, and discus 11 sions, so far as they are written exercises, be prepared by persons assigned under a special appointment. TEMPERANCE. S.. Hanks, from a special committee, reported the following resolutions on the subject of Temperance, which were adopted, viz. - Resolved, That the increase of intemperance in the community is an alarming evil, calling for the prompt action of every minister of the gospel. Resolved, That it is the duty of every minister of Christ, by example and precept and instruction from the pulpit, or from house to house, to exert his influence against the custom of using intoxicating drinks as a beverage. Resolved, That the history of the Temperance Reformation, under the labors of Dr. Lyman Beecher and other ministers of the gospel, affords abundant encouragement for persevering efforts for the suppression of the evils of intemperance. Resolved, That the law relating to the sale of intoxicating drinks is an evidence of advancing civilization in the community, and should be sustained by every friend of good morals. CHOICE OF OFFICERS. Alonzo H. Quint was chosen Secretary, Treasurer, and Statistical Secretary for three years. STATE OF THE COUNTRY. Sereno D. Clarke, from the Committee on the State of the Country, presented the following resolutions, which were passed, viz.: Resolved, That we render devout thanks to the Sovereign of nations for the many successes He has given our arms, ft repressing the present gigantic rebellion against our national life; that He has moved the President, while defending the government, to issue his proclamation of emancipation, and to elevate the negroes to the dignity of soldiers of freedom, inspired him with the apparent willingness to follow the leadings of His Providence, and to inaugurate such measures as promise the entire overthrow of slavery in the United States. Resolved, That we regard the present terrible war, which is desolating some portion of our fair inheritance, destroying the lives of many of our noblest young men, as a special judgment of God for our great and manifold sins - especially the sin of negro slavery, our devotion to pecuniary interests and selfish gratification, in violation of the requirement of entire consecration to His glory in the salvation of men. 12 Resolved, That we feel it to be our first great duty to repent with true godly sorrow, both as ministers and members of churches; to confess and forsake our personal and public transgressions; to humble ourselves so low before God that He can consistently roll away'this dark cloud of His judgment, and restore national peace and prosperity. Resolved, That we ought to realize the solemnity of living in this historic period of our country; the momentous responsibilities which God by this war and its terrible acts of righteousness is throwing upon us, as ministers and churches, in liberating and putting into our hands to educate ciyilly and religiously thousands, and prospectively millions of slaves, so that their freedom will be a real blessing, both to the slaves and the nation; in opening to our Christian enterprise other rich fields promising abundant harvest; in placing us in the position in which He bids us stem the torrents of immorality and impiety which are rolling in, and will for years roll in upon us, as legitimate consequences of the war; and in summoning us, as His elect host, to engage in the conflict of thought and opinion, almost surely following this fearful conflict of arms; that we ought especially to realize our danger of failing to discharge the duties of the times, to which, if we prove recreant, civil and ecclesiastical liberty throughout the world will mourn, succeeding generations reproach us, and God hurl upon us still more desolating judgments. Resolved, That in the depths of humility we ought to look to God in earnest, believing prayer, that larger measure of the spirit of holiness may rest upon us, as ministers of Christ, whom God is specially requiring to do our special work with special fidelity; that by hourly living in communion with Him, we may preach the momentous truths of the gospel, in all their living power, as the present crisis.demands; that we may possess and manifest the patriotism which is alone kindled at the cross of Christ; and may thus become the honored instruments of diffusing the same spirit of entire consecration to Him whose ambassadors we are, and the same pure, Christ-like patriotism throughout our country. Resolved, That we assure our brave army, both officers and soldiers, who have left their homes to suffer, bleed, and die for us, that they shall be the daily subjects of our prayers, tllat they may be protected in danger, cheered in sorrow, and strengthened in weariness, may have the skill and heroism to discharge their perilous duties in a manner acceptable to God and their country,' especially that Christ would pardon them through His cleansing blood, and sanctify them by His Spirit; that they may be prepared either to die on the field of strife, or return to adorn their homes by their Christian virtues, and receive the thanks and congratulations of their fellow-citizens as the preservers of our great Republic. Resolved, That we cordially sympathize with the sick and wounded in our hospitals, and with the bereaved wives, parents, brothers, and sisters who are now clad in the weeds of sorrow all over our land. Resolved, That while we regard war as one of the direst scourges of man, we will sustain our Government in all Christian measures to defend our 13 Union, to protect and extend our free institutions. To accomplish an object so noble and so beneficent, though obtained by the waste of treasure and blood, we hereby pledge our influence, our property, and our sons. Resolved, That the colored people of our land, both bond and free, by their wisely refraining from all attempts at insurrection and all irregular violence, by their promptness in seizing every opportunity to improve their condition, by their readiness to take up arms, by their aptitude for military discipline, by their undaunted valor in the deadly conflict, and by their humble reliance on the guidance of God, have fairly earned not only the respect and confidence of their countrymen, but a right to all the privileges and immunities offreemen; and that we can neither do justice to them, nor bring the rebellious States back to loyalty, nor expect the free favor of the great Father of us all, until every barrier to their advancement in civil and military life is taken away. The resolutions were discussed by Merrill Richardson, Henry M. Parsons, Abijah P. Marvin. APPOINTMENTS FOR 1865. The following appointments for next year were made:Place-Medford or Cambridge. Preacher of Home Missionary Sermon -Primary: Eden B. Foster, D. D. Substitute, Jacob M. Manning. Committee to prepare Schedule of Questions- Charles R. Palmer, James Fletcher, William M. Barber. Committee on Pastoral Letter -Joseph C. Bodwell, Charles E. Reed, Wm. H. Willcox. Committee of Publication - Alonzo H. Quint, Increase M. Tarbox, Isaac P. Langworthy. GENERAL CONGREGATIONAL CONVENTION. Alonzo II. Quint presented the following preamble and resolution, viz.: - In view of the new conditions of moral and religious enterprise in our country, arising from the peculiar state of public affairs, this Association recognizes the new responsibilities thrown upon our denomination. And as several General Associations or Conferences have already voted in favor of holding a General Convention of our churches, to consider their duties, and have appointed Committees with power to unite in calling such a Convention, - 14 Resolved, That this General Association, approving of the proposed meeting, do therefore appoint a committee of five, with power to join other committees in calling a Convention of our churches. The propositions having been discussed by Henry M. Parsons, Alonzo H. Quint, Abijah P. Marvin, John Pike, Josiah Brewer, Reuben Gaylord, and William A. McGinley, was unanimously adopted. In accordance with the above vote, Alonzo H. Quint, Emerson Davis, D. D., Isaac P. Langworthy, Joshua W. Wellman, and Nathaniel H. Eggleston, were appointed to act as such Committee. Adjourned to 2~ P. fM. Thursday, P. AM. The Association convened at half-past two for public service. The sermon was preached by Martin S. Howard, from John v. 17: "But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work." The devotional exercises were conducted by Robert Crawford, D. D., and Nahum Gale, D. D. The Lord's Supper was administered by Reuben Gaylord and Chester Fitch. VOTE OF THANKS. It was unanimously Resolved, That this Association very gratefully acknowledge the genial welcome and the generous hospitality extended to us, so characteristic of the people of Springfield, and that we also tender our sincere thanks to the local Committee of Arrangements, and especially to the Pastor of the First Church, for their efficient cooperation and earnest efforts in promoting the interests of this meeting. And we cherish this occasion among our pleasant memories of Christian privilege and Christian fellowship. Henry Cowles led in prayer. The minutes were then read and approved, when, after benediction by the Moderator, the Association adjourned. NAHUM GALE, Moderator. L. R. EASTMAN, JR., Scribe. E. L. CLARK, Assistant Scribe. A true copy of the minutes. ALONZO H. QUINT, Secretary. NARRATIVE OF THE STATE OF RELIGION. Twenty-five District Associations have presented reports upon the state of religion in their respective limits. Two have not been reported. In the main these narratives agree in the following particulars, namely: Ist. That in material prosperity the churches have rarely if ever been more blessed than at present. This is manifest in freedom fiom pecuniary embarrassment, the promptness with which funds have been raised for repairing, building places of public worship, and the general tone of worldly independence everywhere apparent. The Sabbath schools are growing stronger in their hold upon the churches, an increasing reliance being felt in their efficiency as an instrumentality in leading the young to Christ, and advancing in a certain and permanent manner his kingdom. That the temperance cause, on the whole, is decidedly on the wane. Throughout the commonwealth is deeply felt the entire inefficiency of the means which have been relied upon during the past few years to check the progress of intemperance, and the urgent demand made upon the churches to enter once more upon this work with determined vigor, relying for success, under the blessing of God, upon unceasing vigilance, and the constant, faithful application of God's truth. That everywhere the hearts of the people have opened in a good degree with the growing demands of the time upon their material, aid. The churches have supported the older organization, and contributed to the new ones which have sprung up in our nation's trial, with a liberality which promises a greatly permanent expansion of their benevolence. But no feature in the reports is more prominent than the development of genuine Christian patriotism, love of country, and reverence for law not merely as sentiments, but rooted in deep conviction of the reason and conscience. As God, in the sharp 16 lessons of war, enters every town- and cottage, blighting and sundering the dearest hopes and ties known to human'hearts, our people are beginning to understand and appreciate the true value of blessings of which they have only boasted, and to recognize the authority of God in the affairs of nations. "The Lord reigneth," is beginning to be felt as a fact. And amid all the excitement and confusion incident to a great civil war, in which God is cleansing the nation, he has not forgotten his church. Many most precious revivals have occurred in various parts of the State, most of them of unusual magnitude. Prayer has been frequent, Christians encouraged, and the kingdom of Christ enlarged. New and more glorious conceptions of the power and character of God have dawned upon the minds of his people, leading to humility, faith, and love. The present condition of the churches leads us to hope that they are surely r sing to a higher and broader plane of Christian life. PASTORAL LETTER, The following is the Pastoral Letter presented at the meeting of the Mass. Gen. Association in Springfield June 23, by Rev. Alfred Emerson, of Fitchburg. It was prepared in part by him and in part by Rev. E. P. Smith, of Pepperell, who has for more than a year had general charge of the work of the Christian Commission in the Army of the Cumberland:DEAR BRETHREN:The record of the Church of Christ becomes more and more eventful with every passing year. Each new event evolves new responsibility. Especially is it so amid the death grapple with slavery and rebellion, which now is taxing the resources of the nation to the utmost. It cannot therefore be inappropriate to call to mind in this letter some of the duties which the passing history of the kingdom of our Lord makes imperative upon us, as churches and disciples. Look at some of the facts. The young men of the land are in arms. Many of them will return no more. They who do come back are to tone and shape society for at least two generations. For not a few of them must be men of mark at any time. And for the rest, with three to five years of momentous living, few will return to be ordinary men. And then we must remember that in coming years, as never before, the prestige of life in the field is to give influence among the American people. Thus the future, as well as the present, is in the hands of the army. Now these young men are in a condition at once very perilous and very hopeful. Dear brethren, do they not claim at our hands a large increase of interest and of effort? Two opposite accounts come from the army. One is of increased recklessness, the other of peculiar susceptibility to religious influence. Both are true. The first feeling of a recruit is freedom from restraint. He is a soldier now - not a citizen, or a son, or a father, or even a man, but a soldier. He becomes reckless, wicked. But after a few months in the field, amid its narrow escapes, the graves of his comrades, its wounds and sickness, not unfrequently in utter disgust at the extreme wickedness of others, he begins to feel his loss of character, and to hunger and thirst for something better. Speak kindly to that man of Christ and eternity, bring him in at a soldiers' prayer-meeting, and none so eager as he to listen, so ready to obey. 3 18 Thus it has come to pass that the character of many of our older regiments has become wonderfully changed for the better, as years have passed on. The men have yielded to wise and happy Christian influence. Those have become humble followers of Christ who scarcely ever entered the sanctuary at home. The infidel and the scoffer have bowed before the cross. Thus, too, we have to record the remarkable fact that Christian effort, the past year, has been far more fruitful in the camp than in our own cities and villages. Still strange contrasts are seen in the army -of gaming and psalm singing, of prevailing sin and abounding grace, of prayer and profaneness; such profaneness as we never hear at home, such prayer as the churches know nothing of. In the army there is such faithful, fearless piety as we can scarcely find in all the world beside. The truth is, virtue there has its hot-bed, as well as vice. One campaign is an ordinary lifetime. In such circumstances character, good or bad, matures with wonderful rapidity. It is as when lava is pouring from the bosom of the volcano. In an hour it takes form, not to be changed till the heavens are no more. Thus the army is not only the hope of the nation; it is also the field of destiny to hundreds of thousands, and as suggested already, in no small degree, of the country itself. How important then, at this hour, the work we have to do for the soldier- and how full of hope.'In the words of one, a few weeks since, in camp: " The army has become a missionary field of the most extraordinary character the world has seen. Nothing is like it, or has been like it in the world. The church has a work to do in respect to this which she does not half appreciate. She must awake to far more earnest effort, far more efficient cooperation, than she has rendered yet." The incentives to action are the strongest that can be presented: the salvation of multitudes who could never be reached before; of multitudes who can never be reached again, - a wise care for the vast interest of the future, depending on the spiritual condition of the returning troops. Shall they come back to be a blessing or a curse? As soldiers usually come, or as Cromwell's did, to be foremost in every good enterprise?" Our work for the soldiers is urgent, too. It must be done quickly if at all. It cannot be deferred. Soon he will lie on " his gory bed," or he will be a soldier no more. We can toil for him to-day; to-morrow it will be too late. And, dear brethren, let us never forget that the soldiers' claims on us are high and peculiar. Certainly we must not neglect or undervalue any other field of Christian enterprise. We must not relax our endeavors in behalf of the Christless at home and abroad, the Catholic, the freedman, or the slave. Still, we say the claims of the defender of our country are high and peculiar. They far outrun every other of humanity, of brotherhood, of Christian philanthropy. We owe him a debt of gratitude, which many lightly appreciate, but which we can never pay. His body is the rampart which holds back the deluge of war from our homes. His valor makes possible this 19 peaceful life in our communities. All we have his valor makes our own. And, oh, at how stern a sacrifice Every endurance on the field and in the hospital, every torture in the rebel prison, life itself- this is the cost to him. The man who dies for us! Can the claims of any other be compared with his? Passing in a moment away, shedding his blood for us, are we not solemnly bound, if we can, to make it sure that, for the soldier, the precious blood of Jesus shall avail in the last solemn day? As thoughtfully we weigh all these considerations, is it not plain that care for the soldiers-for all the defenders of our country, whether by sea or land - is the duty of the present hour? And how is it to be done? Through every instrument, every agency God has put into our hand. Let faithful chaplains know, and let their regiments be made to feel, that the chaplain is the representative to them of the piety and sympathy of the churches. Let choice reading for gratuitous distribution be furnished with overflowing liberality, so that the hungry soldier shall never ask in vain for the bread of life. Let every follower of Christ faithfully observe the concert of prayer for the country on the fourth Sabbath evening in every month. And thence, for the soldier, let such fervent petitions rise as God will not disregard. There and everywhere let there be such earnest interest in the soldier's welfare as shall show our gratitude to him and to God for what he has done - our deep concern in what still he has to do. Many young men in the army are gone from our churches and congregations. As individuals let these be warmly remembered by ministers and Christian friends. They are out of sight - they wander in outlying pastures - yet still they are of the flock and the fold. Do they not need, may they not claim, special interest and special care of those beside the still waters at home? Many of our Christian brethren have been absent for years. Could anything be more proper, more salutary in itself, more grateful to the heart of the war-worn veteran than words of Christian counsel and cheer and affection addressed to him personally by his pastor, by the church to which he belongs? Where is the church that has done its whole duty in respect to those dear absent brethren, its fighting members? The Christian Commission is an instrumentality born of the times, and already sealed of God. It is the indispensable complement of every other agency. It cheers the chaplain. It aids him in giving the Word of God to those longing for intellectual and spiritual food. It carries the prayers and alms, the piety and the solicitudes of the sanctuary and fireside, every comfort in its power, to bring directly to our sons and brothers in camp and hospital, on picket post, and in line of battle. To men gathered in groups, its delegate brings a fresh invoice of home religion. His sympathies are warm and gushing, and he speaks of Jesus and danger and duty as no other man can speak. His words are reinforced by the most tender associations, and they awaken memories that keep up the sermon long after'the preaching is over and the camp fires are gone out. Wonderfully have these efforts been 20 blessed of God. Chapel tents and shady groves in Virginia, Tennessee, and Georgia have witnessed revival scenes unknown before, even in this land of revivals. The delegates say, on reaching their field, " I had no conception of the blessedness of this work." " The churches do not understand it." " It is apostolic." "I feel as if I was treading closer in the Master's footsteps than ever before." "I have been thinking all day of that judgment welcome:' Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.' " So delegates speak. And the permanent agents, who have been toiling in the field from the beginning, arq amazed that the churches do not wake up to their duty and their opportunity. Thanks be to God for what has been achieved. But the whole army has not been reached. Far from it. Wickedness abounds. In multitudes still, officers and men are becoming more hardened and reckless. To many old regiments the bread of life has not been offered. Ten new ones a week are going into the field. Thousands of men are falling every day. What we do for the soldier must be done quickly - now. Brethren, sustain the Christian Commission. Give it the largest possible efficiency. It is one of the best organized, the most economical, the most needed, the most successful agencies that ever cheered the heart of benevolence, or brought relief to man's temporal or spiritual necessities. Give it a large place in your heart and in your contributions. Let its treasury overflow till its work is done. If possible, send your pastor as a delegate, and fill his hands with gifts for the soldier, your tokens of love and gratitude to men who are enduring and periling everything for you. His short absence, amid the appalling scenes of war, will prove a blessing to him and the flock to which he ministers. May be, as others have done, he will bring back from the army the spirit of revival, the richest gift of heaven to the people of his charge. Dear brethren, by our faith in God, the issue of this struggle is not doubtful. It seems now not to be far distant. But whether distant or not, amid the fearful scenes that yet must come, by every means in our hand, let us be faithful to the soldier. With God's blessing, these noble men shall give us back our country, with all its affluence of good. They shall rid our land of the curse of centuries, and establish universal freedom. They shall make the American name a praise and a blessing in all the earth. They shall send down the wise and happy institutions of the fathers to the remotest times. Dear brethren, when this fearful contest is over, and multitudes have returned to share with us the fruits of their valor- while other multitudes sleep in the shadow of the mountain and the forest -beside the hamlet and the river which their heroic deeds have made immortal, may we be happy in the consciousness that, as in the eye of God, we have been faithful to them in every tender human solicitude, every earnest endeavor for their eternal welfare and the Master's honor. TREASURER'S REPORT. REPORT FOR 1864. GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS, In account with INCREASE N. TARBOX, Treasurer. 1864. Dr. To paid for Treasurer's Account Book,................$ 83 "' Isaac P. Langworthy, deficit of last year............ 14 41 " " T. R. Marvin, for tickets and blanks,.............. 6 50 " " Postage,............................ 10 26 " " Crocker & Brewster, for blanks for 1863............ 5 25 (" " "c " in full for printing Minutes,.......179 31 $216 56 1864. Cr. By Cash rec'd from Hampden East Association,.................. $7 00 t" " " " Brookfield Association,.................... 8 50 " " " "it Taunton Association,........................... 400 " c " " Mendon Association,..................... 700 " " "c " Suffolk South Association,................... 13 00 " c " " Suffolk North Association,................... 11 40 ~" " " " c Worcester North Association,................. 600. " " ",' Worcester South Association,................. 550 cc " " " Worcester Central Association,................ 00 " " "~ "' Berkshire South Association,................. 550 c" " " Plymouth Association,..................... 650, " " " " Norfolk Association,............................. 11 50 " " " " Andover Association,..................... 10 50 " " " " c nMiddlesex Union Association................ 11 50 " " " " H Hampden West Association,................. 460 "' " " " Franklin Association,...................... 12 00 " " " " Middlesex South Association,...................... 500 c" " " Old Colony Association,.................... 500 " " " " Vineyard Sound Association,................. 360 I" " " " Hampshire East Association,................. 7 20 " " " " Essex North Association,................... 700 (" " " "' Hampshire Association,..................... 6 00 c"'" " " Essex South Association,................... 3 00 " "'~ " Woburn Association,..................... 665 " "'- " Brewster Association,......................... 180 " " " " From individual members,.................. 275 " " " " Copies sold,.......................... 225 $183 75 Balance due the Treasurer,............................... 32 81 $216 56 ANNUAL APPOINTMENTS. The order in which the several Associations have the offer of receiving the ANNUAL MEETING OF THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION; Essex North having the session of 1865: Suffolk North, Suffolk South, Vineyard Sound, Salem, Berkshire South, Mendon, Andover, Brewster, Taunton, Hampshire, Essex South, Hampshire East, Norfolk, Berkshire North, Middlesex South, Brookfield, Old Colony, Plymouth, Hampden East, Essex North, Hampden West, Franklin, Worcester South, Woburn, Worcester North, Middlesex Union, Worcester Central. The order in which the several Associations shall appoint one of their number as PREACHER OF THE ASSOCIATIONAL SEMION; Plymouth appointing the Preacher of 1865: Worcester Central, Suffolk North, Suffolk South, Salem, Berkshire North, Vineyard Sound, Essex South, Franklin, Worcester South, Mendon, Hampden East, Brookfield, Hampden West, Middlesex South, Norfolk, Hampshire, Hampshire East, Worcester North, Old Colony, Plymouth, Taunton, Middlesex Union, Woburn, Essex North, Brewster, Andover, Berkshire South. The order in which a Committee will be appointed from the several Associations to prepare the PASTORAL LETTER, — one from Woburn being appointed in 1864, who will prepare the Letter to be reported in 1865. Brewster, Berkshire North, Mendon, Vineyard Sound, Taunton, Essex North, Middlesex South, Plymouth, Hampshire, Hampden East, Suffolk North, Suffolk South, Essex South, Middlesex Union, Woburn, Brookfield, Hampshire East, Franklin, Norfolk, Old Colony, Andover, Worcester Central, Worcester South, Worcester North, Hampden West, Berkshire South, Salem. The Committee for preparing the SCHEDULE OF QUESTIONS, ordered by Rule IX, Section 7, is taken from the several Associations in alphabetical order, -the Committee appointed in 1864 to report in 1865 being taken from Essex South. 23 DELEGATES TO CORRESPONDING BODIES are selected from the several Associations in rotation. At the meeting in 1865 one Substitute Delegate from each District Association will be appointed to the Body whose name stands in the opposite column. It is the privilege of each Association to nominate a person, who will, regularly, become Primary the succeeding year: Andover, and Mendon, California, and Ohio. Berkshire North, and Middlesex South, England, and Canada. Berkshire South, and Middlesex Union, Indiana, and Illinois. Norfolk, (two,) Iowa. Brewster, and Old Colony, Maine. Brookfield, and Plymouth, Michigan. Essex North, and Salem, New Hampshire. Essex South, and Suffolk North, New York. Franklin, and Suffolk South, Rhode Island. Hampden East, and Taunton, Vermont. Hampden mWest, and Vineyard Sound, Wisconsin, and Nebraska. Hampshire, and Woburn, Kansas, and Minnesota. Hampshire East, and Worcester Central, General Assembly, (N. S.) Worcester North, and Worcester South, Connecticut, and Oregon. Changes from year to year are made in the following manner: - The column of Associations remained fixed, the lowest name in the column of States one year, is placed at the head of its own list the next year, the others in that list being lowered, each one line. Thus, next year, "Connecticut, and Oregon" will stand opposite "Andover, and Mencon;" and the remainder will follow in order. STATISTICS OF THE CHURCHES. EXPLANATIONS. 1. Associations are arranged in alphabetical order; Towns, alphabetically in each Association; Churches in each town, according to age; and of each Church, (1) its town, (2) its locality in the town, and (3) its name, which name is always followed, or intended to be, by " ch." 2. The location of Churches not found'in the tables where they have hitherto appeared, will be ascertained by referring to the Index of Towns. 3. The "total" of Ministers in each table, is reckoned by the tables, not by membership in the Association; although the membership is given for the convenience of the Association. " Resident" are those who reside in Massachusetts. 4. The columns specifying Churches and Ministers are corrected up to 1864, Aug. 1, or, the time of publication: Church members are reported for the last day of the year preceding, though for convenience of reference dated 1864, Jan. 1: Admissions, removals, and baptisms cover the year 1863: "Absent" are not additional to "males," " females," and " total," but included in them: " Sabbath School" includes total membership of teachers and scholars at the time when most numerous during 1863, covering " branch schools" when under the exclusive care of the reporting Church. 5. Churches organized since 1863, are reported with their original membership, but are not included in the summaries. 6. Dates of Church organization printed in italics, are those which have been authenticated for this report by reference to original records; those not so designated may be correct, but the Statistical Secretary has not been able to obtain knowledge on the subject. 7. Dates earlier than 1752 are given in "old style." To reduce these to " new style,"- if it be a date in the 17th century, add ten days; if it be a date of the 18th century (prior to 1752,) add eleven days. 8. " Ordained" denotes the date on which the person was originally set apart to the ministry "by the laying on of hands;" "Installed" denotes the date of his present pastorate. 9. All Post-office addresses are to be found in the Index of Ministers, and not in the tables. The Towns, in the latter, are often different from the Post-office addresses in the former. 10. In no instance is any number in these Statistics supplied from the returns of previous years; blanks signify ignorance or carelessness. Nor is a single figure inserted without reliable authority. 11. See "Remarks" at the close of the tables. I. N. T. 1. ANDOVER ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1864, Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1864, Jan. 1. Admitted. -1863- Removed. Baptized. ab. -- -& 8 { -__ - - Sc Place, and ame Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fem. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exc. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sch. Aldover, South ch. 1711, Oct. 17 Charles Smith 1847, Oct 10 1861, De.18 89 245 334 49 1 23 8 9 0 17 3 4 300 i Tieol. Sem. ch. 1816, A0g. 20 Faculty Pastors ex offiriis 343 63 406 340 1 6 7 0 2 0 2 0 0 200 West ch. 1826, Dec. 5 James H. Merrill 1839, Nov 26 18)6, Apr 30 77 174 251 40 17 2 19 1 0 0 1 8 1 175 Free Chr. ch. 1846, Mcay 7 Stephen C. Leonard 1844, Au.30 1859, St. sp. 60 138 198 50 1 0 1 2 5 0 7 1 175 - Ballardvale, Una. c. 18.54, Dec. 31 Henry S. Greene l37, Dec. 27 155, Apr. 10 48 58 1 2 1 3.1 0 1 0 19 130 Chelmsford. N. 2d ch. 1824, Apr. 27 Benjamin F. Clark 1839,Au. I 1839 Au 1 27 48 75 8 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 85 Dracut, ist Ev. ch. 1721, Mair. 29 Lyman S. Watts Lic 1864, 163, St.2p. 15 32 47 14 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 60 West ch. 1797, Ata. 31 Perrin B. Fisk 1863, Oct. 1 1S63, Oct. 1 31 55 89 17 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 O 92 " Central Or.ch 1817, JTdy 25 George Pierce, Jr. 1863,ct 14 63 ct 14 37 57 94 10 I 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 125 Lawrence, Law. st. c. 1817, Apr. 19 Caleb E. Fisher 1843 Augn 23 59, Apr. 3 112 262 374 85 7 7 14 6 16 0 22 5 4 467, Central ch. 1849, Dec. 25 Christop'r M Cordley 1849, Sep. 5 1862, Oct. 15 134 322 456 179 17 25 42 4 28 0 32 2 7 459 Lowell, 1st ch. 1826, Jaine 6 George N. Webber 1855, Dec. 5 1862, Sep. 17 82 266 318 155 6 5 11 2 13 0 15 2 5 460 " Appleton-st. c. 1830. Dec. 2 J. Eames Rankin 1855, Feb. 27 1&62, Dec. 17 49 179 228 50 13 15 28 4 9 0 13 10 1 325' John-st. ch. 1839,.My 9 Joseph W. Backus 1852, Sep 29 1t62, Sep. 24 70 300 370 91 11 5 16 2 9 0 11 7 13 420 " Kirk-st. ch. 1845, 2Vlay21 Anos Blanchard, D. D. 1829, Dec. 25 1845, May 21 79 251 330 85 14 5 19 2 5 0 7 5 2 300 High-st. ch. 18-16, Jan. 22 Owen Street 1843, Feb. 3 1857, Sep. 16 71 127 198 43 3 4 7 3 3 0 6 1 4 340 Methuen, 1st ch. 1729, Oct. 29 Edward H. Greeley 1849, Nov. 7 1861, Mar. 7 55 115 170 33 3 7 10 6 4 0 10 1 0 194 North Andover, Ev. c. 1834, Sep. 3 L. Henry Cobb 187, Oct. 28 1857, Oct. 2 30 93 123 17 13 7 20 0 9 2 11 6 5 225 Tewksbury, Cong. ch. 1735, No. 23 Richard Tolman 18 Sep 1185 5 54 114 16 8 2 10 1 1 0 2 0 1 130 TOTAL: 19 chhs., 16 Pastors, 1 St. sup., 1428 2889 4317 1295 139 101 240 44 114 2 160 55 67 4662 OTHER MEMBERS.-Resident: Elijah P. Barrows, D. D., Hitchcock Prof. of Heb. Lang. and Lit., Andover, ord. 1832, June 6 Spencer F. Beard, Andover, ord. 189, Jan. 14; John P. Cleaveland, D. D., Lowell, ord. 1827, Feb. 14; Steadman W. Hanks, Sec. Am. Seamen's Friend Society, Loell, or. 1840, March 20; Samuel C. Jackson, D. D., Assistant Sec. Mass. Board of Education, Andover, ord. 1827, June 6; David Oliphant, Andover, ord. 1815, May 15; John L. Taylor, Treasurer of Trustees of Phillips Academy, Andover, ord. 1839, July 18.-7. Non-Resident: Isaac Hosford, Thetford, Vt., ord. 1838, Feb. 14; John C. Phillips, Boston, ord. 1833, Dec. 18.-3. t In addition to the Professors in the Theological Seminary, and one licenciate. Association meets-Second Tuesday in February, April, June, October, December. CALEB E. FISHER, Lawrence, Scribe; C. M. CORDLEY, Lawrence, Statistical Scribe. 2. BERKSHIRE NORTH ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1864, Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1864, Jan. 1. Admitted-.1863-Removed. Baptized. Sab Place and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fer. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exe. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sch, Adams, North 1827, Apr. 19 W. H. McGiffert 1858, 1863, May 13 44 109 1 53 2 20 22 2 1 0 3 2 5 125 South 1840, No report. Becket, North 1849, Sep. 25 No report.... Dalton 1785, Fed. 16 Edson L. Clrk 1859, Nov30 1859, Nov.:30 36 79 115 36 1 0 1 3 1 1 5 1 2 60 Hinedale 1795, Dec. 17 NYo report Lanesboro' 1764, Mra. 28 No report......... Pei, 1st Cong. ch. 1783, Apr. 23 N. G. Bonney 864, May 16i;64, Mayii 46 80 126 122 4 2 6 4 4 0 8 2 0100 Pittsfield, 1st ch. 1764, Feb. 7 No report 2d, (colored) 1846, Feb. 20 NATo report.'.... " South ch. - 1850, Nov. 12 No report 0 3......... Richmond 1765, A. J. Quick, 1864' Mar. 7 "St.s'p 26 64 90 3 10 3 13 6 0 0 6 3 1 75 Washington 1772, M. M. Lon-ley 1846, May 28 1863, Dec. 23 27 38 65 5 2 30 32 0 1 0 1 2 0 75'Williamstown, 1st oh. 1765, No report College oh. 1834, JTne 15 Mark Hopkrins, D. D. 1836. 181.6 57 2 59 5.5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2d h. 1836, Calvin Durfee 1828, Apr. 23 St.sup. 15 22 37 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 73 Windsor, Ch. of Christ 1872, George W. Stimson 1856, 1863, St.sup. 22 35 57 19 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 90 TOTAL: 16 chhs., __ 5 Pastors, 3 St. sups., 8 No report 273 429 702 140 21 56 77 16 8 1 25 11 8 588 OTHER MEmBERsCs.-Resident: Nathaniel H. Griffin, Williamstown, ord. 1839, June 28; Charles V. Spear, Pittsfield, ord. 1852, Oct. 27; Sardis B. Morley, Wilhliamstown, ord 1851, July 9; John Tatlock, Williams College, ord. 1852, Oct. 12; John Bascom, Williams College, ord. Dec. 1853-6. Nos-Resident: Russel S. Cook, New York City, ord. 1837, Jan. 17; Dwight W. Marsh, Rochester. N. Y., ord. Dalton, 1839, Oct. 2; Albert Paine, Chelsea, 1848, Sep. 7; Marshall D. Saunders, Missionary, Ceylon,'Ord. Williamstown, 1851, July 17; Hymen A. Wilder, Missionary in South Africa, ord. South Adams, 1849, Feb. 28.-5. Association meets-First Mondays in March, June, September, and December 3. BERKSHIRE SOUTH ASSOCIATION. Churches. 186-, Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1864, Jan. 1. Admitted. -1863- Removed. Baptized Sab. Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. em Tot. Abs. rof. t. Tot. D'th. Dis.. Tot. Ad. nf. Sh Alford 1846, Auco. 13 MNo ze. 9 15 24 14 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 O 25 Becket, 1st ch. 1758, Dec. 28 LVman -Warner 1857, Oct. 28 1862, 32 63 95 16 0 0 0 0 0 75 Egremont 1816, Nov. 22 Timothy A. Hazen 1854, Oct. 11 St. supply 33 74107 23 0 5 5 2 0 0 2 0 183 Great Barrington 1743, Dec. 28 T. T. Stratton...........864, March 50 146 196 12 Housatonic 1841, Ju)ze 18 Josiah Brewer 1826, May 10 St. supply 19 48 67 4 O 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 125 Lee 1780, 2Iy 25 Nahum Gale, D. D. 1842, June221853, Sept. 1 147 300 447 71 34 11 45 7 7 0 14 20 16 260 Lenox 1769, 4Reuben S. Kendall 1845, Dec.24 1860, Mar.29 72 155 227 27 33 0 33 2 0 0 2 21 4 100 Monterev 1750, Sept. 25 IYro7e *-...23 59 82 18 6 0 6 1 2 0 3 4 0 140 Mount Washinglon 1841, Oct. 31 No retuz.rn...... NewMarlboro', 1stch 1744, Oct. 13 Charles C. C. Painter 1863, Sept.22 1863, Sep. 22 37 90 127 34 16 3 19 1 2 0 3 11 1 100 " Soathfield 1794, Apr. 25 Irem W. Smith 1858, Au. 18 1861, June 26 23 44 67 5 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 60 Otis 1799, Fe. 2 Thomas A. Hall 1841, June 16 St. su2pply 26 67 93 25 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 67 Sandisfield 1756, Feb. 24 Aaron Pickett 1826, June 23 1851, Jan. 22 69 144 213 51 0 1 1 10 1 O 11 O O 131 TOTAL: 18 chhs., 10 Pastors, 4 St. sup., 770 1647 2417 389 139 40 179 44 33 0 77 82 35 1904 OTHER MEMBERS.-Alfred I. Dashiell, Chaplain in U. S. Army, ord. 1847, Dec. 28; David D. Field, D.D., Stockbridge, ord. 1804, April 11; Rufus Pomerov, Otis, ord. 1811, Oct. 15; George Uhler, Curtisville, ord. 1847, Oct. 17.-4. NAon-I-esideezt: Richard T. Searle, Harwinton, Conn., ord. 1845, May 8; James B. Cleaveland, New Hartford, Con., ord. 1852, June 8; Spencer 0. Dyer, ord. 1858, April 20 Daniel D. Frost, New Fairfield, Con., ord. 1846, Dec. 30; Winthrop H. Phelps, Chaplain U. S. Army, ord. 1848, Feb. 5; George T Washburn, Missionary A. B. C. F. M., Madura, India, ord. Lenox, 1859, March 22; Horace Winslo, Binghampton, N. Y., ord. 1842, May 25-7. * Not a member of this Association. Association meets-Last Tuesday in January, April, July, October. LEWIS PENNELL, West Stockb e, Scridge, be and Statistical Scribe. 4. BREWSTER ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1864, Aug. 1. Ministers. Ch. Mem. 1864, Jan. 1. Admitted.-1863.-Removed. Baptized. Sab. Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fer. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exc. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sch. Barnstable, Hyannis 1854, Jan. 3 Charles Morgridge 1831, Sep.20 1858, Jan. 21 10 18 28 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 45 Chatham, 1st ch. 1720, June 15 Alexander C. Childs 1853, May IS St. sp. 40 95 135 4 2 2 4 1 2 3 2 3 15 Dennis, South 1817, Jan. 16 A. M. Stone 1848, Nov. 2 St. sup. 25 74 99 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 2 250 Eastham 1646, No report Harwich 1747, Nov. 6 Jos. R. Mnsell 1831, Oct. 26 1857, St.s. 18 63 81 5 0 6 2 8 2 5 110 " Port, Pilgrimch. 1855, Mar. 5 None............. 14 31 45 3 4 0 4 4 0 0 4 3 195 Orleans, East 1719, Noe.................. 16 87 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 175 Provincetown 1714, Jan. Osborne Myrick 1846, Feb. 1 1846, Feb. 15 14 50 64 5 1 0 1 2 1 1 4 0 3 87 Truro, 1st ch. 1711, Nov. 1 Edward W. Noble 1849, Dec. 26 1849, Dec. 26 45 67 112 3 3 O 3 1 0 2 O O 135 " North, 1842, May 22 Philander Bates 1840, St. sup. 4 12 16 3 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 75 Wellfleet, 1st ch. 1730, Geo. F. Walker 1863, July 2 1863, July 2 67 119 186 11 7 2 9 7 2 0 9 10 5 206 South,2dch. 1833, Dc. 4 Wrn. E. Caldwell 1863, Feb. 10 St. sup. 47 85 132 0 22 4 26 1 0 0 1 15 2 201 Yarmouth, West 1840 Sep. 30 Robert Samuel 1859, Mar. St. sup. 4 15 19 3 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 30 TOTAL: 12 chhs., 3 Pastors, 6 St. sups., 2 vacrncies,, 304 716 1020 53 44 8 52 27 9 1 37 35 20 1559 OTHEFR MEMBERS.-Resident: Ebenezer Chase, Tisbury, ord. 1810, Aug. 19; Nathaniel Cogswell, Yarmouth, ord. 1822, Aug. 24; Cyrus Stone, Boston, ord. 1826, May 10; Jacob White, Bridgewater, ord. 1835, Jan. 13. —5. The Puritan church, Sandwich, is extinct. Association meets-Second Tuesday in April, July, October. 0. MYRICK, Provincetown, Scribe. 5. BROOKFIELD ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1864, Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1864. Jan. 1. Admitted. -1863-Removed. Baptized. Sb _ ____ —, ------- ___ _.-.Sab. Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fern. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exc. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sch. Barre, Ev. Gong. ch. 1827, Aug. 15 David Peck 1852, Oct. 13 1861, Apr. 16 61 160 221 40 10 11 21 4 5 0 9 7 2 271 Brimfield, 1st Cong. c 1724, Nov. 18 Charles M. Hyde 1862 Aug. 19 162, Aug. 19 42 127 169 16 4 4 8 4 3 0 7 2 7 196 Brookfield, Ev. C. ch. 1756, Joshua Coit 1860, Nov. 13 1860, Nov. 13 45 85 130 29 4 2 6 1 2 0 3 4 2 120 Charlton, Cal. Con.ch 1761, Apr. 16 John Haven 1836, Dec. 14 1850, Apr. 1 19 68 87 16 0 1 1 2 0 1 3 0 3 125 Dana Cong. ch. 1852, Se. 28......................................... 12 28 40 8 1 1 2 2 1 0 3 0 0 60 Dudley, Cong. ch. 1732, Henry Pratt 1851, Oct. 25 1854, Oct. 25 43 102 145 30 3 1 4 3 3 0 6 2 0 150 Hardwick, Or. Con. c. 1736, Nov. 17 Martyn Tupper 1828, Apr. 16 1852, June 23 31 75 106 22 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 105 Holland, Cong. ch. 1765, Sep. 12 Ogden Hall 1858 Oct. 13 St. sup. 10 22 32 6 60 New Braintree, Co. c. 1754, John H. Gurney 1850, Feb. 22 1856, Apr. 23 15 69 84 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 125 North Brookfield, 1st Cbng. ch. 1752, May 28 Christopher Cushing 1849. Feb.27 1851, Sep. 17 99 187 26 39 0 2 2 7 7 0 14 0 2 250 " Union Con. ch 1854, Juene 6 Luther Keene 1863, Feb. 11 1863, Feb. 11 2 69 101 17 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 1 0176 Oakham, Ev. Cong. c. 1773, Jine 23 Francis N. Peloubet 1857, Dec. 2 1860, Dec. 26 73 15 227 31 8 3 11 7 7 0 14 4 1 335 Southbridge, Cong. c. 1801, Sep. 16 Eber Carpenter 1830 Feb. 17 1835, Dec. 1 48 120 168 34 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 150 Spencer, Cong. ch. 1744. May 17 James Cruickshanks 1858, Sep. 8 1864, Jan. 13 41 120 161 13 1 3 4 1 1 1 0 227 Sturbridge, Cong. ch. 1736, Sep. 29 Marshall B. Angler 1553 June 8 1863, July 1 67 125 192 35 5 2 7 1 7 4 1 150 Ware, 1st ch. 1751, May 5 William G. Tuttle 1851, Apr. 16 1861, Oct. 10 41 84 125 33 1 2 3 2 6 0 8 1 6 130 " East Cong. ch. 1826 Apr. 26 Ariel E. P. Perkins 1844, Sep. 18 1855, Dec. 5 89 186 275 45 2 7 9 2 8 1 11 0 9 290 Warren, Cong. ch. 1742, Edwin L. Jaggar 1862 Mar. 6 1863, Mar. 17 55119174 18 1 5 6 5 2 7 1 5 195 West Brookfield, C. c. 1717, Oct. 16 Samuel Dunham........... St. sp. 74 155 229 57 0 0 0 2 7 0 9 0 0 210 TOTAL: 19 chhs., 16 Pastors, 2 St. sups., 897 2055 2952 496 46 48 94 52 54 2 108 30 38 3325 OTHER MEMBErRS.-Resident: Rev. William H. Beecher, North Brookfield, ord. 1830, Mar. 25; M. L. Richardson, ord. - -, Globe Village. Association meets-First Tuesday in January, August, and October, Third Tuesday in April, and Second Tuesday in June. JOSHUA COIT, Brookfield, Scribe. 6. ESSEX NORTH ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1864, Aug. 1. iMinisters. Chh. Mem. 1864, Jan. 1. Admitted. -1863- Removed. Baptized. Sab. Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fem. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot- D'th. Dis. Exe. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sch. Amesbury, West 1826, 71iray 19 Leander Thompson 1838, Nov. 30 1854, Sep. 20 67 142 209 39 8 0 8 4 0 0 4 3 3 236 Mills 1831,Dec. 6 None......... 35 84 119 41 0 6 6 5 2 1 8 0 0213 " and Salisbury, Un. Evan. c. 1835, Oct. 14 N. G. Goodhue 1843, Oct. 8 St. sp. 18 53 71 8 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 125 Boxford, West 1736, Dec. 9 Charles M. Pierce 1863, Sep. 2 1863 Sept. 2 29 40 69 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 68 Bradford, 1st ch. 1682, Dec. 29 James T. Mc.Collom 1841, June 25 185-1, Jan. 25 88 161 249 9 33 2 35 4 1 0 5 21 2 300 Georgetown 1732, Oct. 4 Charles Beecher 1844, Nov. 9 1857, Nov. 19 66 127 193 12 0 3 3 9 0 0 9 0 1 175 " Orth. Cong. ch. 1864, Jan. 27 None........................ Groveland 1729, June 7 None...................... 4351 0 12 0 12 1 1 0 2 9 3 125 Haverhill, West 1735, Oct. 22 Asa Farwell 1853, Apr. 21 1853, Apr. 21 30 71 101 18 9 0 9 0 2 0 2 5 0 120 " East 1744, Nov. 28 Abraham Burnham 1857, Sep. 20 1857, Sep. 30 9 27 36 5 2 0 2 0 2' 0 2 2 2 45 " Centre 1833,.Ai. 28 Theodore T. Munger 1856, Feb. 6 1864, Jan. 6 59 172 231 15 13 9 22 6 3 0 9 8 2 225 North, Cong. c 1859,, MLcr. 30 R. H. Seeley, D.D. 1843, July 5 I160, Aug. 8 65 131 196 54 6 60 0 2 0 2 36 8 317 Newbury, 1st ch. 1635 May or L. Withinton, -.D. t1816, Oct. 31 1816, Oct. 31 J-,Tce John R. Thurston 1859, Jan. 20 1859, Jan. 20 48132180 29 7 1 8 5 0 0 5 5 0154 Byfield ch. 1706, Nov. 17 No7ze................... Newburyp't, North ch 1768, Mar. 4 E. Cornelius Hooker 1860, Dec. 11 1860, Dec. 11 67 188 255 5 2 7 7 1 0 8 1 1 258 " Fourth.ch. 1793, acy 30 Randolph Campbell 1835, Apr. 30 1837, Oct. 12 73 132 205 25 5 10 15 3 4 0 7 2 3 120 " Belleville lSOS, Apr. 2 Daniel T. Fiske, D.D. 1847, Aug. 18 1847, Aug. 18 72 175 247 15 29 8 37 8 3 0 11 19 1 315 Whitefield ch. 1850, Jan. 1 S. I. Spalding, u.D. 1846, Oct. 28 1851, June 30 51 138 189 2 2 4 2 7 0 9 243 Rowley 1639, Dec. 3 John Pike 1810, Nov. 18 1840, Nov. 18 40 115 155 7 0 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 0 110 Salisbury, Hill 1718, Nov. 19 Benjamin Sawyer 1809, Nov. 22 St. sl. 5 15 20 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 W. Newbury, Ist ch. 169S, Oct. 26 Charles D. Herbert 1846, Apr. 4 1857, Mar. 5 36 65 101 10 0 0 0 2 8 2 12 0 0 110 _______ 2d ch. 1731, Sep. 1 Davis Foster 1855, Nov. 1 1855, Nov. 1 37 112 149 8 2 6 8 3 0 0 3 0 3 260 TOTAL: 22chhs., _ 17'Pastors, 2 St. sup 1038K218 3226 252 182 57 239 67 38 3 108 110 303519 OTHER MEMBElRS.-Residenrt: John P. Cowles, Principalof Young Ladies' Sem., Ipswich, ord. 1833, June 18; John Q. A. Edgell, Ass't Sec. of Soc. for Prom. of Col. and Theol. Education at the West, Andover, ord. 1832, Sept. 19; Edward W. Hooker, D.D., Newburyport, ord. 1821, Aug. 15; Benjamin S. Iosford, Haverhill, ord. 1845, May 21; Nathan Munroe, Bradford, ord. 1836, Feb. 10; Calvin E. Park, West Boxbford, Teacher of a Select Family School, ord. 1838, Oct. 31; Henry A. Woodman, Newburyport, ord. 1842, Nov. 30; G. W. Campbell, Bradford, ord. - -; James Cruickshanks, Pastor of Cong. church in Spencer, Ms, ord. 1858, Sept. 8; T. D. P. Stone, ord. 1843, March 3; George. Freeman, ord. 1858, Sept. 5, Neponset. Association meets-Third Tuesday in February, April, June, August, October, December. LEONARD WITHINGTON, D.D., Standing Moderator. SAMUEL J. SPALDING, Newburyport, Scribe and Statistical Scribe. 7. ESSEX SOUTH ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1864, Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1864, Jan. 1. Admitted.-1863-Removed. Baptized. Sab. P l c... - -------— ~ Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fem. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. DIth. Dis. Exc. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sch. Beverly, Wash st. ch. 1837, Feb. 8 Alonzo B. Rich 1846, Feb. 7 1852, Dec. 8 38 120 18 15 0 3 3 6 2 0 8 0 5 205 Danvers, Maple-st.ch. 1844, Dec. 5 James Fletcher 1849, June 20 1849, June 20 31 83 114 8 11 2 13 1 3 0 4 3 8 317 Essex, 1st ch. 1681, Sep. 9 James M. Bacon 1846, Oct. 8 1856, July 9 49 102 151 21 0 1 1 6 1 0 7 0 0314 Gloucester, West 1716, Oct. Samuel Cole 1840, Jan. 23 St. sup. 16 25 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 60 " Harbor, Ev. oh. 1829, Nov. 17 4Isaiah C. Thacher 1844, Dec. 25 1860, Apr. 26 30 95 125 6 4 5 9 4 0 0 4 3 3 300 " Lanesville 183.9, Aug. 25 Thomas Morong 1854, Apr. 12 St. sup. 13 35 48 3 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 120 Hamilton 1714, None............. 59 89 148 25 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 10 Ipswich, 1st ch. 1634, Robert Southgate 1832, Jan. 4 1t851, July 26 54169223 26 3 4 7 4 1 0 5 0 5 237 " South ch. 1747, Aug.22 Daniel Fitz, rD. n. 1826, Jan. 28 1826, Jan. 28 40144184 20 2 2 4 7 0 0 7 0 3 200 Linebrook, Ipswich, 174 9, ov. 15 Ezekiel Dow 1845, Feb. 12 1860, Dec. 25 26 26 52 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 60 and Rowley 12 2 4 0 1 1 4 0 0 4 0 0 6 Lynnfield Cen., E C.c 1720, M. B. Boardman 1863, Oct. 1 1863, Oct. 1 14 42 56 10 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 75 Manchester,Orth. Cong. ch. 1716, E. Payson Tenney 1859, Oct. 19 St. sup. 42 96 138 20 0 3 3 1 3 0 4 0 0 156 "The Orth. Con. ch. 1716, Francis V. Tenney 1845, Aug. 7 1858, Aug. 18 27 77 104 9 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 140 Marblehead, 3d ch. 1838, Sep. 28 None........................ 18 56 74 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 180 Middleton,Ch.ofChrist 1729, Oct. 22 None................. 55 75 130 25 2 2 4 4 0 0 4 0 0 160 Rockport, 1st ch. 1755, Feb. 13 William H. Dunning 1864, Feb. 10 1864, Feb. 10 103 184287 23 5 2 7 7 3 0 10 4 0 250 " 2dch. 1855, lV/Ir.15 None.................. 29 37 66 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 Salem, Tabernacle oh. 1629, Aug. 6 Charles R. Palmer 1860, Aug. 29 1S60, Aug. 29 57 271 328 32 6 2 8 10 2 0 12 5 4282 " 3d oh. 1735, Apr. Brown Emerson, D.D. 1805, Apr. 24 1805, Apr. 24 80261341 34 1 1 2 3 2 0 5 0 6398 " Howard-st. oh. 1863, Dec. 29 Charles C. Beaman 1839, June 20 St. sup. 14 67 81 9 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 0 4 76 " Crombie-st. ch 1832, Macy 3 o........................ 52 191 243 45 1 5 6 6 2 0 8 0 0 257 South Danvers, 1st oh. 1713, Sep. 23 William M. Barber 1861, Oct. 2 1861, Oct. 2 80200 280 10 10 4 14 4 9 013 4 7450 TOTAL: 22chhs., 13 Pastors, 4 St. sups. 5 vacancies, 927 2445 3372 360 45 89 84 75. 34 1 110 19 46 5175 OTHER MMBERUs.-Resident: George B. Jewett, Salem-preaching at Rockville, So. Danvers, ord. 1855; Wakefield Gale, Rockport, ord. 1826, May 17.-2. NV1on-Resident: Ephraim W. Allen, Pastor, South Berwick, Me., ord. 1843, May 17; James M. Hoppin, Prof. of Pastoral charge, Yale College, New Haven, Ct, ord. 1850, March 27; John H. Mordough, Portland, Me., ord. 1836, May 18; Nelson Scott, ord. (where?); Charles B. Smith, Boston, o'd. 1848; Frank H. Johnson, Boston, ord. 1861, Oct. 15; David Bremner, Boxbford, ord. 1855, May 2; Ebenezer Burgess, Boston, ord. 1839, March 18; Francis Homes, Lynn-preaching at Tower Hill Chapel, ord. 1854, Oct. 29. Eonumerated elsewhere: Lysander Dickerman, Pastor. Braintree and Weymouth; James' 0. Murray, Pastor, Cambridgeport, 1st chh.; George E. Wellman, St. Sup., Amesbury Mills; Francis N. Peloubet, Pasto'r, Oakham.-4. ~ Member of Old Colony Association. Association meets-First Tuesday in February, April, June, August, October, and December. WILLIAM M. BARBER, South Danvers, Scribe, and Statistical Scribe. 8. FRANKLIN ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1864, Aug. 1. Ministers: Chh. Mem. 1864, Jan. 1. Admitted. -1863-Removed. Baptized. Sab. Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fern. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. DIth. Dis. Exe. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sch. Ashfield, 1st ch. 1763, Feb. 22 Edward C. Ewing 1863, Nov. 5 1863, Nov. 5 26 76 102 10 0 1 1 5 0 0 5 0 1 80 " 2d ch. 1855, Je1e 13 Theodore Jarvis Clark 1842, Oct. I 1862, June 11 23 44 67 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 75 Bernardston, Or. C. c. 1821, Jan. 13 -Andrew B. Foster 1844, June 16 1163, St. Su) 18 34 52 14 0 2 2 3 1 0 4 0 0 40 Buckland 1785, Oct. 8 Charles Lord 1843, Oct. 20 1860 Mar. 29 47 106 153 27 0 4 4 2 3.2 7 0 12 90 Charlemont, 1st ch. 1768, Jene 6 John S. Whitman, 1861, Sep. 41S63, St. su 26 48 74 17 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 70 " East 1845, Aug. 6 Aaron Foster 1825, Oct. 19 1850, Feb. 13 24 55 79 16 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 0 1 75 Coleraine 1750, Isaac B. Smith 1860, Sep. 11862, St.sp. 17 42 59 0 3 4 7 3 3 0 6 1 1 100 Conway 1768, July 14 Elijah Cutler 1863, Sep. 9 1863, Sep. 9 101 208 309 45 3 4 7 13 2 0 15 1 4 260 Deerfield, Orthodox c. 1835, J35ne 2 Robert Crawford, D.D. 1840, Aug. 20 185s, Jan. 13 40 67 107 8 26 2 28 1 3 0 4 12 2 90 South, 1st c. 1818, June 30 Perkins K. Clark 1846, Aug. 26 1859, June 2 60 115 175 11 32 3 35 10 3 0 13 18 3 200 " Monumentc. 1848, Jan. 29 David A. Strong 1849, Mar. 21 1849, Mar. 21 19 51 70 10 0 0 0 3 4 0 7 0 0 75 Erving, Ev. Cong. ch. 1832, Sep. 19 Freeman A. Merrill 185S, July 14 1863, t. sup 12' 9 21 9 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 50 Gill 1793, Abijah Stowell 1844, Sep. 18 St. sup. 10 41 51 4 0 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 0 80 Greenfield, 1st ch. 1754, Mar. 28 I Azar. Chandler, D.D. 1810, Feb. 7 1832, Oct. 5 Danireenfeldstel H. Roan 1859, Nov. 12 1863, Mar. 31 28 63 91 13 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 5 106 " 2d ch. 1817, Jan. 15 Artemas Dean 1849, Feb. 5 1861, Oct. 31 75 148 223 30 1 6 7 3 8 O 11 0 3 200 Hawley, East 1778, Sep. 16 Henry Seymour 1843, Mar. 1 1849, Oct. 3 33 53 86 23 1 0 1 5 3' 0 8 0 1 70 " West t 1825, Aug. 24 _one........................ 26 34 6 8 0 0.0 4 4 0 8 0 0 50 Heath 1785, Apr. 15 None........................ 6 14 20 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 4 0 1 f 50 Montague, 1st Con. c. 1752, Nov. 22 Francis B. Perkins 1860, Feb. 15 1860, Feb. 15 45 88 133 15 2 0 2 3 2 0'5 0 7 120 Northfield, Trin. Co. c 1825, Nov. 30 Isaac S. Perry 1858, Jan. 21 1862, St. sup. 17 41 58 9 6 0 6 2 2 0 4 3 1 85 Orange, Cen., Ev. C.c. 1846, Sep. 23 ~-Daniel Phillips I861, Feb. 21 1862, St. sup. 43 96 19 20 0 4 4 2 5 0 7 0 0 159 Shelburne, 1st ch. 1770, Richard S. Billings 1855, June 6 1855, June 6 71 89 160 5 0 1 1 3 1. 0 4 0 0 175 "i Falls 1850, Mar. 6 None........................ 59 108 167 31 1 3 4 5 5 0 10 1 0 175 Shutesbury, Or. Co. c. 1742, Oct. 27. None........................ 19 40 59 6 5 8 13 2 0 0 2 3 0 80 Sunderland 1718, Jan. 1 None.................... 80 133 213 12 1 3 4 5 2 0 7 0 5 220 Warwick, Trin Co. c 1829, June 9 Edmund H. Blanchard 1860, Apr. 25 1860, Apr. 25 14 46 60 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 64 Wendell, Centre, Istc. 1774, Nov. 29 Willard Brigham 1843, May 24 1864, St. sup. 15 37 52 8 2 0 2 2 3 0 5 1 1 80 TOTAL: 27 chhs., 15 Pastors, 8 St. sups., 5 vacancies, 954 1886 2840 365 84 50 134 83 67 2 152 41 48 3019 OTHER MEMBERS.-Resident: Roger C. Hatch, Warwick, ord. 1818, Oct. 23; George L. Hovey, Dist. Sec. of Am. and For. Christian Union, Deerfield, ord. 1838, Sept. 6; Eli Moody, Montague, ord. 1S18, Aug. 12; Jeremiah Pomreroy, Ashfield, ord. 1833, Oct. 7; Matthew Kingmnan, Clharlemont, ord. 1845, June 26; J. B. Schwarz, Greenfield, laboring among the Germans of Western Mass.-6. Non-Resident: William W. Howland, Missionary A. B. C. F. M., Ceylon, India, ord. 1845, Oct. 11; Henry C. Haskell, Missionary, A. B. C. F. M., Phillipopolis, Turkey, ord. 1862, Aug. 13; David Connell, ord. 1842, Oct.-3. W Not members of this Association. f Union School. Association meets-Second Tuesday in February, May, August, and November. ROBERT CRAWFORD, D. D., Deerfield, Scribe; PERKINS K. CLARK, South Deerfield, Statistical Scribe. 9. HAMPDEN EAST ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1864, Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1864, Jan. 1. Admitted. -1863- Removed. lBaptized. Sab. Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fem. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exc. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sch Chicopee, 1st ch. 1752, Sep. 27 Eli B. Clark 1839, Oct. 16 1539, Oct. 16 30 54 84 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 60 2d ch. 1830, July 3 Roswell Foster 1855, Mar. 14 1863, Oct. 13 42 lIt 153 51 0 3 3 1 6 0 7 0 1 175 3d ch. 1834, Oct. 16 Luther H. Cone 1855, Apr. 5 1&57, Feb. 19 50 137 187 40 6 8 14 5 10 0 15 5 10 206 Lon-meadow 1716, Oct. 17 John W. Harding 1850, Jan. 11850, Jan 1 63 146 209 13 12 4 16 1 3 0 4 2 5 125 " East 1829, Apr. 22 Albert B. Peabody 1860, May 24 1860, May 24 27 67 94 14 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 87 Ludlow 1769, Chester Bridgman 1860, Jan. 5 1864, May 18 40 72 112 18 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 125 n Alfred Ely, D. D 1806, Dec. 12 106, Dec. C.12 Monson 1762, May 23 ( Theron G. Colton 1849, Sep. 25 1855, May28 75 149 224 25 0 6 6 9 3 0 12 0 2 200 Palmer, 1st ch. 1790, Jeremy W. Tuck 1843, Sep. 6 St. sup. 18 40 58 20 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 100 " 2d ch. 1l47, Nov. 1 Joseph Vaill, D. D. 1814, Feb. 21 1854, Dec. 7 23 77 105 20 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 100 South Hadley Falls 1824, Azug. 12 Richard Knight 1837, May 1856, Sep. 10 37 114 151 43 28 3 31 2 2 0 4 14 1 150 Springfield, 1st ch. 1637, Henry M. Parsons 1854, Nov. 15 1854, Nov. 16 91 269 360 44 9 22 31 18 19 1 38 5 6 428 Olivet ch. 1833, Ja. 8........................ 58 131 189 26 3 15 18 2 3 0 5 0 2 166 South ch. 1842, M1,ar 23 Sam. G. Buckingham 1i37, May 24 1847, June 16 99 200 299 26 9 7 8 6 11 0 17 0 5 295 " North ch. 1846, Oct. 28 L. Clark Seelye 1863, Jan. 20 1863, Junee20 9.) 183 273 42 35 17 52 0 11 O 11 11 6 287 "Indian Orchard 1848, farr.23........................ 22 44 66 32 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 60 Wilbraham 1741, JTcze 24 John P. Skeele 1850, Oct. 9 1858, Nov.30 60 107 167 57 0 1 1 5 4 0 9 0 0 118 South ch 1785, John Whitehill 1861, Dec. 11 1861, Dec. 11 34 70 104 16 0 1 1 5 1 0 6 0 1 80 TOTAL: 17 chhs., 15 Pastors. 1 St. sup., 2 vacancies, 854 1976 2S35 498 102 91 186 60 75 1 134 37 43 2762 OTHER MEMBERS.-Resident: Frederick Alvord, Monson, ord. 1858, July 21; F. A. Barton, Indian Orchard, ord. 1839; James Tufts, ord. (when?). 1Non-Resident: Charles R. Bliss, ord. 1859, April 28, South Reading; Charles B. Kittredge, Westboro', ord. 1833, Oct. 16; Wm W. Woodworth, Plymouth; George DeF. Folsom, Fair Haven, Ct. ord. 1850, July 16. Association meets-First Tuesday in February, May, July; second Tuesday in November. E. B. CLARK, Chicopee, Register, and Statistical Scribe. 10. HAMPDEN WEST ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1864, Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1864, Jan. 1. Admitted. -1863-Removed. Baptized. Sab..~......., a... _.A__ ~ —~.~-~ _,~ ~_.., f.___.,_.__ Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fern Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exc. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sch. Agawam 1819, Sept. 1 Ralph Perry 1844, Jan. 3 1847, Dec. 28 38 68 106 8 0 2 2 5 3 0 8 0 0 90 Feeding Hills 1762, Nov. 10 Lewis Grout 1846 1864, May 17 21 48 69 7 1 0 1 0 5 0 5 0 2 74 Blandford 1735, Wm. H. Barrows Lic. St. sup. 27 58 85 11 4 0 4 4 7 0 11 2 2 75 Chester, Hill 1769, Dec. 20 Francis Warriner 1841, Oct. 16 St. sup. 30 53 83 12 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 75 " Factories 1844, Nov. 13 Selah Merrill Lic. St. sup. 8 20 28 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 30 Granville, East 1747, Archibald Leikie 1846, St. sup. 22 41 63 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 60 West 1786, Austin Gardner 1860, Oct. 31 St. sup. 22 44 66 0 15 0 15 1 0 0 1 6 5 60 Holyoke, 1st ch. 1799, Dec. 4 Simeon Miller 1846, May 7 1846, May 7 25 54 79 18 3 2 5 1 6 0 7 2 1 73 <" 2d ch. 1849, May 24 James B. R. Walker 1847, Oct. 27 1855, Nov. 8 41 115 156 78 0 1 1 4 2 1 7 0 3 160 Huntington, 2d ch. 1846, Aug. 26 Townsend Walker 1844, Mar. 12 1853, Dec. 27 22 42 64 12 0 2 2 0 3 0 3 0 5 80 Montgomery 1797, June 30 Wm. H. Moore Lic. St. sup. 3 13 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 00 40 Southampton 1743, June 8 Alexander D. Stowell 1858, Nov. 17 St. sup. 106 177 283 51 17 3 20 17 4 21 8 1 201 Southwick 1773, Aug. 16 Thomas H. Rood 1848, Dec. 20 St. sup. 9 50 59 10 1 1 2 4 4 0 8 0 1 80 Tolland 1797, George Ford 1846, Oct. St. sup. 26 67 93 25 8 2 10 9 0 0 9 6 4 70 Westfield, I st ch. 1679, Aug. 27 Emerson Davis. D. D. 1836, June 1 1836, June 1 84 221 305 22 6 16 22 10 6 16 4 275 " 2d ch. 1856, May 22 George W. Bowler 1849, 1863, April 15 86 143 229 29 6 11 17 2 15 0 17 2 0 225 West Springfield,lst c. 1698, June Eden B. Foster, D. D. 1841, Aug. 11 1861, Oct. 10 60 139 199 30 0 6 6 6 4 0 10 0 3 125'pf " 2d ch. 1850, Jan. 10 Henry Powers 1861, Oct. 30 1861, Oct. 30 16 31 47 7 0 3 3 0 2 0 2 0 1 100 TOTAL: 18 chhs., 9 Pastors. 6 St. sups., 646 1384 2030 325 62 49 111 69 63 1 133 31 31 1823 OTHER MEMBERS.-C. J. Hinsdale, Blandford, ord. June 15, 1823; M. Harrington, West Springfield, ord. Oct. 4, 1834; Z. Whittemore, Great Barrington, ord. Sept. 5, 1821; Henry Cooley, Feeding Hills, ord. Dec. 2, 1846 Association meets-Second Tuesday February, June, September, November. EMESON DAVIS, D. D., Westfield, Scribe, and Statistical Scribe. 11. HAMPSHIRE ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1864, Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1864, Jan. 1. Admitted-1863-Removed. Baptized. Sab Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fem. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. Dth. Dis. Exc. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sc. Chesterfield 1764, Oct. 30 Wm. W. Rose 1862, Dec. 24 St. sup. 10 32 42 5 0 2 2 2 1 0 8 0 0 75 Cummington, 1st ch. 1779, July 7 VoLe........................ 11 32 43 18 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 " Villag-e' 1839, July 1 J. Jav Dana 1835, Sep. 9 1861, St. sup. 41 58 99 18 0 0 0 3 2 0 5 0 0 120 " West Village 1840, Sep. 20 -Jos. B. Baldwin............ St. sup. 20 36 56 15 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 91 Easthampton, 1st ch. 1785, Nov. 17 Aaron M. Colton 1840, June 10 1853, Mar. 2 79 151 230 15 1 2 3 10 5 1 16 1 2 144 " Payson ch. 1852, Dec. 28 S. T. Seelye, D.D. 1846, June 17 1863, Oct. 14 71 162 332 38 0 6 6 4 17 0 21 0 9 250 Goshen 1780, Dec. 21 Sydney Holman 1833, Jan. 16 St. su?p. 26 55 81 20 0 3 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 75 Huntington, 1st ch. 1778, July Edward Clarke 1839, June 19 1860, St. sup. 39 63102 17 2 2 2 1 3 0 130 Middlefield 1783, Nov. 18 N~one................ 33 40 73 22 0 0 0 3 3 0 6 0 0 80 Northampton, 1st ch. 1661, June 18 Zachary Eddy, D.D. 1835, Mar. 16 1858, Mar. 3 165 364 529 35 17 9 26 9 3 0 12 5 8 556 " Edwards ch. 1833, Jan. 30 Gordon Hall 1848, Oct. 25 1852, Jan. 2 137 231 368 20 5 1 6 4 2 0 6 1 6 169 " Florence ch. 1861, Oct. 9 Horace C. Hovey 1858, April 16 1863, Feb. 5 24 44 68 1 27 14 41 0 3 0 3 14 3 154 Plainfield 1786, Aug. 31 Solomon Clark 1841, April 12 1858, St. sup. 50 96 146 14 0 3 3 5 1 0 6 0 3 240 Westhampton 1779, Sep. 1 None 93 129 222 18 2 0 2 6 3 0 9 0 11 125 Williamsburg, 1st ch. 1771, July 3 Eliphalet Y. Swift 1844, Jan. 1862, June 26 99 149 248 44 0 2 2 10 7 0 17 0 5 200 " Haydenville 1851, Jan. 4 -None....................... 52 102 154 30 0 0 0 2 8 0 10 0 1 150 Worthington 11771, April 1 John H. Bisbee 1834, Feb. 20 1838, Dec. 19 67111 178 25 2 1 3 7 5 0 12 1 1 310 TOTAL: 17 chs., 7 Pastors, 6 St. sups., 4 vacancies, 1019 1862 2881 354 54 45 99 63 62 1 126 22 50 2843 OTHER MEMBERS.-Resident: Erastus Clapp, Easthampton, ord. 1823, Jan. 1; Solomon Lyman, Easthampton, ord. 1826, Jan. 4; Oliver Warner, Secretary of State, Boston, ord. 1844, June 5; Ebenezer B. Wright, Chaplain of State Almshouse, Monson ord. 1819, Dec.; Cyrus Brewster, Post-Chaplain, Readville, ord. 1843, Aug 23.-5.' g C.Non-Resident: Lewis Bridgman, Westfield, Wisconsin, ord. 1840, Oct. 29; Henry Matson, -_.2. I Not a member of this Association. Association meets-First Tuesday in February and May; fourth Tuesday in October. HORACE C. HovEY, Northampton (Florence), Scribe and Statistical Scribe. 12. HAMPSHIRE EAST ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1861, Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1864, Jan. 1. Admitted. -1863-Removed. Baptized. Sab. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ ______, —- -, —-_ -_ ~ -,Sh Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fern. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exc. Tot. Ad. Inf. Amherst, 1st Cong. ch 1739, Nov. 7 Henry L.Hubbell 1861,April241861,Apr.24 90 214 304. 42 1 1112 6 3 0 9 0 5 281 College ch. 1826, Mr. 1*7 \m. A. Stears, D. H. 1831, Dec. 14 1854, Nov. 21 60 20 80 13 9 5 14 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 c East, 2dC.ch. 1782, Nov.1I None..40 160 200 22 1 2 3 1 3 0 4 1 0 178 North, C. ch. 1826, Nov. 15 Nonce.................. 106 149 255 59 0 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 12 " South ch. 1824, Oct. 14 Walter Barton 1864, Feb. 17 1864, Feb. 17 25 48 73 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 75 Belchertown 1737 Henry B.Blake 1845, Jan. 11855, June26 97218315 2013 114 8 9 017 5 6 436 Enlield 1790 John A. Seymour 1854, Jan. 21862, Apr. 17130220350 58 3 5 8 6 2 0 8 2 2 265 Granby 1762 Henry S. Kelsey 1863, Nov. 28 1863, Nov. 28 92 136 228 40 0 1 1 13 9 0 22 0 4 208 Hadley, 1st ch. 1659 Rovland Ayres 1848, Jan. 121848, Jan. 12 80125205 37 1 8 9 3 2 " Russell c.. 1841,. S. Dwight 1844, Dec. 25 St. sup. 27 81 108 10 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 2 75 c North, 2d ch. 1831, Warren H. Beaman 1841, Sep. 15 1841, Sep. 15 36 85. 121 10 6 2 8 6 1 0 1 3 4 South Hadley, 1st ch. 1733, Hiram Mead 1858, Sep. 291858 Sep. 29 81190271 6715 823 311 014 7 9 230 Hatfield 1670 JohnM.Greene 1857 Oct. 201857 Oct. 20 91161252 20 6 0 6 6 3 0 9 1 1 200 Leverett, Cong. ch. 1784, Nov. 10 John Hartwell 1859, Sep. 29 1859 Sep. 29 34 63 97 17 1 0 1 1 3 0 41 Prescott, Cong. oh. 1823, j David Bancroft 1838, Oct. 20 1858, June 8 17 27 44 4 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 80 Prescott, Cong. ch. 12,17 7 Pelham 1837 Wn. -. Dowden 1863, Nov. 5 1863, Nov. 5 9 34 43 17 2 2 4 0 1 0 1 1 7 0 0 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~155 Greenwich 1749, Edward P. Blodgett 1843, July 6 1843, July 5 38 115 153 19 0 1 1 2 2 0 4 Whately, Cong. ch. 1771, John W. Lane 1860, Oct. 17 1860 Oct. 17 64 95 159 19 0 2 2 3 2, 0 5 0 2 160 South Hadley Falls 1824, Aug. 12 Samuel J. M. Merwin 1844, Dec. 18 1860, Dec. 4 30 80 110 18 9 10 19 1 143 45 5 3 15 TOTAL: 19 chhs., 16 Pastore, 1 St. sup., 2 vacancies, 1147 2221 3368 496 68 64 132 62 56 44 156 26 54 3141 * By vote of a Council called from all the churches in Hampden East and Hampshire East Associations, and the churches in Westfield, " Inasmuch as these seceded members have withdrawn themselves from the church contrary to ecclesiastical order, and continue to absent themselves, therefore, Resoled, That we advise this church to withdraw from them their watch and care." J. HARDING, Scribe. E. DAVIS, Moderator. OTHER MEMBERS-Rev. John Woodbridge, D.D., Chicago, Ill., no charge, ord. 1810, June 20; Rev. Aaron Warner, D.D., A ord. 1823, Sept. 25; Rev. Robert McEwen, D D., New London, Ct., ord. 1833, Oct. 9; Rev. David Eastman, New Salem, Pastor ov. 1840 Feb. 1i; Rev. Charles L. Woodworth, Chaplain 27th Mass. Vols., ord. 1849, Nov. 7; Rev. Henry Mills, Kalamazoo, Mich, stated supply, otd. 154, Nov. 23; Rev rA Tuxbury, Exeter, N. H., no charge, ord, 1857, July 15; Rev. William S. Tyler, D.D., Amherst, Prof. in College, ord. 1859, Oct. 5; Rev. William Tyler, An burndale, ord. 1819, Feb. 24; Rev. Roswell Hawks, Painsville, Ohio, ord. 1825, April 20. Association meets-First Tuesday after first Sabbath in January, March, and July; third Tuesday in September. HENRY S. KELSEY, Granby, Scribe and Statistical Scribe. 13. MENDON ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1864, Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1864, Jan. 1. Admitted. -18638- Removed. Baptized. Sab.._, - Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fern. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. JDth. Dis. Exc. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sc. Dover, 2d Ev. Con. c. 1839, Oct. 23 Thomas S. Norton 1846, Feb. 4 1859, June 20 9 24 33 6 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 50 Foxboro', Or. Con. c. 1779, Nov. 5 Noadiah S. Dickinson 1849, May 26 1858, Mar. 10 52 145 197 12 1 2 3 275 Franklin 1728, Feb. 6 Samuel Hunt 1839, July 17 1850, Dec. 4 38 124 162 15 1 1 2 2 3 0 5 0 2 175 " (South) Un. C.c 1855, Sep. 13 Sumner Clark 1845, Jan. 1 St. sup. 8 17 25 1 1 65 Mansfield, Or. Con. c. 1838, Mfay 9 Jacob Ide, Jr. 1856, Mar. 26 1856, Mar. 26 32 66 98 4 0 1 1 1 2 0 8 0 4 181 Medfield, 2d Cong. ch. 1828, Feb. 6 Andrew Bigelow 1841, Aug. 25 1855, Sep. 12 27 93 120 10 10 0 10 0 1 0 1 6 0 102 Medway, (East), Istc 1704, (prob.) Jacob Roberts 1839, July 17 1856, Oct. 9 39 92 131 18 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 168 (West),2d c. 1750, Oct. 4 Jacob Ide, D. D. 1814, Nov. 2 1814, Nov. 2 71 139 210 37 0 0 0 5 3 0 8 0 2 200 " Village ch. 1838, Sep. 7 David Sanford 1828, May 22 1838, Oct. 3 58 143 201 40 7 6 13 5 5 0 10 4 5 150 Mendon, Evan. ch. No report Milford, 1st Cong. ch. 1741, July 15 kAlfred A. Ellsworth 1862, Sep. 4 1862, Sep. 4 58 160 218 25 3 12 15 10 2 0 12 1 2 475 Walpole, Or. Con. Ch 1826, Nov. 13 Edward G. Thurber 1862, Oct. 9 1863, Oct. 14 40 117 157 34 8 1 9 3 2 0 5 4 8 158 Wrentham, Orig. C. c. 1692, Apr. 13 )Charles I. Mills 1837, Oct. 1863, Feb. 10 47 160 207 47 5 5 10 3 4 0 7 3 4 245 North, Union ch. 1839, July 18 tJohn E. Corey 1853, Oct. 12 St. sup. 9 25 34 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 65 TOTAL: 14 chhs., 11 Pastors, 2 St. sups., 1 vacancy, 488 1305 1793 255 35 29 64 33 23 2 58 18 31 2259 OTHER MEMBERS.-Resident: John Dwight, North Wrentham, ord. 1837, Apr. 12; Sewall Harding, Anburndale, ord. 1821, Jan. 17; Calvin Hitchcock, D.D., Wrentham, ord. 1815, Aug 1.5; Caleb Kimball, Medwav, ord. 1832; William L. Ropes, Cambridge, ord. 1853, Sept. 14.-5. NVo2-Resident: Daniel J. Poor, Teacher, Romeo, Michigan, ord. 1840, March 11; Thomas Williams, Providence, R. I., ord. 1807, Jan. 1.-2. 4 Not members of this Association. J Member of Taunton Association. Association meets-Second Tuesday in June and December. N. S. DICKlNsoN, Foxboro', Scribe and Statistical Scribe. 14. MIDDLESEX SOUTH ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1864, Aug. 1. Ministers. Ch. Mem. 1864, Jan. 1. Admitted.-1863.-Removed. Baptized. Sab. Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fern. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exc. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sn. Ashland, 1st ch. 1835, Jan. 21 Albert H. Currier 1862, Dec. 3 1862, Dec. 3 48 104 152 22 0 3 3 1 5 0 6 0 2 175 Concord, Trin. ch. 1826, Jan. 5 Edward S. Potter 1843, May St. sup. 20 76 96 15 6 4 10 5 5 0 10 2 2 136 Frarningliarn Hollis Ev. ch. 1701, Dec. 8 John Knox McLean 1861, June 5 1863, Feb. 19 260 5 17 22 5 5 0 10 4 7 244 " Saxonville,Edwards ch. 1835, May 26 George E..,Hill 1851, June 5 1863, Oct. 15 31 105 136 12 0 0' 0 1 3 0 4 0 1 158 Holliston, 1st ch. 1728, Nov 20 Joshua T. Tucker 1837, Apr. 16 1849, June 6 118 263 381 52 3 8 11 7 4 3 14 2 5 227 Hopkinton 1724, Sep. 2 John C. Webster 1837, Mar. 15 1838 Dec. 19 55 111 166 7 3 5 8 6 0 0 6 2 2 300 Lincoln 1747, Aug. 18 Henry J. Richardson 1860, Sep. 6 1860, Sep. 6 26'50 76 15 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 129 Marlboro', Union 1836, Mar. 18 George N. Anthony 1855, Oct. 3 1860; Nov. 8 59 142 201 33 11 4 15 4 4 0 8 9 6 225 Natick, 1st Conu. ch. 1802, Feb. Charles M. Tyler 1859, May 19 69 167 236 30 21 4 25 5 7 0 12 8 3 350 So., John' Eliot ch. 1859, Nov. 16 EInathan E. -trong 1859, Apr. 10 1859, Nov. 16 12 29 41 3 3 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 6 129 Sherborn 1685, Mar.26 Edmund Dowse 1838, Oct. 10 1838, Oct. 10' 54 118 172 31 6 3 9 4 0 0 4 4 1 175 Southboro', Pilgrim c. 1831, Feb. 17 None 55 78 133 18 0 3 3 3 4 0 7 0 0 111 Stowe, 1839, 7lar. 11 No public services Assabet 1852, Sep. 23 Adin H. Fletcher 1845, Oct. 15 St. sup. 13 48 61 12 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 95 Sudbury, Union Ev. c. 1640, Aug, Erastus Dickinson 1835, Sep. 25 1856, May 14 56 121 177 9 0 0 0 10 5 0 15 0 10 200 Waylatid 1828, May 21 Henry Bollard 1863, Oct. 1 1863, Oct. 1 47 96 143 31 2 2 4 3 0 0 3 0 7 100 TOTAL: 16 chhs., 12 Pastors, 2 St. sups., 2 vacancies, 663 1508 2431 290 60 57 117 57 43 3 103 31 56 2754 OTHER MEMBERS.-Resident: Birdsey G. Northrop, Saxonville, ord. 1847, March 10; Increase N. Tarbox, Sec. of Am. Ed. Soc., West Newton, or Boston, ord. 1844, Nov. 22; William M. Thayer, Editor, Franklin, ord. 1849, June 20.-3. Association meets-First Tuesday in January, April, July, and October. GEORGE N. ANTHONY, Marlboro', Scribe; INCREASE N. TARBOX, West Newton, or Boston, Statistical Scribe. 15. MIDDLESEX UNION ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1864, Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1864, Jan. 1. Admitted. —1863 —Removed. Baptized. -' --,___-..~_____. _ ~..______, Sab. Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fem. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exc. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sch. Acton 1832, Mcr. 13`Geo. W. Coleman 1863, Nov. 12 1863, Nov. 12 61 107 168 56 0 0 0 6 5 0 11 0 0 92 Ashby 1776, June 12 None 48 94 142 11 0 2 2 6 2 0 8 0 0 150 Boxboro' 1784, Apr. 29 f George'N. Marden 1862, Oct. 9 1862, Oct. 2 25 33 58 19 1 0 1 2 2 0 4 1 1 70 Dunstable 1757, gMay 12 William C. Jackson 1835, Oct. 13 1859, Nov. 2 23 50 73 16 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 80 Fitchburg 1768, Jan. 27 Alfred Emerson 1845, Oct. 15 1858, June 2 119 258 377 722 22 24 8 12 0 20 1 5 395 Groton. 1664, July 12 _ NonIe............ 54 153 207 21 3 2 5 5 8 0 13 2 3 138 " South 1861, Sep. 5 David M. Bean 1863, July 23 St. sp. 11 18 29 2 1 2 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 80 Harvard 1733, John Dodge 1842, June 15 1844, May 10 39 102 141 34 0 4 4 4 10 0 14 0 3 125 Lancaster 1839, 21fay 22 Amos E. Lawrence 1848, June 25 1860, Oct. 10 21 52 73 12 1 2 3 2 7 0 9 0 0 108 Leominster 1822, Dec. 25 Horace Parker 1861, May 31 St. sup. 81 171 252 39 14 21 35 6 3 0 9 3 4 280 Littleton 1840, May 14 Elihu Loomis 1851, Oct. 22 St. sup. 18 34 52 9 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 65 Lunenburg 1835, June 10 William A. Mandell 1842, Apr. 2 1856, Jan. 2 27 73 100 7 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 100 Pepperell 1747, Jan. 27 Edward P. Smith 1856, June 11 1856, June 11 98 204 302 62 5 1 6 7 0 1 8 5 0 336 Shirlev 1828, Mar. 12 Albert I. Dutton 1863, Nov. 11 1863, Nov. 11 13 29 42 8 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 70 Townsend 1734, Oct. 16 John C. Hutchinson 1859, Dec. 20 St. sup 62 130 192 43 0 0 0 8 3 0 11 0 1 274 Westford 1828, Dec. 25 Edwin R. Hodgman 1849, May 17 St. sup. 40 102 142 40 0 4 4 2 3 0 5 0 2 125 TOTAL: 16 chhs., 10 Pastors, 5 St. sups., 1 vacancy, 740 1610 2350 451 29 63 92 63 58 1 122 14 23 2488 OTHER MEMBERS -Residest: Robert W. Fuller, Stowe, ord. 1841, June 10; John E. B. Jewett, Pepperell, ord. 1851, Sept. 10: Leonard Luce, Westford, ord. 1829, April 8; Milan C. Stebbins, Teacher, Lancaster, Licentiate; James M. Bell, Ashby, ord. 1b58, July 21- George Trask, Anti-Tobacconist, Fitchburg, ord. 1830, Sept. 15-5. Non-Resident: Daniel B. Babcock, - -, ord. 1839, Nov. 7; Edwin A. Bulkley, Brooklyn. E D. New York, ord 1847, Oct. 11; Daniel Butler, Somerville, (?) Sec. Mass. Bible Society, ord. 183S, Oct. 13; Moses Patten, Byfield, ord. 1560, June 7; Edward P. Tenney, - -, ord. 1859, Oct. 19.-4. 8 Not a member of thjis Association. f Post office address, West Acton. Association meets-First Tuesday in January, March, May, July, September, and November. EDWIN R HODGMAN, Westford, Scribe, and Statistical Scribe. Churches. 1864, Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1864, Jan. 1. Admitted.-1863- Removed. Baptized Sab. Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fem. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exe. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sch. Abin-ton, 1st ch. 1712, Frederic R. Abbe 1857, Sep. 3 1857, Sep. 3 61 106 167 9 0 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 3 251 " South, 2d ch 1807, Aug. 19 Henry L. Edwards 1857, July 12 1857, July 12 97 159 256 27 -1 2 3 12 1 0 13 1 2 252 East, 3d chli. 1813, Aug. 27 Horace D. Walker 1844, Feb. 15 1844, Feb. 15 72 125 197 21 2 0 2 3 2 0 5 2 4 220 " North, 4th ch 1839, Oct. 3 Martin Moore 1814, Feb, 16 1862, St. sup. 33 81 114 21 8 1 9 3 1 0 4 8 1 159 Braintree, 1st ch. 1707, Sep. 10 Richard S. Storrs, D.D. 1811, July 3 1811, July 3 42 126 168 30 2 3 5 1 2 0 3 1 1 135 " South ch. 1829, Nov. 18 Lucius R. Eastman,Jr. 1862, May 1 1862, May 1 30 63 93 10 1 2 3 3 2 0 5 1 2 202 Cohasset,2d Cong. ch. 1824, Nov. 24 Frederic A. Reed 1848, Mar. 9 1848, Mar. 9 19 76 95 12 1 2 3 2 1 0 3 0 0227 Dorchester, 2d ch. 1808, Jan. I James H. Means 1848, July 13 1848, July 13 74 226 300 38 5 3 8 7 9 0 16 4 8 270 The Village ch. 1829, Mar. 11 A. Judson Rich 1864, Mar. 30 1864, Mar. 30 41 95 136 45 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 121 "Port Norfolk, Tr. c 1859, May 11 No report EasoT Unknow ILuther Sheldon, D.D. 1810, Oct. 24 1810, Oct. 24 Eastonnkno Charles E. Lord 1844, May 8 1863, June 3 23 62 85 21 3 0 3 6 2 0 8 3 0 200 E. & W. Bridgewater, Union ch. 1826, June 30 Nath'l H. Broughton 1856, Apr. 23 St. sup. 54 72 126 20 0 0 0 4 3 0 7 0 0 127 Hiniham, Ev. Cong. c 1847. Dec. 21 None......................... 12 29 41 7 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 80 Milton, 1st ch. 1678, Apr. 21 Albert K. Teele 1844, July 15 1850, Dec. 18 37 78 115 23 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 70 " Railway, 2d Ev.c. c. 1843, Nov. 9 No report............ North Bridgewater, 1st 1740, Oct. 15 dEdward L. Clark 1861, Aug. 1863, Sep. 22 44 98 142 15 5 20 2 0 2 7 0 435' South Cong. ch. 1837, Jan. 3 Charles W. Wood 1839. Oct. 29 1858, Feb. 3 51 85 136 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 243 "Porter Ev. ch. 1850, Mar. 6 Samuel H. Lee 1862, Sep. 17 1862, Sep. 17 57 106 163 14 3 2 5 5 7 0 12 3 200 Quincy, Ev. Cong. c. 1832, Aug. 16 Edward P. Thwing 1858, Sep. 22 1862, Nov. 19 30 91 121 21 8 13 21 0 0 0 0 5 3 175 Randolph, 1st ch. 1731, MJay 28 None........................ 39 98 137 11 0 O 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 157 "East, 2d ch. 1818, Dec. 15 None........................ 26 61 87 200 Winthrop c 1856 Dec. 30 Ezekiel Russell, D. D 1836, June 22 1857, Feb. 3 38 79 117 1 6 3 9 4 0 0 4 1 2 360 Scituate, No., Tr. C. c. 1635, Jan. 28 Alex. J. Sessions 1838, June 6 1863, June 25 28 58 86 8 1 4 5 2 5 0 7 0 3 95 Stou-hton, 1st ch. 1741, Aueg. 10 Thomas Wilson 1848, Mar. 1 1856, Mar. 13 30 64 94 19 3 0 3 4 0 0 4 1 1 136 Weymouth, 1st ch. 1623, Joshua Emery 1835, May 13 1838, Jan. 25 41 76 117 3 4 0 4 4 0 0 4 4 0 113, South, 2d ch 1723, Sep. 8 James P. Terry 1839, Dec. 4 1848, July 6 30 87 117 8 7 0 7 3 0 0 3 5 0 200 Landing Un. ch.ofBraintree 1811, Aug. 14 Lysander Dickerman 1858, Apr. 29 1861, Jan. 17 52 104 156 13 1 1 2 2 2 0 4 1 3 350 and Weym'th, ) " South. In. 1842, Nov. 1 Stephen H Hayes 1844, Aug. 20 1858, Apr. 8 19 67 86 3 8 0 8 2 0 0 0 6 3 202 East, Co ch. 1843, Mar. 4 James P. Lane 1861, Jan. 10 1861, Jan. 10 55 83 138 8 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 2 1 150 " N'th, Pilgrim c. 1852, Miar. 11 Sam'l L. Rockwood 1840, Mar. 11 1858, Mar. 2 14 47 63 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 150 TOTAL: 30 chhs., 24 Pastors, 2 St. sups., 4 vacancies, 1149 2502 3651 417 83 45 128 81 43 0 124 60 42 5480 OTHER MEMBERS.-Resident: Lucius R. Eastman, Sen., Amherst, ord. 1837, Nov. 24; Edwin Leonard. Milton, ord. 1852, Mar. 25; William Leonard, Pastor, Dana, ord. 1844, July 7; Theodore T. Munger, Pastor, Haverhill, ord. 1856, Feb. 6; Lebbeus R. Phillips, Groton, ord. 1841, July 29; Jonas Perkins, East Braintree, ord. 1815, June 14; Edmund S. Potter, St. sup. Concord, ord. 1843, May 15; Dennis Powers, Abington, ord. 1838, Dec. 5; Isaac C. White, Roxbury, ord. 1850, Oct. 23; James Ward, St. sup., Lakeville; Daniel Wight, Natick, ord. 1842, Sep. 28; Henry D. Woodworth, St. sup., Wellesly., ord. 1860. Nonz-Resident: Paul Couch, St. sup., Central Village, Plainfield, Conn. ord. 1827; Stephen S. Dodd, Chaplain 25th Mass. Vols., ord. 1852, Sept, 21; Philo B. Wilcox, Norway, Me., ord. 1851, May 14. Not members of this Association. Association meets-Last Tuesday in January, April, July, and October. RICHARD S. STORRS, Braintree, Moderator. Lucius R. EASTMAN, JR., South Braintree, Scribe, and Statistical Scribe. 17. OLD COLONY ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1864, Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1864, Jan. 1. Admitted. — S6 —Removed. Baptized. Sab. Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. ern. Tot. Abs. Prof. et. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exc. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sch. Dartmouth, South 1807, Martin S. Howard 1856, Nov. 20 1859, May 19 29 57 86 25 0 0 0 1 0 O 1 0 0 10 Edgartown 1641, July d5Hartford P. Leonard 1863,June 23 St. sqp. 36 87 123 36 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 90 Fairhaven 1794, Jiy 23 John Willard 1855, Jan. 25 1855, Jan. 25 70 159 229 49 0 0 5 3 8 0 258 Marion 1703, Oct. 13 Leander Cobb 1827, Sep. 27 1841, Dec. 1 34 57 91 7 2 1 3 2 0 0 2 1 30 Mattapoisett 1736, July 27 William L. Parsons 1841, Aug. 24 1859, Mar. 10 67 116 183 31 1 0 1 9 3 012 1 1 15 Middleboro', Central c.1847,. 25 Noe........................ 54 115 169 9 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 20 Nantucket 1711, SSamuel D. Hosmer 1856, Nov. 11 St. sup. 53 227 280 74 2 0 2 13 5 321 0 O 19 New Bedford, 1st ch. 1696, Asahel Cobb 1825, Dec. 1857, Nov. 11 16 45 61 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 90 North C. ch. 1807, Oct. 15 Alonzo H. Quint 1853, Dec. 27 1864, July 21 119 253 372 65 0 2 2 2 0 0 12 0 0 321 Trinit. ch. 1831, 2ov. 15 Wheelock Craig 1849, Aug. 9 1850, Dec. 4 43 116 159 0 3 0 3 4 7 0 11 2 2 150 " Pacific C. c. 1844, Oct. 8 Timothy Stowe 1854, Apr. 11 1854, Apr. 11 42 99 141 21 2 0 2 0 3 0 3 1 14 267 Rochester, Centre ch. 1703, Oct. 13 *cEdwin Leonard 1852, Mar. 25 1861, Nov. 27 30 82 112 22 10 0 10 7 0 0 7 4 1 100 " North 1789, Mar. 17 *James R. Cushing 1829, Aug. 12 St. sup. 4 7 11 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 30 Wareham 1749, itTimothy F. Clary 1849, Dec. 1211860, Apr. 18 37 94 131 19 3 0 3 3 0 0 3 1 0 100 TOTAL: 14 chhs., 10 Pastors, 3 St. sups., 1 vacancy, 634 1514 2148 376 25 6 31 49 31 3 83 12 24 2189 OTHER 1MEMBERS. —~ResideZt: Daniel C. Burt, Berkley, ord. 1835, July 1; Nathaniel Cobb, Evangelist, Kingston, ord. 1827, Oct 31; Samuel Nott, Jr., Wareham, ord. 1812, Feb. 6. Nons-Resident: Henry W. Parker, Auburn, N. Y., ord. 1848, May 9; Homer Barrows, Pastor, Plaistow, N. H., ord. 1836, June 1; William Gould, Pawtucket, R. I., ord. (when?); Azariah Eldridge, Pastor, Fort St. Presbyterian Ch., Detroit, Mich., ord. 1847, Oct. 15. Elsewhere enumerated: James A. Roberts, St. sup., Berkley; Isaac Dunham, St. sup., Westport; Sylvester Holmes, St. sup., South Plymouth; Harvey M. Stone, St. sup., South Dennis; Isaiah C. Thacher, Pastor, Gloucester. -Not rmembers of this Association. Association meets-Third Tuesday in April, July, and October. MARTIN S. HowARD, South Dartmouth, Scribe; TIMOTHY STOWE, New Bedford, Statistical Scribe. 18. PLYMOUTH ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1864, Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1864, Jan. 1. Admitted. -1863- Removed. Baptized. Sab. -...._.....__ _ _ ___ — - _ -- _-_ —_ -_ —...-.. Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fem. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exc. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sch. Bridgewater, 1st Tr. c. 1821, Oct. 17 Ebenezer Douglass 1855, Nov. 1862, June 26 34 66 100 25 15 4 19 1 0 O 1 11 4 215 " Scotland C. c. 1836, July 4 James C Seagrave 1851, Dec. 3 St. sup. 12 34 46 2 O 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 3 60 Carver 1733, Mlay 13 - Henry L. Chase 1863, St. sup. 19 48 67 5 0 O 0 6 O O 6 0 O 85 E. Bridgewater, Tr. c. 1849., Nov. 14 No public services. Halifax 1734, Oct. 16 Timothy G. Brainerd 1840, Nov. 5 1855, June 27 19 30 49 2 0 1 1 1 O O 1 0 0 121 Hanover, 1st ch. 1728, Dec. 5 Joseph Freeman 1844, Mar. 10 1855, Apr. 18 16 44 60 11 4 2 6 4 0 0 4 1 1 81 4 Corners, 2d c 1854, Apr. 12 James Aiken 1843, Aug. 30 1859, June 16 21 44 65 11 0 3 3 1 1 0 2 0 70 Hanson 1748, Aug. 31 Benjamin Southworth 1859, Feb. 24 1860, St. sup. 13 33 46 6 O O O 5 1 0 6 0 0 100 Kingston, Evan. ch. 1828, Maar. 19 Joseph Peckham 1842, Nov. 30 1859, St. sup. 22 63 85 18 1 1 2 O O O0 1 0 59 Lakeville 1725, Oct. 6 S.James W. Ward 1834, May 21 1863, St. sup. 43 66 109 12 0 0 0 1 3 0 4 0 0 115 Marshfield, 1st ch. 1632, Ebenezer Alden, Jr. 1843, Nov. 5 1850, Oct. 30 14 34 48 3 4 4 1 1 2 4 6 120 " East, 2d Trin. ch. 1835, July 4 Daniel D. Tappan 1826, Nov. 14 1859, St. sup. 17 26 43 2 O O O 1 O O 1 0 1 60 Middleboro', 1st ch. 1694, Dec. 26 Isr. W. Putnam, D. D. 1815, Mar. 15 1835, Oct. 2 43 105 158 35 9 0 9 7 0 0 7 9 1 190 North 1748, Elbridge G. Little 1848, Oct. 12 1859, Apr. 13 43 116 159 3 O O O 5 1 0 6 0 2 201 Plymouth, 2d ch. 1738, NVov. 8 tSylvesterHolmes 1811, July St. sup. 28 69 97 2 O 2 2 1 0 3 4 0 O 60 i" 3d ch. 1801, Oct. 1 W. W. Woodworth 1843, July 6 St. sup. 69 176 245 5 6 4 10 O 2 0 2 6 2 148 " 4th ch. 1818, Jene 18 I Samuel Woodburv 1841, Apr. 1859, St. sup. 20 38 58 4 2 0 2 3 O O 3 2 O 94 " 5th 1862, Nov. 6 Alexander Fuller, Jr. 1863, Oct. 28 1863, Oct. 28 20 43 63 O 7 1 8 O O O0 4 73 Plympton 1698, Oct. 27 Moody A Stevens 1362, Dec. 9 St. sup. 24 88 112 6 3 0 3 2 O 0O 2 3 O 150 TOTAL: 19 chhs., 8 Pastors, 10 St. sups., 487 1123 1610 152 51 20 71 40 9 4 53 41 20 1992 OTHrR MEMBERS.-Resident: David Brigham, Fall River, ord. 1819, Dec. 29; Ebenezer Gay, Bridgewater, ord. 1818, Jan. 7; D. B. Nichols, Scituate, ord. (when?); Stetson Raymond, Bridgewater, ord. 1817, Apr. 9; Baalis Sanford, East Bridgewater, ord. 1827, Oct. 4; Enoch Sanford, Raynham, ord. 1827, Oct. 2.-6. t Not members of this Association. - MIember of Old Colony Association. t Member of Taunton Association. Association meets-Third Tuesday in February, May, August, November. EBENEZER ALDEN, Jr., Marshfield, Scribe, and Statistical Scribe. 19. SALEM ASSOCIATIOT N. Churches. 1864, Aug. 1. Ministers. Ch. Men. 1864, Jan. 1. Admitted. —863. —Re-noved. Baptized. Sab. "Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mlal. Fern. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exc. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sch. Beverly, Dane-st. c. 1803, iseph Abbott, D. D. 1834, Oct. 23 1834, Oct. 23 78 158 336 5 0 0 255 Boxford, lst ch. 1702, Win. S. Coggin 1838, May 9 1838, May 9 43 91 13 12112 214 2 5 200 Danvers, 1st Cong. ch. 1671, Charles B. tice.... 1863, Sep. 21 43 12 155 15 22 3 5 4 1 0 2361 Lynn, 1st Cong. ch. 1632, NoVoe................. 75 207 282 24 7 5 12 6 1 1 3 3 456 6 Tower Hill chpl. ZlJoo1 ChFrancis Homes 125 << Centralch. 1850, Dec. II J. B. Sewall 1855, Feb. 28 1855, Feb. 28 3 76 109 20 6 15 0 2 0 2 1 5 220 " Chestnut-st. ch. 1857, Feb. 10 HII. M. Painter St. sp. 7 35 42 10 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0120 Lynnfield, 2dch. 1854 Jon. 1. 18 Allen Gannett 1836, Jan. 20 St. sup. I 13 100 Mliarblehead, 1st ch. 1684, Aug. 13 Benjamin R. Allen 1835, Sep. 11 1854, Nov. 3 40 297 337 50 7 0 4 1 5 260 Saugus Centre- Ist Orth. Cong. ch. 1732. Levi Brigham ~ 1837, Mar. 15 1851, May 7 13 1 44 4 3 0 1 135 Swampscott, st ch. 1846, Jonas B. Clark 1842, Nov. 5 1846, July 15 9 48 57 3 0 0 0O 0 0 215 Topsfield 1663, Anson McLoud 1841, Dec. 8 1841, Dec. 8 46 13 59 1 2 2 2 O 7 0 2 200 W,enham, Cong. ch. 1664, Oct. 8 John S. Sewall 1859, Apr. 20 1859, Apr. 20 30 78 108 17 1 4 15 3 0 10 6 3 185 TOTAL:- 12 cllis., 9 Pastors, 1 vacancy, 417 1146 1576 74 68 28 96 29 17 1 47 22 22 2832 OTHT-ER MEaMBERS. —Resident: Milton P. Braman, D.D., Danvers, ord. 1826, Apr. 12; Joseph Tracy, D.D., Sec. Mass. Colon. Soc, Beverly, ord. S121. June 26; Samuel M. Worcester, D.D., Rec. Sec. A. B. C. F. M., Salem, ord. 1832, Jan. 14.-4. 45 Member of Essex South Association. t Not a member of this Association. Association meets-First Tuesday in January, March, May, July, September, November, ALLE N GANNETT, Lynnfield, Scribe, and Statistical Scribe, 20. SUFFOLK NORTH ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1864, Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1864, Jan. 1. Admitted -1863- Removed. Baptized. Sab - 8,.... ~.... &' ~ ~ ~ ~ r.- -'~- h Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fem. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. Dth. Dis. Exe. Tot. Ad. Inf. c Boston, Old S~outh 0cl.1669, Mcay G. W. Blagden, D. D. 1827, Dec. 25 11836, Sep. 28 n12-16 lJacob M. Manning 1854, Jan. 3 1857, Mar. 11 98 299 397 1 1 7 2 0 9 150 Bowdoin-st.c. 1825, Jly 18 None........................ 68 191 259 92 0 0 0 3 52 0 55 0 000 Salem ch. 1827, Sep. 2 tSolomon P. Fay 1849, Aug. 6 St. sip. 151 291 442 264 10 6 16 4 21 0 25 1 1 280 Central ch. 1835, May11 John E. Todd 1860, Feb. 2 1860, Feb. 2 116 213 329 6 12 18 3 3 4 10 1 1 495 "Springfield-st. ch. 1860, Jan. 4 Daniel Tenney 1845, May 13 1862, June25 42 118 160 22 61 13 74 2 4 0 6 0 14 355 "East, Maverick c. 1836, May 31 Joel S. Bingham 1846, Oct. 20 1863, Mar. 18 108 258 366 12 6 4 10 1 10 0 11 1 2 819 Cambridge, 1st ch. 1636. 1 John A. Albro, D. D. 1817, Nov. 21 1835, Apr. 15 79 208 287 30 5 3 8 6 9 0 15 0 10 200 " Port, 1st oh. 1827, Sep. 20 James 0. Murray 1854, Oct. 26 1861, May 1 126 270 396 87 9 15 24 3 3 1 1 7475 <" " 2d ch. 1842, ar.10 None 26 59 85 30 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 000 East, Ev. Cong. c. 1842, Sep. 8 None 38 77 115 11 4 6 10 1 2 2 5 2 4 210 North, Holmes c. 1857, Sep. 23 William Carruthers 1858, June 16 1861, Jan. 1 43 64 107 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 145 Charlestown, 1st ch. 1632, Nov. 2 James B. Miles 1855, Jan. 2 1855, Jan. 2 94 214 308 50 5 5 10 4 6 1 11 2 4 680 "' Winthrop ch. 1833, Jan. 9 lVNone 142 841 483 37 13 50 9 12 0 21 0 0 957 Chelsea, Winnis't ch. 1841, Sep. 20 Albert H. Plumb 1858, Nov. 10 1858, Nov. 10 140 253 393 40 3 23 26 5 13 0 18 2 9 602 " Broadway ch. 1851, Apr. 2 Joseph A. Copp, D. D. 1852 Jan.D. 1852, Jan. 7 86 169 255 14 2 7 9 4 5 0 9 1 678 Malden South,Con. c. 1861, Oct. 30 David M. Bean 1863, July 23 1864, June 28 11 26 37 3 O 1 1 1 0 1 0 149 Medford, Trin.Con.c. 1823, Oct. 20 Elihu P. Marvin 1845, July 23 1852, Feb. 25 42 107 149 13 0 5 5 3 9 0 12 0 0 185 Need'm,W., Wellesley 1798, Sep. 6 f Henry D Woodworth 1860, St. sup. 40 73 113 32 0 3 3 0 2 0 2 0 1 150 Newton Centre, 1st ch. 1664, July 20 Daniel L. Furber 1847 Dec. 1 1847, Dec. 1 62 122 184 36 8 8 16 3 0 0 3 2 2 182 North Chelsea, 1828, May 9 None 4 23 27 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 40 Reading, Old Southe. 1770, Feb. 21 William Barrows 1845, Sep. 4 1856, Feb. 2 40 129 169 22 2 1 3 4 3 1 8 1 3 248 Somerville, East, 1st c. 1855, May 3 David T. Packard 1854, Sep. 21 1860, Sep. 21 62 114 176 35 6 16 22 0 3 3 5 1 479 TOTAL: 22 chhs., 16 Pastors, 2 St. sups., 5 vacancies, 1618 3619 5237 803 164 142 306 68 160 9 237 18 60 7479 OTrHER MEMBERS.-Resident: George E. Allen, Chelsea, ord. 1S58, May 20; Marcus Ames, Superintendent and Chaplain State Industrial School for Girls, Lancaster, ord. 1854, June 28; Rufus Anderson, D D., Sec. A. B. C. F. M., Boston, ord. 1&26, May 10; A H. Bechthold, Evangelist among Hollanders and Germans, Boston, ord. 1863; George C. Becklwith, D. D., Sec. Peace Society, Boston, ord. 1827, July; Asa Bullard, Sec Mass S. S Society, Boston, ord. 1832, Jan. 13; William Bushnell, M.D., Physician, Boston, ord 1832, Aug. 8; Dorus Clarke, Waltham, ord 1823, Feb 23; W. Jenks, D.D.. Boston, ord (when?); Isaac P. Langworthv, Sec. Am. Cong. Union, Chelsea, ord. 1841, Nov. 10; Edwards A. Park, D.D., Abbot Prof. of Christian Theology, Theol. Sein., Andover, ord. 1831, Dec. 31; William W. Parker, East Cambridge, in the Army; Francis G. Pratt, Middleboro', ord. 1849, Oct. 19; Calvin Terry, North Weymouth, ord. 1846, Dec.-14. Non-Resident: Edwin Johnson, Pastor Hammond-st. cll., Bangor, Me., ord. 1852'; Abbott E. Kittredge, Pastor Howard-st. Presbyterian ch., San Francisco, Cal., ord. 1859, Sept. 14; J. H. Northrup, Millville, N.J., ord. (when?); George Richards, Litchfield, Conn., ord. 1845, Oct. 8; John Whitney, Canaan Four Corners, N. Y., ord. (when?).-5. Elsewhere enumerated: Abijah R. Baker, St. sup., E-st. ch., South Boston, ord. 1838, April 25; Reuben T. Robinson, Pastor, ch. in Winchester, ord. 1852, Oct. 27.-2. * Not a member of this Association. f Member of Suffolk South Association.: Member of Norfolk Association. Association meets-Third Tuesday of February, April, June, September, October, and December. ALBERT H. PLTUMB, Chelsea, Scribe, and Statistical Scribe. 21. SUFFOLK SOUTH ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1864,. Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1864, Jan. 1. Admitted. -1863- Removed. Baptized. Sab. &_~ ~_.~__.3,_....... —--—. _ -,.-._._ _Q Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fern. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exc. Tot. Ad. Inf. ch Boston, Park-st. ch. 1809, Feb. 27 Andrew L. StoneD.D. 1844, Sep. 311849 Ja. 25 331 660 991 125 16 22 38 520 025 4 5 575 " Essex-st. Un. ch. 1822, June 10 Nehem'h. Adams, D.D. 1829, Dec. 1711834, Mar. 26 143 361 504 25 4 7 11 2 4 0 6 1 4 270 Berkeley-st. ch. 1827, Sep. 2 Henry M. Dexter 1844, Nov. 6'1849, Apr. 18 97 218 315 40 6 11 17 6 14 0 20 2 7 1455 Mariners' ch. 1830, Jan. 20 WElijah Kellogg 1844, June 1855, St. sup. 134 16 150 124 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 120 Mt. Vernon ch. 1842, June, 1 Edward N. Kirk, D. D. 1828, Oct. 231842, June 1 209 421 630 175 19 16 35 7 40 855 5 317 Shawmut ch. 1845, Nov. 20 Edwin B. Webb 1850, Sep. 1111860, Oct. 5 102 196 298 31 5 18 23 3 13 0 16 2 9 580 Oak Place ch. 1860, June 21 Joseph P. Bixby 1862, Apr. 30 1862, Apr. 30 38 86 124 17 17 926 2 2 13 2294 South, Phillipsc. 1823, Dec. 10 Edmund K. Alden 1850, Jan. 2 1859, Sep. 21 81 183 264 37 17 15 32 2 4 0 6 9 13 704 " E-st. Or. C. c. 1860, Masr. 21 *Abijah R. Baker St. sup. Brighton, Ev. Con. c. 1827, Sep. 13 John P. Cushman 1860, May 29 1863, May 6 31 89 120 30 1 3 4 2 2 0 4 0 4 173 Brookline, Harvard c. 1844, Aug. 26 No.ne Canton, Ev. Cong. ch. 1828, July 3 Ezra Haskell 1860, Aug. 22 1860, Aug. 22 Dedham, 1st ch. 1638, Nov. 8 Jonathan Edwards 1848, Sep. 1863, Jan. 1 50 150 200 50 11 6 17 4 0 0 4 3 5 160 " S. So. C. ch. 1736, June 23 Moses M. Colburn 1851, June 12 1852, Oct. 28 31 64 95 11 2 2 4 2 2 0 4 2 2 173 Needham, Grantville 1848, Feb. 24 Edward S. Atwood 1856, Oct. 23 1856, Oct. 23 25 40 65 5 1 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 4 84 " Ev. Con. c. 1857, lMay 6 William B. Greene 1855, Nov. 15 1859, St. su8p. 17 31 48 9 2 3 5 0 1 0 1 2 0 75 Newton, West, 2d ch. 1781, Oct. 21 Henry J. Patrick 1854, Nov. 16 1860, Sep. 26 58 91149 22 3 2 5 3 0 0 3 1 3225 Eliot ch. 1845, July I Joshua W. Wellman 1851, June 181856, June 11 80264 43 17 9 2 19 308 " Auburndale, C.c. 1850, Nov. 14 Augustus H. Carrier 1856, Jan. 28 1864, Feb. 10 32 40 72 26 0 0 0 1 3 0 4 0 2 158 Roxbury, Eliot ch. 1834, Sep. 18 A. C. Thompson, D. D. 1842, July 27 1842, July 27 132 264 396 110 22 13 35 9 8 0 17 1 9 696 " Vine-st. ch. 1857, Apr. 9 John 0. Means 1851, Dec. 3 1857, June 3 51 144 195 8 27 25 52 4 10 0 14 13 9 329 Sharon, 1st Cong. ch. 1741, Jan. 25 Perley B. Davis 1861, Jan. 29 1861, Jan. 29 34 83 117 4 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 150'Waltham, Tr. Cong. c. 1820, Sep. 28 Richard B. Thurston 1846, Nov. 11 1859, Jan. 13 30 110 140 53 1 4 5 3 2 0 5 0 4 150 Watertown, Phillips c. 1855, Apr. 17 Wm. Lombard Gage 1850, Oct. 17 St. sup. 35 62 97 28 0 0 0 0 9 0 9 0 0 114 XV. Cambridge, Or. c. 1842, Dec. 14 Daniel R. Cady 1845, Oct. 27 1856, Feb. 14 33 84 117 17 2 0 2 3 1 5 3 153 WV. Roxbury, S. Ev. c. 1835, June 11 Thomas Laurie 1842, Mar. 6 1851, Mar. 7 28 66 94 8 5 2 7 2 4 6 3 110 " Jamaica Plain,Mather ch. 1853, Feb. 15 lVone 41 63 104 39 0 0 0 0 8 2 10 0 0 161 TOTAL: 27 chhs., 21 Pastors, 4 St. sups., 2 vacancies, 1847 3702 5549 1037 182 168 350 63 158 11 232 64 118 7534 OTHER MEMB;ERS.-Resident: John WV. Alvord, (of New York,) Sec. Am. Tract Soc., Boston, ord. 1836, Sept. 16 Stephen R. Dennen, Somerville, ord. 1855, July 11; Thomas N. Haskell, Pastor Meridian-st. Pres. Ch., E. Boston, ord. 1855, Feb. 7; Henry B. Hooker, D. D., Sec. Mass. Home Miss. Soc., Boston, ord. 1825, Sep.; James M. Hubbard, Boston, ord. 1862; Austin Phelps, D. D., Bartlett Prof Sac. Rhet., Theol. Sem., Andover, ord. 1842, March 30; Charles S. Porter, S. Boston, ord. 1832, Aug 1; L. B Rockwood, Sec. Am. Tract Soc., New England Branch, Boston, ord.-; Calvin E. Stowe, DD., Hartford, Conn., ord. 1833, April; Selah B. Treat, Sec. A. B. C. F. M., Boston, ord. 1836, March 24;- Israel P, Warren, Sec. Am. Tract Soc., Boston, ord. 1842, April 20.-11. NTon-Resident: Thomas 0. Rice, Pastor, Circular ch., Charleston, S. C., ord. 1845, Jan. 1.-1. R Not members of this Association. Association meets-First Tuesday in January, March, May, July, September, November. HENRY J. PATRICK, West Newton, Scribe; EDMUND K. ALDEN, South Boston, Statistical Scribe. 22. TAUNTON ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1864, Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1864, Jan. 1. Admitted. -1863-Removed. Baptized. Sab. Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Femrn. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exc. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sch. Attleboro', 1st ch. W'st 1710 4David Breed 1853, Feb. 17 1863, St. sup. 25 83 108 22 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 0 0 50 " 2d ch. East 1748, _Nrov. 30 William W. Belden 1848, 1857, St. sup. 50 150 200 30 0 0 0 8 3 O 11 0 0 200 Berkley, 1st ch. 1737, Nov. 1 None....................... 56 98 154 23 0 0 0 7 4 0 11 0 3 150 " Trin. cong. 1848, Sep. 29 tJames A. Roberts 1824, Oct. 201856, Apr.20 14 27 41 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 4 0 0 64 Dighton 1710 Ebenezer Dawes Notordained. St. sup. 9 28 37 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 57 Fall River, 1st ch. 1816, Jan. 9 WWm. W. Adams Pastor Elect. 50 141 191 60 44 1 45 4 1 0 5 25 3 170 " Central ch. 1842, Nov. 16 Eli Thurston 1838, Jan. 3 1849, Mar. 21 114 189 303 41 73 9 82 4 11 0 15 42 15 225 Freetown 1807, Ap. 24 Abel G. Duncan 1829, May 13 1856, St. sup. 7 17 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40.Norton 1832, Apr. 3 Samuel Beane 1841, June 1860, Sep. 20 39 87 126 27 0 2 2 2 3 0 5 0 0 90 Raynham 1731, Oct. 19 ne........................ 62 125 187 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 Rehoboth 1721, Nov. 29 Samel Y. Lum............1862 St. su. 43 74117 25 0 0 0 2 3 0 5 0 2 135 fSeekonk 1623, James 0. Barney 1q24, Feb. 41824, Feb. 4 60 98 158 17 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 145 Somerset 1861, July 3 Nath'l Richardson 1838, Aug. 8 1861, St. sup. 7 16 23 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 50 Taunton, 1st ch. West 1637, May 1Thomas T. Richmond 1832, July 17 1860, May 16 33 71 104 20 2 0 2 0 5 0 5 0 2 80 Trin. Cong. c. 1821, Aug. 17 Erastus Maltbv 1824, Sep. 29 1826, Jan. 18 111 309 420 35 17 8 25 8 4 0 12 6 6 373 " Winslow ch. 1837, Jan. 12 Mortimer Blake 1839, Dec. 4 1855, Dec. 4 68 127 195 35 5 0 5 1 1 0 2 0 6 320 " Ev. Cong. c. East 1853, June 16 4George G. Perkins 1857, Mar. 27 1863, St. sup. 11 27 38 11 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 110 Westport, Pacific U.c. 1858, May 31 1ISaac Dunham 1835, Mar. 29 1858, St. sup. 12 31 43 6 11 1 12 0 0 0 0 11 0 125 TOTAL: 18 chhs., 7 Pastors, 7 St. sups., 4 vacancies, 771 1698 2469 378 153 25 178 46 38 0 84 85 39- 2534 OTHER MEMBERS.-Resident: John Sandford, Taunton, ord. 1816, April 24; Charles D. Lothrop, Norton, ord. 1854, Dec. 12; Horace Pratt, Raynham, ord. (?); John Haskell, Raynham, ord. 1850, Dec. 25; Franklin Davis, North Wrentham, ord. 1847, Oct. 6. Non-Resident: Franklin Holmes, New York City, ord. 1852, Sept. 15; Augustine Root, Chaplain, Beaufort, S. C., ord. 1858, May 20; Alexander C. Childs, Nantucklet, ord. 1853, May 18. Elsewhere enumerated: Samuel Woodbury, St. sup., Chiltonville, Plymouth; John E. Corey, St. sup., North Wrentham; James R. Cushing, St. sup. at North Rochester. 4 Not members of this Association.' Territorially in Rhode Island. Association meets-Last Tuesday and Wednesday succeeding, of March, July and November. MORTIMER BLAKE, Taunton, Scribe, and Statistical Scribe. 23. VINEYARD SOUND ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1864, Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1864, Jan. 1. Admitted. -1863- Removed. Baptized. _____-__-,,_____, _____ _.__, Sab. Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fern. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exc. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sch. Barnstable, West 1816, Henry A. Goodhue 1863, May 20 1863, May 20 25 53 78 5 5 O 5 1 0 0 1 4 0 82'~ Cotuit No record of the church to befound. Centreville 1840, May 23 Win. E. B. Moore Lie. St. sup. 26 61 87 10 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 0 1 90 " Hyannis 1854, Jan. 3 Charles Morgridge 1831, Sep. 20 1858, Jan. 21 10 18 28 6 1 O 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 50 Chilmark 1700, None. 2 12 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Falmouth, 1st ch. 1808, James P. Kimball 18577 May 12 1860, June 20 47 146 193 25 1 1 2 9 2 0 11 0 2 175 " East, 1821, June 20 Edwin Seabury 1840, June 18 1863, St. sup. 17 29 46 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 50 - North, 1833, Aug. I Levi Wheaton 1850, Jan. 23 1858, St. sup. 47 55 102 16 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 50 " Waquoit, 2d c. 1849, Jan. 3 David Brigham 1819, Dec. 29 1863, St. sup. 14 41 55 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 75 Sandwich 1849, None 41 83 124 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 0 0 60, Monument House bhurned lownu; may be called extinct. Tisbury, Ist ch. William H. Sturtevant 1853, Nov. 15 St. sup. 27 42 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75,c Holmes Hole 1700, No report Yarmouth 11639, Joseph B. Clark 1861, Oct. 10 1861, Oct.10 33 96 129 13 18 0 18 1 0 0 1 9 6 22 TOTAL: 14 chhs., 4 Pastors, 4 St. sups., 6 vacancies, 289 636 925 89 25 1 26 25 5 0 30 13 9 932 OTUER ME.MBERS.-Resident: Hiram Carleton, Fairmount, ord. 1838, Jan. 4; George Ford, Lancaster, ord. 1846, Oct. 6; William H. Bessom, Boston, ord. 1860, Feb. 23. Association meets-Second Tuesday in January, May, August, and October. HENRY A. GoODHUE, W. Barnstable, Scribe, and Statistical Scribe. 24. WOBURN ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1864, Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1864, Jan. 1. Admitted. -1863-Removed. Baptized. Sab. ~ Pla, ---- - a- -- Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fern Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exc. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sch. Bedford, Ch. of Christ 1730, July 15 Wm. J. Batt 1859, Sep. 29 St. sup. 37 122 159 53 0 0 0 2 5 0 7 0 3 165 Billerica, Or. Con. c. 829, Apr. 30 J. G. D. Stearns 1843, May 10 1843, May 10 25 66 91 20 1 3 4 2 2 0 4 0 1 60 Burlington, Church of 1735, Oct. 29 Joseph E. Swallow 1848, July 18 St. sup. 14 29 43 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 Carlisle, Un. Cal. ch. 1830, None 11 42 53 17 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 97 Maiden,1st Tr. Cong. ch 1649, Charles E. Reed 1858, Apr. 7 1858, Apr. 7 67 129 196 33 -8 13 21 3 1 0 4 5 4 317 Medford, Mystic ch. 1847, July 6 Edward P. Hooker 1861, Nov. 13 1861,Nov.13 33 119152 18 5 5 10 2 2 1 5 0 0200 Melrose, Or. Cong. c. 1848, July 11 Henry A. Stevens 1861, Sep. 12 1861, Sep. 12 36 81 117 24 2 7 9 1 9 0 10 2 5 176 North Reading, — Ev. Con-. ch. 1720, June 29 T. Newton Jones 1848, May 24 1853, Oct. 19 14 45 59 5 1 0 1 1 3 0 4 1 1 95 Readin Bethesda ch. 1849 Apr. 17 William H. Willcox 1851, Mar. 5 1857, July 2 67134201 21 39 443 2 3 0 521 7 264 South Reading 1645 Nov. 5 Charles R. Bliss 1859, Apr. 28 1862, May 22 54 99153 16 2 2 4 3 1 1 5 1 226 Stoneham, Cong. ch. 1729, July 2 Swift Byington 1852, Nov. 17 1864, July 6-28 78106 23 2 4 6 4 1 5 2 0 35 Wilmington, Or. C. c. 1733, Oct. 24 Samuel H. Tolman 1856, Aug. 14 1856, Aug. 14 27 57 84 7 0 3 3 4 3 0 7 0 2 142 Winchester 1840, Nov. 19 Reuben T. Robinson 1852, Oct. 27 1852 Oct. 27 116 197 313 23 3 3 6 11 6 0 17 1 5 338 Woburn, 1st ch. 1642, Aug. 14 Joseph C. Bodwell 1839, Apr. 3 1862, Nov. 11 182 329 511 93 25 1843 7 16 2 25 14 12446 " North 1849, Nov. 22 Willard M. Harding 1840, May 20 St. sup. 15 42 57 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0110 TOTAL: 15 chhs., 11 Pastors, 3 St. sups., 1 vacancy, 726 1569 2295 368 88 62 150 45 53 4 102 47 41 2851 OTHER MEMBERS.-Resident: Dana Cloyes, South Reading, ord. 1821, July 4; Samuel Sewall, Burlington, ord. 1814, April 13; William Barrows, Pastor, Old South Church, Reading; Elihu P. Marvin, Pastor, Medford. Non-Resident: John Lawrence, Milton, Me., ord. 1853, May 5; William C. Whitcomb, Hospital Chaplain, Morehead City, N. C., ord. 1850, May 1. Association meets-Third Tuesday in January, Mareh, May, July, September and November. CHARLES R. BLISS, South Reading, Scribe and Statistical Scribe. 25. WORCESTER CENTRAL ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1864, Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1864, Jan. 1. Admitted. -1863-Removed. Baptized. Sab Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fern. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exc. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sch. Auburn, Cong. ch. 1776, Jan. 25 Charles Kendall 1844, Jan. 24 1860, St. sup. 50 103 153 36 5 1 6 3 0 1 4 3 0 95 Berlin, 1st ch. 1779, Apr. 7 Wm A. Houghton 184, Julv 5 1853, Oct. 26 46 69 115 14 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 190 Bovlston, Cong. ch. 1743, Oct. 6 A. Hastings Ross 1861, Oct. 17 1861, Oct. 17 46 102 148 2 2 0 4 3 2 174 Clinlton, Ist Ev. ch. 1844, Nov. 14 B. Judkins 1851, Apr. 1 1862, St. sup. 72 183 255 53 14 6 20 2 14 0 16 4 23 346 Holden, Cong. ch. 1742, Dec. 28 Wm P. Paine, D. D. 1833, Oct. 24 1833, Oct. 24 98 227 325 48 1 1 2 5 4 0 9 0 0 240 Leice.ster,- Probably ( John Nelson, D. D. 1812, Mar. 4 1812, Mar. 4 86 145 231 30 0 4 4 4 3 0 7 0 0 275 1st Cong. ch. 1721, Mar. 30 Amos H. Coolidge 1457, Apr. 21 1857, Apr. 21 Northboro', Ev. C. ch. 1832, Apr. 12 Samuel S. Ashley 1849, Aug. 1 1852, June 16 22 61 83 18 0 4 4 3 1 0 4 0 1 165 Oxford 1721, Jan. Sl S. I. Austin 1857, Feb. 25 78 155 233 57 0 0 0 6 4 0 10 0 5 77 Paxton 1767, Sep. 3 William Phipps 1840, Nov. 11 1840, Nov. 11 36 79 115 10 2 3 5 2 4 0 6 1 0 175 Princeton, 1st C. ch. 1764, Aug. 12 None 39 79 118 26 4 0 4 8 1 0 9 3 1 180 Rutiand, Congr. ch. 1720, June 7 Clarendon Waite 1858, Feb. 25 1858, Feb. 25 71 143 214 2.625 4 29 7 4 3 1414 7271 Shrewsbury, Cong. c. 1723, Dec. 4 Wm. A. McGinley 1859, June 2 1859, June 2 76 132 208 39 4 2 6 5 6 0 11 1 0 225 Sterling, 1st Ev. C. c. 1852, June 22 John C. Labaree 1863, Feb. 4 1861, St. sup. 27 54 81 17 5 7 12 0 0 0 0 3 4 100 Webster 1838, Jan. 13 Silvanus C. Kendall 1854, Mar. 29 1860, Nov. 8 W'st Boylston, 1st c.c. 1796, Sep. 15 James H. Fitts 1859, Nov. 2 1862, Sep. 3 55 132 187 34 0 22 3 4 0 7 0 153 Worcester, 1st ch. 1716, Edward A. Walker 1863, July 2 1863, July 2 174 383 557 78 4 22 26 11 10 0 21 0 3 593' Calvinist ch. 1820, Seth Sweetser, D. D. 1836, Nov. 23 1838, Dec. 19 90 220 310 30 1 1 2 12 21 0 33 0 2 360 " Union ch. 1836 Feb. 3 Ebenezer Cutler 1850, Mar. 6 1855, Sep. 6 175 292 467 88 17 5 22 5 41 4 50 8 4 575 Salem-st. ch. 1848, June 14 Merrill Richardson 1841, 1858, Jan. 27 79 156 235 67 8 12 20 1 6 0 7 1 2 475 TOTAL: 19 chhs., 15 Pastors, 4 St. sups., I vacancy, 1320 2715 4035 697 101 74 175 82 125 8 215 41 54 4769 OTHER MEMBERS.-Resident: Joseph W. Cross, West Boylston, ord. 1834, Oct. 1; Preston Cummings, Leicester, ord. 1825, Aug. 23; David Greene, Westboro', ord. 1833, Aug.; Rodney A. Miller, Worcester, ord. 1827, June 7; Miner G. Pratt, Agent Am. Col. Soc., Andover, ord. 1828, Oct. 22; William H. Sanford, Worcester, ord. 1832, Oct. 17; Isaac R. Worcester, Editor Miss. Herald, Auburndale, ord. 1837, Sept. 27; Samuel Souther, 57th Reg. Mass. Vols., ord 1847, Sep. 24; Horatio Bardwell, D. D, Oxford, ord. 1815, June 1-10. Non-Resident: Win. Y. Briggs, Assistant Superintendent of Blacks, Newbern, N. C., ord. 1846, Nov. 4; L. Ives Hoadley, North GCraftsbury, Vt., ord. 1823, Oct. 15; Horace James, Superintendent of Blacks, Roanoke Island, N. C,- ord. 1843, Nov. 1; Charles F. Morse, Missionary A. B. C. F. M., Sophia, Western. Turkey, ordl. 1856, Aug. 13; Nathan W. Williams, Peacedale, South Kingston, R. I., ord. 1849, Feb. 28; Warren W. Winchester, Chaplain Finley Hospital, U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.-6. $ Fourteen of this number were set aside for long continued absence, without keeping up an acquaintance with the church. t Average attendance. Association meets-First Monday in February and May; second Monday in July and November. MERRILL RICHARDSON, Worcester, Moderator. A. HASTINGS Ross, Boylston, Scribe, and Statistical Scribe. 26. WORCESTER NORTH ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1864, Aug. 1. Ministers. Ch. Mem. 1864, Jan. 1. Admitted.-1863.-Removed. Baptized. Sab. Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fem. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exe. Tot. Ad. Inf. h Ashburnliam, ist ch. 1760, Apr-. 28 G E. Fisher 1850, Feb. 27 1863, May 21 68 99 167 47 0 10 10 0 2 0 2 0 0 150 " North, 2d ch. 1860, June 29 Daniel Wight, Jr. 1842, Sep. 28 Pastor Elect. 7 8 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 Athol 1750, Aug. 23 John F. Norton 1844, Oct. 23 1852, Mar. 17 71 141 212 19 3 6 9 10 3 0 13 2 1 225 Gardner, 1st ch. 1786, Feb. 1 None.33 79 112 10 0 0 0 2 3 0 5 0 0 Evan. ch. 1830,Auq. 11 None 56 101 157 18 0 1 1 3 2 2 7 0 2 300 JFnbbardston 1770, Feb. 4 Chas. F. Boynton 1861, Aug. 6 1862, St. sup. 44 89 133 36 5 0 5 6 5 0 11 1 6 150 New Salem 1845, Aug. 15 David Eastman 1840, Feb. 12 1863, St. sup. 8 23 31 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 Petersham 1823 June 25 Lucien H. Adams 1862, Oct. 28 1862, Oct. 28 23 64 87 27 2 4 6 1 1 1 3 0 3 100 Phillipston 1785, Nov. 26 Lyman White 1849, Oct. 23 1863, June 10 41 104 145 25 2 2 4 4 1 0 5 1 3 178 Royalston, 1st ch. 1766 Oct.. 13 Ebenezer W. Bullard 1838, Aug. 8 1852, Sep. 2 26 100 126 12 0 1 1 8 3 0 11 0 3 175 ~~ 4 2d ch. 1837, Feb.22 F. D. Austin 1853, June 231863, St. sup. 37 66 103 27 0 1 1 3 5 0 8 0 0 80 Templeton 1832 Apr. II Lewis Sabin, D. D. 1836, June 8 1837, Sep. 21 44 98 142 18 0 7 7 3 7 0 10 0 2 150 Westminster 1744 Oct. 20 Milan H. Hitchcock 1857, Sep. 25 1862, Dec. 18 62 142 204 27 17 8 25 6 10 0 16 10 0 207 Winchendon, 1st ch. 1762' Dec. 15 Benjamin F. Clarke 1824, Feb. 4 1855, Oct. 24 20 47 67 20 0 0 0 5 4 0 9 0 1 63 North 1843, Dec. 7 Abijah P.Marvin 1844, Jan. 10 1844, Jan. 10 39 119 158 16 4 2 6 16 1 3 I-185 TOTAL: 15 chhs., 9 Pastors, 3 St. sups., 1 Pastor elect, 2 vacancies, 579 1280 185,9 308 33 42 75 52 51 3 106 15 24 2093 OrRER MEMBERS.-Resident: J. p D. Crosby, Ashburnham, ord. 1837, Oct. 4; Thomas Boutelle, Fitchburg, ord. 1854, May 2. Non- esident: Cyrus W. Allen, East Jafire N. H., ord. 1833, Oct. 6; Samuel W. Barnum, Stamford, Conn., ord. 1853, Jan. 25; Edwin Seabury, ord. 1840, June 18; Samuel J. Austin, Pastor, Oxford, Mass., ord. 1857, Feb. 25. Association meets-Second Tuesday in January; fourth Tuesday in April; second Tuesday in July; first Tuesday in October. JoHN F. NORTON, Athol, Scribe, and Statistical Scribe. 27. WORCESTER SOUTH ASSOCIATION. Churches. 1864, Aug. 1. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1864, Jan. 1. Admitted. -1863- Removed. Baptized. Sab. Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fern. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Exc. Tot. Ad. Inf. Sh Blackstone, Cong. ch. 1841, Apr. 15 None Douglas, 1st ch. 1747, Nov. 11 Noe 8 32 40 6 2 2 0 0 0 90 " East 1834, June 12 l'one 50 118 168 34 0 2 2 6 5 O 11 0 1 200 Grafton 1731, Dec. 28 Thomas C. Biscoe 1838, July 18 1838, July 18 92 162 254 68 1 4 5 312 015 1 251 Millbury, 1st ch. 1743, Oct. 28 Edmund Y. Garrette 1854 Apr. 12 1957, Sep. 30 45 115 160 10 0 3 4 4 0 8 0 3 212' 2d ch. 1827, Aug. 23 Charles H. Pierce 1850, Oct. 9 1862, Oct. 22 72 128 200 34 3 5 8 3 1 0 4 2 5 150 Northbridge, 1st ch. 1782, June 6 Sylvester Hine 1848 Sep. 28 1862, Aug. 3 28 64 92 14 6 2 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 126 " Wbitinsville 1834, July 31 Lewis F. Clark 1842, June 1 1842, June 1 74 123 197 23 3 6 9 3 6 0 9 2 7 225 Sutton, 1st Cong ch. 1720, Autumn George Lyman 1851, Nov. 12 1817, Nov. 12 51 127 178 3029 635 7 4 011 16 5 170 Saundersville 1860, Apr. 18 Sieon Waters, 1847, June 12 St. sup. 8 21 29 1 4 5 9 0 0 0 0 2 0 75 Upton 1735, Jan. 18 Andrew J. Willard 1857 Apr. 30 1857, Apr. 30 76 187 263 39 10 2 12 10 3 0 13 6 1404 Uxbridge, 1st Ev. ch: 1731, Jan. 6 Norne 28 107 135 28 0 3 3 3 5 0 8 0 0 240 Westboro', Ev. Co. ch. 1784, Oct. 28 Luther H. Sheldon 1844, Ang. 1 1856, Mar. 20 113 232 345 45 7 9 16 5 6 112 1 4330 TOTAL: 13 chhs,. 8 Pastors, I St. sup., 4 vacancies, 645 1416 2061 332 63 49 102 44 46 1 91 31 26 2473 OTHER MEMBERS.-Resident: Rodney G. Dennis; David Holman, Douglas, ord. 1808, Oct. 19; Elijah Demond; Westborough, ord. 1821, May 7.-3. Association meets-Second Tuesday in January, April, July, and October. E. Y. GARRETTE, Millbury, Scribe, and Statistical Scribe. SUMMARY.* (See Explanations, page 24.) Ministers, 1864. Churches. Chh. Mem. 1864, Jan. 1. Admitted -1863- Removed. Bap. 1863. Sab. Associations.,'.Pas. S. s. 0th. Tot. W.p. W.s.s Vac. Vac. Tot. Males. Femrn. iTotal 4Absent. Prof. Let. Total. Death. Dis. Exc. Total Ad. Inf. Sch 1. Andover 16 1 8 25 16 2 1 19 1428 2889- 4317 1295 139 101 240 44 114 2 160 55 67 4662 2. Berkshire North 12, 3 8 23 12 3 1 16 273 429 702 140 21 56 77 16 8 1 25 11 8 588 3. Berkshire South 10 4 6 20 10 4 4 18 770 1647 2417 389 139 40 179 44 33 0 77 82 35 1904 4. Brewster 4 6 414 3 6 3 12 294 698 992 47 43 8 51 26 9 1 36 35 20 1514 5. Brookfield 16 2 2 20 16 2 1 19 897 2055 2952 496 46 48 94 52 54 2 108 30 38 3325 6. Essex North 17 2 10 29 16 2 3 21 1038 2188 3226 252 182 57 239 67 38 3 108 110 30 3519 7. Essex South 13 4 6 23 13 4 5 22 927 2445 3372 360 45 39 84 75 34 1 110 19 46 5175 8. Franklin 15 8 8 31 14 8 5 27 954 1186 2840 365 84 50 134 83 67 2 152 41 48 3019 9. Hampden East 15 1 5 21 14 1 2 17 854 1976 2835 498 102 91 193 58 75 1 134 37 43 2762 10. Hampden West 9 6 4 19 9 6 3 18 646 1384 2030 325 62 49 111 69 63 1 133 31 31 1823 11. Hampshire 7 6 5 18 7 6 4 17 1019 1862 2881 354 54 45 99 63 62 1 126 22 50 2843 12. Hampshire East 16 1 7 24 16 1 2 19 1147 2221 3368 496 68 64 132 56 56 44 156 26 54 3141 13. Mendon 11 2 5 18 11 2 1 14 488 1305 1793 255 35 29 64 33 23 2 58 18 31 2259 14. Middlesex South 12 2 3 17 12 2 2 16 663 1508 2431 290 60 57 117 57 43 3 103 31 56 2754 15. Middlesex Union 10 5 7 22 10 5 1 16 740 1610 2350 451 29 63 92 63 58 1 122 14 23 2488 16. Norfolk 24 2 8 34 23 2 5 30 1149 2502 3651 417 83 45 128 81 43.. 124 60 42 5480 17. Old Colony 10 3 3 16 10 3 1 14 634 1514 2148 376 25 6 31 49 31 3 83 12 24 2189 18. Plymouth 8 10 6 24 8 10 1 19 487 1123 1610 152 51 20 71 40 9 4 53 41 20 1992 19. Salem 9 2 314 9 2 1 12 417 1146 1576 74 68 28 96 29 17 1 47 22 22 2832 20. Suffolk North 16 2 14 32 15 2 5 22 1618 3619 5237 803 164 142 306 68 160 9 237 18 60 7479 21. Suffolk South 21 4 10 35 21 4 2 27 1847 3702 5549 1037 182 168 350 63 158 11 232 64 118 7534 22. Taunton 6 7 7 20 6 7 4 17 731 1600 2311 367 153 25 178 45 38 83 85 37 2389 23. Vineyard Sound 4 4 3 11 4 4 6 14 289 636 925 89 25 1 26 25 5 30 13 9 932 241. Woburn 11 3 3 17 11 3 1 15 726 1569 2295 368 88 62 150 45 53 4 102 47 41 2851 25. Worcester Central 15 4 13 32 14 4 1 19 1320 2715 4035 697 101 74 175 82 125 8 215 41 54 4769 26. Worcester North 9 3 3 15 9 3 3 15 579 1280 1859 308 33 42 75 52 51 3 106 15 24 2093 27. Worcester South 8 1 3 12 8 1 4 13' 645 1416 2061 332 63 49 102 44 46 1 91 31 26 2473 For Chhs. not reporting.......... 385 764 2356 478........ 2173 TOTAL: 324 98 ~164 586 317 99 72 488 22,965 48,989 74,119 11,511 2,145 1,459 3,604 1,429 1,473 109 3,011 1,011 1,057 86,962 TOTAL, 1863: 323 110 210 642 318 111 60 489 22,262 48,520 73,479 11,520 1,523 1,404 2,928 1,187 1,390 92 2,756 660 992 82,905 * Various errors in the footings of the several tables are corrected in this summary. t In some churches the' total " only is given. t The " absent" are not additional to " males," "females," and " total," but included in them. ~ This number does not include (unlike last year) ministers residing out of Massachusetts, except foreign missionaries belonging to Associations. REMARKS UPON THE STATISTICS. In the absence of Rev. Mr. Tarbox, under whose care the Statistics of the present issue (excepting the Summary) were prepared, I add a statement regarding the number of churches as given in the last three years. In 1860, there were enumerated 488; embracing all the churches of our denomination in the State, and with actual reports from each church. In 1861, the number was 490. The reports were left imperfect upon the sudden departure of the Statistical Secretary for the War; but they were faithfully perfected, as far as possible, by Rev. Richard G. Greene. In 1862, the number of churches given in the Summary was 494; but a careful examination shows that a mistake in reckoning made an error of three. The true number was 491. The changes from the preceding year were these: Whately 2d church was dropped, - apparently extinct, - and two churches in South Malden had been consolidated into one; while a mission in Lynn was wrongly reckoned as a church. On the other hand, three churches have been organized: Florence Church, in Northampton, a church at Groton Junction, and one in Somerset. In 1863, the number is printed as 490; but only 489 appear in the tables. The changes had been these: the church in West Boxford, and Beverly 4th church were dropped, - unaccountably, - and churches in Pawtucket and Seekonk had been thrown into Rhode Island by the change in the State line. On the other hand, a church had been organized in Plymouth, and one at " Salisbury Point " is mentioned, but without any report. In the Statistics for this year, the number of churches is 488. The church at " Salisbury Point " disappears, and the Puritan Church, Sandwich, is considered extinct, and the church at West Boxford has reappeared. Twenty-one churches, it will be seen, have made no report. Eight of these are in Berkshire North Association, a delinquency due to the successive changes in the office of scribe in that Association. The other churches are Mt. Washington, Eastham, Mendon, Stowe, Port Norfolk, Milton (2d), East Bridgewater, Brookline, Canton, Cotuit, Sandwich (Monument), Holmes' Hole, and Webster. Hyannis appears in two Associations, but it is reckoned only once in the Summary; and Seekonk, which is in Rhode Island, is also omitted from the Summary. It is very probable that next year will find full statistics. It is gratifying to see that the churches made a substantial gain in 1863, both in members and in the Sabbath school. A. H. Q. NAMES OF MINISTERS, In alphabetical order, with the Post- Office address of each, and with the number of the Association in which each name occuzrs in the Statistics. Abbe, Frederick R., Abington. 16 Bates, Philander, North Truro. 4 Abbot, Joseph, D. D., Beverly. 19 Batt, William J., Bedford. 24 Adams, Lucien K., Petersham. 26 Beaman, Charles C., Salem. 7 Adams, Nehemiah, D. D.) Boston. 21 Beaman, Warren H., North Hadley. 12 Aiken, James, Hanover. 18 Bean, David M., South Maiden. 15, 20 Albro, John A., D. D., Cambridge. 20 Beane, Samuel, Norton. 22 Alden, Ebenezer, Jr., Marshfield. 18 Beard, Spencer F., Andover. 1 Alden, Edmund K., South Boston. 21 Beechthold, A. H., Boston. 20 Allen, Benjamin R., Marblehead. 19 Beckwith, George C., D. D., Boston. 20 Allen, Cyrus W., East Jaftfrey, N. H. 26 Beecher, Charles, Georgetown. 6 Allen, Ephraim WA., South Berwick, Me. 7. Beecher, William H., North Brookfield. 5 Allen, George E., Chelsea. 20 Belden, William W., East Attleboro'. 22 Allen, William, D. D., Northampton. Bell, James M., Ashby. 15 Alvord, Frederick, Monson. 9 Bessom, William H., Boston. 23 Alvord, John W., Boston. 21 Bigelow, Andrew, Medfield. 13 Ames, Marcus, Lancaster. 20 Billings, Richard S.. Shelburne. 8 Anderson, Rufus, D. D., Boston. 20 Bingham, Joel S., East Boston. 20 Angier, Luther H., Sandwich. 23 Bisbee, John H., Worthington. 11 Angier, Marshall B., Sturbridge. 5 Biscoe, Thomas C., Grafton. 27 Anthony, George N., Marlboro'. 14 Bixby, Joseph P., Boston. 21 Ashley, Samuel S., Northborol. 25 Blagden, George W., D. D., Boston. 20 Atwood, Edward S., Granlville. 21 Blake, Henry B., Belchertown. 12 Austin, F. D.. Royalston. 26 Blake, Mortimer, Taunton. 22 Austin, Samuel J., Oxford. 25, 26 Blanchard, Amos, D. D., Lowell. 1 Ayres, Rowland, Hadley. 12 Blanchard, Edmund H., Warwick. 8 Babcock, Daniel H., Shirley. 15 Bliss, Charles R., South Reading. 9, 24 Backus, Joseph W., Lowell. I Blodgett, Edward P., Greenwich. 12 Bacon, James M., Essex. 7 Boardman, M. B., Lynnfield. 7 Baker, Abijah R., South Boston. 20, 21 Bodwell, Joseph C., Woburn. 24 Baldwin, Joseph B., West Cummington. 11 Bonney, N. G., Peru. 2 Ballard, Addison, Williamstown. 2 Boutelle, Thomas, Fitchburg. 26 Bancroft, David, Prescott. 12 Bowler, George W., Westfield. 10 Barber, William M., South Danvers. 7 Boynton, Chas. F., Hubbardston. 26. Bardwell, Horatio, D. D., Oxford. 25 Brainerd, Timothy G., Halifax. 18 Barney, James 0., Seekonk, R. 1. 22 Braman, Milton P., D. D., Auburndale. 19 Barnum, Samuel W., Stamford, Ct. 26 Breed, David, Attleboro'. 22 Barrows, Elijah P., D. D., Andover, 1 Breed, William J., Brookline. 14 Barrows, Homer, Plaistow; N. H. 17 Bremner, David, Boxford. 7 Barrows, William, Readi-tng. 20, 24 Brewer, Josiah, Great Barrington. 3 Barton, Frederick A., Indian Orchard. 9 Brewster, Cyrus, Readville. 11. Barton, Walter, Amherst. 12 Bridgman, Chester, Ludlow. 8 Bascom, John, Williamstown. 2 Bridgman, Lewis, Middlefield. 11 55 Briggs, William T., Newbern, N. C. 25 Coleman, George IV., Acton. 15 Brigham, David, Waquoit. 18, 23 Colton, Aaron. M., East Hampton. 11 Brigham, Levi, Saugus. 19 Colton, Theron G., Monson. 9 Brigham, Willard, Wendell. 8 Cone, Luther H., Chicopee. 9 Broughton, Nathaniel H., E. and W. Bridge- Connell, David, West Hawley. S water. 16. Cook, Russell S., New York city. 2 Buckingham, Samuel G., Springfield. 9 Cooley, Henry, Feeding Hills. 10 Bullard, Asa, Boston. 20 Coolidge, Amos H., Leicester. 25 Bullard, Ebenezer WV., Royalston. 26 Copp, Joseph A., D. D., Chelsea. 20 Bullard, Henry, Wayland. 14 Cordley, Christopher M., Lawrence. I Bulkley, Edwin A., Brooklyn E. D., N. Y. 15 Corey, John E., North Wrentham. 13 22 Burgess, Ebenezer, D. D., Dedham. Couch, Paul, Plainfield, Ct. 16 Burgess, Ebenezer, Boston. 7 Cowles, John P., Ipswich. 6 Burnham, Abraham, Haverhill. 6 Craig, Wheelock, New Bedford. 17 Burt, Daniel C., Berkley. 17 Crawford, Robert, D. D., Deerfield. 8 Bushnell, William, Boston. 20 Crosby, J. D., Ashburnham. 26 Butler, Daniel, Somerville. 15 Cross, Joseph W., West Boylston. 25 Byington, Swift, Stoneham. 24 Cruickshanks, James, Spencer. 5,6 Cady, Daniel R., West Cambridge. 21 Cummings, Preston, Leicester. 25 Caldwell, William E., South Wellfleet. 4 Currier, Albert H., Ashland. 14 Campbell, G. W., Bradford. 6 Cushing, Christopher, North Brookfield Campbell,- Randolph, Newburyport. 6 Cushing, James R., North Rochester. 17,22 Carleton, Hiram, Fairmount. 23 Cushman. John P., Brighton. 21 Carpenter, Eber, Southbridge. 5 Cutler, Ebenezer, Worcester. 25 Carrier, Augustus H., Auburndale. 21 Cutler, Elijah, Conway. 8 Carruthers, William, North Cambridge. 20 Dana, J. Jay, Cummington Village. II Chandler, Azariah, D. o., Greenfield. 8 Dashiell, Alfred H., Stockbridge. 3 Chase, Ebenezer, Tisbury. 4 Davis, Emerson, D. D., Westfield. 10 Chase, Henry L., Carver. 18 Davis, Franklin, North Wrentham. 22 Childs, Alexander C., Chatham. 422 Davis, Perley B.,, Sharon. 21 Clapp, Erastus, Easthampton. 11 Dean, Artemas, Greenfield. 8 Clark, Benjamin F., North Chelmsford. 1 Demond, Elijah, Westboro'. 27 Clark, Dorus, Waltham. 20 Denham, George, Chelsea. 25 Clark, Edson L., Dalton. 2 Denison, Andrew C., Medford. Clark, Edward, Huntington. I Dennen, Stephen R.. Somerville. 21 Clark, Edward L,, North Bridgewater. 16 Dennis, Rodney G., Southhoro'. 27 Clark, Eli B., Chicopee. 9 Dexter, Henry M., Boston. 21 Clark, Joseph B., Yarmouth. 23 Dickerman, Lysander, Weymouth. 7, 16 Clark, Jonas B., Swampscott. 19 Dickinson, Erastus, Sudbury. 14 Clark, Lewis F., Whitinsville. 27 Dickinson, Noadiah S., Foxboro'. 13 Clark, Perkins K., South Deerfield. S Dimock, Samuel R., Pittsfield. 2 Clark, Sereno D., Sunderland. 8 Dodd, Stephen CT., East Randolph. 16 Clark, Solomon, Plainfield. 11 Dodge, John, Harvard. 15 Clark, Sumner, South Franklin. 13. Douglass, Ebenezer, Bridgewater. 15 Clark, Theodore J., Ashfield. 8 Dow, Ezekiel, Linebrook. 7 Clark, William B., Great Barrington. 3 Dowden, William H., Pelham. 12 Clarke, Benjamin F., Winchendon. 26 Dowse, Edmund, Sherborn. 14 Clary, Timothy F., Wareham. 17 Duncan, Abel G., Freetown. 22 Cleaveland. James B., New Hartford, Ct. 3 Dunham, Isaac, Westport. 17, 22 Cleaveland, John P., D. D.., Lowell. 1 Dunham, Samuel, West Brookfield. 5 Cloyes, Dana, South Reading. 24 Dunning, William I-I, Rockport. 7 Cobb, Asahel, New Bedford. 17 Durfee, Calvin, Williamstown. 2 Cobb, Leander, Marion. 17 Dotton, Albert 1., Shirley. 15 Cobb, L. Henry, North Andover. I Dwight, Edward S.', Hadley. 12 Cobb, Nathaniel, Kingston. 17 Dwight, John, North Wrentham. 13 Co-gin, William S., Boxford. 19 Dyer, Spencer 0., Torringford, Ct. 3 Cogswell, Nathaniel, Yarmouth. 4 Eastman, David, Nev Salem. 12, 26 Coit, Joshua, Brookfield. 5 Eastman, Lucius R., Sen., Amherst. 16 Colburn, Moses M., South Dedham. 21 Eastman, Lucius R., Jr., South Braintree. 16 Cole, Siamuel, West Gloucester. 7 Eddy, Zachary, D. D., Northampton. 11 56 Edgell, John Q. A., Andover. 6 Hall, Ogden, Ho. and. Edwards, Jonathan, Dedham. 21 Hall, Thomas A., Otis.-3 Edwards, Henry L., South Abington. 16 Hanks, Steadman W., Lowell. I Eggleston, Nathaniel H., Stockbridge. 3 Harding, John W., Longmeadow. 9 Eldridge, Azar1ah, D. D., Detroit, Mich. 17 Harding, Sewall, Auburndale. 13 Ellsworth, Alfred A., Milford. 13 Harding, Willard M., North Woburn. 24 Ely, Alfred, D. D.,Monson. 9 Harrington, M., West Springfield. 10 Emerson, Alfred, Fitchburg. 15 Harrison, Samuel, Pittsfield. 2 Emerson, Brown, D. D., Salem. 7 Hartwell, John, Leverett. 12 Emery, Joshua, North Weymoutth. 16 Haskell, Ezra, Canton. 21 Ewing, Edward C., Ashfeld. 8 Haskell, John, Raynham. 22 Farwell, Asa, Haverhill. 6 Haskell, Henry C., TURKEY. 8 Fay, Solomon P., Boston. 20 Haskell, Thomas N., East Boston. 21 Felt, Joseph B., LL. D., Salem.. Hatch, Roger C., Warwick. 8 Field, David D., D.D., Stockbridge. 3 Haven, John, Chariton. 5 Fisher, Caleb E., Lawrence. I Hazen, Timothy A., Egremont. 3 Fisher, G. E., Ashburnham. 26 Hawks, Roswell, Painesville, 0. 12 Fisk, Frederick A., Newton. Hayes, Stephen lf., South Weymouth. 16 Fisk, Perrin B., Dracut. 1 Herbert, Charles D., Vest Newbury. 6 Fiske, Daniel T., D. D., Newburyport. 6 Hinsdale, Charles J., Blandford. 10 Fills, James H., West Boylston. 25 Hitchcock, Calvin, D. D., Wrentham. 13 Fiz, Daniel, Ipswich. 7 Hitchcock, Milan H., Westminster. 6 Fletcher, Adin H., Assabet. 14 Hill, George E., Saxonville. 14 Fletcher, James, North Danvers. 7 Hine, Sylvester, Northbridge. 27 Folsom, George DeT., Fairhaven, Ct. 9 Hoadley, L. Ives, North Craftsbury, Vt. 25 Ford, George, Tolland. 10. 23 Hodgman, Edwin R., Westford. 15 Foster, Aaron, East Charlemont. 8 Holman, David, Douglas. 27 Foster, Andrew B., Bernardston. 8 Holman, Sydney, Goshen. 11 Foster, Davis, West Newbury. 6 Holmes, Franklin, New York city. 22 Foster, Eden B., D. D., West Springfield. 10 Holmes, Sylvester, South Plymoth. 17, 18 Foster, Roswell, Chicopee. 9 Homes, Francis, Lynn. 7, 19 Foster, William C., North Becket. 2 Hooker, E. Cornelius, Newburyport. 6 Fowler, William C., Amherst. Hooker, Edward, D. D., Newburyport. 6 Freeman, George E., Port Norfolk. 6 Hooker, Edward P., Medford. 20, 24 Freeman, Joseph, Hanover. 18 Hooker, Henry B., D. o., Boston. 21 Frost, Daniel D., New Fairfield, Ct. 3 Hopkins, Mark, D. D, Williamstown 2 Fuller, Alexander, Jr, Plymouth. 18 Hoppin, James M., New Haven, Coon. 7 Fuller, Robert W., Stowe. 15 Hosford, Benjamin F., Haverhill. 6 Furber, Daniel L., Newton Centre. 20 Hosford, Isaac, Thetford, Vt. I Gage, William L., Watertown. 21 Hosmer, Samuel D., Nantucket. 17 Gale, Nahum, D. D., Lee. 3 Houghton, William A., Berlin. 25 Gale, Wakefield, Rockport. ^ Hovey, George L., Deerfield. 8 Gannet, Allen, Lynnfield. 19 Hovey, Horace C., Northampton. II Gannett, George, Boston. Howard, Martin S., South Dartmouth. 17 Gardner, Austin, West Granville. 10 Howland, William W., CEYLON. 8 Garrette, Edmund Y., Millbury. 27 Hubbard, James M., Boston. 21 Gay, Ebenezer, Bridgewater. Hubbell, Henry L., Amherst. 12 Gidddings, Edward J., V. Stockbridge. 30 Hunt, Samuel, Franklin. 13 Goodhue, Henry A., West Barnstable. 23 Hutchinson, John C., Townsend. 15 Goodhue, N. G., Salisbury. 6 Hyde, Charles M., Brimfield. 5 Gould, William, Pawtucket, R. 1. 17 Ide, Jacob, D. D., West Medway. 13 Greeley, Edward H., Methuen. I Ide, Jacob, Jr., Mansfield. 13 Greene, David, Westboro'. 25 Jackson, Samuel C., D. D., Andover. I Greene, Henry S., Ballard Vale. 1 Jackson, William C., Dunstable. 15 Greene, John M., Hatfield. 12 Jaggar, Edward L. Warren. 5 Greene, William B., Needham. 16 James, Horace, ROANOKE ISLAND. 25 Grout, Lewis, Feeding Hills, Agawam. 10 Jenks, William, D. D., Boston. 20 Griffin, Nathaniel H., Williamstown. 2 Jewett, George B., Salem. 7 Gurney, John H.. New Braintree. 5 Jewett, John E. B., Pepperell. 15 Hall, Gordon, Northampton. 11 Johnson, Edwin, Bangor, Me. 20 57 Johnson, Frank H., Boston. 7 Miles, James B., Charlestown. 20 Johnson, Joseph B., West Newton. Miller, Rodney A., Worcester. 25 Jones, T. Newton, North Reading. 24 Miller, Simeon, Holyoke. 10 Jordan, Francis, Springfield. Mills, Charles L., Wrentham. 13 Judkins, Benjamin, Clinton. 25 Mills, Henry, Kalamazoo, Mich. 12 Keene, Luther, North Brookfield. 5 Mitchell, David M., Roxbury. Kellogg, Elijah, Boston. 21 Moody, Eli, Montague. 8 Kelsey, Henry S., Granby. 12 Moore, Erasmus D., Newton. Kendall, Charles, Auburn. 25 Moore, Martin, Boston. Kendall, Reuben S., Lenox. 3 Moore, William E. B., Barnstable. 23 Kendall, Silvanus C., Webster. 25 Moore, William H., Montgomery. 10 Kimball, Caleb, Medway. 13 Mordough, John H., Portland, Me. 7 Kimball, James P., Falmouth. 23 Morgridge, Charles, Hyannis. 4,23 Kingman, Matthew, Charlemont. 8 Morley, Sardis B., Williamstown. 2 Kirk, Edward N., D. D., Boston. 21 Morong, Thomas, Lanesville. 7 Kittredge, Abbott E., San Francisco, Cal. 20 Morse, Charles F., Bulgaria, Adrianople. 25 Kittredge, Charles B., Westboro.' 9 Munger, Theodore T., Haverhill. 6,16 Knight, Richard, South Hadley Falls. 9 Munroe, Charles W., East Cambridge. Labaree, John C., Sterling. 25 Munroe, Nathan, Bradford. 6 Lane, James P., East Weymouth. 16 Munsell, Joseph R., Harwich. 4 Lane, John W., Wlaely. 12 Murphy, E- D., Mons. Langworthy, Isaac P., Chelsea. 20 Murray, James O., Cambridgeport. 7, 20 Laurie, Thomas, West Roxbury. 21 Myrick, Osborne, Provincetown. 4 Lawrence, Amos E., Lancaster. 15 Nelson, John, D. D., Leicester. 25 Lawrence, John, Milton, Me. 24 Nichols, D. B., Scituate. 18 Lee, Samuel H., North Bridgewater. 16 Noble, Edward W., Truro. 4 Leikie, Archibald, East Granville. 10 Northrop, Birdsey G., Saxonville. 14 Leonard, Hartford P., Edgartown. 17 Northrup, J- H., Miliville, N. J. 20 Leonard, Edwin, Rochester. 16, 17 Norton) John F., Athol. 26 Leonard, Stephen C., Andover. I Norton, Thomas S., Dover. 13 Leonard, Williamn, Dana. 1) Nott, Samuel, Jr., Wareham. 17 Little, Elbridge G., North Middleboro'. 1i Oliphant, David, Andover. I Longley, Moses M., Washington. 2 Packard, David T., Somerville. 20 Loomis, Elihu, Littleton. 15 Paine, Albert, Chelsea. 2 Lord, Charles, Buckland. S Paine, John C., Gardner. 26 Lord, Charles E., Easton. 16 Paine, William P., D. D., Holden. 25 Lothrop, Charles D., Norton. 22 Paititer, Charles C., New Marlboro'. 3 Luce, Leonard, Westford. 15 Painter, H. M., Lynn. 19 Lum, Samuel Y., Rehoboth. 22 Palmer, Charles R., Salem. 7 Lyman, George, Sutton. 27 Park, Calvin E., West Boxford. 6 Lyman, Solomon, Easthampton. II Park, Edwards A., D. D., Andover. 20 McCollom, James T., Bradford. 6 Parker, Henry W., Auburn, N. Y. 17 M cEwen, Robert, D. D., New London, Ct. 12 Parker, Horace, Leominster. 15 McGiffert, W. H., North Adams. 2 Parker, William W., East Cambridge. 20 McGinley, William A., Shrewsbury. 25 Parsons, Henry M., Springfield. 9 McLean, John Knox, Framingham. 14 Parsons, William L., D. D., Mattapoisett. 17 McLoud, Anson, Topsfield. 19 Patrick, Henry J., West Newton. 21 Maltby, Erastus, Taunton. 22 Patten, Moses, Byfield. 15 Mandell, William A., Lunenburg. 15 Peabody, Albert B., East Longmeadow. 9 Manning, Jacob M., Boston. 20 Pease, Giles, Boston. Marden, George N., Boxboro'. 15 Peck, David, Barre. 5 Marsh, Dwight W., Rochester, N. Y. 2 Peckham, Joseph, Kingston. 18 Marvin, Abijah P., Winchendon. 26 Peloubet, Francis N., Oakham. 5, 7 Marvin, Elihu P., Medford. 20, 24 Pennell, Lewis, West Stockbridge Centre. 3 Matson, Henry, Cummington. I Perkins, Ariel E. P., Ware. 5 Mead, Hiram, South Hadley. 12 Perkins, Francis B., Montague. 8 Means, James H., Dorchester. 16 Perkins, George G., East Taunton. 22 Means, John 0., Roxbury. 21 Perkins, Jonas, Weymouth, 16 Merrill, James H., Andover. 1 Perry, Isaac S., Northfield. 8 Merwin, Samuel J. M., So. Hadley Falls. 12 Perry, Ralph, Agawam. 10 8 58 Phelps, Austin, D. D., Andover. 21 Sawyer, Benjamin, Salisbury. 6 Phelps, Winthrop H., Chaplain 19th Regt. Ct. Schwarz, J- B., Greenfield. 8 Vols. 3 Scott, Nelson, (where?) 7 Phillips, Daniel, Orange. 8 Seabury, Edwin, East Falmouth. 23, 26 Phillips John C., Boston. 1 Seagrave, James C., Bridgewater. 18 Phillips, Lebbeus R., Groton. 16 Searle, Richard T., Harwinton, Ct. 3 Phipps, William, Paxton. 25 Seeley, L. Clark, Springfield. 9 Pickett, Aaron, Sandisfield. 3 Seely, Raymond H., D. D., Haverhill. 6 Pierce, Charles H., Millbury. 27 Seelye, S- T., D. D., Easthampton. 11 Pierce, Charles M., West Boxford. 6. Sessions, Alexander J., Scituate. 16 Pike, John, Rowley. 6 Sewall, John S., Wenham. 19 Plumb, Albert H., Chelsea. 20 Sewall, Jotham B., Lynn. 19 Pomeroy, Jeremiah, Ashfield. 8 Sewall, Samuel, Burlington. 24 Pomeroy, Rufus, Otis. 3 Seymour, John A., Enfield. 12 Poor, Daniel J., Romeo, Mich. 13 Seymour, Henry, Hawley. 8 Porter, Charles S., South Boston. 21 Shaler, D- D., Sheffield. 3 Potter, Edmund S., Concord. 14, 16 Sheldon, Luther, D. D., Easton. 16 Powers, Dennis, Abington. 16 Sheldon, Luther H., Westboro'. 27 Powers, Henry, Mettineague. 10 Skeele, John P., Wilbraham. 9 Pratt, Francis G., Middleboro'. 20 Smith, Charles, Andover. 1 Pratt, Henry, Dudley. 5 Smith, Charles B., Boston. 7 Pratt, t-;orace, Raynham. 22 Smith, Edward P., Pepperell (or Nashville, Pratt, Miner G., Andover. 25 Tenn). 15 Putnam, Israel W., D. D., Middleboro'. 18 Smith, Irem W., Southfield. 3 Quick, A. J., Richmond. 2 Smith, Isaac B., Coleraine. S Quint, Alonzo H., New Bedford. 17 Southgate, Robert, Ipswich. 7 Rankin, J. Eames, Lowell. 1 Souther, Samuel, Worcester. 25 Raymond, Stetson, Bridgewater. 18 Southworth, Benjamin, Hanson. 18 Reed, Charles E., Malden. 24 Spalding, Samuel J., D. D., Newburyport. 6 Reed, Frederick A., Cohasset. 16 Spear, Charles V., Pittsfield. 2 Rice, Charles B., Danvers. 19 Stearns, Jesse G. D., Billerica. 24 Rice, Thomas 0., Charleston, S. C. 21 Stearns, William A., D. D., Amherst. 12 Rich, Alonzo B., Beverly. 7 Stevens, Henry A., Melrose. 24 Rich, A. Judson, Milton. 16 Stevens, Moody A., Plympton. 18 Richards, George, Litchfield, Ct. 20 Stimson, George W., Windsor. 2 Richardson, Henry J., Lincoln. 14 Stone, Andrew L., D. D., Boston. 91 Richardson, Merrill, Worcester. 25 Stone, Cyrus, Boston. 4 Richardson, M. L., Globe Village. 5 Stone, Harvey M., South Dennis. 4, 17 Richardson, Nathaniel, Somerset. 22 Stone, Timothy D. P., Amesbury Mills. 6 Richmond, Thomas T., Taunton. 22 Storrs, Richard S., D. D., Braintree. 16 Roberts, Jacob, East Medway. 13 Stowe, Calvin E., D. D., Hartford, Ct. 21 Roberts, James A., Berkley. 17, 22 Stowe, Timothy, New Bedford. 17 Robinson, Reuben T., Winchester. 20, 24 Stowell, Abijah, Gill. 8 Rockwood, L. B., Boston. 21 Stowell, Alexander D., Southampton. 10 Rockwood, Samuel L., North Weymouth. 16 Stratton, T- T., Great Barrington. 3 Rogan, Daniel H., Greenfield. 8 Street, Owen, Lowell. 1 Rood, Thomas H., Southwick. 10 Strong, David A., South Deerfield. 8 Rose, William 5W., Chesterfield. 11 Strong, Elnathan E., South Natick. 14 Ross, A. Hastings, Boylston 25 Sturtevant, William H., Tisbury. 23 Root, Augustine, Beaufort, S. C. 22 Swallow, Joseph E., Burlington. 24 Ropes, William L., Cambridge. 13 Sweetser, Seth, D. D., Worcester. 25 Russell, Ezekiel, D. D., East Randolph. 16 Swift, Eliphalet Y., Williamsburg. 11 Sabin, Lewis, D. D., Templeton. 26 Tappan, Daniel D., East Marshfield. 18 Samuel, Robert, West Yarmouth. 4 Tarbox, Inc. N., West Newton, or Boston. 14 Saunders, Marshall D., CEYLON. 2 Tatlock, John, Williamstown. 2 Sandford, John, Taunton. 22 Tatlock, John, Jr., South Adams. 2 Sanford, Baalis, East Bridgewater. 18 Taylor, John L., Andover. 1 Sanford, David, Medway. 13 Teele, Albert K., Milton. 16 Sanford, Enoch, Raynham. 18 Temple, Josiah H., Framingham. Sanford, William H., Worcester. 25 Tenney, Daniel, Boston. 20 59 Tenney, Francis V., Manchester. 7 Warner, Oliver, Boston. 11 Tenney, E. Payson, Manchester. 7, 15 Warren, Israel P., Boston. 21 Terry, Calvin, North Weymouth. 20 Warriner, Francis, Chester. 10 Terry, James P., South Weymouth. 16 Washburn, George T., Madura, INDIA. 3 Thacher, Isaiah C., Gloucester. 7, 17 Waters, Simeon, Saundersville. 27 Thayer, J. Henry, Andover. Webb, Edwin B., Boston. 21. Thayer, William M., Franklin. 14 Webber, George N., Lowell. 1 Thompson, Augustus C., D. D., Roxbury. 21 Webster, John C., Hopkinton. 14 Thompson, Leander, West Amesbury. 6 Wellman, George E., Amesbury Mills. 7 Thurber, Edward G., Walpole. 13 Wellman, Joshua WV., Newton. 21 Thurston, Eli, Fall River. 22 Wheaton, Levi, North Falmouth. 23 Thurston, John R., Newbury. 6 Whitcomb, William C., Morehead City, N. Thurston, Richard B., Waltham. 21 C. 24 Thwing, Edward P., Quincy. 16 White, Isaac C., Roxbury. 16 Todd, John, D. D., Pittsfield. 2 White, Jacob, Bridgewater. 4 Todd, John E., Boston. 20 White, Lyman, Phillipston. 26 Tolman, Richard, Tewksbury. 1 Whitehill, John, Wilbraham. 9 Tolman, Samuel H., Wilmington. 24 Whitney, John, Canaan Four Corners, N. Y. Tracy, Joseph, D. D., Beverly. 19 20 Trask, George, Fitchburg. 15 Whitman, John S., Charlemont. 8 Treat, Selah B., Boston. 21 Whittemore, Zolva, Great Barrington. 10 Tuck, Jeremy WV., Palmer. 9 XWight, Daniel, Jr., North Aslhburnham. 16, 26 Tucker, Joshua T., Holliston. 14 Wilcox, Philo B., Norway, Me. 16 Tufts, James, Monson. 9 Willcox, William H., Reading. 24 Tupper, Martyn, Hardwick. 5 Wilder, Hymen A., SOUTH AFRICA. 2 Tuttle, William G., Ware. 5 Willard, Andrew J., Upton. 27 Tuxbury, Franklin, Exeter, N. H. 12 Willard, John, Fairhaven. 17 Twining, Kinsley, Hinsdale. 2 Williams, Nathan W., Peacedale, R. I. 25 Tyler, Charles M., Natick. 14 Williams, Thomas, Providence, R. I. 13 Tyler, William, Auburndale. 12 Wilson, Thomas, Stoughton. 16 Tyler, William S., D. D., Amherst. 12 Winchester, Warren W., Washington, D. C. Uhler, George, Curtisville. 3 25 Vaill, Joseph, D. D., Palmer. 9 Winslow, Horace, Binghampton, N. Y. 3 Vinton, John A., South Boston. Withington, Leonard, D. D., Newburyport. 6 Vose, James G., Amherst. Wood, Charles WV., Campello. 16 Waite, Clarendon, Rutland. 25 Woodbridge, John, D. D., Chicago, III. 12 Walker, George F., Wellfleet. 4 Woodbridge, Jonathan E., Auburndale. Walker, Horace D., East Abington. 16 Woodbury, Samuel, Chiltonville. 18, 22 Walker, Edward A., Worcester. 25 Woodman, Henry A., Newburyport. 6 Walker, James B. R., Holyoke. 10 Woodworth, Charles L., Amherst. 12 Walker, Townsend, Huntington. 10 Woodworth, Henry D., W. Needham. 16, 20 Ward, James W., Lakeville. 16, 18 Woodworth, William WV., Plymouth. 9 WVare, Samuel, Sunderland. Worcester, Isaac R., Auburndale. 25 Warner, Aaron, ). D., Amherst. 12 Worcester, Samuel M., D. D., Salem. 19 Warner, Lyman, Becket. 3 XWright, Ebenezer B., Monson. 11 INDEX OF TOWNS. And of such parts of towns as have distinct names; with the number of the Association in which each occurs in the Statistics. Abington, 16 Braintree, 16 Danvers, 7, 19 Acton, 15 Brewster, None. Dartmouth, 17 Adams, 2 Bridgewater, 18 Dedham, 21 Agawam, 10 Brighton, 21 Deerfield, 8 Alford, 3 Brimfield, 5 Dennis, 4 Amesbury, 6 Brookfield, 5 Dighton, 22 Amherst, 12 Brookline, 21 Dorchester, 16 Andover, 1 Buckland, 8 Douglas, 27 Ashburnham, 26 Burlington, 24 Dover, 13 Ashby, 15 Byfield, in Newburyport, 6 Dracut, 1 Ashfield, 8 Dudley, 5 Ashland, 14 Cambridge, 20 Dunstable, 15 Assabet, in Stowe, 14 Canton, 21 Duxbury, Nrone. Athol, 26 Carlisle, 21 Attleboro', 22 Carver, 18 East Bridgewater, 16, 18 Auburn, 25 Centreville, in Barnstable, 23 Eastham, 4 Auburndale, in Newton, 21 Charlemont, 8 Easthampton, I Charlestown, 20 Easton, 16 Ballardvale, in Andover, 1 Chariton, 5 Edgartown, 17 Barnstable, 4 23 Chatham, 4 Egremont, 3 Barre, 5 Chelmsford, 1 Enfield, 12 Becket, 2, 3 Chelsea, 20 Erving, 8 Bedford, 24 Cheshire, None. Essex, 7 Belchertown, 12 Chester, 10 Belleville, in Newburyport, 6 Chesterfield, 11 Fairhaven, 17 Bellingham,.None. Chicopee, 9 Fall River, 22 Belmont" None. Chilmark, 23 Falmouth, 23 Berkley, 22 Chiltonville, in Plymouth, 18 Feeding Hills, in Agawam, 10 Berlin, 25 Clarksburg, None. Fitchburg, 15 Bernardston, 8 Clinton, 25 Florida, None. Beverly, 7, 19 Cohasset, 16 Foxboro', 13 Billerica, 24 Coleraine, 8 Framingham, 14 Blackstone, 27 Concord, 14 Franklin, 13 Blandford, 10 Conway, 8 Freetown, 22 Bolton, None. Cotuit, in Barnstable, 23 Boston, 20, 21 Curmmington, 11 Gardner, 26 Boxboro', 15 Curtisville, in Stockbridge, 3 Georgetown, 6 Boxford, 6, 19 Gill, 8 Boylston, 25 Dalton, 2 Gloucester, 7 Bradford, 6 Dana, 5 Goshen, 11 61 Grafton, 27 Leyden, None. North Wrentham, 13 Granby, 12 Lincoln, 14 Northfield, 8 Grantville in Needham, 21 Linebrook, in Ipswich, 6 North Reading, 24 Granville,.10 Littleton, 15 Norton, 22 Greenfield, 8 Longmeadow, 9 Greenwich, 12 Lowell, I Oalham, 5 Groton, 15 Ludlow, 9 Orange, 8 Groveland, 6 Lunenburg, 15 Orleans, 4 Great Barrington, 3 Lynn, 19 Otis, 3 Lynnfield, 7,19 Oxford, 25 Hadley, 12 Halifax, 18 Malden, 20, 24 Palmer, 9 Hamilton, 7 Manchester, 7 Paxton, 25 Hancock, None. Mansfield, 13 Pelham, 12 Hanover, 18 Marion, 17 Pembroke, None. Hanson, 18 Marlboro', 14 Pepperell, 15 Hardwick, 5 Marblehead, 7, 19 Peru, 2 Harvard, 15 Marshfield, 18 Petersham, 26 Harwich, 4 Mattapoisett, 17 Phillipston, 26 Hatfield,.12 Medfield, 13 Pittsfield, 2 Haverhill, 6 Medford, 20, 24 Plainfield, 11 Hawley, 8 Medway, 13 Plymouth, 18 [Haydenville, in Williams- Melrose, 24 Plympton, 18 burg, 11 Mendon, 13 Port Norfolk, in Dorchester 16 Heath, 8 Methuen, 1 Prescott, 12 Hinsdale, 2 Mettineague, in West Spring- Princeton, 25 Hingham, 16 field, 10 Provincetown, 4 Holden, 25 Middleboro', 17,18 Holl~and, 5 Middlefield, 11 Quincy, 16 Holliston, 14 Middleton, 7 Holmes Hole, in Tisbury, 23 Milford, 13 Randolph, 16 Holyoke, 10 Millbury, 27 Raynhiam, 22 Hopkinton, 14 Milton, 16' Reading, 20, 24 Housatonic, in Great Barring- Monroe, None. Rehoboth, 22 ton, 3 Monson, 9 Richmond, 2 Hubbardston, 26 Montague, 8 Rochester, 17 Hull, None. Monterey, 3 Rockport, 7 Huntington, 10, 11 Montgomery 10 Rowe, None. Hyannis, in Barnstable, 4, 3 Monument, in Sandwich, 23 Rowley, 6 Mount Washington, 3 Roxbury, 21 Indian Orchard, in Spring- Royalston, 26 field, 9 Nahant, None. Russell, None. Ipswich, 7 Nantucket, 17 Rutland, 25 Natick, 14 Jamaica Plain, in West Rox- Needham, 20, 21 Salem, 7 bury, 21 New Ashford, None. Salisbury, 6 New Bedford, 17 Sandisfield, 3 Kingston, 18 New Braintree, 5 Sandwich, 23 Newbury, 6 Saugus, 19 Lakeville, 18 Newburyport, 6 Saundersville, in Grafton, 27 Lancaster, 15 New Marlboro', 3 Savoy, None. Lanesboro', 2 New Salem, 26 Saxonville, in Framingham, 14 Lanesville, in Gloucester, 7 Newton, 20, 21 Scituate, 16 Lawrence, I Northampton, 11 Scotland, in Bridgewater, 11. Lee, 3 North Andover, 1 Sharon, 21 Leicester, 25 Northboro', 25 Sheffield, 3 Lenox, 3 Northbridge, 27 Shelburne, 8 Leominster, 15 *North Bridgewater, 16 Sherborn, 14 Leverett, 12 North Brookfield, 5 Shirley, 15 Lexington, None. North Chelsea, 20 Shrewsbury, 25 62 Shutesbury, 8 Topsfield, 19 West Camlridge, 21 Somerset, 22 Townsend, 15 Westfield, 10 Somerville, 20 Truro, 4 Westford, 15 Southampton, 10 Tyngsborol, None. Westhampton 11 Southborol 14 Tyringham, None. Westminster, 26 Southbridge, 5 West Newbury, 6 South Danvers, 7 Upton, 27 Weston, None. Southfield, in New Marlboro', 3 Uxbridge, 27 Westport, 22 South Hadley, 9, 12 West Roxbury, 21 South Reading, 24 Wales, None. West Springfield, 10 South Scituate, None. Walpole, 13 West Stockbridge, 3 Southwick, 10 Waltham, 21 West Yarmouth, 4 Spencer, 5 Waquoit, in Falmouth, 23 Weymouth, 16 Springfield, 9 Ware, 5 Whately, 12 Sterling, 25 Wareham, 17 Whitinsville, in NorthStockbridge, 3 Warren, 5 bridge, 27 Stoneham, 24 Warwick, 8 Wilbraham, 9 Stoughton, 16 Washington, 2 Williamsburg, It Stcwe, 14 Watertown, 21 Williamstown, 2 Sturbridge, 5 Wayland, 14 Wilmington, 24 Sddbury, 14 Webster, 25 Winchendon, 26 Sunderland, 8 Wellesley, in West Need- Winchester, 24 Sutton, 27 ham. 20 Windsor, 2 Swampscott, 19 Wellfleet, 4 Winthrop, None. Swanzey, None. Wendell, 8 Woburn, 24 Wenham, 19 Worcester, 25 Taunton, 22 Westboro', 27 Worthington, II Templeton, 26 West Boxford, 6 Wrentham, 13 Tewksbury, I West Boylston, 25 Tisbury, 23 West Bridgewater, 16 West Yarmouth, 4 Tolland, 10 West Brookfield, 5 Yarmouth, 4, 23 COLLECTION OF STATISTICS. 1. The Statistical Secretary of the General Association will supply the District Statistical Secretaries, 1864, Dec. 20, with a sufficient number of blank Schedules for distribution. 2. Each District Statistical Secretary will supply (on or before Dec. 31) each Minister (or Clerk of a Church having no Minister) within his limits, with a blank Schedule: He will also follow up all delinquents, complete the returns, (asking for the strict observance- of every point specified below), and send to the Statistical Secretary of the General Association, during the first week in March, 1865, (1st) a table of the returns from all the Churches, properly arranged and summed up, as in the issue of 1864; (2d) a list of all the members of his Association, with residence, occupation, and date of ordination; (3d) the times of meetings of his Association; (4th) the names of its officers. He will also send to the Statistical Secretary of the General Association, during the second week in June, a list of all ecclesiastical changes, complete, to that time. 3. Each Minister, (or Clerk of a Church having no Minister), is requested to report the Statistics of his Church for the year 1864 to the Statistical Secretary of his Association, during the first week in January, 1865, according to the Schedule below, which is furnished for the purpose. The following points are to be observed with care: In the column for "Place and Name," give first the name of the Town, followed by that of the village or locality in the town, as "North," " South," etc.; then, the full name of the Church as authorized in its own docusnents. Write all names correctly, legibly and in full, giving to each individual at least one Christian name. If the date of church organization do not appear in italics in this year's issue, let it be authenticated from the original documents, and the authority stated on the margin of the returns. Write all dates in these reports in the order of the year, month, day. " Ordained " refers to the date when the Minister was set apart by " the laying on of hands"; "installed," the date of his present Pastorate. "Absent " members are those who do not attend with or reside near the church; they are not additional to " males," "females," "total." " Sabbath School" denotes the entire membership of a school Jan. 1, 1865, or at such other date as the school is in successful operation, including both teachers and scholars, and covering branch schools when under the exclusive care of the reporting Church. " Church members " are reported for the last day of 1864, though for convenience of reference dated 1865, Jan. 1. " Admitted, "Removed," and "Baptisms," cover the whole year 1864, and not a day before or after. Leave no blanks whatever; a blank marks a defective return: Let a vacuum be abhorred, and whenever " none " is the proper designation, express it by the figure " 0 ". If each official concerned will hold himself responsible for his share of the work, our Statistics will be full, accurate, and therefore valuable. Churches. Ministers. Chh. Mem. 1865, Jan. 1. Admitted. -1864-Removed. Baptized. Sab. Place, and Name. Organized. Name. Ordained. Installed. Mal. Fem. Tot. Abs. Prof. Let. Tot. D'th. Dis. Esc. Tot. Ad. Inf. Seb ALONZO H. QUINT, Statistical Secretary. INDEX. Page. American Missionary Association, resolutions approving, 10 APPOINTMENTS for each session, how made,.22,23 " " 186... 2, 13 Army and Navy, meeting of prayer for recommended,.10 Christian Commission commended,.10 Committees appointed at the session of 1864,.5,7,14 Congregational Convention, General, approved,..13, 14 Corresponding Bodies, report of Delegates to,.6 " cc salutations from,..6 DELEGATES TO CORRESPONDING BODIES, how annually appointed,.. 23 It "4 for 1864-5, list of,.. 8,9 Discussion on selected topic, 7 GENERAL CONFERENCE OF MASS., 5,6 Home Missionary Meeting, 5 Liberia College approved, 8 Lord's Supper, celebrated, 14 Members present at the session of 1864,.3, 4 MINISTERS, LIST OF, 54-59 MINUTES OF THE SESSION OF 1864.. 3-14 NARRATIVE OF THE STATE OF RELIGION,.15, 16 OFFICERS OF THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION,.2, 11 "' " at the session of 1864,. 4 PASTORAL LETTER,...17-20 Rules, proposed changes in... 10 Sermons preached,..5, 14 State of the Country, resolutions adopted,...10,11-13 STATISTICAL TABLES FOE 1864,...25-52 "6 II explanations of.. 24 "9 "I remarks upon,... 53 "4 "9 1865, how to be prepared,... 63 Tax to be paid in 1865,..2,7 Temperance, resolutions upon...11 Thanks, Votes of,...14 TOWNS, INDEX OF,..60-62 TREASURER'S REPORT,..21 1^ ImmrOl Confrrnm of IU. 1864. MINUTTES OF ITS FIFTH ANNUAL SESSION, HELD IN THE CENTRAL CHURCH, FALL RIVER, SEPTEMBER 13-15, WITH ESSAYS, REPORTS, AND A LIST OF THE LOCAL CONFERENCES, AND OF THE CHURCHES CONNECTED WITH THEM. BOSTON: PRESS OF T. R. MARVIN & SON, 42 CONGRESS STREET. 1864. NOTICES. THE meeting of the Conference in 1865, will be held in the North Church, Haverhill, commencing on Tuesday, the 12th of September, at 4 o'clock, P. MA., and closing at 4 o'clock of the Thursday following. Rev. Andrew L. Stone, of Boston, is elected the Preacher of the. opening Sermon, and Rev. Eli Thurston, of Fall River, Substitute. Essex North Conference will furnish the Preacher of the Sermon which is to be delivered before the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. The Scribes of the several Conferences are requested to forward to the Recording Secretary the names and the Post Office address of the Delegates appointed to the General Conference next year. OFFICERS. Provisional Committee. Rev. RAYMOND H. SEELY, D. D., Haverhill. Rev. JAMES T. McCoLLOiVI, Bradford. Bro. GEORGE COGSWELL, Bradford. Bro. MOSES HOWE, Haverhill. Rev. GEORGE W. KELLY. Recording Secretary. Rev. JOSHUA W. WELLMAN, Newton. Statistical Secretary. Rev. ALONZO H. QUINT, New Bedford. Treasurer. Bro. STEPHEN T. FARWELL, Cambridge. MINUTES. THE GENERAL CONFERENCE OF THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES OF MASSACHUSETTS convened in the Central Church, Fall River, September 13, 1864, at 4 o'clock, P. M., and a quorum not being present, owing to the inconvenient arrangement of Railroad trains, voted that after a season of devotional services, the Conference adjourn to meet at 7J o'clock, P. M. Tuesday evening. The Conference assembled, according to adjournment. After devotional services, conducted by Rev. Joshua W. Wellman, of Newton, a Sermon was preached by Rev. Zachary Eddy, D. D., of Northampton, from Col. ii. 10, " Ye are complete in Him." ORGANIZATION. At the close of Public Services, the Conference was called to order by Rev. Eli Thurston, Pastor of the Church, welcoming it, and organized by the choice of Bro. George F. Homer, of Brookline, Moderator, who opened the Meeting with Prayer. Rev. Horace D. Walker was chosen Scribe. Rev. George E. Hill, Dea. Jacob Perley, and Bro. Nathan Allen, were chosen a Committee on Credentials. Rev. Eli Thurston, Rev. Mortimer Blake, and Rev. Israel W. Putnam, D. D., were chosen a Committee of Arrangements. Rev. Isaiah C. Thacher, Rev. Richard Tolman, and Dea. Loring Lothrop, were chosen a Committee on Nominations. Rev. James A. Roberts, Dea. Joseph S. Ropes and Rev. William A. McGinley, were chosen a Committee on the State of Religion. The Committee on Credentials reported the following ROLL OF DELEGATES. Andover Conference:Rev. James H. Merrill, Andover. Rev. Richard Tolman, Tewksbury. Bro. Nathan Allen, Lowell. 4 Barnstable County Conference: Rev. William E. Caldwell, South Wellfleet. Rev. Joseph B. Clark, Yarmouth. Bro. David G. Eldredge, Yarmouth. Berkshire South Conference.Rev. Josiah Brewer, Housatonic. Bro. Joseph R. French, Stockbridge. Brookfield Conference:Rev. David Peck, Barre. Essex North Conference: Rev. Asa Farwell, West Haverhill. Rev. John R. Thurston, Newburyport, Dea. James T. Plummer, Rowley. Dea. Daniel Adams, Newbury. Essex South Conference:Rev. Isaiah C. Thacher, Gloucester. Dea. Jacob Perley, South Danvers. Dea. John W. 31arshall, Rockport. Franklin County Conference;[Hampden County Conference:Rev. Henry Powers, West Springfieldo Hampshire East Conference:Rev. Samuel J. M. Merwin, South Hadley Falls. Dea. George W. Hubbard, Hatfield. Mendon Conference:Middlesex South Cfonference: Rev. Thomas S. Norton, Dover. Rev. George E. Hill, Saxonville. Dea. James Farrar, Jr., Lincoln. 5 Middlesex Union C(onference:Rev. George N. Marden, Boxboro'. Bro. John F. Robbins, Littleton. Norfolk Conference:Rev. Stephen H. Hayes, South Weymouth. Rev. Horace D. Walker, East Abington. Bro. Cyrus Brewer, Dorchester Village. Dea. Elbridge Clapp, Quincy. Old Colony Conference: Rev. Timothy F. Clary, Wareham. Rev. Israel W. Putnam, D. D., Middleboro,' Pilgrim Conference:Rev. Timothy G. Brainerd, Halifax, Rev6 Joseph Peckham, Kingston. Salem U1Missionary Union:Rev. Joseph E. F. Marsh, Lynn. Suffolk North Conference:Rev. William Barrows, Reading. Dea. Loring Lothrop, Boston. Suffolk South Conference:Rev. Andrew L. Stone, D. D., Boston. Rev. John 0. Means, Roxbury. Dea. Joseph S. Ropes, Roxbury. Bro. George F. Homer, Brookline. Taunton and Vicinity Conference:Rev. Mortimer Blake, Taunton. Rev. James A. Roberts, Berkley. Bro. Benjamin King, Raynham. Bro. Ammes A. Lincoln, Jr., Norton. Woburn Conference:Rev. Charles R. Bliss, South Reading. Worcester Central Conference: Rev. A. Hastings Ross, Boylston. Rev. William A. McGinley, Shrewsbury. Worcester North Conference: Rev. Milan H. Hitchcock, Westminster. Dea. Abner H. Merriam, Templeton. WVorcester South Conference: Dea. Benjamin A. Nourse, Westboro'. FROM CORRESPONDING BODIES. Rev. Winm. R. Stevens, from the General Association of Minnesota. Rev. Francis Horton, from the Rhode Island Conference. The Conference then adjourned, to meet at 8. o'clock Wednesday morning. SECOND DAY. Wednesday, Sept. 14. The Conference met and enjoyed an hour of devotional services; Rev. Andrew L. Stone, D. D., presiding. FIRST ESSAY. Rev. William M. Barber, of South Danvers, read an Essay on " The necessity of the Holy Spirit to give efficacy to all means for the conversion of men." In the discussion which ensued, the following brethren participated: Rev. Eli Thurston, Rev. David Brigham, Rev. James T. McCollom, Rev. James A. Roberts, Rev. George Trask, Rev. John 0. Means, Rev. Timothy G. Brainerd, Rev. Martin Moore, Rev. William Barrows, Bro. Daniel Adams, Rev. Elnathan Davis, Rev. Richard Tolman, Rev. Josiah Brewer. AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION AND CHRISTIAN C.OMMISSION. On motion of Rev. Eli Thurston, Rev. Elnathan Davis was allowed to present the cause of the Freedmen, and the Rev. Alonzo H. Quint to speak in behalf of the Christian Commission. 7 BUSINESS. The Constitution and By-Laws were read. Rev. John 0. Means, of Roxbury, moved 1. That Article 7th of the Constitution be amended, by adding, " and they shall be ex officiis members of the Conference." 2. That Article 15th be amended, by adding, " and the ministers who preach the sermons shall be ex officiis members of the Conference." This motion, according to the Constitution, was laid over for action at the next annual meeting of the Conference. Rev. Alonzo H. Quint, of New Bedford, was chosen Statistical Secretary. Bro. Stephen T. Farwell, of Boston, was chosen Treasurer. Rev. John 0. Means, of Roxbury, was chosen Auditor. Bro. Stephen T. Farwell, Rev. Alonzo B. Rich, of Beverly, and Rev. Samuel J. M. Merwin, of South Hadley Falls, were chosen a Committee on Finance. Rev. Andrew L. Stone, D. D., of Boston, Rev. Joshua W. Wellman, of Newton, and Rev. James H. Merrill, of Andover, were chosen a Committee on the state of the country. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE TO THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION. Bro. Ebenezer Alden, from the Committee chosen at the last Annual Meeting, on the union of the General Conference, and the General Association, reported the following, which was adopted. The Committee of the General Conference, appointed in 1863, to present to the General Association the action of the Conference on a proposition for a union of the two bodies, attended the annual meeting of the Association, at Springfield, for that purpose. Their report was received and considered, but not in a spirit which gave promise of a union on a basis satisfactory to the Conference. The result was a vote of the Association "to take no further action upon, and gives no further consideration to the subject." The Conference then adjourned to 2- o'clock, P. M. Wednesday, P. M., 24 o'clock. The Conference met and spent half an hour in devotional services. SECOND ESSAY. An Essay was then read by Rev. Henry 31. Parsons, of Springfield, upon " The importance of distinctness in the exhibition of Biblical doctrine." A discussion of the subject then followed, by Rev. Josiah Brewer, 8 Rev. Samuel J. M. Merwin, Rev. George Trask, Rev. Zachary Eddy,.., Rev. Elbridge G. Little, Dea. Joseph S. Ropes, Bro. Cyrus Brewer, Rev. Isaiah C. Thacher, Rev. Benjamin Judkins, Bro. Nathan Allen, Rev. Richard Tolman, Rev. Andrew L. Stone, D. D., Rev. Isaac P. Langworthy, and Rev. William Barrows. BUSINESS. The report of the Treasurer was presented, audited, and accepted. The Committee on Finance reported: their report was accepted, and the Conference Voted, That the Treasurer be authorized to notify the Scribes or Treasurers of the several Local Conferences, of the assessment upon each Conference of a sum equal to one dollar for each church, and to request their officers to collect the same immediately, and forward it to the Treasurer of the General Conference. THE COMMITTEE ON HOME EVANGELIZATION. Rev. William Barrows, in behalf of the Committee on Home Evan gelization, appointed at the last Annual Meeting, reported, and the report was accepted.* A discussion followed, participated in by Rev. Stephen H. Hayes, Rev. James T. McCollom, and Rev. Isaac P..Langworthy. The further discussion was deferred until 11 o'clock, on Thursday. COMMITTEE ON THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY. This Committee presented their report which was unanimously adopted. Resolved, That without one feeling either of despondency or of impatience, we watch the progress of the armies of the Union in putting down the most criminal rebellion the world ever saw; without despondency, for we believe God is on our side, and will give us in due time full and crowning success, and without impatience, for we have been instructed to interpret hopefully these divine delays, and have seen the issue ever widening and embracing more and more radical and precious revolutions and deliverances. Resolved, That there can be no effectual re-establishment of the national authority by any tiegotiation which confesses the inability of the Government to, subdue rebellion by force of arms, and proposes terms of peace to rebels still flying the flag of defiance. Resolved, That the chief hope of rebellion is in the sympathy and distraction of a divided North, and that the surest and shortest way to peace See Report published in full with these Minutes. 9 is not to recall our armies and to relax our grasp upon the enemy, but to present a united loyal front, and an unconquerable determination to prosecute the war till the power of the Government meets no longer with armed resistance. Resolved, That we rejoice in the recent victories won by our arms on the land and on the sea, as at once revealing the skill of our commanders, and the valor and endurance of our soldiers and sailors, and exhibiting evidence of God's gracious purpose to guide our marches and to give final victory to our cause. Resolved, That the docility and industry, the discipline and heroism of the thousands of emancipated slaves, whether in scenes of peaceful labor or wearing the uniform of the national soldier, assert their claim to all the elements of a noble manhood, and the increased respect and confidence of all the friends of their race; and that we are moved to regard them with a more tender sympathy, to make them a subject of special prayer, and to do for them whatever is in our power. Resolved, That we rejoice in the wide blossoming and harvesting of that public charity, by which such streams of treasure and so many products of industry have been contributed to the comfort and relief of our soldiers in the camp, the prison-house, the hospital, and the field; and in the personal labors of so many Christian men and women in bearing those material comforts to the beloved objects, and leading so many souls to Christ. Resolved, That we believe it is the duty of Christian ministers to set forth by some appropriate public teaching the importance of the great principles at hazard in the impending and progressive political struggle, which is to issue in the choice of our national administration in such an eventful crisis of our national life. The Conference then took a recess until 7~ o'clock. THIRD ESSAY. Wednesday evening. The Conference met according to adjournment, and was addressed by Rev. Alonzo H. Quint, upon " The work of our churches, as affected by the present state of the country.' The audience united in singing " America," and then followed a discussion of the subject of the Essay, by Rev. Isaac P. Langworthy, Rev. Isaiah C. Thacher, Rev. Josiah Brewer, Rev. George Trask, Bro. Cyrus Brewer, Rev. Birdsey G. Northrup, Rev. Asa Farwell, Dea. Daniel Adams, and Rev. Joshua W. Wellman. The Conference then adjourned. 2 10 THIRD DAY. Thursday, September 15. Met according to adjournment, and spent an hour in devotional services. REPORT OF DELEGATES TO CORRESPONDING BODIES. Dea. Daniel Adams, delegate to the General Conference of Maine, reported his profitable visit and fraternal reception. RESOLUTIONS. The following Resolutions were unanimously adopted. Resolved, That we heartily recommend to the churches of the Commonwealth, the plan of observing the fourth Sabbath evening of each month, as a meeting for prayer for our army and navy; and also the taking up at such meeting, a contribution for the treasury of the Christian Commission, which organization we anew commend, as an instrument of God for great good. Resolved, That we cordially commend to our churches the American Missionary Association, as an efficient and successful channel for Christian labor among the Freedmen of the South. Resolved, That we also cordially commend to our chirches the two Tract Societies as efficient and successful channels of Christian labor among the Freedmen of the South. NOTICE TO THE SCRIBES OF LOCAL CONFERENCES. Resolved, That the Scribes of Local Conferences be requested to forward to the Recording Secretary of this Conference, the names, and the Post Office address, of the Delegates chosen to represent them in the General Conference next year. REPRESENTATIVES OF CORRESPONDING BODIES. Rev. Francis Horton presented, as a member thereof, the salutations of the Rhode Island Conference, and was cordially welcomed. Rev. Augustus Walker appeared as representative of the churches " beyond the great river, the river Euphrates," to tell us of their sympathy, and awaken ours. Rev. William R. Stevens addressed the Conference as delegate from the General Association of Minnesota. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE STATE OF RELIGION. The Committee on the State of Religion reported, and their Report was accepted.* - See Report published with these Minutes. 11 THIRD ESSAY. At 10- o'clock, A. M., Rev. Lewis Sabin, D. D., presented an Essay "upon " The claims and duties of the Sabbath, as a day of rest." The discussion of this topic gave place to the consideration of the subject of HOME EVANGELIZATION. At 11 o'clock, according to previous vote, the discussion of this subject was resumed, and the speakers, by vote of the Conference, were limited to three minutes each. The speakers were Rev. James M. Bacon, Rev. Alonzo B. Rich, Rev. William Barrows, Rev. Zachary Eddy, D. D., Rev. Raymond H. Seely, D. D., Bro. Nathan Allen, Rev. Henry B. Hooker, D. D., Rev. Isaac P. Langworthy, Rev. Alonzo H. Quint, Rev. Stephen H. Hayes, Dea. Daniel Adams, and Rev*. Eli Thurston. VOTES OF THANKS. The following Resolutions were offered by Rev. William Barrows and adopted. Resolved, That the full and hearty thanks of this Conference are due, and rendered, to the Christian citizens of Fall River, for the cordial fellowship in Christ, and the generous hospitality with which they have received this body. Resolved, That the Conference return their grateful acknowledgments to the Old Colony and Newport, New Bedford and Taunton, and Taunton Branch Railroad Companies, and to the proprietors of the Steamer Bradford Durfee, running between Fall River and Providence, for free return tickets from this meeting. Resolved, That this Conference tender their heartfelt thanks to the presiding officer of this body, for the orderly, prompt, urbane and Christian manner in which he has presided over it. DELEGATES TO CORRESPONDING BODIES. The following Delegates to Corresponding Bodies were appointed: To the General Conference of Maine Rev. John 0. Means, Roxbury. Bro. Cyrus Brewer, Dorchester. To the General Association of New Hampshire Rev. Daniel L. Furbur, Newton Centre. Bro. Edward C. Damond, Concord. 12 To the Rhode Island Conference: Rev. Horace D. Walker, East Abington. Bro. Nathan Allen, Lowell. To the General Association of Iowa: Rev. George E. Hill, Saxonville. Dea. Peter Smith, Andover. COMMITTEE ON HOME EVANGELIZATION. On motion of Dea. Joseph S. Ropes, Voted, That the Committee on Home Evangelization be continued during the coming year, with authority to employ a salaried agent, who shall investigate the field, and report fully to the next Annual Meeting of this Conference. PROVISION~AL COMMITTEE. Rev. Raymond H. Seely, D. D., of Haverhill, Rev. James T. McCollom, of Bradford, Bro. George Cogswell, of Bradford, Bro. Moses Howe, of Haverhill, and Rev. George W. Kelly, of Haverhill, were chosen a Provisional Committee. PLACE OF MEETING IN 1865. Voted, That the next Annual Meeting be held with the North Church, Haverhill. PREACHER FOR 1865. Voted, That Rev. Andrew L. Stone, D. D., of Boston, be invited to preach the opening Sermon at the next Annual Meeting of the Conference, and that Rev. Eli Thurston, of Fall River, be his substitute. PUBLICATION OF DOCUMENTS. Voted, To publish the Minutes of this Conference, the Essays read, the Reports on the State of Religion and on Home Evangelization, and also a list of the Local Conferences of the State, with the times and places of meetings, and their officers and names of churches connected with them. Voted, That the Recording Secretary, the Statistical Secretary, and the Treasurer, be the Publishing Committee. The Minutes were read and approved. Voted, To adjourn, to meet at one o'clock, P. M., for public worship and the observance of the Lord's Supper, and that after these services, the Conference shall be adjourned, sine die. 13 Thursday, P. M. The Conference assembled at one o'clock. Devotional services were conducted by Rev. William M. Barber, and a Sermon was preached by Rev. Ariel E. P. Perkins, from Romans, viii. 17: "And if children, then heirs; heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together." Rev. Israel W. Putnam, D. D., and Rev. Samuel J. M. Merwin, officiated at the Lord's Table. After which, in accordance with a previous vote, the Conference was adjourned, sine die. GEORGE F. HOMER, Moderator. HORACE D. WALKER, Scribe. A true copy of the Minutes. Attest, JOSHUA W. WELLMAN, Recording Secretary. CO N STITUT ION. 1. This body shall be called the GENERAL CONFERENCE OF THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES IN MASSACHUSETTS. 2. The object of this Conference is to secure Christian union, fellowship and intercourse among the churches; to promote spirituality; incite to a more elevated piety, and stimulate Christians to greater activity athd efficiency in advancing the Redeemer's kingdom. 3. This Conference shall, under no circumstances, exercise ecclesiastical authority, or interfere with the government or discipline of the churches, or consent to hear appeals, or give advice in ecclesiastical causes of any kind. 4. Each Local Conference, composed of evangelical Congregational Churches within the State, may appoint five delegates to attend the aninual meeting of the Conference, two of whom shall be pastors of churches, and three lay members. 5. The officers of the Conference shall be a Moderator, a Recording Secretary, a Statistical Secretary, and a Treasurer. 6. The Moderator shall be chosen by ballot from among the delegates present, and shall preside during the meeting for which he is chosen. 7. The Secretaries and Treasurer shall be chosen by ballot, and continue in office three years. 8. YThe Recording Secretary shall keep a fair record of the doings of each meeting, in a book to be kept for that purpose, which shall be transmitted to his successor in office. 9. The Statistical Secretary shall collect and arrange such statistics as the Conference may order; shall distribute all documents received for the use of the Conference, or printed by them; and shall preserve a copy of all the publications of the Conference. 10. The Treasurer shall receive all money raised for the use of the Conference, disburse the same as directed, and present an annual report, audited as the Conference may direct. 11. Any ordained pastor or member of a Congregational Church within the bounds of the State, shall be eligible to the offices of Secretary, Statistical Secretary and Treasurer. 15 12. The Conference may receive delegates from other State evangelical religious bodies, representing Congregational Churches, who shall be considered honorary members, and be admitted to the privilege of participating in the deliberations of the meeting, but shall not be allowed to vote; and the Conference may reciprocate the courtesy by appointing delegates to such bodies. 13. Twenty-five regularly appointed delegates shall constitute a quorum. 14. The Conference shall hold an Annual Meeting on the second Tuesday in September, at such place as shall be designated, to commence at four o'clock, or other more convenient hour, in the afternoon, and to close at four o'clock in the afternoon of the Thursday following. 15. A Sermon shall be preached on the evening of the first day of the meeting; and another, adapted to the occasion, on the afternoon of the last day, to be followed by the Lord's Supper, to be administered generally without remarks. 16. Brief narratives of the state of religion within the bounds of Local Conferences, shall be presented in writing to a Committee appointed to receive them, which shall be embodied in a Report and read by the Committee, at such time as the Conference may appoint. 17. Other services of the Conference shall consist of devotional exercises, addresses and discussions upon subjects of practical religious interest, together with the objects of benevolent enterprise sustained by the churches, to be provided for and arranged as shall be laid down in the By-Laws. 18. The Conference shall establish By-Laws and Rules of Order for the regulation of its business, which shall be adopted by a vote of twothirds of the members present at any annual meeting. 19. Any proposition to alter or amend a By-Law shall be made at the annual meeting previous to the one at which it is acted upon. 20. Any article of this Constitution may be altered or amended by a two-thirds vote, at any annual meeting, provided that the proposition is made at any previous annual meeting, excepting that article third shall be held unalterable. BY-LAWS. 1. At the appointed. hour of meeting, the Pastor of the church where the meeting is held shall call to order; the certificates of delegates shall be immediately presented to the Recording Secretary, and a quorum being declared present, a Moderator shall be chosen. 2. The Moderator shall open the meeting with devotional exercises, and at the opening of each subsequent session, shall appoint some person to offer prayer. 3. A Committee of three shall be appointed to act as a Committee of Arrangements. 4. At each meeting, a Provisional Committee, of five persons, shall be appointed to arrange the schedule for the subsequent meeting; to designate the place, and to nominate a preacher for the opening sermon. 5. The preacher of the sermon before the communion, shall be chosen by the Local Conferences, in alphabetical order. 6. In order to separate the business from the religious services, special times shall be designated, at which all business of the Conference shall be transacted. 7. Whenever it shall appear to the Committee appointed to embody the naratives of the state of religion, that the religious condition within any Local Conference justifies a more detailed recital, a delegate from every such Conference may make verbal statements to the meeting, under the direction of the Committee. 8. The Conference shall determine, by vote, what objects of Christian benevolence may from time to time be presented, and the particular objects to be presented at any meeting shall be determined by the Provisional Committee. 9. The Constitution and By-Laws shall be read near the opening of the session, on the second day. 10. When a report is made, the question shall be, " Shall the report be accepted?" If resolutions are appended, the question may be divided at the request of any member, and the vote taken separately on accepting the report, and on accepting the resolutions. 11. The motion for the " previous question" shall be put without debate, and if carried, the main question shall be immediately put. 12. The Conference shall observe the usual rules of order in deliberative bodies, in all cases where it' has no special rule of its own. 13. Before adjournment, the minutes of the meeting shall be read for approval. REPORT ON THE STATE OF RELIGION IN THE CHURCHES CONNECTED WITH THE CONFERENCE. WHAT should the Report be, of the churches of the ever-living, the always present, and the certainly coming Redeemer? What but a continual triumph in his grace without fear; an unwavering confidence in his promises, without distrust; and a faithfulness to his work at all times, in all places, and under. all.circumstances, even unto death? What should it be, when He who walketh in the midst of the golden candlesticks, who searcheth the hearts and the reins, draweth near where his people meet together, and hearkeneth to what they say to each other and to what they think of his name. What does he hear'? Let us listen to what his churches say. The general statement is: "That this year has been one marked by no signal success or disaster to the cause of Christ." "While some churches have to mourn over the desolations of Zion," others " are enjoying a good measure of external prosperity, though no general outpouring of the Spirit can be reported." Yet it is said, by some churches, " This has been a year of more than ordinary good; we have been blessed with precious revivals; the influences of the Spirit have descended, and with great energy have wrought a renewing work, and one which has resulted in the addition of many to the churches." It is also said that, "~ The outward interest of the house of God has not suffered from the pressure of the many claims upon the attention and liberality of the friends of religion." The various benevolent organizations to which the people of Goda. usually contribute, have shared more largely than usual in their prayerful sympathy, and pecuniary support." Some " churches never contributed so much to the usual objects of benevolence." " Some parishes " in these trying times, " have shown their appreciation of their pastor's labors, by generous donations, and an increase of salary." 3 18 In many parishes, " the number of Sabbath worshipers in the house of God is increasing; " the Sabbath schools and the cause of Temperance are flourishing. " A work of grace has commenced among the young, and efforts to save the impenitent have not been without success." From the whole, it appears that "the churches are doing their regular work with patience, and with considerable success, though they cannot speak of extensive revivals of religion." It may be said that the churches are loyal to their country. " Deep and abiding, sympathy is felt with what the Government is doing to save the nation from anarchy and ruin." "Sympathy with the oppressed, and with the noble-hearted soldiers, suffering for us on the field of battle, in hospitals and. in prisons, manifests itself in prayer to God without ceasing, and in a readiness to sacrifice treasure and life itself, when called for, to carry our beloved country safely through the present struggle." There is something in the Report; something great and good, for which we are thankful. It might have been better, it ought to have been better; but we rejoice in hope of the glory of God, when they shall not say,' know the Lord; for all shall know him from the least to the greatest.' Truly the clouds are dark-our country is in the deep-the waters roar and are troubled, and the mountains shake with the swellings thereof: yet we see the rainbow carried in the bosom of the storm; it assures us that the clouds are breaking, and ere long we shall have to say,' Lo, the winter is past, and the rain is over and gone, the flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land.' JAMES AUSTIN ROBERTS. JOSEPH S. ROPES. REPORT ON HOME EVANGELIZATION. THE Committee on Home Evangelization, appointed under the Resolutions adopted by the Conference at its last Annual Meeting, would respectfully present the following REPORT. The Resolutions under which this Committee have their appointment.and action, recommended that each -District Conference make the subject of Home Evangelization a prominent and a permanent topic of interest in its meetings. To insure this, the Resolutions urged on the Local Conferences the policy of moving each church in their connection to bring under the influences of the gospel as far as possible, by personal labor and in such ways as the churches might judge best, that large portion of our population not now reached by the common means of grace. It was contemplated that each church would go into this outside and unfenced field and break up all the new land and all the fallow ground within their proper limits, and then at the meetings of the District Conferences, report their labors, talk over the facts, the various modes of labor, the necessities, encouragements, discouragements, Christian obligations, etc., and so provoke each other to good works in this most important branch of church labor. The Resolutions also contemplated a Committee in each Conference who should have a supervision of this department within their bounds, and should make annual reports to the Committee on Evangelization in this Conference. It was expected that these Reports from our twenty-two conferences would furnish the material for this Report, and so bring this vast work before us annually. Here it was hoped the subject would have the time and attention of the Conference, according to its relative merits. The Committee of last year submitted this plan of labor for Home Evangelization in our State. The plan was without discussion and quietly adopted by the Conference, quietly printed and circulated in its Minutes, and, with few exceptions, it has been quiet ever since. Your present Committee at once took measures to bring the attention of the District Conferences to the plan and work, by soliciting selected individuals in each, to introduce the subject into their respective bodies. So far as the Committee are able to learn, only four of 20 these twenty-two Conferences have taken action: Pilgrim, Essex South, Hampden, and Norfolk. If others have acted, they have not reported, and their work is unknown to the Committee. At the Fall meeting of the Pilgrim Conference a Committee was appointed, to whom this topic was assigned.. They arranged for a discussion in the Spring meeting, on the necessity, the obstacles, the means and the encouragements for Home Evangelization, within their limits. The Report of the Committee says: "' The discussion occupied a considerable portion of the time at our meeting in Hanson, and awakened, as was expected, great interest. * * The discussion made, if possible, more patent the fact that there is not a Local Conference in the Commonwealth where there is greater need of this work than the one which embraces this old Pilgrim soil, and yet that the obstacles to success in it are primarily and mostly those which are found in the hearts of the members of our churches. The conviction was expressed that something could be done, and must be done, to reclaim these " old wastes," but no definite plan was proposed by the Conference for the action of the several churches. * * * We cannot say that we have done any thing except to begin to look at the work, and to get a little alarmed about it." The Essex South Conference issued a circular Letter to the churches and obtained returns from a pait of them. From the returns made the Committee say: "' It would appear that about one-half of the population in this section of the country habitually neglect public worship of any Christian type. In some towns the proportion is found to be not more than one-quarter, or one-third; in others full one-half, and in others, still, full two-thirds. This Conference is comprised of twenty churches, representing twelve townships, and the city of Salem. Taking the estimated population within the bounds of their respective parishes, and comparing it with the returns made to us of both occasional and habitual worshipers in their respective congregtltions, and we are justified in saying that not more than onehalf of the population attend, even occasionally, upon the means of grace. " In speaking of the varied labors of different churches, the Report continues: " Several of the churches have sustained Mission Schools. Some members have exerted themselves with commendable zeal to increase the number of attendants, both at the parent and mission school, from families that neglect the house of God. The church in South Danvers has sustained, on the outskirts of the parish, for several years, at considerable expense, a chapel enterprise with stated preaching and a vigorous Sabbath School. This has been followed with gratifying results, both in evangelizing that community, and in bringing new converts into the parent church. The church in Glouces 21 ter Harbor, within two years past, has. succeeded in gathering from the thousands of neglected children in that place, one hundred or more into their Sabbath School, by clothing them and looking after them. Some churches have instituted and sustained systematic Tract Distribution. Others have sent out Committees of visitation, to stimulate the members to hold religious conversation with households, to visit families that neglect public worship, with the hope of securing their attendance." The following passage in the Report of the Essex South Conference, we quote as expressive of a wide feeling and common practice in our churches " Some of our churches have no Mission Schools, -no prayer meetings on the outskirts of the parish, no systematic tract distribution, no systematic visitation of the neglecters of the sanctuary by church members. All their efforts tend to centralization, while aggressive measures are neglected; social and Christian contact with the irreligious, for the sake of their good, shunned; old prejudices cherished; old, effete habits of effort doggedly adhered to; home heathenism in the mean time becoming strong, Banyan-like, with its many trunks." The Essex South Conference appears to have taken hold of this work of Home Evangelization with much earnestness. Indeed it can hardly be otherwise, when a Conference has once earnestly and fully discussed and prayed over such an inviting, suffering field. The Norfolk Conference issued a Circular, and obtained reports of action in twelve of its churches. These twelve reports included'a population of 46,860. Of these, it is estimated that 58 per cent may attend public worship of some kind, yet the Report of the Committee says, that from careful estimate, they are persuaded that " not more than one-third of the people have any right to be reckoned as habitual attendants on any public worship whatever." The number of church sittings to this population is less than 22,000, or less than one-half of the population. The number of children in the public schools is 9,406, and in the Sabbath schools 5,569. The Committee say: " In regard to these figures, they are only an approximation to the truth, and yet we are satisfied they reveal an alarming state of things. Hampden County Conference has gone so systematically and thoroughly into the work as to -hold many meetings, raise funds and put a permanent and constant laborer into the field-the Rev. W. C. Foster. After being seven months in the field he reports thus: "I have labored in nine parishes, have addressed 266 gatherings of'the people, or rather preached about this number of times. I have made 600 family visits, always conversing upon the subject of personal religion, and praying, with one single exception, where the head of the family would not have praying-would not have us ask for him 22 and for his the blessings of health, happiness and salvation. Some Christian brother has gone with me in these visits, to introduce and help me. The churches by their committees have, after our visits, made about 500 more. We have sought with all possible fidelity and affection to explore the more destitute regions, such as are found in all towns, which are most distant from the meeting houses, and to make it next to impossible for any from these places to go to the bar of God and say,' No man cared for my soul.' I have had the names of 300 hopeful converts. How many of these are real conversions, how many recent, and how many old hopes revived, I cannot tell. I do not think it safe to count young converts till they unite with the church, and then the tares grow with the wheat. But on the whole, I think the churches-stirred and helped a little perhaps, by the Messenger sent them by the Conference-have done a great and very necessary work. They show how the gospel can be preached to every creature, and that it is where they have been, and in so doing they themselves have been greatly blessed." These embrace all the Reports given in. We have only four from twenty-two Conferences. But even these show us several facts: as, that from one-fourth to one-half our population is unreached by the means of grace now employed, that Conferences and individual churches can gain access to this population in religious labor, that wherever the efforts have been made, reasonable and highly encouraging success has attended the labors. Yet we have the discouraging fact that so far as the Committee can learn, only four Conferences have entered on this work. These things being so, your Committee venture to call the attention of the Conference to some suggestions, somewhat novel, on this subject of Home Evangelization. From different parts of the State we receive reports of investigation, and estimates that one-fourth, one-third, and even one-half the population, habitually and unnecessarily absent themselves from any and all places of public worship. They do not willingly put themselves under the public means of grace in ordinary use, and we include, when we say this, all Christian sects and denominations. Evidently the powers of Christianity to reach such are not exhausted. We have not yet pressed our holy religion to its maximum of ability to sanctify communities and families, and save souls. As a general statement, though with some exceptions, it may be said that we have gone far enough in offering the means of grace in public worship at convenient locations. Almost all, who are willing to go, can find a house of God and evangelical teachings, within comfortable distance. Still, these per cents of one-fourth, one-third, one-half, 23 do not come. Are we to let them alone? Have we any Christian right to let them alone? Christianity began by the going out of the preachers and brethren, not the coming in of thQ hearers. The highways and hedges were the original parishes. We cannot settle down in the notion that Christianity has done the most and the best it can, while every fourth, or third, or second man is left in his sinful and unbelieving quiet, unwarned, uninvited. The Fejee, the Caifre, the Esquimaux, the Chinese, will not come for the gospel and to our meeting, and so we carry the means of salvation to them. But why labor so extensively and earnestly to bring them to Christ, and yet neglect half a million of our neighbors? Some day our religion will prove a greater success at home; and in that day we shall find ways and means to press Home Missions beyond the walls of churches, and beyond the limits of parishes. The present church of Christ should hasten. that day. We have no right to let those outsiders alone, any more than the secessionists. Suppose they do not want the gospel, that is no reason why we should not study for, and adopt the means that will compel them to give it attention. We cannot be quit of our obligations to Christ without making a constant pressure of the gospel on. this large class. And as a general thing, the local churches should do the work. They are able to do it; our Christianity obligates them to do it; and the consecration of the membership to Christ is a promise to do it. It is not a work for hired spiritual employees. There are some duties that Christians can not do by proxy, and this is one of them. Every candle in the church must do its own shining. When Andrew has found the Christ, he must go out and hunt up Simon Peter, and Philip must find Nathaniel. We need a different type of religion. We have a meeting-house religion; we also need a religion without a meeting-house. Now our churches are too much like business offices with business hours, as if we should post on our church doors the notice " Office hours from ten to eleven, A. M., and from two to three, P. M., week days excepted." Here we both hold and do Vhe most of our religious service. We want a piety that can live and be vigorous out doors, and from Monday to Saturday, looking up the lost sheep and the lost piece of money. We want a piety that can thread the lanes, and alleys, and attic stair ways, go over on the back road, out three miles to the Red School House, and five miles to the Four Corners, where there is a saw and grist mill, a store, a dozen families, and no Sabbath, or Sabbath school. And we have much of this piety, but in an unemployed, latent state. It does not need creating, so much as developing, and stimulating, and directing. In this work of Home Evangelization, the great need 24 has been to arouse, concentrate, and guide in proper channels of labor, the sympathies and energies of the church. When this has been done, as we see from our Reports, the churches have gone into the work earnestly and successfully. This enterprise has been under discussion, and a kind of' management, for several years, but with little progress, because it has not had the advantages of a permanent and constant concentrating, quickening and directing power. It has been slidden along through different committees, with changing, spasmodic, and intermittent processes of labor. The enterprise has lacked an organization to undertake it, an authoritative body to employ constantly a devoted, energetic head to superintend it. Only in this way can we hope that the work will be systematized and prosecuted successfully through the State. Mere recommendations, and the sending out of plans -to the churches, are a failure. Incitements, suggestions, the experience of others, and encouragement, are what the churches need. An able, discreet, self-denying, godly man, is needed to give his whole energy to this work. He is needed to attend the State and Local Conferences, and Clerical Associations, and other Christian Conventions, and to visit pastors and churches, to talk and preach, and organize,. n the interests of this enterprise. Feeling this to be the imperative want of this undertaking, and after years of trying and unsuccessful experience, your Committee have been led to look for a body or organization that can properly appoint,. support and instruct such a Superintendent of Home Evangelization. It does not seem, expedient, with our present number of benevolent organizations, to create another, expressly to do this work. We do, not want another set of Christian machinery in the field. This Conference does not seem to be designed or adapted to establish such an agency, go into the collection of funds for its support, and assume its control. In the view of your Committee the field and labor under consideration are too closely related to the Home Missionary work, and too much a part and parcel of it, for any other organization, old or new, to take it in charge. The distinction between Home Missions hnd Home Evangelization appears to be but a question of degrees. The Home Mission field and work are now marked off by certain by-laws and usages, that do not include the work in question. But the experience of years, and the exigencies of the hour may suggest the propriety of removing a fence that makes two nominal fields, where there is really but one. Reasoning a priori and apostolically, we can not see that a meetinghouse, or orgaized church and society, or a resident preacher, or a certain per cent contribution by the people, toward the support of the mission, should in all circumstances be made prerequsites to missionary labor in any community. 25 If one half a community habitually absent themselves from all places of public worship, they certainly constitute an inviting field for Christian labor, and the ground might well be called, as the labor, Home Missionary. And if a Christian minister, having it as his special work, could excite and aid the churches in this community and vicinity, to look faithfully after the salvation of one-half their neighbors, we think the Home Missionary Society might properly make him, and joyfully call him, one of their laborers. But your Committee do not propose to argue this proposition. Our purpose in this Report is only to submit the facts reported to us, give conclusions from them and from the experiences of former years, and make the suggestion whether the enterprise of Home Evangelization in this Commonwealth might not best be managed for the interests of the Redeemer's Kingdom by our Home Missionary Society.' The Committee therefore recommend the following Resolution for the adoption of the Conference. Resolved, That the Massachusetts General Conference respectfully suggest to the Massachusetts Home Missionary Society to inquire into the expediency of their taking this field of Home Evangelization within their limits of labor, putting the same under the superintendence of an able, energetic and godly man, who shall devote his entire attention to it. Under such an arrangement, your Committee foresee the objection that this will remove this important work of the churches from their sympathies, counsels and encouragements, as they could be manifested in this their only General Organization. But it is to be hoped that in consummating the arrangements contemplated in the Resolution, such Superintendent might be made to have some such connection with this body, as would bring this vast field and the Christian work done in it, annually before the Conference. All which is respectfully and unanimously submitted. WILLIAM BARROWS, JAMES T. McCOLLOM, MARSHALL S. SCUDDER, WILLIAM THURSTON, HENRY M. DEXTER. 4 ESSAY. BY REV. WILLIAM M. BARBER, SOUTH DANVERS. THE NECESSITY OF'THE HOLY SPIRIT TO GIVE EFFICIENCY TO ALL MEANS FOR THE CONVERSION OF MEN. WHAT we anticipate concerning the divine energy in the conversion of men, is fully met in the provisions of redemption. God being what he is, the Author and the Finisher of all that is saving, we are led to expect that he will apply what his heart has devised, and his hand wrought out. Hence it is that we approve of the doctrine of the Spirit, as a cardinal truth of the Bible. But, notwithstanding the prominence" given to his work in the Scriptures, notwithstanding the professed belief of the church'in his efficiency, amid the oscillations of experience incidental to her militant state, the tendency seems to be to depart from dependence on his power and grace. Although the church received her first impulse in the divine life, by an extraordinary gift of the Spirit, any unusual bestowment of his power has been considered a strange thing, even by those who stand aghast at ancient unbelief. Alluding to the suddenness of conversion in the Irish revival, Professor Gibson writes: " Such instantaneous seizures, so different from the slow methods to which the church has been accustomed, were naturally regarded with suspicion and alarm, as introducing a new process of regeneration." This shyness at the supernatural appears in other forms. Almost every case of defection in doctrine, coming before ecclesiastical courts and councils, exhibits the same tendency. How comes it to pass that men wander out among laws, means, agencies? How few have ever been on trial for a " heretical cleaving to the direct intercourse of the Spirit with the heart"? Nor is this confined to individuals. In one communion we hear it manifesting itself in a clamor for symbolism; men are to be subdued and purified, by rites. In another, highly cultivated intellect is to win souls. In a third, sympathetic address is to melt and make over 27 the hard heart. In how many Christian gatherings, is the loudest cry for the Spirit, instead of for accomplished men and rousing means? From how many Christian schools do the dew of Christ's youth come, beaming with the impression that the enticing words of man's wisdom are of secondary import to the demonstration of the Spirit? Is it not significant that this leaning is all to one side? To turn the church from the Holy Ghost as her converting power, is not this the design of the adversary? That we may be led to value the Spirit's efficiency more highly than the instrumentality of means, the Conference is invited to the consideration of the following things. First, that the condition of the mind, in its relation to converting truth, renders the power of the Spirit necessary to convert it. When the mind is met by a proposition in Euclid or the facts in Motley's Histories, on considering the evidence, it assents to the truths presented. But the law of God'and the gospel of Christ meet with a different reception. And this, as experience shows, for two reasons, (1) these truths claim the mind's obedience, and (2) they are spiritual in their nature, and being so, are not discerned unassisted of God. Some say, Perfect the mode of conveying truth; urge it by convincing argument, kindling sympathy, electric eloquence; hallow all by the spirit of prayer, and conversion will follow. In other words, increase external pressure, and the mind will yield. Now, though God frequently honors well-chosen means to convert, it must be maintained that complete dependence cannot be placed upon them. One representative fact serves for a thousand. The seventh chapter of the Acts reports an able sermon-a learned, argumentative, pointed, practical discourse-preached in a season of revival, by a revivalist, preached with tremendous power, and producing a wonderful effect. We envy not the heart that reads it now without a sensation. But was it a subduing sermon? Did it humble and convert the hearers? The very reverse. And yet, was it not fitted to convince of sin and lead to repentance? Had Stephen no " genius for preaching;" did he not choose fit illustrations; was not his research exhaustive; was not his style vivid, dramatic, electric;* were not his appeals pungent, personal, effective? And yet that preacher died by his hearers' hands. Now, is it from without the mind, or from the mind itself, that a different reception to divine truth must be secured? Keep away a transformation by the renewal not so much of the mind, as of the spirit of the mind, and where is the hope of change? From the mind itself? Does ice thaw itself? As soon may we expect this, as expect that mind willing to resist truth will yield to it. Something other than 28 motive must be used, for what is motive, but more of that which the mind resists? May we hope then that the mind will inhale energy of itself? Self renewal is a contradiction. As soon may we expect one, by an exertion of his muscles, to annihilate his own weight. Shall we look for a change by an afflatus from another mind, of the character and grade as the one resisting, or does the nature of the case force us, in accordance with Paul's divine philosophy, thus to reason, and thus "conclude ";What man knoweth the things of a man save the spirit of a man which is in him? Even so, the things of God knoweth no man but the Spirit of God. Now, we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God, that we might know the things freely given us of God. The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness unto him, for they are spiritually discerned." Has any metaphysician from Locke to Hamilton discriminated more accurately; or reasoned more soundly mind as related to a certain kind of truth, than this philosopher has done? Secondly, the necessity of depending on the Spirit in conversion is deepened by extending the former thought, and considering that the truth itself, and the means to convey it, require a divine influence to give them effect. Apart from its spirituality, the message of Christ crucified must be so commended as to exhibit Christ in his power and glory, and no one can do this effectively who is not in command of the glory that excels leth. What were the lessons of Rubens's picture of "Peace and War," without his power to give his ideas certain lights and shades; and of what service his genius as a painter, did his master-piece lie in the dark? The truth about Christ saves and sanctifies, but it is that truth so presented as to secure belief. If not seen in its glory, how can it be received in the love of it? The bare reality of things does not bring peace and purity. The gospel is as true now as ever it can be. "Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures," can be as truly uttered by us as it was by Paul to the Corinthians. Since, on its ordinary presentation, this truth does not have free course, does not become spirit and life, how is it to-be the Spirit's instrument of change, if there is not imparted to it a vividness, a reality, a life; in short; if the Spirit of Truth does not so enliven it as to secure attention and response to its claims. The Spirit works, and in so far as we can understand, he works on spirit. Philosophically, we say that he cannot work on anything else; and, indeed, he may give this vividness to the truth by his action on the mind. But can we em' brace all his Methods? How he works naturally we can suppose; 29 how he works supernaturally we cannot divine.'Thou canst not tell whence he cometh, nor whither he goeth.' And in response to this) the convert says, " There is a change somewhere, whether in me, or in the gospel, I cannot tell." Were this a treatise, and not an essay, it might be proper farther to investigate the nature of his influence. But this is only a popular discussion. The language of appearance, however, justifies the thought considered. Experience, -too, has much to do with the idea that truth has power, when peculiarly commended. So have the Scriptures. It is with the word of truth, by the gospel, through a knowledge of the glory of Christ, by the demonstration of the Spirit that conversion occurs. Where his demonstrations appear is not stated. And what else makes it the preacher's duty to exhibit truth in an endless variety of methods, than the fact that the Spirit himself commends truth by a variety of methods? And let this be considered, that faith in the Spirit's commendation saves the church from untold distress. Without it, she will become fitful or formal. Something she must have to impress men; by demonstrations of the truth she must meet a craving in the soul. Are men of skill, then, to have a monopoly of converting power? or, must she resort, as some propose, to an illuminated triangle to teach a Trinity; a crucifix to exhibit the Atonement; lights on an altar to enlighten mind on the truth of a present Spirit in the church. To retain vitality in religion, the church must cling with the tenacity of a death grasp to the Living Spirit to give her instrumentalities a saving effect. Thirdly and mainly, the church must consider that unless she is prepared to abandon the most express declarations of the divine word, her chief reliance must be on the efficiency of the Spirit. It is full of interest to notice the method of the Bible in inculcating this doctrine. Have ypu not observed. how ready the Bible is to deny and affirm, in the same sentence, what is denied and affirmed in this essay? Does man convert himself? " No man can come unto me except the Father which hath sent me draw him." Will an increase of means alone convert? " Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord." Will vivid portraiture alone gain him for heaven? " Except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of heaven." Will not the church's earnest desire impress and overpower?' Which were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God." Are not excitements of avail to rouse men? "Bodily exercise profiteth little," that is, the contortions of fanatics are of little value; " but godliness"-that is God-like 30 ness,'is profitable in all things, having the promise of the life that now is, as well as that which is to come.' But there is one passage in which this doctrine stands out in bold relief. It is a finality in the line of appeal. I allude to the revelation of Christ's divinity to Peter. When Peter confessed his faith in a Divine Redeemer, Jesus said, " Blessed art thou, Simon Bar Jona, for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father who is in heaven." Now, observe that Christ denies that his own preaching and miracles had, of themselves, brought Peter to the knowledge of this truth. The Father in heaven, not the Son on the earth, showed Peter what he saw in Christ himself: a text of astonishing power to drive the church to God as the Revealer of Christ to man! In keeping with this, is Paul's assertion that it pleased God to reveal his Son to him, and this too when Paul was hailed by Christ himself on the way to Damascus. Into the light of these facts bring all that men are inclined to trust to, as subordinate instrumentalities, and test them. If when He was the preacher, when His was the truth, when' His were the adaptations of conveyance, if when " flesh and blood" could have been safely credited with efficiency to convert, the power above alone had the honor of the change, what are we specially to lean upon? If there is one scripture in which more clearly than another the distinction between the power and the means is drawn, in which the bestowment of saving grace is more firmly reserved to the Godhead, in which there is more convincingly taught the complete dependence of man on God for the light that reveals Christ to the sinner, it is this, in which the Great Teacher abandons the honor of disclosing himself to the human soul. Thus much for the denials and affirmations of Scripture. Turn next to its method of giving prominence to this truth, by stating it boldly at the expense of popularity. Sometimes we have thought that men are led from this doctrine, because the Spirit does not speak of himself. But it is not wholly owing to this. It never was a popular doctrine. In one memorable controversy between Christ and the Jews, the effect of declaring it, was the abandonment of Christ by many who walked with him. At another time he was cast out of the synagogue for declaring it. At another, his hearers took up stones to stone him. Taught at such an expense to souls, does not the great Teacher show how highly he regards dependence on God for results? But, there is another method by which the Bible presses this truth upon our notice, and that is by representing that the richest expe 31 riences in the work of conversion result from recognizing this necessity, and exercising dependence on the Spirit to meet it. And what else can we expect, after the way in which Christ dismissed the church to her work. " All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth, Go ye therefore and teach all nations. Without me ye can do nothing." And Paul says,'I can do all things through Christ, who strengtheneth me. When I am weak, as a Christian laborer, then am I strong.' His divine power," writes Peter, " hath given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness." Well might Peter thus write, in his old age, when of him it stands written, " While Peter spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word." And how full of this Holy One the Scriptures are that relate to the Pentecostal revival, every reader of the Acts knows. Christ said, "'. Ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you." Conversion did not begin till the Spirit came. They had the facts, the faith, the promise, the prayers, but when the Spirit fell, conversion began, and not till then. And from then till now, where has the work of turning men to God been enjoyed without his presence and power? Certainly the richest experience of the ministry is when as holy men they speak moved by him. Then it is that the servant of God does not so frequently ascend as descend into his pulpit, coming before the people, like the Lawgiver of old, with a share of the excellent glory. And so it is with the church. It is when she has an impulse over and above the means employed, that she goes forth conquering and to conquer. Her heart and hands are full. She has gone beyond the means of grace: she has the grace itself. " Like as the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God." She understands why that was written. Her aspiration is met in the gift received for her by her ascended Lord-even God to dwell with men-even the Spirit of Truth who convinces the world of sin, and is a Shekinah in that living temple-a believer's heart. ES SAY. BY REV. HENRY M. PARSONS, OF SPRINGFIELD. THE IMPORTANCE OF DISTINCTNESS IN THE EXHIBITION OF BIBLICAL DOCTRINE. IT is not without design that the instruction divinely given to a minister in the New Testament, declares that " all Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine." The fundamental principles of Christianity, as revealed in the Bible, are comprised in this term. The stress which is laid on this form of truth in the revelation, comports with its importance in the structure of the spiritual temple. And this importance is no less manifest in these later days-of which we sometimes think the Holy Spirit spakewhen he said " the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers-having itching ears," (or as the original also reads-" procuring a pleasurable excitement for. the hearing,") " and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables." God declares to us, that he is engaged in rearing an edifice for the praise of his grace, out of the ruins of the first creation. For this purpose a foundation has been laid. This foundation is " of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone. In whom all the building fitly framed together, groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord." And to believers it is said, as a principle on which they would be called and added to the church during this dispensation, " In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit." Thus the object of truth revealed to us, in the form of doctrines, is plain. It is the gracious food by which the church of God is to be sanctified, and prepared as His residence and habitation in the world. It is adapted for this use. As in natural life, a knowledge of the principles which are used in any trade or profession, is necessary to right practice and success; so the believer must know by faith the gospel doctrines, which nourish his inward life, and enable him with fidelity to represent Christ before men. To bring this subject.before you for discussion, I shall first define 33 what I understand by distinctness in presenting Biblical doctrines; and then consider some important results to be gained by it. In general, distinctness of expression is attained, when what is uttered conveys to the hearer the intended meaning. In preaching the Word, the great object is, to convey to the hearers the ideas of God revealed in the Bible; and when doctrines are preached, to impress their divine sense on the heart. We assume the requisite qualifications of mind and heart in the preacher, when we inquire, First, What is a distinct presentation of Biblical doctrines? We answer, (1.) This includes clearness of scriptural statement. Paul was a great preacher, and his hearers at Corinth understood what he meant. He declares that the revealed things of God were the burden of his preaching. " Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth." Under the high culture of our colleges and seminaries, there is danger that philosophy, and rhetoric, and logic, will displace the words of the Holy Ghost in our pulpits. Good men are in danger of this error, from the natural conviction that the intellectual process is the chief way of receiving divine truths. The church is suffering already from this mistake. The New England metaphysics has made sad inroads on good old New England Theology. Explanations of the doctrines of sin and redemption, to suit the fastidious pride of human intellects, are not the scriptural statements of these truths, and when the very words of the Holy Ghost on these subjects, are parried, or explained away, by the adroit quibbles of philosophy, falsely so called-the power of divine truth is lost, and the bewildering glare of human theories is set up, to delude and destroy souls. It is sometimes urged by those who are ensnared in the meshes of human speculations, and who still profess to subscribe to the truth as it is in Jesus, that they have one philosophy of explanation, and that those who insist on the plain meaning of the very words of Scripture have another. This is claimed as all the difference, by these philosophers, while they avow as strict a faith in the Word as any, and subscribe the strongest creeds that can be made. But this subterfuge cannot conceal the fact that they discard the scriptural statement, unless explained so as to satisfy the human reason unsanctified, and thus destroy its value aTs an instrument of the Holy Ghost. And because the sword of the Spirit is so often sheathed in the speculations of vain philosophy or in the garlands of rhetoric, its edge is blunted, and the blow falls powerless on the hard and stony heart. The doctrines of the Bible in the words of the Bible-explained only by the ordinary import and understanding of our language-are the appoint5 34 ed instruments in our hands for reaching the conscience and affecting the minds and the hearts of lost sinners. (2.) Fullness of scriptural meaning, is essential to distinctness in doctrinal preaching. It is often the case that the sense of a passage is obtained best, by comparison with other and kindred parts of the Bible. This brings out the whole mind of the Spirit, and not only produces a correct exhibition of the doctrine, but in the contact with the Word, the mind catches a glow from the Spirit, giving a peculiar unction, and adding a force often in expression and utterance, that aids the thought of the hearer. In this method the apparent contradictions of truth, which annoy some minds, are harmonized; and under the full light of revelation the hearer is led to search for himself the sacred oracles, and become experimentally acquainted with Christ. It was in this way the Bereans became convinced of the truth. For when Paul preached Christ to them, they searched the Scriptures, to see if the things spoken to them were so. And we have to fear, my brethren, lest the common habit of gauging the pulpit by some human standard of truth or imagination, has arisen from a partial abandonment of the Word itself, as the staple material of our sermons. (3.) Biblical doctrines must be presented in due proportions, to be distinctly apprehended. When truths comparatively unessential to the salvation and sanctification of the soul, are the chief attraction of the pulpit, there will inevitably follow a religious indifference and apathy in the hearers. So when a doctrine is distorted by perversion, or undue prominence, leaving an unscriptural impression, as much harm is often done as by denying the truth. Thus. to insist on the life of Christ as the chief truth of the incarnation, and maintain that the atonement is presented, when the death of Christ is omitted,-or to represent his death as the mere exhibition of the Father's love, and only an attraction to the sinner, instead of the necessary expiation of sins, and the satisfaction of justice, so that God is reconciled to the sinner,-is to pervert the Word of God, and by this fatal omission and distortion, wantonly to delude and destroy the souls of sinners. The same is true of the doctrine of sin. The superficial view so often taught, witholds a vital part of scriptural teaching concerning depravity, and is fast corrupting and undermining the faith of many. So the mere negative preaching, which urges duties by human and earthly motives alone, and aims at little more than a well-ordered morality, is most disastrous upon the public conscience, because leaving out of sight the chief doctrines of grace, and ignoring their necessity as the only foundation of true piety. 35 The Word of God is our only guide, as to the frequency and prominence to be used in preaching its doctrines. The truths of sin, condemnation, and death; of righteousness, justification, and life, which circle around the cross; the Godhead revealed in Christ, his resurrection and offices; the Holy Spirit and his functions; faith and repentance, the great gospel condition and evidence; the cardinal Christian virtues; the Church in its constitution, sacraments, and mission;-these are the great and leading truths given to us in the Word. We can only follow the method and the example of Christ and his apostles, in declaring them to others. The nearer we approach the examples we have, the more blessed the results that will bear witness to the truth. (4.) Distinct presentation of biblical doctrines is not attained until the relations of truths are traced and preserved. The Bible is systematic. Despite the outcry of some against creeds, there is in the divine Word a relation of truths to a great and definite centre, which if not preserved, will inevitably produce a one-sided and unbalanced Christianity. A great and living truth is found in every part of the Word, the doctrine of Christ, including his person and his work. The employment of every person, of every form of speech known to man, of every art of illustration, of every fact and life in the'sacred oracles, is, to set forth this wonderful mystery to lost men, for the revelation of the true God and their return to him. To this centre all other truths are related in nearer or remote connection, according to their value in the divine economy. This relation it is our work, who preach, to discern, to trace, and to preserve, in the presentation of doctrines. Distinctness of impression is not secured until the exact position of revealed doctrines in the Christian system is declared to the hearer, or the student of the Bible; and this is not done until their true relation to Christ, the end of all search, and the sum of all knowledge is defined and declared. When this is done, the biblical doctrine is distinctly exhibited, and in accordance with this principle, it will be found that a few great truths concerning Christ, the Godhead, the character and recovery of lost sinners, are the great staples of preaching, adapted under the Spirit of God, to reach and save sinners, and sanctify saints. No one can be at a loss for material, because in their revealed details they are exhaustless; and in this fullness they are commanded to be preached. (5.) The distinct presentation of scriptural doctrine is not completed, till its direction and end in practical effort is shown and felt. In the Bible, the divorce of doctrine and practice, so common in our day, is never found. The object of doctrines is to produce right conduct. These divine principles must underlie all true performance of 36 duty. There is life and power in the truth. So.that really a doctrine cannot be rightly preached, without enforcing the duty it involves, nor a precept rightly declared, without implying the doctrine upon which it is founded. This is the order of the Epistles. They begin with the assertion of Divine' doctrines for our faith, and end with the obligation to all the practical duties of life, springing from the principles laid down, and operating as motives to induce obedience. Perhaps I have been too minute in definition, to suit the purposes of this discussion, but my apology, if any is needed, must be the painful evidence of history, that, whenever error has' come in upon the church, it has begun in the pulpit, by using an evangelical term, without clearly defining the doctrine the Scriptures express by that term. Let us now briefly, in the second place, consider some important results to be gained by such distinctness in exhibiting scriptural doctrines. (1.) A return of thle church to the Word of God as the only rule of faith and practice. " Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit." The tree must be made good before the fruit can be good. A return to a more biblical method of preaching-one that shall enlist and attract the personal attention of the hearer to the search of the Bible-will speedily produce a reaction from the superficial and worldly style of piety now prevalent. It is not true, as many suppose, that a rigid adherence to the letter of the Word of God will drive sinners from the sanctuary, and weary saints. No minister can study the Word of God to bring out its fundamental truths, with the right culture of prayer and faith, without so increasing in earnestness and animation, that the common people will hear him gladly. And no ministry of this kind can be long exercised in any church, without the effect of sanctifying the people of God by his truth. This new life of a church, will report itself to the world. Instead of living on frames of mind and duties, the professors of religion will be mighty in the Scriptures, and go every where preaching the Word by consistent, holy lives, and improving every opportunity of life to lead others to Christ. This must be the root of all Christian activity-to have the life of the soul hid with Christ in God. And the soul will be filled with desires for heavenly things, and the mind enlightened and purified by this constant and faithful use of the revealed Word. (2.) Another result will be the permanence and consistency of moral reforms. As at present managed, these great objects of Christian philanthropy and zeal are subjected to the fluctuations of human caprice and passion. No reform is really worth anything which does not find 37 its root in regeneration. And the church, filled with the breath' and life of the Holy Spirit, is the only true guardian of public morals. (3.) Another important result will be the effect on Home Evangelization. This subject has received careful attention for many years. Measures enough have been inaugurated already,* to bring all our populations under gospel influences, if measures would do it. But these are powerless for efficient good, unless in the hands of a church baptized by the -Ioly Ghost, through the diligent and intelligent study and application of Christian doctrines. This is the real thing needed by all our churches-such an impulse from their own prayerful search of the Scriptures, and building on the vital doctrines of the cross, that they cannot sit still and see sinners around them going to eternal death, without an effort to save them. The faithful, pungent preaching of the great fundamental truths of the Bible, ever has produced an holy church and faithful disciples in the vineyard of the Lord. It will be so again. We are in a crisis, when many a heart is praying for the return of a pure, and powerful, and sacrificial gospel to the pulpit. God is the hearer of prayer. The ministry are being baptized with the spirit of primitive Christianity. The churches are awaking to the fact that in many cases they have been starved, by this departure from the spirit and substance of the Bible. And they will seek from the Great Head a return of His Spirit of wisdom and knowledge and humility and faith to rest on their teachers. Out of the very sacrifices we are making under the chastising hand of God-from the very trials of bitterness and death, to which many in our churches have been called-will come forth the resurrection of Christian life, the return of that devoted and loving evangelism, which, not satisfied with the ingathering of the home harvest, will go forth with renewed zeal ana fresh courage, to garner the world for Christ, and introduce His kingdom and reign of glory throughout the entire earth. ES SAY. BY REV. LEWIS SABIN, D. D.9 TEMPLETON. THE CLAIMS AND DUTIES OF THE SABBATH AS A DAY OF REST, IT is a maxim of Christianity that " The Sabbath was made for man." The Christian Sabbath is the Lord's day. Man himself was made for the service and glory of God, and the Sabbath for man. The Sabbath carries with it the divine benediction and sanctification, as a season set apart for man's religious use in the promotion of the chief end of his existence. 1. We begin this discussion by calling attention to the obvious truth, that the first and paramount claim of the Sabbath is, that it should be accepted and employed as a day of rest. Its name signifies rest-ceasing from labor. The historical account of its origin at the creation informs us, that the Almighty, who is never weary, " rested on the seventh day from all the work which he had made;" and assigns this as the reason for his sanctifying it, and blessing it, as the time appointed for conferring his choicest blessings on the world. It was a rest from the work of creation,-a rest, not of languid torpor, but of cessation and of satisfaction. He "G rested and was refreshed." That divine rest was a pattern, and became a law to man. The institution of the Sabbath descended to the Jews, and took the form of a statute in the first table of the moral law, where its observance as a day of holy rest is very expressly enjoined. " In it thou shalt not do any work." So the prophets expounded the law of the weekly holy day, as requiring the suspension of worldly engagements and recreations; —in it'" Thou shalt honor the Lord, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words." So the Jews understood the Fourth Commandment, though in their later history, they put upon it a too rigid and mischievous construction. Nothing can be plainer than the prohibition of secular work on that day, and.it has never been revoked. Our churches do not need argument to prove that the Lord's day is to be rescued from worldly work and amusements. We are agreed in our conviction that the plough must stand, the counting-house and 39 sale-room and work-shop must be shut, and all ordinary business must be suspended during that holy day. But just here we obtain the first view of the Sabbath, which should engage our attention anew in these stirring times. Let us look at it as God blessed it in the beginning and hallowed it for allages. It is a day of rest. It is divinely separated from other days and set apart from common uses. The toils and temptations of the world are to be shut out. The tumult and distractions of the week must not enter that sacred day. It has its engagements, as we shall see, but those engagements are not about concerns of worldly interest. Its first office is rest, lifting the burden from the toiling world, and giving quiet and leisure for the refreshment of the body, and liberty for the spirit to commune with God and grasp the things that are not seen. The Sabbath then is a day of mercy, having for its first office to relieve the weary limbs, to smooth the brow of care, and to cool the fever of earthly passions. It is a sanctuary, where worldly cares have no right, and where heaven brings its offers of grace for the guilty, help for the despairing, comfort for the sad, It is a garden, which God has walled around to keep out the wild gusts of. passion and every ravenous beast, and where they that fear him may gather spices and pluck the fruit of every tree that is good for nourishment or medicine. It is an oasis; where the fainting traveler, as he walks through the heat and dust of life's desert, may come, after six days of toil, and sit down at leisure by a spring that never dries up, and bathe his brow and drink his fill of the refreshing waters, nor leave the green, cool spot without filling every vessel with water to supply his wants on his way till he catches a sight of the palm trees around the next of these springs in the desert. It behoves Christians, as well as those who are not Christians, to bear in mind that a seventh day rest is a law of nature as well as a command of the Decalogue. The conclusion is abundantly established, by a careful induction of facts, that the human system requires a weekly day of rest. For this purpose the Creator has reserved that day for rest from all ordinary work, except such as is clearly and absolutely necessary to preserve life and health, or to promote the spiritual uses of the Sabbath. It is not for rest from activity. 2. Another principle of Sabbath duty is that it is to be occupied With such religious employments as are fitted to meet the moral and religious necessities of mankind. "' Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy." We are to exclude from it our worldly engagements, not that we may leave it an open field for idleness, amusement, or the indulgence of passion and appetite, but that we may have freedom and leisure to hold communion with God, and to devote ourselves to the sacred employments of religion, which lay broad and deep foundations of all duty both towards God and towards man. 40 The Sabbath ought to be a busy day. Every part of it ought to be occupied with some religious employment which. will make the heart better-with some duty which falls in with the design of God in sanctifying the Sabbath. Those who work hard and late on Saturday, because the Sabbath is coming, and they can then sleep, profane the day by such rest. They have no right to overwork their bodies or their minds on Saturday, and then depend on recruiting them on the Sabbath. It is wronging the soul. It is robbing God. It is breaking the Sabbath, in the sight of God, as really as if they were at work. It should be borne in mind that, while the spiritual end and uses of the Sabbath have been divinely prescribed, and have remained unchanged, the lapse of time, which enlarges the scope of Christian knowledge and sympathy and the means of influence, modifies the form of Sabbath duties. Those duties must change in form with the varying relations of men. The services proper for the Christian Sabbath must differ materially from the Jewish observances of the holy day. The Sabbath duties of intelligent Christians at this day embody forms of well-doing which were unknown to Gentile converts in the first centuries of Christianity, and even to Christians in the last century, before the introduction of Sabbath Schools, and the general diffusion of religious literature among the people. Hence no rigid routine of Sabbath services is to be found in minute scriptural statement, but those services should be held as subject to such modifications and changes as our changing circumstances demand. Else we sink down beneath a bondage of barren forms, and set up again the exploded idea, that man was made for the Sabbath. The Lord of the Sabbath desires of us mercy rather than sacrifice, the heart rather than the form. Our religion exhorts us to " be not children in understanding." We must keep our Sabbaths as men, having conscience and also common sense-as men, alive in a living world, and ever aiming, in the services of our holy day, to secure the best preparation and strength for our working day duties-yet as men, owing first of all love and loyalty to God, and therefore bound to employ the Lord's day in the services for which he has appropriated it, and in such order and proportion as will best answer its design. It will be conceded that customs of human origin should not have the authority of law tdo bar discussion and rule our action. We are in danger of encumbering the Sabbath with too many religious services. It is important that Christians consider anew, what services, in kind and amount, are appropriate and desirable for the Sabbath as a day of rest. Thoughtful Christians, without any thing of irreverence or presumption, are inquiring whether we are not, in various ways, frustrating the design of the Sabbath as a day of holy rest, by 41 overloading it with public religious services; and whether we are not expending sacred time and energy unwisely, by attempting to do too much on that day. It should not be imputed to a spirit of innovation, if we advocate a change in the present custom of Sabbath services; we are rather asking for " the old paths." The public services of the Lord's day have been subject to human modifications from time to time, to meet the changes of society and new interests concerned, and, in recent times, these services have been augmented by successive, distinct accretions. In the early ages of the Christian Church, the services of public worship were conducted with the greatest simplicity. The Christians assembled for the worship of God and their advancement in piety, on the first day of the week. In these public assemblies, the reading of large portions of the holy Scriptures, with brief expositions and animated exhortations to the people, constituted a prominent part of the services. Afterwards they offered prayers, broke bread and sang hymns. This method, established under apostolic supervision, was adapted to an age when' copies of the Word of God were rare and costly. It honored the Scriptures, and diffused the knowledge of God's love and power, of his truth and commandments. Many causes combined to work changes in these simple modes of worship. The simple address became the formal and elaborate sermon. The celebration of the Lord's death became less frequent. And twopublic services, held in the morning and in the afternoon of the Lord's day, in which sermons were preached, accompanied with reading selections of the Word of God, and exercises of praise and prayer, became the general custom, and has been handed down to us by tradition from our fathers. During the last half century, the public services of the Sabbath have been increased. The Sabbath school has become an established. institution, recognized as highly congenial to the design of the holy day, and owned of God by the seal of his blessing, and has assumed a place between the morning and afternoon services. These services are followed by the monthly concert, the Sabbath school concert, the concert of prayer for the country, or else by a third preaching service, or a meeting for devotional singing, conference and prayer; —making four services, which the Christian people are called'upon to attend, instead of two which our conscientious fathers thought to be enough in ordinary circumstances. In addition to these services in our cities and populous villages, mission schools among the abodes of ignorance and vice occupy numbers of earnest men and women in the vacant intervals of the day, as does also sometimes the morning prayer meeting, or measures for promoting religious revival and moral reformation. 6 42 Do we not attempt to do too much? No one needs to be reminded, that the quiet of the Puritan Sabbath, which, in its influence upon the English race in England, Scotland and America, has changed entirely and forever the history of these countries, and through them the history of the world, stands in striking contrast to the wearisome and distracting employments of our Sabbaths. Under our present customs, there is a hurrying away from the family to the morning meeting or mission school, —then to church,'from church to Sabbath school, from Sabbath school to church again, and from church to the evening service, not to speak of other meetings in behalf of philanthropic or patriotic objects, or specific reforms, which often find a place in a vacant hour of the sacred day. The necessary consequence of this multiplication of public exercises on the Sabbath is that family instruction is neglected; personal and private duties are hurried over; sermons are forgotten, the attendance becomes irregular, and both ministers and people come, jaded and worn, to the close of the day, and retain only a bewildered and dreamy impression of having been whirled through the day's routine. What changes are needed in order to escape the evils consequent upon the present multiplication of public services on the Sabbath? WVeshall best approach this question and appreciate the necessity of some modification of those services, if we consider, at this point, what prominence the more private duties of personal and family religion should hold in a due observance of the weekly day of rest, a'hd which are seriously interfered with by the customary number of public services. 1. The personal duties of meditation, private devotion and reading, demand a portion of the day of holy rest. These duties cannot be crowded out of the day or be slightly passed over, without marring all the other uses of the day, and sending chill and blight over all its sacred employments, which should glow with holy life and joy. A flourishing, healthy piety has its springs in the secret place of the Most High. It is fed and nourished chiefly by devout study of the Word of God on his day, by reflection on our past life, by reviewing the histories of God's love and the wonders of his power, by remembering the love and grace of redemption, by meditation on eternal things, and by secret prayer. It is true, that these are duties of every day. But the brief seasons of devotion, which the Christian rescues from business on the week-days, are not enough to answer his wants. The surges of business and worldly excitements would efface the transient impression and extinguish his good purposes, if the Sabbath did not afford him time and freedom from disturbing business, for calm and deep contemplation, and for bringing his mind into vitalizing contact with eternal truth. Such a use of a portion of the Lord's day tends 43 to make Christians strong, and steadfast in faith, able to " endure temptation" and ready to every good work. When we come from our Sabbath duties in our closets, let our faces shine with the light borrowed there from God, and our spirits exhale the fragrance of devout gratitude, praise and joy, and we shall go forth to other Sabbath duties to be blessed in them and to be a blessing to others. Moreover, the profitable hearing of sermons requires time after hearing to be given to reflection and self-appropriation. Most hearers are people of undisciplined minds, and have little skill to retain what they hear. They need to recall what they have heard, to reflect upon it, to discuss it in the home circle on Sabbath evening, and so to fasten it in the memory. Few trained thinkers can apprehend and retain the train of thought of a good sermon without recalling it and reflecting upon it soon after listening to it. This after-thought is the inward digestion, which receives and assimilates for use the mental nutriments One evil, which results from multiplying the Sabbath services, is that most sermons fail of making any lasting impression; they take no hold upon the mind with power to control and influence it, but are soon forgotten-often telt, theme, argument and illustration are all forgotten within twenty-four hours. Sermons are absolutely wasted for want of time to recall and suitably digest them. Some time should be devoted to religious reading on the Sabbath. In former days, ministers used to read at the monthly concert long extracts from the missionary journals. But now this intelligence is spread before the people in books and papers, and should be read by them. A volume like c Woman and her Saviour in Persia," or the " Memoir of Mary Lyon," affords illustrations of the grace of God which sermons cannot set forth with their full power of impression, In the multitude of books, papers and periodicals, which are now offered as Sabbath Literature, great care should be used in the selection and admission to the family of proper reading for the Sabbath. The net gathers of every kind; and one needs to be wise to " gather the good into vessels and throw the bad away." 2. The duties of family religion must have a prominent place in the day of rest. These duties include family worship and the various modes of religious instruction and training, in order that children and the household may know and keep the way of the Lord. The Sabbath is peculiarly a family institution. " It is the Sabbath of the Lord your God in all your dwellings." It is especially committed to heads of families in trust to see that it is observed by those under their care. It restores the toiling millions to their families. The divine command suspends all worldly business and amusement on the recurrence of that day, and places the head of the family in the bosom of the home circle. He is the priest at that altar. He is appointed of God 44 to minister to that circle religious instruction and Christian nurture. The family institution, in which he presides, takes rank, in God's economy, before the church, and much more before the Sabbath School. And the Sabbathi with its suspension of business and its freedom from worldly distractions, with its very stillness and felt sacredness, is his choice and needed time for effort and influence with his precious charge. No apportionment of the hours of the day'is wise which does not set apart an adequate portion for this family exercise. The Sabbath in the family should not be a day of tasks merely and a routine of Sabbath acts. It should be rather a day of happy influence and training, calculated to enkindle a hearty love for the spiritual uses of the day. The old practice of gathering the children on Sabbath afternoon or evening to recite hymns, and the " Assembly's Shorter Catechism," or select passages of Scripture, was excellent and worthy of being perpetuated in Christian families. The mechanical memorizing of the lessons should be the children's week-day work. But the rehearsal and illustration of the great truths of religion in the family circle is one of the best methods of Sabbath instruction and entertainment, It instills into the minds of children reverence for the day as an institution of God. It makes the day cheerful, sociable, happy. Who, that is blessed with recollections of a childhood passed in a Christian home, where the family were gathered on the Sabbath evening for religious instruction, will set any of his dear early memories above such as cluster around those Sabbath lessons at home, which were explained and enforced by the unquestioned piety and love that presided in that quiet scene? Besides the formal lessons recited by children at home on the Sabbath, parents should win their love to the Sabbath by cheerful, simple, religious conversation. Every Christian parent has the material for this within his reach, in the simple, touching narratives of the Bible-in Christian biography-in the history of the church and her martyrs-in God's dealings with the family when he took to heaven the little brother or sister or the sainted grandparent. Talk of these things. It does not require much learning. It has wonderful power over young minds. The impression is enduring and blessed. It invests those early Sabbaths with delightful and hallowed associations. How many of the wisest and most useful men, if they should describe the influences which moulded and enlisted them to a life of piety and beneficence, would point us to the influence of Sabbath piety in that home, where their childhood drank in Bible stories at the knees of a Christian mother. And further, we must connect with the proper observance of the Sabbath at home, attention to the preparation of the children's lessons for the Sabbath School. The Sabbath School cannot safely be regarded 45 by parents as relieving them of the necessity of giving religious instruction to their children." If it is wisely conducted, it renders them important aid in making the Sabbath interesting to their children,. and in furnishing their minds with Christian truth. But it is only an auxiliary. The responsibility rests with parents to superintend and direct the training of their children in the Sabbath School, and see that they go with proper preparation. The duties of household Sabbath piety are vitally important to the church. The children of the kingdom must be gathered in; they are heirs of the promises. If they are left to wander from the fold, those outside will soon begin to distrust our sincerity, and mock our appeals. It should be remembered that both God's covenant and the experience of Christian parents, who have faithfully discharged their parental duties, and especially Sabbath duties to their children, afford parents the amplest encouragement to expect success. We know that depravity is wrapped up in the heart of a child, and the human heart is a stronghold of evil. But we know that God's grace is stronger. It must be granted that Christian parents often fail of seeing their efforts for the conversion of their children successful. But their efforts in many cases are manifestly misdirected and inconsistent. Generally they have failed to reach the susceptible feelings of their children with the influences of a holy, cheerful Christian Sabbath. And it may fairly be supposed, that not seldom the failures of Christian parents to see their children walking in the ways of piety, are to be attributed to the fact, that the Sabbath of those parents has been suffered to be too much withdrawn from the sacred claims of their own households. It is a great sacrifice, which no public duties canjustify. But we are met with the question, How shall we find time for these Sabbath duties of private devotion and family religion within the limits of the day? It is a fair question. The day of holy rest is commonly so occupied with public services, that it is almost impossible to find the time that is needed for the prime duties of the closet and the family. We take the case of an earnest Christian man, in one of our populous centres, who is a reliable helper of his pastor, and zealous in every Christian enterprise. He must attend two church services and the Sabbath School. These, together with the customary evening meeting, and perhaps a mission Sabbath School, will consume nearly all his time except what is required for ordinary domestic duties and for going to and returning from the places of meeting. He really has no time for calm meditation and recalling the preaching, and no time for any thing more than a hurried gathering of the family and very inadequate religious instruction to his children. Nor is this all. His physical and mental energies are exhausted; his religious sensibilities are worn out a and wearied nature, after giving attention to three services, 46 clamors for either inaction or sleep during the interval that should be devoted to systematic home instruction in the Bible or Catechism on.the Sabbath. Now it appears to be evident that some modifications should be made in the public services which are commonly held on the Sabbath. The change cannot be wisely made abruptly and suddenly. Judicious and good men of late have advocated a substitution of the Sabbath School in place of the usual afternoon preaching service. And experiments in this direction have been made, but not to such an extent as to test and settle all the questions connected with the subject. The idea, in recommending this modification in the customary services of the sanctuary, is that the morning services should continue, as heretofore, only the sermon should receive the strength and prayerful thought which ministers have ordinarily been obliged to spread out into two sermons —that the afternoon sermon be discontinued, and instead of the ordinary sermon, a Bible service be held, in which the pastor shall have his appropriate place in supervision and teaching, and in which the congregation, of all ages and grades of religious knowledge, shall be organized into classes for instruction in the Word of God, thus embodying the adults in Bible classes for appropriate scriptural study, and the young also for instruction, as heretofore, in the Sabbath school,-and that the evening be appropriated to the monthly concert and prayer meetings; or, in the sparsely settled places, to neighborhood prayer meetings under the direction of competent members of the church, and the pastor holding a Sabbath evening service in different parts of his parish in town. In dropping one of the services connected. with preaching, whether forenoon or afternoon, it is suggested that the time should be occupied with the Sabbath school so modified as to be at the same time an exercise of public worship, and a suitable biblical service for all classes in the congregation. It should be a Bible service. In this service, the pastor would not only be present and lend his aid in supervision and counsel, but labor to promote the ends of the service in more direct ways, as by occasional addresses to the school, by short sermons to the young, by occasional written expository sermons, or passages assigned as lessons for older classes, and by engaging in the general devotional exercises. If the same number of public services be continued as heretofore, the modification of having one expository sermon on the Sabbath would diversify the exercises, and afford some relief from the distraction and weariness that attend the practice of having two sermons of the essay kind. The plan of substituting a modified form of the Sabbath school in the place of one of the customary.services for preaching on the Sab 47 batl is good as a theory, and promises good practical results. No doubt it is practicable. It is not desirable that it should be adopted by a sudden, general change of old customs. One denomination could not well act alone in the matter. The change is one of those things towards which thoughtful Christians will work by discussion and gradual approaches. We believe that the adoption of a modification of the Sabbath services is urged by the capabilities of ministers, few of whom will feel that, with all the occasional drafts upon their time, they can prepare more than one well-digested and profitable written discourse each week. But I pass this point. The change is believed to be urged also by the best interests of the people, as tending to promote a more regular attendance upon the Sabbath services, and to secure better habits of attention to preaching, and greater susceptibility to religious impression and edification. It is worthy of consideration, also, that the Bible service, proposed for one part of the Sabbath, conforms as nearly as practicable for us, to the methods of the apostles and early Christian teachers, who, in their preaching, often simply opened and expounded the Scriptures,reasoned out of the Scriptures, and so taught the people. It carries a blessing to the church by calling its members into more active service in the use of their gifts and attainments. It admits as much prominence to the devotional exercises, prayer and singing, as is commonly given to them in the afternoon service as connected with a formal sermon. The devotional exercises need to be made more prominent than heretofore in our public worship. These acts of loving and delighted worship have a tendency to exalt God, and to exercise and cultivate the religious affections. The Bible service should be particularly adapted to the young, and be arranged for all ages and descriptions of the people. While the congregation are thus engaged in their classes, it may happen that some of the earnest men and women can at the same time be spared and be detached to go to some mission school, and become the vehicles of the gospel, and salvation to many children of infidels and Sabbath haters, who but for them would have been trained to dishonor the Sabbath and tread the way to destruction. The experiment of this modification of our public Sabbath services has as yet been but partially tried; but so far as it has been tried, it has justified the expectations of its judicious advocates. As a theory, the proposed plan stands strong in reason and argument. It now calls for consideration and candid discussion. It cannot be reduced to general practice in our churches by a sudden change. The majority of our churches are averse to innovation. They look with distrust upon new usages and abrupt departures from beaten ways. This is 48 not to be blamed. They need to be convinced that the theorywill promote the true ends of the Sabbath, before they approve it by its adoption. They need to talk about it, and read about it, till they can discover its various bearings, and they will then be ready to move and keep abreast with the demands of the times. One thing which favors the modification of our Sabbath public services is the cramped and imperfect working of our Sabbath Schools under the prevailing practice. In most of our country churches, Sabbath Schools are crippled for want of time. And in city and country, they are too much isolated from the beating heart and life of the church, and regarded as children's schools. We should remember that Christians are disciples-and should be learners as long as they live. In a Bible service, which should embrace the congregation, the classes need not be very many. Some of them might embrace large numbers. They might pursue very different researches. While some were engaged upon the first principles of revealed religion, other Bible classes, advanced in Christian knowledge, might be engaged in the study of the deeper truths of God's word, which stretch away like oceans, all unexplored before them. Their presence and example would be a law and inspiration to the young. This method would bring the church into vital sympathy and co-operation with the Sabbath School, and eminently befit the Sabbath as a day of rest. The church must take care of her children. They are to be trained up for a great trust. They must, by faithful and prayerful instruction, be prepared for its duties. To withdraw attention from the religious nurture of the children is criminal neglect, and no claims of personal interest or public duty are entitled to exact it. They are to be led to Christ. If the church, through neglect or misdirected effort, fails to gather, under the power of converting grace, the lambs of the fold, who bear the mark of consecration to the Good Shepherd, her efforts to bring in those who are outside of the fold will not be likely to be blessed with much success. But if the church secures the conversion of her children, and leads them to God in the light of his Sabbaths, her light will shine abroad, and her conquests extend, and her rest shall be glorious. DISTRICT CONFERENCES. WITH THEIR OFFICERS, TIMES OF MEETING, AND CHURCHES CONNECTED WITI THEM. 1. ANDOVER. Organized June 8, 1859. Churches. Ministers. Andover, South church, Charles Smith. " Theol. Sem. church, Faculty. " West church, James H. Merrill. " Free Christian church, Stephen C. Leonard, s. s. i Ballardvale, Un. ch. Henry S. Greene. Chelmsford, N., Second church, Benjamin F. Clark. Dracut, First Evan. church, Lyman S. Watts, s. s. " West church, Perrin B. Fisk. " Central Orth. church, George Pierce, Jr. Lawrence, Lawrence-st. church, Caleb E. Fisher. " Central church,' Christopher M. Cordley. Lowell, First church, George N. Webber. Appleton-street church, J. Eames Rankin. " John-street church, Joseph W. Backus. " Kirk-street church,. Amos Blanchard, D. D. " High-street church, Owen Street. Methuen, First church, Edward H. Greeley. North Andover, Evan. church, L. Henry Cobb. Tewksbury, Cong. church, Richard Tolman. OFFICER:-Rev. L. Henry Cobb, North Andover, Secretary. CONFERENCE MEETS on the Second Wednesday in June. II. BARNSTABLE. Organized October 28, 1828. Churches. Minizsters. Barnstable, West, Henry A. Goodhue. " Cotuit, Vacant. " Centreville, Vacant.'" Hyannis, Charles Morgridge. 7 50 Churches. Ministers. Chatham, Alexander C. Childs, s. so Dennis, South, A. M. Stone, s. s. Falmouth, First, James P. Kimball. East, Edwin Seabury, s. s. North, Levi Wheaton, s. s. " Waquoit, David Brigham, s. s. Harwich, Joseph- R. Munsell, s. s. " Port, Pilgrim church, Vacant. Nantucket, Samuel D. Hosmer, s. s. Orleans, Vacait. Provincetown, Osborne Myrick. Sandwich, Vacant. Truro, First church, Edward W. Noble.' North, Philander Bates, s. s. Wellfleet, First church, George F. Walker. "6 South, Second church, William E. Caldwell, s. s. Yarmouth, First church, Joseph B. Clark. " dWest, SeCOnd church, Robert Samuel, s. s. OFFICER:-Rev. Joseph B. Clark, Yarmouth, Scribe. CONFERENCE MEETS on the Tuesday next preceding the full of the moon, in June and December. III. BERKSITTIE SOUTH. Organized September 4, 1860. Churches. Ministers. Egremont, South, Timothy A. Hazen, s. Great Barrington, T. T. Stratton. " Housatonic, Josiah Brewer, s. s. Lee, Nahum Gale, D. D. Lenox, Reuben S. Kendall. Monterey, Vacant. New Marlborough, First church, Charles C. C. Painter,;' Southfield, Irem W. Smith. Otis, Thomas A. Hall, s. s. Sheffield, D. D. Shaler. Stockbridge, Nathaniel H. Eggleston. " Curtisville, Vacant. West Stockbridge, Edward J. Giddings, s. s. " Centre. Lewis Pennell. OFFICERS: —ev. Nahum Gale, D. D., Lee, Moderator; Rev. Nathaniel H. Eggleston, Stockbridge, Scribe; Rev. Lewis Pennell, Henry G. Rudd, Frederick H. Jones, Executive Committee. CONFERENCE MEETS annually, on the Second Wednesday in November, and monthly during the autumn and winter. 51 IV. BIR00KFIELB ASSOCIATIONAL. Organized June 10, 1838. ChmLches. Mlinzisters. Barre, Evan. Cong. church, David Peck. Brirfield, First Cong. church, Charles M. Hyde. Brookfield, Evan. Cong. church, Joshua Coit. Chariton, Calv. Cong. church, John Haven. Dana, Cong. church, Vacant. Dudley, Cong. church, Henry Pratt. Hardwick, Ortho. Cong. church, Martyn Tupper. Holland, Cong. church,. Ogden Hall, s. s. New Braintree, Cong. church, John H. Gurney. North Brookfield, First'Cong. ch. Christopher Cushing. " Union Con. ch. Luther Keene. Oakham, Evan. Cong. church, Francis N. Peloubet. Southbridge, Cong. church, Eber Carpenter. Spencer, Cong. church, James Cruickshanks. Sturbridge, Cong. church, Marshall B. Angier. Ware, First church, WVilliam C. Tuttle. " East Cong. church, Ariel E. P. Perkins. Warren, Cong. church, Edwin L. Jaggar. West Brookfield, Cong. church, Samuel Dunham, s. s. OFFICER:-Rev. Joshua Coit, Brookfield, Scribe. CONFERENCE MIEETS on the Second Tuesday in June. V. ESSEx NORTH. Organized April 30, 1828. Churches. Mlinisters. Amesbury, West, Leander Thompson, c" -Mills, Vacant. " and Salisbury, N. G. Coodhue, s. s. Bradford, James T. McCollom. Georgetown, Charles Beecher. Groveland, Vacant. Haverhill, West, Asa Farwell. " East, Abraham Burnham. "c Centre, Theodore T. Munger. " North church, Raymond H. Seeley, D. 1)X Ipswich, First church, Robert Southgate. " Linebrook, Ezekiel Dow. Newur, ir church, Leonard Withington, D. ). Newbury, First church, nTu-P mu John R. Thurston. " Byfield church, Vacant. Newburyport, North church, E. Cornelius Hooker. " Fourth churchl, iandolph Camipbell. Bellvilille, D)aniel T. Fis;ke, )P. 11 52 Churches. Ministers. Newburyport, Whitefield church, Samuel J. Spalding, D. D. Rowley, John Pike. Salisbury, Hill, Benjamin Sawyer, s.s West Newbury, First church, Charles D. Herbert. c6 Second church, Davis Foster. Also, the First and Second Presbyterian churches in Newburyport. OFFICERs:-Rev. John R. Thurston, Newbury, Scribe; Rev. Daniel T. Fiske, D. D., Newburyport, Assistant Scribe; Dea. William Thurston, Auditor. CONFERENCE MEETS on the Second Tuesday of October. VI. EssEX SOUTH. Organized May 8, 1827. Churches. Ministers. Beverly, iane-street church, Joseph Abbott, D. D.* " Washington-st. church, Alonzo B. Rich. " North, Fourth church, Eli W. Harrington. Danvers, Maple-street church, Vacant. Essex, First church, James M. Bacon. Gloucester, Harbor, Isaiah C. Thacher. " Lanesville, Thomas Morong. " West, Samuel Cole, s. s. Hamilton, S. Franklin French. Ipswich, South,'Daniel Fitz, D. D. Lynnfield Centre, M. Bradford Boardman. Manchester, Orthodox church, Edward P. Tenney, s. s. " The Ortho. church, Francis V. Tenney. Marblehead, Third church, Timothy D. P. Stone. Middleton, Vacant. Rockport, First church, William H. Dunning. " Second church, Luther H. Angier. (Pastor elect.) Salem, Howard-street church, Charles C. Beaman, s. s. " Third church, $ Brown Emerson, D. D. Edward S. Atwood. South Danvers, South church, William M. Barber. OrFICER:-William M. Barber, South Danvers, Clerk. CONFERENCE MEETS on Second Wednesday of June and October. VII. FRANKLIN. Organized Oct. 10, 1843. Churches. Ministers. Ashfield, First church, Edward C. Ewing. " Second church, Theodore Jarvis Clark. * Not a member of Conference. 53 Churches. Ministers. Bernardston, Orth. Cong. church, Andrew B. Foster, s. s. Buckland, Charles Lord. Charlemont, First church, John S. Whitman, s. so " East, Aaron Foster. Coleraine, Isaac B. Smith, s. s. Conway, Elijah Cutler. Deerfield, Ortho. Cong. church, Robert Crawford, D. D.'6 South, First church, Perkins K. Clark. " Monument church, David A. Strong. Erving, Evan. Cong. church, Freeman A. Merrill, s. s. Gill, Abijah Stowell, s. s. Greenfield, First church, zar Chandler,. D. Daniel H. Rogan. " Second church, Artemas Dean. Hawley, East, Henry Seymour. 6 West, Vacant. Heath, Vacant. Montague, First Cong. church, Francis B. Perkins. Northfield, Trin. Cong. church, Isaac S. Perry, s. s. Orange, Cen. Evan. Cong. church, Daniel Phillips, s. s. Shelburne, First church, Richard S. Billings. " Falls, Vacant. Shutesbury, Ortho. Cong. church, Vacant. Sunderland, Vacant. Warwick, Trin. Cong. church, Edmund H. Blanchard. OFFICER:-Rev. David A. Strong, Deerfield, Scribe. CONFERENCE MEETS on the Tuesday preceding the Third Wednesday in September. VIII. IHAMPDEN. (No report obtained.) IX. HAMPSHIRE, EAST. Organized. Churches. Ministers. Amherst, First church, Henry L. Hubbell. " Second church, Vacant. " South church, Walter Barton. " College church, William A. Stearns, D. D. " North, Vacant. Belchertown, Henry B. Blake. Enfield, John A. Seymour. Granby, Henry S. Kelsey. Greenwich, Edward P. Blodgett. 54 Churches. Ministers. Hadley, First church, Rowland Ayres. " Second church, Warren H. Beaman. Hatfield, John M. Greene. Leverett, John Hartwell. Pelham, William H. Dowden. Prescott, David Bancroft. South Hadley, First church, H-iram Mead. "4 Falls, Samuel J. M. Merwin. Whately, John W. Lane. OFFICERS: —Rev. Rowland Ayers, Hadley, Moderator; Rev. Walter Barton, Amherst, Scribe; Dea. S. Sweetser, Amherst, Registrar. CONFERENCE MEETS on the Tuesdays next after the First Sabbath in May, and Second Sabbath in November. X. MENDON. Organized April 27, 1858. Churches. Ministers. Foxboro', Ortho. Cong. church, Noadiah S. Dickinson. Franklin, Samuel Hunt. " South, Un. Cong. church, Sumner Clark, s. s. Mansfield, Ortho. Cong. church, Jacob Ide, Jr. Medfield, Second Cong. church, Andrew Bigelow. Medway, East, First church, Jacob Roberts. West, Second church, Jacob Ide, D. D. " Village church, David Sanford. Milford, First Cong. church, Alfred A. Ellsworth. Walpole, Ortho. Cong. church, Edward G. Thurber. Wrentham, Orig. Cong. church, Charles L. Mills, " North, Union church, John E. Corey, s. s. CONFERENCE IEETS in April and October. XI. MIDDLESEX SOUTH. Organized.'huzrches. Ministers. Assabet, Adin H. Fletcher, s. s, Ashland, Albert H. Currier. Concord, Edward S. Potter, s. s. Dover, Thomas S. Norton. Framingham, John Knox McLean. c" Saxonville, George E. Hill. Grantville, Vacant. Holliston, Joshua T. Tucker. Hopkinton, John C. Webster. Lincoln, Henry J. Richardson. Churches, Ministers. Marlboro', George N. Anthony. Natick, Charles M. Tyler. " South, Elnathan E. Strong. Sherborn, Edmund Dowse. Southboro', Vacant. Sudbury, Erastus Dickinson. Wayland, Henry Bullard. Wellesley, Vacant. OFFICER:-Rev. Elnathan E. Strong, South Natick, Scribe. CONFERENCE MEETS on the Last Tuesday in April and the Third Tuesday in October. XII. MIDDLESEx UNION. Organized May 8, 1833. C/hurches. Ministers. Acton, George W. Coleman. Ashby, Vacant. Boxboro', George N. Marden. Dunstable, William C. Jackson. Fitchburg, Alfred Emerson. Groton, Vacant. " South, David M. Bean, s. s. Harvard, John Dodge. Lancaster, Amos E. Lawrence. Leominster, Horace Parker, s. s. Littleton. Elihu Loomis, s. s. Lunenburg, William A. Mandell. Pepperell, Edward P. Smith. Shirley, Albert I. Dutton. Townsend, John C. Hutchinson, s. s. Westford, Edwin R. Hodgman, s. s. OFFICER:-Rev. George N. Marden, West Acton, Secretary. CONFERENCE MEETS in October. XIII. NORFOLK. Organized Juue 14, 1827. Churches. Ministers. Abington, First church, Frederic R. Abbe. Second church, Henry L. Edwards. " Third church, Horace D. Walker. "' Fourth church, Vacant. Braintree, The South church, Lucius R. Eastman, Jr. Bridgewater, First Trin. church, Ebenezer Douglass. Canton, Evan, Cong. church, Ezra Haskell. 56 Churches. Ministers. Cohasset, Second Cong. church, Frederic A. Reed.'" Evan. Un. church in CyrusStone, Beechwood, Cyrus Stone, s Dorchester, Second church, James H. Means. The Village church, A. Judson Rich. " Church in Hyde Park, Vacant. C Un. church of) East Bridgewater, East & West Nathaniel H. Broughton. ( Bridgewater, "( ~Trin. church, JNo public services. Easton, Cong. church, Luther Sheldon, D. D.. Charles E. Lord. Hingham, Evan. church, Henry W. Parker, s. s. Milton, First church, Albert K. Teele., Second Evan. Cong. ch. No public services. North Bridgewater, First church, Edward L. Clark.'" South Cong. ch. Charles W. Wood. Porter Ev. ch. Samuel H. Lee. Quincy, Evan. Cong. church, Edward P. Thwing. Randolph, First church, Vacant. " Second church, No public services. " East, Winthrop ch. Ezekiel Russell, D. D. Sharon, First Cong. church, Perley B. Davis. Stoughton, First church, Thomas Wilson. Weymouth, First church, Joshua Emery. " Second church, James P. Terry, i4 Un. ch. of Braintree Lysander Dickerman t" South, Un. church, Stephen H. Hayes. c" East, Cong. church, James P. Lane. " North, Pilgrim ch. Samuel L. Rockwood. OFFICER:-James P. Lane, East Weymouth, Scribe. CONFERENCE MEETS on First Tuesday in May and Last Tuesday in September. XIV. OLID COLONY. Organized September 23, 1856. Churches. Ministers. Dartmouth, South, Martin S. Howard. Fairhaven, John Willard. Marion, Leander Cobb. Mattapoisett, Vacant. Middleboro', First church, Israel W. Putnam, D. D. " Central church, Vacant. New Bedford, First church, Asahel Cobb. North church, Alonzo H. Quint. Trin. church, Wheelock Craig. Pacific church, Timothy Stone. 57 Churches. Ministers. Rochester, Edwin Leonard. Wareham, Timothy F. Clary. Westport, Isaac Dunham. OFFICER:-Rev. Wheelock Craig, New Bedford, Clerk. CONFERENCE MIEETS on the Third Tuesdays in April and October. XV. PILGRIM. Organized April 27, 1830. Churches. Ministers. Carver, H. L. Chase. Halifax, T. G. Brainerd. Hanover, First church, Joseph Freeman. " Second church, James Aiken. Hanson, Benjamin Southworth, s. s. Kingston, Joseph Peckham, s. s. Marshfield, First church, E. Alden, Jr. " Second church, Daniel D. Tappan, s. s. Plymouth, Second church, Sylvester Holmes, s. s. " Third church, David Bremner, (pastor elect.) " Fourth church. Samuel Woodbury, s. s. " Fifth church, Alex. Fuller, Jr. Plympton, Vacant. Scituate, Alex. J. Sessions. OFFICERS:- Rev. James Aiken, Hanover, Moderator; Rev. Alexander Fuller, Jr., Chiltonville, Scribe and Treasurer. CONFERENCE MEETS on the Third Tuesdays of April and October. XVI. SALEM MISSIONARY UNION. Organized June 11, 1851. Churches. Ministers. Boxford, First church, William S. Coggin. Danvers, First church, C. B. Rice. Lynn, First church, Vacant. " Central church, J. B. Sewall. " Chestnut-street church, Edwin Smith, s. s. Lynnfield, Allen Gannett. Marblehead, First church, B. R. Allen. " Third church, T. D. P. Stone. Salem, Tabernacle church, C. R. Palmer. Saugus, Levi Brigham. Swampscott, J. B. Clark. Topsfield, A. McLoud. Wenham, J. S. Sewall. OFFICERS:-Rev. S. M. Worcester, D. D., President; Rev. Wm. S.,Coggin, Vice President; Rev. John S. Sewall, Secretary; Rev. Dr. Worcester, Rev. Wm. S. Coggin, Rev. John S. Sewall, Hon. R. P. Waters, Henry Whipple, Esq., Executive Committee. CONFERENCE MEETS on the Second Wednesday in June, and in October. 8 58 XVII. SUFFOLK NORTH. Organized Churches. Ministers. Boston, Old South churci, G. W. Blagden, D. D. Jacob M. Manning. " Salem church, Solomon P. Fay, s. s. " Central church, John E. Todd. " Mt. Vernon church, Edward N. Kirk, D. D. " East, Maverick church, Joel S. Bingham. Cambridge, First church, John A. Albro, D. D. " Port, First church, James 0. Murray. "1 " Second church, Vacant. " East, Ev. Cong. ch. Vacant. "' North, Holmes ch. William Carruthers. Charlestown, First church. James B. Miles. ". Winthrop church, Vacant. Chelsea, Winnissimet church, Albert H. Plumb. " Broadway church, Joseph A. Copp, D. D. Malden, South, Cong. church, David M. Bean. Medford, Trin. Cong. -church, Elihu P. Marvin. Needham, West, Wellesley ch. H-enry D. Woodworth, s. s. Newton Centre, First church, Daniel L. Furber. North Chelsea, Vacant. Reading, Old South church, William Barrows. Somerville, East, First church, David T. Packard. " Winter Hill, Vacant. Waltham, Richard B. Thurston. OFFICER:-Moses H. Sargent, 13 Cornhill, Boston, Secretary. CONFERENCE MEETS iln April and October. XVIII. SUFFOLK SOUTI. Organized June 20, 1861. Churches. Ministers. Boston, Park-street church, Andrew If. Stone, D. D. Union church, Nehemiah Adams, D. D. " Berkeley-street church, Henry M. Dexter. Shawmut church, Edwin B. Webb. " Springfield-street church, Daniel Tenney. " Oak-place church, Joseph P, Bixby. South, Phillips church, Edmund K. Alden. (" " E-street church, Abijah R. Baker, (pastor elect.) Brighton, Evan. Cong. church, John P. Cushman. Brookline, Harvard church, Vacant. Dedham, First church, Jonathan Edwards. " South, So. Evan. church, Moses M. Colburn. Newton, Centre, First church, Daniel L. Furber. " West, Second church, Henry J. Patrick. " Corner, Eliot church, Joshua W. Wellman., 6 Auburndale, Ortho. ch. Augustus H. Carrier. 59 Chure hCes. Ministers. Roxbury, Eliot church, Augustus C. Thompson, D. D, " Vine-street church, John 0. Means. Watertown, Phillips church, Vacant. West Roxbury, South Evan. ch. Thomas Laurie. Mather curc Plain, Francis B. Perkins. OFrFICER:-Rev H. J. Patrick, Recording Secretary. CONFERENCE MEETS on the Third Wednesdays in April and October. XIX. WOBURN. Organized December 5, 1849. Churches. Ministers. Bedford, William J. Batt, s. s. Billerica, Jesse G. D. Stearns. Burlington, Joseph E. Swallow, s. s. Carlisle, Vacant. Medford, Mystic church, Edward P. Hooker. Melrose, Henry A. Stevens. North Reading, T. Newton Jones. Reading, Bethesda church, William H. Wilcox. South Reading, Charles R. Bliss. Stoneham, Swift Byington. Wilmington, Samuel H. Tolman. Winchester, Reuben T. Robinson. Woburn, First church, Joseph C. Bodwell, D. D.' North church, Willard M. Harding, s. s. OFFICERS:-Rev. Joseph C. Bodwell. D. D., Woburn, Moderator; Rev. Edward P. Hooker, Medford, Clerk. CONFERENCE AEETS on the Last Tuesdays in April and October. XX. WORCESTER CENTRAL. Organized April 28, 1852. Churches. Ministers. Auburn, Charles Kendall, s. s. Berlin, First church, William A. Houghton. Boylston, A. Hastings Ross. Clinton, First Evan. church, Benjamin Judkins, s. s. Holden, William P. Paine, D. D. Leicester, First Cong. church, John Nelson, D. D. Amos H. Coolidge. Northboro', Samuel S. Ashley. Oxford, S. I. Austin. Paxton, William Phipps. Princeton, Trinitarian church, Vacant. Rutland, Clarendon Waite. Shrewsbury, William A. McGinley. Sterling, John C. Labaree, s. s. West Boylston, First church, James.H. Fitts. 60) Churches. Ministers. Worcester, First church, Edward A. Walker. " Calvinist church, Seth Sweetser, D. D. " Union church, Ebenezer Cutler. " Salem-street church, Merrill Richardson. OFFICER:-Rev. Charles Kendall, Auburn, Scribe. CONFERENCE MEETS on the Wednesday following the Third Monday in April and October. XXI. WORCESTER NORTH. Organized November.14, 1827. Churches. Ministers. Ashburnham, First church, George E. Fisher. " Second church, Daniel Wight, Jr. Athol, John F. Norton. Gardner, First church, Vacant. " Evangelical church, Vacant. Hubbardston, Vacant. Petersham, L. H. Adams. Phillipston, Lyman White. Royalston, First church, Ebenezer W. Bullard. " Second church, F. D. Austin, s. s. Templeton, Lewis Sabin, D. D. Westminster, M. H. Hitchcock. Winchendon, First church, Benjamin F. Clarke. " North church, Abijah P. Marvin. OFFICERS:-Rev. Ebenezer W. Bullard, Royalston, Moderator Rev. John F. Norton, Athol, Clerk. CONFERENCE MEETS on the Second Tuesday in June. XXII. WORCESTER SOUTH. Organized September 25, 1833. Churches. Ministers. Blackstone, Vacant. Douglas, Vacant. " East, Vacant. Grafton, Thomas C. Biscoe. " Saundersville, Simeon Waters, s. s. Millbury, First church, Edmund Y. Garrette. " Second church, Charles H. Pierce. Northbridge, Sylvester Hine. " Whitinsville, Lewis F. Clark. Sutton, George Lyman. Upton, Andrew J. Willard. Uxbridge, Vacant. Webster, Sylvanus C. Kendall, Westboro', Luther H. Sheldon. OFFICER:Rev. George Lyman, Sutton, Secretary. CONFERENCE MEETS on Fourth Tuesdays in April and October. CATALOGUE OF THE OFFICERS AND STUDENTS OF T-HE d]iebg 0 cologica. Seminar CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. 1866-7. CHICAGO: DEAN & OTTAWAY, STEAM BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS, No. 148 LAKE STREET. 1867. ^~~"\ ^-~~~~~~~~ PRESIDENT, E. WV. BLATCHFORD, ESQ., Chicago, Illinois, VICE PRESIDENT, I-IoN. J. G. FOOTE, Burlington, Iowa. SECRETARY, REV. G. S. F. SAVAGE, Chicago. REV. ASA MAHAN, D. D. ---- -Adrian, Michigan. C PHILO R. HURD,, —-...... -Romeo, " A. S. KEDZIE, - ------- -- Somerset, " " F. BASCOM,,-........ —--- Princeton, Illinois. " J. E. ROY, -..-........... Chicago, W.W. PATTON, D. D. —- " " "J. P. GULLIVER, D. D. - -.. " PHILO CARPENTER, EsQ. -. —----- T. M. AVERY, ESQ. —-------------.. REV. S. H. EMERY,- O...Quincy, C W. CAMP, — _ —-- Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. " E. G. MINER, — _-_ - Beloit, ". FOOTE,.....-.. _Waukesha, ELIPHALET CRAMER, ESQ.. —-— m — Milwaukee, REV. A. B. ROBBINS,. ----------—.-Muscatine, Iowa. " GEORGE F. MAGOUN, -----— Grinnell, " " S. P. SLOAN, —. —--------—. MacGregor, " N. A. HYDE, ------------------ Indianapolis, Indiana. " D. BURT,..-...- -.. -—. —-.... Winona, Minnesota. W. W. KIMBALL, ESQ. ------------— St. Anthony, " REV. T. M. POST, D. D. --------—... St. Louis, Missouri. 4 TCATALOGUE OF THE CHICAGO BOARD OF VISITORS. REV. J. S. HOYT, --- --------- ------— Port Huron, Michigan. PRor. C. I. WALKER, ---— D-etroit, REV. LYMAN ABBOTT,.. —----—. —---- New York City. " J. M. STURTEVANT, D. D. _ —---— Jacksonville, Illinois. " M. P. KINNEY, ---.. ------------- Rockford, DEA. MOSES PETTENGILL, --- -----— Peoria, REV. C. D. HELMER, ----------------- Chicago, HON. JACOB BUTLER,.. —- — I. —-----.Muscatine, Iowa. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. T. M. AVERY, ESQ. ------------- --------- Chicago, Illinois. REv. W. W. PATTON, D. D. " " G.S.F. S. AVAGE, " " J. E. ROY, -------------- -------- " J. P. GULLIVER, D.D P.-. —----------- " " PHILO CARPENTER, ESQ. —------- - E. W. BLATCHFORD) ESQ. --- ------ AUDITING COMMITTEE. C. F. GATES, Esq. J. L. LEE, ESQ. LYMAN BAIRD, ESQ. TIEOLOGICAL SEMINAIY. 5 REV. JOSEPH HAVEN, D. D., ILLINOIS PROFESSOR OF SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY. RESIDENCE, 90 Warren Street. REV. SAMUEL C. BARTLETT, D. D., NEW ENGLAND PROFESSOR OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE. RESIDENCE, -71 Park Avenue. REV. FRANKLIN W. FISK, D. D., WISCONSIN PROFESSOR OF SACRED RHETORIC. RESIDENCE, 387 V. Adams Street. PROFESSOR OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. [Instruction given in this department for the present by Professor HAVEN.] LIBRARIAN, PROF. BARTLETT. TREASURERI AND GENERAL AGENT, REV. H. L. HAMMOND. OFFICE, 53 La Salle Street. 6 CATALOGUE OF THE CHICAGO -4 —SENIOR CLASS. NAME. GRADUATED. RESIDENCE. William Henry Atkinson, Ill. C. 1864. Bloomington, Harmon Bross, -— Milburn. James Romeyn Danforth, - - New York City. Samuel Edwards Evans, H. C. 1863. Chelsea, Mass. Edward Trumbull Hooker, W. C. 1860. Chicago. William E. DeRiemer, A. C. 1862. Chicago. Paul Silas Feemster, T.C. 1861. Columbus, Miss. Thomas Gillespie, - Peoria. Charles Edwin Marsh, Wh.C.1860. Odell. Merritt Bates Page, - Chicago. Carmi C. Thayer, - -- Dana, Mass. George Huntington Wells, A. C. 1863. Dover. SENIOR CLAss,.- -12. THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. 7 MIDDLE CLASS. NAMES. GRADUATED. RESIDENCE. Franklin White Adams, Fairport, N. Y. John Allender, - New London, Conn. Gabriel Campbell, MB. U. 1865. Ypsilanti, Mich. Micah S. Croswell, A. C. 1855. Chicago. Asher Wright Curtis, B.C. 1853. Brodhead, Wis. Truman Orville Douglass, Ill. C. 1855. Platteville, Wis. Laroy Sunderland Hand, Wh.C. 1862. Atlanta. James Harrison, - Baraboo, Wis. Geo. McQueen Landon, M. U. 1857. Chicago. George Austin Paddock, -- Chandlerville. Samuel Powell, -- Chicago. Samuel Porter Putnam, -- - Pembroke, N. H. Samuel Fay Stratton, Wh.C. 1863. Princeton. Henry Barzillai Waterman, Y. C. 1863. Belvidere. MIDDLE CLASS,...... 14. 8 CATALOGUE OF THE CHICAGO JUNIOR CLASS. NAME. GRADUATED. RESIDENCE. Edwin R. Beach, U. C. 1856. Ripon, Wis. Eben M. Betts, -- - Cleveland, Ohio. Albert I. Church, B. C. 1866. Poplar Grove, Ill. Charles C. Cragin, B. U. 1863. Chicago. Jerome D. Davis, B..C. 1866. Dundee. Samuel F. Dickinson, M. U. 1866. Heath, Mass. Daniel C. Greene, D. C. 1864. Westborough, Mass. Jacob F. Guyton, -- Marietta, Ohio. Charles Hibbard, - -- Port -Huron, Mich. Dexter D. Hill, B. C. 1866. Wauwatosa, Wis. James S. Norton, B. C. 1866. Chicago. Stephen W. Webb, A. C. 1866. Buda. JUNIOR CLASS,....12. ABBREVIATIONS. A. C.) —- Amherst College. K. C..-Knox College. B. C. —--- Beloit College. M. U. —--- Michigan University. B. U. ---— Brown University. T. C. —--- Tusculum College. D. C. —-— Dartmouth College W. CWC. --— Williams College. H. C. --—.Harvard College. Wh. C.. —— Wheaton College. Ill. C. —--- Illinois College. Y. C. --—.Yale College. THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. 9 SECOND YEAR. NAME. RESIDENCE. Arthur Everett Arnold, New Rutland. Clarendon Mussey Sanders, Boston, Mass. George Smith, Lima, Wis. James Tompkins, (K. C. 1862,) Galesburg. William Asahel Waterman, Blanford, Mass. Spencer Rexford Wells, Delavan, Wis. Charles HIolbrook Wheeler, West Roxbury, Mass. FIRST YEAR. NAME. RESIDENCE. * Joseph Hale, Byron. SPECIAL COURSE,.... 8. SUMMARY. Senior Class,...... 12 Middle Class,..... 14 Junior Clsss,.....12 Special Course,..... 8 Total,.... 46 * Deceased. 10 CATALOGUE OF THE CHICAGO TERMS OF ADMISSION. THE Seminary is open to Students of all denominations. In order to be admitted to the regular course, one must be of pure moral character, and must have received a thorough Collegiate education; or, being destitute of this, must pass examination in the studies, prescribed as preparatory to the Special course Students from other Theological Seminaries may be admitted ad eundem, on presenting a certificate of good standing and regular dismission. Applicants may be admitted to advanced standing in either of the classes, on satisfactory examination in the studies already pursued by those classes. It is very important that all applicants for admission should be present at the opening of the academic year, or at most within a few days thereafter. The delay of even a few weeks, if it do not render admission impossible, will seriously embarrass the studies of the entire year. TERMS AND VACATION. The academic year is divided into two terms —the Lecture and the Reading term; the former commencing the second Wednesday of September, and continuing till the last Thursday in April; the latter extending from the first Wednesday in June to the beginning of the Lecture term —a vacation of six weeks intervening between the close of the Lecture term and the commencement of the Reading term. The Lecture term is to be devoted to attendance upon the regular exercises of the Seminary. The Reading term is in THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. 11 tended to be passed by the student under the supervision of some Christian pastor, under whose care he may pursue the course of study prescribed by the Faculty, while at the same time acquainting himself with the details and practical duties of pastoral life. At the close of the Reading term, the student is required to present a certificate from the pastor, of his diligence in study and propriety of deportment. It is the hope and design of the founders of the Seminary to combine, in this manner, the essential features and advantages of the two methods of theological education —the old and the new. ANNIVERSARY. —The public anniversary is held on the last Thursday in April. EXPENSES, ETC. No expense is incurred for instruction, for the use of the pub. lie rooms, the use of the library, or for any incidental purposesof the like nature. The course is designed to be entirely gratui tons, so far as regards the general instructions of the Seminary. The private expenses of the student will vary, of course, with his personal habits and manner of living. Students whose circumstances require it, are aided by the American and the Western Education Societies. When aided by both, they have received one hundred and fifty dollars a year; if married, or in the Special course, they are aided by the Western Education Society alone, to the amount of one hundred and twenty dollars. Furnished rooms are provided in the Seminary building, free of rent, except a small charge for the care of the rooms; and the students' boarding-house, is intended to furnish board at cost, which, at present, is about three dollars a week. Students have sometimes aided themselves in various ways, — by teaching and other employments, —to a considerable amount. This source of aid cannot at present be relied upon, although opportunities will naturally increase with the age and growth of the city. Members of the senior class are also able to assist themselves by preaching in vacant pulpits in the vicinity. 12 CATALOGUE OF THE CHICAGO COURSE OF STUDY. The regular course of study in the Seminary occupies three years; the first year being devoted mainly, though not exclusively, to the study of the Scriptures in the original; the second to Systematic Theology; the third to Sacred Rhetoric, Ecclesiastical History, and Pastoral Theology. The outline of study is as follows: JUNIOR YEAR. Lecture Ternm.Hebrew Grammar and Exercises: daily recitions in Hebrew, comprising select portions of the Historical Books, Psalms and Prophecies; Exegesis of the New Testament -the Gospels in Harmony; Sacred Geography and Antiquities. Lectures on Interpretation; the Relation of the Old and New Testaments; the Sources and Results of Textual Criticism, and the Methods and Helps of Biblical Study. The Theological course commenced: Lectures preliminary to the course on Systematic Theology-comprising the Genuineness, Integrity, Credibility, Divine Authority and inspiration of Scripture. Reading Term. —Fairbairn's Hermeneutical Manual; Select portions of Hebrew and Greek; Edwards on the Will, with written Analysis and Critique. MIDDLE YEAR. Lecture Term.-The Course of Systematic Theology: The Doctrine of the Divine Being; Doctrine of the Divine Government-including Providential and Moral Government, Sovereignty and Decrees; the Doctrine of Sin —including the Nature of sin, Universality Foundation and Origin of Human Depravity, the Problem of Moral Evil; the Doctrine of Redemptionincluding the Incarnation and Atonement of Christ, Regeneration, Justification, Sanctification, and Perseverance in Holiness; the Doctrine of the Future. The Lectures will be accompanied with dissertations and discussions by the class, on the several topics, together with frequent examinations on the Lectures. Exegesis of the Hebrew and Greek Scriptures twice a weekcomprising the Messianic Psalms and Prophecies, and some one of the Pauline Epistles. Reading Term. —Guericke's Church History; Theremin's Rhe-'toric; Selections of Greek and Hebrew. THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. 13 SENIOR YEAR. Lecteures.-Homiletics —the Design and Importance of the study, and the Pre-requisites to its successful prosecution; the Means of attaining Skill in Homiletics; Analysis of a Sermon, and a discussion of each of its principal parts; Synthesis of a Sermon —the Sources of the Materials of the Pulpit Discourse; Methods of Composing Sermons; Methods of Delivering Sermons; Style-The Relation of Language to Thought; Early English Style; the Style adapted to the Pulpit. Review of the Discourses of Eminent Preachers. Criticism through the year, both in the class-room and in private, of Plans and Sermons by the class. Delivery of written and unwritten Sermons by members of the class. Systematic Theology continued; Christian Institutions and Ordinances; the Church as a Christian Institution —its Nature and Organization; different forms of Polity; Baptism as a Christian Ordinance —its Design and Significance, the proper Mode and the proper Subjects. A course of Lectures on Ecclesiastical History. Lectures on Pastoral Theology. Greek and Hebrew Exegesis —critical examination of particular passages. GENERAL RHETORICAL EXERCISES. There is a Rhetorical Exercise each week for the Junior and Middle Classes, devoted to Essays, Orations and Discussions. EXAMINATIONS. There are two public examinations in each year. On the first Thursday and Friday of the Lecture term, the students will be examined on the studies assigned to them for the previous Reading term. There will also be an examination at the close of each Lecture term, of all the classes, on all the studies of that termthe Senior class being then examined also on all the studies of their Theological course. 14 CATALOGUE OF THE CHICAGO SPECIAL COURSE. As there are many who have not had the advantage, in early life, of a complete collegiate or classical education, who may yet possess both the talent and the piety requisite for the Christian ministry, and may entertain an earnest desire to devote themselves to this work, it was thought best by the Directors, in founding this Seminary, to make provision for the Theological education of this class of Christian young men. For this purpose a special or partial course is arranged, with reference to such persons. This course omits the study of the Scriptures in the original languages, and is to occupy at least two years. It corresponds in the main, to the last two years of the Regular Course. Applicants-for admission to this course must bring satisfactory testimonials respecting their church membership, and their possession of good natural talents, and of such qualities as to render it expedient for them to enter the ministry. They must possess a good English education; and they will also be particularly examined in Whateley's Rhetoric, Haven's Mental Philosophy, and the first part of Angus' Hand Book of the Bible. They should be present promptly at the beginning of the Lecture term, and they cannot ordinarily be received at a later period than four weeks thereafter. The special course is designed only for those who are too far advanced in life, or for other reasons are not able, to pursue a full literary course, and who are yet supposed to have some special fitness for the ministry. Students are not admitted to it, whose attainments qualify them to pursue the Regular Course. LIBRARY. The Seminary Library contains at present about three thousand volumes, mainly works of standard value, and is receiving frequent additions. SOCIETIES. There are in the Seminary a Rhetorical Society and a Society of Inquiry. The former has a reading-room, supplied with many of the best religious journals. The object of the latter is to gain missionary intelligence, and to cultivate a missionary spirit. THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. 15 THE ALUMNI INSTITUTE. This is a yearly gathering of the Alumni and certain others for lectures, sermons, essays, discussions and exegetical studies, in accordance with a programme previously arranged and published. The Institute opens on the Monday evening nearest the 20th of October, and continues two weeks. Its members are the Alumni, and those who have gone out from this Seminary into the work of the ministry, though not graduates. Other ministers may become members, on their application, and the vote of the Alumni Association. Such applications should be made before the Anniversary in April, and may be sent to the Secretary of the Association, Rev. A. L. RIGGS, Lockport, Ill. SEMINARY GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS. The Seminary grounds front Union Park, the largest park in the city. The location is pleasant and healthful, removed from the busier portions of the city, and yet connected with the center of business by two lines of city railway. The first of the permanent buildings of the Institution-~-Keyes Hall-was erected a year ago, and it is expected that the main edifice will be built the coming year. The present building is arranged according to the best models, and contains, besides the public rooms, accommodations for about forty students-affording to every two students two bed-rooms and a study. Suites of students' rooms have been furnished through the benevolence of Churches and individuals, and bear their names. GENERAL REMARKS. Students can attend public worship at the Union Park Congregational Church, a few rods distant from the Seminary; and ample opportunity is furnished them for labor in mission Sabbath Schools and other spheres of Christian activity. While the instructors hold out to young men no other inducement than that of a sound Theological training, it certainly is true that the location of the Seminary furnishes very great facilities to those who are designing to find a field of labor at the West, CORPORATE NAME. In all Notes, Deeds and Bequests to the Institution, the full corporate name should be used, viz: " THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CHICAGO THEOLGICAL SEMINARY." 16 CATALOGUE OF THEOLOGICAL SEMIINARY. AiL U MN I NAMBES. GRADUATED ORDAINED. RESIDENCE. Adams, William A. ---—.. -1862 — May 18, 1862 Deceased. Baldwin, David J. -----— 1865 — Nov. 10, 1865 Union. Barnard, Elihu C. -------— 1866 Dec. 18, 1866 Jefferson. Barnes, Charles M -. ------ 1859 — Sept. 16, 1859 Plymouth. Barnes, Henry E.-. —- - ~1864 — May 28, 1862 Newton, Iowa. Beecher, Frederick W. -- __1861-_ Nov. 12, 1860 Kankakee. Beecher, George HI. —----- — 1863,- Oct. 26, 1864 Chicago. Blake, Daniel H3. ------ -1859_- June 9, 1859 Spencerport, N. Y. Blodgett, George D. —---— 1861 - May 8, 1861 Deceased. Bray, William L. --------- — 1861 — Aug. 8, 1861 Aurora. Burt, Jirah S. —---------- — 1860 Not known. Unknown. Cass, JohnW.-.. —------ -— 1863 — May 11, 1863 Sandwich. Comstock, D. W.. —------ -1864-_ June 5, 1861 Kenosha, Wis. Dada, Edgar P. ------.- 1864 — July 1, 1864 Pecatonica. Daniels, H. M. —-— 1861 — June 25, 1861 Winnebago. Day, Warren F. --------- 1866 — Mav 2, 1866 Bloomingdale. Dickinson, C. E. —-------- — 1863 June 2, 1863 OakPark. Durham, Benjamin (M. D.)- -_1861 - Durham, Henry (M. D.) __ — 1863 — Nov. 3, 1864 La Salle. Edgarton, Foster E., —---- ------ Fay, Osmer W. -------- 1863- - _ —-- - Lansing, Mich. Fowle, Hanford —--------- 1866 June 13, 1866 Fulton, Wis. Granger, John L. —------- -_ 1866-_ July 12, 1866 Bristol. Guild, RufusB. ---— _ 1864- Nov. 3, 1864 Galva. Harvey, Charles A. —----- — 1861 — June 20, 1861 Canterbury, Del. Hancock, Charles (M. D.) — -_1861 — June 5, 1861 Buda. Higley, George T. ------ 1861 — May 31, 1861 Ashland, Mass. Hildreth, Edward --— 1 —- 861 — Dec. 30, 1862 Wabashaw, Minn. Humphrey, C. C. --------- -_1861 — Not known. Cass, Iowa. Jagger, Edwin L. —------- — 1861 — Mar. 6, 1862 Warren, Mass. Jones, Lemuel..- 1864 April 20, 1865 Dubuque, Iowa. Lewis, Edwin N. ---------— 1862 — Oct. 14, 1862 Ottawa. McArthur, H. G. -- - - _1859 — August, 1859 Griggsville. Millard, Norman A. —----- -1862 — June 27, 1861 Sheboygan, Wis. Montgomery, John A. —-- — 1866 — June 15, 1866 Dwight. Morrill, Stephen ------—.-.1859 — May 12, 1859 Fishersville, N. H. Norton, Frank B. —------- — 1864 — July 11, 1864 Janesville, Wis. Parker, John D. ------ 1885 — Aug. 16, 1865 DeKalb. Reed, Myron W. —-------- -1866 — July 10, 1866 ElPaso. Richards, J. P. —--- 186 Oct 311861 Atkinson. Riggs, Alfred L. —-. —--- -.1862-. Nov. 4, 1863 Lockport. Samuel, Robert ---- - 1859- Nov., 1859 W. Yarmouth, Mass. Shinn, Robert F. —-------- 1865-. Hinsdale. Smith, Augustine T. —----- — 1866 Ipswich, Mass. Tade, Ewing 0. —----- 861 - Sept. 4, 1861 Chattanooga, Tenn. Wainwright, G. W. —-- 1862 — May 2a, 1862 Sheboygan Falls,Wis. Wheeler, Frederick -------— 1861 — Feb. 13, 1862 Lawn Ridge. * Died before graduating. CATALOGUE OF THE OFFICERS AND STUDENTS OF THE UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, IN THE CITY OF NEW-YORK: JANUARY, 1852. NEW-YORK: JOHN F. TROW, PRINTER, 49 ANN STREET. 1852. ~~4~~ —------------------------------— 1 N. B. The first Triennial Catalogue of the Alumni of the Seminary was published in June, 1850. Whole number of Alumni.... 314 Deceased,........ 17 Number now living,.. 297 ln aari f ireir. RICHARD T. HAINES, ESQ. CHARLES BUTLER, ESQ. REV. JAMES W. McLANE. ANTHONY P. HALSEY, ESQ. Class I.-Till January 18, 1856. REV. GEORGE L. PRENTISS. ABIJAH FISHER, ESQ. REV. WILLIAM ADAMS, D.D. JOHN C. BALDWIN, ESQ. REV. SAMUEL H. COX, D.D. CALEB O. HALSTED, ESQ. REV. JONA. F. STEARNS, D.D. JOHN A. DAVENPORT, ESQ. Class II.-Till January 18, 1853. REV. WALTER H. BIDWELL. PELATIAH PERIT, ESQ. REV. SAMUEL T. SPEAR, D.D. CHARLES BUTLER, ESQ. REV. ASA D. SMITH, D.D. DAVID HOADLEY, ESQ. REV. ALBERT BARNES. Class III.-Till January 18, 1854. REV. JOSEPH F. SMITH, FISHER HOWE, ESQ. REV. JAMES W. McLANE. RICHARD T. HAINES, ESQ. REV. AUGUSTUS A. WOOD, JAMES BOORMAN, ESQ. ANSON G. PHELPS, ESQ. Class IV.-Till January 18, 1855. REV. EDWIN F. HATFIELD, D.D. JASPER CORNING, ESQ. REV. ANSEL D. EDDY, D.D. JAMES C. BLISS, M.D. REV. ALFRED E. CAMPBELL, ANTHONY P. HALSEY, ESQ. <5S 4 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. REV. ASA D. SMITH, D.D. ANTHONY P. HALSEY, ESQ. REV. GEORGE L. PRENTISS. JOHN C. BALDWIN, ESQ. REV. WILLIAM ADAMS, D.D. JAMES C. BLISS, M.D. REV. JAMES W. McLANE. FINANCE COMMITTEE. RICHARD T. HAINES, ESQ. ANTHONY P. HALSEY, ESQ. CHARLES BUTLER, ESQ. JOHN C. BALDWIN, ESQ. CALEB O. HALSTED, ESQ. HONORARY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. JOSEPH OTIS, ESQ. Norwich, Ct. REV. JOSEPH C. STILES, New-York. REV. WILLIAM PATTON, D.D. WILLIAM M. HALSTED, ESQ. DAVID LEAVITT, ESQ. Brooklyn. HON. CYRUS P. SMITH, REV. GIDEON N. JUDD, D.D. MIontgomery. REV. SAMUEL FISHER, D.D. Greenbush. REV. N. S. S. BEMAN, D.D. Troy. HON. JOSEPH C. HORNBLOWER, LL.D. Newark, N. J. HON. THEODORE FRELINGHUYSEN, LL.D. New Brunswick, N. J. REV. JOEL PARKER, D.D. Philadelphia, Pa. REV. ANSON ROOD, REV. THOMAS C. BRAINARD, D.D. REV. ELIPHALET W. GILBERT, D.D. SAMUEL H. PERKINS, ESQ. DAVID LAPSLEY, ESQ. AMBROSE WHITE, ESQ. " REV. WILLIAM R. DEWITT, D.D. Harrisburg, Pa. REV. DAVID H. RIDDLE, D.D. Pittsburg, Pa. HON. WILLIAM JESSUP, LL.D. Montrose, Pa. REV. HENRY A. ROWLAND, Honesdale, Pa. REV. JAMES G. HAMNER, D.D. Baltimore, Md. REV. WILLIAM HILL, D.D. Winchester, Va. REV. CHARLES H. READ, Richmond, Va. lsf - --- -,,,,1 5 REV. EDWARD ROBINSON, D.D. LL.D. PROFESSOR OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE. Seminary. REV. THOMAS H. SKINNER, D.D. PROFESSOR OF SACRED RHETORIC AND PASTORAL THEOLOGY. 62 Bleecker Street, REV. HENRY B. SMTH, D.D. PROFESSOR OF CHURCH HISTORY, AND LIBRARIAN. 11 Lamartine Place, West 29th Street. REV. JAMES P. WILSON, D.D. PROFESSOR OF SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY. 101 Eleventh Street. W. WADDEN TURNER, A.M. INSTRUCTOR IN THE ELEMENTS OF HEBREW AND THE KINDRED LANGUAGES. 55 Sixth Avenue. REV. GEORGE F. WISWELL, A.M. FINANCIAL AGENT. 53 Fifth Street. EDWARD HOWE, JR. A.M. INSTRUCTOR IN SACRED MUSIC. tS^~~~ ~~ 209 Bleecker Street. ~;-~ —-~~~~ —-^1 —~ 6 Name. College. Seminary. Room. Daniel Bond, H. c. Union, VN. Y. 61 Amity st. Albert H. Barnes, Y.. c Princeton, 48 Twelfth st. Louis Gano, Y... Union, N. Y. 263 Greene st. Thomas S. Hastings, H.c. Union, N. Y. 61 Amity st. Theron H. Hawkes, w. c. Union, N. Y. 263 Greene st. 4^,vv^ aeu^.v,~,, 7 Name. Graduated. Residence. Room. John W. Bailey, w.c. 1849, New-York, 19 Seminary. Charles W. Baird, v. N.Y. 1848, Yonkers, Yonkers. Jasper N. Ball, D.c. 1849, Lyme, N. Ii. 8 Seminary. J. Leonard Corning, U.N.Y. 1849, Brooklyn 19 " Edward T. Doane, I.e. 1849, Catskill, 9 " Charles S. Dunning, w.c. 1848, South Middleton, I' Homer N. Dunning, Y.C. 1848, Peekskill, 3 L. W. Hart, Y.c. 1846, New Britain, Ct. 4 e Thos. D. Hudson, W.c.vA. 1849, Pulaski Co., Va. 14 " T. J. Lamar, MV.C. 1848, Str'bryPlains, Tenn. 2 E. D. MD urphy, U.N.Y. 1849, Potsclam, 22 Charles F. Mussey, D.C. 1848, Cincinnati, 0. 54 Vandam st. 0. Newton, mI.c. 1849, Clinton, Miss. 15 Seminary. Edward Peet, U.N.Y. 1847, New-York, D. & D. Inst. E. M. Richardson, MI.c. 1849, Clinton, Miss. 14 Seminary. J. M. Richardson, MI.c. 1849, Clinton, Miss. 15 John A. Seymour, A.C. 1849, Lyme, 0. 5 " J. R. Smith, London, Va. 18 " William S. Smith, A.c. 1848: Amherst, IMass. 19 Seminary. E. Woodw'd StoddardA.c. 1849, Coventryville, 17 Seminary. A. B. Swift, U.VT. 1847, St. Albans, Vt. George P. Tindall, U.M 1849, Tecumseh, Mich. 5 Fred. W. Williams, U.N.Y. 1849, New- York, 322 Broome st. SENIOR CLASS,..... 23. ^~M~-nr~^'~^U~V`LIU~C~* 8 Name. Graduated. Residence. Room. Carson W. Adams, D.c. 1850, Wilmington, Del. 6 Seminary. P. Mason Bartlett, w.c. 1850, New- York, 218 Sixth Av. Elias L. Boing, U.N.Y. 1850, New-York, 314 Fifth st. John H. Brodt, - Troy, 220 Fourth st. George A. Caldwell, - - Deep Spring, Tenn. 1 Ninth st. Levi P. Crawford, i.a. 1848, NAaples, Ill. 21 Seminary. Richard C. Dunn, K.c. 1847, Toulon, Ill. 7 " Edwin Goodell, D.c. 1850, Norwich, Vt. 1 Ninth st. Henry G. Jesup, Y.c. 1847, Westport, Ct. Seminary. V. Le Roy Lockwood, i.c. 1850, Galena, ill. 12 " Samuel Loomis, w.R.C. 1849, Hudson, 0. 218 Sixth Av. Charles F. Martin, "K.c. 1846, Galesburg, Ill. 9 Seminary. Warren Mayo, - Walton, 18 " JohnMcCampbell, Mv.c. 1849, Dandridge, Tenn. 1 Ninth st. James J. McMahon, A.S. 1842, New-York, 4 Seminary. Aaron B. Peffers, U.N.Y. 1850, Westport, Ct. 218 Sixth Av. John Reid, - W/illiamsburgh, 62 Remsen st. J. Edwin Roy, K.C. 1848, Lyndon, Ill. 7 Seminary. Francis N. Shaw, - - New-York, 184 Twelfth st. Seigmund Uhlfelder, o.c. 1848, New-York, 218 Sixth Av. Theodore F. White,.N.Y. 1849, Acra, 26 Amity st. MIDDLE CLASS,..... 21. 9 Name. Graduated. Residence. Room. Wm. Elliott Bassett, Y.c. 1850, Brooklyn, 87 Willow st. B'k'n. A. G. Beebee, A.c. 1850, Guilford, 25 Seminary. James Bolton, u.c. 1851, Philadelphia, Pa. 1 Ninth st. Chauncey MI. Cady, uv.. 1851, Charlotte, Vt. 12 Seminary. James M. Carroll, w.u. 1851, Penn Yan, 218 Sixth Av. William E. Caldwell, - Brimfield, Ill. 1 Ninth st. Henry B. Chapin, Y.c. 1847, Rochester, 26 Seminary. Varnum D. Collins, wB.C. 1850, Crawfordsville,Ind. 1 Ninth st. Luther H. Cone, Y.C. 1847, New Haven Ct. 26 Seminary. Edward P. Crane, U.N.Y. 1851, 2New York, 207 Tenth Av. La Fayette Dudley, A.C. 1851, Bath, 1 Ninth st. Walter Frear, Y.c. 1851, Ulysses, 218 Sixth Av. T. Nelson Haskell, U.MI. 1851, Sandusky City,. 1 Ninth st. James Johnston, - -, New York, I " William S. Karr, A.c. 1851, Newark, VN J. 218 Sixth Av. Martin Kellogg, Y.c. 1850, Vernon, Ct. 1 G'm'cy Park. Ethan P. Larkin, - - Westerly, R. 1; 80 Seventh st. P. J. Leo, -- Linerick, 1r'l'd. 1 Ninth st. Waldo W. Ludden, w.c. 1851, Shelburne, Mass. 218 Sixth Av. J. Lorenzo Lyons, w.c. 1851, Montrose, Pa. 25 Seminary. Sidney I. Marsh, U.VT. 1846, Burlington, Vt. 1 Ninth st. Win. T. McElroy, CR.c. 1850, Mairion Co. Ky. 6 Seminary. 10 Name. Graduated. Residence. Room. Wm. E. Merriman, w.c. 1850, IManchester, Vt. 218 Sixth Av. Alexander Murdoch, u.c. 1845, Elmira. I Ninth st. Floyd Overton, A.C. 1851, Brookhaven, 218 Sixth Av. Sanford Richardson, K.. 1846, Pekin, Ill. 1 Seminary. O. IH. Seymour, u.c. 1851, Battle Creek, M'cA. I Ninth st. Thomas E. Skinner, U.N.C. 1847, Perquimans, N.C. 26Amity P. Henry M. Tupper, Y.c. 1850, Lanesboro, lMass. 1 Ninth st. Theodore Bourne, - New- York, 1 Ninth st. JUNIOR CLASS,..... 30. ge ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ii ABBREVIATIONS. A. C.... Amberst College. IU. Mi... Miami University. ( A. S...... Armagh Sem. Ireland. U. N. C.. University of N. Carolina. Cr. C..... Centre College, Ky. U. N. Y.. New-York City University. D. C...... Dartmouth College. U. Vt.... Vermont University. I. C...... Illinois College. W. C.... Williams College. K. C..... Knox College, Ill. Wab. C.. Wabash College. Mi. C..... Mississippi College. W. C. Va. Washington College, Va. Mv. C.... Maryville College, Tenn. W. 1. C. Western Reserve Coll. O. 0. C...... Oaklanid College, Miss. W. U.... Wesleyan University, Conn. U. C...... Union College. Y. C..... Yale College. U. M.... University of Michigan. ) I i K 12 SUMMARY. SENIOR CLASS,... 23 MIDDLE CLASS,...21 JUNIOR CLASS,... 30 RESIDENT LICENTIATES,.. 5 79 The Students now in the Seminary were graduated at the following Colleges: Amherst College,.. 7 University of Michigan,.. 2 Armagh Seminary, Ireland, 1 University of North Carolina, 1 Centre College, Ky... 1 New-York City University,. 9 Dartmouth College,..4 Vermont University,.. 2 Illinois College,... 2 Wabash College,... 1 Knox College, Ill... 4 Washington College, Va.. 1 Maryville College, Tenn.. 2 Western Reserve College,. 1 Miami University,.. 1 Wesleyan University,. 1 Mississippi College,.. 3 Williams College,... 6 Oakland College, Miss.. 1 Yale College,... 9 Union College,... 3 Not graduated at College, 11 And they are from the following States: New England States. States TW and S. of New-York. New Hampshire,.. 1 New Jersey,. 1 Vermont,.... Pennsylvania,. 2 Massachusetts,... 3 Delware,.... Rhode Island,... 1 Virginia,.. 2 Connecticut,... 6 North Carolina,... 1 - Kentucky,.... 1 15 Ohio,..... 4 Tennessee,.... 3 Mississippi,. 3 iNew- York. Illinois,... 7 State,.... l Indiana,.... 1 N. Y. City and Brooklyn, 12 Michigan,.... 2 29 28 Foreign.-Ireland,.. 1 13 NOTES. Admission, Course of Study, &c. THE Seminary is open for the admission of Students from every denomination of Christians. Every person applying for admission, must produce a certificate or other satisfactory evidence of his good standing in some evangelical Church; and must either present testimonials of his having had a regular college education, or submit to an examination by the Faculty on the branches usually taught in such a course. It is desirable that every person intending to enter the Seminary, should bring all his testimonials with him in the first instance. Students from other Theological Seminaries may be admitted ad eundern, on presenting a certificate of regular dismission and good standing. Students may also at any time be admitted to either of the classes, provided they shall be found qualified by the Faculty, on actual examination. The academic year consists of a single term, beginning on the third Wednesday in September, and ending on the third Wednesday in June; on which day the public anniversary is held. The annual public examination of the classes commences at least one week before the anniversary. It is highly important, that persons intending to join the Seminary should be present at the opening of the academic year, or as soon thereafter as possible. The regular course of instruction in the Seminary occupies three full years, and comprises the following branches: JUNIOR CLASS.-Hebrew Grammar. Exercises in Hebrew. Study of the Hebrew Bible. Lectures on Biblical Geography and on Hermeneutics. Exegesis of the Four Gospels in the Greek Harmony.-Mental and Moral Science. Natural Theology. Evidences of Revelation. Inspiration and Canon of Scripture.-Lectures on Rhetoric and Elocution-Lectures on Biblical History.-Essays, theological and exegetical. }I 14 K MIDDLE CLAss.-Hebrew Exegesis twice a week. Exegesis of Paul's Epistles twice a week.-Systematic Theology five days in a week.-lRhetoric and Skeletons of Sermons.-Written exercises in Theology, and in Greek and Hebrew Exegesis. SENIOR CLAss.-Hebrew Exegesis continued. Exegesis of Paul's Epistles continued.-Polemic Theology. Positive Insti- tutions of Christianity. Church Government.-Pastoral Theolo- gy. Lectures on Sacred Rhetoric, and on the Composition and delivery of Sermons.-Ecclesiastical History.-Sermons, Exercises in Theology, and in Greek and Hebrew Exegesis. ALL THE CLASSES.-Public declamation once a week. Pub/ lie Debates, at which the Professors preside, once a week. Private exercises in Elocution. Occasional Lectures on Biblical Geography. Regular instruction is given in Sacred Music. Lectures are ( also occasionally delivered on other subjects, connected with Theological Study. Students who desire it, have likewise easy access to Lectures in the Medical Colleges. The Library of the Seminary contains about 18,000 volumes; ( mostly rare and valuable works. Th S iRy wabIooms, Expenses, &c. /( The Seminary was founded on the 18th of January, 1836; ) and was opened for instruction December 5th, 1836. The edi- flee is No. 9 University Place, near Washington Square. It contains a Chapel, Library, four Lecture Rooms, and private rooms sufficient for more than thirty students. ) Many students obtain rooms in the city among their friends,! without cost, or at a moderate charge. Until permanent accoma modations can be prepared, the Directors provide rooms in the vicinity of the Seminary, at the opening of the term, for all students who may need them. Furniture and bedding sufficient for many of the rooms, have been presented by friends of the Seminary. The Students have a Boarding Association in the Seminary, in which the average price of board has never been more than $ 1.75 a week, and is usually less. Washing is done at an ex^~_~~~"~n~-~w"M~vvw~~WWVVVV~~~U~~~~CVCMNWWW 15 pense not exceeding fifty cents the dozen. The cost of fuel need not overgo five dollars a year for each person. Students whose circumstances require it, have ready access to the usual sources of aid from Education Societies. There is also frequent opportunity of employment as teachers, for a few hours in a week, in schools or in private families; or as leaders of the ) choirs in Churches; or in connection with benevolent Societies; and many students are now receiving from two to Jive dollars or more a week in this way, without interfering with their regular studies. Similar opportunities are also within the reach of those acquainted with any art or trade. Students in straitened circumstances, who cannot at once obtain such employment, can have aid to the amount of half their board, so long as may be necessary. Every student is subject to a charge of ten dollars a year, for the general expenses of the Seminary. But no further charge is made, either for rooms, library, or instruction. General Remarks. Public worship on the Lord's day, is not held in the Seminary. The students are expected each to worship regularly with some one of the evangelical Churches of New-York, Brooklyn, or the vicinity. It was the design of the Founders of the Seminary, that its students, remaining under pastoral influence, and performing the duties of church-members in the several Churches to which they belong or with which they worship, in prayer-meetings, in the instruction of Sabbath-schools and Bible-classes, and being conversant with all the benevolent efforts of the present day in this great community, should have. the opportunity of adding to piety and solid learning the teachings of experience. In the results thus far, the hopes of the Founders have not been disappointed. It has been satisfactorily shown, that the opportunities and advantages afforded by a large city for practical preparation and training in the profession of Theology and the Pastoral office, are not less numerous and important than in the sister professions of Law and Medicine. 16 i^t^a ^^^n n aht I n m n OF THE UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, N. Y. THIS Society is designed to perpetuate that mutual interest which its members felt as students of the Seminary; to promote an acquaintance among the graduates of all the classes; l to enlist the sympathy and co-operation of the Alumni in advancing the best interests of their Alma Mater; and, by an address, narratives of personal experience, friendly counsel, and exercises of devotion, to increase the piety of its members and their usefulness in the work of the Lord. The next Annual Meeting will be held at the Seminary, on Wednesday, May 12th, 1852, at THREE o'clock, P. M. ______________________________________________________________ CATALOGUE OF TIlE tfftIums anit tlt lis OF THE UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, IN THE CITY OF NEW-YORK: DECEMBER, 1853. PRINTED BY JOHN A. GRAY, 95 & 97 CLIFF, COR. FRANKFORT ST. 1853. TnE Second Triennial Catalogue of the Alumni of the Seminary was published in October, 1853. Whole number of Alumni,.. 358 Deceased,... 22 Numbbr now living, 3.. 633 I ~ ^~~~ —~~~ ~' 3oaQr of liractors. resitbienlt. RICHARD T. HAINES, ESQ. ritceErcgittcnt, C IHARLES BUTLER, ESQ.,~ecrber, R E V. J A M E S W. M LANE, D. D. Crcagtrer. AN THONY P. I ALSEY, E S Q. Class 1.-Till January 18, 1856. REV. GEORGE L. PRENTISS. ABIJAH FISHER, ESQ. REV. WILLIAM ADAMS, D.D. JOHN C. BALDWIN, ESQ. REV. SAMUEL H. COX, D.D. CALEB 0. HALSTED, ESQ. REV. JONA. F. STEARNS, D.D. JOHN A. DAVENPORT, ESQ. Class II —Till January 18, 1857. REV. WALTER H. BIDWELL. PELATIAH PERIT, ESQ. REV. SAMUEL T. SPEAR, D.D. CHARLES BUTLER, ESQ. REV. ASA D. SMITH, D.D. DAVID L[OADLEY, ESQ. REV. ALBERT BARNES. Class III.-Till January 18, 1854. REV. JOSEPH F. SMITH. FISHER HOWE, ESQ. REV. JAMES W. McLANE, D.D. RICHARD T. HAINES, ESQ. REV. AUGUSTUS A. WOOD. JAMES BOORMAN, ESQ. Class IV.-Till January 18, 1855. REV. EDWIN F. HATFIELD, D.D. ANSON G. PHELPS, ESQ. REV. ANSEL D. EDDY, D.D. JAMES C. BLISS, M.D. REV. A. E. CAMPBELL, D.D. ANTHONY P. HALSEY, ESQ. ^i., _ —---— ~~,. ^P~~~ EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. REV. ASA D. SMITH, D.D. ANTHONY P. HALSEY, ESQ. REV. GEORGE L. PRENTISS. JOHN C. BALDWIN, ESQ. REV. WILLIAM ADAMS, D.D. JAMES C. BLISS, M.D. REV. JAMES W. McLANE, D.D. FINANCE COMMITTEE, RICHARD T. HAINES, ESQ. ANTHONY P. HALSEY, ESQ. CHARLES BUTLER, ESQ. JOHN C. BALDWIN, ESQ. CALEB O. HALSTED, ESQ. REV. JOSEPH S. GALLAGHER,... General Agent, NATHIANAEL COFFIN, ESQ.... Assistant Treasuer. HONORARY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. JOSEPH OTIS, ESQ. Norwich, Ct. REV. JOSEPH C. STILES, D.D. New- Haven, Ct. REV. WILLIAM PATTON, D.D. New- York. WILLIAM Al. HALSTED, ESQ. REV. JOEL PARKER, D.D. DAVID LEAVITT, ESQ. Brooklyn. HON. CYRUS P. SMITH, REV. GIDEON N. JUDD, D.D.'iontgomery. REV. N. S. S. BEMAN, D.ID. LLD. Troy. HON. JOSEPH C. HORNBLOWER, LL.D. Newark,.. J. HON. THEODORE FRELINGIUYSEN, LLD. New-Brunswick, N. J REV. SAMUEL FISHER, D.D. Orange, N. J. REV. ANSON ROOD, Philadelphia, Pa. REV. THOMAS C. BRAINARD, D.D. SAMUEL H. PERKINS, ESQ. DAVID LAPSLEY, ESQ. AMBROSE WHITE, ESQ. REV. WILLIAM R. DEWITT, D.D. Harrisburg, Pa. REV. DAVID H. RIDDLE, D.D. Pittsburg, HON. WILLIAM JESSUP, LL.D. Montrose, REV. HENRY A. ROWLAND, D.D. Honesdale, REV. JAMES G. HAMNER, D.D. Baltimore, Md. REV. CHARLES H. READ, Richmond, VaD SAMELt.PRINEQ ______ *a___ _V__ _ a cnlt it t. REV. EDWARD ROBINSON, D.D. LL.D. PROFESSOR OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE, 257 Greene Street. REV. THOMAS H. SKINNER, D.D. PROFESSOR OF SACRED RHETORIC, PASTORAL THEOLOGY. AND CHURCH GOVERNMENT. 62 Bleecker Street. REV. HENRY B. SMITH, DD. PROFESSOR OF CHURCH HISTORY, AND LIBRARIIAN, 11 Lamartine Place, West 29th Street, PROFESSOR OF SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY. REV. THERON H. HAWKES, INSTRUCTOR IN CHURCH HISTORY. 105 Ninth Street, REV. CHARLES S. DUNNING, INSTRUCTOR IN HEBREW AND THE KINDRED LANGUAGES. 41 Seminary. GEORGE F. ROOT, INSTRUCTOR IN SACRED MUSIC. 95 Clinton Place. II ^ —~-~~ NAME. COLLEGE. ~SEMINARSr. RESIDENCE. John H. Brodt, - - Unon, N. Y. 220 Fourth street. Edwin Goodell, D.c. Union, NH. Y. 6 E. 11th street. Rev. William Kent, - - 158th street. RESIDENTS,...... 3. k j~3i,~~~^~__-L-~ —--- _ _ <4 ^ e8f NAME. GRADUATED. RESIDENCE. ROOM. A. G. Beebee, A.c. 1850, Guilford, 21 Seminary. Theodore Bourne, N- ew- York. Wim. E. Caldwell, - Brimfield, I1. 10 " James M. Carroll, w.r. 1851, Penn Yan, 9 " Varnum D.Collins,WAB.c. 1850, New-York, 659 Broadway. Luther H. Cone, Y.c. 18-17, New-Haven, Ct. 37 Seminary. La Fayette Dudley, A.C. 1851, Bath, 2' Geo. E. Eagleton, U.u. 1851, Murfieesboro',Tenn. 24 Walter Frear, Y.C. 1851, Ulysses, 35 " T. Nelson Haskell,.MI. 1851, New-York, 4 William S. Karr, A.c. 1851,, Newark, N_. J. 39 Martin Kellogg, Y.c. 1850, Vernon, Ct. 35 " Ethan P. Larkin, o B.. 1852, Westerly, R.I. 11 P. J. Leo, N- New- York, 4 Henry A. Lounsbury, u.c. 1849, Ovid, 6 " Waldo W. Ludden, w.c. 1851, Shelburne, Mass. 5 J. Lorenzo Lyons, w.c. 1851, AMontrose, Pa. 21 J. W. Marcussohn, w.c. 1852, Odessa, Russia, 36 Wmn. T. McElroy, c.c. 1850, Lebanon, Ky. 10 Wm. E. Merriman, w.c. 1850, Manchester, Vt. 40 " John W. Moseley, Sarcoxie, Mo. 7 " Floyd Overton, A.C. 1851, Bookhaven, 5 " Sanford Richardson, iK.. 1846, Peoria, Ill. 96- 7th St. O. I. Seymour, u.c. 1851, Battle-Creek, Mich. 1 Seminary. Thomas E. Skinner, U.N.C. 1847, Hertford, N.C. 38 " Charles C. Starbuck, oB.C. 1849, Troy, 15 " John S. Zelie, A.C. 1851, Albany, 12 " SENIOR CLASS,.......... 27 4; 8 1 f t S.NAME. GRADUATED. RESIDENCE. ROOM. J. Rogers Armstrong, MA.C. 1852, St. Louis, Mo. 18 Seminary. Charles H. Barrett, Y.C. 1852, Camden, e. 31 " Marvin Briggs, U.N.Y. 1852, New- York. R. J.W. Buckland, u.a. 1850, New-York, 28 Edwin O. Burnham, H.. 1852, Madison Centre, 17 Wentworth S. Butler, D.C. 1848, S. Deerfield, N. H. 29 Chauncey M. Cady, U.M. 1851, Charlotte, Vt. Win. Neal Cleveland, H.. 1851, Clinton, Oneida Co. Edward P. Crane, U.N.Y. 1851, New-York, 207 Tenth Av. N. W. Darlington, WAtB.. 1852, West Union, O. Ambrose'Dunn, A.a. 1852, Erie, Pa. 34 Seminary. James H. D*wight, Y.c. 1852, Constantinople,Tky. 23 " James C. Egbert, U.N.Y. 1852, New-York, 20 Ridge St. Albert Fitch, w.R.c. 1852, Boardman, 0. 34 Seminary. A. L. Harrington, I.e. 1849, Quincy, 11. 26 " iHenry T. Hunter, U.N.Y. 1852, New-York, 79 E. 18th St. Henry Harris Jessup, Y.c. 1851, Montrose, Pa. 15 9 W. 22d St. David Margot, ~- New- York, 30 Seminary. John McKean, - New-York, 14 " Edwin D. Newberry, CL.U. 1852, Cleveland, O. 7 Gardiner S. Plumley, Y.C. 1850, New-York, 199 E. 23d St.' Timothy H. Porter, Y.c. 1848, Waterbury, Ct. 22 Seminary. Belville Roberts, U.M, 1852, Warwick, Pa. 16' James Pierce Root, - - Brooklyn, 98 Nassau St., Br'klyn. Bela N. Seymour, w.c. 1852, E. Granville, Mass. 16 Seminary. Edward P. Smith, Y.c. 1849', New York, 13 " Edward Stratton, u.c. 1852, Philadelphia, Pa. 20 Henry Martyn Swift, w.c. 1851, Bennington, Vt. 107 G'wich Av. Don Carlos Taft, A.c. 1852, Swanzey, N.H. 9 Seminary. Tillman C.Trowbiidge, u.. 1852, Birmingham, Mich. 26 " Allen Wright, u.c. 1852, Choctaw Nation, 20 "'; MIDDLE CLASS,..........31 9 111i or ClaSS, NAME. GRADUATED. RESD ENCE. ROOM. Robert C. Allison, A.c. 1853, Salona, Pa. 30 Seminary. Chester S. Armstrong, U.M. 1852, Parma, Mich. 13 " Henry M. Baird, U.N.Y. 1850, Yonkers, 36 Erastus N. Bates, w.c. 1853, Chester, 0. 33 " James B. Bonar, WAB.C. 1853, New-York, 3 " Alonzo Brown, D.. 1850, Ossipee, N. H. 3 " Israel Brundage, -- Benton, Pa. 24 " Jackson G. Coffing, MA.C. 1853, Mount Vernon,. 15 " John P. Cushman, u.c. 1851, Troy, 22 " Francis F. Ford, i.c. 1851, Newark Valley, 8 " Edward W. French, w.c. 1852, New-York, 27 " J. Clement French, w.c. 1853, New-York, 27 " Charles Harding, Y.c. 1853, Conway, Afass. 23 " Thomas Harrison, K.c. 1853, Lisbon, Ill. 28' Theodore H. Hart, H.c. 1852, Canandaigua. Isaac S. Hartley, U.N.Y. 1852, New-York, 105 W. 15th St. Matthew W. Haskell, A.c. 1853, Amherst, Mass. 296 12th St. Charles J. Hill, w.c. 1852, Philadelphia,Pa. 19 Seminary. Joseph D. Howard, s.C. 1852, Portland, Me. 19 E. Lucius Hurd, K.C. 1853, Galesburg, Ill. 2 " Charles M. Hyde, w.c. 1852, New-York, 130 E. 13th St. M. D. Kalopothakes u.ATH. 1853, Athens, Greece, 17 Seminary. Wm. H. Knouse, U.N.Y. 1851, N2ew-York, 20 Avenue D. Henry M. Lilly, BEL.C. 1853, Varna, 25 Seminary. Alexander McLean, Jr. H.c. 1853, New-York Ilills, 14 " Edward C. Miles, U.N.Y. 1849, Brooklyn, 167 Living'n st. B'k'n. Hamilton Morgan, u.c. 1853, Aurora, 8 Seminary. Charles H. Norton, U.PA. 1853, PerthAmboy,.J.32 " James H. Parsons, w.c. 1852, Franklin, 32 " Sidney Phoenix, Y.C. 1850, tHarlem, Harlem. Charles R. Pomeroy, w.v. 1853, Hampton, 19 Seminary. ^" ^' —---— ~ ~~ 10 NAME. GRADUATED. RESIDENCE. ROOM. Hiram Potter, H.. 1852, Bath, 29 Seminary. Herman C. Riggs, U.N.Y. 1852, New-York, 313 Fourth St. H. Augustus Smith, w.c. 1853,.Easton, Pa. 33 Seminary. George L. Tucker, BEL.C. 1853, Beloit, Wis. 25 " Charles C. Wallace, U.N.Y. 1853, New-York, 30 King Street. George H. White, WAB.c. 1852, Indianapolis, Ind. 6 Seminary. Wm. C.- White, WAB.C. 1852, Crawfordsville,lnd. 31 " Wm. C. Whitford, u.c. 1853, Leonardsville, 11 Marinus Willett, w.c. 1846, New-York, 13 Washt'n P1. JUNIOR CLAss,....40 r ^~~~i~~" A. C.... Amherst College. I. C.... Union College. B. C... Bowdoin College. IU. M... University of Michigan. Bel. C... Beloit College, Wis. U. Mi.... Miami University. Cr. C.... Centre College, Ky. U. N. C.. University of N. Carolina. Cl. U... Cleveland University, O. U. N. Y.. New-York City University. D. C.... Dartmouth College. U. Pa... Pennsylvania University. H..... Hamilton College. U. U... Union University, Tenn. I. C..... Illinois College. W. C..... Williams College. K. C.... Knox College, 11. Wab. C.. Wabash College. Ma. C... Marietta College, O. W. R. C.. Western Reserve College, 0. Ob. C... Oberlin College, 0. W.U.,. Wesleyan University, Ct. U. Ath.. Univ, of Athens, Greece. Y. C... Yale College. 4D.. 12 SENIOR CLASS,.......2 MIDDLE CLASS,..... 31 JUNIOR CLASS,.......40 RESIDENT LICENTIATES,... 3 101 The Students now in the Seminary were graduated at the following Colleges: Amherst College,...9 University of Athens, Greece,. 1 Bowdoin College,.. University of Michigan,., 4 Beloit College,.. 2 University of North Carolina,. 1 Centre College, Ky... New-York City University, 10 Cleveland University, 0... 1 University of Pennsylvania, 1 Dartmouth College,. 2 Union University, Tenn,. 1 Hamilton College,.. 6 Wabash College,.... Illinois College,... Western Reserve College,. 1 Knox College, Il.... 3 Wesleyan University,., 2 Marietta College,... 2 Williams College,... 14 Miami University,.. 1 Yale College,., 11 Oberlin College,. 2 Not graduated at College,. 8 Union College,.. 8.And they are from the following States: New-England St ates. lates T and S. of New- York. Maine,... 2 New-Jersey,... 2 New-Hampshire,. 3 Pennsylvania,. 9 Vermont,..... 3 North Carolina,.. 1 Massachusetts,. 4 Kentucky,.. Rhode Island,... 1 Ohio,..... Connecticut,... 3 Tennessee,.... - Illinois, *..., 6 16 Indiana,.. 2 Missouri,.... 2 New- York. Michigan,.... 3 State,.. 21 Wisconsin,... 1 New-York City and Brooklyn, 25 Choctaw Nation,. 1 46 33 (Russia,... 1 Foreign. — Turkey.. 1 Greece,... 1 -~- 3 ~ ~ - ~ ~-~.~ —~-^ ^l3 13 Admission, Course of Study, etc. TIIE Seminary is open for the admission, of Students from every denomination of Christians. Every person applying for admission, must produce a certificate or other satisfactory evidence of his good standing in some evangelical Church; and must either present testimonials of his having had a regular college education, or submit to an examination by the Faculty, on the branches usually taught in such a course. It is desirable that every person intending to enter the Seminary, should bring all his testimonials with him in the first instance. Students from other Theological Seminaries may be admitted ad eundem, on presenting a certificate of regular dismission and good standing. Students may also at aniy tine be admitted to either of the classes, provided they shall be found qualified by the Faculty, on actual examination. The academic year consists of a single term, beginning on the first Wednesday in September, and ending on the Monday next preceding the second Thuirsday in May; on which day the public anniversary is held. The animal public examination of the classes commences at least one week before the anniversary. It is highly impoitant, that persons intending to join the Seminary should be present at the opening of the academic year, or as soon thereafter as possible. The regular Course of theological study in the Seminary occupies three full years. It is intended that instruction in each of the four departments shall be giveni, to some extent, in each of the three years. The present order of study in the different departments is as follows: 14 JUNIOR CLASS. BIBLICAL.-Hebrew Grammar and Exercises. Portions of the Pentateuch and Psalms in Hebrew. Lectures on Hermeneutics. Exegesis of the Four Gospels in the Greek Harmony, etc. THEOLOGICAL.-Mental and Moral Science. Natural Theology. The Evidences. Inspiration and Canon of Scripture. HOMILETICAL. Lectures on Sacred Rhetoric, and on Elocution. HISTORICAL.-Lectures. on the History of the Old Testament.-A course of Lectures on Theological Encyclopaedia is also given. MIDDLE CLASS. THEOLOGICAL.-The Doctrinal Course. BIBLICAL.-Hebrew Exegesis: Ecclesiastes, the Minor Prophets, etc. Greek Exegesis: Epistles of the New Testament. HOMILETICAL.-Plans of Sermons, etc.-CHURCH GOVERNMENT. HISTORICAL. — istory of the Church in the Apostolic Times. SENIOR CLASS. IHOMrILETICAL.-Lectures on the Composition and Delivery of Sermons. -Lectures on PASTORAL THEOLOGY. HIsTORIAL. — The General History of the Christian Church; with Lectures on the History of Doctrines, and on Symbolism. BIBLICAL. — Hebrew Exegesis: The Minor Prophets, Isaiah, Job, etc. Greek Exegesis: Epistles of the New Testament. THEOLOGICAL.-Con11Clusion of the Doctrinal Course, ALL THE CLASSES. In eacl department the Students write Essays, on the most important topics, through the three years. Public declamation once a week. Publie Debates, at which the Professors preside, once a week. Private exercises in Elocution and the Criticism of Sermons. Occasional lectures on Biblical Geography. On one evening in each month, there are public exercises by the members of the Senior Class. Regular instruction is given in Sacred Music. Lectures are also occasionally delivered on other subjects connected with Theological Study. Students who desire it, have likewise access to Lectures in the Medical Colleges. ^ ~ ~~~ —. -— ^ —I-^'L~~~~? 15 The Library. THE Library of the Seminary contains about 21,000 volumes, chiefly rare and valuable works; about three fourths of which are from the library of Leander Van Ess. More than a thousand volumes have been added during the present year. Rooms, Expenses, etc. TIE Seminary was founded on the 18th of January, 1836; and was opened for instruction December 5th, 1836. The edifice is No. 9 University Place, near Washington Square. It has recently been greatly enlarged, and now contains a Chapel, Library, four Lecture-Rooms, and convenient private rooms and dormitories for about eighty students. The rooms have been furnished with carpets, chairs, tables, beds and bedding, chiefly through the liberality of one of the friends of the Seminary. The students have a Boarding Association in the Seminary, in which the average price of board has rarely been more than $2 a week, and is usually less. Washing is done at an expense not exceeding fifty cents a dozen. The cost of fuel need not exceed five dollars a year for each person. Gas is introduced into all the rooms. Students whose circurmstances require it, have ready access to the usual sources of aid from Education Societies. There is also frequent opportunity of employment as teachers, for a few hours in a week, in schools or in private families; or as leaders of the choirs in churches; or in connection with benevolent societies; or in local missionary labour; and many students are now receiving from two to five dollars, or more, a week in this way, without interfering with their regular studies. Similar opportunities are also within the reach of those acquainted with any art or trade. Experi6nce has fully proved, that every student who needs it, and who is willing to make suitable exertions, can have sufficient opportunity to support himself. And such sources of aid and support are constantly increasing. Students in straitened circumstances, who cannot at once obtain such employment, can have aid (in addition to that furnished by Education ~- ~~~~_._ ~- ~ Societies) to the amount of half their board, so long as may be necessary. Every student is subject to a charge of ten dollars a year, for the general expenses of the Seminary. But no further charge is made, either for rooms, library, or instruction. General Remarks. PUBLIC worship on the Lord's day is not held in the Seminary. The students are expected each to worship regularly with some one of the evangelical Churches of New-York, Brooklyn, or the vicinity. It was the design of the founders of the Seminary, that its students should remain under pastoral influence, and perform the duties of churchmembers, in the several churches to which they belong, or with which they worship. They thus have an introduction to the society and intercourse of Christians; they take part in prayer-meetings, in the instruction of Sabbath-schools and Bible-classes; and become conversant with all the benevolent efforts of the present day, in this great community. In this way they have the opportunity of adding to piety and solid learning the teachings of experience. In the results thus far, the hopes of the founders have not been disappointed. It has been satisfactorily shown, that the opportunities and advantages afforded by a large city for practical preparation and training in the profession of Theology and the Pastoral Office, are not less numerous and important than in the sister professions of Law and Medicine. f \^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~aBii y _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ II C2ATALOGUE OF THE Off ric & i Iuents OF THE UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, IN THE. CITY OF NEW YORK: NOVEMBER 25, 1854. i^ 0~NEW YORK: d JOHN F. TROW, PRINTER, 49 ANN STREET, i! —B^ h 1854. 112 CATALOGUE OF THE THE Second Triennial Catalogue of the Alumni of the Seminary was published in October, 1853. Whole number of Alumni,... 383 Deceased,... 25 Number now living,. 358 UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. 3 lm^rb of ~in~. o l PRESIDENT. RICHARD T. HAINES. VICE-PRESIDENT. CHARLES BUTLER. RECORDER. REV. JAMES W. MoLANE, D.D. TREASURER. ANTHONY P. HALSEY. Class I.-Till January 18, 1856. REV. GEORGE L. PRENTISS, D. D. ABIJAH FISHER. REV. WILLIAM ADAMS, D. D. JOHN C. BALDWIN. REV. SAMUEL H. COX, D. D. CALEB O. HALSTED. REV. JONA. F. STEARNS, D. D. JOHN A. DAVENPORT. Class II.-Till January 18, 1857. REV. WALTER H. BIDWELL. PELATIAH PERIT. REV. SAMUEL T. SPEAR, D. D. CHARLES BUTLER. REV. ASA D. SMITH, D.D. DAVID HOADLEY. REV. ALBERT BARNES. Class III.-Till January 18, 1858. REV. JOSEPH F. SMITH. FISHER HOWE. REV. JAMES W. McLANE, D. D. RICHARD T. HAINES. REV. A. AUGUSTUS WOOD. JAMES BOORMAN. Class IV.-Till January 18, 1855. * REV. EDWIN F. HATFIELD, D. D. ANSON G. PHELPS. REV. ANSEL D. EDDY, D.D. JAMES C. BLISS, M. D. REV. A. E. CAMPBELL, D.D. ANTHONY P. HALSEY. ~~~~=~ —— ~NHN P ASY ill 4 CATALOGUE OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. REV. ASA D. SMITH, D. D. ANTHONY P. HALSEY. REV. GEORGE L. PRENTISS, D. D. JOHN C. BALDWIN. REV. WILLIAM ADAMS, D. D. JAMES C. BLISS, M. D. REV. JAMES W. McLANE, D.D. FINANCE COMMITTEE. R. T. HAINES, President. JAMES BOORMAN. C. BUTLER, Vice-President. C. O. HALSTED. A. P. HALSEY, Treasurer. D. HOADLEY. J. C. BALDWIN. A. G. PHELPS. REV. JOSEPH S. GALLAGHER,.. General Agent. HONORARY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. REV. JOSEPH C. STILES, D. D.. New Haven, Ct. REV. WILLIAM PATTON, D. D. New York. WILLIAM M. HALSTED,... REV. JOEL PARKER, D. D... DAVID LEAVITT,.... Brooklyn. CYRUS P. SMITH,.... REV. N. S. S. BEMAN, D. D., LL.D.... o/. REV. HENRY MANDEVILLE, D. D. Albany. REV. GIDEON N. JUDD, D. D... Montgomery. JOSEPH C. HORNBLOWER, LL.D... eewark, N. J. THEODORE FRELINGHUYSEN, LL.D.. New Brunswick, N/. J REV. SAMUEL FISHER, D. D.... Orange, N. J. REV. THOMAS C. BRAINARD, D.D.. Philadelphia, Pa. JOHN A. BROWN,... DAVID LAPSLEY,. SAMUEL H. PERKINS, AMBROSE WHITE,... REV. WILLIAM R. DEWITT, D. D.. Harrisburg, Pa. REV. DAVID H. RIDDLE, D. D.. Pittsburg, WILLIAM JESSUP, LL.D..... Montrose, REV. HENRY A. ROWLAND, D. D,.. onesdale, REV. JAMES G. HAMNER, D. D... Baltimore, Aid. REV. CHARLES H. READ,.. Richmond, Va. I, ~ UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. 5 REV. EDWARD ROBINSON, D.D. LL. D. PROFESSOR OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE. 257 Greene Street. REV. THOMAS H. SKINNER, D. D. PROFESSOR OF SACRED RHETORIC, PASTORAL THEOLOGY, AND OHURCH GOVERNMENT. 62 Bleecker Street. REV. HENRY B. SMITH, D. D. PROFESSOR OF SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY, AND LIBRARIAN. 11 Lamartine Place, West 29th Street. PROFESSOR OF CHURCH HISTORY. REV. CHARLES S. DUNNING, INSTRUCTOR IN HEBREW AND THE KINDRED LANGUAGES. 41 Seminary. INSTRUCTORS IN SACRED MUSIC. LOWELL MASON, 56 West Eighteenth Street. GEORGE F. ROOT, 56 Lexington Avenue. U3Qi Ifg ^1 ^1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ vlk Q CATALOGUE OF THE lteDtl1t i'ultiatesf NAME. COLLEGE. SEMINARY. RESIDENCE. Wim. E. Bassett, Y. c. New Haven, Brooklyn. A. Mandell, - Auburn, 7 Seminary.'' UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. 7 NAME. GRADUATED. RESIDENCE. ROOM. Charles H. Barrett,.c. 1852, Camden, Me. 25 Seminary. A Booth, Y.c. 1850, E. Windsor, Ct. 19 R. J. W. Buckland, u.c. 1856, New York, 11 " Edwin O. Burnham, H.c. 1852, Madison Centre, 35 " Wentworth S. Butler, D.c. 1848, S. -Deerfield, V. f. 17 " Edward P. Crane, U.N.Y. 1851, New York, 207 Tenth Av. Samuel W. Crittenden, --, New York, 160 Lex. Av. Ira O. De Long, -, Macedon, 29 Seminary. Ambrose Dunn, A.c. 1852, J7rie, Pa. 9 James H. Dwight, Y.c. 1852, Constantinople, Tky. 23 " James C. Egbert, U.N.Y. 1852, New York, 20 Ridge St. Albert Fitch, w.R.c. 1852, Boardman, 0. 34 Seminary. A. L. Harrington, I.C. 1849, Quincy, Ill. 3 " Henry Harris Jessup, Y.c. 1851, Montrose, Pa. 2 " John McKean,, lTew York, 14 " E. Dyer Newberry, cL.U. 1852, Cleveland, 0. 33 " Gardiner S. Plumley, Y.c. 1850, New York, 27 Bond St. Timothy H. Porter, Y.c. 1848, Waterbury, Ct. 22 Seminary. Belville Roberts, U.M. 1852, Warwick, Pa. 37 " James Pierce Root, -, Brooklyn, 98 Nassau St., B. Bela N. Seymour, w.c. 1852, E. Granville, Mass. 10 Seminary. Edward Stratton, U.c. 1852, Philadelphia, Pa. 8 " Henry Martyn Swift, w.c. 1851, Bennington,Vt. 18 Horatio St. Don Carlos Taft, A.c. 1852, Swanzey, N.H. 9 Seminary. Tillman C.Trowbridge, u.M. 1852, Birmingham, Mich. 3 " Allen Wright, u.c. 1852, Choctaw Nation, 8 " SENIOR CLASS,.......26 ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~P=~~;I~-~~~~~ 8 CATALOGUE OF THE NAME. GRADUATED. RESIDENCE. ROOM. Chester S. Armstrong, u.M. 1852, Parma, Mich. 2 Seminary. Henry M. Baird, u.N.Y. 1850, Yonkers, 36 Erastus N. Bates, w.c. 1853, Chester, O. Theodore H. Benjamin, A.c. 1852, Bethel, Ct. 28 " James B. Bonar, WAB.C. 1853, New York, 21 " Alonzo Brown, D.C. 1850, 6ssipee, N. H. 31 Israel Brundage, -, Benton, Pa. 40 " Jackson G. Coffing, MA.C. 1853, lVew York, 16 " John P. Cushman, u.c. 1851, Troy, 22 " William B. Dada, ii.c. 1853, Homer, 35 " Edward W. French, w.c. 1852, New York, J. Clement French, w.c. 1853, New York, 27 " James R. Hale, A.C. 1852, Canton, 30 " Charles Harding, Y.c. 1853, Cronway, Mass. 39 " Matthew W. Haskell, A.C. 1853,.Anherst, Mass. Edwin L. Hurd, i.c. 1853, Galesburg, Ill. 20 " M. D. Kalopothakes, U.ATH. 1853, Athens, Greece, 72 W. 21st St. Wm. H. Knouse, U.N.Y. 1851, New York, 20 Avenue D. Henry M. Lilly, BEL.c. 1853, Varna, Elbridge Marshall, D.c. 1850, E. Weare, N. H. 26 Seminary. Alexander McLean, Jr. H.c. 1853, New York Mills, 14 " John W. MMurran, u.c. 1852, Winchester, Va. 5 " James H. Parsons, w.c. 1852, Franklin, 5 Hiram Potter, Jr., H.. 1852, Bath, Herman C. Riggs, U.N.Y. 1852, Brooklyn, 137 Joralemon St. B. H. Augustus Smith, w.c. 1853, Philadelphia, Pa. 21 Seminary. George L. Tucker, BEL.C. 1853, New York, 26 " Henry M. Tupper, Y.c. 1850, Hardwick, Mass. 12' Charles C. Wallace, U.N.Y. 1853, New York, 30 King St. George H. White, WAB.C. 1852, Indianapolis, Ind. 17 Seminary. Wm. C. Whitford, u.c. 1853, Leonardsville, 20 " Marinus Willett, w.c. 1846, New York, 105 Ninth St. MIDDLE CLASS,...... 32 — ^s~d~ ~. 32 t~ ---— ~ —— " UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMIINARY. 9 NAME. GRADUATED. RESIDENCE. ROOM. Joseph R. Anderson, N.Y.A. 1854, lewu York, 116 Cannon St. William A. Bartlett, H.C. 1852, Binghamton, 38 Seminary. Quincy Blakely, U.VT. 1854, Pawlet, Vt. 24 " Horatio W. Brown, Y.c. 1854, Burdett. Theodore L.Byington, N.H.c. 1849, Belvidee,. J. 13 " Edward Chester, -, New York, 104 E. 19th St. Oliver E. Cobb, Y.c. 1853, Tarrytown, 7 Seminary. James M. Diclson, D.c. 1853, Ryegate, Vt. 18 " William B. Dwight, Y.c. 1854, Constantinople, Tky. 23 " Enoch K. Evans, A.C. 1853, Fallsburg, Theodore A. Gardner, w.c. 1853, Chicago, Ill. 32 John Gibson, u.c. 1853, Ryegate, Vt. 18 " John K. Harris, w.c. 1852, Ticonderoga, 10 " Charles G. Hayes, Y.c. 1851, Bennington Centre, Vt. 13 " Henry M. Hazeltine, w.c. 1852, New York, 6 " George D. A. Hebard, D.. 1854, Xew York, 1 I C. D. Helmer, Y.c. 1852, Niew York, 23 " Charles H. Hollaway, A.c. 1854, Philadelphia, Pa. 32 " Carlton S. Horton, w.c. 1854, New York, 27 Joseph W. Hubbard, H.c. 1850, New York, 33 E. 29th St. Lyman H. Johnson, --, Beloit, Wis. 11 Seminary. Inglis Laurie, I.e. 1854, Jacksonville, Ill. 24 " Rufus 0. Mason, D.c. 1854, E. Sullivan, N. H. I Sylvester H. Opdyke, w.u. 1853, _Everittstown, N. J. 15 Charles H. Payson, A.c. 1852, Cleveland, 0. 28 " f Ecward P. Powell, Hn.e. 1853, Clinton, Oneida Co. 4 James Quick, U.M. 1854, Birmingham, iich. 29 Rollin A. Sawyer, w.R.c. 1851, Austinburg, 0. 34 " R. Bayard Snowden, w.c. 1854, New York, 6 " 3 -^- I -_ —- -_______________ 10 CATALOGUE OF THE NIAME. GRADUATED. RESIDENCE. ROOM. Daniel Jay Sprague, A.C. 1852, South Orange, N.J. 4 Seminary. J. F. Sutton, R.C. 1852, Franklin Fur. N.J. 36 " James D. Thomas, DEL.C. 1854, Montgomery Co. Md. 25 "' Lewis Thompson, -, Fulton, 30 " William Thomson, U.PA. 1854, Philadelphia, Pa. 12 " James Uglow, U.N.Y. 1847, New York, 117 E. 39th St. Avery S. Walker, OB.c. 1854, Union Square, 16 " B. C Ward, J.c. 1852, St. Charles, Ill. 15 " Erskine N. White, Y.c. 1854, New York, 1 Gramercy Park. JUNIOR CLASS,...... 38 /r a —'1^/l' ~ ^_____________________ ~ ~' ^^^l UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. 11 A.C.... Amherst College. Ob. C.. Oberlin College, 0. B. C... Bowdoin College. R. C... Rutgers College, N. J. Bel. C.. Beloit College, Wis. U. Ath. Univ. of Athens, Greece. C1. U.. Cleveland University, 0. U. C... Union College. D. C... Dartmouth College. U. M.. University of Michigan. Del. C.. Delaware College. U.N. Y. New York City University. H. C... Hamilton College. U. Pa.. Pennsylvania University. I. C.... Illinois College. U. Vt. University of Vermont. J. C... Jefferson College, Pa. W. C.. Williams College. K. C... Knox College, Ill. Wab. C. Wabash College. Ma. C.. Marietta College, 0. W. R. C. Western Reserve College, 0. N. H. C. Nassau Hall College, N. J. W. U.. Wesleyan University, Ct. N. Y. A. New York Free Academy. Y. C.. Yale College. 2> _ __ ^ m~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~' 112 OCATALOGUE OF THE SENIOR CLASS,....... 26 MIDDLE CLASS,....... 32 JUNIOR CLASS,.......38 RESIDENT LICENTIATES,..... 2 98 The Students now in the Seminary were graduated at the following Colleges: Amherst College,... 9 Rutgers College,... 1 Beloit College,... 2 Union College,... 7 Cleveland University, 0.. 1 University of Athens, Greece, 1 Dartmouth College,.. 6 University of Michigan,. 4 Delaware College,.. 1 University of New York City, 7 Hamilton College,.. 7 University of Pennsylvania, 1 Illinois College,... 2 University of Vermont,.. 1 Jefferson College, Pa... 1 Wabash College,... 2 Knox College, Ill.... I Western Reserve College,.. 2 Marietta College,... Wesleyan University,.. 1 Nassau Hall College,.. Williams College,...13 New York Free Academy,.. 1 Yale College,... 14 Oberlin College,.. 1 Not graduated at College,.. 8 And they are from the following States: New England States. States IT. and S. of New York. Maine,.... New Jerse,.... 4 New Hampshire,... 5 Pennsylvania,.. 8 Vermont,. 5 Maryland,... 1 Massachusetts,. 4 Virginia,.... 1 Connecticut,..3 Ohio,..... 6 - Illinois,.... 5 18 Indiana,....1 New York. Michigan,.... 3 State,.... 19 Wisconsin,.... 1 New York City and Brooklyn, 25 Choctaw Nation,... 1 44 31 Turkey.. 2 Foreign.- Greece, 1 UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. 13 NOTES. Ahmubbn, Cm"Our of Ailn gt\ W THE Seminary is open for the admission of Students from every denomination of Christians. Every person applying for admission, must produce a certificate of his good standing in some evangelical Church; and must either present testimonials of his having had a regular college education, or submit to an examination by the Faculty, on the branches usually taught in such a course. It is desirable that every person intending to enter the' Seminary, should bring all his testimonials with him in the Jirst instance. Students from other Theological Seminaries may be admitted ad eundem, on presenting a certificate of regular dismission and good standing. Students may also at any time be admitted to either of the classes, provided they shall be found qualified by the Faculty, on actual examination. The academic year consists of a single term, beginning on the first Wednesday in September, and ending on the Monday next preceding the second Thursday in May; on which day the public anniversary is held. The annual public examination of the classes commences at least one week before the anniversary. It is highly important, that persons intending to join the Seminary should be present at the opening of the academic year. or as soon thereafter as possible. After a few weeks, they can be ad-? itted only on probation or by examination. The regular course of theological study in the Seminary occupies three full years. It is intended that instruction in each of the departments shall be given, to some extent, in each of the S ^- I 14 CATALOGUE OF THE three years. The general order of study in the different depart- ments is as follows: JUNIOR CLASS. BIBLICAL.-Hebrew Grammar and Exercises. Portions of the Pentateuch and Psalms in Hebrew.-Lectures on Hermeneutics. Exegesis of the Four Gospels in the Greek Harmony, etc. THEOLOGICAL.-Mental and Moral Science. Natural Theology. The Evidences. Inspiration and Canon of Scripture. HOMILETICAL.-Lectures on THE CHURCH. HIsTORICAL.-Lectures on the History of the Old Testament. -A course of Lectures on Theological Encyclopaedia is also given. MIDDLE CLASS. THEOLOGICAL.-The Doctrinal Course. BIBLICAL.-Hebrew Exegesis: Ecclesiastes, the Minor Prophets, etc.-Greek Exegesis: Epistles of the New Testament. HOMILETICAL.-Lectures on PASTORAL THEOLOGY. HISTORICAL.-History of the Church in the Apostolic Times. SENIOR CLASS. HOMILETICAL.-Lectures on the Composition and Delivery of Sermons, with exercises. HISTORICAL.-The General History of the Christian Church with Lectures on the History of Doctrines, and on Symbolism. BIBLICAL.-Hebrew Exegesis: The Minor Prophets, Isaiah, Job, etc.-Greek Exegesis: Epistles of the New Testament. THEOLOGICAL.-Conclusion of the Doctrinal Course. ALL THE CLASSES. In each department the Students write Essays, on the most important topics, through the three years. Public Declamation once a week. Public Debates, at which the Professors preside, once a fortnight. Private exercises in Elocution and the Criticism of Sermons. Occasional lectures on Biblical Geography. On one evening in each month, there are public exercises by the members of the Senior Class. ~i —------— ~~ UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. 15 Y Regular instruction is given in Sacred Music. Lectures are also occasionally delivered on other subjects connected with Theological Study. Students who desire it, have likewise access to Lectures in the Medical Colleges. THE Library of the Seminary contains about 21,000 volumes, chiefly rare and valuable works; about three fourths of which are from the library of Leander Van Ess. A large number of volumes have been added during the present year. THE Seminary was founded on the 18th of January, 1836; and was opened for instruction December 5th, 1836. The edifice is No. 9 University Place, near Washington Square. It has recently been greatly enlarged, and now contains a Chapel, Library, four Lecture-Rooms, and convenient private rooms and dormitories for about eighty students. The rooms have been furnished with carpets, chairs, tables, beds and bedding, chiefly through the liberality of one of the friends of the Seminary. The students have a Boarding Association in the Seminary, in which the average price of board has rarely been more than $2 a week, and is usually less. Washing is done at an expense not exceeding fifty cents a dozen. The cost of fuel need not exceed five dollars a year for each person. Gas is introduced into all the Irooms. Students whose circumstances require it, have ready access to the usual sources of aid from Education Societies. There is also frequent opportunity of employment as teachers, for a few hours in a week, in schools or in private families; or as leaders of the choirs in churches; or in connection with benevolent societies; or in local missionary labor; and many students are now receiving from two to five dollars, or more, a week in this way, without inr terfering with their regular studies. Similar opportunities are also within the reach of those acquainted with any art or trade. Experience has fully proved, that every student who needs it, and who is willing to make suitable exertions, can have sufficient 16 CATALOGUE OF THE UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. opportunity to obtain support. And such sources of aid and support are constantly increasing.'Students in straitened circumstances, who cannot at once find such employment, can have aid (in addition to that furnished by Education Societies) to. the amount of half their board.e so long as may be necessary. Every student is subject to a charge of ten dollars a year, for the general expenses of the Seminary. But no further charge is made, either for rooms, library, or instruction. I lenerat.enmarke PUBLIC WORSHIP on the Lord's day is not held in the Seminary. The students are expected each to worship regularly with some one of the evangelical Churches of New-York, Brooklyn, or the vicinity. It was the design of the founders of the Seminary, that its students should remain under pastoral influence, and perform the duties of church-members, in the several churches to which they belong, or with which they worship. They thus have an introduction to the society and intercourse of Christians; they take part in prayer-meetings, and in the instruction of Sabbath-schools and Bible-classes; and become conversant with all the benevolent efforts of the present day, in this great community. In this way they have the opportunity of adding to piety and solid learning the teachings of experience. In the results thus far, the hopes of the founders have not been disappointed. It has been satisfactorily shown, that the opportunities and advantages afforded by a large city for practical preparation and training in the profession of Theology and the Pastoral Office, are not less numerous and important than in the sister professions of Law and Medicine. t ~SXvf 1 3-w^ ~ ~ ~ ~ " uHep ^ CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY IN THE CITY OF NEW-YORK. FOUNDED ON THE 18th OF JANUARY A. D. 1836 AS REVISED AND AMENDED A. D. 1847, NEW-YORK: PRINTED BY LEAVITT, TROW & COMPANY No. 33 ANN-STREET. 1847. CONSTITUTION, ETC, PREAMBLE. THAT the design of the founders of this Seminary may be publicly known, and be sacredly regarded by the Directors, Professors, and Students, it is judged proper to make the following preliminary statement. A number of Christians, both clergymen and laymen, in the cities of New-York and Brooklyn, deeply impressed with the claims of the world upon the Church of Christ, to furnish a competent supply of well educated and pious ministers of the Gospel; impressed also with the inadequacy of all existing means for this purpose; and believing that large cities furnish many peculiar facilities and advantages for conducting theological education; having, after several meetings for consultation and prayer, again convened on the 18th of January, A. D. 1836, unanimously adopted the following resolution and declarations:~1. RESOLVED, in humble dependence on the grace of God, to attempt the establishment of a Theological Seminary in the city of New-York. ~ 2. In this Institution, it is the design of the founders to furnish the means of a full and thorough education, in all the subjects taught in the best Theological Seminaries in this or other countries. ~ 3. Being fully persuaded that vital godliness, a thorough education, and practical training in the works of benevolence and pastoral labour, are all essential to meet the wants and promote the best interests of the kingdom of Christ, the founders of this Seminary design that its students, remaining under pastoral influence, and performing the duties of church-members in the several churches to which they belong, or with which they worship, in prayer-meetings, in the instruction of Sabbath schools and Bible classes, and being conversant with all the benevolent efforts of the present day in this great community, shall have the 4 opportunity of adding to solid learning and true piety, the teachings of experience. ~4. By the foregoing advantages, the founders hope and expect, with the blessing of God, to call forth and enlist in the service of Christ and in the work of the ministry, genius, talent, enlightened piety, and missionary zeal; and to qualify many for the labours and management of the various religious institutions, seminaries of learning, and enterprises of benevolence, which characterize the present times. ~ 5. In short, it is the design of the founders, to provide a Theological Seminary in the midst of the greatest and most growing community in the United States, which may commend itself to all men of moderate views and feelings, who desire to live free from party strife, and to stand aloof from all extremes of doctrine or of practice. ACT OF INCORPORATION. An Act to incorporate the Union Theological Seminary in the City of New- York. Passed March 27th, 1839.* The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: ~ 1. Thomas M'Auley, Henry White, Samuel H. Cox, Thomas H. Skinner, William Patton, Erskine Mason, Ichabod S. Spencer, Absalom Peters, William Adams, Nathanael E. Johnson, Henry A. Rowland, David Magie, Ansel D. Eddy, Selah B. Treat, Zechariah Lewis, Micah Baldwin, Charles Butler, Leonard Corning, Abijah Fisher, William M. Halsted, Caleb 0. Halsted, Fisher Howe, Richard T. Haines, Joseph Otis, Anson G. Phelps, Pelatiah Perit, Cornelius Baker, and Knowles Taylor, and their associates who are the present Directors, and their successors, are hereby constituted a body corporate, by the name of " The Union Theological Seminary in the City of New-York;" and by that name shall have succession, and be capable in law of taking and holding by gift, grant, and devise, or otherwise, and of purchasing and holding and conveying, both in law and equity, any estate, real or personal; provided, that the clear annual value or income of their real estate shall not exceed the sum of fifteen thousand dollars; and their personal estate shall not exceed the sum of fifty thousand dollars, exclusive of such professorships as may be from time to time endowed. * Accepted by a vote of the Board of Directors, Dec. 30th, 1839. 5 ~ 2. The government of the Seminary shall at all times be vested in a Board of Directors, which shall consist of twenty-eight members; one half of whom shall be clergymen, and the other half laymen. ~ 3. The Board of Directors already chosen, shall be divided into four classes, to be numbered one, two, three, and four; the term of the first class shall expire in one, the second in two, the third in three, and the fourth in four years, from the eighteenth of January last. The following persons shall be Directors of the first class: Thomas H. Skinner, William Adams, Samuel H. Cox, Selah B. Treat, Abijah Fisher, Joseph Otis, Caleb 0. Halsted, and Leonard Corning. Of the second class: William Patton, Ichabod S. Spencer, Henry White, David Magie, Pelatiah Perit, Charles Butler, and Micah Baldwin. Of the third class: Henry A. Rowland, Absalom Peters, Nathanael E. Johnson, Fisher Howe, Richard T. Haines, William M. Halsted, and Anson G. Phelps. Of the fourth class: Thomas M'Auley, Ansel D. Eddy, Erskine Mason, Zechariah Lewis, Knowles Taylor, and Cornelius Baker. Each class of Directors shall hereafter be chosen for, and hold their offices during four years, and until a new election to supply the places of such class. ~ 4. The members of any class of Directors may be eligible to a reelection; and each election shall take place at least one week previous to the expiration of the term of office of the class to be supplied. And the said Directors shall have power to fill all vacancies in their own Board, which may happen from year to year; and the appointment to fill such vacancy shall be valid for the unexpired term of the Director whose office shall be vacant. ~ 5. Equal privileges of admission and instruction, with all the advantages of the Institution, shall be allowed to students of every denomination of Christians. ~ 6. The Legislature may at any time alter or repeal this act. CONSTITUTION. ARTICLE I. Directors. ~ 1. No person shall be eligible to the office of Director, unless he be a minister or member in good standing of some evangelical church, receiving the Westminster Confession of Faith as adopted by the Presbyterian churches in this country. 6 ~ 2. Every Director, on entering upon his office and also after each re-election, shall make the following declaration, in the presence of the Board, viz.: "Approving of the plan and Constitution of the Union Theological Seminary in the city of New-York, and of the Westminster Confession of Faith, and the Presbyterian Form of Church Government, I do solemnly promise to maintain the same, so long as I shall continue to be a member of the Board of Directors." ~ 3. In order to carry out the powers vested in them by the Act of Incorporation, the Board of Directors shall have authority to make their own By-Laws; hold, manage, and disburse the funds of the Seminary; appoint all officers, professors, and,teachers; fix their salaries; determine their duties; make laws for the regulation and government of the Institution; and, in general, to adept all such measures not inconsistent with the provisions of the said Act and of this Constitution, as the interests of the Seminary may require. ~ 4. The Board shall inaugurate the professors, or any officer of the Seminary, in such manner as they may deem expedient; shall watch over the fidelity of all who may be employed in giving instruction; shall judge of their competency, doctrine and morals; and shall have power, on sufficient evidence that the interests of the Seminary so require, to remove any officer, professor, or teacher from office. The Board shall also exercise a paternal supervision over the whole Seminary, and shall inspect the discipline of the Faculty over the students. ~:5. Seven members, at any meeting of the Board regularly con7ened, shall be a quorum for the transaction of all ordinary business, excepting the purchase and conveyance of real estate, the investment of funds, the appointment and removal of any member of the Faculty or permanent teacher, and the fixing of their salaries; which acts shall require an affirmative vote of not less than fifteen. ~ 6. The Board shall elect from its own number, annually, and as often as may be necessary, a President of the Board, a Vice-President, a Recorder, and a Treasurer, who shall hold their offices until others are elected, and whose duties shall be prescribed in the By-Laws. The Treasurer shall give his bond, with securities satisfactory to the Board, for the faithful performance of his duties. ~ 7. The Board may annually appoint from its own number an Executive Committee of seven, including the Recorder, who shall also be clerk of the Committee. Four members shall be a quorum, and the Committee may transact all business not requiring an affirmative vote of fifteen, during the recesses of the Board. They shall keep full minutes of all their doings, and report the same to the next meeting of the Board for its approval. 7 ~ 8. The Board may annually appoint from its own number a Finance Committee of five persons, of which the President, Vice-President, and Treasurer, shall be exofficio members, who shall see to the collection, application, and investment, as ordered by the Board, of all moneys subscribed for, or belonging to, the Seminary, and shall report to the Board at each stated meeting of the same, and at such other times as the Board may require, the state of the finances of the Seminary. ~ 9. The Board may annually elect Honorary Members, not exceeding twenty-five in number, for the term of one year; who may take part in the discussions of the Board and serve on temporary committees, but shall have no vote. ~ 10. The Board shall hold at least two stated meetings in each year; and may meet as often on their own adjournment, or at the call of the presiding officer or Executive Committee, as may be deemed expedient. ARTICLE II. The Faculty. ~ 1. The Faculty shall consist of the Professors of the Seminary, who shall be ordained ministers of the Gospel; one of whom may, by the appointment of the Board, sustain the office of President. ~ 2. Every member of the Faculty shall, on entering upon his office, and at the end of every four years thereafter, so long as he remains in office, make and subscribe the following declaration in the presence of the Board, viz.: " I believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be the Word of God, the only infallible rule of faith and practice; and I do now, in the presence of God and the Directors of this Seminary, solemnly and sincerely receive and adopt the Westminster Confession of Faith, as containing the system of doctrine taught in the Holy Scriptures. I do also, in like manner, approve of the Presbyterian Form of Government; and I do solemnly promise that I will not teach or inculcate any thing which shall appear to me to be subversive of the said system of doctrine, or of the principles of said Form of Government, so long as I shall continue to be a Professor in this Seminary." ~ 3. The Faculty shall have the immediate care and inspection of the students, and shall execute the laws of the Seminary; subject to the advice and control of the Board of Directors. They shall admit and dismiss students; discipline the disorderly; determine the daily duties of the students; and exercise a paternal care over all the members of the Seminary. 8 ~ 4. A majority of the members of the Faculty shall be a quorum. They shall fix the time and manner of their own meetings; make their own By-Laws; keep a fair record of their proceedings; and exhibit the same to the Board of Directors, or to the Executive Committee, whenever required; and shall annually report to the Board the state of the Seminary and of the several departments. ~ 5. The members of the Faculty shall not be eligible to the office of Directors; but shall be ex officio.Honorary Members of the Board. ~ 6. Any member of the Faculty, intending to resign his office, shall give three months' notice of such intention to the Board of Directors, or to the Executive Committee; which notice shall be duly entered upon their minutes. ARTICLE III. Instruction. ~ 1. The regular course of instruction and study in the Seminary, shall occupy at least three full years; and shall ordinarily comprise the following branches, viz.: The Holy Scriptures in the original tongues; Biblical Literature and Interpretation; Systematic Theology; Ecclesiastical History and Polity; Sacred Rhetoric; Pastoral Theology; and such other subjects as the Board of Directors may prescribe. ~ 2. The regular instruction of the students shall be given by the Professors, and by such other persons as the Board of Directors may appoint. And no person shall be permitted to teach or to lecture in the Seminary, without the consent of the Executive Committee and the concurrence of the Faculty. ~ 3. The Board may annually designate, from its own members, Professors Extraordinary in the various departments of theological science; who may then give instruction in the Seminary in concurrence with the Faculty. ARTICLE IV. Students. ~ 1. This Seminary shall be open for the admission of students of the requisite qualifications, from every denomination of Christians. ~ 2. In ordinary cases, no student shall be admitted into the Seminary, unless he furnish to the Faculty satisfactory evidence that he has had a regular college education; and shall likewise produce satisfactory testimonials of a good moral character, of piety, and of his good standing in some evangelical church. ~ 3. Except in extraordinary cases, to be judged of by the Faculty, no student shall be admitted with a view to pursue any other than the 9 regular and full course of theological study. Nor, except in like extraordinary cases, shall a student be dismissed, with a view to cut short his full course. ~ 4. Every student, on becoming a member of the Seminary, shall make and subscribe the following declaration, in the presence of the Faculty, viz.: "Deeply impressed with a sense of my duty to God and to this Seminary, I do solemnly declare my intention of completing a three years' course of theological study; and do promise, so long as I shall remain a member of this Seminary, to attend faithfully to all the duties and instructions of the regular course; to observe all the laws; to yield ready obedience to the requisitions of the Faculty and the Board of Directors; and to observe and do, according to my best knowledge, all other things pertaining to my situation as a student of theology." ~ 5. The students shall be divided, according to the respective years of the course, into Junior, Middle, and Senior Classes. ~ 6. Students may at any time be admitted into either of the classes; provided they shall be found qualified by the Faculty, on actual examination. Students from other Theological Seminaries, regularly dismissed in good standing, may be admitted into this Seminary ad eundem. ~ 7. No society or association shall be formed by or among the students, while belonging to the Seminary, without the permission of the Faculty and the concurrence of the Executive Committee. ARTICLE V. Library. The Board of Directors shall take measures for the due preservation and enlargement of the library; enact laws for the safe keeping, use, and management of the same; appoint a Librarian, and prescribe his duties. ARTICLE VI. Professorships. Any person or persons, who shall pay into the treasury, or bequeath by will, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars or more, for the purpose of founding a Professorship, shall have the privilege of naming such Professorship; which name shall not be altered thereafter. ARTICLE VII. Scholarships. Any person or persons, who shall pay into the treasury, or bequeath by will, the sum of one thousand dollars or more, for the purpose of founding a Scholarship, shall have the privilege, not only of naming 10 such Scholarship, but also of nominating, during his or their life-time, the beneficiaries who are to be placed upon said foundation. ARTICLE VIII. Amendments of the Constitution. ~ 1. The Board of Directors shall have power, at any meeting regularly convened, to make any amendment to this Constitution, not inconsistent with the Act of Incorporation; provided the said amendment shall have been proposed at a previous meeting; and shall be passed by an affirmative vote of not less than twelve. ~ 2. All articles and provisions of the former Constitution of this Seminary, not embodied in this present Constitution, are hereby abrogated. BY-LAWS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ~ 1. The President of the Board, or in his absence the Vice-President, shall preside at every meeting of the Directors. In the absence of both these officers, the Board may appoint a President pro temnpore. ~ 2. The Recorder shall keep a fair record of all the doings of the Board; file and preserve all important papers; give due notice to the members of the Board and to the Faculty, of all meetings of the Board, whether stated, adjourned, or special; and do whatever else may properly belong to his office. ~ 3. The Treasurer shall receive all moneys, and invest or disburse them in such manner as the Board or Finance Committee may direct. He shall keep a regular account, and exhibit the same to the Board, duly audited, at the first stated meeting in each year; and shall further give information of the state of the treasury to the Board, or to the Executive Committee, whenever required. He shall also do whatever else may properly belong to his office; and shall give his bond with securi. ties, according to the Constitution. ~ 4. The Board shall annually appoint from their own number an Auditing Committee of two, whose duty it shall be to examine the papers and vouchers of the Treasurer, and audit his account. ~ 5. In filling any vacancy in the Board, otherwise than by re-election, and also in the appointment of any member of the Faculty, a nomination shall be made at least four weeks before the election. ~ 6. The stated annual meeting of the Board shall be held on the third Wednesday in June. There shall also be a stated meeting on the Tuesday next after the first Monday of January in each year, for the election of Directors, Honorary Members, officers of the Board, and members of the Executive and Finance Committees for the ensuing year; and for the transaction of any other business. 12 ~ 7. A special meeting of the Board may at any time be called by the presiding officer on the written request of any three members, or also by the Executive Committee. ~ 8. Every meeting of the Board shall be opened and closed with prayer. ~ 9. The Directors, or a committee appointed by the Board for that purpose, shall attend the public examination of the classes in the Seminary. ~ 10. A printed copy of the Constitution and By-laws, and also of the General Laws of the Seminary, shall be furnished to every Director, Professor, Teacher, and Student. ~ 11. No change shall be made in these By-Laws of the Board, nor in the General Laws of the Seminary, either by addition, alteration, or repeal, except by a vote of two-thirds of the Directors present. GENERAL LAWS OF THE SEMINARY. CHAPTER I. The Faculty. ~ 1l The Faculty shall exercise the general powers, and fulfil the duties assigned to them by the Constitution, Art. I.o They shall adopt rules for the regular admission of students; prescribe by whom and to what extent leave of absence may be granted; decide on all applications for dismission or for other objects; determine cases of discipline; and, in general, execute the laws, and administer all the internal concerns of the Seminary; subject always to the advice and control of the Board of Directors. ~ 2. The Faculty shall keep watch over the regular and punctual attendance of the students on all the exercises of the Seminary. For this end they may appoint monitors in the several classes or departments; whose duty it shall be to mark all cases of absence or tardiness in the students at every regular exercise; keep regular bills under the direction of the Faculty; and report the same whenever required. These bills shall be preserved by the Faculty, and submitted to the Board whenever required. ~ 3. Every Professor and Instructor shall lay before the Board, whenever required, a syllabus of his course of instruction in the Seminary; and shall adopt such alterations therein as the Board may direct. ~ 4. At the close of every academic year, each Professor shall make a full report in writing to the Board, in reference to his own department during that year; and the Faculty shall also make a joint report in writing on the state of the Seminary. 14 CHAPTER II. The Students. ~ 1. Every applicant for admission into the Seminary, according to the requisitions of the Constitution, shall furnish to the Faculty satisfactory evidence of his proficiency in science, and particularly in the original languages of the Scriptures;* of his personal piety and good standing in some evangelical church; and of his object in pursuing theological studies. ~ 2. Strict temperance, neatness, gentlemanly and christian deportment, sobriety and diligence, are expected from every member of the Seminary. ~ 3. Every student shall pursue the regular course of study; and shall prepare such compositions and perform such other exercises, as shall be prescribed to him by the Faculty or by his several instructors. He shall receive their advice in reference to his studies; and submit the compositions required of him to their inspection. ~ 4. Every student shall strictly regard the hours prescribed by the Faculty for study and for the exercises of the Seminary; and shall regularly and punctually attend all such exercises, whether public or private. But no student shall attend the instruction of any person not a teacher in the Seminary, without the permission of the Faculty. ~ 5. The students, while attending upon the instructions of the Seminary, are expected to devote themselves to the pursuit of theological study. Nor shall any student engage in teaching, or in any occupation other than his regular studies, during term-time, without the permission of the Faculty. ~ 6. In ordinary cases, no student shall be absent from the Seminary, or from any exercise, without leave obtained beforehand. And if a student be unavoidably absent without such leave, he shall promptly make his excuse, and give his reasons to an instructor. All cases of special delinquency, whether as to attendance on lectures or other exer cises, punctuality in returning after vacation, or diligence and proficiency in study, shall be reported to the Faculty. ~ 7. All the students shall regularly attend the public examinations of their several classes. If any student shall be absent from, or shall not satisfactorily pass any such examination, he shall be required satisfactorily to sustain a subsequent examination by the Faculty, before he shall be permitted to go on with his class. ~ 8. If a student shall be guilty of any immorality, or of any disX For the present, a knowledge of Hebrew is not required for admission. 15 respect or insult to an officer or instructor, he shall be suspended or cut off from the Seminary by the Faculty; unless he make reasonable and immediate satisfaction for his offence. If a student shall neglect his regular studies; or be guilty of indiscretion, or of exhibiting levity or indifference in regard to religion; or shall violate the laws of the Institution; he shall be faithfully admonished by an instructor in private, or, if judged expedient, in the presence of his class, or before the Faculty. And if any student, after due admonition, shall continue to exhibit unbecoming deportment, he shall be suspended or cut off from the Seminary, at the discretion of the Faculty. ~ 9. Every student is subject to a charge of ten dollars a year, for the general expenses of the Seminary. CHAPTER III. License to Preach, etc. ~ 1. No student of the Seminary shall apply to any ecclesiastical body for license to preach, before the month of March in his Senior year. ~ 2. Such students of the Senior class, as have regularly received license according to the preceding rule, may have leave from the Faculty to preach occasionally during their continuance in the Seminary. ~ 3. No student shall apply for ordination before the expiration of his regular course in the Seminary; except in cases of special urgency, to be judged of by the Faculty. ~ 4. If any student shall obtain license or receive ordination contrary to the preceding regulations, his connection with the Seminary shall ipso facto cease. ~ 5. Any student, who shall preach without being duly licensed, shall, at the discretion of the Faculty, be subject to discipline, and be reported to the ecclesiastical body to which he is amenable. CHAPTER IV. Resident Licentiates. Persons who have honourably passed a regular course of theological study, and received license to preach, may, on application to the Faculty, be permitted to connect themselves with the Seminary as Resident Licentiates; with the privilege of having access to the library, to the instructions of the teachers, and to the other exercises of the Seminary, under the direction of the Faculty. 16 CHAPTER V. Devotional Exercises. ~ 1. It is expected of every student connected with the Seminary, that he will daily spend a portion of time in devout meditation, in reading the Scriptures with a view to personal and practical application, and in fervent and humble prayer. ~ 2. As public worship on the Lord's day is not held in the Seminary, it is enjoined upon the students each to worship regularly with some one of the evangelical churches of New-York, Brooklyn, or the vicinity, and to remain under its spiritual watch and care. ~ 3. It is expected of every student, whose voice and health will permit, that he will cultivate the study and practice of sacred music, so far at least as to be able to take part in performing this duty of public devotion. ~ 4. Every lecture, recitation, or other regular exercise in the Seminary, shall be opened with prayer. ~ 5. There shall be daily public prayers in the Seminary, under the direction of the Faculty, one of whom shall ordinarily officiate, and all the students are required punctually to attend. CHAPTER VI. Anniversary and Examinations. ~ 1. The academic year shall consist of a single term, commencing on the third Wednesday in September, and ending on the third Wednesday in June. ~ 2. The public anniversary of the Seminary shall be held on the evening of the third Wednesday in June. The exercises shall consist of essays and orations by members of the Senior class, under the direction of the Faculty. But nothing shall be delivered by any student, which has not been previously submitted in writing to the Faculty, and approved by them. ~ 3. At each anniversary, every student who shall have satisfactorily completed the regular course prescribed in the Seminary, and have been approved by the Board, shall receive a diploma signed by the Faculty, the President of the Board and the Recorder. ~ 4. There shall be in each year a public examination of all the classes, commencing at least one week before the anniversary, and conducted by the Instructors in the presence of the Faculty and the Board of Directors, or a Committee of the same. 17 CHAPTER VII. The Library. ~ 1. A Librarian shall be appointed by the Board of Directors, for the term of two years, and until another shall be chosen in his place, He shall have charge of the Library; be responsible for its manage-ment and for the safe-keeping of the books according to the laws; and shall. be allowed by the Board a reasonable compensation for his services. ~ 2. It shall be the duty of the Librarian to be present when the" Library is open; to keep an alphabetical catalogue of all the books. belonging to it, in which the title, size, place, and number of copies andi volumes of every author shall be noted; to keep a book of donations inr which shall be entered the names of all books presented to the Library, the time when, and the persons by whom they were presented; to keep the Library in good order, properly swept, aired and dusted; to keep a complete record of all books taken fiom, and returned to the Library, the time when, and the persons by whom. ~ 3. The Librarian may appoint a substitute, who shall, in the ab. sence of the Librarian, perform his duty. ~ 4. The Faculty shall designate those books, which, in their opin. ion, are of such a nature or value that they ought not to be taken fromn the Library; and none of these shall be loaned except by the special order of a member of the Faculty. ~ 5. The Directors, Honorary Members, Faculty, Instructors, and Students, shall alone be entitled ordinarily to take out books from the Library. But in special cases the Librarian may loan books to other persons, on the written order of a member of the Faculty, specifying the particular books. ~ 6. Ministers of the Gospel, Students of Theology, and otheer persons of professional or literary standing, introduced by a Director or a, member of the Faculty, may avail themselves of the privileges of the Library, during the hours allotted for consultation. ~ 7. No conversation can be permitted in the Library during library-hours, except such as may be necessary with the Librarian; and thaLt only in an under-tone. And no persons, except the Faculty and Directors, may take down or put up any book, without the permission of the Librarian. ~ 8. Persons authorized to take out books, shall, in no case whatever lend any book or books borrowed fiono the Library, to any other persoU:.:5 ~ 9. For all books injured, defaced, or lost, the borrower shall be' esponsible, and shall make reasonable compensation, to be determined by the Librarian. 18 ~ 10. The Library, during term-time, shall be open for the reception and delivery of books, twice in each week, and for consultation every week-day; at such hours as the Faculty may direct. ~ 11. No student shall ordinarily have, at one time, more than three volumes from the Library; nor retain' any book longer than one month. But elementary or classical books, which may be necessary to a student for his course of study, he may obtain on the written order of a member of the Faculty. The Librarian may require, that any book shall be covered by the person borrowing it. ~ 12. The Directors and members of the Faculty shall have access to the Library at all times; and the Librarian, at the request of any one of them, shall require any book in the hands of a student to be returned immediately to the Library. ~ 13. At the close of each academic year, all books, by whomsoever borrowed, shall be punctually returned; and the Library shall be carefully inspected by a Committee of the Board appointed for that purpose. ~ 14. If any person or persons, or any society, church, or congregation, shall present to the Library books sufficient to fill one case; or shall place at the disposal of the Library Committee for a like purpose the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars or more; then the Librarian shall cause the name of the donor or donors to be engraved on a suitable plate, and the same to be permanently placed upon one of the cases. ~ 15. The Faculty shall have power to make any further rules for the regulation of the Library, not inconsistent with these laws. CHAPTER VIII. Rooms for Students.'~ 1. An assignment of Rooms to the two lower classes shall take place near the close of each academic year, and shall be made in such manner as the Faculty may direct. ~ 2. In this assignment the middle class shall have the priority in the choice of rooms; provided however, that any student may, with permission of the Faculty, retain the room already occupied by him. ~ 3. An assignment of rooms to the junior class shall be made within one week fiom the commencement of the term, and in such manner as the Faculty may direct. ~ 4. No student shall in any way have, or acquire a right or claim to any room, or part thereof, belonging to the Seminary, except through the Faculty. Nor shall any student retain his right or claim to a room any longer than he continues to occupy it personally. ~ 5. No student shall exchange his room for another without permission from the Faculty. 19 ~ 6. Rooms vacated, during the academic year, or not continually occupied, may be assigned to students by the Faculty, regard being had to the class standing of the applicants. ~ 7. Every room, the occupant of which is not present at the opening of the academic year, shall be regarded as vacant after one week; unless the said occupant previously give to the Faculty suffciert reasons for his absence. But in no case shall a room be thus reserved longer than four weeks in all, and this at the discretion of the Faculty. ~ 8. If any student shall absent himself from the Seminary without permission from the Faculty, his room shall be regarded as vacant at the expiration of one week. ~ 9. No student shall make any fixture in his room except with leave of the Faculty; and any fixture thus permitted, or in any way made, shall thereafter belong to the room. ~ 10. The Board expect that all students, who are able to provide rooms for themselves, will not apply for rooms in the Seminary. TRIENNIAL CATALOGUE OF THE kitcers a~n 31tmni OF THE IJ~I01 THEOLOGICAL SE3IINAPt\ IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK. DE!GiBER 1859, NAEW YORK: JOHN F. TROW, PRINTER, 377 & 379 BROADWAY, CORNER OF WHITE STREET. 1859. FOUNDED, January 18, 1836. OPENED FOR INSTRUCTION, December 5, 1836. INCORPORATED, March 17, 1839. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. PRESIDENTS OF THIE BOARD. Accessit. Exit. 1836 REV. THOMAS McAULEY, D. D., LL. D. 1840 1840 RICHARD T. HAINES. 1840 1840 REV. SAMUEL 1-. COX, D. D. 1841 1841 RICHARD T. HAINES. VICE-PRESIDENTS. 1836 -ZECHARIAH LEWIS. 1840 1841 CHARLES BUTLER. RECORDERS. 1836 *REV. ERSKINE MASON, D. D. 1841 1841 RTEV. HENRY A. ROWLAND, D. D. 1843 1843 REV. JAMES W. McLANE, D. D. TREASURERS. 1836 WILLIAM M. IIALSTED. 1845 1845 ANTHONY P. HALSEY. DIRECTORS. 1836 REv. THOMAS McAULEY, D. D., LL, D. 1845 1836 REV. HENRY WHITE, D. D. 1840 1836 REV. THOMAS HI. SKINNER, D. D. 1848 1836 REV. WILLIAM PATTON, D.D. 1849 4 T Id I E ITN E I AL A ccessit. Exit. 1836 *REv. ERSKINE MASON, D. D. 1851 1836 *REv. ICHABOD S. SPENCER, D. D. 1849 1836 REv. ABSALOM PETERS, D. D. 1842 1836 REV. WILLIAM ADAMS, D. D. 1836 REEnv. ELIJAH P. BARROWS, D. D. 1837 1836 *REv. HENRY A. ROWLAND, D. D. 1845 1836 *ZECHARIAII LEWIS. 1840 1836 MICAH BALDWIN. 1845 1836 CTHARLES BUTLER. 1836 *JOHN NITCHIE. 1838 1836 *LEONARD CORNITNG 1842 1836 ABIJAH FISHER. 1859 1836 WILLIABTM. IIHALSTED. 1851 1.836 CALEB 0. HALSTED. 1836 FISHER I-lOWE. 1836 RICHARD T. HAINESO 1836 *JOSEPH OTIS. 1844 1836 PELATIAH PERIT. 1857 1836 CORNELIUS BAKER. 1840 1836 *KNOWLES TAYLOR. 1842 1837 REV. DAVID IAGIE, D. D. 1840 1837 *REVI NATH-lANAEL E. JOHNSON. 1844 1837 REv. ANSEL D. EDDY, D. D. 1856 1837 REV. SELAE B. TREAT. 1843 1837 PREV. SAMUEL H. COX, D. D. 1838 *ANSON G. PHELPS. 1853 1840 REV. ALBERT B PARNES. 1.841 REV. ASA D. SMITH, D. D. 1841 DAVID LEAVITT. 1846 1841 ANTHIONY P. HALSEY. 1842'JAMES C. BLISS, M. D. 1855 1842 REV. JAMIES W. MecLANE, D. D. 1844 eREVo. vWILLIAM B. LEWIS. 1849 1844 TREADWELL KETCHAM. 1850 1844 CYRUS P. SMITH. 1848 1844 REV. tI-ORATIO N. BRINSMADE, D. DO 1851 1845 REV. EBENEZERGHl CHEEVER. 1846 1846 REV. EDWIN F. HATFIELD, D. D. 1846 REV. SAMUEL W. FISHER, D. D. 1848 CATALOGUE. 5 Accessit. Exit. 1846 DAVID HOADLEY. 1847 FRANCIS P. SCI-OALS. 1850 1848 JOHN C. BALDWIN. 1848 REV. JONATHAN B. CONDIT, D. D. 1851 1848 REV. JOSEPH C. STILES D. D. 1852 1849 REV. CHARLES H. RE AD, D. D. 1850 1849 REV. SAMUEL T. SPEAR, 1).D. 1850 REV. JONATHAN F. STEARNS, D. D. 1850 REV. WALTER IH. BIDWELL. 1857 1851 JOHN A. DAVENPORT. 1855 1851 JASPER CORNING. 1852 1852 REV. GEORGE L. PRENTISS, D.D. 1852 REV. JOSEP1H FEW SMITH, D.D. 1852 REV. A. AUGUSTUS WOOD, D. D. 1852 REV. ALFRED E. CAMPBELL, D. D. 1859 1852 JAMES BOORMAN. 1852 *ANSON G. PHELPS. 1858 1855 WALTER S. GRIFFITH. 1856 WILLIAM E. DODGE. 1856 REV. JAMES P. VILSON, D. D. 1856 ALFRED C. POST, M. D. 1857 NORMAN WHITE. 185/7 REV. JOEL PARKER, D. D. 1859 RIEV. MALTER CLARKE, D. D. 1859 SALEM H. WALES. 1859 WILLIAM H. SMITH. ~6 ~TRIENNIAL FACULTY. PRESIDENTS. Accessit. Exit. 1836 REV. THOM3AS McAULEY, D. D., LL. D. 1840 ALSO PROFESSOR OF PASTORAL THEOILOGY. 1840 REv. JOEL PARKElR,D.D. 1842 ALSO PROFESSOR OF SACRED IRETORIC. PROFESSOR S. Biblical Literature. 1837 REV. EDWARD ROBINSON, D. D., LL. D. Systematic Theology. 1836 *REV. HENRY WIITIE, 1. D. 1850 1851 REV. JAMES P. WILSON, D.D. 1853 1854 REV. HENRY BOYNT'ON SMITU, D. D. ROOSEVELT PROF. Ecclesiastical Hlistory. 1850 REV. HENRY BOYNTON SM3ITH, D.D. 1854 1855 REV. ROSWELL D. HlITCHCOCK, D. D. WASIIBUrUN PROF. Sacred Rhetoric, Pastoral Theology, and Church Government. 1848 REV. THOMAS H. SKINNER, D. D. DAVENPORT PROF. CATALOGUE. 7 ALUMNI. The following Catalogue comprises the names of those only, who have completed the regular course of study in the Seminary. In the fourth column, P. stands for Pastor; S. for Supply; M. for Mlissionary, either in foreign lands or in the territories of the United States; T. for Teacher; E. for Editor; Ch. for Chaplain; Ev. for Evangelist. In the second column, N. Y. c. stands for New York City and Brooklyn; and in the fifth column the place of residence is in the State of New York, unless otherwise indicated. 1838. Name. State. Coll. Empl't. Eesidence, Henry Belden, N.Y.C. u.c. 1835 City Miss'y, Brooklyn. Samuel R. Brown, Mass. Y.C. 1832 M. Empire of Japan. Burtis C. Megie, NV.Y.C..N.Y. 1835 P. Dover, N. J. Alexander 0. Peloubet, N.Y.C. u.N.Y. 1835 2Mendham, N. J. Thomas S. Ward, N.J. U.N.Y. 1835 P. Carbondale, Pa. George I. Wood, Conn. Y.c. 1833 P. Guilford, Conn. 6 1839. Luther l. Angier, Mass. A.C. 1833 S. South Malden, Mass. William Belden, N. Y.CU. u.c. 1835 T. Brooklyn. William B. Bond, Mass. A.c. 1835 St. Johnsbury, Vt. *J. Addison Carey, Mass. A.C. 1832 IPrin. D. & D. Inst. Co( lubus, 0., d. 1852. Charles Chamberlain, Mass. B.U. 1836 PO Eastford, Conn. Philemon E. Coe, N.J. C.N.J. 1834 Westfield, N. J. Cornelius S. Conklin, N. Y.C. u.c. 1836 P. Mount Pleasant, N. ^, James S. Evans, D. D., N.Y. u.N.Y. 1836 P. Setauket,L.I. 8 T RIENNIAL Name. State. Cell. Empl't. Residence. Samuel W. Fisher, D.D., N.J. Y.c. 1835 Pres. Ham. Coll., Clinton. Alexander Gulick, N.Y C..... Jamesburg, N. J. John G. Hall, N.Y.C. u.N.Y. 1836 P. Fort Plain. *James Hildreth, N.Y. C.... S. avenport, Io., d. 1850. Isaac F. Holton, Vt. A.C. 1836 S. Lawrence, 71. *James S. Judd, N..... Warrensburgh, d. 1845. Charles Kenmore, N.. Y. C. S. Monticello, IMiss. Jeremiah S. Lord, V.Y. u.N.Y. 1836 P. Harlem. Daniel E. Megie, N.Y..... P. Boonton, N. J. Benjamin G. Riley, N. Y. w.c. 1834 S. Lodi, Wis. J. Addison Saxton, Conn. u.N.Y. 1835 T. Norwich, Conn. Peter Snyder, N.Y. u.c. 1836 P. Watertown. Francis Warriner, Macss. A.C. 1830 P. Lower Wateiford, Vt. 21 1840. Erasmus J. Boyd, N.Y. H.e. 1837 To Mlonroe, MIich. Charles P. Bush, N...... Beloit, Wis. Edward F. Dickinson, Mass. u.o. 1837' S. Chicago, III. George Duffleld, N.Y.C. Y.c. 1837 P. Philadelphia, Pa. Chester Fitch, Mass. w.c. 1834 P. New York Mills. Josiah Leonard, N.. u.c. 1837 P. Fulton City, 11l. *Francis E. Lord, N.Y. u.c. 1837 P. Olivet,.Mich., d. 1855. Hiram Slauson, N.Y. u.c. 1837 S. Whitehall. *James M. Smith, N.Y..... George P. Tyler, Vt; Y.. 1836 P. Brattleboro, Vt. Edmund F. Waldo, N.Y. A.c. 1837 P. Jefferson, Wis. *Francis C. Woodworth, Co'nn..... E. INew York, d. 1859. 12 1841. Erastus S. Barnes, N.Y. A.C. 1838 Lenox. Jesse K. Bragg, Mass. A.C. 1838 P. Brookfield, Mass. John L. Chapman, N.J... T. Irvington, J. J. r Ag't West. Bapt. Ed'n Soc., ^Hervey S. Dale, Mass, B.U. 1834 (Cincinnati, 0., d. 1857. J. Gardner Davis, Mass. Y.c. 1836 P. Amherst, N HN. George Gemmel,.Y..... S. Quasqueton, lo. James L. S. Grandin,.N.J.. P. Springwater. CATALOGUE. 9 Name. State. Coll. Empl't. Residence. Milo J. Hickock, Vt. M.C. 1835 P. Scranton, Pa. Silas Jessup, N.Y. WAB.C. 1838 Rockton, Ill. John M. Johnson, N.J. C.N.J. 1835 P. Hanover Ieck, N. J. *Timothy W. Lester,. Y.... arlborough, cd. 1842. Michael F. Liebenau, V. Y. C U.N.Y. 1837 P. New Paltz Landing. William A. Mandell, Mass. A.c. 1838 P. Lunenbcrgh, Mass. James IcChain, N. Y.C. -c. 1838 P. Abingdon, Va. Miles T. Merwin,'Conn. Y.. 1828 S. Philadelphia, Pa. *George Monilaws,.Y. C. u.Co 1839 P. Somers, d. 1848. Joseph H. Myers, D. D., N.Y. U.VT. 1837 P. St. Autgustine, Flor Joel E. Rockwell, D. D. N.Y. A.c. 1837 P. Brooklyn. Alexander Trotter, N. Y o.c. 1838 P. Livingstonville. Horace Winslow, N. Y. u.. 1841 P. Great Barrington, Mass. 20 1 842 James Aiken, JV.H.T D.c. 1839 P. Charlestown, Ma2ss. James M. Bruen, Pa. U.PA. 1839 Irvinyton, Ai. J. Charles H. A. Bulkley, N. Y.G. U.N.Y. 1839 P. Paterson,. J. *Abel B. Burke, iN.H. D.c. 1838 T. Alexander, Ga., d. 1847. Aaron L. Chapin, D. D., Conn. Y.c. 1837 Pres.13el.Coll., Beloit, Wis. Horace Eaton, N.Hf. D.c. 1839 P. Palmyra. Charles Gillette, V. Y. A.C. 1839 S. Milford. Benj. M. Goldsmith, N.Y. U.N.Y. 1838 P. Benton. Edward Hopper, N.Y. C U.N.Y. 183-9 PI. Sayg Harbor, L. I. William M. Hoyt, N.Y.C. u.N.Y. 1839 P. Nineveh. Charles Kendall, ass. A.C. 1839 P. Petershamn, Mass. D. D. To McLaughlin, N. Y.C. Y.c. 1834 P. Sharon, Conn. William NW. Patton, V. Y.C. U,N.Y. 1839 P. Chicago, Ill. Joseph Peckham, Mass. A.C. 1837 Kingston,.1Mass. John NW. Ray, NV.Y. A.C. 1839 S. Goffstown, N. I-. Moses Robinson, Vt. m.c. 1839 S. Steamboat Rock, lo. Cyrus E. Rosenkrans, N.. A.c. 1837 S. Columbus, Wis. Joseph Rosenkrans, N. Y. uc. 1839 P. Romulus. H.. 0. Schermerhorn, N.Y.C. C. o.. P..New York, d. 1854, Raymond H. Seely, Conn. U.N.Y. 1839 HIenry Seymour, fMass. A.C. 1838 P. Hawley, Mass. S. Montfort Vail, V, Y. B.C. 1838 Prof. BibI. Inst., Concord, Samuel J. White, N.Y. w.c. 1839 S. Cannonsville. [N. H. 23 10 TRIENNIAL 1843. Name. State. Coil. Empl't. Residence. Richard H. Bull, N.Y.C. U.N.Y. 1839 Prof. N.Y. Univ., N. York. William Clift, Conn. A.C. 1839 P. Stonington, Conn. William T. Doubleday, N. Y. Y.c. 1838 S. Gilbertsville. Henry B. Elliott, N.Y.C U.N.Y. 1840 P. Columbus, O.I Nathaniel Elmer, N. Y. u.c. 1840 P. East Avon. Samuel H. Hall, N.. u.c. 1837 P. Owego. George Kerr, LL. D., N.Y. w.c. 1839 T. Franklin. Henry D. Latham, N.Y...... P. Westport, Conn. John Lewis, Mass. D.C. 1840 P. Platteville, Wis. Thomas H. Mudge, Mass. w.u. 1840 P. St. Louis, Mo. George F. Needham, N. Y. w.c. 1840 Orin F. Otis, Conn. Y.C. 1840 P. Chepachet, R. I. *Samuel L. Pitcher, Va. c.N.J. 1840 S. Cross Roads, Pa., d. 1844. William K. Platt, N..Y.C. u.c. 1840 P. Somers. William Porter, Mass. w.c. 1839 Prof. Bel.Coll., Beloit, Wis. Edward E. Rankin, N1.J. Y.c. 1840 P. New York. L. Burton Rockwood, N..ff D.c. 1839 Agt Am. Tr. Soc.,Rocky Hill, John W. Scherererhorn, N.Y.C. u.c. 1836 T. New York. [Conn. Henry M. Scudder, D.D., Ceylon, U.N.Y. 1840 M. Arcot, India. Thomas J. Shepherd, Va. CN.. 1839 P. Philadelphia, Pa. Thomas H. Skinner, Jr., V.Y.C. U.N.Y. 1840 P. Stapleton. Judson B. Stoddard, V.Y. u.c. 1840 P. South Windsor, Conn. George B. Utter, N.Y..... E. Westerly, R.. Eliphalet Whittlesey, Conn. w.c. 1840 Plainfield, Conn. 24 1844. Samuel H. Allen, Mass. A.C. 1841 P. Windsor Locks, Conn. George W. Barrows, Vt.... P. Salisbury, Vt. Elijah H. Bonney, Mass. A.C. 1839 S. Vernon Centre. *George A. Davis, Vt. D.. 1838 P. Hanover Co.,Va.,d. 1846. William C. Foster, NV.f. D.c. 1841 P. North Becket, Mass. Ezra H. Gillett, Conn. Y.c. 1841 P. Harlem. Charles Hawley, N.Y. w.c. 1840 P. Auburn. Harrison 0. Howland, Mass. A.c. 1841 P. Chester, N. H. Zerah T. Hoyt, N Y. u.c. 1840 S. Greenfield. James Hoyt, N. Y. uoc. 1840 P. Orange, N. J. CATALOGUE. 1I Name. State. Coll. Empl't. Residence. Frederick F. Judd, N.Y. C.N.J. 1839 S. Berkshire. Amos E. Lawrence, NV.Y. C. Y.C. 1840 P. South.Britain, Conn. Nathanael C. Locke, Vt. M.C. 1838 P. IHempstead, L.I. Samuel J. Parker, N.Y. A.C. 1841 Edward J. Vail, N.Y. U.N.Y. 1841, Cal. Levi F. Waldo, V.Y. u.c. 1840 S. Kewanee, Ill. John Ward, N.J. U.N.Y. 1841 P. Philadelphia, Pa. *Charles D. Wharton, Va. U.VA. 1839 S. Leesville, Va. d. 1845. J. Livingston Willard, N.Y. u.c. 1842 P. Sparta, N.J. George F. Wiswell, N.Y..... P. Wilmington, Del. 20 1845. Jacob J. Abbott, Vt. D.C. 1839 P. Uxbridge, M]fass Samuel W. Bailey, R.I..c. 1839 S. Neew York. Frederick G. Clark, N.Y. U.N.Y. 1842 P. New York. Rees C. Evans, Pa. J.c. 1842 P. Philadelphia, Pa. Henry C. Fish, D. D., Vt...... P. Newark, N. J. *Waillian Forrest, N.Y.C c.c. 1840 T. New York, d. 1856. Timothy Hill, N./H. D.c. 1842 S. St. Louis, Mo. Edward Howe, Me. B.C. 1841 T. New York. Horatio S. Howell, Pa.. S. Delaware TIater Gap, Pa. William W. Howland, Mass. A.c. 1841 M. Batticotta, Ceylon. *Samuel Hurlburt, Vt. i.C. 1839 P. New Haven, Vt., d. 1856. Joseph P. Lestrade, Pa. U.PA. 1841 City M[iss'y, New York. Joseph McKee, VN.Y.C. BF.C. 1829 New York. William H. Megie, N.Y.C. U.N.Y. 1839 S. Junius. Henry Osbcrn, NY.. w.c. 1842 S. Circleville. Henry S. Osborn, Pa. U.PA. 1841 S. Salem, Va. *Noah F. Packard, fass. B.U. 1842 S. N. Orleans, La., d. 1847. Charles Peabody, N.H. D.C. 1839 Ag'tAm. Tr.Soc., St. Louis, o. Winthrop H. Phelps, N.Y.C U.N.Y. 1842 P. Monterey, Mass. Samuel S. Potter, NJ. U.N.Y. 1842 T. Glendale, O. Benjamin J. Relyea, N. Y..... S. Brooklyn. Alonzo B. Rich, N.Y. U.VT. 1842 P. Beverly, lass. Socrates Smith, VN.H. D.C. 1842 Greenville, Il. [1851. *F. Mi. Starkweather, Mass. A.C. 1841 Northanvmpton, Mass., d. Rufus P. WVells, Mass. A.C. 1842 P. Jonesborou/ g, Tenn.. Shepard Wells, Mo. i.e. 1840 Ag't Am. Tr. Soc. Columnbia, 26 rTenn. 12 TRIENNIAL 1846. Name. State. Coil. Empl't. Residence, Edwin T. Brantly, Ala. U.E.T. 1843 S. Greenville, Tenn. Edward B. Bruen, Pa. U.PA. 1842 P. Philadelphia, Pa. Augustus W. Cowles, N.Y. u.c. 1841 Pres. E. Fern. Coll., Elmira. William Dempsey, IV......P.. Middlebury, 0. Charles C. )'Urgin, o...... Amasa S. Freeman, N.Y.C. U.N.Y. 1843 P. cHaverstraw. *Matthew D. Gordon, A T.Y. M.C. 1840 - IoosicCl Falls, d. 1853. Alfred H. Guernsey, Vt... N E. E ew York. Eurotas P. Hastings, N..Y. H.C. 1842 M. Mlanepy, Ceylon. Samuel J. Jones, T. r. C. U.N.Y. 1843 Bangyo, Wis. S. Penniman Leeds, N.Y.C. U.N.Y. 1843 S. Stanford, Conn. Charles E. Linsley, 0. MA.C. 1840 S. New Rochelle. Joseph H. Martin, Tenn. U.E.T. 1843 P. Knoxville, Tenn. Edwin R. McGregor, N. C. U.N.Y. 1843 New Lisbon, 0. *John B. Meek, Tenn. MV.c. 1845 P. Athens, Tenn., d. 1848. David C. Meeker, N.a.J. u.N.i. 1843 P. Hardyston, AT. J. Jacob H. Patton, Pa. J.c. 1839 T. New York. John Peck, Conn. w.R.c. 1842 S. 11arathon. *William L. Richards, Sand. Isl..c. 1841 M. hFuh-ChauChina,. 1851. Collingwood Rutherford, N/. Y..... P. Haddam, Conn. Charles N. Todd, IMass. As.. 1839 T. Indianapolis, Ind. David Torrey, Pa. A.c. 1843 P. Delhi. George M. Tuthil], IN. Y... 1839 P. Pontiac, Mich. Williaim H. Willcox, N. Y.C. U.N... 1843 P. Reading, Jiass. 24 1 84 7. Robert Aikmnan, N.Y YC.c. 1843 P. Elizabeth, N. J. Nathan S. Aller, N.J..... P. Pleasantville, Pa. Robert C. Anderson, Va. iH..c, 1843 S. Irisburg, Va. Marshall B. Angier, Mass. Y.c. 1844 P. Hopkinton, NT.I. George Bowen, N..C...... M. Bombay, India. Edwin A. Bulkley, N.Y. CU r.c 1844 P. Groton, Mass. Charles W. Camp, Conn. Y.C. 1844 P. Sheboygan, Wis. Joseph G. Cochran, NV.Y. A.c. 1842 M. Seir, Persia. J. Geddes Craighead, Pa. DEL.C. 1844 E. Nlew York. *Seneca Cummings, N. H. D.C. 1844 M. Fuh-Chau China, d. 1856. CATALOGUE. 13 Name. State. Coll. Empl't. Residence. Alfred H. Dashiell, Tenn. DEL.C. 1843 P. Stockbridge, lyMass. Halsey Dunning, iV.KY. 3 u.N.Y. ] 842 P Baltimozre, -Md, *William R. Durnett, 1.... o P. P. iladel'aPa., cI 1854. Samuel G. Dwig'ht, Canada.... Malo0kai, Sand. Isl. J. Edwards Ford, N.Y. w.c. 184-4 ML. Beirzlt, Syria. Amzi W. Freeman, V.J. CN.J. 1843 P. Aurora, Ind. Robert Gray, Va...... S. Franklin Co., Va. *James M. Kimball, 1.VY. C. u.No.Y. 1844 P. Portsmouth, Va., d. 1849. Heenry Kinney,.V Y'. Y.c. 1.844 M. Hwaii, Sacud.Idusl., cl. 1854. Henry Maitthews, iR d...o. P. $hcpherdstowz, Va, James MS. [ecLean, MAiss. MI.c. 1845.- P. JMobile, Alao Cyrus T. Millls, KN.YF. w.c, 1844'cWare, Mass. [d. 1851. *William Olmsttead, Con'n.. P. 2 Oc P ason Village, 2T. -1., Henry E. Parker, N. D.. 1841 P. Co ncord, N H. IT. *Thomas IT. Parish, Tenn... S. Callatin, Tenn.,l d. 1849. Benjamin F. Peters Va.... John Sailor, Pa... P. Michigan City, Ind. Matson Meier Smith, N.Y... 8443 P. Bridgep1ort, Conn. George I. Taylor, NFY. u. 1843 S. LMwrenceburg, ICd, Townsend E. Taylor, N. M.I Gv 1844::'ailuca Sand. 1st. George Uhler, Pa. uID.Yo 1844 Curtisville, Mais'. Tholmas A. Weed, 2oN. EC. o.. 1843 Po Mexico. William Wood, Nl.I D.C. D. 1842 M. Satar a, Indcia. 5John J. Zielie, N1. E u.c. 1844 Scioharie, d. 184'/. John J. Zivley, Tenn. o.... S. Austin, Tex. 35 1848. Andrew Abraham, N. Yr. U.. 184-4 M}. Southern Africa. Charles M. Atkinson5 Hass, A.C 1844 S. Cuanton, fiss. Jacob Best, N. YK av. 1844 MX. Weste1rn Africa. John D. Carnes, N.Y.C. *George Clalrk, Mlass, w.G. 1843 Tallahassee, Flor., d. 1850. Oliver Crane, N'.J'. r.C. 1845 P. TYaverly. "James P. Cutler, i.NJ1,. Y.c 184-3 Morrlistown0t, N7 I., d. 1851,'R. S. Stolrs DiClinson,. Y. G. A.C. 1844 Ch. Paris, Francce, d. 1850. Alexander B. Dilley, Pa. w.c. 1843 S. Bangoyr. Edward A.f Dodd, NIT. c.N.J. 18414 LT Syrna, Turk. Em2p. 14 TTRIENNIAL Name. State. Coll. Empl't. esidence. John Waldo Douglas, N.Y. Y.c. 1840 Trenton. Charles A. Downs, Conn. U.N.Y. 1845 P. Lebanon, N. H. John W. Dulles, Pa. Y.c. 1844 Se Presb. Publ'n Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Israel E. Dwinell, Vt. U.VT. 1843 P. Salem, Mass. Cornelius Earle, N.Y. C. U.N.Y. 1845 P. Catasauqua, Pa. Luther C. Hallock, NV. Y.... Wading River, L. I. Rufus King, N..Y. u.c. 1844 P. Jamestown. Samuel Y. Lum, NV.J... Lawrence, Kansas. William IL. Marble, N.H..... P. Oshkosh, Wis. David Murdoch, V.Y. u.C. 1845 P. New Milford, Conn. Charles Parker, V.Y.C... Bergen Point, N. J. Alexander Parkins, Va. DEL.C. 1845 E. Berryville, Va. Justin W. Parsons, Mass. w.c. 1845 M. Baghchejk, Turk. Emp. -'. Pres. Cumb'd Coll. PrinceHamilton W. Pierson, N.Y. u.. 1843 e. C b'd Cl., Princ ton, Ky. Samuel Sawyer, Nr.Y. C.N.J. 1842 S. Marion, Ind. Stephen C. Strong, Mass. w.c. 1845 J. Emerson Swallow, N".H. D.C. 1843 S. Stoneham, Mass. Edward B. Walswotbh, N.Y. u.c. 1844 P. arysville, Cal. Samuel H. Willey, N.H. D.c. 1845 P. San Francisco, Cal. 29 1849. William Aikman, gN.Y.C. U.N.Y. 1846 P. Wilmington, Del. Isaac H. Brayton, NV.Y. H.c. 1846 E. San Francisco, Cal. Robert Campbell, Miss. Mr.c. 1846 S. Trinity, La. Nathan C. Chapin, Conn. Y.c. 1844 S. Kenosha, Wis. Alexander C. Childs, Mass. Y.c. 1845 Boston, Mass. G. Whitefield Coan, NV.Y. w.c. 1846 M. Oroomiah, Persia. Charles Fanning, N.Y.C. U.N.Y. 1845 N1ew York. Horace W. Finch, NV.Y U.N.Y. 1846 P. Hudson. George De F. Folsom, N. Y.C. Y.c. 1845 P. Springfield, Mass. Charles H. Force, N.J. U.N.Y. 1846 P. Ottawa, ill. Fisk Harmon, Vt....... S. Swede Point, Iowa. George W. Itervey, N. Y. cN.c. 1847 P. Canton, Mass. Edmund D. Holt, N..Y. A.C. 1846 S. Chatfield, iMinn. Wm. Edward Holyoke, Ill. K.c. 1846 P. Polo, Ill. J. Augustine Hood, Mass. D.C. 1844 P. Pittsfield, N. H. Charles Livingston, Scotland, o.c. 1845 M. Eastern Africa. CATALOGUE. 15 Name. State. Coil. Empl't. Residence. Jonathan Lyons, Va....... S. Jefferson, Va. Dwight W. Marsh, O. w.c. 1842 M. M3osul, Turk. Emp. James Morton, N. Y. Y.c. 1845 P. Delaware City, Del. Isaac N. Naff, Va..... S.. Dublin, Va. Gurdon W. Noyes, Conn. A.C. 1846 P. New Ilaven, Conn. Isaac L. Peet, N.Y.C. Y.c. 1845 T. D. & D. Inst., N. Y. I. Bryant Smith, N.Y.C. U.N.Y. 1846 Wm. C. Ulyat, N. Y.C. U.N.Y. 1846 P. Hudson. Joseph C. Whitney,.V.Y. o.c. 1845 P. Forest City, Minn. 25 1850. Francis E. M. Bacheler, N1.Y. Y B.U. 1847 P. Patchogue, L. I. John Bradshaw, N. JY. M.C. 1839 S. Crown Point. Uzal W. Condit, N.J. w.c. 1847 P. Deerfield Centre, N. H. Andrew C. Denison, Conn. Y.C. 1847 S. Westchester, Conn. William W. Eddy, O. w.c. 1845 M. Sidon, Syria. Asa E. Everest, _N.. M.C. 1847 S. 1fooers. Stephen S. Goodman, V. Y.C U.N.Y. 1847 S. Unadilla. Richard Hall, 2N.H. D.C. 1847 Agt.. M. Soc., Point Douglass, Minn. W. Nye Harvey, N.Y. C. U.N.Y 1844 P. Milford, Conn. John Hawks, Mass. A.c. 1847 P. Perrysville, Ind. Simeon S. Hughson, N.J. o.c. 1847 P. Rushville. William H. Lockwood, JV.Y. U.N.Y. 1847 P. Lowville. *H. Sneed McElroy, Ky. cR.c. 1847 P. Detroit, Mich., d. 1857. Peter J. H. Myers, N1.Y. i.GC. 1847 P. Haverstraw. Emery H. Page, N..Y. B.U. 1847 P. Brooklyn. Wilson Phraner, N..Y. U.N.Y. 1847 P. Sing Sing. Epaminondas J. Pierce, Pa. D.C. 1845 M. Western Africa. Lewis H. Reid, N. Y. C. Y.C. 1847 P. Fayetteville. Samuel A. Rhea, Tenn. U.E.T. 1847 M. Gawar, Persia. George G. Rice, Vt. U.VT. 1855 S. Onawa City, lo. *Henry E. Ruggles, Vt. D.C. 1845 Newbury, Vt., d. 1856. Charles Seccombe, Mass. D.C. 1847 S. St. Anthony's Falls, Minn. Franklin G. Sherrill, NV.Y. U.N.Y. 1846 S. Fulton, Wis. Edwin G. Smith, III. m.c. 1846 P. Tremont, Ill. Ignace Steiner, Bohemia.... New York. Seth B. Stone, Conn. Y.C. 1842 M. Southern Africa. Guy C. Strong, Vt. M.C. 1847 S. Grandville, Mich. 16 TR IEN NIAL lame. State. Coll. Emplt. Residence. Wickes S. Titus, N.Y. u.c. 1848 P. Watertozwn. James Walker, N.Y. A.o. 1844 S. Tekonsha, Kcich. James H. Warren, Iowa. Te.. 1847 P. Nevada City, Cal. 30 185 1. William P. Barker, IV.. u.NY. 1848 IM. -Khokar, India. *Daniel Bond, A.Y3 HI.C. 1848 P. Peekscilll d. 1852. Edgar W. Clark, N.. w.co 1848 P. Medina. Eli Corwin, EN.Y w.c. 1848 So Ilonzollat, Sand. Isl. Lewis Gano, NV.J..... Geneva, Ill. AAdmatha Grout, Vt. D.c. 1845 K ean. d. 1857. Thomas S. Hasti-ngs, i.Y.. -I.c. 1848 P, lew York, Theron H. IHawkes, ~Mass. w.c. 1844 1.. Sp)ringfield, 1Mass. Louis P. Ledoux, La. A.C. 1848 P. Corzwall. Araunah IH. Lilly, XV. w.c. 1848 S. ast Palmyra. S. Wallace Phelps, N. Y.C. U.N. Y 1848.S Lee Centre, Ill. Sanford W. Roe, N.Y. UN.Y. 184'7 P. Caio. *Edward F. Poss, N.Y u. 1848 P..orisania d. 18585. Joseph Rowell, iV.l. Y.c. 1848 Ch. San Francisco, Cal. James Sinclair, V.Y. U.N.Y. 1848 P. C6tchogue, L. 1. *Joseph W Sutphen, _lT.E. ii.c. 184-7 AM,.laarsovan,z T'rktil. Ed. 1852. Lyman W. Walsworth, 0. o.c 1848 Po Pine Plains. Epher Whitaker, N.Jo DEL.Co 1847 P. Southold, L. I. Aaron R. Wolfe, N.J. o w.c. 1844 T. West Bloomzfield, N. J. 19 1852 John W. Bailey, 7r.YC. we.c. 1849 Prof. Knox Coll,, Galesberg, Ill. Charles W.. Baird, NV. Isu.N.Yo 1848 S. Yonkers. Jasper N. Ball, V.eH D.c. 1849 M. YozgCat, Turkc. Emlp. J. Leonard Corning,. Y. C. u.:,it. 1849 P. Milvwaukie, Wis. Edward T. Doane, N.. ic. 1849 M. Micronesia. Charles S. Dunning, N.Y. w.c. c 1848 P. Franklin. Homelr N. Dunning, N.Y, Yr.c. 1848 P. Gloversville. Levi W. Hart, Conno Y.C. 1846 T. Brooklyn. *Thomas D. Hudson, Va.' WV..VA. 1849 S. NWewbern, Va. Thomas J. Lamar, Tenn. MV.C. 1848 Prof. Mv. Coil., iMariyville, Tenn. CATALOGUE. 17 Name. State. Coil. Empl't. Residence. Elijah D. Murphy, V. Y. U.N.Y. 1849 P. Avon, Conn. Charles F. Mussey, O. D.c. 1848 P. Westfield. Oscar Newton, Miss. MI.C. 1849 T. Summit, Miss. Edward Peet, N.Y.C. U.N.Y. 1847 T. D. & D.Inst., New York. Edgar M. Richardson, Miss. MI.(. 1849 S. Grenada, Miss. James AM. Richardson, Miss. MI.C. 1849 Flower's Place, Miss. John A. Seymour, O. A.C. 1849 P. South Glastenbury, Conn. James R. Smith, Y..... S. Plum River, Ill. William S. Smith, Mass. A.C. 1848 P. Guilford, Conn. Elijah W. Stoddard, N. Y. A.C. 1849 P. Amenia. George P. Tindall, Mich. U.m. 1849 P. Indianapolis, Ind. Frederick W. Williams, N.Y.C.. TN.Y. 1849 P. New Canaan, Conn. 22 1853. Carson W. Adams, Del. D.C. 1850 P. Thompsonville, Conn. P. Mason Bartlett, -N'.Y. w.c. 1850 P. Lansinyburgh. Elias L. Boing, N.Y.C. U.N.Y. 1850 P. Durham. John H. Brodt,.Y..... P. Petaluma, Cal. Levi P. Crawford, Ill. I.c. 1848 P. Sandwich, Ill. Richard C. Dunn, Ill..c. 1847 P. Toulon, Ill. Edwin Goodell, Vt. D.C. 1850 HIartford, Vt. George H. Gould, Mass. A.C. 1850 Timothy A. Hazen, Conn. w.c. 1849 S. Broad Brook, Conn. Henry G. Jesup, Conn. Y.c. 1847 P. Stanwich, Conn. V. Leroy Lockwood, Ill. iK.. 1850 P. ]Rahway, N. J. Samuel Loomis, O. W.R.C. 1849 P. Rensselaerville. Charles F. Martin, Ill. K.c. 1846 Galesbury, Ill. Warren Mayo, N. Y...... Ludlow, Mass. John McCampbell, Tenn. Mv.c. 1849 S. Lexington, Miss. James J. McMahon, Ireland,... P. Castle Craig, Va. Aaron B. Peffers, Conn. U.N.Y. 1850 S. Gharlton Centre. John Reid, NV.Y.C.... P. Jamesport, L. I. Joseph Edwin Roy, Ill. I.c. 1848 P. Chicago, Ill. Alfred B. Swift, Vt. U.VT. 1847 P. Middle Granville. Siegmund Uhlfelder, NV.Y.C. oK.c. 1848 S. Sherill's Mount, Io. Theodore F. White, N.Y. U.N.Y. 1849 Mendham, N. J. 22 13 TRIENNIAL 1854. Name. State. Coll. Empl't. Residence. Albert G. Beebee, NV.Y. A.C. 1850 M. Marash, Turk. Emp. William E. Caldwell, Ill..... Salem, Ill. James Ma. Carroll, N.Y. w.u. 1851 P. Westville, Conn. Varnuml D. Collins, Ind. WAB.C. 1850 Philadelphia, Pa. Luther H. Cone, Conn. Y.c. 1847 P. Chicopee, Mass. La Fayette Dudley, N.Y. A.c. 1851 S. Atalissa, Io. George E. Eagleton, Tenn. u.u. 1851 S. Boon's Hill, Tenn. Walter Frear, N.Y. Y.c. 1851 S. Placerville, Cal. T. Nelson Haskell, O. U.MI. 1851 P. East Boston, Mass. William S. Karr, N.J. A.c. 1851 P. Brooklyn. Martin Kellogg, Conn. Y.c. 1850 Prof. Cal. Coll., Oakland, Cal. Ethan P. Larkin, R.. o.c. 1852 T. Milwaukie, Wis. Patrick J. Leo, Irl'd..Boston, Mass. Henry A. Lounsbury, X.Y. u.C. 1849 P. Beverly, Mass. Waldo W. Ludden, Mass. w.o. 1851 J. Lorenzo Lyons, Pa. w.c. 1851 M. Tripoli, Syria. William T. McElroy, Ky. CR.C. 1850 Lebanon, Ky. William E. Merriman, Vt. w.c. 1850 P. Batavia, Ill. John W. Moseley, Mo..... Richland, La. *Floyd Overton, NV.Y. A.c. 1851 S. Elmwood, Ill., d. 1855. Sanford Richardson, Ill. r.c. 1846 M. Arabkir, Turk. Emnp. Ova Hoyt Seymour, Mich. u.c. 1851 P. Cortlandt Village. Thomas E. Skinner, N.. C.N.c. 1847 P. Raleigh, N. C. Charles C. Starbuck, N. Y, o.c. 1849. Jamaica, W. I. John S. Zelie, N.Y. A.c. 1851 S. Santa Cruz, Cal. 25 18 55. Charles H. Barrett, Me. Y.c. 1852 lNew York. Albert Booth, Conn. Y.c. 1850 P. Litchfield, Conn. R. J. W. Buckland, N.Y.C. u.c. 1850 P. Sing Sing. Edwin 0. Burnham, 1. Y. -.c. 1852 P. Wilton., Minn. Wentworth S. Butler, N.H. D.c. 1848 Lib'nN. Y. Soc. Lib.,NzewoYork. Edward P. Crane, N..Y..C.. U... 1851 S. Picolata, Flor. Samuel W. Crittenden, Pa...... ew York. Ira O. De Long, V.. Y...... S. Hornellsville. Ambrose Dunn, Pa. A.C. 1852 P. PFairview, Pa. CATALOGUE. 19 Name. State. Coll. Empl't. Residence. James H. Dwight, Turkey, Y.c. 1852 S. Enylewood, N. J. James C. Egbert, lN.Y.C U.N.Y. 1852 P. West Hoboken, IV. J. Albert Fitch, O. W.R.C. 1852 P. Orient, L. I. Alfied L. Harrington, III. I.C. 1849 Peru, Ill. Henry Harris Jessup, Pa. Y.C 1851 M. Tripoli, Syria. John McKean, Il'd,.... P. Sprankle's Mills, Pa. E. Dyer Newberry, Mich. CL.U. 1852 P. Philadelphia, Pa. Gardiner S. Plumley, N. Y. C. Y.C. 1850 P. Metvchin, N. J. Timothy H. Porter,'Conn. Y.c. 1848.Astoria. Belville Roberts, Pa. u.M. 1852 S. lickman, Kyo James Pierce Root, N. Y.C... P. Walton. Bela N. Seymour, Mass. w.c. 1852 S. Camptonville, Cal. Edward Stratton, Pa. u.e. 1852 New York. Don Carlos Taft, NV.H. i.c. 1852 Tillman C. Trowbridge, Mich. u.M. 1852 M. Constantinople, Turkey. Allen Wright, Choc. Ter. u.e. 1852 M. Armst'ng Acad. Choc. Ter. 25 1856. Chester S. Armstrong, Mich. U.l. 1852 P. Lansing, Mich. James B. Bonar, NV.Y. C WAB.c. 1853 P. Montreal, C. E. Alonzo Brown, I.H. D.C. 1850 T. New York. Israel Brundage, Pa.....P. Prompton, Pa. Jackson G. Coffing, 0. MA.c. 1853 M. Ainttab, Turk. Emp. John P. Cushman, l.Y. u.e. 1851 S. Troy. Charles Harding, Mass. Y.c. 1853 M. Bombay, India. Edwin L. Hur1d, Ill. ie. 1853 P. Augusta, Ill. Everett B. Hurlbut, Ill. iK.. 1852 S. Fontanelle, Nebr. Mich'l D. Kalopothakes, Greece, U.A. 1853 Athens, Greece. Alexander McLean, N.Y. H.c. 1853 P. Fai field, Conn. James II. Parsons, N.Y. w.c. 1852 Alleghany. Herman C. Riggs, N. Y.C. u.N.. 1852 Brooklyn. George L. Tucker, Wis. BEL.C 1853 S. Fox Lake, Wis. Henry M. Tupper, Mass. Y.C. 1850 P. Waverly, Ill. Charles C. Wallace, N.Y. C. U.N.Y. 1853 P. Morrisania. George H. White, Ind. WAB.C. 1852 M. Marash, Turk. Emp. ~William C. Whitford, NV.Y. u.c. 1853 T. Milton, Wis. Marinus Willett, N.Y.C. w.c. 1846 P. Black Rock, Conn, 19 20 TRIENNIAL 1857. Name. State. Coll. Empl't. Residence. Joseph Anderson, N.Y.C. N.Y.A. 1854 P. Gr6and IHaven, Mich. Quincy Blakely, Vt. U.VT. 1854 S. Rodman. Theodore L. Byington, N.J. C.N.J. 1849 M. Adrianople, Tark. Emp. Edward Chester, N.Y. C.... M. Madura, India. Oliver E. Cobb, N.Y. Y.c. 1853 P. Adriance. James M. Dickson, Vt. D.c. 1853 P. Brooklyn. William B. Dwight, Turkey, Y.c. 1854 T. Englewood, N. J. Henry M. Hazeltine, V. Y. w.c. 1852 Jamestown. George D. A. Hebard, N.Y.C. D.C. 1854 S. Clinton, Iowa. Charles D. Helmer, N.. Y C..c. 1852 P. Milwaukie, Wis. Charles H. Holloway, Pa. A.C. 1854 S. Ashland. Carlton S. Horton, N.Y. C. w.c. 1854 Isl. of Madeira. Inglis Laurie, IT. I.C. 17854 Res. Lie. N. W. Theol. Sem., Chicago, Ill. Chauncey L. Loomis, Mio. W.R.C. 1846 M. Western A4frica. Charles H. Payson, N.Y.C. A.c. 1852 Ev. New York. Rollin A. Sawyer, O. W.R.C. 1851 P. Yonkers. J. Ford Sutton, NV.J. R.C. 1852 P. Parsippany, JV. J. Lewis Thompson, N.Y... P. Whippany, NV. J. William Thomson, Pa. U.PA. 1854 P. Blossburg, Pa. Avery S. Walker, N.Y. o.c. 1854 S. Lodi, 2. J. Erskine N. White, 1N.Y.C. Y.c. 1854 P. Richmond. 21 1858. William W. Adams, Ill. w.c. 1855 P. Elgin, IlI. John E. Baker, N.Y. w.c. 1853 P. Arkport. William F. V. Bartlett. N.Y.UC. Y.c. 1853 S. Natchez, Miss. Edmund W. Brown, N.Y. Y.c. 1855 Burdett. Lafayette Bushnell, N.Y.C. DEL.C. 1855 New York. Francis W. Case, Wis. BEL.C. 1855 T. Ngew York. Edson L. Clark, N. Y.C. Y.c. 1853 P. 1Dalton, Mass. John M. Clymer, Va. DEL.C. 1855 P. Woodstock, Va. George A. Dickerman, Conn. Y.c. 1855 Res. Lie., New Hacven, Conn. Lester M. Dorman, Conn. -.c. 1854 S. TWinsted, Conn. David Fitch, O. W.R.C. 1855 T. Flushing, L. I. Joseph K. Greene, N.Y.C. B.C. 1855 M. Baghchejikc, Ttrk. Emp. CATALOGUE. 21 Name. State. Coil. Empl't. Residence. Charles T. Haley, lN.Y.C. C.N.J. 1853 New York. John K. Harris, N.'Y. w.c. 1852 P. Kerr's Creek, Va. James S. Hoyt, Conn. Y.c. 1851 P. Port Huron, Mich. Samuel Jessup, N.Y. C.N.J. 1854 Ev. Florida. William H. Knouse, N.Y. C. U.N.Y. 1851 P. N~orth Greenwich, Conn. George C. Noyes, V. Y. C. i.. 1855 P. La Porte, Ind. Sylvester H. Opdyke, V.J. w.u. 1853 P. Bloomfield, N. J. William L. Page, N.Y. ii.o. 1854 P. Phelps. Edward P. Powell, N.Y. i.c. 1853 S. Clinton. Alexander D. Stowell, X.Y. Y.. 1853 P. Westville, Conn. George M. Van Derlip, N.Y.C. U.N.Y. 1851 New York. Robert H. Williamson, N.Y. w.c. 1853 S. Dodqeville, Wis. 24 1859. Henry J. Acker, N.Y.C. w.c. 1855 P. Greenport, L. I. Goodloe B. Bell, Pa. Y.C. 1852 S. Hcamburgh, N. J. Edwin C. Bissell, Conn. A.C. 1855 P. West Hampton, TMass. Jesse Brush, N.Y. U.N.Y. 1854 P. Susquehanna Depot, Pa. Walter H. Clark, N.Y. woc. 1854 M. Western Africa. Eugene Douglass,.Y. C.. N.Y.A. 1854 New York. William Wo Earle, Mass. A.C. 1856 S. Canton, Miss. William J. Erdman, Pa. II.c. 1856 P. St. Catharine's, C. W. Edward P. Goodwin, N.Y. A.c. 1856 P. Burke, Vt. C. Edwin Griggs, Conn. A.C. 1856 Chaplin, Conn. Hiram C. Haydn,.Y. A.C. 1856 S. Montville, Conn. Theodore J. Holmes, N.:Y.C. Y.c. 1853 S. Richmond, Vt. William Kendrick, 0... S. McKee, Ky. Henry Kimball, N.Y.C. Y.c. 1852 S. New York. John Kimball, Vt. D.C. 1856 Ev. New York. Charles E. Knox,.Y. H.C. 1856 Tutor Ham. Coll., Clinton, James T. Leftwich, Va. C.N.J. 1856 P. Alexandria, Va. Joel Linsley, N.Y. A.C. 1856 Milville. James A. Little, VN.Y.C. N.Y.A. 1854 New York. Thomas H. McCallie, Tenn. BT.C. 1856 S. Chattanooga, Tenir. Charles G. McCully, N.Y. s.c. 1853 P. Milltown, Me. Augustus L. Marden, N.H. D.c. 1856 S. Cabot, Vt. James T, Matthews, Mass. Y.c, 1854 P. Port Jervis. 22 TR IE NNIAL Name. State. Coll. Empl't. Residence. Arthur Mitchell, N.Y.C. w.c. 1853 P. Richmond, Va. George Pierson, N.J. C.N.J. 1853 Orange, NJ J. Charles H. Russell, Conn. P. Williamsport, Md. William A. Smith, 0. MA.C. 1853 P. Colerain, Mass. R. Bayard Snowden, N.Y. C. w.c. 1854 New York. Charles A. Stoddard, Mass. w.c. 1854 P. Washington Heights. James H. Taylor, 0. B.C. 1856 P. New Rochelle. Charles F. Winship, Ill. I.c. 1853 M. Western Africa. John M. Wolcott, Mass. Y.C. 1854 New York. Simeon F. Woodin, gN.Y. w.c. 1855 M. Fuh- Chau, China. James D. Wyckoff, Ill. K.c. 1856 S. Farmington, Ill. 34 CATALOGUE. 23 ABBREVIATIONS OF THE NAMES OF COLLEGES. A. C... Amherst Coil. Mass. N Y. A.. N. Y. Free Academy, N. Y. B. C... Bowdoin College, Me. O. C... Oberlin College, O. Bel. C... Beloit College, Wis. Ok. C.. Oakland College, Miss. Bf. C... Belfast College, Ireland. R. C.. Rutgers College, N. J. Bt. C... Burritt College, Tenn. U. A... Univer. of Athens, Greece. B. U.. Brown University, R. I. U. C.. Union College, N. Y. C. C... Columbia College, N. Y. U. E. T.. University of E. Tenn. Cl. U.. Cleaveland University, O. U. M.. University of Michigan. Cn. C.. Columbian College, D. C. U. Mi... Miami University, O. Cr. C... Centre College, Ky. U. N. C.. Univ. of North Carolina. C. N. J..College of New Jersey. U. N. Y.. N. York City University. D. C.. Dartmouth College, N. H. U. Pa.. Pennsylvania University. Del. C.. Delaware College. U. U.. Union University, Tenn. H. C... Hamilton College, N. Y. U. Va.. Virginia University. H. S. C.. Hampden Sydney Coll., Va. U. Vt... Vermont University. I. C.. Illinois College. W. C.. Williams College, Mass. J. C.. Jefferson College, Pa. W. C. Va. Washington College, Va. K. C... Knox College, Ill. Wab. C.. Wabash Coll., Ind. M. C... Middlebury College, Vt. W. R. C.. Western Reserve Coll., 0 Ma. C... Marietta College, O. W. U.. Wesleyan Univ., Conn. Mi. C.. Mississippi College. Y. C... Yale College, Conn. Mv. C. Maryville College, Tenn. 24 TRIENNIAL SUMMARY. Whole number of Alumni in the first twenty-two classes,. 506 Deceased,....... 39 Whole number now living,.... 467 COLLEGES. The Alumni of the Seminary were graduated at the following Colleges: Amherst College,. 54 Maryville College, Tenn.,. 8 Beloit College,. 2 New York Free Academy,. 3 Belfast College, Ireland,. 1 Oberlin College, 0.,. 9 Bowdoin College,. 4 Oakland College, Miss., 1 Brown University,.. 5 Rutgers College, N. J.,. Burritt College, Tenn.,. I University of Athens, Greece, 1 Cleaveland University,. I Union College, 3. 37 College of New Jersey,. 12 University of East Tennessee,. 3 Columbia College, N. Y.,. 2 University of Michigan,.. 5 Columbian College, D. C., 2 University of North Carolina,. I Centre College, Ky., 2 New York City University,. 65 Dartmouth College,., 32 Pennsylvania University,.. 6 Delaware College,. 6 Union University, Tenn.,.. 1 Hamilton College,. 12 Virginia University, HIampden Sydney College, Va., 1 Vermont University, Illiams College, Wiliams.. 46 Jefferson College, Pa., 3 Wabash College, Ind.,.. 4 Knox College, Illinois,,. 12 7Washington College, Va.,. 1 Middlebury College,.. 10 Western Reserve College, 0., 6 Marietta College, O.,. 3 Wesleyan University,. 4 Miami University, 0.,.. 1 Yale College,.. 66 Mississippi College,... 5 Not graduated at College, 62 CATALOGUE. 25 COMPARATIVE VIEW, EXHIBITING THE NUMBER OF ALUMNI PFROM EACH STATE, AND THE NUMBER GONE TO EACH STATE. New England States. Florida,............... 3 FROM TO Kentucky............. 2 4 Maine,................. 2 1 Tennessee.............10 8 New Hampshire,........21 9 Alabaml a,.............. 1 1 Vermont,......... 24 12 Misississippi,............. 5 8 Massachusetts.......... 46 32 Missouri............... 3 4 Rhode Island,.......... 2 2 Louisiana,........... 1 3 Connecticut,............ 32 35 Texas,................ 1 -- - Kansas................. 2 127 91 Choctaw Nation,........ 1 1 3859 N/ew York. FROOI TO Pacific Coast. State,................ 139 108 TO N. Y. City & Brooklyn,.. 98 44 Califoria.......... 11 237 152 Foreifn. Middle and Western States. FROM TO FROMI TO China............. 3 New Jersey,.......... 29 Ceylo............... 1 2 Pennsylvania,........... 25 21 India.................. 6 Ohio,...... 15 6 Persia,............... 3 Tuirkey,................ 2 12 Indiana............... 2 8 Turey......... Illinois.............. 16 27 Syia, 4 Michigan.......... 9 Japan............. Wiscolnsin.............. 2 18 Greece,............... 1 I Wisconsin........ 2..... 2 18 Iowa,............ast Afica........... Minnesota............. 6. West Africa............. 5 Nebraska,.............. I South Africa 2 Nebraska...1 South Africa,........... 2 - -- Sandwich Islands,....... 1 4 93 133 Micronesia.........1.. Island of Madeira,....... 1 Southern and South- Western West Indies............... States France.............. 1 FROM TO Bohemia,................ 1 Delaware.............. 3 Scotland Maryland...1 2 I...........l. 3 Virginia................ 1 2 North Carolina,......... 1 1 11 49 Georgia,............... I Residence not ascertained,.. I 1 26 TRI ENNIA L I N D E X. A. Class. D. [Class. Brundage, Israel 1856 Class. Abbott, Jacob J. 1845 Brush, Jesse 1859 *Dale, llervey S. 1841 Abraham, Andrew 1848 Buckland, R. J. W. 1855 Dashiell, Alfred II. 1847 Acker, Henry J. 1859 Bulkley, Charles H. A. 1842 Davis, J. Gardner 1841 Adams, Carson W. 1853 Bulkley, Edwin A. 1847 lDavis, George A. 1844 Adams, William W., 1858 Bull, lichard H. 1843 De Long, Ira O 1855 Aiken James 1S42 *Burke, Abel B, 1S42 Dempsey, William 1846 Aikman, Robert 1847 Burnham, Edwin O. 1855 Denison, Andrew C. 1850 Aikman, William 1849 Bush, Charles P. 1840 Dickerman, Geo. A. 1858 Allen, Samuel H. 1844 Bushnell, Lafayette 1858 Dickinson, Edward F. 1840 Aller, Nathan S.' 1847 Butler, Wentworth S. 1855 *Dickinson, R. S. Storrs 1848 Anderson, Joseph 1857 Byington, Thee. L. 1857 Dickson, James M. 1857 Anderson, Robert C. 1847 Dilley, Alexander B. 184S Angler, Luther II. 1839 Doane, Edward T. 1852 Angier, Marshall B. 1847 Dodd, Edward M. 1843 Armstrong, Chester S. 1856 C. Dorman, Lester M. 185S Atkinson, C. M. 1848 Doubleday, William T. 1843 Douglass, Eugene 1859 Caldwell, William E. 1854 Douglass, John Waldo 1848 B. Camp, Charles W. 1847 Downs, Charles A. 1848 Campbell, Robert 1849 Dudley, LaFayette 1854 Bacheler, F. E. L. 1850 Carnes, John D. 1848 Duflield, George 1840 Baker, John E. 1858 *Carey, J. Addison 1839 Dulles, John W. 1848 Bailey, John W. 1852 Carroll, James M. 1854 Dunn, Ambrose, 1855 Bailey, Samuel W. 1845 Case, Francis W. 1858 D)unn, Richard C. 1853 Baird, Charles W. 1852 Chamberlain, Charles 1839 Dunning, Charles S. 1852 Ball, Jasper N. 1852 Chapin, Aaron L. 1842 Dunning, Halsey 1347 Barker, William P. 1851 Chapin, Nathan C. 1849 Dunning, Homer N. 1852 Barnes, Erastus S. 1841 Chapman, John L. 1841 D'Urgin, Charles C. 1846 Barrett, Charles II. 1855 Chester, Edward 1857 *Durnett, WAilliam R. 184 Barrows, George W. 1844 Childs, Alexander C. 1849 Dwight, James 1I. 1855 Bartlett, P. Mason, 1853 Clark, Edgar W. 1851 Dwight, Samuel G. 1847 Bartlett, Win.. V. 1858 Clark, Edson L. 1858 Dwight, William B. 1857 Beebee, Albert G. 1854 Clark, Frederick G. 1845 Dwinell, Israel E. 1848 Belden, Henry 1838 "Clark, George 1848 Belden, William 1839 Clark, Walter H. 1859 Bell, Goodloe B. 1859 Clitt, William 1843 E. Best, Jacob 1848 Clymer, John M. 1858 Bissell, Edwin C. 1859 Coan, G. Whitefield 1849 Eagleton, George E. 1854 Blakely, Quincy 1857 Cobb, Oliver E. 1857 Earle, Cornelius 1848 Boing, Elias L. 1853 Cochran, Joseph G. 1847 Earle, William W. 1859 Bonar, James B. 1856 Coe, Philemon E. 1839 Eaton, Horace 1842 *Bond, Daniel 1851 Coffing, Jackson G. 1856 Eddy, William W. 1850 Bond, William B. 1839 Collins, Varnum D. 1854 Egbert, James C. 1855 Bonney, Elijah H. 1844 Condit, Uzal W. 1850 Elliott, Henry B. 1843 Booth, Albert 1855 Cone, Luther H. 1854 Elmer, Nathaniel 1843 Bowen, (;eorge 1847 Conklin, Cornelius S. 1839 Erdman, William J. 1859 Boyd Erasmus J. 1840 Corning, J. Leonard 1852 Evans, James S. 1839 Bradshaw, John 1850 Corwin, Eli 1851 Evans, Rees C. 1845 Brag, Jesse K. 1841 Cowles, Angustus W. 1846 Everest, Asa E. 1850 Brantly, Edwin T. 1846 Craighead, J. Geddes 1847 Brayton, Isaac H. 1849 Crane, Edward P. 1855 Brodt, John HI. 1853 Crane, Oliver, 18-18 F. brown, Alonzo 1856 Crawford, Levi P. 1853 Brown, Edmund W. 1858 Crittenden, Samuel W. 1855 Fanning. Charles 1849 Brown, Samuel R. 1838 *Cumminigs, Seneca 1847 Finch, Horace W. 1849 Bruen, Edward B. 1846 Cushman, John P. 1856 Fish, Henry C. 1845 Bruen, James M. 1842 *Cutler, James P. 184S Fisher, Samuel W. 1839 CATALOGUE. 27 Class. Class. M. Fitch, Albert 1855 Hoyt, James S. 1858 Class. Fitch, Chester 184"' Hoyt, William M. 1842 McCallie, Thomas H. 1859 Fitch, David 1858 H-oyt, Zerah T. 1844 McCampbell, John 1858 Folsom, George De F. 1849 *I-Tidson,'hor nas D. 1852 MIcChain, James 1841 Force, Charles 1-1. 1849 I-uglison, Simeon S. 1850 McCully, Charles G. 1859 Ford, J. Edwards 1S47 Ilurd, Edwin L. 1S56 McElroy, Wm. T. 1854 *Forrest, Willam 1845 Hurlburt, Samuel 1845 *McElrov, 1-1. Sneed 1850 Foster, William C. 1844 *HIurlbut, Everett B. 1856 McGregor. Edwin R. 1846 Frear, Walter 1854 McKean, John 1855 Freeman, Anasa S. 1846 McKee, Joseph 1845 Freeman, Amzi W. 1847 M.Laughlin, D. D.T. 1842 J. McLean, Alexander 1856 McLean, James M. 1847,G. Jessup, I-enry I-arris 1855 McMahon, James J. 1853 Jessup, Samuel 1858 Mandell, William A. 1841 Gano, Lewis 1851 Jessnp, Silas 1841 Marble, William IH. 1848 Gemmel, George 1841 Jesup, Henry G. 1853 Marden, Augustus L. 1859 Gillett, Ezra H. 1844 Johnson, John M. 1841 Marsh, Dwight W. 1849 Gillette, Charles 1842 Jones, Samuel J. 1846 Martin, Charles F. 1853 Goldsmith, Benjamin M. 1842 *Judd, James S. 1839 Martin, Joseph II. 1846 Goodell, Edwin 1853 Juld, Frederick i. 1844 Mathews, Henry 1847 Goodman, Stephen S. 1850 Matthews, James T. 1859 Goodwin Edward P. 1859 Mayo, Warren 1853 *Gordon, Matthew D. 1846 *Meek, John B. 1846 Gould, George I-. 1853 K. Meeker, David C. 1846 Grandin, James L. S. 1841 Megie, Burtis C. 1838 Gray, Robert- 1847 Kalopothakes, M.D. 1856 Megie, Daniel E. 1839 Greene, Joseph K. 1858 Karr, William S. 1854 Megie, William HI. 1845 Griggs, C. Edwin 1859 Kellogg, Martin 1854 Merriman, William E. 1854 *Groit, Admatha 1851 Kendall, Charles 1842 Merwin, Miles T. 1841 Guernsey, Alfred II. 1846 Kendrick, William 1859 Mills, Cyrus T. 1847 Gulick, Alexander 1839 Kenmore, Charles 1839 Mitchell, Arthur 1859 Kerr, George 1843 *Monilaws, George, 1841 Kimball, Henry 1859 Morton, James 1849 *Kimball, James M. 1847 Moseley, John W. 1854 H. K(imball, John 1859 Mudge, Thomas H. 1843 King, Rufus 1'48 Murdoch, David 1848 Haley, Charles T. 1858 *Kinney, I-enry 1847 Murphy, Elijah D. 1852 Hall, John G. 1839 Knouse, William HI. 1858 Mussey, Charles F. 1852 Hall, Sanmuel H. 1843 Knox, Charles E. 1859 Myers, Joseph II. 1841 Hall, Richard 1850 Myers, Peter J. H. 1850 Hallock, Luther C. 1848 Harding, Charles 1856 Harmon, Fisk 1849 L. N. Harrington, Alfred L. 1855 Harris, John K. 1858 Lamar, Thomas J. 1852 Naff, Isaac N. 1849 Harvey, W. Nye 1850 Larkin, Ethan P. 1854 Needham, George F. 1843 Hart, Levi W. 1852 Latham. Henry D. 1843 Newberry, E. Dyer 1855 Haskell, T. Nelson 1854 Laurie, Inglis 1857 Newton, Oscar 1852 Hastings, Eirotas P. 1846 Lawrence, Amos E. 1844 Noyes, George C. 1858 Hastings, Thomas S. 1851 Ledoux, Lewis P. 1851 Noyes, Gurdon W. 1849 Hawkes, Theron H. 1851 Leeds, S. Penniman 1846 Hawks, John 1850 Lettwich, James T. 1859 Hawley, Charles 1844 Leo, Patrick J. 1854 0. Haydn, Hiram C. 1859 Leonard, Josiah 1840 Hazeltine, Henry M. 1857 *Lester, Timothy W. 1841 *Olmstead, William 1847 Hazen, Timothy A. 1858 Lestrade, Joseph P. 1845 Opdyke, Sylvester H. 1858 Hebard, George D. A. 1857 Lewis, John 1843 Osborn, Henry 1845 Helmer, Charles D. 1857 Liebenain, Michael F. 1841 Osborn, Henry S. 1845 Hervey, George W. 1849 Lilly, Araunah 1l. 1851 Otis, Orin F. 1843 Hickok, Milo J. 1841 Linsley, Charles E. 1846 *Overton, Floyd 1854 *Hildreth, James 1839 Linsley, Joel 1859 Hill, Timothy 1845 Little, James A. 1859 Holloway, Charles H-. 1857 Livingston, Charles 1849 P. Holmes, Theodore J. 1859 Locke, Nathanael C. 1844 Holt, Edmund D. 1849 Lockwood, V. Le Roy, 1853 *Packard, Noah F. l145 Holton, Isaac F. 1839 Lockwood, Win. H. 1850 Page, Emery II. 1850 Holyoke, Win. Edward 1849 Loomis, Chauncey L. 1857 Page, William L, 1858 Hood, J. Augustine 1849 Loomis, Samuel 1853 Parker, Charles 1848 Hopper, Edward 1842 Lord, Jeremiah S. 1839 Parker, Henry E. 1841 Horton, Carlton S. 1857 *Lord, Francis E. 1840 Parker, Samrnel J. 1844 Howe, Edward 1845 Lounsbury, Henry A. 1854 Parkins, Alexander 1848 Howell, Horatio S. 1845 Ludden, Waldo W. 1854 *Parrish, Thomas II. 1847 Howland, Ilarrison 0. 1844 Lumn, Samuel Y. 1848 Parsons, James H. 1856 Howland, Wm. W. 1845 Lyons, J. Lorenzo 1854 Parsons, Justin W. 1848 Hoyt, James 1844 Lyons, Jonathan 1849 Patton, Jacob H. 1846 28 TRIENNIAL CATALOGUE. Class. Class. U. Patton, William W. 1842 Sawyer, Samuel 1848 Class. Payson, Charles H. 1857 Saxton, J. Addison 1839 Uhler, George 1847 Peabody, Charles 1845 Schcrmerhorn, J. W. 1843 Uhlfelder, Siegmund 1853 Peck, John 1846 *Sclermerhorn, H. 0. 1842 Ulyat, William C. 1849 Peckham, Joseph 1842 Scudder, Henry M. 1843 Utter, George B. 1843 Peet, Edward 1852 Seccombe, Charles 1850 Peet, Isaac L. 1849 Seely, Raymond H. 1842 Peffers, Aaron B. 1853 Seymour, Bela N. 1855 V. Peloubet, Alexander 0. 188S Seymour, Henry 1842 Peters, Benjamin F. 1847 Seymour, John A. 1852 Vail, S. Montfort 1842 Phelps, S. Wallace 1851 Seymour, Ova Hoyt 1854 Vail, Edward J. 1844 Plelps, Winthrop H. 1845 Shepherd, Thomas J. 1843 Van Derlip, Geo. M. 1858 Phraner. Wilson 1850 Sherrill, Franklin G. 1850 Pierce, E. J. 1850 Sinclair, James 1851 Pierson, George 1859 Skinner, Thomas E. 1854 W. Pierson, Hamilton J. 1848 Skinner, Thomas H. 1843 *Pitcher, Samuel L. 1843 Slanson, Hiram 1840 Waldo, Edmund F. 1840 Platt, William K. 1848 Smith, Edwin G. 1850 Waldo, Levi F. 1844 Plumley Gardiner S. 1855 Smith, I. Bryant 1849 Walker, Avery S. 1857 Porter, Timothy H. 1855 *Snmith, James 3I. 1840 Walker, James 1850 Porter, William 1843 Smith, James R. 1852 Wallace, Charles C. 1856 Potter, Samuel S 1845 Smith, Matson M. 1847 Walswortl, Edward B. 1848 Powell, Edward P. 1858 Smith, Socrates 1845 Walsworth, Lyman W. 1851 Smith, William A. 1859 Ward, Thomas S. 1838 Smith, William S. 1852 Ward, John 1844 Snowden, P. Bayard 1859 Warren, James I. 1850 E. Snyder, Peter 1839 Warriner, Francis 1839 Starbuck, Charles C. 1854 Weed, Thomas A. 1847 Rankin, Edward E. 1843 *Starkweather, F. M. 1845 Wells, Rufius P. 1845 Rav, Jolin W. 1842 Steiner, Ignace 1850 Wells, Shepard 1845 Reid, John 1853 Stoddard, Charles A. 1859 *Wharton, Charles D. 1844 Reid, Lewis I-. 1850 Stoddard, Elijah W. 1852 Whitaker, Epher 1851 Relyea, Benjamin J. 1845 Stoddard, Judson B. 1843 White, Erskine N. 1857 Rhea, Samuel A. 1850 Stone, Seth B. 1850 White, George H. 1856 Rice, George G. 1850 Stowell, Alexander D. 185S White, Samuel J. 1842 Rich, Alonzo B. 1845 Stratton, Edward 1855 White, Theodore F. 1853 *Richards, William L. 1846 Strong, Gily C. 1850 Whitford, William C. 1856 Richardson, Edgar M. 1852 Strong, Stephen C. 1848 Whitney, Joseph C. 1849 Richardson, James M. 1852 *Sutphen, Joseph W. 1851 Whittlesey, Eliphalet 1843 Richardson, Sanford 1854 Sutton, J. Ford 1857 Wilcox, William H1. 1846 Riggs, Herman C. 1856 Swallow, J. Emerson 1848 Willard, J. Livingston 1844 Riley, Benjamin G. 1839 Swift, Alfred B. 1853 Willett, Marinus 1856 Roberts, Belville 1855 Willey, Samuel H. 1843 Robinson, Moses 1842 Williams, Frederick W. 1852 klockwell, Joel E. 1841 Williamson. Robt. H1-. 1858 Rockwood L. Burton 1843 T. Winship, Charles F. 1859 Roe, Sanford W. 1851 Winslow, Horace 1841 Root, James Pierce 1855 Taft, Don Carlos 1855 Wiswell, George F. 1844 Rosenkrans, Cyrus E. 1842 Taylor, George 1. 1847 Wolcott, John M. 1859 Rosenkrans, Joseph 1842 Taylor, James -I. 1859 Wolfe, Aaron R. 1851 *Ross, Edward F. 1851 Taylor, Townsend E. 1847 Wood, George I. 1838 Rowell, Joseph 1351 Thompson, Lewis 1857 Wood, William 1847 Roy, Joseph Edwin 1853 Thomson, William 1857 Woodin, Simeon F. 1859 *Ruggles, Henry E. 1850 Tindall. Geo. P. 1852 *Woodworth, Francis C. 1840 Russell, Charles H. 1859 Titus, Wickes S. 1850 Wright, Allen 1855 Rutherford, Collingwood 1846 Todd, Charles N. 1846 Wyckoff, James D. 1859 Torrey, David 1846 Trotter, Alexander 1841 Trowbridge, Tillman C. 1855 Z. S. Tucker, George L. 1856 Tupper, tlenry M. 1856 *Zielie, Jolln J. 184T Sailor, John 1847 Tuthill. George M. 1846 Zielie, John S. 1854 Sawyer, Rollin A. 1857 Tyler, Geo. P. 1840 Zivley, John H. 1847 ERRATUM.-On p. 13, for John J. Zivley, read John IH. Zivley. =: z I::...........~..~.:.::L is:?'-: ~:~:::::-:i~_:illliiiiiiI —r,i.._,-_i:, — Pr-i'-~:, i"{~'11::-i.'~?,~ ~::'i:~ii.~::~:: -' -',.IY%/ i. ~?>.i"' - ->2;tii. A - N~ -~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ *~: ................ 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In 1891'Deacon"' White, as he is widely known, failed for $1,000,0.00, but was.released from his obligations on'his nere word' tha.t h'e would pay. Within a-year he.had cleared up every penny of his debts and had accumulated a new fortune. am-c. 16, It( e. a as been treasrer of Plymouth Churc, Brooklyn. bti4^ ^ ^ ^i i:~t ~~::~v ^h ^T -~vb~y*Vn THE KNOXIANA, A aUnt1) tE it crarn ournal, CONDUCTED BY AN ASSOCIATION OF STUDENTS oF KNOX COLLEGE, FOR THE YEAR 1851-52.'Quidquid Dignum Sapiente Bonozuo est.'' Yet should this Verse, my leisure's best resource, When through the world it steals its secret course; Revive but once a generous wish suppressed,,Chase but a sigh, or charm a care to rest In one good deed a fleeting hour employ, Or flush one faded cheek with honest joy; Blest were my lines though limited their sphere Though short their date, as his who traced them therea VOLUME 1. GAJESBURG, ILLINOIS: 1852. COWAN'S "NEWS-LETTER" PRESS. INDEX TO VOLUME I. A. Freshman's Lucubration: S V White; 170 Is Patriotism a I Affirmative, Miss M M Cone; 115 A Junior's Rumination: T Harrison; 103 Christian Virtue? f Negative, Miss M B Gilbert; 131'" 11 H Smith; 135 Itching ears: Miss S Bakely; 84 A Junior's Soliloquy: J Ware; 86 jKossuth and Liberty: J E Roy; 138 A Letter from I Pluto to the Rev. Mr Draco: Let Men be Free: A J Anderson; 153 J G Scott; 110, 120 J G Scott, 120 1 Letter from Illinois to her Sisters in the West: A mother's Love: J R Preston; 136 Miss J H Blandin; 165 A Random Shot: M L Comstock; 71 Life: A W Corey; 184 A Sister's love: Miss J E Barber; 153'Like the Lost Pleiad seen no more below: E S Action: E B Hurlbut; 44 Wilcox; 89 Adam and Eve in the Garden: J G Scott; 83 Lines from an album: Pres. J Blanchard; 154 Aliquod ad finem adduce: A McNaughton; 108 Lines on the death of Mary L Tinker: J G- Scott; 120 American enterprise: James Sylla; 138 Lines on the death of a young Sister: An ode from the Latin: A H Bereman; 154 iss S A Bergen; 186 An old Warrior's Death: Undergraduate; 170 Lines to my Mother: McNaughton 121 Apparitions: J S Kuhn;* 75' Lines to two young Friends: I S Mahan; 183 Apparitions: J S Kuhn; 75 S Literary Tour: Norton's Gazette, 183 Barbarism, Civilization, Christianity: T Harrison; 49 Amana 185 Be Practical: C M Dougherty; 182 1 Boyhood and Manhood: G Churchill; 27 arseillaiHyn: C FWinship; 133 Byron again: A J Anderson; 188 Mary:' ES Wilcox; 2 IMemory: S CGower; 99 Cacoethes Loquendi: E S Wilcox; 17 M Memory: News-Letter; 156 Commencement: PAtkinson; 55 ehil Memory: G Churchill; 179 Concentration: J B Roberts; I111 ~ ~Concentration: J B R~IVMinistering Spirits: J G Scott; 173 Contentment: P Fenity; 171 Contentment: P Feniy; 1 Moral Government: W H Burnard; 51 Death of Pyramus and Thisbe: S V White; 137 Moral Supremacy: T Harrison; 19 Death Penalty No 1: J B Roberts; 122 Mud: E S Wilcox; 42 Earth: T Harrison; 118 Mythology of the Ancients: J A P McGaw; 12 Editors' Table; 15, 30, 47, 62, 79, 95, 112, 127, 142, National Existence: A A Smith; 187 160 175, 189 Near view of Kossuth: Home Journal; 124 Emotion in Religion-its nature and worth:'No man liveth to himself:' Miss E J Payne; 72 D Blakely; 129 North American Indians: A McNaughton; 177 Evidences of Christianity: Prof. G W Gale; 10, 24, 36 3Extracts, etc; 57 10 God thou seestme:' A J Anderson; 126 Fashion: W 5H Burnard; ~ 1'0 wad some power the giftie gie us, Fe.ssa Musa: C F Winship; 188 I To see ourselves as ithers see us:' E S Wilcox; 101 Geological Agencies: H E Hitchcock; 168 bitury: F Winship; 94 Geology: "' " 45 Obituary: Miss M 31 Cone; 126 Geology and Scripture: J S Davis; 1 bituary: P enity; 158 Geology-Neptunean and Plutonean Theories: Oscene Language: P Atkinson; 109 H E Hitchcock; 157 Of the Beautiful and the Excellent, and their Habit: M L Comstock; 19 Influence: A H Bereman; 106 Heaven: Miss M M Cone; 43 Oliver Cromwell: J S Davis; 65 heroines of 3Ancient Profane history: On the death of C H Gower: Miss S J Darnell; 156 Heroines of Ancient Profane History: Miss S Blakely; 20 Passion: Pres. J Blanchard; 97 Hon. Onslow Peters' Address; 56 Phonotypy: I S Mahan; 183 Hope: M L Comstock; 41 Pleasure sought never realized: H H Smith; 106 How shall we treat the Erring? Emily; 186 Portage Falls: E L Hurd; 104 Humanity: P Fenity; 7 Progress: C F Winship; 26, 40 I'll think of thee: J R Preston; 72 Progress: A D Fisher; 157 Immortality: A McNaughton; 13 PureLoe: CF Winship; 87 Individual Tntluence and Responsibility: Quintius Ioratius Flaccu-:;E S Wilcox; 14 Miss Jt1 Blandin; 38 Reflection: Miss N i, P -,,n:; 187 ii INDEX TO VOL, I. Reflections on the Works of God: J tI McChesuey; 22 The President's Grave: E S Babbitt; 21 Reminiscences of J Q Adams; Selected, 13 The Prospects of Kossuth in the United States: Reply to InferEus Pluto: J G Scott; 141 E B Hurlbut; 152 Resurrection Morn: Miss C Van Volkenblurg; 103 The Return: M iss S Taylor; 61 Rock River: P Fenlty; 35 The Rose:,iss ME Roy; 122 Roger Williams: T Harrison; 139 The Seamstress: P Fenity; 178 Spectacles: P Atkinson; 181 The Selfish leart Despised: A McNaughton; 170'Sweet is Pleasure after Pain:''Miss A Dunn; 3' The Shipwrecked Mariner: P Atkinson; 117 The adaptation to condition produced by habit, an The Study of History: S V White; 70 alleviation of misery: P Fenity; 89 Ih Tobaccophagus: E L Hurd; 181 The _Eolean Harp: P Atkinson; 29' e Trasient: L Comstock; 105 The Aztecs, their Origin and Civilization: J B Rice; 81 The two Euclids: E L Hurd; 17 The Bachelor's Soliloquy: S V White; 46 he orld a Fishpond: A A Smith; 140 The Complaint of the Wearied Muse: S V Wihite; 163 e ord Within: Miss 3 A lillikan; 8 The Character of Byron: S ~ White; 93 The Characte of Byron: S White; Thomas Babbington Macauley: A H Bereman; 92 The Cuban and Bloomer Expeditions: Thoucht: Miss 0 J Baldwin; 173 A McNaughton; 85 The Dark Ages: M1iss A Seely; 4 jThoughts about Hats: J Ware; 84 The Dead! Where are they? Mliss M C 1 au-ck;, 93 Thoughts written to a Friend who had lost a belovThe Eternal: WhrL Comstoch; 180 ed brother by death: Miss J C Winship; 72 The evanescent and variable Nature of the Emo- To-morrow: Miss S D Ford; 73 tions, a reason why we should act from prin- To my CJusin: E S Wilcox; 54 ciple rather than from feeling: E A Lyon; 161 To my mother: T Harrison; 38 The Evils of War: C F Winship; 68 To the Polr Star: Pres. J lanchard; 12 The Final Catastrophe: Pres. J Blanchard; 155 Translation from Livy: JB Rice; 118 The Grave: Mliss M3 E Roy; 134 ruth an Error: J B Roberts; 73 The Higher Law: b V Wihte; 27 The Indian Spectre: A ^cNaughton; 43 Virtuous ambition: Miss S D Ford; 172 The Indian Spectre: A MscNaughton; 43 i l' S S 7 Theewis BaTe: D T? Ce~ndenin Veritas non Simulata: H H Smith; 71 The Jewish Bace: D;R Clendenin; 74 The aster's Oration: H R Sandon; 76 Vocal music as a branch of Common Education: The ster's Oration: H R Sanderson; 76hill 33 The Moonlight Night: T Harrison; 126Chu; The Passions; J R Preston; 113 What is Life? Miss J H Blandin; 28 The Plague in Athens: P Atkinson; 8 What is the scholar's mission? Lucella; 185 The Power of Kindness: Miss L J Clendenin; 13 Woman's Rights-a Discussion: The Present Age unfavorable to Scientific Investi- Affirmative, Miss C Van Volkenburg; 145 gation: E L.Hurd; 123 Negative, Miss J H Blandin; 148 'EOLO4GY AND SCRIPTURE. ~ ES SAY, READ BEFORE THE STUDENTS OF KNOX COLLEGE, BY JAMES SCOTT iPAVIS. "Some drill and bore The solid earth, and from the strata there Extract a register, by which we learn That He who made it, and revealed its date To Moses, was mistaken in its age."-[Cowper. THE MARCH OF MIND is onward. As the de- widely in their character and contents. They ar *sire gratified yesterday calls forth a stronger one divided into groups; they are not jumbled conto-day, so the doubts and enquiries of a century ifusedly-fresh water productions with salt, land since, though now answered and cleared away, animals with fishes, present, with extinct genera.have in their death given birth to hundreds of or species; but they lie as methodically as the *others, till the mind in answering them becomes shelves of specimens in a cabinet, being to all ap-'"in endless mazes lost." pearance successive sedimentary depositions Previous to the last half'century, little was gradually accumulated through a period of very known about geology. Mer's minds were pro- long duration; the footsteps of animals on the cific in conjectures as various and multiform as once soft moist sand (now solid rock,) and the the intellects from which they sprung. The Ma- ripple marks of water, being in many cases still gi of Egypt, the Philosophers of Greece, the Wise visible, and the most delicate and brittle species Men of Arabia, each in their turn paid attention of shells being unfractured. At the bottom are to the subject; and while some guessed with as- numerous strata of slate, shell, limestone and.tonishing accuracy, others shot wide of the mark. sandstone, containing vegetable and animal seaBigotry, ignorant, though often sincere, used its water remains now wholly unknown. Over these influence to suppress the truth; so that in the come sand and clay, interlaid with vast forests of -middle of the 18th century we find Buffon, the coal, and other land and fresh-water productions. French Naturalist, retracting, as unscriptural and Then come limestone, and sandstone, and clay; untrue, opinions now held by the most orthodox all containing organic remains,quite distinct from geologists. But to W-M. SMITH, an English ge- those of the former groups. Then come the upoologist, who, some fifty years since, traversed that per fossiliferous rocks, in which,bfor the first time, -island with patien tindustry and thorough investi- iappear land animals; but even these quite disgation, the world is indebted for'the first geolog- -tinctfrom those that now inhabit the world.dcal map worthy of the name."'Since then, in- These ten miles of strata upon strata bear marks quiry has been rife and investigation untiring; of successive changes in the crust of the earth,:and though the science is yet in its infancy,enough both by dislocation and gradual accretion, evhas been elicited to fill with-fear some pious minds, ery particle of clay or sand, -for example, being.and cause some skeptical ones to take courage.- so much pulverized rock; and the vast masses of Whether the fears of the one or the hopes of the:fossiliferous stone,.often composed almost entirely -other are well founded, may at first sight be of shells, having every appearance of being the:doubtful; but the "sober second thought" will sediment at the bottom of oceans for very length-,convince one that He who made the earth did ened periods." know its age. But in order to examine the sub- Many have considered geology as favorable to Ject with a.hope of reaching a satisfactory con- Atheism; and the expressions -of some writers elusion, we must be prepared to give up any pro- have, without design on their part, strengthened -conceived opinions or accustomed methods of in- this impression. They see the regularity with terpreting Scripture, which in the days of igno- which the heavenly bodies move, and in the ani-rance the Almighty "winked at." mral organism, the exact adaptation -of each part "Geologists have carefully examined some ten Io its appropriate;use; and expect to find the same miles' thickness of solid of fossiliferous strata to regularity'within and on the earth. But how difthe number of hundreds, which they are able to ferent the real state of things! If we except the do by means of their slanting position, where the beautiful slopes and rounded knolls of our own edges crop up. These strata are not homogene- prairies, and the meandering streams and quiet GEOLOGY AND SCRIPTURE. conflision reign supreme. Steep precipices, bald ted by solutions of lime and iron; and thus was clitil, volcanoes belching out liquid desolation! formed the sandstone which composes mountain "I-igh on the soutl huge Benvenuo, ranges for thousands of miles. Volcanic action Down on the lake in masses threw on parts of this mass so hardened them as to proCraggs, knolls, and mounds, confusedly birled, dlce the varieties of rock which now present The frag-ments of an earlier world." The fragments of an earlier world." themselves. This work was gradual. Moses Nor is this all. Geology teaches that the earth represents the creation as occupying successive has been racked and torn at different times. But portions of time. it shows, on the other hand, that these seasons of 4. Bo teach that man was the last of the animal disorder were but intervals between long periods created. of repose, during which generations of animals Several thousand species of animals and plants rose and retired, each genus distinct from that are fond entombed in rock, and some of them which preceded it, and the last more perfect than low down in the series of strata. And though it the first. The present race of creatures could not is manifest that there have been separate and inhave erndured the earth's temperature at time dependent acts of creation, some of the results of the first were created; neither, for the same rea- which have been buried and preserved, man is son, could former races live now. Does not this fo among none except tlose manifstly befitness of physiological.structure to the time and longing to the present order of existence. When circumstances of existence, show the finger of te otherworks were finished, the scripture has God? But the very volcanoes which seem so dis- it, Go si "Let u mae MAN." astrous, are, by the same Almighty Power, made 5. Geoloqy slt oss.fhow pr:obable is the Scrilptureresubservient to the good of man. Without them,. diction of the manneT in which the world will be deearth's mineral stores would have been forever hidden, a lasting treasure, but, alas, of no use! stroiece. D,oe geo log, conflict withBscriptuRecent cdiscoveries show that the earth's inteDoes geology conflict with scripture? rior is a mass of fire and melted matter. The When so many learned men differ on this subject, and so many different modes are proposed of Almighty has but to let it loose, and it will "me reconciling the two, the most we can at preset nt s a burn p te earth and te higs hope for is to learn the opinions of others, and therein." And are we not warranted in conjectheir reasons for entertaining these opinions. But turing what will then ensue? We have seen how the points of coincidence between scripture and race after race was created, approaching nearer geology are worthy of notice. and nearer to perfection,.till at last man was 1. Both r~eveal a CGreatorm. made in God's own image, "in;knowledge. right1. Both reveal a Creator. zo "In the beginning GOD created the heavens and eousnessandholiness" After each disruption, the earth," It has been said that each race of we find the earth itself fit for a higher order of being was more complicated in its parts and per- beings than those which last possessed it. May feet in its structure than that which preceded it. we not infer that the earth will once more be renThe farther down you go, the more simple the ovated, and peopled with another race? and organism of the remains exhumed. To the whom? question, "How came this7" the first verse of "These through fiery trials trod, Genesis returns the answer. These from great affliction came; 2. Both represent tlhe Continets as being fomerly No befoe e trone of Go ~sue~bmergc~eyed~~l~. -Sealed with Ilis eternal name." submerced. At least two-thirds of the land now known Such are some of the points of coincidence becontains remains of marine animals, and such a tween geology and scripture. Others might be coating of boulders, pebbles, and sand, as could mentioned, but these are sufficient. It liust be not have been deposited but by frequent and wide acknowledged,however, that in the present state of spread deluges, if not an entire submersion. In the science, there seems to be some discrepancies Genesis we read, "The spirit of God moved up- between them. Many objections once urged on the face of the waters." against the Scriptures, ceased to excite attention 3. Both teach that after the first matter was formed, when more light was shed; and it may be so creation was progressive.,with those that yet remain. At any rate, it is inFor reasons to their minds amply sufficient cumbent on all to be content with a reasonable geologists infer that what is now solid rock was solution of their doubts, and wait with patience once sand and gravel, with a mixture of animal till further developments shall remove them en-.aod vegetableremains. This mass was permea- tirely. Suppose the apparent discrepancies wve. GEOLOGY AND SCRIPTURE. Indeed real; suppose the Bible a fable, Moses an consequently were ignorant in the extreme. And Egyptian juggler, the prophets dupes, and the that the system of cosmogony with which Moses apostles misguided reformers. Peace would be no himself was falmiliar, was but shrewd guesses and nearer universal, plenty no more abundant, sci- deductions drawn from obscure data. The wonence would advance no faster, knowledge be no der is, not that there are any seeming discrepanmore widely diffused. On the contrary, FAITH, cies, but that geology and other sciences, while casting round one look of pungent sorrow, would they explode and uproot the false systems of the sadly mount towards Him who sent her here; and ancients, present nothing inconsistent with a fair HOPE,'reft of her elder sister, in mournful soli- interpretation of scripture. tude would pine away. Rmrv. J. PYE SMITH,. of Honurtou, England, Two points of difference are presented as ex- in endeavoring to reconcile the two, has laid down isting between geology and scripture:-The time several propositions, among which are: in which creation was performed, and the repre- 1. That the phrase "heavens and earth" is to sentation that death did not exist before the fall be taken in its.universal, comprehensive sense.The penalty for eating the forbidden fruit was That the fist verse of Genesis states the first act, death. "In the day thou eatest thereof thou of cretion. shalt surely die." "Sin entered into the world, slhalt surely cdie." "Sin elntered ilnto the world' 2. The second verse takes up the account after and death by sin." Now, the physiological struc- cycles of ages have intervened, during which the ture of exhumed animal remains show them to phenomena now discovered occurred. have been carniverous; so that they must feed on 3. The remaining verses record a series of opother animals or starve. In either case there., erations by which the Almighty was preparing at would be death. w.ould be deathl. lsportion of the earth's surface for the maintenance': But the discrepancy is only apparent, and van- o fo of its ftur inbians. ishes before a candid investigation. The A1mighty, in declaring the penalty, said, "Tzou "his portion," says S., I conceiv to slalt surely die." The Apostle, in the same have been a large part of Asi, lying betwsen the, verse in which he declares that death entered the Caucasian ridge, the Caspian Sea, and Tarta-ry, world by sin, says, "And so death passed up on the north, the Persian and Indian seas on the all men.'" So; doubtless, all the other passages south, and the high mountain ridges which run at which represent death as coming inc consequen c considerable distances on the eastern and western wlrhicE represent death as comnon in consequence of sin, refer to?ni, aln hae nothing to do with fllanks." "By atmospheric and geological cause. other creatures.. ppreiously operating, under the will of the Al ~migty, this region was first brought into a con-e But the great objection to reelation i's a chron- i this regin s rs brought into o.dition of superficizl ruin, or some kincl of gelncra ological one. That an apparent discrepancy ex- dition of superficial ruin, or se kind of genra disorder." This was meant by'"without forn ists cannot be denied. Yet truth is consistent and void." The earthl was covered' with water with itself. If God gave Moses an account of the creation, He would surely have given a correct the air turbi and thic; an tis is m ^,., ^^ -i i the words, "Danrkness was upon the face of t'n one. Can the first chapter of' Genesis, then, be the words, "Darkness was upon the e of t I, deep." By the action of igneous forces lan< from God? Some, fearing consequences diastrous deep" By the action of ig s frces, an was thrown above the wiater. /qext, the atlmos to their faith, have held it heretical to pursue ge- t a t w, t ological studies; at least,to believe the truths that phere became impervious to lig, ut nt tra geology unfolds. But this mode of warfare d'e- parent. Clouds were formed, making "thewatcl b7 above the firmament." By the fourth day, tli feats itself. Despotic bigotry may silence men, t " By t air over this district had become pellucid; ae but it can never convince them. Galileo, it 1633, d h b was an illustration of this. Thad there been a ut one wayset the sun. Animals were produced bv imrmedlia to do, and that is to examine faithfully and fear-. creation. lessly every fact revealed, trusting implicitly in Him who said, "Heaven and earth shall pass Rv... WALKEE, of Mansfield, O, auth away, but my word shall not pass away." or a volume entitled "The Philosophy of the plh Men have proposed many ways of reconciling of Salvation," has i? press, and will soon publi the teachings of geology with those of scripture; a poem on the "Immortality of the Soul." yet to understand the matter aright, we must remember the Bible does not profess to teach sci- CHRISTIAN SUPPORT or IDoOLTRY. —In 1 ence, but to bring "life and immortality to light." Collectorate of Ahemednugger, the British Gc That the people to whom the Mosaic account ernment pay $17,000 annually for the supp, was delivered had just emerged from slavery, and of 191 idols. 4 T HE DAiK AGES. THE DARK AGES-, feeble relics as outlived the general wreck of -~n c i ~f's An c 7h 7' C. incredulity soon vanished before the majestic orb An Essay by MAss: Ann Seely of the nSenor Class in the Female Coil. Department in Knox College. f tnal truth. ~....... lbor awhile the church shone brightly; but T;is period is incltded' between the fifth and alas! how soon did it decline from its first simfifteenth centuries, and was so- called, on ac- plicity. The humble pastors set about convertcount of the ignorance and' superstition of the ing the cities and villages that surrounded Rome; people occasioned by the departure of the Chris- She being more enlightened they went to her for tian Churches from the true- light, "which light — advice, which led them into an intimate union eth every man that cometh: into the world."L — with her, and this union soon degenerated intoBut before proceeding to the imsmediateG subject dependence. The Bishops of Rome began to of this essay, let us for one moment glance at the claim as a right, the superiority which the neigh — condition of the world at the time of the' Chris — boring churches had voluntarily yielded, tian Era, and immediately after. The encroachments of power form a large part When our Saviour appeared, he fonund' the- of all history, and the great ecclesiastic body jworld tottering on its old foundations; and~ these' could not escape that intoxication which leads foundations were fast giving way, as the minds those who are lifted up to; raise themselves still ~f the then existing chosen people of God: could higher. The rank this city held in the world hot be satisfied with the various forms and cere- afforded toits pastors a still wider sway. mnonies which constituted their religion. At She was the richest, the' greatest, and the most Rome the gods had lost their oracles, and the powerful city it the world,'All the inhabitants people their liberty. The different nations of of'the earth are hers, says Julian, and Claudian purope, Asia, and Africa, had melted into one, declares her to be'the funtain of laws.' If so' ind a gloomy void had ensued in their religious exalted in political power, was it unnatural that ipinions. A kind of deism destitute of spirit and she should desire to become the mother of chrisjitality hovered over them. In Judea alone, tianity, and that her authority should become pmething of the true worship of God existed; the universal law? No, it was the part of human he forms of the Mosaic ceremony subsisting, yet nature so to do. Thus did ambitious Rome anc reatly obscured and perverted by Pharisee tra- her spiritual dominion slowly and gradually ex-, itions, and Sadducean profaneness. teod. I Such was the dreadful condition of the world, Soon the Bishops of other empires yielaiedtohen the'Sun of Righteousness' appeared. He the charm which she exercised and thus aidedf tw their spiritual condition and was moved with the work of usurpation. They willingly render)mpassio n toward them, because they fainted ed her the homage due to a superior, but not in id were as sheep without a shepherd. Thirty- a spirit of dependence; bult usurped power swells ree years was his continuance on earth. He like an avalanche, and soon fraternal exhortations ffered, died,. rose again, and ascended to heav- became commands in the mouth of the Roman. But few souls were converted during his Pontiff. The churches of'the east and west flatly on earth. The five hundred brethren who tered her by exaggerated compliments, all of l saw him at one time after his resurrection, which she received and smiled to see the nations lm to have made the sum total of his disciples. throw themselves into her arms. it his disciples, begining at Jerusalem,traversed What power she possessed only inspired her to whole world, everywhere proclaiming Jesus, aspire for more. The great bond which at first authlor of eternal salvation. The sacred bound together the members of the church was tpel suddenly beamed on the world and a a living faith in tleir hearts by which they were sath'of life moved over that vast field of death.. aljoined to Christ as their head; but soon they L new and holy people were formed, and the sought for a form of external fellowship, and e'er wnished world: beheld in the diciples of the de- long that form and the' vital principle parted asled Galilean; exalted purity, self-denial and' sunder. They suffered the'precious perfume to pism. escape while they bowed to- the empty vase which church was first formed at Jerusalem,. exist — ha held it. as a community. of brethren, each member Theiir hearts being no longer bound together ig taught from. God,: and permitted to draw by faith, they sought salvation elsewhere, than himself from the fo untain of life. The popu in Christ. They affirmed that the unction of the superstitioas lost their significancy, and such Holy Spirit was communicated by Christ to thz' THE DARK AGES. apostles, and by the apostles to the Bishops, and ance, public worship was to cease, the churches through this medium only could the people ob- closed, the sacraments were no longer to be adtain that salvation Jesus offered so freely to all ministered, and her power was even to be extenboth rich and poor. decl to the dead who at her command were to As soon as this unity was established they de- rise. sired a representative of it. Notwithstanding The disciples of Gregory led the unresisting Jesus had so often commanded them to minister churches into the embrace of the crowned priest. to each other, and had rebuked them when their Pious Pilgrims came humbly into the city of Jecarnal hearts desired pre-eminence, a primacy of rusalem, burned alive the Jews in their synaSt. Peter was invented, and supported by passa- gogues, and shed the blood of thousands on the ges of misinterpreted scripture, and he became spots where they had come to trace the footsteps the head of the church. At first Alexandria and of the Prince of Peace. Every thing in the Antioch shared with Rome in the exercise of church was changed. Once it was a society of superior authority, but their bishoprics being brethren-now an absolute monarchy. A lofty swept away by the invasion of Mahomet, Rome head was uplifted among them, and a mysterious remained from that time without a rival, voice uttered words of pride, compelling all to Ignorance and superstition took possession of take the mark of its power. the Church, and delivered it to Rome, blindfolded and manacled. The voices of some of the The equality of souls before God was lost churches asserted their independence, but Rome sight of; christians were divided into two dissoon found new allies to silence their cries.- tinct camps. On the one sid a separate class of Princes of other empires yielded to her spiritual priests usurping the power of the church, and on authority in exchange for her national support. the other a timid flock redce to blind and pasThus did Rome deal withsouls as with merchan- ive submission, gagged and silenced. The dise. From the seventh century the evilcontin- great principle of the church became that of ued increasing. In the eighth century Rome es- grace, of pardon, of amnesty, and the gift of etertablished her usurped authority between the east nallife. Salvation was to come by works, not which she repelled and the west which she court- by faith, This was the germinating principle of ed. In the ninth century, divisions weakened all their errors and perversions. The more the civil power, and the crown of Charles was works of penance they performed, the better, as broken and scattered over his former kingdom. heaven was to be obtainedby them. They reAmbitious Rome saw this to be a time when she fused to give the glory to God and claimed as a might exalt herself, and she gradually acquiredight what God had voluntarily given. Men power sufficient to trample under foot the Princes wee taught to look to priests instead of God.of the earth The works of penance became an absolute maThus Rome, that powerful Rome which held nia. Noles and peasants, youngand old pressed such perfect sway over the hearts of men. became through the streets lashing themselves without one scene of debauchery. Its maxims were,'To pity, and the streets resouned with crie d exalt the papacy is to exalt the church,'-To groans. Many renounced the world and emensure the spirit victorybraced a monastic life. The priests imposed aggrandize religion to ensure the spirit victory even ten and fifteen years of penance for certain over the flesh, and to God the conquest of the e t and feen yeas of penance for certain world, and in these ambition found its advantage crimes, and men began to sigh for freedom and and fanaticism its excuse. This system of policy welcome death as a release to their sufferings.is personified in Hildebrand who reigned under To obviate this difficulty they invented a system the name of Gregory the 7th. To him the spirit of indulgencies, in which the priests performed of truth, humility, and gentleness was unknown. the works penance and men purchased the forle could willingly sacrifice truth when it was givness of their sins with money, thus casting afor his interest so to do. His great aim was to side the atonement of Christ. They added puremancipate Rome from subjection to the emper- gatory to their system in order that men might or, in order that he might bind to the pontificial expiate for their sins, there, all that they could throne the various churches which had hitherto not on earth, thus forming a complete system of been connected with the royal family. forgivness independent of Christ. The earth was to be the domain of Rome, and He was regarded as a stern judge and other all kings and nations were to tremble before the intercessors were substituted in His place; first thunders of the Jupiters of new Rome. Subjects the Virgin Mary, (like the heathen Diana,) and were to be released from their oaths of allegi- then the saints whose number was continually 6 THE DARK AGES. augmented by the Popes. able te comprehend, was the great study of the "Thus they contrived to save a God, age. They deviated from the course that nat ure The incumbrance of his own concerns." had pointed out, and plunged at once into abWe have thus imperfectly traced the decline of struse and metaphysical studies, not knowing Religion from its first purity down to dark and that man, to be a philosopher, must first feel illiberal superstition. We will now glance at with sensibility, and describe with accuracy-or, the influence it exerted on the morals and the as another has expressed it,'a man must be a intelligence of the people, mingled as it was with poet before he is a philosopher.' nstead of every passion and institution of the age. Per- lowing their fancy to take its natural range, and verted, as it was, what but a pernicious influence producing such works of invention as would have could it exert on the public institutions and em- improved their tastes and refined their sentiployments? Men were accustomed in all theirad of cultivating those arts that em ments; instead of cultivating those arts that emactions to look to a superior and tamely sub- hellish and render life comfortable; they were Udmit to all dhis commandsn. crusafettered by authority, led away by example, and Under such distressing circumstances it a was asted the whole force of their genius in spechardly possible that they should retain vigor and ulations as unavailing as they were difficult. generosity of mind. Their consciences being But it was in vain that these mighty masters bound, they lost not only the habit, but the ca- of the world endeavored to fetter the transmispacity of acting for themselves, or from the im- sion of thought, or fix the religion of the human pulses of their own minds, The most numer- race, for man, though confined to to a narrow ous, as well as the most useful citizens, were spot on this globe, and limited in his existence either reduced to a state of absolute servitude, to a few courses of the sun, has an imagination or treated with the same insolence as if they which no despotism can always control, but which had been degraded to that wretched condition, unceasingly seeks for the author of its being. The king, even, was stripped of almost every "Hitherto shalt thou go and no further" was prerogative; without authority to enforce salu- the fiat, but it was as useless as that which would tary laws for the protection of the innocent or the restrain the waves of the ocean. punishment of the guilty. A kingdom thus dis- When the evil was at its height the Reformamembered, without any common interest to a- tion arose, and Time who successively consigns rouse its energies, or common head to order its to oblivion the ever changing governments and affairs, had a pernicious influence on the charac- religions of men, now sits on the ruins of those ter and improvement of the human mind. As proud and boasted States and Empires, and men is always the case where men do not enjoy the never ceasing to lool for happiness in the heavprotection of a regular government, with the ex- ens, now worships something besides the cresent pectation of personal security, they did not at- and the cross. The dark ages are ended, and tempt to make progress in science, nor aim at their gloomy errors are slowly passing away beirefinement in their tastes or manners. Not only fore the rising light of Christianity, the arts of elegance, but many of the useful arts, "Whose glory with a light that never fades without which life is uncomfortable, were lost or Shoots between scattered rocks and opening glades, neglected. Literature, science, and taste, were And while it shows the land the soul desires, words but little known. Often persons in the languagetheland sheseeks, ispires.' highest rank, and occupying the most eminent TIE FISHING PARTY.-A number of the stustations, could neither read, nor write; and many dents of the College, a week or two since, went, of the clergy did not understand the breviary as was supposed "a fishing." But owing to the they were obliged to recite daily. inclemency of the weather, they in all only The human mind neglected, uncultivate, uncultivatedaught three fish. But in our opinion, to catch and depressed, continued in the most profoundfish was not their main object. It was to have a ignorance. This period can boast of but few au- few days of receation, passed in visiting some of thors of merit, or useful inventions. No pro- the most beautiful scenery in Illinois. In this fession but that of war being considered honor- they werenot disappointed: and we think that able, the study of the law was neglected, and each was benefited as well as pleased with the they had no just or liberal ideas concerning the trip. On the whole they had a fine time, notnature of Government, or the adminisiration of withstanding the cold weather; and we believe ju tice. A that no one was injured, unless by passing thro' The false system of Aristotle, which attempted.'. to penetrate hidden mysteries, and decide ques- such delightful and sublime scenery, some one tions which the linmited faculties of man are un- has had his imagination rendered romantic. A. HUMANITY. 7 IHUMANITY, Within itself the lightning of the mind. LIVERED before the GOT UTI. of.nox ~Dimm'd it may be; aye! covered dark and deep, DlELIVERED before the "GNOTI-IATTU" of Knox before-Cole ar Junet"f Compellecito lay in long, long, lifeless sleep; College at its first Anniversary June 26th, 1850,'Twillwake as sure as Phebus lights the world, BY P. FENITY. And every tyrant from his throne be hurl'd;'Twill wake and hasten to its destined goal When first the veilfrom nature's face unroll'd As sure as Nature's God breathed Nature's soul; And Phoebus warmed her heart, so dead, so cold; As sure as he who formed us at the first, When soon to rescue earth from ebon night, Gave shade to clay, immortal life to dust; The stars in kindness gem her zone with light; And having finished that great complex plan Grim night departs and morn above the east And made man free, has made no other man.'ar shoots her day-beams on the dreamy west; Though time the beautifier of the dead, The woodlands shake with peals of sounding mirth, Corrector when our erring judgments need: And smilingjoy frisks lightly o'er the earth, Through ages past has held unbounded sway, The lambs skip wanton on their native hills, In court, in camp, and mock'd at man's decay; The dewdrops form themselves in mountain rills, Even now his eyeballs dim and struggling breath, All earth and ocean, sky, rock, mountain, air, And pain and terror mark the approach of death; One general anthem to their Maker bear; Still in the Eternal's heart man holds his throne, Nor cloud capt mountain, tree or rill His ills and sufferings thou has made thine own. Can e'er the chorus of their God fulfill, As dark to grey, and grey to light give place,'Til man the binding link in Nature's chain, And rosy blushes tinge young morning's face, Uniting Heaven and earth, o'er air and main When Phoebus freed from nights dark curtain chain'Shall take the sceptre, head of all the race, Unrivalled o'er this vast creation reigns, With God's own image stamp'd upon his face, And opes the gates of day, his beams unfurled,His mind, the glass in which enshrined we see To light, warm, cheer and animate the world. The form reflected of the Deity: Warmed by his cheering beams I sally forth, Whoever mars that image-dwarfs that mind And travel westward or due west by north, Is God's invet'rate foe, and traitor to mankind. From Eden's plains where love and peace abode, So when chaotic darkness passed away, Health and content in one broad channel flow'd; And earth's great beauty hastening to decay; To where God promised Abraham's blessed line, Then suffering nature lifts her tearful eye, Should yet descend fair land of Palestine; Directs her prayers to Him who sits on high, Where rock-crest hills in wild succession rise, That he who caused the sun to shine by day, And lean their heads against the impending skies, The moon by night, with cool though steady ray; Their gurgling waters wandered by their feet, The stars, those worlds on worlds which circling roll, And sylvan shades to screen from summer's heat, Rounds of creation's ladder to the soul; And flowing rivers, rapid, deep and strong, -Would grant them one, who should their charms be- Their tumbling waters harshly roll along; hold, Diffusing life and health through all the earth, And seeing feel, and feeling, help unfold. That toil may shake his limbs with laughing mirti Though lord of all, yet lord of subjects free My sorrowing fancy quits her happier height, As mountain torrents travelling to the sea; And northward turns her half averted sight; Where things that bow to God alone may dwell, Toyonder mount by footsteps seldom trod, Where vessel ne'er spread sail, nor plummet fell. First spot on earth an altar made to God, Their prayer is heard. Man quickly takes his stand O which the bow of promise to the guilty world, The guardian angel of his Eden land; To seal his word Jehovah first unfurled; The conscious crown to nature's blissful scene, There that watch-tower of aguilty land, In form how glorious! How august of mien Ami the clouds I take my lonely stand. Conscious of innocence he lifts his eye That night the wery sun retired to rest Bright with the lustre of integrity; Z5 Brigfht with the lustre of integri-ty; Calm as an infant on its mother's breast, He owns no master, dreads no other rod, And the bright stars, those youthful lamps of nigl And worships ONLY his Creator-God. Which are so wildly, spiritually bright He roams his Eden o'er without control, Shone out: Nature breathed long and free, His body free from toil, from sin his soul, Unconscious of that dread catastrophe. His mind as clear and free as mountain stream, The morning comes; the sun in dunnest gloom Reflects his Heavenly origin on each gleam, In mourning clad for man's impending doom. And proving well how vain the attempt to bind The ribs of nature crash! the thunders roll, To earth, what is not earth's-the immortal mind. Earth dumb with terror shakes from pole to pole; As well attempt to drain the ocean dry; er central sluices burst-her bulwarks fall, To dry the tear in suffering Nature's eye; Destruction, death, dismay, have rushed on all. To stop the planets in their onward course; The voice that bade the trembling ocean stand, Deprive all nature of her hidden force; that fixed its bounds, and made the solid land, 1Or ty to urb or undertake to bind The foold let looseo commieloned to devour 3 HUMANITY.-PLAGUE IN ATHENS. Nor checked their force,nor circumscribed their power; Thence o'er her realm may cast the tearful eye, They heed no impulse.but the tempest's sway, Where all that was admired in ruins lie, And onward haste to meet the god of day. Where arch and frieze that struck the gazer's sight, They bound, they fly, they bury in their course, Lie in rude heaps around her mountain's hight. They burst the gates of nature;-Vain is force Though haremed mothers nurse their offspring slaves When He who holds the tempests in his hand Pale, heartless victims for dishonored graves; Doth let them loose to scourge a guilty land. Still peerless man, thou generous, bold, and free, Where now the difference-master, lord, or slave? Though lost and ruined, God yet feels for thee, Will titles help them? Golden bulwarks save? Lo! in the Heavens, clothed in robes of state Cry to your gods! your slaves; your victims slain Amid his peers man's Mediator sate, On Mammon's altars through the lust of gain. And waving, as in grief, his tow'ring head, Your god's are deaf. Your slaves are all too bold, Not yet, not yet the day of wrath, he said; They will not hear, they may be moved by gold. I'll fore thelink. I'll make the scepter'd rod Your gold, your prayers, are sordid, groveling, low, Hell's fiends to bind-Earth's subjects to their God, Nor with you to the unfathomed depths will go. And man, like froen torrents, hurst his chain Marklr yon dark deluge, urged by hidden force}, Shall walk in freedom, o'er his birthright plain. Bear towns and cities in its onward course, Galesburg, January 8, 1851. And see yon lordling sink beside his slave, In life distinct, yet find one common grave. The Plague in Athens. ILet tyrants quake, on rocks and mountains call, On them and on their bloody deeds to fall; TRANSLATED FROM THE GREEK BY P. A. To hide them from the red'ning wrath of God, Whose poor they've robb'd, and on his likeness trod; The following account of the plague at Athens And know that the same God is Ruler still, is taken from Thucydides, and is considered by And will his precepts and his laws fulfill, eminent literary men to be one of the finest specWhere'er degraded Nature lifts her cry, imens of Grecian literature. He'll calm her anguish, wipe her sorrowing eye; In giving a translation we have found it imSAnd he who boldly sets his foot on m;an, possible in some instances to express in English to crush in him the Gtod-head-mar His plan; the exact meaning which the Greek conveys, we The fires of Heaven to quench-to crush the mind,s have tried however to keep as hear the original Whose eyebeams pierce creation unconfined; And are but part of that Eternal whole, as possible, aiming more at correctness of exbur God, our Father, Nature's circling soul; pression than at beauty of style; as we believe 3y that same viewless arm whose righteous care that the style of the author, though ancient, will Defends the widow, hears the orphan's prayer; be more interesting to our readers, than anything The vultures of the valley, ravening, wild, which we might adopt in its stead. Shall pick the bones of such an outcast child. This terrible calamity, the detail P of which are Man tames the lightning, bends it to his will, here given, occurred B. C. 430, in the second Co bear his views, his mandates to fulfill; to bear his views, his mandates to fulfill; year of the war between the Athenians and Lacnever-never-bindthesoulofan edemonians, commonly called the Peloponnesian 3y earthly ties, within earth's narrow span. VWar. for the crushed spirit will not always stay Sound though in chains, and shut from light of day; TRANSLATION.?or, born of God, the spirit will not take Shortly after Archidamus the son of Zenxi-,arth's Babel words, for sounds of Heavenly make. damns king of the Lacedsemonians had invaded Thus sad, I musing Northward turn my eye, Attica the plague broke out among the Athenieek milder scenes, though'neath a sterner sky; ans, said indeed to have prevailed formerly in ihe floods assuaged, the solid land appears, many places both aroundiLemnos and in other Jer bosom wrinkled by the weight of tears;' places, such a plague as this however Was never Lnd now the muse, her eagle pinions furled, before remembered to have been any where, neithooks down upon a busy, active world, i' ". i.i.1 er so great a mortality of men. hough human mould produce our daily bread, g. Lnd earth rings hollow with the buried dead,; iFor neither were the physicians able at first to lhe globe around earth's hollow surface shake, effect a cure on account of not knowing how to'nd ceiling for her sheeted children make treat the disease, but they themselves died most hough moist of human frame the sun exhales, of all because they visited the sick most, neither and scatters their ashes on the evening gales; was any other human skill effectual; but all the arth robb'd of her sonsin widow'd garb mayweep, supplications in the temples, and the religious ind sing their dirge to every mount and steep; rites which they were accustomed to use proved und sad heart-rending'plaints of human wo, unavailing, and they finally abstained from them, liss ocean's mumurting watersas they flow; being overcome with the diseases PLAGUE IN ATHENS, But it is said to have begun first in Ethiopia And a restlessness and wakefulncss lay upon above Egypt but afterwards it came down into them all the time. And as long as the disease Egypt, and Libya, and into much of the country was at its height the body did not languish, but of the king.@ held out against pain beyond expectation, so that But it fell suddenly upon the city of the Athe- the most of them either died of the fever within, nians,and it attacked men first in the Pireus,t so on the ninth or seventh day, having still some that itwas said by them that the Peloponnesians strength, or if they escaped this crisis, the disease had thrown poison into their cisterns, for there descending into the bowels, and a severe ulcera. were no fountains as yet in that part of the city. tion taking place, and at the same time a violent But afterwards it came also into the upper part diarrhoea attacking them, many, on account of of the city and now men died much more. this, afterwards died of weakness. But let every one both physician and private For the disease went through the whole body, individual relate what he supposed was the prob- begining from above, being seated in the head able cause of the disease and what causes he sup- and if any one survived out of the great dangers, posed had the power to effect such a change in the seizure of the extremities left is mark there. the human body; but I will give an account of For it seized upon the hands and feet, and ex it as it was, from which any one observing it if it tremities generally, and many escaped deprived should ever break out again, by knowing some- of these, but there were those also deprived thing about it before hand may not be wholly ig- even of their eyes. But a forgetfulness of all norant respecting it, and I will show these things things alike, seized upon some immediately afhaving myself been sick with it and having seen ter they recovered, and they neither knew themothers suffering. selves nor their friends. But that year, as is admitted, was unusually For the kind of the disease, exceeding descriphealthy in respect to other diseases but if any one tion, and in other respects more grievous than was taken sick with anything else all diseases human nature can bear, in the following way terminated in this. most of all showed itself to be something more But first a high fever in the head, and redness than ordinary; for many corpses being unburied and inflamation of the eyes, without any previous such birds and beasts as are wont to feed upon warning and without any apparent cause seized them, either did not come near them, or having upon others who were in good health, and inter- tasted them died. nally the throat and tongue immediately became But a proof of this, was the evident scarcity bloody, and disagreeable and fetid breath was e- of such birds, and they were not seen, either amitted; after these symptoms, sneezing and round the corpses, or in any other place; but the hoarseness set in, and when not long after it de- dogs especially furnished a proof of it, on acscended into the breast there was pain with a count of being domestic animals. violent cough; and when it fixed itself in the Therefore (to pass by many other things of an stomach it caused nausea, and what is called by unusual nature, as it happened to each individthe physicians discharges of bile followed, and ual somewhat differently) such was the diseasein these with great pain. its general aspect. And none of the usual diseases Also an ineffectual retching fell upon the most were prevalent at that time; but if any of them of them, bringing on violent spasms, ceasing im- did attack any one, it terminated in this. mediately with some, but continuing much lon- But they died, some for want of care, but othger with others. ers receiving every attention. But we may say And externally the body was not very hot to that there was no remedy which could be depenone touching it, neither pallid, but redish, livid, ded upon to benefit those using it; for that which and broken out with small pimples and ulcers; was a benefit to one was an injury to another. but internally it burned to such a degree that But no constitution either strong or weak was neither could the weight of very thin garments sufficient to bear up against it, but it destroyed even of linnen be borne, neither any thing else all alike, even those who were waited upon with than being naked, and they would most gladly the utmost care. have thrown themselves into cold water. And But the most alarming circumstance of all, was iney of those who were neglected, seized with the dejection which came on when any one peran unquenchable thirst threw themselves into cis- ceived that he was sick with it, for, considering terns. But a greater or less amount of water their case hopeless, they immediately gave themwas all the same. to ~PLAGUE IN ATHENS.-EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIANITY. nad, filled with infection from taking care of one mitted in secret for pleasure, seeing the rapid an other, they died like sheep. And thist occa- change, both of those who were rich and who died sione d the greatest mortality. suddenly, and of those who, being formerly possFor they either perished deserted by friends) essedcof nothing, immediately had the property being unwilling to go near one another for fear of the wealthy who had died. So that they thought of the contagion, and in many houses they all it proper to make for themselves speedy enjoydied for want of some one to attend on them; or ment for present gratification, considering their else they waited on one another and died, espec- bodies and their property alike short-lived. ially those who made some pretensions to virtue; And no one was zealous to labor for that which for, in attending upon their friends from a sense was considered honorable, thinking it uncertain of shame, they neglected themselvs, since even whether he would live to enjoy it; but whatever those of the same family were at last wearied was now pleasant, and every way advantageous out with the groans of the dying, being overcome for present enjoyment, was considered honorable by so much distress. and profitable. Nevertheless those who had recovered had the But no fear of gods or law of men restrained more compassion for the sick and dying, because crime, men condemning religion, from seeing all they knew by experience what the disease was, perish alike, both those who worshiped and those and also because they themselves were now in who did not, but none of those committing crime safety; for it did not attack the same person expected to live until there would be a court to twice so as to kill him. And they were esteemed punish them, but, expecting that a much more fortunate by the others, and they themselves in dreadful sentence, having been pronounced the tra.nsports of the moment had some slight against them, now hung over them, they thought hope for the future, that they would never here-it proper to enjoy something of life before it fell after be destroyed by any other disease.] un them. But in addition to the existing distress, the re- The Athenians, having met with much suffer-'sort of people from the country to the city distress- ing were istressed, men dying within the city ed them still more, and most especially those hav- and the country bein ravaged without. ing come in.~ - ~When the Greeks spoke of the king, they always For there were no houses -for them to live in, meant the king of Persia. t1 The Pirtaus was the lower part of Athens, next to but, living in suffocating huts in the hot summer the sea.:season, there was mortali ty without any order I i e The contagious nature of the disease. and dying they lay dead upon one anotherand half- I That they would outlive every disease and die of old age. dead they rolled themselves in the streets, and g The country people removed into the city as soon around all the fountains on account of their eager s they heard of the approach of the Lacedaemonians. desire for water. EVIfDENCES OF CHRISTIANITY. No. 1. Also the temples in which they had taken up quarters were full of the dead having died there;i Y PROF. GALE, for the evil aeing great beyond endurance, and AT THE REQUEST OF THE EDITORS. men not knowing what was to become of them, they had but little regard for temples and sacred CHRISTIANITY as you are aware has been ashings. sailed by powerful enemies, and weapons of evAlso all the customs which they formerly ob- ery sort. Attention to the evidences upon which served concerning funerals were violated, but it is based is of the greatest practical importance, they buried as each was able. and very properly therefore finds a place among And many resorted to shameless burials, from the studies of a liberal education. The masses a scarcity of the necessary means, on account of in christian countries acquiesce for the most part so many of their friends having already died; for in the truth that God has made a revelation of some, anticipating those raising funeral piles, himself to man and that this revelation is to be having laid their own dead on the pile, set fire found only in what we term the Sacred Scripto it, but others having thrown the dead which tures. This belief is to a very great extent the they bore on top of an other corpse burning went result of public sentiment, and a reverence for paaway. rental teaching, rather than from an examination In other respects also, the pestilence first gave of the evidences upon which it is founded. rise to acts of wickedness in the city, to the great- This fact together with the native depravity of est extent. And any one lightly dared to com. man, and the suggestions, or sophistry of scepti-.m-it.h AlO 1Aro 1 nll,.;..l"a-r.la....1-.m. -. it i.. o-vcit roc. for thB eieu ]EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIA.NTY. lt der hold which religion has on multitudes. The their own evidence. They must of themselves true believer does not rely so milch upon the ex- have indubitable marks of truth, still the necessiternal evidences of his faith as upon the iaternld, ty of a divine revelation has an important bearthe doctrines, precepts and promises of the Scrip- ing upon the subject of miracles. To suppose ture that meet his case, call forth his devotion, that miracles would be wr[ought to confirm a revecontroll his actions, and inspire him with hope. lation that was not needed or that God would make Yet he is not aware how much his own faith is such a revelation is not reasonable. This is theaided often by evidence derived from historic view which Mr. I-lume gives of the matter to facts, which have been settled to the satisfaction weaken their force and throw suspicion on their of Christians in general, or been the subject of his reality. The necessity of a revelation arises personal examination. In the hour of darkness from the fact that man is a religious being, worand temptation to disbelieve, he will find it con- ship is the spontaneous act ofthe heart of all intellitributing immensely to his relief to fall back up- gent beings. It is natural to venerate whatever on the historic evidence which so firmly supports is considered as sacred, to love whatever is lovely, the Christian fabric. This kind of testimony, viz, and to be grateful to benefactors. Ignorance that of the testimony of miracles wrought, borne and depravity may prevent the right exercise of by faithful witnesses who testified to what they these powers and direct them to wrong objects had seen was that which Christ gave to the en- Where revelation has not shed its sacred light quiry of his forerunner. Art thou he that, the world is filled with such perversions of the should come, or look we for another? Go tell human powers. There is little else than this perJohn, said he, what things ye have seen and version. heard. The objects men are led to venerate and adIt is not for our own satisfaction merely that mire fix their moral character and condition.we study the evidences of our religion, it is that The idolatry of the heathen world clearly evinces we may be able to silence the cavils of sceptics this truth. and satisfy honest minds enquiring on a subject If men are to know and honor God, if they are more momentous than any other in the range of to be virtuous in the present and the future life, mere human science. Thus much for the pro- if they would know in what manner they are toe priety and importance of the study. discharge their obligations to their fellow-men, Doct. Paley remarks that it is generally con- if t!hey would be relieved of the anxiety they canceded that a revelation was necessary. If it be not but feel in relation to a future world, if they generally admitted it is by no means tniversally would be certified that death is not a sleep which admitted. The doctrine has been impugned by knows no waking how can they be informed withmen of gifted intellect, and who wielded a vigor- out a revelation. Man posesses no such powers ous pen. Europe and our father-land during as infidels ascribe to him. The heavens which the last century furnished many such men.- display the glory of God did not keep men from Men of similar views in our own country have the ignorance, degradation and idolatry into proclaimed their sentiments, but they were the which they have universally fallen, nor lead even mere echo of foreign words, having no originality their wise men back to virtue and truth. Even but the coarse and profane manner in which they divine teaching before and after the flood was were set forth. Lord Herbert and Doct. Tindal soon forgotten, and men wandered farther annd were leading spirits among English sceptics farther into the labyrinths of error. The former declares that'God has imprinted up- The researches of the greatest minds on moron the minds of all men the main principles of al subjects when revelation has not guided them, religion and morality,' the latter that'there is a reveal only the impotency of human powers. Of clear light shining into the minds of all men uni- the moral attributes of God they could say but versally discovering to them whatever is necessa- little correctly, and of his natural perfections ry for them to know and practice and which can- they were almost as much in the dark. On the not be made clearer by any extraordinary, ex- subject of creation and providence and even the ternal revelation.' It would be foreign to our divine unity their wisest men were in doubt.purpose to attempt at large a refutation of these Their worship was divided among an almost unfounded doctrines. The subject of miracles is countless number of greater and subordinate the one which claims our special attention, and deities whose characters were well represented by the necessity of a revelation we shall briefly no- the disgusting forms in which they were worshiptice as it bears upon that subject. Miracles, as ed. In regard to morals, as it might be expected Doct. Paley justly remarks, must stand or fall by from such ignorance and polluting systems of re 12 TO THE POLAR STAR.-MYTOLOGY OF THE ANCIENTS. ligions worship, they were in a condition equally Iv. deplorable, and a graphic and painful description Nor dost thou shine in vain. While far at sea of their moral state given by the pen of inspira- The storm-beat sailor, toss'd without a guide, tion in the epistle to the Romans, familliar to all Oft flings his treach'rous compass to the tide,,tion in the epistle to the Humans, nta t And trusts himself to Providence and thee. readers of the Bible, is fully confirmed by all y thy true light the proud ship rights again, that can be gathered of their history from other Luffs to the gale and stems the rugged main, sources. Is it not reasonable, is it not inharmo- VII. ny with our conceptions of the goodness of (od wit ou concepio of oo of o Sweet star, farewell!-If soon this heart should that he should interpose for the relief of our race, lie and not only bring life and immortality to light All cold and icy, as the northern wild as he has done in the gospel, but make known Which first imbibes thy ray;-thou who bethe rules by which we should be governed in all guil'd My life's lone thoughts, shine o'er mewhen I die, that pertains to the present and. the future state I And fiom the fitful gloom of darkness save If a revelation such as has been described should The form that nightly sits in soirow by my be made how could it be authenticated without grave. miracles? TO THE POLAR STAR. Mythology of the Ancients. BY iPrESIDENT BLANCHARD. Among the nations of antiquity, before printing came into general use, tradition was the comI. imon mode of preserving the history of remarkSWEET Cynosure! Farofix'd in spotless fields able events. Many circumstances were combined Of Northern ether, thou hast ever hung, to give these traditions a fabulous character.While hands and harps that hymn'd thee long unstrung Te love of the marvelous; a natural tendency Hath felt time's grasp, and'neath the scythe he to express ideas to which no words have been wields appropriated, by allegorical and symbolical imaHave sought their dust original, and lie Frail subjects of the sentence "thou shalt die." g; and a fodness in men to eogise and exaggerate the exploits of ancestors, all conspire to Still thou surviv'st; lone star!-still swim'st sub- give early tradition a fabulous character, and to lime, load history and fact with such a mass of fiction High o'er the regions of the polar night ) that it is almost impossible to distinguish between And by thy steady beams as cold as bright,e and the false. Thou'seem'st a way-mark to the sons of time; As thou didst rest secure above the change, Traditions of this sort, the Greeks called mytli, That wheels and trembles through creation's fables, and the narration or explication of them range. 1nythologia, mythology. The term mythology is III. now used to denote fables and traditions, particSay:-Wert thou presentwhen the morning stars ularly among the Greeks and Romans, concernFirst sang their Maker? Or didst thou begin ing gods, demigods their pretended origin their Thy kindly office when obscured by sin,, Thy sister spheres shone dimly; and the j-s actions, names, attributes, ordinances, offices, Of discord boomed in hateful'thunders through and worship. Their orbits bedded in eternal blue i To the ancients, mythological narratives were IV. closely connected with religion and national hisI cease to question:-Oh! I envy thee; tory; they formed, indeed, a part of them. To Thy home, the wide expanded north:-thy us, viewing them philosophically, they are only Boreal light corrscant!thou, alone, monuments of the state and culture of the human Robed in the mantle of sublimity; PKobed in the mantle of sublimity; mind, and they exhibit the reflections of men, Viewst busy worlds all wilder'd and deranged; guided by imagination, upon nature and deity Thyself unchanging ever and unchanged. "T3Lhyself unchanging ever and unclhangedl. Men, in ancient times, worshipped gods crea. V. ted after their own depraved imaginations,-gods Emblem of truth, of virtue and of love; who committed such abominable deeds that men, Though oft obscured by that unearthly light, who, living in an enlightened or even civilized Which darts wild beauty o'er the clouds of age, would do such things, would be looked upon Unmoved, unmingled, from thy dome above as little better than demons. They recognized as Thy silver rays in pure irradiance glow gods, animals, reptiles, and even plants. They As all unconscioUS of the mists below. did not blush to bow with humiliating reverence, BEMINISCENCES OF JOHN Q. ADAMS.-IMMORTALITY. 1 before an adulterous Mars, a prostitute Venus, or a volunteer classical exercise, to send me a siman incestuous Jupiter, blackened by every sort ilar version of the other half of the same Ode, in the same measure. of crime, and fit, for that reason, to be chief a- MY FRIEND. mong the gods. The man in, virtue's garb arrayed, No wonder, then, that men.who worshipped Of Christian truth, a liver, gods that are represented as committing asts so Needs not the sharp Toledo blade, base, so atrocious and so shocking to humanity Nor venom-fieighted quiver,. What though he wend his toilsome way itself, should live and act as those did who lived t t h he wend his toi e O'er regions wild and wearybefore the pure, peaceable and soul-ennobling Through: Zahra's burning desert stray, truths of Christianity were spread abroad. Or Asia's jungles dreary:Here, then, we may see the blessed effects of )-, ) ". > ~ ^^, c What though he plough the billowy deep, the gospel upon the minds of men. What ef- at lo i gh le souar t By lunar light or solar; fect did the teachings of the wisest heathen Phi- Meet the resistless Simoon's sweep, losophers have upon men, but to make them Or Iceberg circumpolar: more degraded? Christ's teachings obeyed, ele- In bog or quagmire, deep, and dank,.-i~~i ~ EHis foot shall never settle; vate the mind, purify the heart, and dispell su- He us the summit of ount Bla vHIe mounts the summit of Mount Blanc. perstition from the breast. How much, then, are Or Popocatapetl. we indebted to Christ and his Apostles, who have rescued us from the power of darkness, and O Chinlorazo's breathless height He treads o'er burning lava, brought us into the wonderful light of the gospel. Or suffs the Bohon Upas blight, S. R. The dreadful plant of Java. Through every peril he shall pass, Reminiscence of John Quincy Adams. By virtue's shield protected; And still by Truth's unerring glass The following article from a Massachusetts pa- His feet shall be directed. per of 1848 we insert, hoping it may prove inter- Else, ereforeas itTuesdaylast,. esting to students here. It was written soon af- While strolling down the valley, ter an ascent of Mount Popocatapetl by a com- Defenceless, musing as I pass'd pany of Americans. C. A Canzonet to Sally, A wolf, with famine-sharpened snout, "The name of'Popocatapetl' reminds us of a lit- Forth from the thicket bounded; tie circumstance connected with John Quincy aspmy hands, and aised a shou Adams, which is worth reading whether it ever He heard, and fled, confounded? appeared in print or not. The oddity of introducing such an outlandish word into English Cotera desunt. rhyme, impressed us so strongly that the recur Farewell! your elder brother in our Alma rence of the name, thus prominently, brought the Mater. incident freshly to memory. A few years ago there was a Freshman at Cam- To Aristius Fuscus, being the twenty-second bridge, (since not unknown to fame as a Loco- Ode. foco New Hampshire politician,) who posessed a OR T AL IT Y. strong desire to obtain the autographs of the distinguished men of the time. He was according- Why, my sol longest t afer im ly, in the habit of addressing them and requesting specimens of their hand-writing. Among tality? Cannotthis brief existence suffice'? others to whom he applied was the venerable J. The desire to live after death seems to be imQ. Adams, who, with his ever ready interest in planted in the breast of every nation and tongue. the young and never failing kindness of heart, sent the following characteristic reply. Copies It dwells equally among the wild natives of our were freely distributed among the students at the own western prairies, and the idolatrous and sutime, but we do not remember that the letter was perstitious inhabitants of India. Each hopes to ever published, although it may have been. It live in a world more pure, more perfect than this. was as follows:, (COPY ) Each expects to realize the climax of human To of Concord, New Hamp- happiness. Poets and Philosophers may spend shire; a Freshman at Harvard University, Cam- their lives in endeavoring to show that there is bridge, Mass. no God, and that man lives like the brute, but to WASrHINGTON, 5 3MIay, 1836. Fellow Student mass of marnind will I cannot furnish you with the autograph have their temples of worship, their shrines of of any great man. But such as I have to give is prayer, and their Heaven in view. How came at your service. Isend you a pharaphrase of one half of Horace's Odes of the first Book; and if man here? wasit to spend thee score years you think there is anything in it, of the incom-and ten, then dew-like pass away Every thing parable beauty of the Original, I invite you, as was made to carry out some great end-the grass 14 IM-MORTALITY.-QUINTUS IHOIATIU3S FLACCUSl to beautify the earth and nourish her flocks. If While earth in midnight darkness stand, man was not immortal, what great purpose could Till Heavens sun wax old and wanes, he accomplish? One generation would succeed Hope flutters, dies, and,Chaos reigns. another in dull monotomy, and the grand scheme FLORIO., of human creation would prove a failure. The little child; as it roams in its mother's garden at Quintus Horatius Flaccus. twilight hour, oft points the stars as they twinkle "NTON OMNIS ~rORISR."-O- Dv, 24. LIB. 3. like new lighted candles in the vaulted sky, and prattles, how she would love to make one of them lory to race, the jolly old Eicure her home, thus showing that the mind is not con- D i o - Deep in our hearts lies his fun-loving song; tented with the things of earth, but looks forw ard tented with the things, of earth, but looks forward For conceit or the blues was there ever a better for a better. Man cannot endure the thought of cure an eternal death-it chills and appalls the stout- To ho t does glory ore jusly beest heart. There may have been persons-aye, long L there has been, who could lay and die like an ox, without a hope of a future existence-yet their i t r Till the Satires of Horace "the fools" most connames are only mentioned, with that feeling ceitedly which accompanies the tale of some dreadful ir foly and thought it 0. monster, that breeds destruction and death where- Whn he themselves painted so well and ever it goes. But, to the christian especially, epeated how cheering is the hope of immortality. Life, It attered them so tat they live to this to him, has been a path along which roses have day. Bloomed between briars and thorns, and as his end approaches, and the forms of departed ones, i ^ ^..~. -~~A curningo old rogue was he, somewhat like flit softly by him, giving warning that he shall Solomon join their number, like a long lost son returning Eting a drining the best of the eartl, to his father's fire side, he casts onelingering And then with his belly full called the world look at the fading things of earth and journies to hollow an the spirit land. Thus dies the man, who, believes Article costing some more than its wo that life is a flower that only buds here, but blooms in another clime, and compared to him who never expects to live after this short life is The merry old chip took a trip to Brundusium eoer, how sublime and magnificent the one, how An hit on the hip the odd things that he insignificant and puerile the other. This world is saw, so full of cares and vexations, sorrows and dis- The canal and the mule and the kitchen where appointment, that he who sets afloat his barque you see him on her stormy sea, ere his locks are tinged with Hard gnawing a blackbird to fill up his maw. the frosts of many autumnal years longs to be removed to that bright sphere, where the way- I-s plump little body sat easily anywhere, worn traveler finds a rest so pleasant and so full While Fortune he met with a heart of true of enjoyment, that no earth born charm can al- grit lure him back. Ah, Immortality! without thee her smile or he frown e didt a penny how comfortless would this world be. Oh! ne- are, er could man think of straying here without But forced her to terms by a stroke of his thee to illumine his path. When troubles en- wit. compass him and disappointed hopes fall thick and fast, thou, like a winged messenger of peace, So glory to Horce,thejolly old oddity guidest his way and makest him resigned to his Honored for aye for his jokes and his verse; lot. Oh, man! think not thy soul is perishable. They shal e, whil the world stands, a staThou hast lost thy Eden perfection here, but pie commodity, Thou canst regain it in another; for methinres I Bought with the wealth of the heart, not the: thou canst regain it in another; for methinks I purse. see inscribed on Nature's Sign Post, ox College, I. P This earth is not man's lasting home, _ ____ But eternity, there to roam, "We do not quarrel with books for having lno With God, angels or devils damn'd, religion, but for haying afuase religion. lus for the development of their latent mental powers, is, of course, our highest object. 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From this and other considerations the proprietors have concluded to call quiry among some that may receive thin, who this the first nulber. did not see the first number, we will say, for their - "t. Our Motto. benefit, in the substance of our "Salutatory" up- on that point, that the word "Knoxiana" is sim- The change of motto in this number, has been ply a OME -MrADEI LATIN noun, meaning, litera- made by editorial agreement. We do not desire,y, matters and things about Knox College. to cast any reflections on those whe adopted the In continuing this enterprize, we shall endeav- former one, but we think the present one preferor to keep in view, what, at least, we think should able. be the primary object of publications issued at We trust our brethren of the literary societies seats of learning like ours; viz: the desire to will endeavor to make their contributions, as cultivate literary excellence amongstudents. To much as possible, conform to its sentiment.do this, by affording them a public vehicle of Send them in-as fast and as many as possible thought, and thus giving them an adeqate stimu- for the June number. aB~~16 ~EDITORS' TABLE. To Our Contributors. whom the invitation in our resolution inclucdes We invite those included in the following res- we would say lend us a hand, but especially wo'd olution to contribute to our columns. we say, lend us your thoughts. WVe would say to Resolved,-That the Faculty, Alumni, and our young friends who may favor us with their Undergraduates of Knox College, together with contributions, do not write long, presy articles il the students of the Male and Female depart- which ideas are like "angels visits."-do not try ments of the Academy connected therewith, be to say every thing that can be said on the subject, requested to contribute to the Knoxiana. but that which will be the most useful and interAnd under the following clause of our consti- esting, for we pledge you our word no other shall tution, we feel ourselves both at liberty and called enter. F. upon as Editors to add a few words of advice.The clause of our constitution reads as follows': [EThe second quarterly meeting of the "Gno"The Editors shall alone be responsible for the thautii" of Knox College was held on Tuesday character of the Pamphlet and shall have the evening, the 15th ult. The exercises were as sole direction of it." And first, we do not ex- follows: pect to make our journal a flower-garden,for all 1. Oration, by A. McNaughton, Burlington, -are not bees, nor do we intend to make it a barren Iowa. Subject,-"The North American Indians, moor, for all are not mountain-goats who feed their character, their destiny." only on dry and stunted herbage, our endeavor 2. Debate. Subject,-"Resolved; That the shall be to make it (the useful and agreeable) so Homestead Exemption Bill, to the amount of far as in us lies. Our object is not to free our $500, should be passed by all the States." readers minds from thinking, but to present such Affirmative.-C. H. Gower, Iowa City, Iowa, subjects and in such a manner as to give -our and P. Fenity, Galesburg, Ill. readers the mountain tops of the subject, while Ncgative.-D. R. Clendennin, Lancaster, Pa., they themselves may supply the vales between an d A. M. Craig Canton, Ill. for we believe that papers, books or journals 3. Poem, by J. Avery, New Milford, Pa. "should not supply the place of thought and re- Subject-"Right." Slection, but stimulate to both. 4. Oration, by M.L. Comstock, Burlington, There is no man or woman without thought- Iowa Bubject —"The Anglo Saxon Language.":forms, which if communicated in his or her nat- The exercises were interspersed with music mral style will interest and instruct some one, and from the Band, which together with the pleasperhaps be the means of alleviating some one's artness of the evening, contributed much to make.sufferings. There is an electrical sympathy the exhibition interesting.'which exists between mind conversing with mind, As to the debate, the Affirmative contended which is irresistible and far better felt than de- that, while the passage of this bill would injure scribed; this is what we wish to bring to bear on no man, it would benefit the poor and industrithe minds of our subscribers, so that if we have ous-that it would effectually stop the swindling useful and practical thoughts on any of the sub-, practice of transferring property to avoid paying jects which come within range of our discussions, debts-that it would stimulate to virtuous industhey may have the benefit of them. Let each try-that since nations are comunities coten, in order to make him or herself understood, posed of all their citizens, it would add to nationuse good, plain English words, and let the style al wealt and happiness-that since its object be energetic and lively with all the freshness of protect a home for every man which would be to protect a home for every man which'Spring, mingled with warm and powerful Sum could not be wrested from him by law, $500 er sunshine, mellowed by the richness of Au- ould be sufficient to answer all the ends which turn, with the keenness of Winter. ~tsm, with the keenness of ~Vinr.. the bill pretends to accomplish, &e. Let the composition be written in a plain, legi- The reative repled that such a la woul blehand, so that the Editors may not have toe Neate reled, that sch a law oul' have a tendency to defraud the creditor out of copyit, nor the printer, by being unable to readesthatwould have a demoralizing his just dues-that it would have a demoralizing it, have to supply very frequently a better copy influence the community-that it would from his own imagination rather than lose his benefit the rich and speculating classes rather eyes. than the poor, &c. We would say then to the proprietors of the Modesty forbids that we should say anything Knoxiana, we wish you to do your duty, which as to the merit of the exercises except that, in is to write for your paper as you agreed to do most of them, the audience appeared much inwhen you elected us to be your editors. To all tarestad. S THE KNOXIANA. VOLUME I. GALESBURG, ILLINOIS, JUNE, 1851. NUMBER 2. ORIE A C DE MIC1:. CACOETHES LOQUENDI. AN ESSAY READ IN THE MORNING EXERCISES JANUARY 14th, 1851, BY E. S. WILLCOX. ILL goes the time when it is all the rage Had always said, one son should be a preacherTo act the orator, and mount the stage, Little cared he, it suited well his bent Self to display, and with it, want pf sense, To be a preacher or a president, And choke our ears with empty eloquence. And so, a little to anticipate If he who proves by wind, and words and sweat, The future fame of' Cicero the Great, His upper storyhas some rooms "to let," He wore a scowl, looked dignified and grave, Shall still persuade us with his smile and frown, Bought him a razor and began to shave. And win fair favor from the admiring town- Next he began to think what he should do, Sure all will thank me should my eager pen Pondering what soil his genius sprouting through Draw the dear likeness e'er he speaks again. Should thence expand, a tree sublime and rare, If you sir, think you are allowed to prate Shade for the beasts-roost for the fowls of air From six o'clock till after half-past eight, Upon reflection he resolved to wait And like a forward, half-grown pup, repeat A year or two, before he came out'Great,' Your same old bark at every man you meet, With humible start into the lofty rise Till out of patience, and without relief, And not confound the world in its surprise; He wishes himself dead, or else born deaf- For he could wait awhile, though full of hope, Shall we from too much modesty forbear, And sometime else be president or pope. And hesitate when you and "F7lunkies' dare? The Law and Preaching with each other vie Stand back, dear sir, our time has come at last, To gain the talents of this prodigy; We've got the sinners, and we'll hold them fast! Earh seems appropriate to his soaring mind, And each requires a good supply of wind. In every scene of life, at home and school, And each requires a good supply of wind. See Jnior Cicero, both apne andin the law, his genius should break through See Junior Cicero, both ape and fool!! The poor restraints that common lawyers knew, His mother noticed, e'er the lad was six, common yers knew, What strength of lungs he had, what lawyer's ere they ae ire he runsoar when they tricks, creep, And vowed, like Samuel's mother, in her heart, At one bold effort mount Fame's slippery steep, Her interesting son to'set apart.' And sit on that serene and sunny height At school, he wears his hat tipped on his head, Envied of all, and modest as moonlight. Turns up his collar, and begins to spread, But Blackstone, Kent, alId Coke stand in his way, Opens his jaws and labors loud and long, They must be read, omlt what else he may, And Sampscn's jaw-bone was not half so strong' And Genius such as his was never made Never such genius blessed the world before! To lift its trowsers and through folios wade, So thinks the tyro, and-a little more. When without study, or a lie he might His mother praised him, for the dear old creature Become a preaher in a single niglt. 17 s18 HOIE ACADEMIC E. So he decides, a preacher he will be; Office to gain! What torrents of self praise And none can sing a psalm so high as he! On caucus nights and on election days! The candidate once mounted on a chairOh, IHarp of Judah! once divinely swept, Oh, Harlp of Judtth once divinely swept, One hand in pocket, and one in his hair, How did thy echo wake our hopes that slept, a o did thy echo wae our hopes tat slept, Applauds'Our Country,' boasts how he did go From earth and time bear our glad souls away To fight her battles brave in MexicoForever blessed in Heaven's eternal day! t Relates a wvouncl he got at Mlonterey, Yet can it be that fools shall strike thy strings But does not tell how fast he ran that day. And dare to desecrate immortal things? And dare to desecrate immortal things And as for principles he's true as you be, Shall boys exhort and Freshmen dare to preach G in for Liberty, Free Trade and Cuba. The awful Word our dear lord ca me to teach? It is enough, none ask for more than that, Behold the preacher in that sacred place What better proof of a true democrat! Where Truth descends with a celestial grace, If it be true, as'Sol,' the Preacher said, Descends not now but turns away and grieves'A living dog excels a lion dead,' At their poor folly whom she sadly leaves. These long-eared people who can loudly bray What are his thoughts it is not mine to tell- Are smarter than Dan Webster-turned to Clay. His theme is-Woe! Despair! and Smoke of As the coarse seine entraps the Shovel-Fish Horosell!k!eeisieki dzs And Gar, the very kinds men no not wish, I-Iorrors like these inspire a kindred zest So does a college catch its share of asses, And try his genius by its surest test. Some black, some brown, and some as green as His hair goes mad-his fingers clutch the air, grass is. lHe beat; the desk-his eye-balls roll and stare- Here is the soil where future greatness sprouts,'Hail Horrors, Hail!' The mighty bung isiloose, Where Genius casts its clinging cradle-clouts, The barrel's burst, and out comes all the juice! Attempts to soar, before it knows to crawl, Yet long he roars, with voice more loud, more And turns a summerset, and that is-all. shrill, Oh, what a pity'tis that so much wind Like thunder now-now like a coffee-mill. As college students uselessly expend, From such a scene, disgusted, let us flee, To some advantage might not be laid out Look o'er the world, and see what we can see. In turning wheels instead of heads about! One night a week the Geniuses allot In every puddle some grey goose will dabble, n ey s t se pr fl will g! To practice wind and thunder and what not, On every subject some poor fool will gabble.~ Graham, grown rich by lectsuring on meat,! But such a little gives the itch for more, Graham, grown rich by lecturing on meat, ^^)~ -.~.,^~ ^So mill-dams swell until Niagaras roar. Lives like aprince with good roast beef to eat- s until ia At anniversaries and quarterlies In Tupper's head, while lounging at his ease, Freshmenni Ss our wondering Prvrb rehriea t in oFreshmen and Sophamores awe our wondering iProverbs are born like maggots in old cheese. eyes And loafers, poor and lazy as they all are, And ho is tte than a college student Turn lecturers to raise the "Almighty Dollar." To tell what's what, what's good, what's prudent Or who can look so dignified as they Digesting Digests with enormous maw, Who on all subjects have so much to say? There must be suits, he thinks, for fools will sue And though but numb-skulls in their recitations, And ergo, lawyers, such sweet work to do. Who more adroit to waste your time and patience? Such is the logic which he makes a screen one canmake a speech offhand with ease, To shield himself in what he knows is mean. And has the wind to raise a moderate breee, A lawyer is at best a dry contraction, Brass in his face to make a six-quart kettle, 1Meant for a man, but made a vulgar fraction. And sap to fill the ever tinkling mettle, With no thought else but suits and legal plunder, Why there's no need that he should toil and To wield Law's sword; but stand himself from sweat unde. Like other students, and his genius fret; There is no creatnre-this you will agree to, The gift of tongues-he differs here with Paul,,From old Beelzebub to a mosquito, Is better than the others, one and all. More keen, or ready than your legal giant If merit lies in lungs and ant of brains, To make a speech, or bleed asfoolish client How poor our chance, how useless all our pains! In politics how many fools aspire For Nature gives to fools the lack of wit, To make a speech, no matter whom they tire! An strength of lungs thereby to herald it. HABI\Th-MORAL SUPREMACY. 1 Of all diseases which the mind of man breathe, but have not a habit of breathing. But' Has heard or dreamed of since the world began, habit is affirmed of those acts which we do apGout, Colic; Jaundice, Blues, Hysterics, Dumps, parently without volition, while we feel at the Measles, Small-Pox, the Cholera, or Mumps, same time that we have the power to suspend The most infectious and the most outrageous, their performance.at pleasure'; or at least that we The Itch which holds, torments and plagues us, once had power to do so. Habit then, is a tenWhich leaves us not while waiting or while walk- dency, the formation of which implies volition, ing, or what is the same thing, habit is under the conIs the too universal "Itch of Talking!" trol of the will. And since man is accountable The generous man who weighs his honest for every act of the will, he who excuses himself thought, on the ground of habit, condemns himself on his And speaks the wisdom his own mind hath own admission. wrought, Again the certain results of actions incline the Modest, yet wise, though ardent, yet sincere, scale of character towards good or evil, and since Able to speak, but likewise glad to hear, habits are the certain results of repeated acBy such poor tricks disdains to seek display, tion, therefore again men are responsible for their And in himself finds pleasure as he may. habits. In other words, a bad habit mars the Wo is te mn tt in te t d moral character, and merits punishment; a good Who is the man that in the troubled state, one renders the practice of virtue easy, and Rises to heon or and cts truly great w brings reward. So then the man who swears beIit th o pe n mouth, le barel sprun a leak, cause he has formed the habit of doing so, is not With open mouAlike barrel sprung' a leak, only guilty of breaking the commandment, but is And burns with hot desire to talk and twaddle, only guilty of breakingspect to the very thicommandment, but i s h Proving one thing-that his own head is addle also guilty in respect to the very thing which h brings forward in extenuation of his act. No, he it is, the man of thoughtful mien, i i i How careful then should we be how we repeat Whose eye-beams speak the wisdom he has seen, ow careful then should we e how we repeat wicked actions. We are cherishing a serpent Whose days of study and whose nights of toil, wicked actions. We are cherishing aserpent aim tt he hs g d wis sil that will wound us to the heart. We are planting Proclaim that he has gathered wisdom's spoil And whose calm breast enshrines immortal a poisonous tree, the fruit of which will embitter Truth, our dying hours. On the other hand, a good B t at te pe of lr ad of habit formed will be a sun about which other ac-:3ought at the price of labor and of youth. sou t a t p laor a o yo tions as planets will revolve. Let good actions He does not boast the trophies he has won, i+e does not boast the trophies hehas won, then be repeated that the light may grow "brightNor spread them forth to fade beneath the sun n ghtertotherf y." er and brighter to the perfect day." K(. But in his heart as in an ocean deep, The wisdom he has gained prefers to keep, For the Knoxiana. Until some dark and sky-beclouded hour MORAL SUPREMACY. Shall call it forth with beauty and with power. BY T. HARRISON. He is the man to fill a nation's need, PHYSICAL force and wealth have had their Whose heart beats gleat in thought and word day of ascendency; intellect is now in its reign; ~~~and deed. ~moral supremacy is yet to come. The tokens of * abit. its near approach are thickening around us. _ i.'We understand of moral supremacy that state Habit may be defined that tendency to the per- of society in which actions will be done because formance of an act which supercedes volition.- they are right, and be right not because might It can therefore be predicated only of beings pos- makes them so, but because they are in accordsessed of will. When we speak of the habits of ance with the laws of God's universe and the animals, we perhaps give the term a wider signifi- teaching of His revelation, cation, for, though possessed of will, their habits, Highly cultivated and sensitive intellect seems in general, are the result of instinct. But habit is to be the natural precursor of the reign of moral certainly never associated with inanimate things. principle. Before man will come fully under the A pendulum may move back and forth very reg- control of moral principle he must have a clear ularly, but is not said to have a habit of swing- and definite understanding of it. Then the proping. The sun has not habits of punctuality, though osition to him to observe it, like the application he is never behind the time. Indeed, habit is of liquid to a porous substance, will seem to melt not affirmed of our own involuntary acts. We and mingle with his better judgment anQ every 20 MORAL SUPREMACY.-HEROINES OP ANCIENT PROFANE HISTORY. part of his higher nature and become incorpo- Heroines of Ancient Profane History. rated with it. No doubt there will be an element of opposition which many times may be too By Miss Sarah Blakely, of the Senior Class in the strong for the other. This element can be erad- Female Collegiate Department of Knox College. icated only by christianity; but it is enough for our purpose that enlilgtened intellect blows away THEn worshippers of physical power have been the fog and brushes away the dust and rubbish numerous in all ages. Yet the supremacy of which hang around the soul and leaves it open reason and intellect, over force, can be abundantto the clear shining of the light of truth. ly substantiated from the history of the past.It has been said that intellect is now in its The ancient heroines, of whom this essay is to' reign, and we take this as one of the strongest treat, are but a few among the numerous examindications of the approach of moral supremacy j ples which might be adduced, even from ancient Now what movements in society indicate the history, while modern history is replete with ilcoming of what in our conception will be moral lustrations of the same truth. supremacy? There is scarcly a phase of hu- Semiramis, one of the first heroines whose acts man suffering, or even supposed suffering, which we find recorded by profane historians, was a nahas not a society organized for its removal.- tive of Ascolon, a city of Syria, and wife of one Scarcly a miserable wretch is in want in the of the chief officers under Ninus. Ninus was a dark alleys of our large cities who is not ferreted prince of Syria, the son of Ashur, the founder of out and relieved. Many punishments which Nineveh, and great-grarcd-son of Noah. Semihitherto have been considered just are now look- ramis is represented as a woman of uncommon ed upon with suspicion. This may be weakness courage, possessing an intellect far above the the oozing out of morbid sentimentality, but it is mediocrity of her own sex. She directed Ninus a'fault leaning to virtue's side,' and indicates how to attack the citadel of Bactria, and by her clearly the returning of man to a moral state.- means he took i. She afterwards became his We have lost our balance, and, doubtless, there wife; but he soon died and left her the governwill be much oscillation before an equilibrium is ment of the kingdom. Some authors relate that gained. Semiramis, having secured the chief men otj the The dark blotch of war which has so long de- state, and attached them to her interests by benfaced our fair earth and made her streams run efactions and promises, solicited the king with blood, has already been stripped of its worse fea- great importunity, to put the sovereign power intures, and its total abolition has now its great to her hands for five days. He yielded to her apostle and a multitude of friends. The old entreaties, and was put to death by her orders doctrine, that the king can do no wrong, is re- during that time. membered only as a relic of the past, whilst even Her ambition, to immortalize her name, seemed the truer one that "vox populi est vox Dei," is to be almost unbounded. Nor was she at a loss found to need modification, and must soon be- with her towering intellect, to accomplish her purcome the voice of God should be the voice of the pose. The building of the famous Babylon, in people. The question of a congress of nations which work she is said to have employed two has many friends, though doubtless much time millions of men, has been left on record as a will elapse before matters of difference between memorial of her, to the end of time. states will be settled wholly by arbitration. The The building of this mighty city was acco missionary spirit has grown up within the last she by awoman who hadnot the physical half century and is now rapidly gaining hold iny o h y power possessed by one of her servants. Yet by the hearts of christians. her genius, and the influence she exerted on manIt seems to me that these things and many oth-kin resulted this mighty city. She combined er such indicate that the human heart is yielding usefulness with magnificence in the tructures to the control of moral truth. It is not believed she caused to be erected; being particularly carethat this will be effected in a day, for there are ful to have water brought by aqueducts to such many and strong opposing tendencies, but we places as needed it, and to make the hihwys have the sure word that it will come, and easy by cutting through mountains andfilling Lo! from the brightening orient's brow up vallies. A gleam. of hope is beaming mild afar, A g of hope is beaming milafar, er extraordinary authority over the people, The day of man's redemption breaketh now, and the influence of her presence, may be illus-;For it hasris'n-the bright morning star. trate by an anecdote related of her, As she HEROINES OF ANCIENT PROFANE HISTORY. 21 was dressing her hair one day, word was brought judge between herself and Ptolemy, by her to her of a tumult in the city. Whereupon she adroitness she managed to gain an audience, and went out immediately, with her hair half dressed, have an interview with Cesar in person. Findand did not return till the disturbance was en- ing there was no means to enter the city of Alextirely appeased. A statue was erected in mem- andria without being known, she thought of this ory of this action, representing her in that very stratagem. She laid herself in the midst of a attitude, which had not hindered her from flying bundle of clothes. Apollodorus wrapped it up to her duty. in a cloth, tied up with a thong, and in that manShe made a conquest of a greater part of ner carried it through the gate of the city to Ethiopia, and as it appears, was accustomed of- Casar's apartment, who was far from being disten, to take the command of her armies herself.- pleased with the stratagem. By skill and adI-Ier ingenuity was displayed in the arrangement dress she secured the favor of Caesar, and by of military affairs for an expedition against India. his means was placed upon the throne; while Considering that the great strength of the Indians her brother was only in form associated with her. consisted in their great number of elephants, she When he attained the age that he was to govcaused camels to be accoutred in the form of el- ern for himself, she poisoned him, and remained ephants, in hope of deceiving the enemy. The sole queen of Egypt. ndian king having notice of her approach, sent By the intellect she possessed, and the charms embassadors to ask her who she was, and with of her person, she was enabled to practice deceit what right, having never received any injury and secure favor wherever she thought she could from him, she came to attack his dominions.- therebygain her selfish ends. She knew the Tellyour master, she replied, that in a little time vaue of splendor, and gifts, and flatteries: of I myself will let him know who I am. In her which the ill-fated Antony, whom she secured first battle she was successful, but in the second and held fastin her chains, is a striking example. It is said that be so perfectly knew her found the counterfeit elephants could not long e t is d that e so ee ew e character for dissimulation, and that she was casustain the shock of the real ones. Semiram.s s.ustain the shock of the real ones'. Senmiram~s pable of the blackest crimes, that he never touched did all in her power to encourage her troops, and, ia in he g her. cor-, any dish at their banquets till it had been tasted, actually ega2ed in the finlht herself. Accord-. y e e in t. for fear tha it might contain poison. Yet was ing to Ctesia her army consisted of 3,000,000.. g to Ctesia her army consisted of 3,000,000 hle fascinated and spell-bound by her, so much so footmen, and 600,000 horse, beside the camels i i that he was tiurned aside friom his own affairs of and chariots armed for war. Others lhlunk this and chariots are or ar. Others this government, and spent much time at banquets in account highly exaggerated. Soon afte ths - show and splendor. She once showed Antony at pedition, discovering that her son was plottin table, how easily she could have poisoned him, against her, and one of her principal officers had with all his precaution. Ambition and the love offered him his assistance, without punishing the of sensual pleasure, were prominent traits in her officer, she voluntarily abdicated the throne, put character; and to secure her object scrupled not the government in the hands of her son, and to betray the person for whom she professed the withdrew from the sight of men, hoping to have warmest attachment. divine honors paid to her. She was after her She possessed a heart allied to that of a dedeath worshipped by the Assyrians under the mon, and loved iniquity for its own sake. Failform of a dove. She lived 62 years, of which ing to secure herself against the attacks of Ceshe reigned 42. Without commenting upon the sar, who, for reasons which will not now be givmoral nature of her acts, it is left for the candid en, had turned against her, and disdaining to be to judge, whether what was accomplished by made an ornament to his triumph, she poisoned this strong minded woman could have been done herself by the bite of an aspic, and died in the by physical force, like that of Sampson, or the thirty-ninth year of her age. She reigned twenhost of Xerxes even, without her mental and ty-two years. moral power. Although there is a vast difference in the charLater in point of time, being only a few years acter of these two princesses, they agree in this; before Christ, reigned the artful and cruel Cleo- ambition was their ruling motive, and earthly patra. By the will of Auletes the government of fame their object. Semiramis while seeking to Egypt was left to her and her brother Ptolemy. immortalize her name, sought it partly in the Being about to be deprived of her share in the way of benefiting her subjects, while Cleopatra sovereignty by designing men, she went herself sought the throne for the means it offered to the into Syria and Palestine, to raise troops to assert indulgence of her demon propensities. It is well her claims by force of arms. Cesar interfering as to understand that in the early ages those who 22 HEROINES OF ANCIENT PRIOFANE HISTORY.-REFLECTIONS ON TIE WORKS OFP OD, possessed an intellect which developed itself Reflections on the Works of God. particularly in cunning and stratagem, sufficient M SEY. BY'J. Hl. ~'CHESSE. to sway the minds of the people, and make conquests of other nations, were considered the he- Should the mind, in its excursions for the inroes and heroines of the age. No divine revela- vestigation of the works of creation, never tion was before them to give them moral pre- wander beyond the precincts of our own planet, cepts. No light of divine truth dawned upon the exhibitions of the wisdom, skill, and benevotheir minds to teach them that he only is free lence of the Divine Mind are more than sufficient whom the truth makes free, and he only is the to fill the soul with admiration, gratitude, and true hero who is able to rule his own spirit, wonder. All things are full of God, so that the wonder. All things are full of God, so that the Immediately connected with the history of evidences of Iis greatness and goodness are so these princesses, and suggested by it, is a ques- merous in earthly scenes alone, that I feel at a tion which is eliciting much discussion at the loss, on account of the short space allotted me, to present time, viz-Has woman the ability to gov- determine from what quarter to select instances. ern in state affairs, and if so, has she a right to Shold man in his researches first attempt to indemand a participation in the government?- vestigate the human structure, the body, the curiThe theme of woman's rights is not a new one, ous habitation of the soul, the soulitsel, an the originating with the present age, but is as an- mysterious union of the two, he would at once cient as the time of Plato, who maintained in his find a contrivence of infinite skill, one perfectly commonwealth that women as well as men adapted to cause him to look up to a self existought to be admitted into the management of eut Jehovah. Contemplate only the physical public affairs, the conducting of armies and the constitutio ofman, wich falls infinitely short government of states, and by necessary conse-of the mind, and we find machinery, the mechanquence ought to receive the same training, in ism of which so far surpasses all the ingenuity of relation to these affairs, as men. Whereas Aris- man, as to suggestat once an all comprehensive totle and Xenophon reasoned differently on the Intelligence. The perfect adjustment of all its subject. That some have the ability to govern,, many thousands of which enter into the will not be denied, for the history of those we composition of the human frames, adapting it to have been considering furnish testimony in the our wants, furnishes unmistakable evidences of case. They governed, and that equally well with design. Again the constitution and arrangement the other sex. And it would be difficult to prove of the atmosphere must also point to the wisdom that were they to receive the same mental disci- and goodness of God. It is a mixture of the two pline there would not be an equal proportion simple substances, oxygen and nitrogen gases; capable of governing. The question then re- the former of which is the supporter of combusmains to be solved; has she a right and ought tion and respiration; and as oxygen gas is the she to exercise that right in the governmental principal of vitality, were it extracted from the affairs of nations? True there are men and wo- air we breathe, all the tribes of animal creation men of cultivated minds who advocate the affir-must instantly be destroyed or if the nitogen mative of this question. should be extracted, and we breathe the oxygen But a manifest difference in physical strength alone, the results would be equally destructive, implies a difference in sensibility. Nor does this thongh,perhaps, not so instantaneous. The heat difference imply inferiority in reasoning, judging, would be so intense that it would melt the huand all that pertains to the intellect. And this man frame,and perhaps burn the earth. Or, sho'd same sensibility, which is to her an ornament, these substances only be slightly changed in their tends to disqualify her for the bickerings of proportions, they would form an acid of which courts of justice and halls of legislation, While we should inhale enough at a few inspirations to duties as noble, and as far-reaching in their in- break down the strongest constitution. This fince, demand too much of the energies of her substance is so arranged that we suffer no injury mind and hand, in the domestic circle, to allow from the immense weight of it that presses upon her time and strength for filling the public of- our bodies, and is perfectly transparent so as fices of state. not to obstruct the light of the sun. What marks But the incidents of female history which have of design and wisdom then may we discover in been given prove the principle with which we set the arrangement of this single invisible substance. out, that is, the superiority of intellectual strength But this is only one instance of an infinite numallied to physical weakness, over intellectual ber which present themselves as examples of the weakness sustained by any degree of physical admiral economy of the Creator. We are toe;c-^ngth. ignorant on many points to appreciate the blest RIEFLECTtONS ON TIIE WORKS OF GOD.'3 ings we enjoy. Investigate the sunbeam-even mighty, reject the Son, and deny the authority of an imaginative and visionary mind cannot draw the Bible. a picture too fanciful for the reality, hastening When we are able by the help of science to from yonder golden lamp, to supply us with discern so much of thrilling interest in the smallwarmth and light, at the rate of 192,000 miles in est particle of created matter, and then survey a second of time; and according to the undulato- our entire globe, the countless objects of interest ry theory of light, the most reasonable theory thickly scattered over and through its enormous furnished by philosophy, the violet ray pulsates masses of continents and islands,oceans and seas, or undulates seven hundred and twenty-seven how justly are our conception of the Creator enmillions of times in the millionth part of a sec- larged. And when we realize that this world is but ond. Human imagination is too narrow to form one, and not the largest, of an extensive system any just conception of such motion, too gross to of worlds revolving around the same centre, Juinvestigate the properties of the subtle ether piter alone being 1280 times the size of this earth which is supposed to be the medium of light, as and the sun itself, which may be inhabited for the atmosphere is the medium of sound. This any thing we know, is five hundred times the size ether is too attenuate for even the skillful chem- of all the planets put together, our feeble concepist in his laboratory to learn any thing of its phe- tions are overpowered, and with silent admiration nomena. The sunbeam contains, at least, four we look up to him who spake and the worlds distinct principles, each of which is independent were created, and who has never allowed them of the rest; heat, light, chemical action, and to fall into disorder. Though the planets are at phosphoresence, and of each of these there may immense distances from the sun, Neptune, the be many modifications, as the solar spectrum newly discovered planet and the most distant proves respecting light. Whatever part of the being thirty-six hundred millions of miles, and mysteries of God's creation we look into,we need would require a steam car, moving at the rate of our faculties enlarged, and the causes which ob- 20 miles an hour, 40,000 years to cross its orbit struct their energies removed. There is infinity yet they have never been known to mistake their above us and infinity below. There have been way; that unseen somewhat, known by the name seen millions of living creatures in a single drop of attraction, has never failed to perform its ofof water, and they are supposed to possess all the fice, and allow them to stray from the sun upon necessary respiratory and digestive organs. We which they depend for light and heat. What are unable to form any thing like a correct idea can it be but the unseen hand of God? But our of such organisms, they are too subtle for poor sun and all these worlds are but as a drop to the finite minds to attach an idea to them. Yet we mighty deep or a point to ubiquity compared hear the sceptic and infidel saying, when we with allGod's works. Contemplate the mechanism speak to them respecting the Bible and their re- of the heavens, the millions of fixed stars, and lation to God, there are many things about the each one a sun, the center of a system like ours Trinity, about redemption through Christ, th^t their immense distances from us and from each they cannot understand. They say they are will- other; though the distance is so great that it caning to believe;o far as they can understand. 0 not be determined, yet it is determined to a cerhow grovelling how insulting to God! They tainty that the nearest one must be more than 20 would serve their maker, they say, if they could billions of miles from the earth, and that in point comprehend all his nature, every thing respect- of splendor it must be at least equal to two suns. ing Christ, the entire nature of sin, and the plan Now suppose each fixed star to be the sun of a of redemption. Yet they can't understand the! system like ours, and theirl number, as is by some growth of a single geranium in the parlor, of a computed, to be 100,000,000; and suppose each single plant in the gar'len, or of a blade of grass; system like ours to contain 12 primary planets, they cant understand the principle that causes a and we have one billion two hundred millions of stone to fall to the earth rather than the opposite worlds. We are overwhelmed, our feeble condirection; they can't understand whether the ceptions are utterly overpowered with the view. warmth they enjoy from the genial influence of And if we suppose each one of these worlds to the sun, comes from the sun or arises fiom the contain the number of inhabitants that our earth substances upon which the rays of the sun act. does, the power of numbers fails, all calculation Yet they would circumscribe the great Contriver is baffled, and we are lost in the infinity above of all things by their poor dull apprehensions- us. And as the author of'Solitude Sweetened' they would narrow down the infinite God to their says, if the king's honor be in the multitude of own conceptions, They boldly impugn the Al- the people, what honor must belong to the King 24 EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIANITY-THE PRESIDENT'S GRAVE, of kings! Is the THRONE OF GOD as pictured EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIANITY by Thomas Dick, too magnificent, too sublime IY PROF. GALH. —No.2 for such a King? The glorious capital of the universe-a great central body in which are blen- THAT MIRACLES are necessary to authenticato ded the glories of every other system, and around a revelation from GOD seems reasonable from which they revolve, and as much larger than all the fact that this impression is very general if other systems put together as our sun. is larger not universal. There is no other criterion by than all the planets that revolve around it. Nay which we can discriminate between what is mereeven such a throne would seem to limit God, a ly human and what is truly and properly divine being of infinite perfection, who alike fills immen- in any action. What are called the laws of nasity. ture is a uniform mode of operation which God But shall we survey the whole material uni- has established. Man may modify the action of verse and wonder, admire and be overpowered these laws and direct them to given results —ho with a view of the works of God's hands, yet re- may, in many cases, prevent their effects, by inmain unmoved by the greatest of all his works, troducing other agents endowed with other the work of Redemption? A work into which properties and subject to other laws, but he canangels desire to enquire. It is the ne plus ultra not deprive them of their original and constituof God's works. lie could have created more ted powers. He may extinguish fire, for instance, worlds, but He could give nothing more than but he cannot deprive that element of power to His Son. burn. This is the divine prerogative. A furnace seven-fold heated cannot injure men when For the Knoxiana. cast into it if God wills their preservation. That The President's Grave, they should not be injured when exposed to such a heat, could not fail, as it did not, in the case reBY E. s. BABBITT. lated by the prophet Daniel, to convince a heaBri silent! there cometh on spirit-wings sped, then, or sceptic of any age or country that God The wail of a nation in grief for the dead; had interposed to hinder the operation of a law The strong and the mighty from glory and which he had established. That the venom of light, the viper should have no power to hurt the man Hlath waned in his brightness and left us in on whose hand it had fastened, as related in Acts, night; is a case of the same character. The curing of The proud eagle banners all droopingly wave, a man born blind by the application of clay to And wild winds are hushed round the Presi- his eyes; the stilling of a tempest; and the raisdent's grave. ing of the dead by a simple word of command,are the certainindications of the presence of divine There's a brooding o'er sorrow that burns in power. Properly speaking it is not that men are the heart, invested with divine power when miracles are said There's a moan like the tempest when sum- to be wrought by them, that is impossible in the mers depart, nature of the case, it is the power of God associThere's a gushing of anguish unbroken and ated with signs, or tokens, which men employ by still, his appointment. It is an energy put forth by As the requiem tolleth o'er valley and hill; him when such tokens are given. Tne token is And the sun that rose bright o'er the free and adapted to call attention to the miracle and imthe brave, press the fact upon the minds of beholders that Is setting in gloom o'er the President's grave, GOD has Commissioned the man by whom it was used. Be silent! a warrior hath lain him to rest- A miracle then is a temporary change of natA hero of battle hath yielded his crest, ural laws effected by him who made them. It is A Statesman hath fallen-his counsels are a law of the planet on which we live that its dio'er, urnal revolution should be performed in a given His firmness and wisdom shall guide us no period-according to our measurement a period more; of twenty-four hours. That law, as all must adLet the cannon boom forth and the banners all mit, can only be modified or superseded by him wave, who made it, and the world it governs. In two While we level the turf o'er the President's instances only is it recorded that God has grave. changed this law. One was when it is said that EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIANITY. 25 at the prayer of Joshua the sun stood still in the cut off from those below, and stood in a pile" was heavens and hasted not to go down for the of the same character, the law of gravitaion or of space of a whole clay. The other was in the days water when undisturbed findi;ng its own level, of Hezekiahking of Judah,"the shadow went back was known practically if not scientifically by all, ten degrees upon thefaceof the dial of Ahaz" as an and that none but God could suspendc the operaassurance that he should recover from his dis- tion of that law. They knew it to be a miracle ase. in the sense we have explained. The miracles Whether this change was wrought by a retro- wrought by Christ and his apostles,. seh as cugrade motion of the earth upon its axes, or by a ring the blind, the healing of the leper, the raising deflection of the sun's rays is not material, the re- dead, and many others both of the Old and New turning of the shadow was to all who witnessed Testament, were sensible miracles performed beit, and is to all who believe the fact the unques- fore the eyes of men in circumstances which adtioned evidence of a divine interposition. mitted of no doubt. The miracles wrought by Christ and his apos- Should sceptics of any age or country witness ties recorded in the New Testament were no less such events, even Mr. Hume himself, their mievidence that God was with them. raculous character would not be called in question. Miracles to authenticate a revelation from Why should it be thought either impossible, or God must be of a character that admits of no improbable that God should change or modify doubt They must be what are called sensible either temporarily, or even permanently, the laws miracles-those made evident to the senses in a of nature, as they are called, if an occasion of manner that admits of no illusion, or doubt. sufficient moment demanded it? Are they not Miracles may be real, and yet not be evident to laws of his own framing, and has he not perfect others. Paul's being caught up, as he says, to control of them? And is not, we would enquire, the third heavens, and the visions of the proph- the revelation of divine will to man a sufficient ets were miracles but they could not be recog- occasion for such an interposition-a revelation nized as such by others, because not seen or ex- which is to affect the temporal and eternal interperienced by others. The truth of them depends ests of men, to say nothing of his own glory. upon the veracity and prophetic character of What higher end had he in creating the world, those who relate the facts. or framing the laws by which it is governed? They are sometimes so mingled with natural Miracles only can attest a divine revelationcauses as not to be at once distinguished from many things revealed are from their nature above them. The quails sent to supply the Israelites human reason, they are heavenly things, they with food was a miracle because so declared by must be received purely, upon the authority of an inspired man who recorded the fact, and cir- God, many are contrary to human passions and cumstances justified the belief doubtless in the human prejudice, and'would not be received if minds of those who witnessed it taken in connec- not supported by divine authority. The power tion with other miraculous events, but they were of miracles is the only power with which a morbrought there by a strong wind from a region tal can be clothed that will satisfy a captious where they are found, likely, so that the miracle unbelieving world, that he is sent by God to make could not in its nature be as plain as many oth- known his will for their obedience. They are ers. the proper credentials of an embassador from the liracles are not always distinguishable from court of Heaven. They cannot be disputed.what are called prodigies or wonders-remarkable'Rabbi,' said a Jewish ruler to Jesus Christ,'we and mysterious events, yet they are essentially know that thou art a teacher sent from God, for different, the latter are the effect of natural cau- no man could do the miracles that thou doest exses, the former are wrought by the divine hand cept God be with him.' in attestation of revealed truth, or in confirmation But a question is raised how can the evidence of a divine mission. When employed for such a of such facts be transmitted, or how can they be purpose, as has been remarked, they are so evi- certified to those who have not seen them? How dent in themselves, or in their connections as to can we know that God ever gave such tokens of admit of no doubt to those who witnessed them his presence and power to authenticate the teach The passage of the Red Sea by the Israelites when ings and facts of the Scriptures? This question the water was a wall on either side, making a would strike an unsophisticated mind as both path for them through, was a miracle that none singular and captious. What difficulty could who witnessed it could question. Their crossing there be in transmitting facts of this nature more over Jordan also, when "the waters above were than of others that we never witnessed? No 26 vROGRESS....,. AS. ~~~.-. _; — II, 0 G it r, s S man was present when the world was framed by There, wo behold man, on account of h s the word of God, but could nthe he evidence of fall, doomed to obtain his living by the work of this event be transmitted? Had there been his hand and the sweat of hisbrow; for the earth many spectators of the human race present to yieldeth nought but briers and thorns. Let us follow him-for he remains not stationjoin the shout of angels in adoration of him who, ary, but has taken up his march, and is pressing wrought those wonders, the event could not ac- y t i r cordi to some, have been transmitted. onward with the flight of time. He finds it hard cording to some, have been transmitted. No with its thistles and thorns to baffle the world with its thistles and thorns, human testimony, says Mr. Hume, can prove a with nought but his hands. miracle. We will notice in our next the argu- Having no implements to work with, he must ments of this celebrated sceptie, this prince ince of vent some, and did undoubtedly invent as good sophisters. ones as his means and abilities would allow.For~ the-oxiana-. These he continued to improve year after year. For the Knoxiana. But he was not content to work for his food PROGRESS. -NSo. 1. sand let the beasts of the forest roam at large BY c. P. WINSIP. and not work for theirs. He laid hold of the strong ox, tamed him to the yoke, and made him THIS is an age of PROGMRES. The history of share his burdens. But alas! for the remaining man fiom the creation to the present day, fully beasts of the forest. The ox was unable to keep sustains this assertion,-but when we speak of pace with the mind of man. The nimble sinews the history of man, we have reference in partic- of the horse-the fleetness of the dromedary-the ular to the civilized portion of the human race. strength of the camel, with its capacity of enduMankind have through all ages been divided ring hunger and thirst, and the power of the eleinto two distinct classes, viz-civilized and bar- phant were brought to his aid. With these he barian. We cannot see that there has been any rides exulting to and fro upon the face of the progress in the barbarian or pagan portion of the earth, compelling them to bear his burdens. human race since the creation; for there is no But in one of his rambles on emerging from a material difference in the description of the life, forest he suddenly finds himself on the border of character and habits of a barbarian to day, and a lake, he casts his eye beyond, and behold there of one given three thousand years ago. There- is land. He instantly determines to reach it, but fore it needs no further proof to show that there soon finds that his beasts of burden which served has been no improvement in the pagan world. him so well on land, were entirely useless on waBut we can see a difference in the description ter. He sees that wood will float; his ingenuity of the civilized world given thousands of years contrives a raft which will bear him over the waago, and one given at the present time. We ter. This is modified into a small boat, and he can see that the mind of man has been develop- considers himself master of the lake. ing, and expanding through every generation, Yet he finds that in rowing towards the wind and is destined, in all probability, to expand so his progress is slow and toilsome, but in going long as time shall endure. with the wind his boat will almost go alone. He We behold the civilized nations of the earth then adds a sail; he is not content to let the genwith steady pace advance onward and upward tle breezes blow unobstructed over the water and alongthe gradual ascent of a high and lofty fan his burning brow while tugging at the oar. mountain, whose summit borders on the edge of No, he would rather sit and let them waft him time, and around it clusters the highest degree gently on his way. This is enlarged and improved of perfection to which the mind of man can at- until we have the mighty ship, rearing its lofty tainin this world. We know not how near the masts on high, braving the winds and storms of summit our situationmay be. If time is about the ocean. to end, we are, as it were, upon its very pinnacle; But the winds will not blow in all directions at but, if time is to endure for ages to come, we be- once, therefore he cannot go when and where he hold ourselves mid-way between its base and choses. His mind is again set at work to surtop pressing upward with rapid pace, our minds mount this difficulty, and presently he exclaims, expanding and becoming more refined until we "I have done it!" He lays his hand upon the shall reach its lofty summit, peering itself above fiery element, the strong iron, and the vapory the clouds. water, and brings them to his service. With But in order to ascertain our true elevation, these he sails abroad upon the mighty deep in let us look back through the records of the past spite of winds and waves, and flatters himself down to the foot of this mountain. master of the ocean. THE HIIGHER LAW. —BOYH1OOD AND MANI0OOD. 27 THEI HIGHER LAW.'It seems so, to me, at least,' replied Pericles. RANSLED FROM TE GE, E S. v. WIE. And whatever, then, a tyrant writing, compels TRANSLATED FROM THE GREEX, BY S. V. WHITE]. the citizens to do, not having persuaded them; As this is a subject which is atpresent before is it lawlessness?''It seems so, to me,' said the public, the following translation from the Pericles,'and I ta/ce back what I said, that it is Greek, of a conversation said to have been held law, whatever a tyrant enacts, not having perbetween Pericles and Alcibiades, may perhaps suaded.''But whatever the few, not having perbe interesting to some, although it took place suaded the many, but as bearing sway, enact, more than two thousand years ago. should we say that this is violence, or not say so? Before giving the translation it may be well to Everything, whatever any one, not having perstate that Pericles was at that time chief ruler at suaded another compels him to do, either by Athens, and held almost absolute power, and enacting laws, or othewise, seems to me to be was likewise the uncle of Alcibiades. Alcibia- violence, rather than law,' saidPericles.'And des was at that time about twenty years old, and whatever, then, the whole multitude, bearing having been placed, some time previous, under rule over another part-as those having wealth, the instruction of Socrates, he had learned from enacts, not having persuaded them, would be viohim the method of arguing by asking questions, lence, rather than law?''Certainly, Alcibiades,' and seems to have commenced the conversation said Pericles,'and when I was your age I was more for the purpose of perplexing his uncle up to such things, for we also, then, studied and than any thing else. reasoned upon such things, just as you now seem The first definition of law; the manner of ans- to me to be doing.''I wish I had been with you wering questions, and the conclusions which are when you were best at such things,' said Alcibidrawn; as, also, the light manner in which the ades. subject is dismissed, are all precisely analogous to many things which are said in regard to it at BOYHOOD AND MANHOOD. the present day. THE transition state from boy-hood to manTRASSLATION. hood, is perhaps attended with greater difficul-'Tell me, 0 Pericles,' said Alcibiades,'could ties than any other period of a man's life. To you teach me what is law''I should suppose lay aside boyish manners and boyish clothes, and so, by all means,' replied Pericles.'Teach me to aopt te manners and clothes ofmen, and then, by the gods,' said Alcibiades,'for I have t then, by the ods,' said Alcibides,'for I have not only this, but to make others see and feel the heard certain persons receiving praise because change is a task tluly Herculean they were law-abiding men, and think that one r is it by any means a pleant condition, -.,... Nor is it by any means a pleasant condition, not knowing what law is, could not justly receive hang by the gills a ear or to, between boythat praise.''But you desire nothing difficult, o hand manhood so that f oies abetween boyAlcibiades,' said he,'for allthese arelaws, which, soqi the mltitude, having mt t h, ad ap tances are at a loss by what title to designate the multitude, having met together, and ap., y.. o s proved, have passed, declaring both what is nec- m, whether by his gven or sir nae. essary, and what unnecessary to do.''Whether Those who are in this state, and especially the things which they recognized it to be neces-those who imagine that they are just about sary to do, are good or bad?' asked he,'The through it, are made to feel very sensibly its vexgood things, surely, 0 youngster, and not the ans. Almost hourly does the flush ofmorbad.''But if instead of the multitude, as where tification and wounded pride mantle their brows, at the hearing of such salutations as —"Good there is an oligarchy, a few, having met togeth- the hearing of such salutations as-Good er, should have written what is necesssary to do; morning John,"-"excuse me sir, I should have what is this V''Everything,' said Pericles,'which said Mr. Carey." Why really, almost a man — the ruling power of the country, having deliber-"Well now, are you little Bill?" and others of a like sort. ated what it is proper to do, may have enacted, e sort. is called law.''And if, then, a tyrant, holding these things are often quite embarassing sway over the country, should have written to all parties, and should;the aspirant chance to what it is necessary for the citizens to do, is be somewhat bashful or backward in asserting this also law?' Even whatever a tyrant, bearing his rights to manhood, there is great danger that sway, writes, this too is called law,' said he.'But he will remain for a long time, if not forever, in what is violence and lawlessness, 0, Pericles? the transition state. is it not when the stronger, not having persua- Could some way be devised and ut into opded the weaker, but having used violence, com- eration, by which these troubles could be avoided, pells him to do whatever seems right to him?' and the candidate for manhood at once raised to 28 WHAT IS LIFE? the wished for place, no doubt the inventor hours the way is beautiful and blessed. The would be hailed as a public benefactor by the day wears on, and as we older grow, the storm hosts of would-be men. speck rises in our horizon, and clouds obscure Among the Romans, the youth at a certain our sky. Still life's sunshine beams above the age were, with becoming ceremonies, habited in storm, and though we bend beneath the fury of arobe called the "Toga Virilis," and from that the blast, those glorious rays will dissipate the time they were known and treated as men. This gloom, and shed their cheer'ulness again around was a very simple but effectual way of accom- our checkered way. It is right that it should be plishing the transformation, and would probably thus; for it is most conducive to our happiness. do as well now as then. True it is, the caidi- The bitter and the sweet must each be tasted. ere date is obliged to throw aside the round-a-bout, the difference is realized, and blessings right-the wide down turned collar, the tasseled cap ly valued Though those hours of snshine arc and other appendages of boy-hood; and to put sweet and agreeable to the natural feelings, they on the long skirt-coat, the stiff standing collar, do not strengthen the mind and purify the heat, wide enough, in some instances, as to materially as do the scenes endured in those dark hours, affect the safety of the ears, the high-heeled boots, when our own utter frailty is realized, and the and the tallbeaver, also to be able to puff a transitory things of life appreciated at their real cigar, and chew his cud as demurely as an ox. value. the undue attachment of the natYet with all this he is not always recognized ural heart to the fading things of earth, is loosas a man-there is still something wanting, and e, and the soul is turned inward, s it were, that is a Law, that one possessing these fixturs ut no resting place is found, until faith beams and accomplishments at a certain age should be, over the whole soul, and the wearied heart repoby the proper authorities, publicly pronounced a ses serenely on the love of Him who'tempers man, with all his rights and immunities. the wind to the shorn lamb.' Thus is the soul Such a law is much needed, and I suggest mat.. Such law is much needed, and I suggest that purified and beautified; for the beauty of the aneasures be taken immediately for the passage. m s be tk n im d iay fr te p e soul is faith. As ideal loveliness is to the sculpof such a law. But it will probably be too late tor, faith is to the heart; and thus in the dark;to benefit most of the presentcandidates. Hence s p r e, wve must face the difficulties with a bold heart, de- hours offe's pilgrimage belo termined to claim and maintain our rights cost'Earth is in the very midst of Heaven, what it may; and if by some happy fortune we And space, though empty, feels full ofGod." -succeed, let us not forget the poor fellows com- Life has an ultimate purpose. We are not ang after. ERICK. appointed to pass through this world, barely that we may live. There is an object-there is an WHAT IS LIFE? end-there is a cause which should prompt us to "Life is but a means unto an end; that end, vigorous action, for, -Beginning, mean and end, to all things, ioD." "Life has imports more inspiring Than the fancies of our youth; It is a beautiful and endless mystery, a passing dream, intermingled with sad and sweet reali- It has ho a h as heav It has labor —t has truth. ties, and it is'lived in deeds, not years; in Life is real-life is earnest, thoughts, not breaths in feelings, not in figures on a dial.' It is sometimes like the day whose g i morning dawns gloriously bright, rejoicing in "Dust thou art, to dust returnest," the smiles of peaceful nature. But e'er long a Was not spoken of the soul." tiny speck of shade is visible far away amid the Love, labor, and religion, are what constitute ethereal blue. It extends until the entire face of life; and love to our creator, and to our fellowthe fair earth is enveloped in its sombre folds, beings should extend through every portion of it, and now may be heard the dismal voice of the for it is the element of religion. The Omnipoimpending storm. It comes; dealing destruc- tent, who has kindled the leading star of love in tion in its course, causing the whole world to the heart, intended it should lead the soul to shrink beneath the direful change. But it passes; God, to be enstamped with his image, and aand the golden sun-light pierces the clouds again, domed with his beauty and loveliness. And we and smiles once more upon the world below, should also love the things which he has created. robing the azure fields in all their former bright- Thus life will not pass away leaving no trace of ness e'er the day has waned. So it is with life. itself, but the mind will love and bless its fellowThe morning dawns brightly, and in childhood's minds' be loved and blessed by them, and become MARY.-~ OLIAN AnRP. 29 an useful and honorable instrument of advan- with what deep interest and feeling the solemn cing endlessly the good of all, and in its up- occasion was regarded. Reading of Scripture heigt w he. anl and introductory prayer, by Rev. T. W. Hinds, wad pogress rse to the heights where angels of San Francisco; sermon by Rev. J. H. 5WAndwell. Why should we not awake to the true REN, of San Francisco, Ordaining prayer and end of life, and imitate Him who hath made and charge to the pastor, by Rev. Albert Williams, loved all? of San Francisco; charge to the people, by Rev. W. W. Brier, of Maysville; right-hand of fellow-'0! the one life within us and abroad, ship, by Rev. S.H. Wiley, of Happy Valley; Which meets all motion and becomes its soul, benediction, by Rev. J. A. Burton. A light in sound, a sound-like power in light, For the Knosiana. Rythm in all thought, and joyance everywhere, THE.EOLIAN HARP. Methinks it should have been impossible Not to love all things, in a world so filled; Y. ATKINSON. Where the breeze warbles. and the mute still air IWith golden tints the setting sun Is music slumbering on her instrument.' Gilded the village spire, And all the creation of Him who sent his Son to As gently on my window sill die, that we might live. H. Eolus touched his lyre. For the Knoxiana. "MARY." How softly stole the lovely sound On my enchanted ear, BY P. Q. Like the sweet song from heavenly bands Of angel spirits near. 0, MARY is the dearest name Of all the names of women, Hark-the soft tones now louder swell'Tis worth an angels form, and yetg strings, n, Along the trembling strings, Superlatively human. As o'er the mead the evening breeze The balmy oder brings. My mother Mary-O that word Is sacred as the altar Again it gently dies aviay That lives within me, that alone, With soft, low, trembling sounds; Can make my spirit falter. So Luna's milder beams do fade, As Phoebus' light abounds. My sister Mary-she is gone, And yet the name is dearer'Tis gone-its plaintive tones are hushed, Than any other earthly tone- Its melody is o'er, Than when herself was nearer. No more it charms my list'ning ear, Deep silence rules the hour. My sweetheart Mary-little else I dream of but of Mary, But yet those softly breathing notes Sweet Empress of my beating heart, In mem'ry linger still, The bright entrancing fairy. The strains of wild IEolus' lyre Upon my window sill. With every thoufght of life that woird TaE following is from the pen of the Persian Blends more than every other, poet, SADI. We think it one of the most noble It is the name of all most dear, specimens of heathen literature: Of sweetheart, sister, mother. Of s~weetheart, sislter, molther.'The Sandal tree perfumes, when riven, The axe that laid it lowFIRST ORDINATION ON THE PACIFIC COAST. Let him who hopes to be forgiven, The following will be doubly interesting to many Forgive and bless his foe.' of our readers, from the fact, that the first ordi- nation sermon delivered on the Pacific coast was'ONE of the Roman philosophers said that when ever he was tempted to do wrong he imagpreached by a graduate of Knox College. ^ined himself to be in the presence of CATO, and, The public exercises of the first ordination on then he could-overcome. How much more then; the Pacific coast took place on the evening of the can a Christian overcome temptation by imag-.5th of April. in the Congregational Church in ining, or rather remembering that he is in the pres — Sacramento City, in the presence of a very large ence of the all-wise, omnipotent, holy and omniand attentire congregation, which plainly showed present GOD!' THE EDITORS' TABLE. c,3 ISi ~.~i';~3D ~~e is.]oi'~;~,, It is expected the annual meeting of the AlumIs published monthly, at the office of the News ni will be held on this day also. They will beLetter, Galesburg, Knox Co., Ills., under the di- addressedby SOUTHWIOK DAVIs,Esq., of Galesrection of the "Knoxiana Publication Company" burg. The Masters' oration will be by HENRY of Knox College. R. SANDERSON, of the same place. C. The present editors are W. E. CALDWELL, J. G. SCOTT, our Contributors and Readers. E. P. CHAMBERS, A. J. ANDERSON. IN connection with what has already been Measures have been taken to secure the paper said of the character of our periodical, we would for one year, at least. Its existence after that add, that it will not be an advocate of any sectime, will depend on circumstances. tarian creed, nor of any political party. But esTEnRs.-One Dollar per year. All commu- pecially, it will be its object to promote the internications for this work must be addressed, POST- ests of science and literature. The share of atrAID, to the "Knoxiana," Galesburg, Ills. tention which is given to these subjects,compared with that which others of public import receive, COLLEGE ITEzMS. is small, and confined to as few, as is the number THE annual examination of the classes of and distance ofthe planets, compared with those Knox College, will commence Wednesday, the of the fixed stars. It is impossible to estimate 18th inst., and continue through the week. On the difference, especially where it is so great as Sunday, the 22nd., at I past ten A. M., the Bac- at the West. Here the vantage-ground has been calaureate Sermon will be preached by Presi- taken, and the arena swarms with contenders (lent BLACHARDm, and at I past one P. M., the for all sorts of religious doctrines, and political "Galesburg Young People's Missionary Associa- speculations. Men run to and fro circulating tion" will be addressed by Rev. C. B. BOYNTON, and defending their peculiar theories; while the of Cincinnati, or, in the event of his absence, by press, with its clarion voice, is continually ringRev JoHN G. FEE, of Kentucky. The examina- in in our ears, the discussions upon all the tion of the Preparatory Class will take place popular reforms of the age. But amid action Monday, the 23d. and changes, the champions of literature in the The exercises of Wednesday, the 25th, will New World are but just seen entering upon the be in connection with the literary societies; viz, lists. The cause of this, we believe, can be the Gnothautii and Adelphi. These willbe address- traced to our form of government, which tends ed by ONSLOW PETERS, Esq, of Peoria. The tobreak down all aristocracies which have enabled performances of the Gnothautii will consist of scholars in the Old World, by means of rich es-two orations, a poem, a literary conference, and tates entailed upon them by inheritance, to spend an address to the graduating Class. Those of their time in study. For equality in education, the Adelphi, of three orations, a poem and a lit- as in other natural rights,is the final consequence erary conference. of our system of national polity. When we see On Thursday, the 26th, the exercises of Com- that the din and bustle of this world has mostly mencement occur. These are, addresses by the sprung from the desire of making, retaining,. graduates, the Masters' oration, and the confer- and enjoying monied riches we wonder not that ring of degrees with the usual remarks, by the literature has received so little culture. In this President. country, which is still being settled, where socie EDITORS TABLE. 1 ty is yetin a state of formation, there are many But the free and energetic form of Goverlimmediate wants to be provided for, which re- ment, which has hitherto been a cause of delayquire of the settlers a great portion of their time ing the progress of literature, in our country, is to supply. These provisions are necessary for e believe, becomig the mainspring of a highpublic convenience, as well as for personal coim- er and purer literature, buoyant with the spirit, fort. But after the wants have been satisfied, and receiving its polish and refinement from the then their desires of acquiring property, and ob- hands of a fee and educated nation. As society taining some of the luxuries of life, must receive gets settled, permanent endowments and donaattention; and these once gratified, a thousandions are made for urging onward the causes of more spring up; Mammon engages their whole religion and education. Te spings o action energies, and, with a common consent, they nc- are for progression, and a steady spirit of enterknowledge his sway. It is thus that the ma- ize reaches forward to brighter and higher chinery of society operates here, its timbers groan, fields, through which the star-lit path of literaits enginery rattles and chafes, while the steam ture leads, to the goal, where awaits the victor, hisses at every joint, in order that it shall be made the fresh laurel, studded and sparkling witht to accomplish the supreme and burning desire, gems gathered from those fair regions. of acquiring wealth. But in these things we all have a part to perBut when this is accomplished, no law of en- form; and now considering how few, at the prestail now comes in securing to them and their ent time, are the periodicals devoted to literature, posterity a permanent and hereditary possession we think it becomes all literary institutions like of this wealth. The glittering gifts obtained our own, to cultivate and encourage it by means from their sordid god, are liable to return quick- of a periodical devoted to that purpose. Such ly; a votive offering at his shrine. For success we shall endeavor to make our pamphlet, and alstimulates to more extensive speculations, re- though the effort may be feeble and insignificant, quiring unlooked-for activity and skill to man- still we do not despise the day of small things, age, in which at last all control is lost, and away, and shall look forward to the time when our.OL viewless wings,' flies the fortune. Yet in the successors will improve and add much to it, case where property is retained until the death which will deserve well of the literary world. — of the owner, a kind of revolution follows that We hope our contributors will send in their litevent, for not only does property change hands, erary productions, polished and well trimmed, but its very nature is altered, since it is parcelled and if they have other essays which they wish to into shares, which become smaller and smaller have published, we would say that there are all each time there is a distribution. In this way kinds of papers, the organs and advocates of all power and property are divided and dispersed, sorts of parties and religions; papers indepenwith a rapidity whose progress is not easily cal- dent, and others the receptacles of every thing, culated. So we find there is proceeding from But let a share of your object be, to cultivate and our democratic government, a continual tenden- improve in those departments which this periodicy to break down those aristocracies that have cal was designed to encourage. given superior opportunities to scholars in the TYPOGRAPHICAL EnRons.-Since our first old world, which all the bulwarks of wealth in number was issued wehave seen afew tvpographthis country cannot save. ical errors, and have also had our attention called Now seeing this equalizing power upon prop- to them by others. The unusual amount of work erty, and knowing that the ability to furnish the in preparation for starting a new publication, is necessary advantages and assistance, and that the the excuse we have to offer for overlooking inclination to obtain an education, is measured them. We beg the pardon of our contributors and determined by the purse, we discover that and readers for the past, and in the future will the direct consequences will be to rise and de- endeavor to be more careful. But one mistake endeavor to be more careful. Baut one mistake scend from different positions to an equal stand- we feel called upon to notice and correct, for ard of education. When we consider, too, the otherwise it would reflect badly and unjustly upnewness of this part of the world, and its un-on the author and our instittio we referto hinged state of society, we perceive the reason the meaning ofthe title of our pamphlet intsead why the heroes of literature are just making their sho matter.... The, artsadsciecesh of literary, it should have read == ' ~Ti' IOas asivo r1T - - OFFICERS AND STUDENTS IT WITH A STATEMENT OF THE CO US EiE OF I NS TRE - C T I ON MN THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, 1S05."~60. GALESBURG, ILLS.?^IXIBI AT TBI "FPRI YPRES8"' BOOK AND JOB OFPIOg, 1866. CHAUNCY S. COLTON, LEVI SANDERSON, T. G. FROST, ESQ., REV. WM. S. CURTIS,. D. D.... REV. JOHN W. CRACRAFT, D. D., GALEsBBUR REV. ISAAC E. CAREY, FREEPORT. REV. J. M. VAN WAGNER, KEWANEBo REV. WILLIAM S. CURTIS, D. D., PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD. MATTHEW CHAMBERS, GALESBURG, N. H. LOSEY, A. M., GALESBURPG. THOMAS SIMMONS, GALESBURG. REV. HORATIO FOOT, QUINCY. REV. FLAVEL BASCOM, PRINCETON. REV. MILTON KIMBALL, * AUGUvSTA. ELI FARNHAM, GALESBURO. JAMES BULL, GALESBURO. HON. JAMES KNOX, KNOXVILLE. CHAUNCY S. COLTON, GALESBURG. STILLMAN F. DOLBEAR, GALESBURO. LEVI SANDERSON, GALESBURG. HON. O. H. BROWNING, QUINCY. LEVI S. STANLEY, GALESBURG. W. E. WITHROW, MACOMB. MARCUS B. OSBORN, ESQ., ROCK ISLAND. REr.E SAMUEL G. WRIGHT, DOVER, WM. J. PHELPS, FSQ., ELMWOO,. REV. WM. E. HOLYOKE, BUNKER HILL. T. G. FROST, ESQ., GALESBURG. W. SELDON GALE, ESQ., GALESBUroi REV. I. N. CANDEE,D. D., GALESBURG. C. H. MATHEWS, GALESBURG. HON. CHARLES B. LAWRENCE, GALESBURG. N, H. LOSEY, A. M., SECRETARY. E. S. HOPKINS, TREASURER, * Deceased. REV. WILLIAM STANTON CURTIS, D. D., PRESIDENT, AND PROFESSOR OF INTELLECTUAL PHILOSOPHY, CONSTITUTIONAL & INTERNATIONAL LAW. REV. WILLIS JUDSON BEECHER, A. M. PROFESSOR OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY, RHETORIC AND ELOCUTION. INNES GRANT. A. M., PROFESSOR OF ANCIENT LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE. HENRY E. HITCHCOCK, A. M., PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY IN THE FEMALE COLLEGIATE DEPARTMENT. ALBERT HURD, A. M., PROFESSOR OF NATURAL SCIENCES. M. L. COMSTOCK, A. M., PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS, AND LIBRARIAN. JAMES HENRY WORMAN, A. B., ACTING PROFESSOR OF MODERN LANGUAGES. GEORGE CHURCHILL, A. M., PRINCIPAL OF THE PREPARATORY DEPARTIENT. OLIVER H. PITCHER, A. B. TUTOR. JOHN PAYSON WILSON, A. B., INSTRUCTOR IN THE PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT. MIss SARAH H. HATCH,. PRINCIPAL OF THE FEMIALE COLLEGIATE DEPARTMENT. MIss MARY L. HATCH, INSTRUCTOR IN THE PIANO FORTE AND CULTIVATION OF THE VOICE MRs. R. K. COLBY, INSTRUCTOR IN PAINTING AND DRAWING. MRS. SARAH M. McCALL, INSTRUCTOR IN THE PREPARATORY DEPARTIENT. H. E. HAYES, INSTRUCTOR IN PENMANSHIP. REV. WILLIAM S. CURTIS, D. D., PRESIDENT. INNES GRANT, A. M. ALBERT HURD, A. M. M. L. COMSTOCK, A. M. REV. WILLIS JUDSON BEECHER, A. M. JAMES HENRY WORMAN, A.B. OLIVER H. PITCHER, A. B. NAMES. RESIDENCES. Robert Herman Arnold,................. Victoria. Edward Newton Barrett,... Dunton. Joseph Baxter Bates,............ Abiqgdon. Abraham Henderson Bates...........Aingdoon. Albert Moody Chase................... maconb. Luther Stone Curtis,............. Galesbrg.. Barnard Smith Peck....... Galeskburg. Thomas Rigney Willard,................. Galesburg. KNOX CO LLEGEZ. linior ianss. NAMES. RESIDENCES. James Alonzo Adams,............. West JTersey. George T. Ayres,............... Galesburg. George H. Carr,................... Galesburg. Edward Payson Gates,,............ Independence, MAo. Charles Henry Lawrence,............. Vergennes, Vt, Stephen Melanethon Marsh,........... Canton. C. J. Whipple,.........,.,,....... Galvao ZWOpiormere l.sz. NAMES. RESIDENCES, Cyrus Minor Avery,.......C........... Galesburg. Henry B. Bergen,................ Galesburg. Henry H. Darby, Sc.................. Elmwood. Curtis R. Harvey,....................I fnoz vile. Robley Eugene Heller,............Abingdon. Luther J. Ingersoll,................ Galesburg Edwin H. Leach,............... Galesburg. John M. Titterington,................Edgington jreznrUn latsso, NAMES. RESIDENCES., Lewis B. Aiken,................. Oneida. John Mark Bruner,................ Galesrg. James V. Bailey, Sc...................Port Byron. Sc-Scientific Course. ~~ ~~~ ~~_n_,~~~ 8 KNOX COL L GE. NAMES. RESIDENCES. Spencer S. Cone,................... Farmington. Austin Lynn Fullinwider,...............ossth, Iowa. Robert M. Hall,................. Plymouth. Francis M. Hayner,.................. a Galesburg. Ebenezer B. Hoyt................... Pulaski. Chester W. Jones,................. Holland, N. Y. Theodore F. King,.......... L.. a.Harpe. David Moore Lintner, Sc....... Wenona. J. M. Maclear,................... Vermont. Wm. Gosset Marts,................ Oakland C. B., Pao Aaron McMurray, Sc................. Clayton. Theodore C. Pearce,....................Berwick. T. Edward Pope,................ Quincy. Oliver Rice, Sc................... Lewiston. Tandy C. Rucker,................... ichmond, y. David Schoonmaker, Sc.............. Farmington. Jacob Weinberg,.................... Augusta. Robert HI. Wilson,....... Sterling. Ira Newton Wes.t.. GGalesburg. vo-Scientific Course, FlSRiLT YEA.TI. NAMES. RESIDENCES. Nelson Ayres,......................... Gasbur. William A. Curtis,.................... Galesburg. Forrest F. Cooke,.................... Galesburg. Roswell D. Gould, o e................. Somonazk. George A. Metzar,....................Port Byron. George W. Nead,.........Oneida, Barnabas W. Root,.. o............. Sherbro,:. Africa. Charles H. Runkle,........... K.. noxville. James Soutar,..................... Galesbur. Charles M. Stevens,................ Tiskilwa. Theodore H. Tracy................. E... Elzood, Samuel R. Van Sant,............... ock Island. William Ward,..................... Gaesburg. SECOWND YXE ARIF. Daniel Ayres,........................ elena, Ark. George W. Brown,............ Galesburg. Nathan L. Burton,................... Galesburg. W. Clinton Catherwood,....Rio Janerio, Brazil, South America. Edward L. Curtis,........................alesburg. Henry English,................ aynesvile, Ohio. Llewellyn Evans,.................. Coal Valley. John E. Frost,....................Galesburg. James Z. Gapen,................ Lewiston. ~~.-.....~,.. -I.~~ —---- 10 KNOX COLLEGE, NAMES. RESIDENCES. Lyman C. Gray,. a y......... Polo. William F. Hair,............... Galesburg. Albert B. Irwin,............... Galesburg. Charles W. Kemp,.................. Quincy. Henry T. Kemp,...................... Quincy. Edward N. Lord,.......... Somonauk. William A. McCandless,................ Macomb. Thomas F. Moore,.................Peoria. Edward P. Newton,................ Lahore, N2ortA India Charles W. Parker,................ G.alesburg. Samuel H. Parvin,.............. Bardolph. William S. Peck,...................... Galesburg. Perry L. Poorman,.................. Williamsville Luther S. Pearsal,........ Port Byron. G. Judd Reed,...................... Galesburg. Samuel W. Taylor,......... Bloomfield, Iowa. William I. Thompson,............... i scatine, Iowa: James D. Truitt,................. Yates City. Joseph R' Watson,................. Galesburg. NAMES. RESIDENCES. Austin B. Allen,*........................Berwick. George P. Bates,.........al e* Galesburg. Joseph A. Barnett,.............. Galesburg. John I. Batten,..............Annawan. John S. Beeler,...................-White Cloud, Kan. Pulaski B. Bourne,.................... Galesburg. Charles M. Brown,.................Oneida. Levi R. Byers,..................... oodhull. Joseph Castine,............... Marseilles. Elliott Campbell,.................. Orange Prairie. * Deceased. KNOX COLLEGE. 11 NAMES, RESIDENCES. Albion P. Charles,.............. XKnoxville. George W. Chapin,..............,,,. Morris. Luther H. Cone,................. armington. William Condell.................. -Decatur. Charles M. Cowan,................. Galesburg. James E. Cowan,.................... Galesburg. Charles H. Converse,.................. Princeton. Curtis Castle,........................ noxville, William H. Culver,.................. Lewiston. Addison F. Curtis,.................... McomnD. Horace H. Clapp,................ Galesburg. Henry Clark,...C.............. G.alesburg. Charles Cleland,....................... ock Island. Amaziah J. Downen,...............Industry. Edwards P. Duffield,................. Galesburg. HIomer B. Flake,.................... Ellsville. John R. Greenhalgh,.................... Galesburg. George A. Griffin,......... Galesburg. J. Taylor Hair,........................ Galesburg. Franklin Z. Iarmony,.............Knoxville. G. Adolph HIoffman,................ Cottaqe Iill. Gurtis,Houghton,............ Oneida. Lewis Howlett,........................ owlett. John N. Irwin,....................... Galesburg. Harlan M. Irwin,..................... Gcalesburg. Norvel Jones,.............. ea.... Galesburg. Ira N. Levally,.................. Victoria. John S. Ladd,..................... emphis, Tenn. David Letts,............... Granvell, Iowa. Robert E. Low.......................Des Moines, Iowa. W. Guy McCandless,...................Bardolph. Erasmus C. McDowell,..................Lewiston. William HI. McMahill,................Prairie City. Pinckney M. MeMahill,............... Prairie City. Edgar H. Merriam,.................... Galesburg. Charles H. Munson,................ Galesburg. 12 K NOX COLLEGE. NAMES. RESIDENCES. Willard W. Nye,.................. Geneseo. George W. Oglesby,...........Decatur. Henry T. Pearce,..........L..a Prairie. William J. Pearce................a Prairie, William H. Pitcher........... Galesburg. Joseph R. Pollock,.............. Galesburg. Albert S. Post,............ Galesburg. William Preniss..............Bushnell. Edward E. Reynolds,.................. Knoxville. Jesse B. Rugar,................... Ottawa. William D. Sanborn,....................Galesburg. Henry S. Scofield,................ Altona. Sydney Selover,........................Elwood, Kan. William J. Shoup,...................... Galesburg. Felix Sidebottom,.................. Altona. John Snapp,........................ reenbush. James A. Snyder, orrison...................... iso L. Mentor Sperry, B............ushnell, James P. Suiter,............... Vermont. Willis N. Strong............. Galesburg. W. Irving Swigart,................... noxville. Clayton T. Swigart,. InIoxville. Edwin H. Talbot,..o...........nia. Albert G. Talbot,.......... Ionia. James P. Taylor,................ Pleasant Ridge. Nathan A. Terpening.................. Utah. William S. Ware,.................... Granville. Samuel J. Wilson,........a....rmington. William E. Wilson,....................Princeton. Frank MI. Wilson,...............noxville. Ward Williams,.................... Galesburg. A. Newell Wiswell....a....... Cameron. Howard B. Woodward,........... Galesburg. Barnett D. Worrell,.................... Chili. I E - M A I E REV. WILLIAM S. CURTIS, D. D, HENRY E. IITCHCOCK, A, r, JAMES HENRY WORMAN, A. L. Miss SARAH H. HATCH. Miss MARY L. HATCH. MRS. R. K. COLBY. lenior las^. NAMES. RESIDENCES. Kittie Clark,................. Galesburg. Blanche Naomi' Day, e................... Oquawa. Rosa Crecelia Devore,...............Port Byron Martha Ward Farnham,............. Galesburg. Anna Belle Pitcher............alesburg.. Marie Schmidt,...............Andcover. Sarah Jane Shields,............. Galesburg. Eliza Ann Shields,......... Galesburg.. Mary Summers,................ IKewanee. Ann Maria Watson,..,..l. Galesburg. 14 KNOX COLLEGE. NAMES. RESIDENCES. Sarah Belden,........................ Galesburg. Mary Leach Curtis,.............. Glesburg. Helen Frances Dieterich,................. Galesburg. Emma Doway Flachs,............... Quincy. Susan Corbin Gould............... Somonauk. Emma Frances Jones,................Beardstown. Jane Sophia Lord,.Q.................. Quincy. Charlotte Isadore Newell,............ Galesburg. Theo Owens,..................... Galesburg. Uuntor atss. NAMES. RESIDENCES. Cornelia Maurice Ayers,.......... Galesburg. Mary Jane Bergen,................. Galesburg. Mary Catharine Charles,................ noxville. Harriet Amanda Chase,................ Port Byron, Mary Emma Doyen,.................. Quincy. Sarah Sophia Fargo,................ Lake Mfills, Ws. Alida Elizabeth Fargo,........... amoille. Mary Fielding,......................... Plymouth. Lyda A. Francis,................... Andover. Abbie Chase Gould,................ omonau7k. Lucy Anna Irwin,................ Galesburg. Linna E. Sweet,.................... enry. Elizabeth Adaline Whipple,............. Galva. Semantha Chloe Whipple,.......... Cambridge. KNOX COLLEGE. NAMES. RESIDENCES. Clara B. Cothren,..............G..... Galesburg. Florence L. Farnham,.................. Tully, X Y. Fannie I. Holcomb................... Galesburg. Lida R. Hair,...........,......Galesburg. Harriet S. Hitchcock,................. Galesburg. Julia E. Whiting,................... Onawa, Iowva. NAMES. RESIDENCES. Lizzie D. Abbott,................. -..'Williamstown, Vt. Belle Adams,....~.G...... Farmington. Sarah M. Alton,..... o............... e Galesburg. Mary E, Anderson,...................... Lnoxville. Georgia A. Andrews,.................... North Prairie. Phoebe T. Avery,.................. Galesburg. M. Lillian Barbero,................. Maquon. Lizzie Bancroft,...........N......,. L. Caroline Baker,..................... Wyoming. Carrie J. Benjamin,..................... Galesburgo Alice B. Bliss,........................Lewiston. Alice NL Blossom,...*.*......... Galesburg. Sarah J. Bourne,................... Galesburg. Emma A. Bradbury,.............Quincy. Maria G. Brown,............ G. - alesburg, Mellissa Brown,.................. Avon. Kate L. Burrows,.......... Galesburg. 16 ~K O KNOX COLLEGE. NAMES. RESIDENCES. Carrie Butler,................... Wyoming Rachel F. Billings.............. Clayton Martha 1.: Caclwell............. Quincy. Phoebe L. Campbell,................ Lewiston. Mary Carpenter,....................... Galesburg. Ella Catlin,.................. Augusta. Ella Conver,........................armington. Maggie E. Cone,....................... arigton. Carrie Coriell,........................ rt adison, lowca Jennie Denny,.......................St. Louis, o. Ida Devendorf,.......................... Galesburg Emma Dilley,......... Galesburg. Miaggie Dilworth,.................. Vermont. Eudora A. E asly,.................. Gcalesburg. arargaret Edgington....................Edgington. Mlary E. Fletcher,.a.................. Galesburg. Louisa Fletcher,.......a........... Galesburg. Harriett 31. Folcrot,............. Quincy. Emma C. Giddings,........ Galesburg. Sarah E. Gilbert,................ Galesburg. Mary I. Gilbert,...................... Galeshurg. Emma Green,.......... Quincy. Rebecca H,. HAiaer,.....~. V.......... Vermont. Lucena C. Iawley,.......................Pettysville, Ohio. Josephille Hogue,..................Yates City. Carrie A. Hubbar d,..a................ Galesburg, Lucy 31. Huntington,................... alesSurg. Sarah J. Hurd,.................... Union City, MicA. Sarah J. Irwin,,................. Galesburg. Cecelia F. Irwin,.................. Galesbutrg. Selina L. Irwin,................. Galessurg. Emma C. Jerauld,..................... GalesSurg. Amelia J. Jerauld,..................... Galesburg. Louisa M. Johnson,.................Danvers. Maria I- Johnson,..... Galesurg. KNOX COLLEGE. 17 NAMES. RESIDENCES. Laura Kelly.......................'. Lewiston. Mary E. Lightcap,..................... azel Green, Wis. Mary J. Lovell,........................Ipavia. Kittie M'. Lounsburg,.............. Burlington, Iowa. Mary C. Lyford,...................... Galesburg. Susan M. Magee....................... Galesburg. Mary E. Magee,....................... Galeszumg. Anna C. Marts,......................... Cross Roads, Penn. Maggie C. McCleery,............... Galesburg. Louisa M. McDonald,................... St. _Louis,.lo. Nellie McGuilorry,.....................Plymouth. Rachel McWhirt,......................Galeshurg. Helen C. Mills,........................ Galeslburg. Cynthia E. Nicholson................... Galesburg. Emma Parker,....................... Galesburg. Mary E. Parker...................... St. Louis, I~o. Carrie Parks,..........................Plymouth. Christina Pearce,....................... La Prairie. AMary T. Pitcher,....................... Galesburg. Fannie J. Pollock,...................... ctlesburg. Willie M. Prindle,.....................East Melrose, Iowa. Adelia A. Rhodes,............. Wataga. MAary A. Ross,,............S......'.St. -Louis, J3o. Jennie A. Russell,.................. Galesburg. Mollie Scripps,........................ Astoria. Leah Shepherd.........................W. Villiamsburg, N Y. Ella Smith,............................ Elmwood. Jennie E. Smith,...................... Lawn Ridge. Mary Jane Smith,......................St..Louis, Mo. Bessie F. Soutar,...................... Galesburg. Ella Spaulding,.........................Dallas City. Nellie C. Spencer............... Columbs Ws. Stella A. Streeter,.....................Quin Mary R. Sullivan,................. Quincy.. Nellie Thomas,.................... Galesbur. Lila J. Timberlake,.................... Oxford. 18 E N OX COLL E G E. NAMES. RESIDENCES. Sue M. Timberlake,.................. Oxford. Martha E. Turner,....................... alesurg. Mary E. Walton,................... E....lmwood. Clara C. Ward.......................... Gasurg. Sarah A. Wetmore.................... Oneida. Martha J. Wheeler,.......................New Boston. Euramia Willman,..................... Port Byron. SENIORS, - - 8 J'UNIORS,. - 7 SOPHOMORES, - - - 7 FRESHMEN,. - 17 SCIENTIFIC, -.. 6-45 PREPARATORY, - - a. 121 l~ucnm^le 3loleiacte lepatment. SENIOR CLASS, " 10 MIDDLE CLASS, - - 9 JUNIOR CLASS, - 14 IRREGULAR, 6 — 39 PREPARATORY,. 95 TOTAL,. - 300 1KNOX COLLEGE. 19 mers f.bi tissB lr. Candidates for admission to the Freshman Class are examined ja the following books and subjects: English Grammar and Arithmetic, Geography, Ancient and Modern, Liddell's History of Greece, Smith's History of Rome, Loomis' Algebra, to Sec. XIX, Smith's Principia Latina, Andrews and Stoddard's Latin Grammar, Caesar's Commentaries, three books, Sallust's Cataline, Cicero's Orations, three, Harkness' First Greek Book, Hadley's Greek Grammar, Xenophon's Anabasis, three books. Candidates for an advanced Standing are examined in the same, or equivalent studies, and also, in the studies gone over by the class to which they desire admission. The stated times for examination are, Monday preceding Commence. ment, at 9 o'clock, A. M., and the last day of the ensuing vacation, at the. same hour. Persons may also be examined for an advanced standing in any part of the College terms. No one can be admitted to the Senior Class after the Commencement of the Second Term. No one can be admitted to the Freshman Class under fourteen years of age, nor to an advanced class without a corresponding increase of age. Testimonials of good moral character are in all cases required, and those coming from other Colleges must produce certificates of regular dismission. 20 K NOX COLLEGE. The whole course of Instruction occupies four years. In each year there are three terms. The classes are styled Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior and Senior, according to their advancement in the course. Each of the four classes attends three recitations or lectures in a day, except on Saturdays.:IX:ES;IE I JBEI CX:AS-Q^ Livy's History-Lincoln's., Latin Grammar reviewed-Andrews' and Stoddard's. FR TERM. Xenophon's Memorabilia —Robins'. FIRS:T TERM. Greek Prose Composition-ArnoW's. Geometry- Loomis'. [English Composition and Declamation. ( Livy's History-Lincoln's. Latin Prose Composition —Arnold's& H omer's Odyssey-Owen's. SECOND TERM.. Greek Grammar reviewed-~fadley's. Conic Sections; Algebra reviewed —Loomsis'. (English Composition and Declamation. (Horace's Odes-Lincoln's. Homer's Iliad-Owen's. Greek and Roman Antiquities-Boiesen's. THIRD TERM. i Plane Trigonometry, Mensuration & Surveying[Loomis'. (English Composition and Declamation. 03T"HOm:1OEE CLASS'^ Horace's Satires-Lincoln's. Latin Prose Composition. Plato, three Dialogues. Greek Prose Composition. FIRST TERMI'i Blair's Rhetoric (University Ed.) Navigation and Spherical Trigonometry. Analytical Geometry-Loomis'. [English Composition and Declamation. K NOX COL LEG E. 21 I Cicero de Officiis-Thatchler's, Latin Prose Composition. Thucydides, First Book. SECOND TERM. \ Greek Prose Composition. Physiology; Natural Theology-Paley's. j Differential and Integral Calculus-Loomis'. English Composition and Declamation. ( Cicero de Officils-~Thatcher's. Latin Prose Composition. Thucydides, Second Book. THIRD TERM. - Greek Prose Composition. Natural Philosophy-Snell's Olmsted. Botany- Gray's Lessons and Manual. (English Composition and Declamation. JUNIOIL C. April 1,1866. 18665- 66.186-.66 tisms. CHU RCHI ES. ORGANIZED, MINISTERS. ORDAINED. ~~.. o) 0 -4. ^2~ ~~~ I3 Es s' S^.^-^ Algoniquin.............................. 1850, Feb. 9.....................!None.................................: 8 9 17??????????? Batavia. 1 835, Au. 8......................'None......... 3665101? 11 415012012 o 0' 160 *Burlington..............................1850,March I...............None....................'................. 5 10???????????'Burlington. ~~~1850, March 1. None...51......Ione.... Carpenterville............................ 186, April 26.................. Isaac B. Smith....... 1860 Sept...... N 8 7 0 0 0 030 3 0 0 60 Crystal Lake.............................. 1842, Jan. 10...................T. II. Harwood. 1865 Jan........1 1865 N. 27 49 76 8 5 4 9 11 0 2 2 1 50 De Kalb........... 1854, Dec..........................None................- 9 27 3 2 0 0 1304 0 0 25 Dement................................ 1856, Sept. 21.................... Henry Buss....... 856,'May....... 189 N.i 1 17 29 5 0 4 4 00 0 0 0 50 Dundee...................................... 1841, May8....................... Isaac B. Smith......... See above.......1865 N.! 3 62 96 3 7 12 10 11 4 4 70 E l g i n...........~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~...... 55S6 9751 8 26 0}21 0!21 6 0 140 El-in........................................ 1836, May................... Fred. Oxnard........... 1861, May.......1862 N. 55 97152 18 8 26 21 21 6 0 140.... [.......~~~~~~~~~~~........ I0 45151 60I1 0 Fremont................................... 1838, Sept. 7.....................ICalvin C. Adams...... 1859' Sept.......1856 N 50 75 125 10 16 0 16 2 2 0 4 21 4 100 Garden Prairie........................... 185, Mlay....................... Charles S. IHarison.. 1858, Dec........185 N. 14 14 28 3 6 4 10' 1 3 0 4 0 0 0'Geneva.............................. 1849, D.. G.Beeb () 1865 N. 33 53 91?? 9?????. 75 Z Ihmtl~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~89 ey..........................A.G.Beb............ Iuntley................................. 1852, Sept.......................Daniel Chapman. 1842, Feb....... 1865 N. 25 26 51 22 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 60 ^Kaneville................................ 1857, Sept. 122~ ~ ~ ~ [ ~??..................Ne........................ 71 9 16???????????::.Lodi.7S t2o....................... 1....95e............... 6114 0 Malta.......di............. 1858, ov.10.................... i!None..................................................... 1 *m odt....................................................................... 10 2 03??????????0 M ilburn...........................6............ 18S1, S................................. 1. 9 12 140 4 3 2 S::l: ro................184).....................:None............... 6,10 16??'???? *Vilb eu —................................. 1853, ap.28......................"on e..................................... 14' 25 21 3-2?????????? lhingwvood.(U 1843'9)159..................... Underwoo1/:d.....1866 ('.. 13' 102 5 1 3 8 0 0 0 3 0 40 St l rl................................ I r................ h mon s.... 186..)... N 4 88 7 2 4 6 2 211 17 Sycamore.............................1...... 1840,.Apr....................... Josneph........l5 ()...... 18' 4 9 1 33 11 110 0 2 Turi n er................................ 1, May 17..................... iNone.................................... 1.......... 11???????? ~Trer.5180) cyi. on 1 7 8 9 9 / 2I Udina................................... 1848,,2)U 59.................. B.. UnderwSnowd..... 186645, (Feb)......... 118C62 N.! I a'l 1 4' 0 0 0 10 3 0 40 St. Ch~arfles................................ 11837. ~',:!ar. 41.....................!Thomas Li;ghtbody..86 ().....185 >T4!8 q 7 21 4 6 2} 7 2{1] (1 E [1 SycUnaio re n.1840 Ap.......... osh............Charlep S. CHarrison.o- Seea l5 o' e 9 1 0 3........11 0N125 2oswell8It. Sn43..... 0 1 18 0' 2 I, 0 2 [ 1'40:::%tnear..::::~[]::[::ii]:]lSj a i:.......::::Jloe........................]:...'..:J: ) 14, uc................... I 7' 1 12 ~,~,~~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~184 p.........................ChreS. H r o. Seaoe..........4 NJ 1~o3 4 17 -01 4I U-nion ~ ~ ~ ~ ~.,~~........................Io,, ~o.......~8 ~.........I I [oo /,Y Wayne...................................... 1841, Dec. 1............. I. 1-1. Kellogg..........I 57. Nov.......11863 N.! 15 28 43 5 ( I' 0 1 0 8 0 8 27 Churches. _14 Mins. sup. 16 Chs. J,5891 95311522' 145' 106 59 179 1570 2187 543 16182S;:No report. Figures of last year. Of several of tie churches, the Stated Clerk remarks: "No church building, practicaly dead"r but 1the Registrar is not authorized to drop them. Adcdiional JIiisterial Members.-R. C. Bristol, (ord.? ); N. C Claik, (ord. 1833,?) Elgii, Ills.; WilliamB. Dodge (ord. 184a,? ) Miburn, Ill. F..~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~F Pot ntof. L. Fuller, (ord. 1843, Sept.) De Kalb, II.; N. A. Millard, (ord. 1861,?) Sheyboygan, Wis.; A C. Page, (ord.?) Elgin, III.; S F Porter, (ord.?) Wheaton, Ill., Agent of Ami'n Miss'y Ass'on; G. C. Partridge, (ord. 1810,) Batavia, 111.; G. S. F. Savage, (ord.'47 Sept.) Chicago, Ag't of A'n. Tr't. o'ty.; G. W. Wainwright, (ord.'62, May)-10.. 7. FOX RIVER UNION. Meetings-2d Tuesday in April and October. Meeting in October, with Marseilles Church, 72'~ P.,51. A Church members, Added, ii Removed, Bap- I April 1, 1866. 1865.66. 1865-68. tisns. CHURCHESORA.INISTRS. ORGANIZED. MINISTES. R IND.. l. ~ ~'=.'-'4~'-,.~ SJ.~f4 o rR ____ _^ __ ______~~~~__ Hiiiiiii.i H iliiilr ce~~~~~~~~~~! Aurora, First Church........... (P)'38, (C)'48................ William L. Bray...... 1861, Aug. 8..1861181 C 5 145 210 24 4 9 13 4 7 41 0 5 285 Aurora, New. Eng. Church......185, July............... Edward Ebbs.......... 1843, Aug.......18661866 22 60 82 6 1 19 20 1 12 0 1 Big Grove................ 1834, Nov. 24.................... None......................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 186 N. o4 o7 o o1 o o o 2 Big Rock................................t1864, Oct. 17................... John L. Richards..... 1844, May7...1861. 4 7 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Big Rock, Welsh.................... 1852, Oct. 24.................... John L. Richards.....'See above.......1861 N. 15 18 33 II 0 0 0 1 0 0o 1 0 11 5 I~~~~~~ ~~~.....5 O -BigWoods............................1842,April 13................... None... 9 0 0 0 0?? 9? o 0 Bristol................................... 1836,April 1.................... JohnL. Granger......Licentiate 1865 22 31 53 8; 2 0 2 2 7 0; 9 0 0 79 Deer Park...............................1857,Aprill5.................. None............................................. 27 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 East Pawpaw.......................... (P)'54, (C) March 3'62..... Charles C. Breed...... 11860, Nov. 18.. 1864 N. 7 11 I18 4 0 1 1 0 12 0 12 0 0 Eden................................... J.W. West.............. 1857, Jan. 6.... 1865 N.?? 0 0 0 0??? 0? Homer...............................1860, Jan.8.................... None........................................................ 28 36 64 6 0 0 0????? 0 Jericho.....(P)'38, (C)'39................ Lucien Farnham......1830, Aug......1862 N. 6 7 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 Joerih................................... }P.....1 (C) 36- 04 6 4 01 01 01 v l W 0 0l 0 Lisbon.................................... (I)'38, (C) 51.................. Uriel W. Small......... 1859, Sept. 22.. 1864 N. 68 130 198 36 2 7 9 0 11 0 11 0'? Lockport................................ 1838, Oct. 31.................... Alfred L. Riggs........ 1863, Nov. 4....1862 N. 15 53 CS 14 0 5 0 6 4 10 0 6 116 Marseilles.............................. 1860, Sept. 23................... Ephraim H. Baker... 1864, Jan. 26... 1863 N. 7 18 25 01 0 7 7 1 9 0 10 0 4 C5 Morris................................... 1848, July2..................... Wm. A. Lloyd......... 1862, Nov. 18... 1865 N 4 76120 7 5. 3 8 2 4 0 6 9 0 165 Naperville.............. 1833,July 3...................... None................................................ 20 48 8 12 0 0 0? 0 *'Nettle Creek......................... 1850, July.................... None............................................ 3 7 10 0 0 0 0??? 01 0 Newark............................... 1843, April 8.................... Reuben F. Markham 1846, Sept. 20.. 1865' N. 34 57 91 20' 7 4 111 5 0 6 4 0 120 Oswego................................. 1846, May 16...................None........................................................ 24 45 69 13 0 1 11 6 0 7 0 0 103 Ottawa, First Church.............. 1839, Aug. 23.....................K. Whittlesey.....11849, Jan. 10... 1848 1849 54 121 175 331 2 7 91 3 4 0 7 0 01 210 Ottawa, Plymouth Church.......1856, Oct. 27..................... Edwin N. Lewis....... 1862, Oct. 15... 1864 N. 46 103 149 0; 16 12 28: 2 4 2 8 2 41 140 Plainfie d............................... (1)'34, (2)'43.................. Daniel Clark.................... (?)......... 1866 N. 28 73'01 10i! 1 0 1 1 2 5 8 1 41 72 Sandwich................................ 1853, April. None....................................................... 43 52 95 5 7 5 2 015 3 181 2 11 75 Tonica.................................... 1357, Jan. 7..................... J.W.West............... See above....... 1865 N. 46 64 110 6 2S 1240 2 20 4 0 7 1 Vermillion............................. 1834, July27.................... None.................................................. 2 8 10 0 0 0????? Vienna.................................. 1858, July18.................... Sylvester R. Dole.....1864, Nov. 16.. 1864 N. 12 13 2 3 2 0, 2 1 0 0 1 1 01 45 Wauponsie.......................1......1864, May 8...................... James Loughead......1842, Sept.......1864 N. 10 16 26 2, 6 2 81 2 0 3 2 6 80 Wheaton.1......... 60.Feb. 2...................... S.F.Millikan........... 1860, Oct. 24... 1864 N. 62 95 17 01 10 20 43 2 7 0 9 7 11 175 29 Churches.'18 Mins. sup. 20 Chs.I - - -___ 720 1342054 2201061114'2201'271145114 18611 43' 39112040 *~o report. Figures of last year. For list of Additional Ministerial Members, see items from Stated Clerks of District Associations, p. 42. 8. GENESEO ASSOCIATION. A meeting soon to be called to revive and re-organize the Association, now nearly extinct. IiChurch members' 1 Added, Renoved, BapCILURUS11S. April 1, 1866. 1865-66. 1865-66. tisns CHUR0ilES. ORIGANIZED. I MINISTERS. ORDAINED. + 0 S. ______________ __________i____ ________ I ^ ^ 1i _^ p^.A" Geneseo........................................ 1836, Nov. 19.......................'!Harry Bricket......,Jan. 28... 1865 NI 110 168 278 2 12921 20 0 (2 12 *llampton.................................... 1852. (?).............................. A mer Harper.......... (?) 1866 N. 1 5 6 ^Moline....................................... 1841, Jan. 5......................... JoihA ak....1GAp.2..16. 4 7 13 2? i??; ^? c~~oline.1844 Jan 5.'~~Josiah A. Mack.....1860, Apr. 29.. 1865 N. 44 79 123 2'? leI oPoit Byron................................. 1849, (?).............................. Almer Harper......... See above.. 161 N.j 19 33 52?...'. - I~~~~~~I - - -`_j2j02!11,4125 4 Churches. 13Mia's. sup. 4 Chs.. 14 2851 45914512 91 2 U 2 0'No report. Figures of last year. Port Byron Church meets with Davenport Association, Iowa, and reports there. Additional.Ministerial Mfember.-A. B. Hitchcock, (ord. 1841, July 6)-1. 9. NORTH WESTERN -ASSOCIATION. Meetings-2d Tuesday in April, and 1st Tuesday in October. Meeting in October, with Lyndon Church, 7' P. M. Albany....................................... 1842, Feb.13...................'None............................................. 13 14 27 0 0, 0 0 00 0 OQl lU. Como... 1851, April12... None......40........ 0. 0 1 14 843 7 2 o1' 2 Dunlei th.....................1859, Feb. 8..............B. W. Garner........... (I)......1866 N.1 41 12 161 01 7 1 8 01 2 2 7 01:agl: Point:........ 1843, May 20.one.7 19 26 0^ 0 0 0 0 0 1 90 9 12 21 1 00 o 13 04 (I - Elkhorn Grove..184, Feb, 2None 9.12.21 OI 0 I 0 21 1) 0 Galena.1860..~~ A~ g2.' 1None....6.4 56 25121 21 310 03 0 21 60 Gap -Grove.1839. 9June7.None. 12 13 25 1 01 O5 Lanark.........................1859, Dec. 29 ( d.... L 31. H yigginsI.( Mo. rison. Nlls., 18... f IS 26 4 T 0o1o3 0 3c 09' 175 t~yadou.1836, June 7...........W. ID. Webb...... 1848, July 4.... 18631 N. 27 68 95 81 5 2 71 1 110 9 201 2 117 Morrison.................... 1158, June 26.............J. W. White. 1858, Dec. 232... 18581 N 20 47 67 511 0 8 S1! 1 OjO ri 0 4,1100 Nora...............1865, Oct. 2........ Samuel Peufield. 1849,. Jl10.86 N. 18 2 46 1011178 01013 Sterling.1857,Juue 21. H~~~~~~~~............. Pos. (1.9 uy 10 865 NI 30 52 8 2 3146 1 4 216 2i 96 12 Churches. 16 Min's. sup. 6 Chs. 111839 57712 561 11111. o 218 Additional Ministerial Kesnhers.-John W. Cass, (ord. 1863, May 11.) Morrison, Ills., Agent for Chicago Theological Seminary; Samul Day, agent for Chicago Theological Seminary; Azariah Hyde. Polo, Ills., pastor of Independent Presbyterian Church; R. M. Pearson, ^ (ord. 1844, Jan. 31,) Polo, Ills.; Milo N. Miles, Genesco, Ills.-5. CI~ 10. QUINCY ASSOCIATION. Meetings-Thursday preceding the first full moon in April and October. Meeting with Barry Church, in October, 7 P. M. I "Church emm- Added, R eL-moved, Bapbers, Apr. 3,'66 1865-66. 1865~66. tisms. CIrURCI-IES. ORGANIZE.D. MINISTERS. ORDAINED.! ^ ll I I ^ I <" - ^il s I:^ ^ i l Barry...... 1846, Feb. 7...................... None.......................1........................... 26 4 0 2 2 00 0? 0 Beverly...................... 1859, Dec. 27..................... None...........................................0...... 1 116 26 0 2.2 0 6 4 1 0 01 60 bhili.................................1856, May 24..................... JD. Parker............ 1865, Aug.. 1865 N.1 18 26 44 61 6 I 7 0 00 6 1 3 30. Dallas City............................. 1859, Jan. 17..................... None................... 121 30 51 15 1 5 60 5 0 1 4100 Fall Creek.............. 1860, Dec. 3.. Charles E. Conrad.... 1858, June 9...I1860 N.' 9 15 24 2 4 0 1 2 0 3 015: 45 riggsville............................ (1) 1834. (2) 1837.Non........... 6o"..................................................! 61 0 141? I5 4 9 2 12 1 151 01150 Hamilton............................... 1859, May 19................ None.................................................. 1 7 2 128 5 0 1 1 4 0 5 O 0, 90 LaIlarpe............................. (1) 1835, (2) 1848............... Samuel R. Thrall.....1842, Apr. 13... 1865 N.I 22 40 62 8 15 32 0 0 10 ) 1 0? Il-acomb.1858...Oct...2'None......91827 o 01 o)o 0 00 0 0 0 ^Macom..........................1858. Oct. 2................. j~n...............................................i is1 27? 0 0 -0 0 O Mendon.................. 1833, Fob.......................... A. B. Campbell....... 1S51, Apr. 7... 1855 N.1 45 65 110 7 0o1 I 11 14 10, 0 ((100 ^ *3ontebello............. 1849, Apr.19................... None............................................ 17 35 52 11;? f Newtown................................ 1852, Jan.i...... 0eo. W.,Williams..... 1860, Apr. 8.... 1865 N. 14 26 40 6' 4 8 121 0 01 0 0 70 Payson.1836.May.8.......................... 1Cephas A. Leach......1855.............. 1856 N. 31 55 86 6 14 1 15 1 51 0 9 ( 90 ittsfield............................. (P) 1837, (0) 1841.............. William Carter......... 1834, Oct........ 1838 N. 73 117 191) 45 1 0 1j 5 9 1 151 0 0 190 Plymouth.............................. 1835, Jan. 5.................... J. D. Parker............ Seeabove........ 186518631 33 44 77 16 0 0 01 1 15 0 Ij f 4! 60 Quincy, Ist............................. (P) 1830, (C) 1833..............S. Is. Emery............1837, Nov. 23.. 1855 1855! 86 130 216 C 5 8 14 22' 13 0 11 lo 1 20 Qniacy, Centre...................... 1847. Aug. 1..................... Horatio Foote......... 1825,.............. 1847 N.f 45 75 120 27 0 00 3 3, 0 6; 0 0 10( Qaincy, German....... 18586 July 26.....................Charles E. Conrad.... Seeabove........1858 N.! 12 13 25 3 5 0 5 2 9 0 11f 0 4- 7 tockport & Snm er Hilt. (1) 1834. (2) 1837, (3) 1844... Samuel Dilley.......... 1849, Oct. 7.... 1865 N. I 15 38 53 6' 15 0 15 35 2 0 5 0 V 710 Wythe...............................,.. 1851, Dec. 6....................... None 10.................................................... 17 3 30 0' 0 0012 3 0 6 0 0 o50 20 _____ ^ "Churches. _4___2041___f_3__f__1_10 Min' sup. 12 Cbs. 1 28 1 82 52134 27.1021 6135 1 20 Churches. ~ ~ ~'o ~nssu. 2 bs 5531 8512 0No report. Figures of last year. Additional Ministerial Members.-N. P. Coltrin, (ord. 1850, Oct. 13.); Zerah K. Hawley, (ord. 1838, March.) Memphis, Teon'. William W. Whipple, (ord. 1846, Nov. 8.) Clayton, Ills., pastor of Presbyterian Churcli-3. 00 11. ROCKFORD ASSOCIATION. TMeetings —Tuesday preceding the first full moon in April and October. Meeting with Owen Church, in October, 7 P. M. Church mem- - Added, Removed, Bapbers, Apr 1,,C6. 1865-66. 1865-66. tisms. CHURCHES. ORGANIZED. MINISTERS. ORDAINED. a a 4. l I Il II in 1 1I..... ^.. -.9 _______ E-_f/ PI E ___ - P urritt April 2...................856, Apil 2..................... Non............................... -... -.. 6 9 15 3 2 0 2 1 10122 0 0 50 yron.................'............. 1837, May24..................... JamesP. Stoddard...l861, Aug.30..1861 N. 3 46 80 6 12 12 61 8 2 13 ~~~ ~8 ) 8.uran d.............(1)'8, (2)'5None.................... None............................................. 6 11 17 2???? H "arvarcid...." iS................'....1858, April 1.................... Calvin R.Fitts......... Licentiate.....1865 N 10 14 24 3 3 7 10 0 0 2 0 0150 Owen..................................... 1857, Feb. 25..................... J. D. Stephens....... 1837, Oct........864 N. 10 121 22 7 5 11 0 1 I 0 75 ~'ecatonic'a"""""""'"""""""'...Il854, Fe.. oda..................... E. P. Do............... 1864, July 21... 1864 N. 26 421 68 20 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Poplar Grove......................... 1863, March 18................ S.W. Champlin........ 1838, June 8...1863 N. 15 7 4 2 4 1 15 1 1 0 21 5 0 75 Rockford, st ChMay 5..................... 1137, ay 5....................... oodwi.....1851, Feb. 19... 185 N. 6 168 254 40 4 8 12 213 0 15 2 5 175 2d C....................1849, Nov. 14.................. artin P. Kinney....1844, Feb........ 14 6 83 190 273 471 118 28 3 6 110i 5 7 300 Rocton................................. 1838, March 23.................Francis Lawson....... 1847, Oct. 31. 1863 N. 22 36 58 29' 5 9 141 0 5 0 3 4 70 Roscee. 1184,No7..None. I..121 3-1 46 5. 3 2 50 0 20 2 2 50 Roscoe............................43 N. None.....................................I..... 12 3 5 3 2 5 02 2 2 0'''Seward.....!.S.. 11841, March 27.................. Samuel P. Barker....11861, June 21.. 1865 N. 30 38 68 13'?? 1 1?? 100 Shirland'.18........ 46, April..................... James odges......... 1838, Oct....... 1856 N. 22 34 56 9 2 0 0 1 4 75 StiVlmansyalley................ 6, May 5................. Samuel P. Barker.....iSee above.......1865 N. 16 85 51 6 5 2 71 0 0 5 45 innebao....................... 1846, July 11.................... enry. Daniels.....861, June...... 861 1861 53 71 124 25 2 0 0 2 150 13 Churches. 1 M'ine sup. 12 Cbhsj _ _ _ \ 4311 767111948 188!1 7 41561 13011 947 3 511 341 23 1571:No report. Figures of last year. Additional 1M1inisterial Members. — Hope Brown, (ord. 1830, June 29.) Rockford, Ills.;agent of Female Seminary; Hiiram Decker; Joseph Emerson, Andover, Mass., District Secretary of American and Foreign Christian Union; George S. Johnson, Rockford, Ills.; John Morrill, Pecatonica, Ills.; Lansing Porter, Auburn, N. Y.; Jeremiah E. Walton, (ord. 1857.) Portland, Maine-7. ~~ 0-. 00 12. SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. L Mec-tings-Thlursday prrcccd: lug the first full moon of April and October. Meeting with Ilillsboro Church, in October, 7. P. AM..Ch'rch -me~- Added, I Remnoved, Bap- [ Ai p bers, Ayr. 1,1SO. 18 5-G 6. 11865-66. tisms. i CIlUR~i^. Os OGANIZED.. MINIST S jORDAINED. a!l ___ _fl... \V'~~ lyohe iSo e IbCl4 N 4'6 49 l j 3 146 016i 06 12 40 Chesterfoild............................S14., Feb.22. lCenr W -A. Itt.. 1851 April..... I.o8 N.! 2 34! 68 15 1-2 0 016 7 i ^ ^ c oBunker -ill........................... 1838 March 25............... E. HRoberts......... 185, Dec. 18... 1866 w Be 159, 11 0 oseonud.l..... 18 Se iNoe9 6 1 3 0 0 0 l Wiverly 13 s 5y.............e).................... 1836, Oct 15........ll F9.) S.e.... 8521,3 01t..l2 1 8 7 2 2 5 7 13,15 I 41 Cndlbr;.......................... (l)'3S, Oct.1Mar ()'4S, O p13 Gide 11. ennned I........ 1857, May 2...186 N: 3 4 61 10 i ______ ee_.__llOn_._up__2C__._____________ _i 114 8 64.103 24 1 0 36 1N 6 0.', 4 2911 40 11 Ohm ebel3....,...Feb.. 10 -...cup.1... Cb. 1 4.. -4r10 61. 1 3.........74, AFril..... 14 CheAddister l M.Frederic A..................... Ar strong, (o.... 150, Jan. 29.) St. Louis, Mo.; Theron Baldwin, (ord. 1829, Aug. 26.) New York City, Secretary of Western College Society; Charles B. Barton, (ord. 1841, June 22.) Woodburn, Ills.; Joseph A. Bent, (ord. 1854, Nov. 1.) Hoyleton, Ills.; 0. C.. Dickerson, (ord. 1856, Mar. 16.) Boonsboro, Iowa; Wi. C. Merritt, (ord. 1846, May.) Rosemond, Ill.; Rufus Patch. 1,................ Ontario, Indiana; W. PerkItns....., (Aord. 1846.) Ottawa, Ills.,l edtor; Julian M.Sturtevant, (1829, Aug.4 "~1 1] 0 t~ 1 E 405 0j 2 -50 Collins...........) Jacksonville..................., President of Illinois College; James Weller, (ord. 185, Feb. 5.) Bunker Hill, Ill 0 s.0 CPbusemoncord.......,.................. P 22..................... aS e a. s.......::r.... 1~5~ Ju 3...... t)I5,K i I G ) Concord........................... 4, Fe.............. Geo.Feb L. R t..... 5 1(., 45 1 1 CIretonlSi................................1858, Apr. lo...................... Jas. S. Tais......... Se aboe....... 1861 NT., 33 366 1 5 16 I 4 0 1 5 6 jas. G. Roberts....... 1858, Dee2. 1C I I I 4. I 18640;lsemonde.............................1833, Sept. 7...................... Gone. R obert.......!O WvThere is also a Presbyterian c...hu.rch.itUpper Alto, connected w8th t6e Ass3ation, but its statistics, beings rnt to Presbytrry, are not incl..ed in th.s table.It5 2 5 7 2:13! 0'.1,5 SUMMARY OF THE STATISTICAL TABLES. i 1 0 I t o AsSoci'n DI. 1 ADMISSIONS. REMOVALS, I!.1 - i c RCI-IEs'' ~ l |i NA.MiE iOFi PLACE AND T ff I.. j S ~ ASSOCIATION. OIGANIZATION. g',,,.. I~ \ H l lCti'lllI: i' -. l. l' 1K ct 0 -'_________. __ 5 31 54 _ ___ _ I 1. Buleau............ rinlceton., 1857, July 7...i 11 2 15 71 251 15 6 3, 24 0 0 0. 580 997 1577 217 147 127 274 17 110 15 153 +921 55 31 19' 6 Z 2. Cntra]........... Farlmingtou, 1844, Oct.... H 0 0 10 5 15 | 7 6 3 1 16 0 1I 356 91 6 88 53 40 419 4 272l131 329 31 1201 3. Central East........... Kanukakee, 1861, May 16.' < 1 6 1 81 1 7 1 0 O 130 15 28S 439 55' 4 62 86 10 23 1 A- -52 11 15 569' 4. Central West.......... Farmington, 1859, Oct.25 3 0196 5 16 24 I 6 7 0181 178 163 32 0 29 140 S 177+164' 6 6 1819. Chicago......... Chicago, 1853, May......... 2 31 17 l 69 19 88161 49 14135 4 1 961 34 47 2627. El rgin.................. Elgin,1852, Aug. 3........ 0 14 10 2 1 4111 27 0 569 9531522 145 120 59 1,79 15 701 2 871+ 9921 44 16 1628 7. ox ive rUnion.... Big Grove, 1835, June 26., 3 1 14 16 3O1 4 29 0 2 2 7 2 0 1334 2054 220 106 114 220 271145 14 186 +34 43 39 2040 8. Genesco... Genes eo, 1851, April28...H 11 2i 0 11 4 2 2 0' 4 0 010 174 285 459 45 12 9 21 2120 0 22- 1 12 4 250( 9. North Western........Polo, 1861, May 15........1 3 0 5 11" 61 06 120 0 1 395 10 12 81 C a....2 0 1 51 11 6 O 1)0 188 3691557 7 27 351 6249 61 11 81 - 19 314124 1081 10. Quin cy............... Quincy, 1834, Nov. 29........ 0 10 3 13 8 1 8 20 1 1l2 41 i 553 875 1428 204 82 521 134 27102 6 13.5- 1 18 31 1475 11. Rockford................ llo rd, 184S, Feb. 16 1... 1 1 8 7 10 3! 15 0 0 0 431 767 1198 188 74 561 130 91 47 3 9+ 71 34 23 1571 12. Southern................ Jacksonville, 1851, Oct. 231 2' 0 8 10 20' 9 142 3 64 03124 102 46 1481 16 73 0 89+59! 48 291 1499 I i 17':7! 11 85 227 12437 55 216! 41 61-21 5604 93361494(0 1699 1048:936198417t961 6312031+781 409 286, 17736 Unassociated Congregational Churches have been reported as follows: Lacon, organized 1865, October 1st, with 43 members. Increase, 54=97. Oak Ridge, (Harlem) organized 1863, February 17. Trinity Congregitional Church, (Albion, Edwards Co.) organized 1840, February 6, connected with an Indiana Association. Also, Marshall and Wabash county Churches, (See Cong'l Quarterly, July 1866; p. 240.) *This number, as usual, niust be deducted from the sum total of ministers, as, members of one Association and laboring within the bounds of another, they are reck- cored twice. p 5. Chicago................ Chicago, 153, i4~aS........t r;. Elgin.....................14i~~lgi~, 1553, Ang. 3........~i O 14 10 24 12 aiii ai 1 1 o j691 9631 1522/ 7361 Ifi~l 531 l'i91 361 7 87t-9~ 4 is; Is.o 1866.] PPBINDIX. 41 (0.) ITEMS from the Sailed Clerks of f tCe.'Disf;c As'ociafics. The Stated Clerk of Bureau Association writes; "There have been interesting revivals of religion in Amboy, 3Buda, Cambridge, Dover, Kewanee, Neponset, Princeton, Sheffield and Wethersfield, besides refreshings in some other churches. There have not been so many precious revivals in the churches of this Association during its existence-now nearly nine years-as during the past Winter and Spring. These revival seasons have been greatly characterized by stillness, solemnity and a delightful union among christian hearts and accompanied with manifestations of a desire for sanctification. Charles E. Byder has been ordained and occupies the field vacated by L. Pomroy, removed to Kansas. Loren Robbins has died dur. ing the year. A house of worship has been erected at Araboy, at an expense of some $12,000.00. Means have been raised for erecting another at AnnawanL.' The Stated Clerk of Centra.l Association writes:'There have been three new churches formed within our bounds the past year, viz., Normal, Lacon and Dwight. Revivals at Atlanta, Lacon, Normnal and Danvers. Church bult at Lacon, at an expense of $,500.00. Normal e 272 40 6 005 00 40 60 7 1083 15 Galva..............13...'..1. 1300 20 26 9 0 2380 6 00;.......... 72 06 Garden Prairie...................................(.......0 Genese......................... O 44 7.3 108.......... 337 36 Geneva........................................... 21 00 i OO 00 7 68............ 24 Granvill........................................... 2000 0............. 2 60 Gridley........................................0............................................. 0....... Grigville........... 0. 0 0......... 4 23 75 Hamilton.............................6........... 6 60...... 1 660 Hampton............................................................... 1........................ 0.......0 Harvard.......................................... 25 33o........I..... 6 300 3 060 Hlenry................................ 300 600 b50, 800.................. 4 226) Hillenboro.......................................... 1 35 65 Hoer..................................... untley......................................... 0 8 il........................ 2 10 54 Jacksonville................. 00 00.... 38 7 2 33.....376 Jefferson............................................. 22 0...... 310............ 2 2560 Jericho..................... 300............1.................... } 300 Raneville...................................................... 0.......0 ankakee............................................. 751...... 4 22 3 7 97 Kewanee................................................................. 2 0 Knoxville...................................... 1 56 01) EL \fayeltt..............0......................... 46 APPE ND IX. [May, Conh'ibuiions-( Con 1tinued. C C~I I. i,.;'' -; I.- a'0 "" ~~L ali~ U~~~~ar p.....o~~* o i. 100 r 10$ I 1 2 $..o L. 20 0 4'0'o 00: o 00 I 0 5 LaHarpe.............................. [........ 10 00...... 2 $ 9 00 Lamoille.........................'20O( 2420 3000 1500....... 01 5 9720 Lanark............................. 0......... 5 00.................. 3 00 8650 Laalle........................................... 00j 18 00 10 251............ 3 3 25 Lawn Ridge........................ 13 00 3500 1400 1275 1300............ 6 8775 Lee Centre..................................................I............ 25............ 1 5 00 Lincoln.............................. 50 00....O..... O 20 0.O............ 3 99 50 Lisbon............................................. 100 45 7 113 76 53 78 37 5 5 260 8 5 Lisle............................................................ 3 00........................ 1 300 Lockport............................ 21 47 8 15 IS 40 25 55 18 03 8 40 27'00 7 127 66:Lyonville................................................................... 2 2573 Lodi...................................... 0 0 Lodi hli' a o 0 Lyndon 1...................................... 55 1 1 00 13 6 4 00 19 01 Lyonsville...."13............................... 2 25 73 Macomb........................................................ 0.......0 Maiden.............(1291 5 161 77.......... 0.......0 Malta............................1 3..8 5............ 5. 10' McLean......................... I............. 3 Maendo.........................................,. 18............ 5 30.............. 2 27 Mendon 5300...................................2 271 0.......................................... 0 Medota....................14 9............................01.................. 0 etamo ra 18............0............... 18 (...0 10 001.3 209 00 Milburnor.................... 31.00l- 169 go1. 6205 Mortow~n n ~.............................. 100............... r] 1................. i 1 Mo in......................................... 3 0 1 20........... 1 7 onaebr e..........................0 Neponset.........................'. 600 1...... 3 2750 XNettle l Creekl~ort....,....................... 0.......0 MNewarkr..1 10...2 5545.0................ 2 2 MNewBerin.......................................... 20:.......o aNewRutlandib,.......................... 0............. 19 00 Newtown. 1........................ 1 6 15 Naoravtn l I50 10..............00 150OI.......... I....... 25......00 Normal...............................2 99 00 O n akalla............................................... l..................1......... 0 NOdele 80.e0.......................................................... Onarga 1.......................................................{'0............2 1 00 Ontario.......................... ( 1740 13001350 10005 11450 Osceoula.............................................. 0....0 ON ew oons........................................... 1 0 Ottaw,, let Church.... 5......... 6...... 1.0700 5278............ 4 273 03 NPaxtoni...................... 2 29 00 70 00......0 1502 3650 Plyson...22.2. 75.14..........0 3................. 0.1 00 5 68170 Pecatonic............................................. 3 0..........1 3307...... 1 Peru...............6 1............ 4 4.......4 21 1. 0{....... 4 2 Pittsfield.....12670 3150 60 00 40 30. 7...... "15 32 00 6 327 5 Plainfield.3::.: 3:0.........266. 5........... 3............'130"..... 2 Plymouthna.1......................... 95 77.. 1200... 004 1059 PoplarGrove...........................................1.. PortByro................. 1820 36 0 3 2695 700............. 4 55 5 rarie City.................................. 0......... 1 600 Princeton.5000 24217 630010500 8943 1600 1800 7 583 60 Providenc...................2 00..............0 00.. 2 3.000 OQuit cy, 1st Church............ 10. 0 44 9 0 06 1 78 0 00..00 7 893 03 QuincyCent....................................................... 1 1000 Qun.cy, (German Cong.)... 00 10 7.................. 00 4 425 1 Pnaraon..................22 0 23 5 0............ Pecaton................................ 33 0........... 1 l! Plainfield............................................ 3....... On moutari.............................. 10 9............. 6 4 1o 9 Poplar Grove.. 17 40 13 3 0.......t'...'. Oscetola...,.............. 20.. a........... PorairieCity..................................... 2 00J,......... 6.......J........'I 00 OPr ctoaw 1........................... 4. oo 242 7 8300j 283 1 03 Provide nce......................................................... 0. {.........!2 30 00 Paxto Cn ter Church......... 1000................ {.....:....J Quincy, (German Gong.,)...... 15 a010J....( "(:...."5!i J 1..... ('iO0( 42L 50 1866-] APPENDIX. 47 Con..ributions~( Continued. ) 0.0 >J. ~'= I: ( H E S. to C') 003' h w'd.................... e.............. 9o 14.is ockord. Second C h. 4 5 128 44-........ lRockp't&. Second JCh. 45215 2jIo 19307 185 57 1939' 1844 151 82 Rockp't&Sum'ir iii 14 2'............ 4 3 0 Q 950 I 50 0........ 5 95 15 locktOli...;......... 16 49............ 5000}. 16 35........ 82 84 loscoee.....................0............ 1000...................... tosefield......................... 17'...................... 1 Roseville.10.. 3 14.. 6........... 10 00 3001 14 (.55 1' 7 81 5 a (l d.......................................... I................................. andosev.................. I 1 7 0. 0 Sadwich............0............................. 1600 Sennaninin......3 850........................... 8.. 5............ shilado.................. 7...... 7 4........ 10........ 406,Spoon liver.................1............ 000 42........ 3. 3 1320 Sc.Charl's e.1..4......... 28 3......0 7I 01..... 0.......... 690 3 7 841 Sterlingmj......................... 50. 49...... 0 2 15..99. S i n Valley....................................... Sycamore..........................................0 hefonica.................... oo........ 0...........3..... 2.3.45. STonlo i c.............. 00 500j 2' 0........................ 3 4 300 Trelaont....................7 00........................ 64 poorner............................................................. Twin l~s Go............ I.........................3 2 adwicha............................. 3 0........................... 6 9000 78 4150 Unerlin................................ rill............... V............. 20.......................... 1 ermotre............................................................. V'onictoria....................................... 0........... 3 Vienna....................0.........../. I............ 1 0 Violan...... 9.. 1...... 0..........0'........... 7 00 ~Watega 71a........ 11 0!9 3............I................ 4. 5 94 30 anke n.................. 00....... 10 3310 Wanpon... I.....7...00........................................... 1 3 00 ChWaverly.1. s 0 0? 0') 00 0.......................... 28...................,.....75 vinGrove................................1.......... 10 050 it 300................ 3 25. etherst ield..........i.......1 0 40 3 5.........2.. 7 5 SWheaton............... 3009 05 al2ley44' 3300......... 152 5 Winneba.go. 1 I1035'......................................................... Woa mboren................ 176 00 18 W 104 80 1 001................0....... 30 iWoods tock 95 I 1 2.............................................. ~ Mte...........................'2........................................20 So Wutheon.................:::0 4: 0........ }............'"0.' 0........................1. 3l,12 03 Total............... 4 00 1502 14 14845 96 3O 9 7812032 34I 21 8 09992 241370 3 vurner......................................................................... Vioroela...................... I. 0....................... ~ o 2 0 ]5 i a.................... I1 hayv no means of determininlg whtt the Secretary and Treasarer means by "mihscellaneos' bunt give it s reported. Sms contributed by Sabbath Schools are credited to tho churches, with which they aro connected. tnassociattd Congieirational churchiet have contribuntled to the A enrican TBoard as folows: Albion, $41.00; Oak Riidge, Harlen, $14.60; Marshall $6.00; totl, $64.60h0ich, being added to the sum total gven above, m1akes a) agregate of $,530.71, contributed by 77 churc ies~"an enco aniEi increase," remark1s B2ro. Byasv " over preceding Sears. Last yer, 80 chuirches contritibuted 5,5 1 8G bt still a lar0e majoriAidd to tris tot.l, firoml Unas.oci.tc ed Congre1ationa chur ches, as follows: Albion, 0.2; Brighton, $li.O.O;0 ire0enwoo d, ~14.00 4Polo. 30.01) total, 148.2o. whicl, being added, malei:mi aggreiv to of )5,616.39, contributed by 100 chuict hdes a still larger nnmber'having 11iven notiini. Th'le is room for11 improvemtent therefore, although the receipts af this yeutr wxcdct tle rturns o st y 1,8( I(.79. r.'o.' r.'r r.emarks: "Thi. s report is mainly dr rw1 Wfron 1. co cctive n amlrs of meicn Misionary t........e last t.. wh...ich is, May, 186 0 the report.......s een o rlooed, revi and approve..d by......ip....erd, Western Secretry o tie Americ an Meissiotna y Assoctiat ion. Add to tis, fArom rUni.oaiatl ed chulrch, as follows: Bl istcl Statiotn, r3.m00; 1Rl, 36 9.. 0 cal Ridge, I t(arln).4.450; Marshc alt l 35.0 P dlo, ~70.); Ilichmo ndl, ol0.40-amounsiint 48 APPENDIX. [May, $18 40 —and yon have'sum total of $5.044 33. Bro. Roy calls this the amolrt for 18t —whether the Asrcr.ai: tional year from.n..ay to Maly, I sam not able to sayt, —t gives the sunm total for 18G54,,4 638.33, fndl or 1853, $2,514. O - shovwing a gratifying increase. A.d to this, the followinsx from Unassociated churches: Albion, $7.50; Havana, (Rev. B. C. Fisk,) 52.72; Pawpawv, 5.56; Polo, (Ievv. t. 1M. Pie.rson)l) 5.0; Springfield, (J. B. D. Salter,) $56.o -- tanol tinf to $25.72, miling a snm total ot 3 685.30. Individual donations ill this a% in the other colunlllis, are credited to the chi-ces of wliich they are supposed to be members. The Secretary and Treasurer would lha vt fatciltitatd the preparation of the table by arralrging tlh conltribiCting chulrclhds alp!iabetically. Increase of contributions over last year, $2,615.90. Tho Rlegistrar is inclined to ihitik there air' orniss'o)R ill this colunl), as possilly in sorne otihers, fr llhich lie desires not to be held ac'conntable. I-e strictly follows c:,py. Did not the First Cuonlretational churclh, Cilicago, contrilbte a large sum towar.rd the Church Building Flln.d? lie reelembers seeing it so leportel. He calls attention t ttlhe 31 Resolution reported ly Committee on Sratislti-s: "They most eariiestly recolimmend that the table of receipts publif-ed in the minutes be continued arnd pe?:feltid." To tlii end, the SecretarLie-s and Treasuriers assigned to the several objects must take all possible patins to credit every contributing church with its full amlolunt. AlAdditional sumni, as followa: Oa~k Ridge, (Harlem),10.06; Richmond, S$G.'; amnounting to 516.63, giving ni aggregLate of $2.08 90. —Bro. Stavage remarks: "Fifty three churches have contribiutei d this ye'r, the sum of $2 04S.9. beinr an average of }33.e65 tu each church conrtributing. Last year 77 churches contributed $2,910.26, being an average of $37.66 to each church contributirio. A ftb e churches lhave contributed to the Tract cause through other agRncies, but tlle am.loun t has lnot been reported to me. The lbov(ihais been paid over to tle Treasurer of the American Tract Society, Boston." Adlditional-Chicago, (D. A. Dean,) C50.00; Dixon, $,1.00; ocklord, (Mrs. Jacobs,) ~5.i0 — anonstin g to ".53 00, anld making a surm total of si'77.28. ~ro. Carter remarks: "Contributed by Presbyterian chulritihes in Illinois, both Old andl New School, to the American and Foreign Christia.n Uiiion for the year elnding April Ist, 186 i,$464.5S; by Mlethodiist ind oflher churches, $'5O3.90; by the Cogrregtional Cg Churches, ($677.28; giving a total of $1,298.76; total from April 1853 to April 18-t, wvhen no agent was; in the field, 1934.21; total increase by 2 yearts agency, 88:54.65.^ I Additional-Elk River, $3.30 —which may meani Elk Grove —giving a sumi total of $1,013.29. 2 According to this l-able, which does not laimn to be infallible, but is nmade up writh the best light, w-, hiav e, 46 churches have contrittedl o to the seven objects above designalt ted They may h;tve contributed in other directions. Thie churches, v which lhtve remembered allthe abov'e naimled objects, very likely haavLe not irg;otten otler objects of benevolence. They are w1s foli lows: Aurora, 1st Churcl h Chic: go, iNw Engltrid Church, rGalesburg, 1st Contgrenrl.tioia'l Church, Lockport, Princeton, Quincy,,l4t Church, Riock ford, 1st Church, Rloseville. — Thati their cornribtitioris have not beern shut Up to t'liee sevenn objects,'iher report from the New Etgl:tnd Church, (:hicago, is proof. Tllis ta;tle credits them- with.l,771.63 — ut their annual report received, gives'charitable churlch co ntrlilrtions, 5,04S.21"-lbeside iheir usual church xi)"xpfses, 1nd "paid on new churich bulilditng, s25.257.18. t —eneseo is credited in this taliel, $336.45. but the clerk of churc-1ch givcs the sumr total to all objects, $568.10.-The 1same is true probably of most churches, which' hiave given anythiltg. 3 The ten churches which iave given the lalrgest amount to either all, or a part of the seven objects inaSnrl. are' s folllows, tid it- the order na;lined: Chic'go, New Enlgland ChIr111ch, tRockfords 2d Clhurch, Cliclago, 1st Clhurchl. GsaliEsburg, 1st CoIiretga.tional Chulrch, Gl'shurtl'g, 1st Church, Quincy, lst; Ch:rchI, Chlicago, Union lI']k, Payson, Aurora, lI't Church,;and Birrythe sum froml the last Iinamied place, the corltribltion chiefly of one nlan, Rtebenl Slhipl)lan. vwhlo ha.s acquired tt most exce!ltlnt libit' of hi'in — living himnself in the sit!l)lest mallncner, and prIctieinge S'lf-ld(ii-tl fol thie ial'e or the Kis.'i(lmln oif Christ. Were such men multiplied, cWi they might be, ths Tre'rastry of thle Lord would hlave 3:o la;ck. 00 PLACES OF MEETING, OFFICERS AND PREACHERS OF THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF LLINOIS. YEAR PLACE. MODERATOR. SCRIBE. ASSISTANT SCRIBE. REGISTRA. CORRESPON'G SEC'Y. PREACHER. TEXT. 1844 Farmington... William Carter......J. T. Holmes....... None...................... lilo N. Mils......... J. T. lolmes........... L. II. Parker......... No recod. 1845 Princeton......Asa Donaldson......R.M. Pearson...................................... Horatio Foote......... Matt. vii: 29........... 1846 Farmington.....e.p..T....o.t..e....ilo.N....B..eeR. M. Pearson....... J.T. Holimes.......... Matt.v:14. 1847 Galesburg...... Horatio Fot.......W C.............r t Wmo. Carter........... Matt. xvi:3............ 184S'Jacksonville... Lucius II. Parker.. R. M. Pearson...... 1............................................7. Blanchard........... Col. i: 18............... 1849 0ttawa........... Nath'l C. Clark.....Lansinig Porter....................................... 0..................................................................... N 18509Rockford........Reuel M. Pearson.. S. G. Wrigt. t......... M..Whittlesey..... Levi Spencer............ No record............... 1851!Galesburg....... Wm.Kirby.........G. S. F. Savage..... Flael Bascoa......... " tWm. Carter........... Acts v:42. 1852 Peoria............ Blanchard......... M. K.Whittlesey.. R. C. Bristol............................ Horatio Foote.........II Cor.: 4.............. 1853 Quincy........... M.K. Whittlesey-Jas. A. Hawley None................................. Flavel Bascom........ Luke iv: 18............ 1854Chicago.........A. B. Hitchcock...G. S. F. Savage..... W. E.olyoke. L.. dwin JohsOi.... aik iv: 26 27. 1S655Jacksonville... iJ.EC..Holbiocl..X. in..K llolyoke.. C. Briol...... Eggleston.......Matt. xiii: 16, 17..... 1856 ttawa......... M. Sturtevant. Lewis Benedict.......N. Mies.......................... EdwardBee.he GdSwFravsBe Jchero 1857iigina... F. S. W. i.................... ~..... Stdaid Lee rner..... [Isaiah ii: 17, 22....... 15 piucetSoks...n.e.y.lohnvFlavel:Bascom...... W35. Wis.el....... aa BS l859 Bloomingt~on... G. S. F. Savage..... J. ES. Roy............. Joseph A. Bent....... Ie & Stt Secty or Sec reasr.... m. W. Patto....... Acts i: 8.......... 1860 Aurora........... Joseph Haven.... Jarnes H. Dill...... IW. 0. olyoke........ S. HIopkds Emery... Mi. K. Whittlesey..... 1-1. M. Goodvvin.......Johin i:4&lleb.ii. 17 I18hG Calesbu.......g S. Hopkins Emery H. 1.. Whittlesey. C F Martin. I.......... K......J.M.STurtevant......'Isaiah xxvi: 9......... 188c2,'Roccfcrd.......Win. WV. Patton... Edwin B.Turner... S. I?. Daniels....................... E. Tianklin X. -Fisk..... Mark xii: 37: Ist els I 183 Geneseo.......... Saiuel C. Bartlett S. Hopkins Lmery 1-1. C. Aberinethy.... Geo. B. Hubbard. xi: 16. St el's.. 18G4 Quincy........... Win. C. Scoield..... II. C. Abernetby...Chas.. iratt........ Wi...... Wm.C. Scofield...... lCor xv: 25........... 1865 Peoria.......Joseph 33. Roy..... 7. C.5Dnn........... A. L....... ~ Perkins...........,adahixi:21........ [ 1866 Ottawa.......... Joel Grant............ jL.J. White......... John W. cass.......... (r.....s...... D. Pl........... Psaila Xi: 2.. 186 In~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I i tciI515 ccii: 7........ *Rollin lieears and R. D4. Pearson, primary and alternate, failed. J. A. iawley, from Connecticut, preached.' Sc. K. Whittlesey amid R. Itecars, primary and alternate, failed. W. Carte-preachted, having been appointed by Association in 1S49, on a special subject. tRollin Mears. primary, deceased. h. M. Goodwin. alternate, failed. C. A. Aiken, from Mass,, prea ied. +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (LI.) CHAIR MEN OF COMMITTEES OF THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF ILLINOIS.; -' On Nomination of -SARB On Business. On Religious Exer- On Narrative. Delegates to Corres- On State of Country. On Accounts. On Essays. cises. ponding Bodies. 1St4 John Cross............. Milo N. Miles........... 1845 I-oratio Foote......... Asa Donaldson......... 1846 Lucius H. Parker.... Milo N. Miles......... 1847 JonathanBlanchardil H. H. Kello............ Milo N. Miles..............! s848I " " J. M. Sturtevant........ Darius Gore.............. j 1S49| ucius H. Parker.... M. K. Whittlesey... R. MI. Pearson..........The Moderator......... 18 N. Calin Cla........pener.................. See........... 185lL. Speicer............ lavel Bascom........ Samuel G. 1Wright...... Carter............ I 182;William Ctrter....... L. -I. Parkr........... J. M. Sturtvant......... J. A. Hawley............ i 153 " " A.. G.Pease................ Bac m................. - ollin Mears............... i l5tIN. C. Clark............ N. 1.1. Eggleston............ Wrght........... J. M. Sturtevant......... 1855 G. S. F. Savage...... E. Johnson............... R. Alears................ pe Brown..............., 1855 William Carter....... M. K. Whittlesey........ S. F. Savage..........A. Lynan.................. I 1857 J. Blanchlird.......... Win.. llolyoke....... E. Johns-ion................I K. Whittlesey..... 1858 Edward Beecher B......S.D. Cohrsl Aan............. W. A. Nichols........... lGeo.. tB. ubbard......... 1859 HIoratio Foote.......... Latirop Taylor.......... S. Iopki)s iEmery...... Samtuel G. Wright...... 1 1860 SatnielC. Bartlett...!R. B. Bull.................II. M. Goodwin........... S. I. Emery.............. i 186loti F;l IBscom......... lEd.ward Beechlc........ Nath. P. Coltrin..........Teremiah Porter....... XW. Patton............ I 1S62 " " i. I M. Goodwi l.......... Charles F. Martin....... GCorge Schlosser......... L. L IIan L onTl d...... Wim. E. Ilolyoke....... E. llolyoke......... 18fi3 o8iW. C. Seofidel........ Joseph T. Cook.......... Toseph A. Johnson......jCharles F. Martin...... E. Beecher............... Frdeic T. Perins..... ien Farnham........ i 84F- rankir inWl. Fik.. 1i' opkS ins EmAerv.....Chls. A. Harvey..........Wnm. W. Whipple...... t.lH. Goodwin............ Reuel. e. arrson........ E.B. Turner............ 865'. J. Phelps............ e...... E.G. Smith.............. G-. Wright.............. D. itchel............ James II. Smith......... U. W. Small...............; 18C(l Edv.-ard Beecher N Lewis.......Flavel Basco................ Gc. Goodwin........... Edward Beeclhr......... D. Robertson..........F. W. Fisk........... g0 (S.) 1. CONSTITUTION, ARlTICLE 1. This Association sihall be called, The G(-ceral (C;'eyrcfgfe.ioml Association of Illinois. 2. Any minister belonging to any local Association in this State, of the sound and evangelical character of which the General Association shall be satisfied, shall be entitled toa seat in this Body; also, one Delegate from each church in such local Association. 3. The presiding officer shall be a. Moderator, chosen annually by ballot. 4. There shall be a Corresponding Secretary chosen annually by ballot, who shall conduct the correspondence of the Association, and shall serve as Treasurer. 5. There shaLll be a Registrar, chosen as above, to keep a true record of the doings of this Body; who shall also act as Statistical Secretary, and be one of the Committee to prepare the Narrative of the State of Religion. 6. 1The object of this Association shall be to promote intercourse and harmony aimong the churches, and to secure a more perfect co-operation in every good work. 7. The local Associations shall retain their respective rights and privileges, and no ecclesiastical authority shllral ever be assumed by, or delegated to, the General Association. 8. This Association shall meet annua.lly, on the fourth Thursday of May, at half-past seven o'clock 1. M.; or, on such day as shall be fixed from time to time. 9. The annual meetinsg shall be opened with a sermon from the last Moderator. The Lord's Supper shall be administered on the following Sabbath. 10. At each meeting, a preacher and his alternate shall be appointed, by ballot, for the next. 11. The Association shall establish its own standing rules and regulations, subject to alteration at future meetings. 12. This Constitution may be altered at any annual meeting, by a twothirds vote; provided, such alteration shall have been proposed at a previous meeting. 2. ARTICLES OF FAITH. ARTICLE 1. We believe in one God-the Creator, Preserver and Ruler of the Universe, existing in an incomprehensible Trinity-the Father, Son and Holy Ghost; each possessing all Divine perfections. ART. 2. We believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments were given by Inspiration of the Holy Ghost, and are the only infallible rule of faith and practice. ART.. We believe that God created and governs all things for His own glory, according to His eternal purpose; and in perfect consistency with His hatred of sin, the freedom and accountability of man, and the use and efficiency of means. ART. 4. We believe in the fall of our first parents, and the consequent entire depravity and lost condition of the human race. ART. 5. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, who is very God, assumed our nature, and, by His sufferings and death on the cross, made expiation for the sins of the world, so "that whosoever believeth in Him, should not perish, but have eternal life." 52 APPENDIX. [May, A.RT. 6. We believe in the necessity of a radical change of heart, that is, "except c man be born ayain, he cannot see the Kingdom of God." ART. 7. We believe that the influences of the Spirit are indispensable to make the truth effectual in the conversion of sinners, and in the sanctification of believers; and that this influence is perfectly consistent with the free agency of man. ART. 8. We believe that all, who are truly regenerated, "are kept by the power of God, through faith unto salvation." ART. 9. We believe that all, who will finally be saved, were "chosen of God, in Christ, before the foundation of the world." ART. 10. We believe that the moral law, contained in the ten commandments, is binding on all men as the rule of life, and that obedience to it is the only proper evidence of a change of heart. ART. II. We believe that the ordinances of Baptism and the Lord's Supper, together with the Christian Sabbath, are of perpetual obligation; that the Lord's Supper is for believers, and Baptism for believers and their households. ART. 12. We believe that a credible evidence of a change of heart, is an indispensable ground of admission to the privileges of the visible Church. ART. 13. We believe that a Church is a company of Christians, associated together for communion in the Gospel Ordinances, and the promotion of holiness-invested by Christ with power to choose their own officers, admit members, and exercise government and discipline according to the Gospel. ART. 14. We believe in the future resurrection of the body, and final judgment, when all mankind will be judged according to their works, the wicked consigned to endless punishment, and the righteous received to life eternal, 3. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CIURCH POLITY. 1. The New Testament contains, in express precept, or in the practice of the apostles and primitive churches, all the principles of church organization and government. 2. There is but one spiritual order of persons in Christ's church. 3. The officers of a particular church are ministers, (called also, bishops, elders and pastors,) and deacons. 4. Each particular church is vested by Christ with the right to choose its own officers, receive, discipline, exclude and restore members, and to regulate all its internal affairs. 5. Each church is so independent of all other ecclesiastical bodies, that. they can exercise over it no judicial or legislative authority. 6. The acts of all councils and associations touching doctrine, church order and government, are advisory-not authoritative. 7. Associations are a rational means of that unity in principle and affection among Christians, prayed for by Christ. 8. Churches must withdraw fellowship from ministers or churches that are unsound in doctrine, or disorderly in conduct. 9. We believe that the holding of our fellow-men as property is an immorality in practice; and that the defense of it is a heresy in doctrine, either of which ought to be regarded as a disqualification for church fellowship. 10. We believe that credible evidence of conversion to Christ is a prerequisite to membership in His church. 1866.] APPENDIX. 53 4. RULES OF BUSINESS. RULE, 1. After the opening sermon, the Moderator of the last meeting, or in his absence, the Pastor of the church with which the Association meets, shall call the Association to order, when a Scribe and Assistant Scribe shall be chosen. 2. The roll of members shall be made out by the Scribe, who shall call upon each member to hand in his name, location, and ecclesiastical connection, on a slip of paper. 3. The Scribe shall call for, receive and count the ballots for Moderator, and declare the person chosen. 4. The Moderator shall open the Association with prayer, after which the minutes of the last meeting shall be read. 5. A Committee shall be appointed to prepare business, through whom all business shall come, except by vote of the Association. Not more than one member of the Committee shall be in membership with any one local Association. 6. No member shall withdraw until the close of the session, without leave of absence obtained of the Association. 7. After the devotional exercises each morning, the minutes of the preceding day shall be read and the roll called. 8. Every member, when he wishes to speak, shall address the Moderator, who shall announce the speaker's name. 9. No member shall speak more than twice to the merits of any question in debate, except by special permission of the Body. 10. Every motion, except for adjournment, shall be reduced to writing, if the Moderator or any two members desire it. I.1. When a motion is under debate, no motion shall be made except for amendment or division, or to lay on the table, or for the previous question, or to postpone, or for an adjournment. The previous question is, shall the main question now be put? 12. While the Moderator is putting any question, or addressing the Body, no one shall walk out of, or across the house; nor in such case, or when a member is speaking, shall entertain private discourse, or read any printed book or paper, nor when any member is speaking, shall pass between him and the chair. 13. In case of an equal division of votes, the Moderator shall have a casting vote. 14. The Moderator shall'continue in office until the next annual meeting of the Association; and, in case of necessity, shall have power to alter the appointed place of annual meeting, of which he shall give public notice -in such papers as have the most general circulation among the members. 15. It is recommended that the reports of the Churches be condensed, so as not to exceed five minutes each in their presentation, and that the reports of the Registrars be in writing, and not to exceed five minutes. 16. These rules shall be read at the opening of every annual meeting, and shall be in force during the pleasure of the Association, any rules to the contrary previously made notwithstanding. 54 A P P ND x. [Ma.y ALPIT-ABE FTICAL CATALOGUE OF NMINISTERS IREPOItTED TO THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF ILLINOIS, WVITIH POST-OTIqlCEjS ADDRESS. N. B.-The figures refer to the Associatiotn where the name of the Minister may be found,::Prefixed to a name, indicates one not a niember of any District Association in this State. In sore itistances there are two fisures, when a Minister is a m.ember of ono Association, but preaches within tho bounds ot another. Abernetlhy, Henry C., Oneida, Knox county.......................................... 4 Adams, Calvin C., Deane Corners, Lake county..................................... 6 *Arasden, Benjamin Monroe, (G'ete Will county..................................... Armstrong, Frederic Alexander, Pittsfifeld, Pike county............... 12 Arnold, Arthur E., Tew Rzutland, La Salle county................................. 2 iAtherton, Isaac W., J1 rinfield, Pleoria county....................................... 4 Atkinson, Williamn A. Lisle, DuPage count..................... 5 Baker, Ephraim Hudson, Marsacilles, LaSalle county............................... Baker, Joseph )D., C'abnibride, Henry county....................................... 1 Baldwin, Tlleron, New lYo r City............................. 1 *Barker, Samuel P., llale, Ogle county.......................................... 11 Barnaul, E. C., Jefersonz, Cook county....................................... Barnes, Charles 3I., M Iinssdale, DuPage county........................................ Bartlett, Samuel Colcord, CLia, oCook county..................................... Barton, Charles B., TWoodbmun, Macoupin county..................................... 12 Bascom, Flavel, Princeeon, Bureau county............................ 1 Beardsley, William, iV/ietaon, DuPage county........................................ Beebee, A. G., Genevoa, Kane county........................................... 6 Beecher, Edward, Galesburg, Knox county.......................... 4 Beecher, Frederic WIilliam, shm ankakee, Kankakee county..................... 3 Beecher, George E., 1~1 Paso, Woodford county..................................... 2 -Beecher, W. Judson,. Galesbu1g, Knox county........................................ 4 Benedict, Lewis, Laown cRidge, Marshall county.................................. 4 Bent, Joseph Avery, ffoyetosn, Washington county.......................... 2 Blanchaard, Jonathan, I7ea/ton, D)uPage county.................................... Blanchard, W. S., Chicago (Cook county............................................. 1 Blood, John, Cl/ftlon, Iroquois county................................................. Bray, William L., Attrora, Kane county....................................... Breed, Charles Cleveland, East Panpya.e.w, Lee county............................. 7 Brickett, Harry, Gee-seo, Henry county...........................................1 & 8 Bross, HarI mon, 3 billbulrn, Lake county........................................... 6 Brown, Hope, Roc/(ford, Winnebago county...........................................11 Bull, Richard B., /'rauklegan, Lake county......................................... 5 Buss, Henry J., Dement Station, Ogle county................................1.. & 6 Campbell, Alexander B., Jlledon, Adams county.....................................10 Carter, William, Pittsfiedd Pike county................................. 10 Cass, John W., MIorriZson Whiteside county........................................ 9 Chamberlin, William Aspley, Bear;s:, } Cas coUin ty.............................12 Champlin, Stephen W., PopJlar GroveBoone county................................11 Chapman, Alexander AB., M ooeka, Grulndy county................................. 7 Chapman, Daniel, IfunItcy, McHenry county.......................................5 & 6 Christopher, William B., iMendota, LaSalle county................................. I Church, Bethuel C.,'ontiac, Livingston county....................... 2 *Clark, Daniel, Plainfield, Will county.................................. 7 *Clark, Gideon C., }oodburn, Macoupin county.............................12 1866.] APPENDIX. 55 Clark, Nathaniel Catlin, Elgin, Kane county.......................................... Cobb, Henry W., Chicago, Cook county................................................ Coltrin, Nathaniel P., Cetalia Marion count y l................................. 10 Cone, Sylvanus S., TWleynesville, De Witt county.................................... 7 Conrad, Charles Edwa rd, Quinc,! Adams county....................................10 Conville, Gordon Morris, Oakalla, Iroquois county.................................;> Cook, Joseph T., Sycan ore, De Kalb county........................................... Dada, Edward Payson, Pecatonica, Winnebago county..............................II Daniels, Henry M., Winnlebago, Winnebago county.................................11 Daniels, W. H., Normnal, McLean county...............................................' Davis, James Scott, Hoyleton, Washington county...........................1 Day, Warren F., Bloomningdi ale, DuiPage county....................................... Dickerson, 0. C., Boonsboro, Iowa........................'........... Dickinson, Cornelius E., Oak Par, Cook county..................................... Dickinson, Edmund F., Chiceagco, Cook county....................................... Dilley, Samuel, Sumtni7er Hill, Pike county.............................................10 Dixon, James Jedidiah Alexander Tillson, WIooksiock/, Melcenry county...... Dodge, William 1., ilillbue'n, Lake cou ty............................................. Dole, Sylvester., Seneca, LaSalle county............................................. 7 Drake, Andrew Jones, ltlanta, Logan county....................................... 2 Dunn, Richard C., Tollon, Stark county................................................ Durham, Henry, LaSalle, LaSalle county............................................. I Eaton, Cyrus It., Rosevtille, Warren counl ty.............................. -I Ebbs, Edward, Aurora, Kane county................................................... Emerson, Joseph, A4lndover, Massachusetts............................................. Emery, Samuel Hopkins, Quincy/, Adams county.................................... 1 Evarts, Rteuben, NVewv Rztland, L aSallb county........................................ Farnha.m, Lucien, Newark, Kendall county.......................................... 7 IF'isk, Eli C., Htzlt. ana, MIason county...................................... Fisk,'Franklin WV.. Chica,c Cook county............................................. F5itts, Calvin R., f.arvard, McHienry county..........................................1 Foote, Horatio, Quinicny, Adams county................................................ 1 Foster, Lemuel, Blue Isl/and, Cook county............................................. Fiuller, Francis L., Ve~ ailb, DeKalb county.......................................... Fuller, Fiancins L., DA.C// Deb alb county. *Garney, E. W., Duleith, Jo Daviess county.......................................... Goodwin, Henryy HM. Roe/ibrd,,Wil nnebago county................................... 1 Gore, Darius, Lainoille, Bureau county...................................... I Granl er, John L., Bristol, Kendall county............................................ 7 Grant, Joel, Chicacg o, Cook county..................................................... Guild, Rufls Barnard, Gal/i, Henry county......................................... 4. Gulliver, John P., C cc o, Cook county................................................ -Hallock, J. A., Pa1 latne, Cook county................................................... Hammond, Henry L., C/icao, Cook county......................................... Hancock, Charles, BUtda, Bureauc county............................................. l(Harper, A mirer, Pot?By/ron, Itock Island county.................................... 8 Hl-arrison, Charlles S., Ui ion, Mc enry county........................................( Itarwood, Jamles l., C;':ystal Lake, Alcl[ enry county.............................. 6( taskins, Benjamin F., Fictornia, Knox cotnty....................................... 4 lHaven, Joseph, (/icag/o, C ook county................................................... Hlawley, Zerlah K., m'n ip. nihi, Tennessee........................... 0 Heatley, J. W.. Cticago, Cook county..................................................... Hi gins, S. H..nLanark, Carroll ounty................................................ 9 Ilodoges, James, Shr/ilad, Winneba go county......................................... II [Iolyoke, Williaml E., B n/er I /, 71ill, coupiu coutlty..............................1.. Howe, Elbridge G., WTrauken gan, Lake county........................................... Hlubbard, GCeorge B. At troa' Kalne county............................................ fyde, Ae. nriu. nnPolo, O'l county.......................................... 56 APPENDIX. [Iay, Ingersoll, E. P., Maiden, Bureau county................................................ Jenney, Elisha, Galesburc, Knox county........................................... 4 Johnson, George S., RockJford, Winnebago county................................... 11 Kellogg, SylYanus Holbrook, Trayne, DuPage county............................. ( *-Kennedy, Joseph Reid, Chandlerville, Cass county.................................2 Kimball, George P., Wheaton, DuPage county....................................... 7 *Kingsley, David H., Elk Grove, Cook county...................................... Kinney, Martin P., Rockfot rd, Winnebago county....................................11 Kitchel, Harvey D., lIiiddlebury, Vermont.............................................. Lawson, Francis, Rockiton, Winnebago county......................................11 Leffingwell, Lyman, Ontario, Knox county........................... 4 Leonard, Lemuel, icLean., McLean county........................................ Lewis, Edwin N., Ottawa, LaSalle county............................................ Lightbody, Thomas, St. Ciharles, Kane county...................................... 6 Lloyd, William A', Mlorris, Grundy county................................. 7 Lorriaux, Theophile, Quievy, France................................................. Loughead, James, Morris, Grundy county................................. 7 Lyman, Addison, Sheffeld, Bureau county............................................ Mack, Josiah A., Mloline, Rock Island county 8................ —........... & 8 Markham, Reuben F., YNewar/l, Kendall county..................................... Mattison, Israel, Sandwcich, DeKalb county................................ 7 McCord, Robert Leeper, Lincoln, Logan county.......................' Merritt, William C., Dallas City, Hancock county....................................12 Miles, Milo N., Geneseo, Henry county..................................... Miller, Daniel R., Lisbon, Kendall county...............7..................... 7 Millerd, Norman Alling, Sheboyglan, Wisconsin....................................... 6:*Millikan, Silas F., Wheaton, DuPage county..................................... *Mills, Henry, Canton, Fulton county................................................... 4 Montgomery, John A., Dwn iqght, Livingstbn county................................. Morrill, John, Pecatonica, Winnebago county.........................................11 Nichols, Washington A., CUhicago, Cook county............................... Ordway, Samuel, Neponset, Bureau county......................................... Orvis, William B., Atlanta, Logan county.......................................... 2 Oxnard, Frederic, Elygi, Kane county.................................. 6 Page, Alvah C., lgi, ane county...................................................... Parker, Lucius H., Galesbulg, Knox county.......................................... 4 Partridge, George C., Batavia, Kane county................................... t; Patch, Rufus, Ontario, Indin.......................................................... Patton, William W., Chicago, Cook county........................................... Pearson, Reuel M., Polo, Ogle county............................................ 9 Pendleton, Henry G., Henrli, Marshall county....................................... 4 Penfield, Samuel, iVora, Jo Daviess county.................................. 9 Pennoyer, Andrew Leeds, V"ermont, IFulton county................................ 4 Perkins, Frederic T., Gt.sb)rtg, Knox county....................................... 4 Perkins, William, Ottawa,, LaSalle county.............................................12 Phelps, S. Wallace, Lee Center, Leecounty............................................. Phinney, G. W., eoria, Peoria county................................................ 4 Pierce, William G., Eln7mwood, Peoia county......................................... Platt, Henry D., Chesterfield, Mavcoupin county................................... 1 Pomeroy, Lemuel, liuscotak, Kansas........................... 1 Porter, Jeremiah, Chicago, Cook county................................................ Porter, Lansing, Autubairn, New York.....................1.................... Porter, Samuel F.,'iW eaeton, DuPage county................................; Porter, William, Webster Groves, Missouri............................... I Post, Aurelian H., Per, LaSlle county.............................................. *Post, M:artin, Sterling, Whiteside county................................. 9 1866.] APPENDIX. 57 Rankin, Adam L., Men2 Iphis, Tennessee............................................... 5 Reed, Myron W.,El Paso, Woodford county........................................... 2 Richards, John Lewrellyn, Big Rock, Kane county................................. 7 Richards, J. P., Atkibnso2, Henry county............................................. Riggs, Alfred Longley, Lockport, Will couity........................................ 7 Roberts, George Lewis, Ilillsboro. Montgomery county............................12 Roberts, James Grey, Jacksonville, Morgan county.................................12 Roy, Joseph E., Chicago, Cook county.................................................. 5 Ryder, Charles E., I'ethersfield, Henry county....................................... I Sanders, Clarendon M., Lyonsville, Cook county...................................... 5 Savage, George S. F., Chicago, Cook county.......................................... Schlosser, George, Paxton, Ford county................................................ Selden, Calvin, Arisype, Bureau county.................................................. Shipherd, Jacob R., Chicago, Cook county............................................ Small, Uriel W., Lisbon, Kendall county............................................... 7 Smith, Isaac B., Dundee, Kane county.................................................. Smith, Stephen S., Chicago, Cook county............................................... 5 Snow, Roswell R., Udina, Kane county............................................. 6'Stephens, Jeremiah D., Rockford, Winnebago county.............................11 Stevens, Asahel A., Peoria, Peoria county............................................. 4 Stoddard, James P., Byron, Ogle county............................................... 1 Sturtevant, Julian Munson, Jacksonville, Morgan county..........................12 *Swinton, Robert C., Granville, Putnam county...................................... 1 Taylor, Lathrop,'Fcrmington, Fulton county.......................................... 4 Thompson, Howard S., Jremont, Tazewell county.................................... 2 Thrall, Samuel R., La Ilarpe, Hancock county.......................................10 Tompkins, James, Danby, DuPage county............................................ 5 Tupper, Henry Martyn, }Waverly, Morgan county....................................12 Tuthill, Edward Brewster, Jacksonville, Morgan county...........................12 Underwood, Henry B., Rinzgwood, McHenry county................................. 6 Van Dyke, Samuel A., Chlcl paigln, Champaign county.............................. 3 Van Wagner, James M., Ifewanee, Henry county.................................... 1 Walton, Jeremiah E., Portland, Maine..................................................11 Watson, Cyrus L., Oakalla, Iroquois county.......................................... 3 Webb, Wilson D., Lyndon, Whiteside county.......................................... 9 Weller, James, Bunker Hill, Macoupin county........................................12',West, J. W., Tonica, LaSalle county............................................ 7 Wheeler, Frederic, Ontario, Knox county............................................ 4 Whipple, William W., Clayton, Brown county.........................................10 White, John W., MJorrison, Whiteside county.......................................... 9 White, Lorenzo Johnson, Amboy, Lee county......................................... Whitmore, A. A., Ilenry, Marshall county............................................ 4 Whittlesey, Martin Kellogg, Ottawa, LaSalle county................................ 7 Wilcox, Luman, Earl, LaSalle county................................................. 7 Williams, George Washington, Adams, Adams county.............................10 Worrell, Benjamin F., Prairie City, McDonough county........................... 4 Wright, Samuel Guild, Dover, Bureau county....................................... I Wright, William B., Chicago, Cook county............................................ 5 Wyckoff, Alfonzo D., fonee, Will county...........................................2 & 3 Wyckoff, James Dunham, Elnmwood, Peoria county................................. 4 Ministers reported to the General Association witlhout Post-office address. Alden, E. Judson....... 7 Bristol, Richard C........ 6 Brown, Robert,...... 7 Chapman, Jacob,...... 3 Day, Samuel,..............9 Decker, Hiram,.......11 Dickinson, Henry A... 7 Felch, Charles P........... 7 Hinman, H. H........ 2 Hitchcock, Alien B.... 8 Leach, Cephas A..........10 Lyman, Timothy,.... 7 Parker, J. D............10 Todd, Daid,............... 1 Wainwright, G. W... 8 NOTE BY THE STATISTICAL SECitETARY. THE long-expected Map, showing the location of the Associated Congregational Chltrches of Illinois, is at length realized in this year's publication of the Minutes. This will account, in part, for the delay in their publication. But it is hoped the pleasure afforded by this new feature of our work, will atone for any inconvenience experienced by the delay. Mr. Joi:X AENER GORDON, a member of the Congregational Church of Roseville, Warren County, is entitled to the credit of preparing the Map for the Engraver, and my friend, Jo SEPIt R. WILLS, who undertook the work three years ago, in Quincy, now in the employ of the Western Engraving Company of Chicago, has faithfully executed it. Its cost has been more than was a. t first contemplated, but not burdensome, when divided among the Churchles. At the suggestion of a ministerial brother, a hint is given on the cover, that the Miinuleare not designed to be used as waste paper, but to be preserved, circulated and read. Some Ministers have adopted such a mode of circulation as makes a few copies answer for a whole Church. The Minutes properly used, may be a means of Grace to our Inenmbership. May the Statistical Secretary be permitted to entreat the Stated Clerks of the District Associations, to perfect and finish their tables,, before they come into his hands. It is a rare luxuryl' to that officer, who, till the present year, has expended the best part of several weeks of unpaid labor in his work, to see every column filled with something, if only a cypher, and the totals right, with every item aslked for, faithfully and fully given.' M. Post-" is certainly ntr a minister's name in full, and it was only by receiving a letter, the other day, from Sterlilg, we learned the name was " Martin." " Rev. Prof. Beecher" woulld lot look well iin a catalogue of names in full. If ministers find strange liberties taken' with their names, succh as giving lictitious initials, astonishing themselves if no others, it is to be attributed to strange copy. For example, Harwocd's name is given by the same Stated Clerk, as James H. and James /,.Which is right? Cone, as Sylvester C. and Sylvester R.; Garney as E... and E. IW.; Reed. Myron S. and Myron TV. It is not probable the Publishing Committee has alwnys guessed right. Do not the Statistical Tables require greater care in their preparation? In quite half the tables of columns coming from the Secretaries and Treasurers for the seven benevolent objects, there were discovered mistakes of a single figure, which were very perplexing-the result of hasty calculation, of course. The Post Office address of 105 nly —less than one-half of our ministers —relnains ulnchanlged since 18C4, or for two years, and of these, 40, or nearly one-half, do not act as pastors of churcheO.. With such want of permanency, the present post office address fails to tell the truth for the whole year. The address of our Mloderator has been changed from Lockport, as given osl page 2, to Chicago, as given on page 55. The variable, uncertain reports which come from the churches, are thus graphically describeil by the Stated Clerk, who faithfully serves the Southern Association: " Bunkler Iill reported list year membership of 105-this year, loss of 12 and yet only 71 memsbers-Where are the rest? Collins 21 last year, loss of 1 during the year, and now, only 13 memburs. In the case of Chesterfield, 64 and 6 are made to equal 5S. In Htillsboro', 52 and 4 equal 58. In IIoyleton, 5& and 11 equal 66. In Sandoval, 14 and 6 equal 20. In Woodburn, 72 with a loss of 5, equals 71." And after writing to Rosemond 5 letters, the indefatigable statistical brother is doomed to I earn that "by some mysterious process, a loss of one during the year reduces the membership front 76 to 66." No wonder our Br. Tupper pronounces these —" curiosities of arithmetical calculation." We have always supposed that the Minutes of past years were right, and that the New England Church in Chicago was older, by a few months, than the South Church-but this year, in giving their age, (and who should know it better than themselves) lo! the South Church wa. organised 1853, Nov. 20-a new date, and the New England Church, 1855, June 15, also, a new date. Salem Chuirch of the same city has also changed its month, and Union P'lark las altogether withheld the month. These are among tlhe fitrther " curiosities' of statistical experience.... HIow can Harry Brickett be a member of the Bureau Association, Ills., and of the tUion Congregational Association, N. I., at one and the same time? Bureau Association says, S. Wallacee Phelps, within whose bounds he labors, belongs to the Rockford Association-ltockford says no such thing. Fox River Union says, Wmn. A. Lloyd belongs to Elgin~-Elgin does not respond. RockfOrd says, S. W. Champlin belongs to Elgin-Elgin is again silent. Thus the Statistical Secretary, before he was aware of it, was led into a mistake of 3 in the Summittry, p. 4, and instead of 7 being reckoned twice, it is 4, the number to be deducted fromn the sum total of ministers. Some names seent determined to be wrong. Whether Dads is Edwuarsd, or Edgar Payson, is still doubtful. The authorities disagree. Bro. Whittlesey, in correcting proof sent him, says, " E. C Barnaul, p. 83, should be Barniard." The former is right according to copy, which is carefully followed. The same brother misses stars in the tables to designate those outside of our connection. They will be found in the Catalogue. Following the suggestion ot this br., rather than copy from Central West, Whittemore on ip. 32 is made Whitinore in tlIe Catalogue. " Their," on p. 23, preceding "only Savior," should be "the "-the former word, however, as Prof. Bartlett suggests, "causing neither heresy nor nonsense"-which is nmore than can be affirmed of all blunders of the type. Dr. Beecher suggested. that the namles of Prof. Bartlett and Pres. Blanchard be entered with his own, at the conclusion of thle IReport on Secret Societies, p. 23, but too late to do it. The name of the Chairman only is in any case given with the Report. Erase "that" before "Whereas" near the middle of the 5th Resolution on the State of the Country, p.25, and substitute "in" for the first "uts," in the 2d line following, " liZcumbent" should be " in7pendig'" near the bottom of the 20th page. Insert "the've" before "lessons," on p. 28, 19 lines Irom the bottom. Br. Savage suggested, too late to make the correction, a different heading to the Tract coluha.i in table of Contributions, such as "Tract Cause," or, " American Tract Society, Btostou." TABLE OF CONTENTS. Title pag e e................................................................................ I Oificers of General and District Associations..................................... Minutes of the Twenty-Third Annual Meeting.................................. 3-14 APPENDIX. ieport of Treasurer of Fund in aid of the families of deceased and disbled ministers, Note A................5......................... 15 Report of the Treasurer of General Association, Note B..................... ]t Rieport of the Board of Directors of the Theological Seminary of Chicago, and action of General Association concerning it, Note C......... 1-18 Action of General Association in behalf of the church at Normal, Note D, 18 Resolutions concerning Wheaton College, the Western Tract and Book Society, a Congregational House of Worship in Washington, and the American Congregational Union, Note E.................................... 1 Report of the Committee on Statistics, Note F................................... 19 Report of the Committee on Rites, Ceremonies and Secret Societies, Note G...................................... 1.....................19-28 Report.of the Committee on Religious Exercises, Note I.................... 23 Report of the Committee on the State of the Country, Note I..............24-25 Report of the Committee on Temperance, Note J...............................5-2 Resolutions on Gift Concerts, Lotteries and War, Note K..................... 2t Report of Committee to nominate Delegates to Corresponding Bodies, N ote L............................................................. 27-2 Narrative of the State of Religion, Note M....................................... 27-28 Statistics of the Churches, for the year ending March 31st, 1866, N ote N................................................................................ 9-39 Summary of the Statistical Tables................................................... 40 Items from the Stated Clerks of the District Associations, Note 0.........41-43 Plan of Systematic giving, and Tabular view of Contributions, Note P..43-48 Places of meeting, Officers and Preachers of General Association of Illinois, from the beginning, Note Q............................................. 49 Chairmen of various Committees of General Association, from beginning, N ote R...................................................................... 50 Constitution, Articles of Faith, General Principles of Church Polity, and Rules of Business of General Association, Note S..................51-53 Alphabetical Catalogue of Ministers, reported to the General Association, both with and without Post-office address............................54-57 Note by the Statistical Secretary................................................. 58 Alphabetical Catalogue of Associated Congregational Churches of Illinois, with a map, showing their location.................................. 60-61 ALPHABETICAL CATALOGUE OF ASSOCIATED CONGREGATIONAL CH-URCHIES IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, With the nun.ber of the Association in which each is to be jbfnd il the Statistical Tables. GlTheir location in Association and County may be found by referriny to Map on the opposite page. Abingdou..................4 Dix, P. 0. Paxton......3 Lisle..................... Providence................ Albany.....................9 Dover..................1 Lockport..................7 Algonquin................6Dundee.....................6 " Loda, P.. Oakalla, 3 Quincy, 1st Church...10 Altona....................4 Dunleith...................9Lod........................6 Quincy, Centre Ch....10 Amboy.....................I Durand.................11 Lyndon....................9 Quincy, German Ch..10 Anawan...................1 Dwight.....................2 Lyonsville................. Arispe.................1 Rantoul.....................3 Atkinson................1 Eagle Point..........,....9 Macomb)..................10 Riley........................6 Atlanta......East Pawpaw.............I Malden..................1 Ringwood an McAurora, 1st Church,...7 Eden........................ Malta......................6 enr............... Aurora, New g Ch.. Elgin........................6 Manteno...................3 Rockford, 1st Ch......l Avon...................4 Elk Grove........... 5 Marengo..................6 Rockford, 2nd Ch......11 Elk Horn Grove.........9 Marseilles................7 Rockport and Sum- ) 1 Barry................. 10 Elmwood............... 4 McLean.....................2 mer Hill........ Batavia.....................6 El Paso................2 Mendon................. 10 Rockton..................11 Beardstown............ 12 Evanston..................5 Mendota.................... Roscoe.....................11 Beverly....................10 Me amora..................2 Rosefield..................4 Big Grove..................7 Fall Creek, Ger.........10 Milburn................. 6 Rosemond................12 Big Rock..................7 Farmington........ 4..... Milo.................. 1 Roseville.................4 Big Rock, Welsh.......7 Fremont.................6 Moline..................8 Big Woods......... Ma.ne....................... Salem......................4 Bloomingdale...........6 Galena............. 9 Montebello............10 Sandoval...............12 Blue Island................5 Galesburg, 1st Ch..... 4 Morris.................... 7 Sandwich................ 7 Brenton, P.O. Onarga 3 Galesburg, 1st C. Ch...4 Morrison,................9 Saunamin..................2 Brimfield..................4 Galva.................. 4 Morton....................2 Seward....................11 Bristol.....................7 Gap Grove...............9 Munro......................6 Sheffield...................I Bruce........................2 Garden Prairie...........6 Shirland...................11 Buda.......................1 Geneseo....................8 Naperville................7 Spoon River...............4 Bunker IIill.............12 Geneva......................6 Nebraska..................2 St. Charles................ Burlingion................6 Granville................. Neponset..............1 Sterling..................... Burritt.................... 11 Gridley....................2 Nettle Creek..............7 Stillman Valley, 11 Byron......................11 Griggsville...............10 Newark....................7 P. 0. Hale. New Berlin............12 Sycamore................. Cambridge.................1 amilton................10 New Rutland............2 Canton.....................4 Hampton..................8 Newtown................10 Tonica......................7 Carpenterville...........6 Harvard.................11 Nora.........................9 Toulon.....................4 Champaign..............3 Henry.......................4 Normal.....................2 Tremont....................2 Chandlerville...........12 Hillsboro................12 Turner......................6 Chesterfield..............12 Homer......................7 Odell........................2T in Grove............... Chicago, 1st Church...5 HIoyleton.................12 Onarga.....................3 Chicago, Plym. Ch..... Huntley....................6 Oneida......................4 Udina....................... Chicago, South...........5 Ontario.....................4 Union.......................6 Chicago, New Eng......5 Jacksonville............12 Osceola..................... Chicago, Salem......... 6Jefferson.................. Oswego............... 7 Vermillion................7 Chicago, Union Park..5 Jericho.....................7 Ottawa, 1st Churc....7Vermont...................4 Chili........................10 Ottawa, Ply. Church...7 Victoria................. Clifton..................... aneville..................6 Owen.......................11 Vienna......................7 Collins...................12 Kankakee............. 3 Viola..................... Como.....................9 Kewanee..................1 Paxton.....................3 Concord..................12 Knoxville..................4 Payson....................10Wataga..................4 Cornwall..... 1........... Pecat0nica......... 1 Waukegan.................5 Crete...................5 Lafayette.................4 Peoria.......................4 Wauponsie...............7 Crystal Lake........... 6 La Harpe...............10 Peru.....................1 Waverly.................12 Lamoille.................... Pittsfield........ 1.......10 Wayne......................6 Dallas City............. 10 Lanark.....................9 Plainfield.............7 Wethersfield.............. Danby....................... La Salle..... 1............. Plymouth.............10 Wheaton...................7 Danvers....................2 Lawn Ridge 4..............4 Poplar Grove............11 Winnebago.............11 Deer Park...............7 Lee Centre.................I Port Byron..........8 Woodburn...............12 De Kalb.................6 Lincoln.....................2Prairie City...............4 Woodstock................. Dement..................... isbon....................7 Princeton................1 Wythe....................10' In Statistical Tab'e, on p. 31, this church is called Oa-klla. NAME&LOCATION OF,r. ^^l FIRST V^/ti^^ L- PLYMOUTH Oal>2A~7/&Elld/CM~ ez ^' CA R1ROLL I; ^ NEW ENGLAND VEGS / NC7/' I (',u^ - 7u~., ~?^ "'",|,'" "' \" At\100\'-E',! I SOUTH 4.2~ -],Z l )td6 DEKALB AvA NE^1 b SALEM ^d2 -d re, & eoi^ UNION PARK W TESDE -P'al S'/' -i i.TABEERNACLE Cef.:7~W~s1>f~ldlZ'rnan Mefl'ZGc.! MO f -a8tM'pto'^R 6s/htlT ~ ~Q ~^,]/t-am, D LL' -*/7'.... ~".. -~M e.?....m; - < W r _' _ "1 _< /E-~ - J@/ # WNOX fln r 3 tSTARK" ~ ~~'B-MO! ~ -''-^ ~^~ ^^SJRKA NI V b. Z88.n'eiw~t' -- ioo, i~..~o,.e,~ [[ * ~ ^ rw ]'on _o Id ~ 0on_ 1ti/o 1 ee-'. _:_: f I, 19, lPEORIA //|C/)nbnffh t WA RREN 1' 1/ a^ 6 l T wli tSO i) I II | XinytaRSEY PEOR/A *XIY0 s/'3CCZ244CtiOz 1 I O.; iilank~tsX~ lF/GTFi | RD 1^MA^so N,/ | \^ ~ \ A' 11^ ^ ~ 1L X |F | _ t' 14 SHO~l'NiGv TrE LA \ (^) CMB AN ||I ~ ^>^ ^ /^^^ _________.^/7-7-S^td ~~ GL A SST 1I~l~lXL1 Jo/ Acr/r~o^ AIDeCHRI r/e- N LES I PERRY'- HAMILTONWHITRON y: % I FRANKLIN jAM SIP"R ORAWFORO LADISON BONN STLOU7S NO / L "i MINUTES OF THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF M_ IH I H I A N, AT THEIR MEETING IN THE CITY OF JACKSON, MAY 17TH, 1 866. W IT Hr A N A P P NDIX. DETROIT: ADVERTISER AND TRIBUNE COMPANY. 1866. lle rs of t tl^nerdl l$soaiuaion. MODERATOR, REV. HENRY BATES, of Grass Lake. SECRETARY, REV. PHILO R. HURD, of Romeo. SCRIBE, REV. WOLCOTT B. WILLIAMS, of Charlotte. urt pstem of enebolenc.s. 1. THE TRACT CAUSE. —May and June —Rev. J. S. HOYT, Secretary and Treasurer, Port Huron. 2. THE CONGREGATIONAL UNION. —July and August-Rev. H. H. MORGAN, Secretary and Treasurer, Olivet. 3. HOME MIssIONS. -September and October-Rev. HERBERT A. READ, Secretary and Treasurer, Marshall. 4. THE CAUSE OF THE FREEDMEN.-November-Rev. WOLCOTT B. WILLIAMS, Secretary and Treasurer, Charlotte. 5. AMERICAN- AND FOREIGN CHRISTIAN UNION. —DecemberRev. HENRY BATES, Secretary and Treasurer, Grass Lake. 6. FOREIGN MIssIoNs. - January and February- Rev. GEO. H. COFFEY, Secretary, and Dea. A. B. GIBSON, Treasurer, Jackson. 7. EDUCATION OF YOUNG MEN FOR THE MINISTRY. —March and April — Rev. A. E. BALDWIN, Secretary and Treasurer, Ann Arbor. The next meeting will be held in the City of Kalamazoo, on the third Wednesday in May, 1867, commencing at 7.30 P. M. MINUTES. FIRST DAY — EVENING SESSION. THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION' OF MICHIGAN held its Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting in the Congregational Church in the City of Jackson, commencing on Thursday, May 17th, at 7.30 P. M., and was opened with a sermon by Rev. Sereno W. Streeter, the Moderator of the last meeting, from Luke, xxi., 29-31: "And he spake unto them a parable: Behold the fig-tree, and all the trees; when they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand." After the sermon, the Association was called to order by the Moderator, and the roll of members made out as follows: I. EASTERN CONFERENCE. MINISTERS. -Robert G. Baird, Adin H. Fletcher, James S. Hoyt, Fayette Hurd, Philo R. Hurd, William Platt, Oren C. Thompson, David Wirt. DELEGATES.- Charles H. Barrett, Dea. Samuel Coppernoll, Dea. Jacob A. Crawford, Zephaniah B., Knight, Seth Lathrop, Dea. Perley Morse, Dea. Charles I. Walker. II. JACKSON CONFERENCE. MINISTERS. -Abram E. Baldwin, Henry Bates, Edmund W. Borden, Samuel D. Breed, George H. Coffey, Samuel Phillips, Edwin W. Shaw, Guy C. Strong, James F. Taylor. 4 MINUTES OF THE DELEGATES.- David Bingham, Dea. Josiah Childs, James E. Field, Dea. Amasa B. Gibson, Thomas White, Charles H. Wines, Charles M. Wood, Dea. Darius S. Wood. III. MARSHALL ASSOCIATION. MINISTERS. —John R. Bonney, Oramel Hosford, Joseph D. Millard, Herbert A. Read, Samuel Sessions, Orange H. Spoor, John R. Stevenson, Sereno W. Streeter, Wolcott B. Williams, Helmas H. Van Auken. DELEGATES.-Charles Austin, William H. Coleman, Alonzo Collins, Dea. Albert G. Dewey, Dea. Samuel F. Drury, Dea. Silas Kelsey, Dea. Isaac Sawins, Dea. Alonzo S. Sprague. IV. GRAND RIVER ASSOCIATION. MINISTERS.-James W. Kidder, James A. McKay, J. Morgan Smith, Levi F. Waldo. DELEGATES. Dea. Samuel Judd, Solomon Summy. V. GENESEE ASSOCIATION. MINISTERS. J. Mills Ashley, Edwin T. Branch, William P. Esler, Charles C. McIntyre, John Patchin, Alonzo Sanderson. DELEGATES. - Orlando Forsyth, Dea. Elisha Galpin, Isaac T. Hollister, Robert C. Kedzie, Dea. Henry Post. VI. SOUTHERN MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION. MINISTERS. - Joshua W. Allen, John F. Boughton, James L. Crane, Hiram Elmer, Silas S. Hyde, Adam S. Kedzie, Asa Mahan, D. D. DELEGATES. Charles Baldwin, Dea. Timothy Bancroft, Andrew K. Bushnell, Philo C. Mills, Jarius Robbins, John Robbins, Simeon P. Root, Lyman Spaulding, Dea. Orlando S. Stevens, Dea. Gideon S. Wells. GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 5 VII. KALAMAZOO ASSOCIATION. MINISTERS. -Joseph Anderson, Elizur Andrus, William M. Campbell, Francis F. Ford, N. Dimmic Glidden, Thomas Jones, Henry H. Morgan, John Scotford. DELEGATES. -Oscar B. Dunning, Zenas L. Griswold, Dea. Miles Palmer, Dea. Martin Wilson. VIII. GRAND TRAVERSE ASSOCIATION. (Not represented.) IX. MUSKEGON VALLEY ASSOCIATION. MINISTERS.-Amos Dresser, Hazael Lucas, Alanson St. Clair. DELEGATE. William P. Odell. Organization. Rev. Henry Bates was chosen Moderator, Rev. Wolcott B. Williams, Scribe, and Rev. Orange H. Spoor, Assistant Scribe. Prayer was offered by the Moderator. The oBusiness Committee. Revs. John Patchin, Adin H. Fletcher, and Abram E. Baldwin, and Deas. Henry Post and Josiah Childs, were appointed a Business Committee. The Association adjourned until 8 o'clock to-morrow morning, to spend the first hour in devotional exercises, in connection with the daily morning prayer meeting of the Church in this place. Adjourned, with prayer by Rev. Sereno W. Streeter. 6.MINUTES OF THE SECOND DAY — MORNING SESSION. FRIDAY MORNING, May 18. The Association met according to adjournment, and spent the first hour in devotional exercises, conducted by Rev. G. H. Coffey, the Pastor of the Church. The Standing Rules were read by the Secretary. Report of the Business Committee. The Business Committee reported a Docket, which was accepted, and placed in the hands of the Moderator. Standing Committees. The Moderator announced the following Standing Committees: To prepare an Address to the Churches for next year-Revs. P. R. Hurd, A. S. Kedzie and J. W. Allen. To prepare a General Narrative of the State of Religion in the Churches —Revs. J. S. Hoyt, Hiram Elmer, and J. F. Taylor. To audit the Reports of Treasurers —Dea. C. I. Walker, Dea. Jacob A. Crawford, and Rev. L. F. Waldo. To assess the Tax upon the Local Associations- Bros. Z. B. Knight and R. C. Kedzie, and Rev. J. Morgan Smith. To nominate Delegates to Foreign Bodies-Revs. William Platt and S. S. Hyde, and Bro. C. H. Wines. To publish the Minutes of the General Association- Revs. P. R. Hurd, S. M. Freeland, and Wm. Platt. To arrange the Religious Exercises of the Association —Revs. G. H. Coffey, and E. T. Branch, and Dea. Timothy Bancroft. To nominate Secretaries and Treasurers of the Benevolent CausesRevs. S. W. Streeter, and H. H. Morgan, and Dea. Martin Wilson. GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 7.Delegates from Corresponding.Bodies. The following persons were present and took their seats as delegates from Corresponding Bodies; and, on being introduced, presented the fraternal salutations'of their respective bodies: Rev. C. Kidder, from the General Association of New York. Rev. H. L. Hammond, from the General Association of Illinois. Rev. W. Salter, D. D., from the General Association of Illinois. Rev. G. W. Clarke, from the Congregational Union of Canada. Rev. E. L. Davies, from the Synod of Michigan. Rev. L. R. Fisk, from the Michigan Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Honorary MIembers. The following Ministers, being present, were invited to sit with the Association as Honorary Members: Rev. S. E. Wishart, of the Synod of Michigan. Rev. D. B. Coe, D. D., Secretary of the American Home Missionary Society. Rev. S. J. Humphrey, District Secretary of the A. B. C. F. M. Rev. G. S. F. Savage, Secretary of the American Tract Society at Chicago. Rev. S. Richardson, of the Mission in Western Turkey. Rev. E. P. Smith, District Secretary of the American Missionary Association at Cincinnati. Rev. D. D. Frost, of the General Association of Massachusetts. Rev. M. W. Fairfield, District Secretary of the American Tract Society at Chicago. Rev. S. B. Treat, D). D., Secretary of the A. B. C. F. M. Rev. Thomas Wright, Secretary of the Sunday School Union for Michigan. Rev. J. Hinton, Agent of the American Bible Society. Rev. Isaac Kelso, of the New England Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. Calvin Clark, of the Synod of Michigan. 8 MINUITES O1 THE -Report of -Delegates to Foreign Bodies. The Delegates appointed to visit Foreign Bodies made their Reports, which were accepted..Response by Letter. Letters were read from Rev. Samuel L. Gould, Delegate from the General Conference of Maine, and from Rev. Alfred Connet, of the General Association of Indiana, conveying the fraternal salutations of their respective bodies. Letter from Missouri. A letter was read from Rev. E. B. Turner, Secretary of the General Conference of Missouri, informing us of the recent organization of that body, and asking for a fraternal correspondence. Voted, That the General Conference of Missouri be added to our list of Corresponding Bodies. Narrative of the State of Religion. It was made the order of the day for 2 o'clock this P. M. Change of the Constitution. Article VIII. of the Constitution was amended so as to read "Wednesday," instead of Thursday, as the day appointed for our Annual Meeting. Invitation to Visit the Prison. Such an invitation being received from the Warden, it was Voted, That the invitation be accepted, and that 4 o'clock this afternoon be designated for that purpose. The Association adjourned, with prayer by Rev. J. Anderson, to meet at 2.30 P. M. GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 9 SECOND DAY-AFTERNOON SESSION. FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The Association met according'to adjournment, and was opened with prayer by Rev. A. E. Baldwin. Compensation to the Secretary. On motion, it was Resolved, That the sum of fifty dollars be assessed upon the several Local Associations, and paid to the Secretary of this General Association in compensation for his personal services in preparing the Minutes for publication. /Narrative of the State of Religion. Narratives of the state of Religion in the several Local Associations were read, and referred to the Committee on the General Narrative. Committee on the State of the Country. Revs. Elizur Andrus, Alanson St. Clair, and W. P. Esler, were appointed a Committee to present resolutions on the State of the Country. Report of the Committee on Religious Exercises. The Committee on Religious Exercises made the following report, which was' accepted and adopted: IN THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.-Sunday Morning:-Addresses in behalf of Foreign Missions, by Revs. S. J. THumphrey, S. Richardson, and S. B. Treat, D. D. Sunday Afternoon: —The reading of the General Narrative of 2 10 MINUTES OF THE the State of Religion, to be followed by the administration of the Lord's Supper. The officiating Ministers to be Rev. W. Salter, D. D. and Rev. D. B. Coe, D. D. Sunday Evening — Addresses on Home Missions, by Rev. D. B. Coe, D. D., and others IN THE BAPTIsT CHURCH. -Preaching by Rev. A. B. Baldwin, in the morning, and Rev. John Patchin, in the evening. IN THE METHODIST CHURCH.-Rev. J. S. Hoyt, in the morning, and Rev. C. C. McIntyre, in the evening. IN THE CHAPEL, EAST SIDE. - Sunday Afternoon, Rev. J. M. Ashley. In THE PRISON CHAPEL. - Rev. E.. Smith, IN THE COLORED CHURCH. -Rev. Amos Dresser. The Social. On motion, it was ordered, that the adjournment this evening shall be at 8~ o'clock, for the purpose of attending a Social Gathering, to be held in the Chapel. Reports on the _Benevolent Cacuses. It was made the order of the day for to-morrow at 9 o'clock, to hear the Reports of the Secrertaries and Treasurers of the various benevolent causes adopted by this General Association, to be followed immediately by the hearing of their respective agents and representatives. At 4 o'clock the Association adjourned, with prayer, for the purpose of visiting the Prison. SECOND DAY —EVENING SESSION. FRIDAY EVENING. The Association met according to adjournment, and was opened with prayer by Rev. A. S. Kedzie. GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 1 The Chicago Theological Seminary. Very encouraging statements were made by Revs. H. L. Hammond and G. S. F. Savage, concerning the condition and prospects of the Chicago Theological Seminary. Its present and pressing needs were also set forth. Whereupon the following preamble and resolution were unanimously adopted: Whereas, The providence of God seems to be calling upon us to enlarge the means of usefulness in our Theological Seminary at Chicago; therefore, Resolved, That the Churches of this State can and ought to undertake at once the endowment of the Professorship of Ecclesiastical History in that Institution as their share of the work; and that, both collectively and individually, we pledge ourselves to the Agent who may be employed for this purpose our earnest sympathy and co-operation. After prayer by Rev. Hiram Elmer, the Association adjourned until 8 o'clock to-morrow morning. THIIRD DAY - MORNING SESSION. SATURDAY MORNING, May 19th. The Association met according to adjournment, and spent an hour in devotional exercises, conducted by Rev. G. H. Coffey, the Pastor of the Church. The minutes of the preceding sessions were read and approved. Reports of Secretaries and Treasurers. The Secretaries and Treasurers of the several Benevolent Causes, and the Treasurer of this General Associa 12 MINUTES OF THE tion, presented their reports, which were accepted and referred to the Auditing Committee. In view of the fact, that God has inclined and enabled the Churches to contribute so liberally the past year, the Association rose, and sung the Doxology. Olivet College. Statements were made by Prof. O. Hosford, in relation to the condition and wants of Olivet College. These Statements elicited an interesting' discussion, at the close of which the following preamble and resolution were unanimously adopted. Whereas, God in his providence has graciously been pleased to enlarge the usefulness of the College at Olivet, rendering an increase of accommodation for students an imparative necessity; therefore, Resolved, That we most cordially commend to the favorable regard of the benevolent in our Churches the effort now being made for that purpose by its friends and guardians. Report of the Audcitingc Committee. The Auditing Committee reported, that they had examined the accounts of the Treasurers, and found them correct. The report was accepted and adopted. After prayer, by Rev. Thomas Jones, the Association adjourned to 1.30 P. M. THIRD DAY —AFTERNOON SESSION. SATURDAY AFTERNOON. The Association met according to adjournment, and was opened with prayer by Rev. Amos Dresser. Hearing of Agents. The Secretaries and Agents of Benevolent Societies present, were heard in behalf of their respective causes. GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 13 The Tax. On motion, it was voted, that a tax of two hundred and fifty dollars be assessed upon the Local Associations to defray the expenses of this General Association for the coming year. The Committee of Assessment made the following Report, which was accepted and adopted: Eastern Conference,.... $49 25 Jackson Conference,. 35 25 Marshall Association,.... 33 75 Grand River Association,... 29 25 Genessee Association,.... 17 00 Southern Michigan Association,.. 35 75 Kalamazoo Association,... 42 50 Grand Traverse Association,.. 5 75 Muskegon Valley Association,.. 1 50 $250 00 The place of next Meeting. The next meeting was appointed to be held with the Church in Kalamazoo. Secretaries and Treasurers of.Benevolent Causes. The Committee appointed to nominate the Secretaries and Treasurers of the various Benevolent Causes, adopted by this General Association, reported a recommendation that no changes be made, except to substitute the name of Rev. H. II. Morgan, as Secretary and Treasurer of the Congregational Union, for that of Rev. F. P. Woodbury, removed from the State. The report was accepted and adopted. The Address to the Churches. The Address to the Churches was read by Rev. William Platt, and ordered to be published with the Minutes. 14 MINUTES OF THE A Religious Paper. After some discussion in relation to the establishment of a Religious Paper in this State, it was Resolved, That this General Association stand ready to co - operate with the other General Associations of the North -west in sustaining a Religious Denominational Paper, whenever the time shall appear to have arrived for such a movement..Delegates to Corresponding Bodies. The Committee.to nominate Delegates to Corresponding Bodies, made the following Report, which was accepted and adopted, as follows: General Conference of Maine-Rev. P. R. Hurd. General Association of Massachusetts- Rev. Fayette Hurd. General Association of YNew Hampshire-Rev. Chas. C. McIntyre. General Convention of Vermont-Rev. G. C. Strong. Congregational Conference of Rhode Island-Rev. S. S. Hyde. General Association of Connecticut-Rev. J. S. Hoyt. General Association of New York.-Rev. G. H. Coffey. General Conference of Ohio-Rev. Wm. Platt. General Association of Indiana-Rev. S. W. Streeter. General Association of Illinois-Rev. Henry Bates. General Convention of Wisconsin-Rev. O. Hosford. General Association of Iowa-Rev. Elizur Andrus. General Conference of Minnesota-Rev. H. H. Morgan. General Association of Kansas-Rev. A. E. Baldwin. General Association of Nebraska-Rev. H. Elmer. General Association of Calafornia-Rev. J. S. Hoyt. General Association of Oregon-Rev. John Patchin. General Conference of Missouri-Rev. A. St. Clair. Congregational Union, Canal —Rev. A. Sanderson. Synod of Michigan-Rev. A. H. Fletcher. Michigan Conference of the M. E. Church-Rev. J. F. Boughton. Detroit Conference of the M. E. EChurch-Rev. A. Mahan. Michigan Baptist Convention-Rev. J. W. Allen. Free Will Baptist Yearly Meeting-Rev. W. B Williams. Michigan Wesleyan Methodist Conference-Rev. A. Mahan. GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 15 Our Quarter Centennial. In view of the fact that our next annual meeting will be the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Organization of this General Association, it was Voted, That the Moderator be requested to prepare an Historical. Discourse, tracing the rise and progress of Congregationalism in the State, to be delivered on that occasion. After prayer by Rev. S. S. Hyde, the Association adjourned until 7- o'clock this evening. THIRD DAY-EVENING SESSION. SATURDAY EVENING. The Association met according to adjournment, and was opened with prayer by Rev. C. C. McIntyre. Report of the Conmmittee on the State of the Couentry. The Committee to prepare Resolutions on the State of the Country, made their report, which was accepted, and after a lengthy and animated discussion, was laid on the table. After prayer by Rev. W. B. Williams, the Association adjourned until 8 o'clock Monday morning. THE SABBATH. The Religious Exercises of the Sabbath were in accordance with the recommendation of the Committee on that subject. 16 MINUTES OF THE The morning was devoted to the cause of Foreign Missions. Stirring addresses were delivered by Rev. S. J. Humphrey, of Chicago, Rev. S. Richardson, of Western Turkey, and Rev. S. B. Treat, D. D., Sec. Am. Board, Boston. In the afternoon, Rev. J. S. Hoyt, of the Committee on the General Narrative of the State of Religion in the Churches, read their report; after which the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was administered by Rev. D. B. Coe, D. D., of New York, and Rev. W. Salter, D. D., of Iowa. The cause of Home Missions occupied the evening. Rev. H. A. Read, Agent of the Am. Home Missionary Society for the State, read his report; after which addresses were delivered by Rev. D. B. Coe, D. D., one of the Secretaries of the Society, New York, and by Rev. G. H. Coffey, of Jackson. FOURTH DAY-MORNING SESSION. MONDAY MORNING, May 21. The Association met according to adjournment, and spent the first hour in prayer, conducted by Rev. G. H. Coffey. Resolutions on the State of the Country. The Resolutions on the State of the Country were taken from the table, and after a good deal of discussion, were passed as follows: Whereas, This General Association is a branch of that denomination of Christians who have ever deeply sympathized with the principles of liberty both in Church and State. And, GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 17 Whereas, We have been no uninterested spectators of the terrible struggle that has been going on for the subversion of these sacred principles in this country during the last few years, and which is by no means yet wholly brought to an end. And, Whereas, We now feel called upon to renew the testimony we have so often given upon this subject. Therefore, Resolved, 1. That, as an Association, we deeply sympathize with the Freedmen of this country in the burdens and oppressions they are still called to endure; and that we pledge ourselves to do all in our power to secure for them the same rights and privileges which we ourselves enjoy. Resolved, 2. That we tender our earnest sympathy to the loyal men and women of the South in their sufferings for the sacred cause of freedom; that we welcome them back under the protecting folds of the good old flag we all love so well; and that we view with indignation the unjust discrimination of the President against them, and in favor of traitors, in the distribution of his official favors. Resolved, 3. That the policy of the President in extending pardons so indiscriminately to the leading traitors of the South, without any good evidence of repentance, or pledges for the future safety of the State, is viewed by us with unfeigned sorrow and alarm. Resolved, 4. That, as Christians and citizens of the Republic, we tender our sincere thanks to Congress for the steadfast manner in which they have labored, and still continue to labor, for the establishment of the rights of the Freedmen, and for the safety of the Southern loyalists; and that we invoke upon them from God, in their future deliberations and efforts, all the wisdom and firmness they may need to enable them to resist both the blandishments and threats of power, and perfect the good work they have begun, to the end that treason may be punished, loyalty rewarded, and all good citizens of our beloved country, irrespective of color or caste, be secure in the rights to which their manhood may entitle them. Resolutions of Thanks. On motion, it was Resolved, That the most hearty thanks of this General Association be presented to the Church and People of Jackson for the very cordial and hospitable manner in which they have received and entertained us; and that in leaving them, we assure them of 3 18'MINUTES OF THE a remembrance in our prayers, that the gracious effusion of the Divine Spirit which they are now enjoying may be long continued. Resolved, That we tender to the Agent of the State Prison our cordial thanks for the kind and courteous invitation extended to us to visit that Institution. After singing, and prayer by Rev. D. B. Coe, D. D., the Association adjourned. HENRY BATES, Moderator. WOLCOTT B. WILLIAMS, Scribe. Attest: PHILO R. HURD, Secretary. JACKSON, May 21st, 1866. GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 19 APPENDIX. A. THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN, In account with P. R. HURD, Treasuer.. CaR. 1865. May 20. By Cash on hand,......... $101 30 Oct. 16. By Cash of F. Raymond,.......... 10 00 1866. May 18. By Cash from Eastern Conference,...... 39 34 May 18. By Cash from Jackson Conference,..... 27 32 May 18. By Cash from Marshall Association,..... 27 82 May 18. By Cash from Grand River Association,... 25 68 May 18. By Cash from Genesee Association,...... 12 65 May 18. By Cash from Southern Michigan Association,. 26 70 May 18. By Cash from Kalamazoo Association,.... 35 24 May 18. By Cash from Grand Traverse Association,. 5 25 May 18. By Cash from Muskegon Valley Association,.. 2 00 $313 35 DR. 1865. May 20. To Cash paid Rev. L. F. Waldo,... $ 1 00 Aug. 21. To printing 1,000 copies Minutes,..' 162 25 Aug. 21. To expenses to Detroit,...... 5 00 Aug. 21. To postage,........... 14 10 1866. March 1. To printing Schedules,......4 00 May 17. To Stationery for the year,..... 1 00 May 17. To interest on $62.00 for 9 months,. 3 25 $190 60 Balance in Treasury,.......... $122 75 PHILO R. HURD, Treasurer. JACKSON, May 19th, 1866. 20 MINUTES OF THE B. urrtaibe of fit #tade of diviotn. From a review of the several narratives presented by the Local Conferences and Associations, we find abundant reason for gratitude to the great Head of the Church for His unmerited favors. This year will be remembered as one in which angels in Heaven and saints on earth were made glad over many sinners that have repented. While this is eminently true, we have many other causes for gratitude. God has graciously spared the lives of His ministering servants, having called but two of our number to their reward, (Revs. Atchison and Van Frank.) He has brought many of His childrdn back from scenes of war,.with their Christian armor polished by the very hardships and denials of campaigns. He has put it into the hearts of His people to devise liberal things for Zion, and has made them able in the day of their desire. He has given to the Churches the grace of confirmation, and filled their hearts with songs of praise for His upliftings, and caused them to stand in high places, and say, "Truly God is good to Israel." He has led the Churches to testify their love for Him in obeying the command,'"Feed my lambs." Cheering reports come up fnom every Association, and that, too, with no appeal in behalf of any one gasping Church, crying, "Save, or we perish." From the Eastern Conference we have the report of a Revival at Romeo, Columbus, Memphis, and Flat Rock, resulting in the addition of nearly one hundred souls to GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 21 the company of Christ's witnesses. The matter of Home Evangelization, or of individual effort for Jesus, on the part of each and every member of the Churches, has received increased attention. The temporalities of the several Churches have been liberally provided for. Houses of worship are in process of erection at Port Sanilac and Pontiac. Parsonages have been provided at Almont and Port Huron. A missionary has entered upon the promising field at Lexington. A new Church has been organized at Detroit, and a pastor installed over it. A new enterprise is also projected at Ridgeway. The weak Churches have been, in a measure, cared for by the stronger ones, and the thank-offering has been laid upon the altar of God in larger measures than ever before. The Jackson Conference reports a flourishing condition of all the twelve Churches enjoying a stated ministry. Works of grace in greater measure have occurred at Grass Lake, Dexter, Chelsea, and Jackson. The latter work is still in progress, and is characterized as the work of God in direct and speedy answers to prayer. In coming amid such scenes, the General Association has, indeed, been called to sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. -A "beautiful and convenient church edifice" has been completed at Lodi. The responses to the calls of benevolence have been unprecedentedly large. Kalamazoo Association reports Revivals in the Churches at Allegan, Cooper, Otsego, Three Oaks, Dowagiac, and Wayland. The work at Allegan, Otsego, Wayland, and Cooper, has been characterized by a remarkable unity among the various Christian denominations. In all, about one hundred have been added to the number of those who bear Christ's name. A new church edifice is in process of erection to take the place of the one destroyed by fire at Otsego, and another has been completed at Keeler, while the Church at Lawrence has removed the last trace of the debt upon their edifice. 22 MINUTES OF THE The prosperity of the Churches in the Southern Michigan Association appears more especially in the constant accession to the membership, and in the strengthening of things that are. The Sabbath School is taking a much more prominent place. The church edifice and the parsonage at Wheatland have been repaired. The Church at Litchfield has secured a parsonage. The Marshall Association reports Revivals at Vermontville, Leroy, and Charlotte, the latter of great power and results. Olivet, like the Mount of old, whose name it bears, seems to be the place where Christ delights to go and breathe out the spirit of prayer. " The Evergreen amid the little grove of Churches" is the terse expression of its perennial life. The Genesee Association reports a promising state of affairs among the Churches within its bounds. Revivals have occurred at St. Johns and Owosso, by which the Churches have been encouraged and strengthened. From East Saginaw comes to us the cheering intelligence, "God is with us; we have a great work up here, and cannot come down." The Lansing Church has completed a new edifice. The Churches at Lansing, Goodrich, Vernon, and Grand Blanc, have put organs into their houses of worship. The Grand River Association reports a growing interest in things pertaining to Zion, and works of grace at Cannon, Greenville, Lament, and Middleville. As the result of Revivals, two new Churches have been organized - one at Cooperville and one at Eastmanville- with an aggregate membership of about one hundred. Grand Traverse Association reports two new Churches organized, and an increase of membership in all the Churches'within its bounds. The Churches at Benzonia and Elk Rapids have enjoyed extensive Revivals. The Church at Whitewater is contemplating the immediate erection of a house of worship. GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 23 The Muskegon Valley Association reports a large field, with few Churches and fewer ministers. The forest has scarcely given way to the work of tillage, but souls are there, and, because there, cry: "Come over into Macedonia and help us; the light of the Gospel bring." "Men are more willing to pay ministers, and to listen to their preaching, than preachers are to go into this promising wilderness." In closing this narrative, we must notice four prominent facts, viz.: 1. The universal growth in the grace of giving. It is most cheering to us that we have paid our proportion of the great peace thank-offering pledged at the Council at Boston. It is a happy consciousness, which will beget a still greater love of giving. 2. The growth in the grace of educating and training the young. The Sabbath School, the College, and the Seminary, are three sister graces, which charm us into prayerful waiting, and cheerful giving, and large hopefulness. 3. The place which the "week of prayer" holds in the great work of Revival. In almost every case these blessed works have commenced with this "week." 4. The work to be done, and how it is to be accomplished. The success, the prosperity, the triumphs, of the year have come in such a manner as to reveal to us the secret of success in our efforts to accomplish the great work so rapidly increasing upon our hands. We may take to our homes the Christian's watchwords, and, if we observe them, shall say, one year hence, that the year has been even as the past, but more abundant. PRAY. WORK. GIVE. 24 MINUTES OF THE C. To the Members of the Congregational Churches of Michigacn: DEAR BRETHREN - In this Annual Address, we wish to urge upon your consideration the duty of cultivating a proper denominational spirit. Do not be alarmed at this announcement; for we are not trying to stir up a partizan and sectarian zeal, nor are we going to preach a crusade against other branches of the Church. This is not our design; on the contrary, we should regard such a result as not merely a blunder, but a crime against Christ and His cause, which no amount of denominational success could compensate. All we propose is to stir you up, to see that you have a proper regard for your own interests as Churches, and a zeal " which is according to knowledge," in promoting your own Church enterprises. We address you on this point of duty, because there is a great defect among us in this matter; because we are sure our Churches fail to do what they ought, and what their Master and His cause demand, in great part, for the reason that we are so little awake to objects strictly denominational. In our zeal for catholicity we overlook the duty of properly caring for our own spiritual household, and of keeping our own machinery in prime working order. The lack of a bigoted attachment to one's sect is a Christian virtue; it GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 25 is the spirit of the Gospel; it is the spirit of Paul, who taught the duty of looking, not every one on his own things, hut also on the things of others; it is the spirit of our Lord, who rebuked his disciples for forbidding one to cast out devils who walked not with them. But Paul did not mean that we are not to look -at all on our own things, even though they are wholly secular; much less does he prohibit our looking after those interests of religion which are especially committed to our care. Nor does our Saviour intend to teach His disciples that they are to forsake their own methods of doing His work, and go over to this independent brother, who is serving God after the form he believes to be right. They were not to interfere with, or hinder his work; but no intimation is given that they should adopt his methods, or be so much interested in helping him as to forget their own appointed field of labor. The history of our denomination in this country shows us to be deficient in this respect. Congregationalism has existed as an organization from the time of the first settlement of this part of the Continent, and we now have, in the United States and the Canadas, less than three thousand Churches and Ministers, and not more than three hundred thousand members. For years the idea was entertained by the leading men of the denomination that, while our polity was well fitted to secure the prosperity of religion in New England, it was not what was needed in the newer States and Territories. As a consequence, we voluntarily resigned to other denominations this whole Western field, and thought we had nothing to do for it, except to furnish men anal money to augment their power and importance; that our only part in this work was to aid others in tilling these grounds, making ourselves "hewers of wood and drawers of water " to our brethren. When the sons of the Pilgrims emigrated westward, 4 26 MINUTES OF THE they as little thought of taking their church polity with them as they did the old lumber around the homestead. As long as they dwelt east of Byram River, the Puritan forms of church government were deemed sufficient; but as soon as they entered "the regions lying beyond," such were the "teendencies to barbarism," that they would need a stronger system to hold them in check, and lead them to live a christian life. When our ministers removed west they were expected to unite with an affiliated denomination; and if, from a love of the old forms, they attempted to build after the "pattern shown them in the mount," they were stigmatized as disorganizers, and unsound in the faith. If we appealed to our fathers and brethren at the East, we were looked upon with suspicion, and told it was doubtful whether we were really their sons or not. This process of disintegration and absorption went on, till the Puritan church order had few representatives west of the Hudson. This shows why it is that, after two hundred years of existence and labor on this continent, we have a membership of only one-third that of our Methodist brethren, who commenced their labors a hundred years later, and in many respects under more unfavorable auspices. There can be no doubt that one principal reason for the marvelous prosperity of the Methodist Episcopal Church in this country is the fact that they have diligently attended to their own work, husbanding their resources, and making them tell on their denominational enterprises. Believing their own system to be right, and fitted for usefulness, they have worked it to the best of their ability; and their example is eminently worthy of imitation by all their brethren. There is nothing unChristian in this, nothing which conflicts with the success of the cause at large. It is what all ought to do. The different denominations ought to be like the divisions GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 27 of a great army. The success of one is rejoiced in by all —yea, is the success of all. If each attends to its own part of the work, and is sure to do it, then the whole field will be the sooner won to truth and to Christ. They who act on this principle reap the fruits they merit in a large success. Another manifestation of this lack of an intelligent zeal for our own interests as a denomination is seen in the fact that denominational enterprises often go begging from door to door for the pittance necessary to success, while our means are given largely to outside objects. For example, the brethren in Massachusetts have been endeavoring for a number of years to erect in Boston a "Congregational House," where shall be gathered all that is new, and all that is old, pertaining to our principles, polity, and history. But as yet less than half the necessary sum has been secured, and the Secretary of the Union says, in the last Quarterly: "It is difficult to see when the coast will be clear." There are so many other objects calling for money that this has been put aside. Other bodies have their publishing houses, which form centres of denominational interest and affection, and where may be safely stored whatever is of general concern to them. As yet we have no such denominational "Home," simply because our people have been too much busied in building up objects foreign, and sometimes antagonistic, to their own system. A still further manifestation of the same thing is seen in the way in which the claims of our "Church Building Fund" are treated. There is not a wiser or more useful charity than this, none bringing larger returns from the capital invested, and yet none is more poorly appreciated, or so little understood by us. It is the complaint of the managers of this work, that even in New England Churches it is difficult to find a place for this cause among other objects of benevolence. Min 28 MINUTES OF THE isters have told the Secretary; "There is no place for a collection for this cause, unless another month can be added to the calendar;" which is equivalent to saying: "It cannot be heard at all." Our Churches will contribute their hundrects to send the home missionary, even of another denomination, to preach the Gospel in school houses, halls, barns, and private dwellings, but when asked to help build a house to shelter their own spiritual children, they give by tens, if at all. This is not wise. The results of the church building effort show that a few hundreds for a house of worship gives permanence and strength, very soon relieving the Missionary Society, in whole or in part, from the burden of supporting the Gospel in such congregations. But in the face of all this, the claims of this cause are crowded into a corner, or are entirely crowded out, and, in many cases, for no better reason than that it is sectarian or denominational. The recent effort to raise $200,000 for this work, though practicable, is likely to fail of accomplishment, not because we are too poor to do it, but because there is really so little interest in these denominational objects that not one-half our Churches can be induced to give at all; and, with the rare exception of some noble few, those that give do not give half as much for this special and extraordinary object as they do for the common ones. Churches which give their hundreds to the causes which ordinarily claim their attention send their tens and twenties to this, which is emphatically their own child, and has for this, as well as for other reasons, special claims upon them. It is utterly out of the question to try to awaken zeal for denominational interests in large masses of our people. They regard the effort to do this as an unholy sectarianism. Mlany will not give money or labor as largely for such purposes as for other objects. They cannot be made to feel that it is a first duty to care GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 29 for their own spiritual household. There is a reason for this. We have been so schooled into it for years, that we think it a breach of christian charity and courtesy to say or do anything in special advocacy of our own forms of doctrine and systems of government. Young men fitting for the ministry in Congregational pulpits have gone through the entire course in some of our theological seminaries at the East, without even hearing a word said in vindication of our church polity. Members of our Churches changing their residence have been advised by their pastors to turn their backs upon a feeble Congregational Church struggling for existence, and join other and stronger Churches, either for social reasons, or because of the odium incurred by the fact that this Congregational Church claimed the right to model its institutions after those of the Puritan Fathers. By this course we make the impression on others, as well as on our own members, that we deem our denominational peculiarities a matter of entire indifference. The practical effect is, that young men, educated at our expense, constitute to-day a large element in the ministry of a sister denomination, and an equally large, if not a larger, proportion of their membership has been drawn from our Churches. This is the legitimate result of our denominational indifference. We could not reasonably expect any other. If we show no high appreciation of our polity and principles, we cannot ask that others should, nor will they. They will think even more lightly of them than we do, and attach themselves to bodies which prize their peculiar forms of government and modes of worship. Brethren, we infer from your belonging to Congregational Churches that you believe them to be Christian bodies, and that their objects and labors are Christian; also, that our denomination has a right to exist, has a mission to accomplish, has a portion of the Lord's vineyard to cultivate, and that it is adapted to this work. 30 MINUTES OF THE If this is the case, where is anything gained by our pouring out our means and influence to swell the resources and membership of other Churches? Is it because they are more Christian than we are? Are their benevolent enterprises more truly benevolent than are ours? Are their charities wiser and more skillfully administered? Are their forms of doctrine and government more nearly like the Divine model? If so, let us either learn of them, and re-model our own forms, or disband and go over bodily to them. But if you have confidence in your own system, as approved of God, and well adapted to secure success, then cherish it, and use it to the best of your ability, knowing that its prosperity will subserve all the really valuable interests of man, and promote the glory of God. We urge you, then; to no sectarian bigotry, which can see good in no Church except its own, but simply insist that you shall not neutralize and destroy the usefulness of your own divinely appointed agencies for good by your neglect; that you provide for your own spiritual household; that you feed and shelter your own children before you care for the children of your neighbors; that you be just to the interests of your own Churches before you seek the reputation of generosity to others. STATISTICS OF THE CHURCHES, from MARCH 31st, 1865, to APRIL 1st, 1866. N. B.-The Post Office Address of Ministers connected with the General Association will befound at page 41, corrected to April 1st, 1866. 1.-EASTERN CONFERENCE. Churches. Ministers. No. in Church. Admissions. Removals. Baptms. 1 ~0 s Names. Orgaaizced. Names. Commenced labor. Males. Females. TotaL Absent. Prof. Lett'r. Total. D'th Dis. Exc. Total. Adult. Infat. M M Algonac, April 15,:1841 Vacant............................................. Almont...........Dec. 6, 1838 H. R. Williams,.. May 22, 1864 38 76 114 20 8 1 9 1 3 0 4 5 0 60 5 00 Armada,.......... April 22, 1838 R G. Baird,....May 11, 1862 16 40 56 2 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 75 4000 Bridgehampton,... Oct. 1, 1862 D. Berney,....... Feb. 1, 1862 9 9 18 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 4 3 4 70 Bruce,............ Jan. 31, 183311. R. Baird,......May 11, 1862 4 16 20 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 30 26 00 Chesterfield....... Feb. 13, 1847 David Wirt.......Dec. 1 1865 16 23 9 4 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 2 30 2053 Columbus,........Sept. 29, 1851 Fayette Hurd,... June, 1865 13 27 40 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 50 46 02 Detroit, 1st,.......Dec. 25, 1844 Vacant,................. 98 164 257 30 58 38 96 4 131 0 135 16 3 200 7000 00 5 Detroit, 2d,...... April 3, 1866 SM. Freeland,.. April 3, 1866 36 68 104 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 138 0 0 Farmer's Creek,... Feb. 25, 1848 Vacant......................... 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 y Flat Rock,......... March 20, 1858 Charles Machin,. June 1, 1864 14 31 45 5 4 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 1 40 48 00. Memphis,......... June 24, 1840 Fayette Hurd,.... May 28, 1865 19 43 62 13 5 0 5 1 1 2 4 2 1 90 112 72 New Baltimore,.. April 29, 1856 David Wirt,......]Dec. 1, 1865 10 31 41 15 2 1 3 0 5 0 5 2 0 75 0 Oakwood,.........May 20, 1858 Vacant........................... 1744 12 0 0 0 90 9 0 0 0 Orion............. Jan. 18, 1853 W. E. Strickland t March 1 1866 7 6 13 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 20 00 Pontiae......... Feb. 6, 11 A.. letcher,... Aug. 14, 1864 48 128 176 14 10 717 5 26031 3 2 100 318 98 z Port uron,....... May 17. 1840 J. S. Hoyt.......June 6, 1858 45 109 154 26 24 13 37 1 51 7 13 0 205 38000 Port Saiilac...... Sept. 2, 1854 D. Berney,....... Nov. 1, 1861 11 20 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 901 5 00 Ray and Lennox,. Fe3b. 13 1838 Vacant...................... 12 18 80 0 0 0 0 0 00O 0 0 30 0 Rochester.........July 1, 1827 Vacant,................... 14 37 51 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 112 1595 Romeo............Aug. 16, 1829 P. 1. Hurd,...... Nov. 12, 1849 52 103 155 4 34 6 40 1 10 0 11 16 0 115 569 70 Royal Oak,.........Aug. 18, 1842 James Nail,.......Nov. 1, 1861 12 26 38 4 0 1 1 1 60 6 0 0 75 50 00 St. Clair,.........F..eb. 10, 1841 L. P. Spelman,... March 1, 1863 25 67 92 9 4 5 9 1 3 0 4 1 6 80 107 65 Utica,.........J... an. 11, 1855 Win. Platt......June 1, 1854 9 43 52 9 2 6 8 1 1 0 2 1 0 63 66 97 Wayne,.........Aug. 20, 1848 E. Van Norman,$ Oct. 1, 1864 9 21 30 4 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 Worth........... Sept. 1, 1859 Vacant,....8 5 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total,.......2....................................... 547 1146 1693 188 163 82245 20 203 3225 1 62 22 1774 8907 22 * Of the Ontario Association, N. Y. Additional Members-S. M. Judson, 0. C. Thompson, T. Waterbury. t Licentiate. Meetings-First Tuesday of May, and second Tuesday in November. $ Wesleyan Methodist. Register-Rev. James S. Hoyt, Port Huron. II.-JACKSON CONFERENCE. Churches. Ministers. No. in Church. Admissions Removals. Baptm'S. S.. 0 Names. Organized. Names. Com. Labor. Mals. Fem. Tot. Ab't. Pro. Let. Tot Dth Dis. Exe Tot Ad. nf. Ann Arbor,. May 23, 1847 A. E. Baldwin,. June 1, 1862 81 116197 44 14 10 24 2 4.. 6 7 2 200 $100 00 Augusta,... Apr. 18, 1854 S. D. Breed,.. Apr. 20, 1862 25 27 52 9 9 716 1 1 2 2.. 60 93 00 Barry,......Dec. 18, 1834 Vacant,................... 3 8 11 - - 2 60...... Chelsea... Feb. 29, 1849 Jas. F. Taylor,. Oct. 11, 1860 33 42 75 13 8 1 9 3 2 5 4 2 100 63 00 Dexter,..... Oct. 8,1839 Vacant,................... 16 30 46 4 10 1 11 1 2 1 4 9.. 30.... Grass Lake,. Dec. 16, 1835 Henry Bates,... Oct. 1, 1863 45 105 150 10 5 611 1 8 9 1 1 125 160 00 Howell,..Feb. 12, 1850 Vacant,........ 6 5 11 2........40 Jackson,....Mar. 6, 1841 G. H. Coffey,..Feb. 6,1865 78 157 235 6 1 19 20 7 15 3 25 6 200 97500 Leslie,.... Apr. 9, 1865 E. W. Shaw,... Apr. 9,1865 6 11 17 5 5 21 50 Lima,...... Jan. 7, 1830 Vacant................... 12 30 42 13 1 1 3 3.. 50 7740 Lodi,....... Dec. 26, 1854 Vacant................... 24 47 71 14. 3 3 10 10.... 100...... Napoleon,. May 25, 1855 Vacant.................. 6 9 15........ New Hudson Apr. 6, 1859 R. J. Williams,. May 1, 1864 414 18 1......... 12 30 00 Pinckney,. June26, 1848 E. W. Barber,.. Apr. 1, 1866 9 181 27 3 2 2 1 1.. 50 30 00 Salem, July 6,1844 Vacant................... 15 39 54 19........6 6.... 40...... Summit, Oct. 1, 151R. J. Willia...s,. May 1, 1863 28 4472 7 1 1 1 3 4 2 60 105 24 Sharon,...Apr. 24, 1850 Vacant,.................. 12 16 8 10 10 30 10 00 Webster,... Feb. 24, 1860 J. Eastbrook, Apr. 1, 1864 31 55 86 829 2 31 4 4 11 60 11270 Total,..18 _ 434 773,1207 154' 77. 58 135 17 70 4 91 3413 1217 1778 14 Additional Members.-J. T. Avery, John D. Pierce, R. Nutting Meetings. - On the last Tuesday in April and October. Scribe. —Rev. James F. Taylor, Chelsea. 111[. —IARSHALL ASSOCIATION. oa-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Bp Churches. Ministers. No. in Church. Admissions Removals. ____________________ ________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~tim's S. S. Narnes. Organized. Names. Corn. Labor. Male.,Fern. Tot. Ab't. ProLet. Tot. Dth Die. Exc Tot.AdTu.. Augusta,. July 26, 1840 J. Anderson,~. Nov. 17, 1865 32 34 56 2..3 3 5.. 5. 45 $42 48 Bary and J., Nov. 30, 1865 H.lilVanAukena, Nov. 30, 1865 4 9 13.. -- 3 3 30...3.30 Battle Cr'k,* Mar. 27, 1836 E. L. Davies, Oct., 1859 125'164 289 39 8 13 21 2 3.5 46 250 409 00 Bedford. June 24, 1848 H.ll.VanAuken, May 8, 1864 29 38 67 11 2 8 10 1I. 1 2. 60 67 50 r5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~75 Benton, Aug.15, 1844 Vacant.............8 13 4 0....40 U Charlotte, Jan. 26, 1851 W. B. Williams,Jan. 1, 1854r 12 42 54 6 3 4 7 1 2 usa3 6 65 742 Delta,.......Nov.u24 1852 J. D. Millard, Mar. 12, 1862 10 11 21 1 A s2 2. 4.. 40 27 00 Eaton Rap.,. June 15, 1843 J. R. Stevenson, Nov. 1 1859 26 29 55 8 2 4 4 1 60 65 00 Fredona&C. Apr. 28, 1863 G. C. Strong,.. Dec. 1, 1864 12 20 32 3 1 3 4 1 o.1 50 19 00.~G'd Ledge,. Jan., 1864 J. D. Millard,. May 127,1865 1 3 4..3 3. 3. 10 00 eJohnstown,. Nov. 6, 1865 H. lVanAukenh, Nov. 6, 1865 4 14 18 n3 3....3.30 SLeroy,. Mar. 14,o1837 Sa.'l Phillips,~ May 6, 1866 25 32 57 5 18 1 19 7 h7a13 1 60 0000 Matteson,_.. Jan. 15, 1862 J. M. Bonney,-. Sept. 1, 1862 9 17 26.1 2260 25 00 ~j Olivet,.. Mar. 20, 1845 RI. H. Morgan,.Feb. 4,1866 70 122 192 833 26 21 47101..216 60 770 47 10 11 21 16.. 160 67~~~~7 00'Union City,. Mar. 7,7 1837 S. W. Streeter,. Apr.- 1,7 1860 77 134 211 26 17 7 24 3 13. 16 7 2 122- 554 -75 Verrnontv'le, Feb. 28, 138 0. H. Spoor,.. Oct. 27, 1861 47 70 119 14 2 3 5 1 2..3 98 300 00 Wilson. Feb. 14, 1848 Vacant,............ 8 1119 1..50. Total,. 17,. 4881 7581251 154 4 65 150 21 & 75 5510 1220 2270 93 *United Congregational Presbyterian Church, and reports in full to both Aseociation and Presbytery. $ As yet unassociated, though within our bounds. t Member of Marshall Presbytery. ~f Of Jackson Association. ~ Of Kalamazoo Association. Additional Mlembers. - J. M. Blarrows, W. Esler, John Emmons, 0. Hosford, S. Mason, N. J. Morrison, U. m Morse, H. A. Read, W. F. Rose, S. Sessions, J. W. Smith, J. S. White, F. P. Woodbury. Meetings.-On the last Tuesday in April and October. Scribe - Rev. Wolcott B. Williams, of Charlotte. IV.- GR XAN RIVE t ASSOCIATION. - Churches. Ministers. No. in Church. Admis'ns. Removals. B "ap- ~.,~'..~-..____ _____________Q._______. ti'.A o Names. Organized. Name. Com. Labor. M als. Fem Tot. Ab't. Pro Let. Tot. Dth Dls. Exc1Tot ~ " 1 8 Ada,...... Apr. 1,1860 N. K. Evarts,..Sept. 1,1863 6 22 28 2.0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 $730 Bowne,..... Oct. 28,1854 L. E. Sykes,.....April, 1865 4 11 15 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 50 40 00 Boston,.... May 6,1848 L. E. Sykes,.... Apr. 15,1865 10 22 32 6 0 o0 0 0 0 0 0 20 44 00 Cannon,... Nov.18,1846 N. K. Evarts,..Sept. 1,1864 19 24 43 6 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 21 20 60 50 Cooperville, Feb. 22, 1866 J. M. McLain,.. Sept. 9,1865 10 14 24 0 22 2 24 0 0 0 0 8 0 100 16 35 Dorr,...... Aug. 27,1857 Vacant,.................... 16 23 39 9 00 0 0 3 0 3 00 42 27 75 Easton,..... Mar. 24,1851 L. E. Sykes,....Apr. 15,1865 17 21 38 8 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 ol 80 o35 00 Essex,..... Apr. 21,1855 H. Lucas,.....Aug. 10, 1865 10 9 19 0 0 0 00 0 O 0 0 0 0 40 5 35 Eastmanv'le, Mar. 16,1866..M. McLain,.. Sept. 9,1865 18 8 26 0 22 26 0 0 0 0 9 0 60 100 00 Gr. Haven,...Apr. 29,1858 J. B. Fiske,.. May 1 1864 15 23 38 18 0 0 0 3 1 O 4 0 6 1001 64 00 Gr. Rapids,. Sept. 18, 1836J. M. Smith,... Sept. 13,1863 117 220 337 2 23 25 2 16 0 18 0 4 300 12 00 r Grandville,. Apr. 25,1839 Wm. H. Osborn, Mar. 26,1865 13 3 1 44 9 1 6 7 1 0 01 01 0 801 37 50 Greenville,.. June 5,1852 J. L. Patton,t.. Jan. 1,1866 35 57 92 3 10 10 2 4 0 6 4 4 95 80 00 Hub'ardston, Mar. 13, 1856 J. B. Parmelee,. Mar. 10, 1865 9 17 26 4 0 5 5 1 0 1 00l 601 169 35 Lamont,.... Dec. 18, 18491Jas. A. cKay,. Oct. 25,1863 43 35 78 4 26 11 37 0 0 14 3 s80 90 00 Lowell,... Feb. 13,18561Levi F. Waldo,. Sept. 1, 1865 17 30 47 3 4 6 10 0 4 4 2 75 200 00 Midlleville,. Apr. 5,1846 J. W. Kidder,.. Dec. 1,1857i 13 33 46 8 2 0 2 0 0 3 2 0 701 48 00 Muskegon,..lJune 9,1859 James Vincent,t Apr. 24,1864 20 36 56 11 2 6 8 1 3 1 4 3 510 500 00 Otisco,..... July 5,1845 Vacant,.............. 6 7 133 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30i 0 Paris,..... lMay 2,1860 N. K. Evarts. ov.2, ov.11865 4 13 17 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 2000 Total,. 20.................................... 402 656 1058106 93 70 163 11 32 1 48 43261502 2244 75 * Of the Muskegon Valley Association. t Of the Central North Association, 0. $ Of the Congregational Union, Canada. Additional Members-James Ballard, Isaac Barker, J. H. Hard, R. J. Hess, Chas. C. Spooner. M-eetings-Second Tuesdays in April and October. Scribe-Rev. L. F. Waldo, Lowell. xf e, V.- G NESEE ASSOCIATION. ~~~~~~~Chua~~rches~~~al~~. ~ ~iBap-' Ii~ Churches. NhMinsters. No. in Church. Admissions Removals. Iti'ms Names. Organized. Name. Com. Labor. Tt. Maloe. Tot Abt et. iPro Tot. DthDis. Exc Tot: - <^ Atherton,.... A. Sanderson,.. ]July 1,1863 9 716 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 3116' DeWitt,... Apr. 21,1851 J. D. Millard,*............ 2 4 6 1 00 0 01 0 0 0 0 E. Saginaw,. Oct. 7, 1857 J. G. W. Cowles, May 14, 18651 32 84 116 14 1 19 20 0 12 0 12 0 0 260 300 00 Gaines.... May 10,1863 E. T. Branch,..-Jan. 1,1863 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 i0 0 0 0 75 Genesee,....Mar. 10, 1849 Wm. F. Rose,. Apr. 29,1866 8 23 31 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 50 0 o Goodrich,.. Feb. 28, 1855 J. M. Ashley,.. Nov. 1, 1864 10 22 22 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 24 172 00 Gr. Blanc,.. July 13,1859 A. Sanderson,.. July 1,1862 18 28 46 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 65 18 19 Greenbush,.May 8,1863 Vacant,.................. 914 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 g Hartland... Apr. 4,1844 Vacant,.....4 7 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 20 300; Laingsburg, Aug. 7,1864 G. C. Fox,....Jan. 1,1864 9 21 30 0 3 3 6 1 2 3 2 0 50 I Lansing.. March, 1864 C. C. McIntyre, July 1, 1865 17 29 46 1 2 17 19 1 1 0 2 0 5 75 222 66 Oceola,... Oct. 2,1841 Vacant,............... 4 11 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0, 0 0 i Onwosso. June 11, 1853 John Patchin,.. Oct., 1864 36 63 99 4 18 1L2 30 41 3 0 7 9 6 90 100 00 I St. Johns,.. Apr. 1,1860 R. Apthorp,...Apr. 1,1863 21 3960 8 416 20 1 3 0. 4 2 0 65217 00 enon. 1851... EJ. Branch,..Jan. 1,18628 19 27 0 2 3 2 0 2 0 130 0 U Victor,..... May 24,1845 G. C. Fox,...... Jan. 10,1864 24 28 52 0 6 3 9 0 1 0 1 10 0 90 0 Vienna,..Jan., 1845 Wm F. Rose,.. May 1,1865 19 24 43 3 1 I 2 1 0 6 7 0 4 80 66 65 Total,... 7.................... 228 421 649 40 39 73 112 10 30 6 46 2524 1104 1325 66 * Of the Marshall Association. Additioncal iMembers-D. L. Eaton, W. P. Esler, 0. M. Goodale, Henry Grattan, A. B. JPratt, Edwin'Wilder. Meetings-The last Tuesdays in April and October. Scribe-Rev. A. Sanderson, Grand Blanc. VI.-SOUTHEJ RN ltIICHIGAN ASSOCIATION. Churches. Ministers. No. in Church. Admissions Removals. Bap-i'_ timI's Co >l.. Names. Organized. Names. Corn. Labor. Mals. Fern. Tot. Ab't. Pro Let. Tot. Dth bDis. Exe Tot. ^ 0 Adams,.... Mar. 16, 1847E. M. Lewis,... Mar., 1836 26 38 64 60..11..... Adrian,.... May 25, 1854 E. P. Powell,. May 5, 1851 82 178 260 18 18 12 30 4 11 1 16 10 2 333 125781 Canandaigua Mar. 29, 1859 Vacant,..................... 12 30 42 6 4..... 420 Clinton,.... Jan. 19, 1833 H. Elmer,..... Jan. 1, 1860 87 163 250 20 14 i1 25 9 16..25 4 4 160 1250 00 Dundee,....!Nov, 29, 1837 S. S. Hyde,..'. Mar. 1, 1864 9 26 35 2 25 7 1 2.. 3 50.... 12 00 Franklin,.. Feb. 16, 1848 J. W. Allen,... Apr. 28, 1861 16 35 51.. 1 1 2 2.. 4 130 129 00 Hudson,.... Feb. 24, 1836 Vacant,................... 36 100 136 6 2 2 1 5.. 6.. 2 144 270 61 Litchfield,..July 14, 1839 D.D. Frost,*'...May 1,1865 27 45 72 11..7 7 3 2..5.. 65 165 00 London,....Mar. 25, 1838 Vacant,.................... 6 20 46 4 2 2. 2 22.. 2.. 20 Morenci,...Mar. 17, 1859 J. L. Crane,... Jan. 15, 1865 8 20 28 1 4 2 6 1 3..4 2.. 150 84 00 Pioneer,...Aug. 3, 1862 Vacant..................4 6 10...... 4.... Raisinville,. June 13, 1849 J. Emmons,*.. Mar. 1, 1866 7 13 20 5.... 1 60 5200 Ransom,.... May 19, 1848 J. F. Boughton, Sept. 12, 1864 23 39 62 3 6 6 12 2 3 1.. 84 108 00 Somerset,... Nov.30, 858 A. S. Kedzie,...Nov. 5, 1862 2 29 50 4 2 1 3 2..4 2 4 50 108 55 Sylvania,... Nov. 8, 1834 S. M. Judson, ~ Mar. 1, 1862 22 25 47 4 4 2 1.. 3 30 Wheatland,. Mar. 9, 1843 E. M. Lewis,...Dec. 1, 1865 16 32 48 11 1 3 4 1 3..4 1 60 Total,..16..................................... 402 7991201 151 53 50 103 27 70 1 98 2214 1356 3436 97 ~ Not a member of any Association. * Not a member of this Association. IT Of the Eastern Association. Additional Members. -C. 11. Churchill, George Barnum, Asa Mahan, Roswell Parker, Homer Penfield, Henderson Judd. Meetings. —On the third Tuesday in April, and the last Thursday in October. cribe. —Rev. Hiram Elmer, of Clinton. r, ____________ A -V ll,- KALA A Z OO ASSOCIATION. Churches. Ministers. No. in Church. Admissio's Removals. Bap-ti'sl Names. Organized. Names. Com. Labor. Mals Ferm. Tot. Ab't. Pro Let Tot. Dth Dis. Exe Tot. t C. P. O+ Allegan,... June10, 1858 Elizur Andrus,. Nov. 1, 1865 181 33 51 2 17 14 3 3 60o 184 05 Bradyville,. Mar. 6, 1856 Vacant,................. 5 4 9 37 Coolspring,. Jan. 25, 1863 Vacant 25 48............ 25 48 250 Cooper,.Mar. 8, 1843 W.M. Campbell,Feb. 1,1866 29 49 78 7 7 7 3 1 4 5 50 Dowagiac,..July 9, 1850 D.W. Comstock, July 1,1865 3578 113 8 28 9 37 1 4 5 19. 110 14600 G alesburgh,. Aug. 23, 1852 H. L. Dox,*.... Jan. 7,1866 78 110 188 35 2 3 5. 10 10 2 3 91 121 10 Hopkins,... Aug. 4, 1857 J. S. Kidder,... Apr. 22, 1864 19 32 51 4 3.. 3 3 3 7 1 46 58 72 Kalamazoo, Feb. 3, 1863 F. F. Ford, Nov. 15, 1865 144 225 369 93.. 8 8 6 17..23 182843 43 Keeler,..... July 7, 1850 Vacant................... 8 22 3 7.... 1625 Lawrence,.. Aug.20, 1837 J. Scotford,. Feb. 15, 1865 23 37 60 15 2 10 12 3 4 7 i' 80 7800 Mich. City,.. 1835 S. Norton, Jan. 8,1866 41 89137 51 1 7 8 1 5.. 6 116 140 652 00 Mendo,....Jan. 15, 1858 Vacant,............... e Niles,. Mar. 27, 1845 Vacant.................. 5 65100 33 ^ Otsego,....Jan. 7,1837 J. Jackson, June, 1965 2551 76 3 6612 1 3 4 4' 85 65' 0 g Saugatuck,. Jan. 11, 1860 J. C. Myers,. May 15, 1862 11 23 34 2 2 4..... 3 85 6000 Sherwood&Leoniduns,May 9, 1860 N. D. Glidden,. July 1,1859 81820 5 1 1 2 2 1 100 42 00 Three Oaks, Mar. 12, 1848 PorterB.Parryf May 1,1865 17 28 45 2 26 4 30 1.. 1 6 2 75 51 85 SouthHaven, July 2,1850 Vacant.................. 6 19 25 5 St.Joseph, Apr. J8,1854 Vacant,.. 16 29 45 3 9 i 6 15...1 83 100. Waylandc,..Jane., 1860J. S. idder,... Apr. 22, 1864 11 30 41 8 1 2 3 5 1001 00 Wateryleit,. June 10, 1853 Vacant,......10....... 11 11.... 6 1 10...... 15 00 Total,........63. 985..30.......... 563 9851548 301 87 72 159 24 64 1 89 45 29 1626 2444 36 Otseg* Of Franklin Synod, Ev.Lutheran. t Of Rockford Association, Illin ois. Additional Members.-E. Anderson, J. Anderson, E. Gale, D. Jeffers, Thomas Jones, G. H. Miles, Henry Mills, H. H. Morgan, D. S. Morse, A. Rose, C. Temple, W. Waters, W. Wolcott. Meetings.-Third Tuesday in April, and second Tuesday in October. Register.-Rev. W. M. Campbell, Cooper. VIII.-GRBAND TRAVE SSE ASSOCIATION. Churches. OnistersNo. in Church. Admissions Removals. Bap-tgl1. Names. Organized. Name. Crgaor. mabor. Mals. Fen. Tot. Ab't. Pro Let. Tot. DthDis. ExoTot. t. O ~ Benzonia,..June 10, 1860 Reuben Hatch, June 1,1863 40 46 86 1 3 12 15 2... 7 21 75 $90 00 -Elk Rapids,. Feb. 8,1863 Leroy Warren,. Nov. 1, 1862 11 20 31 2 7 5 12. 3 5 30 23 00 Homestead,. Sept. 3,1864 E.. Kirklan,. Sept. 3,1864 10 10 20. 5 4 9... 1 2.. 25 10 63 Leland......July 10, 1865 Geo. Thompson, Feb. 1, 1865 6 7 13 2 9 4 13.. 5 20 30 00 Manistee,...July 20, 1862 Vacant,................ 9 15 24 1 3 2 5.. 1 40 1930 Northport,.. Feb. 22, 1863 Geo. N. Smith,. Feb. 22, 1863 51 15 5..... OlclWingM., Aug. 19, 1849 Geo. N. Smith,. June 1,1849 24 25 49 12 6 6 1 1 6 4 25. Pleasanton,. Jan. 28, 1866 Wm. S. Lewis,. Feb. 1,1866 5 9.... 13..... Trav'se City, Feb. 1,1863 J.. Crumb,...Nov. 1,1862 7 12 19 9 5 5.4 4 2 30 57 0 74 11 - 1 9 5 - 1 —. I t I I30 57 00 I Total,...9........50 6 37 33 41 74I112 13. 1131258 1 93 Additional Mlembers-A. B. Adams, Chas. E. Bailey, Alonzo Barnard, Ozro A. Thomas, Jas. R. Wright, Jas. B. Walker, D. D., John Vetter. Meetings-Second Thursdays in January and July. Scribe-Leroy Warren, Elk Rapids. IX.-~TItSKEGON VALL.EY ASSOCIATION. Rem o jis. Bap- o~ c i a Churches. MNisters. No. in Church. Admissions Removals. Bp.ti 2.s5 tim MS 5~0: ___ __________ ___ __________________________ _________________ ____________ _______________^ -Q I 8 Names. Organized. Name. Corn. Labor. Mals Fern. Tot Ab't. Pro. Let. Tot. Dth Dis. Exc Tot Benona...May 1,1864 Amos Dresser,. May 1,1865 8 10 18 5 2 4 61...... 18 500 Croton,....March, 1864;Alans'n St.Clair, March, 1863 2 6 8 3'..3.. 3... 3 3 25 15300 Mears,.....June, 1863 Tacant,................... 4 4 8...................... Newaygo,.. May 20,1855 iVacant,................... 3 4 7....... 2 2. Otto,....... April, 1863 Vacant,............ 6 410 2 3. 3. 3... 1 3. 18 3 00 Pentwater,.. Jan. 24,1866 Amos Dresser,. May 1, 1865 3 2 5 5 5.. 25 3500 Total,...6.............................. 26 30 56 10' 5 9 14. 5 1 6 3.. 86 $19600 rO - Al; nSt. lair Scribe Alanson St. Clair. z SUMMARY, For the Year Ending May 31, 1866. Church Members. Admissions. Removals. Baptisms Associations. O I -! o I Eastern Conference,........ 15 26 547 1146 1693 188 163 72 245 20 203 3 226 62 22 1774 $8907 22 Jackson Gonference....... 12 18 434 773107154 77 58 135 17 70 91 34 13 1217 1778 14 Marshall Association,....... 21 17 488 75811246 154 84 65 150 21 52 2 75 555 10 1220 2270 93 Grand River Association,... 15 20 402 6561058 106 93 70 163 15 32 1 48 43 26 1502 2244 75 Genesee Association,...... 14 17 28 421 649 40 39 73 112 10 30 6 46 25 24 1104 1325 66 Southern Mich. Association, 14 16 402 799 1201 151 53 50 103 27 70 1 98 22 14 1356 3436 97 Kalamazoo Association,... 2 563 985 1548 301 87 72 159 244 1 89 45 29 1626 244436 Grand Traverse Association., 14 9 116 150 266 37 33 41 74 1 12.. 131 19 13 258 229 93. MuskegonValleyAssociation, 3 6 26 30 56 10 5 9 14. 5 1 6 3.. 86 196 00 Total................... 132 150 3206571889241141 634 52011 55 1351 538 19 692 309 151 10,142 122,933 96 N. B.~-Any errocrs that may be found in the foregoing tables must be attributed to the loss of dopy in transmitting the. proofs through the Post Ofice. GENERAL ASSO0IATiON. 41 ImPt VOf tanisters CONNECTED WITH THE CGE3NElAL ASSOCIATION OF MTICHIGA, WITH THEIR POST OFFICE ADDRESS, APRIL 1st, 1866. Adams, A. B., Bezonia, Benzie county. Allen, J. Wi.ng, Tipton, Lenawee county. Anderson, Edward, M3in. Anderson, Joseph, Augusta, Kalamazoo county. Andrus, Elizur, Allegan, Allegan county. Apthorp, Rufus, S. Johns, Clinton county. Ashley, J. Mills, Goodrich, Genesee county. Avery, John T., Cleveland, Ohio. Bailey, Charles E., Benzonia, Benzie county. Baird, Robert G., Armada, Macomb county. Baldwin, Abram E., Ann Arbor, Washtenaw county. Ballard, James, Grand Rapids, Kent county, Barker, Isaac, Laphamville, Kent county. BTrnard, Alonzo, Benzonia, Benzie county. Barnam, George, Waterloo, Ind. Barrows, John Mi., Olivet, Eaton county. Bates, Henry, Grass Lake, Jackson county. Berney, Daniel, Farmers, Sanilac county. Bonney, John M., Batavia, Branch county. Borden, Edmund W., Dexter, WashtenaW county. Boughton, John F., Ransom, Hillsdale county. Branch, Edwin T., Vernon, Shiawassee county. Breed, Samuel D., Ypsilanti, Washtenaw county. 6 42 MINUTES OF THE Campbell, William M., Cooper, Kalamazoo county. Churchill, Charles H., Oberlin, Ohio. Coffey, George H. Jackson, Jackson county. Comstock, Davillo W., Dowagiac, Cass county. Cowles, John G. W., East Saginaw, Saginaw county. Crane, James L., Morenci, Lenawee county. Crumb, John H., Traverse City, Grand Traverse county. Dresser, Amos, Pentwater, Oceana county. Eaton, Danforth L., Lowell, Kent county. Elmer, Hiram, Clinton, Lenawee county. Emmons, John, North Raisinville, Monroe county. Esler, William P., Olivet, Eaton county. Estabrook, Joseph, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw county. Evarts, Nathaniel K., Cannonsburg, Kent county. Fiske, John B., Grand Haven, Ottawa county. Fletcher, Adin H., Pontiac, Oakland county. Ford, Francis F., Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo county. Fox, Garry C., Victor, Clinton county. Freeland, Samuel M., Detroit, Wayne county. Gale, Edmund. Glidden, N. Dimmic, Leonidas, St. Joseph county. Goodale, Osee M., Chesaning, Saginaw county. Grattan, Harvey, Laingsburg, Shiawassee county. Hall, William, London, Monroe county. Hard, J. H., Grand Rapids, Kent county. Hatch, Reuben, Benzonia, Benzie county. Hess, Riley J., Grand Rapids, Kent county. Hosford, Oramel, Olivet, Eaton county. Hoyt, James S., Port Huron, St. Clair county. Hurd, Fayette, Memphis, Macomb county. Hurd, Philo R., Romeo, Macomb county. Hyde, Silas S., Dundee, Monroe county. GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 43 Jackson, John, Otsego, Allegan county.' Jeffers, Deodate, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo county. Jones, Thomas, Olivet, Eaton county. Jones, Thomas W. Judson, Sylvanus M., Sylvania, Ohio. Judd, Henderson. Kedzie, Adam S., Somerset, Hillsdale county, Kidder, James W., Middleville, Barry county. Kidder, John S., Wayland, Allegan county. Kirkland, Elias E., Homestead, Benzie county. Lewis, Elisha M., Wheatland, Hillsdale county. Lewis, William S., Pleasanton, Manistee county. Lucas, Hazael, Maple Rapids, Clinton county. Mahan, Asa, D. D., Adrian, Lenawee county. Mason, Stephen, Marshall, Calhoun county. McIntyre, Chas. C., Lansing, Ingham county. McKay, James A., Lamont, Ottawa county. McLain, J. M., Eastmanville, Ottawa county. Miles, George H., St. Joseph, Berrien county. Millard, Joseph D., Delta, Eaton county. Mills, Henry, Illinois. Morgan, H. H., Olivet, Eaton county. Morrison, Nathan J., Olivet, Eaton county. Morse, David S., Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo county. Morse, Henry C., Union City, Branch county.. Myers, John C., Plymouth, Richland county, Ohio. Nall, James, Royal Oak, Oakland county. Norton, Smith, Michigan City, Ind. Nutting, Rufus, Saline, Washtenaw county. Parker, Roswell, North Adams, Hillsdale county. Parmelle, James B. Hubbardston, Ionia county. Patchin, John, Owosso, Shiawassee county. ~44 ~C3MINUTES OF T!I. Phillips, Samuel, Battle Creek, Calhoun county. Penfield, HItomer. Pierce, John D., Ypsilanti, Washtenaw county. Platt, William, Utica; Macomb county. Pratt,Almon 1., Flint, Genesee county. Read, Herbert A., Marshall, Calhoun county. Rose, William F., Pine Run, (Genesee county. tRowe, Aaron, Corpus. Christi, Texas. Russell, William P., 3Memphis, Macomb county. Sanderson, Alonzo, Grand Blanc, Genesee county. Scotford, John, Lawrence, Van Buren county. Sessions, Sanuel, Olivet, Eaton county. Shaw, Edwin W., Leslie, Tughaml county. Smith, George N., Northport, Leelanau county. Smith, J. Morgan, Grand RIapids, Kent county. Smith, Joseph W., Eaton lRapids, Eaton county. Spelman, Levi P., St. Clair, St. Clair county. Spooner, Charles C., Lexington, Sanilac county. Spoor, Orange H., Vermontville, Eaton county. St. Clair, Alanson, Croton, Newaygo county. Stevenson, John II., Eaton Rapids, Eaton county. Streeter, Sereno W., Union City, Branch county. Strong, Guy C., Ceresco, Calhoun county. Sykes, Lewis E., Easton, Ionia county. Taylor, James F., Chelsea, Washtenaw county. Temzple, Charles, Otsego, Allegan county. Thomas, Ozro A., Richmond, Missouri. Thompson, George, Leeland, Leelanan county. Thompson, Oren C., Detroit, Wayne county. Van Auken, Helnas H., Bedford, Calhoun county. Vetter, John, Chaplain 8th Eegt. 1U. S. C. Cavalry. Waldo, Levi F,, Lowell, Kent county. W\alker, James B., D.:D., Benzonia, Benzie county. GENERE L ASSOCIATION. Warren, Leroy, Elk Rapids, Antrim county. Waters, Warren, Three Oaks, Berrien county. Waterbury, Talmadge, Port Sanilac, Sanilac county. White, James S., Marshall, Calhoun county. Wilder, Edwin, Flint, Genesee county. Williams, Horace R., Almont, Lapeer county. Williams, Richard J., Summit, Washtenaw county. Williams, Wolcott B., Charlotte, Eaton county. W'irt, David, New Baltimore, Macomb county. Wolcott, William, Detroit, Wayne county. Woodbury, Frank P., Meriden, N. H. Wright, James R., Benzonia Benzie county. MINUTE S OF THE eta AsSo af~ t f Wi4 igAntn AT THEIR MEETING IN KALAMAZOO, lMAY 1'5G 1867. WITH AN APPENDIX.ROMEO: TEALL & MOON, PRINTERS. 1867. ffktr s of fte iszoda tion. MODERATOR, REV. WILLIAM P. RUSSELL, of Memphis. SECRETARY, REV. PHILO R. HURD, of Romeo. SCRIBE, REV. WOLCOTT B. WILLIAMS, of Charlotte. ASSISTANT SCRIBE, MR. NELSON B. JONES, of Lansing. The next meeting will be held in the city of Port Huron, on the third WEDNESDAY in May, 1868, commencing at 7 1-2 o'clock, P. M. 1st Iffterev of 0e atnetnl l^einiin. 1842. Rev. Marcus Harrison, Moderator. Rev. H. S. Hamilton, Scribe, 1843. Rev. 0. C. Thompson, " Rev. Luther Shaw, " 1844. Rev. Sylvester Cochrane, " Rev. Harvey Hyde, 1845. Rev. Harvey Hyde, " Rev. H. L. Hammond, 1846. Rev. H. L. Hammond, " Rev. G. L. Foster, 1847. Rev. G. L. Foster, " Rev. 0. Lockwood, 1848. Rev. L. Smith Hobart, " Rev. H. Hyde, 1849. Rev. C. Lockwood, " Rev. H. D. Kitchel, 1850. Rev. H. D. Kitchel, " Rev. D. M. Bardwell, 1851. Rev. A. S. Kedzie, " Rev. E. N. Bartlett, 1852. Rev. P. R. Hurd, " Rev. L. Smith Hobart, 1853. Rev. J. H. Benton, " Rev. H. L. Hammond, 1854. Rev. J. D. Pierce, " t Rev. G. M. Tuthill, 1855. Rey. Thomas Jones, " Rev. Hiram Elmer, 1856. Rev. Hiram Elmer, " Rev. P. R. Hurd, " 1857. Rev. Edward Taylor, " Dea. Dexter Mussey, 1868. Rev. Joseph Anderson, " Bro. Henry Clubb, C 1859. Rev. Asa Mahan, " Rev. P. R. Hurd, " 1860. Rev. S. S. N. Greeley, " Rev. P. R. Hurd, 1861. Rev. H. A. Read, " Rev. Hiram Elmer, 1862. Rev. G. M. Tuthill, " Rev. Henry Bates, " 1863. Rev. John Patchin, " Rev. Samuel Sessions, 1864. Rev. James S. Hoyt, " Rev. L. F. Waldo, 1865. Rev. S. W. Streeter, " Rev. L. F. Waldo, 1866. Rev. Henry Bates, " Rev. W. B. Williams, " 1867. Rev. William P. Russell, " Rev. W. B. Williams, " SECRETARIES. Rev. L. Smith Hobart, - - 1842-1862, Rev. Philo R. Hurd, - 1862 - onstitiutin f ofe nml saoitdtratn OF MICHIG-AN. Believing that the principles of the Congregational system of church government are plainly taught in the Scriptures; and believing that system to be better adapted than any other to secure the interests of the Christian Church; and believing, moreover, that the extension and efficiency of the system would be greatly promoted by the organization of a General Association of the Congregational Ministers and Churches of Michigan, we do therefore adopt the following Constitution and Rules: ARTICLE I. This ecclesiastical organization shall be called C The General Association of the Congregational Ministers and Churches of Michigan." ART. II. This Association shall never exercise any judicial authority over the Ministers or Churches belonging to it; but its object shall be to promote christian love and fellowship among its members - to obtain and disseminate religious information relative to the churches throughout our State, our country and the world - and to strive together in prayers and counsels, and faithful efforts to advance the cause of truth and holiness. ART. III. Any Minister who is a member in regular standing in any local Association or Conference in this State which assents to the Constitution and Rules of this 6 MINUTES OF THE General Association, is a member of this body, and being present, shall be entitled to a seat therein; and every Church regularly connected with any such local Association or Conference, shall be entitled to a representation in all its meetings by one delegate chosen for the purpose; and a quorum or larger number of such ministers or delegates being assembled, shall constitute the General Association of Michigan. ART. IV. The officers of this Association shall be a Moderator and a Scribe, elected annually by ballot; and a Secretary, elected triennially by ballot, who shall also be, ex officio, the Treasurer of the Association. ART. V. The Moderator shall at all times endeavor to preserve order in the Association, and to conduct all business before the body to a speedy and proper result. He shall decide questions of order, subject to an appeal to the house by any two members. He shall appoint all committees when the Association do not otherwise determine; and he shall open the next annual meeting with a sermon. ART. VI. It shall be the duty of the Scribe to keep: full and accurate minutes of all transactions of the Association, and after they have been adopted, to place them in the hands of the Secretary. ART. VII. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to give due notice through the public papers, of the time and place of each meeting; to read the rules of the Association at the opening session; carefully to record such parts of the minutes of each meeting as may not be printed; to receive Statistical Reports from the Scribes of the local bodies, and prepare the same for publication; to receive and distribute publications presented to the Association; and to preserve for the Association all com GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 7 munications addressed to it, and at least one copy of each publication presented to the body, or printed by its order. As Treasurer, he shall have charge of all moneys belonging to the Association, or designed for its benefit; and shall disburse the same as the Association shall direct. He shall annually present a report on the state of the Treasury, and also state the sum in his opinion necessary to be raised for the ensuing year. ART. VIII. The annual meeting of this Association shall be held at such place as shall have been designated at the meeting previous, and shall commence on the third Wednesday of May, at 7 1-2 o'clock, P. M., and not adjourn until after the ensuing Sabbath. ART. IX. Seven members shall be requisite to form a quorum for the transaction of business; but for opening and adjourning the meeting, a less number shall be competent. ART. X. The following Confession of Faith is cordially adopted by this Association, as being an expression of the fundamental doctrines of the Gospel, and as the basis and bond of our Union: 1. We believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments were given by inspiration of God, and are the only rule of faith and practice. 2. We believe that there is one living and true God subsisting in three persons-the FATHER, SON and HOLY. GHosT-and that these three are the same in substance, and equal in every divine attribute and perfection. 3. We believe that God created all things by the word of His power, and governs all things according to His eternal purpose. 4. We believe that though God works all things af 8 MINUTES OF THE ter the counsel of His own will, yet man is a free, moral and accountable agent. 5. We believe that God created man in His own image, and that our first parents were perfectly holy, but that they fell from that state of holiness by eating of the forbidden fruit. 6. We believe that all men have become sinners in consequence of the first sin of Adam; not by the reckoning of his sin to their account, but by their own voluntary transgression. 7. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, who is God and man in one person, made an atonement for the sins of the whole world, by the shedding of His blood on the Cross. 8. We believe that salvation is freely offered to all men, in the Gospel, on the condition of faith and repentance, and that though naturally able to do all that God requires in order to be saved, yet in their natural state, they all, with one consent, do reject Christ and his salvation. 9. We believe that God the Father, in the covenant of redemption, gave to Christ as the reward of His labors, a part of mankind to be a seed to serve Him-and that all such will be called by His Spirit, renewed, sanctified and saved. 10. We believe that Saints, the called and chosen of God, though morally imperfect during their earthly pilgrimage, will yet be preserved by His grace, and confirmed unto the end, that they may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 11. We believe that the Sacraments of the Christian Church are Baptism and the Lord's Supper, and that the GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 9 former is to be administered only to believers and their households. 12. We believe that, at the end of the world, there will be a resurrection of the dead, when God will judge the world in righteousness by Jesus Christ, who will receive the righteous into eternal life, while the wicked shall go away into everlasting punishment. ART. XI. This Constitution may be altered or amended at a regular meeting of this Association, by a vote of two-thirds of the members present: Provided, The intended alteration or amendment shall have been proposed at a previous meeting. RULES OF THE ASSOCIATION. 1. The Moderator of the last meeting, or in his absence, the Minister of the Church where the Association meets, or the Secretary, shall call the members to order, and preside in the meeting until the body shall be properly organized. 2. The certificates of the delegates present shall be received, and a roll made out by the Secretary or a temporary Scribe. The Association shall then organize, by choosing a Moderator and Scribe, and a majority of the votes cast shall be necessary to constitute a choice. The Moderator shall offer prayer, after which the Rules of the Association shall be read. 3. Each session of the meeting shall be opened and closed with prayer, by the Moderator, or by some person whom he' shall designate. The minutes of the Association shall be read at the opening of the morning session of each day of the meeting; and they shall also be read, corrected and adopted at the conclusion of the meeting. 10 MINUTES OF THE 4. At the first session of the meeting, a Business Committee shall be appointed, who shall prepare business, arrange the order of exercises, and place a docket of the same in the hands of the Moderator. To this they may add from time to time such subjects as they may judge suitable for the consideration or action of the Association; and no business shall be introduced during the meeting, except through the hands of the Committee. 5. A Committee of three shall be annually appointed to submit to the Association, at the next meeting, an address to the Churches, on such topics as they may judge most conducive to the general interests of religion. The Address, being approved by the Association, shall be published. 6. The Association shall celebrate the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper on the Sabbath, in connection with the Church where the meeting is held. 7. The delegation from each Association and Conference shall present to the Association a written narrative of the state of religion the past year within its bounds. 8. The Scribes of the several Associations and Conferences shall annually make Statistical Reports to the Association of the number of members, &c., in the Churches in their connection; and these reports shall be made out according to a schedule to be furnished by the Association, and according to the facts as they were on the first of April, last preceding. 9. A Committee shall be appointed to receive the narratives of the state of religion, after' they have been read before the Association, and condense them into a general narrative, which, after being approved by the Association, shall be published. 10. A Committee shall be appointed at each meeting GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 11 to nominate a delegate to each of the ecclesiastical bodies with which this Association may hold correspondence. In case the delegates appointed shall fail to attend, any member of this body in good and regular standing, being present, shall be authorized to represent this Association in these bodies. 11. The delegates'who, the preceding year, were appointed to attend the meeting of Corresponding bodies, shall report to this Association. 12. A Committee shall be appointed annually to audit the account of the Treasurer; and his report shall not be adopted until approved by the Committee. 13. It shall be the duty of the delegations from the Associations and Conferences, to pay the Treasurer whatever sums may remain due from their respective bodies, whether the same have as yet been collected or not. 14. A Publishing Committee shall be appointed annually, of which the Secretary shall be a member, who shall make such extracts from the minutes as in their judgment it will be proper to publish; and procure to be printed such a number of copies of the same as will give at least one copy to every Church and Minister in the State; and so many copies to the several bodies with which this Association may hold correspondence, as shall be determined by vote. The Committee shall print all other documents ordered to be published, with the minutes, when not otherwise directed. 15. All publications presented for the use of this Association, and any excess in the number of minutes pwinted by this body, above the number determined by the preceding rule, shall be distributed among the several Associations and Conferences, in the ratio of the tax paid by them respectively. 12 MINUTES OF THE 16. The approbation of the Business Committeeshall be obtained before any person may be proposed to sit as an honorary member. Honorary members shall be allowed full liberty to take part in all deliberations, though they may not vote. 17. The printed minutes of this Association shall be a sufficient testimonial of the appointment of delegates to Corresponding bodies. 18. The expenses incurred by this Association shall be defrayed by tax assessed upon the several Associations and Conferences, according to their number of members respectively. 19. Every motion, on being seconded, shall, if requested by the Moderator, or any two members, be reduced to writing; and no motion shall be open to discussion until it be seconded. 20. The Moderator may speak upon points of order; in preference to other members, rising from his seat for that purpose; but he shall not speak upon the merits of a question, without placing some other member in the chair to preside while he speaks. 21. On questions of order, adjournment, commitment, or the previous question, no member shall speak more than once; nor on any question shall a member speak more than twice, without leave of the Association. 22. When a question is under debate, no motionshall be received except for adjournment, amendment, postponement, commitment, or the previous question,. viz: Shall the main question now be put? 23. If a question under debate contain several parts,, any member may have it divided, and a question takenon each part. 24. Every member when speaking, shall address him GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 13 self to the Moderator, and shall be subject to no needless interruption; if he act disorderly, it shall be the duty of the Moderator, and the privilege of other members, to call him to order. 25. No member shall leave the Association before the meeting is closed, except with the consent of the body; nor shall a member leave the house during a session, without the consent of the Moderator. 26. Each annual meeting of the Association shall be closed with a psalm or hymn, and prayer by the Moderator, or such other member as he shall designate. 27. Any Rule of this Association, except the 28th, may be suspended for the time being, by a vote of threefourths of the members present. 28. Any motion or resolution to establish, alter or annul a Rule of this Association, shall be read twice, on different days, and may be debated at each reading. At the first reading, the question shall be:. Shall it be read a second time? MINUTES. FIRST DAY-EVENING SESSION. THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN held its Twenty-Sixth Annual Meeting in the Congregational Church of Kalamazoo, commencing May 15th, at 7 1-2 o'clock, P. M., and was opened with an historical sermon, by Rev. HENRY BATES, the Moderator of the last meeting, from Isaiah LX:22, "A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong naton; I the Lord will hasten it in his time." After the sermon, the Association was called to order by the Moderator, and the roll of members made out as follows: I.-EASTERN CONFERENCE. MINISTERS.-Addison Ballard, Charles Cutler, Adin H. Fletcher, Samuel M. Freeland, James S. Hoyt, Philo R. Hurd, William Platt, William P. Russell, Levi P. Spelman, Horace R. Williams, David Wirt. DELEGATES.-Dea. Allen Fish, Dea. Alonzo P. Frost, Isaac B. Gilbert, George M. Lane, Frank D. Taylor. II. JACKSON CONFERENCE. MINISTERS.-Abram E. Baldwin, Henry Bates, Samuel D. Breed, Alvin H. Brown, William E. Caldwell, George H. Coffey, Samuel Phillips, James F. Taylor. 16 MNINUTES OF THE DELEGATES. —David Bingham, Justus Carpenter, Dea. Artemas S. Cushman, J. D. Williams, Austin Wood. III.-MARSHALL ASSOCIATION. MINISTERS.-John R. Bowers, Nathan J. Morrison, Herbert A. Read, Sereno W. Streeter,. Guy C. Strong,. Wolcott B. Williams. DELEGATES. —Dea. Levi A. Beadle, Dea. Israel W. Clark, Dea. Samuel F. Drury, Silas Kelsey, Martin W. Maxson, James E. Smith. IV.-GRANID RIVER ASSOCIATION. MINISTERS.-James Ballard, John B. Fiske, James W. Kidder, Joshua M. McLain, William H. Osborn, James L. Patton, J. Morgan Smith, Edward R. Stiles. DELEGATES.-George Luther, Lyman E. Patton. y.-GENESEE ASSOCIATION. MINISTERS.-J. Mills Ashley, John G. W. Cowles, William P. Esler, Charles C. McIlntire, John Patchin, Alonzo Sanderson. -DELEGA.TES,-Nelson B,. Jones, Dea. Orville L. Mason. VI.-SOUTHERN MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION. MINISTERS.-J. Wing Allen,. James L. Crane, Edmund Dyar, Adam S. Kedzie. DELEGATES.-Dea. Timothy Bancroft, Andrew K.. Bushnell, Edwin Cook, Asa G. Edwards, Dea. B. B. Seelye, Lyman Spaulding. VII.- KALAMAZO@O ASSOCIATION. MINISTElS.-Joseph Anderson, Elizur Andrus, Wil-. liam M. Campbell, Edward Cleveland, Frederick Crang, N. Dimic Glidden, John Jackson, Thomas Jones, John S. Kidder, Benjamin F. Monroe, Henry H. Morgan, Porter B. Parrey, John Scotford. GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 17 DELEGATES.-Dea. Alnout L. Aldrich, Dea. Jared Atwater, Dea. Herman Baker, Isaac Buskirk, Henry Chamberlain, Dea. Levi B. Fisher, Dea. Lenora Foster, Dea. James H. Haynes, Dea. Willard Mills, Andrew 01iver, Dea. Martin Wilson. VIII. GRAND TRAVERSE ASSOCIATION. MINISTERS.-Geo. N. Smith, Jas. B. Walker, D. D. DELEGATE.-Dea. Amasa Waters. IX.-MUSKEGON VALLEY ASSOCIATION. MINISTERS.-Hazael Lucas, Alanson St. Clair. Organization. Rev. William P. Russell was chosen Moderator, Rev, Wolcott B. Williams, Scribe, and Nelson B. Jones, Assistant Scribe. Prayer was offered by the Moderator. The Business Committee. Revs. James S. Hoyt and Samuel M. Freeland, and Dea. Samuel F. Drury were appointed a Business Committee. The Association adjourned until 8 1-2 o'clock tomorrow morning, the first half hour to be spent in devotional exercises. By request of the Church in Kalamazoo, it was I'ft.ed That an hour on Thursday evening be set apart for special prlayer in behalf of that Church for divine guidance in their present cirnlmnstances as destitute of a Pastor. Adjourned with singing the Doxology. SECOND DAY-MORNING SESSION. THURSDAY MORNING, May 16. The Association met according to adjournment, and spent the first half hour in devotional exercises. 18 MINUTES OF THE The minutes of the previous session were read, corrected and approved. The standing rules were read by the Secretary. Report of the Business Committee. The Business Committee reported a Docket, in part, which was accepted, and placed in the hands of the Moderator. Committee on Memorial to the Constitutional Convention. On motion, a Special Committee, consisting of Revs. A. S. Kedzie, E. Andrus, and A. St. Clair, was appointed to prepare a Memorial to the Constitutional Convention of the State, now in session at Lansing, in relation to Suffrage, and the Traffic in Intoxicating Liquors. Standing Committees. The Moderator announced the following Standing Committees: To prepare ean Address to the Churches for next year-Revs. Addison Ballard, J. S. Kidder, and H. R. Williams. To prepare a General Narrative of the State of Religion in the CzurchesRevs. P. B. Parrey, John Patchin, and I. P. Spelman. To audit the Reports of Treasurers-Dea. Allen Fish, Daniel Bingham, and George M. Lane. To arrange the leligious Exercises of the Association-Dea. Martin Wilson,,and Revs. 1-I. H. Morgan and J. Scotford. To assess the Tax upon the Local Associations-Revs. S. D. Breed and David Wirt. To nominate Delegates to Corresponding Bodies-Revs. H. A. Read, Samuel Phillips and G. H. Coffey. To publish the JMinutes of the General.Association-Revs. P. R. I-Ird, William Platt and S. M. Freeland. Delegates from Corresponding Bodies. The following persons were present as Delegates from Corresponding Bodies: Rev. Jonathan Crane, from the General Association of New York. Rev. George W. Walker, from the Congregational Conference of Ohio. GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 19 Rev. G. S. F. Savage, from the General Association of Illinois. Rev. Bela Fancher, from the Synod of Michigan. Rev. B. L. Howard, from the Free Will Baptist Yearly Meeting. Rev. S. Haskell, from the Baptist Association of Michigan. Rev. R. Sapp, from the Michigan Conference of the M. E. Church. Honorary Members. The following persons being present, were invited to sit.with the Association as Honorary Members: Rev. George W. Wood, D. D.; Secretary of the A. B. C. F. M., at N. York. Rev. E. H. Fairchild, of the General Conference of Ohio. Rev. Jonathan Fairbanks, of the Pres. and Cong. Convention of Wisconsin. Rev. D. D. Frost. of the General Association of Massachusetts. Rev. Phineas Blakeman, of the Synod of Western New York. Rev. S. E. Wishard, of the Synod of Michigan. Rev. J. K. Wellman, a Wesleyan Minister. Rev. II. L. Dox, of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod. Rev. Ray Palmer, D. D., Secretary of the Congregational Union, N. York. Rev. J. H. Harris, Secretary of the American and Foreign Christian Union. Rev. J. R. Shipherd, Dist. Secretary of the American Missionary A.ssociation at Chicago. Rev. E. R. Stiles, of the General Conference of Ohio. Rev. Joseph H. Ranney, of the Synod of Michigan. Rev. B. Foster Pratt, " " Rev. George P. Kimball, of the General Association of. Illinois, Rev. J. B. Stone, of the Baptist Association of Michigan. Rev. George M. Tuthill, of the General Conference of Ohio. Rev. Wilson A. Farnsworth, Missionary of the A. B. C. F. M. at Ceasarea, Western Turkey. Rev. H. L. Hammond, of the General Association of Illinois. Rev, Robert Hovenden. of the General Conference of Ohio. Rev. William G. Hubbard, of the Synod of Indiana. Rev. W. W. Norton, of the General Association of New York. Report of Delegates to Corresponding Bodies. The Delegates appointed to visit Corresponding Bodies made their report, which was accepted. Report of Delegates from Corresponding Bodies. It was made the order of the day for 4 o'clock this afternoon. 20 MINUTES OF THE Committee on the State of the Country. On motion, Revs. C. C. McIntire, N. J. Morrison and J. G, W. Cowles were appointed a Committee to prepare resolutions on the State of the Country. Reports on the Causes of Benevolence. The hearing of these was made the order of the day for to-morrow afternoon, at the opening of the session. Thanksfor the Opening Sermon. On motion, it was Resolved, That the thanks of this General Association be presented to the Rev. Henry Bates for the very able and interesting Historical Discourse delivered by him to this body last evening. Devotional Exercises. A half hour was spent in Devotional Exercises, after which the Association adjourned until 2 o'clock, P. M. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. The Association met according to adjournment, and was opened with prayer by Rev. L. P. Spelman. Narratives of the State of Religion. On motion, the reading of the Narratives of the State of Religion in the local Associations was made the order of the day for 3 o'clock this afternoon. The Place of Next Meeting. The next meeting was appointed to be held with the Ohurch in the city of Port Huron. An Additional Statistical Column. On motion, it was Voted, That a column be added to.our Statistical Reports, showing the amount of Contributions made by each Church for their own parish purposes, including Minister's Salary, Church Building, Sabbath School, and Parsonage. GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 21 Narratives of the State of Religion, Narratives of the State of Religion in the several Local Associations were read, and referred to the Committee of the General Narrative. Devotional Exercises. On motion, it was Voted, That the Devotional Exercises of this evening be conducted by Rev. S. M. Freeland; and that the first and last half hours of each morning session be devoted to this purpose, under the direction of the Moderator, or such person as he shall designate. Reports of Delegatesfrom Corresponding Bodies. The Delegates from Corresponding Bodies who were present, were heard in respect to their respective fields. Letters were also read from Rev. Charles W. Camp, Delegate from the General Convention of Wisconsin, and from Rev. E. C. Bissell, Delegate from the General Association of California, conveying to us the fraternal salutations of these bodies. Address to the Churchles. On motion, the reading of the Address to the Churches was made the order of the day for 10 o'clock to-morrow morning. Olivet College. On motion, the hearing of a statement in respect to Olivet College was made the order of the day for this evening at 8 3-4 o'clock. Representatives of Benevolent Societies. On motion, it was Resolved, That the Committee on Religious Exercises be instructed to arrange for the hearing of the Representatives of our Missionary and Benevolent Societies during the week-day sessions of the body, in order that the Sabbath may be exclusively given to preaching and devotion. After prayer, by Rev. John Patchin, the Association adjourned to 7 3-4 o'clock this evening. 22 MINUTES OF THE THURSDAY EVENING. The Association met according to adjournment, and spent an hour in special prayer in behalf of the Church in Kalamazoo, for divine guidance in their.present circumstances as destitute of a Pastor. Olivet College. President Morrison made a statement in regard to the condition and wants of this Institution. Benevolent Societies. On motion, it was made the special order to hear statements from the Representatives of the A. B. C. F. M., and American Missionary Association, on Friday evening, and of the American Home Missionary Society, and the American Congregational Union, on Saturday evening; also, of the American Tract Society, Boston, Western Book and Tract Society, Cincinnati, Chicago Theological Seminary, Grand Traverse College, and Oberlin College, on Friday and Saturday afternoons, as they may be called up. Preachers for the Sabbath. On recommendation from the Committee on Religious Exercises, Rev. Ray Palmer, D. D., was appointed to preach in the Congregational Church on the morning of the Sabbath, and Rev. Abram E. Baldwin in the evening. The Lord's Supper. On motion, it was Voted, That the Association celebrate the Lord's Supper in connection with' the Church in this place, on Sabbath afternoon, at 2 o'clock. After prayer by Rev. J. B. Walker, D. D., the As. sociation adjourned till 8 1-2 o'clock to-morrow morning. GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 23 THIRD DAY — ORNING SESSION. FRIDAY MORNING, May 17. The Association met according to adjournment, and spent a half hour in Devotional Exercises, conducted by the Moderator. The minutes of the sessions of yesterday were then read, corrected and approved. The Address to the Churches. Rev. P. R. Hurd, from the Committee on the Address to the Churches, read, by special appointment of last year, an Address on the Importance of Ministers being Installed over the Churches they serve. After some,discussion of the subject, the hour of devotion having arrived, it was laid on the table for further consideration. A half hour was then spent in Devotional Exercises, conducted by the Moderator, after which the Association adjourned to 2 o'clock, P. M. FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The Association met according to adjournment, and was opened with prayer by Rev. E. H. Fairchild. Reports of Secretaries and Treasurers. The Secretaries and Treasurers of the several Benevolent Societies, and the Treasurer of this General Association, presented their several Reports, which were accepted and referred to the Auditing Committee. Benevolent Causes. On motion, Revs. J. S. Hoyt, G-. H. Coffey and A. S. Kedzie, were appointed a Committee to present to the 24 MINUTES OF THE Association some new scheme for making collections for these causes. Rev. G. S. F. Savage was heard in regard to the work and wants of the American Tract Society, Boston. Rev. H. L. Hammond was also heard in behalf of the Chicago Theological Seminary. Oberlin College, Ohio. Rev. E. H. Fairchild was heard in regard to the condition and wants of Oberlin College and Theological Seminary. After a spirited discussion, the following resolutions were adopted: Resolved, That having listened with interest to a statement of the work and wants of the Oberlin Theological Seminary, we take pleasure in expressing our hearty sympathy with that Institution, and our obligation to it for many noble fellow-workers scattered throughout the West. Resolved, That we recommend to our Churches to unite with the Congregational Churches of Ohio in an effort to endow a Professorship in that Seminary, and that collectively and individually we pledge to the Agent who may be employed for that purpose our earnest sympathy and co-operation. After prayer by Rev. S. M. Freeland, the Association adjourned to 7 1-2 o'clock this evening. FRIDAY EVENING. The Association met according to adjournment, and was opened with prayer by Rev. A. H. Fletcher. The evening was occupied by Addresses from Revs. S. J. Humphrey, Wilson A. Farnsworth and G-. W. Wood, D. D., in behalf of the A. B. C. F. M., and from Revs. J. R. Shipherd and W. B. Williams, in behalf of the American Missionary Association, and its work among the Freedmen. After singing the Doxology, and the Benediction by Rev. G. W. Wood, D. D., the Association adjourned to 8 1-2 o'clock to-morrow morning. GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 25 FOURTH DAY-MORNING SESSION. SATURDAY MORNING, May 18. The Association met according to adjournment andspent a half hour in Devotional Exercises, conducted by Rev, J. Ballard. iVemorial to the Constitutional Convention. The Committee on this subject reported the following, which was unanimously accepted and adopted: To the President and Members of the Constitutional Convention of Michigan, in session at Ldnsing The General Association of Michigan, in session at Kalamazoo, May, 1867, would introduce itself to your Honorable Body, as being an Association of over one hundred and fifty Congregational Churches, numbering some nine thousand members, and one hundred and forty ministers of the gospel, and speaking in behalf of such a constituency, would respectfully memorialize your Honorable Body as follows: FIRST - ON SUFFRAGE. —We hold as among our deepest convictions, founded upon absolute justice, that all the citizens of our Commonwealth, of suitable age, and exempt from criminal disqualifications, should, on the simple ground of manhood, be entitled to the elective franchise; and that, consequently, no discrimination of race or color should appear in the forthcoming Constitution of this State. In this conclusion we firmly believe the public sentiment of the State concurs, and we trust that your honorable body will not fail to establish this even-handed justice. 26 MINUTES OF THE SECONDLY AGAINST THE LICENSE OF THE TRAFFIC IN INTOXICATING DRINKS.-We rejoice that the present Constitution of this State forbids such license. The laws of our State, prohibiting the traffic, bring offenders before a Magistracy liable to be swayed by surrounding influences, rather than before higher, independent Courts, and so make conviction difficult, if not impossible. We therefore conceive that the benefits of Prohibition have not been fully tested, and ask that the present Constitutional provision in relation to this matter be continued, rather than a License system adopted, which, while it may restrain some, will give a dangerous respectability to the traffic. Great as is the capital involved in this trade, no success in the business can countervail the damage likely to come bylicensing it. Against this damage the communities of our State have a right, through the action of your Honorable Body, to defend themselves. Speaking in behalf of our -Churches, we thus express ourselves, hoping that like views may obtain in vour Convention. In behalf of the General Association, WILLIAM P. RUSSELL, Moderator. PHILO R. HURD, Secretary. The foregoing resolutions were unanimously adopted. Attest: WOLCOTT B. WILLIAMS, Scribe. Kalamazoo, May 18, 1867. Report of the Auditing Committee. The Auditing Committee reported that they had examined the accounts of the Treasurers, and found them correct. The report was accepted and adopted. GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 27 Religious Newspaper. This subject was made the order of the day for half past 10 o'clock, this A. M. Rev. J.. Wellman was heard in behalf of the Western Book and Tract Society, and Rev. J. H. Harris in behalf of the American and Foreign Christian Union. The Minutes. On motion it was Voted, To print 1,200 copies of the Minutes of this meeting, in connection with the Constitution and Rules of the Association. On motion, it was Voted, That a tax of two hundred dollars be assessed upon the Local Associations, to defray the expenses of this General Association for the coming year. The Committee of Assessment made the following report, which was accepted and adopted: Eastern Conference, - - - $39 00 Jackson Conference, - - - 27 00 Marshall Association, - - - 28 00 Grand River Association, - - 25 00 Genesee Association, - - 16 00 Southern Michigan Association, - 27 00 Kalamazoo Association, - - - 32 00 Grand Traverse Association, - - 5 00 Muskegon Valley Association, - - 1 00 $200 00 Grand Traverse College. Rev. J. B. Walker, D.D.,was heard inbehalf of the Grand Traverse College, and presented the following preamble and resolution, which were unanimously adopted by a rising vote: Whereas, This Association, having had under consideration the subject of Christian Collegiate Education in the Grand Traverse country, and sympathizing with the efforts of the brethren in the Grand Traverse Association, to supply the pressing educational wants of the rapidly increasing population of that new region of our State; therefore 28 MINUTES OF THE Resolved, That we earnestly commend the Grand Traverse College, located at Benzonia, to all those who desire to promote the interests of Christ's cause in connection with Christian Education at the West. Religious Newspaper. The following resolutions were presented by Rev. S. M. Freeland, and after remarks by Revs. Ray Palmer, D. D., A. Ballard and others, were adopted: Resolved, That we recognize the existing want of an able religious newspaper, to be established in the city of New York, which shall properly represent and promote the interests of our branch of the Church of Christ throughout the country. Resolved, That we pledge our sympathy, our patronage and our influence to such a religious newspaper, whenever founded in New York. The Association spent a half hour in Devotional Exercises, after which it adjourned to 1 1-2 o'clock, P. M, SATURDAY AFTERNOON. The Association met according to adjournment, and was opened with prayer by Dea. S. Foster. Religious Exercises for the Sabbath, The Committee on Religious Exercises made the following additional Report, which was accepted and adopted: In the Presbyterian Church, in the morning, preaching by Rev. Addison Ballard. In the evening, by Rev. A. H. Fletcher. In the Congregatiohal Church, in the afternoon, the Lord's Supper to be administered by Rev. Ray Palmer, D. D., Rev. Jonathan Crane, and Rev. S. W. Streeter, assisted by Deas. S. F. Drury, A. Fish, I. W. Clark and A. P. Frost; the ordinance also to be preceded by the reading of the General Narrative of the State of Religion. In the Tabernacle Baptist Church, in the morning, Rev.. C. McIntire. GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 29 In the Methodist Church, in the morning, Rev. J. Morgan Smith. In the evening, Rev. W. B. Williams; In the Congregational Church of Galesburg, Rev. E. Strickland. Th.le Revised Scheme of Benevolence. The Committee on this subject reported the following preamble and resolutions, which were adopted: 7Whereas, The entire responsibility of right action in this sphere oP0 Christian Life rests with individual Churches; and Whereas, Each Church must determine for itself what particular causes it will espouse, and the time and mode in which it will co-operate in them, therefore Resolved, That we recommend that however small any Church may be, and however poor its members, each and every one contribute something during each year, as the Lord shall prosper them. Resolved, That we recommend that contributions be secured by personal solicitation, rather than by collections in the congregation. Resolved, That we recommend the exclusion of all agents from our Churches, except upon invitation of the Pastors; that this entire work be done by Pastors, and individual members of the Churches, so far as may be, and that accurate reports of their doings in this matter be embodied in the Narrative of the State of Religion presented by the Local Conferences and Associations. Limitation of Speeches. On motion, it was Voted, That all speeches, during the remaining sessions of this Genera} Association be limited to five minutes. Address to the Churches. The Address to the Churches was taken from the table, and after a protracted discussion, was referred to a Committee, consisting of Revs. P. R. Hurd, J. S. Hoyt, and W. P. Russell, with the request that they would revise it, and report at the next annual meeting of the Association. Sabbath Schools. On motion of Dea. S. Foster, sustained by an earnest speech from him, it was 30 MINUTES OF THE Resolved, That this Association consider the Sabbath School as one of the most fruitful fields of labor for the lay members of our Churches. Change of the Constitution. Rev. S. M. Freeland gave notice of a proposition to change Art. V. of the Constitution of this General Association, by erasing the last half of the last sentence, consisting in the words, "And he shall open the next annual meeting with a sermon." Delegates to Corresponding Bodies. The Committee to nominate Delegates to Corresponding Bodies made the following report, which was accepted and adopted: General Conference of Maine-Rev. J. S. Hoyt. General Association of 3~Massachusetts-Rev. Thomas Jones. General Association of New Hampshire-Rev. P. R. Hurd. General Convention of Vermont'-Rev. O. H. Spoor. General Association of Connecticut-Rev. A. E. Baldwin, General association of New York-Rev. H. A. Read. General Association of Illinois —Rev. Henry Bates. General Association of Iowa-Rev. Hiram Elmer. General Association of IKansas-Rev. J. M. McLain. General Association of Nebraska-Rev. A. H. Fletcher. General Association of California-Rev. Elizur Andrus. General Association of Oregon-Rev. Addison Ballard. Congregational Conference of.Rhode Island-Rev. Geo. H. Coffey. General Conference of Ohio-Rev. N. D. Glidden. General Conference of 1Miinnesota-Rev. W. L. Campbell. General Conference of Missoturi-Rev. J. M. Allen. General Convention of Wisconsin-Rev. John Patchin. Congregational Union, Canada-Rev. Joseph Anderson. Synod of Mlichigan-Rev. N. J. Morrison. Free Will Baptist Yearly Meetisng-Rev. W. E. Caldwell. Michigan Conference of the E. C. Church —Rev. W. B. Williams. Detroit Conference of the iM. E. C/hurch-Rev. S. M. Freeland. Michigan Baptist Convention-Rev. John B. Fiske. Michigan Mfethodist Conference-Rev. Asa Mahan. Michigan Wesleyan Methodist Conference-Rev. S. Phillips. The General.Association of Indianc, holds its annual meeting at the GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 31 same time with this Association, and as it is impossible to send any Delegate to it, none was appointed. Report of the Committee on the State of the Country. The Committee on the State of the Country made a report, which, after some discussion, was recommitted for revision, with the addition of Revs. J. S. Hoyt and A. S. Kedzie to the Committee. After prayer by Rev. S. D. Breed, the Association adjourned to 7 1-2 o'clock this evening. SATURDAY EVENING. The Association met according to adjournment, and was opened with singing, and prayer by Rev. E. R. Stiles. Rev. H. A. Read made statements in regard to the Home Missionary work in this State, and Rev. H. H. Morgan in regard to Church Building. They were followed by Rev. Ray Palmer, D. D., who spoke in behalf of both these objects. A musements. The subject of popular Amusements having been introduced by Rev. J. Ballard, after much debate, the resolutions offered by him were referred to a Committee, of which Rev. A. Ballard was Chairman, who subsequently reported the following, which was passed: Resolved, That we regard dancing, card-playing, the visiting of billiard-saloons, and theater-going, as seriously hurtful to Christian character and influence; and that we therefore earnestly warn the Churches with which we are connected against extending to these practices the encouragement of their example, approbation or countenance. The Next Annual Address to the Churches. On motion, it was Voted, That the Address to the Churches for next year be upon the subject of Amusements. 32 MINUTES OF THE Resolutions on the State of the Country. The Special Committee appointed to present Resolutions on the State of the Country, reported the following, which were unanimously adopted: Whereas, According to the usual custom of this body, it seems fitting and desirable that we make some expression of our sentiments upon those great questions of human liberty in relation to which we have borne, in times past, no uncertain testimony; therefore Resolved, That we heartily reaffirm our former utterances in favor of Universal Liberty and Impartial Suffiage. Resolved, That we express our devout gratitude to God, and our hearty thanks to our National Congress for what has been accomplished in securing equal rights to all the citizens of our country. Resolved, That we view with alarm, and protest against the release of unrepentant rebels from the disabilities of their guilt. Resolution of Thanks. On motion, it was Resolved, That the thanks of this General Association be presented to the Committee of Entertainment of this Church, and to the warm-hearted citizens of this village for the unstinted hospitality which has been extended to us during the present meeting. The Minutes were read and approved. After prayer by the Moderator, the Association adjourned. The Sabbath. The Religious Exercises of the Sabbath were in accordance with the recommendation of the Committee on that subject. The Association was not called together on Monday m'orning, but quite a number of the members, while awaiting the cars, gathered in the Chapel, and spent a most delightful season of prayer and Christian conference, WILLIAM P. RUSSELL, Moderator. WOLCOTT B. WILLIAMS, Scribe. Attest: PHILO R. HURD, Secretary. Kalamazoo, May 20,, 1867. APP E ND IX. A. THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN, In Account with P. R. HURD, Treasurer. Cil. 1866. May 20. By cash on hand, - - $122 76 Oct. 16. By cash of F. Raymond, - -10 001867. May 16. By cash from Eastern Conference, - - 49 25' " By cash from Jackson Conference, - - - 35 25 " " By cash from Marshall Association, - - 33 75 " By cash from Grand River Association, - - 29 25.' " By cash from Genesee Association, - - 17 00' By cash from Southern Michigan Association, - 35 75' By cash from Kalamazoo Association, - - 42 50." " By cash from Muskegon Valley Association, - 1 50 $377 00 1866. July 15. To printing 1,000 copies Minutes, - 109 00 "' " To expenses to Detroit, - - 3 00 " To postage, - - - - 12 78." " To stationery for the year, - - 1 50 1867. March 9. To printing Schedules, - - 6 00 May 16. To Secretary's salary, - - - 50 00 - $182 2$ Balance in the Treasury, - - - $194 7P Kalamazoo^:May 16, 1867. BE. 8arrafibe of tAct ftatt of 8td l"On At no time in the history of this Association have we had more occasion for gratitude and thanksgiving to God, the blessed Author of all our mercies, than at the close of this 25th year of its existence. In no past year has He given us richer tokens of His favor, or greater assurances of His love and mercy. The past year has been one of revivals, of general harmony and progress. Many are the cheering and heart-reviving reports that have come up to us from almost every local Association and every Church connected with this body. From the Eastern Conference we learn that twentyfive of her twenty-eight Churches have had the regular ministrations of the word of God; that members have been added to twenty-three of these churches, increasing the number in the aggregate from 1693 to 1804. Two new churches have been added to the Conference, and peace and harmony have prevailed throughout. The various benevolent objects, and the cause of Temperance have been attended to, and several church edifices are in progress of erection. Jackson Conference reports a gradual increase in several of the churches. The church in Jackson has received thirty-five members, Augusta seven, and Webster five. Several conversions have occurred at Grass Lake. Most of the churches have large and flourishing Sabbath Schools and Bible Classes. No spirituous liquors are openly sold at Grass Lake, and nobody drinks at Summit. GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 35 The Marshall Association gives a good report.Two or three of its smaller churches are nearly extinct, but a healthy condition characterizes the rest. A goodly interest in the cause of Temperance and in Sabbath Schools prevails. Several churches are interested in building or improving church edifices. Revivals of more or less interest have been enjoyed in the churches of Fredonia, Bedford, Leroy, Olivet and Union City. The history of the two last.has won for them the descriptive titles, "The Evergreen," and " The Fruitful Bough."The church at Matteson has doubled its membership within a little over a year., The Grand River Association reports great prosperity as evinced in the revival of the work of God in several of its churches, resulting in goodly additions, increase of funds to benevolent objects, a large interest in the Sabbath School work, in successful efforts in enforcing the Prohibitory Liquor Law, and in the addition of a band of earnest and able ministers. The churches specially blessed with revivals are Hubbardston, Rockford, Lowell and Grand Rapids. The strength of the first two has been more than doubled, though the converts were not received in time to appear in this year's Minutes. The revival at Lowell is spoken of as one of remarkable interest and power. This church has also more than doubled its strength. But a still greater work has been wrought by the Spirit at Grand Rapids, in which more than.five hundred souls in thewhole city have been hopefully converted, more than seventy of whom have been added to the Congregational Church. The twenty-two churches of this Association have 1,316 members, and 1,586.Sabbath School scholars. Genesee Association has been blessed with revivals 36 MINUTES OF THE at Vernon and Owosso. The church in East Saginaw, though long afflicted by the protracted illness of its Pastor, has been nearly doubled in the number of its members, and is: erecting a spacious and costly house of worship. The church at Lansing has been strengthened by constant additions. More than usual spiritual interest and activity are manifest in all the churches of the Assoia tion. The Southern Michigan Conference reports two Pastors installed during the year. The aggregate increase of members in all the churches is one hundlred and seventy. The general spiritual condition is good and promisingy where regular preaching is enjoyed. Revivals have occurred in thee churches of Clinton, Franklin and LitchfieldS resulting in an addition of thirty members to each of the first two7 and seventy to the last. The Temperance cause has also been welli remembered. Kalamazoo Association' is characterized; by missionary: eal and spirit. It has become second in size to only one in- the- State, and bri-ngs up a cheering report of what the Lord has done for the churches. The churches of.Allegnand a Brady- have doubled their membership. Allegan has also doublbed her Sabbath School, and Brady has raised oni subscription $2,000 for the erection of a' church edifice. The church, at Cooper has also received a refreshing from the Lord;- has added seventeen to her membershiip, and has become self-supporting. Lawrence is also hoping soon to be added to the number of selfsupporting churches. Thirty have been- added' to the: church in Hopkins, sixteen to the church in Keeler, eightto the church in Three Oaks, several to the churches in, Dowagiac, with several hopeful conversions in Galesburg. The church in @tsego has a new house f:worship, and GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 37 is greatly encouraged. The church in Three Oaks also hopes to finish its house of worship the present season. Most of the churches of this Association report large and interesting Sabbath Schools and Bible Classes. Grand Traverse Association reports a slight increase during the year. No special revivals have been enjoyed, but externally there have been tokens of increased prosperity. A general movement has been made toward securing houses of worship. The church in Traverse City has begun to build, and the church in Pleasanton hopes soon to commence. The church in Leland has increased its membership from thirteen to twenty. The church in Manistee, from twenty-four to thirty-five. The Muskegon Valley Association is still weak in the number of its churches and Ministers, though large in the field to be cultivated. In all that region, growing in population and wealth, there are but two laborers. The failing health of the father of the Association has obliged him to retire. May the Lord of the harvest send forth more laborers into this promising field. On the whole, the Association has much cause of gratitude and praise to the great Head of the Church for the many favors and blessings vouchsafed to these churches during the past year. In the name of our God will we set up our banner, and, relying upon His continued favor, address ourselves to the work of the coming year. c~^Pt Statistics of the Churches from March 31st, 1866, to April I st, 1867. N. B.-~he Post Oice Address of Ministers connected with the General Association will befound atpage 49, corrected to April 1, 1867. The letter p. after a name indicates that the person has been installed as Pastor, and the letters a. p. that he only acts in this relation, without installation. ]. —-EASTERN CONFERENCE. CHURCHES. MINISTERS. NO. IN C'HURCH. ADMISS'NS. REMOVALS. BAP.. 4C r Names. Organized. Mini.ter. Ordained. Com. L{or. 1 _ 1 \ 1....~ April 15,1341 Vacant..................... -..j.... 41iOl'nt —---- Dec. 6,:838 l[t...Wiliams, a p May5, 1864 May 22, 1864 33 66 99 14 0 3 33 10 0 11 0 0 65 $207 18 2Alpena_ -...- March 3,1862 Vacant821 020250 90 101 00 -' -- —. 11 26 37 3 13 82 0 110 Armada -..... —- April 22; 1838 R. G. Baird, a p Feb. 11, 1859 May 11, 1862 22 38 60 4 3 7 10 1 3 0 4 0 0 60 3200 0 Jgridgchanmpton Oct. 1, 1862 D. Berney, a.p. —-. 1835 Feb. 1, 1862 9 716 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 0 300 Q Bruce.......July'31, 1833 I1. G. Baird, a p- Feb. 11, 1859 May, 1861 4 18 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 000 30 C Chestefieldt... ~Feb. 13, 1847 Vacant -. -.... 23 4 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 30 18 49 Joluo~bu — S Sept. 29, 1851 Fayette Hir4, a p Oct. 1, 1863 June 1, 1865 19 30 49 10 9 1 10 0 1 0 1 1 0 40 4304 D i-troit 1st. Dec. 25, 1844 Addison Iallardp Sept. 15,..1557,June 1, 1866 88 161 249 24 4 5 9 116 (-17 14 150 9438.70 0 Detroit 2d.. April 3, 1866 S.M. Freeland, p- July 30, 186 1 April13 34 47 3 4 1 8 4 2 114 239 26 r0 Farmers Creek — Feb. 25, 1848 *GOeo. Wintqrs,ap ------ May 20, 1866 4 6 10 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 40 800 Flat Rock... March20, i'858 tCOhas.Machin,'ap' 1.838 June 1, 1864 19-45 64 5 2310 3 30 45 00 Lexington.....Sept. 18, 1866 Chas. Spoolper, ap Sept, 1839 April 1 1866 7 15 22 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 100 35 00 Memphis.....June 24, 1840 W.P. Riuisell, a p Aug. 24, 1841 July 1, 1848 24 55 79 15 23 124 0 0 3171 100 107 00.~ New Baltimore._ April 29, 1856 Vacant ~ --- - ~ —---- -- 9 33 40 15 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 75 4313 Oakwood -. —— May 20, 1848 *Geo. Wintets,ap-M 1 6..6- ~ a 1 4 2 40 22, 1866 11 5 0 6 0 1 60 Orion-..Jan. 18; 1853 W E. ticklaid, p ---- -...- March 1, 1866 6 7 13 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 0 40 Z Pontiac -. —---- Feb. 6, 1831 A. H.Fletcher, a p Oct. 12, 1845 Aug. 14, 1864 51 121 172 12 21618 814 0 22 0 1 100 126 37 PortHuron.-.ay 17, 1840 J. S. Hoyt, p -.- May 26, 1858 June 6, 1858 45110155 24 4 913 1 4 712 3 4 215 1707 32 C~ Port Sanilac.-.... pt. 2, 1854 D. Birney, a p....... —.Nov. 1, 1861 7 21 28 5 3 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 90 20 00 Ray andLenox.. Feb. 13, 1838 Vacant-.-... -..... 9 16 25 2 0 0 0 2 3 0 5 0 0 0 Rochester,- July 1, 1827 *C. P. Quick, a p- Sept. 1864 July, 1866 13 35 48 4 3 4 7 0 6 0 6 0 2 40 4800 Romeo —-—.. — Aug. 16, 1829 P. H. Hurd, p1o July 1, 1840 Nov. 12, 1849 58108166 5 9 6 15 3 1 0 4 3 0 96 1867 00 Royal Oak ~ —- Aug. 13, 1842 James Nall, a p-.......- Nov. 1, 1861 17 30 47 2 6 3 9 0 0 0 0 2 2 65 St. Clair -. — --- Feb. 10, 1841 *W.P.Wastell, ap. --.... 28 66 94 34 1 3 4 2 0 0 2 1 9 95 37 75 Utica.. —- ~ —- June 11, 1855 Win. Platt, a p..June30, 1847June 1, 1854 9 43 52 14 2 1 3 0 3 0 3 1 1 100 48 33 Wayne -. —-. — Aug. 20, 1848 TChas. Cutler, a p Nov. 18, 1857 Feb. 1, 1867 9 2534 4 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 70 16 00 Worth-.-.-. --— March 12,1859 Vacant-~ ~ ~ -- - -... —- 24 1000 Total-... 28 580 1224 1804 211 125 1121237 30 80 8 118 51 39 1719 14201 58 *Presbyterian. tOf the Ontario Association, N. Y. tOf the Union Association, N. H. Additional Ministers-S. M. Judson, 0. C. Thompson, T* Waterbury. Meetings-First Tuesday in May, and second Tuesday in November. Register-Rev. James S. Hoyt, Port Huron, II. —JACKSON CONFERENCE. CHURCHFS. MINISTERS. NO. IN CHURCH. ADMISS'NS. REMOVALS. BAP.. 4-i'5~.n Q -~ - ~ - — ~ ~________________ - -____ _ _____ ___-___-_______ ______ - a 0, I...> a ganized. Minis H 0 0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~, Names.. Organized. Miniter. Ordained. omL or Ann Arbor —-— May 23, 1847 A. E. Baldwin, p.. Feb. 28, 1860 June 1, 1862 88 109 197 44 6 22 28 2 26 0 28 0 9 197 200 00 Augusta.. —-— April 18, 1854 S. D. Breed, a p --- February,1862 Apl 20, 1862 22 26 48 7 7 0 7 0 7 0 7 4 7 41 49 60 Barry... -..-.. — Dec. 18, 1834 Vacant......-.......- 3 811 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 000 60 C Chelsea. —--- -Feb. 29, 1849 J. F. Taylor, a p.. Jan. 11, 1855 Oct. 11, 1860 27 44 7 5 9 1 10 3 6 5 14 5 2 100 50 00 P Dexter -.-.O.... ct. 8, 1839 *A. S.kedzie, a p. June 3, 1845 Nov. 10,1866 183856 7 1 9 10 0 3 0 3 0 6 40 75 00 E- Grass Lake --— Dec.16, 1835 ~James Vincent, ap -....,... —.- May 1, 1867 41 81 122 11 0 3 3 28 0 31 0 2 100 200 00; Howell.- -. —---- Feb. 12, 1850 Vacant -—.......-......- 6 5 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 Z Jackson -. —--- March 6, 1841 G. H. Coffey, p. —-... 1861 Feb. 5, 1865 127 225352 3 11441155 828 238591 275 48832 Leslie-..- April 9, 1865 E. W. Shaw, a p___ August, 1858 April9,1865 611 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 000 50 1000 Lima -...~. —-Jan. 17, 1830 Vacant. — --- -... —...- 11 25 36 10 0 0 0 0 5 0 6 0 0 Lodi. ——.. —-Dec. 30, 1854 W. E. Caldwell, a p. Feb. 10, 1863 Sept.16,1866 2244 66 9 0 0 0 4 2 0 6 0 0 100 18063 Napoleon -.....May 25, 1855 Vacant —-- - -. ——. —.. —--- 5 10 15 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 New Hudson...- April 6, 1859 Vacant.-.-~. ~ 4 14 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pinckney —. —— June 26, 1848 E. W. Borden, a p... April 1,1866 9 18 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 Salem -------. July6, 1844 Vacant.. —--.....- -.. —.- 15395419 000 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 Summit. -— Oct. 1, 1851 Vacant — --- -.. -- --- 28 46 74 8 1 3 4 0 2 0 2 0 4 50 12500 Sharon -......- April 24, 1850 *S.S. Hyde, ap... - Decemb. 1847 July 1, 1866 111526 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 30 2000 Webster. —-— Feb. 24, 1860 tS. D. Chapin,ap. 1856 May 1, 1866 31 558616 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 50 119 50 Total- 18 474 8131287 149 140 79 219 23 110 7 140 68 31 1188 151805 1856t~~~~~~~ay1, 1866_ ~ ~ ~ ~~~1 0 *Southern Michigan Association. tWashtenaw Presbytery. ~Congregational Union of Canada. Additional Members.-J. T. Avery, Joseph Estabrook, S. Phillips, John D. Pierce, Rufus Nutting. Meetings-On last Tuesday in April and October, at 7 P.,M. Scribe-Rev. James F. Taylor, Chelsea. III. —MARSHALL ASSOCIATION. CHURCHES. MINISTERS. NO. INNCHURC.I ADMISS'NS. REMOVALS. BAY.. ~ -~~~ -~~C -e oe. Names. Organized. Minister. Ordained. Corn. Labor - Com. Labor rd — ~~~~~~~ r Augusta —-— ~July 26, 1849 7J. Anderson, a p - --—. —--- Nov.17, 1865 22 34 56 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 62$ 202 29 JBarry&Johnstwn Nov. 30, 1865 Vacant -. —........... 10 14 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 40 45 00 Battle Creekt -- Mar. 27, 1836 Vacant —-—. —- -..........- 125 164 289 21 0 12 12 3 8 0 11 0 0 300 Bedford~ —--— June 24, 1848 H.H.VanAuken, a p Decem. 1864 May, 1864 38 53 91 6 29 0 29 0 6 0 6 22 0 100 90 00 Benton -------- Aug. 15, 1844 Vacant ---- ----— ~ — -- ---- —. —... 3 000 00 00 40 Charlotte... —. —- Jan. 26, 1851 B. F. Bradford, a p- —...._ —— June 1, 1867 17 46 63 12 7 7 14 1 2 0 3 4 4 76 110 00 Delta ------ ~Nov. 24, 1852 ~J. M. Ashley, a p — --- -- April, 1867 8 7 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 25 00 Eaton Rapids~ --- June 15, 1843 N. D. Glidden, ap — April 9, 1859- --- 24 24 48 9 0 1 1 1 4 0 5 0 0 45 150 00 Fr'donia&Ceresco April 28, 1863 Vacant —------- ----------—. ---------- 13 16 29 0 7 2 9 1 0 0 1 7 0 15 ^ Grand Ledge —~January, 1864 ~J. M. Ashley, a p - ---- Mayl2,1865* 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 00 Johnstown --- -Nov. 6, 1865 Vacant —5~ —- ---- 5 611 0 21 3 0 0 02 40 1000 o Kalamo ------ March. 1867 0. II. Spoor, a p_-_ Dec. 19, 1861 (ctobr, 1866 12 13 25 0 18 7 25 0 0 0 070 45 m Leroy --------- Mar. 14, 1837 ITS. Phillips, a p —-...........May 6, 1866 24 3559 8 0 3 3 2 2 0 4 0 0 60 13695 Matteson — --— Jan. 15, 1862 J. R. Bonney, a p.._ Jan. 18, 1863 Sept. 1, 1862 11 23 34 2 8 4 12 1 3 0 4 1 0 60 6590 Olivet ---- ~ ar. 20, 1845 Vacant —...- -- 92 131 223 18 21 29 50 2 17 0 19 7 16 208 870 00 Onondago -- ~- Oct. 15, 1866 J. Stevenson, a p -........- Nov. 1, 1866 5 5 10 0 8 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 Union City- Mar. 7, 1837 S. W. Streeter, p-___ October, 1836 April 1,1860 77 133 210 23 5 0 5 1 7 0 8 2 0 122 382 00 Vermontville. -.- Feb. 28, 1838 0. t.. Spoor, a p.. —- Dec. 19, 1861 Oct. 27. 1861 52 67119 7 4 3 7 1 4 0 5 3 0 80 20 00 Windsor.-.~ —Feb. 14, 1848 J. Stevenson, a p -..- Nov.15,1866 7 10 17 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 100 Total- 1 542 7881330 119 110 73183 1553 0685622 1458 $2357 04 *Last year's Report. tOn the plan of Union, and Reports also to Presbytery. TOf Kalamazoo Association. ITOf Jackson Association. ~Of the Genesee Association. Additional Members ---- J. M. Barrows, John Emmons, 0. Hosford, S. Mason, N. J. Morrison, H. C, Morse, H. A. Read, W. F. Rose, S. Sessionas, J W. Smith, J. S. White, Wolcott B. Williams, F. P. Woodbury,.Meetings —.On the last Tuesday in April and October. Scribe — Rev. Orange H. Spoor, Vermontville, IV. —GRAND RIVER ASSOCIATION. CHURCHES.. - MINISTERS. NO. IN CHURCH. ADMISS'NS. REMOVALS. BAP. ~. _ 0 Names. Organized. Minister. Ordained. Com.Labor. I I I n1 + C is...rd- i ed. Corn. Labor. cqti Ada —-----— Sept. 24, 1849 *D. L. Eaton, a p- Jan. 1, 1867 4 20 24 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 00 50 $125 00 Boston ----. May 6, 1848 Vacant --- --- ------ -- 10 22 32 6 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 45 31 00 M Bowne -- --- Oct. 28, 1844 Vacant -------- — 3 9 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 35 10 00 f Cannon. —-. — Nov. 18, 1846 *D. L. Eaton, a p ----— Jan. 1, 1867 16 21 37 6 3 0 3 1 3 0 4 2 1 20 75 00 E Coopersville Feb.22, 1866 J. M. McLain, ap -Sept. 9,1865 16 20 36 0 12 0 12 2 0' 0 2 9 0 75 15 25 Dorr --- --— Aug. 27, 1857 N. K. Evarts, a p-Oct. 1, 1866 17 24 41 11 3 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 42 101 41 1 Eastmanville. - Mar. 16, 1866 J. M. McLain, a p.. Sept. 1,1866 21 18 39 2 11 2 13 0 0 0 0 7 0 50 35 00 O Easton ----- - Mar., 24, 1851 L. E. Sikes, a p-Aprl 15,1865 17 38 55 8 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 75 24 00 Essex- -- - April 21, 1855 t. Lucas, a p —-— Aug. 10,1865 12 15 27 0 3 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 Grand Haven....April 29,1858 J.B.Fiske, a p - - May 1, 1864 11 18 29 11 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 95 4710 E Grand Rapids..... Sept. 18, 1836 J. Morgan Smith,a p- Sep. 13, 1863 136 259 395 35 46 27 73 2 15 0 17 27 8 300 1200 00 Grandville ---- June 1, 1839 Wm. I. Osborn, ap - Mar. 26,1865 15 34 49 6 3 9 12 0 1 0 1 2 3 80 161 88 Z Greenville - June. 5, 1852 Jas. L. Patton, a p - --- j — Jan 1, 1866 53 74 127 5 36 8 44 2 2 424 2131 687 00 - Hubbardston - Mar. 13, 1855 James Gregg, ap. Sep. 23, 1866 9 18 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 50{0 100 00 t Lamont ----- ec. 18, 1849 T C.Doolittle,ap Feb. 17,1867 40 62 102 14 41 13 54 1 8 0 9 24 0:75 10000 Lowell ---- Feb. 7, 1856 E. R.Stiles, ap ---- Nov.1, 1866 25 50 75 7 24 11 35 0 5 0 5 8 0 90 110 00 Muskegon June 9, 1859 tL. Reed,ap- - --- Junel, 1866 21 43 64 0 2 8 10 0 0 0 0 0 3 130 390 00 Middleville April 5, 1846 J.W. Kidder, a-p- Dec.1, 1857 21 44 65 13 13 6 19 0 0 0 0 9 0 70 16 00 Otisco - -- July5, 1845 Vacant.......5 5 10 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 00 35 Paris -------- May.2, 1860 Vacant-.~~ ~ —~~ 412 16 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 40 Portland..- Feb. 4, 1843 L. P. Spelman, a p —----- Mar. 1, 1867 11 36 47 0 1 4 1 1 1 50 100 00 Rockford ---— Feb. 17, 1847 Vacant- ------- ----------------- - ----------- 0 0 0 000 0 Total~ 22.-. 468 848|1316 133 1991 98 2971 14 37 0o 51 11421'1586 3328 64 *Of the Genesee Association. tOf the Muskegon Valley Association. ITOf the Presbytery of Albany. tOf the North Western Pennsylvania Association. Additional MAembers —-James Ballard, J. H. Hard, R. J. Hess, Isaac Barker, L. F. Waldo. 1C Meetings —-Second Tuesdays of April and October.. cribe —-Rev. James Ballard, Grand Rapids. V. —GENESEE ASSOCIATION. CHURCHES. MINISTERS. NO. IN CHURCH. ADMISS'NS. REMOVALS..BAP..0 *.. Names. j Organized. Minister. Ordained. Com. Labor | { | | p il' Atherton —---- ---- A. Sanderson, a ----- Dec. 5, 1862 9 918 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 30 $60 00 DeWitt- April21,1851 J. M. Ashley, a p__ March, 1857 Mar. 1, 1867 2 6 8 1 0 0 0 1 1 2110 0 0 ast Saginaw - Oct. 7, 1857 J. G. W. Cowles, p October, 1859 May, 1865 54 141 195 0 75 30 105 0 26 0 26 34 7 273 945 43 Gaines_ ---— ~May 10, 1863 E.T. Branch,a p.. Feb. 21, 1849 Jan. 1863 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75 IGenesee - -.~-Mar. 10, 1849 Vacant - 8 23 31 0 0 0 0 08 ol0 0 0 0 Goodrich. — Feb. 28, 1855 A. Blanchard, ap -N...... Nov.25,1866 *8 23 31 9 0 1 1 1 I 0 2 l 0 40 5 00 Grand Blanc —- July 13, 1853 Vacant -- - _. _ --- - 18 30 48 5 3 2 5 1 1 0 2 0 50 24 50 Greenbush - May 8, 1863 Vacant -*5 9 14 0O0 0 0 0 0 0 0- 0 0l 0 R Hartland. —-- April4, 1844 Vacant — *3 7 10 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 EHq Laingsbunrg.. - Aug. 7, 1864 TWilliam Mulder- Augst,1866 9 25 34 2 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 60 56 00 ~l Lansing- ~~~March, 1864 0. C. McIntire, a p1 Septem. 1861 July 1, 1865 24 38 62 1 10 7 17 0 1 0 1 6 0 100 248 75 O Oceola —--- Oct. 2, 1841 Vacant- 4 1115 0 0 0 0 00 00 0 0 Owosso60- ~-June 11, 1853 J. Patchin, a p~-. July 10, 1850 Octobr, 1864 39 79 118 6 5 14 19 1 0 0 1 3 6 93 80 00 ro St. Johns - ~ April 1, 1860 Jas. Harwood, ap_ -,-. April 1,1867 27 46 73. 8 7 11 18 1 4 0 5 4 1 65 229 00 m Vernon.- Jan. 11, 1851 E. T. Branch, a p — Feb. 11, 1849 Jan. 1, 1862 13 27 40 2 10 7 17 0 4 0 4 4 2 140 150 00 e Victor May 24, 1845 iWilliam Mulder -.. July, 1866 26 3561 2 4 59 00 0 1 90 Vienna. - -January,1l45 tW. F. Rose, a p ------------- May, 1865 *19 24 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ Total 1...17. 270 536 806 37 118 79197 7 39 0 46 5316 1016 $1798 93 Not Associated. Z Ithica -- - June, 1866 Samuel Sessions, a p --..- Decem. 1866 - - 11 ------ I - — ~~ 5 Fulton -----— June, 1866 IHazael Lucas, ap - - June, 1866. — -- 5 I........ *Last year's Report. tOf the Marshall Association. tLicentiate. ITOf the Muskegon Valley Association. Additional Members —-Rufus Apthorp, D. L. Eaton, W. P. Esler, O. M. Goodale, Henry Grattan, A. B. Pratt, Edwin Wilder. Licentiates —-lH. Abbott, William Mulder. Meetings —-The last Tuesdays in April and October.' Scribe —-Rev. Edwin T. Branch, Vernon. VI. —SOUTH1lRNV MtCIII&AN ASSOCIATION. E-4 CHURCHES. MINISTERS. NO. IN CHURCH. ADMISS'NS. REIAOVAL8 - BAP.... Names.. Organized. Minister. Ordained. Com.Labor k |;'- I ~ C. c) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~E, _ W - E- - P4. m Adams - Mar. 16, 1847 J. L. Crane, a p Nov. 22, 1865 Feb. 1, 1867 22 31 53 7 0 2 2 0 4 0 4 0 0 Un. $ _ Adrian --- _- May 25, 1854 tE. P. Powell, ap. 1861 May 5, 1861 84 187 271 14 20 10 30 2 17 0 19 l 5 0 360 893 95 h4 Canandaigua-_ Mar. 29, 1859 E. Dyer, a p. 1836 June 1, 1866 13 32 45 0 0 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 20 70 00 Clinton - Jan. 19, 1833 r. Elmer, p- July 9, 1844 Jan. 1, 1860 84 183 267 0 24 11 35 1 11 0 12 8 3 200 336 00 Z Dundee. ——. Nov. 29, 1837 Vacant 6 28.34 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 80 Franklin ---- Feb. 16, 1848 J. W. Allen, a p —- April 16,1862 X i, 1861 23 41 64 3 12 2 14 1 0 0 1 10 0 120 176 00 H udson ----- Feb. 24, 1836 tM. W. Reed,a p.- July 11, 1866 Jan. 13,1867 36 96 132 C 0 3 3 2 5 0 7 0 0 160 130 73 Litch field -- -July 14, 1839 tD. D. Frost, a p. — Dec. 29, 1847 May, 1, 1865 28 50 78 16 3 7 10 1 3 0 4 2 0 85 60 00 London --- - Mar. 25, 1838 7J. Emnmons, a p -- Mar. 1, 1866 923 32 4 7 2 9 0. 3 0 3 1 0 Un. Union. Morenci Mar. 17, 1859 J.L. Crane, a p 3an. 15,1865 8 21 29 3 4 6 10 0 4 0 4 3 0o 150 Raisinville-. —-- June 13, 1849 TJ. Emmons, a p_.. Mar. 1, 1866 8 10 18 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 50[ 58 Ransom -. May 19, 1848 J. F. Boughton, a p 1860 Sep. 12,1864 25 42 67 8 7 3 10 1 4 0 5 0 1~ 60 0 26 Somerset.. Nov. 30, 1858 Vacant. ------------- 20 28 48 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 25 42 90 Sylvania, Ohio.. Nov. 8, 1834 Vacant - --------- *22 25 47 0 0 0 o 0 o o O o O Wheatland - Mar. 9, 1843 E. M. Lewis,. 1851 Dec. 1, 1865 16 365 51 9 2 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 5 60 yTotal-. 15 404 832 1236 101 80 52 1321 12 55 o0 67 291101290 $1780 17 *Last yearhs Report. ~tOf the Marshall Association. tNot a member of the Association. tOf the Berkshire South Association, Mass. Additioeal Memberst...C. H. Churchill, George Barnum, S. S. Hyde, Wm. Hall, Asa Mahan, Roswell Parker, Homer Penfield. Meetings —On the third Tuesday in April, and the last Tuesday in October. Scribe.-Rev. Hiram Elmer, of Clinton. ^ j ~~~~~~~VII1 —p-RALAJ~AZOO ASSOOIAT10l,11 CHURCHES. MINISTERS. NO. IN CHURCH. ADITTSS'NS. REMOVALS.. BAP. ~ Names. Organized. Minister. Ordained. Com.Labor. Ei c 1 1 1. 5 Allegan —-- lo —-une l, 1858 Elizur Andrus, a p-s eptem. 1850 Nov. 1, 1805 23 42 65 2 12 6 18 1 3 0 4 70 100 $ 143 50 Brady Village —-- Oct. 29 1865 ~W. P. Esler, a p- 1839 July 1, 1866 10 12 22 2 6 7 13 0 0 0 0 2 0 100 35 00 Benton Harbor -_ June 13, 1866 Vacant-. ——. —-- ----------- 12 11 23 0 3 20 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 Cooper- ---— Mar. 8, 1843 W. M.Campbell, a p June, 1848 Feb. 1, 1866 29 59 88 12 11 6 17 0 6 0 6 7 0 70 81 30 Cool Spring- Jan. 25, 1863 Vacant~- - --- ------ 23 25 48 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dowagiac —.1July 9, 1850 E. F. Strickland, a p 1855 Oct. 1, 1866 32 65 97 5 28 8 36 0 17 0 17 17 2 100 ^ Galesburgh -- Aug. 23, 1852 tH.'L. Dox, a p —-------— Jan. 7, 1866 80 115 195 37 3 8 11 0 4 0 4 3 0 100 H Hopkins --- Aug. 4, 1857 John S. Kidder, a p rept. 12, 1843 Ap. 22, 1864 23 31 54 9 0 6 6 0 6 0 6 5 1 55 87 00 l Kalamazoo -.Feb. 3. 1836 Vacant- - -~ --- 128 203 331 64 6 11 17 8 21 27 56 1 3 155 187 00 < Keeler - July 5, 1851 F. Crang, a P --- 1834 Dec. 2, 1866 13 30 43 1 16 0 16 1 3 0 4 6 1 50 7 85 ^ Lawrence~- ~Aug. 20, 1837 E. Cleveland, a p.- Jan. 11, 1837 Feb. 10, 1867 18 34 52 6 1 6 7 0 7 0 7 1 1 75 21 00 A Mendon ---- Jan. 5, 1858 Vacant - ------ ---. —r Niles - - -- March 7,1845 Vacant —— ~ -- *35 65 100 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ^ Otsego - ~- Jan. 7, 1837 John Jackson, a p — ---— Jan. 1865 23 44 67 3 2 0 2 2 9 0 11 0 0 146 134 50 ^ Plainwell — -- Dec. 29, 1866 W.M. Campbell, a p.-. - Sept. 1866 5 6 11 0 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 Saugatuck -- Feb. 11, 1860 ^ Fred. Oxnard, a p- May, 1861 Dec. 1866 12 23 35 6 6 2 8 0 0 2 2 0 0 100 S 8herw'd& Leonid May 9, 1860 Vacant~- ~ ---- ~- 8 18 26 6 0 I' 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 25 5000 Three Oaks -_ Mar. 12, 1348 Porter B. Parrey,a p Sept. 29, 1847 May 1, 1865 23 43 66 2 8 4 12. 0 0 0 4 0 80 62 00 SouthHaven —July 2, 1856 Vacant- - ~- -~- 4 13 17 0 0 00 o 0 0 0 0 0 St. Joseh - April 28,1854 J.B.Fairbank,ap-Oct24, 1860 June 1,1866 33 41 74 17 2 12 14 1 9 0 10- 0 1 80 35 00 ^ Waylan. - June 5, 1860 J. S. Kidder, a p —- Sept. 12, 1843 Ap. 22, 1864 14 47 61 8 14 11 25 2 2 1 5 6 2 65 96 50 ~ Waterviiet -— June 10, 1953 Vacant- -- -~ ~ —— 11-11-2210 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 559 938 1497 227 118 119 237 16 87 30 133 59 12 1401 940 65 Out of the State. Corpus Christi, T. August, 1866 A. Kowe, a P —- ---- June, 1866 7 18 25 0 8 0 8 0 8 0 8 0 0 60 Mich. City, Ind- 1835 jJ. J. Ward, ap — --- ~March, 1867 30 50 80 0 222 0 0 140 81 30 Total —~. 24 596 1006 1602 227 126 121 247 18 95 30 143 59 12 1601 $1021 95 *Last year's Report. tOf Franklin Synod, Ev. Lutheran. TOf Kalamazoo Presbytery. ~Of Elgin Association, Ill. ~Ofthe Genesee Association. Additional Ministers — Joseph Anderson, D. W. Comstock, Francis F. Ford, N. D. Glidden, D. Jeffers, Thomas Jones, T. W. Jones, G. H. Miles, Henry Mills, H. H. Morgan, D. S. Morse, Charles Temple, Warren Waters, Daniel Wirt. Meetings~-Third Tuesday in April, and second Tuesday in October. Register~ —Rev. W.. M. Campbell, Cooper. : VIIEI. —GIAND TRAVERSE ASSOCIATION. CO t CHURCHES. MINISTERS. NO. IN CHURCH. ADMISS'NS REMOVALS. BAP. ~ " Names. Organized. Minister. Ordained. Corn. Labor| S | | ll 1 _ S Benzonia —---- June 10, 1860 J.B. \Valker,J).D.ap 1838. -Ilue 1,1866 34 41 75 16 0 6 6 1 8 0 9l 1 1 85'161 77 Elk Rapids -.- Feb. 8, 1863 Leroy Warren, p__ Oct. 12, 1862 Nov. 1, 1862 11 21 32 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 30 30 32 Homestead - Sept. 3, 1864 E. E. Kirkland,ap Jan.22, 1846 June 17,1864 11 12 23 1 1 5 6 1 2 0 3 0 0 20 14 80 Leland -. - July 10, 1865 Geo. Thompson, ap May 7, 1848 Jan. 7, 1865 9 11 20. 3 7 0 7 0 0 1 1 4 0 30 62 20 Manistee.-. —- July 20, 1862 tHFeman Geer, a p 1848 Nov. 10,1866 13 22 356" 7 7 4 11 0 0 0 0 3 0 6' Norlh port.. — Feb. 22, 1863 Geo. N.'mith, ap. April 7, 1836 Feb. 22,1863 5 10 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 20 00 Old Wing Miss'n- Aug. 19, 1849 (Jeo. N. Smith, a p April 7, 1836 June 1, 1849 28 28 56 10 9 0 9 2 0 0 2 7 8 30 Pleasanton-.- Jan. 28, 1846 *iI A. Austin, a p 1856 Jan. 1, 1867 6 6 12 0 3 3 0 o0 0 0 0 1 25 5 00 Traverse C(ity-. Feb. 1, 1863 Reuben Hatch, a pI Jan. 1, 1850 Jne 1866 10 11 21 2 0 9 9 0 2 0 200 60 10000 Total —- 9 127 162 289 43 24 28 52 4 12 1 17 1511 380 $39577 *Of Hampshire A ssociation, Mass. tNot a member of this Association. Additional Mlembers. —A. B. Adams, Charles E. Bailey, Alonzo Barnard, J. H. Crumb, Wm. S. Lewis, Ozro A. Thomas, John Vetter, James R. Wright. Meetings —-Second Tuesdays in January and July., Sorie-. Rev. Loroy War"en, Elk Rapids. _* I XX. —M'SKE*GOWN VALLEY ASS89OIATIOm. CHURCHES. MINISTERS., NO. IN CHURCH. ADMISS'NS. REMOVALS. BAP.. 0Un.-._ _ _ _ _ _. _ _ _ _. -. O e, Names. Organized. Minister. Ordained. Corn. Labor 1 ____________________ ______ - - 1 B3enona ------ May 1, 1864 Amos Dresser, - p — - M:ay 1, 1865 8 10 18 5 2 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 18$ 5 00 Crolon --- --- March, 1864 A. St. Clair, ap.- June, 1840 March, 1863 3 8 11 5 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 o30:50 00 Mears -.......... —June, 1863 Vacant -- —' p — -............. *4 4 8 0 0 00000 0 ~ Total-.- 6 27 36 63 10 5 10 15 000 000 0 48 $175 00 * Lqst year's Report. < Additional M, inisters- EHazael Lucas. Vto Scribe —-Rev. Alaneon St. Clair, Leoni. o 1 J - ( $' il SUMMARY, for the Year Ending May 31 st, 1867. CHURCHES. MINISTERS. CHURCH MEMB'RS ADMISS'ONS RENEWALS. BAPT. 1' Zi Eastern Confernce.............. ASSOCIATIONS. C.. + l | Oz; Eastern Conference -. 28 5 17 3 22 6 5 9 3 17 0 58011224118041211 [12511121 2371 301 80x 8111811 51t 3911 1719t$14,201 58 Jackson Conference 18 2 9 1 11 7 - 2 7 4 13 0 1 4741 813|1287| 49[[1401 791 2191 1 2 31110[ 71140~ 681 31[ 1188[~ 1,518 05 Marshall Association 19 1 1 0 13 6 -1 9 11 21 0[ 5421 788113301119111101 73j 1831 151 531 0o 6811 561 22-II 145811 2,357 04 19~~~~~~~~~U 11 12I 0111 7 Grand River Association - 22 0 17 1 17 5 0 12 4 16 01 468[ 84811316 13311199[ 98i 2971 14[ 37j 0l 511 114[ 2111 1586/[ 3,328 64 Genesee Association -.17 1 11 0 12 1 9 51 15 21 2701 5361 8061 37111181 79t 1971 7t 391 0o 4611 531 16/I 101611 1,798 93 Sonthern Michigan Association. 15 2 11 01 14 0 404 832 1236 101 80 52 132 12 55 0 67 29 10 1290 1,78017 Kalamaeoo ociation-24 0 16 2 16 8 0 13 11 24 0l 596{1006316021227 112641218 2471 18| 951 3021431 591 12/ 1601/ 1,021 95 Grand Traverse Association 9 -1 80 901 1 1511 0127 1 1 6 21 2898 4311 243 282 5112 4 12 1 14 17 151 11 21 3801j 395 77 MuskegonValley Association. 6 0 4 0 4 2 0 4 0 4 0 27 36 631 101 510 15 2 0 0 01 02 10 19480 _ 1700 Muskgonalle Asoito-_ O61 41 0 4 O2 01 4 t O l10 1 271 36t 631101 51 10/ 15/ O O]0 O/ ol ot olj 481' 175 00 158 12 105 7 117 41 12 75 52 139 2 3488t 6245 9733 930 927 652 i579 123 481 4665G 445 162 10286 $26,577 13 Deduct out of the State - 3 0 2121 0 1 0 5993 152 0 8210 2 8 0 10 0 0 200. 81 30 Total~~~~- in the Stt........ — 6H —; — 4 —' -- 3-~2................... --- - Total in the State ------— 155 12 103 6 115 40 12 74 52 138 2 3429 6152 9581 930 919 650 1569 121 473 46 640 445 162 10086 $26,49543 Not Associated - un *3 Iw. *No. of Members Unknown. lamt of o tf trh CONNECTED WITH THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN, WITH POST OFFICE ADDRESS, APRIL IST, 1867. Adams, A. B., Benzonia, Benzie county. Allen, J. Wing, Tiptoin, Lenawee county. Anderson, Joseph, Augusta, Kalamazoo county, Andrus, Elizur, Allegan, Allegan county. Apthorp, Rufus, Hinsdale, Mass. Ashley, J. Mills, Grand Ledge. Avery, John T., Cleveland, Ohio, Bailey, Charles E., Benzonia, Benzie county. Baird, Robert G., Armadk, Macomb county. Baldwin, Abram E., Ann Arbor, Washtenaw county. Ballard, Addison, Detroit, Wayne county. Ballard, James, Grand Rapids, Kent county. Barker, Isaac, Rockford, Kent county. Barnard, Alonzo, Joyfield, Benzie county. Barnum, George, Waterloo, Ind. Barrows, John M., Olivet, Eaton county. Berney, Daniel, Farmers, Sanilac county. Blanchard; A., Goodrich, Genesee county. Bonney, John R., Matteson, Branch county. Borden, Edmund W., Dexter, Washtenaw county. Boughton, John F., Ransom, Hillsdale county. Bradford, B. F., Charlotte, Eaton county. Branch, Edwin T., Vernon, Shiawassee county. Breed, Samuel D., Ypsilanti, Washtenaw county. Brown, A. H., Jackson, Jackson county. Caldwell, William C., Saline, Washtenaw county. Campbell, William M., Cooper, Kalamazoo county. Churchill, Charles H., Oberlin, Ohio. Cleveland, Edward, Lawrence, Van Buren county. Coffey, George H., Jackson, Jackson county. '50 MINUTES OF THE Comstock, Davillo W. -Cowles, John G. W., East Saginaw, Sainaw county.'Crane, James L., North Adams, Hillsdale county. -Grang, Frederick, Keeler, Van Buren county. -,Crumb, John H., Dansville, N. Y. Dresser, Amos, Pentwater, Oceana county. -Dyer, Edmund, Canandaigua, Lenawee county. -Eaton, Danforth L., Lowell, Kent county. -Elmer, Hiram, Clinton, Lenawee county.:,Emmons, John, North Raisinville, Monroe county..?sler, William P., Olivet, Eaton county. Estabrook, Joseph, East Saginaw, Saginaw county. Evarts, Nathaniel K., Dorr, Allegan county. Fairbank, J. B., St. Joseph Berrien county. Fiske, John B.. Grand Haven, Otawa county. Fletcher, Adin H., Pontiac, Oakland county. Ford, Francis F. Freeland, Samuel M., Detroit, Wayne county. Glidden, N. Dimic, Eaton Rapids, Eaton county. Goodale, Osee M., Chesaning, Saginaw county. Grattan, Harvey, Laingsburg, Shiawassee county. Gregg, James, Hubbardston, Ionia county. Hall, William, Little Valley, N. Y. Hard, J. H. Grand Rapids, Kent county. -Harwood, James, St. Johns, Clinton county. Hatch, Reuben, Traverse City, Grand Traverse county.`Hess, Riley J., Grand Rapids, Kent county.;Hosford, Oramel, Olivet, Eaton county. Hoyt, James S., Port Huron, St. Clair county. Hurd, Fayette, Richmond, Macomb county. Hurd, Philo R., Romeo, Macomb county. Hyde, Silas S., Norvell, Jackson county. Jackson, John, Otsego, Allegan county. Jeffers, Deodate, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo county. Jones, Thomas, Augusta, Kalamazoo county. Jones, Thomas W. Judson, Sylvanus M., Sylvania, Ohio. Kedzie, Adam S., Dexter, Jackson county. Kidder, James W., Middleville, Barry county. GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 51 Kidder, John S., Wayland, Allegan county. Kirkland, Elias E., Homestead, Benzie county. Lewis, Elisha M., Hudson, Lenawee county. Lewis, William S., Pleasanton, Manistee county. Lucas, Hazael, Fulton, Gratiot county. Mahan, Asa, D. D., Adrian, Lenawee county. Mason, Stephen, Marshall, Calhoun county. Mcintire, Chas. C., Lansing, Ingham county. McLain, J. M., Eastmanville, Ottawa county. Miles, George H., St. Charles, Minn. Millard, Joseph D., Delta, Eaton county. Mills, Henry, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo county. Morgan, H. H., Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo county. Morrison, Nathan J., Olivet, Eaton county. Morse, David S., Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo county. Morse, Henry C.; Union City, Branch county. Nail, James, Detroit, Wayne county. Norton, Smith. Nutting, Rufus, Saline, Washtenaw county. Parker, Roswell, North Adams, Hillsdale county. Parrey, Porter B., Three Oaks, Berrien county. Patchin, John, Owosso, Shiawassee county. Patton, James L., Greenville, Montealm county. Plhillips, Samuel, Battle Creek, Calhoun county. "Penfield, Homer. Pierce, John D., Ypsilanti, Washtenaw county. Platt, William, Utica, Macomh county. Pratt,. Almon B., Flint, Genesee county. Raymond, Edward, Newago, Newago county. Read, Herbert A., Marshall, Calhoun county. Rose, William F., Vienna, Genesee county. Rowe, Aaron, Corpus Christi, Texas. Russell, William P., Memphis, Macomb county. Sanderson, Alonzo, Grand Blanc, Genesee county. Scotford, John, Olivet, Eaton county. -Sessions, Samuel, Olivet, Eaton county. Shaw, Edwin W., Leslie, Ingham county. Smith, George N., Northport, Leelanau county. Smith, J. Morgan, Grand Rapids, Kent county. 52 3MINUTES OF THE Smith, Joseph W., Eaton Rapids, Eaton county. Spelman, Levi P., Portland, Ionia county. Spooner, Charles C., Lexington, Sanilac county. Spoor, Orange H., Vermontville, Eaton county. St. Clair, Alanson, Leoni, Jackson county. Stevenson, John R., Windsor, Eaton county. Stickland, William E., Orion, Oakland county. Stiles, Edward R., Lowell, Kent county. Streeter, Sereno W., Union City, Branch county. Strickland, E. F., Dowagiac, Cass county. Strong, Guy C., Saranac, Ionia county. Sykes, Lewis E., Easton, Ionia county. Taylor, James F., Chelsea, Washtenaw county. Temple, Charles, Otsego, Allegan county. Thomas, Ozro A., Richmond, Missouri. Thompson, George, Leeland, Leelanau county. Thompson, Oren C., Detroit, Wayne county. Van Auken, Helmas H., Bedford, Calhoun county. Vetter, John, Oberlin, Ohio. Waldo, Levi F., Quincy, Illinois. Walker, James B., D. D., Benzonia, Benzie county. Warren, Leroy, Elk Rapids, Antrim county. Waters, Warren, Three Oaks, Berrien county. Waterbury, Talmadge, Port Sanilac, Sanilac county. White, James S., Marshall, Calhoun county. Wilder, Edwin, Flint, Genesee county. Williams, Horace R., Almont, Lapeer county. Williams, Richard J., Ann Arbor, Washtenaw countye Williams, Wolcott B., Charlotte, Eaton county. Wirt, David, South Haven, Van Buren county. Woodbury, Frank P., Meriden, N. H. Wright, James R., Benzonia, Benzie county. MINUTES OF THE AT THEIR MEETING IN PORT HURON, MAAY 20. 1868. WITH AN APPENDIX. ROMEO: E. A. TEALL & CO., BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS. i808. 1r Vsttm of "nebIlutes. 1. THE TRACT CAUSE.-May and June. 2. THE CONGREGATIONAL UNION_.-July and August. 3. HOME MISSIONS.-September and October. 4. FOREIGN MIssIoNs.-November and December. 5. THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.- January and February. 6. THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG MEN FOR THE MINISTRY. -March and April. ffi~ 8 of of l$sfe xltw~ MODERATOR, REV. NATHAN J. MORRISON, of Olivet. SECRETARY, REV. PHILO R. HURD, of Romeo. SCRIBE, REV. ELIZUR ANDRUS, of Allegan. ASSISTANT SCRIBE, MR. JAMES B. PORTER, of Lansing. The next meeting will be held in the city of East Saginaw, on the third WEDNESDAY in May, 1869, commencing at 7 1-2 o'clock, P. M. 1ot ofi f $^ Atnfval fssoeidten. MODERATOR. SCRIBE. 1842. At Jackson. Rev. Marcus Harrison. Rev. H. S. Hamilton. 1843. " Grass Lake. Rev. 0. C. Thompson. Rev. Luther Shaw. 1844. " Marshall. Rev. Sylvester Cochrane. Rev. Harvey Hyde. 1845. " Detroit. Rev. Harvey Hyde. Rev. H. L. Hammond. 1846. "Dexter. Rev. H. L. Hammond. Rev. G. L. Foster. 1847. " Jackson. Rev. G. L. Foster. Rev. C. Lockwood. 1848. "Ann Arbor. Rev. L. Smith Hobart. Rev. H. Hyde. 1849. " Dexter. Rev. C. Lockwood. Rev. H. D. Kitchel. 1850." Kalamazoo. Rev. H. D. Kitchel. Rev. D. M. Bardwell. 1851. "Clinton. Rev. A. S. Kedzie. Rev. E. N. Bartlett. 1862. " Jackson. Rev. P. R. Hurd. Rev. L. Smith Hobart. 1853. " Ann Arbor. Rev. J. H. Benton. Rev. H. L. Hammond. 1854. " Detroit. Rev. J. D.-Pierce. Rev. G. M. Tuthill. 1855. " Kalamazoo. Rev. Thomas Jones. Rev. Hiram Elmer. 1866. " Jackson. Rev. Hiram Elmer. Rev. P. R. Hurd. 1857. " Owosso. Rev. Edward Taylor. Dea. Dexter Mussey. 1858. " Adrian. Rev. Joseph Anderson. Bro. Henry Clubb. 1859. "Detroit. Rev. Asa Mahan. Rev. P. R. Hurd. 1860. " Port Huron. Rev. S. S. N. Greeley. Rev. P. R. Hurd. 1861. " Ann Arbor. Rev. H. A. Read. Rev. Hiram Elmer. 1862. " Grand Rapids. Rev. G. M. Tuthill. Rev. Henry Bates. 1863. " Union City. Rev. John Patchin. Rev. Samuel Sessions. 1864. " Detroit. Rev. James S. Hoyt. Rev. L. F. Waldo. 1865. " Battle Creek. Rev. S. W. Streeter. Rev. L. F. Waldo. 1866. " Jackson. Rev. Henry Bates. Rev. W. B. Williams. 1867. " Kalamazoo. Rev. William P. Russell. Rev. W. B. Williams. 1868. "Port Huron. Rev. Nathan J. Morrison. Rev. Elizur Andrus. SECRETARIES. Rev. L. Smith Hobart, - - 1842-1862. Rev. Philo R, Hurd, - - 1862 onstittioan of At n^ Itra ssxdtatiotn OF MICHIGAN. Believing that the principles of the Congregational system of church government are plainly taught in the Scriptures; and believing that system to be better adapted than any other to secure the interests of the Christian Church; and believing, moreover, that the extension and efficiency of the system would be greatly promoted by the organization of a General Association of the Congregational Ministers and Churches of Michigan, we do therefore adopt the following Constitution and Rules: ARTICLE I. This ecclesiastical organization shall be called "The General Association of the Congregational Ministers and Churches of Michigan." ART. II. This Association shall never exercise any judicial authority over the Ministers or Churches belonging to it; but its object shall be to promote christian love and fellowship among its members-to obtain and disseminate religious information relative to the churches throughout the State, our country and the world-and to strive together in prayers and counsels, and faithful efforts to advance the cause of truth and holiness. ART. III. Any Minister who is a member in regular standing in any local Association or Conference in this State which assents to the Constitution and Rules of this 6 MINUTES OF THE General Association, is a member of this body, and being present shall be entitled to a seat therein; and every Church regularly connected with any such local Association or Conference, shall be entitled to a representation in all its meetings by one delegate chosen for the purpose; and a quorum or larger number of such ministers or delegates being assembled, shall constitute the General Association of Michigan. ART. IV. The officers of this Association shall be a Moderator and a Scribe, elected annually by ballot; and a Secretary, elected triennially by ballot, who shall also be, ex officio, the Treasurer of the Association. ART. V. The Moderator shall at all times endeavor to preserve order in the Association, and to conduct all business before the body to a speedy and proper result. He shall decide questions of order, subject to an appeal to the house by any two members. He shall appoint all committees when the Association do not otherwise determine; and he shall open the next annual meeting with a sermon. ART. VI. It shall be the duty of the Scribe to keep full and accurate minutes of all transactions of the Association, and after they have been adopted, to place them in the hands of the Secretary. ART. VII. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to give due notice through the public papers, of the time and place of each meeting; to, read the rules of the Association at the opening session; carefully to record such parts of the minutes of each meeting as may not be printed ~ to receive Statistical Reports from the Scribes of the local bodies, and prepare the same for publication; to receive and distribute publications presented to the Association; and to preserve for the Association all com GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 7 munications addressed to it, and at, least one copy of each publication presented to the body, or printed by its order. As Treasurer, he shall have charge of all moneys belonging to the Association, or designed for its benefit; and shall disburse the same as the Association shall direct. He shall annually present a report on the state of the Treasury, and also state the sum in his opinion neccessary to be raised for the ensuing year. ART. VIII. The annual meeting of this Association shall be held at such place as shall have been designated at the meeting previous, and shall commence on the third Wednesday of May, at 7 1-2 o'clock, P. M., and not adjourn until after the ensuing Sabbath. ART. IX. Seven members shall be requisite to form a quorum for the transaction of business; but for opening and adjourning the meeting, a less number shall be competent. ART. X. The following Confession of Faith is cordially adopted by this Association, as being an expression of the fundamental doctrines of the Gospel, and as the basis and bond of our Union: 1. We believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments were given by inspiration of God, and are the only rule of faith and practice. 2. We believe that there is one living and true God subsisting in three persons-the FATHER, SON and HOLY GHoST-and that these three are the same in substance, and equal in every divine attribute and perfection. 3. We believe that God created all things by the word of His power, and governs all things according to His eternal purpose. 4. We believe that though God works all things af 8 MINUTES OF THE ter the counsel of His own will, yet man is a free, moral and accountable agent. 5. We believe that God created man in His own image, and that our first parents were perfectly holy, but that they fell from that state of holiness by eating of the forbidden fruit. 6. We believe that all men have become sinners in consequence of the first sin of Adam; not by the reckoning of his sin to their account, but by their own voluntary trangression. 7. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, who is God and man in one person, made an atonement for the sins of the whole world, by the shedding of His blood on the Cross. 8. We believe that salvation is freely offered to all men, in the Gospel, on the condition of faith and repentance, and that though naturally able to do all that God requires in order to be saved, yet in their natural state, they all, with one consent, do reject Christ and his salvation. 9. We believe that God the Father, in the covenant of redemption, gave to Christ as the reward of His labors, a part of mankind to be a" seed to serve Him-and that all such will be called by His Spirit, renewed, sanctified and saved. 10. We believe that Saints, the called and chosen of God, though morally imperfect during their earthly pilgrimage, will yet be preserved by His grace, and confirmed unto the end, that they may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 11. We believe that the Sacraments of the Christian Church are Baptism and the Lord's Supper, and.that the GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 9 former is to be administered, only to believers and their *households. 12. We believe that, at the end of the world, there will be a resurrection of the dead, when God will judge the world in righteousness by Jesus Christ, who will receive the righteous into eternal life, while the wicked shall go away into everlasting punishment. ART. XI. This Constitution may be altered or amended at a regular meeting of this Association, by a vote of two-thirds of the members present: Provided, The intended alteration or amendment shall have been proposed at a previous meeting. RULES OF THE ASSOCIATION. 1. The Moderator of the last meeting, or in his absence, the Minister of the Church where the Association meets, or the Secretary, shall call the members to order, and preside in the meeting until the body shall be properly organized. 2. The certificates of the delegates present shall be received and a roll made out by the Secretary or a temporary Scribe. The Association shall then organize, by cho'osing a Moderator and Scribe, and a majority of the votes cast shall be necessary to constitute a choice. The Moderator shall offer prayer, after which the Rules of the Association shall be read. 3. Each session of the meeting shall be opened and closed with prayer, by the Moderator, or by some person whom he shall designate. The minutes of the Association shall be read at the opening of the morning session of each day of the meeting; and they shall also be read, corrected and adopted at the conclusion of the meeting. 10 MINUTES OF THE 4. At the first session of the meeting, a Business Committee shall be appointed, who shall prepare business, arrange the order of exercises, and place a docket of the same in the hands of the Moderator. To this they may add from time to time such subjects as they may judge suitable for the consideration or action of the Association; and no business shall be introduced during the meeting, except through the hands of the Committee. 5. A Committee of three shall be annually appointed to submit to the Association, at the next meeting, an address to the Churches, on such topics as they may judge most conducive to the general interests of religion. The Address, being approved by the Association, shall be published. 6. The Association shall celebrate the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper on the Sabbath, in connection with the Church where the meeting is held. 7. The delegation from each Association and Conference shall present to the Association a written narrative of the state of religion the past year within its bounds. 8. The Scribes of the several Associations and Conferences shall annually make Statistical Reports to the Association of the number of members, &c., in the Churches in their connection; and these reports shall be made out according to a schedule to be furnished by the Association, and according to the facts as they were on the first day of April, last preceding. 9. A Committee shall be appointed to receive the narratives of the state of religion, after they have been read before the Association, and condense them into a general narrative, which, after being approved by the Association, shall be published. 10. A Committee shall be appointed at each meeting GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 11 to nominate a delegate to each of the ecclesiastical bodies with which this Association may hold correspondence. In case the delegates appointed shall fail to attend, any member of this body in good and regular standing, being present, shall be authorized to represent this Association in these bodies. 11. The delegates who, the preceding year, were appointed to attend the meeting of Corresponding bodies, shall report to this Association. 12. A Committee shall be appointed annually to audit the account of the Treasurer; and his report shall not be adopted until approved by the Committee. 13. It shall be'the duty of the delegations from the AsEsociations and Conferences, to pay the Treasurer whatever suims may remain due from their respective bodies, whether the,same have as yet been collected or not. 14. A Publishing Committee shall be appointed annually, of which the Secretary shall be a member, who shall make such extracts from the minutes as in their judgment it will be proper to publish; and procure to be printed such a number of copies of the same as will give at least one copy to every Church and Minister in the State; aid so many copies to the several bodies with which this A ssociation may hold correspondence, as shall be determined by vote. The Committee shall print all other documents ordered to be published, with-the minutes, when not otherwise directed. 15. All publications presented for the use of this Association, and any excess in the number of minutes printed by this body, above the number determined by the preceding rule, shall be distributed among the several Associations and Conferences, in the ratio of the tax paid by them respectively. 12 MINUTES OF THE 16. The approbation of the Business Committee shall he obtained before any person may be proposed to sit,;as an honorary member. Honorary members shall be allowed full liberty to take part in all deliberations, though they may not vote. 17. The printed minutes of this Association shall be a sufficient testimonial of the appointment of delegates to Corresponding bodies. 18. The expenses incurred by this Association shall be defrayed by tax assessed upon the several Associations and Conferences, according to their number of members respectively. 19. Every motion, on being seconded, shall, if requested by the Moderator, or any two members, be reduced to writing; and no motion shall be open to discussion until it has been seconded. 20. The Moderator may speak upon points of order, in preference to other members, rising from his seat for that purpose; but he shall not speak upon the merits of a question, without placing some other member in the chair to preside while le speaks. 21. On questions of order, adjournment, commitmnent, or the previous question, no member shall speak more than once; nor on any question shall a member speak more than twice, without leave of the Association. 22. When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received except for adjournment, amendment, postponement, commitment, or the previous question, viz: Shall the main question now be _put? 23. If a question under debate contain several parts, any member may have it divided, and a question taken on each part. 24. Every member when speaking, shall address him GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 13 self to the Moderator, and shall be subject to no needless interruption; if he act disorderly, it shall be the duty of the Moderator, and the privilege of other members, to call him to order. 25. No member shall leave the Association before the meeting is closed, except with the consent of the body; nor shall a member leave the house during a session, without the consent of the Moderator. 26. Each annual meeting of the Association shall be closed with a psalm or hymn, and prayer by the Moderator, or such other member as he shall designate. 27. Any Rule of this Association, except the 28th, may be suspended for the time being, by a vote of threefourths of the members present. 28. Any motion or resolution to establish, alter or annul a Rule of this Association, shall be read twice, on different days, and may be debated at each reading. At the first reading, the question shall be: Shall it be read a second time? MINUTES. FIRST DAY-EVENING SESSION. THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN held its Twenty-Seventh Annual Meeting in the Congregational Church of Port Huron, commencing May 20th, at 7 1-2 o'clock, P. M., and was opened with a sermon, by Rev. WILLIAM P. RUSSELL, the Moderator of the last meeting, from Rom. 12:1, "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service." After the sermon, the Association was called to order by the Moderator, and the roll of members made out as follows: I.-EASTERN CONFERENCE. MINISTERS.-Rufus Apthorp, Robert G. Baird, Addison Ballard, D. D., Daniel Berney, Charles Cutler, Samuel M. Freeland, James S. Hoyt, Fayette Hurd, Philo R. Hurd, Charles Machin, William Platt, Charles P. Quick, William P. Russell, Charles Spooner, Helmas H. Van Auken, William P. Wastell, Horace R. Williams. DELEGATES.-Oliver C. Abel, Andrew J. Barnes, Dea. Samuel Coppernoll, Dea. Alonzo P. Frost, Ebinezer Hough, John Jonston, Jacob Kendall, Charles F. Mal 16 MINUTES OF THE lary, Dea. Romeyn B. Murray, Dea. Henry Quick, Dea. Francis Raymond, Dea. Ezekiel M. Smith, Omer D. Thompson. II.-JACKSON CONFERENCE. MINISTERS.-Samuel D. Breed, Alvin H. Brown, William E. Caldwell, Jesse W. Hough, Adam S. Kedzie, William A. Smith, Oren C. Thompson. DELEGATES.-James E. Field, William R. Hamilton, Dea. Latham Kassick, Nathan C. Lowe, Abram G. Mount, Dea. Daniel Pomeroy, Darius S. Wood. III.-MARSHALL ASSOCIATION. MINISTERS.-John R. Bonney, John W. Fitzmaurice, N. Dimic Glidden, Nathan J. Morrison, Samuel Phillips, Herbert A. Read, John Scotford, Serene W. Streeter, Wolcott B. Williams. DELEGATES.-John V. Allen, James S. Antisdale, Dea. Samuel F. Drury, Thomas S. Havens, Almon A. Thompson. IV.-GRAND RIVER ASSOCIATION. M1NISTErS.-James Ballard, James Gregg, Riley J. Hess, John S. Kidder, James A. McKay, James L. Patton, J. Morgan Smith, Levi P. Spelman, Edmund R. Stiles, Guy C. Strong. DELEGATES.-Dea. Henry Berridge, Dea. Chauncy Read. V.-GENESEE ASSOCIATION. MINISTERS.-Edwin T. Branch, John G. W. Cowles, Warren F. Day, Charles C. McIntire, George M. Tuthill, Frank P. Woodbury. DELEGATES. —Joseph P. Cook, Charles C. Farrar, Orlando Forsyth, Dexter C. Hawley, James B. Porter. GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 17 VI.-SOUTHERN MICHIGAN CONFERENCE. MINISTERS. John F. Boughton, James L. Crane, Hiram Elmer, Asa Mahan, D. D., William S. Mesmer, E. P. Powell, Spencer R. Wells. DELEGATES.-Andrew K. Bushnell, William S. Millspaugh, Dea. Samuel B. Pease, Dea. Edwin F. Townsend. VII.-KALAMAZOO ASSOCIATION. MINISTERS.-J. Wing Allen, Joseph Anderson, Elizur Andrus, Stephen 0. Bryant, William M. Campbell, Oliver S. Dean, John Jackson, Thomas Jones, Edward F. Strickland, William Wolcott. DELEGATES.-Ferdinand Sprague, Deacon Martin Wilson. VIII.-GRAND TRAVERSE ASSOCIATION. MINISTER.-Leroy Warren. IX.-MUSKEGON VALLEY ASSOCIATION. MINISTER.-Edward N. Raymond. Organization. Rev. Nathan J. Morrison was chosen Moderator, Rev. Elizur Andrus, Scribe, and James B, Porter, Assistant Scribe. Prayer was offered by the Moderator. The Business Committee. Rev. Sereno W. Streeter, Rev. Addison Ballard, D. D., and Darius S. Wood were appointed a Business Committee. On motion the Association adjourned to meet tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock, the first hour to be spent in devotional exercises. Prayer was offered by Rev. S. W. Streeter. 18 MINUTES OF THE SECOND DAY —MORNING SESSION. THURSDAY MORNING, May 21. The Association met according to adjournment, and spent the first hour in devotional exercises, conducted by the Moderator, at the close of which business was resumed. Prayer was offered by Rev. Asa Mahan, D. D. The minutes of the previous session were read, corrected and approved. The Constitution and Rules were read by the Secretary. Delegates from Corresponding Bodies. The following persons were present as Delegates from Corresponding Bodies: Rev. Benjamin Parsons, from the General Association of Connecticut. Rev. J. McKillican. from the Congregational Union, Canada. Rev. Henry 0. Parker, fiom the Detroit Conference of the M. E. Church. Rev. J. Donfiellv, Jr., from the'Michigan Baptist Convention. Honorary Members. The following persons being present, were invited to sit with the Association as Honorary Members: Rev. Selah B. Treat, Secretary of the A. B. C. F. M., at Boston. Rev. S. J. Humphrey, Dist. Sec. of the A. B. C. F. M., for the Northwest. Rev. D. B. Coe, D. D., Sec. Am. Home Missionary Society, New York. Rev. E. M. Cravath, Sec. Middle Depart. of the American Missionary Association. Rev. J. R. Shipherd, Sec. Am. Miss. Association, at Chicago. Rev. C. H. Wheeler, of the Eastern Turkey Mission. Rev. Christopher Cushing, Sec. Am. Cong'l Union, Boston. Rev. George P. Kimball, of the Illinois General Association. Rev. H. H. Morgan, of the Synod of Michigan. Rev. A. H. Billings, " ". Rev. W. H. Daniels, General Agent of the Chicago Theological Seminary. Rev. John Hinton, Agent Am. Bible Society. GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 19 Standing Cobmmittees. The Moderator announced the following Standing Committees: To prepare an Address to the Churches for next year-Rev. Addison Ballard, D. D., Rev. J. S. Kidder and Rev. H.;R. Williams. To prepare a General Narrative of the State of Religion in the ChurchesRevs. S. M. Freeland, Thomas Jones and L. P. Spelman. To audit the Treasurer's Report-Dea. L. Kassick, Dea. A. P. Frost, and Dea. H. Berridge. To assess the Tax upon the Local Associations-C. F. Mallary, A. K. Bushnell and Ferdinand Sprague. *To nominate Delegates to Foreign Bodies-Revs. William Platt, J. Anderson, and W. E. Caldwell. To plblisth the Minutes of the General Association-Revs. P. R. Hurd, F. P. Woodbury and Geo. M. Tuithill. Report of the Business Committee. The Business Committee reported in part, and their report was accepted and adopted. Report of Delegates to Corresponding Bodies. Thle Delegates appointed to visit CJrresponding Bodies made their report, which was accepted. Report of Delegates from Corresponding Bodies. The Delegates present from Corresponding Bodies were called upon for their reports, and responded in very interesting statements respecting their several fields of labor, together with their fraternal greetings. Letters were also read from others who were not.able to be present, which gave great cheer to this body, and furnished evidence that our Great Master is gloriously fulfilling his promise, "Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world." Order of the Day for Afternoon and Evening. Four o'clock this afternoon was made the order of 20 MINUTES OF THE the day for hearing the Secretaries of the Am. Miss. Association; and the the entire evening was appointed to be devoted to the cause of Foreign Missions. Committee on Devotional Exercises. Revs. P. R. Hurd, and J. L. Patton, and Dea. Martin Wilson were appointed a Committee on Devotional Exercises. On motion, the Association adjourned until 2 o'clock P. M. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. The Association met according to adjournment, and was opened with prayer by Rev. J. L. Crane. The Treasurer's Report. The Treasurer of the Association made his report, which was accepted and referred to the Auditing Committee. (See Ap. A.) Hearing of the Secretaries of the Am. Miss. Association. At 4 o'clock the order of the day was taken up, and Rev. E. M. Cravath and Rev. J. R. Shipherd were heard in behalf of the Am. Miss. Association. During the remarks of Mr. Shipherd, a telegram was handed him, which he read, announcing the nomination of Gen. Grant for the Presidency of the United States, by the Convention at Chicago. Whereupon the Association spontaneously arose and sung the Doxology, and by request of the Moderator, united in Prayer with the Rev. O. S. Dean. At the close of Mr. Shipherd's remarks, the Association sang a Hymn, and united in prayer with Rev. Thomas Jones. GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 21 Report of the Auditing Committee. The Auditing Committee reported that they had examined the Treasurer's Report, and found it correct. Their report was accepted and adopted. The Amount of Tax for the Coming Year. Upon the recommendation of the Treasurer, it was voted to raise the sum of $200.00 for the expenses of the coming year. The Narratives of the State of Religion. The reading of the Narratives of the State of Religion was begun, and continued to the hour of adjournment. The Association adjourned until 7 1-2 o'clock. Prayer was offered by Rev. J. Morgan Smith. THURSDAY EVENING. The Association met according to adjournment, and listened to addresses in behalf of Foreign Missions, from Revs. S. J. Humphrey, S. B. Treat, and C. H. Wheeler, Missionary from Eastern Turkey. To the appeal made by these brethren, Rev. J. S. Hoyt responded in a few appropriate remarks. During the exercises of the evening a telegram was received and read with manifest profound satisfaction to this Body, announcing the nomination of Hon. Schuyler Colfax for Vice President of the United States. The Association adjourned to meet to-morrow morning at 8 o'clock. The benediction was pronounced by Rev. S. B. Treat. 22 MINUTES OF THE THIRD DAY-MORNING SESSION. FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 22. The Association met according to adjournment, and spent; an hour in devotional exercises, conducted by Rev. Benj. Parsons, of Connecticut; after which the M3oderator took-the chair, and business was resumed. Prayer was offered by Rev. C. C. McIntire. The fminutes of yesterday were read and approved. The reading of the Narratives of the State of Religion was resumed, and continued with great interest to the end. Place of Next Meeting. Foted, That the next meeting of this Body be in the City of East Saginaw. Resolution Against Leaving the Body. On motion, and after a spirited debate, it was Resolved, That it is highly desirable that the members of this Association, when attending its meetings, should remain to its close. Election of Secretary. Rev. Philo R, Hurd, of Romeo, was elected Secretary of' the Association for the next tliree years. On motion, the Association adjourned to 2 o'clock, P.M. Prayer was offered by Rev. J. Anderson. FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The Association met according to adjournment, and wa.s opened with prayer by Dea. A. P. Frost. GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 23 Religious Exercises for the Sabbath. The Committee on Religious Exercises made the following Report, which was accepted and adopted. To Preach in the Congregational Church-In the morning, Rev. J. W. Hough, of Jackson. In the evening, Rev. 0. S. Dean, of Kalamazoo. In the Methodist Church-In the morning, Rev. P. R. Hurd, of Romeo. In the evening, Rev. John Patchin, of Owosso. In the Baptist Church-In the morning, Rev. S. W. Streeter, of Union City. In the evening, Rev. William Platt, of Utica. In the Methodist Church of Safnia-Both morning and evening, Rev. R. G. Baird, of Armada. The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper to be administered at 2 1-2 o'clock, P. M. To administer the Bread-Rev. Addison Ballard, D. D., of Detroit. To present the Cup-Rev. D. B. Coe, D. D., of New York. Officiating Deacons-Martin Wilson, Edwin F. Townsend, Samuel F. Drury, Latham Kassick, A. P. Frost, Henry Quick, Henry Berridge, Daniel Pomeroy, Samuel Coppernoll, Francis Raymond, Allen Fish, Edwin Thompson. The Amendment to the Constitution. The proposed amendment to the Constitution, lying over from last year, was taken up, and on motion, was indefinitely postponed. Overture from the Grand River Association. An overture was presented from the Grand River Association, asking this General Association to petition the Am. Home Missionary Society to appoint an additional Agent for this State, and also several Missionaries at large. Whereupon it was Voted, That a committee be apppointed to consider the matter, and report what action is proper to be taken in reference to it. Revs. J. Morgan Smith, J. G. W. Cowles, E. Andrus, J. Patchin and W. B. Williams were appointed that Committee. 24 MINUTES OF THE Committee to Arrange a System of Benevolent Causes. Rev. C. C. McIntire, Rev. A. Ballard, D. D., and A. A. Thompson were appointed a committee to arrange a System of Benevolent Causes. Committee on the Tract Cause. Revs. A. S. Kedzie, E. P. Powell and C. C. Thompson were appointed a committee on the Tract Cause. The Address to the Churches. The Committee to whom was referred the Address to the Churches on the Pastoral Relation, read last year, for revision, reported unanimously in favor of the amended Address, which was read by Rev. P. R. Hurd. After the reading, the report was accepted. In the discussion which followed, on the motion to adopt, the speakers were limited to five minutes. The order of the day having arrived, the Address was laid on the table. Congregational Union. Rev. Christopher Cushing was heard in behalf of the Congregational Union. The Chicago Theological Seminary. Rev. W. H. Daniels, the General Agent, was heard in behalf of that Institution. At the close of his address, the following preamble and resolution were offered by Rev. A. Mahan, D. D., and unanimously adopted: Whereas, Other States and sections of our Country have established in our Theological Seminary at Chicago, their full Professorships, averaging $30,000.00 each; And, Whereas, The fund for the establishment of the Michigan Professorship of Ecclesiastical History has been auspiciously begun, and advanced to the amount of $10,000.00; Resolved, That we commend to the churches, and benevolent persons GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 25 in this State, the completion of this much needed Professorship to its full endowment of $30,000.00. The Association adjourned to to-morrow at 8 o'clock. Prayer by Rev. G. P. Kimball. FOURTH DAY-MORNING SESSION. SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 23. The Association met according to adjournment, and spent the first hour in devotional exercises, conducted by Mr. James B. Porter, after which the Moderator took the chair, and business was resumed. Prayer by Rev. John Jonston. The minutes of yesterday were read, corrected and approved. Benevolent Causes. The Committee on the subject of Benevolent Causes made a report, which was accepted, amended and adopted, as follows:The Causes recommended to our Churches are, 1. The Arn. Home Missionary Society. 2. The Am. Board of C. F. FM. 3, The Congregational Union. 4. The Am. Missionary Association. 5. The Education of young men for the Gospel Ministry. 6. The Am. Tract Society, Boston. Committee on the Means of Securing Funds for Benevolent Causes. Revs. J. S. Hoyt, P. R. Hurd, and J. Patchin were appointed a Committee to report a plan for collecting funds for Benevolent Causes. 26 MINUTES OF THE Report of the Committee on the Tract Society. The Committee on the Tract Society made the following report which was accepted and adopted: Whereas, The Am. Tract Society, at Boston, has withdrawn its collect ing Agents, and trusted itself to the benevolent spirit of the Churches for means to prosecute its work:TWhereas, It makes its Publishing Department support the running expenses of the Society, thus returning to the work of evangelization, a live christian literature to the full amount of the contributions of the Churches; And, 7Whereas, This Society has never failed us in any great moral contest, but has been ever ready to declare the whole truth of God: Therefore, Resolved, That we give preference to publications of this Society, and as heretofore, commend it to the steady and increased liberality of the Churches as an adequate and sufficient Tract Society. The Tax. The Committee of Assessment made the following report which was accepted and adopted: Eastern Conference, - - - $40 00 Jackson Conference, - - 26 00 Marshall Association, - - - 29 00 Grand River Association, - - 26 00 Genesee Association, - - - 16 00 Southern Michigan Association, - - 2400 Kalamazoo Association, - - 33 00 Grand Traverse Association, - - 5 00 Muskegon Valley Association, - 100 $200 00 Parish Evangelization. On motion, it was Resolved, That a Committee of five be appointed on the subject of Parish Evangelization, giving at the next meeting of this General Association such statistics as they may be able to gather, and reporting a plan of work; said Committee to be continued until a plan of Home Evangelization is fully inaugurated. This Committee was made to consist of the following persons: GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 27 Rev. A. S. Kedzie, Rev. H. A. Read, Rev. A. Ballard, D. D., Rev. F. P. Woodbury and Rev. James Ballard. Report of the Crommittee on the Overture from the Grand River Association. The Committee to whom was referred the Overture from the Grand River Association reported the following Resolutions, which were adopted: Resolved, 1. That while we gratefully recognize, and will ever remember the important aid given to the cause by the Am. Home Missionary Society in planting and supporting Churches in our State in the past, yet the wants of our people, and the interests of the ca use of Christ, urgently require an increase of Missionary labor in the future. Resolved, 2. That the interests of the cause of Christ would be more highly promoted by the employment of two Home Missionary Agents in our State, one in the Eastern and one in the Western portion. Resolved, 3. That we earnestly recommend the appointment of an active and competent man to a District Agency for this Society in the Northern and Western portion of the State. The Association adjourned to 2 o'clock, P. M. Prayer by Rev. O. S. Dean. SATURDAY AFTERNOON. The Association met according to adjournment. Prayer by Rev. J. W. Fitzmaurice. Address to the Churches. The question of adopting the Address to the Churches, on the subject of the Pastoral Relation, was taken from the table; and after a protracted discussion, the motion was carried, and the Address ordered to be printed in the Minutes. (See Appendix C.) Report of the Committee on the l.eans of Securing Funds for Benevolent Causes. The Committee appointed on the Means of securing 28 MINUTES OF THE funds for Benevolent Causes, reported the following schedule as to the time of taking collections, together with the accompanying recommendations; all of which was accepted and adopted: Collections to be taken for, 1. The Tract Cause, in May and June. 2. The Congregational Union, in July and August. 3. The Home Missionary Society, in September and October. 4. The Foreign Missionary Cause, in November and December. 5. The American Missionary Association, in January and February. 6. The Education of Young Men for the Gospel Ministry, in March and April. The Committee also recommend, as a matter of great importance, that the Agents of these several causes present their claims to the Churches, either in person or through communication with the Pastors. They further recommend, that, as far as practicable, collections be made by Committees of Solicitation appointed by the Churches, whose'duty it shall be to call upon all the members of the congregation for their contributions. The American Board C. F. 1M. Resolved, That in view of the urgent necessities of the Foreign Missionary work, the Churches of the State ought, by all means, to increase their contributions of the current year to the full extent of thirty per cent., as asked for by the Board. The Congregational Union. Resolved, That it is the duty of the Congregational Churches of Michigan to largely increase their contributions to the Congregational Union. Olivet College. The Association listened to Pres. Morrison in behalf of Olivet College, after which the following resolutions, offered by Rev. A. Ballard, D. D., were adopted: Resolved, 1. That this Association has listened with lively interest to the,tatements of Pres. Morrison respecting the hopeful condition and prospects GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 29 of Olivet College; especially the decided increase in the number of students during the past year; the valuable addition to its Library, through the munificent donation from the Library of the late Dr. Albro, of Cambridge, Mass.; the revival of God's work in the Institution during the past winter, and the large increase of its pecuniary resources. Resolved, 2. That for the removal of the obstacles which of late stood in the way of the enlargement and success of this Institution, we express our devout gratitude to the great Giver of all good. Candidates for the Ministry. liesolved, That in its Annual Report, each local Association be urged to state the number of candidates for the Gospel Ministry within its bounds. Delegates to Corresponding Bodies. The Committee to nominate Delegates to Corresponding Bodies made the following Report, which was accepted and adopted: General Conference of Maine, - - Rev. F. P. Woodbury. General Association of Massachusetts, - - Rev. O. C. Thompson. General Association of New Hampshire, - Rev. H. R. Williams. General Convention of Vermont, - - Rev. E. A. Raymond. General Association of Connecticut, - - Rev. S. D. Breed. General Conference of Rhode Island, - Rev. Joseph Anderson. General Association of New York, - - Rev. Thos. Jones. General Association of Illinois, - - Rev. J. B. Fairbanks. General Association of Indiana, (next year,) - Rev. J. S. Hoyt. General Association of Iowa, - - Rev. James Ballard. General Association of Kansas, - - - Rev. J. Morgan Smith, General Association of Nebraska, - - Rev. S. M. Freeland. General Association of California, - - Rev. G. M. Tuthill. General Association of Oregon - - - Rev. S. W. Streeter. General Conference of Ohio, - - Rev. Edward Strickland. General Conference of Minnesota, - - Rev. L. P. Spelman. General Conference of Missouri, - - Rev. W. P. Russell. General Convention of Wisconsin, - - Rev. J. L. Patton. Congregational Union, Canada, - - Rev. W. P. Wastell. Synod of Michigan, - - - - Rev. E. P. Pow'ell. Free Will Baptist Yearly Meeting, - - Rev. W. M. Campbell. Michigan Baptist Convention, - - Rev. Charles Cutler. Michigan Methodist Conference, - - Rev. Asa Mahan, D. D. 30 MINUTES OF THE Weslyan Methodist Conference, - - Rev. Samuel Phillips. Detroit Conference M. E. Church, - - Rev. W. A. Smith. Michigan Conference M. E. Church, - - Rev. 0. S. Dean. Narrative of the State of Religion. The Committee on the General Narrative of the State of Religion made a report, which was accepted and adopted, and ordered to be read at the Communion Service to-morrow. (See Appendix D.) Delegates to tlhe National Temperance Convention. The following persons were appointed Delegates to the National Temperance Convention, to be held at Cleveland, Ohio, in July next: Revs. J. S. Hoyt, E. R. Stiles, E. Andrus, S. W. Streeter, S. M. Freeland, John Patchin and Dea. S. F. Drurv. Report of the Committee on the Subject of Collegiate and Theological Education in the West. The Committee appointed to take intio consideration the subject of Collegiate and Theological Education in the West, as it is connected with the society formed for the promotion of that object, reported the following Resolutions, which were unanimously adopted: Resolved, 1. That among the chief agencies by which New England has contributed to the establishment of the blessings of liberty, religion, and the higher civilization in the North-west, we gratefully recognize as founded on her own models, our system of Public Instruction, our Colleges, and our Theological Seminaries. Resolved, 2. That we hereby express our high appreciation of the great service done the West, and especially the churches of our faith by the society for the promotion of Collegiate and Theoloaical Education at the West, through whose beneficent and wisely conducted agency during the last twenty-five years, fourteen Colleges, and three Theological Seminaries, in nine different states, have been fostered into successful usefulness, and preserved to the use of christian learning. Resolved, 3. That while gratefully acknowledging the great service al GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 31 ready rendered the cause of christian education and religion in this and other Western States by the College Society, we heartily commend the present purpose of the Society greatly to enlarge the field of its operations, and found New England Colleges, on New England principles, in each of the re-constructed States at the South, and in each of the inchoate Commonwealths of the still remoter West; hoping, in the not distant future, to return, for the benefit of such Colleges, the contributions so generously granted to our own. Ordered-that this evening be devoted to the Home Missionary Cause. Resolution of Thanks. On motion, it was Resolved, That this Association tender its most hearty thanks to the officers of the Grand Trunk Rail Road, to the officers of the Port Huron and Fort Gratoit street Rail Road, and to the St. Clair and Lake Shore Steamboat Lines, for their liberality in passing the members of this Body on their routes at reduced fare; to the young people of the Port Huron Congregational Church and Society for their cordial welcome, and generous entertainment; and to the several families of Port Iuron for their kindness in so cordially receiving us to their pleasant homes. The Association adjourned to 7 1-2 o'clock this evening. Prayer by Rev. W. P. Wastell. SATURDAY EVENING. The Association met according to adjournment, and listened to the Annual Report of Rev. H. A. Read, Agent of the Am. Home Missionary Society of this State, followed by addresses from the Rev. John Patchin, and Rev. D. B. Coe, D. D., of New York. At the close of these addresses, the following Resolution was offered and adopted by a rising vote: Resolved, That, as a General Association, we will use our best endeavors to induce our churches to increase their contributions to the Am. Home Missionary Society during the coming year full threefold. 32 MINUTES OF THE The Minutes were read and approved. On motion, it was Voted, That the final adjournment of this Association be to-morrow evening at the close of Public Services. The Association adjourned with prayer by the Rev. A. Mahan, D. D. THE SABBATH. The Religious Services of the Sabbath were in accordance with the recommendation of the Committee on that subject, and were attended with great interest and profit. After the evening service, the Association adjourned with singing the christian Doxology, and Benediction. NATHAN J. MORRISON, Moderator. ELIZUR ANDRUS, Scribe. JAMES B. PORTER, Asst. Scribe. Attest: PHILO R. HURD, Secretary. Port Huron, May 24, 1868. APPENDIX, THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN, In Aiccount with P. R. HURD, Treasurer. 1867. May 16, By Cash on hand - - $194 72 1868. May 21, By Cash from Eastern Conference, - - - - 39 00 " " " " " Jackson Conference, - - - 27 00 cc" " " " Marshall Association, - - - 28 00 " " " " ".... Grand River Association, - - - 25 00:" ".' " Genesee Association, - - - 16 00."'c " " So. Mich. Association, - - - 27 00.. ".;'.'i Kalamazoo Association, - - - 30 00." "' " Grand Traverse Association, - -00 00 " " ": " uM-uskegon Valley Association, - - 3 45 $390 17 1867.'July 8, To printing 1200 copies Minutes, - - $130 00' " To Postage on Minutes, &c., - 12 19 1868. Feb. 20, To Printing Schedules, - - 3 00 May 20, To Stationery for the year, - - 1 03 " " To Secretary's Salary - - - 50 00 - $196 22 Balance in the Treasury, - - - - $193 95 Port Huron, May 22, 1868. 13B. arratibt of Aft 1eate if tligion. Like the Seventy returning with joy to tell what great things the Lord had done through them, we are met upon this high day of our feast, to tell the Mastr about our work. One hundred and sixty-eight churches in our State now call themselves Congregational churches. We live in peace with all the other friends of the Lord Jesus Christ; and while we hold firmly to our own Faith and Polity, we are glad to say that we hold them only for Christ; and that consequently, whoever holds anything for Christ is our brother. We can therefore rejoice that there are so many more Christian churches as there are in our State not called Congregational. The Lord's work has prospered in our hands during the year that is past. Let us thank God for it. Although it has not been a year of numerous revivals, yet here and there the Spirit of God has wrought mightily among our churches, in this-sil11 we call it his wonted or his unwonted way? and we sit down to-day in this house with some of the Lord's dear ones, who only the other day, in one of these revivals, learned to call the Lord, Master. In many churches, the Spirit of the Lord has been quietly working, sanctifying Christ's friends, and restraining his enemies, even persuading some of them to be enemies no longer. And much of all this work of quickening and reviving has begun with the ob GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 35 servance of the week of prayer. Shall we not all keep holy that season, when it comes again to us? Shall we not here pledge ourselves to the Lord to do this thing? It is with great pleasure that we have heard our brethren tell of the new houses they are building-houses for the Lord's habitation. Many and costly ones have been spoken of to us-costly in the love and sacrifice built into their walls. May the Lord fill them with his presence. The Master has blessed our College and Seminarynot ours, but his-giving to them more friends and more of his friendship. Our Sabbath Schools have been a living power in the midst of, and about our churches, in which teachers and scholars are all learners of the wisdom which Christ teaches; and knowing how the Lord loves the little ones, we think he never. sits nearer by any of his friends, than by those who gather the children about them, and speak earnestly of Jesus in their hearing. In mission work, whether in city or country, through Sabbath Schools, Mission Boards, Young Men's Christian Associations, or Christian Conventions, or in any other way, where co-operation seems superior as a method of working over denominational action, it is believed that our churches, and their members individually, have been this year, as always, ready to lend their hands to the work, and have wrought efficiently. In our own mission work, the organization and building up of churches, the record of our numbers shows that we have not been idle; and the new plans so earnestly discussed give evidence of a living interest in this work, and a promise of larger results in the future. 36 MINUTES OF THE But the Pastors for our churches-where shall they be found? Three of our Ministers, during the last year, have ceased their labors, and gone to their rest, viz.: Rev. Talmage Waterbury, of Port Sanilac; Rev. Joseph W. Smith, of Eaton Rapids, and Rev. J. H. Hard, of Grand Rapids. Neither of them, iowever, were, at the time of their death, in active service. The supply of men to meet the demands of our expanding work has been lamentably small. 0 Lord, show us what to do! how to increase the number of laborers in the vineyard! The cause of Temperance waits for more earnest convictions, and more active efforts on the part of christian ministers and christian churches-on our part, and on the part of our churches. And of our gifts to the great work of God outside of our own bounds-the Lord has not allowed us to shut up our hearts altogether; but it is to be feared that the large majority of our church members have not yet learned that giving is a means of grace; and that it is the liberal soul that shall be made fat. The Lord deliver us from a starved condition. And now of our great need at the Master's handhow can we tell him of it in such a way as to make it sure that he will supply the need? The baptism of the floly Ghost! we need it, 0, how much! So many dry bones where there ought to be an army of living men! Lord, we wait. "How long, 0, Lord, how long?" brs te To the IMembers of the Congregational Churches of Michigan: DEAR BRETHREN-In coming to you with our accustomed greeting this year, we ask your candid attention to a subject which hitherto has been but little considered among us, but which, we are persuaded, has a most important bearing upon the future welfare and prosperity of our beloved Zion. It is the particular relation which, in our Judgment, ought to be sustained to you by those who minister to you in holy things. This subject, having respect, as it does, to the simple matter of order, we do not, of course, set forth as of the same importance as those other subjects which involve the very essence or growth of religion in the soul. But as the vitality of things in the natural world is more or less affected by the conditions under which they have their existence, so we believe it is with this matter of piety in the church. Its highest, best development will be secured only under the most healthy outward conditions. And among these conditions we cannot but reckon a ministry in the closest possible relation to those who are to be spiritually benefited by it. The particular point to which we call your attention, is the, to us, alarming fact that now, after an existence as a General Association of more than a quarter of a 38 MINUTES OF THE century, while we have so many churches, some of them quite large and able, and so many ministers, we have so few regularly constituted Pastors. You will be surprised to learn that, all told, they number only nine, viz: five in the Eastern Conference, one in the Southern Michigan Conference; one in the Marshall Association, one in the Genesee Association and one in the Grand Traverse Association. In some half dozen other churches, however, it ought. to be mentioned, during some portion ot their history, there have been installed Pastors. But in all the rest, this relation is not only now unrecognized, but it has never been known-a state of things entirely without a parallel in any other General Association with which we are in correspondence. Lax as the churches of these Bodies have confessedly been growing for the last few years, in respect to this matter of the Pastoral Relation, within the bounds of none of them, we are sorry the truth obliges us to say, has it so nearly fallen into disuse as within our own. The causes which have led to this we do not care to investigate. Much of it, no doubt, may be traced to that chaotic looseness which is incident to the settlement of a new country. In the weakness and unsettledness of their early youth, the churches have not always felt prepared to fall at once into the regular order of things; and so, for the time being, they have contented themselves with this sort of a provisional way-hoping, no doubt, that in the course of events the time would come when something better might be attempted. And having begun in this loose way, the habit of it, like all other habits, has grown upon them, until at length it has become chronic. Possibly too, amid the fluctuations and changes which have been going on around them, some of them may GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 39 have been wanting in the boldness requisite for undertaking great things for the Lord. And possibly the ministry itself, stricken with a similar timidity, have come in for their share of the blame; prefering a relation to the flock which should leave them at liberty to flee when they saw the wolf coming, or to respond at once and without embarrassment to any invitation that might be received to some more inviting field of labor. Ministers, you are to remember, are but men, subject to the same infirmities with others, and therefore by no means entirely proof against such powerful influences, when brought strongly to bear upon them. But whatever the causes of this state of things among us may be found to be, the fact of it is as glaring as it is lamentable. Originally in the history of our denomination, dear brethren, you are aware, it was not so. In the earlier, and perhaps palmier days of Congregationalism in our country, every church, however small or feeble, had a Pastor whom it could call its own; not a man hired by the year to perform the functions of the ministry among them, and therefore liable, like all other hired men, to be turned off without inquiry at the close of his term of service, and so, from the very tenure of his relation, having of right very little responsibility in the ordering of the church-not such a man, but a veritable Pastor of its own, who, through all the solemn forms of election and induction by which the purity and qualifications of the ministry are sought to be guarded, had been placed over them in the Lord; and who therefore was expected to remain at his post, discharging the duties of his high trust in the fear of God, under whatever circumstances might befall him, until either by death or by some other providence equally imperative, he should be relieved. 40 MINUTES OF THE This was the theory after which our cherished Polity was moulded, and to which all its working machinery was adjusted. This machinery can therefore never be expected to work easily and harmoniously under the modifications of any other theory; but as such modifications are introduced will be sure to show its abhorrence of them by the friction they produce. To this theory it was, that for more than a century after the landing of the Pilgrims the practice of the churches was for the most part conformed; giving then a ministry, which, for sound learning and a comprehensive efficiency in all that pertains to their high calling, has not been surpassed in all the christian centuries. It is to this honored practice of the Fathers of Congregationalism, dear brethren, we frankly confess, that we desire, so far as it may be practicable, to recall you. And in order to this, we ask your candid attention to the following considerations: In the first place, we conceive it to be in accordance with the spirit, if not the letter, of apostolic practice. It is not indeed claimed, that in the brief history of the early church given us in the Acts, we are furnished with any cases exactly parallel to those with which we now have to do. No well authenticated instance of the reinstallation of a minister when transferred from one church to another, it is frankly confessed, is to be found. And that for the very good reason that no such transfer is related, or even referred to. A sufficient time had not elapsed for such things; or perhaps the churches then were not as fastidious or as restless as at the present day. This much however, without controversy, we do find-that the churches founded by the apostles were all furnished -with Pastors who were their own; not simply men who GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 41 were ordained to the work of the ministry at large, and left to make such arrangements for ministerial labor with a particular church as might be most convenient to the parties, as seems to be the fashion with so many at the present day;-but men set apart in each particular church, and put in their office there with all due solemnities or by a public recognition. See Acts 14:23: Tit. 1:5. Not a single instance of anything different from this is anywhere to be found in the sacred record. So universal indeed was this practice, that when Barnabas and Saul, who were already ministers of the word, were called to a special missionary work, they were solemnly set apart to it, under the particular direction of the Holy Ghost, by fasting and prayer and imposition of hands. See Acts, 13:2-3. What then is the plain inference from this unquestioned fact? On the supposition that the transfer of a minister from one church to another had been deemed desirable or expedient, what course would the apostles, with these views, have been likely to pursue?Can there be any doubt on that point? Would they have counseled that he should enter upon his high office silently and without ceremony? Would they not rather have been likely to insist that it should only be with all due solemnities, as in the first instance? Their uniform practice, certainly, seems to warrant this conclusion, and to forbid the opposite. And this, dear brethren, is only just what we are now insisting upon-that your Pastors, when coming to you from other churches, shall be received, not in the informal way of hired men, but as officers set in their places with all fitting ceremonies and solemnities. This, we cannot but think, is God's plan, as intimated by the practice of the apostles; and there 42 MINUTES OF THE fore we believe it will always be found the safest and the best. This thing, moreover, it is to be observed, is highly proper in itself. What civil functionary is ever allowed to enter upon his office in the informal way mentioned? Who does not know that these officers, from the highest to the lowest, must first be qualified for their post by certain prescribed formalities? Nor is it ever deemed sufficient that the same office has been previously held, either in the same or in some other locality; but as often as there is an election, just so often the solemn inauguration is required. And why, it may be asked, should it not be so in this office of the Gospel Ministry? Is it any the less important?-any the less sacred? Certainly that will not be claimed by any one who considers the vast and far-reaching interests which are to be affected by it. Consider next, the tendency of this practice to draw the church and Pastor into closer symipathy, and thus to insure a greater usefulness and a greater permanency in the relation. The usefulness of a minister, you are all well aware, depends very much upon the bond of sympathy existing between him and his people. For this no amount of talents, and no degree of piety will prove an adequate substitute. The closer this tie can be made, therefore, the greater will be the good which will be likely to be accomplished. Now we put it to the common sense of any one, which of the two courses under consideration is best fitted to promote and secure this matter of sympathy between a minister and his people-that which admits of his being received by them in the loose,and informal way of a stated supply, simply to meet a present exigency? or that other course which requires GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 43 him to enter upon his work through the grave ordeal of an election to the Pastorate, to be followed by the sancttites and solemnities incident to a regular induction to the office? In the one, certainly, a very different set of feelings is awakened towards the minister from what is possible in the other. He is felt to be their minister in a very different sense, and must therefore receive a far larger share of their confidence and esteem. And then, as to thac other matter of permanency in the Pastoral relation-the desirableness of this we think will not. be questioned. It is desirable for both Pastor and peoplefor him, that he may be put upon his mettle, and be obliged to bring out all that is in him; in a word, that he may develop his talents to the utmost, and make full proof of his ministry-for them, that they may reap the advantages of his long and intimate acquaintance with them, and of his well-laid, far-reaching plans for their instruction and improvement; and last, though by no means least, that they may be shielded from that love of novelty and change which tends more to division and strife, than to edification. But is this desirable result more likely to be gained by the loose habit into which we have fallen? Some there are, we are aware., who are bold enough to maintain this. But we are free to say, that in our estimation, such a conclusion is contrary, as well to all analogy and sound reasoning, as to the facts in the case. Though it is to be confessed that dismissions of settled Pastors have become lamentably frequent, it is by no means true, that they are as frequent as among the other class of ministers. And all just reasoning forbids that they should be. For then must it be conceded that the stronger the tie the more likelihood there.s of its being severed. And this reasoning being admit 44 MINUTES OF THE ted, it must follow that all the other intimate relations of life which are held sacred, require to be correspondingly loosened, lest, because of their very tension, they should be suddenly sundered. Looking at this matter solely in the light of both reason and experience then, dear brethren, we are forced to. the conclusion that the usefulness of the ministry among you, inasmuch as this may be dependent upon the closeness and permanency of the relation, would be greatly enhanced by the adoption of the practice we are recommending. We cannot but express our profound conviction, that if even our feebler churches, instead of feeling their way along by the aid of these temporary ministerial supplies, would early adopt the bold policy of having their own minister duly settled among them, it would prove to them a very tower of strength, and greatly facilitate and hasten their arrival at a condition of self-support. For, in the first place, the minister, secure in his position, would be encouraged to lay his plans deep and broad for their future edification and enlargement. And then, in the next place, that vexed question, Shall the minister be retained another year? which more than all other questions serves to disturb and dishearten and divide a struggling church, would thus be put to rest. We mention as another consideration in favor of receiving ministers through the solemnities of an installation, the greater security it affords against imposition. You need not be told, dear brethren, that while the great mass of those who exercise the ministerial office among you are good men and true, and greatly to be loved and honored for their work's sake, there are still some who GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 45 are just the opposite of this-bad and dangerous menwolves in sheep's clothing-men "Who've stol'n the livery of the court of heaven, "To serve the devil inentered the sacred office, not with any good intent, but for purely selfish and sinister ends. And there are others whose intentions may be worthy, but who through some perverting influences have been warped from the truth, and their minds so poisoned with error as to render them unsafe guides to the church of God. These persons are generally of a roving habit. Having lost caste or character in one place, they flee unto another; and through their winning mien and cunning words, which they very well know how to assume and to use, they are very likely to captivate an unsophisticated and unsuspecting church, anxious withal to obtain a minister. In accordance with our loose practice, they are received with open arms, and with very little inquiry as to their real sentiments or previous standing-received all the more readily, perhaps, in this novelty-loving age, because they seem to be somewhat singular and smart, and will therefore be likely to fill the pews. But a short period usually suffices to reveal the mistake. The wolf's skin soon begins to discover itself beneath the sheep's clothing; but not until many of the flock are fatally bitten, or a contention inaugurated which it will take a whole generation to remove. All this, it will readily be perceived, might have been avoided had the candidate, according to the true theory of Congregationalism, been required to pass through the ordeal of an examination by a competent council. His unfitness for the ministerial office might have been detected, and the church spared the disastrous effects of his presence. And all this, dear brethren, we beg you to 46 MINUTES OF THE notice, is no mere fancy sketch. It is only that which has frequently happened in the churches-in our own churches-and which may happen again. If our present loose policy is to be continued, it may be added, our churches will be peculiarly exposed to such impositions. In sheer self-defence then, it seems to us, that you are urged to adopt the better, and, what we conceive to be, the more Scriptural policy of receiving your ministers through the solemnities of a regular installation. It is worthy of your serious consideration, moreover, that it is only when the Pastoral relation has been duly constituted, that a church, according to our Polity, is able easily and effectually to handle a bad minister when detected. The source of authority with us, you are aware, is not in the Association, but in the church. Ministerial authority even, is not transmitted from one minister to another, but springs directly from the church, through the intervention of a council. If then a minister is not immediately dependent upon the particular church to which he ministers for his ministerial character and standing, as many maintain he is not, without installation, how is he to be reached? The Association has no power to try him. Neither has the church to which he is ministering; because, as a minister, he has no organic connection with it. What remains then, but that he must be left unrebuked-suffered to go on under the garb of a false ministerial character, poisoning the very fountain of knowledge, or corrupting the morals which the church is set to defend. A very serious practical dificulty in the administration of the discipline of the church is thus very frequently encountered, which a return to the practice of a regularly settled ministry would obviously remove. GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 47 Is it claimed that this difficulty may be obviated by requiring the minister to become a member of the church which he serves? But not having received his ministerial character or authority from that particular church, but from some other, it may be in some distant part of the land, to which he is responsible for it, what business have they to call it in question, or for just cause to take it from him? The most that they can do clearly is, to deal simply with his church relationship, and report him back to the church from which, through a council, he received his authority to preach, to be dealt with for thata round-about, complicated process, which certainly will be likely to prove of very little efficiency. In a net of such wide meshes very few delinquents will be likely to be caught. Will it be claimed that church-membership so underlies the ministerial dharacter and authority, that the removal of the one necessarily carries with it the destruction of the other? But what is that, but giving to a particular church, of its own simple motion, the power to depose a minister?-a power which Congregationalism has always most strenuously protested against, on the ground that the whole brotherhood of churches have an interest in his ministerial character. The difficulty in question then, still remains, to be effectually avoided only by a return to apostolic example and practice. The loose habit into which we have fallen in respect to this matter, lear brethren, you will allow us to suggest, is bringing our cherished Polity into much disrepute. It is, you are aware, the standing reproach of Congregationalism, among the advocates of strong ecclesiastical governments, that it tends to disorganization 48 MINUTES OF THE and disintegration. This charge we by no means allow, but indignantly repel, when brought against the system as our Fathers held and practiced it. It is a system as tenacious of rules and order as any other; uniting with these a simplicity and flexibility which constitute its chief glory. But this charge, we are obliged to confess, is not so easily repelled, when brought against the system in some of its present workings-among which we are constrained to reckon this matter of looseness in the ministerial relation. Unlike other systems of church order, Congregationalism makes no provision for a class of nlinisters circulating among the churches, but having no organic ministerial connection with them; and consequently is wholly unable to manage them, but must leave them to do pretty much as they list. The door is therefore thrown open for the entrance of all sorts of irregularities, with no power to thrust them out. Let a becoming jealousy for the honor of our much loved Polity then, lead us both to discern and apply the remedy, that it may be shielded from deserved reproach. There is but one other thought in reference to the practice we are commending, which we would now urge upon your consideration. And that is, its tendency to strengthen the fellowship of the churches. This matter of fellowship, you are aware, has ever been regarded by us as a denomination as very dear. It is this which distinguishes us from those who boast the name of Independents. And therefore it is, that many ways and means have been devised to cherish the feeling and strengthen the bond. For this purpose Associations and Conferences, both local and general, have been organized, and Councils inaugurated. By these means, our churches, though governmentally distinct, are nevertheless drawn GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 49 together in the very closest bonds-bonds which, in our estimation, are as much more powerful than the iron clasps of authority to hold us together, as they are more in accord with the genius ofur holy religion. Among these means, the practice of installing ministers through a council of neighboring churches must be acknowledged to be most efficacious. It brings the representatives of the churches together on a most interesting occasion, and makes them sharers in the joy which has been awakened by the reception of a Pastor. And in giving the new Pastor their confidence, as, after a careful examination of his qualifications, they are enabled to do, a common sympathy is established, which makes them essentially one in spirit, and which thus qualifies them for all the practical expressions of christian fellowship. For these reasons then, dear brethren, we feel constrained to urge upon you a return to the ancient practice of our churches, in respect to your relation to the men who minister to you in holy things. We are aware, that to the eye of worldly wisdom such a step may not always seem wise or warranted. And we are quite ready to concede that under some peculiar circumstances it is not. But the circumstances, we are persuaded, must be very peculiar-to justify such a departure from the method sanctioned by apostles, and vindicated by the accumulated experience of so many centuries. We caution you to beware how you set your judgment above that of the inspired founders of the church, or what seems to be convenient above the divinely constituted order of things. There is, no doubt, a best way in this, as in all other matte s; and our prayers to the great Head of the church shall be united with yours, that you may be able to find it, and have the courage to enter upon it, and keep it. Statistics of the Churches from March 31 st, 1867, to April I st, 1868..V. B. —ihe Post Office Address of Ministers connec'ed with the General Association will be found at page 61, corrected to April 1, 1868. The letter p. after a name indicates that the person has been installed as Pastor, and the letters a. p. that he only acts in this relation, without installation. ][ —EASTERN CONTFERENCE. OCH cLeIIES. MINISTERS. No. IN CHURCH. ADMISS'N. REMOVALS. BAP. _ iNames. Organized. -Minister. Ordained. J Clm.Labor. O Cr L P 1 a i ix o - a~ P -FaI Aigouic ))III 15, 84- V'Cac Alpena... March 2, 186 uf. Apthorp,ap Oct. 1861 Oct. 1, 1867 0 25 35 7 0 2 2 1 3 0 4 0 0 140 50 170000 Arnmada ----—.. April 22, 1838 R. G. Baird, a p- Feb.l, 1859 May ll, 1862 24 44 68 6 6 3 9 0 1 0 1 2 0 100 1270 00 Bridieehampton. Oct. 1, 162 D. Birney a p-.- 1835 Feb. 1, 1862 7 9 16 2 0 0o 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 30 4 40 4520 H Bruce —. —. —- -uly 31, 183' R.I G. Baird, ap- Feb. 11, 1859 May 11, 1862 4 18 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 25 00 Chesterfleld Feb. 13, 1847 Vacant —.. —--- ------------- ------------- 16 22 38 9 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 35 15 00 Colunmbus ---— ept. 29, 1851 F.H-urd, a p --- Oct. 1, 1863 June 1, 1865 18 30 48 10 0 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 1 30 45 13 262 00 Detroit 1t. —.l. Dec. 25, 1844 A. Ballard, p ---- Sept. 15, 1857 June 1, 1866 88 160 248 34 6 8 14 4 11 0 15 1 4 175 3109 50 5075 00 Detroit 2d. —-- -1April 3, 1866 S. M. Freeland, p July 30, 1861 April 4, 1866 61 111 172 7 11 27 38 2 5 1 8 11 2 140 288 05 12876 88 Farmers Creek.- P'eb. 25, 1848 *G Winters, a p May 20, 1866 4 6 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 Flat Rock ------ March 20,1858 C. Machin, a p- Oct. 1838 June 1, 1864 16 45 61 10 0 2 2 1 1 5 0 1 30 2000 55100 Lexineton --— Sept. 18, 1860 C. Spooner, a p- Sept. 1839 April 1, 1866 8 19 2 3 4 1 5 0 0 0 0 3 2 60 1700 55000 Mem phis ----— June 24, 1840 W.P. Russell, ap Aug. 24, 1841 July 1, 1848 25 59 8415 3 8 0 4 0 4 3 0 90 101 00 1060 00 New Baltimore._ April 29, 1856 HHV'nAuk'n,ap Dec. 8, 1864 Aug. 1, 1867 12 27 39 4 6 6 12 0 0 9 9 4 0 160 50 00 1400 00 Oakwool ------ Iay 20, 1848 *G-.'Winters, a p -------- - May 1, 1866 16 36 52 12 113 2 2 0 11 4 40 Orion —--------. an. -18, 1853 W.E Stickland,p April 30, 1866 March 1, 1866 6 7 13 0 0 0 0 0 35 Pontiac. — a —---- Feb. 6, 1831 A. H.Fletcher, ap Oct. 12, 1845 Aug. 14, 1864 54128 182 17 11 7 18 0 8 0 8 3 2 120 208 00 7809 29 Port Huron ---— May 17, 1840 Jas. S. Hoyt, p_- May 26, 1858 JTune 6, 1858 48 114 162 27 11 1 12 1 4 0 5 5 4 265 229 50 8430 00'ort Sanilae... Scpt. 1854 Dan'IBirney, a p 1835 Feb. 1, 1862 12 21 33 6 8 1 9 1 1 0 2 2 3 90 16 26 216 26 Ray and enox- Fe 13, 1838 Vacant.. -------- ------ ------------ 9 16 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rochester -... -. TJuly 14, 1827 *C. P. Quick, a p Sept. 14, 1864 July 22, 1266 13 41 54 1 5 0 5 1 0 0 1 2 0 40 49 65 550 00 Romeo --------— Anug. 16, 1829 I'. It. urd, p- - July 1, 1840 Nov. 12, 1949 60 105 165 6 3 10 13 2112 0 14 2 0 120 559 01 1075 00 Royal Oak - A —-- ug. 13, 1542 Jas. Nall,a p ---- -------------- Nov. 1, 1861 17 30 47 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1000 300000 St. Clair ------ Feb. 10, 41 Wat a —------------ pril 20, 1867 24 69 93 0 2 4 6 3 4 0 7 0 0 63 59 00 1050 00 Utica -a1 —- --— 8 -Jan. 11, 1 Win.'5 latt, a p_- June 30, 1847 June 1, 1854 8 39 47 8 2 0 2 1 6 0 7 1 0 110 25 00 900 00 Wayne --------- Aug. 20, 1848 tC. Cutler, a p — Nov. 18, 1857 Feb. 1, 1867 10 27 37 3 2 3 5 0 2 -0 2 0 1 80 77 34 600 00 Total —- 271 604 1276 1880 199 98 83 181 22 71113 106 51 30 2193 5,169 34 49,285 63 *Presbyterian. tOf the Union Association, N. H. Additional Ministers-Rev. S. M. Judson, Rev. 0. C. Thompson. Meetings-First Tuesday in May, and second Tuesday in November. Regester-Rev. James S. Hoyt, Port Huron. II —JACKSON CONFERENCE. CHURCHES. MINISTERS. NO. IN CHURCH. ADMISS'NS. REMOVALS. lBAP. - m ~ Names. |Organized. Minister. Ordained. Com. Lobor. 5 ^ 1 E Ann Arbor D-May 23, 1847 W. A. Smith, ap May 14, 1861 March 15,1868 79 99 178 0 2 19 21 2 130 15 0 0 101 $175 001 1125 00 Augusta --- April 18, 1854 Vacant 22 26 48 7 7 0 7 2 260 28 0 9 197 Barry -_ ——..- Dec. 18, 1834 Vacant —------ -- 2 6 8 0 0 0 0 1 10 2 0 0 60 Chelsea — __ Feb. 29, 1849 tR Hiovneden, ap Nov. 1860 May 1, 1868 48 68 116 4 44 4 48 3 40 7 24 0 88 96300 Dexter -- ~ —-- Oct. 8, 1839 A. S. Kedzie, a p June 3, 1845 Nov. 10, 1866 20 45 65 7 7 5 12 0 30 3 o 1 50 137 75 1225 00 Grass Lake - Dec. 16, 1835 S. S. Hyde, a p Dlec. 8, 1847 Oct. 1, 1867 43 79 122 10 3 4 7 1 15 0 161 0 135 23 14 1300 00 Jackson 1st_____ March 6, 1841 J. W. Hough, a p March 13,1859 Feb. 1, 1868 115 201 316 4 2 18 20 4 47 5 56 0 0 285 568 00 6500 00 Jackson 2d --— June 25, 1867 A. H. Brown, ap March 10,1864 Dec. 9, 1866 6 19 25 2 6 19 25 1 00 1 2 1 75 1500 1200 00 Leslie --- April 9, 1865 E. W. Shaw, ap Sept. 1, 1858 April 9, 1865 9 15 24 6 3 4 7 0 00 0 1 0 40 8 00 200 00 Lima ------ -- Jan. 17, 1830 Vacant -.....12 22 34 12 0 0 0 1 o 1 10 2 00 Lodi —------ Dec. 30, 1854 W.E.Caldw'll,ap Feb. 10, 1863 Sept. 16, 1866 22 42 64 9 7 4 11 2 50 7 6 0 100 65500 997 00 Napoleon —--- May 25 1855 Vacant - --- 510 15 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 0 0 NewHudson -- April 6, 1859 Vacant —. - - 4 14 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pinckney ------- June 26, 1848 Vacant ------ 7 19 26 2 0 I0 0 0 00 0 0 o.0 ll. Salem -------- July 6, 1844 *O.C.Th'pson,ap Nov. 1834 May 1, 1867 10 23 33 0 5 7 12 O 00 0 5 0 30 270 00 0 Summit —--- Oct. 1, 1851 *O.C.Thlpson,ap Nov. 1834 May 1, 1867 29 36 65 8 2 5 7 0 30 3 2 1 100 50 00 675 00 J Sharon ---— ~- -April 24, 1850 Vacant - --- --... -- - 11 15 26 0 0 0 0 0 20 2 0 0 50 Webster ------— Feb. 26, 1860 tD. H. Taylor,ap ------- INov. 1867 29 54 83 16 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 50 149 62 500 00 3 Total —- 18 l I473 793 1266 89 88 89 177 19 122 5 146 41 12 1361 1,78151 14,95500 M *Of the Eastern Association. tPresbyterian. Additional leCembers-J. T. Avery, S. D. Brreed, Joseph Estabrook, Rufus Nutting, John D. Pierce Meetings-On the third Tuesday in April and October, at 7 P. M. Scribe- Rev. W. E. Caldwell, Lodi......... ~i/I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ III —MIARSHALL ASSOCIATION. CHUR2CHES. MINISTERS. j|NO. IN CHURCH. ADMISS'NS. REMOVALS. BAP ~. -' _.. —~._.__ _ _ _ _ _ _._._ _..__' _ _,_ _C _'_ _ _~_ Names. Organized. Minister. Ordained. Co. Laor.11 Barry & Johnst1 n Nov. 30, 1865 J.FitzMaurice,ap Sept. 25, 1867 June 1, 1867 4 10 14 2 0 0 ~ 0 0 0 0 0 35 $150 00 Battle Creek._.March27,1836 *S.E.Wishard,ap April 1857 Oct. 1, 1867 87 146 233 30 3 13 16 2 4 0 6 1 3 203 $102 54 2000 00 Bedford —---— J e 24, 1848 J.FitzMaurice,ap Sept. 25, 1867une 1, 1867 33 56 89 5 8 2 10 8 2 11 150 684 00 Charlotte -~- Jan. 26, 1851 B.F Bradford,ap April, 1848 June 1, 1867 38 64 102 11 29 10 39 0 2 -0 2 8 3 90 75 00 1750 00 Delta ------- Nov. 24, 1852 tJ.M. Ashley,ap March, 1857 March 1, 1867 8 7 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 331 Eaton Rapids __-June 15, 1843 N.D. Glidden, ap April 9, 1859 Feb. 10, 1867 28 41 69 5 24 4 28 0 4 3 7114 1 70 257 58 102000 0 Fred'nia&Ceresco'April 28, 1863 tJ.Verney, -Aug. 11, 1867 26 18 44 8 3 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 70 39 50 37000 Grand Ledge.... Jan. 1864 tJ.M.Ashley,ap March, 1857 March 1, 1866 3 7 10 0 3 4 70 1 0 1 0 2 33 500000 Johnstown -- N.ov. 6, 1865 J.FitzMaurice,ap Sept. 25, 1867 June 1, 1867 7 20 27 9 4 2 6 0 1 10 30 600 194 54 Kalamo- March 10, 1867 J. Scotford, a p 1840 Dec. 7, 1867 11 16 27 1 3 3 6 1 0 0 1 2 0 30 1663 00 Leroy — ~..March 14,1837 S.Phillips,a p June 13, 1837 May 1, 1866 26 41 67 11 7 2 9 2 3 0 5 1 0 60 259 50 100 00 Matteson — ~-'Jan. 15, 1862 J. R. Bonney, a p Jan. 18, 1863 Sept 1, 1862 11 23 34 2 8 4 12 1 3 0 41 0 60 65 9011 Olivet --...-March 20,1845 It. 0. Ladd, a p Nov. 23, 1865 Jan. 1, 1868 111 143 254 27 38 18 56 3 22 0 2524 4 240 744 00 622 50 Onondago --—. lOct. 15, 1866 J.R.Stevens'n,ap ------ -~ — 1 Nov. 1, 1866 5 5 10 0 8 2 1 0 0 0 01 0 0 35 UrnionQCity i.March 7, 1837 S. W- Streeter, p Oct. 1836 April -, 1860 78 131 209 23 0 2 2 0 3 0 30 1 140 545 00 1550 00 Vermontville —- jFeb, 28, 1838 0.. Spoor, a p Dec. 19, 1861 Oct 27, 1861 51 70 121 14 0 8 8 0 5 0 5 0 1 80 312 00 1300 00 Windsor - lFeb. 14, 1848 J.R.Stevens'n,ap --- -— Nov. 15, 1866 7 10 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 100 Total. 171..534 808 1342 149 138 76214 1256 5 73 52 15 1459 2,407 02 11,90404 *Presbyterian. tOf the Genesee Association. tLicentiate. TOn the Plan of Union and Reports also to Presbytery. o additional Memnbers-J. M.Barrows, O. Hosford, S. Mason, N. J. Morrison, H. C. Morse, H, A. Read, W. F. Rose, J. S. White, Wolcott B33.Williams. z Meetings-On the last Tuesday in April and October. Scribe-Rev. Orange H. Spoor, Vern8ontville. 4 1.'~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~O Onona~,o......Oc. 15 186JJJ~~.Stvensn~ap...........J~ov 1, 866J 5~ J 10 0JJ8J 2 10t IV. —GRAND RIVER ASSOCIATIOIN. CHURCHES. MINISTERS. NO. IN CHURCH. ADMISS'NS.. REMOVALS. BAP. n C Names. Organized. Minister. Ordained. Corn. Labor. 0 P: E H - E- ~ EE —:q Ada ------— ep 24, 1849 D L Eaton, a p- arch, 1848 Jan 1, 187 10 2 3 2 4 5 9 0 0 0 0 10 60 $60 00 $200 00 Boston —— l —--- May 6, 1848 G C Strong, a p_ Nov, 1853 June 9, 1867 12 21 33 4 2 0 2 1 0 2 3 0 0 50 i66 00 1050 00 Bownel --------- Oct 28, 1844 G C Strong, a p_ Nov, 1858 June 9, 1867 4 7 11 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 46 800 Cannon ---- a —-— Jan 10, 1847 Di) L Eaton, a M-larch, 1848 Jan 1, 1867 21 28 49 5 6 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 2 20 Cedar Springs — _Sept 5, 1867 J S Kidder, a p- Sept 18, 1843 June 5, 1867 6 5 11 1 8 3 11 0 0 0 0 1 1 80 39 00 75 00 Coopersville ---- May 16, 1866 Vacant —------- - —.. — 16 21. 37 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Dor__ —- Aug27, 1857 N K Evats, ap_ Feb Oct, 1 685 1c 24 41, 11 0 0 0 0 00 6 0 0 48 92 00 300 00 Eastnmanville _ — March 16, 1866 O l.)oolittle, a p- June, 1832 March 1, 1866 23 18 39 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5u Easton.-. —----- March 24, 1851 L E Sikes, a p -- JunelO, 1848 April 15, 1865 13 18 31 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 1 1 35 3700 16600 Essex -------- April 1, 1855 1 Banch, a pFeb 21, 184Feb, 1868 11 13 24 1 4 5 9 1 2 0 3 0 0 40 Grand Haven -— _ March 16, 1858 Vaca19 27 8 2 0 2 1 3 0 4 0 1 80 Grand Rapids — Sept 18, 18i J M Smith, a p — Aug, 186 Sept 13, 186i 149 289 438 30 28 58 6 7 0 1 13 8 275 1500 00 10270 00 Grandville — Julne 1, 183 V IHI O)sborn, a 1lOct, 1839 March 1, 1865 14 39 53 10 3 5 8 1 5 0 6 1 1 70 125 00 114400 Greenville ----— June 5, 135 L tto a p 1862 Jan 1, 1865 51 79 130 6 4 2 6 1 1 1 3 3 3 147 383 74 1844 34 6 H-ulbbardston -- Dc 9, 1861 Jas Gre.g, a p -- Aug 6, 1846 Sept 23, 186 17 26 43 0 15 1 16 0 0 0 0 5 0 100 275 00 3500 00 Lamont —------ Dec 18, 1849 iC Doolittle, a p- Jan, 1832 Feb 17, 1867 37 53 9013 2 4 6 1 3 4 0 1 110 60 00 700 00 Lowell --------- Feb 7, 185C 1R Stiles. a p — Feb 2, 1864 Nov 1, 186( 24 54 78 5 1 5 6 12 3 1 0 80 150 00 70000 Middleville -. —- Apri 5, 1 Kide, a e 22, 1855 De 1, 185. 16 42 58 3 1 4 5 1 11 0 12 0 0 5 9 00 512 00 Muskegon ---— J-.-lune 6, 1859 L e, Reed, a p —-- June 1, 1866 Au 12, 1867 28 54 82 11 5 17 22 0 6 0 6 3 5 150 437 00 1963 00 Smyrna ---—. —- Feb 12. 186f Vacant ------------... —-- 3 10 13 0 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 75 150.00 Paris ----------- May2, 1861; Vacant —------ ------------ ------------- 4 12 16 6 0 0 0 000 0 00 50 2500 Portlanrd -------- IFe, 4, 1843 L P S)elmanap Slay 2, 1860 April 15, 1867 12 39 51 7 1 8 9 1 3 0 4 1 0 40 115 00 815 00 Rlockford ------- Feb 17, 1847 J1 5 Kidder, a p Sept 12, 1843 June 5, 1867 5 15 20 0 3 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 44 80 210 00 Total —- 23 499 909 1408110 94113 204 16 46 5 67 31,23 1729 3,52654 23,59934 *Of the Genesee Association. tOf the Presbytery of Albany. $Of the N W. Penn. Association. Additional Members-James Ballard, Isaac: Barker, R. J. Hiess, Joshua M. McLain, James A. McKay, L. F. Waldo. Meetings-Second Tuesdays of April and October. Scribe —James Ballard, Grand Rapids. V. —cIENESEE CONFERENCE. _ CHURCHES.___ ____ ~~ ~ MINISTERS. ~ ~~ NO. IN CIIURCHI. ADMISS'NS. REMOVALS. BP. Names. Or-anized. -Minitster. Ordained. Comn. Labor. t I 0 K I ____ Atherion —----------- - Vacant 9 9 18 0 3 0 3 -i "^1 Brid::eport ----- Jan 12, 1868 tJ Estabrook, aij —........... DeWWit -------- April 20, 1851 J M Ashley, a p- March. 1857 March 1, 1867 1 5 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 (0 0 East Saginaw — Oct 7, 1857 J G'V Cowles, p Oct, 1859 May, 1865 53 141 194 0 5 10 15 1 15 0 16 0 6 225 $300 00 $2500 00 Flint ------- O-ct 26, 1867 F'PWoodbury,ap 1865Oct 1. 1867 32 60 92 0 21 29 50 0 0 0 0 11 2 120 150000 1865 Oct 0 0 01:o o o 0 0 0 75 1500 00 Gai.nes- --— May10, 1863 Vacant-....- 2 3 50 00 0000000 75 150 00 Genesee -------- ay10, 1849 H Lucas,ap... 1834 Feb 12, 1868 8 20 28 0 2 2 4 3 3 0 6 00 0 1800 Goodrich -..Feb 28, 1855 A Sanderson, ap Jan, 1839 May 26, 1867 16 26 42 7 10 2 12 0 0 0 0 3 0 60 52 00 490 00 Grand Blanc — July 13, 1853 tSam 1) Breed,ap Feb, 1862 May, 1867 23 41 64 3 19 1 20 0 2 0 2 12 1 85 130 00 679 00 t Hartland- April 4, 1844IC N Colter, ap- -- -- -- 2 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 Ithaca -----—. — June, 1866 Sam Sessions, ap Oct 9, 1863 Dee 7, 1866 7 9 16 1 2 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 8 00 500 00 Laingsbur- ____ July 24, 1864 Win Molder, a p Jnne 5, 1867 Aug, 1866 9 20 29 0 0 5 5 0 6 0 6 0 3 45 17 00 350 00 Lansinog —----— April 26, 1864 C C McIntire, ap Sept 17, 1861 July, 1865 31 51 82 6 9 14 23 0 3 0 3 6 1 110 298 00 1350 00 Map!le Rapids — April 26, 1868 ET Branch, a p Feb 21, 1849 Feb 1, 1868 7 13 20 0 4 16 20 0 0 0 0 3 0 50 125 00 Oceola.. —-..- Jan12, 1843 C N Colter, ap -- -— 4 11 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 125 00 Owosso- - June 11 1853 John Patbin, ap July, 1850 Oct 21, 1864 50 99 149 0 24 10 34 2 1 0 3 11 0 100 43 00 11009 000 St. Johns- April 1, 1860 G M Tuthill, ap April, 1847 July 1, 1867 30 45 75 9 1 5 6 0 4 0 4 1 1 80 200 00 1850 00 Vernon- ____ Jan 11, 1851 W F Day, a p — May 2, 1866 April 1, 1868 9 23 32 2 0 1 1 0 9 0 9 0 0 60 250 00 > Victor —-—... —. May 24, 1845 Wm Mulder, a p June 5, 1867 J-Tuly 1, 1866 22 34 5 1 2 1 3 2 1 3 1I 0 76 5000 2500 4 Vienna -------—. Jan, 1845 tE WMBorden, ap ------ -- Decl, 1867 16 24 40 6 3 0 3 1 2 3 0 0 0 7600 1700 Wacousta —-- -_ —- ------ - - J M Ashley, a p- March, 1857 Nov 1, 1866 4 10 14 3 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 ---- Total --- 21 335 650 985 40 108104 212 9 48 0 57 49 14 1261 1,19200 11,836 00 *Last year's report. tOf Jackson Conference. Of Ohio General Conference. Additional Members-D. L. Eaton, Harvey Grattan, A, B. Pratt, Edwin Wilder. Meetings-The first Tuesdays in April and October. Scribe-Rev. E. T. Branch, Maple Rapids. j r VI. —SOUTHERN MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION. Lr CHIURCHES. MINISTERS. NO. IN CHURCH. ADMISS'N. REMOVALS. BAP.. " -^ oT -.C.. L Names. Organized. Minister. Ordained. j Corn. Labor. ^ j I I r 11 ll ^ 1 P l^ Auaiiu~s -.- ~-Marchl 1, 1847 IJ L Crane, a p- Nov 22, 1865 Feb 1, 1867 25 39 64 10 11 14.25 1 12 0 13 5 5 Un $62 21 $1413 25 Adrlan ---—. May 25, 1854 XE P Powel, ap 1861 May 5, 1861 76 185 261 23 8 11 19 516 4 2 5 350 34222 3039 77 Canand-igua.... March 29.1859 jE Dyer, a p — 1836 June 1, 1866 13 32 45 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 2800 612 00 Clinton -— _- Jan 19, 1833 tWWWetm'r,ap Oct, 1864 May 1, 1868 1t5 159 264 27 17 3 20 2 8 0 1c 0 3 150 914 00 Dundee —.._... - Nov. 29, 1837 S 1 Wells, a p. April 18, 187 1 167 De 22 30 1 2 1 3 1 0 1 2 0 65 85 00 Franklin ------ Feb 16, 1848:J R Savage, a p- Sept 18, 1861 Feb9, 1868 19 46 65 7 1 8 0 3 1 5 115 2000 90 00 Hudson-F — --- eb 24, 1836 tW S Mesmer,ap 1862 March, 1868 31 77 108 0 3 8 11 3 7 0 10 2 2 170 96 03 1620 85. ]Lnnd.,.....-,,; March 25.1838 SB T DeWitt, --... O..... 0..... Oct 20 1867 8 22 30 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 30 185 00 Litchfield —--- ~July 14, 1839 D D Frost, a p_- 1844 May 1, 1865 41 73 114 25 41 5 46 06 0 C 27 8 80 290 00 850 00 M orcnci ------- March 17,1858 Vacant -— 7 18 25 2 0 0 0. 1..0.... 01 01 100 120 00 Ransom -----— May 19, 1848 J F Boughton,apDec 19, 1 01 2 62 50 00 350 00 Raisinville- - June 13, 1849 IB S DemWitt,- |-O......Oct 20, 1867 5 7 12 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 50 154 58 Somerset ----- Nov 30, 1858 1 J Wiiliams, - -----—........ May 1, 1867 18 26 44 0 3 0 30 0 O 0 1 0 40 20000 600 00 Somerset 2nd -- 1867 E M Lewis, a p — 1850 Jan 1868 4 13 17 0 11 6 17 0 0 0 5 25 255 00 Sylvania. Ohio~_ Nov 8, 1834 J mmons,ap- ------------ 22 25 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wheatland - March 9, 1843 IE M Lewis, p — 1850 De 1, 1865 16 36 52 7 0 2 2 1 1 0 5730000 700 00 Adrian Town- Dec 14. 1867 ~A Seaman ----- ------- A pril 1867 6 10 16 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 50 120 00 Total --- 17 431 836 1267 113 105 57 162 13 60 7 80 53 20 11404- 1568 46 i11919 45 *Not a member of Conference. tPresbyterian. 7rLicentiate. ~Student. Additional Members —C. H. Churchill, George Barnum, Hiram Elmer, Wm. Hall, Asa Mahan, Roswell Parker. Meetings —On the third Tuesday in April, and the last Tuesday in October, Scribe —Rev. J. F. Boughton, Ransom. VII. —KALARIAZ00 ASSOCIATION. CHURCHIES. j -MINISTERS. fNO. IN CHURCH. ADMISS7NS. REMOVALS. BAP 4.,.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~i 1EP,, ~~~~~~~~~~~~0!~' — 2 ~ ~'20 -i..,~~ o02 70 Benton arbOrganized o 1;, 0 O16 {Vc n.... oo, Names Minister Ordained..... Labor. J15 0 50 0 2500 Allegan —--— June 10, 1858 E Andrus, a p — Sept, 1850 Nov 1, 1865 25 43 68 4 1 11 12 1 2 0 30 0 220 $178 28 Alamo ----— Dec, 3, 1867 B F Monroe, aHP- May 15, 1850 June 1, 1867 6 8 14 0 3 11 14 0 0 0 0 2 0 30 18 00 $2700 00 Augusta ---— July 26, 1849 J Anderson, a p- Nov 17, 1865 23 28 51 2 2 3 5 2 0 0 2 0 1 70 171 00 1118 60 Benton llarbor-_ June 13, 1866 Vacant -------------------— 23 22 45 3 1,5 8 23 0 0 0 0 15 0 150 50 00 2500 00 Brady Village.-_ Oct 29, 1865 S O Bryant, a p - Feb 13 1868 July 1, 1867 9 15 24 1 2 1 3 0 10 1 1 0 45 44 24 2512 00 Cooper ---------- March 8, 1843 {Vacant..........-..............- -..- 4........ Cooper —-------- IMarch 8, 1843 1Vacant —___, ____I_,, _____,,,___ ) _,,,_____ —---- 28 54 82 17 0 1 1 0 8 0 8 0 0 65 15 00 725 00 Coolspring ----- J.an 25, 1863 Vacant -------—..- -—,*23 25 48 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M Dowagiac —, July 9, 1850 E F Strickl'nd,ap April 1855 Oct 1 1866 30 61 91 13 2 5 7 1 10 6 1 0 2 75 3000 800 00 Galesburgh- Aug 18, 1852 J W Allen, a p_ April 16, 1862 Jan1, 1868 87 116 203 13 0 8 8 1 1 0 2 101 62 36 1033 00 I ~~~~~~~~~1868287 16 203 3 0 8 8 0 20011 623 13300 Hopkins -----— 4-ug 4, 1851 tW` F lose, a p- Dece29, 1863 Feb 2, 1868 39 41 80 8 32 1 53 0 4 2 6 11 0 36 Kalamazoo —— Feb 3, 1836 S Dean, a p —- July 6, 1864 Oct 13, 1867 138 202 340 55 19 29 48 4 35 0 39 5 4 19 35850 290000 Keeler —-. —July 7, 1850 WMCampbell,ap June 4, 1848 Jan 1, 1868 11 32 43 1 3 1 4 1 4 0 5 3 0 50 36 00 700 00 Lawrence -...Aug 20, 1837 E Cleveland, a p- Jan 11, 1837 Feb 10, 1867 20 33 4 2 7 9 0 8 0 8 1 2 100 42 50 600 00 Mattawan_-__I June 2, 1867 MQMcFarlnd,aplOct, 1843 Oct, 1867 17 22 39 2 7 32 39 0 1 0 1 3 0 65 Plainwell -----—.Dec 29, 1866 J Jackson, a p —- ---—. —--— IAug, 1866 5 6 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1250 12500 Otsego -------—.Jan 7, 1837 J Jackson, a p-_- ------------— {June, 1865 23 48 71 5 0 2 2 0 5 0 0.0 145 13800 Michigan CityIn 1835 TJ J Ward, a p -- ------------— March, 1867 31 80 111 4 15 5 20 3 4 0 7 4 6 150 1400 00 Saugatuck ----— Jan 11, 1860 ~J F Taylor, a p Jan 11, 1855 April- 1, 1868 24 16 40 0 8 9 17 1 1 2 4 4 0 95 750 00. Sherw'd & Leonid May 8., 1860 Vacant- - 6 1 21 3 0 0 0 1 4 0 5 0 0 50 South Haven.... July 2, 1856 D Wirt, a p —-— [Feb 25, 1849 April 1, 1867 9 21 3 1 1 12 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 75 1550 00 St. Joseph -..April 28, 1854{I B Fairbank, ap Oct 24,. 186 June 1, 1866 34 46 80 18 8 5 13 1 2 0 3 4 7 122 20270 140000 Three Oaks -..March 12,1848 P B Parry, a p - Sept 29, 1847 May 1, 1865 23 43 66 2 8 4 12 0 0 0 0 4 0 80 62 50 Watervliet- June10, 1852 A M haw, ap-~ 1860 Nov 1, 1867 7 10 17 0 1 3 4 0 4 0 4 0 0 75 Wayland.-t —--— Jaii 5, 18'0 tW` F Rose, a p. De 29, 1863 Feb 1, 1868 7 42 49 4 0 0 0 0 4 11 15 0 0 62 25 00 200 00 1 Total R 24 648 1029 1677 175 129 158'287 16 98 15 1291 57231 2158 1,44658 21,01360 *Last -year7s report. tOf Marshall Association. TOf Kalamazoo Presbytery.'9Of Jackson Conference. Additional Meanbers-D. W. Comstock, Thos, Jones, T. W. Jones, D. Jeffers, Henry Mills, D. S. Morse, S. Norton, A. Rowe C. Temple, Waters Warren. Meetings-Third Tuesday. in April, and Second Tuesday in October. Register-Rev. W. M. Campbell, Keeler. VIII.-1-GRAND TRAVERSE ASSOCIATION. C'..__ I CHRH00M - CHURCHES. MINISTERS. NO. IN CHURCH. ADMISSNS. REMOVALS. BAP. f Names. Organized. Minister. j. orn. - P ONrales. |Organized. M iniister. |Ordained. Coa. Labor Lb. 0 | | Almira July, 1867 E E KirkiandaplJan 22, 1846 Oct 28, 1866 4 4 8 0 O0 0 0 0 0 0 0 011 151 11 40 00 Banks _- -- une 9, 18671L Warren, a p Oct 12 1862Feb 17, 1867 4 2 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 $5 00 100 00 Benzonia - June 10, 1860 JBW'lk'r,DD,ap 1838 June 1, 1866 46 51 97 9 10 21 31 0 8 0 8 3 2 100 150 00 1000 00 Elk Rapids Feb 8, 18631 L. Warren, p —-- Oct12, 1862 Nov 1, 1862 11 19 30 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 3 1 3 45 200 00 225 00 Frankfort-_ Jan 26, 1868 Otis B Waters,ap Febl 12, 1861 Feb 9, 1868 12 11 23 O 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 28 17 Glen Arbor —--- Aug 1, 1867 G Thompson, ap May 7, 1848 Oct 1, 1863 11 12 23 1 8 15 23 0 0 0 0 2 0 25 11 00 35 00 Homestead Sept 3, 1864 E E Kirkland,ap Jan22, 1846 Jan 17, 1864 10 10 20 3 0 1 1 O 4 0 4 o 1 15 9 35 60 00 Leland_ _ —- July 10, 1865 tx Thompson, ap May 7, 1848 Jan 7, 1865 8 12 20 4 1 0 1 O 0 1 1 1 0 25 32 00 50 00 Manistee —------ Tuly 20, 1862 J B Fiske,ap__ Novl 15, 1855 Nov 1, 1867 20 29 49 9 1 4 5 0 0 O 0 1 2 90 200 0O 1500 00 Northport - Feb 22, 18631 G N Smith, a p - April 7, 1836 Feb 22, 1863 7 12 19 3 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 50 17 00 293 00 Z OldWing MisE'n Aug 19, 1849 G N Srnith, a p -April7, 1836 Junel 1, 1849 29 30 59 10 5 0 5 2 0 0 2 5 4 25 850' c: Pleasanton-_ Jan28, 1866 Hl A Austin,a p 1856 Jan, 1867 6 7 13 O 0 1 1 0 0 0 o 1 30 9 25' 80 00. Traverse City —- Feb 1, 1863 1teub'n lHatch,aplJan, 1850 June 1, 1866 11 11 22 2 0 1 I 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 10 00 5252 00 M Total —- 13 I' 179 210 589 43 28 74 102 4113 1 18 13114 550 $643 60 $8,67167 o *Of Grand River Association. Additional Meetings —-A. B. Adams, Chas, E. Bailey, Alonzo Barnard, John H. Crumrab, WmS. Lewis, John Vetter, Jas. R. Wright. 3 Scribe —-Rev. Leroy Warren, E1t Rapids, I ___IX.-MIUTJSKEGON VAL.LEY ASSOCIATION. CHURCHES. MINISTERS. ~NO. IN CHURCH. ADMISS'NS. REMOVALS. BAP.. ^-, ~ ~ ~ - ~-nnrr__ __ __ __ __ ~~ -- -I-f ~ - - __ _ _ - _ - - 1 4, Names. Organzed. Minister. Ordained. Co. Labor. I j il: 0 * S- I 1 1 ______________________________________ I^^^^ ftI~+k fgH ^ Q ^Q< Biona - ----- a- y 15, 1856 A Dresser, a p — 1841 M r, 165 7 4 21 3 1 5 6 0 0 4 4 1 0 20 $5 00 $40-00 Croton —-—.. —-- March, 1861 Vacant-t3 8 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 Hart —-------- Jan 29, 1868WWCrane- - -- ---- ---------- ----------— 660 00 0 0 Newsayo - May 20, 1855 *ENRaymnnd,ap -- ~ —-- Oct, "1866 4 8 12 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 Pentwater — Jan 24, 1866 A Dresser, a p — 1841 May 1, 1865 5 7 12 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 75 105 00 310 00 Whitehall —---- May5, 1868 AStClair, a p — June, 1844 Jani, 1868 3 2 5 0 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 40 2500 35000 Total ---- 6 ~~~~~~~Total -~~~~ 624 43.6710 41822 0 0 4 4 1 1 185 $135 00 $700 00 Z *Of the Winooskie Association, Vt. iLast year's report. Meetings —- First Tuesdays in March and September. Scribe —-Rev. Alanson St. Clair, Whitehall. L U/a 02 0 0 z >~1?> O SUMMSARY, for the Year Ending MIarch 31 st, 1868. _ CHURCHES. MINISTERS. CHURCH MEMBERS. ADMISSIONS REMOVALS. BAPT. m d' ________________ __________ __________ _________ ______ - 1 I rD 0~~~I ASSOCIATIONS. l i U 0 P, s. P,5C E, P.~~~~, o c4 ~___________________ ^r Z. ^ ^ q jJ E-1 ZW. ^. Eastern Conference -- -- 27 5 19 4 243 513 1 19 0 604 1276 1880199 98 83 181 22 71 13106 51 30 2193 $516934 $4928563 Jackson Conference ------- - 18 0 11 2117 0 8 4 12 0 473 793 1266 89 88 89 177 19 122 5 146 41 12 1361 1781 51 14955 00 Marshall Association~- ~~ — - 17 1 16 1 17 0 ill 8 20 1 534 808 1342149 138 76 214 12 56 5 73 52 15 145 240702 11904 04 Grand River Association — - 23 0 19 1 19 4 ol11 5 16 0 499 909 1408 110 94 113 207 16 46 5 67 31 23 1729 352654 23599 34 Z Genesee Conference —--------- 21 1 20 0 21 1 112 3 16 0 335 650 985 40 108 104 212 9 48 0 57 49 14 1261 1192 00 11836 00 C Southern Michigan Association 17 1 16 1 170 1 9 6 16 1 431 836 1267113 105 57 162 13 60 7 80 53 20 1404 -1568 46 11989 45 H Kalamazoo Association-.-~- 24 0 20 1 20 4 016 9 25 0 648 1029 1677 175 129 158 287 16 98 15 129 57 23 2158 1446 58 21013 60 M Grand Traverse Association —-- 13 1 12 0 13 0 1 6 7 14 0 179 210 389 43 28 74 102 4 13 1 18 13 14 550 643 60 8671 67 uO Muskegon Valley Association- 60 50 51 030 30 24 43 6710 418 22 0 0 4 4 1 1 185 13500 70000 0 166 9 138 10 147 20 9 89 43 141 2 3727 6554 10281 928 792 772 1564 111 514 55 680 344 152 12300 17870 05 153954 73 Deduct outoftheState —------ 20 21 20010 10 53105158 415 5 20 3 40 7 4 6 150 0000 140000 g Total in the State -- ---- 164 9136 9 145 20 9 88 43 140 2 3674 6449 10123924 777 7671544107 510 55 673 340146 12150 $17,870 05 $152,554 73 Not Associated ---------------- *2 *No. of Members unknown. N. B.-During the year, seventeen Churches have been organized, and eight organizations given up. The changes il the relation of Ministers to the Churches have been too numerous and complicated to be readily traced. There have been three deaths among the Ministers-all among those without charge. CONNECTED WITH THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF MIOHIGAN, WITH POST OFFICE ADDRESS, APRIL ST, 1868. Adams, A. B., Benzonia, Benzie county. Allen, J Wing, Galesburg, Kalamazoo county. Anderson, Joseph, Augusta, Kalamazoo county. Andrus, Elizur, Allegan, Allegan county. Apthorp, Rufus, Alpena, Alpena county. Ashley, J. Mills, Grand Ledge. Austin, H. A., Pleasanton, Manistee county. Avery, John T., Cleveland, Ohio. Bailey, Charles E., Benzonia, Benzie county. Baird, Robert G., Armada, Macomb county. Ballard, Addison, Detroit, Wayne county. Ballard, James, Grand Rapids, Kent county. Barker, Issac, Rockford, Kent county. Barnard, Alonzo, Joyfield, Benzie county. Barnum, George, Waterloo, Ind. Barrows, John M., Olivet, Eaton county. Berney, Daniel, Farmers, Sanilac county. Bonney, John R., Matteson, Branch county. Borden, Edmund W', Vienna, Genesee county. Boughton, John F., Ransom, Hillsdale county. Bradford, B. F., Charlotte, Eaton county. Branch, Edwin T., Maple Rapids. Breed, Samuel D., Grand Blanc, Genesee county. Brown, Alvin H., Jackson, Jackson county. Bryant, S. C., Brady, Kalamazoo county. Caldwell, Wm. C., Saline Washtenaw county. Campbell, Wm. M., Keeler, Kalamazoo county. Churchill, Charles H., Oberlin, Ohio. Cleveland, Edward, Lawrence, Van Buren county. Comstock, Davillo W., Kenosha, Wis. 62 MINUTES OF THE Cowles, John G. W., East Saginaw, Saginaw county. Cram, Wm. W., Hart, Oceana county. Crane, James L., North Adams, Hillsdale county. Crumb, John H. Day, Warren F., Vienna, Shiawassee county. Dean, Oliver S., Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo county. Dresser, Amos, Pentwater, Oceana county. Dyer, Edmund, Canandaigua, Lenawee county. Eaton, Danforth L., Lowell, Kent county. Elmer, Hiram, Olivet, Eaton county. Emmons, John, Sylvania, 0. Esler, Wm. P., Olivet, Eaton county. Estabrook, Joseph, East Saginaw, Saginaw county. Evarts, Nathaniel K., Cody's Mills, Kent county. Fairbank, John B., St. Joseph, Berrien county. Fiske, John B., Manistee, Manistee county. Fitzmaurice, John W., Bedford, Calhoun county. Fletcher, Adin H., Pontiac, Oakland county. Freeland, Samuel M., Detroit, Wayne county. Frost, Daniel D., Litchfield, Hillsdale county. Glidden, N. Dimic, Eaton Rapids, Eaton county. Grattan, Harvey, Laingsburg, Shiawassee county. Gregg, James, Hubbardston, Ionia county. Hall, Wm., Little Valley, N. Y. Hatch, Reuben, Traverse City, Grand Traverse county. Hess, Riley J., Grand Rapids, Kent county. Hosford, Oramal, Olivet, Eaton county. Hough, Jesse W., Jackson, Jackson county. Hoyt, James S., Port Huron, St. Clair county. Hurd, Fayette, Richmond, Macomb county. Hurd, Philo R., Romeo, Macomb county. Hyde, Silas S., Grass Lake, Jackson county. Jackson, John, Otsego, Allegan county. Jeffers, Deodate, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo county. Jones, Thomas, Augusta, Kalamazoo county. Jones, Thomas W., Brooklyn, N. Y. Judson, Sylvanus M., Sylvania, Ohio. Kedzie, Adam S., Dexter, Jackson county. Kidder, James W., Middleville, Barry county. Kidder, John S., Rockford, Kent county. GENERAL ASSOCIATION. 63 Kirkland, Elias E., Homestead, Benzie county. Ladd, Horatio 0., Olivet, Eaton county. Lewis, Elisha M., uIdson, Lenawee county. Lewis, Wm. S., Pleasanton, Manistee county. Lucas, Hazael, Mount Morris, Genesee county. Machin, Charles, Brownstown, Wayne county. Mahan, Asa, D. D., Adrian, Lenawee county. Mason, Stephen, Marshall, Calhoun county. McFarland, M. Q., Mattawan, Van Buren county. McLain, Joshua M., Aurora, Ill. McIntire, Charles C., Pontiac, Oakland county. McKay, James S., Detroit. Mesmer, Wm. S., Hudson, Lenawee county. Mills, Henry, Independence, Ia: Morrison, Nathan J., Olivet, Eaton county. Morse, David S., Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo county. Morse, Henry C., Union City, Branch county. Mulder, Win., Laingsbura, Shiawassee county. Munroe, Benjamin F., Alamo, Kalamazoo county. Nall, James, Detroit, Wayne county. Norton, Smith. Nutting, Rufus, Saline, Washtenaw county. Parker, Roswell, North Adams, Hillsdale county. Parrey, Porter B., Three Oaks, Berrien county. Patchin, John, Owosso, Shiawassee county. Patton, James L., Greenville, Montcalm county. Phillips, Samuel, Battle Creek, Calhoun county. Pierce, John D., Ypsilanti, Washtenaw county. Platt, Wm., Utica, Macomb county. Pratt, Almon B. Read, Herbert A., Marshall, Calhoun county. Rose, William F., Wayland, Allegan county. Rowe, Aaron, Coloma, Berrien county. Russell, William P., Memphis, Macomb county. Sanderson, Alonzo,. Goodrich, Genesee county. Savage, John, Tipton, Lenawee county. Scotford, John, Olivet, Eaton county. Sessions, Samuel, Ithica, Gratiot county. Shaw, Edwin W., Leslie, Ingham county. Sikes, Lewis E., Easton, Ionia county. Smith, George N., Northport, Leelanau county. Smith, J. Morgan, Grand Rapids, Kent county. 64 MINUTES OF THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION. Sessions, Samuel, Ithica, Gratiot coun y. Shaw, Edwin W., Leslie, Ingham county. Sikes, Lewis E., Easton, Ionia county. Smith, George N., Northport, Leelanau county, Smith, J. Morgan, Grand Rapids, Kent county. Spelman, Levi P., Portland, Ionia county. Spooner, Charles 0., Lexington, Sanilac county. Spoor, Orange HI, Vermontville, Eaton county. St. Clair, Alanson, Whitehall, Muskegon county. Stevenson, John R., Eaton Rapids, Eaton county. Stickland, Win. E., Orion, Oakland county. Stiles, Edmund R., Lowell, Kent county. Streeter, Sereno W., Union City, Branch county. Strickland. E. F., Dowagiac, Cass county. Strong, Guy C., South Boston, Ionia county. Taylor, James F., Saugatuc, Allegan county. Temple, Charles, Otsego, Allegan county. Thompson, George, Leeland, Leelanau county. Thompson, Oren C., Detroit, Wayne county. Tuthill, George M., St. Johns, Clinton County. Van Auken, Helmas H., New Baltimore, Macomb county. Vetter, John, Oberlin, Ohio. Waldo, Levi F., Quincy, Illinois. Walker, James B., D. D., Benzonia, Benzie county. Warren, Leroy, Elk Rapids, Antrim county. Warren, Waters, Three Oaks, Berrien county. Wells, Spencer R., Dundee, Monroe Connty. Waters, Otis B., Benzonia, Benzie county. White, James S., Marshall, Calhoun county. Wilder, Edwin, Flint, Genesee county. Williams, Horace R., Almont, Lapeer County. Williams, Richard J., Somerset, Hillsdale county. Williams, Wolcott B. Charlotte, Eaton county. Wirt, Davd, South Haven, Van Buren county. Woodbury Frank P., Flint, Genesee county. Wright James R., Benzonia, Benzie county. UNIVERSITY OF MICIIIGAN. CATALOGUE OF THE FOR 18678, WITH A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE UNIVERSITY.. PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY. 1868. Dr~ Chase's Steam Printing House, ANN ARBOR, MICI. REV. ERASTUS O. HAVEN, D. D., LL. D., President of the Board. TERM EXPIRES. iToN. J. EASTMAN JOT-INSON, Centerville, 1870 HoN. JOHN M. B. SILL, Detroit, 1870 HIox. JAMES A. SWEEZEY, Hastings, 1872 HoX. CYRUS M. STOCKWELL, Port Huron, 1872 HoN. EDWARD C. WALKER., Detroit, 1874 HON. GEORGE WILLAIRD, Battle Creek, 1874 ION. THOMAS D. GILBERT, Grand Rapids, 1876 Hox. HIRAM A. BURT, Marquette, 1876 JOHN H. BURLESON, Esq., SECRETARY AND STEWARXD. HON. DONALI) McINTYRE, TREASURER. HON. ORAMEL HOSFORD, SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTR.UC 1.t1N. REV. JOIIN G. W. COWLES,............East Saginaw. H. 0. HITCHICOCK, M.D..................Kalamazoo. HoN. W. B. WILLIAMS,.................. Allean.'i __~i ,X/ID OTHER OFFICERS. REV. ERASTUS O. HAVEN, D. D., LL. D., President of the University, Professor of Logic and Political Economy, REV. GEORGE P. WILLIAMS, LL. D., Professor of Physics. ABRAM SAGER, M. A., M. D., Professor of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children. SILAS H. DOUGLASS, M. A., M. D., Professor of Chemistry, Mineralogy, Pharmacy and Toxicology, ZINA PITCHER, M. D. Emeritus Professor of the Institutes of Medicine and Obstetrics. JAMES R. BOISE, M. A., Professor of the Greek Language-and Literature. ALONZO B. PALMER, M. A., M. I)., Professor of Pathology, the Practice of Medicine, and of Iygiene. ALEXANDER WINCHELL, LL. D., Professor of Geology, Zoology and Botany. CORYDON L. FORD M. A., M. D., Professor of Anatomy and Physiology. HENRY S. FRIEZE, M. A., Professor of the Latin Language and Literature. DEVOLSON WOOD, C. E., M. A., Professor of Civil Engineering. HON. JAMES V. CAMPBELL, LL. D., Marshall Professor of Law. Hox. CHARLES I. WALKER, Kent Professor of Law. HON. THOMAS M. COOLEY, Jay Professor of Law. JAMES C. WATSON, M. A., Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Observatory. SAMUEL G. ARMOR, M. A., M. D., Professor of Institutes of Medicine and Materia Medica. MEMBERS OF THE FACULTIES. 5 EDWARD P. EVANS, PH. D., Professor of Modern Languages and Literature. REV. LUCIUS D. CHAPIN, M. A., Professor of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy. EDWARD OLNEY, M. A., Professor of Mathematics. REv. ANDREW TEN BROOK, M. A., Librarian. ASHLEY POND, M. A., Fletcher Professor of Law. WILLIAM W. GREENE, M. D., Professor of Civil and Military Surgery. ADAM K1 SPENCE, M. A., Professor of the French Language and Literature. CHARLES K. ADAMS, M. A., Professor of History. MOSES COIT TYLER, M. A., Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature. ALLEN J. CURTIS, M. A., Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature. ALBERT B. PRESCOTT, M. D., Asst. Professor Chenbistry and Lecturer on Organic Chemistry and Metallurgy. GEORGE B. MERRIMAN, M. A., Assistant Professor of Mathematics. STILLMAN W. ROBINSON, C. E., Assistant Professor of Mining Engineering and Geodesy. MARPTIN L. DOOGE, N. A., Assistant Professor of the Ancient Languages. HENRY S. CHEEVER, M. A., M. D, Demonstrator of Anatomy and Curator of the Medical Museum. GEORGE E. FROTHINGHAM, M. D., Proseetor of Surgery and Associate Demonstrator of Anatomy. PRESTON B. ROSE, B. A., 3IL D., Assistant in Chemistry. ALBERT E. FOOTE, M. D., Assistant in Chemistry. WILLIAM J. COCKER, Assistant in General Library. l^^t^5s linrnfirb 1 1ring tlt ltar. CIVIL EJVGINVEER. GEORGE A. BENZENBERG, JAMES STEEL, LOWELL A. GOODMIAN, ALEXANDER TI-O3MSON, Louis P. JuDsoN, EBEN S. WHEELER. Mf IVY G EX GIL.EE-R Amos E. DOLBEAR, WILLARD B. BISING. BA CHELOR OF S CIENJCE. JOHN 0. ANDREEWS, MILTON JACKSON, JAMES BELLANGEE, ISAAC KERSEY, MONR-LBE DARNELL, JABEZ I[ONTTGOMERY, WILLIAM FRACKELTON, ARTEMAS ROBERTS, ALBERT M. HENRY, JAMES SANDERS. B BCHELOR OF d1RTS. JOHN H. BEADLE, P. BALDY LGI-GETNER, WILLIAM M. BROWsN, DWIGHT TN Low-ELL, WELLINGTON CARLETONI, GEORGE L MARIS, GEORGE E. CHURCH, ELBERT L. MILLER, HENRY P. CHURCHILL, ]. NEWTON OTIS, HORTON H. DRnEY, THOMA$ M. POTTER, ISAAC N. ELWVOOD, JOSEPH H-. REID, WILLIAM J. ENGLISH, JoIN A. ROLLINS, GEORGE A. FOSTER, JAMES STEEL, HENRY N. FPRENCH, DAVID B. TAYLOR, LESTER O. GODDARD, JR., EDWARD W. WVETMORE, CORNELIUS A. GOWER, NEWTON H. I']NCHELL, GEORGE S. HASTINGS. MONTGOMRY S. WOO RUFF, EDWARD E. KANE, X3d STER OF SCIENYCE. JOHN HENRY BOOTH, GrEORGE ANTHON MAIRR, JAMES HENRY COGGESIIALL, JA.rMES T). SODDY, GEORGE EDMUND CUMMING, SIDNEY FRANKL WALKEI. DEGREES CONFERRED DURING THE YEAR. 7 AJfSTER OF A.RTS. AMos E-MERSON DOLBEAR, EDWARD AANSFIELD MASON, JOSEPH WEIR EWING, DARIUS ROYER SHOOP, JOSEPH C. GREENAWALT. ALVAH AUGUSTUS SMITH. DOCTOR OF JMEDICINE. GILES B. ALLEN, ROBERT II HARCOURT, Louis F. ARENSBERG, JOHN F. HAWLEY, HOMER E. AYLSWORTH, M. A. HARVEY D. HILL, CHARLES BATES, JOHN S. HOOD, WILLIAM S. BEEBE, WILLIAM W. HOTCHKISS, HENRY R. BENJAMIN, EDWARD HURD, EDWARD E. BIGELOW, GEORGE W. JACKSON, SAMUEL A. BONESTEL, HENRY JOHNSON, ROBERT BOOTH, COLONEL D. JOHNSON, AUGUSTUS C. D. BRADSHAW, GEORGE SPRONSON JONES, SAMUEL H. BROWN, B. S., NATHAN D. JONES, ZENAS G. BULLOCK, IRA Y. KAZARTEE, DEWITT C. CARPENTER, WILLIAM LITTLE, PIERRE J. CHAVEY, JR., DAVID R. LYON, BYRON W. CHEEVER, 3M. A. FREDERICK L. MATTHEWS, THEODORE A. COLLETT, JAMES B. MCGAUGHEY, JOHN M. CREAMER, DONALD A. MCLEAN, RHODES D. DAVIS, RYAN G. MENDENHALL, FRANCIS F. DAVIS, SELDEN MINER, DANIEL M. DILL, GEORGE 0. MOORE, DAN L. DUMON, JOHN S. MOTT, ARCHIBALD S. DUNLAP, M. A., DENNIS C. O'BRIEN, THOMrAS J. EATON, SYLVESTER C. J. OSTROM, DANIEL M. EDWARDS, HENRY C. PARKER, FRED W. FANNING, LEWIS PRICHARD, STEPHEN S. FARRINGTON, IRA B. REED, ALBERT E. FOOTE, AURELIUS 0. REVENAUGH, ALONZO W. GARLOCK, GEORGE R. REYNOLDS, J. BASIL GIRARD, JEROME J. ROBBINS, GEORGE H. GRANGER, JAMES S. ROGERS, JAMES GUINAN, WILLIAM F. ROOME, REUBEN HAINES, EZRA A. SCAMMON, 8 DEGREES CONFERRED DURING THE YEAR. ALEXANDER H. SCOTT, BENJAMIN THOMPSON, ROBERT S. SIMPSON, DAVID W. TINGLEY, SUMNER T. SMITH, JOSEPH A. TREAT, THOMAS K. SMITH, JOHN B. TYLER, JOHN W. SOUTHWORTH, WILLIAM E. VAUGHAN, LYMAN B. SPEREY, JACKSON WALKER, WILLIAM W. SPEIRS, JOHN WIEST, ALEXANDER STEPHENS, WARREN G. WILKINSON, JACOB STICKEL, HENRY H. WINES. BA4 CHEL OR OF L ZWS. EDWARD P. ALLEN, JAMES W. CRAIG, RUFUS W. BAILY, SAMUEL A. CRAIG, ALBERT J. BALDWIN, ROBERT D. CREA3MEER, JOB BARNABD, J. FRANK DAVIDSON, ISAAC E. BARNUM, GEORGE P. DAVIS, WILLIAM 0. BARTHOLOMEW, SANFORD C. DAVIS, B.A., JAMES A. BARTLETT, ALBERT A. DAY, ARTHUR BASNETT, ANDREW J. DAY, WILLIAM H. BEADLE, M. A., WESTBROOK S. DECKER, ROBERT BECKINGTON, ISAAC N. DELAM3ATEE, GEORGE W. BEEMAN, ELON W. DENTON, FRANK BENINGHAUSEN, DON M. DICKINSON, DAVID J. BISSELL, FRANK DUNION, CENTENARY B. BrPADSHAW, SYLVESTER F. DWIGHT, B. A., JEFFERSON H. BROADY, GEORGE F. FISH, B. A., GEORGE W. BROWNING, CHARLES L. FITCH, WILLIS A. BUGBEE, ELIJAH C. FOSTER, EDWARD BULLER, JOHN R. FOSTER, B. A., GOBLE G. BURGESS, NEWTON FOSTER, ALONZO D. CADWALLER, PHILiP M. FOOTE, JAMES H. CARTWRIGHT, HENRY P. FRICKER, DANIEL G. CASH, R. ALONZO GIBSON, FRED. J. CASTELHUN, B. A., CLARK W. GLASGOW, B. S., EDWIN M. CLAPP, JR., OZRO B. GOULD, JOHN S. CLIFFORD, SAMUEL S. GRAY, CHARLES E. CLOUGH, ALVIN P. GREEN, EDMUND R. CONNELLY, HURLBUT E. GRISWOLD, DEGREES CONFERRED DURING THE YEAR. 9 WILLIAM S. HARBERT, NATHANIEL W. NELSON, DAVID S. HARLEY, SEYMOUR F. NORTON, FRANCIS A. HOFFMAN, JR., B.A. HENRY H. NORTON, WILLIAM HODGE, WILLIAM A. PRATT, ADONIRAMr J. HOLIES, WILLIAM S. PALMER, OBADIAH P. HOWELL, EDWIN A. PARSONS, THOMAS D. HUBBARD, FRANK W. PENWELL, JAMES F. HUGHES, THOMAS A. PERRINE, B. A., HARRISON HUMIE, SAMUEL R. PETERS, HOWARD J.I HUNTINGTON. JOHN L. PRATT, ELIAS' W. JAMES, SEBRA R. PROPER, GEORGE JAMESON, GEORGE RALEIGH, EDWAPD P. JOHNSON, JOHN E. RAYMIOND, JAMES 0. JONES, LORAN W. REYNOLDS, JAMES M. JUSTICE, B. S., JOHN L. RICHARDSON, ZINA P. KING, B. A., JAMES P. ROBINSON, HORACE V. KNIGHT, THADDEUS S. ROLLINS, B. S., GUILFORD A. LEAVITT, ISIDORE ROSKOPH, JOHN P. LEWIS, JACOB 11. RUNKLE, JOHN NEWELL LUCAS, JOHN G. SAFLEY, M. A., WILLIAM H. LUTZ, GEORGE S. SANDERCOCK, JAMES J. MCBRIDE, JOHN A. SHAUCK, B. A., AARON A. IMCANDLESS, JR., EDMUND SHAW, ROBERT MCCART, /MATTHEW P. SIMPSON, THOMAS MCCORD, HARLAN P. SMITH, SAMUEL M. MCCUTCHEN,'WILLARD STEARNS, WILLIAM C. McFARLAND, RICHARD PR. STEPHENSON, FRANK A. C. MACMANUS, J. ALBERT SUIMNER, JOHN H. MCM[URDY, WASHINGTON M. SUTTON, JAMES C. MCQUIGG, WILLIAlM W. SULLIVAN, EMERSON A. MERRIMAN, JOHN SWINDLEY, FREDERICK D. MILLS, MOSES TAGGART, DAVID MILLS, JAMES B. TAYLOR, B. A., ALBERT M. MILLS, WILBUR F. THOMPSON) JOHN J. MILES, HENRY S. TOWLE, JAMES R. MILNER, ALBERT TRASK, CASS L. MOREHOUSE, CHARLES TUBBS, 10 DEGREES CONFERRED DURING THE YEAR. JAMES A. TYLER, LEWELLING W. WHITING, PHILIP T. VAN ZILE, B. PH. ALFRED W. WILCOX, BENJAMIN VOSPER, ELI WILKIN, FRANK WALKER, B. S., COINSDER H. WILLETT, EDMUND B. WALKUP, CHARLES L. WILSON, SIDNEY W. WALTON, MARK S. WOLCOTT, GEORGE H. WEEDEN, THOMAS J. WOOD, JACOB T. WELLS, ARCHELAUS N. YANCEY, JAMIES W. WIIIF-EN, JACKSON YOUNG. DEPARTM ENT rcunce, ittratuir, aulb t e ts. FACULTY. REV. ERASTUS 0. HAVEN, D. D., LL. D., PRESIDE NT. REV. GEORGE P. WIILIAMS, LL. D. SILAS H. DOUGLASS, M. A., M. D. JAMES R. BOISE, M. A. ALEXANDER WINCHELL, LL. D. HENRY S. FRIEZE, M. A. DEVOLSON WOOD, C. E., M. A. JAMES C. WATSON, M. A. EDWARD P. EVANS, PH. D. REV. LUCIUS D. CHAPIN, M. A. EDWARD OLNEY, M. A. ALONZO B. PALMER, M. A., M. D. ADAM K. SPENCE, M. A. CHARLES K. ADAMS, M. A. MOSES COIT TYLER, M. A. ALLEN J. CURTIS, M. A. ALBERT B. PRESCOTT, M. D. GEORGE B. MERRIMAN, M. A. STILLMAN W. ROBINSON, C. E. MARTIN L. D'OOGE, M. A. RESIDENT GRADUATES. Name. Residence. Dexter S. Clark, B. A., (Beloit College,) Rockford, I1l. William J. Conklin, B. A., Sydney, 0. Frank Crook, B. S., Baltimore, Md. Frederic C. Curtis, B. A., Canaan Four Corners, N. Y. William H. Fitch, B. A., (Beloit College,) Rockford, Ill. Oliver S. Green, B. S., (Illinois College,) Jacksonville, nl. Jas. D. Masters, B, S., (Illinois College,) Murrayville, ll1. Wm. J. Maynard, B. A., Ann Arbor. Willard B. Rising, B. A., (Hamilton Coll.,) Ovid, N. Y. James M. Scott, B. A., Warren, 0. Josiah T. Scovell, B. A., (Oberlin College,) Vermontville. Charles S. Starr, B. A., (Rochester Coll.,) Rochester, N. Y. John B. Tyler, B. A., (Amherst College,) Northhampton, Mass, STUDENTS. 13 SENIORS. Namne. Course. Residence. William Kyle Anderson,.....CL. C... Owenboro', iKy. Francis Marion Bain,.............Lcare, 0. Wickliffe W. Belville,....... L Dayton, 0. Frank Adelbert Blackburn,.. CL...,An Arbor. William Henry Boardman,... CL.... Dixon, Ill. Edward Cook Burns,........E.....Jatnestotwn, 1. Y. Adoniram Carter.......... CL.... WC. averly, Il. James Hayden Chapin,.. CL....C New ]Philadelphica, 0. William Johnson Cocker,.... CL.... Adrian. Daniel Webster Crouse,...... Sc.... -t. Carroll, ll. Joseph Baker Davis,.......EN..... orth DartmouthI, JCasS. John James Davis,......... CL.... Big Rock, Il. Oliver Hays Dean...CL.... VL ashincgtonville, Pa.; Isaac Newton Demmon,...... CL...... endcalville, Imnd. John Charles Freeman,...... CL.....Lisle, N. Y. George C. Fry,.............CL..... F C ie ree)port, III. Edmund Waller Gale,......CL.... EZvnsvIille, lcZd. Mark Walrod Harrington,....CL.....Sycamore, 11. Edward Louis Hessenmueller,.CL.... Clevelczand, C. Milo Kinney Havens,...... EN.... Saldem Station, Vis. George Smith Hickey,......... CL....Detroit Clarence Nicol Howell,...... CL... Dixon, IIIl. Edward Spencer Jenison,....EN.... Toledo, 0. Roselle Nichols Jenne,.......CL.... Albany, N2. Y. Henry Smith Jewett,...............L.D)ayton, 0. Edg.ni S. Johnston,.........EN.... Gre(at Bend, Pac. Willard Arno Kingsley,...... S.... Grcand CRaG ids. Henry William Lord, J1r.,... CL.... Pontictc. Edward Coultas Lovell,...... CL.....Elgn, 111. Frank Henry Lyman,........ Sc..... Kenosha, TVis. John Curtis Magill,..........CL..... ockville, Ind. Humphrey, H. C. Miller,.....CL... -ft. Carroll, Ill. Albert Henderson Pattengill,. CL.....I.HudsoZn CL.-Classical Course. Sc.-Scientific Course. EN.-Civil Engineering. L.-Latin and Scientific Course. 14 STUDENTS. Name. Course. Residence. Galusha Penne'l,................. Ann Arbor. Philetus Harvey Philbrick,... Sc..... Tfton, Wis. Charles Poor,............. Ex..... Ne. wa/k, Ill. Lorenzo Browne Potts... CL......CL hitehall, Ill. Charles Quaries,............CL....lIenosha, TFis. Thomas Craig'head Raynoids,. CL.... Akron, 0. Rollin Joseph Reeves,.......N....Fort Aladison, Iowa. Joseph Beal Steere,.......... CL.... onia. Ri'ey C. Story,............CL.... Ver"non7 Ind. Joseph Myron Sto tt,........CL.... Strasburg, 0. William James Stuart,....... CL... K. alamazoo. Ed(gar H. Tallman,... C....CL.... Coldcwater. Llewvellyn Pitt Tarlton,........... Lexington, K-y. Edward Lo rraine W alte,.... C.... Litc/field. Milford Norman Wells, E...... A..... Ann Arbor. JUNIORS. Narre. Course. Residence. Hugh Byron Alexander,.......Sc.... ceneva, Ill. Colman Bancrloft,........... Sc.... Elton, N. Y. Roscoe William Beaman,.... CL.... Adrian. Frank Bradley,........... CL........ ichlcd. Sidney Brownsbe, ger.L...........Perrysburg, O. James Dewey Burr,......... Sc.... Perry. William Addison Butler, Jr.,.. Sc.... Detroit. Osear James Campbell,...... Sc..... ERavenna, 0. Henry Allen Chaney,........CL.... Detroit. Byron A. Crane,.............CL...iv. C ana, III. Wiliiarn Johnson Darby,.....Cr....Princeton, Kgy. Franklin Smith Dewey,......Sc.... Ccambridce. Dan Dilla,..................CL.... liumboldt, Cal. Frederic Anthony Dudgeon,.. CL.... Grosse I li. James DuShane............ S c.... C anaan, 0. Orson Oscar Fox,...........Sc... Ktenosha, Wis. Joseph Mills Gelston,.........CL... Ann Arbor. STUDENTS. 15 Name. Course. Residence. Nathan Lewis Guthrie,......C..Conneazt,. 0. Stephen Cogswell Hall,...... CL...Dexter. Francis Marion Hamilton,.... CL...ebrt Wcayne, Ind. Samuel Hayes, Jr.,..........Sc..... Freeport, III. John Eugene Hinman,.......CL.... ranibal, N. Y. John Collins Howland,...... Sc.. Flint. Allen Melancthon Hurty, S......S Pacris, Ill. Joseph Eugene Jackson,..... C.. Ann Arbor. William Corwin Johns,...... Sc..... Decatur, III. Marinaduke Burnell Kellogg,. CL.... ConstCntine. Theodore F. Kerr,...........CL....Lodi. George Burt Lake,............S...Ilowell, Henry Lamm,...............Sc..... Burban/k, Ohio. Benjamin L. C. Lothlop,...CL... Provincetown], Mass. Charles Eugene Otis,........CL.... JAilo. William Lorenzo Penfield,....CL.... Dundee. Thomas Osborn Perry,.......CL... Tecumseh. Daniel Harker Rhodes,.......Sc..... Aurora, NV. Y Albert Alonzo Robinson,... Sc.... Fultonz, Vis. Thomas Jennings Seely,..Sc.... Oswego, Ill. Charles Edward Smith,..... Sc.... Sozth tAnenia, 1. Y. Horace Greeley Snover.......CL.... omeo. Giles G. Stilwell,............CL.... Litchfield. Thomas Chalmers Taylor,. CL.....CL..Almont. Elijah Treadwell,............Sc.....Ann Anrrbor. Oliver S. Vreeland,.........Cr...... Cucba, 1X. J John Whitin,,..............Sc.... St. Clair. Alfred Ernest Wilkinson,.......CL. Morrison, Ill. Benezet Williams,...........Sc.... Salem, 0. S. Robcrtson Winchell,...... CL.... akeville, Conn. Charles Woodworth,.... CL.... Tyre, T Y. 16 STUDENTS. SOPHOMORES. Name. Course. Residence. Arthur Clark Adams,............ Washington, D. C. George W. Allyn,............ L....Na2nkin. Abner L. Andrews,....... CL.... Otisfield, 2e. Albion Alexander Andrews,.. Sc.... Perry, N. Y. Sherman Sanford Avery,.....Sc....Forestville, N. Y. Albert Everton Baldwin,..... Sc... Abingcon, Ill. John Albert Baldwin,........ CL.... Detro it. Charles Ballenger,...........L.... T..illiamsburgh, Icd. Henry Hoyt Barlow,......... Hs...... Hstings. George Williams Bates,......CL....Detroit. Wooster Woodruff Beman,.... CL..An An Arbor. Judson Slatford Bird,....... Sc.... Ann Arbor. Julius Abiram Blacburn,....CL.... Ann. A rbor. Darius Boughton,......... Sc.... West NIovi. Patrick H-enry Bumpus, CL....J.. C c.. ckson. Charles Francis Burton,.......CL... ctastings. Thomas Harper Bush,........ Geneseo, Ill. George Throop Campau,.....CL.... Detroit. Charles Simeon Carter,...... S..... Fairwater lFis. Delos Allen Chappel,........Sc..... Cooper, O. Thomas Chalmers Christy,....C...... insmanc, 0. Eugene Frank Cooley. CL....A..... Arbor. John Loveland Culley,.......Sc.... Ashtabulca, 0. Edward Everett Darrow,....CL..... insman, O. Harllow Palmer Davock,......S.... Buffalo, N. Y. George Ellis Dawson,........Cr,.... Splriznfield, Ill. William Rufus Day,.........Sc.... cRavenna, 0. Charles Keene Dodge,..........L....Jackson. Charles Stouton Edwards, Jr.,.CL.... Lacon, Ill. Frank Emerick,...........ps.. ilanti. William Thomas Emerson,....Sc.... Rcacine, Wris. Luther Elliott Ferguson,....Sc.... -Vchite Pigeon. Achilles Finley,................ Fayetteville, Ark. Edwin Flemin.............CL.... West Lebanon, Id. George Jay French,..... CL..... Homer. ~n STUDENTS. 17 Name. Course. Residence. Ifamline Janes Gardner,.....CL.... Ann Arbor. Otis Erastus Haven,.....C....CL.... Ann Arbor. James Alfred Hayward...............Dblin, N. H Eben Leander Hill,...........CL.... St. Clair. Frank Hill,................ CL.... TWaupan, Wis. James Campbell Holliday, S.......orth Sopringfield, Pa. Joseph Columbus Hostetler,...Sc.... Decatur, Ill. Frank HIoward Howe.......CL.... Green _Bay, TVis. Samuel Rodgers Hurford,. S.... Ottawa, Ill. James Edward Jacklin,...... CL... Detroit. John Willianm Johnson....... CL.... D)elavan, Iis. Francis Wayland Jones,......CL.... iAnn Arbor. Charles Jacob Kintner,....... c....ock Haven, Ky. Henry Willis Lake,..........Sc.... Clinto~n Junction, Wis. Joseph Lee Logan,......... CL....Rocktille, Ind. Vincent Smith Lovell,....... CL.... Ann Arbor. Milo Elijah Marsh,...........Sc.... xilford. William Freeman Mlatthews,.. CL.... Ypsilanti. Lester McLean,..............Sc.......Cnfield, O. John Lisle Maxwell,.........Sc.... Canton, Ill. Zuinglius K. MCormack, Sc.... Danville, Ind. Michael A. A. Meyendorff,.... Sc..... Aew York City. George Washington Mickle,, Sc.... Sterling, Ill. Joseph John Mills,...........Sc.... Vatlley Siills, Inc. Charles T. oore,........... S.......Fremont, O. Bernard Moses,..............Sc.... Uizionville, Ct. Alfred Noble,...............Sc.. N..2Vankin. Clark Olds,..............ESc.... Erie, Pa. Darius Comstock Pennington,.Sc.... lfaceon. Aaron Perry,...............Sc... Oakland. Maxwell Addison Phillips,... CL.... Salina, Kfan. Benjamin T. K. Preston,..... CL... Grass Lake. Henry Clay Ripley,.........Sc.... Saginaw City. William Henry Schock......Sc.... Prairieville, II. Arthur Raymond Simmons,.. CL.... New ltaven, N. Y. Edward Frank Sox,......... Sc... Sterling, Ill. 2 18 STUDENTS. Name. Course. Residence. Walter Barlow Stevens,......CL.. Peoria, Ill. Leonard E. Stocking,...... S... Caledonia, lo. Rufus Hill Thayer,......CL...... orthville. Judson Newell Thompson,... CL.... Ann Arbor. Alexander Thomson,............. Morris, Ill. James Fisher Twveedy,......CL... Mfilwaukee, Wis. Peter Voorheis,....... C..... CL White Lake. Samuel Wolcott Walker,..... S.... Wcayne. Greenleaf Cash Wattles, C...L.... Lapeer. Oliver Hart Wattles,.... Sc.... Lapeer. Albert William Weisbrod,.. CL...Oshkosh, Wis. Charles Gordon Wing,......Sc.... Franklinville, NV Y. Charles Manley Wells,....Sc.... Gibson, Pa. Charles Rudolphus Whitman. CL.... Chicago, Ill. Walter Wallace Williams,.... CL... Ann Arbor. Warren Chaffee Willits, S..... A... crian. FRESHMEPN. Name. Course. Residence. Edward Mills Adams,....... CL....Grand cRapids. John J. Aiken,..............Sc.... Toliet,.111. Eugene Edward Allen,........... Milan. Frederic Hampton Bacon,....... N'iles. William Stebbins Barnard,...Sc.... Canton, Ill. Charles Tupper Beatty,...... Ci.... Ann Arbor. Roswell P. Bishop,...........Sc.... Rockland, NV. Y. Jonathan Edwards Bissell,. CL.....St. Clair. Albert Blair, -............S.... Allen's Grove, Wis. Enos Gilbert Boughton,....... Sc... _Bellevue. Allen Philip Boyer,..........Sc..... Adamsville. George Fitch Breed,.........Sc.... Brooklyn, Pa. James Frank Brooks,............L.D... es ]Moines, Iowa. Belno Addison Brown,.......CL... Kalamazoo. Oscar James Campbell,......CL.....Ravenna, N.I Y. John Drake Chambers,.......Sc.... Macon. STUDENTS. 19 Name, Course. Residence. Charles Chandler,............CL....Pontiac. James Freeman Clarke,.....Sc..... Mlilwatukee, TWis. Clarence Fletcher Cochran,...Sc....Argentine. George Edward Cochran,....CL.... Argentine. Philip Macy Coffin............... vewnna, 0. Charles Edgar Conley,.... CL.... Troy. Charles Alonzo Cook,........CL.... Tecumseh. Emir John Coon,.............Sc....Elyria, 0. John Patterson Cornell,.......Sc....fonraeville, 0. Lucian Charles Cowles,.......Sc.... Baraboo, TRis. Frank Arthur Crittenden,.........Concord. Willhelnus Decker,..........Sc.... Uticc.'William Wells Douglas,.......L....ALznn Arbor. Caleb Wheeler Durham,......Sc.... Reading, Pa. John Foster Eastwood,.... CL..... Ann Arbor. Addison Joseph Edgerton,....Sc.... Three Rivers. Charles Byron Ellis,.........Sc. L. acon,, Ill. Theodore Alpheus Felch, L....... Ann Arbor. Pemrbrook Reeve Flitcraft,... CL.... Three Rivers. James Louis Foley,......... CL.... Wcuwatosa, WTis. LeRoy Allison Foster,.........S... Portland, 2fe. Morris Bishop Foster,...Sc.... Keeler. George Townsend Fox,......C....Detroit. John Addison Fulton,........Sc.... Toledo, 0. Joshua Lathrop Gillespie,......L... Ann Arbor. Henry Luke Gleason,..Cc..... Cotrtland, N. Y. Henry Chapin Granger,......CL..... Chicago. Alexander White Hamilton,.. CL.... Salem. Walter Sutherland Hailsha,.. CL... Detroit. Roy Rousseau Hathaway,.....Sc.... Owetnboro, KIy. Giles J. Holbrook,..........CL.... Ypsilanti. Albert Hollingshead,...... Sc...... Salem. Preston Crane Hudson,......CL.... Ann Arbor. Richard Hudson, Jr.,........ C...... Ionia. Charles Hull,...............Sc.... Detroit. Harry Burns Hutchins.........L.... Newlbury, Vt., 20 STUDENTS. Name. Course. Residence, T)avid Inglis,............... CL.... Detroit. Theodore Hitchcock Johnson,. CL.... Ann Arbor. Melvin Augustus Jones,......Sc....Fort Atchinson, TVis, Robert Ossian Kellogg,....... Sc.... Girard, Penn. Robert Arthur King,.........L.... S.. LOu is, MO. Earle Johnson Knight,........CL...A.nn Arbor. Harvey Elias Leach,... c...... Sc... LitcJfield, 0. Elisha Dyer Leffingwell, Jr.,..CL... Aurora, N. Y Josiah Loomis Littlefield,.......Ann Arbor. John Charwin Macpherson,... Sc.....Richmond, Ind. John Jameson Mapel,....... Sc.... Mount Union, 0. Edward Laurens Mark,........CL.. Fredonia, N Y. George Otis McEntee,.......CL..... Detroit. Joseph McGrath, Jr.,....... CL.... Detroit. William Merrill,............. CL.... East Saginaw. Charles Edward Merritt,....S.... Ann Arbor. Frank Mann Millard,....... S...... Brooklyn, Y. Y. Watson Birchard Millerd,.... CL... Detroit. Samuel George Milner,.......Sc.. Alliance, 0. Henry Watson Montrose,..... CL.... Ann Arbor. Arthur Gray Otis,...........CL.... Milo. Adrian Jefferson Parshall,... Sc.... Ann Arbor. Isaae Harwood Pedrick, CL.... Richmond, Ind. Baron HIumboldt Pennington,. Sc.... Jacon. Elliot Dawis Perry,............... Owosso. Horace Phillipss,.............C..... Ypsilanti. Rufus Emerson Phinney,.....CL... Ann Arbor. Henry Goslee Brout,...... Sc... Stockbridge, Mass. Perry Anthony Randall..... C...... Avill, Ind. Alexander Bunker iRaymond,. Sc.....Detroit. Frank Remick,................CL... Detroit. Charles Amasa Rust,........Sc... Saginaw City. Gideon Webster Seavey,..... CL. Dixon, Ill. Frank Taylor Seeley,........Sc.... Flint. Brayton Wilmarth Smith,.C.... C JanesJille, Wis. Curtis Culross Smith,........Sc.... Pomeroy, 0. STUDENTS. 21 Name. Course. Residence. Edward Charles Smith,...... Sc.. WTarren, O. William Orin Snyder,........Sc.... eenry, Ill. Edmund Mertelle Spalding,... CL..... Moonroe. Edward Blake Sumner,.......Sc.... Pecatonica, II. Samuel Swain,............. Sc.... Pendleton, Incd. Dewitt Holbrook Taylor,.....Sc.... Detroit. Clarence Harvey Walker,.....Sc.... Detroit. James A. Satterlee Warden,..GCL..... larlitngtozn, Wis. Eugene James Weeks,.......Sc.... Jacklson. Rollin John Wells,...........CL.... Atkinson, Ill. Welles Whitmore,.......... CL.... Ann Arbor. Harry Cole Willcox,.........Sc.... Detroit. Charles Joseph Willett,.......C.... St. _Louis, Mich. Oscar F. Williams,....... Livonia, -N. Y. Thomas Sterrett W:oodruff,...Sc.... Girard, Penn. Robert Mullins Wright,......CL.... Shabbona, III. STUDENTS IN MINING ENGINEERING. Name. Residence. Charles Francis Brush,............. Ceveland, O. Byron R. Chaffee,................... 3farcellus, ITI. Henry Rogers Durkee,...........r..enosha, TVis. Torbert Entrekin,.........Kin.... Kingston, O. William Storrs Mc-larg,.............Clinton, N Y. John Brown Moore,................La Porte, Ind. Filmore Morey Smith,........ Syracuse, V. Y. Lucian Swift, Jr.,................ Cleveland, 0. tzbtn18s Vursting l dette lb tutsbie [This list includes many who intend to complete one of the regular Courses of Study, but who have not yet passed all the examinations, to entitle them to a place in the Classes with which they intend to graduate.] Name. Residence, Elroy McKendree Avery,...........M~onroe. Jacob Beller, Jr,.......~~.........Detroit. Albert Blain,................. Allen's Grove, 7~is. James Harrison Blanchard,......... Ann Arbor. Charles Andrew Bowman,..........Peoria, III. George Alexander Brooks,.. T....... De -itt, X Y. Frank C. Dale,....................Monticello, Ind. Samuel Fletcher Cook,.............. nn Arbor. Brutus Junins Clay,................. Whitehall, lKy. Alvah Bunnell Cooper,.............Sterling, NY. Y: Frank Crook,.....................Baltimore, Md. Horace Augustus Deardorff,......... Carrol Dover, 0. Caleb Wheeler Durham,........... Reading, Pa. Jacob Vandegrift Eccles,........... Dover, lDel. Henry Byron Farwell,.............reeport, Ill. Robert Newton Fearon,.......... Oneida, N. Y. William Jay Gibson,.............. Ann Arbor. Charles Eugene Gorton,............ North Brookfield, N. Y. Frank Norton Greeley,............ Oswego, N.; Y Samuel Edgar Hedges,............. Ann Arbor. James W. Hawks,.................. Buffalo, I Y. Henry Prichard Holden,............ Cincinnati, 0. Washington Hyde,.................Farmington, 0. James Robert Hosie,............... Wayne. Alonzo Mark Leffingwell,............H enderson, V. Y Joseph Hampton Letherman,........ Valparaiso, Ind. Henry Lafayette Lorenz,........... Germantown, 0. STUDENTS PURSUING SELECTED STUDIES. 23 Name. Residence. George Howard Lothrop,............)etroit. John Scott Maltran,...............Chicago. William Maybury,................... etroit. John Augustus Mitchell,............ Ann Arbor. William Lucas Oge,..I..............I ightstown, Iid. Charles Henry Plant,................ arcellus, N Y Julius Joseph Pollens,.............. Richford, Vt. Edgar Crooks Poppleton,......... Birmingham. Charles F. Potter,................. Lansing. Edwin Regall,..................... Ashtabtla, 0. Edward Russell,............... Zanesville, 0. Alfred Bates Sager,.................Ann Arbor. John Marshall Seaman,............. Ann Arbor. William Stag,.................... Ann Arbor. James Scott Smith,................. Warren, 0. Alphonso Davis Stacy,............. Tecunmseh. Burrie L. Swift,............... Yates, zV Y. Arthur Diamond Sturges,.......... lansfield, 0. Charles Malona Talor,............. Clinton, Ind. Charles Mitchell Underwood,....... Adrian. Frank H. Van Cleve,.......... Ypsilanti. Stanley Waterloo,............... St. Clair. William James Waters,............. ew Bedford, iMass. Oscar F. Williams,................. Livonia, N. Y. Floyd Baker Wilson,............... Tribes Iill, N. i. Charles Gordon ing............Franinville, N. Y tunbentts in ightder ~temi tIxp [This list includes only those who have pursued a course of Higher Chemistry since the last Catalogue was published, and whose names are not published elsewhere. It excludes those MedicalStudents who pursued the course before the last Medical year was closed, and those Literary Students who pursued the course before the last Literary year was closed, and embraces only those who have studied it since, and whose names are not published in other parts of this Catalogue. The whole number that have taken a regular course of practical and theoretical study of Chemistry in the Laboratory, during the year, is about two hundred.] Name. Residence. Francis G. Arter,................ lranzklin Square, O. John H. Austin,..............C.. hamnbersburg, Pa. Joseph Henry Baines,............ Detroit. Jeremiah Cook Bartlett, MI. D....... Marietta, 0. George Norman Bissell,............ illford, N. Y Mortimer C. Bissell,...............Millford, NT Y Charles Andrew Bowman,.......... Peoria, ll. Edward R. Cary,..................Zanesville, 0. Samuel Chapin, Jr.,.............. Ann Arbor. Henry Wonton Chase.............. Factoryville, Pa. Dexter Selwyn Clark, M. D.,........ ockford, 111. John Hayes Cowley,............. Farminyton. Arthur B. Crosby,.......... Perry, 0. Eugene Cleveland Crosby,........Perry, 0. Lyman C. Crossman,............. Barraboo, Wis. Austin Cutler..................... Laporte, Ind. Frank C. Dale,...................onticello, ISd. Rhodes D. Davis, M. D.,............ Muscatine, Iowa. R. H. Davis, M. D.,................ Jackson. Daniel M. Dill,.................... Gray, Me. James M. Elliott,..................Hickory Corners. Anderson N. Ellis,................ Maysville, Ky. Edward Richard Fetherstonh,....' Trenton, Mo. Thomas B. Grenville,..............Ann Arbor. STUDENTS IN HIGHER CHEMISTRY. 25 Name. Residence. Thomas E. Hamm,................. Sparta, C. W. Edward C. Henriques,.............An A Arbor. Frank Hill,...I............ Wapun, Wis. John Isgrig,................... Paris, Ill. Robert A. Jameson,................ Rising Stn, Ind. Henry Johnson, M. D.,............. Jackson. Edwin A. Kilbourne,.............. Washington, D). C. Frederick D. Marshall,............. Adrian. Charles Wickliffe Maynard,......... Ann Arbor. Frank Emett Moore,............. Batavia, Ill. Charles Nathaniel Nye,............ rietta, 0. Myron Holly Parmelee,........... Toledo, O. Daniel F. Reynolds,...... eonardsville, N. Y. John S. Robertson,.............N.. ew Lisbon, 0. James S. Rogers, M. D.,........... Pleasant ]ill, Mio. Ezra A. Scarnmon, M. D............ Arlington, Ill. Gustavus Albert Schuekenburger,...Owosso. Samuel S. Sherwell,...............Brooklyn, N. Y Alexander G. Sinclair,.............. IMeaford, C. T: Dewitt C. Smith,.............. Chicago, Ill. Samuel L. S. Smith,................ New Albany, In., Lyman B. Sperry,..................Clymer, N Y. Augustus Taylor Stone,............ Henry, IlI. Hedding Albert Stone,....... Victory, N. Y. Justin Arthur Tyler,............... Napoleon, O. Charles C. Whitney,.......... Adrian. Henry R. Wilson,............amilton, C. T. DEPARTMENT o E FACULTY. REV. ERASTUS O. HAVEN, D. D., LL. D., PRESIDENT. ZINA PITCHER, M. D., EMERITUS. ABRAM SAGER, M.A., M. D., SILAS H. DOUGLASS, M. A., M. D., ALONZO B. PALMER, M. A., M. D., CORYDON L. FORD, M. A., M. D., SAMUEL G. ARMOR, M. A., M. D., WILLIAM W. GREENE, M. D., ALBERT B. PRESCOTT, M. D., HENRY S. CHEEVER, M. A., M. D., GEORGE E. FROTHINGHAM, M. D., PRESTON B. ROSE, B. A., M. D., ALBERT E. FOOTE, M. D., taubens itn tbitite. Name. Residence. Preceptor. Adam Adams,............ Port Burtrell, C. W.,.. W. C. Donnelly. Carlos J. Adams,.........Pomfret, Vt.,......... Faculty. Robert Aikman,..........Annapolis, Ind.,...... Coffin & Dare. Isaiah L. Alden.........East Turner, Me.,...... G. Edgcomb. John C. Allen,.............laysville, Kiy.,...... J. C. Nichols. Allen H. Albright,... Holland,.............. S. L. Morris. Andrew A. Alleman,...... Geneva,. Y.,......... A. J. Alleman. Andrew J. Allison, B. A.,...Middletozon, Ohio,.....J. Corson. Austin W. Alvord,......... Clinton,.............Faculty. Alexadicer Arkley,......... Leeds, C. E.,.........A. Hill. Charles L. Armington......Northfield, Afinn.,.....J. L. Armington. Rolla S. Armstrong,........ Parma.............. D. W. Armstrong. John J. Austin...........Rocford,.... Austin. William H. H. Austin,....F. Frandmin, 0..........W. B. McAroy. Augustus E. Bacon.........Disco,...............E. N. Harris. Lewis R. Baker............Palo,.......... Ira Winager. William A. Baker,......... Canaan, Ohio,.......J..H. Wallace. Ezra H. Ballard,..........Ogdensburg, N..,....Z. B. Bridges. Alexander H. Barber,...... Lancaster, Wis.,...J. H. Hydc. Oliver P. Barber,............ Canandaigua, N. Y... H. E. Jewett. George P. Barnes,......... Chickoppe, Mass.,......Faculty. George W. Barnett,........Punxsutawney, Pa.,...Dr. Sheald. Charles C. Bartholomew,... Lansing,............. Bartholomew & Baker Ira Barton,................ Woodburn, lll,.......A. B. Penniman. Casper V. Beebe.......... Gaines,..............Dr. N. Bates. Charles H. Berry,.......... Carmel, N. Y,........H. Pierce. Erastus Berry,............Ann Arbor,......... George Pray. John M. Besley,........... Palmyra, N.,.......S. A. Sabin. Richard W. Biggs......... Findley, Ohio,........R. & J. Norton. William G. Binkley,.......Enterprise, Pa.,.......A. M. Miller. Theodore R. Birmingham,.. Duplain..............Avery & Martin. Adam Bissikommer,.......Greenville,........... Richard Woods. George M. Blsackburn,....Martinsbuzrgh, Ohio,.. Dr. Miser. Evarts U. Bland,......... Glendale, y..........R. H. Blanton. Edwin W. Bliss,...........St. Joseph, Mo.,.......J. D. Smith. Edmund M. Bloomfield,....Eaton, Ohio,.........Dunham & Ferguson. David M. Board,.......... Big Spring, Ky.,.....W. W. Board. 28 STUDENTS IN MEDICINE. Name. Residence. Preceptor. Irving R. L. Boardman,.... Elmira,,..,....... N. Smith. John H. Bogart,........... Clinton, Ind.,......... J.B. Hedges. Eugene Boise, B. A.,........ Oberlin, Ohio,..........S. B. Feizell. Andrew Borrowman,....... Detroit,..............J. B. Book. Andrew J. Bostater,...... May, Ohio,........... H. Russell. Darius Boughton,.......... West Novi,...........E. Hall. Jacob E. Bower, M. A.,... Berlin, C. W.,........Univ. of Toronto. Valentine Bower,.......... Whitestown, Ind.,... R. T. Brown. John Bowman,........... Roanoke, Ohio,........T. E. Paul. Amos H. Boyd,............le,. Y.,........ Dr. McArthur. John R. Boyd,........... Vinton, Iowa.. W. S. Boyd. Thomas D. Bradfield,...Logansport, Ind.,.....J. C. Thorpe. Thompson R. Brady,...... LaFountain, Ind.,....W. G. Armstrong. Thomas H. Bragg,......... Sidney, Iowa.........T. G. Stevens. Henry C. Brainerd, B. S.,.... Randolph, Ohio,.......J. Price. Lorenzo E. Brayman,....... Cambridge, Pa.,........ S. Trimmer. Oscar M. Brendle,.......... Winchester, Ill.,.......Faculty. Goorge H. Bride,......... Batavia, N. Y........L L. Tozier. Gilbert D. Bridgman,...... Smithville, C. W.,.... S. Brooks. Dwight F. Brooks,......... ineiska, Minn.,.... J. W. Collver. Brinton J. Brown,........ Beechville, C. W....... J. W. Brown. Robert H. Brown,......... Washington, Ohio,...H. T. Grier. Joseph L. Browning..;.. C. harlestown, R..,.....J. H. Griffin. Nathaniel P. Bunnell,...... Sauk City, Wis.,...M...Dr. McKennan. Edward W. Burnett,........ Detroit............... Faculty. William A. Burr, B. A.,.... Woodstock, Ill.,........ W. H. Buck. Dwight R. Burrell, B. A.,...Detroit,.............L. Lyster & Smith. William H. Burritt,........ Maunee City, Ohio,...B. Woodworth. Isom Burton,............. Mitchell, Ind.,......... Rariden & Burton. William M. Burton,....... Mt. Pleasant, Iowa,... D. W. Robison. John I. Byrne,.............. St. Joseph, Mo.,.......E. A. Donelan. Robert H. Calvert,......... Delphi, nd........ J. T. Ritchardson. Peter H. Cann,.............IarristJwn, ll.,.......G. W. Kirkpatrick. Alonzo W. Cantwell,........Kenton, Ohio,........ A.D. Kibbee. Wellington Carleton, B. A.,.St. Clair,... T. Bard. Elbert E. Carrier,........ Wolcott, N. Y.......Palmer & Cheever. James C. Carson,.......... Canandaigua, N, Y.,..M. R. Carson. George W. Carter,......... Missouri City, Mo.,....R. Carter. Fred Castle,............. Lowell, Ind.,.........T. Everetts. Lawrence E. Chamberlin,.Eddyville, Iowa,...... E. Chamberlin. Alfred H. Champlin,....... Whitestown, N. Y..... W. Smith. Addison Chapin,........... Fentonville,.......... William F. Hovey. STUDENTS IN MEDICINE. 29 Name. Residence. Preceptor. Frank W. Chase,......... Eckford,............. Faculty, Nelson H. laflin.........Jackson,...........H. S. Cheever. Elmer F. Clapp,........ ashington, Iowa.....W. H, Rousseau. Edmund F. Cleveland,.... Nelsonvitle, C. WT....C. Brown. Steven H. Clizbe,.......... Coldwater,............S. S. Cutter. Isaac N. Cochran,.......... Grand Ledge, -.......... S. Messenger. Clarles B. Cody,........... Goshen, Ind.,......... Latta & Sparklin. Daniel S. Coleman,.......... omer,, Ohio,...... Coleman. David C. Comstock, Jr.,....Stamford, Conn,......C. Ayres. Leartus Conner, B. A.,.....Middletoown, N. Y....Dr. G. H. Dayton. William A. Connolly,.......Jonesville, Ohio,....... R. Kelly. Augustus Conson,....... Lafayette, Ind.,.......Faculty. Christopher C. Cook,......Elvaston, Ill.,......J. R. Miller. Adelbert F. Cooper........ Oil City, Pa,........Faculty. Frank E. Corbyn........ Brady,......E. Smith. Frank E. Corey,..........Sturbridge, Mass.,.....E. Witter. Walter L. Cornell,.........Coldwater,...........J. McLean. Levi Correll,............. ^Dawson, Ill.,..........J. B. Cloud. Greenberry Cousins,....... Williamsville,.........Practitioner. Samuel Covert,........... Pontiac,..............J. J. Lancaster. Gardner Cox,..............Barnard, Vt.,........Faculty. Henry M. Cox,........... Washington, X. J.,..-..W. A. Herrick. George B. Crane...........Fayette,...........A. G. French. Sidney Crawford, M. A.,.. Barre, Mass.,.L. F. Billings. Jasper Creagh,............Jonesville, Wis.,....E. H. Cameron. Samuel D. Cronk,......... Kalamaoo,....... Faculty. James B. Cummings,....... Wingham, C. W.,.....Faculty. George W. Davis,..........N-orthlfield, Vt,........P. D. Bradford. Sumner D. Davis,.........y...de Park, Pa.,....A. Davis. Calvin K. Davison,.......Andover,.V. J.,.....J. Miller. Edward C. Davison,........Ann Arbor........W. B. Smith. Charles 0. Day,........... South ZDanville,. N.,.J. H. Miller. Charles C. Deming,..... Andover, N. Y.......W. W. Chandell. Richard S. Dewey,......... Soth Haven,........ W. Hewson. LeRoy Dibble,.............Paw Pa aw.......... G. Field. John C. Dickson,..........Rochester, Ill.,.........Faculty. Thomas J. Dills,........... Spencerville, Ind.,.....Myers & Thacker. Orlando A. Dimmick,...... East Claridon, Ohio.,.. H. S. Cheever. James S. Dodge,...........Elkhart, Ind.,......R. J. Hagerty. John R. Dodge, Jr.,........Aurora, Ill.,.......... J. R. Dodge, Sr. Horace L. Drake,......... New Haven, N. Y.,..,...D. Drake. Charles W. Dunlap,....... Springfidd, Ohio,.....A. Dunlap, 30 STUDENTS IN MEDICINE. Name. Residence. Preceptor. Samuel Edmonds,......... Onasco, N. Y.,...... M. Bevier. M[ordecai C. Ellis,......l.arshall,............ B. A. Gallup. Frank M. Ellsworth,....... Ontario, N. Y.,.....E. J. Whitcomb. Edwin Evans,............ Oriskany, N.. Y.,..IH. N. Porter. Selby Evas............... Pontiac,.............R. L. Baron. William A. Ewing, B. A....Dexter,..............Alex. Ewing. David S. Fairchild,........ Fairfield, Vt..... J. O. Crampton. Benjamin F. Farley,....... Chebanse, Il.,........... T. Smith. John N. Farrand,..........Fair.teld, Vt.,... J. O. Crampton. Charles P. Felshaw,........Jckson,.......G. W. Carhart. George N. Ferris,..........Napoleon, Ohio,.......Harrison & McHenry John J. Firey,........... pringfield, I,........B. W. Griffith. John W. Firkins,........ Mt. Vernon, Iowa,.....Love & Kepler. Francis L. Fobes,.......... Sandy Lake, Pa.,.. A. Jones. Peter Folk,....B............ ushville, Ohio,......P. F. Turner. James M. Ford,............ Wabash, Ind.,.........James Ford. Eugene Foreman,.........Sterling, N. Y........G. McKnight. George A. Foster, B. A.,... Scio,................Dr. C. Mather. Asa Fox,................ Fredonia,............George H. Green. Frederic G. Fuller,......... Gaesburg, Ill.,....... H. S. Hurd. James R. Fyffe,............Magnolia, Ill.,....... E. Gaylord. George W. Galloway,..... Findley, Ohio.........Entreken & Ballard. Matthew Gardner,...... ienna, Ontario, C. W..C. L. Vail. Charles L. Garner...........ndianapolis, Ind.,..... M. H. Wright. Norman P. Gates.......... Odin, Ill.,.........James Johnson. William R. Gifford.........Petersbury............D. W. Loree. Galette B. Gilbert,.........Alexander, N. Y.,.....J. V. Mullen. Samuel E. Gillan,..........Eltsie,..............P. L. Schuyer. Omer T. Gillett, B. A.,... Indianapoli', Ind.,....G. W. Clippinger. Obe G. Given, B. A....... Rix Miills, Ohio,...... J. McKee. Robert D. Glasgow,...... Jackson,.............GG. W. Carhart. John Golden,.............. Kingsvilte, C. TV.,.....William Drake. William M. Goodlove,..... Quincy, Oio,........B. F. McKinnon. Andrew J. Goodwin,.... Detroit,..............L. Davenport. Mills D. Goodyear,......... Groton, N. Y.......J. Goodyear. Silas N. Gorsuch,......... Westminiister, Md........Frank Butler. John T. Gossard..........Londoon, Ohio,.......... Lemon. Bourbon R. Graham,......New Albany, Ind.,.... R. R. Town. John B. Graham,.......... elphi, Ind.,.........E. W. H. Beck. Daniel A. Gray,............ LaGrange, Tenn.,....J. J. Pulliam. Simeon Gray,............ Springfield, Ind,......J. W. Gray. Edmund M. Greene,.......Bolster's Mills, Maine,. S. L. Weston. STUDENTS IN MEDICINE. 31 Name. Residence. Preceptor. Robert N. Greenfield,...... onneautville, Pt.,..... Dunn & Green. Robert C. Greeves,........Bloomington, Ind.,....J. G. McPheeters. Samuel S. Gregg,.......... Burlington, Iowa,.. R. R. Henry. Clark C. Griffin,........... inton, Iowa,.. A. D. Griffin. Walter S. Griffin,......... Rogerville, C. V.,...... Robert Kincard. Robert W. Griffith,......... Kimberton, Pa.,.......Faculty. Robert B. Grimes......... Atchinson, cKansas,...W. H. Grinmes. John C. Grubbs, M. A.,.....Salem, Oregon,........A. Harper. Peter N. Hagle,...........Almont,........ Faculty. Cecil St. Clair Hall,........ Burlington, Ohio,.....Dr. C. Hall. J. Everett Hall,......... Brookville, Pa........C. M. Matson. William B. Hamilton, B. A.,.Ann Arbor,....... Faculty. Amos Hanlon,............. Wateiford, C. W.,....A. Bowlby. Hugh Hanna,..............M unntown, Pa.,......C. W. Townsend. Thomas Hans,.............. Guelph, C. W.......Dr. Nesbitt. Wm. L. Harcourt,.......... York, Ontario, C. W.,.R. H. Harcourt. Jasper D. Harris,........... ashville, Ohio,.......Loller & McClurg. Richard F. Harris,.........Payson, Ill.,.........J. H. Reynold. William Harvey,............ omeo,.............James Harvey. Charles H. Haskin,......... Lawrence,............A. S. Haskin. Jesse Hawes,..............Belvidere, Ill.,......D. E. Foote. George C. Hayes,..........Newtown, Ind.,.......S. McElwee. Thomas J. Heady, B. S.,.....Vevay, Ind.,.........J. W. Thompson. George W. Heck,...........Germantown, Ky.,.... S. Savage. Truman C. Hendryx,.......Ann Arbor,......... Faculty. Roderick C. Hepburn,...... Wayne,............D. Forbes. Byron C. Hersha,.......... Gorham, N. Y.,.....J. H. Allen. Charles D. Hews,..........LaPorte, Ind.,.......L. S. Keene. Edward H. Higbee,.........Whitehall, lI.,..........M. F. Dewitt. Malcom Hill..............Brady,......... N. A. Hill. William J. Hill,..........Eaton,........G. K. Smith. James Hipsley...........Newton, Iowa.......B. F. Faler. Legrand H. Hollon,........Albion, N. Y........J. 3M. Brown. George M. Holmes,........Hammond, N. Y.,...Faculty. John Hood, M. A.,........Mt. Airy, Md........J. Y. Dale. Loren A. Houghton...... Woodland,...........R. B. Rawson. George W. Howland,....... F t,.......... Faculty. Amos B. Hurd,................. Flushing,............ culty. Robert C. Hurst............ t. Pleasant, Pa.,....Thomas McKennan. John Hutchens,............ hesire, N. Y.,........F. R. Bently. John W. Jorvis...........Erie, Pa.,.......... J. C. Wilson. Halsey B. Jenks,........... Grass Lake,..........M. H. Raymond. 32 STUDENTS IN MEDICINE. Name. Residence. Preceptor. George 0. Johnson,....... Wyoming, Iowa,......M.. H. Calkins, Levi 0. Johnson,..........Bellue,..............P. B. Rose. Franklin Jones,,............Raisinville,..........J. J. Littlefield. Jonathan K. Jones........De Witt, Iowa)........W. E. Vary. N. Jasper Jones,........ Brooklyn, Iowa,.....John Conaway. Philo E. Jones,............Spring HIill, Ohio,....L. B. Lathrop. John G. Just,.......... Otisco..............Avery & Martin. John Kapp,.......... Northfieldc....... Faculty. Edward H. Kelley,.......Ann Arbor,.........Faculty. William M. Kelly,..........Warsaw, Ind.........Parks & Pearman. Harry M. Kier............. Detroit,..............J. S. Kier. John B. King,...........Bluffton, Ind.,........T. Horton. Isaac N. Kinnan,..o...... Fort Wayne, Ind.....B. F. Woodworth. Benjamin Kinyon,.........McDonough,. Y.,... E. L. Ensign. William H. Kirk,........... Cannonsburgh, Pa.,...W. G. Barnett. Graville L. Knapp.........Leslie,..............J. O. Searle. Leonard E. Knapp.........Salem,...............A. S.Knapp. Amos Knight...............Eaton Rapids,.........D. Beardsley. John F. Kocher..........ennersville, Pa.,.....H. K. Hartzell. Edwin A. Kratz..........Champaign, I.....C. H. Mills. George W. Langford...... Lapier,.............. Rynd & Allen. George S. Lanterman...... Groton, N. Y.,.......J. Goodyear. Benjamin LaRue..........Plainview, Minn......John P. Waste. Isaiah E. Lawrence....... Wooster, 0.,..........Baker & Barrett. Charles A. Lawrie.........Hamilton, C. W.,......Faculty. David F. Lawry.......... Worcester, Mass.,.....C. E. Heath. Alfred G. Lee............. Tyner City, Ind.,......W. B. Graham. John M. Lester.............Indiana, C. W.,.......Faculty. Didymus Lewis........... Little Rock, Ark.,.....R. J. Jennings. Frank L. Lewis........... Omro, Wis.,.........S. W. Thurber. Charles H. Lincoln........ St. Thomas, C. W.,....J. H. Wilson. Jacob W. Long............ Geenwich,.,.........D. H. Reed. Goodwin Loomis..... Burr Oak......... H. L. Loomis. Albert B. Lyons........... Waimea Hawaiian Is.,. A. Sager. MIason R. Lyon............Adel, Iowa,...........T. J. Caldwell. Octavius C. Lyon'......... Martin.............. G. B. Nichols. William F. Maltbie........Springborough, 0.,.. A. Seller. Andrew N. Martin....... Otisco,...............C. M. Martin. Elton T. Martin........... apoleon, 0.,.E. B. Harrison. Henry B. Maxwell...........orris, Ill.,..........Faculty. James B. Maynard..........Drumbo, C. W.,.......J. B. Rounds. James E. McClellan.......Smyrna, NV. T,.......J. Purdy. STUDENTS IN MEDICINE. 33 Narme. Residence. Preceptor. David H. McCluskey.......Pulasci, Pa.,.........C. K. Riley. Thomas J. McCord....... Clarksville, Ark.,.......J. E. Tefft. George F. McDowell.......Flushing,............C. V. Tyler. Charles H. McGorray..... Rochester, N. Y.,.....C. A. Rider. James R. McGurk........ Mooretown, C. T......A. W. Gamble. Montraville McHenry,....Cambra, Pa.,.........Barrett & Chapin. William M. McKelvy,......Ada, 0............. J. W. Walters. Levi F. McKenna........ New Lexington, 0.,....J. G. F. Holston. James McKenzie,.......... Inverness, C.,..... A Hill. William R. McKenzie,.....Sparta, Ill.,..........Faculty. William Y. McLeod,......Exeter, C. IV.,.......T. T. Coleman. Dugald McMillan,........ London, C. W.,.......J. Ferguson. Pierce E. McMillan,.......New York City,....... T. B. Smith. Royal McShea,...........Seaforth, C. WT.,.......T. T. Coleman. William 0. Mendenhall,.... Watseka, IIll..........Jewitt & Alter. Sylvester W. Merritt.......Smithville, C. W.,......J. W. Alway. John W. Merry............amito, nd......G. W. Carpenter. Rogers W. Miller..........South Dansville, N. Y,.J. W. Miller. William F. Mitchell,...... Lancaster, Mo.,......V. S. Lambert. Andrew J. Moore........ St. Thomas, C..,.... J. H. Wilson. George P. Morey,.......... Livonia, N. Y,...... C. H. Richmond. Anson H. Morrison,........Alton, Ill...........H. Williams. John P. Morrison,.........Morriston, C. IV.,.....E.. W. McGuire. Peter J. Morrison,......... Victoria, C. W.,... C... M. Aikman. Albert J. Murdock,........Rensselaer Falls, N. Y.,. T. Murdock. James Mulhern........... Wellesly, C. W......W. Waldon. John J. Mulheron.......... Waterloo, C. W......R. F. Reynold. Gustavus Moeller,......... Wconsta,...........S. E. Hazard. J(:hn Murray,............ Figal, C.........James Hanghlin. Jas. Clinton M. Neal,...... Marion, Ind.,.........William Lomax. Darwin E. Newcomb,...... entervile,........... D. S. Stevens. James M. Newman,........Montrose, Pa.,.......C. C. Halser.,Harrison A. Nichcls,.......Anit Arbor,..........C. C. Kingsbury. John JNorth,..............pringville, Iowa,......J. S. Love. Thomas B. Norvall,........ Springeille, Ind.,.~.....F. WV. Beard. John C. O'Connor,....... Watson, Ill.,. E. Elliott. James P. Omich,..........Richnwnd,..........D. G. Gleason. Alexander O'Neill,......... Ann Arbor,.......... Dr. Voorhies. Byron J. Ormsby,.......... Hiamilton, N. Y.,......F. D. Beebe. Frank K. Owen,.......... Albany, Mo.,..........G. F. Peery. Austin E. Palmer,....... LeRoy, N. Y.,.......S. Barrett. Denham1 D. Palmer,.......Locke, N. Y.,.. N. Mead. 3 34 STUDENTS IN MEDICINE. Name. Residence. Preceptor. Emory C. Palmer,......... Centertown,.........Faculty. John Parker,............Wayntown, Ind.,......M. L. Bass. Thomas S. Parr,...........Smithville, Ill.,........ Plummer. Anthony D. Patten,..... Yarmouth, N. S.,....A. F. Robinson. Philo D. Patterson,.......Eckford,..............E. A. Collins. Isaac M. Patton,..........Gentrville, Mo.,...... Graham. Sidney P. Phelps,........Ellenbu.rgh Center, N. Y., S. S. Wentworth. William H. Phelps,........ Bristol Centre, N.Y.,...D. Durgan. Horace H. Phillips,........ Cassopolis,............L. D. Tompkins. Arthur.Pickthall,..........Sutton's Point, IU.,.....Faculty. Andrew B. Pitzer,.........Alto, Ind.,............L. Curran. Emmet H. Pomeroy,......Lockport, N. Y.,......Fassett & Kittenger. Wallace W.. Potter,.........Providence, R. I,....Faculty. George H. Price,..........Milroy, Pa.,.........E. Harshberger. E. DeForest Price,..........Lansing,.............E. Price. Daniel M. Priest, B. A.,.. Peru, Vt.,............E. Barker. J. Watson Pritchard,...... Rome,. Y..........M. C. West. T. Wilson Primm,......... Lincoln, Ill.,..........J. L. Primm. Franklin L. Putt,..........Rowville,.,..........W.. Putt. Theodore N. Rafferty,.... Springville, Ind.,....W. Short. Willis Randall,........... Ligonier, Ind.,........G. W. Carr. Steven W. Ranson,........Janesville, Wis.,.......A. S. Jones. Joel G. Ressler,............ Germanville, Pa.,......J. Shope. William M. Rhea,. N......... ew Germantown, Pa.,.F. A. Guttshaw. George E, Richardson,..... Wyoming, C. W.,......G. B. Mott. Albert Richmond,.......... Rochester, Vt.,........ Huntington &Chaffee John C. Rickey,............Kankakee City, Ill.,...J. L. Taylor. John U. Riggs,........... Bryan,.............H. C. Long. William S. Roberts,........Mitchells Mills, Pa.,.... T. McMullen. Don C. Robinson,.........Madison, Ind.,........J. Rogers. Elmer A. Rockwell,.........Stevensville, Pa.,.......C. H. Warner. Samuel D. Roddy,.........Bloomington, Ind.,.....J. G. McPheeters. William H. Rogers,....... Lexington, y.,...... J. G. Rogers. William Rogers,........ Ha. ford, Pa.,.........A. M. Tiffany. Estell H. Rorick,.. 6....... Canandaigua,.........Faculty. Andrew H. Rowley,.......Rochester, N.., C. E. Rider. George G. Sabir.......... Palmyra, N. Y.,......S. A. Sabin. Newton Sager,............Lafayette, 0.,.........Faculty. Levi Sanders,............. Gilead,..............L. P. Waterhouse. Daniel B. Sanford,.........Lima, 0.,.............Faculty. George H. Sanford,........ Lima, 0.,............C.-I. Neff. Fred. A. Savage,.......... New York City....... H. B. Osborne. STUDENTS IN MEDICINE. 35 Name. Residence. Preceptor. Jefferson Schoonover,......Adrian,..............H.S. Cheever. James G, Scott......... eaforth, C. W.......A. C. Savage. Bela P. Scovill,.............Ann Arbor,..........J. L. Dunn. Christopher Seymore,......North Wilton, Conn.,.E. Elting. William H. Shaw,........... Newton, Iowa,.........J. R. Gorrell. Alonzo B. Shepard,....... Menominee,..........J. Murphy. Oscar Shoff,.............. Tuscola Center,........ H. A. Summers. Uriah M. Short,............St. Johns,..........L. W. Fas4uelle. Andrew Slaght,.........gin,..............H. C. Fairbanks. Charles E. Slocum,.........Ann Arbor,... W.O'Donohue &H. B. Landon Edward N. Smith,.........Hopkinton, Iowa,......R. Faber. James E. Smith,........... Washington, 0.,......H. T. Grier. Samuel T. Smith,..........Marion, Ind.,........ M. Jay. Stillman H. Smith,.........Windham, 0......... F. C. Applegate. Samuel K. Snivelly,....... Waynesborough, Pa.,..Frantz & Snivelly. Baxter Sovereign,.........Simco, C. W.,........J. Tripp. Fred. A. Spalding,.........Ann Arbor,.......... Palmer & Cheever. Lloyd E. Spear,....... Ni...Nes................ Ridding & Fairchild. Charles J. Spratt,......... Auburn, N....... E. Osborne. Jacob C. Spohn,........... Warsaw, Ind.,........T. Davenport. James M. Sprout.......... Montrose, Pa.,.......C. C. Halsey. Zachary T. Standly,........Paris, Il.,..........J. Ten Broeck. John C. Starkey,...........Watkins, N. Y.,.....H. G. Himrod. Merari B. Stevens,.........Fentonville,...... W. B. Fox. James B. Stetson,......... Neponset, Ill.,........Dr. Stetson. Robert Stewart,............ Washington, Pa.,......Thomas McKennan. Thos. Harris Stewart,..... Murrysvitle, Pa.,.... W. G. Barnett. Herbert L. Stillman,.....Pottershill, R. I.......John Merrill. Augustus W. Stinchfield,...Strong, Me.,..........J. Richards. Charles B. Stoddard....... Ann Arbor,...........W. W. Chambers. William 3I. Stratton,....... Greenbush,, Wis.,.......Faculty. Enos K. Strawn,.P..........Perryopolis, Pa.,....... McKay. Allen B. Strode.......... hii, Ind............W. S. Fish. Nicholas B. Stump,...... Benton Harbor,.......Faculty. Paul S. Sue,...........Pontiac,........... R. L. Baron. William H. Taylor,... Newuievi I..........J. B. Taylor. Erastus Test, M. S.,........Richmond, Ind.,.......V. Kersey. John A. Thompson,........ Setts, Ioowa,........... J. H. Thompson. Henry F. Thomas,......... Constantine,. D. Thomas. Edwin Isaac Thorne,....... Yellow Springs, 0... E. Thorne. Hiram S. Thorne,..........Boardman, 0..........Wm. R. Thorne. E. G. Thorpe,.............. illsboro'bridge, N. H.,. C. Gould. 36 STUDENTS IN MEDICINE. Name. Residence. Preceptor. Ebenezer Tidd.............Williamsfleld, O.,......E. Hitchcock. Oscar Tindall,............ Oxford,.....,W, E. Fenwick. David B. Traver;........... New Cumberland, Pa.,.E, H. Coover. Martin L. Tressler,....... Loysville, Pa,.........J. E. Tressler. Edward N. Tull,...........London, Ind.......... G. cFadden. Edwin N. Turner,.........Pittsford,............ B. Beebe. Horace J. Turner,........Orangeville,.......H. C. Turner. George N. Vail,........... Vienna, C. W., C. L. Vail. Abram L. Vanhorn,....... Grass Lak/e,........ M. I. Raymond. Julian A. VanWie,......... Chesire, N. Y.,.......F,.. ently. Charles W. Vrooman,......Detroit,.......Edward Loderdale. Charles Voorhees,........Butler, Ill.,.......... P. L. Brown. Charles A. Wakefield,......Pena, Ill.,.......... J, MI. Armstrong, William H. Wardl,..........Midlebury, Ind.,.... W...ard & Hani. LeRoy 3I. Wardner,....... Northfield, Vt.,........ P D. Bradford. Eltham Watson,...........Brooklyn, N. Y........Faculty. Frank Webb,..............De IVitt...G. W. Topping. James S. Welch...........Selbyville, Ill.,.........Wagner &- Kellogg. Simeon O. Whaley........ Camden.............A. W. Willard, Frederic A. Wheeler,......Marietta, O.,.......B. F. Hart, Allen S. Whetstone,.......Lockport, Ind.,......D. eeker. Mavcus H. White,.........Springville, IoJwa,......ove & Kepler. Martin White............ Flint,........... S. M. Axford. Adelbert J. Wicks,........ Battle Creek,..........S. Rogers. Mason A. Wilcox,.........Newport, N. HE.,.......Faculty. Ervin Wilder,........................ D. R. Lemon. Flavius M1. Wildcer,...........Ann Arbor,............ A. B. Palmer. Harvey Wiliams.............Salem..... Faculty. John. Willia.....Ann Arbor,.......C. Howell. Daniel Wilson,.............obleville, Ind.,.,.W. B. Grallam. Eli Woodman,............ Farmingtoz,..........Practitioner. Harlow L. D. Woodruff,... Castile, N. Y.,.........C. A. Greene. Wlll H. Woodward.........Pine Island, Min.....C. Hill. Fied. Woodworth..........Leslie,.............J. D. Woodworth. Jonathan M. Wright,....... Sprinboro, O.,.....A. Wright. Elbert S. Young,...........Bloomiizgton, Ill.,.....W. E. Elder. Isaac E. Barnum,.......... Paw Paw,............Faculty. Alexander R. Matheson,....Jackson,.............W. N. Street. fte~owe + FACULTY. REV. ERASTUS 0. HAVEN, D. D., LL. D., PRESIDENT. HON. JAMES V. CAMPBELL, LL. D., HON. CHARLES I. WALKER, HON. THOMAS M. COOLEY, HoN. ASHLEY POND, M. A. tutbents i alto. SENIORS. Name. Residence. Edgar Aldrich,.................... Colebrook, N-. IH John B. Alexander,................Oswego, N Y. Alexander D. Anderson,........... Mansfield, Conn. Alexander S. Anderson,............ ew Bedford, Pa. Robert B. Archibald,...............ockford, Ill. William A. Atchison.............Belleville, Ill. Albert H. Babcock,................Dundee. Dwight B. Backenstose,........... Geneva, N. Y. Sperry Baker,.................... Canton. Pa. Alonzo L. Bardin,................. Jamaica, N. Y. William H. Barlow,................ Charleston, Ill. Charles G. Barnd,............. Sh.....eweyville, Iowa. James W. Beach,.............. Lancaster, Wis. Edward L. Bedford,.............. Warren, Hl. Arthur S. Bell..................... okomo, Ind. Robert C. Bell,................... Muncie, Ind. John C. Bigger,.................... Freeport, IlI. John D. Boardmau, o.............. ixon, Ill. Frank Bracelin,....ga......... Allegan. John H. Brawley,.................. Cincinnati, 0. John Brigham, Jr.,...............Goodrich. Marriott Brosius,.................. Christiana, Pa. Michael Brown,.............. Pulaski, Incl. John J. Brown,................... Columbus City, Ind. John W. Burton,........... Georgia, Ind. Roger W. Butterfield,........... onroe. James Cameron,................... Beaver C. IT., Pa. Robert A. Campbell,............... Windsor, Ill. George Carson,................. Scipio, Ind. Joseph N. Carter,.................. Tuscola, Il. Robert W. Carter,................. Middletown, Ind. STUDENTS IN LAW. 39 Name. Residence. 2Mordecai L. Chitcote,............... Rensselaer, Ind. Jonathan N. Clendening,............ Warren, Ill. Josiah M. Clokey,................. Springfield, O. George P. Cobb,................Ann Arbor. Leander D. Condee,................. ankakee City, Ill. Sidney Cooke,....................Flat Rock. Charles L. Cooper,.......... D..... anby, Ill. Charles L. Corwin,............... Chicago, Ill. Justus B. Crane,.................. Marion, 1N Y. Frank Dean,...................... Beloit, Wis. Martin A. DeLany,................. Waukegan, Ill. Selwyn Douglas................... Ypsilanti. Henry S. Dow,...................... Chicago, Ill. William C. Durkee,............... Mankato, Aiinn. John C. Dwelle,................... Grass Lake. Homer C. Eller,................... South Bend, Ind. James P. Elliott,............... Plain Grove, Pa. Marshall D. Ewell,............... lomeo. Orlando J. Fast,................... Kalamazoo. William Farrell,................. New Albany, Ind. Albert H. Fenn,................... Allegan. Nimrod G. Ferguson,............... Louisiana, Mo. Augustus W. Ficklin,.............. Charleston, Ill. George W. Field,.................. t. Pleasant, Iowa. William D. Fritts,..................Jackson. Lovell H. Gage,..................Ann Arbor. Baldin B. Gill,.................. Mattoon, Ill. Joseph J. Gill,....................Mt. Pleasant, O. Alden H. Gillett,................Springfield, 0. William B. Glasse,................ Bowerstown, 0. Edward H. Green,................. Ann Arbor. Edwin B. Grover,................. Allegan. Darius D. Hare,.................. Carey, 0. William W. Harrell,............... Ann Arbor. William Henry Harries,............. La Crosse, Wis., Henry Hayden,............,.... Madison, TWis. 40 STUDENTS IN LAW. Name. Residence. Henry T. Hazard,................. Los Angeles, Cal. Benjamin F. Heckvrt,............. Canaan, O. Reuben P. B. Hewitt,.............. Charlotte, Vt. Avery Sedgwick Hill,............. Toledo, 0. David E. Hinm.ln,................. Buchanan. Eugene I Hollvn,.................. erre ITautte, Ind. Daniel Holland,................... Ontonagon. Alfred' S. H(,llenbeak,...S........... Sycamore, Ill. Sidney L. Holl an,,.c............. Columbus, Neb. Terr. Emmons F. Hyde,................. irass Lake. Albert Jennings,.................. Birmingham, Robert J. Kelley,.................. Ionroe. James H. Kellogg,.................Jacksonville, Ill. William H. Kernn,................Bellefontaine, O. Elbert E. Kimball,................. orth Cohocton,.V Y. William D Killgery,............... Soth Bend, Ind. Lavega George Kinne,............ Chicago, Ill. William H. Krome,................. Collinsville, Ind. Austin L. Kumler,.................. Trenton?, O. Emmet S. Latty,...................Deficane, O. John F. Lawrence,.................Ann Arbor. Michael A. Leahy,.................Portland, Wis. Edwin H. Lemen,.................. Collingsville, III. Cassius H. Lindenberger,...........Defiance, 0. Egbert J. Mipes,...................Linden. Alonzo B. Marlkham,...............PlymouIth. Asa F. Mather,................... WIheatland, Ill. Robert A. McCulloch,.............. Bellefontaine, 0. Terrance J. McDonnell.............Dexter. William H McDowell,............. Doylestown, Pa. Edward McGintie, Jr.,.............. St. Louis,.Mo. Jonas H. McGowan,............... Coldwater. John W. McGrath,..................Detroit. Dougal McKenzie,...............Lansing. James W. McKenzie,............... ia1mpton,.owa. Lafayette E. McReynolds,...........L ogansport, Ind. STUDENTS IN LAWT. 41 Name. Residence. Caleb H. Norris,................... Marion, 0. Warren Olney,................... Pella, Iowa. N. Augustus Parker,................ Ann Arbor. Abdiel C. Parsons,................. Colebrook, N. I,. Henry F. Pennington,.............. Charlotte. William L. Perce,.................. illiamsville, Ill. Elvero Persons,.................. Tiffin, 0. William W. Pitzer,................Clarksville, Mo. William W. Pollock,..............Bellecenter, O. Julius G. Pomerene,...............Fredericksburg, Ohio. Allen J. Porter,.................... Iadley. William A. Rafter,..................Monroe. George C. Rawlins,..S............ Springfield, 0. George B. Remick,................. Detroit. Edward H. Rhoades,.............. Skaneateles, N Y. William H. C. Rice,...............Ann Arbor. James M. Ritchey,............. West Point, Ind. Reuben Z. Roberts,................ Corry, Pa. James E. Robinson,...r.......... Grancd Haven. Henry F. Rodney,........L........ Lewes, Del. Josiah H. Rogers,.................. Oshawa, C. TW. Mahlon Rouch,.................... Wooster, Ohio. Isaac H. C. Royse,.................Pleasant Hill, YIo. Charles E. Salisbury,..............Middlesex, N. Y. Benton H. Scovill,............... Ann Arbor. John H. Sharp,.................... Columnbs, 0. Clarence L. Sheldon,............ Yorktown, Ill. John H. Slaght,.....................Elgin. Edward R. Slawson,.............. Ann Arbor. Robert G. Sloper,.................. Soth Saginaw. Allen Smalle,..................... Carey, O. Lucas F. Smith,.................. Blutfton, Ind. Walter Stager,............... Sterling, Ill. Royal D. Stearns,.............. Prairie City, III. Herman W. Stevens,.............. Port Hluron. William C. Stevens,.............. Whitmore Lcake. 42 STIDENTS IN LAW. Name. Residence. Charles P. Storrs,................ Cairo, ill. Abraham H. Stutsman,........ Chariton, Iowa. Edward I. Sutfin,................ Dundee, Ill. Jesse M. Tate,...em............... Memhis, Tenn. Joseph H. Taylor,.................. NeYw Baltimore, 0. Robbins B. Taylor,............... Bay City. Alfred B. Tucker,................. Logansport, Ind. Marshall M. Turnel, -.............. Ann Arbor. James C. Turner,.................. An Arbor. Henry Van Fleet,................ Pinckney. James R. Vaughan,.............. Ozark, Mlo. B. Frank Wagner,............... Philadelphia, Pa. B. Thad. Wakeman,................ Harvard Junction, Ill. Frank Walker,....................Memphis, Tenn. Theodore M. Walker,............... Newton, N. J: George R. Williams,.......... Ann, Arbor. Edward M. Williams,.............. Columbus, O. Henry T. Wright,................. Cobden, Ill. Charles M. Yocum,................ illbrook, 0. JUNIORS. Name. Residence. Louis C. Allen,................... Montezunma, Ind. Horace Alvord,.................. Painesville, 0. Herbert T. Ames,.................. ainesburg, Pa. James J. Atkinson,.................Port eHuron. Byron IH. Bacon,.................. eroy, N. Y. Stephen Bacon,.......d....... Edcwardsburgh. A. Everett Ball,.................. Arcade, V. Y. Tracy Barnum,.................... An Arbor. Sidney H. Baylis,.............. Cleveland, O. John J. Bell,.........F...... rmington, Ill. John D. Bennett,............ Perry Center. John P. Bennett,........... Lafayette, Ind. Peter A. Berry,.............. Logansport, Ind. STUDENTS IN LAW. 43 Name. Residence. Leander A. Bigger,................ Napoleon, 0. John Bippus,................. H.. suntington, Ind. Russell II. Bishop,................. Flint. Elbert L. Blakeslee,................ Dimock, Pa. Adelbert Bliss,.................... Ionia. Hiram A. Boswell,................. Oxford, Ind. John W. Bradshaw,............... Burton, Ind. William B. Braynmn,..............Albion. Ephraim Brick,.................. South.Bend, Ind. George H. Briggs,................. Brady. John G. Brooks,................. Ackworth, 2V.. l. Thomas J. Brooks,................. Boscobel, Vis. Francis L. Brown,................. Shortsville, V. Y. George W. Brown,................. New Athens, 0. James Bryson, Jr.,................. Centralia, Pa. Henry C. Buckingham,............. Cleveland, 0. John R. Bunting..................Deerfield. Harvey D. Burch,................. Richmond. Martin C. Burch,................. Waterloo, NT Y. Edwin A. Burlingame,............. Grand Rapids. Robert G. Burns,.................. Sevastcpol, Ind. Henry C. Burroughs,............... Belleville. Stephen A. Burroughs,............. Flint. Samuel H. Byrns,.................. ankakee, III. William B. Carlock,................ Bloomington, Ill. Clement D. Carpenter,............... Blissield. Nelson Case,......................Earlville, III. Charles C. Chamberlain,............. Caton, V. Y. Joseph H. Chandler,............... Lima. William C. Chubb,.................Niles. Henry P. Churchill,................ Homer. Washington S. Cilley,.............Jericho, Vt. George F. Colby,............... Toledo, O. William P. Coolbaugh,............. Oshkosh, Wis. Cornelius Coriell,.................. Dawson, Ill. John K. Cowen,............... Millersburg, 0. 44 STUDENTS IN LAVW. Name. Residence. William 0. Crawfo'd,...S.......... Sandusky, N. Y. George T. Cresswell,............... ixerville, Ind. James H. Chrichton,............... Laporte, Id. Alfred A. Crippen,................. Brady. Lewis F. Cummings,............... Grand ZRapids. Edwin A. Curtis,..................... ew i cen, O. William E. Dawson,............... Fentonville. P. Callan Dooley,................. Chesire, 2Mass. Anderson L. Drew,................. Belleville, Ill. Lorenzo T. Durand,.agaw......... Saginaw City. Charles H. Durban,................ Zanesville, 0. Samuel B. Eason,.................. Wooster, 0. Samuel M. Eddy,................. Michigan City, Icl. Burton B. Edwards,................Laceyville, Pa. William J. English,................ Kenosha, C is. Edward C. Everitt,................ Branchville, N J. Frances Farrell,.................. Underhill, Vt. Thomas A. Fergurson,.............. osco. Henry C. Firebaugh,.o............. obinson, Ill. Emund R. Fisher,.................Springfield, Ill. Lafayette F. Fisher,................ Eaton, O. William A Fleming,................ Strattonville, Pa. George Ford,................... South Bend, Ind. William Forey,...................Quaker Bottom, 0. Dumpsey W. Fountain.......u Quoin, Ill. Theophilus T. Fountain,............ Duz Quoin, Ill. John W. Fox,.................. amilton, 0. Christian F. France,............... Rolling Prairie, Ind. George B. France,................. olling Prairie, Ind. Edward L. French,................ Lebanon, Ill. Andrew J. Fryer,,............... Falmouth,, Ky. John H. Fryer,...........B....... Butler, Ky. Joseph M. Gage,................... Lexington. Newton P. Garretson,..............2 t. Union, 0. William Geer,................ Lyonsville, Pa. Gordon H. Giddings,............... Nunda, N. Yl Charles P. Gilbert.................. Quincy, Fla. STUDENTS IN LAW. 45 Name. Residence. Henry M:. Goodell,................ An Arbor. David Goodsell,....................Rouseville, Pa. Cyrus Gordon,................... Zion, Pa. Cornelins A. Gower,.............. Ann Arbor. James WV. Graham,................ Shueyille,, Iowa. Albert R. Green,.................. Warwick, i]. 1. Luther H. Green,................ igoier, fIrtd. James P. Grove,................. Fanlmouth, Ky. James J. Hanna................. Cadiz, 0. James R. Harris,................ FranAfb rd, C. C V. Thomas W. Harrison,.............. Juneau, iVis. George S. Hastings,............... Qui)'ncy. Edgar H. Hinman,.............. Oberlin, O. John G. Hillson,..................E lizabetltown, KIy. Charles P. Hogan,.......o.........Morrisville, Vt. James T. Holland,.................Portage City, Wi8. Miichael Houston,................. Chatham, C. iV. Edward Hoverson,................. Vathecna, Kansas. Henry W. Hubbard,............... lgiin, III. Henry B. Hughbanks,.............Fa.irfield, III. Tilghman A. Ifer,...................l ristoown Ill. Watts Humphrey,................Lansing. Jeremiah -urd,.................... VWinchester, Ill. Basil Jaroshinski,..P.........o.. ew Pot, III. Louis H. Jenningsl,.............. on ia. Edden Al. Johnson,................. Pontiac, Ill. James W. Johnsoln,.., i............ TIilmijngton, ll. Samuel A. Johnson,............... Beloit, WVis. William C. Jones,.................Robinson, II. 1)eWitt C. Justice,................. Logansport, Ind. Henry S. Kaley,................. Carey, O. Joel S. Kelsey,...................untngtonZ, JV Y. John W. Kerne,................... Alto, Ind. Solomon S. Kirkpatrick,............D u Qeuoin, Ill. Rienzi Knox,......................Niles. Daniel B. Kumler,................. Trenton, O. 46 STUDENTS IN LAW. Name. Residence. William H. Lampman,............utler. Alfed W. Lamson,................. Clevelaud, 0. Garrett C. Land,................... Warrensburgh, lo. Samuel F. Leib,................... Bremen, 0. Henry Lincoln,.................... Ann Arbor. Daniel W. Losey,.................. La Crosse, Wis. John J. Mahon,................... Detroit. Samuel L. MaKeever,............. l3crsailles, III. Charles C. Marble,................ Wilmington, 0. Samuel F. Marsh,.................. ilord Center, 0. Stephen M. Marsh,................. t. Ca-rrol, III. Aaron F. Martin,.....o.....o...hogehney, Pa. William Martin,................... Milicwaukee, TVis. Aaron V. McAlvey,............... Ann Arbor. Archibald McArthur,.............. Vctpacca, IVis. Thomas C. McKenzie,............. Itampton, Iowa. Henry McKey,....................Janesville, IVis. John E. McMillen,.............. Manitowoc, WTis. James McNamara, l............. Liapeer. William McPherrin,.............. Abingdon, ll. John McQuillin,............L.......yons. Andrew H. McVeigh,.............. Bremen, 0. Arthur J. Mellon,.................Rondolet, N. Y. William Meredith,.................Aurora, Ill. Samuel R. Miller,..................Pittsburg, Ind. Melvin W. Mils................... acosta. John W. Mitchell,.................St. Joseph, Mo. Daniel D. Moody,............. A....Auburn, Icl. Lyman C. Moore,..................Spring Arbor. Josepl R. Morris,................. Chili, Ind. Alfred E. Mudige,...A.......... An Arbor. Jonathan W. Newman,.............Richmond, Ind. James S. Nottingham,,...........Springfield, 0. William B. Norton,................ Decatur, 0. Henry C. Noyes,...................Freeport, Ill. Charles K. Offied,.................ewiston, Ill. STUDENTS IN LAW. 47 Name. Residence. John A. Osborne,................. Manchester, _Iowa. David J. Overholt,................. Pana, Il. Thomas L. Patterson...........H.. Holly. Charles 0. Patton,................. Gentryille, Mo. Albert Phelps,....................South Hero, Vt. Henry S. Phettaplace,.............Providence, R. I. George W. N. Pitan.............Chcmpaign, Ill. Frank Plumly,................... Morrisville, Vt. Martin W. Pond, Jr.,.............. itusville, Pca. Newton E. Powers,................Staunton, II. Reuben F. Randolph,..............Panama, N Y., James Reardon,...................Romeo. David P. Reed,................... iddletown, 0. John Richards,....................Flint. William P. Roberts,...............Gwynedd, Pa. William Rochelle,................Ann Arbor. John B. Rosevelt,................. Decatur. Edward B. Sackinder,............ ason. Henry C. Sanford,.................Kent, 0. Jasper N. Searles,.................Fort Wadcsworth, D. T. William Seufert, Jr.,............... Cleveland, O. Harvey B. Shively,................ Wabash, lard. William HI. Sisson,................ Grass Lake. James R. Sites,................ Springfield, Ind. Henry J. Smith,................... Bay City. Walter P. Smith,.................Harcdwick, Vt. H. Oscar Sprague,................Marcellus, N. Y. Scoville C. Stacey,............... Tecumseh. John Stahl,....................... Avilla, Ind. Clinton L. Sterry,.................. Chelsea. Wellington Stilwell,...............Jones Corners, 0. Wallace W. Swearingen,...........Decatur, lll. John A. Talbot,.................. Cassopolis. Davin B. Taylor,.................. Chelsea. Matthew S. Taylor.................. Havana, Ill. Robert L. Taylor,.................Abnont. 48 STUDENTS IN LAW. Name, Residence. Samuel L. Taylor,................ Sparta, Ill. David C. Thomas,................Berlin, Tis. M. Dewitt C. Thornton,............ Ann Arbor. Gideon Tiffany,.................. )eleware, C. W. Charles W. Tinclall,............... Oxford. Eugene B. Towl,..................Sevastcapol Ind. Winfield S. Townsend,............. Warren, IIl. Thomas E. Turner,................ Freeport, III. William A. Ulnldrwood,........... Adrian. Robert D. Updegraff,..............Jt. Pleasant, O. James 0. Walker,.................Owosso. Samuel Wallacc,.................. PPilatelphiia, Pca. Peter Walsh,.....................Danville, III. George A. Waterbui y,............. Lexington. Jabes B. Watkins,................Washington, D. C. John B. Welch,................... lolnesville, 0. William H. We Is,................ owrell. George S. Wheeler,................ Ann Arbor. Henry 0. Wheeler,............ o....Soutth Iero, Vt. Alexander L. Whiitehail,............. iMilford, 1II. William S. Whiltlee y,............. Lima, N. Y. Charles R. Wilkinson,............. Vinton, Iowa. James R. Willard,.................Olivet. Charles E. Willianls,.............. Northlville. James Willis,.................... Springfield, O. George W. Wilhmlath..............Rockf ord, Ill. Leo Wise,........................Cincinn.ati, 0. Robert E. Withers,................ Blakeley, IV. C. Lewis L. Wood,................ Detroit. John Young,.................... Cca yuga, C. 71 ~ ~ -~ ~^"'"".. —-------- THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN is situated in Ann Arbor, on the Michigan Central Railroad, 37 miles west of Detroit. There are three main Departments of the University, as follows:'he Department of Science, Literature and the Arts; the Department of Medicine and Surgery; the Departmlent of Law. THE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE, LITERATURE, AND TIIE ARTS, is devoted to general ilstruction and discipline. The studies are arranged so as to constitute six courses of study, as follows: The Classical Course, the First Scientific Course, the Second Scientific Course, the Latin and Scientitic Course, the Course in Civil Engineering, the Course in Mining Engineering. The Degrees conferred for these courses respectively are, for the first, A. B.; for the second, third, and fourth, B. S.; for the fifth, C. E.; and for the last, M. E. Students who do not wish to pursue either of the above courses, if they are prepared to enter the University, may pursue selected studies, for such a length of time as they may choose. Those who desire it may pursue a special course in Analytical Chemistry, having regular work in the Laboratory. There are also courses of study for graduates of this and other colleges, as hereafter described. TIlE DEPARTMENT OF IMEDICINE AND SURGERY presents all the advantages of a fully furnished andclfirst-class Medical School. The instruction is carried on mostly by lectures, and the students are enabled, by availing themselves of the advantages presented, to compose the theses and pass the examinations which.are to test their scholarship and prove them worthy of graduating as Doctors of Medicine. THE DEPARTMIENT OF Lxw presents all the facilities that can be desired in a Law School of the highest character. 4 50 GENERAL INFORMATION. The number of Students during the year closing July 1st, 1867, was as follows: Department of Science, Literature and the Arts, 335; Department of Medicine and Surgery, 525; Department of Law, 395. Total, 1,255. The number of Graduates during the year, was as follows: Bachelor of Arts, 27; Bachelor of Science, 14; Civil Engineering, 6; Minilg Engineer, 2; Master of Arts, 6; Master of Science, 7; Doctor of Medicine, 82; Bachelor of Laws, 148. Total, 292. The fund of the University is derived fiom the sale of lands granted by Congress to the State for that purpose, from which the salaries of the Professors are paid, and hence the charges made to Students, are small. Further general descriptions are found towards the close. lepartnr ent of Ct'cek t, Itterature, an tOfe irts. REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION. 1.-General Requirements. All candidates for admission to any Course of Study must be at least fourteen years of age, and are expected to present satisfactory evidence of good moral character. Candidates for advanced standing will be examined in the previous studies of the Course which they propose to enter, and, if they come from another College, will present certificates of honorable dismission. Entering the University will be regarded as a pledge to obey all its Rules and Regulations. Candidates for the Classical Course of Study, and for either of the Scientific Courses, and for Civil Engineering, Mining Engineering, and for Selected Studies, will all be examined in English Grammar and Geography. A thorough knowledge of the entire subject of English Grammar, including Orthography, Etymology, Syntax, Prosody, and Punctuation, is required. A good knowldege of the general theory of Geography, and a familiar acquaintance with the special Geography of Europe and the United States, are also required. Candidates for the Classical Course will all also be examined in Ancient Geography. 1l,-Particular Requirements for the Classical Course. Candidates for admission to the Classical Course must sustain an examination in the following studies: 1. Mathematical.-Arithmetic; Algebra, to Quadratic Equations, and the First, Third, and Fourth Books of Davies' Legendre, or an equivalent in other authors. 52 REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION. 2. Latin.-Latin Grammar; Four Books of Caesar's Commentaries; Six Select Orations of Cicero; Six Books of the uEneid, with special reference to the Prosody; Forty-four Exercises in Arnold's Latin Prose Compo sition. 3. Greek.-Greek Grammar; Whiton's Companion Book to Hadley's Grammar; Xenophon's Anabasis to the Fourth Book; and all of Arnold's Greek Prose Composition, IlI.-Particular Requirements for Either Scientific Course. Candidates will be examined in the following studies: 1. iMathematics.-Arithmetic; Algebra, through the first seven chapter's of Ray's Algebra, Part II; or, what is equivalent, a thorough knowledge of the subject through Equations of the Second Degree, including the Calculus of Radicals; Geometry, the First, Third and Fourth Books of Davies' Legendre, or an equivalent in other authors. 2 Physics.-The following studies as contained in elementary works on Natural Philosophy: Properties of Matter; Laws of Motion; Laws of Falling Bodies; Mechan-'ical Powers; Hydrodynamics; and Pneumatics. The examination will be on principles without regard to authors. Candidates for the Latin and Scientific Course will be examined in all the studies required for the Classical Course, except Greek. IV.-Requirements for Selected Studies, Those who,do not desire to become candidates for a Degree may be admitted to any part of the Classical or either Scientific Course, for such time as they may choose, in case they exhibit satisfactory evidence of such proficiency as will admit them to the Freshman Class, in the Classical or either Scientific Course, or will enable them to proceed advantageously in the particular studies which they propose to pursue. TIlE BEST MODE OF PREPARATION. 53 V.-The Best Mode of Preparation for the University. The following counrse of preparation for the University is particularly recommended: LATIN. 1. Harkness' First Latin Book. The exercises in this book should be first written, and afterwards repeated orally, as often as possible. 2. HIarkness', or Andrews and Stoddard's, or Bullion's Latin Grammar, with Latin Reader. The study of Ancient Geography should be commenced with the Geography of the Latin Reader. 3. Caesar's Commentaries, with the Grammar and Ancient Geographly. The student should take short lessons in Cesar, and be taught to remember the words and phrases. He should translate English sentences, dictated by the teacher, into Latin, in imitation of those in Csesar. These translations may be either oral or written. 4. Cicero's Orations, and Arnold's Latin Prose Composition. The latter should be first written and carefully corrected in recitation, and afterwards repeated orally. These reviews cannot be too frequently or carefully made. At least two hours a week should be given to the exercise in Latin Prose. The Syntax of the Grammar, including that of the Modes and Participles, should be diligently applied to the Cicero. 5. Thle LEncid, with tile Prosody. It should be read much less rapidly than usual. The difference between prose and poetry in the construction and arrangement of words, should be pointed out. The previous study of Cicero and the Prose Composition will make these differences the more obvious. The Scholarship of the student will be much improved by committing passages of the XEneid to memory. GREEK. 1. Hadley's Greek Grammar, with Whiton's Companion-book to Hadley's Grammar. The rules of accentuation should be made familiar; and the words should not only be written in all cases with the proper breathings and accents, but also pronounced according to the accents; that is, the stress of voice should fall on those syllables, and on those only, where the Greek accent stands. The Contfnantal sound of the vowels is also preferred. 54 THE BEST MODE OF PREPARATION. As a substitute for the above, Kuehner's Elementary Greek Grammar, or the Grammar of McClintock and Crook, orKendrick's Greek Ollendorf, or Harkness' First Book in Greek, is accepted. 2. The Anabasis of Xenophon, (Boise's Edition,) to the Fourth Book, with a careful study of all the grammatical principles contained in the notes; and the whole of Arnold's Greek Prose Composition. These two should be prosecuted simultaneously, the lessons in each alternating; or, at least, one lesson in every three being devoted to Prose Composition. In this latter, the grammat ical principles should be carefully studied, the vocabularies made familiar, and the exercises first written, and afterwards repeated orally as often as possible. The lessons in the Anabasls should be very short, not exceeding eight or ten lines at first; and an effort should be made, not only to trace out all the grammatical forms and constructions, but also to impress as many words and'phrases as possible on the memory. A short grammar lesson, in review, should be taken with every lesson in the Anabasis. Frequent reviews in all the above studies are necessary to secure thoroughness. To accomplish the above course of preparatory study in Greek at all satisfactorily, five weekly lessons, for two years at least, will be requisite. MATHEMATICS. Particular attention is called to the requirements in the pure Mathematics, for admission to the Freslhman Class. So abundant are the facilities for preparation in these studies, and so essential are the requirements to success in the subsequent parts of the course, that the full measure of preparation will be demanded. Imperfect preparation in Algebra is so common as to compel the conviction, that insufficient attention is given to this study in our Pleparatory Schools, or that inadequate textbooks are us'ed. Ray's Algebra, Part II., is preferred as a text-book for preparation. Nor is acquaintance with the processes of the science sufficient, without a thorough knowledge of the pricipleslupon which these processes are based. CLWSSIC.IL CO URSE. FRESHMAN YEAR. FIRST SEMESTER. SECOND SEMESTER. Latin: Cicero de Amnicitia; Arnold's Latin: Livy, (Lincoln's); and RoLatin Prose Composition. man History, (Tiddell's). Greek: Xenophon's Anabasis, (Prof. Greek: Selections from Thucydides; Boise's edition;) Boise's Greek Lessons in Hadley's Greek GramProse Composition; Lessons in mar; Boise's Greek Prose CompoHadley's Greek Grammar. sition; Grecian History, (Smith). Mathematics: Geometry completed; Mathematics: Algebra completed, Algebra' begun, commencing at (requiring all but six weeks of the Equations of Second Degree. Semester). Botany: Lectures; and Gray's Manual. (Six weeks.) SOPHOMORE YEAR. FIRST SEMESTER. SECOND SEMESTER. Latin: Horace, Odes; Prosody: (em- Latin: Horace, continued; Roman bracing one half of the Semester). History and Antiquities. Greek: The Antigone of Sophocles, Greek: Selections from Homer's (Woolsey's edition); English Es- Iliad; Greek Composition; and says, to be written on topics rela- Grecian History, continued. tive to the author studied, and to French: Grammar and Translation, the age in which he lived, (embra- continued; or, Students may elect continued; or, Students may elect cing one half of the Semester). instead of Frech, French: Fasquelle's Gramtma; ate tics: Differential and InTranslation. tegral Calculus. Mathematics: Trigonometry, and General Geometry. JUNIOR YEAR. FIRST SEMESTER. SECOND SEMESTER. Rhetoric: Whateley's (one third of History: Lord's Modern History, the Semester). (two fifths of the Semester). Greek: Oration of Demosthenes on Latin: Quintilian, (Frieze's edition); the Crown, (Champlin's edition); Essays in Latin; Lectures by the Essays required of the class; (The Profssor on Roman Literature, last two thirds of the Semester). (three fifths of the Semester). 56 COURSES OF INSTRUCT1ON. Physics: Silliman's Physics; (All Chemistry and Mineralogy: Lecthe Semester but ten days). tures by the Professor, (three fifths History: Robertson's;Introduction of the Semester). to the Life of Charles V, (ten les- Astronomy: Course of Descriptive son's. Astronomy, (two fifths of the SemGerman: Otto's Grammar; Transla- ester). tions. Gern.man: Grammar, continued; Translations. SENIOR YEAR. FIRST SEMESTER. SECOND SEMESTER. Mental Philosophy. Moral Philosophy. Geology: Lectures on Lithological Greek: Plato's Apology of Socrates, Geology,'all but nine weeks of the in connection with a general study Semester). of the Grecian Philosophy, and the Latin: Tacitus, (Tyler's); Essays in Prometheus of 2Eschylus, (nine Latin; Lectures on Roman His- weeks of the Semester). tory, (nine weeks). Geology: Lectures by thoProfessor, History: Guizot on Civilization in (all but nine weeks). Europe, (the last six weeks). Elective Studies: Analytical ChemElective Studies: Analytical Chem- istry, (in Laboratory). istry, (in Laboratory). German; German; Latin; Greek; Zoology; Zoology; Geometrical Drawing; Geometrical Drawing; Italian Language; Higher Mathematics. Spanish Language. FIRST SCIENTIFIC CO URSE. FRESHMAN YEAR. FIRST SEMESTER. SECOND SEMESTER. Mathematics: Geometry, completed, Mathematics: Algebra, (Ray's, Part Plane and Spherical Trigometry, II.) (Davies'). French, continued. French: Fasquelle's Grammar, and English Language: All but six Translations, (one half the Sem- weeks of the Semester. ester. Botany: Lectures, and Gray's ManGeometrical Drawing: (Warren's); ual, (six weeks). Tinting and Shading, (half the Semester. History: Robertson's Introduction to the Life of Charles V; Lord's Modern History. Or instead of History, Students may elect. Latin: The same as in the Classical Course. COURSES OF INSTRUCTION. 57 SOPHOMORE YEAR. FIRST SEMESTER. SECOND SEMESTER. French: Grammar, and Translation. French: Select Readings. Surveying: Gillespie's, and use of English Literature: (Two fifths of Instruments in the field, (half the the Semester. Semester. Geometrical Drawing: Shading, Descriptive Geometry: Davies', (half Tinting, and Perspective, (three the Semester). fifths of the Semester. History: Patton's History of the Mathematics: General Geometry, United States, (half the Semester). continued, and Differential and Mathematics: General Geometry, Integral Calculus. (half the Semester). JUNIOR YEAR. FIRST SEAMESTER. SECOND SEMESTER. German: Otto's Grammar. German: Grammar, and TranslaPhysics: Silliman's Physics. tions. Zoology: Lectures, (half of the Se- History: Lord's Modern History, master. (half of the Semester). Rhetoric: Whateley, (half of the Se- Logic, and Political Economy, (half mester). of the Semester). Chemistry: Lectures, (three fifths of the Semester.) Astronomy, Descriptive, (two fifths of the Semester.) SENIOR YEAR. FIRST SEMESTER. SECOND SEMESTER. Mental Philosophy: Same as in the Moral Philosophy: Same as in the Classical Course. Classical Course. Geology: Same as in the Classical Geology: Same as in the Classical Course. Course. German: Translations, (9 weeks). German: Translations, (9 weeks). History: Same as in the Classical Elective Studies: Same as in the Course. Classical Course, except Latin. Elective Studies: Same as in the Classical Course, except Greek. SECOND SCIENTIFIC CO URSE. This Course is the same as the First Scientific Course, through the Freshman and Sophomore Years. 58 COURSES OF INSTRUCTION. JUNIOR YEAR. FIRST SEMESTER. SECOND SEMESTER. Physics: Same as in First Scien- Chemistry and Astronomy: Same as tific Course. in the other Course. Mathematics: Differential and In- Mathematics: Analytical Mechantegral Calculus, continued. ics, Theoretical and Practical. German: The same as in the other For the third study, one of the throe Course. following must be elected: Or, the Student may choose, in- German: (Same as in other Course). stead of German, Logic, and History: (Same as in Zoology, and Rhetoric: Both the the other Course). same as in other Course. Machine Drawing. SENIOR YEAR. FIRST SEMESTER. SECOND SEMESTER. Mental Philosophy: Sameas inthe Moral Philosophy: Same as in the preceding Courses. preceding Courses. Geology: Same as in preceding. Geology: Same as in the preceding German: Same as in First Scientific Courses. Course. German: Continued, (nine weeks). Or the Student may elect Or, instead of German, the StuMechanics, Theory of Bridges and dent may elect iRoofs: (Nine weeks). Mathematics: Applied Mechanics. History: Same as in the preceding Elective Studies: Higher AstronoCourses. my. Elective Studies: Higher Astrono- Any of the studies offered in the my. preceding Courses, except Latin. Any of the studies offered in the preceding courses, except Greek. LlTIN 42XD SCIENTIFIC CO UI'SE. FRESHMAN YEAR. FIRST SEMESTER. SECOND SEMESTER. Latin: Cicero de Amicitia; Arnold's Latin: Livy, (Lincoln's); and RoLatin Prose Composition, man History, (Liddell's.) French: Fasquelle's Grammar, and French: Continued. Translations, (one-half of Se- Botany: Lectures, and Gray's Maumester.) ual, (six weeks.) Geometrical Drawing: (Warren's) Mathematics: Algebra completed, Tinting and Shading, (half of (requiring all but six weeks of Semester.) the Semester.) Muthen atics: Geometry,completed; Algebra, begun, commencing at Equations of Second Degroe. COURSES OF INSTRUCTION. 59 SOPHOMORE YEAR. FIRST SEMESTER. SECOND SEMESTER. Latin: Horace, Odes; Prosody, (em- Latin: Horace, continued; Roman bracing one-half of the Semes- History and Antiquities. ter.) English Literature: (two-fifths of History: Patton's History of the the Semester.) United States, (half of the Se- Geometrical Drawing: Shading, mester.) Tinting, and Perspeciive, (threeFrench: Grammar and Translation. fifths of the Semester.) Mathematics: Trigonometry, and Mathematics: Differential and IuGeneral Geometry. tegral Calculus. JUNIOR YEAR. FIRST SEMESTER. SECOND SEMESTER. German; Otto's Grammar. German: Grammar, continued; Physics; Silliman's Physics; Translations. Surveying; (Half of the Semester.) Latin: Quintilian, (Frieze's); EsRhetoric; Whately, (half of the Se- says in Latin; Lectures by the mester.) Professor on Roman Literature (three-fifths of the Semester.) History: Lord's Modern History, (two-fifths of the Semester.) Chemistry and Mineralogy: Lectures by the Professor, (threefifths of the Semester.) Astronomy: Course of Descriptive Astronomy, (two-fifths of the Semester.) SENIOR YEAR. FIRST SEMESTER. SECOND SEMESTER. Mental Philosophy. Moral Philosophy. Geology: Lectures on Lithological Geology: Lectures by the ProfesGeology, (all but nine weeks of sor, (all but nine weeks.) the Semester.) Elective Studies: Analytical ChemLatin: Tacitus, (Tyler's); Essays in istry, (in Laboratory.) Latin; Lectures on Roman His- German; tory, (nine weeks.) Latin; Iistory: Guizot on Civilization in Zoology; Europe, (the last six weeks.) Geometrical Drawing; Elective Studies: Analytical Chem- Italian Language; istry, (in Laboratory.) Spanish Language. German; Zolilogy; Geometrical Drawing; Higher Mathematics. 6O COURSES OF INSTRUCTION. COURSE OF CIVIL EJGIC.EERING. This Course is the same as the Second Scientific Course up to Second Semester of the Junior Year; and also the same in tile Second Semester of the Junior Year; except that Machine Drawiug is not elective but required. SENIOR YEAR. FIRST SEMESTER. SECOND SEMESTER. Geology: Same as in the preceding Geology: The same as in the preceCourses. ding Courses. Mechanics: Theory of Resistance Engineering: Theory of Motors and of Materials; of Bridges, Roofs, General Lectures by the Professor. &c., (nine weeks), Drawing: Plans and Elevations of Godesy; Theory and Use of Engi- Engineering Structures. neering Instruments, and Field Elective Studies: In both SemesWorks. (Half of Semester). ters Architectural Drawing. and Geographical Drawing: (Half of the the same as in preceding courses, Semester). except Greek and Latin. Higher Astronomy: (Six weeks.) Graduates of the Classical Course may receive the degree of Civil Engineer by passing an examination in the subjects specially pertaining to Engineering. Also graduates of other Colleges will be entitled to the same privilege. COURSE If MIJNIJfNG ENWGIREERIYG. This Course of Study is presented only as it pertains to the Junior and Senior Years. To enter upon the J unior Year the student must have passed examination in the Mathematical studies required to the close of the Freshman Year. JUNIOR YEAR. FIRST SEMESTER. SECOND SEMESTER. Surveying: Land, Topographical, Chemistry: Lectures by the Profesand Railroad. sor, and Work in the Laboratory. Drawing: Geometrical, Tinting and Geology: Same as in Senior Year Shading. of other Courses. Geodesy: Theory and Use of Instru- Drawing: Shadows and Perspecments. tive. Descriptive Geometry. COURSES OF INSTRUCTION. 61 SENIOR YEAR. FIRST SEMESTER. SECOND SEMESTER. Chemistry: Qualitative Analysis, Chemistry: Quantitative Analysis. and Determinative Mineralogy. Metallurgy: Reducing of Ores and Geology: With special reference to Assaying. Mining Districts. Practical Operations: Continued. Practical Operations: The theory of General Lectures on Mining. Shafts, Adits, Tunnels, Construction of Furnaces, &c. Drawing: Continued. The above Courses of Study are mlore fully explained under the following divisions: 1.-Rhetoric and English Literature. Besides the regular studies mentioned in the several Courses above, all th Students have instruction and exercises in Vocal Culture, Declamation of selected and original productions, and in the preparation of Essays, &e., subject to criticism by the Professor. The Junior Class hold a public exhibition, and members of the Senior Class have public exercises on " Class Day," and on Commencement Day. 11.-Latin Language and Literature. This study embraces a select series of the Latin Classics, accompanied by progressive exercises in the analysis and comnposition of the language, and a course of lectures on the History, Literature, and Antiquities of Rome. FIRST YEAR.-Cicero de Amicitia; Livy, Lincoln's; Latin Prose Composition. SECOND YEAR.-Horace, Lincoln's; Terence; Prosody; Roman Iistory and Antiquities. THIiRD YEAR.-Quintilian, Frieze's; Essays in Latin; Lectures on Roman Literature. FOURTH YEAR.-Tacitus, Tyler's; Essays in Latin; Lectures on Roman Iistory. TEACHERS' CLAsS.-Frieze's Virgil. Ill.-Greek Language and Literature. The instruction in Greek extends throuLh the first two years, with one semester in the third, and one semester in the fourth year. 62 COURSES OF INSTRUCT1ON. FIRST YEAR.-Xenophon's Anabasis, (Boise's Edition,) and selections from Thucydides. A considerable portion of the time is also devoted to lessons in the Grammar, and to exercises in Boise's Greek Prose Composition. SECOND YEAR.-Further selections from Thucydides are read; and also selections from Homer's Iliad, The exercises in Greek composition are continued, and English essays are required of the class on topics relating particularly to the authors which are studied, or in general to the age in which they lived. THIRD YEAR.-The Oration of Demosthenes on the Crown, (Champlin's Edition.) Essays are required of the class, and lectures are delivered by the instructor, on subjects connected with the age of Athenian Orators. FOURTH YEAR.-Plato's Apology of Socrates, and selections from the Memorabilia of Xenophon. and read in connection with a more general study of the Grecian Philosophy. The course is not always limited to the above-mentioned authors, but may be varied in different years. The following works are particularly recommended as books of reference in the Classical Course: Hadley's Greek Grammar; Smith's Dictionary of Antiquties; Iuehner's Greek Grammar; Smith's Dictionary of Biography and Andrews' and Stoddard's Latin Gram- Mythology; mar; Finlay's or Long's Ancient Atlas; Harkness' Latin Grammar; Spruner's Ancient Atlas; Bullion's Latin Grammar; Kieperts Atlas von Hellas; Zumpt's Latin Grammar; Becker's Charicles; Andrews' Latin Lexicon; Becker's Gallus; Bullion's Latin Lexicon; Grote's and Thirlwall's Histories of Smith's Dictionary of Ancient Geog- Greece; raphy; Arnold's Histories of Rome; Liddell & Scott's Greek-English Lexi- Merivale's Fall of the Roman Repubcon; lie. IV.-Modern Languages and Literature. Tihe subjects taught embrace: I. The French and German Languages. 2. French and German Literature. 3. The General Principles of Comparative Philology. The method of Instruction comprises translations,' written and oral exercises, examinations and lectures. The following text-books are used: Fasquelle's French Method; Racine and Moliere; Grammaire Franlaise de Noel et Chap- Otto's German Grammar; sal; Adler's German Reader; Knapp's Reader; Adler's Handbook of German LiteraDumas Napoleon,(Fasquelle's Edition) ture. COURSES OF INSTRUCTION. 63 In connection with the Lectures on Comparative Philology and Mlodern Literature, the following books of referelce are recoinniended as most accessible to the student: Bunsen's Philosophy of Universal History; Dwight's Modern Philology; Max Muller's Science of Language and Survey of Languages; Dr. Donaldson's New Cratylus and Varronianus; Wedgewood's Etymological Dictionary; Garnet's Philological Essays. The Works of Renan, Rask, Pictet, Nodier and William von Humboldt; Scheler's Dictionnaire d'Etymologie Fran9aise; Taylor's Survey of German Poetry; Vilmar's and Gervinus' Histories of German Literature; Carlyle's Essays; Histoire de la Litterature Franvaise par Demnogeot. Cours de Litt6rature FranVaise par Villemain; Vinet's French Literature of the Eighteenth Century. Litterature Franlaise par Nisard. V.-History. An effort will be made, First, to conduct the student through a careful review of general History. Second, To give some insight into the Philosophy of Iistory.'Third, To lay the foundation for a thorough study of the Political and Constitutional History of our own Country. Those who enter the University without Classical preparation, will find great advantage in an acquaintance with one or all of the following works: Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Ro- Arno!d's History of Rome; man Empire; Merivale's History of Rome; Grote's HIistory of Greece; Merivale's Rome under the CGesars. VI. —Mathematics. The course pursued in Pure Mathematics has reference both to intellectual training and the acquisition of practical knowledge. /Iay's text-books in Elementary Geometry and Algebra were used in the Freshman year. During this year the student is kept pretty close to the methods of the author; but much stress is laid upon the solution of problems and the performance of all practical exercises tending to promote thoroughness and independent thought. In the Sophomore Year, while text-books are used a part of the course is given by lectures in order to give greater breadth of view, and to 64 COURSES OF INSTRUCTION. develop in the pupil the power of investigation, by following out suggestions made by the lecturer. For General Geometry and Calculus Loomis' class-book is used. In the Scientific courses Davies' Analytical Geometry and Courtenay's Calculus are in use. Gillespie's Surveying, Davies' Descriptive Geometry and Warren's Perspective Drawing are used on their several subjects. Ample provision is made for those who wish to pursue a more extended course of Mathematical studies, by allowing them to substitute mathematical for other studies, according to the preceding synopsis of the Courses of Instruction. In this way the General Geometry, Infinitesimal Calculus, Calculus of Variations, and the Calculus of Finite Differences, may be pursued as far as students may desire. VII.-Physics. This study is pursued during the third, or Junior Year. First Semester.-Principles of Physics, by tlke Classical section of the class; Analytical Mechahics, by the Scientific Section. Second Semester.-Acoustics, Optics, and Meteorology, by the Scientific Section. VIIl.-Astronomy. Besides the instruction mentioned in the Courses of Study there is a Course in Higher Astronomy, which embraces two years, and is optional. It begins with the first semester cf the Senior Year; and students who wish to go throunh the whole course must stay one year after their graduation. The lectures during the two years embrace1. Spherical Astronomy, and Theory of the Instruments. 2. Calculations of the Orbits of the Celestial Bodies. 3. Numerical Calculus; Theory of Interpolation; Met1hod of the Least Squares. 4. Physical Astronomy; Calculation of the Special and General Perturba-'tions of Planets, and Perturbations of Comets. During the whole time the student has ample opportunity to use the instruments of the Observatory, and to make astronomical calculations. IX. —Geology, Zoology, and Botany. The instruction in these subjects is as follows: 1. A course in the elements of Botany, extending through one-third of the second semester of the Freshman Year. __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ __ _ _. _ _ __. _ _ _ __ _ ~ __ _ _. _. _. _ COURSES OF INSTRUCTION. 65 2 A course of lectures and instruction in the elements of Zoology; being an elective study during the first semester of the Senior Year. 3. A course of lectures on the Geology of Mines and metaliferous regions. 4. A course of lectures and instruction in the elements of Geology, during the second semester of the Senior Year. 5. During each semester of the College Year, a more special and extended course of instruction in some of the Departments of Geology. Zoology, or Botany, is offered to candidates for the Masters' Degrees and others possessing the requisite elementary information. This includes practical instruction in paleontology, the use of the microscope, and in the methods of anatomical research, and a discussion of the general principles of classification. (See also " DEGREES.") Students of these higher courses are permitted to work with the Professor in the Laboratory connected with this Department, and receive such assistance as may be found necessary. The above instruction is amply illustrated by maps, diagrams, models, and an extensive collection of Natural History, an account of which the reader will find under "lMuseum.'" Students in this department enjoy also superior facilities for microscopical observations, on which the successful study of Natural History so much depends. The methods of instruction aim to bring the student as much as possible into direct connection with the objects studied, so that Nature may convey her own truths, and become her own interpreter. TEXT-BOOKS AND WORKS OF REFERENCE. Agassiz and Gould's Zoology; Gray's Lessons in Botany; Ter.ney's Natural History; Gray's Manual of Botany; Woodward's Recent and Fossil Shells; Gray's Botanical Text-Book; Owen on the Vertebrate Skeleton and Dana's Manual of Geology; the Teeth; Vogt's Lehrbuch der Geologie; Carpenter's General and Comparative Hall's Paleontology of New York; Physiology; Pictee's Traite de Paleontologie; Agassiz's Essay on Classification; The various works on American GeolBaird's Mammals and Birds of North ogy and Paleontology. America; X.-Chemistry and Determinative Mineralogy. Thl2 instruction in Chemistry is embraced in a course of lectures to the Medical Class during the first semester, and to the Junior Class during the second, on elementary Chemistry. The Institution being well supplied with apparatus, these lectures are fully illustrated by experiments, and are attended by 5 66 COURSES OF INSTRUCTION. thorough reviews and examinations. Adopting a chemical classification of minerals, the science of Mineralogy is treated in connection with that of Chemistry. Students more advanced in the science will be admitted into the Analytical Laboratory, and furnished with all the necessary material and apparatus, and will conduct, with their own hands, under the direction and supervision of the professor, a systematic course of Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis. The object of this course is two-fold, viz: First, to make the student familiarl, by actual practice, with the principles and laws of the science, as well as the properties of the various elements and compounds, and their relation to each other. Second, to exercise the student in the chemical mlanipulation, and enable him to perform analytical investigations. During the second semester particular attention is given to special investigations in Chemical Technology, among which will be embracedSoil Analysis and the Manufacture of Manures; Analysis of Minerals and Mineral Waters, and Blow-Pipe examinations; Alkalimetry and Acidimetry; The Preparation and Purification of Chemicals; Toxicological Investigations; Pharmaceutical Preparations. This course is designed to embrace the general applications of the science to Agriculture, the Arts and Manufactures, and Medicine; and, in short, to make thorough Pract;cal Chemists and Mineralogists. BOOKS OF REFERENCE. WVell's Chemistry; Fresenius' and Rose's Analysis; Miller's Chemistry; Dana's Mineralogy; Brand and Taylor's Chemistry; Abel & Bloxam's Chemistry; Douglass' Analysis; Cavendish Publications; Musprat on the Blow-Pipe; Knapp's Chemical Technology; Elderhorst on the Blow-Pipe; Sharpe's Tables. Normandy's Analysis. XI.-Civil Engineering. The subjects pertaining specially to Civil Engineering, which are studied during the first three years, are pu, sued in the following order, viz: COURSES OF INSTRUCTION. 67 FIRST YEAR.-Seconl Semester.-Geometrical Drawing, Warren's; Topographical Drawing, Smith's; Tinting, Shading, and Lettering. SECOND YEAR.-First Semester.-Surveying, Gillespie's, and Descriptive Geometry, Davies'. Second Semester.-Linear Perspective, Warren's; Theory of Shades and Shadows. THIRD YEAR.-The studies are the same during this year as in the Second Scientific Course. In drawing, the student is required to construct, accurately and neatly, the figures which are assigned to him from the text-books; also to make projections and perspectives of objects which are placed before him in the drawing-room, and tint and shade them. In surveying, he is required to use the instruments in the field, and make at least three accurate surveys, and plats of fields which are assigned him by the instructor. One of these must be made with the Compass, one with the Transit, and one with the Theodolite. The other studies which are pursued during the first three years of the Course, are intended to lay that broad foundation of general culture, and to secure that knowledge of the French Language, and of mathematics, which are essential to a successful prosecution of the subjects of the fourth year. FOURTH YEAR. first Semester.-Practical Astronomy.-Computations for Time, Latitude and Longitude. Road Engineering.-Gillespie's Roads and Railroads; Henck's Field Book for Engineers; Lectures and field work. Engineering Instruments.-The Theory, Adjustments, and use in the field of the Solar Compass, Transit, Theodolite, Level, and Stadia. Geodesy.-Railroad Surveying. Leveling.-Theory and Practice. Drawing.-Topographical Plans; Shades and Shadows. Resistance of Materials and Friction.-Mathematical Theory, and results of experiments. Constructions.-Analytical Investigations of the Stability of Girder, Suspension, Tubular, and Arch Bridges; of Retaining Walls, and Frames. Second Semester.-Ilydraulics and HIydraulic Motors. —Morin Traite d'Hydraulique; Lectures. M3fachines.-Transformation of Motion; Theory of the Fly-Wheel, Governor, and other parts. Geodesy.-Topographical and Hydrographical Surveying. 68 COURSES OF INSTRUCTION. Higher Geodesy.-Method of determining the form of the Earth; Methods of the.TJnited States Coast Survey. Geology.-The same as for the Senior Class. Descriptive Geometry.-Spherical Projections; Sun Dials; Warped Surfaces. Draughting.-Plans and Elevations of Engineering Constructions; Architectural Drawing; Graphics of Stone Cutting; and Machine Drawing. Thesis.-Design or review of some Engineering Work; or discussion of some scientific subject. Throughout the whole course, special pains will be taken to make daily applications of the theory to practical problems. The student is required to adjust the instruments and use them in the field; making ideal surveys for railroads; determining grades; setting slope stakes; running curves; and making topographical and hydrographical surveys. The preceding course is intended for candidates for gradnation; but students are allowed to pursue any particular branch of Engineering for which they are prepared. WORKS OF REFERENCE IN THE LIBRARY. Warren's Descriptive Geometry; Navier Resume des LeVons de la MePractical Draughtsman; canique; Barlow on the Strength of Materials; Theory of the Arch, Woodbury; Weisbach's Mechanics and Engineer- Mahan's Civil Engineering; ing; Civil Engineers' and Architects' JourBow on Bracing,; nal; Weale's Series; Journal of the Franklin Institute. Haupt on Bridge Construction; The following Course is suggested for resident graduates, and those who wish to prosecute mathematics beyond the preceding course: Theoretical Engineering.-Linear differential equations applied to Robinson's Suspension Bridge; Calculus of variations, to find body of least resistance, as piers in a stream; Elliptic Functions, to investigate the Hydrostatic Trough; and Molecular Mechanics and Machine Drawing. Astronomy.-Spherical and Physical Astronomy. XII.-School of Mines. The School of Mines has recently been established. Its object is to qualify men for conducting mining operations upon strictly scientific principles. ___________~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ COURSES OF INSTRUCTION. 69 To be admitted to the course of instruction, the student must pass the examinations for admission to one of the Freshman Classes of the regular courses, (see page 52,) all of Elementary Geometry and Plane Trigonometry. COURSE OF INSTRUCTION-FIRST YEAR. First Semester.-Surveying.-Land Surveying, Gillespie's; Topographical Surveying; Railroad Surveying. Engineering.-Theory of the Construction of Common Roads and Railroads, Gillespie's. Graphics.-Descriptive Geometry and Topographical Drawing. Geodesy.-The theory, adjustments and use of the Plain Compass, Solar Compass, Transit, Theodolite, Level and Stadia. Geology.-The General Principles of Geology. Second Semester.-Graphics.-Geometrical Drawing,Warren's; tinting, shading, shadows, and perspective. Chemistry.-Elementary Principles of Chemistry and Mineralogy, Lectures; Qualitative Chemical Analysis, exercises in the Laboratory. SECOND YEAR. First Semester.-OCheemistry.-Qualitative Chemical Analysis, and Determinative Mineralogy. Engineering.-Mining Engineering; running of Shafts; Adits, Tunnels, and the construction of Furnaces. Graphics.-Drawing of Machinery; Furnaces; and Sections of Mines. Geology.-Special Geology; Geology of Mining Districts. Second Semester.-Chemistry.-Quantitative Analysis. Afetallurgy.-Manner of reducing Ores, and Assaying. Mining.-History of Mining Operations. Students who pass satisfactory examinations upon the above course, and write and defend a thesis upon some topic, relating to mining operations, will be entitled to the degree of "Mining Engineer." Those who desire a knowledge of the French language, and higher mathematics, will connect themselves with the Scientific Course, and pursue it regularly to the Senior Year, except that Graphics in the first semester, and Qualitative Analysis during the second semester, will be substituted for one of the regular studies of the Junior Year. XIII,-ntellectual and Moral Philosophy. Philosophy is taught in the use of text-books, essays, and discussions by the Class, and lectures by the Professor: during ~ —-- ------- - -J ---- - ------- ~ ------- 70 COURSES OF INSTRUCTION. the first semester, Intellectual and Moral Philosophy, and the Evidences of Christianity; and during the second semester, -Esthetics, and the History of Philosophy. XIV.-Hygiene, or Sanitary Science. Instruction in this subject will consist of two courses of lectures on the Laws of Health, under the divisions of Personal, Mental, Domestic, Public, and Military Hygiene; embracing so much of Anatomy and Physiology as may be necessary to render the subject practical and intelligible. The object of these lectures is to introduce the student to a knowledge of the facts and principles of Life and Organization, and to inculcate such rules for the preservation of "a sound mind in a sound body" as his own interests and the exigencies of the times demand. XV.-Logic and Political Economy. A Course of Lectures on Logic is given during the first semester, before the Senior Class. During the second semester, instruction by use of a textbook and lectures, is given on Political Economy. isciplinl. The Rules of the University require that every student shall be in his place, at all stated exercises, from the opening to the close of his connection with the University. Every instance of absence, tardiness, or failure in recitation, unless a satisfactory excuse be rendered to the proper officer at or before the time of the occurrence, is reported to the Faculty. Absences are excused after their occurrence only by a vote of the Faculty, satisfactory explanation being made in writing, either by the student or by his parent or guardian. All unexcused delinquencies are registered; and when the number amounts to five, or any number more than five and less than ten, notice thereof is given to the student, and to his parent or guardian. When the number of unexcused delinquencies amounts to ten, the student ceases to be a member of the University. Students are also dismissed whenever, in the opinion of the Faculty, they are pursuing a course of conduct detrimental to themselves and to the University. Students who are not in their places at the opening of the term, must present written excuses from their parents or guardians for the delay. Students are not allowed to absent themselves from town without permission from the President. The Undergraduate Students are required to attend prayers daily in the College Chapel, and public worship on the Sabbath at any one of the churches in the city of Ann Arbor which they, or their parents or guardians may select. The Degree of MINING ENGINEER is conferred upon students who pass the examinations in the School of Mines. The Degree of CIVIL ENGINEER is conferred upon students who complete the course of Civil Engineering, and pass the examinations in the same. The Degree of BACHELOR OF ARTS is conferred upon students who complete the Classical Course, and pass the examinations in the same. The Degree of BACHELOR OF SCIENCE is conferred upon students who complete either of the Scientific Courses, and pass the examinations in the same. The Degrees of MASTER OF ARTS AND MASTER OF SCIENCE are conferred respectively, upon Bachelors of Arts and Bachelors of Science, according to the following conditions: 1. The candidate must be a graduate either of this or some other collegiate institution empowered to confer degrees. 2. Ie must pursue at least two of the courses for a year, designated in the programme on the following page. 3. He must sustain an examination before the Faculty in at least three of the studies so attended-the studies to be elected by the candidate. 4. He must present a thesis to the Faculty on one of the subjects chosen for examination. The second Degree may thus be obtained, on examination, one year after the first Degree. The Master's Degree will also be conferred upon graduates of three year's standing, who shall have engaged, during that period, in professional, or in literary and scientific studies. The above-described higher courses will not be restricted to graduates and candidates for the second Degrees, but will be open to all who shall give satisfactory evidence of ability to profit by them. rograntmm of taubis, FOR THE DEGREES OF ~A.. X, D J. S. COURSES FOR THE FIRST TERM. Dr. HAVEN.-Logic.-Its History and actual influence on thought and language. Professor WILLI.AS.-Physics.-Analytical Mechanics. Professor DouQLAss. —Chemistry and Mineralogy.-A course of Qualitative and Determinative Mineralogy. Professor BOISE.-Greek Literature.-The Dramatic Writers of Greece. Professor WINCHELL.-Zoology.-Lectures on the Vertebrate Skeletonits Morphology and Homologies. Professor FRIEZE. —Latin Literature.-The Epistolary Writings of Cicero and Pliny the Younger. Professor ADAMS. —IHistory.-Lectures on General History. Professor WooD. —Civil Engineering. —Theory of Constructions, Professor WATSON.-Astronomy.-Numerical Calculus; Theory of Interpolation and Quadratures; Method of the Least Squares. Professor EvANs. —French Literature. Professor CHAPIN.-Modern Philosophy. Professor OLNEY. —-lMathematics.-Differential and Integral Calculus. COURSES FOR THE SECOND TERM. Dr. HAVEN. — General Culture.-Theory of Taste; Political Economy. Professor WILLIAMS.-Physics.-Mathematical Theory of Light and Sound. Professor DOUGLASS.-Chemistry and Mineralogy.-Course of Quantitative Analysis, with investigations, referring specially to the applications of the Science to the Arts, Manufactures and Agriculturec Professor BOISE.-Greek Literature.-The Greek Philosophical Writers. Professor WINCHELL.-Palceontology.-A course of study of the organic remains of one of the Paleozoic Groups of Rocks. Professor FRIEzE.-Latin Literature. —The Roman Satirists. Professor ADAMs. —-The History of England, with special reference to the growth of the British Constitution. Professor WOOD.Civil Engineering. —Theory of Machines; Hydraulics. Professor EVANS.-German Literature. Professor CHAPIN.-Elements of Morality; Civil Liberty and Self-Government. Professor OLNEY. —Matlematics.-Calculus of Variations. zepartnunt of tbirinet anb turqer. I.-Terms of Admission. Every candidate for admission shall exhibit to the Faculty satisfactory evidence of a good moral and intellectual character; a good English Education, including a proper knowledge of the English Language, and a respectable acquaintance with its Literature, and with the Art of Composition; a fair knowledge of the Natural Sciences, and at least of the more elementary mathematics, including the chief elements of Algebra and Geometry, and such a knowledge of the Latin Language as will enable him to read current prescriptions, and appreciate the technical language of the Natural Sciences and of Medicine. Students are expected to be in attendance upon the first day of the term, as the regular course of instruction will commence upon, and continue from, that day; and, by the rule adopted, certificates are issued only for the period of actual attendance. II.-Course of Instruction. The Annual Session commences on the first day of October, and continues until the last Wednesday of March. Four lectures are delivered daily. Previous to each lecture, the students are carefully examined upon the subject of the preceding lecture. The total number of lectures in the term will thus be between six and seven hundred. In addition to this, the class is divided into sections, for examination of various tissues of the body by means of mlicroscopes;.so that each student has repeated opportunities for becoming familiar with the minute structure of parts, and also the practical working of the instruments; on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Clinics are held for both medical and surgical patients, when examinations are held, prescriptions made, and DEPARTMIENT CF MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 75 operations performed, gratuitously to patients, in the presence of the class. I I.-Degrees. To be admitted to the degree of " Doctor of Medicine," the student must exhibit evidence of having pursued the study of Medicine and Surgery for the termn of three years, with some respectable Practitioner of Medicine, (including lecture terms); must have attended two full courses of lectures, the last of which must have been in the College of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Michigan, and the previous one in this or some other respectable Medical Institution; must have been engaged in the study of Practical Anatomy; must be twenty-one years of age; must have submitted to the Faculty a thesis, composed and written by himself, on some medical topic, and have passed an examination, at the close of the term, satisfactory to the Faculty. To encourage a higher grade of preliminary acquirement, an allowance of six months fiom the term of study is made in favor of graduates of the Department of Science and Arts, and of other respectable Literary Colleges. Each candidate for graduiation must so announce himself at the commencement of his second course, and must be examined in Anatomy, Physiology, Materia Medeica and Chemistry. He is also required, during the course, to submit to written examinations by each Professor, on some subject pertaining to his department, in order to further test his knowledge of such subjects, and his ability to express himself correctly in writing. His final thesis may be written either in English, German, French or Latin; and, if required, must be defended before the Faculty. The theses of successful candidates are to be preserved among the archives of the College. IV.-Ceneral Observations. The University of Michigan has aimed to elevate the standard of medical attainments, as will appear by consulting the requirements for a Medical Degree. Should the student 76 DEPARTMENT OF 3IEDICINE AND SURGERY. enter upon the course with an inadequate preparation, he cannot be admitted as a candidate for the degree of M. D., nor hope to pass the required examination, without subjecting himself to severe study. The Medical Faculty, in common with all enlightened members of the Profession, desire, earnestly, that a rule might prevail in our country like that which prevails in most of the Universities of Europe, by which a liberal education should be the necessary introduction to professional study. The sciolist easily runs into the empiric; but he who has obtained a thorough scientific discipline knows how to discriminate between visionary conjectures and established truths. In pursuance of this prime object, several modifications of the prevailing system of medical teaching have been adopted, among which may be specified: The extension of the lecture term; thorough daily examinations upon topics discussed; cultivation of the power of communicating medical facts and principles in writing; fiequent examinations in review; and adequate proofs of high proficiency, prior to granting the honors of the Institution. Arrangements have been made by which an ample supply of material for the purpose of Practical Anatomy has been secured; and special attention is devoted to rendering this important study as advantageous as possible to the student. Experience has shown that the material for this department can be furnished as abundantly, and at as low rates, as at any other institutions of the kind. The means of illustration in the Chemical Department and in the Department of Materia Medica, were, not long since, greatly increased by tile importation from Paris of an extensive suit of rare and pure Chemicals, and of various articles of Organic Materia Medica, put up in a beautiful and unitorm style. The Chemical Apparatus and Surgical Instruments have also been much increased, and the means of illustrating cutaneous and other diseases fiom plates and models have become very extensive. DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 77 Additions are constantly being made to the Museumn, of Anatomical and Pathological specimens, as well as of specimens of the crude Materia Medica and of Pharmacentica l preparations. Various friends of the Institution have continued to manifest their kindness and interest by sending contributions to the different departments. tcpartment of lab. 0 - B.-The Department. The success of this Department has more than equaled the highest expectations at the time it was first opened. It has been the endeavor, alike of the Regents and of the Faculty, to make the instruction imparted and the advantages afforded in this Department equal to any attainable elsewhere in the country; and in this they believe they have been entirely successful. And they expect to spare no effort on their part to render it deserving, in the future, of a continually increasing prosperity. A new and spacious building has been erected for its accommodation, with ample debating and society rooms, and in every respect the conveniences of the Department are unsurpassed. l1.-Terms of Admission. The sole requisites of admission are that the candidates shall be eighteen years of age, and be furnished with certificates giving satisfactory evidence of good moral character. No previous course of reading is required, and the course of instruction for the two terms has been carefully arranged, with a view to enable students to enter profitably at any stage of their.tudies, and at either term. I.-Course of Instruction. The design of the Department is to give a course of instruction that shall fit young gentlemen for practice in any part of the country. The course will embrace the several branches of Constitutional, International, Maritime, Commercial, and Criminal Law, Medical Jurisprudence, and the Jurisprudence of the United States; and will include such instruction in Common Law and Equity Pleading, Evidence and Practice, as will lay a substantial foundation for practice in all departments of the law. DEPARTMENT OF LAW. 79 The course will be continued through a period of two years, with one t r.n in each year, cominencing on the first day of October, and continluing until the Law Commencement in the last week of March ensuing. Ten lectures and examinations will b.~ held each week during the term. For one year they embrace the following subjects: The Origin and History of Equity of Jurisprudence; The General Heads of Equity Procedure, and Nature and Forms of Equitable Remedies; Criminal Law; The Laws of Evidence, and their Application in Legal Proceedings: Contracts; Title to Personal Property, by Gift, Inheritance, Sale, Mortgage, Assignment, and by Operation of Law; Bailments; Bills of Exchange and Promisory Notes, and Commercial Law generally; Estates in Real Property; Easements; Title to Real Property; The Domestic Relations. For the year after, the following subjects: Some Special Heads of Evidence, and Equity Jurisprudence; Equity Pleading and Practice; Jurisprudence of the United States; Shipping and Admiralty; Agency; The Law of Corporation; Common Law Pleading and Practice; Constitutional Law; Partnership; Uses and Trusts; Wills, their Executions, Revocation and Construction; The Administration and Distribution of Estates of Deceased Persons, Moot Courts are held at least once a week during the term, for the arglument of cases previously given out by the Professors to students designate4 to discuss them. They will be presided over by the Professor lecturing for the day, who, at the conclusion, wi'l review the arguments, and give his decision upon tie points involved. Club Courts will also be organized among the students, to be arranged and conducted by themselves, with such assistance from the members of the Faculty as may be desired. These Courts, thus far, have been found both interesting and exceedingly useful. 80 DEPARTMENT OF LAW. IV.-Library. A well-selected and very useful Law Library has been purchased, and arranged for the use of students, and which will be open for consultation at all reasonable hours. The rooms of the Professors adjoin the Library, and they will be ready at all times to furnish to students such aid in their studies and investigations as they may desire. The GeneralLibrary of the University is also at all times open to the students of this Department. Hon. RICHARD FLETCHER, one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, has generously donated to the Department his valuable law Library. V.-Degrees. The Degree of Bachelor of Laws will be conferred upon such students as shall pursue the full course of two years in this Department, and pass an approved examination. It will also be conferred on those who, having attended another Law School for a period equal to one year of our course, or practiced law for one year under a license fiom the highest Court of general jurisdiction in any State, shall also pursue one year's course in this Lepartment, and pass a like examination. In Michigan, the degree entitles the resident graduate to an immediate license to practice in all the Courts of the State. Candidates for degrees must announce themselves as such to the Dean of the Faculty, at least three months before Commencement. They must be twenty-one years of age, and each will be required to prepare and deposit with the Faculty, at least one month before graduation, a dissertation not less than forty folios in length, on some legal sulject selected by himself. These theses will be filed and preserved in the Library. VI.-Books. While several copies of each of the leading text-books will be found in the Library, it is exceedingly desirable that students should supplly tlhenselves with such as they may need at their rooms; and each is advised to procure for himself the f,;llowing: In —UII l~II~IlIO- I —V^CIIU DEPARTMENT OF LAW. 81 Blackstone's (or Stephen's) and Kent's Commentaries; Parsons on Contracts; Adams" Equity, or Story's Equity Jurisprudence; And the first volume of Greenleafs or Starkie's Evidence, and of Bishop on Criminal Law. These books will be found essential in subsequent practice, and it will greatly facilitate the studies of the student to have them at all times at hand. VII.-Ceneral Remarks. The Faculty are frequently applied to by letter for advice upon the question whether it is desirable to enter upon the stuly of the law, and acquire some general knowledge of its principles before admission to this Department. It is somewhat difficult to lay down general rules that can be advantageously applied in all cases, but the Faculty are of the opinion that, for the first year at least, more positive benefit is received from the lectures, and more positive advancement in the law made, by students who have read before coming. at least, the Commentaries of Blaekstone, than by those who are beginners here. But the Faculty are fully aware of the difficulty experienced by the student in giving proper direction to his reading and investigations at the beginning; and they do not, therefore, make it a condition of admission that there shall be any prior reading in the law whatever. The want of such prior reading will, doubtless, in many cases, be fully compensated in the aid the beginner may receive here at the outset. It is not often that the student receives the needed assistance, except in Law Schools. The active practitioner, engrossed with the cares of business, cannot —or, at least, as proved by experience, does not-give to the students who place themselves in his charge, that attention and assistance essential to give a correct direction to their reading, and to teach them to apply it usefully and aptly in their subsequent professional life. The reading of a student in a law office is practically the study of the law by himself, and without assistance; and he neither acquires that familiarity with books and that facility of reference which it will be the aim of this Department to assist 6 82 DEPARTMENT OF LAW. in acquiring, nor learns anything of the practical application of legal principles, beyond what he may pick up from observation of the practice of his preceptor. The effort here will be to make, not theoretical merely, but practical lawyers; not to teach principles merely, but how to apply them. To this end, the Moot Court will be made the forum for the discussion of such practical questions as must frequently arise in a professional career at the bar; and the attention of the Faculty will be directed not less to the application of the points discussed to actual cases, than to the elucidation of the lega questions. An opportunity will be afforded all the senior students to participate in this Court, and they will at all times have such assistance in their Club Courts as they may find themselves in need of. While thus endeavoring sedulously to impart legal knowledge, the fact will not be lost sight of, that a high moral standard is the most important requisite to a successful and honorable legal career; and no pains will be spared in impressing this fact upon students, and in inculcating a high tone of professional ethics and action. j _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1.-Libraries. The University Library is well arranged in the large room appropriated to it in the first story of the Law building, and contains now more than sixteen thousand books, all of which have been purchased within a few years. An appropriation of about a thousand dollars annually is made for its enlargement. The Law Library is in the second story of the same building, and is open to students of the law department, ten hours each working day, under such regulations as make it a pleasant place, not only for consultation, but regular study. It has about three thousand volumes. The two Literary Sosieties, in the Department of Science, Literature and the Arts,'have also good and growing libraries. The Christian Association connected with the University has a well selected Library, of moral and religious works. Donations to this Library would be gladly received. The Libraries accessible to the students amount, in the aggregate, to about 22,000 volumes. Il.-Astronomical Observatory. This Observatory, a donation of citizens of Detroit, is situated half a mile from the University ground, in Ann Arbor, on a hill 150 feet above the Huron River. The building consists of a main part, with a movable dome 21 feet in diameter, and two wings, one of which contains the rooms for the observer, while, in the other, is mounted the splendid Meridian-Circle presented by H. N. WALKER, Esq., of Detroit. This instrument, one of the largest and best of its kind, was imported from Berlin. The focal length of its telescope is eight and a half feet, and the clear aperture of the object-glass is six and a half inches. It is furnished with two circles, a little more than three feet in diameter, and each circle is provided with four microscopes, by which the divisions of the circle can be read as near as one-tenth of a second. The same room contains a sidereal clock, made by TIEDE, in Berlin, and two col. limators, north and south from the Meridian-Circle, for the determination of the error of collimation. The west wing contains a Chronograph, with BOND'S new isodynamic escapement, for recording observations by the electro-magnetic method. In the dome is mounted a large 84 MISCELLANEOUS. refracting telescope,.with an object-glass thirteen inches in diameter, constructed by the late HENRY FITZ, of New York. The performance of this instrument is entirely satisfactory, and ranks it among the best and largest in the world. Students who make Astronomy an optional study during the Senior year, or in the University Course, will have instruction in the use of the instruments, and will have an opportunity to participate in the observations. 111.-The Museum. The University Museum embraces the following valuable collections, illustrative of Science, Art, History, Agriculture, and Ethnology: 1.-NATURAL HISTORY. I. A choice collection of MINERALS, embracing over six thousand specimens, principally European. This collection was purchased of the late Baron LEDERER, and is called the "Lederer Collection." Also a rich collection of the MINERAL SPECIES OF MIICHIGANI, including all the varieties of Copper Ore and Associated Minerals from the different localities of the Lake Superior district. This collection is partly the fruit of the State Geological Survey, and partly the result of the subsequent labors of Prof. DOUGLASS. II. The collection in GEOLOGY, consisting of: 1st. The large and complete series of lithological and palaeontological specimens brought together by the State Geological Surveys of which over a hundred fossil species have already become the types of original descriptions. 2d. The WHITE COLLECTION, consisting of 1,018 distinct entries and about 6,000 specimens. 3d. The ROMINGER COLLECTION, embracing about 2,500 entries and 6,000 specimens, mostly from the Mesozoic formations of Central Europe. This Collection embraces 500 specimens of Mesozoic Ammonites. 4th. SMITHSONIAN DEPOSITES, consisting for the present of a collection of foreign and domestic specimens of building stones, and 23 species of fossils from the Upper Missouri. 5th. MISCELLANEOUS DONATIONS AND COLLECTIONS, of which a large quantity has been procured during the past year. The entire Geological Cabinet is estimated to contain over 10,800 distinct entries and 35,000 specimens. MISCELLANEOUS 85 III. A very large ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTION, consisting of: 1st. A complete suit of the Birds which visit Michigan, with most of the Mammals of the State; a nearly complete Series of the Reptiles found east of the Rocky Mountains; two thousand species of Mollusea, embracing all the land and flesh-water forms of the Northern and Western States, and a considerable collection of the Fishes and Radiata. 2d. The TRowBRIDGEM COLLECTION. ThiR is a series of 1,356 entries (3,000 specimens) in most of the classes of the Animal Kingdom, made by Lieut. TROWBRIDGE (late Professor in the University) upon the Pacific coast, with numerous additions from the interior and eastern portions of the continent, supplied by the Smithsonian Institution. 3d. SMITHSONIAN DEPOSITES, consisting of about 200 skins of birds from the Arctic Birds; 204 entries of Marine shells from the IndoPacific, and Panama, labeled by Mr. P. P. CARPENTER; and 81 entries of Unionidce. 4th. MISCELLANEOUS DONATIONS AND COLLECTIONS. The whole number of entries in the Zoological Cabinet is over 6,300, and the whole number of specimens not less than 16,000. IV. A BOTANICAL COLLECTION, consisting of: 1st. The plants of the State, collected by the public surveys, and numbering about 1,175 species, 1,500 entries, and 9,000 specimens. 2d. The HOUGHTON HERBARIUM, collected by the late Professor DOUGLASS HOUJGHTON, M. D., and recently presented to the University by his widow, Mrs. R. R. RICHARDS. It consists of 28 folio cases of dried and labeled plants from various parts of the United States, and is estimated to contain 1,800 species. 3d. The SAGER HERBARIUM, recently presented by Prof. ABRAM SAGER, and containing about 1,200 species and 5,000 specimens, collected mostly in the New England and Western States. 4th. A collection of truncheons of the different varieties of wood growing in the United States, and a few from foreign countries. 5th. A collection of the seeds of native and cultivated plants. 86 MISCELLANEOUS. The entire Botanical Cabinet embraces 3,800 entries and over 18,000 specimens. The Geological, Zoological and Botanical Cabinets together, are estimated to contain about 21,600 separate entries and 70,000 specimens. 2.-ETHNOLOGY AND RELICS. This department of the Museum, now in its incipiency, contains various articles of domestic and warlike use among the North American Indians, and the islanders of the South Pacific; and sundry relics and memorials of the enterprises of Peace as well as of our great Civil War. It seems eminently appropriate that the University of Michigan should make efforts to preserve memorials of the native tribes so fast disappearing before the march of civilization; and it is earnestly hoped that this department of the Museum may be deemed a suitable place of deposit for any such relics in the possession of our citizens. A number of interesting relics from the Pacific Islanders have been added by the Smithsonian Institution during the past year. Efforts are making to found in the University a collection illustrating the materials, processes and products of agriculture and horticulture. The nucleus of such a collection already exists in, 1st, The Botanical and Zoological Cabinets, and the Cabinet of Economical Geology; 2d, A collection of the seeds of cereals and other field and garden crops; 3d, An interesting collection of textile fibres and various substitutes for cotton, received from the department of Agriculture at Washington. 3. —THE FINE ARTS AND HISTORY. This collection was commenced in the year 1855, and at present comprises: 1. A Gallery of CASTS, in full size and in reduction, of the most valuable Ancient Statues and Busts. These were mainly executed at the imperial modeling establishment of the Louvre, by DESACHY, of Paris, and by the Brothers MICHELI, of Berlin. 2. A Gallery of more than two hundred REDUCTIONS AND MODELS in terra cotta and other materials. These represent the principal Statues, Portrait Busts, Vases, and other Antiquities in the Museo Borbonico and other European Museums. They were executed at Naples. 3. A Gallery of ENGRAVINGS AND PHOTOGRAPIIIC VIEWS, executed in Italy and Greece, illustrating especially the Architectural and Sculptural Remains of Ancient Rome, Pompeii, Paestum, Athens and Corinth. MISCELLANEOUS. 87 4. The Horace White Collection of Historical Medallions, comprising, 1st, Four hundred and fifty Casts from Antique Gems in the Royal Museum at Berlin, illustrative of Ancient History; 2d, Over five hundrec Casts illustrative of Mediceval History and of the Renaissance Period; 3d, About four hundred Medallion Portraits of Leading Personages in Modern History. 5. A collection has been commenced of copies of the great masterpieces of modern painting, beginning with those prior to Raphael. In addition to the above are several copies of Modern Busts and Reliefs, by THORWALSDEN, CANOVA, PowERs and others. 4.-ANATOMY AND MATERIA MEDICA. The Anatomical Museum has been selected and prepared with direct reference to teaching. Although it is not deemed necessary to enumerate particularly its contents, a few may be named to indicate the character of the collection. Besides containing a number of Adult Skeletons, articulated and separate, of the most perfect description, there are preparations illustrating its various stages of development and change, from its first rudiments of foetal life to extreme old age; and a variety of partial or complete skeletons of inferior animals, to exhibit its various modifications. It contains, likewise, beautifully prepared Skulls and Teeth, to illustrate first and second dentition, and others showing many of the diseases to which they are subject. Various Arterial Preparations, complete and partial, afford good facilities for studying the vascular system. Several hundred Alcoholic Preparations of healthy and diseased structures-human and comparative-furnish important aid in illustrating Physiology and Pathology; while models in plaster and papier mache, with a valuable collection of Plates, Splints and Surgical Instruments, meet the wants of the more practical branches. An important addition to those means of illustration has recently been made by an importation from Europe of great beauty and value; among which are a collection of bones of the head, disarticulated and mounted, and an extended collection of Wax Models, illustrative of 88 MIISCELLANEOUS. various anatomical and pathological conditions, including representations of the Anatomy of the pelvis and its contents, of several varieties of hernia, of specimens of small pox and the vaccine disease, and of a large number of cases in opthalmic surgery, &c. The Department of the Museum illustrative of Materia Medica consists of a very complete suit of Crude Organic Medicinal Substances, embracing between five and six hundred specimens, imported from Paris, pnt up in beautiful glass-covered half-gallon jars, of uniform appearance, finely displayed, arranged according to their order in Natural History, and labeled in both French and English; besides about one thousand other specimens of Simple Mineral and Vegetable Substances and Pharmaceutical and Officinal Preparations, Active Principles, etc., arranged in groups convenient for study; and altogether comprising a collection which, in amount, variety, and adaptedness to the purposes of instruction, it is confidently believed is not equaled by any of a similar character, even, in the older institutions in this country. Besides these actual specimens, Medical Botany is illustrated by batween one and two hundred large and finely-colored Plates, framed and glazed, and displayed for observation. A full suit of Instruments used in the diseases of Females is deposited in the Museum, illustrating the surgical processes required in this class of cases: and the magnificent Portraits of Cutaneous Diseases, by Dr. ERASMUS WILSON, and the no less useful collection by Dr. ROBERT WILLIS, illustrate very fully this department of Pathology. All the above collections are now arranged in Galleries, for the purpose of rendering them attractive, as well as accessible, both to students and visitors. The University thus affords a secure deposit for objects of value and curiosity, and it is, therefore, to be hoped that the Museum will receive accessions by donations from various sources. IV —Expenses. The only charges made by the University are: To residents in Michigan, an admission fee of ten dollars; to those who come from other States or countries, an admission fee of twenty-five dollars; and to every student an annual payment of ten dollars. The admission fee MISCELLANEOUS. 89 is paid but once, and entitles the student to the privileges of permanent membership in any Department of the University. The annual fee is paid the first year and every year thereafter. There are no dormitories and no commons connected with the University. Students obtain board and lodging in private families for from three to six dollars per week. Clubs are also formed, by which the price of board is much reduced. Students can enter the University at any time, but it is best to enter at the beginning of the year. lenral U1 S of tIe niberst, Respecting.4dmission to the Several Departments, and Mlatriculation and Other Fees. EXTRACTS FROM THE BY-LAWS. Every student, before entering any Department of the University, shall pay to the Steward the sum of ten dollars, if a resident of Michigan, and of twenty-five dollars, if from any other State, as Matriculation fees. Each student shall also pay to the Steward, annually. ten dollars, to be devoted to the payment of incidental expenses. Resident graduates are required to pay the same annual dues as undergraduates. and no student or graduate shall be allowed to enjoy the privileges of the University, except on presentation to the President of the Steward's receipt for all fees and dues specified in this or any other rule or regulation of the Board of Regents. The Name of no person shall be presented by any Faculty to the Board of Regents for a degree, till he has exhibited to the Faculty the receipt of the Steward for the payment of all his dues, including the fee for the diploma. ADMISSION TO THE ACADEMICAL DEPARTMENT. Every candidate for admission, when coming from another Collegiate Institution shall exhibit a certificate of honorable dismission. Every candidate for admission to the Freshman Class shall pass an examination satisfactory to the Faculty, in the preparatory studies as required by the rules; and every applicant for an advanced standing shall be examined not only in the preparatory course, but also in all the previous studies of the class which he proposes to enter. ADMISSION TO THE LAW DEPARTMENT. No student shall be admitted to this Department who has not attained the age of eighteen years, nor until he has presented to the Faculty satisfactory evidence of a good moral character. ADMISSION TO THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Every candidate for admission shall exhibit to the Faculty satisfactory evidence of a good moral character; a good English education, including a proper knowledge of the English language, and a respectable acquaintance with its literature and with the art of composition; a fair knowledge of the Natural Sciences, and at least the more elementary Mathematics, including the chief elements of Algebra and Geometry; and such a knowledge of the Latin language as will enablehim to read current prescriptions and appreciate the technical language of the Natural Sciences and of Medicine. _____ ------- 9~p~t{"Xtnm af fit rc, Fttrrttrtr, and the l rto. Names. Residence. CLARENCE MORTON Boss......................... Ypsilanti. WILTON AUGUSTUS CONWAY, JR...................Milwalkee, Wis. CHARLES HADLEY HAMILTON..................... Fond du Lac, Wis. JOHN JAUNCEY KETCHUM........................New York City. THIOMAS WILSON MONTEITH........................Martin, THOMAS WYLIE................................... Martin. tlrmtmt fit Of "edirilt a41 fu'ertty. Names. Residence, Preceptor. AARON W. COOPER............ Grass Lake.......E. B. Chapin. AUGUSTUS R. DAVIDSON........Montreal, C. E..... MaGill College. HOWARD M. HASKELL.......... Verona, N. Y......E. J. Lawton. MICHAEL J. MCTURNAN...o.....Rolla, Iad.........Wm. Ewing. EZRA PETERS..................Plainwell..........J. D. Peters. WILLIAM PYPER...............Unadilla.........Faculty. ROBERT TURNER...............Flat Rock........H. W. Lobdell. i vpartint t Of an.i SENIOR. Names Residence. JOHN H. KINGSBURY......................... Towanda, Pa. JUNIORS. WILLIAM G. CARPENTER........................Edgington, Ill. PHILETUS M. CHURCH............................Sugar Island. JAMES W. HALL............................... Avon, N. Y. GEORGE R. MAXWELL..........................Monroe. DAVID W. STARKEY..................... Batavia, IU. to lanbibats for lbmision. DIRECTIONS TO CANDIDATES FOR ADMISSION. The regular examination for admission to the Department of Literature, Science, and the Arts, will take place an Monday and Tuesday, September 14th and 15th, 1868, beginning at 9 o'clock A. M. The candidate must be provided with credentials from his last instructor, or from the last institution with which he has been connected. These must be presented to the President, (No. 1 Law Building,) before the candidate can enter upon his examination. Candidates for admission to the Medical and Law Departments will apply first to the Steward, at his office, in the Museum Building, and afterwards to the Secretary of the proper Faculty. DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE, LITERATURE, AND THE ARTS. 1868. JANUARY.... 31.... Semi-Annual Examination begins. " FEBRUARY.. 4.... First Semester closes. " FEBRUARY....... Second Semester begins. " MARC......24.... Junior Exhibition. Recess of one week. " APRIL....... 1... College Exercises resumed. " MAY....... 26. Examination of Seniors. " MAY........ 27... Class Day. " JUNE........17....Semi-Annual Examination begins. " UNE........21....Baccalaureate by the President. " JUNE........23.... Anniversary of Alumni. " JUNE........24.... Commencement. Vacation begins. " SEPTEMBER. 14... Examination of Candidates for admission. " SEPTEMBER. 16... First Semester of next College Year begins " DECEMBER.23....Vacation of two weeks begins. DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY, 1868. MARCH.....25.... Term ends; Commencement. " OCTOBER.... 1.... Term of next College Year begins. DEPARTMENT OF LAW. 1868. MARC.....25..... Term ends; Commencement. " OCTOBER. —.....Term of next College Year begins. unmmarj of liubents. DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE, LITERATURE AND THE ARTS. Resident Graduates................ 13 In Mining Engineering,............. 8 Seniors,.................. 48 In Selected Studies,.................59 Juniors,........................ 48 In Higher Chemistry,.............. 51 Sophomores,...................... 87 Freshmen,........................104 Total in Department,...........418 DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY. Students, -....-. -—.. -.....418 DEPARTMENT OF LAW. Seniors, —-............ 159 Juniors,....................278 Total for the Department,-.............................387 Total in the University,............................................ 223 No name, in making out the above Summary, is counted more than once, and no names are inserted in the Catalogue, of persons who have not actually been present as students since the last Annual Catalogue was published. PAGE. PAGE. ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT: LAW DEPARTMENT: Faculty............................11 Faculty......................37 Students......................12 Students.........................38 Admission to.....................51 Admission to...............78, 92 Preparatory Course...............51 Course of Instruction............76 Courses of Inst., tabular view of.55 Library...........................76 Conferring Degrees............72 Degrees.................78 Studies of Higher Courses.......73 Books of Instruction.............78 Calendar........................92 General Remarks on............79 ADMISSION: Calendar.................... 92 To Classical Course..............51 LIBRARY...................... 83 To Scientific Course............51 LOGIC: To Selected Studies..............52 Lectures on....................70 To Advanced Standing..........51 MATERIA MEDICA: Expenses............... 88 Museum of.......................87 Directions to Candidates for... 92 MATHEMATICS: ADVANCED STANDING: Preparation in..............51, 54 Admission to.....................51 Course of Instruction in........63 ANATOMY: useum of........................87 MEDICAL DEPARTMENT: ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY......:83 Facuity..........26.......... 26 ASTRrONOMY: Students..........................27 Course of Instruction in.........64 Admission to...............74, 93 BOTANY: Course of Instruction............74 Course of Instruction in.......64 Degrees...............75 General Observations on.......75 CALENDAR.....................92 7 (CHEM TISTRY: Calendar..........................92 Course of Instruction in........65 MINES, SCHOOL OF.............68 CLASSICAL COURSE: MODERN LANGUAGES: Admission to.....................51 Course of Instruction in.........62 Course of Study................ 55 MUSEUMS: DEGREES: Of Natural History..............84 Conferred during the year....... 6 Of Anatomy & Materia Medica. 87 Remarks on......................72 Of Fine Arts and History.......86 Studies for Higher............. 73 OBSERVATORY................... 89 In Medical Department..........75 PHILOSOPHY: In Law Department..............80 Intellectual and Moral Inst'n in. 69 DISCIPLINE........................71 POLITICAL ECONOMY: ENGINEERING, CIVIL: Instruction in....................70 Course of Instruction in........60 REGENTS, Board of........ 3 ENGINEERING MINING: RHETORIC, Instruction in........61 Course of Instruction in.........60 SCIENE, LITERATURE, & THE ARTS: ENGLISH LITERATURE: See Academic Department. Course of Instruction in........ 61 NTIFIC ETHNOLOGY AND RELICS.......86 SCIENTIFIC COURSE: EXPENSES.D.......... 88 Admission to.....................52 XTEACULTIES: ~~~ ~~ ~ Courses of Study.................56 ~Memlber~s~of.~ 4 Civil Engineering................60 Members of............................ 60 Acadenmic......................II i School of Mines.................. 60 Medical...........................26 SELECTED STUDIES: Law...............................37 Courses in.........................52 FINE ARTS: STUDENTS: Museum of..................... 86 In Academic Department.......12 GEOLOGY: In Medicine......................27 Course of Instruction in........64 In Law...........................38 GREEK LANGUAGE: Summary of...................93 Preparatory Course in............53 UNIVERSITY: Course of Instruction in.........61 Character of......................49 HISTORY: General Rules.................90 Course of Instruction in.........63 Expenses.........................88 LATIN LANGUAGE: VISITORS, Board of................ 3 Preparatory Course in............53 ZOOLOGY: Course of Instruction in.........61 Course of Instruction in.......64 THE lrtttrt Annunt l rot OF THE AMERICAN & FOREIGN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY. PRESENTED AT NEW-YORK, MAY 11, 1853; WITH THE ADDRESSES AND RESOLUTIONS. Neu-Dork: PUBLISHED BY THE AM. & FOR. ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY. LEWIS J. BATES, OFFICE AGENT, 48 BEEKMAN STREET. 1853. JOHN A. GRAY, PRINTER, 95 & 97 Cliff Street. Janual l^^rV AMERICAN Slavery is at war with the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, natural justice, and Christianity. Agitation on the subject will not, therefore, cease, while free discussion is allowed, while a free press exists, while Puritanism and Free Democracy are prized, while love to God and man prevail, until the curse is removed from the Church and Government of this country, and all its citizens are equal before the law. Short-sighted are the politicians who aim to suppress inquiry, and impotent are the divines in their unholy alliance with them. Nature cries aloud against the inhumanities of slavery; Free Democracy abjures the hateful system; and Free Christianity recoils from its leprous touch. That it should exist, extend, and flourish in a nation planted by the excellent of the earth, and in opposition to the principles of republicanism and Christianity, excites the marvel and arouses the grief and indignation of good men throughout the world. Nothing could exceed this marvel, except the astonishment that would pervade all countries to know that the people of the United States, descended from such forefathers, and adopting such a frame of government, had become so lost to patriotism, philanthropy and religion, as to acquiesce in the piratical conduct of a handful of their number, who have seized upon one seventh of the men, women, and children of the land, and doomed them to perpetual, unrequited, brutal servitude, ignorance and heathenism. Indifferent as a majority of the American people now are to the claims of humanity, honor and justice, and apostate as are a large portion of politicians, ministers, and church members to the principles of republicanism and Christianity, with reference to the treatment of the people of color, it is to us a cause of profound gratitude to that Great Being who bore our fathers across the ocean, as it were, on eagles' * THE reader will perceive that matter is introduced into this Report, in some instances, of a later date than the Annual Meeting. So much attention was necessarily devoted to the " Jane Trainer case" by the Corresponding Secretary, that he was obliged to postpone completing the Report of the Committee until an unusually late date; and it was thought best, under these circumstances, to introduce some facts that had come to the knowledge of the Committee while the Report was in a state of preparation. 4 ANNUAL REPORT. wings, to plant freedom of mind and body on this continent, and who sustained them in their struggle for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, that He has raised up a company of men and women to contend for truth and freedom against the combined influence of false Democracy and impure Christianity, and to wrestle "against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." Thanks to God for all the success He has given to efforts begun and continued in his name, in accordance with his Spirit, and in reliance upon his promises! It is obvious to every intelligent and candid looker-on, that the Antislavery cause, in spite of the sneers of opponents, the denunciations of men in power, and the designs of the crafty, is steadily pursuing its march to a glorious consummation. Its progress may be retarded by the diabolical cupidity, cruelty and knavery of demons in human shape, who kidnap, enslave, or torture their unoffending and helpless fellow-men in foreign lands, on the high seas, during the coffle-march between the States of this Union, or on the cane fields and cotton plantations; by unprincipled politicians, who rise to power on pledges to befriend and enlarge the area of despotism; or by venal presses, prostituted pulpits, corrupt courts, and the multiform classes whose god is mammon. It has been so retarded; but the seeming triumph of these enemies of the human race is transient: "He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall have them in derision." Truth is mighty, and it will prevail. The rights of man will be regarded. Oppression will cease. Both the body and mind will be unshackled. "The expectation of the poor shall not perish." The mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. We propose to offer, in addition to the doings of the Executive Committee, an outline of what has been done the past year, in this country and abroad, with reference to SLAVERY and the SLAVE-TRADE, by their friends and enemies. We must restrict ourselves, of course, chiefly to the external relations of these enormities. And even then, we shall be able to present only a part of the atrocious acts that have been perpetrated in sustaining, strengthening, and extending slavery, as most of them are done in secret, visible only to the eyes of the perpetrators and Him who will bring them to judgment. Neither shall we be able to exhibit all that has been done for the mitigation and overthrow of the great iniquity. We cannot know the numerous private or even recorded deeds of those who have labored in season and out of season to weaken or sunder the cords that have bound man in bondage to his fellow-man. The Almighty alone, besides those who have labored and prayed for the downfall of the hateful system, has witnessed the toils of the'good Samaritans" who have bound up the wounds of the robbed and despoiled ANNUAL REPORT. 5 ones that fell among thieves; or the efforts of those who have broken the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth; or those who have in various ways weakened an institution so disgraceful and ruinous to the American people. The Address to Anti-slavery Christians, prepared by a member of this Committee, alluded to in the last Annual Report, was circulated in pamphlet form and in the newspapers, and favorable responses were received from several influential persons of different denominations. The Committee, however, were disappointed that no more favorable replies were received, nor greater pecuniary aid proffered. A large edition of the Annual Report was published, and favorably received. The Committee are satisfied that these annual histories are not only at present useful to considerable numbers of lecturers, editors, ministers, legislators, missionaries, and anti-slavery writers, but will be valuable hereafter to those who follow us. The Secretary attended the Convention of the Free Democracy at Pittsburgh, in August last; delivered two addresses in Ohio; and aftewards visited Bangor, in the State of Maine, to attend an Antislavery missionary meeting, and also the Convention at Albany, October 5th. An impulse was given to the Anti-slavery cause at all these meetings. Subsequently the Secretary prepared two pamphlets, entitled "Indian Missions," and " The American Home Missionary Society and Slavery," which have been widely circulated, both in this country and England. He has devoted much time to gathering information respecting the mutilations of English and American publications by publishers, the American Tract Society, the American Sunday-school Union, ecclesiastical bodies, and the expurgations of anti-slavery sentiments by authors and others, to suit publications to the Southern market, with a view to its being published at some future day. He has also written for several anti-slavery and other newspapers during the year, besides attending to cases in court that involved the rights and liberty of persons claimed as slaves, or otherwise. Some of these cases will be alluded to more particularly in the Report or the Appendix. No small part of the Secretary's time has been employed in furnishing information to writers and lecturers on anti-slavery subjects, and in superintending the preparation and publication of anti-slavery books and pamphlets. These, and other matters connected with the cause, would have been attended to more thoroughly if his labors had not been partially suspended for a time, from the pressing duties devolved upon him by domestic affliction and bereavement. The Committee have published an important pamphlet written by one of their members, Judge Jay, entitled " Letters respecting the Amer 6 ANNUAL REPORT. ican Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, and the American Tract Society; by William Jay." This was printed in the New-York Tribune, and afterwards in pamphlet form. In both forms it has been widely circulated. An edition has also been printed in London. The ANTI-SLAVERY DEPOSITORY, connected with the office of the Secretary, has been an efficient instrumentality during the past year in promoting the good of the cause. Large numbers of books and pamphlets have been sold to colporteurs and others. Upwards of ten thousand dollars' worth of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" have been sold during the year. The Committee have published the AMERICAN SLAVE CODE, by William Goodell, the first edition of which was long since exhausted. They also made arrangements to have it published simultaneously in London, where it is circulating with good effect. Just before the Annual Meeting, a telegraphic dispatch was received by the Corresponding Secretary, to the effect that Rose Cooper, of Mobile, had left Cincinnati for New-York, with a little colored child named Jane Trainer, en route for California, having, as was supposed, kidnapped the child. Immediate steps were taken to find the party in this city, and information was sent to the father of the child, a free man of color, Charles W. Trainer, who had pursued the woman to Cincinnati, and who was anxiously waiting in that city. He soon arrived. Legal process, which had been previously commenced, was continued, until, after great difficulties, the father obtained possession of his little daughter. The principles involved in this high-handed attempt to carry off a child, when claimed by its father, are such, that it is deemed expedient to give a narration of the facts, together with the admirable opinion of the judge, who did himself so much honor while presiding in the case, and in the judgment rendered.* The Committee will now proceed to sketch the history of the Antislavery cause for the past year, in as concise a manner as the materials allow; anl first they ask attention to POLITICAL AGITATION. The records of the past year afford evidence that the political agitation of the Slave question has not ceased, and that the "finality" measures of 1850 were not final. In Congress, though the debates have been less exciting than at some * See Appendix. It should be mentioned also, that the four or five weeks' attention devoted to this case by the Corresponding Secretary, assisted by Dr. Pennington and other friends of the child, together with his indisposition, incurred during the proceedings, have greatly delayed the preparation and publication of this Report. ANNUAL REPORT. 7 previous periods, there has been enough said and done to show that the vexed controversy remains a fixed element in the politics of the country, and cannot be excluded from our National Councils. A petition of the " Religious Society of Friends in New-England, asking that the laws for the delivery of fugitive slaves be repealed," was presented by Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, in the Senate of the United States, May 26, 1852. After a brief explanation of its contents by Mr. Sumner, and some conversation between several senators, it was laid on the table, by a vote of 40 to 10; the nays being, Messrs. Borland, Chase, Davis, Dodge of Wisconsin, Hale, Hamlin, Seward, Sumner, Walker, and Wade.* Into the House of Representatives, the same agitation had been previously introduced by the slaveholders themselves, in presenting a Resolution having for its object the reaffirmation by Congress of the "finality" of the "Compromise Measures" of 1850, including the Fugitive Slave Bill.t This movement was designed to bear upon the Conventions about to be held for nominating a President and Vice-President of the United States. The absurdity of reenacting a statute already on the statute-book, for political purposes, was too glaring to escape exposure, as was also the unconstitutionality of attempting to forestallfuture legislation by past enactments, or " resolving" that an act now in force should never hereafter be repealed! In the Senate, July 27, 1852, "Mr. Sumner, after giving notice that he intended to call it up as early as possible, offered the following Resolution: "Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be requested to consider the expediency of reporting a bill for the immediate repeal of the Act of Congress approved Sept. 18, 1850, usually known as the Fugitive Slave Act." The motion lay over to the next day, under the rules, when it was called up by the mover. Mr. Mason, of Virginia, objected to its reception, and demanded the yeas and nays, which were ordered. Mr. Brooke, of Mississippi, said that such a bill would "dissolve the Union." Mr. Charlton, of Georgia, said the same. Mr. Shields, of Illinois, said he should vote against the Resolution, but was in favor of Mr. Sumner's being heard. A hearing was not granted him, the Senate refusing to take up the bill by a vote of 32 to 10. Yeas: Messrs. Clarke, Davis, Dodge of Wisconsin, Foot, Hamlin, Seward, Shields, Sumner, Upham, and Wade.T * National Era, June 3, 1852. { We do not, unless inadvertently, call this a LAW, and it is hinted to us that it is undeserving the appellation of an Acr, as we should as resolutely oppose unconstitutional encroachments as did our fathers, who always invariably spoke of the "BOSTON PORT BILL." X National Era, Aug 5, 1852. 8 ANNUAL REPORT. But a way was providentially opened near the end of the session for Mr. Sumner to reach the subject through such a medium that the consideration of it could not be avoided, nor his right of free speech concerning it be wrested from him. "The Civil and Diplomatic Appropriation Bill being under consideration, the Committee on Finance moved the following amendment:"That where the ministerial officers of the United States have or shall incur extraordinary expenses in executing the laws thereof, the payment of which is not specially provided for, the President is authorized to allow the payment thereof, under the special taxation of the District or Circuit Court of the district in which the said services have or shall be rendered, to be paid from the appropriation for defraying the expenses of the Judiciary." The object of this amendment was not unobserved by the vigilant Senator from Massachusetts, who promptly moved the following amendment to the amendment:" Provided that no such allowance shall be authorized for any expenses incurred in executing the Fugitive Slave Act of Sept.18, 1850, for the surrender of fugitives from service or labor; which said act is hereby repealed." The question of repeal was now fairly before the Senate, without asking its leave, and the long-deferred speech of Mr. Sumner had to be heard, whether the Senate pleased or no! Thus it is that God's providence overrides and overrules the counsels of his confederate enemies, and puts them to shame. The masterly speech of Mr. Sumner, rarely equalled in power of eloquence, has done and is still doing its destined work; and will live in sunlight when Webster's famous 7th of March, 1850, speech, will seek fiiendly oblivion.* This is none the less certain on account of the vote in the Senate by which the amendment of Mr. Sumner, supported by Messrs. Chase and Hale, was rejected, 47 to 4. The yeas were: Messrs. Chase, Hale, Sumner, and Wade.t Their testimony will be remembered in time to come. The continued subserviency of Congress to the pecuniary demands of the slaveholders, however preposterous and degrading, will be seen in the disposal of the case familiarly known as the Watson claim by the House of Representatives. Gen. Jessup, it seems, in the prosecution of the Florida war, in 1836, entered into a contract with the Creek nation of Indians, who agreed to furnish six hundred warriors to assist in murdering * "And now, while I have been writing these lines, I have received the speech he has lately delivered in Congress on the bearing of the Fugitive Slave Law, which, by the closeness of its logic and the masculine vigor of its eloquence, proves to me how all the perfections of his mind have grown up to, and been dilated with, the inspiration of the cause which he has now made his own."Lord Carlisle's Preface to an English edition of "Uncle Tom's Cabin." f National Era, Sept. 2, 1852. ANNUAL REPORT. 9 the Seminoles and capturing the slaves. For their services they were to receive pay and rations, " and all the plunder they might capture from the enemy." A part of this "plunder" consisted in slaves, whose names, ages, and sex were duly registered. James C. Watson, of Georgia, purchased of the Indians their claim to the " plunder." He failed to get the slaves, however, until they were landed, with the Indians, west of Arkansas. Thither he sent his agents, with orders from the War Department to all our military officers in that region, to assist him in catching the negroes, provided they could do it without bloodshed. This could not be done; and Watson, failing to get his hands upon the negroes, modestly asked Congress to pay him for all the negroes he couldn't catch! The claim had been pending some twelve or fifteen years. The Committee on Indian Affairs reported in its favor, and the Committee on Claims reported a bill for Mr. Watson's relief, which came before the House. A number of points presented themselves for decision: 1. Did the term "plunder" include the " slaves l" The House voted that it did, the following Northern members voting in the affirmative, viz.:-Messrs. Appleton and Scudder, of Massachusetts; Brooks, Dean, Hawes, Schermerhorn, Sutherland, and Martin, New-York; Hibbard, Peaslee, New-Hampshire; Chandler, Khuns, M'Nair, Andrew Parker, Pennsylvania; Stuart, Penniman, Michigan; Taylor, Ohio; Price, NewJersey. 2. Whether a brigadier-general had power to convert prisoners of war into slaves? These Northern Representatives voted that he had I 3. Whether such an inhuman and barbarous act ought to be sanctioned by a Congress of "professed republicans and Christians?" The same vote decided this in the affirmative. 4. What has the nation to do with this purchase of slaves by Watson fiom the Creek Indians? To this it was replied, that our Commissioner of Indian Affairs approved the sale, and therefore the nation must make up Watson's loss; and these Northern men so voted. The bill was opposed by Mr. Dickey, of Beaver, Pa., and was advocated by Mr. Stuart, of Michigan, passed, and sent to the Senate, where it appears to have been postponed and not taken up afterwards. Northern citizens may learn from this case what the North has to do with slavery; where their own money goes; who disposes of it, and for what purposes; and whether or no it is best to carry the slave question to the ballot-box, and withdraw support from candidates and parties uncommitted on the slave question or taking sides against freedom.* * Washington Correspondent of the Cleveland True Democrat, as copied into the NYational Anti-slavery Standard, New-York, May 27, 1852. 10 ANNUAL REPORT. Another item of Northern expenditure by the aid of Northern votes for the support of the peculiar institution, was revealed in the proceedings of the Senate about the same time. In a debate on the Appropriation Bill, Mr. Hunter offered the following amendment:"For defraying the expenses of the Supreme Court and District Court of the United States,'including the District of Columbia; and also for jurors and witnesses, and for aid of the funds arising from fines, forfeitures, and expenses incurred during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1852, and previous years; and likewise for defraying the expenses of suits in which the United States are concerned, and prosecutions for offenses committed against the United States, and for the apprehension and safe keeping of prisoners, in addition to former appropriations, NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS." This was evidently designed to provide for the expense of arresting and trying fugitive slaves, and conducting prosecutions of persons charged with the crime of assisting them. Senator Hale instituted some scrutinizing inquiries concerning the nature and disbursement of these appropriations. He wished to know how much of it was wanted for enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act. Mr. Hunter said that claims, in all, had been presented to the amount of $150,000, but he had cut them down to $90,000. He added: "The Comptroller says that, during the present fiscal year, the expenses have been much increased, probably from $30,000 to $40,000, by prosecutions growing out of the Fugitive Slave Law in New-York and Pennsylvania; and prosecutions in New-York and Louisiana, growing out of the violation of the neutrality laws." The Senate concluded to foot the bill, and the amendment was adopted. Mr. Hale succeeded, however, in securing an amendment precluding qicers of the Government from receiving pay as witnesses.* The temper of the Senate towards the members of that body whose manly course was felt to be a rebuke of their servility, appears in their action in December last, by which the standing rule of electing committees by ballot was disposed of for the purpose of recommending the election of a list agreed upon in a caucus, from which list the names of HALE, SUMNER, and CHASE were ostracized; for the reason, avowed in the Senate by Mr. Bright, that those gentlemen were considered " outside of any healthy political organization in this country!" Though this was intended to disgrace them, it will prove a testimony to their fidelity, and constitute a monument of the proscriptive meanness of their opponents.t Mr. Mason, of Virginia, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Af* National Anti-slavery Standard, June 3, 1852; and National Era, May 27, 1852. ~ Senator Seward had previously declined being on any committee. ANNUAL REPORT. 11 fairs, made a report at the first session of the last Congress, in favor of the claim of the Spanish Minister for fifty thousand dollars' indemnity for the Spaniards who brought to this country-or rather were brought here by them —the Amistad Africans. He succeeded, on one occasion, in having it made the special order for a distant day; but when the day arrived, other things occupied the Senate, and it lost its place. He proposed informally on several other occasions, at both sessions, to take it up, but was prevented by the avowed opposition of the Free Democratic Senators, and their determination to discuss it. At almost every session of Congress, one or more of the slaveholding members, influenced by the recommendation of the President of the United States, attempts to get a bill of indemnity passed for these scoundrel Spaniards. We trust that every member of Congress who loves humanity or prizes justice will keep a vigilant eye upon future attempts to rob the treasury for the purpose of undoing, virtually, the righteous decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in their decision to give liberty to the unfortunate Mendians, who were more entitled to indemnification than their oppressors. Slaveholders doubtless would be pleased to have compensation awarded to their brethren in Cuba who brought Cinquez and his companions from their home in Africa, or to the pirates who, in attempting to hold them in slavery, lost, by the act of a merciful Providence, possession of their victims: but the representatives of the free States should be held to a strict account if they attempt to gratify the slaveholders of the country at the expense of justice and equity. The arguments of Messrs. Adams and Baldwin in this celebrated case demonstrated the utter groundlessness of the claim of the Spaniards for the Africans, and consequently the groundlessness of their claim for indemnification. Members of Congress would do well to refresh their minds with these able arguments, and also with the statement of facts made by the late Hon. John Quincy Adams, in the House of Representatives, March 2, 1847, and the able speech of Hon. Joshua R. Giddings, in the House of Representatives, against the claim of the Spaniards, delivered April 18, 1844; for which see "Speeches in Congress by Joshua R. Giddings." Boston: Published by John P. Jewett & Co., and New-York, by Lewis J. Bates, 48 Beekman street. The aggressions of the slave power have been manfully resisted by a number of resolute and able champions of liberty in both Houses. Messrs. Chase, Hale, Sumner, in the Senate; Messrs. Giddings, Durkee, Mann, Allen, Townsend, and Rantoul, in the House, with others in both branches of the National Legislature, have merited the thanks of their country. It is matter of regret that the nation is deprived of the valu 12 ANNUAL REPORT. able services of Mr. Rantoul by his unexpected decease, and that some of the other distinguished men just named are not members of the next Congress. We rejoice, however, in the accession to the number of the friends of freedom in the House by the election of Gerrit Smith, a man whom all patriots and philanthropists should delight to honor. The Presidential Election, in its connection with the action of the two rival Conventions for nominating candidates, presents another humiliating picture of the position of Northern freemen, blinded by their attachment to political parties, and betrayed by their unscrupulous leaders into the support of men and measures which their sober judgment must disapprove, their best sympathies revolt against, and their consciences condemn. If it be said (as it sometimes is) that there is a more deplorable slavery than that of the chattelized negro, the illustration may perhaps be found in the records that follow:The Democratic Convention for nominating a President and VicePresident, assembled at Baltimore early in June, resulted, on the fiftieth ballot, in the selection of Franklin Pierce and William R. King. A "Platform" for the party and its candidate was also erected, but not before the nomination was first made, lest the consciences or the selfrespect of a portion of the delegates should revolt at their own inconsistency, as professed friends of liberty, in selecting a candidate to grace such a platform. This arrangement proved an accommodation to those who found it consistent to quit the Convention immediately on making the nomination, thus dodging a vote on the Platform, some of them going home to oppose it, and others to protest against it among their constituents. By this means, the Platform, though large enough to hold the candidate, was proved quite too small to hold all the members of the Convention, or all who subsequently voted for the candidate. The Platform is as follows: "That Congress has no power, under the Constitution, to interfere with or control the domestic institutions of the several States, and that such States are the sole and proper judges of every thing appertaining to their own affairs, not prohibited by the Constitution; that all efforts of the Abolitionists or others to induce Congress to interfere with questions of slavery, or to take incipient steps in relation thereto, are calculated to lead to the most alarming and dangerous consequences; and that all such efforts have an inevitable tendency to diminish the happiness of the people, and endanger the stability and permanency of the Union, and ought not to be countenanced by any friend of our political institutions. "Resolved, That the foregoing proposition covers and was intended to embrace the whole subject of slavery agitation in Congress; and therefore, the Democratic party of the Union, standing on this national platform, will abide by and adhere to a faithful execution of the acts known as the Compromise measures settled by the last Congress-the act for reclaiming fugitives from service and labor included; which act, being designed to carry out an express provision of the Constitution, cannot, with fidelity,.be repealed, or so changed as to destroy or impair its efficiency.. ANNUAL REPORT. 13 "Resolved,, That the Democratic party will resist all attempts at renewing, in Congress or out of it, the agitation of the Slavery question, under whatever shape or color the attempt may be made."* The Whig Convention for Presidential nominations was soon after held in the same city. As though emulous of exhibiting a still more bold and defiant hostility to the liberties of their country, and greater subserviency to the slave power, they adopted a similar " platform" before the ballotings began, as had been dictated by a Southern caucus the night previous. Still there were sixty-six votes in the Convention recorded against it. The "platform," as embodied in the 8th Resolution, is as follows: "That the series of acts of the 31st Congress, known as the Compromise, including the fugitive Slave Law, are received and acquiesced in by the Whig party of the United States, as a final settlement, in principle and substance, of the dangerous and exciting subjects which they embrace; and so far as the Fugitive Slave Law is concerned, we will maintain the same, and insist upon its strict enforcement, until time and experience shall demonstrate the necessity of further legislation to guard against the evasion of the laws on the one hand, and the abuse of their powers on the other-not impairing their present efficiency; and we deprecate all further agitation of the questions thus settled, as dangerous to our peace, and will discountenance all efforts to continue or renew such agitation, whenever, wherever, or however the attempt may be made; and we will maintain this system as essential to the nationality of the Whig party, and the integrity of the Union."f The ballotings finally resulted in the selection of Gen. Winfield Scott and Wm. A. Graham, as the Whig candidates for President and VicePresident of the United States. Some instructive particulars may be noticed in the proceedings of these rival Conventions. They vied with each other in their subserviency to the slave power, and yet they both rejected the prominent statesmen of their respective parties, including the political leaders of the last quarter of a century; men of renown as senators, diplomatists, generals, heads of departments, presenting the highest claims on their respective parties, all of whom had humbled themselves to the lowest point of degradation as aspirants for the honors denied them-the very men, for the most part, through whose exertions and influence the lauded " Compromise measures" had been carried! And yet they were cast aside because the odor of their efficient servility had so entered into the nostrils of the people, that the sagacious instincts of the managers of both the Conventions dared not risk the experiment of nominating them! The idolized name of HENRY CLAY might have stood at the head of the * National Era, June 10, 1852. j National Era, June 24, 1852. Also 21st An. Rep. Mass. A. S. Soc. (There are verbal variations in the copies, without changing the meaning.) 14 ANNUAL REPORT. list, (as once before,) had he been living. The half-deified DANIEL WEBSTER did stand there, but his disappointment at the result hastened his exit. Mr. Fillmore, the acting President, was on the same list, along with Cass, Buchanan, Marcy, and others. These men, who had bartered their manhood for the loaves and fishes of office, were not only deprived of the boon they most coveted, but, by a singular arrangement of distributive justice, were not even suffered to enjoy the poor honor of a partisan passport for the field of competition. The old leaders of both the parties, so far as their great men were accounted such, were bowed aside, as not competent to be placed in a position where they could act most efficiently for the permanency of the Union, because they had already done so much! Men less publicly known for the flagrant type of their patriotic conservatism would command more votes; and hence the selection of Messrs. Scott and Pierce, only one of whom could obtain the prize, and the other must of course fail! A lesson for unscrupulous aspirants is wrapped up in the record; and even the successful incumbent of the highest office may be well admonished of the tenure by which his unexpected position is to be held. Let him beware of bowing too low to the power that has enthroned him!-the rock upon which his predecessor, Millard Fillmore, made shipwreck. The deaths of Clay and Webster, coming so closely upon the deaths of their long-cherished hopes, gave the solemn impress of eternity and retribution to the scene. Alas for the statesmanship and the statesmen that know only the present, and forget or overlook, in their calculations, the first principles that enter into the idea of the immutability of God, as well as of the stability and security of man! The Free Democracy Convention for nominations was held at Pittsburgh in August, and John P. Hale, of New-Hampshire, and George W. Julian, of Indiana, were nominated for President and Vice-President. The " platform" of the Free Democracy, so far as the Slave question is concerned, is described, mainly, in the following Resolutions: "That no permanent settlement of the Slavery question can be looked for, except in the practical recognition of the truth that slavery is sectional and freedom national; by the total separation of the General Government from slavery, and the exercise of its legitimate and constitutional influence on the side of freedom, by leaving to the States the whole subject of slavery and the extradition of fugitives from service. " That slavery is a sin against God and a crime against man, the enormity of which no human enactment or usage can make right, and that Christianity, humanity and patriotism alike demand its abolition. "That the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 is repugnant to the Constitution, to the principles of the common law, to the spirit of Christianity, and to the sentiments of the civilized world. We therefore deny its binding force upon the American people, and we demand its immediate and total repeal. ANNUAL REPORT. 15 "That the doctrine that any human law is a'finality,' and not subject to modification or repeal, is not in accordance with the creed of the founders of our government, and is dangerous to the liberties of the people."* These propositions, with exception of the first above quoted, were doubtless in accordance with the views and feelings of all the Abolitionists, of all organizations, in the country. But large numbers, including members of both the National Anti-slavery Societies, objected very strongly to this. In the Pittsburgh Convention, this dissent was expressed by the presentation of a Report from a minority of the Committee from which the proposition objected against was excluded. Some further views were likewise introduced, the most distinctive of which (in relation to slavery) were the following: "That our new party, inasmuch as its aim will be the impartial and full realization of the idea of a just civil government, will faithfully endeavor, to the extent of its jurisdiction and power, to protect all persons (irrespective of sex or color) in the enjoyment of their political rights. "That not only do we contemn and trample upon the'Fugitive Slave Law,' and upon every other enactment for slavery, but we hold all forms of piracy, and especially the most atrocious and abominable one of slavery, to be entirely incapable of legalization."f This Report is said to have been enthusiastically received by a respectable minority of the Convention, and its sanguine supporters believe that if time could have been given for its full and deliberate consideration, it would have been adopted by a majority of the votes. However this may have been, it is agreed that the Convention was numerously attended, very enthusiastic in its spirit, and disposed to go to the farthest point deemed proper and feasible, for the total and speedy abolition of slavery. The call for the National Convention at Pittsburgh, signed by Samuel Lewis, Chairman, did not give entire satisfaction. The Convention at Cleveland, the year previous, had, on the motion of Lewis Tappan, appointed the National Committee, and it was intended that the call should include ALL THE FRIENDS OF FREEDOM. But it was addressed to " Free Soilers" only. This would have prevented many Anti-slavery men who had not agreed to all the resolutions adopted at Buffalo from attending, had not assurances been given, by the Chairman and others, that the call would be construed to include all, of every party and sentiment, who went for the abolition and non-extension of slavery. At a Convention of the " Free Soil Party" at Worcester, Mass., a little previous, a resolution was passed with great unanimity, embracing a doc* National Era, August 26, 1852. f National Era, August 26, 1852. 16 ANNUAL REPORT. trine that had not previously been avowed by this distinctive body, in the following words: "Resolved, That slavery is a sin against God, and a crime against man; and that Christianity, humanity and patriotism alike demand its abolition by those who have the constitutional and legal right to abolish it." In the declaration of principles and measures, as first reported at Pittsburgh, were sentiments that a considerable minority could not agree with. Their objections were stated by Gerrit Smith, who presented a minority report. It was feared by some that the difference of opinion might lead to a separation. To prevent this, if possible, Lewis Tappan, with the approbation of leading men in the majority and minority, moved that the fourth resolution in the majority report be stricken out, viz.: "That the early history of our Government clearly shows the settled policy to have been, not to extend, nationalize and encourage, but to limit, localize and discourage SLAVERY; and to this policy, which should never have been departed from, the Government ought forthwith to return." He also moved that the fourteenth resolution be stricken out, with a view to introduce a substitute, viz.: "That slavery is a sin against God and a crime against man, the enormity of which no law nor usage can sanction or mitigate, and that Christianity and humanity alike demand its abolition." The substitute for the above resolution was the following: "That as American slavery is a sin against God and a crime against man, it is, in the highest sense, invalid, illegal, not law, either Divine or human, and is, therefore, utterly VOID and OF NO FORCE, before God or man." The mover stated, that he had been assured by Mr. Gerrit Smith that if the fourth resolution should be stricken out, and the substitute proposed for the fourteenth resolution be agreed to, he, and those acting with him, would cease all opposition to the report of the majority, so far as slavery was concerned.* It was agreed to strihe out the fourth resolution; but on the question to strike out the fourteenth and adopt the substitute, violent opposition was made by two or three members, and sundry amendments offered, after which it was voted that the following be adopted in lieu of the original resolution and the substitute: "That slavery is a sin against God and a crime against man, which no law or usage can make right, and that Christianity, humanity and patriotism alike demand its abolition." * Mr. Smith and his friends overlooked, at the time, resolution No. 8 in the majority report, which to them was objectionable for the same reasons that were offered to Resolution No. 4. ANNUAL REPORT. 17 The fourth resolution was particularly objectionable to those who believed that the Government had nothing to do with slavery, and that after undoing what it had unconstitutionally done in sustaining and extending it, Government ought to cease all interference with the subject. As the acquiescence of the minority was pledged, on the ground that, in addition to striking out the fourth resolution, the substitute to the fourteenth should be adopted, the course taken by the Convention left them to act freely, to support the platform or not; but it was allowed, on all sides, that the platform was the best that had ever been adopted by the Free Soilers or the Free Democracy. Needless alarm was given, as it seemed to many, about the introduction of the word "illegal," for, in its connection, it seems to follow as a sequence to the expression, in which all were agreed, that " Slavery is a sin against God and a crime against man." As sin cannot be Christianized, so neither can crime be legalized, in the true sense of LAW.* ISSUE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST. The issue of the Presidential contest is among the most remarkable in our history. At the time of the nominations, and for some time afterwards, the most shrewd and intelligent politicians were in doubt in respect to the comparative strength of the candidates. The friends of General Scott were quite confident of his success. His military reputation was in his favor with the mass of the people-the element to which four of our previous Presidents had been so deeply indebted, and against which no claims on the score of civil qualifications, statesmanship, or learning had ever been successfully urged. The competitor of Scott, though a general, was without military renown, and, though he had been a senator, was scarcely known by name to the mass of the voters, to whom the name of Scott had long been familiar. Notwithstanding this, the official returns, as announced in Congress, (Feb. 9, 1852,) showed 254 electoral votes for Franklin Pierce, and only 42 for Gen. Winfield Scott.t Different reasons will be given for this result. It may be said, by his Anti-slavery supporters, that Scott received the votes of only two slave States, (Kentucky, 12, and Tennessee, 12,) and that this should be attributed to the disaffection of the slaveholders, which they regard as his certificate to the honor of having been less servile than his competitor. But to this it may be answered that he likewise received the votes of only two free States, (Vermont, 5, and Massachusetts, 13,) being 6 less * For the views:of Mr. Smith, and those who agree with him, see the chapter on the "Illegality of Slavery," in another place. _Nrational Era, November 18, 1852. 2 18 ANNUAL REPORT. Northern votes than Southern. The "platforms" of the two parties were substantially the same, and it would be difficult to show any marked difference in the declared opinions of the two candidates. It is doubtless true that the previous course of Gen. Pierce in the Senate gained Southern votes for him; and that the protest of a large minority of the Whig Convention against its " platform," with the fact of his support by Senator Seward and others, operated against Gen. Scott at the South. Yet it may be doubted whether these combined causes were sufficient to account, in full, for the result. The remaining item in the solution may perhaps be found in the final explosion and failure of that long-cherished policy of the Whig leaders, to which they had been much indebted for two Presidential victories-that of carrying, like the Colonization Society, a Janus' face, one side for the North, and one for the South. Two instances of success in such a policy were quite enough to have been counted upon. The old caution against third experiments in sleight-of-hand tricks should have beenheeded by them. The fate of the Whig party stands a beacon to politicians of all parties. A firm, united, and consistent stand, on one side or the other, (whether in support of the right or the wrong,) should be understood to be the indispensable condition of the support of a shrewd people. It appears to have been upon this policy that the Democratic party acted in the late contest; and to this they owe their success. Yet it is truethat their espousal of a diabolical cause, if persisted in, insures their future and overwhelming ruin and infamy. True and permanent success comes only from unflinching fidelity to the TVUE and the RIGHT. For the present, the dominant party enjoys its chosen reward-the victory and the spoils. The day of reformation or of retribution must come. The claim of President Pierce to his official position rests on services like the following: On February 2, 1833, he voted in favor of Mr. Chinn's Resolution (in opposition to J. Q. Adams) to lay the Abolition petitions on the table. He voted in the same manner on a similar motion, December 16, 1835. Two days afterwards he did the same, and preceded his vote by an advocacy of that course. The same question drew from him the same vote, Dec. 21st. Feb. 8, 1836, he voted for Mr. Patton's motion to reconsider the vote referring a petition, and on the 16th he denounced the Antislavery petitions and the Anti-slavery movement. Feb. 23, he voted against a motion of Mr. Adams to refer to the Select Committee on the subject, a petition to abolish slavery in the Federal District. May 18, 1836, he voted for the gag of Mr. Pinckney, having been a member of the Committee that reported it, and having advocated it before the House. ANNUAL REPORT. 19 On Jan. 18, 1837, he voted for the gag of Mr. Hawes. On the 11th of Feb., 1837, he voted for the Resolution that " Slaves do not possess the right of petition secured to the people of the United States by the Constitution." In 1837, Mr. Pierce entered the Senate. On Dec. 18, 1837, he was in favor of nominally receiving an Anti-slavery petition, (it having become odious to do otherwise,) and of then laying it on the table. Dec. 7, he supported the resolutions of John C. Calhoun on the subject, with incidental exceptions. Jan. 3, 1838, he voted against receiving petitions against the annexation of Texas. The next day, he voted against printing the Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont on that subject. Feb. 6, 1838, he cooperated with Mr. Calhoun in applying the gag to Mr. Morris, of Ohio. With his public course in the House and the Senate, the speeches and letters of Mr. Pierce on other occasions correspond. He earnestly opposed, in New-Hampshire, his old political friend, John P. Hale. On a public occasion he avowed his approbation of the Compromise measures, and, in a letter to Major Lalley, May 27, just before the Nominating Whig Convention, 1852, shown by him to members of the Convention, he distinctly advocated "The Fugitive Slave Law." And, like his competitor, Gen. Scott, he accepted the nomination of his party, approving its " Platform." A few years hence, it will almost seem incredible that such a candidate, with such claims on a free people, and connected with such a political platform, could have been elected President of the United States by a party calling themselves Democratic, by Northern votes, and with such an overwhelming majority. The solution connects itself with that of the Whig defeat, and with the prevalence of the singular delusion that the Whig and Democratic parties must, of necessity, divide the people's votes, there being no possibility of a third nomination that could command public respect. When two rival parties sink so low, it should be the high mission of a free people to teach them that neither of them can succeed. This lesson, though it now lies in the future, must soon command public attention. The Free Democracy, at the late election, cast 155,849 votes for John P. Hale, instead of the 62,163 cast by the Liberty Party in 1844 for James G. Birney, and the Free Soil vote of 291,378 for Martin Van Buren in 1848. The Inaugural of President Pierce, March 4, 1853, afforded him an For the particulars of the preceding statement, see National Era of June 17, 1852. 20 ANNUAL REPORT. opportunity to express anew his position, which he did in the following terms:"I believe that involuntary servitude, as it exists in different States in this Confederacy, is recognized by the Constitution. I believe that it stands like any other admitted right, and that the States where it exists are entitled to efficient remedies to enforce the constitutional provisions. I hold that the laws of 1850, commonly called the'Compromise Measures,' are strictly constitutional, and to be unhesitatingly carried into effect," &c.* This harmonizes with his course in both Houses of Congress, and with his acceptance of the Baltimore Platform. How well it agrees with the dictates of his own conscience, will appear from the following:-On the 2d day of January, 1852, in a speech at Boston Center, N. H., he had said that the " Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 differed in no important particular from that of 1793." In answer to inquiries publicly propounded to him, he admitted that the act was not consistent with common law; that it was " opposed to moral right, as well as to humanity;" that "slavery is cantrary to the Constitution in some respects." He said also, "I have been asked if I liked this Fugitive Slave Law. I answered, No, I loathed it! I have a most revolting feeling at the giving up of a slave; the law is opposed to humanity." When further pressed, he said " Yes, it is opposed to moral right. But our fathers made the compact, and we must fulfil it. I say nothing of the humanity of it; nothing of the right of it."t General Pierce, at that time, was neither a member of Congress nor an expectant of a Presidential nomination. We may see, in his case, the demoralizing effects of recognizing the binding force of immoral and inhuman enactments. We may see, likewise, the intrinsic weakness of the cause so seemingly strong, and may derive assurance and courage in maintaining the right, by perceiving that we have an ally in the breasts of all men. In such a controversy, ultimate success must be certain. Who can fail to see this? The slaveholders and their supporters see it and feel it. Hence their extreme sensitiveness and rage. Their struggle is not that of courage, but of despair. Whatever they may lack, it is not the light that shows them they are in the wrong. How lamentable that any religious teachers should labor to strengthen their hands in wrong-doing! The elements of real strength are not to be found in the old political parties. Where the position and activities of the individual man are at war with his own conscience, it cannot be expected that, in associations composed of such men, the members can be in harmony with each other. *National Era, March 10, 1853. T The R'public thus quotes the Independent Democrat, Concord, N. H.; also, the Mlanchester Democrat, N. H, Jan. 8, 1852. See National Era, July 29, 1852. ANNUAL REPORT. 21 Conspiracies are not Unions. The Democratic leaders glory over Whig dissensions. But their own ranks present ill-concealed feuds. In Ohio, Democratic policy sustains the position of Senator Chase, by refusing to adopt the Baltimore Platform. At a State Convention for nominations, a motion to adopt it elicited a warm debate. The friends of the proposal wished to withdraw it, to avoid a vote, but the poor privilege was denied them, and it was suppressed by a vote to lay it on the table! And resolutions concerning slavery were adopted, very closely corresponding with those of the Pittsburgh Convention of the Free Democracy.* This shows that the victorious party now in power, even with the spoils in its possession, cannot agree on the slave question-the grand question of the age. A dissolution of the party, as now organized, seems not improbable. The nationality of the Whig party, if that party can be said to have any organized existence at all, seems hopelessly wrecked. As the maintenance of one national party without another to contend against is impossible, and as the friends of liberty are rapidly increasing, it will not be long, we trust, before the electors of this country are all divided into two parties, the friends and enemies of fieedom. The disappointments and mortifications of the majority of servile politicians should tend to dampen their ardor and warn their successors. Allusion has already been made to the fate of prominent aspirants for the Chief Magistracy, but the melancholy fate of Webster deserves further notice. It has well been said of him that " in giving strength to the South, he lost strength at the North. And in losing strength at the North, he lost availability at the South. This case of Mr. Webster is not an exception. It illustrates a general rule."t Van Buren, Cass, an I Buchanan, were sacrificed in the same way. It is remarkable that in the Baltimore Convention, Mr. Webster was signally deserted by the South. At the first ballot, out of 294 votes, he only received 29, and all these were from non-slaveholding States. At the subsequent ballotings, his rose only to 31, and then declined to 25 and 21. "From beginning to end, on 53 ballotings, Mr. Webster had received but two votes fiom the South, one of them.from Virginia, and one from Missouri!": And this was the reward he reaped for his services in procuring and sustaining, at an immense sacrifice, the Fugitive Slave Bill! It is known that this ingratitude was deeply felt by Mr. Webster and his friends, and that this feeling contributed largely to diminish the vote for Gen. Scott. When to these records of Southern ingratitude are added those of * Nat;onal Era, Jan. 20, 1823. National Era, June 17, 1852.. National Era, June 24, 1852. 22 ANNUAL REPORT. Northern disgust, they may unitedly warrant the hope that the days of political servility to slaveholders are numbered, and nearly expired. The confessions of Mr. Brooks, a Representative in Congress from the city of New-York, are in place here. In an explanation made in the House, April 23, alluding to the Southern members of Congress and their course at a previous caucus in Washington City, Mr. B. said: - "In the great hour of trial, two sessions ago, our services were necessary for them, and they were given to them freely. Ever since that, we have been hunted down in the North, as MiJssouri Compromise men were in 1820-but one of whom survived the political shock; the rest were hurried into political death by their connection with the South. If we feel sensitive upon the subject amid the adverse political opinion around us, and if we joined with them to execute an odious provision of the Constitution, and in creating an American sentiment for its vindication and support, and if we desired and claimed their protection, we only claimed what is our due and right, and which, if they give us, we can support ourselves and our country upon the basis of our Constitution.* It is here stated that the Northern supporters in Congress of the Fugitive Slave Bill supported it expecting Southern " protection," and in the hope of changing public opinion at the North; but, failing to effect such a change, they are "hunted down at the North," while the South fails to " protect" them. The leading Whigs of Massachusetts express similar complaints. Neither Yankee nor Dutch shrewdness can hardly be expected to persevere in courting martyrdom in support of slavery, under prospects like these. Governmental patronage, including executive appointments, may continue to bribe, successfully, large numbers of adventurers, so long as the Administration remains in pro-slavery hands; but the blanks drawn in the lottery will greatly outnumber the prizes, and the high price of the tickets will discourage such investments before long. The PEOPLE of the free North hold the power of the nation in their own hands. They have only to use that power in accordance with their professed sentiments, and the work is done. We have seen how the Slavery question has continued to agitate both Houses of Congress-how it constituted the grand test of the Presidential nomination and election-and how vitally it enters into the measures of the existing Administration, giving shape and character to its policy. The discussion of such a question cannot be suppressed: the attempt at suppression only adds to the range and the interest of the discussion; and the agitating topic is introduced of necessity-is unceasingly introduced by the very persons who most loudly demand that the agitation shall be silenced! Who can help investigating such a question? And what but unceasing investigation does the cause of liberty need 2 4 New-York Evening Post, April 24. ANNUAL REPORT. 23 If we now glance at the political movements of those who dispute the supremacy of the slave power, we shall find ample evidence of the activity of the agitation, and that this activity increases and becomes more effective with every political device for its suppression or termination. The Nominating Convention at Pittsburgh, already mentioned, was only a specimen, on a large scale, of similar Conventions held throughout the non-slaveholding States, and in some of the slave States, besides some of the free States, in which the advanced position of the Pittsburgh minority report (not novel in many parts of the country) was ably advocated, enthusiastically welcomed, and sustained. The Conventions of the Liberty Party were of this latter type. State Conventions of the "Free Democracy" for nominations during the Presidential campaign (and in which the Pittsburgh platform and nominations were adopted) were held in each of the sixteen free States and in five of the slave States, making twenty-one States in all, (besides the District of Columbia,) to wit:-Maine, New-Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, and California, (free States;)' also, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and Kentucky, (slave States;) in all of which, and in the Federal District, votes were cast against the present supremacy of the slave power: a testimony which had to be spread before the people in the teeth of all gags, compromises, and "finality" settlements of the vexed question. The ballot-box is still left to us, and once in four years the voters have the opportunity of making their voices heard and their sentiments understood at the seat of government, by those who trample their petitions in the dust, and by the whole nation. When we consider how the Slavery question thus enters, of necessity, into our national politics, as an element of agitation, of discussion, and of election tests; when we notice how inevitably national politics become State polities, county politics, city, ward, township, village, school-district and neighborhood politics, among a people whose daily reading and conversation familiarizes them with political questions, one cannot help seeing the mistakes of those who, on the one hand, indulge hopes that the agitation can be quieted during the existence of slavery, and of those who, on the other hand, give way to gloomy apprehensions of the perpetuity of oppression. It is enough to know that discussion will overthrow slavery, and that nothing short of its extinction can silence the discussion. The year past furnishes assurances of this. Besides the State Nominating Conventions just mentioned, there have been county, city, ward, township, village, school-district, and neighborhood conventions, meet 24 ANNUAL REPORT. ings and gatherings, larger and smaller, of the same character, responding to the nominations, and taking measures for sustaining them. The political agitation has, almost literally, been carried to the family threshold and fireside of the voter, and he could not avoid hearing something of the merits of the case. A wide diffusion of important information has been the result, and a demand created for more. STATE LEGISLATION. If the subject of slavery enters vitally into our national politics, most assuredly does it enter directly into the policy and action of the State Legislatures, Northern and Southern. Though some of the free States may, for the present, remain inert and inactive, the time must come when action, on one side or the other, will be demanded by importunities and necessities which will preclude farther delay. Agitation in the State Legislatures, and consequently in State elections, will then be the order of the day. For the present, the pro-slavery element, now in the ascendan, is prosperously pioneering the way, and preparing precedents without number for agitators on the side of freedom. If there may be State action i. support of slavery, there may be State action against it. It will be for the people to say which shall obtain, and the selection will invite and secure discussion, the precursor, we trust, of right action. In the State of Delaware, the agitation has already begun. And, what is remarkable, it has been begun for the purpose of preventing its beginning! Apprehensions, it seems, were entertained, that the Legislature might yield to the moving current of the age in favor of freedom. To prevent this, it is proposed so to amend the Constitution as to place it beyond their power. And thus the discussion is precipitated. Hon. James A. Bayard, the Democratic leader in the Convention, has introduced and carried the following clause, divesting future Legislatures of the absolute power over slavery, always hitherto enjoyed, and aggravating the wrongs hitherto inflicted on the free colored population, viz.: SEC. 22. The Legislature shall have no authority to emancipate slaves without the consent of their owner or owners. [Yeas, 21; Nays, 6.] SEC. 23. No free negro or mulatto not now an inhabitant of the State, or who, shall hereafter leave the State with intent to change his residence, shall, after the adoption of this Constitution, settle in this State, or come into and remain within the State more than ten days. All contracts made with any free negro or mulatto coming into the State contrary to the provisions of this section shall be void: and any person who shall employ such free negro or mulatto, or otherwise encourage him to remain in the State, shall be fined in a sum not less than ten, nor more than one hundred dollars. SEC. 24. All fines which may be collected for a violation of the provisions of the preceding section, or of any law which may hereafter be passed for the purpose of carrying the same into effect, shall be set apart and appropriated for the colonization of such free negroes and:mulattoes as may be inhabitants of the ANNUAL REPORT. 25 State at the adoption of this Constitution, and their descendants who may be willing to emigrate. [Yeas, 17; Nays, 8.] * As might easily have been foreseen, this movement threw the State into a ferment. Dissent is stamped upon the record of the proceedings, as nearly one third of the body voted in the negative. And the same number of the same journal from which we copy the intelligence, connects with it the earnest and able protest of an influential editor in the same State. The proposed clause was approved in Committee of the Whole, but it was afterwards rejected by the Convention, so that the subject of slavery, and the condition of the free people of color, are left untouched. In the Legislature of Massachusetts, the agitation has also been going on. The Twenty-first Annual Report of the Massachusetts Anti-slavery Society says: " Resolutions were introduced into the House of Representatives of an antislavery character, but they soon came to an untimely end. An excellent bill for the security of personal liberty, which was drafted and reported by Hon. Samuel E. Sewall, and which passed the Senate by a good majority, shared the same fate at the hands of the Lower House. An attempt to relieve the colored men of the State from the opprobrium cast upon them by their exclusion from the militia on account of their complexion, was also defeated." These temporary defeats will only supply fresh topics of discussion and agitation, forbidding the subject of slavery to stagnate. The friends of liberty in Massachusetts will perhaps be driven to the discovery and adoption of some more efficient methods of political State action, hitherto overlooked by them. At all events, pro-slaveryism in Massachusetts will reap no laurels and gain no permanent popularity by such demonstrations. The Legislature of Pennsylvania has also been a hall of slavery and anti-slavery agitation, within the past year. There is a law of that State against kidnapping, " by which the State officers are forbidden to assist in the capture of fugitive slaves," and (as it stood until recently) the use of the State jails for the confinement of fugitives was made a penal offense. A bill had passed the Legislature, repealing these provisions, but it had been vetoed by Governor Johnston, with a clear and conclusive exposition of his reasons. This was his last official act. His successor, Governor Bigler, recommended the repeal of the essential parts of the anti-slavery law. But all that was done was to repeal the section making the use of the jails a penal offense. "The rest of the law stands as it did before." "A most infamous bill for the prohibition of the emigration of free negroes into the State, excited so strong an indignation that it was suffered to drop in the committee to which it was New-York Tribune, April 29, 1853, 26 ANNUAL REPORT. referred." "Governor Bigler succeeded, however, in making his zeal for the injured South conspicuous, by the pardon of the infamous Alberti,' who had been convicted of the crime of kidnapping.* A bill was likewise introduced into the Legislature for reinacting the statute by which slaveholders were permitted to hold their human property in the State for a limited time, but no action was had on the subject. In the Legislature of New-York, a similar attempt was made, for the special object of counteracting the effect of Judge Paine's decision in the case of Mr. Lemmon's slaves, t and thus restoring the usage of allowing slaveholders to travel with their slaves through this State, without their claiming successfully their common-law right to freedom. But the proposal met with little favor, and was prudently permitted to pass into oblivion, affording fresh encouragement to efforts for purifying public opinion. By a former law of the State, the master might hold his slave within its limits nine months, but through the efforts of Abolitionists it was repealed, and cannot again be revived. In the California Legislature, likewise, there has been agitation, and conflict, and action. In February, 1852, "a bill was introduced into the House of Representatives, providing process and imposing obligations on officials for the capture and rendition of fugitive slaves-essentially a reenactment of the Fugitive Slave Act." Another section was introduced, providing that persons held to service and labor in other States and Territories of the United States, who had been brought within the limits of the State previous to its admission into the Union, and who now refused to return, should be deemed fugitives, and surrendered accordingly. By this provision, many persons legally free by the operation of fundamental law, in the absence of municipal law, were subjected again to slavery! The bill did not pass without warm opposition in both Houses, especially in the Senate, where it was very near being defeated. The bill was also so modified as to make it expire on the 1st of May, 1853; and it was provided that no master should hold any slave in the State for any other purpose than that of removing him from it. \ The Legislature of Illinois has disgraced itself by a most infamous enactment, by which (in defiance of the Jeffersonian Ordinance of 1787, for ever inhibiting slavery in the North-west Territory, and in the States formed out of it) the odious system is substantially established, and ILLINOIS BECOMES A SLAVE STATE, not merely by the introduction of persons already enslaved, but by the enslavement of free citizens of the United States, coming in from other States, in direct violation of the Constitu* Twenty-first Annual Rep. Mass. A. S. Soc., p. 34. t Ibid., p. 59. t Ibid. ANNUAL REPORT. 27 tion itself.* In its minute specifications determining who may be slaves, it outstrips the statutes of all the other slave States, insomuch that while even Southern judges have been unable to find the enactment in those States that created and originated the legal relation of master and slave,t it must be admitted that the statute of ILLINOIS presents, perhaps, the only exception to that rule, making her THE ONLY STATE IN THE UNION whose Statute Book can be shown to have expressly and definitely enacted slavery. As the statute is of great length, we will give only an abstract of its main features: SEC. 1. provides that any person who brings, or causes to be brought, "into the State, any negro or mulatto slave, whether said slave is set free or not," shall be subjected to a fine of from one to five hundred dollars, and to imprisonment not more than one year, with costs. SEC. 2, after describing the process, and pointing out the duty of officials in executing the law, even when the accused may be citizens of other States, concludes thus: " Provided, that this section shall not be construed so as to affect persons or slaves bona fide travelling through this State to and from any other State in the United States." This gives the slaveholder permission to take his slaves into Illinois and carry them out again as slaves, whereas, by the common law, his bringing them in would free them, as was decided by Judge Paine in New-York. SEC. 3. "If any negro or mulatto, bond or free, shall come into this State and remain ten days, with the evident intention of remaining in the same, every such negro or mulatto shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor." Penalty for the first offense, fifty dollars.f SEC. 4 provides, that if said fine is not paid forthwith, the delinquent shall be advertised for sale at public auction; and at the time appointed, " the justice shall proceed to sell said negro or mulatto to any person who will pay said fine and costs for the shortest time," etc., etc. SEC. 5 provides, that if said negro or mulatto fails to leave the State within ten days of the expiration of his or her term of service, he or she shall be liable to a fine of one hundred dollars, and so on, for every subsequent offense increasing the fine fifty dollars. SEc. 6 regulates the process of appeal from decisions against the accused, requiring heavy bonds, and making the process onerous and difficult. SEC. 7 awards to the successful complainant half the fines collected, and reserves the rest for a "charity fund" for the benefit of "the poor of said county!" SEC. 8 provides facilities for the benefit of such as may claim the arrested persons as their slaves, enabling them, on due proof, to remove them from the State. SEc. 9 provides for the punishment (for nonfeasance in office) of justices who shall refuse to carry out the preceding provisions! So that no one can hold the offce who declines becoming a slave auctioneer! SEC. 10. "Every person who shall have one fourth part negro blood, shall be deemed a mulatto." SEc. 11. "This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage." Approved, Feb. 12, 1853. It is evident that, by the operations of this statute, free colored emi* Constitution of the United States. f See Goodell's American Slave Code, pp. 260-8. t It will be seen that this act does not refer to persons of color living in the State at the time it passed. 28 ANNUAL REPORT. grants may be reduced to slavery for life. It is not the services of the man that are sold, but the man himself! The words of the statute are clear and emphatic. Slave statutes are always construed to the letter. And the known usage is, that a sale for a term of time secures perpetuity. The man is held as a chattel, and can have no redress. Besides, in the absence of competition, the term of service may cover a whole life, especially in cases where the fine, as provided in the statute, is increased to a large amount, and heavy costs added to the sum. If this development in Illinois does not rouse the friends of liberty in that State, and throughout the free States, to more spirited action and to a higher tone of demand, the case is indeed a hopeless one. While they are consenting to make issue upon the question of the extension or nonextension of slavery into new States, the Genius of Slavery is emboldened and enabled to carry the aggressive warfare into the already existing free. States, and transform one of them into a slave State! The issue is now changed to the question whether the free States of this Union shall become slave States! Is it not high time to learn that slavery, if permitted to exist, can neither be limited nor localized? Might we not as well talk of limiting a conflagration to a particular part of a city by ordinances and statutes? What has become of the Ordinance of 1787? Will not Abolitionists of all organizations and parties-will not all lovers of liberty, all opponents of pro-slavery supremacy, unite in raising again, in still louder tones, the Anti-slavery demand of 1833, not merely for the non-extension, but for the utter and immediate abolition of American slavery? After witnessing such specimens of pro-slavery legislation in the socalled free States, we need not be surprised to find their example followed by the semi-civilized Indians. The following is among recent newspaper items: The Cherokees are really reaching a high pitch of civilization, refinement, and chivalry. The "Act in regard to Free Negloes" has just been amended so as to read thus: "No free negro, except such as may be freed by citizens of the Nation, shall reside or hold property within the limits of the Cherokee Nation. And it is hereby made the duty of the Sheriffs to notify all such as may be found in their respective districts, now or at any time hereafter, to leave the Nation within fifty days after said notice. "Be it further enacted, That all free negroes and slaves whatever are hereby prohibited from carrying any weapon of any description declared to be unlawful, under the penalty of receiving thirty-nine lashes on the bare back for every such offense, upon conviction before any Court having jurisdiction of the offense." The fruits of the missionary policy that has permitted slaveholding, unrebuked, in the Cherokee and Choctaw mission churches, is here plainly visible. Will not the advocates of that policy see and rectify their mis ANNUAL REPORT. 29 take? Will not the supporters of Christian missions demand a change And will they not so direct their contributions as to make the demand effectual? The National Era of April 28, 1853, states: "In the Legislature of Virginia, a bill has been passed appropriating $42,000 to be applied to removing free colored persons from the State to Liberia, providing that a portion of it shall be raised by a poll-tax on free colored males, and a tax on seals attached to registers for freedom; in other words, compelling the poor to contribute to the expenses of their own banishment." And this it seems is the newest phase of colonizationism in Virginia, where the scheme originated. This is colonizing the free people of color " with their own consent!" It is stated by a correspondent of the National Era* that the number of free negroes in Virginia, by the last census, is 54,333; that their presence, in certain localities, is a great public benefit; that those capable of labor are constantly employed by persons willing to employ hired laborers and pay them just wages. But the system of hired labor cannot be tolerated by the slaveholders! "Agitation" in the Old Dominion may yet grow out of this phase of pro-slavery legislation, and shake the stability of the "peculiar institution" of coerced labor. It must be an unnatural and forced state of things in a "Commonwealth" where statutes have to be enacted for preventing a large class of the citizens from hiring their work done for them! In an age of railroads, steam machinery, and telegraphs, such a system must encounter formidable obstacles to its perpetuity. Legislation may thrust a dam over the current, but the waters will rise above it, and at length sweep it away. FUGITIVES - ESCAPES - CAPTURES - KIDNAPPING-RESCUES-JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Not only has the country been agitated on the slave question during the past year, by discussions in Congress, by Presidential nominations, by political rivalry, and by State legislation, but the agitation has been greatly promoted by the continued escapes of fugitive slaves, by their capture, by rescues, and by trials in the courts growing out of these exciting transactions. On no point, perhaps, connected with the workings of slavery, are the sympathies of a Northern population so readily roused in favor of freedom and against slavery, as when fugitive slaves come among themespecially when they are seized, dragged before magistrates, and, by a summary process, remanded back into slavery. This fact has been so well understood, both before and since the beginning of the present anti* National Era, Feb. 24, 1853. 30 ANNUAL REPORT. slavery movement, that captures and arrests have been conducted with all practicable secresy, and commonly under the pretense of charges for petty larceny, &c. At an early stage of the present contest, (as, for instance, at Utica,) it was found that the same populace that had mobbed the Abolitionists were ready to rally and rescue from official custody fugitive slaves It was q strange oversight on the part of the conservators of slavery when they passed the Fugitive Slave Bill of 1850, and especially when they determined upon systematic measures for its rigorous execution. In no other way could they have done as, much to increase the agitation they had determined to suppress. In no other way could they have so effectually drawn the public attention to the diabolical character of slavery, and to the wickedness and meanness of its Northern allies and supporters, both in Church and State. In no other way could they have so opportunely seconded the efforts of that class of Abolitionists who desire nothing more favorable to their cause than the opportunity of litigating the validity of pro-slavery legislation in theU courts. As the records of the past year intertwine themselves with those of preceding years, we must be excused for briefly alluding to them. In Massachusetts, ELIZUR WRIGHT had been prosecuted for assisting at the rescue of SHADRACH. The trial took place before JUDGE CURTIS, in June, 1852. "It was affirmed and believed that the District Attorney received instructions from the Secretary of State to have this trial take place during the week preceding the Whig Convention;" apparently desiring to incite a mutual influence between judicial decisions and political movements. But the jury could not agree, though the charge of the judge was strongly against the accused. At the second trial, in November, Mr. Wright was acquitted.* In Pennsylvania, the trial of Rev. SAMUEL WILLIAMS, for giving timely notice to the slave of GoRsUCH, which led to the battle of Christiana, terminated in his triumphant acquittal.t Judge GRIER, who presided on this trial, had betrayed an evident leaning to the slaveholders, and had treated with marked courtesy the Maryland Attorney-General, who was in attendance. But he was severely censured by the Governor of Maryland because he did not so distort the laws of the United States as to procure the conviction of Mr. Williams and of the other prisoners, whose prosecutions were dropped in consequence of his acquittal. This shows the extent of the slaveholders' demands, and their gratitude to those whose services fall short of the successful vindication of them. ELIZABETH PARKER, a free colored girl, who had been kidnapped from * Twenty-first Annual Rep. Mass. Anti-slavery Soc., p. 33. f Ibid. ANNUAL REPORT. 31 Pennsylvania and sold in New-Orleans under another name, has been liberated by the exertions of citizens of Chester county. They entered into a bond for $1500 for her return, conditioned on the payment of that sum if she did not prove to be Elizabeth Parker; and the issue was in accordance with their anticipations. RACHEL PARKER, sister of Elizabeth, had been previously kidnapped. She, too, has been recovered from New-Orleans. Counsel was furnished for her by the State of Pennsylvania, and she was liberated by a Baltimore jury. But no steps have been taken for the punishment of the kidnappers and murderers by whom JOSEPH C. MILLER was assassinated for having instituted legal proceedings at Baltimore for the rescue of Rachel Miller.* In May, 1852, JAMES PHILLIPS, a colored man, who had lived fourteen years in Harrisburgh, much respected, and employed in a confidential situation on a railway, was thrown off his guard by a pretended friendly salutation, knocked down, carried before Commissioner RICHARD MCALLISTER, and, by a summary and irregular process, delivered up into slavery. The enormity of the case created a strong sensation; and a contribution was raised for his relief, and he was ransomed fiom slavery.t Brief allusion was made in our last Annual Report to the case of WILLIAM SMITH, who was arrested at Columbia, Pennsylvania, and, on his attempting to escape, was shot dead by the slave-catcher, one Ridgely, of Baltimore. This attempted arrest was under warrant of the same Commissioner McALLISTER. " It has never appeared that Gov. BIGLER, of Pennsylvania, has demanded the surrender of Ridgely, or that any steps have been taken to bring him to justice."I The case of SHADRACH S. OLIVER and others, versus DANIEL KAUFFMAN and others, in the United States Circuit Court at Philadelphia, in Nov. 1852, was a significant one. The defendants were charged with harboring and assisting thirteen fugitive slaves, claimed as belonging to the plaintiffs. The charge by JUDGE GRIER entitled him to the appellation of the American JEFFRIES, and evinced a resolute determination to succeed, at this time, in giving satisfaction to the all-controlling slave power of the nation. He alluded distinctly to the complaints of the Executive of Maryland concerning the former action of the Court, and seemed anxious, on this occasion, to make due amends. He lamented that " a worthy citizen of Maryland, in attempting to capture a fugitive, was basely murdered by a mob of negroes on the southern borders of * National Era, Aug. 5, 1852; also Twenty-first An. Rep. Mass. A. S. Soc., p. 34; also Frederick Douglass's paper, April 22, 1853. + Twenty-first An. Rep. Mass. A. S. Soc., p. 44.: Ibid. 32 ANNUAL REPORT. the State," and he affirmed that " this outrage was the legitimate result of the seditious and treasonable doctrines taught by a few vagrant and insane fanatics." In harmony with these appeals to the worst passions and prejudices of the community, were his expositions of the law. "In the case now before the Court," he said, " it is contended that the slaves became free by the act of the plaintiffs in voluntarily bringing them into the State of Pennsylvania. This question depends upon the law of Maryland, and not of Pennsylvania." Thus he decided that the slave laws of a slave State extend their jurisdiction over the free States, whether they consent or no! Thus he denied to a sovereign State the power of excluding slavery from its territory. He next proceeded to sneer at and set aside the contrary principle recognized in the famous decision of Lord Mansfield, in the case of James Somerset, in 1.772, thus denying the legal validity of the noble decision by which he declared that slavery could not exist in England! denying, likewise, by plain and unavoidable implication, the legal validity of the kindred judicial decision by which slavery was abolished in Masachusetts, and reducing it again to a slave State! "On this subject," said Judge Grier, "Lord Mansfield has said some pretty things, (in the case of Somerset,) which are often quoted as principles of the common law. But they will perhaps be found, by examination of later cases, to be classed with rhetorical flourishes rather than legal dogmas. Since the former trial of this case, the point has been decided by the Supreme Court, as I think. But, however that may be, the point is ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, for the purposes of the present case, as we desire to have your verdict on the facts in the case, which are so much contested." The " Declaration of Independence," in its affirmation of inalienable rights, has long since been exploded by the slavery party, as a " rhetorical flourish'" And now the judges of the Federal Courts, on the bench, decide that the foundation-principles of the common law, upon which Anglo-Saxon liberty, in both hemispheres, has reposed for ages, are ~' rhetorical flourishes" likewise! The price of maintaining the Fugitive Slave Bill is thus ascertained. It must involve the loss of all legal principles, with the securities that depend on them. "An examination of later cases" (as decided by our judges) will sweep them all away. Such sentiments fiom the bench of the Federal Courts can hardly fail to suggest or to stimulate the inquiry whether that can deserve the name of law, which, by the avowals of its judicial supporters, requires them to trample under foot, with derision, the fundamental principles of law! The jury, thus instructed, and allowed to judge only of " the facts of ANNUAL REPORT. 33 the case," (leaving the law to Judge Grier, who deems legal science a " rhetorical flourish," to be set aside by an examination of " later cases 1") returned a verdict of $2,800 against Kauffman, and of "not guilty," in the case of the other defendants.* Such is the penalty for performing a Christian and humane act in the land of William Penn! The man who does not feel his religious liberties infringed by such decisions, should solicitously ask himself whether he prizes and practises Christ's religion, which requires us to " hide the outcasts," to "feed the hungry," to " entertain strangers," to "remember them that are in bonds as bound with them," and " do to others as we would have others do to us." About the same time, another alleged fugitive, called THOMAS BROWN, alias BORDLEY, was arrested in Philadelphia by the noted kidnapper, ALBERTI, who was going at large under the pardoning grace of Gov. Bigler. The poor man was given up into slavery. At this trial, DAVID PAUL BROWN, E;q., a legal gentleman professing to be fiiendly to freedom, acted as counsel for the prisoner. The papers report him as having assented, in open Court, to the sufficiency of the evidence produced by the claimants, and as saying: " Much as we are opposed to the Fugitive Slave Law, and to the institution it is designed to protect, we know our duty as citizens, and will bow in submission to the laws of the land."t We see, here again, the cost of admitting the legal validity of the "Fugitive Slave Bill, and of the institution it is designed to protect." The concession binds the people hand and foot, and lays them upon the altar of the slave power, unresisting and submissive, while LAW ITSELF, in the fundamental conception of it, is adjudged by the Courts to be a "flourish of rhetoric," repealable by judicial decisions! In the State of New-York, the work of judicial agitation has not been less effectively forwarded. One JONATHAN LEMMON, of Virginia, already alluded to, designing to emigrate with his slaves to Texas, found it convenient to come with them to the city of New-York, in November, 1852, for embarkation. On arriving there, the fact came to the knowledge of some friends of liberty, by whom a writ of habeas corpus was procured, and the slaveholder, with his alleged eight slaves, were brought before Judge Paine, of the Superior Court of the City of New-York, in due form, viz.: " The People, ex rel. Louis Napoleon, vs. Jonathan Lemmon, Respondent." On the latter party rested the obligation to show cause why the alleged slaves were held by him in a state of imprisonment and detention. The NX 2ational Anti-Slavery Standard, Nov. 11, 1852. l Ibid. 3 34 ANNUAL REPORT. plea for the respondent, of course, was, that " they were his slaves, in the right of his wife Juliet, who had been their owner for several years past, she being a resident of Virginia, a slaveholding State," &c.; "that she is now, with her said slaves or property, in transitu from Virginia to Texas, another slave State," &c.; that " she had no intention of bringing them into this State to remain or reside, but was passing through the harbor of New-York, on her way from Virginia to Texas," &c.; and " she insists that said persons are not free, but are slaves, as aforesaid, and that she is entitled to their possession and custody." The point of law thus distinctly presented was, whether a slave, brought into the State of New-York by his master or mistress, could for one moment remain a slave, and as such be taken into a slave State, or whether he was not in a condition of freedom, and, like every other free man, entitled to protection in the enjoyment of that freedom. The case was a plain one, but was earnestly contested in court. Judge Paine, in an elaborate opinion, giving abundant citations of authorities and precedents, (some of them taken from the courts in slave States,) decided that " the eight persons mentioned in the writ be discharged." They were accordingly set at liberty. But an excitement of political and countinghouse sympathy was got up in favor of Mr. and Mrs. Lemmon, and a sum much exceeding their own valuation of the "property" was subscribed for their relief by the members of the " Union Safety Committee" and their coadjutors. Strange to tell, Judge Paine himself contributed to this fund for making due amends for the harshness of his own decision! Whether he thought it one of those hard cases in which (according to prevailing judicial ethics) the moral right of the case had to be sacrificed on the altar of precedent or law; or whether he was willing to appease the clamor, Northern and Southern, that assailed him, we undertake not to say; but his friends may console themselves with the belief that the peace-offering was not, to him, a very expensive one, as it was rumored that the money for the purpose was put into his hands by merchants seeking Southern custom. The class of presses of which the NewYork Journal of Commerceis a specimen were vociferous in their condemnation of the decision, and of the meddlesome fanatics who had procured it. The Washington Union, and other political presses, invoked " indignant rebukes;" the Governor of Virginia, in an official communication, complained of the decision as an outrage upon Southern rights and two patriotic gentlemen in the Legislature of New-York courageously stood alone in support of the Union, by proposing a legislative remedy against such decisions. In the midst of these developments, a New-Orleans editor administered a caustic rebuke of Southern fanaticism and Northern servility, showing, by a reference to cases decided in the courts of Louis ANNUAL REPORT. 35 iana, that the decision of Judge Paine was a correct one, according to the books and the precedents even in slave States! When will Northern cupidity and meanness cease to invite a world's scorn a The decision of Lord Mansfield in the Somerset case supplied British statesmen and poets with the proud motto, that "Slaves cannot breathe in England." The decision of Judge Paine,'were it not for the continued judicial recognition of the infamous Fugitive Slave Bill,would have inscribed the same motto upon the egis of New-York. There was formerly a law of this State, by which slaves brought into it by their masters might be held for nine months, and then taken to the land of perpetual slavery. Through the untiring efforts of Abolitionists, that law was repealed during the administration of Gov. Seward, and we trust will never be restored. But for this repeal, the eight freemen released by the decision of Judge Paine would have been taken to Texas and held as slaves to-day:-one item of answer to the inquiry, " What have the Abolitionists done? " * Another illustration, both of judicial agitation and of consequent Anti slavery progress, is found in the records of the process through which the odious enactment of 1850 is rapidly becoming, in some portions of the country, a dead letter. On this point we should have quoted, in connection with recent judicial decisions in Pennsylvania, the last Annual Report of the Pennsylvania Anti-slavery Society, which has the following: "One year ago, our record showed a catalogue of twenty-six cases of alleged slaves delivered up, from this State, under the Fugitive Slave Law, besides numerous cases of kidnapping and attempts to kidnap, and other instances of outrage and violence perpetrated under cover of this intamous enactment. This year we have to report but TIHREE cases of extradition as having occurred within the limits of our State, and only two well-authenticated cases of kidnapping." The result of trials for violating the " Compromise," in Massachusetts, has already been stated. We recur again to the State of New-York. JERRY was rescued at Syracuse, in October, 1851. A few months after, at the sitting of a United States Court at Buffalo, from twenty to thirty persons were indicted as rescuers of Jerry, &c. None of them were tried until February, 1853. ENOCH REED, of Syracuse, (a colored person,) was the first who was put on trial. He was not tried under the Fugitive Servant Law of 1793 or 1850. IHe was - The decision of Judge Paine, made it would seem with considerable reluctance, and apologized for by his subscription for the benefit of the defendant, was not only according to law every where expounded in free countries, but as recognized in slave States. Among the decisions of the Supreme Court of Louisiana, made soon after the termination of the Lemmon case, is that in the case of Lucy Brown, vs. P2rsifer. Smnith-S. B. Taylor, warrantor, by EUSTICE, Chief Justice, which fully recognizes the constitutionality and propriety of the legislation of the North, on the question of slaves in transitu, or temporary residents.-National Era, February 17, 1853. 36 ANNUAL REPORT. tried under the law of 1790, which forbids resisting officers, &c. He was convicted, but, owing to irregularities in the proceedings, he was not sentenced, and has not yet been sentenced; nor can he be, as he has recently been released by death. WM. L. SALMON, of Fulton, Oswego co., was then tried under the law of 1850 aforesaid, and acquitted. IRA W. COBB was then tried under the said law of 1850. The jury could not agree. Mr. BRIGHAM, of Syracuse, was then tried under the said law of 1850. The jury could not agree. No others have been tried. It is said, but we know not how truly, that there are to be further trials. The above trials took place in Albany, before Judge HALL, late Postmaster-General, and brother-in-law of Mr, FILLMORE, late acting President. On the other hand, some of those who fell upon Jerry have been prosecuted. LEAR, who came from Missouri to Syracuse for the purpose of plunging Jerry into slavery, was arrested. He died before the time for his trial had arrived. HENRY W. ALLEN (Deputy Marshal) was tried for kidnapping, in the Supreme Court of New-York, at the Onondaga Circuit, in June, 1852. He was acquitted. Several of the assistants of Allen have been prosecuted for assault and battery. One was tried at Syracuse last autumn. The judge held that the law of 1850, aforesaid, is constitutional, and the jury therefore acquitted. A case was made. It is now before the Supreme Court, and will probably be before the Court of Appeals in the course of a year or eighteen. months. GERRIT SMITH, to whom we are indebted for this statement of the trials growing out of the Jerry rescue, has acted as counsel on the side of freedom, at the trials. The trial of H. W. Allen, the Deputy Marshal, is published in a thick pamphlet, with the arguments of the counsel on both sides. That of Mr. Smith comprises, in sixteen distinct propositions, his reasons for the unconstitutionality of the Fugitive Slave Bill. It ought to be widely circulated and carefully studied. The LAW QUESTION should be kept before the people, as well as the courts, and be first decided by them. This was the policy of GRANVILLE SHARP, perseveringly pursued for years; and it was not until the people of England had studied and decided in favor of liberty that the MANSFIELDS and the BLACKSTONES of the law could be prevailed upon to do so. It will be found that, in this country, the judicial decisions on this subject are already influenced by the moral atmosphere of the locality the court sits in, and the character ANNUAL REPORT. 37 of the people from among whom a jury must be empannelled. Massachusetts, with Central New-York, are not favorable sites for obtaining pro-slavery decisions. This matter was understood in fixing the place of the trial of the Jerry rescuers at Albany, and not farther west. The Federal Executive understood perfectly well what parts of the State were most imbued with an intelligent and elevated anti-slavery sentiment. He knew precisely where anti-slavery appeals were most enthusiastically responded to, for he had formerly found it convenient, in such localities, (once at Rochester, just before his nomination for the Vice-Presidency,) to harangue the people on " the aggressions of the slave power I" He knew the power of such appeals, for they had gained him votes. He knew that, of all the popular gatherings in his native State, none were more respectable or more enthusiastic than the annual "Jerry Rescue Celebration" at Syracuse-the same (yet not the same!) Syracuse whose citizens prided themselves in her exemption from the "Abolition infection" in 1834, and scarcely tolerated an Anti-slavery Convention in 1836. And he knew that the influence and the eloquence of a DANIEL WEBSTER, put forth for the special object, before the Jerry rescue, had signally failed to allay or to overawe the antisentiment of Syracuse!* When all the territory of all the non-slaveholding States rises to the moral elevation of the region of Syracuse, there will be no eligible seats for the sittings of pro-slavery Federal Courts. Let Abolitionists see the work that is to be done. There were few darker spots on the map than Syracuse, twenty years ago! It is interesting to notice the origin of the practice of surrendering fugitive slaves. A remark in an article in the Christian Examiner for March, 1853, on "Ausebar, the Apostle of the North," reveals the fact that it was during the reign of anarchy and dismay that followed the dismemberment of the empire after the battle of Fontenoi, while the Northern men were foraging all along the sea-coasts of the Franks, just a thousand years ago: "When the marauders came, the King sent out to negotiate for how much spoil they might be bribed to stay away. It was an article of treaty with them, that if one of their prisoners should escape, he should be given back, or a price paid for him."f Who would have thought that, after the lapse of a thousand years, the nation calling itself the freest on earth would enact a law for the * This was during the time or near the close of an Anti-slavery gathering, a fact which Mr. Webster understood. When he saw by their countenances that the citizens disapproved the Fugitive Slave Bill and Compromise he was commending to them, he grew petulant, and said, in a threatening tone, that the law should yet be enforced in Syracuse, though even in the presence of an Antislavery Convention. The Jerry arrest appears to have been planned accordingly. The result is before the world. f Independent, March 10th, 1853. 38 ANNUAL REPORT. forcible reclamation of fugitives from oppression, and making it a penal offense to extend to them comfort and aid? Who that reads the debates in the Convention that formed the Constitution, and the debates in the Conventions of the several States that ratified it, can believe that our forefathers intended to intrust the Congress with such a power It is impossible. It is as clear as noonday, that not one of these Conventions held that the clauses in the Constitution, supposed to allude to slavery, sanctioned or sustained in any way the foul system. On the contrary, they were spoken of in the North Carolina Convention as anti-slavery in their tendency; they were denounced in the Virginia Convention as investing Congress with power to interfere for the abatement of the evil; and they were explained by Judge Wilson, in the Convention of Pennsylvania, and Judge Dawes, in that of Massachusetts, as being concessions on the part of the South, which in reality paved the way for ultimate emancipation; and those explanations were accepted.& As the slave-trade was at the time universally considered the parent of slavery, it was held that the extinction of the former would put an end to the latter. Hence the provision of the Constitution allowing Congress to prohibit the traffic in the year 1808-an act beyond the power of the Congress of the Confederation-was referred to as a clear gain by the opponents of slavery. The provision in regard to fugitives from service or labor excited no discussion or agitation in the Federal Convention, and, so far as we can judge from an examination of the proceedings of the State Conventions, attracted little attention. The reason of this may have been, that the article was intended to apply primarily to indented apprentices or to redemptioners. At any rate, its consequences with regard to fugitive slaves were not foreseen; and besides, it was the prevailing belief that slavery was a temporary institution, rapidly tending to extinction, when of course those clauses of the Constitution, so far as they relate to it, would become inoperative.* The late lamented Mr. Rantoul made a very able speech in the House of Representatives, June 11, 1852, on the question: "Is there in the Constitution of the United States a grant of power to the Government to legislate for the rendition of fugitives from labor?" This he denied, and argued at length, with great force of reasoning, to sustain hig position. It is worthy of notice, that the law of 1793 was drafted by a Massachusetts merchant;f that in the Prigg case some parts of the law were pronounced unconstitutional by a judge fiom Massachusetts,[ and that the chief supporter of the law of 1850, intended to supply the deficiencies of the previous act, was sustained by a Massachusetts senator. j * See National Erc of June. 10th, 1852, for some of these remarks. G George Cabot. t Joseph Story. I Daniel Webster ANNUAL REPORT. 39 We will now glance again at the records of jurisprudence in those sections of country and before those courts wherein no available influence of a rectified and progressive public sentiment operates. In Illinois there is a statute by which persons who " harbor or secrete a slave, or hinder or prevent any lawful owner or owners fiom taking them in a lawful manner," are " deemed guilty of a misdemeanor," and "fined not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding six months." RICHARD ELLIS was indicted and convicted under this statute, by the Supreme Court of Illinois. By writ of error the case was carried up to the Supreme Court of the United States. In behalf of Ellis, it was urged that the act of Illinois is void, because it conflicts with the Constitution of the United States, which provides for the proper disposition of such cases; and also with the corresponding acts of Congress, which impose specific penalties for such offenses. The act therefore subjects the delinquent to double punishment, one by the State Courts and the other by the Federal Courts. It was further urged, " that an affirmance of the judgment in this case will conflict with the decision of this court in the case of Prigg vs. Pennsylvania." The opinion of the court, delivered by Justice Grier, was, that the act of Illinois was not in conflict either with the Constitution of the United States, nor with the acts of Congress, nor with the decisions of the Federal Courts. And therefore (Judge McLean dissenting) the judgment of the Supreme Court of Illinois was affirmed.* IN MISSOURI, the Supreme Court of the State, at St. Louis Circuit, have undertaken to establish a principle which overrides many decisions of the slave States themselves, favorable to liberty. It had been held that when a slave was taken by his master, or with his consent, into a free State and brought back again, he could not be legally held tin slavery, but was entitled to his freedom. But in the case of Dredd Scott vs. Irene Emerson, wife and administratrix of Dr. John Emerson, the contrary doctrine prevailed. The late master of Scott was a surgeon in the U. S. Army, and had been stationed at Rock Island, Illinois, and also at Fort Snelling, in the territory of the United States; at both of which places, the plaintiff, Scott, had been detained in his service. He therefore sued for his freedom. "On the first trial, the jury, in accordance with the ruling of the Court, found a verdict for the slave. But on the case being carried up on a writ of error, the decision was reversed, on the ground that the condition of servitude re-attached upon the slave's returning within the jurisdiction of Missouri."t * National Era, Jan. 6, 1853. f Twenty-first Ann. Rep. Mass. A. S. Soc., p. 38. 40 ANNUAL REPORT. "This case overrules the following cases, previously decided by the Supreme Court" of the same State:Mary vs. Tiffin & Menard, 1 Mo. 521. Milly vs. Smith, 2 Mo. 32. Milly vs. Smith, 2 Mo. 139. Vincent vs. Duncan, 2 Mo. 174. Ralph vs. Duncan, 3 Mo. 138. Julia vs. M'Kenny, 3 Mo. 193. Nati vs. Ruddle, 3 Mo. 282. Rachel vs. Walker, 4 Mo. 351. Wilson vs. Melville, 4 Mo. 592.* It likewise contradicts numerous judicial decisions in the other slave States,l as also the following:IN KENTUCKY, a slave State, in which efficient anti-slavery operations (in sympathy with Northern Abolitionists) are going forward, free churches gathered, that exclude slaveholders, and a political party, hostile to slavery, organized, the courts maintain a different position. Clarissa, a slave in Kentucky, was permitted by her mistress, Mrs. Triggs, in 1838, to accompany Mrs. Alexander to Philadelphia, and to continue there for more than six months, though she was apprised that, by statute of that State, passed in 1780, a slave brought into the State would be entitled to freedom there, after a residence of six months. Clarissa returned to Kentucky with Mrs. Alexander, and, on being sold, instituted a suit for her freedom. The decision was given in her favor; an appeal was taken; and in January, 1853, the Court of Appeals, through Judge Crenshaw, delivered an elaborate opinion, affirming the decision of the lower court, and liberating Clarissa. In some of its features, the decision of this case is considered to be in advance of any former decision in Kentucky. IN CALIFORNIA, the monstrous enactment before mentioned, making provision for the seizure and rendition not only of fugitives, but of resident citizens before free, is rigorously and greedily enforced by the courts. Three persons, Carter Perkins, Robert Perkins, and Sandy Jones, claimed by C. S. Perkins, of Mississippi, as his slaves, were brought into California to work at the mines, in 1849, and therefore became legally free. Under the act of April 15, 1852, he undertook to reconvey them to Mississippi. They were taken to Sacramento City, and sought their release by a habeas corpus. The unconstitutionality of the statute was urged in their favor, but Judge Aldrich (from Florida or Alabama) de* National Anti-Slavery Standard, June 10, 1852. j See Goodell's American Slave Code. ANNUAL REPORT. 41 cided against them, and remanded them back to their claimants. Another writ of habeas corpus was obtained from Judge Wells, (from New-York,) of the Supreme Court at San Francisco. Judge. Wells' term having expired, the case was tried before Judges Murray and Anderson, and the negroes were given up to the claimant.* Later accounts say that under this law, " arrests of colored people continue to be made."t " The Press is faithless, with exception of the Pacific." Where a vigorous and vigilant anti-slavery sentiment is not kept up by persevering agitation, the decisions of the Courts will be pro-slavery, of course. The California Christian Advocate (says the National Anti-Slavery Standard of Nov. 4) relates an incident which recently occurred in San Francisco, showing what things are done there under cover of the late Fugitive Slave Law of that State. "On last Thursday morning, just before the sailing of the steamer Golden Gate, the usual quiet of Belden street, in this city, was disturbed by a most remarkable affair, the thread of which seems as yet shrouded in mystery-probably in the mystery of iniquity. "It appears, as near as the facts have as yet been ascertained, that a colored woman, named Louisa, had resided there for some time past, washing and cooking for several persons, and striving to make an honest living. She seems to have maintained a fair character in the neighborhood. She had been a slave, however, and was brought to this country some time in 1850, by Mrs. Reese, who keeps a boarding-house in Dupont street. Louisa lived with Mrs. Reese for one year, when, owing to causes not necessary to relate, she left, agreeing to pay $800 to Mrs. R. for the year's time she still owed her. Since the passage of the State Fugitive Slave Law, Louisa, it is said, had heard various rumors that she would be sent back to slavery. But she confided in the integrity of her old mistress, and took no pains to keep herself out of the way. She considered also that the reports, if from the family, were only intended to stimulate her to pay the $800 —200, or more, of which she had already paid, and she was laboring successfully to secure the balance. Some flattering efforts, or more properly decoys, had been presented, to induce her to return to the States, but she had not listened to them. " On the day before the steamer sailed, we are told, on what we consider reliable authority, that she was requested to go to Mrs. Reese's early on the next morning-that is, on the morning the steamer sailed. She did not go, but put on her wash-water and was proceeding as usual with her daily avocations, when five men rushed unexpectedly upon her, seized her, and after a vigorous resistance, in which her dress was nearly torn off, captured her and hurried her into a carriage which was standing in the street adjacent, and drove speedily away. A Scotchwoman who was near, witnessing the horrible plight of the colored woman, ran to fetch her another dress, but the carriage was gone, and only one or two persons happened to be near, who were confused and confounded by the circumstances, till the carriage was beyond reach. The five men were armed with revolvers. A number, ready to secure the full value of the woman to any claimant, ran to the boat, but, amid the denials, contradictions, and confusion of starting, nothing could be done. What adds to the mystery of the affair is, that no process of law was observed. So far as we can learn, no warrant was obtained, nor was the woman taken before any justice of the peace or judge of any court. It is said, however, but we know not how truly, that a certain official of the city led on the chivalrous attack. National Era, August 6 and October 21, 1852. + Ibid, November 4 42 ANNUAL REPORT. "Another matter of mystery is, Mrs. Reese, the proper person and claimant (or her daughter) to move an arrest according to law, assures a friend of ours that she neither knew of nor authorized the arrest. "Under the State Fugitive Slave Law, two colored men who had been stewards on the Golden Gate were sent back to the States on the last trip. We suppose these were sent back according to law. An account of another case, under the law, is given in the San Francisco Herald:"FUGITIVE SLAVE CAE. —Justice Shepherd yesterday issued a warrant for the arrest of a mulatto woman who was claimed as a fugitive from labor by T. T. Smith, of Jackson county, Missouri. She was brought to this country by the claimant in 1850, and remained, together with a number of other slaves, in his family until a few months since, when she married a free negro and escaped. Her owner heard of her arrival here, and came down in search. Being informed that she was secreted on board the ship Flying Cloud, he applied for a warrant, by virtue of which she was arrested and brought before Justice Shepherd, by whom, on satisfactory proof of title, she was remanded to the custody of Mr. Smith, to be conveyed to the State of Missouri." It is cheering to notice that in the State of New-York, the region of Anti-slavery Conventions, colored editors, colored clergymen, church agitation, and Anti-slavery churches-the birth-place of distinctly-organized political Abolitionism, where slaveholding and pro-slavery voting are extensively regarded as heinous sins, it is not quite as easy as in California, Illinois, and Missouri, to enslave free citizens, without public protection or redress. SOLOMON NORTHROP, a free colored citizen of the United States, born of free parents in Essex county, N.Y., married in 1829, and residing with his wife and children at Saratoga, found occasion, in 1841, to go to Washington City to drive a team. He took the precaution to provide himself with written testimonials of his freedom. On his arrival at Washington, he put up at Gadsby's Hotel, retired, sick, to bed, and took medicine at the hands of some persons. The next thing he remembers is, that he found himself chained to the floor of Williams' slave-pen, in that city, and in possession of James H. Burch, a noted slave-dealer. In spite of all remonstrances, he was conveyed down the river, by steamboat, to Richmond, put on board the brig Orleans, carried to Louisiana and sold as a slave. After having been sold several times, he fell into the hands of Edwin Eppes, in Bayou Bceuf, about 130 miles from the mouth of Red river, in the parish of Avoyelles, La. Here he found opportunity to send a letter home, in August, 1852. Application being made to Governor Hunt, of New-York, with proper proofs of his freedom, the requisite authority of the State was obtained; Mr. H.B. Northrop, of Washington county, proceeded to Washington City, where he received testimonials from Hon. Mr. Conrad, Secretary of War, and other distinguished gentlemen. Arriving in Louisiana, a legal process was commenced, ANNUAL REPORT. 43 and the testimony was so complete, that the defense was relinquished and the captive restored to his freedom. On their way home through WaTshington City, they caused Burch to be arrested; but, owing to the rejection of the testimony of Solomon, the victim of his villany, because he was colored, while the testimony of Burch in his own case was allowed by the Court, he was discharged. Burch then commenced a suit against Solomon for a conspiracy to defraud him! Mr. H. B. Northrop promptly offered himself as counsel for Solomon, and asked that the trial might immediately proceed. Burch was intimidated, and discontinued the suit.* A narrative of Solomon Northrop's captivity is just published, and is expected to make an important addition to the " peculiar" literature of America. A mistaken rumor that some slave-catchers were in the county of Ashtabula, (Ohio,) within the Congressional District of JOSHUA R. GIDDINGS, occasioned an unprecedented excitement in that region. Had it proved true, it is doubted whether the intruders would have been safe themselves, so far from being permitted to bring into grave litigation the security and freedom of others.t Such would be the state of feeling in all the counties of all the free States, if men loved their neighbors as themselves, and did not honor, in practice, the peace principles of the " Friends." The "spirit of Seventy-six," that resisted taxation without representation, in the imposition of a three-penny tax upon tea, was far more excitable and impetuous. Even at the South, the kidnapping of FREE colored persons, when the knowledge of the fact becomes public, is beginning to cause unwonted excitement. If such excitements are ever justifiable, and if " all men are created equal," the excitement sometimes seen among "Northern fanatics" must be so. The item that follows proves this, while it also shows the natural workings of the slave system:EXTENSIVE KIDNAPPING.-By a friend who arrived this morning from Mobile, we learn that two white men, named Mapley and Long, have been arrested there on a charge of forcibly carrying off free persons of color from this State, and attempting to sell them. Eight colored persons of French extraction, named Frozine, Madeline, Sally, Ozenne, Julia, Hyppolite, Adela and Eudora, were taken up with them, and are now in prison. These colored persons say that they are free. They refer to Messrs. Francois Le Beau, Severin Passe, Gustave and Armauld Gronin, Major Theozende Leme, Hyppolite Deveron, and Charles Poydras, of Pointe Coupee, planters, for the truth of their statement. The white men are also accused of having sold five kidnapped colored persons in this city, for Texas, -New-Or'leans Picayune, March 1. The extent and fiequency of ESCAPES FROM SLAVERY may be inferred from such items as the following: — * National Era, Feb. 3, 1853. f Naitional Anti-slavery Standard, Oct. 7, 1852, 44 ANNUAL REPORT. "Five slaves have left Mr. C. Q. ARMSTRONG, of St. Louis; a girl of 18, a woman of 25, and three children, supposed to have been abducted by two white men. "Mrs. PENDLETON'S slaves, fourteen in number, who ran off to Pennsylvania from Washington county, Md., a few days ago, have not been arrested at Harrisburgh as reported, although they are said to be in that town. " THE NEGROES LEAVING.-The Rockinghain (Va.) Register says, that on the 4th inst. there was a considerable stampede among the negroes of Pendleton county in that State. Z. Dyer, Esq., late Clerk of the county, lost three, Cyrus Hopkins, Esq., two, and Elisha Stonestreet, one. About a year since, A. W. Dyer, of the same county, lost four of his most valuable slaves in the same way."* In Mason and Bracken counties, Kentucky, the subject has attracted the most anxious attention. A meeting of citizens has been held, and an Association organized to assist in pursuing and recovering fugitives. Liberal rewards are offered to citizens of fiee States to assist them —fiesh stimulus to the zeal of " Union safety" patriots, and new aids to the "lower law" ecclesiastics who magnify the office of the Apostle to the Gentiles, by investing it with the function of returning fugitive slaves! Such appeals to the North may derive force, perhaps-illustration certainly-from judicial decisions at the South, reducing free Northern citizens, known as such, to a state of slavery, for no fault but acting in accordance with the Golden Rule. Witness the following:-Four free citizens of Massachusetts, colored men, were arrested in Galveston, Texas, for concealing a fugitive slave on board the brig Billow, of Boston, with intention of aiding in his escape. They were tried and convicted, on slave evidence, (which for all humane and just purposes is excluded from the Southern courts,) and were sentenced to pay a fine equal to the value of the slave, or, in default thereof, to be sold as slaves themselves. And they were accordingly sold! The Governor of Massachusetts was authorized by the Legislature of that State to take measures for their relief at the public expense. The result is not known.t Southern authorities are forward to claim indemnity of the free States, when they deem the rights of slaveholders infringed. A colored man wrongfully accused of grand larceny, (a pretext for securing him as a fugitive,) was, on his own confession, sent to the State prison at SingSing, N. Y., in 1849, for two years, and was pardoned out a day before the term of his imprisonment expired, on a representation of the facts to Gov. Hunt by Rev. Dr. Pennington. He escaped to Canada. A Dr. Allen Thomas, of Howard county, Maryland, claims Dim as his slave, and demands indemnity fiom the State of New-York. The Legislature and Governor of Maryland endorse the claim, and forward it to the N ational Anti-slavery Standard, Aug. 26, 1852. t Twenty-first Annual Rep. Mass, A. S. Soc., p. 39. t lbid,, p. 37, ANNUAL REPORT. 45 Governor and Legislature of New-York,* as a claim by the State of Maryland. SOUTHERN DISSENSIONS-DILEMMA-STATE RIGHTS-CONSOLIDATION. Before dismissing this class of topics, we cannot forbear to notice some of the straits and dilemmas into which, by their own chosen course, the slave States and the pro-slavery party are now placed. They can scarcely move in any direction without coming into direct conflict with something they have said, or done, or insisted upon for some other purpose, or in some other connection. The Democratic party in Kentucky, for example, in unison with their party associates in Virginia, solicitous to establish a strong Southern platform, adopted resolutions declaring that Congress can pass no law to punish any crime not specially enumerated in the Constitution. This course was in accordance with the old Virginian Democratic doctrine of State Rights and Limited Federal Powers. But it evidently declares the main provisions of the FUGITIVE SLAVE BILL of 1850, imposing fines and imprisonment upon those who aid fugitive slaves, to be null and void! This fact the Whig editors of Virginia have discovered, and readily charge the result upon their political opponents. And they do not overlook or suppress the fact, that the National Democratic Convention at Baltimore, in erecting the " platform" that endorsed the Fugitive Slave Bill, repeated its affirmation of the same doctrine, which, in effect, and by all fair principles of induction, makes it " NULL AND VOID!" For the Constitution, say they, in its list of crimes punishable by Congress, makes no allusion to the crime of aiding fugitive slaves! The Whig editors of Virginia have gone farther than this, as will be seen from the following: "This may be called strict construction, and so it is; but the Democrats cannot object to it on that account; and besides, the Supreme Court of the United States has acted upon this view of the matter, and hence arose the necessityfor the present law. That Court, relying possibly upon the authority of this very resolution, or, at all events, arriving at a precisely similar conclusion, declared its opinion that Congress had nothing to do with the rendition of fugitive slaves, but that, under the Constitution, the power'is reserved, and of right appertains, solely and exclusively to the respective States, each within its own territory!' It was this decision which, more than any other cause perhaps, called for the passage of the present F'ugitive Slave Laew, which the Democratic Convention, by endorsing the Kentucky Resolutions, has declared to be null and of noforce."t' Thus far the Southern Whig organs see clearly enough, and readily reveal what they see. * Frederick Douglass's Paper, April 22, 1853. f Charlottesville Advocate, as approvingly copied by the Richmond Whij, Vide New-York Evening Post, June 23, 1852. 46 ANNUAL REPORT. But there is something more to be seen there, which they either fail to discover, or willingly hide. Their object in the statements just quoted is not to disparage the Fugitive Slave Bill, but to show how the Democratic party, by its theory of State Rights, disparages it. They claim, by implication, that the Whigs, in their repudiation of that theory, are in a better position to sustain the Bill. It seems not to occur to them, or they will not confess it, that if the State Rights doctrine of their rivals should be overborne by the exercise of the strong Federal power requisite for the enforcing of the Fugitive Slave Bill, the boasted "State Right" to maintain slavery is swept away, and the Federal Government, addicted to the exercise of such unlimited power in support of slavery, would be equally potent, on a change of national policy, contingent on any future election, to cripple and even to overthrow slavery! A dilemma is here presented, from which there is no escape. Neither the Whig creed nor the Democratic creed can avail any thing towards removing it. If the State Rights doctrine predominates, it must nullify the Fugitive Slave Bill, and all kindred Federal enactments. On the other hand, if that doctrine becomes obsolete, the right of maintaining slavery in the States evaporates, and the Federal power over it is est-blished! As a matter of historical fact, the slave power (as the preceding quo ations prove) has made alternate trial of both these theories, and now, by the Fugitive Slave Bill of 1850, settles down upon the theory that explodes the Southern claim of State Rights, and virtually affirms the powler of the Federal Government over the whole subject! Strange to tell, (and quite unfortunately forthegratulatory tone of the Virginia Whig editors,) this policy was fastened upon the country by the concurrent action and approbation of both Whigs and Democrats-Calhoun, Cass, and 13uchanan, by the side of Fillmore, Webster, and Clay! The entire Iphalanx of the slave power has fastened this constitutional construction upon the country, and must abide the result! A lucid and vigorous writer over the signature of " W." in the National Era of July 8, 1852, has placed this view in a clear and strong light:"In this particular case the South relaxed their vigilance, as it was a measure supposed to be favorable to their interests, and a law insisted upon as an additional bond to the Union; but never was there a greater mistake made at the South than this; never was a more fatal blow given to the Union; never was there an act passed, tending so strongly to consolidation as this.. It now seems as if we had no State Government, or that it is weak and puny, overshadowed completely by the Federal Government, either for good or for evil. If for evil, consolidation has brought it upon us, and consolidation must therefore be our remedy. We bide our time. If the General Government is so potent for evil, it must be equally potent for good." If the General Government may disregard the limitations of the Constitution to infringe original and natural rights, why may it not do the ANNUAL REPORT. 47 same to restore and protect them? The records of arrests, trials, judicial decisions and outrages during the past year, are sufficient, at least, to suggest some such reflections and inquiries. It may yet prove that these painful and humiliating developments are but a necessary link in the chain of providential preparations for deliverance. The continuance of the Fugitive Slave Bill, with attempts for its enforcement, especially if successful, must unquestionably consolidate the Government, with ample powers and precedents for their exercise, not always by a petty oligarchy of perhaps 120,000 slaveholders, but at length by a majority of MILLIONS OF FREEMEN. CALIFORNIA - GRADUAL INTRODUCTION OF SLAVERY - CONSPIRACY TO ALTER THE CONSTITUTION, TO DIVIDE, &c. The train of thought and of facts just presented derives additional force from the consideration that, while the slave power is intent, through the willing action of the Federal Government, to enforce the pro-slavery part of the " Compromise" upon the free States, by arrests, fines, and imprisonments, there has never been, for one moment, the slightest regard paid by the slaveholders to that part of the " Compromise" that nominally assented to the admission of California as a free State. And the Federal Government has not interposed a particle of its power or influence to prevent California from becoming a slave State, nor to prevent or terminate the gross violation of the Federal Constitution, already noticed, in the legislation and jurisprudence of that State, in reducing free citizens of the United States to slavery. If the Federal Government has power to enforce one part of the "Compromise," why not the other? Or was there only one side of a Compromise entered into, or to be enforced? We have already noticed the legislative and judicial action of California in favor of slavery. In addition to this, we must now advert to the actual process of the emigration of slaveholders into California with their slaves, holding them there in open violation of the Constitution and laws; and to the corresponding efforts for changing the Constitution, or of so dividing the State as to form at least one or two slave States out of it. Southern testimony is full and explicit on these points. The Columbus (Ga.) Times says: "It is now confidently believed that this new State will alter or explain away that portion of her Constitution which prohibits slavery." The Richmond (Va.) Dispatch says, May 12, 1852: "We said, three years ago, in a public journal, that California would be sure to remove every restriction that could be placed upon her by the General Government, and that she would be the largest slaveholder of all the States.".. " The way was paved by the last Legislature, when they authorized the 48 ANNUAL REPORT. system of Chinese peonage. The next step will be African slavery; and as we here in Virginia are overrun with slaves, we hope to see it draw off about one half." It is here avowed, that before the "Compromise" was adopted, it was understood at the South that no restrictions imposed by the Federal Government upon California would prevent the introduction of slavery; and that it would become a slave State. What becomes, then, of the pretended "Compromise" that is to be enforced upon the North, but which was never for one instant recognized as binding at the South? What binding force on the North can there be in a bargain like this, even if the immorality of the contract did not annul it? " Gov. McDougal, of California, in his last Message, recommended a Convention for the purpose of revising the Constitution, with a view to the division of the State-a favorite measure of the pro-slavery party. Gov. Bigler, just elected, sets his face against the agitation of slavery, and is devout in his admiration of the Compromise measures. Among the candidates for the senatorship were Ex-Governor Smith, of Virginia, a rampant slavery man, Robert McLane, who signalized himself in Congress, two years ago, by his hostility to anti-slavery men, and another citizen of a slave State. J. B. Weller, formerly of Ohio, and one of the bitterest foes of the Anti-slavery cause, was elected. These facts show the leading influences in the new State." * The Southern Press intimates that California may yet be divided. The Washington Union anticipates the same, and maintains that it would be no violation of the "Compromise! " A correspondent of the New-York Evening Post, (as copied into the National Era,) writing from San Francisco, Nov. 14, 1852, expresses the apprehension that many, in some parts of the State, who are opposed to slavery, would nevertheless be induced to join with pro-slavery men in calling for a Convention, because of their dissatisfaction with the Constitution on other grounds. He adds: "Slavery is to be excluded from the mines and admitted into the agricultural portions of the State!. [As though a law should be passed confining a conflagration or the cholera to the valleys and plains, and forbidding it in the mountains!] Then some few specious provisions are to be thrown in for the benefit of the native Californian counties, on the subject of taxation, &c.; and the whole instrument, thus hocus-pocussed, is to be presented in a lump to be voted for, in the hope that, taking the good with the bad, and by another concerted movement among the pro-slavery men, the amended Constitution may slip through, and California be reduced to the level of Arkansas, Texas, and Mississippi..... With scarce a press sure for freedom-two or three Democratic papers dead against us-the Whig papers either hostile or silent-hardly any of the leading men in either party who is not a fanatic for slavery, or in his heart false to freedom and the State, there seems little room for hope." t The Legislature met on the 3d of January,' 1853. The Governor in his Message recommended the calling of a Constitutional Convention, * National Era, March 11, 1852. f Ibid. i See National Era, Dec. 30, 1852. ANNUAL REPORT. 49 ostensibly to abolish certain offices created by the Constitution, but maintaining silence respecting the real object in view.* The next item of information that reaches us is the following:"The division of California into three States, distinct and separate, is now contemplated and pressed there. A majority of the Legislature, it is said, will order a State Convention." f The next we hear is that the Convention question is opened in the Legislature, and that a Committee of the Senate have reported favorably to the measure. The same writer says: "Slaves have frequently been introduced into the State, and, after working to the satisfaction of their owners, have been forcibly carried back. To help the transportation of such persons, it is well understood that an'underground railroad' [i. e. a line of secret transportation] has been constructed to Panama.": Soon came the announcement that the Convention Bill had passed the Assembly, and was expected to pass the Senate. Pro-slavery legislation and jurisprudence glide on quietly and swimmingly, without a ripple of unpleasant excitement, in regions where reckless Abolitionists are not riveting thefetters of the slaves, and putting of emancipation fifty years by their imprudence! The exultation of the Southern presses on this intelligence is unbounded. Says the Southern Era, (Richmond, Va.:) "SLAVERY DOES EXIST in California now, and WILL CONTINUE to exist until it becomes unprofitable. Do what you will, and say what you will, this thing must come to pass." ~ Yet in California, at the same time, while no pains were spared by circulars and correspondence to secure the united action of Southern and pro-slavery men in favor of a Convention, it was strenuously denied, for a time, that the object was either the division of the State or the introduction of slavery. But the object could not be concealed,lJ and is no longer denied. The result remains to be seen. But we are warranted in two practical conclusions: (1.) Abolitionists should learn better than to content themselves with mere efforts to prevent slavery extension, or to expect the overthrow of slavery by such appliances. (2.) Xon-extensionists should likewise learn that there is but one way to prevent the extension of slavery, and that is by its utter extirpation without delay. While the friends of liberty have been contesting the issue whether slavery should be extended into new States, it is seen steadily extending itself into the contested regions, as well as into Illinois, a free State! * National Era, Feb. 24, 1853. t Ibid., March 31, 1853.: Correspondent of New-York Iribune. Vide National Era, March 31, 1853. ~ Vide National Era, May 5, 1853. 11 Ibid., April 14, 1853. 4 50 ANNUAL REPORT. This is no ground for discouragement, but only for dropping the defensive policy and resuming the'aggressive. We are driven to the alternative of either giving up the contest with defeat, or of raising a higher issue by reviving with unanimity and pressing with vigor the original demand of Abolitionists, twenty years ago, for "THE IMMEDIATE AND UNCONDITIONAL ABOLITION OF SLAVERY." As it was this demand that first broke the slumbers of the nation, so nothing short of its continued reiteration can present the true issue, and fix the public attention to the problem to be solved. NEW TERRITORIES.-DOUBTFUL PROSPECTS. At the late session of Congress, a bill passed the House for organizing the Territory of NEBRASKA, but it was defeated in the Senate. The ground of objection openly avowed by some Senators, particularly by General Atchison, was, that it was protected from slavery by the Ordinance of 1787, and by the Missouri "Compromise!" Here, again, the part of the "Compromise" intended to favor liberty cannot, it seems, be carried into effect. In the meantime, it has been intimated that the organization of the Territory would only open the way for slavery, and that the executive appointments of judges and officers would be likely to favor such a result. Others say that emigrants will go there whether the Territory is organized or not, and if any of them defy the laws by carrying slaves with them, the practice could be more effectually suppressed by the Federal Courts than without them. Thus does Liberty need to contest vigilantly her foothold in the North west.* This is seen also in the case of the Territory of WASHINGTON, just organized. The New-York Express denies that slavery is excluded from that Territory. Yet it was formed out of the Territory of Oregon, which was included in the Ordinance of 1787, excluding slavery, and which, on its organization in 1848, was expressly recognized by act of Congress, as being entitled to all the privileges, and subject to all the conditions and restrictions of that ordinance. A question, it seems, is raised by a Northern editor, whether the subsequent division of the Territory takes away those rights and restrictions, and thus exposes it to the inroads of slavery! On such flimsy pretexts are doubts raised; and it seems to be held that (by reversing the common law maxim) slavery, and not liberty, is to have the benefit of the uncertainty!PROBLEM IN TEXAS. There is a project for the division of Texas. Some advocate it as a means of increasing the power of slavery in the United States Senate. * See National Era, April 14, 1853. ANNUAL REPORT. 51 Some oppose it through fear that, if divided, the western division would become a free State. However the problem may be disposed of, the slaveholders will doubtless compass sea and land to have it in their own way, which will of course be the one that is thought to promise most advantages to slavery.* But in either case, the providential course of events will, we trust, turn their wisdom into foolishness. NEW-MEXICO AND UTAH. By a recent communication to the Corresponding Secretary from an intelligent and trustworthy correspondent, Rev. W. G. Kephart, we learn that there are supposed to be a few black slaves in the Territory of Utah, and a large number of Indians. The people are generally opposed to slavery, their soil being embraced within the prohibitory Ordinance of 1787. Mr. Kephart remarks: "In New-Mexico the case is somewhat different. A considerable portion of it at least is not secured by any statute or ordinance to freedom. The southern portion of the region is not so uncongenial to the growth and expansion of slavery, but that they might exist there and even be made profitable.... That Southern men do not account it impossible is evident from the fact that, fiom the very first, they have been manceuvring for its introduction. I need not cite to you the struggle in Congress during the turbulent sessions of 1849-50, which resulted in the passage of the'Compromise' bills. Nor need I refer you to the organic law then given to New-Mexico, by the provisions of which that Territory was thrown open, so far as it could be, to the introduction of slavery.... In opposition to the known and expressed wishes of a vast majority of the people, a Southerner of the extreme type was appointed by the last Administration for its first Governor.... A Chief Justice was appointed of the same type, thus placing the executive and judicial department in the hands of those who, it was doubtless understood, would use their power and influence, as occasion might require, for the support of slavery. At the same time, every man who was appointed to office there, and was afterwards suspected of entertaining sentiments favorable to freedom, was denounced by slaveholding members in Congress; and Judge Watts would probably have been removed, had not Mr. Foote assured his Southern colleagues that he was not an Abolitionist.... The same policy controls the present Administration, and consequently the same policy is adopted. One Mississippi Chief Justice is removed only to have his place filled by another from the same State; while Borland, of Arkansas, has been appointed to the executive office, although the people of the Territory had sent their petitions, numerously signed, praying for the appointment of Cunningham, of Ohio." When Mr. Kephart first went to Santa Fe in 1850, as agent for this Society and the American Missionary Association, the Southerners claimed the Territory as theirs, and denied his right to circulate Antislavery tracts there, threatening him with mob-violence. Though temporarily held in check, they do not seem to have relinquished the:. claims. The Southern programme of operations, Mr. Kephart understands to be division, (as in Texas and California,) relinquishing only the northern part to freedom, then a renewed invasion and conquest of the Mexican States. * National Era, February 24, 1853. 52 ANNUAL REPORT. INVASION OF MEXICAN TERRITORY BY NEW-MEXICO. Already, as it would seem, the process of Mexican invasion is recommenced! The late Governor of New-Mexico, Mr. Lane, (now superseded by Mr. Borland,) not long before the close of his official career, made an armed incursion into Mesilla Valley, in Chihuahua, and took forcible possession. His entrance was resisted, though without bloodshed. It seems that the treaty with Mexico provided that joint commissioners and surveyors should run a line between the United States and Mexico. They did so, but did not agree upon the correct boundary. Lane, without instructions from Government, as is alleged, undertook to obtain possession of the territory that, in his judgment, belonged to the United States under the treaty. Mexico has taken offense and sent a force to defend the Territory. It was supposed that our Government would disclaim the act of Governor Lane, but instead of doing so, it is reported that the measure will be justified and sustained. It is well that, by Article XXI. of the treaty with Mexico, both powers bind themselves. in case any disagreement should arise, that they will endeavor to settle the difference by pacific negotiations, and resort shall not be had to hostilities of any kind until efforts are made to settle the same by the arbitration of commissioners appointed on each side, or by that of a friendly nation. Most sincerely do we hope that peace may long continue between the respective countries; but past events evince that no treaty is likely to stand with feeble neighbors while the thirst for new territory and the strife for the extension of slavery exist to the extent they have done, and while the political parties of the country are so obsequious to the slave power. PROJECTED ANNEXATION OF CUBA, What has the United States to do with Cuba, any more than it lias to do with Newfoundland? If the one is wanted by the South, why is not the other for the North? If the planters need the one, why do not the fishermen need the other? If Cuba were not wanted to strengthen the slave power in the national councils, the world would never have heard of American aspiration after Cuba. Should the Spanish Government abolish slavery in Cuba, and should France and England, in conjunction with Spain, give public pledges that they would never see it reestablished there, there would be a perpetual quietus to projects for the annexation of Cuba! As it is, there has been some little misgiving among the slaveholders. It has been feared that, like another California, it may set up pretensions to freedom. The Southern councils have at times been divided, or the final onset would have been made before now; but the reckless and ANNUAL REPORT. 53 daring among them seem to predominate over the timid and cautious. Preparations and devices for the annexation of Cuba constitute no inconsiderable element of political thought and activity in the slave States. The questions discussed have main reference to the time and method of annexation. The more impetuous are for taking forcible possession at once, either with or without the open sanction and aid of the Federal Government. The more wary would wait " for the fruit to ripen," and would secure by negotiation and management the object desired. Within the past year there have been developments that have placed these facts upon the page of the world's history in clear sunlight, and have attested, in the most documentary and official form, their truthfulness. The forcible invasion of Cuba bv armaments fitted out from the United States, with little or no seeresy, and with no effectual efforts by the Federal Government to prevent it, was already well known. But the long-settled policy and determined perseverance of the Federal Government itself to obtain Cuba was not generally or circumstantially known, until officially communicated to Congress by President Fillmore, July 13, 1852, in compliance with a request of Congress for information on that subject. How it came to pass that this information was solicited, how the President came to communicate it, and above all, how Congress came to give it publicity, is a problem to be solved only by a reverent reference to the providence of Him who taketh the wise in their own craftiness, brings to light the hidden things of darkness, and convicts the workers of iniquity by their own voluntary testimony. No disclosures have been more astounding, or better calculatedc to stimulate a general discussion of the slavery question, in its relation to the Federal Government, than those contained in this Message-none furnishing stronger arguments for vigorous and radical political Abolitionism at home-none presenting a more humiliating picture of our Republican Government to the inspection of both friends and enemies abroad. From this document it appears that, from November, 1822, to December, 1848, a period of twenty-six years, and under all the successive administrations of the Government, from Monroe to Polk, a continuous course of policy has been pursued, anticipating the future occupancy of Cuba. National Republicans and Nullifiers, Whigs and Democrats, appear to have been united in this policy; showing here, as in every thing else, that amid all minor wranglings and struggles of rivals for office, the SUPPORT o~" SLAVERY is the one overshadowing, paramount, and steady policy of the Government 3 * No marvel that some of the pro-slavery editors, as well as senators, N rational Era, Dec. 9, 1853. 54 ANNUAL REPORT. found fault with Mr. Fillmore for thus " disclosing the secrets of our diplomacy! " It would be wiser to find fault with the acts of the Government than with the revelation of them. The National Era says: The publication of these documents, as has been well observed, " presents our Government in an attitude calculated to arouse the jealousy of European powers. Spain and the world now know the policy of the American Government in relation to Cuba-how it longs for the acquisition-by what means it has attempted to gratify its passion-what price it is willing to pay-what advantages it expects to secure-by what acts it has attempted to influence the feelings of Spain against England, and awaken its fears of revolution. In a word, the position and purposes of our Government are fully disclosed. A few more such disclosures, and we may expect to stand an Ishmael among the nations." * Already the public ear is becoming accustomed to DEBATES IN CONGRESS ON THE ANNEXATION OF CUBA! On the 23d of Dec., 1853, Mr. Mason, of Virginia, in the Senate, submitted a Resolution calling on the President for information respecting Cuba. Yet in this speech he blamed the President for having communicated so much information, in compliance with the former request of Congress! "The ends and objects we desire," said he, "should not be uselessly promulged!" A gentle hint to secure garbled communications in future-suppressing whatever might cause agitation; for, said Mr. Mason, " So far as the acquisition of Cuba is involved, the Administration has done little to expedite it by divulging that correspondence." " I do not question the motives of the President, but I do question his judgment. Whatever it was intended to effect, one consequence must be the result-the postponement of the acquisition of that island to a more distant period than if the correspondence had not been divulged." Yet he adds, "It may postpone the acquisition, but it cannot prevent it." "It would occur as certainly as the earth revolved on its axis."f Mr. Mason should be reminded that Mr. Fillmore is not the only statesman whose devotion to the interests of slaveholders has betrayed him into the adoption of measures that work against them. Mr. Mason's own pet, the Fugitive Slave Bill, has been even more unfortunate than Mr. Filln.ore's compliance with the request of Congress. It is amusing to notice some of the pretexts and pleas insinuated in favor of the annexation of Cuba. The public are sometimes gravely reminded that the horrible African slave-trade is carried on in Cuba; that Spain encourages it, because she derives her revenues and existence chiefly from Cuba. It is hence covertly inferred that Spain is not fit to have charge of the island. This is represented as among the "grounds of dissatisfaction" in Cuba; and their sympathizers in the United States, *Dec. 2, 1852. f National Anti-slavery Standard, Dec. 30, 18l.5 ANNUAL REPORT. 55 in palliation of their "filibustering" schemes, transform themselves almost into Abolitionists by the implication that humanity requires the transfer of Cuba to the United States, as though that would secure the suppression of the slave trade.* At the same time, the efforts of the British Government, in its treaty stipulations, to terminate the slave-trade and favor freedom in the island, are denounced as impertinent intermeddling. Through these efforts, it is understood that, resulting from treaty stipulations concerning the slave trade, there is a large and increasing body of " FREEDMEN" in Cuba, whose continued freedom is in a manner guaranteed by the terms of the treaty with England. It is even questioned whether a more full and equitable compliance with the treaty would not emancipate a pretty large proportion, "probably the majority," of the remaining slaves on the island, as having been illegally imported in violation of the treaty. It is known that the British Government has an eye to the subject: the result cannot be foreseen.t In the meantime, no opportunities are neglected for involving the United States in a controversy with Spain, or at least with the authorities of Cuba, as a pretext for seizing upon the island. The exclusion of the steamer Crescent City, Capt. Porter, from the harbor of Havana, some time last autumn, afforded one of those opportunities. It was certainly very pardonable in the Cuban authorities, after all that had occurred, to keep up a vigilant watch against invaders from the United States! Yet it is found easy, on such grounds, to inflame the passions of the ignorant, and to keep up constantly before the public, for the basest ends, a para.!e of "Cuban aggressions" and "difficulties with Cuba." As in the case of Mexico, the slavery factionists will not rest until they have tried every expedient with the Federal Government, to acquire Cuba before emancipation takes place in the island. But should slavery be abolished in Cuba, (as it was in Mexico, including Texas,) it would by the annexation be restored, if the people of the United States did not, meantime, awaken from their stupor and prevent the outrage. The Washington Union, the would-be central organ of the party that elected and that supports President Pierce, is an open and avowed advocate of Cuban annexation,j and the Belfast (Me.) Journal takes the same ground.~ The Administration of President Pierce is claimed as being in favor of the measure, and none of the prominent supporters of the Administration are known to have called in question the correctness of the claim, or to have express, d regret for the fact. * See lew-York Times, April 23, 1853; National Anti-slavery Standard, Jan. 27, 1853, and New-York Tribune of April 19, 1853. f New-York Tribune, April 15, 1853. $ Vide extract from the Union of Nov. 2, in lNational E'ra, Nov. 18, 1852. Ibid, 56 ANNUAL REPORT. PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. THE public mind has been somewhat agitated with discussions respecting the annexation of these islands to the United States. Newspapers favorable to such a project have been filled with stories about the dissatisfaction of the people of those islands with their government; and with statements that it is for the interest of the people of both countries that annexation should take place. They even desired that the annexation question should be made one of the issues of the late Presidential election. The New-York Herald, with its accustomed audacity, has published real or pretended letters from Honolulu, in which the importance of the island is greatly magnified, and the necessity of its annexation to the United States vehemently urged! It was reported some months since, that a private expedition was fitting out in California to obtain possession of the islands, by hook or by crook. These unexpected discussions and reports have, as might be supposed, excited some attention at the islands. We quote a passage from the Polynesian, the editor of which, after transferring to its columns the filibustering reports of the California and other American newspapers, says: "We caution the public against such attacks upon a kingdom at perfect peace within itself and with all the world. The statements made are, many of them, greatly exaggerated, and others too ridiculously false to require refutation. We give them for what they are worth-that is, just nothing at all, except to show how easy it is for some men to utter untruths, to exaggerate facts, and to deceive the American public by misrepresentation." It is evident that there are individuals at the islands and in the United States interested in annexation, who cooperate to spread extravagant statements, with a view to pave the way for the accomplishment of their purposes. They speak of the imbecility of the king of the islands; the discontent of his subjects; the improvements that annexation would introduce into this " Cuba of the Pacific," to use their own expression; the inevitable destiny of the islanders, and the certain progress of the Anglo-Saxon race. Meantime the peaceful and unoffending inhabitants of the islands, and their government, are astounded at the rapacity of the Model Republic, imagining that the loud-mouthed publications who declaim so much about the inevitableness of the annexation, utter the voice of the American people. TREATMENT OF HAYTI. The general policy of the American Government in relation to Hayti has long been before a scrutinizing world, but the developments of the past year have added an important chapter to the stock of previous in ANNUAL REPORT. 57 formation. If the administration of Mr. Fillmore deserves any thanks from the friends of freedom, it is for the readiness with which it has spread before Congress and the world those long-concealed secrets of our national diplomacy which reveal more distinctly than ever the depths of servility to which the Federal Government has descended, in its subserviency to the petty oligarchy of slaveholders. Not content with having refused, since the year 1804, a recognition of the independence of Hayti, to the great detriment of our commercial interests, the Government, it now seems, has had the meanness to interfere with her affairs, while refusing honorable international intercourse with her;-has secretly plotted against her peace, and has added insult to injury in the tone of arrogance officially held towards her. A union, it should be remembered, was effected, in 1822, between Hayti and certain portions of Dominica, inhabited by French and Spanish negroes. Some years since, Dominica revolted against the Haytien Government, and declared independence. Into the merits of the controversy we need not now enter. It is sufficient to know that the Government of the United States had no right to interfere with it; that it was impertinent to intermeddle against Hayti, especially while refusing to recognize her among the family of nations. But all this, and more, was done. Successive Administrations had sent secret emissaries to Dominica to stimulate the rebellion against Hayti, without the concurrence of Congress, or the knowledge of the American people, thus clandestinely compromitting the neutrality of the United States in violation of important trusts, and by an exercise of usurped and unconstitutional power. And this is not all. Great Britain and France, on some pretexts, had interested themselves in an adjustment of the controversy, and had assumed a tone of dictation towards Hayti. This presented a fit occasion for the assertion, by our Government, of the non-intervention doctrine of President Monroe, so much gloried in, declaring it impertinent and inadmissible for the European Governments to intermeddle in the affairs of this Western Hemisphere. But so far fiom remonstrating against this interference, our Government eagerly availed itself of it for the purposes it had in view, and cooperated in measures for making it effectual. Not content with this, its emissary, Mr. Hogan, concocted a plan for a white republic on the eastern part of the island of Hayti: and cool prophecies were circulated in the papers, "that the white race would yet have to interfere for the cause of humanity, and re-subjugate or exterminate the blacks of Hayti, fast relapsing into barbarism!" These hints and feelers, somewhat enigmatical and mysterious at the time, are better understood now, in the light of the diplomatic correspondence that has 58 ANNUAL REPORT. been published.* A plan was likewise projected, and announced by a manifesto of General Duff Green, for the colonization and subjugation of St. Domingo. In short, the design of the slave power to get possession of St. Domingo is now no more a secret (to those who will open their eyes on public affairs) than the design to annex Cuba: no more a secret than was the design, a few years ago, to annex Texas, and to dismember and reenslave Mexico. Here, again, we are certified that there is and can be only one way to prevent the extension of American slavery, and that is by the speedy and vigorous extirpation of American slavery itself. Instead of saying, " If it is suffered to expand, it will continue to exist," we should say, " If suffered to exist, it will continue to expand." Should the Sandwich Islands be annexed, there would be an almost resistless effort and tendency to their enslavement. If the nation expands, it will, of necessity, expand ITSELF; and remaining pro-slavery, its expansion must be pro-slavery extension. " Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?" A petition to Congress in favor of the recognition of the independence of Hayti has been signed by fifty among the most enterprising merchants in the city of Boston, not for the purposes of Anti-slavery agitation, but for the protection of their own commercial interests. They state that Hayti has been defacto an independent state since her declaration of independence, January 1st, 1804; and de jure since July, 1825, by recognition of France under Charles X., and all the great powers of Europe. They recapitulate a mass of facts showing the commercial importance of the island, and the extensive interests of her merchants involved in commerce with it, which need to be regulated and established on a firm basis. A similar petition has been forwarded from merchants in New-York.t If the people of Hayti were white, these petitions would receive prompt and favorable attention. But the reception of black consuls into our American ports, and of a black minister to the seat of government at Washington, would be offensive to slaveholders, and might inspire ideas of the capabilities of the colored race, inconsistent with prevailing theories, and incompatible with the perpetuity of their enslavement! And so the commercial interests of the country must take care of themselves, so far as Hayti is concerned! Perhaps a memorial to the "Union Safety Committee" should have preceded the memorials to Congress. The course of our diplomacy, in the meantime, appears in the following The commercial agents of this country had been recognized in Hayti * See National Era, Dec. 23, 1852; Jan. 6, 1853; Feb. 10, 1853; Nrational Antislavery Standard, Dec. 23, 1852; Feb. 8, 1853. Also Pamphlet, "Plea for Hayti,' by B. C. Clarke, Boston. f National Era, July 29, 1852; altional Anti-slavery Standard, July 22, 1852. ANNUAL REPORT. 59 as consuls. Mr. Green, agent of the United States Government at Hayti, had been instructed "to propose to the Hiytien Government an arrangement foa the mutual recognition of the United States consuls in Hayti, and Haytien consuls in the United States," the arrangement not to be binding on the United States, " till made known here for consideration I" By this very singular finesse, the party soliciting overtures for arrangements advertises beforehand its unpreparedness for the measure! But the Haytien Government, magnanimously overlooking this equivocal feature of the overture, promptly informed our Government that the commercial agents of the American Government in Hayti were already recognized as consuls, requesting the American Government to recognize B. C. Clarke as Haytien consul at Boston. But this request was declined in the following paragraph from Mr. Webster, our Secretary of State, to Mr. Walsh, the successor of Mr. Green, January 18, 1851: " With this request we are not prepared to comply, but are willing that he, or any other person, NOT OF AFRICAN EXTRACTION, should be appointed commercial agent of Hayti at Boston, or any other United States port where HIaytien comnierce may be supposed to require." * The intended distinction is readily understood. If the Federal Government should recognize Haytien consuls instead of commercial agents, there would seem to be an implied recognition of the Haytien nation, which might lead to a more formal recognition, or prove a precedent for receiving a Haytien minister, who might be a black man! And the occasion was considered a fitting one for an official declaration from the Department of State that it could recognize no foreign official of "African extraction." Yet a person of "African extraction" is just as eligible, under the Constitution, to the office of President or Secretary of State, as a white man I It may deserve inquiry, after all, whether the intended distinction is a successful one. If there be no Haytien Government, what mean "commercial agents" to it? What mean the missions to it of such officials as Messrs. Green and Walsh? What mean communications through these officials from the American Department of State, with proposals and declinatures to be addressed to " the Haytien Government?" Is there no matter-of-fact or implied recognition of the Haytien Government in all this? If one Administration may cautiously propose a mutual recognition of consuls, may not another Administration on due " consideration" recognize them, and recognize a black minister at Washington? What is wanting but a public sentiment that shall demand it? Nothing It may be discovered a few years hence that President FillN lational Era, Dec. 23, 1852. 60 ANNUAL REPORT. more and Secretary Webster did defacto, or by unavoidable implication, recognize the Haytien Government in 1851. It would not be any more an usurpation of power than is developed in the diplomatic correspondence before the public. INDEPENDENCE OF LIBERIA. And what bearing is the policy of the Government to have upon the destinies of Liberia A republic in Africa, we were, told, was to be built up, in order that its reflex influence upon the United States might teach the capabilities and illustrate the dignity of the colored race. This was the plea at the North of the Colonization Society. Well. They have enjoyed the public favor. They have produced, they say, an independent republic. Will the leading influences of the Society, Southern and Northern, acknowledge it as such? Will they earnestly and perseveringly insist upon its recognition by the Federal Government. If they will, they will succeed. Abolitionists will not oppose them. We shall see. Liberia has been recognized by England and other powers, but not by the United States. Why not? DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. By some of our Northern citizens it has been supposed that a part of the famous "Compromise" of 1850, which included the Fugitive Slave Bill, secured likewise the termination of the slave-traffic and the discontinuance of slave auctions in the Federal District. This is a mistake, as may be seen in the frequent advertisements, in such respectable papers as the National Intelligencer, of SLAVE AUCTIONS IN WASHINGTON CITY. The following may serve as a specimen:By E. N. STRATTON, Auctioneer, Pennsylvania Avenue, corner of Ninth street. NEGRO BOY AT AUCTION, for account of whom it may concern. Peremptory sale for cash in bankable funds. On Saturday morning, February 5, at ten o'clock, at my Auction Room, I shall sell one likely Negro Boy, Slave for life; highly recommended as a superior house, dining-room, or body servant; fifteen years old, and well grown for his age. Feb. 4. On account of bad weather the sale was postponed to the 8th, when the lad was sold for $750 to a purchaser in Georgia. He cried bitterly during the operation. Probably he had parents living.* Barbara Peterson, known as "Aunt Barbara " in Washington City, has a son HIenry, whose time she (the mother) hired from his " owner," at eight dollars per month, and had paid him punctually hundreds of dollars; and Henry had proposed to buy himself; but the master was * National Era, Feb. 17, 1853, ANNUAL REPORT. 61 inexorable. One day, while attending to his business, he was arrested by two constables, dragged before a magistrate, manacled, dispatched to Baltimore, and thrown into a slave-pen. He had been sold to a slavedealer! A sympathy was excited in favor of Ienry and his agonized mother. An officer Aof the United States army, the Mayor of Washington, and other citizens, the majority of them slaveholders, raised the sum of $1000, demanded for him by the trader, and restored him to his mother-a deed of humanity that deserves honorable mention; while the occasion illustrates the barbarous Code of the Federal District, for which the entire nation, the North EVEN MORE than the South, (as holding the nmajority of power,) is responsible.* Some time before this, an advertisement appeared in the National Intelligencer as follows:Piano-forte, 1ousehold and kitchen furniture, Negro boy, horses, harness, carryall, carts, farming utensils, &c., at Auction. On Saturday morning, Dec. 11, at 11 o'clock, in front of the Auction Rooms, I shall sell without reserve, &c., &c. One negro boy, 18 years of age. Also one negro girl. 3 horses, saddles, bridle, and harness. Carryall, 2 carts, and wheelbarrow. One rake, 2 plows, Cultivator. Hay cart, lot of farm harness, &c. Terms Cash. JAnMES C. McGUIRE, Auct. The slaves were part of the estate of the late Jesse Brown, proprietor of Brown's Hotel. Marshall Brown, one of the heirs, intended to buy the boy at a reasonable price. He was struck off to him at $325, but a trader, named Naylor, claimed the bid as his. He was put up again, and struck off to Naylor at $330. The auctioneer (who had previously offered $25 to any person who would relieve him from the necessity of selling the slaves) offered Naylor $25 if he would not bid any more. This was accepted, with the remark that he "had as lief make twentyfive dollars in this way as to make it out of a nigger!" The poor trembling boy was delivered to Mr. Brown.t It fared worse with the poor girl. She, only ten years of age, was next set up, and, in the presence of its agonized mother, was struck off to Judge STURGIS, of Georgia; and this child was, as is supposed, sent immediately to that distant State to drag out a miserable existence in the cotton field, without a single human friend on whom to rely in case of sickness or distress! So much for the boasted ",Compromise." The Act of 1850, says the National Era, (Feb. 3,) "simply prohibited the importation of slaves into this District, for sale here, or to be placed in depot for sale elsewhere. * National Era, Jan. 6, 1853. f Ibid., Jan. 6, 1863. 62 ANNUAL REPORT. That is all. It did not touch the buying and selling of slaves already in the District." It may be noticed further that, as the restriction is only upon the importation of slaves into the District, for sale out of the District, there seems to be no impediment to the importation of themfor service. And if afterwards an estate is to be divided or settled, like that of Mr. Brown's, or if an attachment is made for debt, a slave thus imported, if put upon the auction-stand, would derive no benefit from the restriction, not having been imported for the purpose of sale out of the District. The enactments and the customs of the Federal District in respect to the so-called "free people of color," remain as they were before. " FREE negroes," recognized in statutes and publicly advertised as being such, may still be sold at auction to pay their jail fees, in cases where the imprisonment was made on the mere suspicion of their being fugitive slaves, and their wrongful arrest and detention under that suspicion. In Washington City no " FREE black or mulatto person" is permitted to go at large after ten o'clock at night, without a pass, unless engaged in driving a cart or carriage, or returning from a religious meeting, or on an errand from the owner or employer. Under this ordinance, "Isaac N. Carey, a most respectable and orderly free man of color, was fined by a justice of the peace ten dollars." He applied to the Circuit Court, and "His Honor Judge Dunlap delivered the written opinion of the Court affirming the judgment;"* an additional instance of the atrocious character of judicial decisions in sections where the Abolitionists have not been suffered to exert themselves freely for the purification of public sentiment. Not a shadow of foundation for the constitutional validity and legality of such ordinances, or of slavery itself, can be produced before any tribunal! And yet they are enforced by the Federal Courts! This fact presents one point of effort-the LIBERATION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, in which it is to be hoped all the friends of the Constitution and of liberty will agree, and make their power felt. Why should not millions of signatures to suitable memorials against slavery in the Federal District be presented to the next Congress, in array against only 113,000 slaveholders? RELEASE OF DRAYTON AND SAYRES. After an imprisonment of four years in the Federal District for the crime of assisting native Americans to exercise the gift of locomotion " in pursuit of happiness," in the use of the schooner "Pearl," Drayton and Sayres were released by an act of executive clemency, in August, 1852. * National Era, April 28, 1853. ANNUAL REPORT. 63 A petition in their behalf from Boston had been presented to President Fillmore some months previous. The President is said to have doubted his power in the premises. Mr. Sumner, senator from Massachusetts, prepared an elaborate argument and presented it for his consideration. The question was laid before the Attorney-General, who concurred with Mr. Sumner, and the pardon was granted.* It may not be deemed indecorous to suggest the inquiry whether the President and his friends were not in a more favorable position to examine candidly the subject after the anxieties preceding and during the two great Nominating Conventions at Baltimore had passed away, leaving them at leisure to reflect upon the political benefits of subserviency to slaveholders. Drayton and Sayres will have no occasion, we think, to regret the decision by which the name of Millard Fillmore was dropped from the list of Presidential candidates. The slave power is in a way of digesting some useful lessons of experience in respect to Presidential candidates who are Presidents. There are delicate problems to be disposed of in such cases. There may arrive exigences in which a message, a measure of diplomacy, a signature of approval, a withheld veto, on the part of such a retiring President, may work mischiefs to the slaveocracy more formidable than this exercise of the pardoning power by President Fillmore. Between the rival claims of fresh aspirants and old worn-out servants, it may sometimes be hazardous to decide. And an overruling Providence, the dread of atheists and evil doers, may yet ripen the hazard into discomfiture. No high principles, no lofty sentiments, no godlike aims, bind together the conspirators against American freedom, Northern and Southern. Their combinations are all founded on the base instincts of selfishness, and must ultimately be broken in pieces. COLORED SEAMEN. The ordinances of Southern seaport cities, sanctioned in some instances by State enactments, and upheld by the courts, by which colored seamen from the free States and foreign countries are thrown into prison on their arrival, and detained, at an expense charged to the ship-owners, until the vessel is ready to depart, has been a source of much vexation and complaint. The efforts of Massachusetts to test the validity of these ordinances in the courts were indignantly repelled, and her public agents, Messrs. Hoare and Hubbard, it will be remembered, were ejected by the authorities of Charleston and New-Orleans. On former occasions, the remonstrances of the British Minister at * National Anti-slavery Standard, Aug. 19, 1862. 64 ANNUAL REPORT. Washington Dity against such outrages have been answered by assurances that thf National Government could not interpose in the affairs of the sovereign State of South Carolina: and thus the theory that the National Government alone can sustain foreign relations and conduct international business has been abandoned, and Great Britain has been referred to thq independent nation of South Carolina for redress. Whether, under such circumstances, an interruption of amicable relations between the two independent sovereignties of South Carolina and Great Britain woulc necessarily involve a rupture between the United States and Great Britain, and whether South Carolina could look to the Federal Government for assistance in a war thus commenced, have been questions earnestly pondered; and it has been foreseen that whenever the practical problem should be presented, there would be fresh topics of thrilling anti-slavery agitation, as well as some new aspects of the old question whether, or what degree of, State independency can subsist with the functions of a National Government. How soon, if at all, these questions may press upon us, cannot now be foreseen; but recent events have shown that it is not too early to direct the public attention to them. On the 24th of March, 1852, a Glasgow vessel, on her return voyage from Jamaica, was driven into the port of Charleston by stress of weather. The captain and crew had scarcely landed when she went to the bottom. One of the crew, Manuel Pereira, of African descent, was immediately seized and conveyed to jail. The British Consul, George Matthew, Esq., thought this a fair opportunity of testing the law, against which he had previously remonstrated, and of which he had suggested to Gov. Means some modification. The Governor afterwards said that this was under consideration, when Mr. Matthew sued for a habeas corpus in the courts of the State. The application was rejected by Judge Withers. The Consul then appealed to the higher court, upon which the authorities, apparently alarmed, endeavored to ship Pereira off, to evade a legal scrutiny. The British and Foreign Anti-slavery Reporter states: "But the Consul, finding that his great object would be thus defeated, intercepted the Sheriff on his way to the vessel, with Pereira still in custody, and had the latter reconveyed to prison, until, having completed his arrangements for carrying on the appeal, and given due notice thereof to the Sheriff, he paid Pereira's passage to New-York, who thus recovered his liberty." Here is another case:" On the 19th of May, the steamer Clyde arrived in Charleston from the Bahamas. On board her was a colored seaman named Reuben Roberts, who was in like manner forthwith seized by the Sheriff and conveyed to jail, where he remained until the 26th, when, the Clyde being ready to sail, Roberts was put on board, and departed the same day... We are informed, upon the ANNUAL REPORT. 65 very best authority, that in 1851, thirty-seven British subjects were seized and incarcerated, and for'ty-two in the course of the last year. And there is no doubt of many free colored British subjects having been sold ilto slavery under the operations of this law, all traces of whom have been lost. The cases of Pereira and Roberts are, however, now being prosecuted, with a view of bringing the subject before the Supreme Court of the United States. Tlie Legislature of South Carolina asserts its intention of resisting to the last any attempt to abate one jot or tittle of the law; alleging as its reason for making so resolute a stand, that an attempt has been made to defy the law, and bring the States of North and South Carolina into conflict with the Federal Government."* It was understood that Mr. Fillmore's administration favored the side of South Carolina. The Charleston (S. C.) Standard, after complaining that the Administration had for a long time preserved an unequivocal position, announces that the " Washington Republic, Mr. Fillmore's organ, comes out flatly in favor of the law."t The cases of Pereira and Roberts were brought before the British Parliament by Mr. Moncton Mills, in the summer of 1852, and the main facts disclosed. The New-York Evening Post, April 25, says, " The Circuit Court at Charleston having decided against the British Consul, an appeal has been taken to the Supreme Court.": In the mean time, it is understood that some modifications of these port laws have been made in Louisiana and Alabama; but of the extent and degree we are not informed; nor whether (as some accounts say) the relaxations are in reference only to colored seamen fiom foreign countries.~ Since the preceding account was penned, the intelligence reaches us that the suit against South Carolina has been withdrawn by the British Consul, in pursuance of orders from his Government. The remarks of the Charleston Courier, taken in connection with some facts previously known, and the discussions in both Houses of Parliament in June of the present year, afford some clue to the policy of Great Britain in this particular. The Courier recommends such a modification of the law as shall dispense with the imprisonment of the colored seamen, and prohibit their going on shore after the ringing of the curfew or night-bell, or at any other time without a written permit either fiom the city authoritie; cr one of the officers of the vessel. This harmonizes with the statement of * London Anti-slavery Rep,,rter. Vide National Anti-slavery Standard of April 21, 1853. National Anti-slavery Standard, Dec. 9, 1852. t Tle story of "MANUEL PEREIRA, or the Sovereign Rule of South Carolina; with a View of Southern Life, Laws and Hospitality; by F. C. ADAMS," has been written at Charleston, published by Buell & Blanchard, Washington; and repub: lished in London. ~ Twenty-first Annual Report Massachusetts Anti-slavery Society, p. 36. Also, National Era, May 6, 1852. 5 66 ANNUAL REPORT. Gov. Means, that some modification of the law was under consideration when the British Consul instituted the suit. That declaration of the Governor was alluded to in the recent discussion in Parliament, and the hope was expressed that, on a withdrawal of the suit, the object could be better obtained by negotiation. One embarrassment in the prosecution of the suit was stated to be that the treaty with America, on which reliance had been placed, was subsequent to the municipal regulations of South Carolina, and that the words of the treaty had only secured commercial intercourse "subject to the laws of the country," which, as Lord Clarendon observed, would include "the municipal laws of the States." There seems, therefore, some reason to expect a relaxation of the existing laws. An indication of this, and of a corresponding change of sentiment, is found in the fact that the present law is denounced by the Charleston Courier as being " offensive to foreigners," "unwise and impolitic." RELIGIOUS AND ECCLESIASTICAL. FROM the arena of civil and political activities, we turn to the religious and ecclesiastical. And here it will be seen that slavery has steadily increased within the pale of the Christian denominations during the last half century, as it has within the limits of our political organizations. PRESBYTERIAN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, (N. S.) This Assembly met in the city of Washington, on the 19th of May, 1852. Rev. Albert Barnes delivered the opening discourse. Among the topics was the question of slavery, on which he pronounced his views clearly and independently. He expounded the theory of the Church on tfhe subject, referring to the acts of 1818, 1839, and 1850, and said the Assembly would never recede from the ground taken. His examination of these grounds was a manly and noble one; probably more so than is often heard so far south, and which, coming from so distinguished a man, is calculated to exert a good influence. Subsequently, Judge Hascall offered a resolution strongly laudatory of the discourse, and asking a copy of it for publication. Its great ability was admitted on all hands: but the resolution was ingeniously opposed, on the ground that the sermon tended specially to disturb the "sweet feelings of harmony heretofore prevalent," as Dr. White of New-Jersey naively remarked. Dr. Pollock (of Va.) opposed the resolution as calculated to pledge each member of the Assembly to all the topics and doctrines laid down in the discourse. It embraces an exciting and interesting subject of national interest, etc. It was also stated that the precedent would be a bad one; ANNUAL REPORT. 67 and a motion of Mr. Eckard, of Washington City, to postpone the resolution indefinitely, was carried! * The Assembly closed its sessions June 7th. The following is its action on the subject of slavery: Committee on Bills and Overtures reported memorials from Presbyteries and individuals on the subject of slavery, requesting action thereon. The Colnmittee are of opinion that the General Assembly has already expressed itself with sufficient clearness upon this subject, and would suggest that the memorials which call for the citation of Synods be referred to the Judicial Committee. The Judicial Committee subsequently reported that "Two memorials have been laid before them, asking that the Synods of Missouri, Kentucky, Mississippi, Virginia, Tennessee, and West Tennessee, who are charged by common fame with holding sentiments ai.d countenancing practiices, on the subject of slavery, in opposition to the declarations of the General As-erlbly, be cited to appear before us at our next meeting, to answer these charges. The Committee report that there is no such common fame as calls for the interference of the Assembly, and recommend that the action proposed be not taken." The report was accepted, laid upon the table, and afterwards indefinitely postponed. While the Assembly was in session, it was stated that an elder in a Presbyterian church at Washington had, shortly before, publicly advertised for sale a colored woman, in such a way as to invite proposals from those who would buy for the basest purposes! This Assembly met again at Buffalo, May 19th, 1853. Sermon by Rev. Dr. Adams, of New-York. The preliminary exercises by Rev. John C. Smith, of Washington City. The Standing Committee on Bills and Overtures, to whom are usually committed memorials, etc., on the subject of slavery, consisted this year of Rev. Dr. S. 11. Cox, of New-York; Dr. S. C. Aiken, of Ohio; Dr. F. A. Ross, of Tennessee; Rev. J. A. Carnahan, of Indiana; and Elders Hon. N. H. Osborne, of New-York; lon. O. Magruder, of Virginia, and Mr. Samuel Merritt, of Indiana. Dr. Cox, wishing to be rid of the troublesome subject, moved that the several memorials on the subject of slavery that had been received, be referred to a special and wise committee. The motion was opposed by Dr. Eddy, of New-Jersey, and Rev. Dr. Rowland, of Pennsylvania. Dr. Ross, of Tennessee, said: "He did not desire discussion on this subject, but still he had no opposition to make if others wished to discuss it. As a citizen of the State of'Tenlesee, a State which partakes of the fire of the South and the prudence of the North, he was perfectly calm on the subject. He had entire faith that Providence would work out our deliverance flom this great and terrible evil; and he was * A bookseller in New-York volunteered to publish the sermon, which had a large sale. 68 ANNUAL REPORT. willing to wait the developments of that Providence. He was therefore calm, and ready to allow the subject to take its course." The reference was made. On the question. " Where shall the Assembly sit next year?" St. Louis, Mo., was proposed. Rev. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, objected to going there, as it was in a slave State. He thought it quite inexpedient, at the present time, to increase the equivocal character of the Assembly on this subject. It was decided to hold the next Assembly in Philadelphia. Dr. Hatfield, Stated Clerk, said he had received a communication from the Oswego (N. Y.) Presbytery, so peculiar that he was constrained to lay it before the Assembly. It was read, and was merely a transcript of the record, declining to send commissioners to the Assembly till it be disconnected from slavery. A long debate took place. Some were for severe measures: others thought the paper was not disrespectful. Rev. Mr. Shumway, of New-York, said: "It may be made the occasion of action which may heal a very wide-spread evil. There are individuals and members that feel deeply tried by what they think the connection of the Assembly with slavery. Now, secession is a great Protestant right; but is the connection of the Assembly with slavery a just ground for such secession? To meet this important issue-an issue which the religious journals do not adequately discuss-would be a timely and judicious office, and do good beyond the sphere of this case." Rev. Isaac W. K. Handy, of Delaware, said: "He did not think the paper disrespectful. It was an expression of their views, properly made. Whether the opinions are wise or unwise, is another question; but the action of the Presbytery is not disrespectful. He was glad they had spoken out, if they entertain these views. If they cannot be reasoned out of them, they should leave the Church." Dr. Aiken, of Ohio, (formerly, with Dr. Cox, a professed Abolitionist,) said: "He wished to take a conciliatory course; but he did not-think the spirit in which such actions have their origin, is the fruit of ignorance. It is not true that no reasoning or persuasion has been used with them. It is not ignorance: they are determined on division, and they will have it." Rev. John F. Ingersoll, of New-York, hoped that no such importance would be given to it. He would prefer to refer it to the scurce from whence it came. It was a serious charge upon the Assembly, and ought to be resented. Dr. Eddy moved that it be returned. Mr. Homes could not agree to this. The paper from Oswego reminded him of a preacher who, by a misreading of a text, made it say, "We are fearfully and wonderfully mad!" He thought we ought to treat them kindly and forbearingly. Rev. R. B. Beckwith, of New-York, thought the menacing character of the communication ought not to be overlooked, etc. ANNUAL REPORT. 69 Dr. Cox said it was a grave matter.... "It is a precedent which ought to be prevented, for it is disorganizing and destructive in its character. It cuts the very vertebral column of our organic structure." Dr. Ross "would deal with the Presbytery, but take no notice of the paper." Rev. E. M. Rollo, of New-York, thought the paper required no notice at all. Rev. Henry E. Niles, of New-York, "was for referring the paper to the Judiciary Committee, to bring the Presbytery properly before the Assembly, as a court of Jesus Christ, for violating their oaths. It is highly important th:t the relation of the Presbyteiies to the Assembly should be better understood. Presbyteries ought to understand that the vows of the Constitution are not idle words." Rev. S. G. Specs, of Illinois, if he consulted his natural feelings, should vote to lay the paper on the table. But the subject was one of great delicacy. There are many Presbyteries destined to become powerful bodies, whom we hold by an exceedingly tenuous tie. Another topic of discussion was Dr. Judd's History of the Division of the Presbyterian Church. The last chapter professes to give the position of the Church on the subject of slavery; which was understood to be " offensive to the South, not on their own account so much as the objection excited among those who are out of the Church. They construe the Assembly into an Abolition body. The book, with that chapter, would prevent its circulation at the South." This was urged in the Assembly at Buffalo, on the report of a committee to which the book had been referred. On the other hand, it was contended that to expurgate the book of that chapter, would make the book odious at the North, since it would be construed into a mere catering to Southern prejudices. A third party took the ground that it ought to be left with the author of the book entirely to say what shall be put in and what left out. The conclusion of the matter was the passing of a resolution which expresses pleasure that Dr. Judd has attempted to write an impartial and thorough history of the Division.* And so the Assembly expressed no opinion of the chapter objected against. From the New-York Evangelist of June 2, we gather the following additional particulars: The Committee has reported in favor of the book, but suggested that in the new edition about to be issued there might be certain alterations. * New-York Tribune. 70 ANNUAL REPORT. Dr. Aikin moved the acceptance of the report. Hol. W. J. Cornell, of Cayuga Presbytery, was opposed to its being altered. "Rev. Robert McLain, of Missouri, could not vote for approving the book." Its statements on "the subject of slavery he did not believe, and could not approve." Ho). O. Magruder, of Washington City, and Rev. E. T. Brantley, of West Tennessee, spoke on the same side. Dr. E Idy stated that the author and publisher were willing to "alter the book, so as to answer its purposes in all parts of the Church; and no doubt an edition, with the chapter on slavery omitted, HAD ALREADY BEEN ISSUED." " Dr. Cox had a letter fiom Dr. Judd, confirming this, which he read." "Rev. W. A. Niles, of Illinois, thought the circulation of the book was very desirable; and it would give it great authority, if it be authenticated by the General Assembly. He believed it was an honest history; but it will be fatal to our Church at the TYest, if we attempt to emasculate it of the truth on the subject of slavery. If an impression cannot be made by an honest recital of facts, that our branch of the Church is in advance of the Old School Church on the subject of slavery, we are driven to the wall." Mr. Mt:gruder was a Compromise man. Like most Compromise men, he would have the great body he was connected with carry a double face. "LET THERE," he said, "BE TWO EDITIONS. He would agree to that; and thus both would be satisfied." Dr. Aikin introduced the resolution adopted, as above stated, which was passed unanimously. Thus "both" sides are to be " satisfied."* There are to be TWO HISTORIES of the New School Presbyterian Church, by the same author; the one to be successfully circulated at the South, and the other at the North. The one is to represent the Church as an anti-slavery Church; the other, by omitting the obnoxious chapter, is to convey a different impression. Both books are to help draw in and retain members to the same Presbyterian Church, united under the same General Assembly, which " expresses pleasure that Dr. Judd" has performed so desirable a service! But the chief topic of agitation on the slavery question, in the * We hope that those who feel interested in preventing mutilations and expurgations of books, to please the South, will read "Letters respecting the American Tract Society. By William Jay. New-York: Lewis J. Bates, publisher, 48 Beekman street." ANNUAL REPORT. 71 Assembly at Buffalo, came up on a report fiom a Committee to whom had been referred several memorials on the subject. The Committee consisted of Rev. Dr. Thompson, Rev. Messrs. John Monteith, Thomas Milligan, and Benjamin Mills; Elders Hon. Samuel Jefferson, William Carey, and James W. Bishop-two from New-York, one from Michigan, one from Indiana, one from Kentucky, one from Ohio, and one from Delaware. Twelve memorials were presented. Eleven were from the North, asking for further action, and also for more particular information respecting the extent and character of slavery in the Southern part of the Church; and "one was from the South, complaining of the injustice of Northern brethren, in charging them with practices of which they are not guilty, and attributing to them motives which they abhor; and protesting against the continued agitation of the subject, as tending more to rivet than unloose the chains of the slave, and seriously to embarrass the memorialists in their gospel work." The report of the Committee, which was unanimous, is as follows: "The Committee, after much patient and prayerful consideration of the whole subject, in all its complicated and perplexing relations, are agreed in recommending to the Assembly the following action: " 1. That this body shall reaffirm the doc rine of the second resolution adopted by the General Assembly, convened in Detroit in 1850; " 2. And that, with an express disavowal of any intention to be impertinently inquisitorial, and for the sole purpose of arriving at the truth, so as to correct nisapprehension, and allay all causeless irritation, a committee be appointed of one from each of the Synods of Kentucky, Tennessee, M.ssouri, and Virginia, who shall be requested to report to the next General Assembly on the following points: " 1. The number of slaveholders in connection with the churches, and the number of slaves held by them. " 2. The extent to which slaves are held, from an unavoidable necessity imposed by the laws of the States, the obligations of guardianship, and the, demands of humanity. " 3. Whether the Southern churches regard the sacredness of the marriage relation as it exists among the slaves: whether baptism is duly administered to the children of the slaves professing Chr:stianity; and, in general, to what extent, and in what manner, provision is made for the religious well-being of the enslaved. " Your Committee recommend, "4. That this Assembly do earnestly exhort and beseech all those in our Church who are happily relieved from any personal connection with the institution of slavery, to exercise due patience and for bearance towards their brethren less fortunate than themselves, remembering the emrbarrassments of their pe culiar position, and to cheri-h for them that fraternal confidence and love to which, ae Christian brethren, they are entitled, and which they the more need in consequence of the peculiar trials by which they are surrounded." Every member of the Committee, it will be observed, was from a slave State. The resolution referred to, as having been adopted in Detroit in 1850, is as follows: 72 ANNUAL REPORT. "That the holding of our fellow-men in the condition of slavery, except in those cases where it is unavoidable by the laws of the State, by the obligations of guairdianship, or the demands of humani y, is an offense, in the proper import of that term, as used in the Book of D)i.cipline, chap. i., sec. 3, which should be treated in the same manner as other offenses" Abolitionists generally insisted, at the time, that the exceptions, as they would commonly be expounded at the South, were sufficiently wide to cover the ground of all slaveholding. Yet leading Northern men in the Assembly, claiming to be Anti-slavery men, professed to believe that by this resolution the Assembly had taken an advance step, and had placed the Anti-slavery cause, in that body, on higher ground. But the New-York Observer, the Philadelphia Christian Observer, &c., steady opposers of anti-slavery agitation, approved the resolution; and Mr. Stiles, who vindicated slavery, voted for its adoption. Of this report, at Buffalo, it is obvious to remark, further: 1. The implication, that any inquiry into the facts of the case, with a view to ecclesiastical action, would be " impertinently inquisitorial;"-a position contrasting strongly with the tone of the principal speakers in the Assembly against the Presbytery of Oswego. The authority of the Assembly, "as a court of Christ," was then regarded as being abundantly ample to cite offenders before them; and no one disputed it. But in the case of slaveholders, instead:of Abolitionists, the functions of the Assembly are very different. For it will be seen that, 2. The object of the inquiries is plainly stated. Nothing is hinted of collecting information, preparatory to ecclesiastical action. It is to enable the South to correct misapprehensions, and allay all causeless irritations;' that is, to show that the atrocities alleged to be committed on the slaves are greatly exaggerated, and that Christian Presbyterians do nothing more than use "moderate correction." 3. The earnest exhortations of the Assembly are to be addressed, not to slaveholders, (who, until the year 1818, stood recorded on the Presbyterian Confession of Faith as "men-stealers,") but to Abolitionists, who, it is intimated, are in danger of not exercising sufficient " patience and forbearance" towards their "brethren "-after twenty years of attempted expostulation with them on the subject; which attempts have hitherto been baffled, by the neglect or refusal of the General Assembly to convey any such expostulation to them. 4. The tone of apology and implied justification of slaveholders, instead of any admonition or expostulation addressed to them! "The embarrassments of their peculiar position," not the sinfulness and guilt of it, are brought into notice. Their " trials" are spoken of, as though they were the aggrieved, and not the offending party-the wronged, instead of the wrong-doers. And, as if this were not sufficient, it is boldly claimed ANNUAL REPORT. 73 for them that they are " the more entitled to fraternal confidence and love, as CHRISTIAN BRETHREN, in consequence of" their standing in this "peculiar position!" 5. No sympathies are invoked for the "trials" of the poor SLAVES deprived (by Southern Presbyterian testimony*) of the sanctities of the family relation, of the light of the Bible, of protection froin " brutal stripes and outrage," and from violent disruption " from all that their hearts hold dear." They may be Christians. They may be Presbyterians, as some of them are, and suffering from the hands of Presbyterian brethren.t But the report recommends no expression of Presbyterian sympathy for them, not even hints that they are " entitled" to any! The discussion on the report was quite heated. Dr. Ross (of Tenn.) warmly opposed it, emphatically asserting that " the South never submitted to a scrutiny." He offered the following substitute: "That, with an express disavowal not to be inquisitorial, &c., a committee of one from each of the Northern Synods of be appointed, who shall be requested to report to the next General Assembly" 1. The number of Northern church members who traffic with slaveholders, and are seeking to make money by selling them negro clothing, handcuffs, and cowhides. " 2. How many Northern church members are concerned, directly or indirectly, in building and fitting out ships for the African slave-trade, and the slave-trade between the States. "3. How many Northern church members have sent orders to New-Orleans and other Southern cities, to have slaves sold, to pay debts coming to them from the South. [See Uncle Tom's Cabin.] " 4. How many Northern church members buy the cotton, sugar, rice, tobacco, oranges, pine-apples, figs, ginger, cocoa, melons, and a thousand other things, raised by slave labor. " 5. How many Northern church members have intermarried with slaveholders, and have thus become slave-owners themselves, or enjoy the wealth made by the blood of the slaves —especially if there be any Northern ministers of the gospel in such a predicament. "6. How manv Northern church members are the descendants of the men who kidnapped negroes in Africa, and brought them to Virginia and NewEngland, in former years. "7. What is the aggregate and individual wealth of church members thus descended, and what action is best to compel them to disgorge this blood-btained wealth, or to make them give dollar for dollar, in equalizing the loss of the South by emancipation. " 8. How many Northern church members, ministers especially, have advocated murder in resistance to the laws of the land. " 9. How many Northern church members own stock in underground railroads, running off fugitive slaves, and Sabbath-breaking railroads and canals. "10. That a special committee be sent up Red river, to ascertain whether Legree, who whipped Uncle Tom to death, (and a Northern gentleman,) be not still in connection with some Northern church, in good and regular standing. "11. How many Northern church members attend meetings of Spiritual Rappers, are Bloomers, or Woman's Rights Conventionists. * Presbyterian Synods of South Carolina and Georgia. t See Address of Presbyterian Synod of Kentucky, which affirms that Presbyterians separate families, by sales to the coffie-gangsl 74 ANNUAL REPORT. "12. How many are cruel husbands. " 13. How many are henpecked husbands."* Dr. Ross spoke at length on the subject. He had heard of two members of the Assembly, at least, who were from the North, and had by marriage become owners of slaves at the South. He predicted that slavery would in due time be abolished; 1. By the removal of the colored race; and 2. By the substitution of Chinese laborers. "Let the North give up the notion that the relation of a master is sinful per se, and let the South abandon the idea that slavery is to be perpetual, and of Divine approval, and you can work together." He said also, "a curse rested upon the children of Ham."t He was followed by Hon. William Strong, (of Pennsylvania,) wlio had no objection to reiterating the action of Detroit, though doubtful of its utility. He protested against inquisitorial action. It is offensive to our Southern brethren. Let a report be made of inhuman treatment of slaves by members of our churches, and of sinful things, such as I presume do exist; what then? You cannot put those members on trial before you. In this he differed, it will be perceived, from the venerable Mr. Monteith, who addressed the Assembly at a subsequent period. Dr. Eddy (of New-Jersey)-unwilling to have Southern men ask the Assembly to lay aside the report-proposed a substitute, dismissing the whole subject: " Whereas the Geueral Assembly has taken frequent action, which most fully and clearly defines the position of the Presbyterian Church in relation to slavery; "And whereas this subject has been committed and commended by the General Assembly to such notice and action of the respective Preslyteries within whose bounds slavery exists, as they, in their wisdom, judgment, and fidelity, shall believe it demands; "And whereas no complaint has been made of the neglect, on the part of any pastors, sessions, or Presbyteries, of their duties in the premises; "And whereas there is nothing in the providence of God demanding any new, different, or further action on the subject; therefore,''Resolved, That all further consideration of the subject of slavery be dismissed." Dr. Eddy said he was tired of this discussion, and longed for repose. * Some of the N. S. Presbyterian newspapers omit this substitute in their narration of the proceedings of the Assembly. Are they ashamed of such allies? We think there is a good deal of sense in the resolutions of Dr. Ross. Not a few of the church members in the Presbyterian Church and other Churches, are implicated in the pro-slaveryism charged upon them by Dr. Ross. t Dr. Cox afterwards went into a learned exegesis on this subject, and satisfactorily proved, what every biblical scholar ought to have known, that there is no evidence whatever that any curse was pronounced on Ham. Dr. Ross, subsequent to the adjournment of the Assembly, visited Brooklyn and Dr. Cox; and at a meeting of the Presbytery there, apologized for slavery. These doctors fraternized, we are told, very lovingly. ANNUAL REPORT. 75 He believed the great Head of the Church asked for repose on this subject. Elder Hubbard (of Ohio) objected to discussion. It is perfect nonsense to discuss the subject, if we can do nothing with it. This agitation had gone too far already. If ministers will preach on the subject, he proposed to send them to the proper field, for he knew of no body who favored slavery here. Men, he said, are very brave in talking of it here; but he would warrant that if these preachers went South, where slavery is, they would be as wise as serpents and harmless as doves. Rev. Moses Thacher (of New-York) proposed to strike out the first four resolutions of the report-proposing the inquisition-and substitute the following: "2. Resolved, That the Presbyterian Church is not in fellowship with sin or sinners-wilh either oppression or oppressors. " That when the perpetration of crime comes before the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, by way of appeal, protest, and complaint from a lower judicatory, or by way of review and control, the Assembly is constitutionally bound to adjudicate in the premises. Bit, "4. We have neither scr'ptural nor constitiltonal authority to enact expost facto laws, or to legislate members out of the Church." Rev. Ellis J. Newlin (of Virginia) moved the indefinite postponement of the whole subject. He highly appreciated the feeling exhibited by the speaker fiom the North. He should be sorry to have the harmony of the Assembly destroyed. Mr. Monteith (of Michigan,) said: "The Committee had prayerfully considered the subject. They were unanimous in believing that it would not be safe to do nothing and this was the only thing in which they could unite. The report is inquisitorial only in the sense of that oversight which belongs to the office of this Assembly. The proposal to institute these inquiries came from a Southern member. The measure is not designed to lead to any ecclesiastical issue. We believe that the South has been greatly misrepresented, and that there are not so many slaves belonging to mlernbers of our Church as is supposed; and that the ftw hich are held, are held for good reasons. We wish to give the South the opportunity to prove this, for her own reputation and comfort." After making these deprecatory remarks, Mr. M. proceeded to argue that the Assembly had as direct and immediate power to punish any sin or wrong practice in the Church as any inferior judicatory, and that tie power to examine into the conduct of brethren lies at the basis of all Church fellowship. He said slavery, though called a delicate thing, is no more delicate than any other great sin. Our true pol'cy also lies in going straight forward. Let us not seek to obtain strength by allying ourselves to evil, however gigantic in form, or imposing in pretension. While he was speaking, Rev. John C. Smith, of Washington City, jocosely requested the Moderator to appoint a committee to wake up 76 ANNUAL REPORT. those members who were asleep; a remark that was not considered in good taste, and which, instead of exciting the merriment, was frowned upon by the Assembly. As some apology, however, for Mr. Smith, it must be confessed there was some incongruity in the remarks of the speaker. Did he intend to intimate that the Holy Ghost had appointed the Assembly overseers, merely to institute inquiry into alleged criminal conduct, without its leading, in case the criminality was proved, to ecclesiastical censure? His language implies as much. Rev. C. F. Mills (of Kentucky, and also of the Committee) said: " The report had been prepared only by great difficulty, and by a spirit of conciliation and compromise. He was against discipline. He was also against declaring the relation of master and slave in itself sinful He was surprised at the opposition the report had met. We have been told that the South is not going to sibinit to it. He did not believe it. He knew there was not a Presbytery of Kentucky that will not willingly respond to these inquiries. He knew the South hated slavery, and were anxious that the true state of the case should be known. There are extenuating circumstances in connection with slavery, which he was exceedingly desirous to have the North understand. Then, there was another side to the question. He was willing that the conduct of the South might be compared with that of the North; the legal decisions of Kentucky and Louisiana to be compared with the black laws of Illinois and Indiana. Progress was making at the South, and it would go on. He disliked the spirit in which the report had been received. Something was due to the North; and he had no respect for the blustering, bravado insolence, which folds its arms in selfrighteous dignity, and resists all approach. and all attempts to conciliate. To a Southern man, it was the next worse thing to the servility of the North, that respects and yields to it. Indeed, he had heard so much pro-slavery, conservative boasting, since he had been here, from Northern men, that he was ashamed of his cause." Dr. Thompson (of New-York, Chairman of the Committee,) said: "He yielded to no one in a hearty detestation of slavery. He could sympathize with his brother Eddy for repose, but most of us believe there is no repose so long as slavery exists. He was reminded of a fellow-passenger on ship-board with him, crossing the Atlantic, who was terribly sea-sick, who exclaimed,'Would to God I were on land, or that this sea would stand still!' Is it wrong to appoint an unobtrusive and inoffensive committee to investigate matters? He believed the South would be the greater gainer by the process of the two. Perhaps, if the South refuses to act candidly and frankly on the subject, the North will fly off; and if the North act honestly and righteously, the Soiuth will fly off. Perhaps the evil cannot be staved off either way. But one thing he knew; it is always safe to do right." Rev. Robert McLain (of Mississippi) said: "He had but little expectation of any result that would secure the harmony of the whole Church. He felt certain that if this commission be formed, and it be undertaken to take a census of their slave population, to enter the families of Southern church members and inquire into our practices, the South would be compelled to withdraw from the Church. He could tell the Assembly, the South would never submit to such an inquisition as this. We are assured that there is to be no peace till slavery is rooted out of the Church. When this is secured, we shall have no members." ANNUAL REPORT. 77 The New-York Tribune thus reports the speech of this gentleman: " Rev. Mr. McLain, of Mississippi, marched up to the mark and'faced the music' without winking. Such a committee as this, he said, which the report contemplates, we will not receive. But if you ask how many of our church members are slaveholders, I answer, all who are able to be. If you ask how many slaves they own, I answer, just as many as their means will permit." "A fiiend of ours," says the author of'Slavery and the Church,'* "who was on the spot and heard for himself, gives the language in still stronger terms: Mr. McLain... with Southern frankness said:' We disavow the action of the Detroit Assembly. We have men in our Church who buy slaves, and work them, BECAUSE THEY CAN MAKE MORE MONEY BY IT THAN IN ANY OTHER WAY. And the more of such men we have, the better. All who can, own slaves; and those who cannot, want to.'" Dr. Cox (of New-York) delivered " a most entertaining and eloquent speech," full of brilliant passages and witty sayings, but which was not regarded as bearing very directly on the question before the Assembly.t He would be glad to throw oil upon the troubled waters; but he must throw light. He was sorry he could not agree with brother Monteith. As to progress, ever since the Revolution there had been constant progress towards ultimate emancipation. What State has been retrogadled into slavery?. Or what State has been dragooned into freedom? Ecclesiastical action to secure and enforce civil reforms is unwise, and has no precedent in the Scriptures. Caesar and Christ have different governments.~ lie corrected the mistake of Dr. Ross in saying, that a curse rested upon the children of Ham. Some of the memorials denied that slavery is sin per se. This was not nonsense and absurdity." At this stage, Dr. Eddy obtained leave to introduce a report of the Church Polity Committee's reply to a memorial, asking such an alteration of the Constitution of the Presb terian Church as shall make slaveholding a matter of discipline, as offenses expressly specified by the Book of Discipline. In answer to this, the Committee recommend that the Book of Discipline contains already ample powers to deal with every known case of sin when officially brought to its cognizance. This not being unanimously accepted, the question of indefinite postponement of the slavery report was renewed. At this point, Rev. Chauncey Eddy (of Olio) suddenly and unexpectedly moved the previous question on tile indetinite postponement. The effect of this is to stop debate, and it came like a peal of thunder fiom * By Rev. William Hosmer, Auburn, N. Y., pp. 193. f Ttibune.: Illinois, good Doctor. ~ Dr. Cox overlooked the fact, that the resolutions of inquiry related merely to church members. 78 ANNUAL REPORT. a clear sky on the Western members, who as yet had not been able to speak. The Moderator put the question: "Shall the main question now be put?" This was carried in the affirmative. The main question on the indefinite postponement of the whole subject was then put, and also carried in the affirmative. This sudden termination of the discussion seemed to petrify a large portion of the Assembly, nor did this astonishment find vent until the question on Doctor Eddy's report came up, when he having proposed to withdraw it, Rev. Mr. Niles (of Illinois) objected to its withdrawment. It stated what had just been found to be false-the Assembly had no power to reach the sin of slavery; and they must so report it to their Presbyteries, let the result be what it would. Rev. Mr. Spees (of Illinois) also opposed the withdrawment, and said, in most emphatic manner, the Assembly had never committed so suicidal an act, and one which would drive a ploughshare through the Church. He could assure the Assembly that church after church, on our list now, will not be found there another year. The Assembly must show progress on this subject, or there is no holding the churches together. Presbyteries, and even whole Synods, will wheel off, if this course be persisted in. It was a ruinous, fatal policy, and too soon the Assembly would be aware of it. Rev. Mr. Shumway (of New-York) also deplored this action. It was a fatal step. There were Presbyteries all around him, who are only kept with the Assembly by the hope that some action will be taken on this subject. The Oswego Presbytery was a type of many others. They are honest, conscientious brethren, and they will act, we may be sure of it. If we wish to drive the ploughshare of division through the Church, we have only to bring down the guillotine of the previous question, and shut off debate, and it will be done. Rev. T. M. Hopkins (of Ohio) concurred in all this. Not one word had been permitted from the Western Reserve-a region where there was the utmost sensitiveness on this subject. He knew that there were Presbyteries, and more than one, which were represented here for the last time, if this was to be the law. The indignant tone of these speeches, and others, evidently produced a marked effect. It became so apparent that a wrong had been done to free discussion, that Rev. Mr. Poor (of New-Jersey) moved a reconsideration, which, after explanations fiom Dr. Cox and others, was almost unanimously carried. A large meeting of the friends of the report held a caucus at the close of the session. On the order of the day coming up, at the next sitting, Dr. Thompson asked leave to withdraw the report made on Thursday last, and debated ANNUAL REPORT. 79 on Friday, in order to make a substitute. The part of the report differing from the original draft, is as follows: "3. To correct misapprehensions which may exist in many Northern minds,/and allay causeless irritation by having the real facts in relation to this subject spread before the whole Church, it is recommended earnestly to request the Presbyteries in each of the slaveholding States to take such measures as may seem to them most expedient and proper for laying before the next Assembly, in its session at Philadelphil, distinct and full statements touching the following po:nts: "1. The Jnmber of slaveholders in connection with the churches under their jurisdiction, and the number of slaves held by them. "2. The extent to which slaves are held by an unavoidable necessity,'imposed by the laws of the States, the obligations of guardianship, and the demands of humanity.' " 3. Whether a practical regard, such as the Word of God requires, is evinced by the Soulthern churches for the sacredness of the conjugal and parental relations as they exist among slaves; whether bapt'sm is duly administered to the children of slaves professing Christianity; whether slaves are admitted to equal privileges and powers in the Church courts; and in general to what extent and in what manner provision is made for the religious well-being of the enslaved." Dr. Ross regarded it as unconstitutional. Charges should be made, if at all, in a legal, formal manner. Dr. Thompson replied: Common fame says that there is error at the South, and immorality in Presbyterian churches too. Though he believed that our Southern brethren are much misrepresented, yet he believed that practices were winked at which, at the North, we think ought to be dealt with. All that is proposed is, that the Presbyteries be requested to report to the Assembly the facts in the case. He knew not how a milder or more gentle measure could be adopted. Elder W. R. Moore (of Ohio) approved the report. The whole purpose of the North in soliciting this information, was to allay agitation, by bringing out the truth. But if it should appear that the evils specified are general, he should be prepared to act further. Rev. T. M. Hopkins (of Ohio) said the Assembly was bound to inquire into all that concerns the reputation of the Church. He thought the report ought to meet universal approval. Slavery, as a civil institution, may be sectional; but it cannot be so regarded by us. Rev. Thomas S. Milligan (of Indiana) thought the report the least that would satisfy the North. He liked the first report better than the substitute, yet even that did not reflect his own conceptions of duty on the subject. For making the proposed inquiry, we have an authority higher than the Constitution of the Presbyterian Church, for the Most High is represented to have heard of reports respecting the moral conduct of a certain city, and said that he would go down and inquire. No doubt there were men in Sodom who were opposed to making any inquiries; but their opposition did not prove that the inquiries were wrong or impertinent. Undoubtedly there is fanaticism at the North: but ahl 80 ANNUAL REPORT. there is something more. There is a deep Christian feeling, underlying all the froth of fanaticism, which it would be better for the South not to encounter. He had no sympathy with some Northern men who say, If you do not do so and-so, we'll leave you; that is not the true position. The true position is, that this evil is to be removed, for God has unquestionably undertaken the work. Slavery is doomed; it bears the mark of Cain; and though he would not lie down upon the purposes of God, and do nothing, he would derive fiom them encouragement to labor, and perseverance and patience. Nothing would be more creditable to the South than for them to come to an harmonious union with the North on this mild middle position, and frankly respond to these fraternal inquiries. He had no fear as to the final result of this anti-slavery movement. It is no foam upon the surface, but a current, deep and strong as that of Niagara. It is of God, and will go on. We must do our duty, and leave results with Him. Dr. Aiken (of Ohio) was prepared to vote for the original report. He did not doubt that the Assembly had the constitutional right to make such inquiries. If not, we had better disband. He did not think the report would quiet the North. There was an unreasonable and unreasoning state of feeling existing in the churches, which nothing will satisfy. Speaking for the Western Reserve, he could say, this action is too late in'the day, by three years. The churches you could hope to save by such action have gone already, hook and line, and they will remain where they are. "Slavery is not to be removed by any action; not by colonization-though he was in favor of that-nor by legislation either in Congress or General Assembly. It will not stir from its bass this mass of pollution by any such means. Nor will it be done by the underground railroad, though he was in favor of it. He rejoiced in every slave that escaped. Upperground railroads will be far more effective. The wonderful improvements of the age will do the business. Railroads will bring the North and South together. They will diffuse and equalize the public sentiment. The people will mingle together, become acquainted, and become interested in each other. Knowledge. kindness and interest will be increased; and the evil, the unprofitableness, and the burden of slavery will become so apparent, that the Souih itself will cry out for relief. With these are other causes combining, which would ultimately accomplish the desired object" Rev. E. T. Brantley (of West Tennessee) said: "He cordially disapproved of slavery. He found no justification of it any where. All look forward to the extinction of slavery. The North is acting powerfully upon the South by means (,f its inttlligence, its right views, its physical progress, and its splendid exemplificationls of the superiority of freedom. If the North could be aware of the progress of anti-slaverv sentiment at thj South, particularly among Christians, they would think the day of ellancil ation had already dawned. The churches at the South would be aggrieved with such inquiries as these. There are cases of slaveholding in our churches which do not come within the exceptions named at Detr'oit. He is a slaveholder, but is trying to prepare his slaves for freedom. The action of the Church may tend to a dissolution of the Union." ANNUAL REPORT. 81 Rev. William Homes* (of Missouri) said: "He dissented from the report and from any thing that resembled it. This report requires a man to answer questions that would criminate him. These Abolitionists cannot be conciliated. On such a subject as slavery, where there is a difference as wide as heaven and earth, it is utterly vain to hope for agreement. If all those who talk of separation, and who regard slavery as the only sin, were to leave us, they would only leave us stronger. We have in the slaveholding States 260 churches, 200 ministers, and between 15,000 and 16,000 church members. He did not think they would leave the Church, whatever might be done. The edicts and resolves of this body will only raise a cloud and a dust. The action of the Assembly of Detroit is null and void; for how can any man be found, not to be included in one or the other of the exceptions contained in it? All claim that their slaveholding is involuntary and justifiable. He concluded by strenuously asserting that the South would not submit to these inquiries. Dr. Eddy introduced a substitute, which, reciting the past action of the Assembly, declared that no further action was necessary, inasmuch as no formal complaints against any individual or ecclesiastical body had been made. When he sat down, a dozen members started to their feet. Rev. G. R. H. Shumway (of New-York) said: The whole course of this debate had been more painful than he could express, especially the disposition manifested to suppress this noble, God-originated, beneficent reform, that looked to the ultimate extinction of slavery in this country. Are we, after all tlb.t has been done and suffered, to yield every principle of political and Christian morality, merely to satisfy this longing after rest? We cannot expect rest till the evil that causes the unrest shall be done away with. We do not wait, in reference to other evils, till the State is right before we move in the Church. We agitate against the laws which authorize the sale of intoxicating drinks; we may denounce the oppressions of European despots for opinion's sake; but on this subject we are told we must preserve eternal silence. It was time to ascertain whether this was to be the condition of remaining in tJhe Presbyterian Church. He was not an agitator-the God above us and the Book of God are the agitators. So long as its principles exist and find their way through the community, there will be no rest on the subject of slavery. Elder Bishop, of New-York, was in favor of the report, and he should be pained if something in advance be not done. Rev. S. G. Spees, of Illinois, said: He was in favor of something which would satisfy the great mass of the churches. We must satisfy, if not fanatics, honest, intelligent, well-meaning Anti-slavery men at the North. This is an age of compromise. He was a compromise man, and this is a compromise measure. Brother Eddy and others make the welkin ring with their cries for repose. Repose there never can be, till the last shackle drops from the last slave. "I came not to send peace, but a sword." The Scriptures were given to be the great cause of agitation, till error and sin should be driven from off the earth. The doctrine of repose is the doctrine of the Devil. There must be discussion. Repose is the cry of those old tyrants of Europe who are crushing the liberties of the world under their heels. There is a popular sentiment abroad on this subject, which it will be of no avail for us to attempt to arrest or resist. Banish it, and it will come back again; crush it, and it will * This Mr. Homes is an agent of the American Home Missionary Society. 6 82 ANNUAL REPORT. rise again. It is the spirit of liberty, which cannot be quenched nor resisted. It is of no use for us to proclaim ourselves so awfully conservative that we cannot hear of this subject. We must advance. We shall render ourselves objects of contempt and scorn if we stand still-and we ought to be so. As to the numerical argument, he confessed he could never learn it. The question is not, whether we shall lose or gain in North or South; the question is, what is right and what is true. But if it comes to the question of numbers, he believed that if you refuse to entertain the subject and act upon it, in the spirit of Christian freemen, the churches in the North and North-west will march off in platoons. He could not justify it, but it would be done. He knew the state of public opinion at the West. The measures proposed will certainly do good at the West, and he could not think they would do harm any where. -.One word as to the Black Laws of Illinois. We hate those laws, and they make;us hate slavery more and more. For we owe them to the existence of slavery in" Kentucky and Missouri. If the States around us were free, we would need no Black Laws. Dr. Ross said he was not seeking to allay agitation. He was in favor of it. If any one would give him a handsome copy of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," he would keep it on his centre-table, and show it to all his visitors. Dr. Thompson was amazed at the opposition manifested. He could not understand it, except that there was a foregone determination to resist and oppose every thing that can possibly be proposed to be. done on this subject. The subject of slavery will not rest at oir bidding. It reminded him of the stick which was so crooked that it could not lie still. The Moderator, Rev. Dr. D. IT. Allen, of Ohio, said: He thought it to be the duty of the Presbyterian Church to proclaim itself, by its acts, in earnest in the purpose of freeing itself from slavery. He had been astounded at the opposition manifested to the report. He knew Kentucky would endorse It. He believed that Tennessee will not resist it. It was painful to him to hear it said, when simple, honest inquiries are made in a spirit of love, we shall receive no replies. Why, what will the world say I His own opinion was, that the response which these inquiries would elicit would produce a conviction that at present there is nothing to be done. He had little hope. of success by ecclesiastical discipline. We must use moral power. Rev. William Torrey, of Virginia, said: He was perfectly willing to have the facts relative to slavery spread out before the Assembly. He wished distinctly to disavow, on the part of the South, any disinclination to meet and answer these inquiries. It is said that this action will satisfy the North, but will it stay satisfied. The object of these inquiries is an entering wedge, to be driven up as fast as opportunity is given. He could not promise that the Virginia Presbyteries would give any replies to these inquiries. There was no hope, so long as slavery exists, that the Church shall be free from it. If it has come to be true that the feeling of the North will not suffer the slaveholding ministers and members to remain in fellowship with the Church, the South will not remain with you. They do not contemplate a disconnection with slavery. It is not slavery that troubles us, but this ceaseless agitation. Pass this report, and we must bid you farewell. But if we are got rid of, rest will not come. The next movement of the agitators will be to attack the proslavery men (as they call them) at the North, and drive them from the Church. Dr. Hatfield (of New-York city) said: The East had not lost its conscience on this subject, nor were they all buried in the abyss of compromise. The very efforts of the friends of slavery have hitherto only resulted in the progress of Anti-slavery sentiment. The East ANNUAL REPORT. 83 thought that we had but to look on and see God work. It will not be long before it will be unsafe for a man to own himself indifferent on this subject. The report would do good at the North and the South. If the South decline to answer these inquiries, the world will say there is something in the system and practice of the South that will not bear the light. He did not believe that the Southern brethren themselves really deprecated the measure. They of course will wish to oppose it, or seem to oppose it; but if it pass, they will undoubtedly congratulate themselves that the Assembly have done no more. Rev. Charles Brown (of Philadelphia) deprecated further action on the subject of slavery. Such was the opinion of the majority of his Presbytery, (the Fourth.) Rev. S. P. M. Hastings (of New-York) wished to postpone action on this subject till the other business before the Assembly be accomplished. Elder Strong heartily concurred. He was sick and tired of the discussion. Rev. Jacob Little (of Ohio) felt anxious to advocate the report. Rev. Gideon S. White (of East Tennessee) begged the Assembly to believe they were doing all they could to remove slavery. Rev. Hiram Gregg (of New-York) made an impressive speech in behalf of the report. Dr. Gilbert (of Philadelphia) had heard at least one thousand speeches, on this subject in the Assembly. He believed no good would come out of the discussion. Rev. H. H. Rowland (of Pennsylvania) wished to move a substitute, to the effect that, having repeatedly taken action on the subject, the Assembly is free from all responsibility in reference to slavery, and declaring that the Assembly has full confidence in the Presbyteries and Synods in which slavery exists. The motion was lost by a large majority.. The interest here became intense. Motions for a division of the report and for postponement to introduce substitutes were confusedly interminx gled with remarks on the merits of the question-which, says the NewYork Evangelist, being made in excitement, it would be unfair to record — till, at eleven o'clock at night, the vote to adopt the report was passedayes,'79; nays, 34; absent, 89-the greater part of whom were ruling elders from the West. Many of them were business men, who, supposing the matter had been virtually disposed of, had left the Assembly to attend to their private affairs. Eight of the absentees were afterwards allowed to record, seven of whom voted yea, making the final vote 84 ayes to 35 nays. The next day, Rev. Mr. Rowland and Dr. Cox each presented a protest signed by several members. Dr. Eddy proposed to raise a committee of equal numbers from the majority and the protesters, to consult whether some common ground 84 ANNUAL REPORT. may not be found which shall harmonize the Assembly. A long and warm discussion ensued, after which Dr. Eddy had leave to withdraw his resolution. Dr. Thompson proposed that a special committee should be raised to prepare a brief statement of general principles in regard to which there is little or no diversity of opinion on the subject of slavery in the Assembly. The motion leading to a discussion, the mover had leave to withdraw it. We predict that no result of any importance will follow from the adoption of the report. In the language of Rev. Mr. Homes, of Missouri, it will " only raise a cloud and a dust." The Northern members generally advocated the report in the hope of satisfying public sentiment, and Southern members opposed it, as Dr. Hatfield intimated, for a similar reason. PRESBYTERIAN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, [OLD SCHOOL.] Most of those we address are aware that the Presbyterians of the country are divided into two parties, both claiming to be the Presbyterian Church of the United States. The division arose chiefly from disagreement in doctrinal views. Each has a General Assembly, composed of members from the free and slave States. The New School Assembly calls itself an "Anti-slavery Church;" the Old School Assembly makes no such pretension. Neither are such, in fact, because slaveholders are admitted to membership, and slaveholding is not considered a bar to Christian communion. The New School Assembly is considered more reformatory than the Old School Assembly, but both arerunder the influence of the slave power, that controls both the Church and State. In the Old School Assembly there are fifty slaveholding Presbyteries, about one third of the whole number. The General Assembly (O. S.) met at Charleston, S. C., May, 1852. Rev. J. C. Lord, of Buffalo, N. Y., was chosen Moderator. He had distinguished himself by a sermon in aid of the Fugitive Slave Act, which had been widely circulated by the" Union Safety Committee" of NewYork. The Charleston Mercury announced his election as follows: "To the distinction of a learned and zealous divine, Dr. Lord has also added that of a bold and able advocate of the constitutional rights of the South. We have wrestled strongly with the accursed errors of Abolition fanaticism. It is, moreover, no little praise to this Assembly to say that it knew how to appreciate and honor such a man.".. During the session, one member spoke of " the fanatics of the North," and another said he would " as soon think of reporting to a tornado as to the fanatics;" but nothing was said or done about evangelizing the ANNUAL REPORT. 85 HEATHEN in South Carolina, or alleviating or ending the miseries of the poor slaves in that part of the country.* This Assembly met again at Philadelphia, May 17, 1853. It had been announced that the annual sermon should be preached this yea by Rev. William T. Hamilton, D. D., of Mobile, but it does not appea that he officiated.t Nothing appears to have been said or done in this Assembly on th subject of American slavery, but we find that special attention was paid to the report of a committee appointed the previous year, "to take into consideration some means for securing the rights of conscience, in religious matters, to American citizens in foreign countries." One of the resolutions, accompanying the report, is the following:Resolved, That freedom of thought, freedom of conscience, and fieedom of religious worship, being essential and inherent rights of American citizens, and being extended by the American people to citizens of all nations, without re-.straint, it is but just and equal that this privilege should be extended to our citizens by all nations between whom and our country treaties of amity an! commerce exist. The report and resolutions, after slight opposition from Chancellor Johns and Mr. Montgomery, who were opposed to any thing "like a coupling together of the Church and State," were adopted. No American citizen, we think, can have any reasonable objection to the resolution quoted, and it is referred to here to show how quick certain men are to feel and remonstrate against injuries done themselves or those fellowcitizens whose rights are recognized by them, and yet how averse they are to sympathize with other fellow-citizens whose rights they consent shall be trampled in the dust. Provision should be made, say Doctors Baird, Spring, Plumer, Murray, Junkin, and Judges Grier and Leavitt, and their associates in the Assembly, for securing to American citizens, travelling or residing in foreign countries, the right to profess their faith and worship God according to the dictates of their own consciences; and yet how contented these citizens are that a multitude of their fellow-countrymen at home should have no "freedom of thought," no "freedom of conscience," no "freedom of religious worship," though they admit that these things are "essential and inherent rights of American citizens!" Foreign Governments may notice this inconsistency. Their subjects undoubtedly will, and remind these sticklers for the rights of man that they who claim justice should observe it. * In an official report of the Presbyterian Synod of South Carolina and Georgia, published in the Charleston Observer some years since, it was stated: "Who would credit that in these years of revival and benevolent effort in this Christian republic, there are over two millions of human beings in the condition of HEATHEN, and, in some respects, in a worse condition?" f Dr. H. is a native of England, and the person who said to Arthur Tappan, some years since, "I would as soon buy a negro as a leg of mutton," 86 ANNUAL REPORT. Though the records of the year past, in their connection with those of the preceding years, and the general aspect of affairs at the present moment, do not warrant the hope that either of the General Assemblies, or the voluntary religious Associations supported and approved by them, will make any important anti-slavery progress until the cause of human liberty in America becomes popular, and the question ceases to divide the community; yet we think there are unmistakable evidences of an under-current in the religious world, already beginning to make itself felt, and promising, ere long, to surprise the conservators of existing abuses with revelations of their waning influence and departing power, when it may be quite too late for them to retrieve their lost position by retracing their steps and correcting their deplorable error. Should the struggle be protracted much longer, such a result appears to be almost an inevitable one. The world's history, perhaps, affords scarcely a solitary exception to this general consummation of ecclesiastical delinquency in struggles for needed reform. Providential deliverances and providential retributions, in such cases, go hand in band. Nor is it easy to see how the high and holy ends of religious institutions and organizations could otherwise be secured. The Divine object in instituting them, which is HUMAN REDEMPTION, requires and necessitates, at least, their temporary disgrace and discomfiture (not to say overthrow) when, instead of promoting human redemption, they throw themselves as stumbling-blocks in its way.* The condition of the Presbyterian Church in this country has already become such as to furnish an appropriate occasion for reflections of this character. At the commencement of the Anti-slavery agitation, nearly twenty years ago, the General Assembly of that highly influential denomination occupied a position contrasting strongly with the present condition of the two rival Assemblies. The sect was then united and strong. By those who were then opposed to Presbyterianism, either on the ground of its theology or its ecclesiastical polity, the General Assembly was regarded as an almost impregnable fortress, the increasing power of which, it was almost impossible to withstand; a power which was regarded with an almost hopeless dread! But a marked change has taken place, and the end is not yet. Had that body been united and earnest in its opposition to slavery, and other great national sins, it is hardly credible that shades of theological difference would have occasioned a division. An exscinding process took place first, and a more extended division afterwards. In both these events there was clearly visible the controlling activity of the nfluences hostile to the agitation of the slave question-hostile to refo* See Jeremiah, chap. vii. ANNUAL REPORT. 87 mation, to free inquiry and to progress. The power of extensively organized Presbyterianism was thus broken in twain. Partly as sectional, and partly as through conflicting affinities, the two rival Assemblies stood and still stand before the public, in an altered position. The opposers of Presbyterianism were no longer paralyzed with fear. Had the Northern, or New School division, even then assumed a strong, decided, and firm anti-slavery position, it might have maintained its ground and become strong. But it failed to do this.* The peculiar machinery of the Presbyterian polity, instead of being wielded against the sin of slavery, was more commonly used to cripple and harass the opposers of slavery in the churches. By little and little, a disgust was created against the polity thus wielded. In large and important sections, (as in Central and Western New-York, in Northern Ohio, and in Michigan,) a gradual abandonment of Presbyterianism for Congregationalism has been the effect, till, by the action of the Convention at Albany, new forms of ecclesiastical organization and activity, displacing to a great extent the old, have been witnessed. The Old School, or Southern division, has suffered from an Anti-slavery secession which, if not formidable in either numbers or wealth, has subtracted no small amount of moral influence and power. Similar results have been witnessed, to a greater or less extent, in several of the ecclesiastical bodies of other important religious sects. They have sought unity, strength, and influence by standing aloof from the Anti-slavery cause, or by casting an influence against it. But the result of their policy has been, in some instances, division, and in most cases, a manifest decline of influence and power. The waning power of a Church is never more sure and rapid than when its leaders are deaf to the friendly remonstrances of those who would apprise them of the fact. THE ASSOCIATE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF NORTH AMERICA.t This Church seceded from the Established Church of Scotland on account of oppressive measures, and such of them as emigrated to this *It has now upon its roll-list about twentyslaveholding Presbyteries, eighteen of which sent commissioners to the meeting at the city of Washington. There vere bUt three commissioners from slaveholding Presbyteries who met with that Assembly at the first separate meeting in 1838. The slave increase in this body has far outrun the free since its separation. In spiritual as in worldly things, there is a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, lea.d on to fortune." The flood-tide in the Presbyterian Church was in 1838, when the separation took place. Had the New School then carried out the great principles of liberty that stood upon the records of the Church as a theory, large accessions would doubtless have been made, and this " Constitutional" General Assembly would have been more numerous and influential than the other body. But in seeking to enlarge itself by courting slaveholders, it has lost the opportunity of extension, and appears doomed to be an uninfluential body. f This Church embraces one Presbytery, chiefly located in Canada West. The 88 ANNUAL REPORT. country brought with them something of that love of liberty which had occasioned their secession. Some of them who had originally settled in Kentucky, and other slaveholding States, soon left for the North-west Territory. One congregation in Kentucky rose up as a body, minister, session and people, and removed to Ohio. The first enactment of this Church respecting slavery appears to have been in May, 1811. The first article is as follows:" That it is a moral evil to hold negroes, or their children, in perpetual slavery, or to claim the right of buying or selling them, or of beq4eathing them as transferable property." The second article requires masters to liberate their slaves, and where hindered from so doing by the laws of the State, to treat them the same as if liberated; to provide for their worldly comfort, to instruct them in the things of religion, and to give them wages. The third article directs that slaveholders not complying with the above should be excluded from the communion of the Church. The fourth allows of the purchase of slaves, and using their service for a time, with a view to their emancipation. The fifth gives directions for the enforcing of these regulations. The preceding enactment continued in force for twenty years; but as the churches in the South did not pay such regard to it as was satisfactory to the rest of the brethren, complaints were made from year to year, and various efforts employed with a view to its being strictly enforced. These not proving successful, the Associate Synod, in May, 18.31, adopted the following resolutions:1. That as slavery is clearly condemned by the law of God, and has been long since judicially declared by this Church to be a moral evil, no member thereof shall, from and after this date, be allowed to hold a human being in the character or condition of a slave. 2. That this Synod do hereby order all its subordinate judicatories to proceed forthwith to carry into execution the intention of the foregoing resolution, by requiring those church members under their immediate inspection, who may be possessed of slaves, to relinquish their unjust claims, and release those whom they may have heretofore considered as their property. 3. That if any member or members of this Church, in order to evade this act, shall sell any of their slaves, or make a transfer of them, so as to retain the proceeds of their services or the price of their sale, or in any other way evade the provisions of this act, they shall be subject to the censure of the Church. 4. That when an individual is found, who has spent so much of his or her strength in the service of another as to be disqualified from providing for his or her own support, the master, in such a ease, is to be held responsible for the comfortable maintenance of said servant.* number of ministers, settled and itinerating, of this denomination, is 168, and the communicants 18,157. *At the time when these resolutions were adopted, the Associate Synod had one Presbytery whose location was entirely in the South, and two or three others whose limits embraced portions of the slaveholding States. Some of the ministers who were pastors of congregations embracing slaveholders in their communion, gave up their charges and removed to the fiee States. Others of' them, and most of the people, immediately connected themselves with oth.T ANNUAL REPORT. 89 In 1851, the Associate Synod passed an act condemning the Fugitive Slave Bill, and enjoining upon all their people " a practical disregard of this law." In 1852, a report on voting for immoral persons was adopted. The first section exhibits the principle upon which the report proceeds. It is as follows: "We believe that choosing manifestly wicked men, such as infidels, slaveholders, fornicators, profane swearers, drunkards, Sabbath-breakers, gamblers, &c., to be our civil masters, is a great evil, and productive of incalculable mischief; that all who profess to love and obey God should carefully avoid it; and that the watchmen in Zion should, in their individual and judicial capacity, solemnly and faithfully warn against it.'* Although, in some respects, a few expressions in these resolutions would not be considered at this day by Abolitionists perfectly orthodox, yet how honorable to this Church are such proceedings! and how honorable it would be to the Old and New School Presbyterians if they emulated the anti-slavery spirit of this venerable body of Seceders. UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST.t This Church believes that slavery is a sin per se. The Constitution of the Church, which cannot be altered except by a vote of two thirds of the members of the whole society, says:"All slavery in every sense of the word is totally prohibited, and shall in no way be tolerated in our Church. Should any be found in our society who hold slaves, they cannot continue as members unless they do personally manumit or set free such slaves. And when it is known to any of our ministers in charge of a circuit station or mission, that any of its members hold a slave or slaves, he shall admonish such member to manumit such slave or slaves; and if such persons do not take measures to carry out the discipline, they shall be expelled by the proper authorities of the Church; and any minister refusing to attend to the duties above described shall be dealt with by the authorities to which he is amenable." The above section of discipline has been in force and carried out since 1821. No attempt has been made to repeal it. This Church has conchurches of a more tolerant character. The Synod, some time afterwards, sent a missionary with a letter addressed to the people who had been under their care, with a view to reconcile them to their proceedings, but the missionary was beset by a mob while preaching on the Sabbath, and after it was discovered that there were no grounds for any legal proceedings against him, he was dismissed with a coat of tar and feathers. The Southern Presbytery became extinct, and the members of the Associate Church are now almost exclusively in the free States. * This is followed by seven propositions relating to the supremacy of the Divine law, the duties of magistrates, the duty of citizens in choosing magistrates, and the duty of ministers to instruct the people and warn them in regard to the choice of magistrates. t This denomination is distinguished from the old United Brethren, or Moravian Church, by the additional phrase "In Christ," 90 ANN-UAL REPORT. gregations in Missouri, Kentucky, Virginia and Maryland. At the General Conference, May 12, 1853, the Southern delegates reported that there were twelve cases of legal connection with slavery in the Church, but they were of a character so peculiar, that a difference of opinion had arisen as to whether the discipline intended to exclude them. The opinion and advice of the Conference was asked. The following answer, in substance, was given: "All those cases reported are cases prohibited by the plain letter of our Discipline. Execute papers of immediate emancipation. The sympathy of this Conference given to palliated cases of slavery would be an entering wedge of slavery into our Church. The Church must be disconnected with slavery in all its forms. The bishops are instructed to carry out the letter of Discipline." The action in this case was taken without a dissenting voice, and the delegates from the South assured the Conference that the intention of the Discipline, as above explained, should be executed. The General Conference made provision for the publication of a monthly magazine. The following is from the Prospectus:"The immediate abolition of slavery; rejecting that most odious and barbarous notion, that man has a right to hold property in man. The position will be taken that this is a monster that can never be tamed, a sin which violates every precept of the Bible. It will be our object to show that slavery (by which we mean the holding of property in man) is sinful, necessarily sinful, under all possible and conceivable circumstances." The Religious Telescope, which is the organ of the Church, breathes a warm anti-slavery spirit. It condemns the platforms of the old political parties, and approves that of the Free Democracy. It opposes the Fugitive Slave Act, and all "Black Laws." Nearly all the preachers vote the Free Democratic ticket, and a large number of the members. The anti-slavery sentiment in relation to political action is rapidly advancing. It is believed that in a short time the whole Church will cast its influence, politically, in the right direction, and vote as it now believes and prays. This denomination now numbers about 70,000 members. EPISCOPAL CHURCH. THis body makes no pretension to be anti-slavery, although some of its members are distinguished for the ability and zeal with which they promote the cause. The question of the admission of colored churches into union with the Convention of the Diocese of New-York was pressed upon that body several times during last year, and on each occasion pertinaciously evaded. The two colored churches in the city of New-York, the Church St. Philip and the Church of the Messiah, have formally applied for admission; and the Standing Committee on the Incorporation of Churches, of which Ex-Chief Justice Jones is Chairman, has reported ANNUAL REPORT. 91 that they had complied with all the requisites of the canon, and unanimously recommended their admission. Their canonical rights being thus recognized, and no room being left for technical objections on the score of the regularity of their incorporation, their opponents, fearing the result of a direct vote by orders, in which each clergyman and each lay delegation are compelled to vote separately and viva voce, under a direct personal responsibility, seem to have determined, at whatever hazard, to elude the subject. On the first day of the session, Rev. Mr. Morris moved the admission of the Church of St. Philip; and the motion was seconded by John Jay, Esq., who remarked, that the example hitherto set by the Convention on this subject was not only at variance with the clear intention of the Constitution and canons, and derogatory to their own character, but widely injurious to the cause of religion, and most oppressive in its influence upon the colored people. Judge Oakley protested against the introduction of the resolution, as contrary to their rules of order. The President, Dr. Creighton, decided the motion to be out of order. On the second day, Mr. Jay called up the subject, by offering a resolution, with a preamble, referring to the exclusion of the colored congregations during successive years, pronouncing such exclusion a violation of their constitutional rights, of catholic unity, apostolic precedent, and Christian brotherhood, and inviting such churches forthwith to union with the Convention, assuring them of a cordial and affectionate reception. Great excitement was at once manifested, and various suggestions upon points of order were made; but it not appearing that any valid objection could be made to the resolution on this ground, John C. Spencer, Esq., who has distinguished himself by his bitter opposition to the colored churches, rose and objected to the reception of the resolution. He remarked, that he wished to keep this subject entirely out of the Convention, and especially to keep it out of their minutes. He therefore moved "that the resolution be not received." There were a dozen or more members, according to the report of the Tribune, rising to speak, when the President rose to put the question upon Mr. Spencer's motion. Mr. Jay attempted to say a few words, but was interrupted by cries of " Question," " Question," from all parts of the house; and the President again rose and put the question, "Shall the resolution be received?" Mr. Jay immediately called for the vote by orders, and was seconded by the requisite number, a call by five being necessary. The President now changed his mind, and refused to put the question, and ruled that the original resolution was out of order. Dr. Tyng, in order to have the house sustain the decision of the Chair, appealed from the 92 ANNUAL REPORT. decision; when the question on the appeal was taken, and the Chairman sustained by a large majority. The election of a Bishop was then proceeded with, and resulted in the election of Rev. Dr. Wainwright. Before the adjournment, on Friday, Mr. Jay offered as an amendment to Canon IV.: " Of the admission of a church into union with the Church in this Diocese," the following additional section: "SECT. III. No church, applying for admission, which shall have been found duly incorporated as above provided, shall be refused admission into union with the Convention of this Diocese on account of the race, lineage, color or complexion of the congregation so applying, or any part thereof, or of the minister presiding ever the same; nor on account of any social or political disqualifications of any kind whatsoever that may attach, or may be supposed to attach, to them without the Church; and all churches admitted into union with the said Convention shall be admitted without any'condition or disqualification establishing or recognizing caste in the Church, upon a footing of catholic equality and Christian brotherhood." This amendment, remarked thb Protestant Churchman, in its report, " under the rules, lies over for discussion at the next Convention." That such would be the case, was stated by the President and Secretary at the time it was offered, and it would accordingly have a place upon the record. But this would have defeated the intention of Mr. Spencer and his coadjutors to prevent any mention of the subject on the minutes; and, in accordance with his suggestion, the record was mutilated at an adjourned session held the next morning, when the attendance was very meagre, most of the delegates, Mr. Jay among them, having gone to the country. We quote the Tribune: "About ten o'clock, the President called the Convention to order, and the Secretary read the minutes of the previous day's proceedings. Before approving the minutes, the Convention voted to omit from the record a notice given by John Jay, Esq., that at the next session of the Convention he would move certain amendments to the Fourth Canon. The reason alleged was, that Mr. Jay might not be a representative in the next Convention; but the public will have their own opinion of the real motive, when they recollect how long Mr. Jay has fought almost single-handed for the legal recognition of the colored church existing in this Diocese." In Pennsylvania, Bishop Potter* has warmly advocated the admission of the colored churches, but was left in a minority by the Convention. Bishop Wainwright, it is to be hoped, will exert his episcopal influence in their behalf at the next Convention in New-York. His recent visit to England, and the stern reproof of the American Church by the Bishop of Oxford, for its connection with slavery and its recognition of caste, must have convinced him that the shuffling course his Diocesan Convention * See action of the Pennsylvania Episcopal Convention ANNUAL REPORT. 93 has hitherto pursued, if not instantly checked and replaced by a decent regard to constitutional rights, to parliamentary rules, and to scriptural principles, will expose it to the contempt and indignation of the Christian world. There is little fear that colored churches will be much longer excluded; but it is deeply to be regretted that their admission, when it shall come, will be a tardy act of justice, compelled, in a great measure, by public opinion, which has been already outraged by the measures resorted to for their exclusion, instead of being, as it should have been, a prompt and hearty recognition of the universal and equal brotherhood of Christians. Before dismissing this branch of the history of the times, we would revert to a response made to the eloquent speech of Senator Sumner, copies of which an Episcopal gentleman had sent to several persons in different parts of the country, by an Episcopal clergyman of South Carolina: LETTER. To the so-called, Hon. Charles Sumner: SIn: With characteristic Yankee insolence and Abolition folly, you have presumed to insult me, in common with others of my brethren, by sending me your rabid speech, which I return with the expression of my profound contempt for the author. J. W. SIMfMONS.+ Spartanburg C. H., Oct. 12, 1852. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH NORTH. In our Report for 1850, we showed that the notion that the Methodist Church North was Anti-slavery, was erroneous; and that the separation between it and the Methodist Church South was not brought about by the opposition of the Northern party to slavery. This has been denied, but we have evidence that the assertion heretofore made was true. At the last General Conference the whole subject was ignored. In answer to numerous petitions for the Church to take a bold anti-slavery ground, a report was prepared, urging that nothing be done, to secure peace. The report was not even called up. A member wished to propose a plan for the gradual removal of the sin from the Church, but he was "choked down." It was stated by prominent members of the Conference, at its sitting, that their wish was to gather as many slaveholders as possible within the pale of the Church, and no one denied it. Nine Conferences have been formed by the Northern branch in slave States, and a wish was expressed that by another four years they might have a Conference in every Southern State, it being understood that slavehold* We copy the above from the National Era, with the remark of the editor, that the writer of the letter was recently the minister of St. Stephen's Chapel, Charleston, S. C.; and that his epistle was published without the privity of Mr. Sumner. 94 ANNUAL REPORT. ing would be no bar to membership.* A regular Conference member of this Church, who acknowledges that he has been one of those who insisted that the M. E. Church North was anti-slavery, in the National Era of September 9, 1852, communicated the above facts, and added: "Now look at these facts, and say what is the position of the M. E. Church, judged by her highest assembly. But, says a good brother at my side who declares the Church is anti-slavery to the back-bone,' there it is in the Discipline as strong as ever; they have not touched that.' Ay! and where else is it, except in the Discipline? Of what use is it there, so long as the Church does not act upon it "And now, one word to my brethren in the ministry. In the name of honesty, before God, brethren, let us no more say we are an Anti-slavery Church; let us acknowledge before high Heaven that the foul slime of the thing is on us; and let us pray, and weep, and labor night and day, until God in mercy move in our behalf, and purify our Zion of the vilest thing that ever saw the sun." This surely is a melancholy picture of the best half of the Church in this country founded by the venerable Wesley. But, in justice to the large number of its members who are valiantly waging a moral battle for the truth, against pro-slavery Methodists both North and South, we add, there is reason to believe that the Anti-slavery cause is advancing in the M. E. Church at this time. Three Annual Conferences in this State have passed resolutions, by large majorities, against the Fugitive Slave Bill, and in favor of such an amendment of the Discipline as will wholly exclude slavery from the Church. Other Conferences have passed resolutions of nearly the same general character, condemning slavery and expressing a desire that it be extirpated from the Church and the world. The periodical literature is said to be more than ever in the hands of Antislavery men, and some portions of it doing effective service in favor of emancipation. New-England has long been in advance on this subject of most other portions of this Church. The following is some evidence of it: At the session of the Methodist Conference at Ipswich, May 2d, the Committee on Slavery reported the following series of resolutions, which, after considerable discussion, were adopted: "1. That as a Conference we are as fully and deeply convinced as ever that all voluntary slaveholding, or the holding of slaves in bondage for the sake of gain, under any circumstances, is a flagrant sin against God and humanity. "2. That it is our deliberate and settled opinion that no more persons guilty of the sin of slaveholding should be admitted as members into our Church. "3. That we are fully persuaded that if a proper discipline were duly admin* A minister of this denomination who undertook to defend the Church North, just before the meeting of Conference, against the charge of its being a pro-slavery body, said shortly afterwards at a preachers' meeting, in alluding to the defense he had offered, "The action of our Conference cast the lie into my teeth, for not one third of the committee to whom the subject was committed would entertain it." ANNUAL REPORT. 95 istered, or if the spirit even of our present Discipline were fully carried out, all voluntary slaveholders would soon be either brought to repentance and reformation of life, or for the sin of slaveholding be expelled from the Church. "4. That as there is a difference of opinion as to whether our Discipline, as it now reads, would exclude such persons from our communion, it is the sense of this Conference, that the Discipline should be so altered and amended as to include a well-defined and clearly expressed rule, prohibiting their reception into the communion of the Methodist Episcopal Church." It is hoped that every Conference in the free States will imitate this noble example, and that the day is not far distant when this branch of the Church of Christ will, as. a whole, take the right position, and treat slaveholding as it now treats adultery and murder. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH SOUTH. It will not, probably, be doubted that the position of the Methodist Episcopal Church South is decidedly and openly pro-slavery. One single fact may suffice here. One of the most observable results of the corrupting influence of slavery, is the repudiation by its supporters of principles of equality, freedom and justice, solemnly and publicly avowed by the nation or the Church, or accepted by the people. This is occasionally done directly, frankly, but oftener more cautiously, by a method of construction or interpretation which emasculates the sentiment, leaving nothing but powerless and empty words. The direct method is the one adopted by South Carolinians, as we have often seen. A few weeks since, the slaveholding Methodists of that State gave a new proof of the character and object of their supreme devotion. We allude to the passage of a vote by the South Carolina Conference, expunging from the Methodist Book of Discipline the section upon slavery. An attempt had previously been made to procure such action from the Methodist Church South, but that body preferred the cunning expedient of repudiating without formally expunging the objectionable section, and so ordered a note to be appended to the section, declaring the sense of the Conference that it was to be regarded as a dead letter and entirely inoperative. This kind of temporizing did not satisfy the South Carolina Methodists, and hence they have taken the responsibility of striking it from the Book of Discipline, and publishing an expurgation for the use of their churches. This is the section referred to: "SECTION X.-OF SLAVERY. "Ques.-What shall be done for the extirpation of the evils of slavery? "Ans.-]. We declare that we are as much as ever convinced of the great evil of slavery: therefore no slaveholder shall be eligible to any official station 96 ANNUAL REPORT. in our Church hereafter, where the laws of the State in which he lives will admit of emancipation, and permit the liberated slave to enjoy freedom. "2. When any travelling preacher becomes an owner of a slave or slaves by any means, he shall forfeit his ministerial character in our Church, unless he execute, if it be practicable, a legal emancipation of such slaves, conformably to the laws of the State in which he lives. " 3. All our preachers shall prudently enforce upon our members the necessity of teaching their slaves to read the Word of God; and to allow them time to attend upon the public worship of God on our regular days of divine service." And yet this Church seems peculiarly zealous in the work of evangelizing the colored people, according to their standard of evangelical religion! "According to the Seventh Annual Report of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, 120 missions and 111 missionaries are sustained by that Church among the eoloral people of the South-the number of members being 33,378, and the number of children and adults receiving instruction, 16,385. This Church, we presume, is by far the most active in the work of missions among the slaves; but when we remember that the colored population of the South is over three millions, how utterly inadequate are their means of religious instruction, reasoning upon the data furnished above! " * To this it should be added, that the religious instruction of the slaves, so far as we know, is exclusively oral, or nearly so; that they are not furnished with Bibles, and are taught that the Bible sanctions slavery. BAPTISTS. There appears to have been very little direct or specific action of the Baptist churches against slavery during the past year. Some of the Associations have passed anti-slavery resolutions, but they do not appear to have led to any practical results. In the Annual Report of the Missionary Union, which held its anniversary on the 19th and 20th May, 1852, is the following paragraph: "Slaveholders separated from the Mission Churches.-It was stated in our last Report that correspondence had been opened with the mission in reference to its relations to slaveholding; from individuals, members of churches, being slaveholders. The last communication received, dated in March, announces that'slaveholding has been separated from all our churches.''I trust,' adds Mr. Jones,'that our brethren will unite with us in thanksgiving for our deliverance from so great an evil; and I trust also, that our more ardent friends will not make any vainglorious parade about it: for there is no glory due to any one but God, whose wise and gracious providence has brought the whole thing to pass." That this matter ever engaged the attention of the "Union" at all, we are assured, was owing to an external pressure of anti-slavery sentiment originating with free missionists. All it had done in the premises is expressed in four words: "Correspondence had been opened;" and National Era, October 21, 1852. ANNUAL REPORT. 97 this had been done reluctantly, tardily, and because it could not well be avoided. In the meantime, the " Union," in common with the other great bene volent organizations in this denomination-the Home Missionary Society. the two Bible Societies, and the Publication Society-adheres, in respect to the slavery question, to its old position of professed neutrality, inviting slaveholders and non-slaveholders alike to its membership; holding them alike eligible to all offices and appointments in its gift; receiving alike their proffered contributions for religious purposes, and, in a word, putting no difference between them. The general separation of Southern from Northern Baptists in benevolent operations is sometimes urged as evidence that the latter have no connection or sympathy with slavery; but they who think so do not properly consider the motives and character of that separation. It was one, not of principle, but of policy. The South had recourse to it as a measure of expediency. The North submitted to it as a matter of necessity. Its object was to prevent the constant collision of elements that would not coalesce without essentially impairing the harm)ny of those who, respectively, would mould and shape these elements to their own purposes. Hence, there has been from the first, between the leaders of the Northern and Southern organizations, a cordial fraternization. That there are many sincere Anti-slavery men connected with the Northern branch of this family of Societies, is not to be denied; but the position in which that connection places them prevents to a great extent the effective development of their anti slavery tendencies. We lament to be obliged to record such a state of things. The Baptists in England and in the British colonies have done so much for freedom, that at one time it was expected that the Baptists in this country would take the lead in anti-slavery effort. For a time, many were zealous in the cause; but the "martyr-spirit" that distinguished British and American Baptists in former times does not appear to exist in the leading minds in this denomination at the present time, so far, at least, as anti-slavery effort is concerned. Shall it always be so? SEVENTH-DAY BAPTISTS. This religious body is true to the Anti-slavery cause. At the meeting of the Eastern Association at Waterford, Conn., May, 1852, the following resolutions were adopted: 3. Believing it to be the duty of the Church to bear testimony against sin wherever found, whether in individuals or collective bodies; and believing that slavery, as it exists in our country, involves the most flagrant sins, and almost a total subversion of Christian principle; thereforeresolved, (1.) That we enter our solemn protest against the system of American slavery, as a sin against God, and a libel upon our national declaration, that " all men are created equal." 7 98 ANNUAL REPORT. Resolved, (2.) That we regard the Fugitive Slave Law as an atrocious violation of the rights of humanity and the principles of the gospel-the enforcement of which actually prohibits the discharge of duties which are obligatory on every Christian; and that to aid in its execution would be treason to Jesus Christ. Resolved, (3.) That, as an Association of Christian churches, we disclaim all fellowship with slavery or its abettors. DAVID DUNN, Moderator. H. H. BAKER, Rec. Sec. At the meeting of the General Conference at Plainfield, N. J., September, 1852, the following Resolutions passed: Resolved, That we reaffirm our abhorrence of the system of American slavery; and that we deprecate the passage and enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law, as hostile to the rights of humanity, and in conflict with the law of God and the benevolent spirit of the gospel. JAMES BAILEY, Moderator. H. H. BAKER, J. M. ALLEN, Secretaries. A. C. BURDIC. ) FREEWILL BAPTISTS. This scion of the old Roger Williams' stock is, with regard to the Anti-slavery cause, unquestionably sound. The last General Conference was held in 1850.* The anti-slavery resolutions then taken have been vigorously sustained by the yearly and quarterly meetings and the churches; and we have reason to believe that at the next Conference, October next, still stronger ground will be taken by this Church. At an early day of the anti-slavery agitation in this country, it took the position, in theory and practice, that it is a grief to the spirit of Christ to admit those guilty of holding their fellow-men as property, either to church fellowship or communion. Notwithstanding the obloquy cast upon them by the ungodly and by worldly professors of religion in consequence of this uncompromising and scriptural determination, a large increase of members has taken place, and at the same time, we believe, a great moral influence in the community. All who unite with them, covenant to sustain the Anti-slavery enterprise, and the other benevolent enterprises of the day. The Morning Star, a weekly paper of the Freewell Baptists, is one of the best-edited and best-printed newspapers in the country; and the Free Baptist Quarterly, devoted to "Truth and Progress," recently commenced, is an able publication. Both of them, of course, advocate, decidedly and unreservedly, the Anti-slavery cause. CONGREGATIONALISTS. THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION of Congregational Ministers in Massachusetts, at their meeting in Yarmouth in June, 1852, adopted the following Resolutions: * See our Annual Report of 1851, for its anti-slavery action at that time. ANNUAL REPORT. 99 "1st, That in continuing our correspondence with Southern ecclesiastical bodies this Association, so far from expressing any satisfaction with the practice of slaveholding, desire it to be understood that, in connection with other objects, it is for the purpose of bearing their continued and earnest testimony against the sin of slaveholding, and exerting their appropriate influence in favor of its speedy removal. " 2d, That while the General Association of Massachusetts entertain a profound regard for our large Publishing Societies, and rejoice in the great good they are accomplishing, they would express an earnest desire that these Societies would not make the subject of slavery an exception in their efforts to rid the world of all iniquity by diffusing throughout it an evangelical literature, but would set forth in their publications the sentiment of our common Christianity on the enormous sin of slavery, with the same freedom and faithfulness with which they exhibit and rebuke all other sins." A CONGREGATIONAL CONVENTION that assembled at MANSFIELD, OHIO, June 23d, 1852, adapted the following Resolutions: "Resolved, That we regard American slavery as both a great evil and a great violation of the law of God and of the rights of man; and that we deem it our sacred duty to protest, by every Christian means, against slaveholding, and against any and all acts which recognize the false and pernicious principle that makes merchandise of man. "Resolved, That, in the opinion of this Convention, the Congregational Conference of the State of Ohio which we propose to form should hold no ecclesiastical correspondence with slaveholding bodies." The above were adopted by unanimous'vote, and the Conference duly formed. CONVENTION AT ALBANY.-A very large number of lay and clerical delegates from various Congregational churches throughout the country assembled at ALBANY, N.Y., October 5, 1852. The most interesting and important discussion during the session occurred on the third subject reported for consideration, on " the system of operations of the American Home Missionary Society." The Society had given offense to large numbers of Congregationalists in consequence of sustaining several ministers of churches in the slave States, into which slaveholders are admitted and treated as members in good standing. The Committee to whom the subject was committed agreed to report the following Resolutions, by a vote of 9 to 6: "Believing that those who for their own advantage hold and use their fellowmen as slaves violate a cardinal principle of true religion, and ought not to be received into Christian churches; it is our opinion that churches which recognize such slaveholders as worthy of membership ought not to receive aid from the American Home Missionary Society; and therefore, in dispensing the funds with which it is intrusted by the Christian public, it should give aid to such churches only as refuse such recognition." Dr. Peters, the chairman, on behalf of the minority of the Committee, moved to substitute the following: ".Resolved, That, in the opinion of this Convention, it is the tendency of the gospel, wherever it is preached in its purity, to correct all social evils, and to 100 ANNUAL REPORT. destroy sin in all its forms; and that it is the duty of Missionary Societies to grant aid to churches in slaveholding States, in the support of such ministers only as shall endeavor, with simplicity of purpose, and with a wise discretion in their ministry, so to preach the gospel and commend it to the hearts and consciences of men, that, with the blessing of God, it shall have its full effect in mitigating the oppression of slavery, and leading to its ultimate abolition."* A warm debate ensued. Several motions and counter-motions were made, one of them to lay the whole subject on the table, but they did not succeed. In the midst of considerable excitement, Lewis Tappan moved that the two reports be re-committed, with instructions to the Committee to bring in, if possible, a unanimous report. The same evening, Dr. Peters, to the agreeable surprise of a large portion of the members, reported a resolution that had been unanimously agreed upon by the Committee: Resolved, That, in the opinion of this Convention, it is the tendency of the gospel, wherever preached in its purity, to correct all social evils, and to destroy sin in all its forms; and that it is the duty of Missionary Societies to grant aid to churches in slaveholding States in the support of such ministers only as shall so preach the gospel, and inculcate the principles and application of gospel discipline, that, with the blessing of God, it shall have its full effect in awakening anul enlightening the moral sense in.respect to slavery, and in bringing to pass the speedy abolition of that stupendous wrong; and that wherever a minister is not permitted so to preach, he should, in accordance with the directions of Christ in such cases, " depart out of that city." The resolution was adopted almost by acclamation; but there is reason to apprehend that the American Home Missionary Society will not carry out the views of the Convention when they adopted the resolution. Probably some who voted for it expected such a result. Mr. Lewis Tappan then offered a resolution in condemnation of the Fugitive Slave Bill, in language very similar to that used in Dr. Marsh's resolution on temperance, that had been unanimously adopted the previous day; but a strenuous opposition being made to it by a few persons, the subject was postponed until the next morning. At the commencement of the next day's session, Mr. Tappan said: "After a consultation with a number of members, he had concluded not to bring up his resolution. Several members had left for their homes, and some misapprehended the object. There was not time for explanation and discussion, and the moral victory obtained last evening, in adopting the report of the Committee respecting the missionaries of the American Home Missionary Society, was deemed by several sufficient at the present time. Under these-circumstances, although he believed that a large portion of the Convention would be found to concur in the resolution, he had determined not to press the question." It was evident that several leading men in the Convention were decidedly opposed to the resolution, although its language was unexception*This resolution, representing the views of the conservative portion of the Convention, shows the prevalence of the anti-slavery sentiment in the free States. ANNUAL REPORT. 101 able. Still it is a subject of profound gratitude that the labors of antislavery Christians have had so much effect as to bring about the adoption of sentiments so far in advance of those entertained by the Church generally a few years since. THE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN NORTH AMERICA. Slavery has long since been removed from this Church. In 1800, Rev. Dr. Alexander McLeod, of New-York city, being invited to settle at Wallkill, and learning that there were holders of slaves in the congregation, urged that fact as a motive for declining the call. The Presbytery having, by the stand thus taken, the subject regularly before them, resolved to purge the Church of the sin. They enacted that no slaveholder should be retained in their communion. Rev. Messrs. James McKenney and Samuel B. Wylie were appointed a committee to visit South Carolina, where they abolished the practice of holding slaves among the members of their Church at the South. The Presbytery approved of the services of the committee, and required of their connection a general emancipation. No slaveholder has since been admitted to their communion. The measures of the committee were as follows: Meeting with the several congregations where slaves were held by church members, they directed the slaves to be brought before them. Those who were able to take care of themselves they set free at once. Those who, from advanced age, extreme youth, or other reasons, were considered incompetent, were placed under the immediate care of the Sessions of the Church, to receive full liberty when prepared for it; and all deeds of emancipation were recorded in the proper civil court. One individual only declined to submit to the Presbytery's deed of emancipation. The people in general were in very moderate circumstances, but " Christian principle triumphed over self-interest; and in several other parts of the United States, men sacrificed on the altar of religion the'property' which the civil law gave them in their fellow-men." In March, 1850, in a letter from the General Synod of this Church to the Synod in Scotland,* it was said: "As a Church we continue to maintain a decided testimony against this great social sin and grievous wrong. We have several congregations in the slaveholding States, but no slaveholders are admitted to their communion. Our people will not even hire a slave, when'the proceeds of his labor go to him who claims to be his owner. The existence of slavery is a standing item in our causes of fasting and humiliation from year to year; and the voice of our minis* This letter was written by J. N. McLeod, D.D., of this city; the same gentleman who, upwards of twenty years ago, wrote arguments wlich were publishe, taking ground so ably maintained in Senator Sumner's speech. 102 ANNUAL REPORT. ters and people is heard, in instruction, remonstrances, and warning respecting it, on all becoming occasions, through the press, and from the pulpit and the platform." In 1852, the General Synod expressed the views of this Church on slavery, and especially on the subject of the Fugitive Slave Bill, in the following terms: "As friends of humanity and of the cause of Christ, we are bound to deplore the existence of slavery in any part of the world. But especially are we bound to lament and deplore the continuance and spread of this monster evil in our own land, in the mal-administration of our good civil Constitution, and under the sanction of law. We deplore it as a sin against God, involving this nation in deepest guilt, and a crime against man of the most aggravated character. We are bound, too, to lament the countenance given to this monster sin by professing Christians and by the American churches, which consider it no bar to Christian communion. We are convinced that it but requires that the Christian churches of America should withdraw their countenance from the unjust and cruel system, and faithfully exhibit the truths of that gospel which condemns oppression, denounces injustice, and proclaims liberty to the captive, in order that the institution of slavery may languish and die, and therefore that the awful responsibility of perpetuating its evils rests mainly on professors of Christianity. We are bound especially to protest against the law usually called the'Fugitive Slave Law,' as a disgrace to the age and country in which we live. By its legally compelling the people of the free States to aid in the capture of fugitives from bondage, it involves the whole Union in the guilt of slavery, tramples on State rights and the rights of man and of conscience. It exhibits an example of legislation calculated to make our boast of freedom an empty name, and to retard the progress of liberty throughout the world. By its practical operation an remanding men and women and children into endless slavery, it tends to blunt the moral sensibilities of our nature, and extinguish the love of liberty in the breasts of freemen. Instances of cruelty have already occurred which ought to make even paganism itself blush. "Although the Reformed Presbyterian Church more than half a century ago has rid herself of any connection with slavery, has no fellowship with slaveholders, and has during all that period uttered a distinct testimony against this crying abomination in our land, yet as witnesses for truth we feel called upon to renew this testimony in most decided terms, because this dreadful evil has recently been gaining renewed strength under the sanction of ecclesiastical connivance and civil enactments. Even now, attempts are in progress to strangle the genius of liberty by congressional resolutions, declaring the compromises a'finality.' " Is not this the fast that I have chosen, to loose the hands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry; and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? When thou seest the naked, that thou cover him, and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?' Isa. lviii. 6, 7." There is another ecclesiastical body in this country, bearing the same name, that seceded from the above some twenty years ago. Both agree as to slavery in general, though the seceding body differs with the other in the view taken of the Government connection with slavery. The seceders believe that the evil is constitutional and essential, and therefore disown the Government, at least in theory. The body, of which we have spoken at some length, believe that slavery is a great inconsistency with our Constitution, and the whole genius of our institutions-an evil to be ANNUAL REPORT. 103 reformed and taken away from institutions otherwise good. For this they, in common with many other Christians, labor and support the Government in all they believe to be right; and while they consider it imperfect and wrong in many things, in constitution and administration, they are thankful it is as good as it is. THE EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION. This denomination, numbering about twenty-five thousand communicants and three hundred and fifty ministers, have not a slaveholder in their Church, and cannot, agreeably to their rules, receive any such. In their Discipline is the following: "OF SLAVERY. "Question. What is to be done respecting slaveholders and the slave-trade "Answer. We have long since been convinced that the buying and selling of men and women, and slavery, is a great evil, and ought to be abhorred by every Christian: be it therefore known to all fellow-members, that none shall be allowed, under any pretense or condition whatever, the holding of slaves or the trafficking in the same." Such is the doctrine of this Church. We understand that the Church is united in regard to it. No opposition manifests itself. SOCIETY OF FRIENDS. This denomination, like several others, has been divided into two bodies. In theory both have maintained determined opposition to slavery. Albert Barnes, in his work on slavery, passed a high and well-merited eulogium upon the Friends, for their early and thorough discipline on the subject. In this country, as well as in England, this highly-respectable body did much with regard to measures for the extinction of the slave-trade; and both abroad and in the United States, some of the most active and influential members of conventions to form Anti-slavery Societies, and to carry out the principles adopted, have been Friends. But in this country, truth obliges us to say, the Friends have stood aloof from the Anti-slavery reform, in much greater numbers, proportionably, than they have in England; and, we may be permitted to observe, TESTIMONY against slavery, unaccompanied by appropriate and efficient action, is like FAITH WITHOUT WORKS-" dead, being alone." Last year, the New-York Yearly Meeting (Orthodox) adopted and widely circulated an address to the people of the United States on the subject of slavery. We do not know that any other body of Friends, since 1851, has done any thing in reference to the subject, excepting "Indiana Meeting for Sufferings." A proposition was made to call a meeting for 104 ANNUAL REPORT. the purpose of considering the propriety of memorializing Congress against the Fugitive Slave Bill, and " fully united with." When this was settled, a member queried whether, if the Bill was considered of sufficient importance to call this meeting together to protest against it, Friends could consistently vote for a man for President who was pledged to support it. This was too plain a case to be evaded, and nearly half of the meeting arose and responded in the negative. Another member then asked whether, inasmuch as there was a candidate before the people pledged against the enormities of slavery, it was the duty of Friends to vote for him. About half as many spoke, saying they believed it was; and it was concluded that the members of the meeting should communicate to Friends throughout the limits of the Yearly Meeting, the exercise on the subject. It would have been more to the purpose, we think, if the advice had been published in the usual way. The "Meeting for Sufferings" met, and agreed to send a PROTEST to Congress against the Fugitive Slave Bill, believing that a petition for its repeal would be useless. SWEDENBORGIANS. " The New Church," or the " Church of the New Jerusalem," commonly known as the Swedenborgian Church, as such, neither has done, so far as we can learn, nor is doing any thing with reference to American slavery, excepting to let it alone with all their might. As a reason for it, we are told that the principles of the Church are such as to favor but little associated action among its members. The editor of "The AngloAmerican New Church Repository and Mon tMhy Review" * has, in several numbers of the periodical, discussed the subject of slavery as if he were feeling after the truth; and his cautious, inquiring, half-digested essays appear to have met with severe condemnation on the part of his brethren, North and South. He seems to have been honestly desirous that the subject should be discussed in his Church, but he cannot find, it would appear, any one to second his efforts. The' New Churchmen," as a body, are evidently disposed to acquiesce passively in the system of slavery, as in their opinion a providential allotment, although some of their number go so far as to justify it. We believe, however, such cases are rare, except at the South. We should gather from the discussions above alluded to, that the talented editor holds to the original, intrinsic, and radical wrong involved in the system, to the nullity of all claims to property in man, and to the obligation of the immediate mental surrender of all such claims. He * Rev. George Bush. ANNUAL REPORT. 105 would lay the axe at the root of the traffic, but has no conception of the duty of immediate manumission. Notwithstanding this, he is constitutionally, and from principle, in favor of AGITATION; and would be glad, if we do not misapprehend him, of never giving it up until the evil is agitated out of the land. If, as is claimed by this Church, " all Life is an emanation of Love," how can they for a moment justify, palliate, or neglect to oppose a system which dooms so large a portion of their fellowcountrymen to a condition which is the emanation of hate, tyranny, ignorance and brutality. THE UNITARIAN BODY AND SLAVERY.* It is difficult to ascertain the position of this denomination on the great question of American Slavery, because it possesses so few of the characteristics of a "denomination," and has no adequate method of giving a denominational expression of sentiment. Its churches maintain the purest form of Congregationalism, are entirely independent of each other, and there is no organization among them, in which either they or their ministers are fully and fairly represented. It is a denomination without discipline and without ecclesiastical rule or authority, composed of independent churches and ministers, and embraces the widest latitude of opinion, both in theology and on the practical reforms of the age. The only approximation we can make to an understanding of its position on the slavery question, is to judge it from the character and proceedings of its annual convention of ministers and laymen, called the "Autumnal Convention," and from the anniversary meetings of the "American Unitarian Association" and the "Ministerial Conference." But even here it is necessary to guard against the impression that these bodies represent, in any proper manner, the churches and ministers who compose the Unitarian body of this country. They are not composed of delegates from the societies, but are made up of such ministers and laymen as choose voluntarily to attend them. Many churches are not even present by the voluntary attendance of any of their members, and a considerable number of ministers never attend them, and refuse to unite in any denominational action whatever, or even to bear the Unitarian name. The American Unitarian Association is composed of persons paying a certain sum for life, or annually, for missionary and tract purposes, and has no proper representative character whatever. For these reasons it is * This portion of the Report is printed precisely as it was received from a highly respectable Unitarian minister. Some of it will apply with equal force and propriety to other denominations. It could not well be abridged, and unaccompanied by this explanation, the whole could not have been inserted with propriety as the language of the Committee. 106 ANNUAL REPORT. almost impossible to arrive at any definite conclusion as to the position of the Unitarian body of this country on any subject. Taking the best lights we have, the Unitarian denomination, as far as it may be called a denomination, while it embraces several churches and ministers who have taken decided ground against the sin of American slavery, occupies, on the whole, rather a neutral position on this great question of our country and age. Nearly all its ministers in the free States are accustomed to bear an occasional testimony to their people against this sin; but many of them do even so much at the peril of a dismissal, through the influence of the pro-slavery and conservative element, which exists more or less in almost every Unitarian congregation. It has become much more difficult for the ministers to speak their convictions on this subject, and many of them have been obliged to study the policy of silence, or give up their situations, since the treachery of Daniel Webster and the Whig party to the cause of freedom; many leading, wealthy and prominent Unitarians being the active supporters of that fallen statesman, whom God in his mercy has removed from the world, and of the Whig party, which he transferred to the active support of the Fugitive Slave Law, and thus accomplished its and his own destruction. It has been the policy of all such Unitarians to prevent their ministers from preaching on'the subject, and from exerting any influence upon their congregations, or the public sentiment, against this God-defying and Heaven-daring iniquity of our land; and having generally the influence of money and of high social and political station on their side, they have succeeded, in many instances, in restraining the liberty of the pulpit, in causing ministers to stifle their convictions, and in controlling the action of the Conventions and Associations of the denomination. The number who have resisted these influences, and continued to speak out their convictions in the face of opposition, embraces a small but faithful class of men, among whom may be mentioned Theodore Parker, (the Rationalist,) John Pierpont, Samuel J. May, William H. Furness, Henry W. Bellows, Caleb Stetson, Thomas T. Stone, George F. Simmons, John T. Sargent, John Weiss, T. W. Higginson, J. G. Forman, Augustus Woodbury, Nathaniel Hall, Oliver Stearns, E. B. Wilson, Samuel Longfellow, Hasbrouc Davis, which is far from embracing the whole list of them scattered over New-England, but all that are now remembered. As a general thing, the Doctors of Divinity and the clergy of the wealthy and conservative parishes maintain a neutral position, and act in conjunction with the wealthy and conservative laymen, in preventing all action on the subject of slavery and practical reform by the Conventions and Associations. There are a few societies and ministers in the South who are either silent or give their influence on the side of slavery. ANNUAL REPORT. 107 In the South-west there are two societies that are understood to be considerably imbued with anti-slavery sentiments. One of these, the society at St. Louis, Mo., has recently become freed from the guilt of slaveholding, all its slaveholding members having emancipated their slaves. The other, at Louisville, Ky., it is said, is moving in the same direction. There are probably very few Unitarians who are slaveholders. Rev. Theodore Clapp, of New-Orleans, is said to be an apologist and defender of slavery, the only Unitarian minister in the country who openly takes this ground. Doctors Dewey and Gannett, in advocating obedience to the Fugitive Slate Law, occupied distinct ground, and are not to be classed with those who claim the Divine sanction for slavery, unchristian and reprehensible as their course has been on the subject. A few words touching the action of the Conventions of Unitarian ministers and laymen, the American Unitarian Association, and the Ministerial Conference, on the subject of slavery, will complete this statement. In the fall of 1850, the Unitarian Convention at Springfield, Mass., attempted to give an expression of Christian sentiment against the Fugitive Slave Law, but the resolutions were opposed by Rev. Dr. Gannett, of Boston, and several laymen, and were lost by the casting vote of the President, the late Rev. Dr. Parkman, so that the Convention was about equally divided. No expression has been given at any subsequent meeting. The plea by which such action has been presented has been, that the Convention was not a representative body, and did not meet to discuss such questions. Its time has generally been occupied on "'spiritual" themes. It has met since at Portsmouth, N. H., and at Baltimore, Md., and two similar Conventions have been held in Cincinnati, Ohio, and St. Louis, Mo. In the spring of 1851, Rev. Samuel J. May, in the Ministerial Conference at Boston, offered a preamble and resolutions of rebuke and censure upon the course of certain prominent Unitarians in giving their support and sanction to the Fugitive Slave Law, which came very near being adopted. Among the persons named in the preamble and resolutions were Ex-President Millard Fillmore, and the Rev. Dr. Dewey, and Rev. Dr. Gannett. This Conference of ministers have established a custom of devoting one day each year to a lecture and discussions on theology, and a lecture and discussions on philanthropy and reform, giving half a day to each subject. Neither the lectures nor the discussions are allowed to be reported, and therefore have no influence on public opinion, nor on the churches. This prohibition of reports was a measure of the conservatives. The American Unitarian Association'takes no action on the subject of slavery or of reform. It publishes tracts and books, supports mission 108 ANNUAL REPORT. aries, and assists feeble societies. It holds a public anniversary meeting every year, at which "theology" and "spiritual interests" are discussed, but is controlled by conservative influences altogether. The present year it has put forth a statement of the Unitarian belief, but no expression of opinion on the great questions of practical reform which engage the attention of Christian men of all denominations at the present time. For these reasons, the anti-slavery and reformatory portion of the Unitarian body is gradually withdrawing its interest and support from these meetings, and the ministers of the reform school take less and less interest in them. If the whole denomination was represented in these bodies, their action would be decidedly in favor of reform; but they are peaceably and quietly given over to the Conservatives and moneyed men, and those ministers who sympathize with them, to manage in their own way. There is no question that the great body of the Unitarian clergy, and a large portion of the laity scattered over New-England, are strongly imbued with sentiments of reform and progress, and an active hostility to the slave power of this country. But, as in politics, so in religion, the large cities, with their money power and conservative influences, rule the country. UNIVERSALIST DENOMINATION. The subject of American slavery was first introduced into this denomination in Maine, in the year 18:35; but only to be indefinitely postponed. In Massachusetts, in 1838, the matter was again introduced, with a similar result. In 1842, the Boston Association passed a moderate resolution against slavery as a violation of " the golden rule;" and this, we believe, was the first action taken. In June, 1843, the Massachusetts Convention passed a similar resolution; and from that time the Conventions and Associations, in various parts of the country, have very generally passed resolutions condemnatory of slavery, and in favor of its abolition. In September of this year, the following resolutions, which may be considered the Anti-slavery PLATFORM of this denomination, were passed by the General Conference at Akron, Ohio:"Resolved, That we rejoice in the knowledge of the truth that the doctrines of Christ have for their end the holiness and happiness of all mankind; and that the faithful inculcation and acceptance of these doctrines must lead to the overthrow and extinction of all institutions, observances, and relations, however ancient or firmly fortified, which are contrary to righteousness, to human wellbeing, and thus hindrances to the full establishment of the true and glorious kingdom of God on earth. "Resolved, That, in the light of this truth, we feel constrained to bear testimony against the slavery of the African race now maintained in a portion of our country, as contrary to that gospel which is destined to break every yoke and lead captivity captive; as especially subversive of that golden rule which ANNUAL REPORT. 109 teaches us to do unto others as we would that they should do unto us; as contrary to the plainest dictates of natural justice and Christian love, and as every way pernicious alike to the enslaver and the enslaved. "Resolved, That, regarding the whole human family as in the largest sense our brethren-joint heirs with us of our Father's love and the immortality of blessedness revealed through our Saviour-we are constrained both by duty and inclination to regard with peculiar sympathy and affection the oppressed, the ben'ghted, the down-trodden of our own and other lands, and to labor for their restoration to the rights and blessings of freedom, light, and truth." * In September, 1845, a mass meeting was held in Boston, on the day following the General Convention, and a committee appointed to prepare a " Protest against American Slavery," to be submitted to the ministers of this denomination for signature. The following spring, that PROTEST was published, signed by 304 ministers. It pronounces slavery wrong" 1. Because it denies the eternal distinction between a man and property, ranking a human being with a material thing. "2. Because it does not award to the laborer the fruits of his toil in any higher sense than to the cattle. "3. Because it trammels the intellectual powers, and prevents their expansion. " 4. Because it checks the development of the moral nature of the slave. " 5. Because it involves a practical denial of the religious nature of the slave. "6. Because it presents an insurmountable barrier to the propagation of the great truth of Universal Brotherhood, and thereby most effectually prevents the progress of true Christianity. " 7. Because its essential nature cannot be altered by any kindness, how great soever, practisej towards the slave. " 8. Because the long continuance of a. system of wrong cannot palliate it, but, on the Gthlr hand, augments the demand for its abolition. "9. Because, while we would in all charity remember that peculiarities of situation may affect the judgment and moral sense, still we must not forget that no peculiarity of situation can excuse a perpetual denial of universal principles and obligations." Having set forth these things, the PROTEST closed by saying: "American slavery is a system of wrongs from its first principle to its crowning assump;ion; and in its train of evils are found all the iniquities that have eaten out the life of communities and nations. It legalizes sins that are abhorrent to the simplest moral sense; and in the increasing intelligence and philanthropy of the..present age, it becomes more and more a stigma on our national name, a curse to our country's prosperity, and a giant moral evil that must be overthrown, or it will overthrow us by the retributive justice of Him who has declared the truth,'Righteousness exalteth a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.' "For these reasons we protest against the system of American slavery, as utterly Wronlg, and confess our obligation to use all justifiable means to promote its abolition." In May, 1846, the "Universalist General Reform Association" was * We omit for want of room the fourth resolution, recommending that denunciation be avoided, and appealing to Universalists who are slaveholders to consider the nature and tendencies of the system. 110 ANNUAL REPORT. formed. The members were pledged to more determined hostility to slavery. In June, 1851, the Massachusetts Convention passed the following resolution:Resolved, That we renewedly protest against slavery and the insolent encroachments of the slave power in this country; and especially do we protest against the recent Fugitive Slave Law, believing it a denial of the holiest rights of man and the plainest principles of duty, unworthy a Christian people, entitled to no obedience, and demanding its immediate removal. Similar action was had in other States. In June, 1852, the Massachusetts Convention again spoke in the following resolution:"Resolved, That we deem it our duty to reaffirm our hostility to American slavery; to assert our conviction that Christian principles are of higher worth than any interests of business or party;. of higher worth even than governmental forms; and especially to protest against the growing obsequiousness and acquiescence of many in the free States before the demands of the slave power in this country." During the same month, the New-Hampshire Convention said:"Resolved, That we deprecate the institution of American slavery, and will not only pray but use our utmost influence for its overthrow." At the same time the Quinnebaug Association (Conneticut) passed the following:"Resolved, That we observe in the institution of American slavery the elements of abstract wrong; and as the advocates of right, as set forth in the doctrine of Jesus-as the professed followers of Christ, we will do all in our power to impress upon the hearts of the people-'Do unto others as you would that they should do unto you."' "Resolved, That a Society which cannot sustain itself where the subjects of war, intemperance, and slavery are temperately and Christianly discussed, had better become extinct." In August of the same year, the Vermont Convention unanimously "Resolved, That, in view of recent legislative enactments, and especially in view of the Fugitive Slave Law, we, as believers of the Abrahamic faith, feel it to be our imperative duty'to obey God rather than men,' and peaceably to submit ourselves to suffer the penalty of the law, and thus to'submit ourselves to the powers that be.'" During the past month (June) of the present year, a Report-" indefinitely postponed" at a former session —declaring " slavery to be a great and growing evil, and that the Fugitive Slave Law requires us to do what is wrong in itself, and in violation of our best and holiest feelings," was " heartily" adopted by the Maine Convention " as a faithful expression of its sentiments." ANNUAL REPORT. 111 We have thus, at considerable length, given the acts of this denomination on this vitally important subject. It must be acknowledged that instead of resisting the light, they have opened their minds to conviction, have embraced anti-slavery truth with readiness, and fearlessly avowed their sentiments. We wish the same could be truly said of some other denominations that make much higher pretensions to orthodoxy in religion, while they pay little regard to orthodoxy in humanity. GERMAN SEVENTH-DAY BAPTISTS. This society, as individuals, we learn from one of its leading members, "have uniformly set their faces against every species of oppression; and even have had to enter the courts of justice in the land of Penn to contend for their religious liberty;" but "the Church has not taken at any time any special action on the subject of slavery-negro bondage; for every oppression they class in the category of slavery." Most individuals and most societies will naturally enough contend earnestly for their own rights and privileges. Why not for the rights and privileges of others? Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. So far from this being an impertinent intermeddling with the affairs of individuals or communities, it is the very spirit of Christianity. Germans should not be outdone in this respect by other brethren of kindred faith in this country.* Their attachment to liberty is strong in their native country. It needs their support in the land of their adoption. Henceforth they will, we hope, as societies and communities, as well as individuals, uniformly set their faces against every species of oppression, negro bondage included, and array themselves, religiously and politically, with those who are contending not only for religious liberty, but for universal freedom, without distinction of race, complexion, position, or party. WESLEYAN METHODIST CONNECTION IN AMERICA. This is the title of the society that was organized at Utica, N. Y., in 1843. At this time the number of members was estimated at 6,000. The census, October last, gave 20,000. It is said that the accessions have been chiefly " from the world." This rapidly-increasing body is in correspondence with, and worthy representatives of, the "Wesleyan Methodist Association" in England. The American branch of the Church has twelve Yearly Conferences, all united in anti-slavery principle, and provoking each other to good works. * See the excellent Resolutions of the Seventh-Day Baptists, p. 97. 112 ANNUAL REPORT. The following is the Report of the Committee on Reforms touching slavery, lately adopted by the Conference at Syracuse, N. Y.: "Whereas, There yet exists the sin of slavery, with all the magnitude of crime and guilt, unchristianizing this nation in the eyes of the whole civilized world, and crushing from the hearts of millions of our brethren all the hopes and aspirations common to the race, depriving them of all privileges calculated to elevate them to the position of intelligent Christians and citizens, and consequently from the bliss of heaven; therefore, "Resolved That we hold-as ever-in abhorrence the system, esteeming it as ranking first in the dark list of systemized piracy, and all intelligent supporters of the abomination as being nothing, less or more, than will ng pirates. "Resolved, That to ask us to fraternize with any of the thousand and one organized or unorganized influences, going directly or indirectly to sustain the system, prominent among which are the principal churches and the great political parties of the country, is to offer direct insult to our sense of Christian propriety and gentlemanly courtesy." We have before us the reports and resolutions adopted by the Conferences of Rochester, N. Y.; Illinois; Zanesville, Ohio; New-York, and New-England. They are uncompromising, speak similar language, and evidently proceed from the legitimate ecclesiastical descendants of the renowned WESLEY. The Wesleyan Methodists have a college at Leoni, Mich., and are now building another at Wheaton, Ill. FREE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. "This Church was organized a few years ago, during the sittings of the General Assembly at Cincinnati. It embraces Presbyterians of both the Old and New School in theology, who agree in the necessity of separationfrom slaveholders. Among the pioneers of this movement is Rev. John Rankin, of Ohio, formerly of Kentucky, who wrote and published in favor of immediate emancipation in 1824 or 1825, before the commencement of Mr. Garrison's labors. In the connection there are about fifty churches and three Presbyteries, extending through portions of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, the whole composing the'Free Synod of Cincinnati.' " * INDEPENDENT CHURCHES. "A large number of local independent churches have been gathered by secession from the old churches of several different sects, and holding no ecclesiastical connection with them. This movement is chiefly in the State of New-York, and farther west." t These churches being, in general, disconnected from all Associations or Consociations, are not embraced in the statistics of Congregationalists, or of any sect, and hence their numbers cannot be stated. They are believed to be numerous and increasing. * Goodell's History of " Slavery and Anti-slavery," p. 490. f Ib., p. 489. ANNUAL REPORT. 113 HICKSITE FRIENDS. THAT division of the Society of Friends commonly distinguished as the " Hicksite," at their Yearly Meeting in Philadelphia, held the 10th of fifth month, 1852, adopted and circulated an Address, from which we extract the following: " We are led to address our members at the present time on the subject of our testimony against slavery. We have noticed with deep regret, within a few years past, an increasing disposition on the part of the General Government to strengthen the bonds of slavery in our land, and to punish those who give shelter and protection to persons claimed as slaves, or who decline to aid the officers of the law in returning self-emancipated slaves into bondage. Laws have been passed which we believe are unjust and oppressive in their character, and the doctrine has been openly promulgated, that no man ought to live in a country whose laws he could not conscientiously uphold or obey, and that in these respects the rights of conscience are to be restricted by human legislation. "We call upon our members carefully to examine the ground on which they stand in relation to our testimony against war and slavery, in these times of agitation, and faithfully to guard against the encroachments of a spirit which, under the plausible pretext of supporting the Constitution and laws of the country, invalidates the rights of conscience, and strikes at the fundamental principle of our religious profession. "We believe that the light of Christ in the soul is the highest law to man, and the only effectual check to the irregularities of human conduct, and that it is only through obedience to this that the work of progressive reformation can be successfully carried on in the earth. "Our principles are directly and positively opposed to the institution of slavery as it exists in the United States. Upon this subject we speak as the Society of Friends, and have no new doctrine to offer; nor have we any thing to urge in palliation of it; but, on the other hand, we solemnly think that the degree of intelligence to which our nation has attained, the long prosperity and multiplied blessings it has enjoyed, and the strength to which it has grown among the families of the earth, calls loudly upon it to give a substantial proof of its gratitude by showing kindness and mercy to the poor-by acts of humanity towards an oppressed people, who, however humble may be their position in human society, are, nevertheless, a part of the great family of the One Eternal Being whose goodness has been so bountifully vouchsafed to us, whose protection we are so frequent to invoke, and who remains to be God over all, blessed for ever." "Let none suppose that our religious organization limits the field of active benevolence, or retards any work of moral improvement. If we are faithful to our mission, we must rejoice in the promotion of every good word and work. If we fail to do this, it must be ascribed to unfaithfulness, rather than unsoundness of principle. If we lived up to the spirit of our excellent Discipline, we should not hear it spoken of as a barrier to our religious progress." We are informed by the Friend who forwards us this timely Address, that it is the only paper on the subject of slavery which the Society has issued since 1832. He adds: "This subject is frequently discussed in our meetings, and is thus kept active in the Society, and yet it is evident that there is more apathy among us than ought to exist in a religious society on a subjectso fraught with all that is evil as is American slavery.' 8 114 ANNUAL REPORT. GERMAN BAPTIST BRETHREN. This denomination migrated from Germany, and are distinguished from the other American Baptist denominations by the term "brethren," derived from Matt. xxiii. 8. Believing that slavery is "repugnant to the doctrine and principles of the gospel," they accordingly " hold no slaves nor hire any," and they consider it their " conscientious duty to declare with meekness their sentiments" on this subject. They find that their "testimony has a salutary effect upon a great number of slaveholders." Yet since (as they conceive) the Constitution of the United States guarantees the right of slaveholding, and the right to reclaim fugitives, and since (as they also conceive) the Compromise Bill of 1850 is in accordance with the Constitution, they "feel themselves bound, in good faith, to submit to the requisitions of the law, and exhort all others to do so. (See Romans xiii. 1, 5, &c.)" They " deeply sympathize with the colored population;" desire to cooperate in wise measures for " mitigating their condition." They make it a subject of prayer, rely upon divine Providence, and trust that the day of " redemption is at hand." While it is pleasing to learn, from authentic sources of information, that there are bodies of Southern Christians who are opposed to slavery, and will neither hold nor hire slaves, thus showing what other religious bodies might do, if they pleased, it is instructive to notice how much such Southern Christians need further light, and how important it is for Christian Abolitionists at the North to keep up a friendly intercourse with them. The above statements come from Maryland. THE JEWS. The Jews of the United States have never taken any steps whatever with regard to the Slavery question. As citizens, they deem it their policy "to have every one choose which ever side he may deem best to promote his own interests and the welfare of his country." They have no organization of an ecclesiastical body to represent their general views; no General Assembly, or its equivalent. The American Jews have two newspapers, but they do not interfere in any discussion which is not material to their religion. It cannot be said that the Jews have formed any denominational opinion on the subject of American slavery. Some of the Jews, who reside in slave States, have refused to have any right of property in man, or even to have any slaves about them. They do not believe that any thing analogous to slavery, as it exists in this country, eve' prevailed among the ancient Israelites. But they profess to believe that "the belief of Abraham, enlarged by Moses, and now acknowledged by the Jews, is one of purity and morality, and one which presents the strongest possible supports for civil society, especially a government based upon principles of equality and liberty of the per ANNUAL REPORT. 115 son! They believe that the coming of the King Messiah will be the signal for universal peace, UNIVERS.L FREEDOM, universal knowledge, and universal worship of the One Eternal." The objects of so much mean prejudice and unrighteous oppression as the Jews have been for ages, surely they, it would seem, more than any other denomination, ought to be the enemies of CASTE, and the friends of UNIVERSAL FREEDOM. THE VOLUNTARY RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES. From the ecclesiastical bodies, properly so called, we proceed next to some of the principal voluntary religious and benevolent Associations sustained by them. AMERICAN BOARD. The AMERICAN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS is one of the most influential and popular religious bodies in this country. Citizens of different ecclesiastical and political parties belong to the Board; the corporate and honorary members are numerous, and many of them influential; the churches, especially the Presbyterian, Congregational, and Dutch Reformed, liberally aid its funds; the missionaries sent abroad are numerous and in almost every part of the world, and the prayers of millions ascend for its prosperity. Without questioning that the Board has done great good, its quasi support of slavery has been, for many years, a subject of deep regret and mortification to no inconsiderable portion of the Christian people of this country, and to not a few of its missionaries. Remonstrances have been sent to the Prudential Committee, and to the Board, time and again, by anti-slavery members and missionaries, sometimes with apparent effect for a season; but in spite of all, we do not perceive that any permanent change has taken place in the policy of the Committee or Board. This Board has engrossed the affections of the churches more extensively than any other religious organization in this country, and by its great influence upon the churches and the national Societies that have sprung into existence since its formation, has done more, probably, than any other organization, to paralyze efforts for emancipation, and strengthen American slavery. Mission Boards, as has been truly said by an able speaker at the West, which plant and aid slaveholding churches, from the peculiarity of their functions and organization, lend a more effectual support to slavery than the slaveholding churches themselves can do.* A pamphlet has been published and widely circulated by this Com* President Blanchard's Address at the formation of the North-western Home Missionary Society, July 7, 1852. 116 ANNUAL REPORT. mittee on the subject, entitled " Indian Missions," from which we extract as follows:* Mr. Treat reported in 1848, that there was a statute of the Cherokee Nation which debars alike the free negro and the slave from all direct access to "the lively oracles." It is as follows: "Be it enacted by the National Council, That from and after the passage of this act, it shall not be lawful for any person or persons whatever to teach any free negro or negroes not of Cherokee blood, or any slave belonging to any citizen or citizens of the Nation, to read or write." The penalty annexed to a violation of this enactment is a fine of $100 to $500, at the discretion of the Court trying the offense. Mr. Treat remarks: "This law is the more to be regretted, as it must needs embarrass the mission in its efforts to benefit this injured and neglected portion of the community." No free negro or mulatto, not of Cherokee blood, may hold or own any improvement in the Nation. Slaves are prohibited from owning horses, cattle, hogs or firearms. "Patrol companies may take up and bring to punishment any negro not having a legal pass that [who] may be strolling about away from the premises of his master; and any negro not entitled to Cherokee privileges, who may be found carrying guns, butcher-knives, &c., is liable to the summary infliction, by the patrol companies, of forty stripes save one.".. So long ago as October, 1836, the following law was passed by the Choctaw tribe: "Be it enacted, &c., That from and after the passage of this act, if any citizen of the United States, acting as a missionary or a preacher, or whatever his occupation may be, is found to take an active part in favoring the principles and notions of the most fatal and destructive doctrines of Abolitionism, he shall be compelled to leave the Nation and for ever stay out of it. "Be it further enacted, &c., That teaching slaves how to read, to write, or to sing in meeting-houses or schools, or in any open place, without the consent of the owner, or allowing them to sit at table with him, shall be sufficient ground to convict persons of favoring the principles and notions of Abolitionism.".. It was provided also, that no slave should "be in possession of any property or arms;" that if any slave infringed any Choctaw rights, he should "be driven out of company, to behave himself;" and in case of his return and further intrusion, "he should receive ten lashes." Four years later it was enacted that all free negroes in the Nation, unconnected with the Choctaw or Chickasaw blood, "should leave the Nation by the first of March, 1841," and "for ever keep out of it." In case of their infringing this law, " they were to be seized and sold to the highest bidder for life." It was also enacted, that if any citizen of the Nation hired, concealed, or in any way protected any free negro, to evade the foregoing provision, he should forfeit from $250 to $500, or, if unable to pay this fine, "receive fifty lashes on his bare back." In 1846 a law was passed, which prohibited all negroes, whether they had "papers" or not, from entering and remaining in the Choctaw Nation. The offenders were to receive "not less than one hundred lashes on the bare back," besides a forfeiture of all property found in their possession, one third "to go to the light horsemen" who apprehended them, and two thirds "to be applied to some beneficial purpose." The most objectionable enactment which Mr. Treat found, having any bearing upon slavery, was approved October 15, 1846. It is as follows: "Be it enacted, &c., That no negro slave can be emancipated in this Nation, except by application or petition of the owner to the General Council; and * The Board, as is known to our American readers, have missions among the Choctaw and Cherokee tribes of Indians on this continent, many of whom hold negro slaves. Churches have been gathered among them, into which masters and slaves have been admitted. The missionaries of the Board have not been instructed to refuse admittance to slaveholders; consequently, some of the most influential of the church members are persons of that description. At the same time, some of them are members of the National Council, and some are judges. ANNUAL REPORT. 117 provided also, that it shall be made to appear to the Council the owner or owners, at the time of application, shall have no debt or debts outstanding against him or her, either in or out of this Nation. Then, and in that case, the General Council shall have the power to pass an act for the owner to emancipate his or her slave, which negro, after being freed, shall leave this Nation within thirty days after the passage of the act. And in case said free negro or negroes shall return into this Nation afterwards, he, she, or they shall be subject to be taken by the light horsemen and exposed to public sale for the term of five years; and the funds arising from such sale shall be used as national funds." "The predominant influence in both nations," says Mr. Treat, "is in the hands of slaveholders." It is so, he might have added, in the mission churches. But he goes on to observe, "THE MASS OF THE PEOPLE HAVE NO DIRECT INTEREST IN SLAVERY." The Christian world will be astonished, we think, when they come to know that " Christian" men, capable of enacting such atrocious laws, are represented by the most influential Missionary Board in this country as being "followers of the Lord Jesus Christ," and as ensamples to the white Christians of the United States. AMERICAN HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY. This large and influential body is constituted, as is the A. B. C. F. M., of leading ministers and laymen of various denominations and political parties. It confines its attention to this country, and has been instrumental of doing great good. It is said to have fifty-one missionaries who are pastors of churches in slave States, into many of which slaveholders are freely admitted, and fellowshipped as Christians in good and regular standing. Much dissatisfaction has arisen in consequence of it. At the meeting of the CONGREGATIONAL CONVENTION at Albany, composed of lay and clerical delegates from a large portion of the orthodox Congregational churches in the country, in October last, the following resolution, with especial reference to the A. H. M. S., was passed: "Resolved, That, in the opinion of this Convention, it is the tendency of the gospel, wherever it is preached in its purity, to correct all social evils and to destroy sin in all its forms-and that it is the duty of Missionary Societies to grant aid to churches in slaveholding States, in support of such ministers only as shall preach the gospel and inculcate the principles and the application of gospel discipline-that, with the blessing of God, it shall have its full effect in awakening and enlightening the moral sense in regard to slavery, and in bringing to pass the speedy abolition of that stupendous wrong-and that wherever a minister is not permitted so to preach, he should, in accordance with the directions of Christ in such cases,'depart out of that city.'" It was supposed by many, that the unanimity with which the resolution was adopted would produce a change in the policy of the Executive Committee of the A. H. M. S., but they have been disappointed. In the March number of their periodical, they defined their position. This article seemed, at first, to have an unhappy effect upon several anti-slavery Christians, who thought they discerned a disposition on the part of the Committee to comply with the obvious expectations of the Albany Convention. To disabuse them of this premature belief, this Committee issued a pamphlet entitled, "The American Home Missionary Society and 118 ANNUAL REPORT. Slavery," being the identical title of the article referred to. From this pamphlet we have room only for the following extracts: The Secretaries, in defining and justifying their past and present position, virtually admit the facts; and while they may appear to some to say that they concur in the principles of the Albany Convention, and that they will make an honest endeavor to carry them out with all fidelity, they do, in fact, only aver that they will do this so far as the resolution corresponds with the former position and policy of the Society, and the sentiments expressed by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church.. The Secretaries, after stating what the Society and its missionaries in slave States actually do, mention the things they do not attempt: "1. It does not, as some would have it, wholly withdraw from the slave States." Who "would have" them do this? Not Anti-slavery Christians, surely They "would have" the number of missionaries there greatly increased, and have them instructed to remain there and preach the gospel-the whole gospeland exercise gospel discipline; and, if persecuted in one city, then, and not till then, "flee into another." Verily, they will not have gone over the cities of [this American] Israel, till the Son of Man be come, to bless their labors, and give them a name and place in the land. "2. It does not, as some advise, make the exclusion of slaveholders from communion a condition of missionary aid." There's the rub. That is the ground of dissatisfaction. It was so before the Albany Convention, and is so still. The Society did not then exclude slaveholders; it has not since; and it avows its determination not to do so hereafter. The Secretaries imply that their reason for not doing it is, that it would "interfere with the right of churches to define their own terms of membership." We are too strict Congregationalists not to recognize the independent right of churches in this matter; and we are too well informed in relation to missionaries' effort~ not to know that a Missionary Society can refuse afording aid to churches that will admit offenders to their communion. This they can and ought to do in relation to slavery as well as other offenses; and the plea made by some Societies, that such action would infringe upon congregational rights of churches, is, we are sorry to say, a stale pretext. The Secretaries next cite the resolution adopted atAlbany, and, in allusion to it and the resolution of the General Assembly, say: "After such expressions of concurrent views of the principles and policy appertaining to this difficult and painful subject, [why difficult and painful?] may not the Society, in an honest endeavor to carry them out with all fidelity, count upon the confidence and cooperation of all true friends of freedom and humanity?" We have stated the reasons why, in our judgment, the "true friends of freedom and humanity" should be dissatisfied with the action of the American Home Missionary Society. It does not concur in the principles expressed by the Albany Convention. It does not propose to furnish aid "in the support of such ministers only" as shall make an "application of gospel discipline" to slavery, to bring "to pass the speedy abolition of that stupendous wrong." It does not propose to make any advance from its past position. It stands, in relation to this subject, where the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church did in 1850, where the Society itself did in 1849 and in 1845, and avows its purpose to continue there. Further remonstrance is, therefore, needed. The friends of the slave should not now slack their hands, nor do any thing to indicate their approval of the present policy of the American Home Missionary Society. There are, we acknowledge, many that take no interest in the welfare of the slave, who will be readyI enough to declare their satisfaction with its present position. Let no Christian Abolitionist be among the number. AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY. This is another of the national Societies, sustained by the funds and efforts of a large constituency, and circulating its immense issues of tracts ANNUAL REPORT. 119 and books, by colporteurs and others, throughout the whole country; a Society that is doing much good, and might do a vast deal more, if its policy did not exclude from its publications every sentiment against the gigantic sin of American slavery. This Committee, early in the spring, published in the Tribune, and subsequently a large edition in pamphlet form, a letter written by one of their members to Rev. R. S. Cook, one of the Secretaries of the American Tract Society, on the course taken by the Society with reference to the Slavery question. This letter has been republished in London, in a pamphlet, entitled " The American Tract Society; withdrawal from by the Hon. Judge Jay, on the ground of its alliance with the slave power; proved by the expurgation of all antislavery sentiment from its publications, and its refusal to bear any testimony and opposition to the sin of slaveholding." The author animadverts upon the defensive letter of Mr. Cook to the ministers and elders of the Congregational Union of Fox River, Illinois, who had remonstrated with the Tract Society on the pro-slavery course it has pursued. He shows that the Society has often departed from the rule, said to have been laid down, of printing only such tracts as would receive the approbation of all evangelical Christians. It has issued numerous tracts against dancing, travelling on the Lord's day, and the traffic in intoxicating drinks-matters on which all evangelical professors are not agreed, either in opinion or practice-while, in the twenty-seven years of its existence, the Society has never published a line intended to touch the conscience of an American slave-breeder or trader. We have room only for the following extracts from this seasonable and powerful letter: Your Committee tell us, in their last Report, that they "have never lost sight of their responsibilities to those of tender years;" and it seems they issue The Child's Paper, of which great numbers are circulated. Yet the responsibilities to children resting on the Committee permit them to expunge an expression likely to remind us that there are hundreds of thousands of children in our land who are mere articles of merchandise. These very responsibilities are, it seems, perfectly compatible with entire silence respecting the ignorance and degradation of this great multitude "of tender years." The Committee know that in some of our States even a free mother, if her complexion be dark, is by law liable to be scourged on her bare back, should she be caught teaching her little ones to read your Child's Paper"; yet not a word of remonstrance escapes the American Tract Society! In the very last number of The Child's Paper, I read that "there are between 10,000 and 12,000 children in the city of NewYork who never enter a church or school, and who cannot read the Bible... Here are heathen at home; what is doing for them..... These children. must be cared for." Indeed! And is it nothing to your Society that there are in our country about HALF A MILLION of little black heathen who are prevented by law from reading the Bible? These little heathen have souls as imperishable, destinies as momentous, as the white heathen in New-York. Must this half million be cared for? Ah! that is a "point of disagreement among evangelical Christians," and hence the Society must not even recognize the existence of children who do not belong to their parents. I thank my God and Heavenly Father that he has given me grace to embrace, with my whole heart and understanding, the doctrines you denominate evangelical. But it behooves us all to remember that a workless faith is a worthless 120 ANNUAL REPORT. faith. Can we refuse obedience to the second of the two great commandments on which hang the law and the prophets, and yet hope to be saved by our orthodox faith You will perhaps say that it is better our Southern brethren should be saved as slaveholders, breeders, and traders, than not at all, and therefore you will not touch the subject of slavery, because, if you do, you cannot reach them with your tracts, which, under God, might lead to their conversion and salvation. If this principle be correct, it is of wide application. The Territory of Utah is acquiring a large population, and will soon claim admission into the Union. The people are polygamists, but it is better they should be saved as such than not at all. Hence it becomes the duty of the Society, for fear of offending them, to avoid all allusion to the Christian doctrine of marriage, and to "move forward on the simple errand that brought the Saviour into the world, proclaiming Christ and him crucified," and thus rendering the tracts acceptable and useful to our Mormon brethren! So, also, as the usefulness of the minister of Christ depends on his message being heard, he ought to preach smooth things, lest, by offending his people, by telling them unwelcome truths, he drive them beyond the sound of the gospel! AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY. The feelings of the Managers of this great institution in hostility to the Anti-slavery cause have been exhibited, we regret to say, on various occasions. Without recurring to facts that occurred in former years, it was manifested a year or two since, in the appointment of Rev. Mr. Stiles to be one of the Secretaries-a Southerner by birth and associations-soon after his speech in the General Assembly, (N. S.,) in which he uttered extravagant pro-slavery sentiments; and recently, by commissioning a virulent opposer of the Anti-slavery movement to represent the Society in London. The following extract from the Boston Congregationalist will show the feeling existing in New-England with reference to these appointments:INJUDICIOUS.-We hear it said that the American Bible Society has made choice of the Rev. Samuel Irenaeus Prime to represent it at the approaching English Christian festivities. If this be true, we deeply regret it.... But for him as the author-in his capacity as junior editor of the New-York Observerof the unchristian, undignified, and abusive articles in reference to Mrs. Stowe, Rev. II. W. Beecher, and the whole Northern sentiment concerning "Uncle Tom's Cabin," and its bearing upon slavery, which have disgraced the columns of that journal during the past year, we have a feeling of mingled sorrow and disgust, which leads us, in common with a very large number of New-England Christians, to desire that he should be no representative of ours, at home or beyond sea. As friends of the Bible Society, we regret that some brother in general sympathy with the whole Church could not have been sent to represent us before our English brethren. We do not ask that any prominent Anti-slavery clergyman should be selected, but simply that some brother might go to speak for us there who has not so extensively and perseveringly wounded the conscience of New-England, and virtually put his shoulder to the wheel of the halting Juggernaut of American Slavery. It is understood that Mr. Prime, on arriving in London, received intimations that the presentation of his commission would not be acceptable. He did not publicly appear. ANNUAL REPORT. 121 AMERICAN AND FOREIGN CHRISTIAN UNION. In this connection we cannot refrain from adverting to the spirited resolutions adopted on the 10th May by the above-named Society, which, amidst its arduous and enterprising efforts to restrain and subvert what it deems the spiritual despotism of this country and Europe, has not considered it within the province of its duty to combat, or encourage others to do so, the despotism over body and mind that prevails in these States. It is therefore peculiarly gratifying to find that in the resolutions adopted at their anniversary, this popular Society has asserted in strong and unambiguous language the doctrine of the "Higher Law," which so many lay and clerical persons have, within a year or two past, sneered at with unbecoming inconsideracy. These seasonable and eloquent resolutions, we perceive, were introduced by the astute and adroit Dr. Leonard Bacon, and warmly seconded by the erudite and liberty-loving Ex-Chief Justice Hornblower.* If, as we have understood, they were adopted unanimously, we may well congratulate ourselves and the country that, at last, the De Witts, Alexanders, Bethunes, Bairds, Frelinghuysens, Plumers, Springs, and Tyngs of this age are making progress in a moral reform, if not in an anti-slavery direction. But we will not longer indulge in remarks on the subject, but present the resolutions themselves, with the single observation that the significant and important passages will require no italicising to enable the attentive reader to comprehend readily and fully their drift:"Resolved, That, in all cases, the intervention of secular authority and physical force to forbid the reading of the Holy Scriptures, the peaceful utterance and profession of religious faith, the private or public worship of God without disturbance of the public peace, or the preaching of the gospel to such as are willing to hear it, is an intervention between conscience and the only Lord of conscience, and is therefore a violation of universal and inalienable rights. "Resolved, That, inasmuch as our right to preach the gospel wherever men will hear it springs directly from the authority of the Blessed and Only Potentate, whose commission to his disciples sends them into all the world to preach the gospel to every creature; and inasmuch as this right is therefore higher than all human laws and compacts, the prohibitions and penalties by which oppressive governments forbid the profession and the preaching of the gospel, cannot impair this right in the judgment of conscience, or in the sight of God; and that the power which enforces such laws is to be respected only as we respect the armed robber who takes away our goods. "Resolved, That, to give full effect to the remonstrances of Protestant Christians, and of the so-called Protestant Governments; against the infiingements of the rights of conscience by the Grand Duke of Tuscany, and by other Roman Catholic Governments, it is necessary that the parties remonstrating be themselves without blame in respect to the sacredness of religious liberty; and that the present position of many so-called Protestant Governments in Europe, and of * It does not appear from the proceedings of the meeting, published in the Annual Report of the Society, that the resolutions were adopted; but they doubtless were, as has been stated in the newspapers, and as Dr. Bacon's "able speech" is alluded to, and promised in the next number of the Society's magazine. 122 ANNUAL REPORT. Protestant State Churches there, towards Roman Catholic subjects, and towards Protestants dissenting from the Churches established by law, is not only disgraceful to them in the eye of all intelligent friends of liberty, but disastrous to that gospel which they dishonor by their profession of it. "Resolved, That the American and Foreign Christian Union rejoices in the many indications that the time has come when all the forms of organized injustice throughout the civilized world must defend themselves before the public sentiment of Christendom; when whatever cannot be shown to be consistent with the common Christian sense of what is required by the teachings and the spirit of Christ, must be condemned to infamy; and that, while we freely acknowledge the responsibility of America, and of all American institutions, to that high tribunal, we will not cease to arraign and prosecute before the same tribunal all those interventions of Governments against liberty of faith and worship which are and have been the greatest obstacles to the progress of the gospel in the nominally Christian world." AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. This popular and increasing Anti-slavery Missionary Society, founded chiefly by the officers and members of the American and Foreign Antislavery Society, held its annual meeting at Bangor, Me., September 29th, 1852. It reported 11 churches, and 65 male and female missionaries and teachers in foreign countries, and 31 churches and 68 male and female missionaries and teachers in the free and slave States, Canada, and among the Indians-in all 133 persons, inculcating an anti-slavery gospel, and having no fellowship with slaveholders. The income of the Association was $30,726 29, for the past year. An anti-slavery discourse of great merit was preached by Rev. Joseph R. Walker, of Ohio, from these words: "If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar; for he that lovsth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen " The followidng were among the resolutions passed: Resolved, That to oppose sin in one set of relations while we do not in anotherfor example, to oppose intemperance while we do not oppose slavery, or to pray against oppression while we vote for it —is to strike down Christian principle, to deaden conscience, and, in the end, to undermine and destroy Christian character. Resolved, That Christians should labor and pray earnestly, and give liberally, not only for the cause of free missions in heathen lands, but also to build up and sustain evangelical churches in the destitute portions of our own country that will exclude slaveholders from their fellowship, and in all other ways practically honor the gospel. Resolved, That on the prevalence of sound anti-slavery sentiment in the nation depends, under God, the success of the Christian enterprise in which we are engaged. NORTH-WESTERN HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. A call for a Convention to form a Free Mission organization for the North-west was issued at Chicago, Ill., September 4th, 1851. Accordingly, a general meeting of "the friends of free missions, and the opposers of slaveholding fellowship in the North-west," to perfect the organization, ANNUAL REPORT. 123 and " to tale further action in relation to the Anti-slavery cause, and the purification of the Church from the abomination of slavery," assembled at Chicago, July 7th and 8th, 1852, and there formed the new Society. The constitution is similar to that of the American Missionary Association, except that the labors of the new Society will be confined to the diffusion of an anti-slavery gospel in our own land. BAPTIST FREE MISSIONARY SOCIETY. The distinctive principles of this Society are non-fellowship with slaveholders, and rejection of the avails of slavery offered for religious purposes. It held its ninth annual meeting at Montrose, Pa., June 2d, 1852. Two churches have been formed in connection with its Haytien mission. The mission appears to be in a prosperous condition. It has four separate preaching-places, with one American and one Haytien preacher, three American female assistants, and two unordained native helpers. The converted Haytiens have organized a Missionary Society, and resolved to support a native preacher at St. Marc. The Society contemplate a mission in Africa; and a native African, converted in connection with their Haytien mission, is expected to be attached to it. He is now at their seminary in McGrawville, N. Y. The Society conducts other missions, both in this country and in Canada. Mr. Judd, of the Elaytien mission, has been in this country during the past year, soliciting funds for building a chapel at Port-au-Prince, and felt much encouraged with the prospects of the mission. AMERICAN FOREIGN MISSIONARIES. The Committee have been greatly cheered by letters from several missionaries in foreign countries, who went out to their fields of labor under the auspices of Boards having no affinity to the Anti-slavery cause. From these letters we make several extracts; and first from letters from Rev. D. Baldwin, Lahaina, Sandwich Islands: "The last Monday of every month we continue to observe as the day to pray for the end of slavery.... Slavery appears to this half-enlightened people an anomalous evil, a cruel prodigy, and a deep and reproachful stain on the otherwise fair character of our country, which can neither be excused nor explained away. There is no evil for the extermination of which the Christian people here pray more sincerely. In one of these concerts, one of our most intelligent natives said to me,'Then it is true that some parts of your country raise boys and girls to sell, as we do pigs?' I replied that so I understood it. He said,'We have had cruel oppression enough here, but never any thing like that, even in our darkest heathen days.'... There are many of our people in these islands, in the mission and out of it, who feel a deep interest in the subject of American slavery, and who hail with joy every proof that correct views of human rights are gaining ground.... In my last letter I suggested your offering a premium for a tract on some important anti-slavery topic. Afterwards I mentioned in one of our native meetings what I had written to you, and asked the church if they 124 ANNUAL REPORT. would furnish a hundred dollars for such a purpose. Several raised both hands, and said,'Only tell us when you wish it, and it will come.' * "Mr. Green and some other missionaries are full-souled in the cause, and will be until the last shackle is off.... You must be rejoiced at the wonderful run Uncle Tom's Cabin has had. I trust Mrs. Stowe will not lay that pen down quite yet. We want facts and arguments that no man of sense will ever attempt to answer, and such facts and arguments can be found against slavery.t "Your Society, which has for its aim to enlighten public sentiment and bring it to the Christian standard on the subject of human rights; to bring man-selling, manstealing, man-owning, and man-degrading to an end, the world over, 1 put second to no other Society in its claims on the contributions and prayers of all who love the Lord Jesus Christ.... Almost all our ship-captains are pro-slavery.... I take the National Era, the Independent, and the New-York Evangelist. For ten or twelve years I took the weekly paper from the office of the Journal of Commerce, and read all the apologies for slavery and the South the editor put into it... Are not good signs multiplying, and this through just such discussions as had'put back emancipation fifty years?' "I send you a draft, $75 50 of it collected in our anti-slavery concerts of prayer $61 12, a donation from females of the Lahaina church; and $23 from a lawyer and a minister here. One hundred dollars of it is for the premium for a tract on account of the Lahaina church, and the balance towards another premium tract on some anti-slavery topic.. Would not an effective tract, embodying in a perspicuous form the inevitable consequences of slavery on both races, written in great kindness and with the force" of truth, adapted to secure the attention of thinking and patriotic men at the South, aid in changing their wrong views of the nation? After being twenty-two years from the United States, and at such a distance, I cannot pretend to know what the public mind most requires.... "I cannot but think it a high and sacred duty of all the Directors of the Benevolent Societies to mingle with the Anti-slavery Society, and use their exertions to stir up Christians to action and prayer in such a cause.... Surely none of them will deem a cause beneath their notice or efforts which commanded the mightiest exertions of such men as Wilberforce.... I have, within a short time, made myself a life member of the Tract Society; and if they expended all I gave them in a tract which would show Southerners what a burning curse slavery always has been and always must be, to masters as well as slaves, nothing would please me more.... After all, is the difficulty so much in the officers of the Tract and other Societies, as it is in the mass of professing Christians who make up those Societies? "Have we not all been trained to wrong opinions; to believe that black men are scarcely men at all-that it is out of the way for them to talk of human rights-that the Constitution does not apply to them, except when they run away from slavery-that, being an inferior order of beings, they are only fit for slaves, predicted to be servants, and that perhaps he who holds them in bondage is carrying out the will of God?... I have never seen a railroad, but I am told there are many in our land, and that when the train is coming, it is not safe to stand on the track. One foolhardy enough to stand there, seems to me a fit emblem with which to compare one who in these days advocates or apologizes for slavery, or who is indifferent to the subject. I hope the time is not distant when such indifference will not be found in the churches or in the ministry; or * The Committee have proposed $100 for the best essay on the following subject: AMERICAN SLAVERY A FORMIDABLE OBSTACLE TO THE CONVERSION OF THIE WORLD. Hon. William Jay, Rev. G. W. Perkins and Rev. Dr. Pennington have consented to act in examining and adjudicating the prize. The tract must not exceed 24 pp. 12mo, leaded. The articles should be sent to Lewis Tappan, Corresponding Secretary, as early as the 1st August, 1853. t The wishes of this brother have been satisfactorily fulfilled in the compilation and publication of the "Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin," the argument of which may be refuted when Euclid is proved to be a sophist. ANNUAL REPORT. 125 if found, will be thought as fatal to the Christian reputation as the train of cars to him who stands in their way." We have made such copious extracts because it is interesting to see the effect produced on a Christian philanthropist in a far-distant country, after an absence of nearly a quarter of a century from his native land, by contrasting the anti-slavery truth that has been published to the world, and the fog that had previously enveloped him, and which still encircles multitudes who remain among us. It is also a remarkable fact that the heathen converted through the instrumentality of American missionaries are amazed at the conduct of those who have sent these missionaries to them, and desire to repay the country that has so greatly benefited them, by aiding in delivering it from a heathenism so dark as American slavery. The following extracts are from letters from another missionary, who has passed the last twenty-five years at the Sandwich Islands-Rev. Jonathan S. Green, of Makawao: " I feel the deepest interest in the movements of your Society, and I doubt not that God and holy beings on earth and in heaven do so too. And if this be so, you have little need to be concerned whether the great ones of this world afford you their sympathy or not. You need not be particularly anxious to prove that you are engaged in a cause which would have had the sympathy and cooperation of Jefferson, and Jay, and Washington, had those noble-minded men lived to this day.... If God be for us, who can be against us? That he is for you, is as true as that he has a throne in the heavens. The revelation which he has made in the Bible, his dealings with despots and oppressors in every age, shows this in the clearest light... As God is true, you will find that you have not labored in vain." Such sentiments do honor to the ministry. We could, did space permit, make additional extracts from letters from missionaries, abroad and in this country, of similar import. And it is a pleasing fact that so many ministers of the gospel, of various denominations, are taking an open and decided stand on the right side of the Anti-slavery question. That many of the clergy do not, but affect to be neutral, or are openly opposed, we lament to say is too true. Still we have no sympathy with men professing to be thorough Abolitionists, who assail the Christian ministry because so many among them disgrace their profession or impugn the Scripture, in deducing fiom it the justification of slavery. The Bible is true, Christianity worthy of acceptation, and the ministry of reconciliation worthy of honor and respect, albeit so many preachers explain His holy volume as the charter of oppression, or stand aloof from the Anti-slavery cause. There can be no rational expectation of success in this cause, in any other way than by employing Christian means in a Christian spirit, relying upon the Divine promise and the aid of the Almighty. At the same time, we candidly acknowledge that it is our firm belief that those preachers and those editors of religious publications who denounce the anti-slavery movement, assail the true-hearted Abolitionists of the 126 ANNUAL REPORT. land, defend or apologize for American slavery and slaveholding, and attempt to bring to the support of their views the Scriptures, are doing immense injury to the cause of Christ; that they are misleading more minds, and driving men faster into infidelity, than ten times the number of secret or open enemies of Christianity in the country. To enable our readers to see how the course pursued by pro-slavery religious newspapers strikes the minds of men who make no pretenses to evangelical religion, we quote the following paragraph from an influential secular press in this city: "The Tribune is sometimes accused-we think unjustly-of promoting infidelity. We have allowed free speech and fair play to infidels, without intending to favor their views. But there are those who profess to be the especial guardians and teachers of religion, who are doing much to make and multiply infidels. We allude to those professedly religious people who quote the Bible in defense or palliation of slavery-such, for example, as the editors of papers like the NewYork Observer.... Infidelity has no more efficient promoter on earth than the man who, professing Christianity, cites the Bible to excuse or palliate iniquity. And we regard a newspaper which professes to inculcate the religion of Christ, whose teaching was,'Whatsoever ye would that others should do to you, do ye also unto them,' and at the same time defend African slavery as it exists among us, as an engine for the spread of infidelity, a thousand times more potent than any merely secular or professedly infidel journal would be. We look upon a man who professes to be a disciple of Jesus Christ, and who fails to rebuke or condemn such wrongs and evils as are involved in the perpetuation of slavery, as one who says'Lord, Lord!' but does the opposite of what Christ commanded. We never take a professedly religious sheet into our hands and find it extenuating the evil of slavery, that it does not excite in us an inexpressible loathing. If infidelity is spreading to-day in this nation, it is more, a thousand times more, owing to the preaching of a Christianity which defends such iniquities as slavery and slaveholding, than to every other agency combined. Talk not to us of the infidelity preached by newspapers, while such corrupting fountains pour their poisonous waters through a thousand professedly Christian channels."... AMERICAN REFORM TRACT AND BOOK SOCIETY. THIS Society was formed by a number of Christians of different evangelical denominations, assembled at Cincinnati, Ohio, December, 1851, to supply our own population, immigrants, those who speak the German and Spanish languages, and others, with cheap and useful publications, especially on subjects which other Tract Societies overlook. It is well known that the American Tract Society refuses to print any thing on the sinfulness of American slavery. A new Society, therefore, seemed absolutely necessary " to prevent slavery from possessing our new Territories," * New-York Daily Tribune. f REVERENTIAL.-The New-York Observer quotes, approvingly, a saying of the New-York Courier and Enquirer, that " a man of any religious creed who speaks irreverently of the clergy of every other denomination, is guilty of nothing more nor less than downright licentiousness." The clergy of every denomination are worthy of respect when they preach the truth and practise it; when they do not, they discredit their calling, and deserve no respect. We wish these papers had more reverence for merit, and less for persons.-National Era. ANNUAL REPORT. 127 and to supply a deficiency with regard to the whole people of the United States. At the last meeting of the American Missionary Association, the following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That as the "American Reform Tract and Book Society" covers a large and important field, upon which other Societies have refused to enter, we view it as an instrumentality well adapted to the propagation of a pure Christianity, to the abolition of all the strongholds of vice and wrong, and to the elevation of all classes of human beings; and that we welcome this institution as a valuable aid to free missions, cordially recommending it to the liberal patronage of all who desire the conversion and salvation of the world. The Society has published Tract No. 1, Separation from Sin and Sinners. pp. 24. —No. 2, Hebrew Servitude and American Slavery. pp. 8. —No. 3, On Slavery. [Premium Tract.] pp. 24. Price, 1500 pages, $1. We earnestly commend this new Society to public patronage. It needs funds and the active cooperation of all who believe that a Reform Tract and Book Society is greatly needed. UNION CHRISTIAN CONVENTIONS. A Christian Convention assembled at Ravenna, O., June 2, 1852, which was attended by some of the most distinguished friends of the Antislavery cause. Discussions took place, and some startling facts were elicited of the subserviency of some of the religious denominations to slavery. Evidence was given of the alterations that had been made in hymns by religious bodies to suit the pro-slavery spirit existing in the community. During the session, the following resolutions, among others, were adopted: Resolved, That slaveholding is, under all circumstances, a heinous sin against God, and a gross violation of the most sacred rights of human nature.Resolved, That a Church which receives slaveholders, and those who justify slaveholding, to her communion, is false to the mission of a true Church of Christ. Resolved, That those ecclesiastical bodies which persist, against remonstrance and petitions to the contrary, in receiving slaveholders, and retaining them in their communion, do not represent the religion of the Bible, and should no longer be recognized in any manner as branches of the Christian Church. And we earnestly exhort all Christians and local organizations connected with them to dissolve their connection with those who remain in ecclesiastical bodies fellowshipping slaveholders, after light has been diffused and remonstrance tried in vain. Resolved, That fidelity to a fundamental principle of our movement-nonfellowship with slaveholders-requires us to withdraw from ecclesiastical bodies, churches, and church-members, that fellowship slaveholders, or who justify slaveholding. Resolved, That the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, the American Home Missionary Society, the American Tract Society, the American Sunday-school Union, and the American Bible Society, in consequence of the countenance and support they give to American slavery, are unworthy of the confidence and support of American Christians. * Written by a member of this Committee, Rev. Joshua Leavitt. 128 ANNUAL REPORT. Resolved, That while we are in favor of Bible Societies organized and conducted on right principles, printing Bibles without note or comment, and distributing them to the destitute at home and abroad; and while we consider the Bible an inspired anti-slavery book, yet we enter our protest against a Society that, while it distributes the Bible in other lands without regard to legal obstructions, distributes it to the slaves at home only where legal obstructions do not exist; and while its publications condemn, in strong denunciatory terms, the Romish Church and the laws of Italy, for preaching a gospel without the Bible, yet they are dumb in the presence of the slave laws and the American churches, who profess to give the gospel to the slaves while they refuse to give them the Bible. A religious Anti-slavery Convention, in which the different denominations of Christians and Christian ministers were quite proportionately and very respectably represented, was recently held at West Randolph, Vt. The following resolutions were passed: 1. Resolved, That the subject of American slavery calls loudly for the vigilant attention of Christian men, and for their increased endeavors not only to resist the further progress of the evil, but to deliver our country entirely from its existence. 2. That we believe American slavery, both in principle and practice, to be directly opposed to the religion of Jesus Christ and every principle of moral rectitude, and utterly abominable before God. 3. That we consider slaveholding as much out of its place in the Church as would be any other system of iniquity; and that it is the solemn duty of all professed people of God to deliver themselves as speedily as possible from all participation in the enormous evil. 4. That those who persist in the practice of slaveholding, whether church members or ministers, should not be treated as members in good standing; and there should be no fraternal correspondence with ecclesiastical bodies who tolerate slaveholding in their churches, and refuse to listen to the voice of remonstrance. 6. That the late act of Congress called the "Fugitive Slave Law" is incompatible with the revealed will of God; contrary particularly to that fundamental principle of the gospel, "All things whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so to them;" that strenuous endeavors ought to be used to procure its repeal; and that in the meantime it is incomparably better to endure peacefully its penalties, than to sin against humanity, conscience, and the authority of God, by yielding obedience to its unjust requisitions. 8. That no preaching of the gospel is likely ever to reclaim men from the sin of slaveholding without direct and faithful application to the evil itself, as in other cases of transgression. 9. That our great religious Societies which are laboring to establish the gospel in the waste places of our land, and to send it abroad among heathen nations, ought to remember the millions in this country who are purposely kept in heathenish ignorance, and by no means tolerate slavery in the churches gathered by their missionaries, any more than caste, or polygamy, or any other iniquity; and that missionaries who persist in receiving slaveholders ought to be rejected. -American Missionary, Sept., 1852. SUPPLYING THE SLAVES WITH BIBLES. The colporteur of the American Missionary Association in Kentucky has been successful in his work. He converses faithfully with slaveholders on the iniquity of the system of slavery, and circulates copies of the Scriptures among the slaves who can read. Occasionally he meets with opposition. He says, persons not holding slaves are the first to ANNUAL REPORT. 129 raise their voice against slaves having the Bible, and against universal freedom. The slaveholders, generally, he finds are willing to have their slaves read the Scriptures, and some of them are even ready to pay for the books. The appeals made to the consciences of slaveholders he sometimes finds successful. One aged man, who had made provision for the freedom of his slaves at his death, against the remonstrances of his heirs-atlaw, when urged to do his duty firmly and without delay, burst into tears. On revisiting the districts where the people have had time to read and study concerning the great evil and sinfulness of slavery, and its proper remedy, the colporteur states: "I have great occasion for rejoicing.... I am cheered by many indications of kind feeling towards myself personally, and many expressions of desire for anti-slavery and other publications which I am distributing." In some districts there have been lectures and debates concerning the evil of slavery. One person remarked that "the days of slavery were numbered, and that the slaveholders themselves were aware of it." ANTI-SLAVERY CHURCHES IN SLAVE STATES. The above Association sustain two missionaries in Kentucky and one in another slave State.* Rev. John G. Fee, in Kentucky, has labored for several years with indomitable courage and zeal in rearing antislavery churches in his native State. He preaches regularly to two, neither of which admits slaveholders as members. His "Non-fellowship with Slaveholders the Duty of Christians," which was published by this Society, has been freely circulated in Kentucky, and awakened the attention of many persons. The missionary in the other State alluded to, reports the existence of eleven churches in four neighboring counties, having an aggregate membership of three hundred and fifty persons, and preaches to six different congregations. The churches under his care admit no slaveholder to their communion. Many of these churches are composed chiefly of persons of the poorer class. Some of them have been greatly persecuted. A clergyman in Ohio, who is well acquainted with the missionary, says: "There are hundreds of anti-slavery people in -- who attend his preaching, and he not unfrequeitly has pro-slavery hearers. He is the only man in all that region who has the courage to open his mouth for the dumb. A Northern man cannot preach there. Some false issue would be raised against him, and he would be killed, or driven off immediately." This devoted missionary, in a recent communication, states: "Anti-slavery sentiments are looked upon more favorably than they have been in times past.... Persons holding and aJvocating such sentiments are * Name omitted, from prudential reasons. 9 130 ANNUAL REPORT. yet so proscribed, that it requires a great deal of fortitude to bear the sarcastic reflections that are heaped upon them; still, there are a few who have, thus far, stood up for the right, and will, by God's grace, continue to do so.... Here is the moral battle-field. Shall the enemy have the conquest? No, never! Let us wage unceasing war against slavery and all moral evils. Help us, brethren, by your means and your prayers, and, under God, we shall yet triumph." MUTILATIONS AND EXPURGATIONS OF ENGLISH AND AMERICAN PUBLICATIONS. THE following notice was published during the last year in most of the anti-slavery newspapers: INFORMATION WANTED.-A competent person has been engaged to collect, with a view to publication in this country and England, the principal mutilations and expurgations of English and American publications, by American publishers, booksellers, and authors, Tract and Sunday-school Societies, Ecclesiastical Assemblies and Committees, &c., for the purpose of securing sales in the slave States, or the favor of ecclesiastical and political parties and persons in authority, with a discussion of the principles connected with such conduct. It is believed that a full statement of these mutilations and expurgations will astonish the American people and the civilized world. Some progress has been made in investigations and collations. All persons friendly to the undertaking, and especially the friends of the Anti-slavery cause, are requested to afford their aid by communicating to the undersigned, as early as possible, all facts in their possession relating to the subject, with particular reference to the editions, authors, publishers, &c., &c. A copy of the work, when printed, will be sent to each person who communicates authentic information. LEWIs TAPPAN, Cor. Sec. American & Foreign Anti-Slavery Society. New-York, July 22, 1852. N. B.-Editors throughout the country, who are friendly to the object, are respectfully requested to give the above one or more insertions. We have not yet received all the responses that are expected, but the materials collected by the Committee have been arranged as far as possible with a view to publication. The first chapter comprises the alterations that have been made in Christian psalmody by different denominations, so as to expunge anti-slavery sentiments. It is not yet decided whether this shall be published separately, or time taken to arrange all the alterations of anti-slavery literature deemed important to be laid before the public, and the same be arranged for publication together. Judge Jay, in his letter to the Secretary of the American Tract Society, has anticipatd the Committee in the publication of part of the facts collected. But these facts are accumulating, and it requires much labor to collect them froln various publications and arrange them in a systematic manner. When completed, they will comprise, it is believed, an amount of evidence respecting the subserviency of the North, that will corroborate all that has been said respecting the control the slave power has had over public sentiment in the preparation and publication of books. ANNUAL REPORT. 131 ANTI-SLAVERY PUBLICATIONS. The immense issues of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," and the extraordinary avidity with which it has been read, have called forth other anti-slavery publications, and given to literature of this description unwonted popularity and success. Mrs. Stowe's principal work has been followed by another of equal importance, entitled "The Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin," in which the facts are given to the public upon which the incidents in her first work were founded. This compilation demonstrates that the author, so far from setting down "aught in malice," had rather " extenuated" the atrocities of slavery. Hildreth's "White Slave" has also, like the works of Mrs. Stowe, attracted great attention both in this country and in Europe.* Goodell's " Slavery and Anti-slavery; a History of the Great Struggle in both Hemispheres," and his "American Slave Code," are able works, and meet with deserved success. Jewett & Co., the enterprising publishers of "Uncle Tom's Cabin' and the "Key," have issued Jay's "Miscellaneous Writings on Slavery," Giddings's " Speeches in Congress," Mrs. Stowe's " Two Altars," Sumner's " White Slavery in the Barbary States," and also "Autographs for Freedom;" making, we learn, four hundred and twenty-eight thousand volumes of anti-slavery publications issued by them during the year 1852 and the first half of the year 1853. They have in the press, and will issue very soon, Mrs. Child's "Memoirs of Isaac T. Hopper," Whittier's "Sabbath Scene," illustrated, and a series of Anti-slavery picturebooks. During the same period, Buell & Blanchard, printers of the National Era at Washington, issued nearly half a million copies of speeches in Congress on the side of freedom. The following works have also been recently issued: "An Inquiry into Scriptural and Ancient Servitude, in which it is shown that neither was Chattel Slavery; with the remedy for American Slavery." By E. Smith, Minister of the Gospel, Mansfield, Ohio. "Slavery and the Church." By William Hosmer, Auburn, N.Y. "The Slave-Catcher caught in the Meshes of the Eternal Law." By Asa Rand, Minister of the Gospel. Cleveland (0.): Smead & Cowles. "Twelve Years a Slave. Narrative of Solomon Northup, a citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and rescued in 1853 * Unlike another American historian, who mutilated his own works to gratify Southern readers, and prepare the way for his own political advancement, Mr. Hildreth nobly arrayed himself on the Anti-slavery cause, and has maintained his position, without caring whether his course would injure or benefit his literary productions or his own reputation. Honor to whom honor belongs! 132 ANNUAL REPORT. from a cotton plantation near the Red river in Louisiana." Auburn: Derby & Miller. Buffalo: Derby, Orton & Mulligan. Cincinnati: Henry W. Derby. " The Higher Law, in its relations to Civil Government, with particular reference to Slavery and the Fugitive Slave Law." By William Hosmer. Auburn: Derby & Miller. These publications, widely circulated, are adapted to the times, and are calculated to do great good. A monthly paper, entitled Facts for the People, has been commenced by the editor of the National Era. It is " designed for preservation, (being in quarto form,) as a document for reference, or for general circulation, as a Free Democratic missionary, especially among those not yet familiar with the Anti-slavery movement. It will be composed chiefly of articles from the National Era, adapted particularly to the purpose named." Besides the above-mentioned papers, there are the following, enumerated in the Facts for the People: FREE DEMOCRATIC PRESS. Inquirer, Portland, Me. A. Willey. $2 per annum. Independent Democrat, Concord, N. H. G. G. Fogg. $2. News, Keene, N. H. S. Woodward. $1 25. Democrat, Manchester, N. H. J. H. Goodale. $1 50. Messenger, Portsmouth, N. H. T. J. Whittam. $1. Freeman, Montpelier, Vt. D. P. Thompson. $2. Observer, Morrisville, Vt. J. A. Somerby. $1 25. Telegraph, Springfield, Vt. L. T. Guernsey. $1 75. Democrat, Brattleborough, Vt. W. Nichols. $1 50. Brandon Post, Brandon, Vt. P. Welch. $1. Courier, Burlington, Vt. G. C. Samson. $1 50. Commonwealth, Boston, Mass. J. D. Baldwin. Daily, $5; weekly, $2. Sentinel, North Adams, Mass. A. D. Brock. $1 50. American, Lowell, Mass. W. S. Robinson. Tri-weekly, $3. News, Fitchburg, Mass. R. F. Rollins. $1 50. Essex County Freeman, Salem, Mass. J. Emmett. Semi-weekly, $3 50. Republican, Greenfield, Mass. Spy, Worcester, Mass. J. M. Earle. $2. Standard, New-Bedford, Mass. Courier, Northampton, Mass. Gazette, Dedham, Mass. Henry O. Hildreth. $2. Democrat, Dedham, Mass. E. G. Robinson. $2. Sentinel, Lawrence, Mass. John Ryan & Co. $2. Rhode Island Freeman, Providence, R. I. Crawford & Harris. $1. Republican, Hartford, Ct. Bartlett & Hawley. $2. Herald, Ellington, N. Y. A. S. Brown. Evening Chronicle, Syracuse& N.Y. H. R. Raymond. Daily, $3; weekly, $1 50. Spirit of the Age, Norwich, N. Y. J. D. Lawyer. $1. Wyoming County Mirror, Warsaw, N. Y A. Holley. $2. Telegraph, Oneida, N. Y. D. H. Frost. $1 25. Banner of the Times, De Ruyter, N. Y. Free Press, Wellsville, N. Y. A. N. Cole. $1 50. Frederick Douglass' Paper, Rochester, N. Y. Frederick Douglass. $2. Free Press, Gouverneur, N. Y. Mitchell & Hulbert. $1. Herald, Jamestown, N. Y. ANNUAL REPORT. 133 Carson League, Syracuse, N.Y. J. Thomas. $1 50. Saturday Visitor, Pittsburgh, Pa. Jane G. & William Swisshelm. $1 50. Freeman, Mercer, Pa. W. T. Clark. $1 50. Weekly Crescent, Erie, Pa. Caughey & McCreary. $1 50. People's Press, Coudersport, Potter Co., Pa. Dougall, Mann, & Haskell, $1 50. Dispatch, Pittsburgh, Pa. Foster & Fleeson. Daily, $3; weekly, $1.; Clarion of Freedom, Indiana, Pa. Moorhead & McClaran. $1. Die Erie Press, Philadelphia, Pa. F. W. Thomas. Daily, $3. True Democrat, Cleveland, O. Thomas Brown. Daily, $6; weekly, $2. Ashtabula Sentinel, Jefferson and Ashtabula, 0. W. C. Howell. $2. Mahoning Free Democrat, Youngstown, O. M. Cullotan. $1 50. Commercial, Cleveland, 0. H. M. Addison. $1 50. Journal, Wellington, O. George Brewster. $1 50. Western Reserve Chronicle, Warren, 0. E. 0. Howard. $2. Telegraph, Painsville, O. Gray & Doolittle. $2. Ohio Times, Mount Vernon, O. Chapman & Thrall. $1 50. Independent Democrat, Elyria, O. Philemon Bliss. $2. Columbian, Columbus, O. L. L. Rice. Free Democrat, Chardon, O. J. S. Wright. $1. Star, Ravenna, O. Lyman W. Hall. $1 50. Herald of Freedom, Wilmington, O. J. W. Chaffin. $1 50. Free Democrat, Detroit, Mich. S. H. Baker. Daily, $5; weekly, $1. Free Democrat, Indianapolis, Ind. R. Vaile. $1 50. Western Citizen, Chicago, Ill. Z. C. Eastman. Daily and weekly. Commercial Advertiser, Chicago, Ill. Journal, Sparta, Ill.. S. Coulter. $1 25. Western Freeman, Galesburg, Ill. W. J. Lane. $2. Free Democrat, Waukesha, Wis. S. M. Booth. Daily, $4; weekly, $2. Telegraph, Kenosha, Wis. Sholes & Frank. $2. Free Press, Janesville, Wis. Joseph Baker. $1 50. Free Press, Sheboygan Falls, Wis. J. A. Smith. $2. Advocate, Racine, Wis. C. Clements. $2. Kentucky News, Newport, Ky. W. S. Bailey. $1. True Democrat, Mount Pleasant, Iowa. J. W. Howe. $1 50. Der Demokrat, Davenport, Iowa. Thomas Gulich. $2. Pacific Statesman, San Francisco, Cal. J. H. Purdy. Der National Demokrat, Washington, D. C. Fred. Schmidt, editor; Buell & Blanchard, publishers. $2. ANTI-SLAVERY PRESS. Liberator, Boston, Mass. William Lloyd Garrison. $2 50. Pennsylvania Freeman, Philadelphia, Pa. C. M. Burleigh. $2. National Anti-slavery Standard, New-York, N. Y. S. H. Gay & E. Quincy. $2. Anti-slavery Bugle, Salem, O. M. R. Robinson. $1 50. Voice of the Fugitive. We regret our inability to give any thing like a suitable list of the very many religious newspapers and periodicals that deserve a place with the preceding, besides many more that are in a greater or less degree progressive and favorable. Several political papers, both Whig and Democratic, or lately such, deserve credit for doing much for the diffusion of important information and just sentiments. Unable to mention them all by name, we avoid the seemingly invidious course of naming only a part (perhaps a small part) of them. There have likewise appeared a class of essays and publications,which, looking at slavery onlyin its economic bearings, and solicitous mainly to 134 ANNUAL REPORT. avoid the pecuniary disadvantages of the system, are occupied largely with the discussion of expedients by means of which, it is thought, the system may be gradually changed and perhaps ultimately displaced, without the agitations occasioned by exhorting slaveholders to repent of the sin of slaveholding. If Abolitionists are true to their principles, and faithful in the propagation of them, this species of literature will do no harm, but may be made to subserve, ultimately, the cause of truth and humanity. PRO-SLAVERY PUBLICATIONS. The extraordinary success of the anti-slavery publications the past year has emboldened a countless number of aspirants for literary fame or profit to issue pro-slavery works, of various type and demerit, some of them calculated to mislead or ridicule, but some of them evidently intended to counteract what the authors seem to believe is pernicious doctrine. The true friends of freedom must rejoice in witnessing this encounter of wits and literary essayists, believing that the more the great question is discussed, the more light and truth will be evolved. "Though all the winds of doctrine be let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously to doubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple! Who ever knew Truth put to the worse by a free and open encounter!"* We have not space to enumerate the titles of these ephemeral publications; and yet we may do wrong in styling them "ephemeral," as some of them will doubtless descend to future ages, with not a few religious and secular newspapers, speeches, sermons, and monthlies, to engage the attention of the historian, and excite the wonder of posterity that men and women, not deficient in abilities and literary skill, should, in this age, have advocated slavery, or glossed over its enormities, or directed their shafts at those who contend for the inalienable rights of their fellow-men. FREE LABOR PRODUCE. More than usual prominence has been given to this subject the past year. The excellent monthly publication, entitled The Non-Slaveholder, has been revived at Philadelphia, and the Association of Friends have published their Annual Reports. Their object is simple in its nature. It is " to encourage and promote, by a union of efforts, the production and distribution, untouched and unstained by oppression and wrong, of such articles of domestic consumption as are usually and chiefly extorted from the labor of slaves." Cotton is the principal article. It is shown that it not only may be, but actually is, extensively cultivated in the United * Milton. ANNUAL REPORT. 135 States, and various other places, by the labor of freemen. On the western coast of Africa the cotton plant is indigenous. It is also found at La Plata, where it grows wild on the banks of the Parana. Efforts continue to be made to increase the quantity and improve the quality of the East India cotton. Over an extent of five hundred and fifty miles of the Australian coast, cotton of the best description perennially thrives. It is also interesting to know that the Sea Island, the finest description of cotton, from which the most delicate goods are manufactured, which is grown in America along a very limited extent of coast in Georgia and South Carolina exclusively, can be grown along the above extent of Australian coast, equally well with the shorter-stapled variety.* Next to cotton, is the great staple of Louisiana, Cuba, and Brazil. Sugar can be procured from the British, French, and Danish West Indies, and also from the East Indies.I The hopes that have been entertained, that cotton prepared from flax, by Claussen's method, would supersede the slave-grown staple, do not now seem likely to be realized; yet the friends and consumers of the products of free labor exclusively will be gratified to learn that, through improvements in hemp and in machinery for manufacturing it, a much more abundant and cheaper supply of linen fabrics is now likely soon to be placed in our markets. An "American Linen Company," of which several of our leading merchants are stockholders, has in operation at Marcellus, N. Y., the necessary machinery, and are preparing to make linen, flax-cotton, rope, bagging, &c., from unrotted flax. They have, as they believe, already demonstrated that linens may be produced at about the cost of procuring cotton goods when cotton is not below seven or eight cents a pound. The Company intend, so soon as their European patents are secured and their works farther advanced, to open their improvements to the public in the most liberal manner. Whether this and similar manufactures are to affect slavery, and to what extent, is a matter of opinion; but, if it is successful, we see not but it will bring cotton down so low that there can be no object in growing it. Professor Stowe has recently directed the attention of the British public to the joint cooperation of American cotton planters and Manchester capitalists in upholding American slavery, and his remarks have been severely censured by a portion of the British and American press. If, as is charged-but of which we have seen no evidence-he discarded * Report of the Managers of the Free Produce Association of Friends of New-York Yearly Meeting. t Free labor goods can be procured of G. W. Taylor, N. W. corner of Fifth and Cherry streets, Philadelphia; and Ezra Towne, 207 Fulton street, New York. 136 ANNUAL REPORT. all moral and religious agencies for the the overthrow of slavery, leaving the work to economical and commercial means alone, it was certainly a great error; but we see not how any true friend of emancipation can object to agencies of an economical and commercial character, in due proportion with agencies of a moral and religious nature. We fully believe that the latter are chiefly to be relied upon; but when he remarks that eight hundred thousand women in England, in the days of British West India slavery, by signing a pledge that they would not use slave-grown sugar, produced a fall in the article of a penny sterling a pound, and thus alarmed the owners of West India states more than all the alarm that had been produced by moral and legislative action, we are not disposed to undervalue efforts, made either in England or the United States, by friends of the cause, to find substitutes for slave-grown cotton and sugar, and induce their countrymen to use them in preference. We agree with the objectors to Professor Stowe's views, that it was unwise in him to lay so little stress upon the moral and religious agencies at work, and the great delinquency of his brethren in the ministry, in ecclesiastical bodies, and in national religious Societies; and that he proposed, as a substitute for negro slave labor, the introduction of Chinese laborers to work for sixpence a day, although this far exceeds the " pay" given to the colored laborers who now till the cotton fields. FACTORIES AT THE SOUTH. While a portion of the Abolitionists and economists of the North have been endeavoring to do away with the necessity of using slave-grown cotton, the upholders of the patriarchal system at the South have been trying various experiments to manufacture their own staple, so as not to rely upon Northern capital and skill. These attempts have, as was predicted, signally failed, for obvious reasons. The Pittsburgh Post chronicles one instance of this failure as follows: "BAD STocK.-The Howard Cotton Factory at Columbus, Ga., with all its appurtenances, buildings, machinery, and site, was sold at sheriff's sale, last week, for $41,003. The stockholders had paid into the concern about $80,000, of which amount $47,000 were expended in machinery alone, and they have now to raise means to pay off other indebtedness for which the Company is liable. " We cannot clearly understand why a cotton factory in the South cannot succeed as well, or better, than those we have in the North. They have the material at their door; they have cheap labor, and their capitalists are men of enlarged views and commendable enterprise. Then, why should they fail in the manufacture of cotton goods? They have all the advantages upon their side. It must be in not attending to some of the small details. They have looked to the grand consummation of their project, and squandered thousands to arrive at the desired end, when, perhaps, hundreds in the hands of a Northerner less enthusiastic would, with caution, have insured a favorable result to the speculation. " If the Southern people desire to become practical in the manufacturing line, they must go to work in a practical manner. We believe that whenever they ANNUAL REPORT. 137 would become successful manufacturers, the everlasting clamor about the interests of the North and the South would cease, and we would be a happy and united people." The difficulty in understanding this failure, on the part of the masculine editor of the Post, is happily censured by his witty and talented neighbor, the lady who edits the Pittsburgh Saturday Visitor, which may be commended to the consideration of both Southern and Northern investigators of this branch of political economy, in the following manner: "The Howard Cotton Factory is not the only'bad stock' in the sunny South. If we may judge from the face of the country, the land itself is very bad stock, and the people still worse. Take them altogether, white and black, and we doubt if their average industry will pay one per cent. on investment, counting them at fifty dollars a head, and allowing twenty dollars a year for'keep.' "It is sheer nonsense and folly to talk of or expect the South to compete with the North in manufactures. One might as reasonably expect spades, sickles, and mule-panniers to compete with steam-ploughs, reaping-machines and locomotives, as look for slaves to work beside the educated laborers of the free States. Cotton factories require intelligent operatives; and we should as much expect to see fishing-worms making silk cocoons, as to see the ignorant, brutefied laborers of the South competing with our factory-girls. "The Post is quite mistaken about the'cheap labor' of the South. Slave labor must always be dear labor, from the want of intelligence in the laborer, and his want of interest in the proceeds. Suppose the factory owners have to buy the laborers as well as the machinery, they will cost on an average eight hundred dollars each. Counting this at six per cent., here is forty-eight dollars. Then they must be fed and clothed in some kind of style, and this cannot be done for much less than twenty dollars a year. Then there are the risks of loss by death, depreciation in value from an unhealthy employment, and the natural process of growing old, which would scarce be incurred for less than ten per cent., and this brings the wages up to $138 per annum, without counting the salaries of additional overseers, night paroles, &c., &c., to keep them at work and prevent their doing mischief, which would bring it up to the average wages of Northern operatives, two of whom would be more efficient than three of your cheap laborers. But the actual price of hired labor should be the criterion of its value, and this is at least one third higher in slave States than in free States. An ordinary female house-servant commands two hundred dollars per annum in Kentucky, and one girl for one hundred dollars in this State will do as much work as two of them. Our impression, when in a slave State, was, that labor there was four times the price it was at home. It never can be cheap where it is a badge of disgrace; for fashion will make so many idlers that the common want cannot be supplied; and Southern enterprise, in any competition with Northern intelligence, must vanish in moonshine, until Southern honesty shall give to their laborers that which is'just and equal'-an interest in their own labor, and wages for their work." UNPROFITABLENESS OF SLAVE LABOR. There are persons of a commercial cast of mind who believe that slavery will never come to an end until it becomes too unprofitable to be sustained. Then, say they, it will come to an end speedily, and all the arguments in support of it, pretended to be derived from the Bible, history, climate, race, etc., will be exploded in the twinkling of an eye. We are of the class, we confess, who have faith in moral suasion, in appeals 138 ANNUAL REPORT. to Scripture, in political regeneration, in the progress of Christianity, and in the promises of God. But it may be well to look to the subject in a commercial view, as advancement in the science of political economy is connected with the triumphs of reason and revelation. Professor Hancock, of England, in a paper read before the BRITISH ASSOCIATION,- says: "As a conclusion of political economy, emancipation should be immediate, and not gradual.... In reference to the argument, that free labor could not compete with that of slaves, he referred to the fact that the free producers of sugar were beating the slave sugar out of the market, in the United Kingdom. In proof of this, he referred to the last returns of the Board of Trade, which showed that the importation of free sugar was increasing, and that of other sugar falling off. Thus, from British possessions in the west, in the last year we took for home consumption 1,618,000 cwts., against 950,000 in the previous year. There was also an increase from the Mauritius; and from our East India possessions, an advance from about 550,000 cwts., in 1851, to 780,000 in 1852; whilst, during the same time, the consumption of slave sugar had fallen off from 555,000 cwts. to 317,000." Professor Fowler, of Massachusetts, saidc: " e would refer to the case of Fairfax county, Virginia, where, under slavery, property had greatly fallen in value. Recourse had then been had to free white labor, and the consequence was, that it was found profitable with it to cultivate property which had been before unprofitable." It appears to be a general rule, that the slave extracts more from the soil than he returns to it. Bryan Edwards, in his History of the West Indies, said: "One English laborer, in his own climate, would perform three times the work of any one negro in the same period." Dr. Prichard, in his Notes on the West Indies, estimates the work performed with ease by two Europeans, as equivalent to what twelve slaves are accustomed to effect. Joshua Steele, a planter in Barbadoes, tried the effect of substituting the hope of reward for the fear of punishment. By offering his slaves a small premium, to be paid on condition that a certain task should be performed, he obtained from them three times as much work in a given time, as without it. Dr. Cooper, in his Letters on Political Economy, published in 1826, at Columbia, South Carolina, estimates the labor of a slave at two thirds of what a white laborer, at usual wages, would perform. This comparison was probably made between slave and free labor in a slave State, where the activity of the white man is influenced by the customary movements of slaves. With these authorities in view, we may safely assume the labor of one freeman as equivalent to two slaves. Hence we may perceive that the loss to the United States, * London paper. See National Anti-slavery Standard of October 28, 1852 ANNUAL REPORT. 139 in their collective capacity, from the system of slavery, must be enormous.* In a powerful article in Blackcwood's Magazine for January, 1853, on "Slavery and the Slave Power in the United States of America," in which the able writer shows the ruinous effects of slavery upon the country, viewed morally or politically, he introduces a comparison, written by an American gentleman, between the agriculture of the State of New-York, as it was in the days of slavery, and as it is now, and says: "These two pictures show distinctly the paralyzing effect of slavery; how, instead of industry, it produces idleness; and, instead of economy, thrift, and tidiness, overspreads a land with wastefulness, dissipation, and discomfort." INTER-STATE SLAVE-TRADE. THE execrable slave-trade, stigmatized by our laws as piracy when carried on between the coast of Africa and foreign countries, is, as conducted between the States of this Union, connived at and practised by the most chivalrous of the Southern people. During the past year, slaves have brought enormous prices, and the piratical trade between the States has therefore been unusually rife. An immense forced emigration has taken place from Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri, tending southerly; and tens of thousand of poor negroes, torn from their husbands, wives, and children, have been precipitated upon the cotton-growing States, swelling, in many places, an already overcrowded population. On many a plantation and in many a slave-coffle there has been "a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning; Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not;" many Shelbys have been forced to part with their slaves to satisfy hungry creditors; many Haleys and Legrees have tortured to death the victims of their avarice; and the sufferings of many Toms and Chloes have been recorded on high, with the names of their tormentors. We have previously copied one of these advertisements, and will not harrow the feelings of our readers by introducing more. One of the publishers of the Tribune received a letter from a friend, dated Richmond, Virginia, March 3, 1853, giving an account of one of the weekly auction sales of human beings in the capital of the " mother of States and of patriots." The letter states; "I have spent two hours at the public sales of slaves. There are four of them, and all in the same street, not more than two blocks from the Exchange Hotel, where we are staying. These slave d6p6ts are in one of the most fiequented streets of the place, and the sales are within view of the passers-by. There are small screens behind which the women of mature years are taken for inspection; * Friends' Review. 140 ANNUAL REPORT. but the men and boys are publicly examined in the open store....'I saw severa children sold; the girls brought the highest prices. Girls from 12 to 18 years old brought from $500 to $800....I must say that the slaves did not display as much feeling as I had expected, as a general thing; but there was one noble exception-God bless her! and save her too!! as I hope He will in some way for if He does not interpose. there are no men there that would." The writer proceeds to describe this woman: "She was a fine-looking woman, about 25 years old, with three beautiful children. Her children as well as herself were neatly dressed. She attracted my attention at once on entering the room, and I took my stand near her, to learn her answers to the various questions put to her by the traders. One of those traders asked her what was the matter with her eyes? Wiping away the tears, she replied,'I s'pose I have been crying.''Why do you cry?''Because I have left my man behind, and his master won't let him come along.'' Oh, if I buy you, I will furnish you with a better husband, or man, as you call him, than your old one.''I don't want any better, and won't have any other as long as he lives.''Oh, but you will though, if I buy you.''No, Massa, God helping me, I never will.'... The most indecent questions were put to her, all of which, after a little hesitation, she answered. " But when asked if she thought she could turn out a child a year? she replied,'No, Massa, I never have any more, and I sorry that I got these.'" Professor Dew, of Virginia, as long ago as 1833, stated that the State was exporting at the rate of 6,000 souls every year, and was receiving in return for them, $1,200,000. "The slave population of Virginia in 1830, as shown by the census of that year, was 469,757. In the ten years following that census, the slave population of the United States increased 23.8 per cent. If we assume that the natural increase of the 469,757 slaves who were in Virginia at the census of 1830 was no greater than the average increase of slaves in the whole country, the slave population of Virginia in 1840 would have been 581,559, had there been in the mean time no deportation of slaves. In the next ten years, (viz., from 1840 to 1850,) the slave population of the Union increased 28.81 per cent. At that rate of natural increase, the slave population of Virginia in 1850, without any deportation in the meantime, would have been 749,106. But the actual slave population of Virginia in 1850, as shown by the census, was only 472,528. The difference of 276,578 is to be accounted for by the deportation of slaves. In other words, this difference is the result of the Virginia slave-trade. "This then is the fact which we commend to the attention of all who desire to ignore the hideous atrocity of the American slave-trade, and who in that willing ignorance affirm that the sale of a'converted' slave,'except by the slave's own consent, is an almost unheard-of occurrence.' The natural increase of the slaves in Virginia has been diminished by deportation at the rate of 18,828 every year, for the twenty years preceding the last census. Those dry tables of the census, with all the pains-taking of the Government to prevent any information about slavery and the slave-trade from getting into them, have nevertheless a terrible testimony to give upon a careful cross-examination. So long as'slavery and the Constitution' coexist, the decennial enumeration must give for each State distinctly'the whole number of free persons, including those bound to service for a term of years,' and also, in a separate statement, the number of'all other persons.' The decennial return of those' all other persons' will give out to any patient inquirer facts which the people of the South would conceal if they could, but which it is folly to contradict."* And yet Mr. Stevenson, when Minister at the court of St. James, had * Dr. Bacon, in the Independent. ANNUAL REPORT. 141 the hardihood publicly to deny that Virginia bred slaves for the Southern market. In Maryland, during the same period, more than the whole natural increase has been swallowed up by the inter-State slave-trade. "Such is the American slave-trade, and such are its statistics, as nearly as the census will give them. And yet intelligent men in our Northern cities, men of humane and Christian sympathies, but misled by commercial interests, directly or indirectly, or by the influences of ecclesiastical partisanship, will tell us, with such statistics as these within their reach, that the representation of slavery given in Mrs. Stowe's exquisite story of Uncle Tom's Cabin is unjust. Yes, men, and women too, of high culture and refined sensibility, while the census informs us and informs the world that this slave-trade, with its unutterable crimes and miseries, violating every thing that is holy, and tearing every heart-string, numbering, at the lowest estimate, from 20,000 to 40,000 victims every yearcan make up their faces to tell us that Uncle Tom's Cabin is amischievous book! LORD, WIAT IS MAN, THAT THOU ART MINDFUL OF HIM?" CRUELTIES. Anti-slavery people are continually accused, not only by the people of the South, but by some of their own fellow-citizens, of exaggerating the cruelties inflicted upon the slaves. It is said they are " well off;" that, in the language of the late Mr. Clay, many of them are "fat and sleek;" that they are, as a general thing, not over-tasked; that they are contented, merry, fond of singing and sports; in better condition than the free people of the North, or the operatives in England, and would not leave their masters if they could. Mrs. Stowe is accused of misrepresenting the matter in " Uncle Tom's Cabin," and every anti-slavery writer is accused of caricaturing the " Southern institution." Now, these accusers, whether from the North or South, have forgotten, or were always ignorant of a certain book published by the Anti-slavery Society, entitled " Slavery as it Is; or, the Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses." This work was written, it is acknowledged, by a Northern man, but the compilation of the testimony of these thousand witnesses was exclusively from Southern papers and living witnesses. The testimony was kept for years in a form capable of being proved in a court of justice, and the whole South was notified of it, and challenged to refute the evidence. Mrs. Stowe availed herself of this work, and of the mass of cumulative testimony since its publication. The testimony is then essentially Southern; and if exaggerated, the exaggeration is the work of Southern slaveholders, Southern ministers and laymen of high respectability where they reside, Southern editors, Southern planters, merchants, mechanics, travellers, and traders. The "American Slave Code" shows the cruel character of slavery, and the facts adduced show how the theory is reduced to practice; thousands who, at the peril of their lives, annually fly from the house of bondage, evince the feelings of the slaves under the treatment they receive. The * Dr. Bacon, in the Independent. 142 ANNUAL REPORT. advertisements for runaways with which the Southern papers are crowded, demonstrate the discontent of the slaves and their longings for freedom. The unwillingness of masters and mistresses to bring their servants to the North during their summer pilgrimages, testify their apprehensions on the subject; and the marks, scars, and maimings of the poor victims appeal to Heaven for the truth of what is said of the atrocities of slavery. In speaking of the sufferings produced by physical torture, anti-slavery writers describe only a small part of the actual sufferings of the slaves, while those who attempt to vindicate the South for their treatment of slaves, seldom allude to any sufferings but those merely physical-the lightest of all, in many cases. Who can describe the sufferings of parents for ever bereft of their children; mothers robbed of their daughters, children torn from their parents; young women and married women exposed to the brutal lusts of slave-drivers, masters, and overseers; of millions doomed to insult, deprived of opportunities to read God's Word, to attend upon His worship, to instruct their children; taunted for religious principles and practices by the ungodly; and the innumerable wrongs inflicted upon helpless beings in the power of infuriated, irresponsible, and wicked men. The day of judgment only will disclose those registered wrongs of which the colored men, women, and children are the victims in the slave States. Exaggeration! Plain narratives of facts, and the untold sorrows of the down-trodden may be so termed by the ignorant or unfeeling, but surely they are not by the recording angel, who drops a tear at every record made; nor can they be by the compassionate Saviour, who, in the language of Scripture, tells their wanderings, puts their tears into his bottle, and writes them in his book of reemembrance. "Yeoman," a person with Southern sympathies who, in the New-York Daily Times, writes "Letters on the Productions, Industry, and Resources of the Southern States," says: "The Dismal Swamps are noted places of refuge for runaway negroes. They were formerly peopled in this way much more than at present; a systematic hunting of them with dogs and guns having been made by individuals who took it up as a business about ten years ago. Children were born, bred, lived, and died there. The negro, niy guide, told me he had seen skeletons, and had helped to bury bodies recently dead. There are people in the swamps now, he thought, that are the children of fugitives, and fugitives themselves, all their lives. What a strange life it must be!... He said the drivers sometimes shot them. Whem they saw a fugitive, if he tried to run away from them, they would call out to him that if he did not stop they would shoot; and if he did not, then they would shoot, and sometimes kill him.'But some of'em would rather be shot than be took, Sir,' he added, simply.... No particular breed of dogs is used for hunting negroes: blood-hounds, fox-hounds, bull-dogs, and curs were used, and one white man told. me how they were trained for it, as if it was a common or notorious practice. They are shut up when puppies, and never allowed to see a negro except while training to catch him. A negro is made to run from them, ANNUAL REPORT. 143 and they are encouraged to follow him until he gets into a tree, when they are given meat. Afterwards they learn to follow any particular negro by scent, and then a shoe or a piece of clothing is taken off a negro, and they learn to find out by scent who it belongs to, and to tree him, &c.... When the drivers take a negro who has not a pass or'free paper,' and they don't know whose slave he is, they confine him in jail and advertise him. If no one claims him within a year, he is sold to the highest bidder at a public sale."* The subjoined in from the Richmond Examiner, May 13th, 1853: "BREAKING UP A NEGRO SCHOOL.-The officers at Norfolk made a descent on Tuesday upon a negro school, kept in the neighborhood of the Stone Bridge, by a Mrs. Douglas and her daughter, and the teachers, together with their sable pupils, were taken before his Honor. They acknowledged their guilt, but pleaded ignorance of the law, and were discharged, on a promise to do so no more; a very convenient way of getting out of the scrape. The law of this State imposes a fine of one hundred dollars, and imprisonment for six months, for such offenses; is positive, and allows no discretion in the committing magistrate." Education is said to be an offense in Virginia under a penalty of "one hundred dollars, and imprisonment for six months." It was Mr. Wise, we think, one of the representatives fiom this State in Congress, who boasted that there was not a single newspaper published in his Congressional District. We have heard of a preacher there or in some other State, who gloried in never having owned a dictionary. We are reminded by these things of an anecdote of Senator Tracy, of Connecticut, who, when in Congress, was beckoned to the window by Senator Giles, of Virginia, who, pointing to a drove of jackasses passing by the Capitol, said: "Tracy, see those Yankees; where do you think they are going to " The witty Yankee Senator immediately replied: " Why, to Virginia, to be sure, to teach school." Virginia, justly proud as she may be of the eminent men who have adorned the annals of her history, has just cause of humiliation that she suffers any portion of her citizens to trample upon the poor, debarring them from the lights of knowledge, expatriating them to a foreign land on account of their color, and lynching those who would teach her ignorant sons and daughters the elements of knowledge. THE SLAVE CODE. The opportune work entitled the "American Slave Code" has been already alluded to. This work was not intended for a law book, though * A few years since, a noble-looking black called upon the writer. Hie was a fugitive, and had walked 1,800 miles, from Louisiana to New-York, without speaking to more than three white men. It was his third attempt to escape from slavery. He left a wife and children belind, in hopes that at some future day he could make arrangements to bring them out of slavery. IHe said that at his second attempt he was pursued by men and blood-hounds, who attacked and almost killed him before he surrendered. Employment and good wages were procured for him in Brooklyn, but in a short time he was missing. After the lapse of a year, a letter was received from him, dated on board a whaleship in the Pacific Ocean, saying: "I fled from Brooklyn because I could not sleep, as I was so near the slaveholding country. I thought I could not be safe until I had gone to the other side of the globe." 144 ANNUAL REPORT. it contains, it is believed, most of the laws that have been enacted by the different slave States for the purpose of exacting labor from the slaves, and punishing those who interfere with the " institution."* It has been republished in London. It may be published in other countries and other languages. The people of this country will be judged by it. It has been justly observed, they are responsible for the laws who pass them, aid in their passage, or consent to their passage; and also for whatever powers are conferred, acts enjoined, or evils allowed by them; and he is responsible for the laws and their effects, who avails himself of these powers, or complies with their requisitions.t ESCAPES. The escapes have been more numerous than ever, the past year. We have already copied several advertisements, and add the following for the purpose of showing what description of persons take their own liberty: TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.-Ran away from the plantation of the undersigned, the negro man SHEDRICK, a PREACHER, 5 feet 9 inches high, about forty years old, but not looking over twenty-eight, stamped M. B. on the breast, and having both small toes cut off. He is of very dark complexion, with eyes small but bright, and a look quite insolent. He dresses good, and was arrested as a runaway at Donaldsville some three years ago. The above reward will be paid for his arrest, by addressing Messrs. Armant Brothers, St. James' Parish, or A. Millenberger & Co., 30 Carondelet street. —Vew-Orleans Picayune. The following is from a clergyman, who is a hater of oppression: "Yesterday a slave man, from Kentucky, swam the Ohio river opposite to Fulton. He reached the Ohio side exhausted with cold and fatigue. As he lay resting on the shore, he observed his pursuers on horseback, with rifles, on the opposite bank. They discovered their victim, and crossed in a ferry boat at Pendleton, but the sight of these human tigers revived the almost drowned man, and like a deer he scaled the precipitous hill back of Fulton and disappeared. God speed the fugitive! and I had almost added, crush the black hearts of his pursuers!" NEGRO STAMPEDE.-Twenty-five negroes ran away from their masters, in Boone county, Kentucky, on the night of the 2d inst. Among those who have lost their servants are two ministers of the gospel. The Aurora Banner says, that some weeks before their departure, one of the slaves procured and read to his comrades Uncle Tom's Cabin, and it is supposed that the beauties of Canadian free dom, as pictured by Mrs. Stowe, were the inducements to run away. Whether these are the same as those mentioned in the following, we are not certain: A STAMPEDE.-The "Underground Railroad" would seem to be in excellent order. A company of 29 slaves from Kentucky reached here on Monday evening last, and Nere safely conveyed to the Canada side the next morning. They were all hale young men and women, none of them over 35 years of age, for whose X See an eloquent notice of this work by J. G. Whittier in the National Era of April 7, 1852. t National Era, October 21, 1852. ANNUAL REPORT. 145 recapture, we hear, liberal offers are proclaimed. They travelled by wagons through Indiana, and reached here in good condition. They preferred to be their own property, and they deserved to be.-Detroit Christian Herald. ADVERTISEMENT FOR SLAVES. The Boston Courier, one of the most liberally-paid commercial papers in Boston, has made itself an advertising medium for the sale of slaves. Here is an advertisement copied from that paper: "A RARE CHANCE FOR CAPITALISTS! m111" "The PULASKI HOUSE, at Savannah, and Furniture, and a IuIu number of prime Negroes, accustomed to Hotel business. "The subscriber, desirous to retire from business, offers the abovenamed property for sale on accommodating terms. For particulars apply to the proprietor on the premises. "If not sold previous to the 1st of June, the House will be offered for rent to an approved tenant, who will purchase the Furniture, and stock of Wines, Liquors, &c. P. WILTBERGER." "Savannah, April 19, 1853." The editor, on attention being directed to the advertisement, attempted to laugh at the whole thing as a joke-a sort of hoax; but this did not answer the purpose, as quite a number of persons promptly stopped the Courier, feeling that themselves and their city were insulted by the appearance of such an advertisement.* LYNCH LAW. As if the statute-book of the South was not sufficiently bloody and accommodating to the infuriated passions of men, a tribunal invested with a more summary process has been instituted. In times past, especially since the anti-slavery agitation, its sanguinary decisions have accorded with the diabolical rage of men accustomed to irresponsible power, and too impatient for the more tardy operations of the legalized Lynch laws found in the "American Slave Code." It is not negroes alone, or even Abolitionists, who are deemed proper subjects for the * A considerable number of persons from Massachusetts reside at and near %vannah. Among the number, a great-great-grandson of a renowned Congregational clergyman. This young man, while residing in Paris, became enamored with the daughter of a Georgian widow, who had married a clergyman educated at Andover, Mass. This young woman was the heir-at-law of some five hundred slaves. The clergyman, on marrying her mother, abandoned his profession, and the son-in-law, on marrying the daughter, left the mercantile for a planter's life. He has been accustomed to present the American Bible Society, the American Tract Society, and the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, one hundred dollars each at his annual visits to his native State. He is called an involuntary slaveholder-one who, in the language of the resolution of the N. S. General Assembly at Detroit, holds his slaves under the "obligations of guardianship, or the demands of humanity," and is therefore exempt from discipline. 10 146 ANNUAL REPORT. infliction of this process. Upwards of a year since, the Virginia newspapers contained an account of the infliction of Lynch law upon the person of Mr. Cornut, a citizen of Graysen county, a native of Virginia and a slaveholder. His offense was, holding anti-slavery opinions and harboring the intention of emancipating his slaves and bequeathing them property. For this, his neighbors seized, summarily condemned him, stripped him, tied him to a tree, and whipped him. Mr. Cornut appealed to the law for redress. The Clerk of the county resigned. As no one would accept the appointment, the judge, BROWN, found himself unable to proceed with business, and accordingly adjourned the court. Immediately afterwards, a public meeting was held, and resolutions adopted to maintain the stand taken. Both the court and the lawyers were notified not to undertake the case, upon pain of a coat of tar and feathers. When the court convened, it was dissolved by violence. A band of armed men marched around the court-house, fired their guns by platoons, and disturbed the court! The people in the neighboring counties held meetings and passed resolutions sustaining the movement of the citizens of Graysen.* WASHINGTON, had he lived in these days, and had the intentions in his will been published during his lifetime, might also have been lynched by the people of his native State-Virginia. Certain it is, that those who in this age maintain and utter his opinions, are liable to such outrages. It is remarkable that Virginia, which gave birth to so many men who have spoken so eloquently in favor of human rights, and the motto of whose State seal is, Sic SEMPER TYRANNIS, should be at the present day the most influential, South Carolina perhaps excepted, against those who hold the principles of their forefathers. SOUTHERN VIEWS AND FEELINGS. The feelings of that portion of the Southern people who derive gain from the sale or services of slaves, or who uphold the system of slavery from political or interested motives, may be learned from the Slave Code; the practices of slaveholders, a portion of which we have stated; the defenses of slaveholding attempted to be made from the Bible, and the anathemas poured out upon anti-slavery people every where. There are others living at the South who see and feel the evils of slavery; its injurious effect upon themselves, their children, and the community; its wickedness and meanness, and its hatefulness in the sight of the Supreme Being. This class, we hope, is on the increase; but this fact, instead of abating the violence and savageness of slaveholders, tends to increase * National Era of May 13, 1862. ANNUAL REPORT. 147 their exasperation. This probably will continue to be the case until the chain that binds the slaves snaps by some sudden convulsion, or some great political or moral event occurs to startle the South, and bring about voluntary emancipation. The history of Pharaoh shows the tenacity with which oppressors hold their victims, and the terrible judgments of the Almighty that inevitably fall upon persistent slaveholders. The ablest defense of slavery that has appeared for a long time was published the last year by Rev. J. H. Thornwell, D. D. of South Carolina. It was in the form of a " Report on Slavery," made to the Presbyterian (Old School) Assembly. This paper has been circulated far and wide by the slaveholders in Church and State, who seem to consider its argument conclusive. It was evident, says Dr. Thornwell, " that'a strong public sentiment, both in Europe and America, had been organized, and was daily growing in intensity, against institutions which we had inherited from our fathers, and against which we felt no call, either from religion or policy, to enter a protest." The report was made " to disabuse the minds of brethren" with whom the Southern Church was anxious to maintain fellowship, of "prejudices and misapprehensions." The following sentences will give some idea of the argument: "We are far from admitting... that the proper end of the Church is the direct promotion of universal good. The problems which the anomalies of our fallen state are continually forcing on philanthropy, the Church has no right directly to solve.. Has the Church any authority to declare slavery to be sinful?... Certain it is that no direct condemnation of it can any where be found in the sacred volume.... The prophet or apostle gives no note of alarm, raises no signal of distress when he comes to the slave and his master; and the unwary reader is in serious danger of concluding that, according to the Bible, it is not much more harm to be a master than a father; a slave than a child. The Scriptures not only fail to condemn; they as distinctly sanction slavery as any other social condition of man.... In itself considered, it is not inconsistent with the will of God; it is not sinful." " Slavery," says Dr. Thornwell, " is implicated in every fibre of Southern society;" and he therefore makes an appeal to the North, and to the world, to let them alone, and to " feel that slavery is no ground for discord, and that in Christ Jesus there is neither bond nor free." The Charleston (S. C.) Mercury says that "slavery is apositive good in itself, and productive of the most beneficent results to both governing and governed!" The editor comes to the following conclusion: "The institution of African slavery is every day becoming more and more isolated; and, by consequence, the section in which it exists, and to which it gives prosperity and peculiar characteristics, is being gradually removed from the pale of sympathy and social intimacy with the rest of the world. Every where slavery is denounced, and the slaveholder regarded as an inhuman tyrant. What will be the effect of this upon the permanency of the institution, and how should it dispose slaveholders to their outside enemies? The influence of slavery in the National Government has certainly been for a long time on the wane. The last eventful struggle is of yesterday, and the results for ever condemned it to politi 148 ANNUAL REPORT. cal inferiority. A wall has been built up around it, and its vitality must henceforward increase rather by the perfection and energy of its internal organization, than by the expansion of its domain. "In conformity with this necessity, the South and her cherished institution are steadily advancing in stability and prosperity at home. The once unshorn face of nature now blooms with splendid harvests; the distant valleys are wedded with iron nuptials; earth gives up her buried wealth; each shares the products of all; while year after year discovers new resources, whose development holds up a future of unexampled wealth and power. More than all, and as the legitimate result of incessant vituperation and persecution, her people are learning to regard slavery in its true light; not as a thing of expediency, nor a necessary evil, nor an institution less bad than Northern or British slavery, but as positively good in itself, and productive of the most beneficent results to both governing and governed. Sustained and confirmed by this conviction, it has partaken of a higher life, and received a stronger assurance of its perpetuity. "But if not by the expansion of area, certainly by the diffusion of her grand project, the South is growing more powerful abroad. There is not an additional bale of cotton which leaves our shores, but renders the world more tributary to her labor, and more dependent upon its successful permanency. Defying all competition, whitening the wharves of every port, and clothing alike the peasant and the prince, whithersoever it goes, cotton fights and conquers for Southern slavery. It closes the question by its actual and wide-spread blessings." The editor of the Richmond (Va.) Examiner, in a dissertation on " The Right of Negro Slavery," while he justifies the existence of slavery, feels compelled to admit that its adversaries have hitherto had the best of the debate. He denies that there is any necessity for slavery, and ridicules the idea that the negro in slavery is a happy being. Even, he says, if it could be proved that the slave is physically and morally better off than the day-laborer of other countries, it would not touch the root of the evil. It is interesting to notice how well he reasons: " The white peasant is free, and if he is a man of will and intellect, can rise in the scale of society; or at least his offspring may. IIe is not deprived by law of those'inalienable rights,''liberty and the pursuit of happiness,' by the use of it. But here is the essence of slavery-that we do declare the negro destitute of these powers. We bind him by law to the condition of the laboring peasant for ever, without his consent; and we bind his posterity after him. Now, the true question is, have we a right to do this? If we have not, all discussions about his comfortable situation, and the actual condition of free laborers elsewhere, are quite beside the point. If the negro has the same right to his liberty and the free pursuit of his own happiness that the white man has, then we commit the greatest wrong and robbery to hold him a slave-an act at which the sentiment of justice must revolt in every heart-and negro slavery is an institution which that sentiment must sooner or later blot from the face of the earth." After stating the question thus, the Examiner boldly asserts that'the negro has no such right —ECAUSE HE IS NOT A MAN! The South occasionally derives assistance from persons in free States in defense of their "institution." In the April No. of "Hunt's Magazine " is an article entitled " Moral Benefits of Slavery." The author offers the following apology for the appearance of such an article in a mercantile journal: ANNUAL REPORT. 149 "Slaves are considered and used as merchantable property by nearly one half of the States, and are guaranteed in such use by the Constitution of our Government; hence, any information respecting it would be parallel with information respecting any other species of property." That a writer holding such views should be found in the city of NewYork, with many of whose citizens " the ledger is their Bible, and Mammon their God," is not surprising; but what excuse can the editor of the Magazine offer-himself a professed Free Democrat-for sullying his pages with such an essay? Does he dread the loss of patronage on the part of Southern subscribers if he refuses their lucubrations more than he fears the loss of patronage on the part of Northern subscribers in consequence of their disgust with such subserviency. British subjects also, we are sorry to say, too frequently contribute their aid in fostering a system held in just abhorrence by a majority of their own countrymen at home. A Professor Austed has undertaken, in the London Times, to apologize measurably for American slavery; and his essays are circulating extensively in this country. He has visited our Southern States, believes immediate emancipation would be disastrous, and considers the slaves, on the whole, generally adapted to their condition. At the same time he slanders the runaway slaves who (have) escaped into Canada, who are, he asserts-in contradiction to well-attested facts —" found to be idle, useless, and unimproving in every sense of the word." We must, however, do him the justice to say, that, in some respects, the learned geologist makes a true statement of the " profit and loss" of slavery. He speaks of the universal inefficiency of slave-labor; asserts that slavery is in six, at least, of the slave States (the most northern) both unnecessary and uneconomical, resting as a virtual mortgage, to the full amount of capital it absorbs, upon the lands and productive capacities of the States which tolerate it. He is for gradual emancipation, and thinks it would conduce to the welfare of the country.* All Southern men do not reason as those to whom we have referred, or as do their Northern or transatlantic allies, on the subject before us. A letter-writer of Louisville,t Ky., says: "I have just read in the Era the noble speech of Charles Sumner on the Fugitive Slave Law.... After reading it myself, I handed it to one of the ablest men, and one of the most eloquent writers in the State. On returning it, his emphatic reply was,'Perfectly unanswerable.' On speaking of it to another friend, I remarked that I intended to send for fifty copies of the pamphlet edition.'Put me down for fifty more,' was the immediate response.... Every political paper and every stump speaker in Kentucky are now discussing slavery * We have often marvelled at the course taken by Englishmen, after they have partaken of the proverbial hospitality of American planters, and by many who have taken up their abode in our free States. Their abolitionism seems to slide off as easily as the skin of a certain animal. All are not such. f National Era of September 23, 1852. 150 ANNUAL REPORT. in some of its relations, to the exclusion of almost every other matter... It is my firm conviction that if this subject of slavery is not treated in a more rational and conciliatory manner by the leading statesmen of the South in time to come than it has been for the last few years, we shall soon have but two parties in our country-a pro-slavery and an anti-slavery party." A SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL CONGRESS has been invited by the Southern Agricultural Society of Georgia, for the general improvement of the Southern States, and for the following specific purpose: To assist in bringing the South in direct commercial intercourse with distant countries; and to cultivate the aptitudes of the negro race for civilization, and consequently Christianity: so that by the time that slavery shall have fulfilled its beneficent mission in these States, a system may be authorized by the social condition of that race here, to relieve it from its present servitude, without sentencing it to the condition of the free negroes of the North, and West Indies." It will be perceived that slavery is publicly recognized in the above address as a temporary system, and freedom as the natural and permanent condition of the negro race. It is the first time within our recollection that a disposition has been manifested on the part of the South generally to contemplate emancipation as an ultimate fact to be brought about by systematic effort. There is progress in the South.* A slaveholder, writing from Cornersville, Tenn., paints slavery in the following colors: "You are an Anti-slavery man. So am I. I was born an heir to slaves. So was my wife. We were raised and have lived among them.... It is a most unlucky thing for us that slavery is among us. On the score of moral and religious good, it is out of the question. On masters, and on the white community generally, the institution, as it exists on our statute books and on our plantations, is a seven-fold evil-the parent of more evils than are enumerated in the Decalogue. I venture to say, that in the slaveholding settlements of Middle and Southern Mississippi, where I have lived for several years, there is not a virtuous young man of twenty years of age.... To send a lad to a male academy in Mississippi is moral murder. Now, I have four children, three of them boys. I confess I shall never raise them in a slave State willingly." f A person writing fiom Louisiana remarks: "The editor of the New-York Observer says that the Southern Free Press has been an able and earnest defender of Southern institutions, but that he now advocates the passage of a law to prohibit the separation of slave families, and recommends instruction to a portion of slaves that are most honest and faithful. The Observer further adds:'It was such language as this that was becoming common before Northern fanaticism ruined the prospects of Emancipation!' It is not so! Northern fanaticism, as he calls it, has done every thing that has been done for bettering the condition of the slave." T National Era, November 4, 1852. f An ex-Mayor of Huntsville, Ala., once said in our hearing, that, as a general rule, every young man in his State became addicted to fornication at an early age. A distinguished lawyer, who is now living and an elder in the Presbyterian Church in a Southern city, remarked to us some years since: "It is impossible to bring up a family of children virtuously in a slaveholding conmunity." Another person, now a minister of the gospel, who was born and educated in a slave State, remarked that "the slave States are Sodoms, and almost every village family is a brothel." t National Era, October 7, 1852. ANNUAL REPORT. 151 While such honorable testimonies from the better class of Southern citizens are cheering the hearts of Northern Abolitionists, the strongest expressions of contempt from even the bitter opponents of Abolitionists at the South are poured upon the heads of Northern serviles, whose sordid mercenary instincts cannot be concealed, nor escape the scorn of all classes without the pale of their own narrow circle. Witness the following: The merchants, principally in New-York, have subscribed $7,000 as a remuneration for the judicial robbery perpetrated by Judge Paine, in the notorious Lemmon Case. Does any one South believe that these ostensible sympathizers were moved with a spirit of justness and benevolence, or rather was it not an impulse sprung by the thought of commercial gain? Do we infer that they looked to any other fact than that such a just indignation would get hold upon Southern merchants as would drive them to Charleston or Savannah to trade, in place of New-York? Such would have been the case, and they, foreseeing this withdrawal, have attempted to repair the injury by the remuneration of a few thousand dollars.-Montgomery (Ala.) Times. "A Virginian," in one of the daily papers, among several objections to anti-slavery effort, and hard thrusts at Abolitionists, utters the following condemnation of a system that finds so many advocates in his State:* "I have asked no man what he thought about it, [slavery.] I know that all who are not unduly prejudiced must feel in their hearts that the institution, as it now stands, is morally wrong.... Slavery, as our laws allow us to use it, is a crime.... There has been a marked improvement in the condition of slaves within the last few years, but there is ample room for more.. The laws of the land should protect the negro. He should figure above the brutes in the statute books of the greatest nation under the sun. If he be illtreated by the mortal who holds his body and soul in bondage, the laws of our great republic should allow him to appeal some where for protection. This heart-sickening'negro-trading' should be put down. The horrible practice of collecting them in dens should be put down. The iron-hearted trader should be made amenable to the law for severing those holy ties which his brutal nature cannot be made to understand. The member of the Church who almost starves them should be punishable some where on earth. The respectable citizen who half clothes them should be closely overlooked by the law. We should no longer heed the plausible cry of interest, interest! The law of interest is no more sufficient to protect the poor slave than it is to protect the cow, or the horse, or the children, or the wife! The law of interest cannot make a humane man of a brute; neither does it keep a man sober; and the poor slave is his property, drunk or sober. Considerations of self-interest have very little weight with a drunken enraged master, or with a brutal exasperated overseer-or, indeed, with many who are neither drunk nor exasperated. When even the death-penalty shall prevent every murderer from striking the fatal blow, then we may begin to talk about an enraged man being a law unto himself! Then we may talk about a brutal overseer, away in some lonely plantation, as likely to be a law unto himself!" The same writer proceeds to say: "I must say, with all due deference to Mrs. Stowe, that sometimes negroes are lazy, ungrateful, wicked, and provoking; and I must also remark to that mouthpiece of the Southern fair, Mrs. Tyler, that Southern ladies are not always * See Tribune of April 22 and 23, 1853. 152 ANNUAL REPORT.'amiable and domestic.' Some of them (alas! that I should say it) are real viragos, and make no more of giving a negro man nine-and-thirty with a cowhide, than they do of taking a chew of tobacco. Some of them are indolent, fashionable, and fond of pleasure, and careless alike of husbands, children, or slaves. Men and women are men and women every where. They are hightempered and meek, brave and cowardly, cruel and humane, brutal and refined, from zone to zone, and should be governed accordingly." The editor of the New-York Tribune, to whom the above was addressed, remarks: "'A Virginian' claims that the slave's average condition has been very sensibly meliorated within a few years past, and now tends towards still further improvement. We believe this is true, and we further believe that this same improvement finds its main cause in that very'agitation' which our friend, with the entire South, so pointedly condemns. Had there been no Abolitionists at the North, there would have been no such improvement at the South. Even now, let a slaveholder abuse and torture his slaves, and the first thought of his neighbors is,'What a handle the Abolitionists will make of this! What a noise it will make at the North!' And so the whole slaveholding class is bound to repress or conceal outrages upon slaves by their masters, for reasons which would have little force if there were no Abolitionists. And one of the first fruits we noted of Mrs. Stowe's novel was a suggestion in The Southern Press that some improvement should be made in the laws regulating the internal slave-trade. "That the masters can do more for the slaves than all others-that they are generally kindly disposed towards them-no one disputes.'Uncle Tom's Cabin' fairly represents the feelings of the better class of slaveholders in the character of St. Clair. But men educated as they are, hate to be esteemed' fanatical'-hate to set up for reformers, or seem to assume a philanthropy which is' a reproof to their neighbors. So they glide indolently along through life, loathing slavery, execrating it, yet still persisting in it. The shock which will emancipate them from this apathy must come from without: the electricity is even now condensing in the calm, transparent sky. And whenever the day shall have palpably arrived to demand the abolition of slavery, (which never stood stronger than it will seem to stand just before its fall,) ten thousand voices will be raised in its condemnation at the South by men never before suspected of Abolition sentiments; and among all the auspicious results of emancipation, there is none that we shall more heartily rejoice over than the liberation of the Anti-slavery entiment of that section from the terrorism that now stifles and falsifies it." That such anticipations are not chimerical or preposterous, may be inferred from facts like the following: EMANCIPATION-SUccESSFUL EXPERIMENT.-The New-York Tribune says, " We are sure many will hear with pleasure what we learned during a recent sit-down with our old friend and fellow-laborer, C. M. Clay, that the emancipation of his slaves, some eight years ago, has, quite unexpectedly to him, proved a profitable operation. Having been an extensive stock-rearing farmer for many years previously, and being every way surrounded and hedged in by slavery and slave labor, he naturally supposed that the liberation of his slaves would subject him to embarrassment and probably loss in his farming operations. But his experience has dissipated all apprehensions. He finds no difficulty in hiring white labor according to his need and at reasonable rates; he hires a portion of his former slaves for wages mutually satisfactory; his farm is considerably improved, and still improving in fertility and productiveness; he cuts more hay, has better pasturage, keeps more cattle and keeps them in better order than formerly; and whereas his farm used to run him in debt, or at least yield him no profit, he is now making money by it." ANNUAL REPORT. 153 CASTE. The prejudice against people of color, as we have already seen, affects them not only in general society, but in the temples of God, and in bodies composed of men professing to be the disciples of the meek and lowly Jesus. We give another instance of this unchristian feeling. The " Church of the Crucifixion" of Philadelphia has a colored congregation, but the vestry and clergyman are white. The subject of admitting white delegates from this church was debated with great warmth in the Episcopal Convention at Philadelphia, May 21st, 1852. A majority report of the committee recommended that the church should be retained in union with the Convention, with the privilege of sending lay deputies. The minority report from the two objecting members of the committee was then read by Joseph R. Ingersoll, Esq.* The report opposed the admission of lay deputies. Rev. Dr. Hare spoke at some length in favor of the majority report. Rev. Mr. Kirk, in favoring the majority report, elicited a reply from Mr. Ingersoll, in which that eloquent lawyer commented on, " with combined wit and argument, the marked line of distinction, and the irreversible difference between the white and colored races, as a manifest decree of Providence." After an eloquent appeal by Bishop Potter, as previously stated, in behalf of the resolution of the majority, the vote was taken by yeas and nays, with the following result: The vote was: Clergy, 39 yeas to 35 nays; laity, 23 yeas to 27 nays. The resolution was lost. Caste in the Church is the grief of every true-hearted Christian, and the astonishment of even the heathen. In the Diocese of New-York, as previously stated, a still more inveterate prejudice exists on the part of the white clergy and laity against their colored Episcopal brethren. It existed in the palmy days of Bishop Onderdonk with equal tenacity, as the late esteemed Rev. Peter Williams had frequent occasion to bear witness. Dr. Pennington, one of the Presbyterian ministers of this city, and at present Moderator of the Fourth Presbytery, composed chiefly of popular white ministers, not being allowed to ride in the omnibuses of the city, is put to great inconvenience in being obliged to walk two or three miles daily from his residence to his study in his church. Loafers, blacklegs, robbers, thieves, and drunkards of all descriptions, provided their complexions are white, are freely allowed the use of those vehicles, but a colored skin, though on a doctor of divinity, is a complete bar of exclusion. Among decisions of the minor courts, indicating the growth of a more healthful public opinion, we may mention that of the BROOKLYN CITY * At present Minister of the United States to England. 154 ANNUAL REPORT. COURT, in March last, by which an omnibus driver was convicted of assault and battery for forcibly ejecting from the vehicle under his charge a colored woman. The defense that the rules of the omnibus proprietors did not allow colored persons to ride inside their stages, was held to be insufficient. Miss Sarah P. Remond, sister of Mr. Charles L. Remond, the eloquent Anti-slavery lecturer, was recently expelled from the Howard Athenaeum* After having purchased a ticket in company with two friends, and delivered it to the doorkeeper, she was quietly proceeding to her seat, when the agent of the company forbade her taking it, and finally pushed her down the stairs. For this outrage, the agent and officer who assisted in the expulsion were brought before the Police Court. Justice Russell delivered an opinion sustaining the equal rights of colored citizens. The defendants were fined a small sum, and the agent adjudged to pay the costs. An action was brought before the Court of Common Pleas for damages, but it was afterwards withdrawn by Miss Remond, on her expenses being paid by the other party, and a stipulation that she should occupy hereafter any seat at the Howard that she may choose to pay for.* The complainants have acted judiciously in thus asserting their rights before a court of justice; and we hope that our colored friends, in every part of the country, who may be aggrieved in a similar way, will, agreeably to the recommendation in one of the resolutions passed at the Business Meeting of this Society, appeal to the laws for redress. COLONIZATI ON. The friends of the Colonization Society claim that the objects of it are charity and benevolence. If the second article of its constitution, which provides that the object is to colonize free people of color with their own consent, had been the real instead of the ostensible design of the Association, and if it had been adhered to, credit might have been given to this claim. But even then, the formation of such a Society, without any solicitation of aid on the part of the free colored population of the country, and against their wishes, might justly have exposed its founders to the accusation of intermeddling and impertinence. Notwithstanding the professed object, the notorious fact that the most influential men who originated the scheme and have managed it have been slaveholders,t and that the most intelligent colored people of the country have, * Several colored persons witnessed the performances shortly after this, Miss Remond and her friends being of the number. j It is allowed that, at the beginning and at this day, some benevolent persons, actuated by philanthropic purposes, have aided and do aid the scheme. It has been the policy of the leaders to invite their aid. They knew well that it ANNUAL REPORT. 155 from the very commencement of it, unprompted, protested against it, are sufficient to convince every candid mind that something else was intended than the voluntary expatriation of free colored people for their own benefit and the benefit of Africa. Hatred to the colored race, a fear that the free people of color would disaffect the slaves and render such " property" more insecure, a desire to get rid of them at all events, have been the real motives that originated and have sustained the Colonization Society on the part of the great majority of its supporters, North and South. "It is a plan of the slaveholders to get rid of the free blacks," said Daniel Webster in 18'2, " and I will have nothing to do with it." This accorded with the remark of John Randolph, in his speech at the organization of the Society: "The measure proposed would prove one of the greatest SECURITIES to enable the master to keep in possession his own property." The Senate of the United States having under consideration, March 3, 1853, the bill making appropriations for the support of the navy, Mr. Miller, of New-Jersey, submitted the following amendment: " For equipment, maintenance, and supply of an expedition for the exploration of the interior of Africa, eastward of Liberia, and the ascertaining of the resources of that region, and for the colonization of the free blacks of the United States, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, $125,000." In his speech, he claimed that the repubiic of Liberiaf originated in a company of eighty-six free persons of color, who voluntarily emigrated from this country to the western coast of Afiica, February, 1820.t But Mr. Charles F. Mercer, one of the originators of the scheme, and now one of the most influential of its advocates, asserts that it originated in a law of Congress to return some recaptured was necessary to do so, in order to gain the contributions and other aid of Christians in various parts of the country. It was the same policy that induced the nomination of Frelinghuysen and Clay. And it is the policy that induces many a mother to put a nauseous pill into some preserved quince before she offers it to her sick child. Add to this, many persons, at the present time, from political considerations, favor the scheme. Others, no doubt, do it from mixed motives. Some, probably, though we think very few, from a simple desire to benefit the colored people of either continent. * It is understood that Commander Lynch, U. S. N., has gone to the African coast in the service of the Government. He will land at Liberia, Cape Palmas, and other points, and will pursue his inquiries as far as the river Gaboon, with a view to the ascertainment of such localities as may present the greatest facilities for penetrating to the interior. He will collect information upon which it may be proper hereafter to prepare and combine the forces essential to the success of a complete and useful exploration of the interior. ~ From Liber, a freed man. This name was given by Mr. Latrobe, the President of the American Colonization Society.: "It commenced a private enterprise, not of gain, but of benevolence. The inducing cause was humanity, the means used, Christian charity."- Miller's Speech. 156 ANNUAL REPORT. Africans to their native country, one hundred thousand dollars having been appropriated for that purpose; and as this was done during the Piesidency of Mr. Monroe, Mr. Mercer insisted that he, in fact, established the first colony on the coast of Africa-Liberia-and in honor and acknowledgment of this, the capital was called Monrovia.* Senator Miller states that the great objects of the republic are "the relief of two continents from the evils of slavery and barbarism; its grand result, civil and religious liberty to a whole race of men."t If these are the objects, we wish great success to the new republic. But the welfare of the republic of Liberia and the prosperity of the Colonization Society are two distinct objects. Let the people of color emigrate to Liberia, California or Australia, or Jamaica or Canada, or wherever they choose; they have the same liberty to do so that their white fellowcitizens have. No one can reasonably object to this, in one case more than in the other. But the COERCIVE AND SLANDEROUS POLICY upon which the Colonization Society was founded and is sustained we do object to, on behalf of the people of color, and in the name of Humanity and of Christianity. Senator Miller, like almost all Colonizationists, vilifies the people of color. In invoking national aid to sustain and protect the free national institutions of Liberia, he says, " we shall accomplish the two grand results contemplated by the friends of African Colonization-the civilization of Africa, and the removal from this country of that anomalous class of men called free people of color." The negro, he says, "feels in his soul that which the white man boldly avows, that he is an inferior being." We shall, in time, cry unto Liberia, he says, "to relieve us from a national curse-a curse from which the dominion of all America, from pole to pole, cannot save us-the national evil of an overgrown and degraded population of emancipated slaves." This valiant advocate of the Colonization Society and traducer of his colored fellow-citizens, in order to gain the votes of senators to his application for pecuniary aid, apologizes for caste and slavery. "That question"-whether this Government will enter into diplomatic relations with Liberia-" I have no desire to obtrude upon the Senate, and which, whenever presented, should be treated with reference to our peculiar institutions, and disposed of in such manner as would be least offensive to the feelings and habits of the people of this country." Again: "I deny that this successful demonstration in favor of the improvement of the African race can in any manner cast odium upon our domestic insti* The Pennsylvanian. j We quote from the printed speech, as it appeared in the papers. It is said, and we believe on good authority, that only "very little of it" was delivered in the Senate. ANNUAL REPORT. 157 tutions, or affect the legal rights of the master over his slave; but, on the contrary, this experiment has given to American institutions of slavery a MOkAL POWER AND SANCTION which neither law nor Constitution could invest them with.... The republic of Liberia is a witness of good and not of evil to the institution of slavery in the United States. She bears living testimony to the fact that the African race has been improved and not debased by servitude in this country." This calumnious attack upon the free people of color, and this craven spirit towards their oppressors, did not have the success contemplated. The slaveholding senators accepted the apology and the calumny, but refused to swallow the bait. Senator Mason, of Va., said: " I know no authority in this Government to recognize any connection with the Colonization Society in any form." Senator Pratt, of Md., was in favor of getting " rid of that description of population," and said, " the very necessity of the thing shows the constitutionality of it." He hoped appropriations would be made "for the purpose of ridding the country of this nuisance to the whole society of the United States." Senator Chase, of Ohio, said: I object with emphasis to that feature of this amendment which contemplates the expatriation or "getting rid" of any portion of our population. Not that I object to colonization. [emigration?] That is quite another thing. Let every one who chooses, whether white or black, leave our shores and seek, under happier auspices, happier homes in other lands. But let no man, native or naturalized, guiltless of offense, be driven forth from his country. Compulsory expatriation of any class is an offense against civilization, and incompatible with justice. Let all classes of our population, of whatever complexion and of whatever origin, be dealt with upon the simple principles of right, justice, and humanity. Give every man a fair and equal chance upon the arena of human effort, and, my word for it, you will do more for civilization, more for the improvement of all classes, more for the prosperity and progress of the whole country, than can be accomplished by any scheme of expatriation. It was moved by Senator Bell, of Tenn., that all that part of the amendment which relates to colonization be stricken out. Senator Miller assented, saying, "All I want is to get the exploration." After being stricken out, the question was taken on the amendment, as amended, when the Senate being equally divided, 21 to 21, the amendment was rejected; in other words, the whole proposition of Senator Miller was rejected, so that all that remains of the matter is-his speech. A correspondent of the National Era, under date of May 28, 1852, says: Have you seen the account of the annual meeting of the COLONIZATION SOCIETY at Boston this week? It " out-Herods Herod." What scornful and hateful allusions to the free colored people of this country! What love for the colored man-at a distance! Love! It is a pretense. THE COLONIZATION SCHEME IS A LIBEL ON CHRISTIANITY. Our countrymen, colored and white, have an undoubted right to go to any part of the globe, and there is no crime in assisting poor and worthy persons in going to other climes; but this is not colonization as understood and practised by very many of the members of Colonization Societies in 158 ANNUAL REPORT. this country. They assert that the colored race is naturally inferior to the white race; that the people of color cannot live here; that they endanger the morals, the tranquillity, and the prosperity of the country. Religious men say this, and therefore unite with politicians in benevolently surrounding the free people of color with such influences that, as a choice of evils, they "consent" to go to Africa. Out upon such philanthropy! Some months since, a fraction of the free colored people of Maryland, under the disguised lead of Colonizationists, made an attempt to commit the free colored population to the scheme of expatriation.* The intelligent people of color took the alarm, held a large meeting in Baltimore, after instituting inquiries, and, with but a single dissenting voice, adopted and published a manly Protest. They declare that while they are not opposed to voluntary emigration, nine tenths of the colored people knew nothing of what was being done in their name at the " Colored Colonization Convention," and they disavow and protest against their proceedings. Hon. Edward Everett, in his address at the Annual Meeting of the Colonization Society, at Washington, Jan. 18, 1853, instead of calumniating the people of color, spoke of them and the African race with respect and commendation. He said several things to which Abolitionists will be far from assenting, but, in other respects, the address was one to which neither they nor the colored people can reasonably object. They do not believe that Liberia was founded " on a political and moral necessity," nor that the Colonization Society has had the agency claimed in abating the slave-trade; but they will heartily concur in the admissions he makes in the following sentences of the disabilities which the people of color suffer: "Now, Sir, I do not intend to discuss the ground of these jealousies, nor to inquire into the policy of the laws of some States, and the condition of public opinion-often more powerful than law-in others, which make the condition of the free colored man, in all parts of the country, one of inferiority and hardship. In order to meet the objections to the Society, that it recognizes and cooperates with these oppressive laws, and a still more oppressive public opinion, I will admit such to be the character of the legislation and the public sentiment of the country, in reference to the free colored population of the country." Mr. Everett also says: " It would, I think, be unjust to urge, as a proof of the intellectual inferiority of the civilized men of color in this country, that they have not made much intellectual progress. It appears to me that they have done quite as much as could be expected under the depressing circumstances in which they have been placed. What branch of the European family, if held in the same condition for three centuries, would not be subject to the same reproach... "Why, Sir, it is but a short time since we Anglo-Americans were habitually spoken of by our brethren in England as a degenerate and inferior race.... "Paul Cuffee, well recollected in New-England, was a person of great energy. His father wt s an African slave, his mother an Indian of the Elizabeth Islands, Mass..... " The learned blacksmith of Alabama, now in Liberia, has attained a celebrity * National Anti-slavery Standard, August 12, 1852, ANNUAL REPORT. 159 scarcely inferior to that of his white brother known by the same designation. I frequently attended the examinations at a school in Cambridge, at which Beverly Williams was a pupil. Two youths from Georgia, and a son of my own, were his fellow-pupils. Beverly was a born slave in Mississippi, and apparently of pure African blood. He was one of the best scholars-perhaps the best Latin scholar-in his class. These are indications of intellectual ability, afforded under discouraging circumstances at home.. "In the face of facts like these, it becomes us to be somewhat cautious in setting down the colored race in America as one of hopeless inferiority." We hope the Colonization Society will be as successful hereafter in the selection of orators as they were in the case of the late Secretary of State. Some persons have been led to imagine that the Colonization Society is, in some sense, a Missionary Society. It is a great mistake. Missionaries of different denominations, especially Methodists, reside there; but the Society itself is not authorized by its constitution to employ missionaries, nor does it enter into its policy to do so. In the many Protean shapes it has assumed, some portions of the public have been misled by its missionary pretensions. As a Society, unless we are greatly mistaken, more trust has been put in the sword than in the Bible. In an able article in the National Era of May 27th, 1852, the editor speaks with deserved condemnation of the "oppressive legislation" of several of the States, and concludes as follows: "We have a word now for the Colonization Societies. They claim to be the true friends of the colored race. They seek the confidence of the people of color, and reproach them with their hostility. What can they expect? When have they ever condemned these cruel projects of coercive colonization? Professing that their object was the'colonization of the free people of color with their own consent,' it was especially incumbent on them to set their faces as flint against all oppressive and coercive measures. They have not done so. Their members and supporters have been prominent in instituting oppressive legislation; their organs have appealed to it as the strongest argument for the removal of the colored people; while not a resolution has been passed by them in condemnation of it; and yet they affect wonder that the colored man should distrust their friendship, and reject their scheme! " Let them abandon this Cain-like policy. Let them erect the standard against injustice. Let them openly condemn and earnestly struggle against all legislation calculated to degrade or coerce colored people into banishment. Let them encourage all judicious efforts for their education and improvement. Let them demand the repeal of all proscriptive legislation against them. Then will they have demonstrated their claim to be true friends of the colored race, and their scheme of colonization could no longer be denounced as part of a system of measures leading to the forcible expulsion of half a million of native-born Americans, whatever else might be said of it.* * There are many men who boast of their patriotism at the expense of their humanity. "Perish the whole African race rather than have this glorious Union dissolved!" said an Irish orator in the late Jane Trainer case. The editor of the Lorain (Ohio) Argus, in a burst of patriotic feeling, exclaims: "The dismemberment of this glorious Union, a failure of the grand movement, a demolition of this last great asylum of the oppressed of all nations-this would be an in-.finitely greater evil, a curse incomprehensibly more woeful than the enslavement of the whole African race." Such is the fustian uttered by pot-house politicians, native and naturalized. Probably not a few who stand higher in intelligence, if 160 ANNUAL REPORT. When it is said that the Colonization Society was established from selfish motives, to make slave property more secure by ridding the country of freed negroes, and people of color generally, it is not meant that every person who took part in the formation of the Society, or who has contributed to its funds since, was actuated by such a motive. Doubtless there were, and have been since, many persons who favored it, who possessed genuine, though it may be mistaken philanthropy. But it is as clear as the sun at noonday, that the originators and chief supporters of the Society, being slaveholders, aimed to protect their own supposed interests, as the primary object. Many of them avowed it. The idea of benefiting the expatriated, benefiting Africa, or building up a free republic there, was not contemplated, except, perhaps, as incidents. John H. B. Latrobe, Esq., who succeeded Hon. Henry Clay as President of the American Colonization Society, and who is not at present, we believe, a slaveholder, stated recently at a Colonization meeting in Boston, that thirty-seven years ago, when "a considerable class of free colored men came to exist," the question arose "as to the future exigences likely to occur." He said, "separation was foreseen to be the necessity demanded for the welfare of the colored men," and he might have added, especially for the security of slave property. "Out of this conviction arose the meeting which was held (in 1816) to consult about the formation of the Colonization Society. The emergency has greatly increased since that time. That which was then anticipated as a moral and social interest to be calmly provided for, has come to be a pressing, political necessity of the country." This supposed necessity occasions the coercive policy in the slave States, and the Black Laws in the free States. It occasions the various hardships and wrongs inflicted upon the people of color, in the hope that, as a choice of evils, they will be willing to leave the land of their birth for Africa. Necessity-the plea of tyrants! ILLEGALITY OF SLAVERY. It is believed that an increasing class of Abolitionists, including some who are members and supporters of this Society, believe in the illegality of slavery. There are also respectable lawyers in the Whig and Democratic parties, in no way identified with any organized anti-slavery action, who express, in social conversation, their belief in the soundness of those views. The question is admitted to be a momentous one, involving the not in morals, have so little correct apprehension of philanthropy and Christianity, that they are ready to utter similar sentiments. "Our country, right or wrong," said a celebrated naval commander, whose love of country and of self sprang from the same code. "Myself, right or wrong," he may have exclaimed before he fell on what, by such men, is called " the field of honor." ANNUAL REPORT. 161 gravest consequences, and the fact of its discussion belongs to the history of the times. It seems proper, therefore, to state briefly some of the positions of those who hold this sentiment, especially as they complain of being extensively misunderstood. Their argument is, in substance, as follows: Numberless decisions establish, incontrovertibly, the proposition that "Slavery cannot exist but by sanction of positive law. It is a fact, (admitted by leading Southern men, as will be shown, but otherwise shown by a reference to the Constitutions and statutes of the slave States,) that slavery has NOT the "sanction of positive law." The " Illegality of Slavery" follows. Slavery has received abundant "recognition" and "regulation" as an existing fact, that is all. The Legislatutres of the slave States have not looked behind thefact. Lord Chief Justice Mansfield, in the Somerset case, in 1772, decided that slaves could not be lawfully holden in the British domin;ons, of which this country was then apart. If the Colonial Legislatures, previous to this decision, had enacted statutes by virfue of which slavery had become legalized, it is evident that this decision virtually abolished it, and annulled those laws. Besides this, if the Colonial Legislatures had enacted slavery, the acts would have been void, because in direct conflict with the colonial charters, which restricted them to the enactment of laws not repugnant to the "common law of England," which admits of no slavery. Another historical fact is adduced here. During the debates on the African slave-trade, in the British Parliament, William Pitt denied that the African slave-trade had ever been legalized. And he quoted from the act of Geo. II., so much relied upon by the slave-dealers, in proof that all compulsory transpoitation of negroes from Africa had been, under pains and penalties, prohibited. This development turned the scale in the debate. So then, it is said, slavery was illegal in this country during its colonial condition, and it is demanded: Has slaveholdilg become a legal business since? Did the Declaration of Independence legalize it? Did the Articles of Confederation legalize it? Did the Constitution of the United States legalize it? It is not claimed by any one that either of those instruments legalized the traffic in human flesh. How, then, has it become a legalized traffic? The proposition that slavery exists in the Southern States without the "sanction of positive law," it is claimed, can be established upon the testimony of Senators Masn and Bayly, of Virginia. Pending the so-called "Compromise Measures," Mr. Mason, answering certain objections against the Fugitive Slave Bill, said, first, (in opposition to Mr. Dayton's amendment, by which it was proposed to grant a trial by jury to the fugitive,) "A trial by jury necessarily carries with it a trial of the whole right, and a trial of the right to service will be gone into, according to all the forms of the court in determining upon any other fact." The sequel will show why Mr. Mason shrank from so just an inquiry. "Then, again," said lie, "it is proposed as a part of the proof to be adduced at the hearing, atter the fugitive has been recaptured, that evidence shall be brought by the claimant to showv that slavery is established in the State from whvch the fugitive has absconded. Now, this very thing, in a recent case ini the city of New-York, was required by one of the judges of that State, which case attracted the attention of the authorities of Maryland, and against, which they protested." In that ca;e the State judge went so far as to say that the only mode of proving it was by reference to the statute book. Stuch proof is reqmlired in the Senator's amendment; and if he means by this that proof shall be brought that 1I 162 ANNUAL REPORT. slavery is established by exi.stlng laws, it is IMPOSSIBLE to comply with the requsition, for no such law can be produced, I apprehend, in ANY (f the slave States I am not aware that there is a single Slate in which the institution is established by positive law!" Again: Mr. Bayly, upon returning home from the Congress rendered immortally infamous by the passage of the Fugitive Slave Bill, in an address to his constituents, holds the following conclusive language to the same point: "We all know that slavery was introduced into the British Colonies of America in absence of a statute, and solely under the protection (?) of the common law!" Judge Matthews, of Louisiana, in an elaborate judicial opinion, made a similar statement. The illegality of slavery is also held and maintained by many, on the still higher ground that slavery is incapable of being legalized-on the principle of the common law, that even acts of Parliament, contrary to natural justice, are not to be recognized by the courts as law. Judge McLean, of the United States Supreme Court, says, "Statutes against fundamental morality are void." Blackstone and other writers on the Common Law are copious and explicit to the same point. Many of those who hold the illegality of slavery, maintain that the Federal Government has full power over slavery in the States. They cite Patrick Henry as having said so-no one controverting his position-in the Virginia Convention for adopting the Federal Constitution. They also advert to the amendment of the Constitution which says, "No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law"-that is, judgment rendered in court. And they remark, that an amendment (like a codicil to a will) overrules, controls, and repeals whatever in the original document was inconsistent with it. They appeal to the objects of the Constitution as set forth in the Preamble, viz. "to establish justice" and "secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity. They also inquire into the object and the efficacy of the following provision: "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Usion a republican form of government." Jefferson (who calls slaves citizens) says, a republican government is one that secures to "every citizen his right in himself, in his property, and in their:management." The Committee do not vouch for the soundness of these views. They simply record the fact, that they are held by a portion of Abolitionists. THE SLAVE-TRADE. Once it was supposed that if the slave-trade could be abolished, slavery'would speedily be extinct. Elizabeth Heyrick, of England, aided by Andrew Thompson, of Scotland, dispelled this delusion in her powerful pamphlet on Immediate Emancipation, which attracted the attention and influenced the efforts of Wilberforce, Clarkson, and their coadjutors. It seemed a simple proposition that while the market existed the supplies,would come of course. And the correlative is obvious enough: destroy the market, and the supplies will cease. Slavery is the market, and the slave-trade furnishes the supply. We have, therefore, expended most of our labor in this Report upon the state of slavery as it exists in this:country, but deemit necessary, as an adjunct of that subject, to present -the existing state of the slave-trade, for the information of all who take an interest in the subject. ANNUAL REPORT. 163 Because the trade is now forbidden by the laws of every Christian and most of the Mohammedan powers of Europe and Asia,* it is quite common to see it stated that the slave-trade is annihilated. It still exists, however, to a frightful extent, and will while slavery exists. A letter-writer in the National Era of June 17, 1852, says: "Speaking of temperance, I am reminded of a sentence in the Annual Report of the American Temperance Union, just published, as follows:'The AFRICAN SLAVE-TRADE, which was destroyed by the efforts of Wilberfor'ce and Clarkson.' Is the respected Secretary ignorant of the fact that, although the slave-trade has been annihilated as it respects England and her dependencies, it prevails extensively under the flag of other nations I would inform him that Mr. Clay, in a speech in the Senate, said that'one hundred and seventy-three thousand slaves had been imported into the single province of Rio de Janeiro iii 1846-'49;' and he'presumed that as large a number had been imported into other provinces of the Brazilian Empire, as well as the island of Cuba.' American vessels and citizens are implicated in the slave-trade, and yet it is customary for our writers to say the trade is abolished. Even Mrs. Stowe, in the preface to her admirable fiction founded upon facts, exclaims:'Thanks be to God, the world has at last outlived the slave-tradel' Would it were so; and would there were no American slave-trade!" The slave-trade has been prosecuted the past year with unwonted vigor. Our own country is far from being free from participating in the horrid traffic. Notwithstanding the foreign slave-trade is deemed piracy on our statute books, and is therefore a fit subject for denunciation by our Fourth of July orators, and declaimers on the floor of Congress, South as well as North, yet so long as an inter-State slave-trade prevails in this country, equally shocking and piratical in a moral point of view, the foreign slave-trade will never be so odious as it is in countries where the practice as well as the theory is wholly on the side of freedom. The New-York Times not long since called the attention of its readers to the slave-trade existing in this port, exhorting the proper authorities to use great vigilance relative to vessels clearing for Cuba, and said: "We learn from a creditable source that three Portuguese capta'ns and one Catalan merchant arrived from Cuba by the'Cherokee' and'Black Warrior' steamers, and are now in this city making arrangements for dispatching vessels to the coast of Africa to engage in the slave-trade between that coast and Cuba. They have already contracted for three clippers to be built at Baltimore, and are making other preparations in this city. "It is known that there are in th's city several mercantile houses extensively engaged in the slave-trade, and that half a dozen vessels have recently left this and other American ports for the African coast. These vessels clear for some Cuban port, where they never arrive; and being provided with false papers, and sailing under the American flag, they succeed in reaching the coast, obtaining cargoes of slaves, and landing them in Cuba, with the connivance and complicity of the Spanish authorities. Our correspondence fi om Havana has contained important statements on this subject from time to time." The attention of the proper officers has been called before to suspicious vessels fitting out in this port, as there was good reason to believe, * E Everett's Address before Amer. Col. Soc., Jan. 18, 1853. 164 ANNUAL REPORT. for the coast of Africa on slave-voyages; but it is very difficult, owing to our laws, or the interpretation of them by the United States Courts, to procure the conviction of any of the parties implicated. Proof is required that a vessel shall not only be fitted out with water-tanks, such as are never used except on board slave-ships, lumber for false decks, handcuffs in great abundance, etc., but that the vessel has, in some way, actually commenced the illegal traffic. One suspicious vessel was informed against through the agency of a member of this Committee, and sufficient proof offered, but the competent authority was so dilatory that the vessel went to sea, and in a few months intelligence was received that it had conveyed a cargo of slaves from Africa to Cuba. Within a few months the schooner Rachel P. Brown entered Port Praya under suspicious circumstances, in view of the officers of the U. S. ship Germantown, then lying in that port. The Portuguese authorities requested Capt. Nicholas to examine into the matter. A commission was sent on board, consisting of officers of the U. S. Navy. They learned from the mate that the supposed slaver sailed from NewYork in December last; that there were five passengers on board, three Spaniards, one Portuguese, and a negro; that the passengers and captain had frequent conversations in the Spanish language, and that the passengers exercised considerable influence over the captain, giving him directions about the working of the vessel, etc.; that one of the passengers was heard to caution the captain about speaking in presence of the crew; and that the mate was never consulted about the working of the vessel. And they found on board a large quantity of rice and other provisions; planks and scantling sufficient to make a slave-deck; bricks and lime sufficient for a furnace, such as are generally used by slavers; two galleys, a large quantity of powder, fire-arms, etc.; rum, empty demijohns, buckets, etc.; a portion of an American naval officer's uniform; bunting sufficient and suitable for a Spanish flag; a large amount of money, and the papers of the vessel. From the register of the vessel it appeared that she had been mortgaged to one Don Jose Pereenas, or Perez, who proved to be one of the passengers, and a consignee of part of the cargo. By consent of the Portuguese authorities, the schooner was bioughlt to Norfolk, Va. A Commissioner of the United States instituted an examination, and the proof of piracy was deemed sufficient to hold the guilty party for trial; but they escaped conviction, as is usually the case in Southern ports, into. which our naval officers generally take vessels under such circumstances. When will it be demonstrated to the world that our Government, our naval officers, and our Federal Courts are sincerely desirous of breaking up the African slave-trade, so far as American citizens or American vessels are concerned in it; and that o(ur laws aoainst the foreign slave-trade mean something more than a deferenee to the opinion ANNUAL REPORT. 165 of the world, and granting a monopoly of the nefarious traffic to those interested in the inter State slave-trade of this country? A correspondent of the New-York Times, in writing from Havana, gives the following particulars: " In November last, Don Jose Perez left for Baltimore to take charge of a ship built in that city for a company of coast-traders recently organized, to proceed directly from thence to the coast-the Lady Suffolk, a full-rigged ship of 520 tons burden, built and launched in Baltimore by Adams, Gray & Co. This vessel left New-York November 3d, arrived at Mariel on the 15th. sailed thence for Bahia Honda on the 16th, where two schooners arrived from Havana, bringing her slavery equipments. Same evening she received from Lavana her crew, consisting of seventy men, with guns, etc. The American crew were shipped at New-Yolk for Havana and to return. The steamer Serena towed the Lady Suffolk thi ty miles to sea. It is believed here that the Queen-Mother is the largest stockholder of the enterprise. Capt. Gray, who navigated the ship fiom the United States, delivered his register to the American Consul. All the circulmstances were communicated to the Captain-General of Cuba by the proper English officers. The Lady Suffolk is to bring a return cargo of 1,200 negroes. The facts, when made known in Havana, are said to have caused a good deal of excitement among the English residents, and Captain Gray and others were arrested on their return from the'Lady Suffolk.' They have since, however, been liberated, and that, proballly, will be the end of the matter, unless the vessel should be captured. It is notorious that the foreign slave-trade is, for the most part, carried on in American bottoms; but there are no laws to meet such cases as this, nor any will in our Government to enact them." In March last, Senator Seward offered a resolution in the Senate, calling for dispatches received fiom our Minister at Brazil, Mr. Schenck, relative to the Afiican slave-trade. Mr. Schenck, like his predecessor, Mr. Tod, has devoted himself to the noble work of suppressing the trade; and we wish it were in our power to say that he had been seconded by the Government of his country. A Washington letter-writer states:* "Mr. Schenck's friends say he has sent nearly thirty dispatches to the State Department, without receiving an answer to one of them. The following is the substance of his story: In the year 1851, the Afiican slave-trade with Brazil became quite extinct, chiefly through the vigilance of the British cruisers and the Brazilan Government. In the spring of 1852, Mr. Schenck addressed an earnest dispatch to the Department, representing the evident indications of the reviv al of the traffic. The difficulties which were placed in the way of the importation of slaves had doubled their value in the market. The panic among the traders had subsided, and they were evidently preparing to resume their slave-hunting voyages. Mr. Schenck added, that under the existing state of things, no flag was so likely to be prostituted to the protection of slavers as our own; because the traffickers in human flesh knew that it gave them immunity from search on the high seas by any except our own naval police; and we have no war-vessels, or preventive service, on the African coast, that are suitable for the purpose. Still less have we an available guard against the approach of slavers to the Brazilian coast, where they find a market. "The American squadron at Brazil consisted of the frigate Congress and the sloop-of-war Jamestown, both too large and of too deep draught to follow the slavers fearlessly (lose in-shore, or to run behind the islands and into the creeks, coves and inlets, where the slavers take in their stores, land cargoes. or avoid pursuits. For a long time, during the disturbances in La Plata, the liver squadron there and the American slavers had a perfectly free run. The British squadron * New-York Times, March, 1853. 166 ANNUAL REPORT. have small and swift steamers for this service, one of which, with a single pivot gun, is worth whole fleets of large ships and batteries of the heaviest metal. Such a vessel has been asked for repeatedly by our Ministers, but in vain. Mr. Schenck repeats the request earnestly. The slave-traders understand the powerlessness of our preventive force, and therefore sail under our flag. "Two fast-sailing American vessels, the Camargo and Mary Adeline, were fitted out some time ago at Brazil, and sailed for Africa. The American Minister and Consul were well satisfied of their object, but could get no proof sufficient to detain them. Had one man-of-war been present, they would have been overhauled and searched; but even then they would probably not have obtained proof sufficient to condemn the vessel under the present laws. The investigations concerning these vessels disclosed circumstances sufficiently suspicious to result in the arrest, under the Brazilian law, of Brazilian citizens, whose names in the charter indicated that they were a party, but our laws were powerless. "Mr. Scheuck recommends the following remedies: " 1st. Prohibition by law of all direct trade in vessels of the United States between Brazil and the African coast. This would be a strong measure, but would not affect honest traders, as there is no direct trade between these points, not directly nor indirectly connected with the slave-trade. Even if there were a little disadvantage to commerce, it would be insignificant, compared with the great good which would be accomplished. Horses and cattle have been imported lately from the Cape of Good Hope to Rio Janeiro, and the slave-traders, under the pretext of intending to take a cargo of brutes, provide large stores of water and other supplies for human freights. They ship a few horses, perhaps, and clear at the Cape for Brazil. After getting safely out, they tumble overboard the less valuable animals, and proceed to convenient points to procure bipeds, and then return direct to the Brazilian market. The prohibition of direct trade would prevent these evasions. "2d. If lltis is objected to, Mr. Schenck suggests that we might then accomplish something by prohibiting the exportation from Brazil, in American bottoms, of articles suited only or principally for the slave-trade, such as scarlet cloths, cannon guns, gunpowder, rude musical instruments and gew-gaws. "3d.''o prohibit the granting of Consular sea-letters to American vessels sold on the coast of Brazil or Africa, for any purpose except making a direct voyage homeward. This would prevent sham transfers of vessels to evade the laws and get them in the slave-trade under the American flag. "4th. If none of these measures should be adopted, Mr. Schenck urges an immediate reorganization of the preventive force, and makes an eloquent al peal for the vindication of the national honor, and the fulfilment of our duty to God and humanity, which should no longer be outraged." We take the following from a Washington paper:* THE SLAVE-TRADE IN BRAZIL.-It appears that the Brazilian slave-trade has become nearly extinct.'his is mainly due to the measures of the Brazilian Government itself, which, of late, has become sincerely and resolutely in earnest to snppress the traffic. The importation of slaves into Brazil, in 1848, amounted to 60,000, and in 1851 to only 3,286, of which 1,096 were captured by Brazilian cruisers, and declared free. During the past year, one vessel, and only onle, it is said, is known to have landed a cargo of slaves on the coast of Brazil; and this occurred last June. The Brazilian Government deals very summarily with the slave-traders. Any person found concerned in the traffic, no matter what his rank or condition may be, is imprisoned or banished without ceremony. A great deal is said about the extinction of the slave-trade on the coast of Africa, but it is notoriously true that it is still prosecuted with great vigor. The following from an English paper will give some evidence of it: * National Era, March 31, 1853. ANNUAL REPORT. 167 "Two steamers with 1,000 slaves lately got away from the Gallinas. A large armed slaver, with ten guns and Spanish colors, is reported to be cruising off the Gallinas. H. M. brig Crane, Lieutenant Bonham, had left Sierra Leone in pursuit, and returned on the 11th July. On the same day, H. M. steamer Pluto left for St. Vincent's, Cape Verde, to convey the English mails of the 15th July to Sierra Leone. When cruising off Sherbro. a boat was seen in the river, painted like and supposed to belong to one of our men-of-war; she however turned out to belong to a slave-vessel which passed the Crane at night, with 400 slaves, and got clear. The Governor of Sierra Leone had received information of i,000 slaves being ready for embarkation within ten miles of Mrs. Lightbourne's factory, in the Rio Pongos, with every preparation made for resistance until the stock' leave the barracoons." Rev. J. Cutler Tefft, of the American Missionary Association, writes from the Mendi Mission House, West Africa, October, 1852,* and gives interesting facts in relation to the suppression of the slave-trade by the late Rev. William Raymond, of the same mission, by the influence of the gospel, in the interior of the country and on that part of the coast connected with the events of which he speaks. The mission was located in the midst of one of the worst slave regions north of the Bight of Benin, in the Sherbro country, but the slave-trade has totally disappeared in that region before the light and power of the gospel, faithfully preached by men of blameless and consistent lives. Rev. G. Thompson, of the same mission, writes, under date of February 15, 1853, and in speaking of other parts of the coast, says: " The slave-trade is not dead, though the English cruisers harass the traders very much, and take many vessels. As to our cruisers fiom the United States, I tLink they are a mere dead expense. They neither try nor care to put down the slave-trade; and it would be far better for the cause, if every one of them was called home, and kept there." "A new plan has been suggested for carrying on the slave-trade or something equivalent to it. Messrs. Hyde, Hodge & Co., of London, it appears, have contracted with H. M. Government to furnish laborers from the African coast for the West Indies. Some of the ships of these contractors have gone to the coast of Liberia, and offered an advance of ten dollars for every native who might be induced to emigrate to the West Indies. "The extinction of the slave-trade had left in the possession of some of the chiefs who have been accustomed to engage in the traffic, large numbers of predial and other laborers; and it is said that certain of the more refractory of these chiefs have been induced, by the offer of this premium of ten dollarswhich, by the way, is just about the amount formerly paid for slaves, during the prevalence of the trade-to supply the British contractors with the desired'emigrants.' It appears, however, that they'emigrate' as much against their own consent as if they were victims of an ostensible slave-trade. "In order to prevent the abuses and evils of this philanthropic enterprise, President Roberts has issued a proclamation which we find in the Liberia Herald, enjoining a strict observance of the law regulating passports, and requiring, under a heavy penalty, that every emigrant vessel, before leaving the coast, shall go to Monrovia and obtain passports for the emigrants, in order that it may be ascertained whether they be free or constrained." We earnestly hope that the system of commercial emigration, whether * National Era, April 19, 1853. 168 ANNUAL REPORT. of Coolies, Tndians* or Africans, to any of the British colonies, will be frowned upon by the British Government. It is a subject fit to engage the watchful attention of philanthropists in every country, being nothing less than forced emigration, or a quasi slave-trade. The attention of the civilized world is now drawn to the increased slave-trade carried on at Cuba. We have room for only one of the cases that are frequently occurring. The correspondent of the New-York Daily Times, writing from Matanzas, April 2, 1853, says: "Don Antonio Capo landed 1200 negroes at Guazima, as I informed you. About 200 were killed in the course of the voyage, in consequence of three several attempts to release themselves. Taking with him.the Belgian and American Consuls, the British Consul demanded an interview with the CaptainGeneral Canedo, who affected surprise, and at length ordered an examination of the case. Several persons were arrested and held to bail, notwithstanding the law prohibits bail in criminal cases. It was ascertained the negroes had been invited on board to a feast, and drugged with rum, when the vessel made all sail, and the unfortunate Africans found themselves in the power of the kidnapping ruffians. The Government inquiry ended in fraud and corruption. The defendants delivered 300 of the negroes to the Government, and the bribe was irresistible. The parties to the infamous transaction walk the streets in evident impunity. The whole force of Spanish craft and ingenuity is engaged in practically annulling the treaties, and violating national faith." The Government of Brazil ordered the suppression of the slave-trade, on the resolute and determined remonstrance of the British Government. The slave-traders in Brazil were alarmed. Instead of desiring, they refused further consignments; instead of slaves, they asked for palm-oil, groundnuts, and other articles of lawful commerce. "If you are my friend," wrote one, "you will not consign any more slaves to me, for I will not have them on any account." This shows the power of a Government to suppress the slave-trade when once resolved to do it. And if this power has proved so efficacious along 4000 miles of Brazilian coast, how much lighter would be the task of the Spanish Government in Cuba! There is ample evidence in Cuba that an upright Captain-General can be equally successful. No one ever accused General Valdez, the friend of Espatero and appointed by him, of having his hands soiled by bribes. And during the government of General Concha, the slave-trade in Cuba was nearly suppressed; but he was recalled, and under his successor the slave-trade revived. * An Havana correspondent of the Newark Daily,Advertiser has the following, under date of the 14th December, 1853: "There is a wicked commerce just beginning with Yucatan. Young boys are imported and hired out as slaves for a term of years, their owners being allowed to whip them in the same manner as negroes. It seems to me that the Consuls of other nations should plrevent this Indian slavery, and our Government ought to insist upon the authorities of Yucatan the discontinuance of such an ar'rangerient as now exists between this island and their country. Indians, no doubt, are troublesome in Yucatan, but selling them into slavery is a very wicked way of getting rid of them." ANNUAL REPORT. 169 The British Government has, through its Minister at Madrid, urgently remonstrated, and referred the Spanish Government to what was effected at Brazil through its agency. The London Morning Chronicle, a few months since, announced, "That, through the exertions of Lord Hfowden, the Spanish Government had agreed to give complete liberty, before the end of the year, to that class of negroes called emancipados,* after the completion of their five ears' consignacion, or apprenticeship. Those Emancipados who, at the end of 1853 shall not have finished the'r term of servitude, shall be manumitted according as their several probationary periods expire. This measure has been occupying the British Legation at Madrid, one way or other, for the past thirty years." The British Government, it has long since been surmised, has been remiss in requiring of the Spanish Government a fulfilment of the treaty of 1817, on account of commercial reasons. Whether this be so or not7 that ancient and powerful Government stands before the world at the present time as a power unwilling or unable to enforce its treaty with Spain. England sends out cruisers, ambassadors, judges of mixed courts, consuls; carries on able diplomatic correspondfence, incurs enormous expenses, professes to be anxious to put an end to the slave-trade; and yet the imbecile Government of Spain-nay, the Captain-General of Cuba-sets that proud and gallant nation at defiance, wheedles and coaxes her agents, and promises to execute the treaty, but meantime openly and shamelessly, with the British lion at her gates, introduces into Cuba thousands of Africans every year, in violation of her plighted faith, and in contempt of the British nation. How long will the people of England permit their Government to be thus supine, and their own honor thus tarnished? * Persons emancipated, or of right free. Different classes (f negroes in Cuba are designated by the terms, Bozals, Ladinos, and Emancilados. The following definitions are furnished us by a learned gentleman, familiar with the Spanish language: " Bozal is not a Spanish word. It is probably an African term, and means an African born. Ladinos is a Spanish word, and means, in its original sense, a person who speaks the Spanish language. By accommodation it means a negro who has been a long time in Cuba. Emancipados means a person emancipated or of rightfree. The distinction between Bozal and Erancipados is this: Bozal means an Afiican, whether bond or free, and Emancipados an African or Cuban negro not in a state of slavery. If a Bozal has proved that he has been introduced into the island, contrary to the treaty-if an African recently imported has been apprenticed for a term of years, he is an Emancipados." The term Emancipados, then, embraces all negroes introduced from Africa since 1820, who are legally free by the treaty of 1817 negotiated by Lord Cowley, as well as all who have been seized in transitu fiom Africa by British and Spanish cruisers, since the anti-slavery treaty of 1817; and of course their natural increase is, upon every principle of civil and international law, entitled to freedom. In June, 1844, the Emancipados were calculated to number from 15,000 to 20,000. It is believed that upwards of Two HUNDRED THOUSAND of the slaves of Cuba are, by treaty, free. 0 ANNUAL REPORT. WORKINGS OF EMANCIPATION. The friends of emancipation in the United States have been disappointed in some respects at the results in the West Indies, because they expected too much. A nation of slaves cannot at once be converted into a nation of intelligent, industrious, and moral freemen. If, when emancipation took place, British philanthropists, with the cooperation of the British Government, had deputed suitable agents to introduce an economical system of agriculture, with the necessary helps; if schools had been every where established; if the newly-created freemen had been aided in their efforts in other respects to sustain themselves; if the white inhabitants had cordially cooperated in advancing the interests of the colored population; if the sugar act had been framed so as to protect the free sugar of the colonies; if the owners of the soil had divided their property into small farms, and let the land on fair terms to the new free laborers; if adequate wages had been secured to laborers; if the governments of the islands had been supported on principles of economy; if the authorities and the ministers of religion, and the influential part of the white population had set an example of simplicity, temperance, and industry, the blessings of emancipation would be more apparent, and the enemies of freedom have had less cause to exult in what they have falsely called the failure of West India emancipation. EMANCIPATION HAS BEEN A BLESSING, nevertheless, not only to the emancipated, but to the proprietors, the inhabitants, and the world. The fact that about three times as much of the exports of this country are consumed in the West Indies now, as were consumed in the days of slavery, is one that speaks loudly and unequivocally in favor of emancipation, especially to commercial men. In the National Era of November 11th, 1852, the testimony of distinguished residents in Jamaica was adduced to account for the distress that has prevailed on that island, and in proof of the blessings of emancipation. It should be borne in mind that previous to emancipation the British Islands were on the brink of ruin. The original disease was slavery, and its virus will be felt for a generation or two. The Emancipation Act saved the islands fiom bankruptcy and ruin; and we doubt not, when the proprietors and emancipated come to a true understanding of their reciprocal relations-especially when an economical government, education, and Christianity are properly introduced, these islands of the sea will blossom as the rose. The Governor of BRITISH GUIANA, in his speech on the opening of the Combined Court, stated that " the progress of the colony in every way has been satisfactory since the last meeting of the Court." The export of sugar during the last year nearly reached 56,000 hogsheads, showing ANN-UAL REPORT. 171 an aggregate increase in the course of the last two years of about fifty per cent. over the crops of 1849 and 1850. Even this fact is a less gratifying sign of improvement than the continued diminution of crime, and the orderly conduct and increased industry of the laboring class generally. JAMAICA. An angry strife has existed some time between the Legislature and the Governor-General of Jamaica, on account of difference in opinion respecting the best policy to be pursued, and' meantime the agricultural and commercial welfare of the island materially suffers. Instead of jointly putting their shoulder to the wheel, and urging on the "car of emancipation," they appear to be paralyzing the resources of that once flourishing island, and still flourishing island in many respects. It has sometimes seemed as if, in the course that has been taken by the Home Government, the Governor-General, who receives his appointment from the crown,* the local Legislature, and the proprietors, there was a conspiracy to render abortive the blessings of emancipation, and the welfare of all concerned in the prosperity of the island. That affairs are so prosperous as they are, in such a state of things, shows the natural resources of the island, and the comparative prosperity of the working part of the inhabitants. The golden days of Jamaica will return, its intelligent people say, when proprietors make the island their home, when they apply themselves to useful industry, when they pay fair wages of labor, when temperance becomes the order of the day, when the Government is administered on economical principles, when the capabilities of the island are developed, when education, morality and Christianity are honored and observed, and when the motto of all in posts of influence and power is, SALUS POPULI EST SUMMA LEX.t A missionaryl at the island writes as follows: "Marriage is much more common than formerly, and the blessings of the family and social relations are much more extensively enjoyed. The Sabbath is also more generally observed. The means of education and religious instruction are better enjoyed, although but little appreciated and improved by the great mass of the people. It is also true, that the moral sense of the people is becomning somewhat enlightened.... But while this is true, yet their moral condition is very far from being what it ought to be..... It is exceeding dark and distressing...... Licentiousness prevails to a most alarming extent among the people...... The almost universal prevalence of intemperance is another prolific source of the moral darkness and degradation of the people. The great mass among all classes of the inhabitants, from the Governor in his palace to the peasant in his hut, from the bishop in his gown to the beggar in his rags, are slaves to their cups."... The writer considers the adult population, so long the victims of long * The Governor-General has a salary of $48,000, paid by the inhabitants. f "To consult the welfare of the people is the chief good." t Rev. Mr. Richardson, of the American Missionary Association. 172 ANNUAL REPORT. years of oppression and degradation, as a less hopeful class for the missionary to exert a good influence upon than the young. He says: "Our brilghtet hopes and fondest anticipations must and will centre around the YOUTH of this island.... I see the hand of Providence steadily urging onward, with resistless might, the car of Progress. Gaunt Prejudice and grim Superstition gradually give way; Darkness and Error recede be ore the sunlight of Truth; and even the demon of Lust and the giant Intemperance (twin-brothers in Satan's family) are bereft of their power, and chained for a season. I see intelligence, purity, and piety supplanting ignorance, licentiousness, and irreligion, and ihis moral waste becoming transformed until it blooms and flourishes as the garden of God." Another missionary, Mr. Wolcott, writes as follows: "It is not too much, even now, to say of the people of Jamaica, in the language of another,'Their condition is exceedingly degraded, their morals woefully corrupt.' "But this must by no means be understood to be of universal application. With respect to those who have been brought under a healthful educational and religious influence, it is not true. But as respects the great mass, whose humanity has been ground out of them by cruel oppression, whom no good Samaritan hand has yet reached, how could it be otherwise? We wish to turn the tables; to supplant oppression by righteousness, insult by compassion and brotherlykindness, hatred and contempt by love and winning meekness, till we allure these wretched ones to the hope and enjoyment of manhood and virtue. For them and for their children we ask for help, for them we pray." NEW-GRENADA. It is said that important improvements have been adopted by the Government within the last two or three years; among them, the following: "The law which declares free all the slaves in the Republic, and indemnifies the master. This law was demanded by a vast majority of the people, and though it did not encounter thle obstacles existing in some other countries, because of the small number of slaves and the low price of labor, the claims of reason and Christianity still had their opponents." DUTCH COLONIES. The British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Reporter states that they have received highly interesting facts relating to slavery in the Dutch colonies, in a letter dated Utrecht, 13th April, 1853; but cheering as is the assurance of a decided change of public opinion there and in Holland, and however encouraging the prospect of approaching abolition, we fear that the actual condition of the slave population is very deplorable. The letter-writer says: "As for the Anti-slavery cause in general, I may inform you with some satisfaction, that since my friends and I began to plead it, about thirteen years ago, we have made great progress. To speak of emancipation was then generally disapproved of. We met commonly with ridicule or reproach. Slavery was considered necessary for our colonies, and it was thought dangerous to represent it as inhuman and unlawful. In the colonies, to speak of emancipation was not allowed. Now, public opinion is thoroughly changed. Anti-slavery men are no longer laughed at, and few persons continue to defend slavery. Even the necessity of emancipation begins to be avowed, and in the colonies the owners and ANNUAL REPORT. 173 planters wish it. The colonial newspapers contain, from time to time, articles to demonst'rate the impossibility of continuing slaveholding. The Ministers and the States-General have already pronounced, more than once, that slavery must be abolished; the only question is, how soon and in what manner. "In our East Indian colonies the number of slaves is very small, and they are all domestic. A rapid diminution by voluntary emancipation has taken place, which is favored by public opinion. Another mode is also frequently elmployed, and seems to grow general, viz.: that the slaves are permitted to buy themselves. Many examples of it are related in the Java papers, and the bargains are made for such trifles that the auct'ons are evidently a mere form. Owing to a sort of tacit convention, no body bids when th- slave offers, perhaps, only a few guilders to buy himself. Sometimes, too, they are bought with the avowed intention of setting them at liberty, and in this case also all other persons abstain from bilding. So we may hope that, even without a law, slavery will disappear very soon in these colonies. "In the West Indian colonies, the last Governor, Baron Van Raders, succeeded at last ia persuading the owners that they ought to prepare their slaves for freedom. lIe told me himself that a great improvement had taken place; that the Spanish lash was no more known amongst the planters, and that the mortality of the slaves has much diminished. The influence of Demerara, and of Guiana, where the English and French negroes are free, grows irresistible for the Dutch. So we may expect that in a short time also in these colonies slavery will cease. We should wish to hasten this great step for the sake of religion, justice, and humanity, and I can assure you that I would not neglect any opportunity to plead that sa(cred cause. "'Uncle Tom's Cabin' is much read, and is translated in this country. It makes great impression, which I hope will have a salutary effect on our legislators, who must soon discuss the bills on the colonies." ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY OF CANADA. We have before us the Second Annual Report of this Society, by which it appears that our neighbors proceed in their philanthropic labors with untiring zeal. They have employed Rev. S. R. Ward* to visit different parts of the country, to remove erroneous impressions in regard to the question of slavery, to excite a deeper interest in behalf of the slave, and to produce still greater and more beneficial results in the future. Mr. Ward appears to have been'very assiduous and successful in his agency. Rev. Dr. Willis, also, the Presid nt of the Society, during a visit to Great Britain and Ireland, vindicated American Christian Abolitionists frolm unjust aspersions, and enlightened the Abolitionists of the mother country as to the true position of the friends of the slave in the United States. The churches in Canada have continued to express their sympathy with the fugitive slave, and to bear testimony against the sin of slavery. THE LADIES' ASSOCIATION for the Relief of Destitute Colored Fugitives have continued, with unabated zeal, in their most praiseworthy efforts The ELGIN ASSOCIATION continues to prosper, and the number of families of colored persons settled on the lands of the Association is * Mr. Ward is now in England, having been deputed by this Soc'ety to represent them there, and to solicit the aid and cooperation of transatlantic friends. 174 ANNUAL REPORT. increased, while progress has been made in education and religion. The BRITISH AMERICAN INSTITUTE, formerly the Dawn Institute, the object of which is " to assist the refugees from American slavery to obtain permanent homes in Canada, and to promote their moral, social, physical, and intellectual elevation," remains statu quo. The REFUGEES' HOME SOCIETY has purchased 1328 acres of land, and of this about 600 acres have been taken up by fugitives from slavery. The Report says: " We consider the aim of the Society a good one, but its success or failure depends almost entirely upon the manner in which its affairs are managed. The eminent success which has attended the Elgin Association proves that success is attainable." Much good has been effected, it is stated, by the labors of missionaries under the American Missionary Association at St. Catherines, Amherstburg, Mount Pleasant, New-Canaan, and Windsor. We are highly gratified with the Report of the Society of Canada, most thankful for the aid afforded the panting fugitive, and cordially respond to all that has been done or promised in aid of efforts to extinguish the foul blot that rests upon this country. FOREIGN SOCIETIES AND FOREIGN EFFORTS. In GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, Anti-slavery Societies still exist, and are conducted with their usual vigor. The BRITISH AND FOREIGN ANTISLAVERY SOCIETY issues a new series of its Anti slavery Reporter, conducted by its new Secretary, Lewis Alexis Chamberouzon, Esq., successor to the late able Secretary, John Scoble, Esq., who has resigned and taken up his abode in Canada. Mr. Scoble served the Society upwards of twenty years, and retires with very flattering expressions with regard to his ability, zeal, fidelity, and success in the office he so long filled. The other Societies in existence are The Glasgow Emancipation Society, The Glasgow Female New Association, The Glasgow Female Anti-slavery Society, The Edinburgh Ladies' Emancipation Society, The Perth Ladies' Anti-slavery Society, The Bristol and Clifton Ladies' Antislavery Society, The Leeds Anti-slavery Association, The Manchester Anti-slavery Society, The Dublin Anti slavery Society, and The Cork Ladies' Anti-slavery Society. They circulate tracts and appeals, disseminate information, contribute to the anti-slavery bazaars in the United States and Canada, keep up a correspondence with Abolitionists in other parts of the world, send friendly remonstrances to the people of the United States, and contribute in various other ways to foster and increase an anti-slavery sentiment at home and in foreign lands. A neat paper has recently been commenced in London, entitled "The Anti-slavery Advocate." ANNUAL REPORT. 175 An Address on Slavery and the Slave-trade from the London Yearly Meeting of Fiiends has been presented by a deputation to several of the sovereigns and others in authority in Europe. It has also been presented to the Emperor of Brazil, and circulated extensively in that empire. Within a short period the London Meeting appointed William Foster, Josiah Foster, William Holmes, and John Candler to present the Address to the President of the United States, the Governors of the several States, and others in high stations in this country.* The Abolitionists of the United States owe a great debt of gratitude to their transatlantic brethren for their active and persevering labors in the cause, for their friendly and faithful expostulations with the people of this country, and especially for the distinguished but well-merited honors they have awarded to our esteemed and talented countrywoman, Mrs. Stowe, during her present visit to England. The " Penny Offerings" so freely bestowed will, in her hands, be made productive of great good to the colored population of this country, and the Anti-slavery cause. SOCIETIES IN AMERICA. In speaking thus of foreign Societies, we would not omit to mention the other Anti-slavery Societies in this country, the AMERICAN ANTISLAVERY SOCIETY, the MASSACHUSETTS ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY, the ROCHESTER (N. Y.) LADIES' ANTI-SLAVERY SEWING SOCIETY, and other Associations for the prosecution of the Anti-slavery cause, which they conduct on such principles as appear to them most desirable for the accomplishment of the great work all Abolitionists profess to have in view, the speedy and total overthrow of American slavery. While we have our own views of duty, we impugn not the views of others while they sedulously adhere to the anti-slavery principles avowed.f Neither are we very careful to defend ourselves against imputations, especially from those in the anti-slavery ranks. If others perform more good service to the cause than ourselves, we would rejoice in it, and heartily wish that, while such a foe is in the field, instead of lavishing encomium or bestowing censure upon one another, the motto of all should be, LET OUR OWN' WORKS PRAISE US. SUCCESS OF ANTI-SLAVERY EFFORTS. In taking a review of the Anti-slavery struggle, we are aware that pro* The deputation are expected to leave England in August this year. t We fully coincide with our esteemed friend, John G. Whittier, in the following: "While our own course should be regulated by our individual convictions of duty and sense of the fitness of things, we should cultivate kind feelings towards these who, sharing our sentiments, manifest them in forms of action different from our own. Let the time past suffice for apologies or disclaimers in. respect to out fellow-laborers. If our neighbor casts out devils after a fashion of his own, let us not stop by the way to criticise his modus operandi." 176 ANNUAL REPORT. slavery men every where affect to decry anti-slavery affort; that they pretend that Abolitionists have retarded, instead of advancing the cause of emancipation; that they have jeoparded the best interests of the country, well-nigh brought about a dissolution of the Union, and are a " pestilent sect." Similar accusations and reproaches have been made in other times. Wilberforce, Clarkson, Sharp, Buxton, and their associates who adopted similar principles and pursued similar measures, were misunderstood and vilified in their day. Like them, we appeal to posterity and to God. Reasonable men in slave States often bear witness to the excellent results of anti-slavery agitation, to the good already effected by antislavery effort, and to the immense good in prospect if Abolitionists persevere in their labors with a true Christian spirit. And tens of thousands in the free States rejoice in having been brought, by the instrumentality of anti-slavery men, to see their own errors, the dangerous position of the Church and nation, and the true remedy for the evils connected with American slavery. Hon. Joshua R. Giddings, in taking a retrospect of his Congressional career,* says: "At that time (1836) few, very few, admitted Congress to possess the constitutional power to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia; now no slaveholder denies it. In 1840, our people generally regarded slaves as property; now no man will insult us by pretending thatsslaveholders and douglifaces convened in Congress, by impotent words, arranged in the form of a Congressional Law, can convert the image of God, containing a living immortal soul, into property, and degrade it to the level of a brute. The popular sentiment among us now denies the power of human legislators to sanctify crimes which God has denounced. I am happy in saying that the popular sentiment on this subject of moral responsibility, connected with p,litical action, has also greal ly imlproved. We no longer hear men denounce others for connecting moral principle with their political action; indeed, the man who now votes without regard to moral duty is cnsidered either an infidel in principle, or wanting a prope, appreciation of his obl!gations to God and man. The tone of ol.r pulpit oratory has greatly ch:anLed. We no longer hear preachers of the gospel exhort us to reverence and obey the infamous Fugitive Law; nor do they now attempt to argue that slavery is a divine institution. No' lower-law' setlons are now printed and sent over the land, to insult a Christian people. I have not time Io speak of the changes in Congi ess; of gag-rules; of trampling u.)on the right of petition; of the insults, threats, and assaults upon members who, in former times, advocated the great truths which lie at the foundation of our government. These things have passed away; they exist now only in history. At no period of the world has tiopular sentiment been undergoing such rapid improvement as at the present day. The literature of our nation, of England, and of Continental Europe, is putting forth a powerful influence in favor of liberty, of trutl, of justice and humanity; teaching men to follow the precepts of that gospel which speaks peace and good-will to all men-which directs us to do unto others as we would have thiem do unto us. "Fellow-citozens, you have not been idle spectators of these changes-of this great refo m which now marks an epoch in the history of t!,e world. You have been active agents in bringing about these encoulraging circumstances. For * Letter to the people of his Congressional District, March 8, 1853. ANNUAL REPORT. 177 myself, I desire no other or greater earthly honor than that of participating, though in an humble degree, in this work of regenerating our Government-of separating it from the support of slavery and the slave-trade-of purifying it from the crimes, the guilt, which now rest upon it, and thus far contributing Lmy humble labors for the elevation of our race. It is the cause of God, of hurianity; it cannot fail. Truth, present and endurin —eternal justice-constitutes the basis on which it rests. The feeble attempts of man to separate Deity from the beings whom lie has created, or to tear from a portion of our race the rights with which he has endowed them, must cease. As surely as God reigns, our cause will triumph. Nor do I think that triumph is far distant." PETITIONS TO CONGRESS. We have been surprised to learn how few petitions were sent to the last Congress on the subject of slavery. Some members, we learn, did not receive a single petition during the whole of the last session. Notwithstanding this, some persons have complained that the Free Democratic members in one or both Houses did not say more on the subject in debate. Scarcely any thing has been more efficacious in advancing the Anti-slavery cause in this country than the agitation of the subject on the floors of Congress. The great agitator, ADAMS, enlightened the minds of his hearers, and of the people, by his array of facts, his arguments, his predictions, his moral heroism. Others have emulated his example. Let it be seen that there is kept up a continual " fire in the rear," to use the language of ex-Senator Hale, and members of Congress will be emboldened to speak and ready to hear on this momentous subject. To this end, petitions should be circulated throughout the country on slavery, 1. Against slavery in the District of Columbia, as unconstitutional;* 2. Against slavery in the District of Columbia, as discreditable to the nation and wrong in itself; 3. Against the coastwise slave-trade; 4. Against the inter-State slave-trade; 5. Against slavery in new Territories; 6. Against slavery wherever, under the Constitution, the free States are responsible for it; 7. For the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Bill. "Up and at'em! " was the cry of Wellington at Waterloo. Let us adopt the emphatic language of the veteran in our anti-slavery call to the Abolition host of the United States: Petition, memorialize, remonstrate! All in respectful but decided terms. AGITATION is the life of the cause, and of every good cause. Let it not cease until the American Bastile falls, and the long-imprisoned inmates walk forth into the pure air of freedom, disenthralled, and in full possession of their inalienable rights, "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." * If any one doubts its being unconstitutional there, let him read the speech of Hon. Charles Sumner in the Senate, August 26, 1852. Washington: Buell & Blanchard; New-York: Lewis J. Bates, 48 Boeckman street. 12 178 ANNUAL REPORT. OUTLINE OF EFFORT. At a recent meeting of the Committee, an OUTLINE OF EFFORT was laid before them, and after the consideration due to the importance of the subject, it was unanimously adopted, and ordered to be circulated, according to the discretion of a sub-committee, who should endeavor to raise the sums named for the use of the Society.* CONCLUSION, The Committee are desirous of prosecuting the work committed to them, if the friends of the cause will supply the necessary means. They deplore the want of united principle and action on the part of the great body of Abolitionists throughout the country, and earnestly desire that speedily the friends of the slave may be united, as they were at the commencement of the enterprise, on the same principles, putting their trust in God and his revealed truth. They cannot conclude this Report in a manner more agreeable to their own feelings, or the exigences of the cause, than in the words of an early, consistent, judicious friend of the slave:t "IN OFFERING THESE BRIEF HINTS WITH REFERENCE TO THE ASSOCIATED ACTION OF THE FRIENDS OF FREEDOM, WE DO NOT FORGET THAT THE MAIN RELIANCE OF THE CAUSE MUST BE UPON INDIVIDUALS, ACTING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIAL MONITIONS OF THEIR CONSCIENCES, AND THEIR OWN DISTINCTIVE IDEAS OF DUTY. ORGANIZATION THE MOST PERFECT WILL PROVE BUT A DEAD MACHINE, UNLESS, AS IN THE VISION OF THE ORIENTAL PROPHET, THERE IS'A SPIRIT WITHIN THE WHEELS —UNLESS THE HEARTS AND CONSCIENCES OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO COMPOSE IT ARE MOVED AND ANIMATED BY THE HIGHEST MOTIVE OF HUMAN ACTION-LOVE TO GOD AND LOVE TO MAN." * This important paper is printed in the APPENDIX, and the attention of the friends of the cause is earnestly requested to it. + Whittier. THE ANNUAL MEETING of the Society was held in the BROADWAY TABERNACLE, on Wednesday evening, May 11th, the large hall being filled to its utmost capacity. ARTHUR TAPPAN, Esq., President, in the Chair. After a voluntary on the organ by Mr. ASAHEL ABBOTT, Rev. A. N. FREEMAN read the following SELECTIONS FROM SCRIPTURE. Lord, how are they increased that trouble me many are they that rise up against me. Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. But thou, 0 Lord, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord sustained me. I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people that have set themselves against me round about. For the needy shall not always be forgotten; the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.... He sitteth in the lurkingplaces of the villages, in the secret places doth he murder the innocent; his eyes are privily set against the poor. He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den; he lieth in wait to catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net. He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones. He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten; he hideth his face; he will never see it. Arise, 0 Lord; 0 God, lift up thine hand; forget not the humble.... Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble; thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear-to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress. For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him. Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings, from the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about... They are enclosed in their own fat; with their mouth they speak proudly. They have now compassed us in our steps; they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth; like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. Arise, 0 Lord, disappoint him, cast him down; deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword. He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment....He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.... For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper. He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy. He shall 180 APPENDIX. redeem their soul from deceit and violence; and precious shall their blood be in his sight. Arise, 0 God, judge the earth.... 0 Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. Mr. FREEMAN then led in prayer to the MOST HIGH. The Corresponding Secretary read an Abstract of the Annual Report, and the following Resolutions: RESOLUTIONS Adopted at the Public Meeting of the American and Foreign Anti-slavery Society. 1. Resolved, That it is a subject of congratulation and thanks to God, that, notwithstanding the lukewarmness or opposition the Anti-slavery cause has received from large portions of our countrymen, it has been widely extended and prospered, until it is now the theme of general inquiry, consideration, and solicitude throughout the country and the world, and, in the opinion not only of its friends, but of many of its enemies, destined to certain and complete triumph. 2. Resolved, That the destruction of American slavery is retarded by political parties, who, in their strife for the spoils of office, repudiate the principles upon which the government was established; by religious parties, who, for the sake of proselytism and the favor of the world, set aside the first lessons of Christianity and the claims of humanity; by commercial men, who, in their eager pursuit of wealth, trample upon both tables of the Law of God; and by slaveholders, who, in their wilful ignorance of political economy, their disregard of the rights of the enslaved, and their audacious attempts to usurp the prerogatives of the Almighty, run "upon the thick bosses of his bucklers;" and that we owe it to these misguided men, as well as to the victims of their injustice, to persevere'in our efforts with unabated zeal and efficiency. 3. Resolved, That while it is perfectly consistent with the diabolical policy of the slave States to attempt the prolongation of slavery by increasing the rigors of the Slave Code, trampling upon the rights of the free people of color, and endeavoring to drive them from their native land, the subserviency of the free States to the slave power, in the enactment of oppressive, unrighteous, and unconstitutional statutes, designed to harass and expel this class of citizens from their limits, merits the contempt and execration of every friend of humanity. 4. Resolved, That the cruelties inflicted upon the people of color, the attempts to disfranchise them, the numerous persecutions they suffer, and the untold prejudices and disabilities which surround them, are chiefly owing to the spirit of Caste, which obstructs their elevation, and controls the policy of the Colonization Society in driving them to a foreign shore, as a choice of evils; and that, while we sympathize with our insulted and deeply-wronged brethren, we would exhort them to remember that an impartial and just God will fulfil his promises by bringing them out of the " furnace of affliction," and getting them " praise and fame in [the] land where they have been put to shame." 5. Resolved, That while it is not a matter of surprise that editors of venal presses pander to the slave power, or that those merchants whose god is Mammon, and whose Bible is their ledger, bow down and lick the feet of Southern customers, or that servile authors, publishers, and booksellers, tremble beneath the frown, of Southern despots, it is a cause of grief and astonishment that the AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY and AMERICAN SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION persist in refusing to publish a sentence on the sinfulness of slavery, while they expurgate foreign publications of sentiments favorable to emancipation before they dare issue them for circulation in the slaveholding States. 6. Resolved, That we deplore the fact that the AMERIcAN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS and the AMERICAN HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY continue to sustain missionaries who gather churches composed in part of slaveholders, who are admitted and treated as Christians in good and regular standing, and that the APPENDIX. 181 GENERAL ASSEMBLIES OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, the BAPTIST CHURCHES, the EPISCOPAL CHURCH, etc., invite slaveholders to their membership, hold them eligible to all offices and appointments in their gift-believing, as we do, that this fraternization of men denounced in Scripture as "men-stealers," and deemed by a large portion of the true Church of Christ to be unworthy of Christian fellowship, is an obstacle to the prevalence of sound piety and the conversion of the world. 7. Resolved, That, in the opinion of intelligent patriots and Christians, the advance' of freedom, the spread of republican sentiments, and the diffusion of Christian principles, are greatly retarded by the fact that in this "model republic" upwards of three millions of the people are held in ignominious bondage, in defiance of the glorious truths taken from the Bible and put forth in the Declaration of Independence, that all men are made of one blood and are created equal, being endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights-among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. 8. Resolved, That notwithstanding the discouragements and obstacles that lie in our path, we have unabated confidence in the promises of God, in the efficacy of prayer, in the ultimate cooperation of the wise and good, in the honesty and intelligence of the masses in Church and State, and believe that when once undeceived as to the character and designs of those who have misled them, they will be true to the instincts of humanity, the principles of republicanism, and the precepts of Christianity, and evince their change of feeling and sentiment by discarding the leaders and teachers who will have proved themselves to be unprincipled demagogues and false prophets. 9. Resolved, That we have evidence of an approaching change in the masses of religious and political men, in the formation and prosperity of anti-slavery Missionary, Book and Tract Societies; in the more frequent and outspoken sentiments of the religious and secular press; in the multiplication of newspapers devoted to Free Democracy; in the discussion of anti-slavery topics in numerous independent papers; in the rapidly increasing demand for anti-slavery publications, greatly stimulated by the perusal, by so many millions, of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and their inspection of the "Key" to the American Bastile; in the labors, prayers, and remonstrances of our Canadian and British brethren; in the attention paid to free-labor sugar and cotton; in the beneficial results of emancipation wherever it has been accompanied with appropriate aids; in the increased number of educated and talented persons of color; and especially in the power of truth, which is mighty, and, with God's blessing, will prevail. 10. Resolved, That our strongholds, under God, are the Bible, the divine charter of civil and religious freedom, and the Constitution of the United States, which contains a recognition by our fathers of the same principles; the first teaching that the Creator "hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth," that He is no respecter of persons, and that He will break the rod of the oppressor; and the second enunciating the glorious fact that it was formed to "establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity." 11. Resolved, That the thanks of American patriots are due to the champions of freedom in both Houses of Congress for all they have so nobly done in defense of the rights of man and the principles of true democracy; and that their intrepidity and patriotism will live in history in striking contrast with the abject and reprehensible conduct of those who have gained political elevation, and maintained it, by sacrifices of self-respect, the true interests of the people, and the just renown of their country. 12. Resolved, That we trample, as we have heretofore done, upon the execrable Fugitive Slave Bill, which is alike wicked and unconstitutional; that we refuse all obedience to its requirements, and will do all we consistently can to protect and defend our fellow-men when arrested on the charge of stealing themselves, and leave to public scorn and contempt Northern minions'who, for the sake of 182 APPENDIX. political advancement or a paltry bribe, seek to deprive men of their inalienable rights. 13. Resolved, That slavery and the slave-trade, (both foreign and domestic,) having no foundation in Scripture or law, and being unchristian, inhuman, and piratical, it is manifestly absurd and preposterous for the friends of Christianity to hold religious fellowship with those who are guilty of such enormities, or for the friends of their country to recognize the validity of their acts or practices. 14. Resolved, That the desperate efforts of European despots to smother the rising spirit of liberty in the Old World have their counterpart in those of American despots to quench the flame of freedom in the New; that the struggle is the same in both hemispheres-revealing the course of an under-current already felt, and destined ere long to defy control. 15. Resolved, That we invite the active cooperation of the friends of liberty in the great work of redeeming the country from the crime and infamy of slavery; especially do we entreat ministers of the gospel, ecclesiastical bodies, members of colleges and theological seminaries, home and foreign missionaries, teachers of youth, women in every condition of life, and all who earn their bread by the sweat of their brows, beseeching them to remember that slavery degrades honest labor, and ever has been and must be the enemy of thrift, purity, education, republicanism, and religion. 16. Resolved, That it be recommended to Abolitionists throughout the country to revive anti-slavery effort, form Anti-slavery Societies and Associations, circulate, far and wide, anti-slavery publications, meet in anti-slavery concerts of prayer, petition State Legislatures and the Congress of the United States for a redress of grievances, vote only for true-hearted friends of liberty, and, in all legitimate ways, agitate the country, East and West, North and South, until the principles of the Declaration of Independence and the precepts of Christ shall be recognized and obeyed, and this nation be, what our forefathers designed it to be, an asylum for the oppressed and a beacon-light for people of all lands who are suffering under tyranny, and panting for personal, civil, and religious liberty. [Address by Rev. CHARLES B. BOYNTON, of Cincinnati, Ohio, was omitted on account of his absence from unavoidable causes.] The following Song, entitled "Prayer for the Slave," was then sung by the Assembly, rising. TUNE-Hamburg. OH let the prisoner's mournful sighs As incense in thy sight appear! Their humble wailings pierce the skies, If haply they may feel thee near. The captive exiles make their moans, From sin impatient to be free; Call home, call home thy banished ones! Lead captive their captivity! Out of the deep regard their cries; The fallen raise, the mourners cheer: O Sun of Righteousness, arise, And scatter all their doubts and fear. Stand by them in the fiery hour; Their feebleness of mind defend; And in their weakness show thy power, And make them patient to the end. Relieve the souls whose cross we bear, For whom thy suffering members mourn: Answer our faith's effectual prayer, And break the yoke so meekly borne! APPENDIX. 183 Mr. Frederick Douglass then addressed the audience as follows: MR. PRESIDENT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: The resolution upon which I propose to make a few remarks, respects the present condition and the future prospects of the whole colored people of the United States. The subject is a great one, and opens ample scope for thought and feeling. I feel a diffidence in undertaking its consideration for two causes: first, my own incompetence to do it justice; and the second is, the peculiar relation subsisting between me and the audience I am to address. Sir, I am a colored man, and this is a white audience. No colored man, with any nervous sensibility, can stand before an American audience without an intense and painful sense of the immense disadvantage under which he labors. He feels little borne up by that brotherly sympathy and generous enthusiasm which give wings to the eloquence and strength to the hearts of abler men engaged in abler and more popular causes. The ground which a colored man occupies in this country is every inch of it sternly disputed. Sir, were I a white man, speaking before and for white men, I should in this country have smooth sea and a fair wind. It is, perhaps, creditable to the American people (and, Sir, I am not the man to detract from their credit) that they listen eagerly to the report of wrongs endured by distant nations. The Hungarian, the Italian, the Irishman, the Jew and the Gentile, all find in this land a home, and when any of them or all of them desire to speak, they find willing ears, warm hearts, and open hands. For these people the Americans have principles of justice, maxims of mercy, sentiments of religion, and feelings of brotherhood in abundance. But for my poor people-enslaved, blasted and ruined-it would appear that America had neither justice, mercy, nor religion. She has no scales in which to weigh our wrongs-she has no standard by which to measure our rights. Just here lies the difficulty of my cause. It is found in the fact that we may not avail ourselves of admitted American principles. If I do not misinterpret the feelings of my white fellow-countrymen generally, they wish us to understand distinctly and fully that they wish most of all to have nothing whatever to do with us, unless it may be to coin dollars out of our blood. Our position here is anomalous, unequal, and extraordinary. It is a position to which the most courageous of us cannot look without deep concern. We are, Sir, a hopeful people, and in this we are fortunate; but for this we should have long before the present seemingly unpropitious hour sunk down under a sense of despair. Look at it, Sir. Here, upon the soil of our birth, in a country which has known us for centuries, among a people who did not wait for us to seek them, but a people who sought us, and who brought us to their own chosen land-a people for whom we have performed the humblest services, and whose greatest comforts and luxuries have been won from the earth by the strength of our sable and sinewy arms-I say, Sir, among such a people, and with such recommendations to favor, we are esteemed less than strangers and sojourners. Aliens are we in our native land. The fundamental principles of the republic, to which the humblest white man, whether born here or elsewhere, may appeal, with confidence in the hope of awakening a favorable response, are held to be inapplicable to us. The glorious doctrines of your revolutionary fathers, and the still more glorious teachings of the Son of God, are construed and applied against us. We are literally scourged beyond the beneficent range of both authorities human and divine. We plead for our rights in the name of the immortal Declaration of Independence, and of the Constitution, and we are answered by our countrymen with imprecations and curses. In the sacred name of Jesus we beg for mercy, and the slave-whip, red with blood, cracks over us in mockery. We invoke the aid of the ministers of Him who came to preach deliverance to the captives, and to set at liberty them that are bound; and from the loftiest summits of this ministry comes the inhuman and blasphemous response, that if one prayer would move the Almighty arm in mercy to break our galling chains, that prayer would be withheld. We cry for help to humanity, a common humanity, and here too we are repulsed. American humanity hates us, scorns us, disowns and denies our personality. The outspread wing of American Christianity-apparently broad enough to give shelter to a perishing worldrefuses to cover us. To us its bones are brass and its feathers iron. In running thither for shelter and succor, we have only fled from the hungry bloodhound to the devouring wolf-from a corrupt and selfish world to a hollow and hypocritical 184 APPENDIX. Church; and may I not add, from the agonies of earth to the flames of hell! Sir, this is strong language. For the sake of my people, I would to God it were extravagantly strong. But, Sir, I fear our fault here to-day will not be that we have pleaded the cause of the slave too vehemently, but too tamely; that we have not contemplated his wrongs with too much excitement, but with unnatural calmness and composure. For my part, I cannot speak as I feel on this subject. My language, though never so bitter, is less bitter than my experience. At best, my poor speech is, to the facts in the case, but as the shadow to the substance. Sir, it is known to you, and to many who hear me, that I am alike familiar with the whip and chain of slavery, and the lash and sting of public neglect and scorn; that my back is marked with the one, and my soul is fretted with the other. My neck is galled by both yokes-that imposed by one master, and that imposed by many masters. More than twenty years of my life were passed in slavery, and nearly fifteen years have been passed in nominal freedom. Mine has been the experience of the colored people of America, both slave and free. I was born a slave. Even before I made part of this breathing world, the scourge was plaited for my back, and the fetters were forged for my limbs. My earliest recollections are associated with the appalling thought that I was a slave-a slave for life. How that crushing thought wrung my young heart I shall never be able fully to tell. But of some things I can tell-some things which are incident to the free and to the slave people of this country. Give me leave, then, in my own language -'o speak freely all that can be uttered of the thoughts of my heart in regard to the wrongs of the people with whom I thus stand associated in the two conditions to which I have thus alluded; for when I have said all, "the half will not then have been told." Sir, it was once said by that greatest of modern Irish orators, Daniel O'Connell, (a man whose patriotism was equalled only by his love of universal freedom,) that the history of the Irish people might be traced like a wounded man through a crowd, by the blood. That is a most startling saying. I read it with a shudder soon after it was said, and felt, if this were true in relation to the Irish people, it was still more true in relation to the colored people of the United States. Our wrongs and outrages are as old as our country. They date back to its earliest settlement, and extend through two hundred and thirty years, and they are as numerous and as oft-repeated as the days of all those years. Even now, while I speak and you listen, the work of blood and sorrow goes on. Methinks I hear the noise of chains and the clang of the whip. There is not a day, not an hour in any day, not a minute in any hour of the day, that the blood of my people does not gush forth at the call of the scourge; that the tenderest ties of humanity are not sundered; that parents are not torn from children, and husbands from their wives, for the convenience of those who gain fortunes by the blood of their souls. But I do not propose to confine your attention to the details of slavery. They are harrowing to think of, and too shocking to fix the mind upon for any length of time. I rather wish to speak of the condition of the colored people of the United States generally. This people, free and slave, are rapidly filling up the number of four millions. They are becoming a nation, in the midst of a nation which disowns them, and for weal or for woe this nation is united. The distinction between the slave and the free is not great, and their destiny seems one and the same. The black man is linked to his brother by indissoluble ties. The one cannot be truly free while the other is a slave. The free colored man is reminded by the ten thousand petty annoyances with which he meets of his identity with an enslaved people, and that with them he is destined to fall or flourish. We are one nation, then. If not one in immediate condition, at least one in prospects. I will not argue that we are men of like passions with the rest of mankind: that is unnecessary. All know at any rate that we are capable at least of love and hate, friendship and enmity. But whatever character or capacity you ascribe to us, I am not ashamed to be numbered with this race. I am not ashamed to speak here as a negro. Sir, I utterly abhor and spurn with all the contempt possible that cowardly meanness (I will not call it pride) which leads any colored man to repudiate his connection with his race. I cannot say, therefore, as was said recently by a distinguished colored man at a Convention in Cincinnati, that " he did not speak as a colored man," for, Sir, as a colored man I do speak; as a colored man I was invited here to speak; and as a colored man there are peculiar reasons for my APPENDIX. 185 speaking. The man struck is the man to cry out. I would place myself-nay, I am placed among the victims of American oppression. I view this subject from their stand-point, and scan the moral and political horizon of the country with their hopes, their fears, and their intense solicitude. Standing here, then, and judging from the events and indications of the past few years, the black man must see that a crisis has arrived in his relations with the American people. He is reminded that trials and hardships await him; that the times are portentous of storms which will try the strength of his bark. Sir, it is evident that there is in this country a purely slavery party; a party which exists for no other earthly purpose but to promote the interests of slavery. The presence of this party is felt every where in the republic. It is known by no particular name, and has assumed no definite shape, but its branches reach far and wide in the Church and in the State. This shapeless and nameless party is not intangible in other and more important respects. That party, Sir, has determined upon a fixed, definite, and comprehensive policy towards the whole colored population of the United States. What that policy is, it becomes us as Abolitionists, and especially does it become the colored people themselves to consider and understand fully. We ought to know who our enemies are, where they are, and what are their objects and measures. Well, Sir, here is my version of it; not original with me, but mine because I hold it to be true. I understand this policy to comprehend five cardinal objects. They are these: 1st. The complete suppression of all anti-slavery discussion; 2d. The expatriation of the entire free people of color from the United States; 3d. The unending perpetuation of slavery in this republic; 4th. The nationalization of slavery to the extent of making slavery respected in every State of the Union; 5th. The extension of slavery over Mexico and the entire South American States. Sir, these objects are forcibly presented to us in the stern logic of passing events-in the facts which are and have been passing around us during the last three years. The country has been and is now dividing on these grand issues. In their magnitude these issues cast all others into the shade, depriving them of all life and vitality. Old party lines are broken. Like is finding its like on either side of these great issues, and the great battle is at hand. For the present, the best representative of the slavery party in politics is the Democratic party. Its great head for the present is President Pierce, whose boast it is that his whole life has been consistent with the interests of slavery; that he is above reproach on that score. In his inaugural address he reassures the South on this point. The head of the slave power being in power, it is natural that the pro-slavery elements should cluster around the Administration, and this is rapidly being done. A fraternization is going on. The stringent Protectionists and the Free Traders strike hands. The supporters of Fillmore are becoming the supporters of Pierce. The Silver Gray Whig shakes hands with the Hunker Democrat, the former only differing from the latter in name. They are of one heart, one mind, and the union is natural, and perhaps inevitable. Both hate negroes, both hate progress, both hate the "Higher Law," both hate Wm. H. Seward, both hate the Free Democratic party, and upon these hateful bases they are forming a union of hatred. "Pilate and Herod are thus made friends." Even the central organ of the Whig party is extending its beggar-hand for a morsel from the table of Slavery Democracy; and when spurned from the feast by the more deserving, it pockets the insult; when kicked on one side, it turns the other, and perseveres in its importunities. The fact is, that paper comprehends the demands of the times. It understands the age and its issues. It wisely sees that slavery and freedom are the great antagonistic forces in the country, and it goes to its own side. Silver Grays and Hunkers all understand this. They are, therefore, rapidly sinking all other questions to nothing, compared with the increasing demands of slavery. They are collecting, arranging, and consolidating their forces for the accomplishment of their appointed work. The keystone to the arch of this grand union of the slavery party of the United States is the Compromise of 1850. In that Compromise we have all the objects of our slaveholding policy specified. It is, Sir, favorable to this view of the designs of the slave power that both the Whig and the Democratic party bent lower, sunk deeper, and strained harder in their conventions, preparatory to the late presidential election, to meet the demands of the slavery party than at any previous time in their history. Never did parties 186 APPENDIX. come before the Northern peoplewith propositions of such undisguised contempt for the moral sentiment and the religious ideas of that people. They virtually asked them to unite in a war upon free speech, upon conscience, and to drive the Almighty Presence from the councils of the nation. Resting their platforms upon the Fugitive Slave Bill, they boldly asked the people for political power to execute the horrible and hell-black provisions of that bill. The history of that election reveals with great clearness the extent to which slavery has shot its leprous distilment through the life-blood of the nation. The party most thoroughly opposed to the cause of justice and humanity triumphed, while the party suspected of a leaning towards liberty was overwhelmingly defeated-some say, annihilated. But here is a still more important fact, illustrating the designs of the slave power. It is a fact full of meaning, that no sooner did this Democratic leading party come into power than a system of legislation was presented to the Legislatures of the Northern States designed to put the States in harmony with the Fugitive Slave Law, and the malignant bearing of the National Government towards the colored inhabitants of the country. This whole movement on the part of the States bears the evidence of having one origin, emanating from one head, and urged forward by one power. It was simultaneous, uniform, and general, and looked to one end. It was intended to put thorns under feet already bleeding, to crush a people already bowed down, to enslave a people already but half free. In a word, it was intended to discourage, dishearten, and drive the free colored people out of the country. In looking at the recent Black Law of Illinois, one is struck with its enormity. It would seem that the men who enacted that law had not only banished from their minds all sense of justice, but all sense of shame. It coolly proposes to sell the bodies and souls of the blacks to increase the intelligence and refinement of the whites; to rob every black stranger who ventures among them to increase their literary fund. While this is going on in the States, a pro-slavery Political Board of Health is established at Washington. Senators Hale, Chase and Sumner are robbed of a part of their senatorial dignity and consequence, as representing sovereign States, because they have refused to be inoculated with the slavery virus. Among the services which a Senator is expected by his State to perform are many that can only be done efficiently by Committees; and in saying to these honorable Senators,You shall not serve on the Committees of this body, the slavery party took the responsibility of robbing and insulting the States that sent them. It is an attempt at Washington to decide for the States who shall be sent to the Senate. Sir, it strikes me that this aggression on the part of the slave power did not meet at the hands of the proscribed Senators the rebuke which we had a right to expect would be administered. It seems to me that an opportunity was lost; that the great principles of senatorial equality were left undefended at a time when its vindication was sternly demanded. But it is not to the purpose of my present statement to criticise the conduct of our friends. I am persuaded that much ought to be left to the discretion of anti-slavery men in Congress, and charges of recreancy should never be made but on the most sufficient grounds. For, of all the places in the world where an anti-slavery man needs the confidence and encouragement of friends, I take Washington to be that place. Let me now call attention to the social influences which are operating aud cooperating with the slavery party of the country, designed to contribute to one or all of the grand objects aimed at by that party. We see here the black man attacked in his vital interests. Prejudice and hate are excited against him. Enmity is stirred up between him and other laborers. The Irish people, warm-hearted, generous, and sympathizing with the oppressed every where when they stand on their own green island, are instantly taught on arriving in this Christian country to hate and despise the colored people. They are taught to believe that we eat the bread which of right belongs to them. The cruel lie is told the Irish that our adversity is essential to their prosperity. Sir, the Irish American will find out his mistake one day. He will find that in assuming our avocation he also has assumed our degradation. But for the present we are the sufferers. The old employments by which we have heretofore gained our livelihood are gradually, and it may be inevitably, passing into other hands. Every hour sees us elbowed out of some employment, to make room perhaps for some newly-arrived immigrants,whose hunger and colorare thought to give them a title to especial favor. White men are becoming house-servants, cooks and APPENDIX. 187 stewards, common laborers and flunkeys to our gentry, and for aught that I see, they adjust themselves to their stations with a becoming obsequiousness. This fact proves that if we cannot rise to the whites, the whites can fall to us. Now, Sir, look once more. While the colored people are thus elbowed out of employment; while the enmity of immigrants is being excited against us; while State after State enacts laws against us; while we are hunted down like wild game, and oppressed with a general feeling of insecurity, the American Colonization Society-that old offender against the best interests, and slanderer of the colored people-awakens to new life, and vigorously presses its scheme upon the consideration of the people and the Government. New papers are started; some for the North and some for the South, and each in its tone adapting itself to its latitude. Government, State and National, is called upon for appropriations to enable the Society to send us out of the country by steam. They want steamers to carry letters and negroes to Africa. Evidently this Society looks upon our "extremity as its opportunity," and we may expect that it will use the occasion well. It does not deplore, but glories in our misfortunes. But, Sir, I must hasten. I have thus briefly given my view of one aspect of the present condition and future prospects of the colored people of the United States. And what I have said is far from encouraging to my afflicted people. I have seen the cloud gather upon the sable brows of some who hear me. I confess the case looks black enough. Sir, I am not a hopeful man. I think I am apt even to under-calculate the benefits of the future. Yet, Sir, in this seemingly desperate case, I do not despair for my people. There is a bright side to almost every picture of this kind, and ours is no exception to the general rule. If the influences against us are strong, those for us are also strong. To the inquiry, Will our enemies prevail in the execution of their designs? in my God and in my soul I believe they will not. Let us look at the first object sought for by the slavery party of the country, viz., the suppression of anti-slavery discussion. They desire to suppress discussion on this subject, with a view to the peace of the slaveholder and the security of slavery. Now, Sir, neither the principal nor the subordinate objects here declared can be all gained by the slave power, and for this reason: It involves the proposition to padlock the lips of the whites, in order to secure the fetters on the limbs of the blacks. The right of speech, precious and priceless, cannot, will not be surrendered to slavery. Its suppression is asked for, as I have said, to give peace and security to slaveholders. Sir, that thing cannot be done. God has interposed an insuperable obstacle to any such result. "There can be no peace, saith my God, to the wicked." Suppose it were possible to put down this discussion, what would it avail the guilty slaveholder, pillowed as he is upon the heaving bosoms of ruined souls? He could not have a peaceful spirit. If every anti-slavery tongue in the nation were silent; every anti-slavery organization dissolved; every anti-slavery press demolished; every antislavery periodical, paper, book, tract, pamphlet or what not were searched out, gathered together, deliberately burnt to ashes, and their ashes given to the four winds of heaven, still, still the slaveholder could have "no peace." In every pulsation of his heart, in every throb of his life, in every glance of his eye, in the breeze that soothes and in the thunder that startles, would be waked up an accuser whose language is, "Thou art verily guilty concerning thy brother." Oh! Sir, I can say with the poet Cowper-and I speak from observation"I would not have a slave to till my ground." Again: The prospect, Sir, of putting down this discussion is any thing but flattering at the present moment. I am unable to detect any signs of the suppression of this discussion. I certainly do not see it in this crowded assembly, nor upon this platform, nor do I see it in any direction. Why, Sir, look all over the North; look South, look at home, look abroad! Look at the whole civilized world! And what are all this vast multitude doing at this moment? Why, Sir, they are reading " UNCLE TOM'S CABIN;" and when they have read that, they will probably read "THE KEY TO UNCLE TOM's CABIN"-a key not only to the cabin, but I believe to the slave's darkest dungeon. A nation's hand, with that "Key," will unlock the slave-prison to millions. Then look at the authoress of "'Uncle Tom's Cabin." There is nothing in her reception abroad which indicates a declension of interest in the great subject which she has done so much to unfold and illustrate. The sending of a princess on the shores of England would not have produced the 188 AFPENDIX. same sensation. I take it, then, that the slavery party will find this item of their programme the most difficult of execution, since it is the voice of all experience that opposition to agitation is the most successful method of promoting it. Men will write. Men will read. Men will think. Men will feel. And the result of all this is, menl will speak. And it were as well to chain the lightning as to repress the moral convictions and humane promptings of enlightened human nature. Herein, Sir, is our hope. Slavery cannot bear discussion. It is a matter of darkness; and as Junius said of the character of Lord Granby, "it can only pass without censure, as it passes without observation." The second cardinal object of this party, viz.: The expatriation of the free colored people of the United States, is a very desirable one to our enemies; and we read, in the vigorous efforts making to accomplish it, an acknowledgment of our manhood, and the danger to slavery arising out of our presence. Despite the tremendous pressure brought to bear against us, the colored people are gradually increasing in wealth, in intelligence, and in respectability. Here is the secret of the Colonization scheme. It is easily seen that just in proportion to the intelligence and respectability of the free colored race at the North is their power to endanger the stability of slavery. Hence the desire to get rid of us. But, Sir, the desire is not merely to get us out of this country, but to get us at a convenient and harmless distance from slavery. And here, Sir, I think I can speak as if by authority for the free colored people of the United States. The people of this republic may commit the audacious and high-handed atrocity of driving us out of the limits of their borders. They may virtually confiscate our property; they may invade our civil and personal liberty, and render our lives intolerable burdens, so that we may be induced to leave the United States; but to compel us to go to Africa is quite another thing. Thank God, the alternative is not quite so desperate as that we must be slaves here, or go to the pestilential shores of Africa. Other and more desirable lands are open to us. We can plant ourselves at the very portals of slavery. We can hover about the Gulf of Mexico. Nearly all the isles of the Caribbean Seas bid us welcome; while the broad and fertile valleys of British Guiana, under the sway of the emancipating Queen, invite us to their treasures, and to nationality. With the Gulf of Mexico on the South, and Canada on the North, we may still keep within hearing of the wails of our enslaved people in the United States. From the isles of the sea and from the mountain-tops of South America we can watch the meandering destiny of those we have left behind. Americans should remember that there are already on this continent, and in the adjacent islands, all of 12,370,000 negroes, who only wait for the lifegiving and organizing power of intelligence to mould them into one body, and into a powerful nation. The following estimate of our numbers and localities is taken from one of the able reports of the British and Foreign Anti-slavery Society, carefully drawn up by its former Secretary, John Scoble, Esq.: United States, - 3,650,000 Dutch Colonies, - 50,000 Brazil, - - - 4,050,000 Danish Colonies, - 45,000 Spanish Colonies, - 1,470,000 Mexico, - - - 70,000 S. American Republics, 1,130,000 Canada, - - - 35,000 British Colonies, - 750,000 Hayti, - - - 850,000 Total, 12,370,000 French Colonies, - 270,000 Now, Sir, it seems to me that the slavery party will gain little by driving us out of this country, unless it drives us off this continent and the adjacent islands. It seems to me that it would be after all of little advantage to slavery to have the intelligence and energy of the free colored people all concentrated in the Gulf of Mexico. Sir, I am not for going any where. I am for staying precisely where I am, in the land of my birth. But, Sir, if I must go from this country; if it is impossible to stay here, I am then for doing the next best, and that will be to go wherever I can hope to be of most service to the colored people of the United States. Americans, there is a meaning in those figures I have read. God does not permit twelve millions of his creatures to live without the notice of his eye. That this vast people are tending to one point on this continent is not without significance. All things are possible with God. Let not the colored man despair, then. Let him remember that a home, a country, a nationality, are APPENDIX. 189 all attainable this side of Liberia. But for the present the colored people should stay just where they are, unless where they are compelled to leave. I have faith left yet in the wisdom and justice of the country, and it may be that there are enough left of these to save the nation. But there is a third object sought by the slavery party, namely, to render slavery a permanent system in this republic, and to make the relation of master and slave respected in every State in the Union. Neither part of this object can be accomplished. Slavery has no means within itself of perpetuation or permanence. It is a huge lie. It is of the Devil, and will go to its place. It is against nature, against progress, against improvement, and against the government of God. It cannot stand. It has an enemy in every bar of railroad iron, in every electric wire, in every improvement in navigation, in the growing intercourse of nations, in cheap postage, in the relaxation of tariffs, in common schools, in the progress of education, the spread of knowledge, in the steam engine, and in the World's Fair, now about to assemble in New-York, and in every thing that will be exhibited there. About making slavery respectable in the North, laws have been made to accomplish just that thing; the law of'50, and the law of'93. And those laws, instead of getting respect for slavery, have begot distrust and abhorrence. Congress might pass slave-laws every day in the year for all time, if each one should be followed by such publications as "Uncle Tom" and the "Key." It is not in the power of human law to make men entirely forget that the slave is a man. The freemen of the North can never be brought to look with the same feelings upon a man escaping from his claimants as upon a horse running from his owner. The slave is a man, and no slave. Now, Sil I had more to say on the encouraging aspects of the times, but the time fails me. I will only say, in conclusion, greater is He that is for us than they that are against us; and though labor and peril beset the Anti-slavery movements, so sure as that a God of mercy and justice is enthroned above all created things, so sure will that cause gloriously triumph. [Great applause.] At the conclusion of this able and interesting address, which was listened to with undiminished interest from the beginning to its close, the following song was sung by the vast audience, rising. OUR COUNTRYMEN. Tune-" From Greenland's Icy Mountains." OuR countrymen are dying Beneath their cankering chains; Full many a heart is sighing Where naught but slavery reigns; No note of joy and gladness, No voice with freedom's lay Falls on them in their sadness To wipe those tears away. Where proud Potomac dashes Along its northern strand, Where Rappahannock lashes Virginia's sparkling sand; Where Eutaw, famed in story, Flows swift to Santee's stream, There, there, in grief and gory, The pining slave is seen. And shall New-England's daughters, Descendants of the free, Beside whose far-famed waters Is heard sweet minstrelsyShall they, when hearts are breaking, And woman weeps in woe, Shall they, all listless waiting, No hearts of pity show? 190 APPENDIX. No let the shout for freedom Ring out a certain peal; Let sire and youthful maiden, All who have hearts to feel, Awake! and with the blessing Of Him who came to save, A holy, peaceful triumph Shall greet the kneeling slave! The question was then taken on the resolutions, when they were unanimously adopted. The Committee were directed to publish and circulate the Annual Report according to their discretion. Adjourned to Thursday morning, the meeting to be held in the lectureroom of the Broadway Tabernacle. BUSINESS MEETING. The members of the Society met, pursuant to adjournment, in the lectureroom of the Broadway Tabernacle, May 12th, at 9 o'clock A. M. In the absence of the President and Vice-Presidents, Hon. WILLIAM JACKSON, of Massachusetts, was called to the chair. Prayer was offered by Rev. Henry Belden. The minutes of the last year's Business Meeting were read by Dr. McCune Smith, the Recording Secretary. ARTHUR TAPPAN, Esq., the President, entering the room at this stage of the proceedings, took the chair, vacated by the Chairman pro tempore. The Corresponding Secretary stated, that the only death that had occurred, within his knowledge, among the officers of the Society, the past year, was that of Dr. CAROVE, of Heidelberg, a gentleman of distinguished abilities and high character, who once visited this country, and whose address in the German language to the Germans of this country, was published by this Society and widely circulated several years since. Dr. Pennington made some eulogistic remarks on the late Dr. Carove, whom he had known in Heidelberg, and met at the Peace Conventions in London, Paris, and Brussels. He concluded by moving the following resolutions: Resolved, That the American and Foreign Anti-slavery Society has learned with deep regret the death of Dr. CAROVE, of Heidelberg, and hereby record their profound esteem and respect for his high-drawn and catholic sympathies. Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be sent to the relatives of the late Dr. Carove. Resolved, That the thanks of the Society be presented to Mr. Asahel Abbott for his acceptable and gratuitous services as organist at the Anniversary. The Corresponding Secretary communicated a letter addressed to the Committee by Rev. Jonathan S. Green, Sandwich Islands. He also alluded to letters from Rev. D. Baldwin, of the Sandwich Islands, enclosing one hundred dollars, contributed by a congregation of converted islanders, for the publication of a tract to be printed and circulated in this country, on the Sinfulness of American Slavery. He mentioned likewise the difficulties experienced by Rev. J. G. Forman, of Massachusetts, in his congregation, owing to the opposition of some of the wealthy members in opposing his anti-slavery preaching; and his triumph over the opposition. APPENDIX. 191 These communications called forth a brief discussion. After which Dr. James McCune Smith submitted the following resolution: That we recommend to the free colored people of the free States that they shall peaceably, and by means of the law, seek their personal rights in schools, academies, colleges, public conveyances, corporate institutions, and other public advantages, in the States in which they dwell; and that the friends of freedom be requested to aid them by funds and counsel to accomplish their purposes. The resolution was supported by Drs. Smith and Pennington, and was adopted. Messrs. Samuel Leeds, S. S. Jocelyn, and Martin Cheney, who had been appointed a committee to nominate officers for the ensuing year, made the following report: President. ARTHUR TAPPAN. Vice-Presidents. E. JULIUS LE MOYNE and WILLIAM JAY. Corresponding Secretary. LEWIS TAPPAN. Recording Secretary. JAMES McCUNE SMITH. Treasurer. WILLIAM E. WHITING. Executive Committee. -Arthur Tappan, S. S. Jocelyn, William Jay, Lewis Tappan, William E. Whiting, Joshua Leavitt, S. E. Cornish, James Warner, Alexander Macdonald, Arnold Buffum, George Whipple, Thomas Ritter, J. W. C. Pennington, E. D. Culver, D. C. Lansing, Henry Belden, A. N. Freeman, James McCune Smith, D. M. Graham, Henry Waters, Charles B. Ray, N. P. Eggleston, J. R. Barbour, J. B. Finley, and E. W. Chester. Corresponding Members. -Joseph Sturge, George William Alexander, Samuel Bowly, Thomas Harvey, Esq., Rev. James Carlisle, D.D., and Rev. J. Howard Hinton, of England; Professor Ackersdyke, Utrecht, Holland; M. Isambert, Paris; M. D'Instant, Hayti; W. W. Anderson, Esq., Jamaica; Rev. John Galloway, New-Brunswick; J. H. Collins, Esq., Illinois; Hon. S. C. Stevens, Indiana; Hon. S. P. Chase, Ohio; Professor C. D. Cleveland, Pennsylvania; William Goodell, New-York; Rev. G. W. Perkins, Connecticut; John G. Whittier, Massachusetts; Rev. Dr. Willis and John Scoble, Esq., of Canada; and Thomas Jones, Esq., of Barbadoes. The Report was adopted, and the above-mentioned persons were elected officers of the Society for the ensuing year. The Corresponding Secretary then read a paper entitled, " OUTLINE OF EFFORT," prepared under the direction of the Executive Committee, in which enlarged efforts are contemplated, if the necessary funds can be obtained. It contemplates raising forty thousand dollars, one third of which to be paid in each of the three successive years. He said that the Outline embraced a plan for the establishment of a weekly newspaper, to be published at the 192 APPENDIX. city of Washington, in the German language, and edited by Mr. Frederick Schmidt, who was present. This announcement was received with applause. It was moved, That the Outline of Effort, just read, be approved by the Society, and the Executive Committee be authorized to obtain subscriptions, if possible, to the full amount named. The Corresponding Secretary stated, that thirteen thousand and five hundred dollars had already been subscribed, on condition that at least twenty thousand dollars should be immediately raised. [Applause.] Mr. Schmidt addressed the meeting on behalf of the newspaper contemplated at Washington, stating the number of persons in this country who read and speak the German language, and the importance of having a paper conducted on Christian principles, and advocating the Anti-slavery cause, at the seat of government. Messrs. Jocelyn, Goodell, Smith, Graham, Leavitt, Ritter, and Cheney, severally addressed the meeting in support of the resolution, and with particular approbation of the plan of establishing a newspaper in the German language. Rev. Ovid Miner, of Syracuse, described a plan of colportage, proposed to be carried out, and already commenced by the friends of the cause in Syracuse. Mr. Lewis Tappan observed that the system formed part of the outline just read. Mr. Lazar, a German, remarked, that several anti-slavery works had already been translated into the German language. Among others, he spoke of Mrs. Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin," and remarked, that the religious tendency of the work would, he thought, do much good among his countrymen. Rev. Mr. Gates, of Pennsylvania, described some of his labors in that State, and the prejudices that had been excited against him among the German population, on account of his making anti-slavery a part of his religious teaching. Mr. Schmidt replied, that the German population of that State had never yet taken up the subject in its religious aspect: and he entertained great hopes that the publication of the proposed paper which he had mentioned would alter that state of things. Mr. Leonard W. Bacon said: Of the many warm and thankful letters which Mrs. Stowe had received, most of them were from Germany. He understood that there were twenty-nine different translations in that language. Mr. C. B. Ray regretted that "Uncle Tom's Cabin" had been used at the anniversary of the New-York Colonization Society, and he hoped something would be done to counteract the Colonization influence of that book. The Corresponding Secretary read an extract from a note from Mrs. Stowe. to the effect that she had no sympathy with the coercive policy of the Colonization Society, but thought Liberia now a " fixed fact," and that the opportunity there afforded of sustaining a republican government of free people APPENDIX. 193 of color ought not to be disregarded by them or their friends; concluding with an assurance that she was "not a Colonizationist." Mr. George Downing spoke of the evil influence of the last chapter of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in the matter of Colonization. Mr. Bacon said he had assisted Mrs. Stowe in her correspondence, and could give an explanation of her views on the subject of Liberia. She had intended in "The Key" to have published a chapter on it, and to explain away the impression unexpectedly made by the book itself; but the size of " The Key" had so increased as she proceeded, that she had not space to do so. She had it in contemplation to publish such matter separately. He need scarcely tell them that Mrs. Stowe had the nicest regard for the feelings of the colored people themselves. She had no sympathy with the Colonization Society, but with the whole colored race, whether in Canada, the West Indies, or in Liberia. But she looked to Liberia as one of the means of elevating them; so that while she could point to a Frederick Douglass in this country, she might point also to a President Roberts in Liberia. They had held their places and maintained their standing when placed in a position to do so before their vaunted superiors; and knowing now their feelings against it, and that there was a demand at home for men of talent to be found amongst them, she would not advise all to go to Liberia. Mrs. Stowe had told him, that if she were to write " Uncle Tom" again, she would not send George Harris to Liberia. She thought, however, that they would there, in freedom, establish a good name and fame, which would be important, in its reaction, in abolishing distinctions of caste; and she looked to the colony as one of the great agents by which the colored race were to be elevated and dignified in the eyes of the lofty and contemptuous Saxon. Rev. Mr. Campbell was not aware that Mrs. Stowe had intended to publish a chapter explaining away that matter; and he did not know that he was sorry it had not been done. He was opposed to the Colonization Society with all his heart and with all his soul; but he did not think the chapter would do so much damage as some of his brethren feared. The book had done them great service; it was still doing good for them; and he would circulate it in every family if he could. By the time the readers got to that chapter, they would be so full of Antislavery that they would never think of sending the colored man to Africa; so he would let it go as it was. It was a very natural resource for the novelist, in looking out for a place of rest and safety, to set the black man down in Africa, out of the atmosphere of slavery. Mr. Downing made a remark, in which he compared the colony to a little place in Rhode Island, where they elected a "Governor" of their own. What object of ambition or gain in any way would there be in Liberia for him? The colored man would be worse off, and America would not acknowledge his independence even there. Mr. Campbell wished again to repeat that he was totally opposed to the Colonization scheme. The adjournment was here moved, and after a prayer offered by Rev. Mr. Cheney, the Society adjourned sine die. ARTHUR TAPPAN, President. JAMES McCUNE SMITH, Recording Secretary. OUTLINE OF PROPOSED ANTI-SLAVERY EFFORT. IT is proposed to increase the means and the efficiency of the American and Foreign Anti-slavery Society agreeably to the views contained in the following outline. A new impulse has recently been given to the Anti-slavery enterprise, and philanthropists in this country and throughout the world are turning their attention more than heretofore to a consideration of the wickedness and ruinous nature of slavery, and to the best means for its limitation and overthrow. 1he 13 194 APPENDIX. peculiar position of the Anti-slavery cause in this country is full of interest and hope. Never, probably, was there a time when liberal appropriations of money and vigorous efforts were more needed to develop a healthy public opinion, or when such contributions of money and labor were more likely to be attended with beneficial results. While, therefore, the opportunity of accomplishing much is presented, it cannot be denied that, at the present time, there is no anti-slavery machinery in operation adequate to the concentration of the pecuniary and personal efforts of the friends of human rights. Because it is believed that the encouragements to renewed and more vigorous action are great, the necessity for effort clear, and the prospect of success cheering, the Executive Committee of the American and Foreign Anti-slavery Society propose to enlarge their plans. They do not propose to interfere with any existing organizations, the object of which is the immediate and complete abolition of slavery, as they will pursue their own work in their own way. 1. The Committee, encouraged by several friends of the cause, in view of the developments of Divine Providence, propose to raise FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS for the accomplishment of the purposes of the Society. Nearly one half of this sum has already been pledged to the Committee by those who have long understood and appreciated the principles of the Society, and had confidence in the administration of its affairs. In soliciting from other friends of the slave the remaining moiety of the sum named, it is proper that a full exposition should be given of these principles, and the course to be pursued in carrying them out. The Constitution of the Society, a copy of which is annexed, will show what these principles are, and the following views of the Committee will enable those into whose hands this paper may come to understand fully in what way those principles are to be reduced to practice. 2. It is intended that the operations now suggested shall be carried on upon strictly Christian principles, by Christian means, and in a Christian spirit; the Committee to spend no time in controversies, except with slaveholders, their abettors and apologists, but to direct all their resources and energies, in dependence upon the Divine blessing, to the accomplishment of the great and appropriate work in hand. 3. It will seek to move the Church, the ministry, ecclesiastical bodies, Benevolent and Religious Societies, to do their duty and purify themselves from the taint of slavery, or from giving to it, either directly or indirectly, their support; it will stimulate political parties to right action, and more particularly will give its influence and aid to any party which seeks by legitimate means, and upon right principles, the abolition of slavery. 4. The Committee, while promoting the Anti-slavery cause in its moral and political bearings, to leave each member of the Society in the enjoyment of his private opinion and rule of action in all matters, provided the Constitution of the Society, in all its integrity, be accepted. 5. The Committee to have an office conveniently situated in this city, with a depository and reading-room, where Anti-slavery publications from all parts of the world will be accessible to the public, and where standard Anti-slavery books and pamphlets will be on sale at reasonable prices, by wholesale and retail; auxiliary Societies to be encouraged to form depositories of a similar kind, and, where it can be done conveniently, to establish reading and conference-rooms, for the diffusion of Anti-slavery information; a small subscription being amply sufficient for such a purpose. 6. The Committee to meet once a month, or oftener, for the dispatch of the general business of the Society, leaving local organizations to attend to what is properly local, and giving its attention exclusively to that which is properly national. 7. The officers of auxiliary Associations, as well as the corresponding members of the Society, when in New-York, to be allowed to attend the meetings of the Executive Committee. 8. The Committee to appoint sub-committees, to meet weekly, whose business it shall be to attendto the financial, publication, agency, and corresponding departments of the Society, and, in addition to the general business committed to their care, to dispose of any urgent matters that may from time to time arise; APPENDIX. 195 either of such committees to call a special meeting of the Executive Committee whenever occasion may seem to require it. The sub-committees to report monthly to the Executive Committee. 9. A Vigilance Sub-committee to be appointed to watch all judicial proceedings in the case of persons arrested on the charge of being fugitive slaves; promote suits for freedom; secure the punishment of kidnappers; aid efforts to secure personal freedom; attend to the proceedings of the State Legislatures, as well as the Congress of the United States, affecting the rights of individuals, whether free or bond; and suggest such measures as shall most effectually secure the objects contemplated by the Society. 10. The general agents of the Society, lay and clerical, to be men of acknowledged piety, but not limited to any single denomination of Christians; with competent knowledge and ability, and good address. Their duties shall be, lecturing, preaching, visiting important individuals, organizing auxiliary Associations, soliciting and collecting subscriptions and donations, and receiving orders for the publications of the Society. Each agent to have a letter of instructions defining his duties, and a commission from the Executive Committee. 11. The local agents to be of the same description as the general agents; to undertake services for limited periods, within limited districts; and to be supplied with letters of instructions, and the publications of the Society. The general and local agents to promote discussions on the most important branches of the Anti-slavery question, and the best means of securing the abolition of slavery; and also to introduce the questions into Lyceums, Debating Societies, &c., &c. 12. In addition to the general duties of the agents, both general and local, they will be expected to promote meetings for conference, conventions and mass meetings, and attend the same whenever practicable, as well as the meetings of the large ecclesiastical bodies, when convenient. 13. The colporteurs to be earnest, intelligent, and well-principled men, whose principal duty should be the sale or gratuitous circulation of Anti-slavery books and pamphlets, under the direction of the Committee on Publications. They should visit from house to house, and hold meetings in school districts, or other small neighborhoods, and should particularly endeavor to introduce the publications of the Society into every school district and neighborhood throughout the country. The colporteurs, as a general rule, to precede the general agents in their visit, and prepare the people for the same. 14. Where local agents cannot be procured, corresponding members should be sought out and appointed, to give their services gratuitously, but whose expenses should be paid. 15. The Executive Committee, as occasion requires, to promote petitions to Congress, memorials to Government, to be presented by deputations or otherwise, and to invite local Associations to bring the same machinery to bear on the State Legislatures and Executives. 16. The formation of Female Anti-slavery Associations should be attempted in every direction, as one of the most potent means for the overthrow of slavery, and for training the young in right views of duty. 17. Concerts for prayer to be organized wherever practicable, at which short addresses might be made, enforcing anti-slavery duties on Christian principles. 18. A spirited and able monthly organ of the Society to be established, to be entitled " The American Anti-slavery Register," exclusively devoted to the promotion of the Anti-slavery cause, to be edited and published at a reasonable price for cash in advance, under the direction of the Executive Committee, to contain the latest anti-slavery information, important facts, documents, &c. The Register to be sold at a reduced price to individuals and auxiliary Associations, for distribution or loan, at their discretion. 19. Every judicious effort to be made by the Society and its agents and friends to feed the press, both secular and religious, with anti-slavery information, particularly with facts illustrative of the system of slavery in this country. 20. A series of Anti-slavery tracts to be issued monthly, either reprints or 196 APPENDIX. original compositions, embracing the whole range of Anti-slavery questions, to be got up in a popular form and style, with special reference to facts. 21. A select series of pamphlets to be published, (1) On the encroachments of slavery; (2) On the unconstitutionality of slavery; (3) On the Fugitive Slave Act; (4) On the Bible against slavery; (5) On the implication of the churches in the sin of slavery; (6) On the duty of Christians in relation thereto; (7) On the expurgations of anti-slavery literature, and such other topics as may be considered of peculiar interest or permanent importance. 22. Premiums to be offered for tracts or pamphlets on special topics, having reference to the present state of the Anti-slavery cause in the several States, in Congress, and in the Church, with a view to meet objections, &c., &c. 23. An illustrated series of Anti-slavery publications, mostly for children and youth, to be issued. 24. The Society to issue a series of addresses, (1) To the Abolitionists throughout the country; (2) To the women of the United States; (3) To the young men of the country, inviting their cooperation; (4) To the people of color; (5) To American missionaries, and other Americans in foreign countries; (6) To the churches throughout the country; (7) To the members of Congress; (8) To the friends of the Anti-slavery cause throughout the world. 25. It is proposed to establish a weekly newspaper in the city of Washington, to be published in the German language, and edited by Mr. Frederick Schmidt. There are four millions of people in this country who constantly speak the German language, of whom about two millions are natives of Germany, and the other two millions descendants of German emigrants. There are a large number of newspapers in the country already in the German language, but none of them advocating the Anti-slavery cause on Christian principles. The Committee have received numerous letters from Christian Abolitionists in various parts of the country, and from American missionaries abroad, entreating them to go forward with renewed zeal and courage, relying upon the promises of God and the aid of their fellow-countrymen at home and abroad, with promises of liberal aid from men converted from heathenism to Christianity, who feel for the outraged colored man, who, in this country, is doomed to slavery, or who is the victim of prejudice. After anxious and prayerful deliberation, the Comimittee are disposed to enlarge their operations if their brethren professing the same sentiments will afford them the means, and sustain them in their labors.'They cannot and will not believe that the slave-power is to be for ever para-.mount-that this country is to be the theatre of perpetual slavery-that the principles of our forefathers are always to be set at naught-that the sentiments.and feelings of the civilized world are to be disregarded-that the "Higher Law" is ever to be repudiated by the expounders and professors of religion, and the God of freedom to be continually insulted by outraging those made in his image. The Almighty has declared that he is the God of the oppressed: the apostle James has declared, "Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth; and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth;" and -that Being by whose inspiration and authority the apostle spake, has called upon men to break every yoke, and let the oppressed go free. He works, be it ever remembered, by human instrumentality. Let, then, Christian Abolitionists, while they address their prayers to Him, DO THEIR DUTY, and they may expect that He will say to them, in the language of providence, "Be it unto you according to your faith and corresponding action." One of the correspondents referred to has written so ably and appropriately, that the Committee cannot refrain from making a large extract from his communication: "Our agitation for constitutional liberty and emancipation has been for a long time desultory and transient in its effects, and yet expensive. If slavery is to be peacefully removed from our land, there must be, I think, very speedy and -very thorough efforts to revolutionize the public mind. We must no longer act on the defensive before the encroaching acts and insults of the slave power: we lose immensely by this kind of effort. We must demand and move toeffect what ds just in respect to the District of Columbia, inter-State slave-trade, Territories, APPENDIX. 197 &e., and find enough for slaveholders to do at home, so that Cuba, Mexico, and other flibustiering abroad will be abandoned. By resolute, persevering efforts on the part of Free Democrats in Massachusetts, New-York, Ohio, to resume our rights and reestablish freedom wherever Congress has the power, we should attract great numbers of wavering minds at the North. The almost universal feeling that nothing can be done against the slave power, which grows partly out of our defensive movement, holds multitudes back from doing what they might. A bold, determined front is needful to give the prestige of success, and the hope of success is worth a great deal always. "Now my conviction is, that there never has been a time when the public mind can be as rapidly changed as now. "(1.) For fifteen years, labor has taught and prepared us how to agitate. "(2.) The people, especially in the rural districts, are willing, nay, anxious to hear anti-slavery truths and discussions. And it is to be remembered that two thirds of our countrymen, notwithstanding all that Abolitionists have done, are yet deplorably ignorant of the character and workings of slavery. "(3.) We have very able men in both Houses of Congress willing to be cooperators with us. "(4.)'Uncle Tom' is every where wonderfully regenerating mind, and preparing thousands to become politically anti-slavery. " (5.) The Whigs and Democrats are in a state of disorganization. They must to all human appearance soon break up. "(6.) Large sections of the Northern Methodist churches are moving with the avowed purpose of casting slavery out of their communion. Different parts of the Congregational Church are also taking higher and juster ground, and I think it partially true of other sects. "'It is a critical as well as an auspicious time. Will you not see to it that our friends move in this thing?" THE JANE TRAINER CASE. As a matter of history, it is well to record the principal facts in relation to this long-contested and exciting case. The reports in the newspapers have given sometimes inaccurate, and at least imperfect statements of the facts. Rose Cooper, a large and showy woman, apparently about forty years of age, born a British subject, has resided in Mobile, Louisville, and San Francisco, in each of which places she has kept a house of ill-fame. Charles W. Trainer, a free mulatto, and a carpenter by trade, born in Mobile, married Emma, a slave of Cooper, about fifteen.years since. Both of them are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They were married by a colored preacher named Douglass; cohabited together, sometimes in the house of Cooper, and had several children, all of whom are deceased, except Henry, whose freedom has been purchased, and Jane, who was born May 29th, 1844. On going to California, Cooper sold Emma to a negro-trader, and put Jane out until her return. A merchant of this city saw Cooper come aboard a vessel at Panama dressed in sailor's clothes. She was recognized, and a shout went up, "Huzza for Rose of Alabama!" Charles and Emma, on her return to Mobile, offered Cooper four hundred dollars for Jane, which she refused, saying she was going North, and on her return, which would be about Christmas, 1852, she would do what they wished. She hired the child out to a bad place, and it was cruelly whipped. As she did not return, Charles pursued her, believing she intended to sell his child. Emma said to him, " We are poor, and all I can do is to pray to God for you night and day, till you can get back, that we may have our 198 APPENDIX. child." On arriving at Cincinnati, he learned afterwards that she had eluded pursuit by changing her name. She had assumed the name of Porter-the name of a man some ten or fifteen years younger than herself, a well-known drunkard and rowdy, whom she was, as she said here, about to marry. Charles, on learning the above fact, gave chase a second time, and, on reaching Cincinnati, learned that Rose Cooper, alias Rose Porter, had left that city with a little girl but a day or two previous to his arrival. May 9th, the following telegram was received by Mr. Lewis Tappan: "CINCINNATI, May 9th. "Rose Porter, for California via New-York, stole colored girl nine years old, named Jane Trainer. WM. H. BRISBANE." Jacob, a faithful colored man in such cases, was put in chase, and soon found that Rose was at No. 101 Mercer street, a notorious house, (recorded on the Police Office books,) with Jane. Another telegram was received from the impatient father:' CINCINNATI, May 9th. "Any tidings of Mrs. Rose Porter? The father of the child is here, anxiously waiting, and ready to come on, Please answer. J. W. HURON." An answer was returned: " The child is safe, and the woman in custody." Judge Duer, of the Superior Court, had, on the application of E. D. Culver, Esq., granted a habeas corpus to bring up the child, and also a warrant to arrest the woman. On May 10th, a return was made by Miss Cooper, signed and sworn to by the name of Rose Porter, who appeared with the child, a lively and intelligent girl, and W. D. Booth, Esq., her counsel. The return stated some of the facts already alluded to, and moreover that the child was not claimed as a slave, but came to this city with her "from motives of affection." It denies the lawful right of Trainer to the child, and asserts that he was never lawfully married to its mother. As the father had not arrived, the case was postponed, and Rose Porter required to give security in the sum of $250 for her appearance. Lewis Tappan, in the absence of Mr. Culver, respectfully asked the Court whether the amount was sufficient where the party was liable, if convicted of kidnapping, to be sent to the State prison. He also urged that the child should not be allowed to return to the house of infamy. The Judge having privately intimated that there were doubts whether he could hold the woman at all, and suggested that resort had best be had to the criminal court, Mr. Tappan proceeded immediately to the Tombs and made affidavit that Jane had been surreptitiously taken from Cincinnati, and asked for the arrest of Rose Porter. The application was granted by Justice Bogart, and the woman and child were brought before the Justice, attended by a younger brother of James T. Brady, Esq., the Irish counsellor.' She was admitted to bail in the sum of $300. On the 13th May, the parties appeared before Judge Duer, at the chambers of the Superior Court. The father of the child having arrived, attempted to speak to his little daughter. The woman did not object. Charles began to converse with his child in a low voice. The Judge said there must be no whispering. Under the imperious look of Rose Porter the child seemed to APPENDIX. 199 recoil from her father, and cling to the woman, who was attended by James T. Brady, Esq., his brother, and W. D. Booth, Esq., as counsel. Mr. Culver having called Charles Trainer as a witness, Mr. Brady objected. He said the ground had been changed. The charge of kidnapping is abandoned, and it is now said that it is the case of a father claiming his child. By this means they claim to make the father a witness. Mr. Culver denied that the charge of kidnapping was abandoned. The Judge concluded to take the testimony of both Trainer and Cooper. Trainer testified to his marriage, to the kind of house kept by Cooper, and to the other facts already enumerated. Also, that he had sent Jane to school at his own expense as long as the teacher would instruct her. He had also taught her to fear God. The Judge said a new petition might be prepared, and he could allow another writ of habeas corpus. While the papers were preparing, Mr. Brady read from the statutes of Alabama to show that Charles and Emma could not have been lawfully married. Mr. Culver, in reply, maintained that they were married under the common law. By consent of parties, the criminal prosecution was abandoned. Mr. Tappan here affirmed to the information sent to him from Cincinnati. The case was resumed on the 16th. The new petition was read. Mr. Brady adduced authorities, and contended that as his client had set the child free, as it was attached to her, and she intended to reform and bring up the child virtuously, she was entitled to its custody. He contended also that a free person of color and a slave cannot be legally married in Alabama. He attempted to show also that slaves are incapacitated there, by law, from marrying. The Judge remarked, "If that be the case, they can continue their race only by living in violation of the laws of God and man." Mr. Brady said he might regret, but could not help such a state of things. Miss Cooper was then examined. She testified to the licentious character of Trainer; (!) to her intentions of reforming; to her residing here at a house of ill-repute, etc. Trainer was missing to-day. On the 18th, an affidavit of Mr. Tappan's was read, that Trainer had not been seen since the 14th; that a telegram had been received from him, dated Dunkirk, N. Y., which stated, "I was dragged off and beaten; and that is the reason I am in this place." A letter from Charles to Mr. Tappan was also produced. Mr. Brady pronounced it a "humbug." The Judge intimated that a new writ of habeas corpus had best be taken out, if Mr. Culver or Mr. Tappan would undertake to say, on oath, that they thought themselves authorized to act for the father. Miss Cooper left the court-room with Mr. Frederick Collier, son of the late Collector at San Francisco, Mr. Benjamin F. Newhouse, who keeps a cabinet warehouse, and other friends, Mr. Collier leading the child. Efforts were made to induce them to give up the child' but the friends of Charles were shoved aside by the friends of Miss Cooper. Mr. Collier mounted the coach-box with the driver, and she was driven away to her rendezvous in Mercer street. It appeared afterwards that she ordered the coachman (a colored man) to drive to New-Jersey; but he went three or four miles up the city, and finally brought her back, telling her and her friend Mr. Collier, that he would not take them to New-Jersey. She said she would not employ a colored coachman again. The 20th May the case was resumed. Mr. Culver said, If the woman is ready to surrender the child, we will receive it and give good bonds. Mr, 200 APPENDIX. Booth objected. The Judge said she had made such an offer the other day, and persons of undoubted responsibility are ready now to take it, should she be of the same mind. Mr. Booth said she made the offer under trying circumstances; but she is now determined to contest the question as to a right to the child. Mr. Culver asked for an adjournment sufficiently long to enable them to send for Trainer. Mr. Booth said they would deny the right of Mr. Tappan to act for Trainer, and also deny the right of Trainer to the child. Mr. Tappan said he had authority from the father to act for him, and he now demanded of the woman to give him the custody of the child. The Judge said he would not interfere. Adjourned to Monday. Mr. Tappan proceeded to the Jefferson Market Police Office: made an affidavit that Frederick Collier was attempting to kidnap the child. Justice Stewart issued a warrant for his arrest, and he was brought before the Justice. Under a threat of imprisonment, he told the Justice that Mr. Newhouse had the child. By the laws of this State, both Miss Cooper and Mr. Collier had been supposed guilty of kidnapping. Article Second, Revised Statutes, 3d edition, page 753, ~ 34, it is said: "Every person who shall maliciously, forcibly or fraudulently, lead, take or carry away, or decoy or entice away any child under the age of twelve years, from its parent, guardian or other person having the lawful charge of such child, shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in a State prison not exceeding ten years, or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by fine not exceeding over five hundred dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment." Mr. Collier was held to bail in the sum of $1,000, Mr. Newhouse being his bail. The Justice said the case should be attended to when both parties should be known, and no advantage would be taken of the absence of either at the hearing before Judge Duer. And yet, afterwards, he dismissed the case at the instance of Mr. Brady, while Messrs. Culver and Tappan were in Judge Duer's court. May 23d, before Judge Duer, Mr. Brady read the return of Rose Porter, setting forth that Lewis Tappan, professing to act for Charles Trainer, is an intermeddling and reckless man, not worthy to be intrusted with Jane; that the said Tappan recently made affidavit that this respondent had kidnapped the said Jane, which statement was also utterly false, &c., &c. He then raised the point that the Judge had no jurisdiction in the case. Mr. Culver, looking at the return, said that the woman signs this by the name of Rose Cooper. She has signed a paper at the Tombs by the name of Rose Porter. Trainer having returned from Dunkirk, was again examined as a witness. Captain Isaiah Rynders appeared to-day with a strong force at his back. After the adjournment, he and his confederates escorted Rose Cooper to her carriage. At the hearing on the 26th, Trainer refused to appear. The Judge said he should dismiss the case, but afterwards determined to send two officers to Trainer to assure him of the protection of the court, and that he need not fear to come. It was with difficulty that he was found. In the afternoon he appeared, and the case was resumed; and he testified to his having been allured across the ferry under the pretense that a friend of his was there; of his being waylaid and beaten by villains; and of his flight to Dunkirk to escape from threatened assassination. Jane was examined by the Judge, but APPENDIX. 201 not on oath, as she did not appear to understand it. She said she wanted to stay with "Missis," and did not want to be free. She could not have answered more readily on this point. She had been trained to it. She stated that she always had been called Jane Trainer; that her mother's name was Emma Trainer; and that Charles Trainer there (pointing to him) was her father. Mr. Brady said that Miss Porter did not now impose any restraint upon the child, nor interpose any force to prevent her being taken. Mr. Culver replied, that if this was so, all they asked was, that the father might be permitted to go up and take his child by the hand and lead her away. Mr. Brady replied, significantly, " If they take my advice, they will refrain from attempting any such thing. If force is used, it will be repelled by force under my advice." Rynders sat between the Judge and Mr. Brady, and his followers were near, in and around the court-room. On the 28th, Mr. Culver presented his view of the case at length, adducing numerous authorities, commenting upon the testimony, and replying to his opponent. On the 30th, Judge Duer gave an oral opinion, adverse to the claim of the father, on the ground of want of jurisdiction! It had taken him several weeks to ascertain this. The Tribune remarked in view of it, "Well; we are bound to presume there was no law adduced sufficient to give that child to her father; but we can't help believing that, had the father been a white man and the harlot a black woman, there would have been law found or made to compel her to give up the child-yes, and we believe Judge Duer would have found it." Mr. Culver remarked to the Judge that the writ had been issued at the suggestion of the Judge himself. The Judge replied that he was aware of it, but he had been mistaken, &c.! Mr. Brady said Miss Porter was willing to give the custody of the child to Mr. Newhouse. Mr. Culver objected, alluding to Mr. N. as not being a proper person. He had been gallanting her; was her bondsman, &c. Mr. Brady, after being spoken to by Mr. Tappan, said the child might be put into the custody of Mr. Lynch, the Clerk of the Court, but this was afterwards declined. The Judge said that the child might go where it pleased; but he would not permit Charles Trainer to go and take her against her will. It clung to its Missis. The Judge said he thought Miss Porter had been badly advised. She left the court-room with an air of triumph, under the escort of her friends and the Rynders Guard. June 6th, an application for an injunction to restrain Rose Cooper from taking the colored child out of the State was made in the special term of the Supreme Court, before Judge Barculo, at Brooklyn. E. D. Culver, Esq., appeared on the part of the plaintiff, Charles Trainer, and James T. Brady, Esq., on that of the defendant, Rose Porter. The Judge expressed his great surprise that the child had not been delivered over to her father on the habeas corpus proceedings, intimating most significantly that on a habeas corpus he should deliver it to the father; and expressed his astonishment that the father or his friends had not gone at once, and, in presence of Judge Duer, taken the child. The learned Judge was not aware of the strong force under Capt. Rynders that had been present, to prevent C. Trainer from taking away his child. On the 7th June, Judge Barculo issued a habeas corpus to bring up Rose 202 APPENDIX. Cooper and the child. A deputy sheriff undertook to execute the mandate. He went to Sheriff Orser, of New-York city, under a mistaken notion of jurisdiction, who sent one of his deputies to aid the deputy from Kings county. The woman and child were found at 101 Mercer street, placed in a carriage, and taken to the office of Mr. Brady. The carriage was then sent off and returned with Captain Rynders, who was followed by fifty or more of his friends. The Brooklyn officer wished to take the child before the Judge, but was resisted by Orser's deputy, who had got possession of the writ, and refused to give up the child. Orser then interfered, and rescinded the power which he had just conferred upon the Brooklyn officer, and the latter went home empty-handed. Attachments were immediately issued by Judge Barculo to bring Rynders, Rose Cooper, and Cromley (Orser's deputy) before him to answer to their defiance of law. The officer brought Rose Cooper and Jane into court the 8th. Mr. Brady read affidavits by Rose Cooper and Deputy Cromley, in explanation of their conduct. The Judge saw nothing in Miss Cooper's conduct in this matter, amounting to contempt of court; but he thought there was something wrong about the deputy. He should inquire into it, and if there was cause, inflict exemplary punishment. Mr. Culver requested that the child should be taken from the New-York officer, and assigned to an officer of Kings county. "We mean," said Mr. Culver, "that the child, once here, shall never cross the river to New-York again with Rose Cooper." Mr. Brady opposed. The Judge ordered the child transferred to the keeping of the Sheriff of Kings county, saying, " as he is bound to obey." Another attachment was granted against Captain Rynders. The affidavit of Mr. Hegeman, deputy of Kings county, was read, in which he narrated the violent proceedings against him. Captain Rynders appeared and requested leave to make a statement. Mr. Culver proposed to examine Charles Trainer. Mr. Brady objected, but was overruled. Jane was afterwards examined, though not on oath. Said she did not want to see her father; that she was locked up at 101 Mercer street; that she was afraid of the Abolitionists, as they wanted to steal her away, and keep her, and not give her any thing to eat! Captain Rynders afterwards stated that he was "accustomed to aid the officers in enforcing the law;" that in this case he "misapprehended the matter;" "supposed that Judge Barculo was a county judge, who had no jurisdiction in the city of New-York," &c., &c. The Judge warned and admonished him. He advised him to keep away on such occasions, as the law could be enforced without his aid; and he had heard that persons in New-York sometimes attempted to overawe courts of justice, but he had not been accustomed to see such unlawful interference: if he was not more careful in future, he would get into trouble. He should not permit it here. He then allowed Rynders to depart. Both Rynders and Brady evidently felt the rebuke. Messrs. Brady and Culver, on the 9th, argued the case at length. The Judge reserved his decision until the 13th. He stated that he could not dispose of the case of Deputy Sheriff Cromley at present. His impression was, that he had been guilty of improper conduct. June 13th, the court APPENDIX. 208 room was thronged. Judge Barculo read his opinion. It was an able document, and was listened to with profound attention by the bar and a large concourse of citizens. It was pleasant to see so large a number of welldressed and intelligent people of color present. He first replied to the points of law raised by Mr. Brady, showing that he had jurisdiction of the case; that Trainer had a right to the child, and that he should order her to be delivered to him. While he was reading, the child, probably induced by the woman Cooper, who held her with both hands, began to cry. The Judge, after pronouncing his decision, directed the Sheriff to deliver Jane to her father and to accompany them. He did so. Charles and his friends left the court-room. The Sheriff requested them to go to his office, but Charles took his little daughter up: she soon stopped crying, put her arm around her father's neck and kissed him.* He, instead of accepting the Sheriff's invitation, proceeded to Dr. Pennington's house,t with his child in his arms, followed by a large number of colored friends, who thanked God there was an upright judge in Kings county, and that he had had firmness to give a righteous decision in this long-contested and important case. The Judge has done himself great honor. He is an able jurist. However high he may ascend the ladder of fame, said a New-York lawyer who was present, "No act of his life will probably contribute so much to his elevation as his conduct and decision in the Trainer case." There were several excellent points in the decision worthy of the attention of pro-slavery judges, lawyers and politicians. While the friends of freedom are joyful at the result, render the meed of merit to the Trlibune, Evening Post, and Independent, and the counsel for Trainer, and give praise to the God of the oppressed, they cannot but reflect with mortification upon the conduct of certain judges, officers, attorneys, reporters, and editors, aided by notorious rowdies, in an audacious and persevering attempt to allow a notorious courtesan to march through this city with a young female kept from her lawful parent, to reenslave or bring up in infamy. To her it may be said, in the language of a Quaker lady to the pursuer of a fugitive, " Thy prey hath escaped thee!" JUDGE BARCULO'S DECISION. SUPREME COURT-SPECIAL TERM. Before Justice Barculo. —Ye People ex rel. Charles Trainer vs. Rose Cooper, Respondent. E. L. Culver for Relator; James T. Brady for Respondent. In this Court, yesterday, Justice Barculo rendered the following decision: The case comes before the Court on the return of the respondent to a writ of habeas corpus, sued out by the relator to obtain the custody of his infant child. Upon its merits, when divested of those extraneous circumstances which have given an unnatural interest and notoriety to the matter, it is very plain and simple. But several nice and highly important legal questions have been presented and argued by the learned counsel, which it will be proper first to consider. * Mr. Trainer has since informed us that Jane says she was whipped to make her keep back from her father, and cling to Rose Cooper. So we have the lash of the slave-mistress in the city of New-York, and almost under the eye of the court from whom protection is sought! f Dr. Pennington during the whole proceedings took an active part, and contributed essentially to the success of Mr. Trainer. Other colored friends also were constant in their attendance and unremitting in their labors. 204 APPENDIX. I. It is contended by the counsel for the respondent, that the power of awarding a writ of habeas corpus by this Court can be exercised only at a General Term. Reliance is had upon the statute, which requires the application to be made, 1. To the Supreme Court during its sitting; or, 2. During any term or vacation of the Supreme Court, to the Chancellor, or any one of the Justices of the Supreme Court, or any officers who may be authorized to perform the duties of a Justice of the Supreme Court at chambers, being or residing within the county where the prisoner is detained. This precise question came before the Court under our former system, when special terms were held for the transaction of certain non-enumerated business; and Chief Justice Savage expressly decided that the writ could be issued by the Court at Special Term. (Ex parte Beatty, 12 Wen. 229.) It is hardly necessary to add that, under our present system, much greater powers are given to the Special Term; for we possess not only the general powers of the old Supreme Court, but also the entire powers of the former Court of Chancery; either of which courts had, without the aid of any statute, at the common law, jurisdiction over habeas corpus. II. Again, it is insisted that a single Justice, sitting in Kings county, has no authority to send the writ into the city of New-York. This argument is based upon the supposition that the writ was issued by the Justice, and not by the Court, which is unfounded in fact. But if the fact were as supposed, the argument would nevertheless be fallacious. For a Justice of this Court can, at chambers, award a writ of habeas corpus that shall run into any part of the State. This point was before Justice Harris, in the People vs. Samuel Hanna, 3 How, Pr. Rep. 39. He then held that the limitation contained in the words " being or residing within the county," in the statute above cited, which is relied on by counsel, applied to the last preceding class of officers, " authorized to perform the duties of a Justice of the Supreme Court," leaving to the Justices of the Supreme Court the same unrestricted jurisdiction as they possessed under the previously existing statutes. In that case a writ was allowed by Judge Harris, sitting in Albany, to bring up a person detained in Columbia county. So also in the People vs. Woodruff, 3 How, Pr. Rep. 32, Justice Willard allowed a writ at his chambers in Saratoga Springs, returnable before the County Judge of Washington, to bring up a prisoner in the latter county. So in the familiar case of the People vs. Mercein, p. 55, the Chancellor, sitting in Saratoga Springs, brought before him a child from the city of New-York. It may be added that these decisions are in entire conformity to the practices of the Judges of this Court. III. It is contended that the matter is res adjudicata, the same question having recently been heard before Judge Duer, of the Supreme Court of the city of NewYork. Two answers maybe given to this proposition. First: The case does not stand upon the same state of facts; for the relator has given evidence of restraint having been exercised since the former proceeding. Secondly: That learned and accomplished Judge doubted his authority to make an order disposing of the custody of the child. That doubt probably controlled his decision, and may have been well founded as applied to the Judge of a court of limited jurisdiction, and clothed with no general equity powers. Upon this point I quote from the opinion of Judge Duer the following: "I certainly concur with the learned counsel for the respondent, that I am not sitting here as a Judge in equity, clothed with their large discretionary powers in relation to the disposition and custody of infants which the Lord Chancellor in England, as the representative of the Sovereign, is competent and has long since been accustomed to exercise. Powers just as extensive, I doubt not, were vested in our late Court of Chancery, and if so, by force of the new Constitution, have been transferred to, and are now vested in, the Supreme Court of the State. But they do not belong to me either as a Supreme Court Commissioner, or as a Judge of the Superior Court. I cannot, therefore, exercise the discretion which they confer, even would I be gratified in acting at the same time and in the same proceeding in a double capacity. The Supreme Court, as succeeding to the entire jurisdiction of the Chancellor, is the general guardian of infants, and as such has an exclusive right to determine all questions in relation to their disposition and custody, except where the questions APPENDIX. 200 properly arise in an action between husband and wife for an absolute or limited divorce." It will thus be seen that the learned Judge concedes to this Court the powers which he did not deem himself to possess, and which are now invoked and necessary to afford the relief prayed for. The argument of res adjudicata, therefore, falls to the ground. For it would be idle to talk of a previous adjudication being a bar, when the former tribunal had no right to adjudicate the point in controversy. It will also be seen that we in no manner conflict with the decision of Judge )uer. This Court, being clothed with full legal and equitable power, entertains no doubt of its authority to make a final disposition of this matter. IV. We will now proceed to examine the case upon its merits. Charles Trainer, the relator, claims that Jane Trainer, an infant nine years of age, is his legitimate child; and that the respondent, without authority, detains her at a house of illfame, No. 101 Mercer street, in the city of New-York. The respondent admits that the relator is the father of Jane, but denies that he was lawfully married to her mother-the latter being a slave-and denies that the child is under any restraint; and avers that she voluntarily remains with the respondent. These are the substantial facts upon which the decision depends, although numerous irrelevant matters have been brought into the case, and quite an unnecessary amount of ill-feeling excited and displayed. These matters relate to the facts that Jane was born a slave, belonging to the respondent-that she was made free by the respondent moving into the State of Ohio before she came to New-York, and that the relator is, and always has been, a free black man. It is hardly necessary to remind the parties and their counsel that, upon a question of this kind, the law in this State recognizes no distinction of color or race; and that all fathers, whatever may be their standing in society, have precisely the same legal authority and control over their children. The relator stands before the Court simply as a man prosecuting his paternal rights; while the respondent appears as a woman having no claim upon the child by agreement or consanguinity, but only through the affections. It is wholly unnecessary, therefore, to inquire into the complexion of the one, or the reputation of the other. If she were the most exalted lady in the land, and he the most humble of its inhabitants, their rights, in the eye of the law, and their consideration in the view of this Court, would be the same. In regard to the legitimacy of the child, I have been somewhat embarrassed, because there is no direct evidence of the fact, except the testimony of the relator himself; for, although such testimony has been usually admitted, I am not quite sure that it stands upon any solid foundation. In the view, however, which 1 take of the case, the legitimacy of the child is not a fact of vital importance. The relator swears that he was married in Mobile, by a black Methodist preacher, his wife being a slave, and both members of the denomination. Upon this it is claimed by respondent's counsel that the marriage is void, by reason of a statute of the State of Alabama, forbidding slaves to marry. Whether it be true, as the argument tends to show, that all the slaves in that State are illegitimate, it is not necessary more particularly to inquire. It is sufficient for us that the marriage being by words, de presenti, and followed by cohabitation, is good, as a marriage at common law, Assuming, then, that the child is legitimate, how stands the question between the father and the respondent, as to its custody? To this question but one answer can be given. That the father has a title superior to any stranger is not; less the doctrine of the authorities than it is a principle of human nature. The father's rights are paramount even to the mother's, until he forfeits his claims bv misconduct or ill-usage. People in re Wickerson, 19 Wen., 16. He is bound to support and maintain it. He is, therefore, "the natural guardian, and entitled to its custody, care, and education." He has the natural right to bring it up in his own faith, and give it such instructions and discipline as he may deem best for its present and future welfare. In the language of Judge Bronson, in Mercein vs. the People, 25 Wen., 72: "The law regards him as the head of the family, obliges him to provide for its wants, and commits the children to his charge, in preference to the claims of the mother or any other person." 206 APPENDIX. Even if we lay aside the relator's testimony, and adopt as true the statement in the return, that Jane is his illegitimate child, still his claim would be superior to that of the respondent, or any other stranger, although inferior to that of the mother.-1 Clarke Ch. Rep. In every aspect, therefore, in which this can be received, we are compelled to admit that the father's right to the possession of the child is superior to that of the respondent; and I may be pardoned for saying that, if he moved in the higher walks of life, if he were a white man of standing and influence in the community, the truth of this proposition would be universally acknowledged; and any tribunal that, having authority, should hesitate to afford him relief, would subject itself to great reproach. The public voice, as well as common sense, would declare, that if our Courts permit children of such an age to leave their parents and take up their abode as they please, a most valuable social relation would be subverted, and the foundations of domestic peace and enjoyment broken up and destroyed. Again: It is insisted that there is no restraint, because the child remains with the respondent of her own free will. This brings up the important inquiry,What is legal restraint, as applied to an infant of this tender age? The position of the counsel would undoubtedly hold true of an adult, who, when delivered from the detention, becomes his own master, and is presumed to know where to go, and how to take care of himself. But it is by no means true of a young, ignorant child. In such cases there may be legal restraint, without the exercise of any force or coercion. It is enough that the accused interferes to prevent the father from forcibly taking possession of the child. The person having the custody of such an infant, without any claim of right, is bound to deliver it over into the hands of the father whenever he presents himself to receive it; and is not permitted to retain possession of it under the pretense, however true it may be, that the child desires to remain. Thus, if a child go to a neighbor's house and conclude to abide there, when the father demands it of that neighbor, it is not sufficient for the latter to say to him, "You may come in and persuade it to go home, and if you can succeed in gaining its consent, you may take it, but you shall not compel it to go." He is bound to permit the father to exercise his parental authority of coercion; and if he prevents that, he is guilty of restraint, within the fair meaning of the term. Any other rule would work monstrous evils. Hundreds of children could be taken from their parents by the childish affections which they have towards their nurses. In Mercein vs. The People, 25 Wen. 80, Justice Bronson observes: "The question here is not whether the child is actually suffering under duress of imprisonment, but whether there is that kind of restraint which defeats the rights of the father. The respondent, having the child under his roof, positively forbids the father to enter the house, except upon terms which a proper self-respect made inadmissible; but, if he could submit to the terms, he only had a license to enter the house'to see Jane,' not for the purpose of taking her under his care and protection. It is impossible to deny that this is such a restraint as defeats the rights of the father, and lays the proper foundation for asking redress by habeas corpus." In the case before us, it is clear that the child is studiously guarded and kept beyond the reach of the father. The next that is pretended is, in the language ot the return, that " she has enjoyed, and, so far as the respondent is concerned, shall enjoy, entire and undisturbed liberty to go where she pleases." In other words-and this fact is sustained by the proof-she is prepared and resolved, knowing the child's partiality for herself, to maintain Jane in her determination not to go to her father, and to repel all attempts on his part to obtain possession of the child against her will. We have no hesitation in determining that the conduct of the respondent amounts in law to restraint. V. Having arrived at the conclusion that the relator is legally entitled to the care and custody of his daughter, and that she is held under improper restraint by the respondent, the only remaining inquiry is, as to the remedy. The former demands a delivery, while the latter insists that the powers of the Court are exhausted when we shall have removed the restraint and set the child APPENDIX. 207 free. The one claims that some results should follow the decision; the other purposes to return in statu quo ante bellum. Il has already been substantially admitted that, in regard to adults delivered by the statute writ, the propositions of the respondent's course are tenable. And that it was properly so held by Judge Duer, sitting as a commissioner under the statute, is not controverted. But that it is correct as applied to the case in this Court, of ample jurisdiction independent of the habeas corpus act, is most confidently denied. We are aware that some of the cases speak of children exercising their own choice and discretion. This may be well enough, when we are assured that they possess what may fairly be called discretion. Whether this can ever be predicated of children under fourteen years of age, in whom the law, in numerous respects, declares there is no discretion, we need not now determine. It is sufficient for us that this child does not manifest that degree of judgment which, in the opinion of the Court, would qualify her to select her own domicile and guardian. That she is old enough to feel a preference, and that such feeling is towards the respondent, is quite apparent. But that such preference is wise and discreet cannot be admitted. Indeed, it can hardly be contended that a house of ill-fame is a proper place, or one of its inmates a suitable person, for the education of any child. But, independent of this overwhelming proof of actual indiscretion, we cannot sanction and give countenance to the doctrine that such children are to control their own movements, and select their own places of residence. It has no foundation in reason or justice, and is plainly opposed to the laws of the land as well as the law of God. The Court must go farther, therefore, than merely to remove the restraint, by rendering a judgment which shall dispose of the custody of the child and conclude this controversy. It would be an idle ceremony for the Court to try a cause without making a decision by which the fiuits of the litigation could be reaped. We have a multitude of precedents for our guidance in this particular. In the matter of Dowles, 8 John Rep. 3, 28, the Supreme Court "ordered the boys to be delivered to their master, and directed an officer to attend and protect them in their return." In the People vs. Mercein, 3 Hill, 399, Chief Justice Nelson concludes his opinion in these words: "An order must therefore be entered that the child be delivered to the relator." That was a case where, after two or three years of litigation, the Court ordered the child to be taken from its mother and grandfather and given to the husband and father, although the child was under five years of age. And in a former stage of that case, 25 Wen. 97, the Chancellor, in commenting on the powers of the Supreme Court to award the custody of the child, on reversing the proceedings of Judge Inglis, declared "that if he was wrong, the Supreme Court should not only have reversed his decision, but should also have proceeded to make a final disposition of the custody of the child." And in the People ex rel. Rickerson, 19 Wen. 16, an order was made that "the child be delivered to the father, and that the care and custody of her be committed to him." Guided by these lights, we shall direct an order to be entered, adjudging that the said Charles Trainer is entitled to the care and custody of said Jane Trainer, and directing her to be delivered to him as her father, leaving him, like the rest of us, responsible to his conscience and his God for the manner in which he shall fulfil the trust thus restored to him. The Court then directed the child to be delivered up to the father by the Sheriff, which was done. The child was taken screaming out of court; but when she was alone with her friends in a private room, she appeared to be perfectly satisfied with her fate. BOUNDARIES OF NEW TERRITORIES. The following, from the National Era, is inserted here as a memorandum of the boundaries of the new Territories of the United States: 208 APPENDIX. The House, last Thursday, passed two bills for the organization of new Territories; one for the division of Oregon, and the formation of a Territory south of 49 deg. north latitude, and north of the Columbia river, from its mouth to where the 46th deg. of north latitude crosses said river at Fort Walla, thence with the said 46th deg. to the summit of the Rocky Mountains: the other for the organization of a Territory with the name of Nebraska, bounded on the west by the summit of the Rocky Mountains, on the east by Missouri and Iowa, on the south by 36 deg. 30 min. north latitude, on the north by the 43d deg. These Territories lie north of the Missouri Compromise line. DR. PLUMER'S DISCOURSE BEFORE THE N. Y. BIBLE SOCIETY. Dr. Plumer, of Baltimore, delivered a very able discourse at the Reformed Dutch church on Washington Square, before the New-York Bible Society, from Luke xi. 52: "Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge." The lawyers whom Christ here speaks of, were those professing to be the authorized interpreters of the Mosaic law. The proper application of the text to the circumstances and wants of the country, especially in his own State, would have led the preacher into as severe a denunciation of pro-slavery and slaveholding "interpreters of the law" as was, perhaps, ever uttered by the "fanatics of the North." Quite remarkable is it, that neither priest nor politician, of the pro-slavery stripe, can deliver an eloquent sermon or oration, without condemning himself. GERMAN PAPER AT WASHINGTON. The Executive Committee of the American and Foreign Anti-slavery Society have recently made an appeal for funds to establish a weekly family paper in the city of Washington, in which the Anti-slavery cause will be ably sustained. A prospectus has been issued, and letters published from Hon. S. P. Chase, Charles Sumner, and Charles Francis Adams, highly recommending the undertaking. The following, from the Lutheran Observer at Baltimore, will show the estimation in which the paper and the editor are held by the well-principled German population of this country. " DER NATIONAL DEMOKRAT."-This is the title of a new German weekly paper, a large quarto, printed on fine white paper, and in the best typographical style. It is edited in Washington, D. C., at $2 per annum, by Frederick Schmidt, formerly editor of the Kirchenzeitung, in Pittsburg. As Mr. Schmidt is known to be a gentleman of superior abilities, thoroughly educated, and withal a fearless advocate of revealed religion and sound morals, and is pledged to oppose the licentious and infidel character of too many of the German papers of our coultry, we should rejoice to hear of the success of this great enterprise, though we may not endorse all the "stand-points" assumed in his paper. Romanism and infidelity, with their consequent tendency to disorganization and distraction in politics and morals, are the great and most threatening evils in our country, and if we are not mistaken, the National LDemokrat will be a formidable opponent of these alarming evils, and a skilful advocate of rational freedom and sound virtue. Under these impressions, we have no hesitancy in warmly recommending the paper in question. " The principal design," says Mr. S., " of this publication, is to circulate among our vast German population a family newspaper, advocating Christian and Free Democratic principles, fully discussed in our prospectus, which has been fieely circulated among the friends of genuine libel ty and of the rights of man." TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE Doings of the Executive Committee,..............<.................... 5 Political Agitation,.................................................. 6 " Congress,............................................... 6 " Presidential Election,.................................... 12 Issue of the Presidential Contest..................................... 17 State Legislation................................................ 24 Fugitives,-Escapes-Captures-Kidnapping-Judicial Proceedings,..... 29 Southern Dissensions-State Rights-Consolidation,..................... 45 California,-Gradual Introduction of Slavery —Conspiracy to alter the Constitution-To divide, &c.................................. 47 New Territories,-Doubtful Prospects,.......................... 50 Problem in Texas,......................................... 50 New-Mexico and Utah,........................................... 51 Projected Annexation of Cuba........................................ 53 Proposed Annexation of the Sandwich Islands,.......................... 55 Treatment of Hayti,.................................................. 56 Independence of Liberia,................................................ 60 District of Columbia,................................................ 60 Release of Drayton and Sayres,...................................... 62 Colored Seamen.................................................... 63 Religious and Ecclesiastical,............................ 66 Presbyterian General Assembly, N. S.,.................................. 66... " O. S,................................. 84 Associate Presbyterian Church....................................... 87 United Brethren in Christ............................................ 89 Episcopal Church,.................................................. 91 Methodist Episcopal Church, North,.................................. 93 " " " South.................................... 95 Baptists........................................................... 96 Seventh Day Baptists,............................................... 97 Free-Will Baptists,................................................. 98 Congregationalists,............................................. 98 Reformed Presbyterian Church,...................................... 101 Evangelical Association,............................................ 105 Society of Friends,............................................. 104 Swedenborgians......................................... 105 Unitarians,................................................... 105 Universalists....................................................... 108 German Seventh-Day Baptists,.................................... 111 Wesleyan Methodists,.............................................. 111 Free Presbyterian Church,........................................ 112 Independent Churches,.......................................... 112 Hicksite Friends.................................................. 113 German Baptist Brethren,........................................... 114 The Jews,......................................................... 114 Voluntary Religious Societies....................................... 115 American Board, Foreign Missions................................... 115 14 210 TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE American Home Mission Society,..................................... 117 American Tract Society,............................................ 118 American Bible Society,............................................. 120 American and Foreign Christian Union,................................ 121 American Missionary Association.................................... 122 North-Western Home Missionary Association.......................... 122 Baptist Free Missionary Society,....................................... 123 American Foreign Missionaries,................................... 123 American Reform Book and Tract Society,............................. 126 Union Christian Conventions,.................................... 127 Supplying Slaves with Bibles,................................... 128 Anti-Slavery Churches in Slave States,................................ 129 Mutilations, &c,, of Publications...................................... 130 Anti-Slavery Publications........................................... 131 Pro-Slavery Publications,......................................: 13 Free Labor Produce....................................... 134: Factories at the South,.......................................... 136 Unprofitableness of Slave Labor,..................................... 137 Inter-State Slave Trade,.................................... 139 Cruelties,.......................................................... 141 The Slave Code,............................................ 143 Escapes........................................................... 144 Advertisements of Slaves,..................................... 145 Lynch Law,......................... 145 Southern Views and Feelings......................................... 146 Caste,............................................................ 153 Colonization............................ 154 Illegality of Slavery............................................... 160 The Slave Trade.................................... 162 Workings of Emancipation,......................................... 170 Jamaica,........................................................ 171 New Granada...................................................... 172 Dutch Colonies,.................................................... 172 Anti-Slavery Society of Canada,............................... 173 Foreign Societies and Efforts,....................................... 174 Societies in America,................................................ 175 Success of Anti-Slavery Efforts,.................................. 175 Petitions to Congress,.............................................. 177 Conclusion,................................................... 178 APPENDIX. Annual Meeting,................................................... 179 Resolutions,....................................................... 180 Speech of Frederick Douglass,..................................... 183 Business Meeting,............................................ 190 Officers,............................................................ 1191 Outline of Proposed Anti-Slavery Effort,............................. 193 The Jane Trainer Case,............................................. 197 Judge Barculo's Decision,........................................... 20 ALPHABETICAL INDEX. Abolitionists, and Gen. Asso. Presb., 72 Armstrong's, C. Q. Slaves, 44 Act of 1793, 38 Articles of Confederation, 161 Adams's, F. C. Work, 65 Ashtabula Co., (O.) Public Feeling, 43 Adams, Gray & Co., Baltimore, 165 Associate Presbyterian Church, 87 Address to A. S. Christians, 5 Ausebar Apostle, 37 Advertisement, Slave Preacher, &c., 144 Autographs of Freedom, 131 African Slave-Trade, 162 Auxiliary Associations, 194 Agents, 194 Agitation, political, 6 Bacon, Leonard, Dr., 121, 140 Agricultural Congress, Southern, 150 Bacon, L. W., 193 Aiken, Dr., in General Assembly, 68, 70, 80 Bailey, James, 98 Akron, Ohio, Conven., (Univer.), 108 Baldwin, Daniel, Rev., 123, 190 Alabama, Colored Seamen, 65 Baltimore Democratic Convention and Plat" Learned Negro Blacksmith, 158 form, 12 Albany Cong. Convention, 99, 117 Baltimore Whig, do., 43 " and Jerry Rescuers, 37 " Platforms and Fug. Slave Bill, 12, 13 Alberti, pardoned, 33 " Clippers, 163 Aldrich,, Jude, 40 " Free People of Color, 158 Alexander, MIrs., (Ky.,) 40 Bancroft, George, Historian, 131 Allen H. W., Deputy Marshal, (trial) 36 Baptists, 96 Allen, Dr., in General Assembly, 82 Baptist Bible Societies, 97 American Board and Slavery, 114 " Free Mission Society, 123 " " C Jay's Pamphlet on, 6 " Home Mission Society, 96,122 American Bible Society, 120 " Missions, 97 Foreign Christian Union, 120 " Publication Society, 97 Foreign Missionaries, 123 Baptists, Free Will, 98 i"ome Missionary Society, 117, 121 " German, Brethren, 114 Missionary Association, 122 " Seventh-day, 97 A. S. Society, 175 " " " (German,) 11 Tract Society, 118 Baron Van Raders, 173; " Jay's Pamphlet on, 6 Barculo, Judge, 201-3 Reform Tract and Book Society, 126 " " decision, 203 Temperance Union, 163 Barnes, Albert, Sermon and Gen. Ass., 66 Linen Company, 135 Bayly, of Va., on Slave Laws, 161-2 " Slave Code," 6,131, 143 Bayard, J. A., in Delaware Convention, 24 Squadron, Brazil, 165 Beckwith, R. B., Rev., in General Assembly, (8 " Cruisers, inactive, 167 Belden, Henry, Rev., 90 Amelioration, and the cause, 151 Bell, Senator, on Colonization, 157 Amistad Case, in Congress, 10 Bible Society, American, 119 Ancient Servitude, E. Smith, 131 " " Baptist, 97 Andover Minister in Georgia, 145 " Supply for Slaves, 128 Anderson, Judge, 41 Bigler, Gov. Pa., and Alberti, 25, 33 Annexation of Sandwich Islands, 56 Bigler, Gov. Cal., 48 " " Cuba, 52 Birney, James G., 19 "An Inquiry, by E. Smith," 131 Bishop Elder, in General Assembly, 81 Annual Meeting, Society, 179 Blackwood's Magazine on Slavery, 139 " " Resolutions, 180 Black Laws of Illinois, 27, 39 A " " F. Douglass' Speech, 183 Blanchard, Pres., Address, 114 T C " C Business Meeting, 190 Bloodhounds, how trained, 142 " " Officers chosen, 191 Boothe, W. D., Esq., 198 Ansted, Prof., 149 Bordley, Thomas, 33 Anti-slavery Publications, 131 Borland, Gov., Utah, 51 Churches, at the South, 129 Bos.ton Courier and Runaways, 145 " Advocate, 174 Boston Universalist Meeting, 109 " Press, 133 Bozals in Cuba, 169 Tracts and Pamphlets, 195 Brady, James T., Esq., 198-9 Books for Children, 195 Brantley of Tenn., General Assembly, 80 " Societies in America, 17i Brazil and Slave Trade, 166-8 " " in Canada, 173 " American Squadron at, 165 " in Europe, 174 Breaking up Negro School, 143 Appendix, 179 Brigham's Trial, 36 Appropriation Bill, 8 Brisbane, WV. H., Dr., 198 212 ALPHABETICAL INDEX. British American Institute, 174 Convention, Cong., Albany, 99 A" nti-slavery Societies, 174 " Unitarian, Springfield, Mass., 107 " Colonies saved, 170 " Free Democracy, 23 and Foreign A. S. Society, 174 " Delaware, on Constitution, 24 " Government remiss with Spain, 169 Congress, 6, 7 " Guiana, 170 " Expense of Suits, (pro-slavery,) 10 " Subjects in U. S., 64 " on Colonization, 157 Brooke, Senator, 7 " Watson's Claim, S Brooks's (M. C.) Confessions, 22 " Frigate, 165 Brooklyn (N. Y.) City Court, 153 Congressional Liberty-men, 7, 11 Brown, Thomas, (kidnapped,) 33 Constitution, clause relating to 1808, 38 Brown, David Paul, Esq., 33 " Rendition clause, 45 Brown, Lucy, 35 " vs. Fugitive Slave Bills, 45 Brown, Charles, 83 " its character, 161, 162 Brown's, Jesse, Slaves sold, 61 Conference (M. E.) Ipswich, Mass., 94 Brown, Rachel P., the, 164 Conant (Va.) Lynch Law, 146 Buell & Blanchard's Publications, 131 Consolidation-Pro-slavery Views, &c., 45 Buffalo, General Assembly, N. S., 67 Congregationalists, 98 Burch, Slave-dealer, 43 Consignacion on Apprenticeship, 169 Bush, Geo., Rev., 104 Congregational Convention at Albany, 99, 11(I Business Meeting, 190 Concha, Captain-General, 168 Coolies in West Indies, 168 Cabot, George, and law of 1793, 38 Cook, Rev. R: S., Letter to, 119 California, Arrests of Slaves, 41 Cooper, Dr., on Labor of Slaves, 188 " Slaves at Mines, 40 Cooper, Rose, and Jane Trainer case, 6,197, &c. " Introducing Slavery, 47 Cornell, W. J., Hon. (Gen. Ass.) 70' Black Law, 26 Cotton Plant in Australia, 185 " Legislature, 26, 48-9 " in Africa, 134 " Jurisprudence, 40 " in La Plata, 135 Christian Advocate, 41 Court dispersed by Lynchers, 140 " Division of State, 47, 49 Cox, Dr., in Gen. Ass., 69, 70, 77 Camargo," The, a Slaver, 166 " Crane," H. B. M.'s brig, 167 Canada Anti-Slavery Society, 173 Crenshaw, Judge, Opinion, 40 Canedo, Captain-General, 168 Cromby, Dep. Sheriff, 202 Capo, Don Antonio, 168 Cruelties inflicted on Slaves, 141 Captures of Fugitives, 29, &c. Cuffee, Paul, 158 Carove, Dr., Heidelberg, 190 Culver, E. D., Esq., Coumsel for Jane Trainer, 198 Caste, 153 Curtis, Judge, 30 Chase, Senator, on Colonization, &c., 157 Cuba, Projected Annexation of, 52 Charleston Mercury, 147 " Slave Trade, 163, 168 Charleston Courier, 65 " Spanish Treaty with England, 169 Cherokee Indians, 115-16 " Black Laws, 28, 116 Dawes, Judge, in Mass. Convention, 38 Chihuahua Invaded, 52 Declaration of Independence, 161 Child, Mrs., Memoir of Hopper, 131 Delaware Convention, 24 Chinese Peonage, 48 Delay in Publication, 1, 2 "Christian Examiner," 37 Democratic Nom. Convention, Baltimore, 12 Children's Anti-slavery Books, 196 " Party-its Policy, 18 Choctaw and Cherokee Laws, 115-16 " Internal Dissensions, 21 Church and Ministry Assailed, 125 " Virginia, 45 Churches, Anti-slavery, in Slave States, 128 Depository, Books, A. S., 194 Church of the Crucifixion, Phil., 153 Deputations of "Friends," 175 Church Members, North, Implicated, 87 Detroit Resolutions "null and void," 81, 77, 88 Church of St. Philip, 90 " " illustrated, 145' the Messiah, 90 " " in Gen. Assembly, 71, 72, 77 Circuit Court, Philadelphia, 31 Dew, Prof., on Virginia Slave-Trade, 140 Claussen's Method Superseded, 135 Dewey, Dr., 107 Clay, Henry-" Fat and Sleek," 141 Dilemma of Slavocracy, 45 Clay, C. M., Free-labor Plantation, 152 Diocese of N. Y. and Caste, 153 Clark, B. C., Haytien Consul, 59 Diplomacy Disclosed, by Mr. Fillmore, 52 Clapp, Theodore, Rev., 107 District of Columbia, Slave Traffic, 60 Clarissa, Suit for Freedom, 40 " " " Auctions, 60 Clergy, when entitled to respect, 126 Dismal Swamp, (negroes in) 142 Clergyman (Northern) turned Planter, 145 Discipline, eth. E. Ch., expurgated, in S. C., 95 "Clyde," steamer, (Brit.) at Charleston, 64 Dogs, Negro, how trained, 142 Collier, Frederic, and Rose Cooper, 199, 200 Dominica and Hayti, 57 Colonization, 154 Douglass, Frederick, 133 " in Virginia, 155 Downing, George, 193 in Maryland, 158. Drayton and Sayres, Release, 62 " Society, Boston, 157 Duer, Judge, 198, &c. " Society, not a Missionary Soc., 159 Dunn, David, 98 " Society reproved by N. Era, 159 Dunlap, Judge, Atrocious Decision, 62 Colored Seamen, debate in Parliament, 63, &c. Dutch Colonies, 172 Colored Persons on Western Hemisphere, 188 Dyer's Slave's Escape, 44 " protected by Courts, 153-4 Colporteurs, Amer. Anti-slavery Soc., 195 East India Cotton, 135 " American Miss. Association, 128 Ecclesiastical and Ieligious, 66 Common Law vs. Slavery, 162 Eckard, Rev. Mr., on Barnes' Sermon, 67 Compromise Measures, re-endorsement, 7 Eddy, Chauncey, Rev., in Gen. Ass., 77 Convention, Cong., Mansfield, 0., 99 Eddy, Dr., in Gen. Ass., 68, 70, 74, 83, 84 ALPHABETICAL INDEX. 213 Education in Virginia, 143 General Assembly, N. S., at Detroit, 71 Edwards, Bryan, on Slave-labor, 138 " " " Report of 1853 reElgin Association, 178 viewed, 72 Ellis, Richard, indicted, 39 " " " avoids going into a Emancipados, Negroes, Cuba, 169 Slave State, 71 Emancipation, Workings of, 170 " " S. 1852, 84 4" in view by the South, 152 " " 1853, 85 in West Indies, 170 " " " Reports to, 85 " in Jamaica, 171 Gen. Asso. Cong. Ministers, Mass. 98 Emigrants to West Indies, 167 Georgia Agricultural Society, 150 Emma Trainer, 197 George H., act, on Slave Trade, 161 Englishmen in America, 149 German Seventh-Day Baptists, 111 England, Duty to Spain, 169 German Baptist Brethren, 114 Episcopal Church, 90 " paper at Washington, 196 Diocese, Pa., 153 Germantown, U. S. ship, 164:" " TN. Y., 93 Giddings's Speeches in Congress, 131 Escapes from Slavery, 29, 43, 44; 144 " on results of Anti-slavery efforts, 176 Espatero, Duke of Victory, 168 Giles, Senator, on Yankees, 148 Eustice, Judge, La., 35 Gilbert, Dr., 83 Evangelical Association, 103 Gospel, suppressing Slave-Trade, 167 Evening Post's Cal. Corres., 48 Goodell's "American Slave Code," 6, 131 Everett's Address, Col. Soc., 158 " "Slavery and Anti-slavery," 131 Executive Committee-its doings, 4 Green, Duff, Gen., on Iaiti, 53 Express, N. Y., on New Territory, 50 Green, U. S. Agent at Haiti, 59 Expurgations of Literature, 5, 130 Green, Rev. J. S., (Miss.,) 125, 190 " Hist. Presbyterian Church, 69 Grigg, H., Rev., in General Assembly, 83 " Discipline Meth. E: Ch. in S. C., 95 Gray, Capt., 165 Extra Expenses, U. S. Courts, 10 Grayson Co., Va., Riot, 146 Grier, Judge, 31, 33, 39 "Facts for the People," 132 " on Somerset Case, 32 Factories at the South, 136 Guazima, (Slave Trade,) 168 Fee, Rev. John G., 129 Federal Convention, 38 Habeas Corpus in Trainer case, 198, 01 Female Anti-slavery Societies, 195 Hale, Senator, 10 Fillmore, MI., Anti-slavery Speeches, 37 Hale, nomination of, at Pittsburgh, 14 " Pardoning Drayton and Sayres, 63 Hale, vote for, 19 " Disclosures of Diplomacy, 53 Hall, Judge, on Bill of 1850, 36 "Finality"in Congress, 7 Handy, Rev. J. W. K., in General Assembly, 68 Flax, Culture and Preparation, 135 Hancock, Prof., on Slave-labor, 138 " Claussen's Method, 135 Hatfield, Dr., in General Assembly, 68, 84 " Manufacturing at Mlarcellus, N. Y., 135 Hare, Dr., on Caste, 153 Fowler, Prof., on Slave-labor, 138 Hastings, S. P. M., Rev., in Gen. Ass, 83 Foreign Societies and Efforts, 165 Hamilton, W. T., D.D., on buying Slaves, 85 Forman, Rev. J. G.,. 190 Haytien Baptist Mission, 122 Free Democracy in the States, 23 Haiti, and N. Y. Merchants, 58 Free Democratic Platform, 14 " and Boston Merchants,.58 National Convention, 14 " treatment of, by U. S., 56 7 it other Conventions, 23 Henry, Patrick, 162 c" Votes, 19 Hegeman, Deputy Sheriff, Trainer's case, 202 " Press, 132 Hevrick, Elizabeth, 162 Free People of Color, Va., 156 Higher Law, and Church Union, 120 Free Pres. Church, 112 Hosmer's Work, 132 Free-Will Baptists, 98 Hicksite Friends, 113 Free-labor Produce, 134 Hildreth and Bancroft compared, 131 c" " Stores, 135 Hildreth's "White Slave," 131 Friends, Society of, " Orthodox," 103' History of Presbyterian Church, 69 " " " Hicksfte," 113 Homes, Wm., Rev. in Gen. Ass., 31, 68, 84 " Review on Free-labor, 139 HIowden, Lord, 169 " in England, 175 Howard Athenaeum, 154 Address to Sovereigns, 175 Howard Cotton Factory, Geo., 136 " New-England, Petition, 7 Hopper, Isaac T., Memoir of, 131 Fox River Cong. Association, 119 Hornblower, Judge, 121 Fugitive Slave Bill, Ancient, 37 Ilosmer, William, new work, 132 " " Abortive, 30 Hogan, Emissary to Hayti, 57 " " Bad Policy of, 30 Hopkins, Rev. T. M., in Gen. Ass., 78-9 " " its demands, and motion to Hoare and Hubbard, 63 repeal, 7 Hunter, Senator, Amendment, 10 Fugitive Slave Cases, 29, &c. Hubbard, Elder, in Gen. Ass., 75 Fugitives, Escapes, &c., 29 Huntsville, Ex-Mayor, testimony, 150 " from Kentucky, 144 Hunt's Magazine, 148-9 " who walked 1,800 miles, 143 Hyde, Hodge & Co., London, 167 Funds, Plan to raise $40,000, 194 Hunt, Gov., pardoning fugitive, 42, 44 Galveston, Texas, arrests, 44 Illinois Black Law, 27, 39 Gannett, E. S., D. D., 107 " Legislature, 26 General Assembly, N. S., 1852, 66 " a Slave State, 27 i" " " 1853, 67 "Illegality of Slavery," 160-1, &c. " " " Rep. on Slavery, 71 Inaugural Address of President, 20 " " " nRoss's Substitute, 73 Indian Mission Churches, 28 (" " " at Buffalo, 67 Indian Slave Churches, and A.B.C.F.M.,28 214 ALPHABETICAL INDEX. Indian Missions, Pamphlet on, 5, 116 Magruder, 0., Hon., Gen. Ass., 70 Indians, Yucatan, at Cuba, 168 Manhood of Slave denied, 148 Independent, 140 Mansfield, Lord, 161 Independent Churches, 112 " " vs. Grier, 32, 35 Infidelity, how increased, 125 " (0.,) Convention Cong., 99 " of Pro-slavery Ministers, 125 Mary Adaline, the Slaver, 166 Ingersoll, Rev. J. F., in Gen. Ass., 68 Maryland, Slave-Trading, 141 " Jos. R., on colored people, 153 Massachusetts A. S. Society, 175 Inter-State Slave-Trade, 139 " Convention, 1789, 38 Ipswich Methodist Conference, 94 " colored citizens in Texas, 25 Invasion of Chihuahua, 52 " Legislature, 25 Mason, Senator, on Cuba, 54 Jamaica, its Condition, 171 " " on Slave Laws, 161 Jane Trainer case, 197 " " on Colonization, 157 Jay, William, Letter to Tract Society, 6, 71, 118 " " favor Amistad claim, 10, 11'-' "' on A.B.C.F.M, 6 " " vs. Sumner, 7 " on mutilations, 130 Mason and Bracken Counties, (Ky.,) meeting, 44;"; " "Miscellaneous Writings," 131 Matthew, Geo., Brit. Consul, 64 Jay, John, resolution, &c., in Epis. Church, 91 Matthews, Judge,,a., ou Slave Laws, 162 Jerry at Syracuse, 35, 37 May, S. J., Rev., 106 Jewett, John P., publications, 131 Memorials to Congress, 195 Jefferson on Republican Government, 162 Mental sufferings of Slaves, 142 " calls Slaves, Citizens, 162 Mercer, C. F., (Va.,) on Colonization, 155 Journal of Commerce, 34 Messilla Valley invaded, 62 Judd's History of Presbyterian Church, 69 Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 95 Judicial Proceedings, &c., 29 " " " Norh, 93 Jefferson Market Police, 200 Mexico, Invasion of, 52 Jessup, General. 8 Mills, C. F., Rev., in General Assembly, 76 Jews, their position on Slavery question, 114 Milligan, T.. Rev., Ind., in Gen. Ass., 71, 79 Jones, Sandy, Slave case, 40 Miller, Rachel, 31 Jones, Ex-Chief Justice, 90 Miller, Senator, on colored people, 155-6 Johnston, Governor of Penn., 25 " " on Colonization, 155 Jurisdiction, Judge Duer's want of, 201 Miller, Joseph C., murder of, 31 Miscellaneous Writings of Judge Jay, 131 Kauffman, Daniel, trial of, 31,33 Missionaries in Slave States, 129 Kentucky Abolitionists, 40, 88 " Anti-slavery, 129 Courts, Decisions, 40 Missouri Courts, new Decision, 39 Res. on Fugitive Slave Bill, 45 Monteith, J., Rev., in General Assembly, 71, 75 " Res. on Constitution, 45 Montgomery (Ala.,) Times,151 Kentuckian on Sumner's Speech, 149 Montgomery, Mr., in General Assembly, 85 Kephart on New-Mexico, 51 Monthly Paper, 195 Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin, 131 Msorninf Cronicl-, London, 169 Kidnapping in Californin, 41 Morris, Mr., Rev., 91 " in Mobile, 43 Murray, Judge, 41 " in New York, 42 Mutilations of Literature, 130 " &c., in general, 29,30, 31 Kirk, Rev. Mr., (Episcopal,) 153 National Era, writer, "WV.," 46 C' " " on Col. Society, 159 Ladinos, Negroes in Cuba, 169 " " on Expurgations, 96 Ladies' Association, Canada, 173 Nebraska Territory, 50 Lady Suffolk, Slaver, 165 Negro not a man, 148 Lane, Gov., New Mexico, 52 Negro School broken up, 143 Latrobe, J. H., 155, 160 Newlin, Rev. E. J., in General Assembly, 75 Learned Blacksmith, colored, 158 New-Mexico opposed to Slavery, 51 Lear, of Mo., arrested, 36 " " project for division, 51 Leavitt Premium Tract, 127 New Granada, 172 Lemmon, Freeman, 33-4 New matter introduced-why, 3 Lemmon, Jonathan, 33 New-Orleans Editor and Judge Paine's opinion Leoni, (Mich..) College, 112 34 Liberia, founders, and name, 155 New-York nine months' Law, 35 " Independerce, 60 " " Jurisprudence, 33-4 Licentiousness in Slave States, 150-1 " Observr, its influence, 125 Little, J., in General Assembly, 83 " " reproved by South, 150 London Times, 149 " " Yearly Meeting, Friends, 103 Lorain Argus on Africans, 159 " Trine and:. 0bserver, 126 Lord, Dr., Moderator General Assembly, 84 " " Tribune, remarks of, 152 Louisiana, law, like Paine's Decision, 35 " " Journal of Commerce, 84 and colored Seamen, 65 " " Diocese, 153 Louisa, kidnapped, California, 41 Newhouse, Benjamin F., and Rose Cooper, 199 Lynch, Commander, U. S. N., Coast Africa, 155 New-York Legislature, 26 Lynch, Mr., Clerk Court, 201 New-Jerusalem Church, 104 Lynch law, 145 New Territories, doubtful prospects, 50 Niles, Rev. E. H., in Gen. Ass., 69 McAllister, R., (U. S. Comn.,) 31 Niles, Rev. W. A., in Gen. Ass., 70 McDougall, Gov. Cal., 48 Nicholas, Capt., U. S. Navy, 164 McGuire's Auction Sale, 61 North Carolina Convention, 3S McLeod, Alexander, Dr., 101 " Non-Fellowship with Slave-holders," 129 McLeod, J. N., Rev., 101 " with pro-slavery Societies, 127 McKinney, J., Rev., 101 3Non-Slaveholder, new series, 127 McLain, R., Rev., Gen. Ass., 70, 76-7 Northup, Solomon, his bondage, 42, 4.3, 131 McLean, Judge, vs. Illinois bill, 39 Northup, H. B., Esq., 42, 43, 1o1 ALPHABETICAL INDEX. 215 Northern subserviency, 149 Protest of Free People of Color, 158 " Disgust, 22 Pro-slavery Publications, 134 N. W. Home, iss. Asso., 122 Proscription in the Senate, U. S., 10 Northern Serviles reproved at the South, 151 Publications, Pro-slavery, 131 " Anti-slavery, 131 Observer, JN. Y. and J. Y. Tribune, 126 " by J. P. Jeett & Co., 131 " rebuked at South, 150 " Buell & Blanchard, 131 " and Conrier & Enquirer, 126 Pulaski House and Slaves, 145 " " on " Fanaticism," 150 " on " Reverence," 136 Quasi Slave-Trade, 167 " makes Infidels, 126 Quinebaug Convention, Universalists 110 Officers of the A. and F. Anti-Slavery Soc 191 Oliver, Shadrack S., 31 Rankin, John, Rev., 112 Old School Presbyterian Church, 84 Rantoul, R., Jun., Speech, 38 Oliver vs. Kauffman, 31 Randolph, John, on Colonization, 155 Onderdonk, Bishop, 153 Raymond, William, Missionary, 167 Oswego Pres. and General Assembly, 68 Rand's, Asa, new work, 131 Orser, Sheriff, in Trainee Case, 202 Rare chance for capitalists, 145 Outline of effort, 178, 193 Ravenna Convention, 127 Oxford, Bishop of, 92 Reed, Enoch, trial, 35 Paine, Judge, decision in Lemmon Case, 34 Refugees' Home Society, 174 Paine, Judge, subscription for Slave-holders, 33 eormed Pres. Church i North Amerca, 101 Parker, Elizabeth, kidnapped, 30 Religious Newspapers, (Anti-slavery,) 133 Parker, Ratchel,' ^ 31 c" Anti-slavery Convention, Vt., 128 Parker, Theodore, 106 and Ecclesiastical, 66 Parkman, Francis, D.D., 107 Remond, Miss, contends for rights, 154 Parliament, Debates, colored Seamen 65 Resolutions in N. S. General Assembly, 180 Pamphlets. Anti-slavery, 5, 6, 196 Rescuers of Fugitives, &c., 29, &;c. Parent's rights of, 205-7 Richmond Examiner's Theory, 147 B~arent's rightfi ot; 20nRidgeley, slave-catcher, 31 Pennington, J. W. C., D.D.. 153, 190, 203 Rieley, slave-catcher, 31 Pennsylvauia Legislature, 25 Richardson on Jamaica, 11 Pendleton, lnis., Slaves,. 2 Roberts, President of Liberia, 167 Pendtonae, C rs, S es, 48 Roberts, Reuben, Impri-onment, 64 Perkins, Carter, Slave Case, 40 Rochester Ladies' Sewing Society, 175 Perkins, Robert, " 40 RolloE. M., in General Assembly, 69 Perkins; C. S., claims Slaves, 40 Rose Cooper, Trainer Case, 6 1Petons, C.S 6., ci SRoss, Dr., in Gen. Ass., N. S., 69, 74, 79, 82 Peterson, arbara, H 60" "6 Burlesque Amendments, 73 Peterson, Ilensy, 60 Pernie, Don Jose, S!ave Trade, 163-4 Pernie. Don Jose, S'ave Trade, 163-4 Rowland, Rev. H. II., in Gen. Ass., 83 Penn. Convention, 1789, 38 itussell, Justice, righteous decision, 154 Pereira, Manuel, in S. C., 61 Rynder-, Isaiah, Capt., 200 Peters, Dr., in Albany Convention, 99, 100 Petitions to Congress, 177 " Sabbath Scene," by Whittier, 131 Phillips, James, trial of, 31 Salmon, W. L., acquitted, 36 Pitt, William, 161 Sandwich Island Annexation, 56 ~Pierce, Franklin, course in Congress, 18 Saturday Visitor on Slave Labor, 137 4" " Nomination, 12 Schenck, Minister to Brazil, 165; " Confessions in N. H., 20 Scoble, John, 174 " " Election of, 17 Scott and Graham nominated, 13:" " Inaugural, 20 Scott's Defeat, 17 "Picture Book," Anti-slavery, 131 Scott, Dredd, reenslaved, 39 Pierpont, Rev. John, 106 Schmidt, Frederick, 196, 208 Pittsburgh Convention, Free Dem., 13 Sharp, Granville, his Policy, 36 " P,.,t, on Howard Factory, 136 Schedrick, preacher, 144 Platforms, reflections on, 13, 17 Seamen, Colored, in Southern Ports, 63 Free Democracy, 14 Sea Island Cotton, 135 Democratic, 12 Senate, U. S., 7-11 " Whig, 1 Seward, Gov., 35 Pratt, Senator, on Colonization, 157 " " Resolution about Brazil, 165 Praya, Port of, 164 Sewall, S. E., Bill Mass. Legislature, 25 Pies. Gen. Ass., Old School, 84 Seventh-Day Baptists, 97 " " " INew School, at Buffalo, 84 " " " German, 111 C" " " " " resolution at Phil- Shields, Senator, for Sumner, 7 adelphia, 1853, on " Freedom of Thought,' 85 Shumway, Rev. Mr., in Gen. Ass., 78, 81 Pres. Church, "Associate," 87 Sheppard, Judge, 42 "'"' Reformed," 101 Shooting Negroes, 142 "Denomination, 66 Sing Sing Convict Pardoned, 44 " t" Prospects of, 36-7 " " the Slave's refuge, 44 General Assembly, N. S., 66, 86-7 Simmons' Letter to Sumner, 93 " " " O. S.. 84 "Sic Semper Tyrannis," 146 "Synod, S. C. and Geo., 73, 85 Slavery, extending itself, 47-8 " Kentucky Address, 73 Slave Auctions, 139-40 Presidential Election, 12 "Slavery and the Church," by Hosmer, 131 " Cntest, issue, 17 Slave-Trade, illegal, 161 Potter, Bishop,,.. Caste, 92, 153 Slave-trader at New York, 163-4 Political Agitati n, 6 " Slavery as it is," by Weld, 141 Pollock, Dr., on Barnes's Sermon, 66 Slavery and the Slave Trade, coexistent, 162 Police Court, Bston, and Caste, 154 Slave Trade, inter-State, 139 Port Praya, 164 " " at Brazil, 166-8 Porter, Rose, alias Cooper, 198 " " not extinct, 162 Prime, S. Irenaeus, Rev., 120 " " at Cuba, 16:3 Prichard, Dr., on Slave Labor, 138 " " African, 162 216 ALPHABETICAL INDEX. Slave Trade, a new plan, 168 Tracts, Reform, 127 Slave Labor unprofitable, 37 Anti-slavery, 196 a whipping, in N. Y. City, 203 Tract, on Conversion of the World, 124 " Code, "American," 6, 131, 143 Tracy, Senator, and Gov. Giles, 143 " Catcher caught, (Rand,) 131 Treat, Sec. Am. Board, 114, 116 Slavery in Dutch Colonies, 172 Trials, pro-Slavery, 29, &c. " a positive good, 148 Tribune, N. Y., on Increase of Infidelity, 126 " and Anti-slavery, by Goodell, 131 " " rebuke of N. Y. Observer, 126 Slave-holders' Meeting in Kentucky, 44 " " on Gen. Ass., 77 Spain, her Treaty with England, 169 "Two Altars," by Mrs. Stowe, 131 Spanish Minister, claim, 11 Tyler, Mrs., Condemned in Va., 151 Smith, Edward's, Inquiry, &c., 131 Smith, Rev. J. C., in General Assembly, 75 Uncle Tom's Cabin, 6, 131 Smith's, Gerrit, argument, 36 Union Chr. Conventions, 127 Smith, William, Trial of, 31 " Union" (Washn.) favor Cuban Annexation, 55 Somerset Case, 161 Unprofitableness of Slave-labor, 137 Southern Agricultural Congress, 150 Unitarians, 105 ingratitude, 21 Unitarian Association, 107 " testimony, 45 Unitarian A. S. Ministers, 106-7 " dissensions, 45 United Brethren in Christ, 89 views and feelings, 146 Universalists, 108 Free Press and NV. Y. Observer, 150 Utah Ter., Prospects of, 51 " Anti-Slavery, 40 Utrecht, Letter from, 172 South Carolina and England, 63-4 Spees, Rev. S. G., in Gen. Ass., 69, 78, 81 Valdez, Captain-General, 168 Stampede in Kentucky, 144 Van Raders, Baron, 173 Stevenson, Minister to England, 140-1 Vermont Religious Convention, 128 State Legislation, 24 " Convention, Universalists, 110 Steele, Joshua, Wages to Slaves, 138 Vigilance Committee, 195 Stewart, Justice, Police Court, 200 Virginia Slave-Trade, 140 State Rights vs. Fugitive Slave Bill, 45 " Whig Doctrine, 45 Stiles, Rev. Jos., in G. A., N. S. Legislature on Colonization, 29 Stowe, Mrs., "Two Altars," 131 " Convention, of 1789, 38 " and " Slavery as it is," 141 " Education, 143 " honored abroad, 175 Voluntary Religious Societies, 114 Stowe, Professor, on Chinese laborers, 136 " on Cotton, 135 "W." in National Era, 46 Story, Judge, on Act of 1793, 38 Wade, Senator, and Compatriots, 8 Strong, Hon. William, in G. A., 79, 93 Wainwright, Dr., 172 Sturgis, Judge, Buying Slaves, 61 Walker, J. R., Rev., Sermon, 122 Sugar, Supplies of, 135 "Want of Jurisdiction," (Judge Duer's,) 201 Sumner, Senator, Speech, 7, 8 Ward, S. R., Rev., in London, 173 Resolution, 7 Washington Territory, 50 t" Amendment, 8 " Washington Union," 54'" Argument on D. of C, 177 Washington City, Slavery in, 60-2 4" "White Slavery," 131 Washington, had he lived till now, 146 " Letter to, 93 Watson, J. C., Claim on Congress, 8 - Supplying Slaves with Bibles, 128 Webster, Daniel, 14 Surrendering Fugitive Slaves, 29, &c. " " his fate, 21 Supreme and District Courts' extra expenses, 10 " " his threat at Syracuse, 37 Swedenborgians, 104 " " support of Bill of 1850, 38 Success of Anti-slavery efforts, 175 " " to Walsh, at layti, 59 Synod of S. C. and Geo., 73 " " on Colonization, 155 " Kentucky, 73 Wells, Judge, 41 Syracuse Trials, 35 Wesleyan Methodist Connection, 111 " Change of Sentiment, 37 Wheaton (Ill.) College, 112 Swisshelm, Mrs., on Slave labor, 187 Whig Party, its condition, 17 " Editors in Va.,45 Tappan, Lewis, 5, 100, 90, &c. Whipping a Slave in New-York City, 203 Tappan, Arthur, 190 "White Slave," by Hildreth, 131 Taylor, G. W., Free Goods Store, 135 "White Slavery in Barbary," by Sumner, 131 Tefft, J. C., on Slave Trade, 167 White, G. S.. Rev., in Gen. Ass., 83 Telegram, from Cincinnati, 198 Whittier, J. G., on the Anti-slavery Cause, 178 Tennessee, from a Slaveholder, 150 " " on Mutual Toleration, 175 Texas, Scheme to divide it, 50 " " Sabbath Scene, 131 " Violations of law, 44 Wilson, Judge, in Pa. Convention,-(1789,) 38 Thacher, Moses, Rev., at Gen. Ass., 75 Willis', Dr., Visit to England, 171 Thomas, Dr., at Sing-Sing, 44 Williams, Rev. Peter, and Caste, 153 Thompson, Dr., at Gen. Ass., 82, 84, 76, 79 Williams, Samuel, Rev., (Trial,) 30 Thompson, George, on Slave-Trade, 167 Williams, Beverly, 159 Thomson, Dr. Andrew, 162 Wiltberger, adv. in Boston Courier, 144 Thornwell, J. H., Dr., Defense of Slavery, 147 Withers, Judge, (S. C.,) 64 Tod, Minister to Brazil, 165 Wise, Henry A., (Va.,) on Newspapers, 143 Torry, William, Rev., in Gen. Ass., 82 Walcott, on Jamaica, 172 Towne, Ezra, Free Goods Store, 135 Workings of Emancipation, 170 Trainer, Jane, Case, 6, 197 Wright, Elizur, acquittal, 30 Charles, 197 Wylie, S. B., Rev., 101' Emma, 197 " Jane, 177 Yankees at the South, 143 Tract Society, American, 118 "Yeoman," in New- York Times, 142 " Reform, 127 Yucatan, Slave-trade, 168