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Loraqua la documant aat trop grand pour Atra raproduit an un soul ciichA, 11 aat fiimi A partir da I'angia aupAriaur gaucha, da gaucha A droita, at da haut an baa, an pranant la nombra d'imagaa n4caaaaira. Laa diagrammes suivants illustrant la mithoda. 1 2 3 32X 1 2 3 4 5 6 Y AW^ - ^ • 1 ■ ■ »■ ; --J •[ .. PRESBYTERIAN FOR TIIB DOMINION OF CANADA, AND NEWFOUNDLAND. *> ' > i'4 Edited bt. Bev JAMES CAMERON, Chatswobth. % TORONTO: y. 0. BLAOKETT ROBINSON, 5 JORDAN STREET. [ ' ' '3 1879. '' ^'> r3 ,r '. ■:mi . • , ; , '•-^ ^^M^^M 1^ |BhH|Hb ^i PREFACE. / Whilb the main features of this Yeah Book contlnno from year to year the same, it is nought to give prominence, in each issue, to some special features. Last year a special and prominent feature of our record of Presbyterianism was a general survey of the whole Presbyterian field throughout the world. In such an effort as this, no prominence could be given to any particular Church in that enumeration. Tliis year we con- fine our record to the American continent, so as to be able to give our readers, as our special point, a close view of the chief doings of the large and influential AssembUes of the United States, in whose Act, Proceed- ings, Work, and Statistics there is much for our encouragement and iiiBtraction. JAMES CAMERON. Chatswobth, Dec. szst, i8jS. '."r- ■*^iiiMifti/i»iriVit CONTENTS. h jeox to ) some record n field iild be 'e con- ve oiir e large •oceed- iit oud PACK PBFP'CK 2 contknts 8 Calmxpab 5 Vcmt.Kt, Goii'13, ^Ta 18 The Quei-n and Koyal Family. 20 Advkrtisrmknts 22 Papf.rs on Phksbytetiian Topics— By tftinatic GiviiiK bv tlio R v. J. Ijiiytoii, Nova Sootin 25 Pontpi-ints o' the PrfRl»\teiian Pioneers, by H. S. M'Co luui, Nov.. Scotiii 28 Tlip vubbutli, by tlie Rev. W. T. M'Mulleii, Woodstock. Out 32 TiioEndovrineiitofour CoUeg' 8, by Aeadt'micus 154 T> e I'ressyterivulUuo Books for 1878 40 Pber. Chtjbch in Canada— Offlcers, Hoards aiitl Coniuiittees 45 Roll- of Synods and Presbyteries 47 Alt*liabetical List of Miiiieters... C8 Foreign Mi8^iolmries 71 F<*mal6 Missionaries 71 MiniHlers without Gljttrge and I'robaliouerd 72 I.— Proceedings aud Acts uf As- senibly 72 Dt'l verance on Homo Mission Ke|ioris 72 Boiiort anont Hymnolosy 73 Ko'.'nIationH un^nt Ministers', Willows' aud Orpbans' Fund 7f l>i8tribntion of Probationers.. 7.i Menioriiil ou Temperance 7G II. -The Work of the Church 70 Home MinSiO' s— We teru Seo- tioi a 70 E IB ern Section 77 Foreign MisHions — Wvsteru Section 77 Finiinces 79 E.i-teru Se< tlon 79 Miss on t> Lumbermen 8) J uveuile Mission 80 PAGB Pbfs. CiT. rw Canada— cow«iit(cd. Colleges 80 French EviingelizHtion 81 Sabbafli Obaenvttiico 8H Htato of Relig on 82 Widows »i I <1 Orphiin-* 83 Ace iind Infirm Ministers 84 Presbyteria ' Record 84 Goner 1 Statistics 84 " The Hotponrcd Dead." Rev. Oeorpo Chevne, M.A 85 " J. M. Roger, M.A 85 " James RoRS 88 " David Tiiylor 86 •' Andrew Dryburgh 8ft Presbyterv of I'icton in connec- tion witli the Church of Scot- Irind. Offlci-rs 87 Roll 91 I'resbyttTy «)' Stumford in con- nection with the Un ted Piesbvteriun Church of N. America. Koll 87 Presbyterv of New BrunsTvick and Novii S''otia in connec- tionwth the Reformed Pres- bxtorian Glinrch in Ireland. Roll 88 " The Hi'noured Dead." Rev. W Jliajn Somerville 88 Eastern Presbytery in connec- tion wit 1 the General Re- formed Presbyterian Synod, North America. Roll 89 PBESByTRIlI kN CffDRCHES IN THB UM'IKD STAI'KH OF Amebica. I.— Presbyterian Church (North) Offlct'i-H 89 lliii)tize I Children of the Ghnrch 80 Pute Literature 90 I 'anu- rs from Romanism 90 Secular Press 91 Adv ce to Minisiers who differ 91 Public Speaking aiid Teaching . ofWooen 01 State of Religion within the bounds of the Aseambiy 91 .!'. Ch. IV U. States— oo"<J C 38 A.M. 80 U 27 A.K. w. T. F. 4S. Sun, M. T. W. T. F. a_ Sun. M. T. W. c 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 10 17 IS 19 20 21 ,T. 22W. 2»T. 24,F. 25 S. 2CS >uu M. un 27|M. 28 T. 29|W. 30iT. 3liF. MEMORANDA. Rnn Ilisefl. 7 34 7 34 7 34 7 34 Snn Set a. 4 34 4 35 4 36 4 37 4 38 4 39 4 40 4 41 4 42 7 33i4 43 7 32'4 44 Moon UiseB. 7 34 7 34 7 33 7 33 7 33 1 50 2 44 34 4 o9 G13 7 28 8 43 7 32:4 451 9 57 11 40 pni04 32 106 -I- 7 32!4 46 7 31i4 47 7 31^49 11 12 a.m. 28 7 30 4 50j 1 4:! 7 29^4 51! 3 02 7 2S ' 4 52 | 4 1 5 7 28:4 54! 5 21 7 27'4 55! 10 7 27i4 5G| 7 00 7 2G!4 58; 7 34 725:4.59 8 02 7 25:5 00 8 25 7 2415 02 8J5 7 22|5 03"9 0"5 7 21i5 05 9 23 7 20!5 00 9 43 7 20:5 07110 (»5 |7 19:5 08; 10 31 17 18:5 lOJll 02 .' "" -y\'» " ' FEBRUATIY— 1879. }.>^ n yviooN's Phases. i> n. M. FitUM'^on 8 24 p.m. Laat Qtuirt' r 13 1 SO p.m. n. n. M. Sew Mn 7% 2<» 10 4.) P.M. I'lriit Qaaittr 29 'i 41 A.U. I?™ 2' Sun. 3'm. 4,T. 5JW. GT. F. S. }) Sun. 10 M. HiT. 12;\V. 13:T. UF. I5.S. Sun, M. 10 17 1« 19 \V. 2^)T. 21 F. 22 s. 2.J'S Ull, 24 2ii M. W. 27 T. 2b.F. MEMORANDA. Run finn Mnon RiSOB. 7 17 7 1G SotB. 5 11 5 12 l.i-ea. 1141 [)iT)30 7 14 5 14 1 20 7 !?• 5 15 2 30 7 12 5 IG 3 50 7 11 5 18 5 06 7 10 5 19 G 24 7 08 5 21 7 3!) 7 07 5 2-1 8 58 7 0G 5 23 10 15 7 04 5 25 11 34 7 03 5 20 j».in. 7 02 5 27 51 7 00 5 29 2 06 G 5;> 057 5 30 5 31 3 14 4 U G06 5 33 4 58 G54 5 31 5 35 G 53 5 35 6 04 G 51 5 37 G 29 G 50 5 38 50 (148 G47 5 39 5 +1 7 0,9 7 28 G45 5 42 7 48 G43 5 43 8 09 G 42'5 44 8 33 6 40:5 4G 9 02 38 ;5 4.7 9 37 ■;^ j-;*it*lii iVS^WV?:Hi3&S VW*'- "X^'l-' m i m iii I mm "**f MAECH— 1879. !•■ PhK nfoon iji<«t Quarter . yVloON's J^HASES. i>. n. M. 8 7 5'2 A.M. 14 10 23 F.U. .V'-to Urnon Fint Qitiirt- r D. n M. r.'i 8 47 P.M. 30 7 47 P.M. S. 2 3 4 5 7 10 11 12 13 14 15 T6 17 18 19 20 21 22 '23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Sua. 31IM. ''':: Sun. M. T. W. T. F. S.__ Suu. M. T. W. T. F. S.__ Sun. M. T. W, T. F. S^__ Sun, M. T. W. T. F. S. MEMORANDA. Moon Uitioa. 10 02 11 07 ¥*■■ ■> ■ mmtuffW"'^'''^'''^^''^ fwm wmmm ^^mm^^m^^iffmif^mm APRIL— 1879. /Boon's j^hasbs. D. H. M. FulliroMl 8 07P.1C. Lait Quarttr 18 8 02 a.ii. D. ■. M. New Moon 81 H 88 A.lt. Fir$t Quarttr 9B 8 80 A^. 1 2 8 4 5_ 6 7 8 9 T. W. T. F. Sun. M. T. W. \0 11 i? 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27:Sim, 28 M. 29iT. 30 W. Sun M. T. W. T. F. S. Sun, M. T. W. MBMORANDA. Bon 5 42 5 40 5 38 5 36 534 5 33 5 31 5 29 5 27 5 26 5 24 5 22 5 21 5 19 5 17 5 16 5 14 5 12 5 11 5 09 5 07 5 06 5 04 5 03 5 01 500 4 58 4 57 4 55 4 54 Ban I Moon Seti. I BiMi. 26 27 29 30 31 32 33 35 6 36 6 37 6 38 6 39 6 41 6 42 6 43 6 44 6 45 6 46 6.48 6 49 6 60 6 51 6 52 6 54 6 55 656 657 6 58 7 00 7 01 pml7 130 2 45 4 02 5 22 6 43 8 06 9 29 10 47 11 66 a.ni. 52 136 2 10 2 37 8 00 3 21 340 3 69 4 20 4 42 5 08 5 39 616 7 02 r6j> 8 57 10 03 1113 pm25 PMI* MAY— 1879. /4( OONS iHASES. } D. H. U. Full Moon 6 54 A.M. Last Quarter 12 18 P.M. D. H. H. New Moo7i 21 82 a.m. -Fiiat Quarter '28 6 10 p.m. MEMORANDA. Suii Rises. 4 52 4 51 4 50 4 49 4 47 4 45 4 44 4 42 4 41 4 40 4 39 4 38 4 36 4 34 4 33 4 32 4 31 4 30 4 29 4 28 4 27 4 26 4 26 4 25 4 24 4 24 4 23 4 23 4 22 4 22 4 21 1 F. S. Sun. M. T. W. T. F. S. Sun. M. T. W. T. F. S. Sun. M. T. W. T. F. S. Sun. M. T. W. T. ' 2 3 • 4 5 6 7 ,\ 8 9 10 11 .12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 ■ 24 25! 26 ^7 28 29 30 OV/..1. • 3liS. Sun Sets. 7 02 7 03 7 05 Moon Rises. 130 2 54 4 13 06 07 09 10 11 12 13 7 14 7 15 7 16 717 7 18 7 19 7 21 7 22 7 23 7 24 7 25 7 26 7 27 7 28 7 29 7 30 7 31 7 31 7 32 7 33 7 33 5 32 6 57 8 21 9u5 10 37 11 2jy a.m. 007 38 1 oa 1 25 145 2 04 2 25 2 47 3 12 3 41 4 17 5 00 5 52 6 50 7 55 9 03 10 13 11 25 pni37 1 50 3 0d JUNE— 1879. If. 2 A .M. 9 P.M. 1 Moon 3. Bises. 2 I3i> a 2 54 5 4 13 6 5 32 7 6 57 •9 8 21 9o5 1 10 37 2 11 2Jy .3 a.m. .4 07 [5 38 [6 1 oa L7 1 25 18 145 .9 2 04 Jl J2 2 25 2 47 !3 3 12 24 3 41 J5 4 17 J6 5 00 17 5 52 28 29 6 50 7 55 JO 9 03 n 10 13 n 11 25 \2 pTTl37 J3 1 50 J3 3 09 yVLoON'S J^HASES. Full Woon Last Quarter . J>. B. H. 4 8 18 A.U. 11 11 S8 A.M. X>. H. U. New Moon 19 8 01 p.if. First Quarter 27 38 a.m. MEMORANDA. Sun Bises. 4 21 4 20 4 20 419 4 19 4 18 4 18 4 18 4 18 4 18 4 17 4 17 4 17 4 17 4 17 4 17 4 17 4 17 4 18 4 18 4 18 4 18 4 18 4 19 4 19 4 19 4 20 4 20 4 20 4 21 Sun Sets. 7 34 7 35 7 36 7 37 7 37 7 38 7 39 7 40 7 41 7 42 7 42 7 42 7 42 7 43 743 7 44 7 44 7 44 7 44 7 45 7 45 7 45 7 45 7 46 7 46 7 46 7 46 7 46 746 7 46 Moon Blses. 1 Sun. M. T. W. r. F. s._ Sun 4 28 2 5 50 a 7,09 8 19 9 16 10 01 10 38 4 5 fi ,7 H 1104 11 28 11 49 -Mm'!>itK^UiWg^^ JULY— 1879. /fLooH'a J'hasbs. D. B. M. Full Moon 8 4 20 P.M. Last Quarter 11 8 86 a.m. \. T>. H. M. New Moon 19 8 48 A.M. First Quarter 20 5 18 am. T. W. T. s. 6 7 8 9 10 11 i? 13 14 15 16 17 18 1? 80 21 22 2:i 24* 25 27 28 29 SOW. «liT. Sua M. T. W. T. F. S. Sun. M. T. W. T. F. S. Sun. M. T. W. T. F. S. Sun. M. MEMORANDA. Sun Rises. 4 22 4 23 4 24 4 24 4 24 4 25 4 26 4 27 4 28 4 28 4 29 4 30 4 31 i32 4 33 4 34 4 35 4 36 4 37 4 38 4 40 4 41 4 42 4 43 4 44 4 45 4 45 4 46 4 46 4 47 4 47 Sun Hets. 7 45 7 45 7 45 7 45 7 44 44 43 43 42 42 42 ^1 41 40 39 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 26 25 Moon Rises. 6 67 7 01 7 63 8 32 9 03 9 29 9 52 10 18 10 33 10 64 11 17 1144 a.m. 14 53 1 38 2 32 3 35 4 43 6 64 7 06 8 3*7 9 30 10 43 11 69 pi 14 2 32 3 46 4 49 6 44 628 AUGUST— 1879. H. M. S 48 A.M. S 18 A.U. Suu HetB. MOOQ Rises. .5 7 28 7 27 i6 7 261 .77 26 fc7l7 25l 2 32 3 45 4 49 6 44 628 Room's f hasbs. D. H. M. I Full Moon 2 1 54 A.M. New Moon Laat Quarter 8 61 p.h. | First Quarter ..... Full Moon Sltt, iH. 40H.,p.m. D. H. M. 17 a 6a P.M. 24 9 64 A.M. 1 MEMORANDA, Sun Bises. 4 48 4 49 4 50 4 51 4 13 4 54 4 55 4 56 4 57 4 58 5 00 5 01 6 03 5 04 5 05 5 06 5 07 5 08 5 09 5 10 5 11 5 13 5 14 5 15 516 5 17 5 18 5 19 5 20 5 21 5 22 Suu Hets. 7 24 7 23 7 21 7 20 7 18 7 17 7 16 7 15 7 14 7 12 7 11 7 10 7 08 7 07 7 06 7 04 7 03 7 02 7 00 6 58 6 56 6 54 52 6 50 6 48 6 46 6 44 6 42 6 40 6 39 6 38 Moon liixes, F. 7 02 2S 7 30 Sun. M. T. W. T. F. S. Sun. M. T. W. T. F. S. Sun. M. T. W. T. F. S. Sun. M. T. W. T. F: s. Bun. 3 7 54 4 8 16 5 8 37 Q 8 67 9 19 9 44 10 19 7 8 9 10 10 48 n • 11 30 12 a m 13 21 14 1 20 15 2 25 3 35 16 17 4 48 18 6 02 7 16 8 30 9 47 1104 pm21 19 £0 21 22 23 94 1 35 25 2 44 3 39 4 25 5 02 5 33 5 57 26 27 28 29 30 81 6 19 'i SEPTEMBER--1879. i- yVlOON'S fHASKS. D. H. M. Lait Quartar 8 2 47 F.ic. New Moon 16 89 am. D. B. H. First Quarter 22 4 02 p^h. Full Moon. 80 3 69 A.1I. 1 M. 2 T. 3 W. 4 T. 6 F. 6 S. 7 Sun. 8 M. 9 T. 10 W. 11 T. 12 F. 13 S. 14 Sun. 15 M. 16 T. 17 W. 18 T. 19 F. 20 S. 21 Sun. 22 M. 23 T. 24 W. 26 T. 26 F. 27 S. 28 Sun. 29 M. 30 T. MEMOBAl^A Sun Riees. 23 24 25 26 27 29 30 31 32 33 35 36 37 38 39 40 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 62 o 54 5 55 5 66 Sun Sets. 37 33 31 29 28 27 26 25 23 21 19 17 15 13 11 09 07 05 03 01 00 59 57 55 53 51 49 47 45 43 Moon Bises. 6 41 7 02 7 23 7 46 8 14 8 47 9 25 10 11 1106 a.m. 08 115 2 26 3 39 4 53 6 10 7 27 8 46 10 07 11 23 pm36 135 2 24 3 03 3 36 4 00 4 23 4 45 5 06 5 27 OCTOBEK— 1879. H. 02 P.M. 69 A.1I. n ts. Moon Bises. 37 6 41 33 7 02 51 7 23 29 7 46 28 8 14 27 8 47 26 9 25 25 10 11 23 1106 21 a.m. ly 08 17 115 15 13 2 26 3 39 11 4 53 [)9 6 10 D7 7 27 05 8 46 03 10 07 )1 )0 59 1123 pm35 135 57 2 24 55 3 03 53 3 36 51 4 00 ^9 47 4 23 4 45 ib 5 06 13 5 27 ^oon's f hases. D. H. U. Last Quarter 8 8 26 a.m. New Moon 15 10 51 a.m. D. H. U. First Q}iiirter 22 1 00 a.h. Full Moon ....*. 29 8 52 P.M. w. T. F. 4S. Sun 6 M. 7 T. 8 W. 9 T. 10 F. 11 S. 12 Sun 13 M.^ 14 T. 15 W. 16 T. ■ 37 F. 188. i9:Sun. 20!M. 21 T 22 23 S4 W. T. F. 25|S^ 2T;;Sun. 27 28 20 SO SIW. M. T. W. T. MBMOBANDA. Sun IliBes, O 0/ 5 58 5 59 Sun Sets. 5 42 5 40 5 38 005 36 01 03 04 05 06 08 09 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 6 6 6 6 6 6 d" 6 6 6 6 6 35 33 31 29 27 25 23 22 20 19 18 16 14 13 19 20 21 22 24|5 25I5 2715 28ii5" 30 4 31 S2 33 4 31 11 09 08 06 04 03 01 00 58 50 00 54 53 Moon KiBBB. 5 49 6 16 47 7 22 8 06 8 56 9 54w 10 58 a.m. 06 117 2 29 3 43 4 59 6 20 7 41 9 02 10 18 11 25 pm22 103 137 2 05 2 29 250 3 11 3 32 3 54 4 20 4 4l> 5 26 NOVEMBEK— 1879. yVlooN's jPhases. S. H. H. Ltut Quarter :.. 7 38 a.u. New Moon 13 7 21 P.u. V. H. M. First Quarter 20 1 38 p.m. Full moon 28 8 40 p.m. MEMORANDA. Sun Bises. 6 36 8 38 6 39 6 40 6 42 6 43 6 44 6 46 6 47 6 48 6 60 6 61 6 52 6 53 6 55 6 56 6 57 6 59 7 00 7 01 7 02 7 04 7 05 7 06 7 08 7 09 710 711 712 713 Pun Sets. 4 52 4 51 4 49 4 48 4 46 4 45 4 44 4 43 4 42 4 40 4 39 4 38 4 37 4 36 4 35 4 35 4 34 4 33 4 32 4 31 4 30 4 30 4 29 4 29 4 28 4 28 4 27 4 27 4 26 4 26 Moou l.i OH. 1 S. Sun. M. T. W. T. F. S. Sun. M. T. W. T. F. S. Sun. M. T. W. T. F. S. 6 04 2 6 52 3 7 47 4 8 47 5 9 52 6 10 69 7 8 «■ p.m. 08 9 f 1 18 10 2 32 11 3 49 12 5 07 13 6 30^ 14 7 50 15 9 05 16 10 08 17 10 58 18 1136 pm06 32 5a 1 16 19 20 21 22 23 Sun. 1 38 24 M. T. W. T. F. S. * Sun. 2 00^ 25 2 24 26 2 48 27 3 24 28 4 03 4 4a 29 30 5 41 DECEMBER— 1879. yAooN's Phases. Moon l.i OK. 04 6 52 7 47 8 47 9 52 10 69^ &.m. 08 118 2 32 3 49 5 07 6 3a 7 50 9 05 10 08 10 58 1136 pm06 32 1 6a 1 1 16 ► 138 I 2oa ; 2 24 ; 2 48 ' 3 24 ^ 4 03 ) 4 48 D. R. M. L'lat Quarter 6 2 26 p.m. New Moon 13 6 47 A.M. D. fl. M. Firfit Qunrttr 20 5 58 A.M. Full Moon 28 10 68 a.m. 6 41 MEMORANDA. Sun IUbcs. 7 14 7 14 7 15 716 717 7 18 7 19 7 20 7 20 7 21 7 22 7 23 7 24 7 25 7 26 7 27 7 28 7 29 7 30 7 31 7 32 7 32 7 33 7 33 Sun Seta. 425 4 24 4 24 4 24 4 24 4 24 4 24 4 23 4 23 4 23 4 24 4 24 4 24 4 24 4 24 4 24 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 26 4 26 4 27 4 27 4. 9« Moon lii&es. 1 M. T. W. T. F. S. Sun. M. T. W. T. F. S. Sun. M. T. W. T. F. S. Sun. M. •J\ W. T. F. S. Sun. iM. T. VV. 6 42 2 7 45 3 8 50 4 9 57 5 11 04 6 S) tl) 7 - 13 8 1 25 9 2 40 10 3 58 11 5 18 6 37 7 47 12 13 14 8 44 15 9 28 16 10 05 17 10 32 18 10 58 10 11 19 20 11 42 21 prnOa 26 53 22 24 1 23 25 7 33 4- 9« *•' 01 26 7 33 7 33 7 33 7 33 7 34 7 34 4 29 4 29 4ao 4 31 4 32 4 33 2 45 27 3 35 28 4 35 29 5 37 30 6 42 31 • 7 49 18 PRESBYTKRUN YBAR BOOK. POSTAL GUIDE. ' ?- exceeding \ az. in exceeding I4 oz., 8 LETTERS. Lbttbrb addressed from or to places in Oanada and United States. — Not exceeding \ oz. in weight, 3 oentn ; not exceeding 1 oz., 6 cents ; not exceeding 1^ oz., 9 cents ; not exceeding 2 oz., 12 cents ; and so on. Great Britain (wbether sent or roooived by Canadian or New York Mail Steamera). — Not exceeding \ oz. in weight, 5 cents ; not exceeding 1 oz., 10 cents ; not exceeding 1^ oz., 15 cents ; not exceeding 2 oz., 20 cents ; and so on. City, or Drop Letters for City Delivery. — Not weight, 1 cent ; not exceeding 1 oz., 2 cents ; not cents ; not exceeding 2 oz., 4 cents ; and so on. The above rates must in every case be pre-paid by postage stamp. When posted wholly unpaid, they cannot be forwarded, but will be sent to the Dead Letter Office. If insufficiently paid, double the amount of the deficient postage will be charged on delivery. 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Before pro- oeeding I would remark that tlie doctrine of giving is one of those sub- jects that are brought out with greater prominence in the Old Testament than in the New. The duty is there more frequently referred to — its principles more fully illustrated, and its practice more forcibly urged. At the same time, it is to be considered althogether independently of any peculiar form which it assumed undi'r the Luvltical Dispensation. It be- longs to the original constitution of the Church, and was practised long before the Jewish nation had an existence. Many of tbe formal regu- lations of the Jewish Church, however, are worthy of attention and imi- tation. The whole word of God is of use to direct us in this matter, and look- ing in the light of its teacliings, attlie general principles wbicli imderlie giving, and which app'y to it in every age of the church, I observe: — (1) That all pifts should be brought to the place of worship, and presented there as a part, and an act of worship. This law is very explicitly anrl emphaticalh stated in Lev. xvii. 3,4, 9; and Dent. xii. 5, 6. Giving, as worship, is indicated in the prediction respecting the Messiah ; " To Him shall be given of tliH gold of Sbeba, prayer shall be made for Him continually, and daily shall He be praised" Ph. Ixxii. 15, — with re- gard to the order in which these three devotional exercises are here stated, it is worthy of note that giving is the first act of worship recorded in the word of God : Gen. iv. The same priority is also indicated in the com- mand: " Bring an offering and come into His courts," 1 Chron. xvi. 29. So important, indeei), was this exercise that on some occasions unless the worshipper brought his offering, his worship was una' oeptable, ^'' None shall appear before me empty. ' Many passages might be cited to illustrate this fact, that the act of giving symbolizes the same ideas that other modes of worship express in words. It is only an intelligent and exclusively religious view of it that will lead men to " abound in this grace." So far as we can learn there ex- isted no means of enforcing the payment of the tithes ; but no man who had any religion or conscience would be guilty of wilful and habitual ne- glect. The sacrednesB of the ordinance was the strongest motive to its performance. The principle was plainly laid down; "Eveiy devoted thing is most holy unto the Lord," Lev. xxvii ; 26-30. When we say that giving should be a voluntary, spontaneous act, we do not mean that it is 26 PBESBTTERIAN ITEAR BOOK. altogether optional. On the contrary we hold that it is ■strictly and uni- versally obligatory. Many allow themselves to be misled on this point by assuming a false ground of distinction between these tithes and free-will offiaiugs. Of course, there is a distinction, but it lies merely in this : that in tliis one case the amount is prescribed by law, but in the other case, it is left to the coufCience and heart of the yiver. The duty of giving, however, was as binding in the one case as in the other. Gud required both. As the Proprietor of all things he claims one as a matter of justice; aslledeemer, he looks for the other as a proof of love. (2) The Scriptures teach tliat all should give, " None shall appear be- fore me empty : every man shall give as he ia able." The sauie rule is enjoined by the apostle: "Let every one of you lay by him in store " None are exempt; the poor as well as the rich are " to perfoim the doing of it." There is a sort of current sentimentalism which teaches that the poor ought not to be expected to give, but the occasions and instances of liberulity which the Scriptures have most carefully recorded are those in which the " deep poverty" of the givers has made their gifts more rich. (3) liut another important Scriptural rule of giving, is that all hhall give in proportion to their increase : " Every man shall give as he is able, ac- cording to the blessing of the Lord thy God upon thee." The' motive urged is the fact of our dependence upon God, and our debt of gratitude to Him. I am not prepared to discuss fully the permanent obligation of the tithe. There are many arguments, however, in favor of the view that it is still binding as the minimum measure of giving. It is of divine appointment. The first Scriptural notices of the ordinance show that it was prior to the Levitical institution. Besides the custom was observed by nations who had no acquaintance or communication with the Jews. It cannot be proven that ever the law has been repealed. Then, an ad- ditional argument more practical and pressing than any other, is the fact that the wants of the church can never be met, or the church's duty to the world never fulfilled until Chiistians come systematically to devoting at least a tenth of their increase to the Lord. And when that point of liberality is arrived at, it will soon be exceeded. It must be remembered there were two regular tithes paid by the Jews : (1) for the maintenance of the Levites, which was in lieu of their inheritance in the land. Numbers xviii. 20, 21 : and also for hire, or reward for their service in the taber- nacle. (2) There was also another tithe which was to be expended in sacri- fices, solemn feasts and gifts to the poor, Deut. xii. 6, 7, and xiv. 22, 23, As distinct from that paid to the Levite, this is generally spoken of as a second or additional tithe, but it is in fact, the original tithe which had existed from time immemorial. There was also a third tithe to be levied every three years, but about which we have not much definite information. They were all, however, exclusive (1) of the first-born of the flocks, and the first-fruits of the field : (2) of any singular vow, or special devotion which any one might make on any special occasion. If so much then was required to sustain the ordinances of religion in one nation, ought we to give less whose privileges are so much greater, and upon whom the wh'^le world has claims ? Having noticed the rules of acceptable giving, we may refer very brief- ly to its rewards. These rewards are realized both in our temporal and PRESBYTERIAN TEAR BOOK. 27 flpiritual concerns; we enjoy them in the present life; we can anticipate them for the future. " Honor the Lord with thy substance and with the first fruits of a'l thine increase, so shall thy barns be filled with plenty." There is a connection between our fidelity towards God, and His favor to- wards us ; between the due devotion of our property to God, and its in- crease. But we should consider chiefly the spiritual results which flow from the exercise of Christian liberality. It has an effect both upon the feelings and the character of the giver. He is made happier and better in the performance of his devotions. How glad indeed some are when they can give ! The Israelites were commanded when they brought their offerings, tithes and choice vows, to rejoice before the Lord: Deut. xii. 10-12. And on the occasion of the formal presentation of the material for the building of the temple ; " then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly ; because with perfect heart they offered willingly unto the Lord. They did eat and drink before the Lord on that day with great gladness." Giving promotes happiness inasmuch as we are permitted to witness the good that is accomplished by our "ifts, specially in what is done for the support and spread of religion. Aad Ijow much better it would be for the }ich.to raake donations than bequests. How much more blessed to give than to leave. But giving not only increases happiness, it really improves character. It increases our faith and deepens our love. It leads us to take a deeper in- terest in Christ's cause, and to make greater efforts for its advancement. There are also higher future rewards to which we might refer. To the rich young man the Lord said, " G:) and sell that thou hast and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven." We have regarded giving as a means of grace. It is l)oth a cause and an effect of revival. A low state of religion must necessarily result from a lack of liberality. God's terms c>{ reviving a church in such a case, and his time for doing it is stated thus: "Bring ye all the tithes into the store-house that there may be meat in my house, and prove me now herewith saith the Lord of Hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven and pour you out a blessing that there ohall not be room enough to receive it." Let our people try to fulfil the conditions we have noticed: (1) that all give as to the Lord ; (2) that all really give, in proportion to their ability; (3) that they ask the divine blessing to accompany their gifts ; and we may confidently anticipate the promised blessing. Our cliief motive in giving should not be that we may get so much but because we have received. All should aim at proving the sincerity of their love. " For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for our Bakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might be made rich." 28 PBE83YTERIAN YBAB BOOK. FOOTPRINTS OP THE PRESBYTERIAN PIONEERS. BT H. S. M COLLOU, ST. CATHARINES. One of the truest of American poets thns wrote of the pioneers of agriculture and commerce — tlie men wlio fi:;lle(l the forests, lived in rude cabins tind vo'iuiitarily suffered hardship-i and piivatioiis. that the wilder- ness might blossom as the rose, and thn huQtin<; grounds of painted sav- ages be made to wave with ripened grain to feed the teeming peoples of the world: — " Our hardy pioneers, the men who, nursed Amid the bloominj^ Kt-lds of cultured lands, Forsook the scenes of infuncy, and first, With hearts of lofty dariii^^ ami strong hand. Pierced old primeval groves, by hunttr bauds And beasts of carnage tenanted a one, Deserve the bard's high lay, the sculptor's proudest stone." How much more worthy of, at least, historic commemoration are they, who, p* the call of their Divine Master, lefc home and kiudred and culture and congenial associations, to carry th)^ gospel of salvation to scattered forest homes, and to plant the banner of the cross amid the waving branciies of primeval woodsl It certainly cannot be an unpleasant task for the rea lers of the Yuah Book to trace to<;ettier Kome of the footprints of some of the pioneers of Christianity and i?re>byteriaQism in this loved and favored land. Of all Upper Canada, in no section were such foot- priuts earlier seen than uu THE NIAOABA PENINSCLA, and no section has a more interesting or more honorable Pioneer Presby- terian history. Here, within tive miles of the halls, ihe congregation of Stamford was gathered for public worship as early as 1785, and here, be- fore the beginning of the present century, the Presbyterian settlers — mostly United Empire Loyalists — had erected numerous comfortable, but comparatively rude, houses for public worship, in which, in the absence of the living preacher, they gathered, from Sabbath to SHbbath, for prayer and praise, and for the catechetical instruction of their children. Here, among Presbyterian Churches, were held some of the earliest revival meetings in Canada, and here, during several years, was witnessed an alm< 'St continuous out-pouring of the Holy Spirit, resulting in the organiz- ati(m of nnmerous congregations, and the " gathering in " of many, who, in their respective spheres, have honored their profession, and faithfully served the Master. Not a few of the elders composing the sessions of ex- isting churches, and several pastors and missionaries now in active work, date the commencement of their Christian experience from those " times of refi'eshiug" which preceded the McKenzie rebelUon, and which, for almost Pentecostal power, have scarcely been equalled even under tha PRESBYTERIAN TEAR BOOK. 29 ministrntions of the most snccessfnl of modern evangelistB. And here, at one time, was a Presbytery having supervision of twenty- five organized 'Churches and numerous ))reac)iing stations, wbich. having accomplished its pioneer mission, surrendered tiie ground toother Presbyterian organiza- tions. It was composed main!y of *' Ameridin Ministers," who nnvze in answer to earnest and continued appeals for help, and left an impress of consistent, practical piety upon the field of their self-sacrificing labours. FIRST " SETTLED " MINISTER. Except John Dunn, a licentiate of the Presbytery of Glasgow, who officiated at Niagara and Stamford for two years, commencing in 1794, Rev. Daniel Ward Eastman was the first Presbyterian minister to preach on the Peninsula, and only llev. Mr Bethune, at Williamstown, and Bev. Mr. MoDowall, on the Bay of Qainte, were permanently "settled " in tbe Province before him. A licentiate of the Presbytery of Morristown, he left his New Jersey home with his bride, in May 1801, and, after a tedious, but not unpleasant, horseback journey, continuing over four weeks, preaoh'd his first sermon to a Canadian audience, the first Sabbath in July, at the Beaver Dam, a few miles from the site of the present city of St. Catherines. He immediately made arrangements to supply the con- gregation at Stamford on stated Sabbaths, and set about the work of pros- pecting all the country between Lakes Erie and Ontario, preaching in private dwellings, in school houses, and, when the weather would permit, in barns, in the woods, or by the road-side, as well as in the primitive churches already erected. Everywhere the people welcomed his arrival and heard him gladly, listening to his words with the earnest attention of those who had been long fasting, and were hungry for tbe bread of life. 'For nearly thirty years, the records of Mr. Eastman's labours are the history of Presbyterianism in this section, and his footprints are now traceable from the Niagara River to Brantford, and over in the " New Purchase," in nearly every township. For over a quarter of a century he had but one co-labourer in all this extended field, back from the river, and, during a number of years, the people heard the glad tidings of sal- vation from his lips alone. perils in the wilderness. His labours were continuous and exhaustive, with experiences not un- like many of those recorded of himself by Paul, in the eleventh chapter of his second Epistle to the Corinthians, the catalogue being appropriately completed in the words of the Apostle, " Besides those things that are without, that which corneth upon me daily, i/te care of all the churches. " A granddaughter furnishes this incident of his perils in the wilderness. "In those early days, when the long, unbroken miles of forest stood be- tween the homes and the hamlets of the inhabitants, the wolves and other wild beas' were a terror to the belated traveller failing to reach his home before iiight-fall. At one time, as Grandpa was coming through the ten mile woods between Barton and Grimsby, in the evening, the near approach of wolves became painfully evident. He put spurs to his horse, but the hungry creatures came howling on apace, gaining upon him every instant. Many times that evening, the anxious mother looked 80 PRESBTTEBIAN YBAB BOOK. oat into the intense darkness, and o£Fered up an earnest prayer for the safe return of tbe father of her children. Meantime tho faithful steed, with his master's feet curled upon his ueck as the only means of escape from those hungry jaws, pressed forward, and at length returned his precious burden in safety to the dear waiting oneri at home." COTEMPOBARIES AND CO-WOBKERS. In 1802, Rev. John Young, then recently pastor of St. Gabriel's Church in Montreal, commenced a ministry of only two years at Niagara, where he was succeeded in 1804 by Hev. John Burns, a minister of the Scotch Secession Church, from Edinburgh. Neither of these persons erLtended their labours far back into the country, but Mr. Burns laboured faithfully and successfully along the river untl February 1822, when "God took him." In 1808, Bev. Louis Williams arrived from Wales, and locating his residence at '* The Twelve " (now St. Catharines.) became at once co- pastor with Mr. Eastman of the entire Peninsula. He was an earnest and efficient worker, and his "memory is fragrant" wherever he preached. He too rested from his lab(wrs in 1822. In that year, and for a brief period before and after, a Bev. Mr. Wright, of whom nothing more is now known, preached at Stamford and elsewhere " along the lines." The same year the church at Stamford was visited by a deputation from the Associate Synod of North America, and in 1825 Bev. John Bussell (afterwards Dr. Bussell) was inducted by the Associate Presbytery of Albany as the first pastor of that congregation. Dr. Bussell was a very able and very useful man, greatly beloved through all the surrounding country. His ministry was terminated by death in 1854. In 1829, after varied experiences with temporary " supplies " the church at Niagara re- ceived Bev. Bobert McGill, a missionary sent out by the Glasgow Colonial Society, as its first inducted pastor, and the congregation then became a part of the Church of Scotland in Canada. Dr. McGiU was, for many years, one of the foremost men of that branch of the Presbyterian family, and the recollections and records of his life and ministry are the cherished property of the united Church. Neither Dr. Bussell nor Dr. McGill laboured to any considerable extent in places remote from their respect- ive churches, and Mr. Eastman was still (from 1822) practically alone in hi& chosen field. In the latter part of 1830, however, THE " AMERICAN MINISTERS " began to arrive, and in them Mr. Eastman found willing and efficient aid. Four churches were organized on the Peninsula within a year, and preach- ing stations were supplied more frequently and with more regularity. In October 1831, the first of the series of wonderful revival meetings to which reference has been before made was held with tbe church at Gains- boro, (now St. Ann's) and was immediately followed by a similar meeting at the church in Louth — these two churches being the first organized by Mr. Eastman, (in 1809) and being both tht'U under his pastoral care. In May 1833, " The Niagara Presbytery of Upper Canada " was organized, consisting of three ministers, and having under its care six churches. A year later it had four ministers serving fifteen churches, and the number of churches increased to twenty-five in 1837-8, when the MoEenzie re- PRESBYTERIAN YEAR BOOK. 8t bellion interrupted " the regular operntion of the means of grace," in a oonsiderable degree "along the whole frontier from Detroit to Montreal," and the American minieterH generally withdrawing, the work of the Pres- bytery was necessarily suspended. It was revived in January 1842, con- tinue^l for about eight years thereafter, and then informally disbanded. Mr. Eastman was one of the founders of this Presbytery and one of ita most active ministers until its suspension in 1838, wlien he returned to the Presbytery of York, in connection with the "United Synod," of which he was also one of the early members, and from which he had transferred his relations in 1833. He went with the United Synod into union with the Church of Scotland in 1840, and did not resume his connection with the Niagara Presbytery. Among the American Ministers who thus laboureil in Canada previous to the Rebellion, thechiefest were Kev. A. E. Buell, of St. Catharines, and Rav. Edwards Marsh, of Hamilton and Barton, both of whom have gone to their reward. The latter was a sort of bishop in the Presbytery, efficiently and judiciously guiding and super- intending it^ missionary operations. It is an interesting fact that Stepht^n Blackstono and Mr. Macklem, both of whom were converted under his preaching at Barton, in January 1832, and were afterwards ordained as ruling elders by him, heard Mr. Marsh's last sermon, and sat at the Lord's table the last time he administered the sacrament, fit Apple River, Illinois, July 5th, 1874. Among the others, the "names are recalled of Rev. Charles E. Furman, who laboured two years at Hamilton, and now resides at Rochester, N.Y. ; Rev. W. F. Curry, who subsequently acted as secretary of the Canada Home Missionary Society, at Montreal ; Rev. Samuel Sessions, now awaiting his Master's summons at St. Johns, Michigan, and whose field of labour extended from the Niagara river far . over into the " New Purchase;" Rev. Josiah Partington, wh j was install- ed at Drummondville, and often walked twenty miles and preached to three congrgations in one day ; Rev. Charles Jones, (a step-son of Rev. Mr. Smu-t, of Brockvillc) whose clear statement of Gospel truth and powerful appeals to the impenitent are gratefully remembered by many converts under his ministry, here and in the vicinity of Belleville, and who " still lives," at Saxonville, Massachusetts ; Rev. Jothan W. Goodell, brother of the missionary to Constantinople ; Rev. Joseph Marr, who laboured at Gore and Trafalgar, and afterwards at Beamsville and Grimsby, and who, a few montlis since, was living at 'Russell, Russell County, Kansa-' ; Rev. E. B. Coleman who laboured at revivals about 1832-3, was acting pastor at Gainsborough and Clinton in 1844, and who died at Olivet, Michigan, June 25th, 1856, his Canadian co-labourer, Rev. Samuel Sessions, appropriately preaching his funeral sermon ; and Rev. R. H. Close, pastor at St. Catharines and afterwards at Gainsborough, a Bon-in law of Rev. Mr. Eastman, and now resting from his labours at his home in Elmira, N. Y. These were all sound, safe, earnest, orthodox, educated men, who laid broad and deep the foundations of Presbyterianism, and each of whom had Enoch's "testimony that he pleased God." FOUR PENINSniiA PRESBYTERIES. During the period from 1833 to the commencement of the Rebellion, four Presb;. arian organizations wholly independent of each other, were represented, by resident ministers, on the Peninsula. The Associate 82 PBESBYTERIANTEAR BOOK. Synod of North America had Bev. Dr. RasRell nt Stamford and Fort Bobinson ; the United Synod Bev. George MoClato)iey t.t Clinton ; the Niagara Presbytery of Upper Canada the " American Ministers," and the Synod of Ca«iada in connection with the Church of Scotland Bev. Dr. McGill at Niagara, Bev. Alexander Gain nt Hnmilton, and Bpv. Angus Mcintosh mainly in missionary work. Besides these, Bev. Mr. Proudfoot of London, and Bev. Mr. Christie, of Flnmboro, missionaries of the United Associate Synod of Scotlnnd, extended their missionary tours, with more or loss frequency, to the Niagara river Differences in refer- ence to customs, which seem trivial in the light of subsequent experiences, and in reference to Governmental support of religion, with the aid of im- ported or t/nmr^r^/'^^ prejudices, kept these branches of the Presbyterian family, for a long time, apart ; and, even now, the church at Stamford — the first born in nil Ontario — stands aloof from the other childrtn, claim> ing nearer kinship, and seeking c'oser ass^ociation with strangers in another country. It is sincerely to be hoped that, the door ojf union standing wide open, this c3ugregp.tion, witli the congregations farther west which are associated with it in the PreF^bytery of Stamford, may yet come in, and that, at length, there may be but one fold for the one Shep- herd's Presbyterian flock in all our Dominion. Many of the Pioneers of Presbyteriani^m have been forgotten on the field of their most faithful labours. Their footprints have been washed out by the swift-flowing stream of time, or are but faintly ttnceablein the dim and glimmerinp' li^iht of human memory. But they are not forgotten *• up yonder," and though Church and Ptesbytery records lieiemaybe lost, their names and their deeds are indelibly written in God's imperish- able book, for preservation through the eternities. Like their Divine Master, they were poor here, oft-times having not where to lay their heads ; but they were heirs to great riches and highest honour'^ in their homes "beyond the river." A few are patiently waiting the cull of the boatman to ferry them over, but most of thom, hnving already crossed the durk waters, have entered into their ioheritnnoe, and are wearing radiant crowns bedecked with jewels many of which were gathered, with toil and faith, in the cabins and forests of wilderness Canada. THE SABBATH. BY THE BEV. W. T. M' MULLEN, WOODSTOCK, ONT. Not Sunday, but the Sabbath; or the Lord's Day. is the name which Christian people should use when speaking of this day of Divine insti- tution, of holy rest, and of linllowed associations. 'J he term Sunday may serve well enough for the mere secularist, who knows this day only as one of tlie days of the calendar ; but it is a term far ton ignolile in origin, and too impoverished in its significance and associations to gain the pre- ference with those who recognize this dny in the light of Scripture. Those whose knowledge or wliose creed on the subject hits been gathered from the Almanac aluue, may be allowed to escape criticism for saying PKKSBTTERZAN YEAB BOOK. d Port m ; the Lnd the iev. Dr. . Angus oudfoot of the y tours, in refer- iriences, a of im- byterian mford — 1, elaim- iiRers in [)f union I farther mny yet ne Shep- sn on the n washed 1)1 e in the forgotten e may be imperish- ir Divine lay their >< in their nil of the rossed the ig radiant ,li toil and MTie which ivine insti- unday may Jay only as H in origin, lin the pre- Scripture. at) gathered for saying Sunday instead of Sabbath or Lord's Day. But those who profess to hold the Scriptural view of the Sabbath institutiou, tbose who venerate the day nnd desire to see it reverenced by others, should be careful to speak of it by its proper title. In reply to those who attach so much itnportnnce to this distinction, it has been urged that the term Sunday lias lost all its heatht n associa- tions, and has thus become an unobjectionable designation of the first day of the week. Let it iie concedi'd that the word has lo8t its heathen associations, this concession does not imply that the term Sundny has the wealth of meaning that Sabbath or Lord's Day has; and why should Christian people give it the preference? It is not the Scriptuial name of the institution, and is a not lens objectionable substitute for the Scriptural term than Christening is for boptiem. The Scriptures attach no small importance to the maintaining and using of "sound words," and that Sabbath or Lord's day is the sound expression, and Sunday the unsound one, admits of no doubt. That very many who commonly use the term Sunday do it thoughtlessly ia highly probable or even certain; but such thoughtlessness is closely akin to lax views on the Sttbbath. Those who make it a day of visiting and feasting and pleasure, sedulously avoid such a form of statement as, " We are getting up an excursion into the country for pleasure and amusemi nt next Lord's Day. " There would be a felt self-administered rebuke in such Innguage, and that Sunday is the term they use in such connections is both notorious and easily under- stood. Why, then, should not all Ohrit-tian people leave Sunday to be the shibboleth of those who deny or set at defiance the Scriptural obli- gation of the Sabbath ? I am not disposed to go the length of those who charge all the Sabbath-breaking abroad throughout Christian lands to the common use of the name Sunday; the adoption of the term may be an effect broughc about by a previous Sabbath-breaking spirit which in- clines the person more and more to speak of the Sabbath by a name that barely distinguishes it from the other six days of the week and keeps its sacredness and divine obligation out of view. But though in this point of view an effect, it may, and I have no doubt does, operate as a oauRO, of lax views of the Stibbath. Mild names for vicious doings have a tendency to popularize vice, and secular names for sacred things tend powerfully tu secularize the sacred. The paramount sacredness assigned to th« Sabbath in Scripture is illustrated by the weighty penalty attached by Divine appointment to its violation. The disregard of even circum- cision involved only forfeiture of membership in the visible Church, but of the Sabbath it is said — Ex. xxxi. 14 — Every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death. The sin of Sabbath-breaking is as heinous in the Eight of God now as under the theocracy ; and the cause of religion stands or falls with the Sabbath now as really as then. A nation with- out the Sabbath is a nation without religion ; and consequently the Sabbath-breaker as'-ails Christianity as a whole, and is giving his influ- ence to break down its power throughout the land in which lie lives. This species of assault on the Sabbath institution is by far the most formidable. All the arguments against the Sabbath that can be put on paper will never accomplish much. The Sabbath cannot be written down ; those with whom writt< n arguments in that direction have any weight are persons who in spirit and practice are Sabbath-breakers ai- 84 PRESBYTEBIAH TSAR BOOK. ready. The written argument is merely accessory after the fact. Abounding forms of Sabbatb-breaking must precede the pen and prepare the way. Let the Chrintian people throughout the Dominion bear in remembrance that steamboat excursions, the running of railway trains, because of the so-called *' exigencies of commerce," the labuur dune on public works, and in connection with tlxe postal service, in addition to the innumerable other forms of Sabbath profanation of a more limited and personal kind, are more to be dreaded in iheir depraving power and undermining influence, than any other form of assault whatever on the Sabbath institution. The question now arises, How can this evil be most succfssfuUy dealt witli ? Very much may be done by the Christian people in the way of seeing that the civil law ogainst Sabbath labour and Sabbath profan- ation is put in force, and not allowed to become a dead letter in any locality. Those who cannot be reached either through reason or conscience, may thus be constrained to respect the Christian sentiment of the nation and the sacred rights of others around them. A few infldels here and there will denounce all this as bigotry, intolerance, and persecution; but what of that ? Society has a right to protect itself against and impose limita- tions upon those who would spread small-pox, pla'gue, or pestilence. But the man who assails the public health is not more to bo dreaded than the man who assails the moral and spiritual life of the nation. The public Sabbath-breaker Is one of the worst enemies of his species. And although it were as absurd to try to make a better man of him by civil law, as to try * cure a man of small-pox by act of parliament, yet it is neither absurd nor oppressive in the one case or the other, to compel respect for the safety and rights of others. And how often is it the case that the very persons who are found working on Sabbath are th& most anxious to see the law put in force so that they may be protected in their civil right to the sacred day of rest and privilege, and that the powerful corporations who demand such labour may be restrained from tyranniz- ing over the consciences of their servants. But, after all, it is on the leavening power of the truth, a revived domestic piety, and the influence of good example on the part of Chris- tian people that we must mt^inly depend for bringing about anything like a proper sanctificatiou of the Sabbath throughout the Dominion. THE ENDOWMENT OF OUB COLLEGES. BY ACADEMI'CUS. Morb than three years have elapsed since the union of Presbyterians in Canada wa^ effected. During the earlier part of the period which has passed since the consummation of that event, various theories were abroad as to the future of tie colleges connected with the Church. Tiie feeling was general that too many of these existed in the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec. With a view to reduce the number and thus lessen the cost and PRESBYTERIAN TEAR BOOK. 8ft of their maintenance, several sohemes of amalgamation, involving the dis* memberraent or extinction of one or more of these in-ttitutions, were broached more or lens publicly. It was for the time overlooked that there may be moreimportiuit ends and liigher iuterHsts lo be secured tbaii the mere reduction ol exponditiiru. The saving of money is a desiriii>lu object; but this economy may be purchased at the cost of what is vital. Doubt- less things might have been different, if tbe Church had had no past — if it had been comtneticiitg its cureor and thus had a clean sheet before it. But when a Church is composed, as ours is, of eevernl uniting bodies, each having a history — each bringing in institutions that have been tbe growth of years and are deep in the affections of a large number of sup- porters, true statesmanship shows itself, not in cutting or carving after one pattern — not moulding according to the pet tbeory of even a numer- ical majority, but in reconciling divergent interests — in so arranging mat- ters as to do violence to the feelings of as few as possible. It does not advance the interests of the body ecclesiastic to alienate or produce sullen discontent among large and influential sections, especially when the several component parts have not had time thoroughly to coalesce. For ourselves, we have not had much sympathy with the view that one or even two colleges were sufficient to meet the wants — to raise the status of a Church so large as is the Presbyterian Church in Canada and cov- vering an area so extended a^i is embraced in the Dominion. We are of opinion it will be found that each of the existing institutions is needed — meets a special want — d<;es a work peculiar to itself, besides giving back- bone to our cause in a large sur ounding district. The craving for cen- tralization has arisen from looking too exclusively to England and not the countries where Presbyterianism is strongest Concentration may harmonize with Episcopacy but diffusion consorts best with Presbyterian- ism. Look at Scotlanii, Ulster, Germany, Holland; the United States of America, where our system of Church governmenc predominates or thrives. These favour a multiplicity and variety of colleges, occupying different centres. Scotland three or four centuries ago, when its population was not half that of Ontario, had its four Universities, fully equipped. Tbese, by the acknowledgement of some of the leading organs of Londcm opinion, have done much more for the northern part of the Island than its Univer- sities and coUegfs and hall^i havg done for the southern portion. The Free Church, which has been governed with rare administrative skill, has planted colleges at three of the University seats. Ttie Irish Church, covering a comparatively limited area, has colleges at Belfast and Lon- donderry. The Church in the States possesses at lea^t nine Theological Seminaries besides Arts' Colleges, in which it has a special interest or controlling influence. Of late, cspi daily as indicated by the tone of the last two Assemblies, public opinion tbroughout our Church seems to be settling down to two conclusions, viz: — 1st. That all the Colleges, which cameinto the Union and are recognized in the Basis, must be maintained; and 2nd. That these should, at tlie earliest practicable moment, be per- manently endowed. We desire in this paper to suggest a few considera- tions supporting the latter proposition. 1. I he harmony of the Clmrch demands this. These institutions are now in great measure dependent for their support on the proceeds of an annual collection. This method is found to be unsatisfactory, as it faila wmtfim*- 86 PBBSBYTERIAN YEAR BOOK. to yield a revenue ruffioient to meet the expenditure of the Bevernl rol- legtB. Tlie territorial principle, at preHent in operation, does not elicit the full rijmpathy ttf ull the onngregations. Avery ooiifiiderable portion of the Btifliigth of the lute Synod connected with the Church of Scotland has Leiii uet apart to coutributo to the niaiutcuance of Montreal College. For upwards of a generation their ansociationH have been hnked with — their uymptithiea have been enlisted in favour of Queen's and it takea time to divert these into a new chunnel. They cannot at once wrench tbemHelviB from the old and transfer their allegiance to the new. Hence they do not give as largely ae they might be expected to do and as they probably would do, if they were prrmittt d to move on in the old groove. Bo also, we find the obverse of this in the constituency marked o£F fcr the support of Knox and Queen'n. In the wehtern part of Ontario, beyond Hamilton, the muss of i'resbyteriuns were connected with the late Canada Presby tei ian Church. Tliose belonging to the Kirk were inconsiderable in number compared with the adherents of the other body. As a conse- quence, many of these deem it irksome to be call* d on to contribute to the mainteniince of Queen's, even though the quota which it requires is Bo much smaller than thtit devoted to Knox. Ttiuo, though Presbyterians all the world over appreciate and insist on a highly-educated ministry — though those of all hhades in this country have, notwithstanding its new- ness, put forth noble efforts aud made glorious Facrifices in the causu of higher education, yet an annual deficit striouBly affects the finances of the several colleges, inasmuch as the present scheme does not develope to the full the sympathy and interest of the varied branches composing the United Church in favour of a suitable equipment of our Theological Halls. Two other schemes have been suggested, the authors of which claim to be more likely than the preseut to raise »n adequate revenue for all by means of the annual collection. One is to nbolish the territorial line of the St. Lawrence and Ottawa Eaikay and liave a cc -"re formerly distinct congregations, to become a soeue of strife as to the destination of their collection. Thus all these schemes, which deal with an annual collection, produce one or other of two very undesirable results, either the perpetuation of the old dividing lines or an insufBoiont income. Both these results are peril- ous to the peace and prosperity of th « Church. That we may eiTeot the great ends for which Union was consummated — that we may go forward as an unbroken phalanx against the enemies of Christ, it is essential that we advance with united front, enthusiuHm pervading the whole mass — sullen holding back nowhere. Hence it is the duty of all to forget the things that are behind, and look with kindling eye to those that are be- fore. All distinctiouH, that once separated, must be wholly obliterated. Every wellwisher of our Zion must prny and work for the hour, when measures shall be discussed and decided simply on their merits, without regard to the former connection of the proposers ; when the keenest ob- server shall be unable to discern whether the members once belonged to Ephraim or Judah — hail from (he east or the west. The great progress to this blessed goal already attained was one of the most gratifying and hopeful features of last Assembly. So a^.io, a chronic deficit in the income of any or all of the colleges tends to nar the harmony — to disturb the settled loyalty and attachment to the Union which should prevail. It gives occasion to dreamers to revive their speculations, to quacks to re- produce their nostrums. It creates uneasiness and awakens fears in the minds of those who are warm friends of a particular col'ege as to its safety. Thus they become lukewarm — yea, cold in other departments of the Church's work. It is true that the tie which binds graduates to their Alma Mater, which attaches to a college a host of enthusiastic supporters, is a sentimental one. But that is no diApara^ement of it. Is not patriotism a tie of sentiment ? Are not sentimental, rather than material or self-interested motives, proof of an advanced rather than a low civili- zation? But be they what they may, there thev are; and every true statesman, whether in Churcli or state, must take account of them as important factors in the settlement of any measure. Tha- our Church may not merely walk but run, yea, mount up on wings in zeal for the cause of CL.ist in this land, this fertile source of division and alienation must be eliminated as soon as possible. Thus we are driven tO Endow- ment as the true solution of the difficulty — as the only escape from this threatened evil. Objection may be t^'.Yen kO this measure on th<) ground that it throws too much on one generation, and that, too, whila the country is in a com- 88 PRESBYTERIAN YEAR BOOK. paratively early stage of its growth. But the Presbyterians of Canada have nhuwii that they can appreciate a great object and ara prepared to make sacrifices, if need be, for its attainment. Once let them fairly realize how much the prosperity of the Church demxnds tlii-i measure and they will rise to their duty in the premises. What lias already been done for nil these colleges previous to Union, Ihe marvels which Principal Gmnt is now achieving fully attest this. Lt4 us put forth one grand effort to accomplish this end and we will only be doing that which should have b( en done in 1875 and 1876. Then we should have raised a Memor- ial of Uni n nnd in this imitated our American friends across the lines nnd our English brethren on the other pide of the ocean. Asa token of gratitudti for the consummation of their Union, the Presbyterian Church in the United States contributed a thank-offerins of 1^7,000.000; and the Presbyterinn Church in England, moved by a similiar spirit, are rapidly advancing to the amount they set before themselves, viz.: £250,000. A large I'ortion of both these Funds is destined for the fuller equipment of their colleges. Even though we secure a sum that, when invested, shall yield inteiest adequate to the present wants of these Institutions; the circle of thei'e wants shall go on widening decade by decade. Posterity will have ample scope for generosity in extending and increasing the educational appliances of these. Each generation produces now needs, and the supplying of these will afford abundant room for the donations and bequests of benefactors The Yale of to-day with its fifty professors, lecturers and tutors is a very different thing from the Yale of Timothy Dwight's regime. The Princeton Seminary and College of New Jersey of Witherspoon's age were humble institutions compared with what they are in these days of Hodge and McCosh, when professor8hi])s are sub- divided so as to deal more effectively with each new phase of error that Satan pushes to the front. Moreover, as the country advances in wealth, the percentage of interest must gradually fall and endowments, now made, shall then prove a less remunerative investment and thus require to be supplemented from time to time. 2. The efficiency of the colleges, and, as a consequence, their useful- ness to the (Jhurch will be greatly promoted by Endowment. Opinions may differ whether other advantages arise from the establishment of supernumeraries attached to cathedral stalls in the Church of England and Fellowships connected with her colleges. But this advantage is uni- versally conceded. They furnish a body of men, possessed of learned leisure, who may embody the results of their researches and studies in valuable commentaries, elabora.te dissertations on Scriptural topics, and exhaustive treatises in vindication of the truths of Christianity. All denominations are ready to acknowledge the obligation which the Christian Church at large owes to the aforesaid Church for the able works which have proved bulwarks of the faith, published by her pious and scholarly men. These comparative sinecures are not enjoyed by the Scottish Churches. They have but toilers and these of two classes — Professors and Ministers in charges. As the latter are so occupied with a multiplicity of parochial duties, they have not as a rule time to devote themselves continuously to that deep research, which issues in a masterly Apologetic work. Hence the task of defending the truth apainst the nu- merous forms of error that are ever arising largely devolves on the former. I J PBE.BYTERIAN TBAR*BOOK. They have otte subject to which to address themselves. Their winter's labours and summer's studies are concentrated on this one department. Hence they know it thoroughly and can treat it exhaustively. Tims their talents, tastes and time may be laid under contribution by the Church to forge weapons and engines of defence, which may be wielded by Ministers and Missionaries in their conflicts with those sceptics of every shade whom they encounter in their daily rounds. A similar service to the Church in Canada must be rendered by our Colleges. But, as circum- stances are at present, this cannot be done. Our Professors, while work- ing with trowel in one hand, must' have tword of defence in the other. Their thoughts during the session are distracted by anxieties regarding the future of their loved Institution. Their vacation hours must be de- voted either to collecting for the purpose of wiping out a debt or to can- vassing for increased support. In fact, so far from having leisure to go down into the bowels of their Professorial work and search deep veins of thought BO as to bring up precious ore for the enrichment of their stu- dents, even the prelections from the desk have sometimes to indicate from- hand-to-mouth preparation in the study. Endowment is the 'rue rem- edy for this mischievous condition of affairs. Believe the Professors' minds from worry and anxiety concerning either inadequacy or uncer- tainty of income — enable them to give their leisure hours to uninterrup- ted study and undistract'd thought, aud they will in this country main- tain the true Apostolic successi i of defenders of the faith. Let the Church supply the means of founding the Professorships — let our wealthy men provide buttresses in the form of special lectureships in imitation of the Baird or Cunningham or Croall Lectureships in the North, or the Bampton and Hulseau on the South of the Tweed, and our praise will go forth among the nister Churches for championship of the truth. This is especially desirable in a new country like ours. In an old land, where the population is homogeneous, uniformity of opinion is more likely to pre- vail. But in a new country, into which various conflicting currents are pouring, collision of opinion is the result, and the seething mass tosses up any quantity of froth — produces various t'sws. Hence the necessity of having a body of watchmen, observant of these currents of thoughts and both able and ready to divert them into a proper channel. It is possible that some wedded to a mistaken conception of the Vol- untary principle may object to Endowment and insist on an annual col- lection as the proper method of support. The advocates of this view are, we hope, few and far between. All the British Churches welcome perma- nent benefactions for their Colleges. The Presbyterian Church in the United States, the most Voluntary Church on earth — encourages its members to give princely donations for the foundation of PrGTessorships and Lectureships. That our great missionary schemes should mainly de- pend on annual collections we fraijUly admit — yea strenuously advocate. These schemes are the life of the Church. The support accorded to these is a true test of their vitality. Thus only do we truly prove that, in thinking of others, we are followers of the Master who gave Himself for others. In watering the souls of our brethren, we water our own «ouls. But our College, Widows' and Orphans', as well as Aged and Infiim Minis- ters' Funds are in a different category. They do not win general support. They do not take with the general masses. They do not gain the popular 40 PRESBYTERIAN TEAR BOOK. ( ear. Henof>, to be adeqaate to the demands on them, they must appeal largely for gifts and bequests. We must Btimulate our members to every form of giving. Ought tlie Church not to revere the memory of a man like Mr. John xJoBean. who, a liberul giver in his lifetime, desired that the Scheme.': cf the Church should not suffer by his death and made pro- vision Hccordingly ? Should wu not highly esteem a man like the Bev. Dr. Spence, who, requiring his limited means to supply him with a com- petence in liis old age, dedicated the-e when sit free by his death, to the prosperity of tbese i^'unds in wliich lie hud a special interest ? Should the Church not furnish facilities, whereby these classes of worthy givers may gratify their liberal desires? Take also a case of common ocour- reiice. A wealthy adherent, who has lived to himself rather than to his God, who has been niggardly in his contrilutions to the cause of Christ and has heaped up riches tow.irls the close of his days, sees the great error of his life and resolves '■ ixiaku up in his will what he omitted to do during the years of heath. Should we not accept his late repentance? Should the Ciiurch not accept in a lump sum what; should have been hers in detail, covering a period of perhaps forty years? For all such cases the Church .should }>rovide. And in no hetter way can provision be made than l>j setting forth the desireableness of permanently endowing and equipping our Colleges. Eich m:in ! are you ever tormented with that gnawing worry so graphicnlly descr.bed by the royal i^Teacher : " I hated all my labour which I hHd taken under the sun, because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour where- in I have laboured and wherein I iiave showed myself wise under the sun ? " Which result will you contemplate witli most satisfaction ' Which thought will give more aliiding pleasure? The thought that what yoa saved hy littles shall in the htinds of a worthless heir all melt away in pro- fuse extraviigance— that eveiy cent of the hard earnings of your lifetime shall be squandered in saloons or haunts of vice? Or the assurance that a portion of your goods devoted to the |)er|>etuation of a ProfesBOi'^hip in one of our Colle^'es shall be pioductive of untold good to the Church and the Country through long ages in educating a series of godly ministers, who shal' go forth to save succeshive generatiims of immortal souls ? The choice lies before you. Make it and that wisely, ere death deprive you of the power. THE PBESBYTERIAN BLUE BOOKS FOR 1878. In our Year Book for last year, we gave, under the title, ♦♦ A parcel of Blue Books," a general desoiption of the officinl Minutes and Reports issued annually by the Presbyterian Cljuiohes of America and Britain. These books are again on our table through the kindness of Assembly Clerks, whom, during the four years of our issue, we have found uni- formly obliging and very prompt, as becomes their office, in their kind- ness. OUB OWN cnT7RCH. The Minutes of the Presbyterian Church in Canada are, aa usual, e ad 114, pages, \ adoresE D PRESBYTERIAN YEAR BOOK. 41 pre-eminent for terseness of style; and the Reports for fulness of informa- tion. Our suggestion last year, in regard to giving all the information a'i)Out a congregation at one opening of the book, has been adopted, with a loss, of course, in the number of cohimns, but with a great gain in con- venience and expense. Were the post offices placed on the same page with the statistics (as is the rule with the other churctes whose Minutes are before us, and the date of ordination left out), sixteen pages might iQe deducted from the 288 naw demanded, and an important point would be gained in the way of convenience for reference.* The four issues of Minutes and Reports pubUshed since the union of the Presbyterian Churchec in Canada will now make a handsome volume for binding, a copy of wiiich should oe on the table of every Presbytery and in the library of every office-bearer of the Church. In connection ■with this it might ba respectfully suggested that now is a goc-i time to begin the system in use in four, at least, of the Presbyterian Churches of the United Siates, In these churches, the Minutes of two years or three years or four years (there are instances of each group) are collected into volumes and paged, as, e.f[., in the Presbyterian Church, North, from one to 998, running across two yoara and making one volume for bind- ing. With our Church, the year 1879 might very conveniently begin volume II., to be paged consecutively to 1881, which would give a volume (at the present page rate) of 864 pages. EEIDELBEBO CATECHISM. To the Minutes of the General Synod of the Reformed Church in Amer- ica (Dutch), we find appended ibis year a most interesting document. It coneists of an historical statement in reference to the Heidelberg Cate- chism first issued in 1563 and which has since been translated into some eighteen languages; and further, the full English text of that Catechism, taken from the thii'd edition, which was the text approved by the Synod of Dort. The English divines at the Synod of Dort (G. Carleton, Bishop of Llandaff, J. Davenant, afterwards Bishop of Salisbury, Samuel Ward, T. Goad, and Walter Balcanqual), said of this Catechism, '* That neither their own nor the French Church had a Catechism so suitable and so excellent ; that those who had compiled it were therein remarkably en- dowed and assisted by the Spirit of God ; that in several of their works they had ex'^ftlled other theologians ; but that in the compositioi of the Catechism they had out«lone themselves." To Presbyterians who claim then- descent from the Scottish Church this Catechism is interesting, from the fact that in 1591 there was printed at Edinburgh a translation, — " By public authority for the use of Scot- land," and bound up with the Psalm Book and Book of Common Order. This was fifty-seven years before the Westminster Assembly (1648) , issued their Shorter Catechism, The Heidelberg Catechism, which consists of 129 questions with an- swers, is well worthy of circulation, and might with profit be studied °^'- : *Th»» Presbyterian Church in the United States (South) with 1,117 miniaten, end 114,578 communicants embodies their Minutes and Reports in less than 200 pagea, which containa, moreover, an Alphabetical Liat of Miniaters with P.O. adoreaa. 42 PBESBYTEBIAN YEAR BOOK. by side with our Shorter Catechism, from which it differs in general order and detail although the doctrine is the same in almost every point. Its first question is: " What is thine only comfort in life and in death ? " Answer: " That I with body and soul both in lije and death, am not mine own but belong unto my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ, etc." Question 2nd: " How many things are necessary for thee to know in order that thou, in this comfort may est live and die happily V^ Answer: " Three things. Fiist, how great my sin and misery are. Secondly, how I may be redeemed from all my sins and misery. And thirdly, how I am to be thankful t» God for stick redemption." The Catechism, then, like the Catechism of Geneva (1545), which is yet older than it by eighteen years, goes on to explain the Creed, Ten Com- mandments, Sacraments and the Lord's prayer. Now, that the Beformed Church is about to give the world a critical edition of the Heidelberg Catechism, it would be desirable to see copies of it circulated freely among all the Beformed Churches. AVEBAOB FEB MEMBEB. The Minutes for 1878 of the United Presbyterian Church, U.S.A., have appended to them, a title-page and index for years 1874-1878 besides the title-page and index for this present year. Four years are thus gathered into one volume of 698 pages with full index for the whole term. By taking no account of cents in money columns and by compact arrangement of smaller type, this Church gives on one page, ,» smaller than ours, twenty-four columns of figures, with names of ministers, con- gregations, and post-offices. One of these columns shows the average contribution per member foi^ the year in each congregation in the Church. One congregation averages as high as $72 per communicant ; others are as low as $2 ; but the average over the whole Church is $10.75. In the Presbyterian Church in Canada it is $10,42 ; in the Presbyterian Church (South), U. S. A., it is about $9; in the Presbyterian (North), U.S.A., the general average is $14.40 ; while in the Beformed Presbyterian Church (Covenanters), it is $17. The Presbyterian Church (South), reserves one column to show the number of baptized non-communicants in its con- nection, and they, this year, number 24,968, or about one-fifth of the total number of communicants. The Beformed Church (Covenanter), under the head " Decrease," shows four columns, decrease by (1) cen- sure, viz.: thirty-five for a membership of 10,093; (2) dismissal; (3) purg- ing the roll ; and (4) death. So much for matters of figures and detail. It may, however, be in- teresting to call attention to the ways of sisf 3r Churches in regard to ecclesiastical order. DELEGATES TO SISTEB r"UBCHES. In the Presbyterian Church (North), U.S.A., the following resohition was proposed and referred to the next Assembly : — Whereas, the different branches of the Presbyterian Church through- out the world are now associated with each other in the General Presby- terian Alliance, and whereas, at the Triennial Councils of the Alliance, delegates from all these Churches are present on a footing of perfect equality, and in the enjoyment of the most unreserved fellowship ; PRESEYTERIAM TEAR BOOK. 48 And whereas, tinder such circnmstances there seems to be little ne- cessity for retaining the custom of appointing Delegates to visit the Sa- preme Courts of other Presbyterian Churches — a custom involving a not inconsiderable outlay of time, money, and labour; Therefore, Resolved, that the Assembly, with the most cordial esteem for the brethren of the other Presbyterian Churches, will in future decline to appoint any such Delegates, and content themselves with the appoint- ment of Commissioners to the General Councils of the Alliance. DECENTLY AND IN OBDEB. It is interesting to note the standing orders of the General Aasembly of the largest Presbyterian Church in the world. 1. The General Assembly meet invariably on the third Thursday of May, annually, at 11 o'clock a.m. 2. The credentials of Commissioners and Delegates are to be presented at a previous hour of the same day, or of the preceding day, according to public notice, to the Stated and Permanent Clerks, acting as a permanent Committee on Commissions. 3. The Lord's Supper is to be celebrated by the Assembly on the evening of Thursday, the first day of their sessions. 4. The evening of Friday, tLj second day of the sessions, is assigned to a popular meeting in behalf of the Sabbath School interests of the Church. 6. The evening of the first Tuesday of the sessions is appropriated to the consideration of the Home Mission work of the Church. 6. The evening of the first Wednesday of the sessions is appropriated, in like manner, to the Foreign Mission work of the Church. 7. The evening of the second Thursday of the sessions is assigned for the Reception of Delegates from Corrdsponding Bodies. ADDITIONAL. The following Standing Orders were adopted by the Assembly of 1878: 1. That, on the Report of each Board by the Standing Committee, but one Secretary be heard, and that he be limited to thirty minutes ; and that the Chairman of the Committee have only the privileges of any other member in debate which may ensue upon the Report. 2. That all discussion on Reports of Standing Committees on the Boards shall be liruitedto one hour, and each address to five minutes. 5. That all popular addresses by Secretaries, Missionaries and others, Bhall be at the : J. H. MACKERRAS, M.A., > Joint Clerks. WILLIAM FRASER. D.D. S 00 00 00 00 00 oirhe in the people, erefore, BOARDS AND COMMITTEES. SUBJECTS. CONVENERS . POST OFFIOB. Enox College Board Rev. Dr.Topp Toronto. " " Senate " Principal Caven, D.D " John M. King, M.A It " " Examiners i< Pres. College, Montreal, Board ... Senate... " Examiners. Educational Board of the Pres. 1 Ch. of the Lower Provinces... | Theological Hall, Halifax, Com- mittee of Superintendence... David Morrice. Esa Montreal. Bev. Principiil Mc Vicar, LL.D. " Prof . Campbell, M.A Hon. R. P. Grant ) Rev. P.G. McGregor ,D.D.,Sec f " Dr. Bums II Halifax, 46 PRESDYTERIAN YEAR BOOK. BOARDS AND COMMITTEES.— C<;«rf««^^. SUBJECTS. Senate Manitoba College Board Home MiBsious,Ontario,Quebec ) and Manitoba J Home MIhs., Maritime Provinces. Distribution of Probatiouers French Evangelization .» Foreign Miss. , Ontario & Quebec '• " Maritime Provinces. Juvenile Mission Supplements, Maritime Provn's. Sabbath Schools Finance (Toronto Section) " (Montreal Section) " (Halifax Section) Aged & Infirm Ministers' Fund, ) Ontario and (Quebec) i Aged & Infirm Ministers' Fund ) (Maritime Provinces) ) State of Ueligion Sabbath Observance Widows'&Orphans'Fundof the late Canada Pres. Church .. Widows'* Orphans' Fundof the late Pres.Ch., Lower Provn's. Mission to the Lumbermen Statistics "Presbyterian Record." Protection of Church Property . . OONVENEBS. Rev. Prlncii)al McKuight, U.D Hon. A. O. Buuuatyne Rev. Dr. Cochrane " " Waters .* " R Torrance " Principal McVicur " Pr()f. McLaren " George Walker " Prof. Mowat " Thorn 'lb Sedgwick " JohnMcKwen Hon. John McMurrioh Warden King, Esq J. S. McLean, Esq Rev. J. Middlemiss ....* " A. MoL. Sinclair " Thomas Duncan " R. Laird " W.T. MoMullen W. Alexander and T.W. Tay- 1 lor, Joint ConvenerB J Rev.D.B.Bliir " D M. Gordon, M. A., B.D, " R. Torrance " Dr. Jenkins James Macleunan, B.A.,Q.G... POST OFFIOB. Halifax. Winnipeg. Brantford. St. John. Guelph, Montreal. Toronto. New Glasgow. Kingston. Tatamagouche lugersoll. Toronto. Montreal. Halifax. Elora. SpringvlUe.NS Halifax. PriL.ceton, P.E.I. Woodstock. Toronto. Barney's River Ottawa. Guelph. Montreal. Toronto. Agent for the Church and Treasurer of) -r^,, w-m •m?TT» r>r» m^^^-^^^ the Schemes in Western Se.^tion (with ^ ^^^•p^^.^oK Ti™"; or??°^''°' the exception of French Evangel izat'n ) ^°«* ^^^""^ Drawer '2507. Agent for the Church and Treawurer of ) Rev. P. G. MoGREGOR, D.D., the Schemes in Eastern Section ( Halifax. Agent of the Board of French Evangel-) Rev. R. H. WARDEN, 210 ST. ization ) Jameh Stbeet, Montkeal. Editorsof '. The Presbyterian Record." { ^^BERT 'mURh! Y? h'^S"^^' PRESBYTERIAN TEAR BOOK. 47 ROLLS OF SYNODS & PRESBYTERIES. SYNOD OF THE MAKITIME PKOVINCES. Meets at TnuRO, on the last Tuesday of May, in the First Presbyterian Gburcb. 1. PRESBYTERY OF SYDNEY.— A. Farquharson, Clerk. MINISTERS. DATE OP ORDINATIN CONGREGATIONS. POST OFFICES. 1. H. MoLeod. M.A.. D.D. Nov., 1833 June, 1842 Aug., 1850 June, 1860 Mira Sydney, C.B, Sydney Mines, C.B. St. Anns, C.B. 2. Matthew Wilson, M.A. 3. Abrabam Mcintosh Sydney Mines | St. Anns 4 Doualil Rutherland Gabarus Guburus, C.B. 5. Allan McLean Glace Bay Mines Glace Bay, C.B. Sydney, C.B. Cow Bav. C.B. B A. Parnuhdrson Dec, 1864 Nov., 1865 June, 1872 Jan., 1873 Nov., 1873 April, 1877 St. Andrew's. Svdnev 7. D. McDoucall Cow Bay Mines 8. D. Druramoud Boularderie Boularderie. 9. John Mnrrav Falmouth Street Church Cape North Sydoej.C.B. Cape North. Loch Lomond. 10. Peter Clark 11 Gavin Sinclair Lioch Lomond, etc VACANCIES. Grand River, etc Grand River. Leitch's Creek, etc Leitch's Creek, [C.B. 2. PRESBYTERY OF VICTORIA AND RICHMOND.— K. McKenzie, Clerk. Whycocomah Port Hustings & River Dennis Baddeck and Forks»Baddeck.. Lake Ainslie & Station N. Mar- garee Mabou and Station of Pt.Hood Mid. River and Little Narrows Broad Cove West Bay & Station St. Peter's Malag iwatch and N. Mount ... River inhubitatits Statio 1 N. £. Margaree 3. PRESBYTERY OF PICTOU.— Thomas Cumming, Clerk. 1. M. Stewart. M.A Oct. 29, 1843 1852 2. Wm. G. Forbes 3 K. MoKeuzie Deo. 2, 1S57 Deo. 6,1871 Sep. 8, 1874 June 7, 1877 July 4, 1877 4. Alex. Grant 6. A. F. Thomson 6. Alex. McRae 7. John McLean vacancies. Whycocomah. Port Hastings. Baddeck. \ Lake AinsUe. Mabou. Middle River. Broad Cove. 1. John Stewart 2. George Walker 8. A.P.Miller 4. D.B.Blair 6. Geo. Patterson, D.D., 6. Alox. McLean, A.M..., 7. William Maxwell 8. James Thompson ... 9. John Lees 10. Alex. Sterling Oct., 1834 1838 May 7, 1844 Oct. 26, 1846 Oct., 31, 1849 Dec. 14, 1852 July 13, 18.54 Feb. 22, 1854 July 10, 1855 June, 1858 Deliberative member United Church French River BlueM'tain & Barney's River Agent for Manitoba College... Hopewell Little Harb'r & Fisher's Grant Central Church Westville and Middle River ... Scotsburn and Saltsprings New Glasgow. New Glasgow. Meregomish. Barney's River. New Glasgow. Hopewell. Little Harbor. Durham. Westville. Scotsburn. 48 PRESBYTEfilAN YEAR BOOK. PRESBYTERY OF VICT OV. — Cm fittuec/. MINI8TE11S. 11. Oeorgu Boddick 12. Alex. KoBH, A.M 13. Wm. Doniiirt 14. Peter GoortfoUovr 15. Thomas Cumining. 16. E. A. MoCurdy 17. Williain Stewart 18. A. McLean Sinclair. 19. J. F. Forbes 20. Robert Cumming SI. James Quin 22. Ephraim Scott 38. W. T. Bruce, M.D.. VACANCY. DATE OP OllDINATl'N May 11,1858 West llivor ConRrogation Sep. 19,18C.O Knox Church, Pictou Oct.ai, 1800 IMnco St. Church, IMctou Jau. 29, 18G2 AutiRonlsh uud Capo George Sep. 3, 1803 Stellarton June20,185 uroouvillo July 25, 180« East Eiver Fob. 27, 1867, Union Centre and Lochaber •! Mnv ifi 1 Rnq'^lenelR, Caledonia &E.Rlv„l Mar.io,iB09j fjt.Mary's f Aug.ll, 1873;Sherbrooke ; Sep.20, 1875 United Church, New Glasgow. Sep. 26,1876 Vale C. and Sutherland's Kiver Merigomish POBT OFFICES. Durham. Pictou. Pictou. Antigonisb. Stollarton. Now Glasgow. Greenville. Springville. Union Centre, Antigonish. Melrose. Sherbrooke. New Glasgow. Sutherland'sBiv. 4. PRESBYTERY OF WALLACE.— Thob. Sedgwick, C/erk. . New Annan. . Goose River. . Wallace. . River John. . Tutamagouohe. . Pugwash. Amherst. . Spring Hill. . Wallace. 1. James Watson, Sen. ... 2. W. S. Darragh .., 8. James Murray 4. H. B. Mackay Oct. 15, 1830 Nov. 12, 1850 Nov. 3. 1862 June 22,1855 Sep. 19,1860 Dec. 6, 1872 June,241857 6. Th OS. Sedgwick 6. J.M.Sutherland 7. Thos. Tallach 8. 0. G. Glass 0, Samuel Boyd Nov. 1858 VACANCIES. New Annan GooseRiver Wallace (St. Matthew's). River John Tatamagoucho Pugwash Amherst Spring Hill Wallace and Pugwash Now Annan Earltown and W. B. R. John... Wentworth Chemogue & Port Elgin, N.B . . . New Annan. Earltown. Wentworth. Chemogue, N.B 6. PRESBYI^ERY of TRURO.— J. H. Chase, CU-rJi: 1. John J. Baxter a. Wm. McCuUoch, D.D.. 3. James Byers 4. EbenezerRosB 5. JamoB McLean 6. Alex. Cameron 7. Andrew Burrowes,B. A. 8. John McMillan, B.D.... 9. James Sinclair Jos. H. Chase, M.A Edward Grant Edwin Smith, 3.A John A. Logan - James S. Carruthers... A. W. McLeod ' 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 16. VACANCIES. May, 1832 Fob. 14, 1839 May, 1845 Oct. 31, 1845 Nov. 13, 1854 Sep. 16,1857 June 29,1804 Mar. 26, 1806 Sep. 10, 1867 May 5, 1869 Oct. 20, 1869 Oct, 30,1871 Aug. 7, 1877 July 3, 1878 Sep. 11, 1878 Retired Truro, First Presbyterian Ch , Clifton Retired Great Village Riverside Truro West St. Paul's, Truro Upper Londonderry Onslow Stewiacke Middle Stewiacke .■Acadia Coldstream Parrsboro' UISSION STATION. Economy Springside Maccan .... North River. Truro. Truro. Clifton. Truro. Great Village. Portaupique. Truro. Truro. Folly Village. Onslow. Stewiacke. Mid. Stewiacke. Acadia IronMine Valley. Porsboro'. Economy. Upper Stewiacke Maccan. North River. 1 Ro a P. ( 8. Wfl 4. R. 6. Pro 6. A.] 7. Th( 8. Ale 9. Pre 10. Pro 11. D.: 12. M.I 13. Chf 14. Pot 16. An( 16. Alli 17. Job 18. San 10. E. ( 20. Job 21. A.I 22. L. G 23. Rob 24. Jan 25. Dav 26. Isac 27. Ada' PRESDYTKRIAN YEAB BOOK. 4t 6. PRESBYTERY OF HALIFAX.— John Fobkebt, Clerk. iFiaOKS. lisb. ;ou. lllHgOW. ille. rille. Centre, ;ouish. 3. )oke. lasgow. iand'sBiy. man. River. e. bhn. igouohe. 3b. Bt. HiU. man. vn. orth. jue, N.B. MINIBTBRB. ' DATK OF OBDIN TI'N 4. 6. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 16. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. Robert HodBwick, I) D. P.O. McGregor, D.D.... Walter Thorbnrn R. F. Bur-iH. Tj.D Prof. Pollock, D.D A. L. Wylie Thomaa Dimoan Alex. Stewart Prof. MoKnigbt, D.D... Prof.Currie D. MoKinnou M. Q. Henry Chas. B. Prtblado Peter M. Morrison Andrew J. Mowat Allan Simpson John Forrest Samuel Bernard E.G. McNab Jobn B. Logan A. B. Dickie L. G. MacNeill Robert Laing James Rosborougb David Neish Isaac Simpnon AdamGunn VAOANOIBB. Sept., Oct., CONOllBOATIONB. IBIiC) MuHcjuodoboit 1841 Warwick, Bermuda .. Fort MasBoy, Halifax .July 18,18 17 Deo. 15,ls,Ti 1852 Uicbmotid aud N. W. Arm Oct., mWiHt. Andrew's, Halifax Oct. 30, IH.'iC) Lawreijcetown, etc. Feb. 2(i, 18.17 Aug.l2, 18,57 Fob,, Fob.l5,18()5 Sep,, 18(; June 5,1800 Little River 1805 Shubonacadie and Stowlacko Cbalmers' Church, Halifax Dartmouth Windsor Aug. 7, 1800 Poplar Grove, Halifax . Deo.l3,lWiO St. John's, Halifax 1807iNoel Mayl9,1807|Newport Oct. 1, 18C7'Kentvine Dec. 22,1809 Sheet Harbor Nov. 11,1872 Maitland Junel8,1873,St. Matthew's, Halifax. July 23,1873 Musnnodoboit Harbor. Dec. 2, 1873, North Cornwallis ]873|Upper Mu8quodoboit.., Feb. 8, 1870 Gore and Kennetcook . Annapolis and Bridgetown... West Cornwallis Keuii)t and Walton Elmsdaleand Nine Mile River, Mil ford and Gay's River St. Croix and EilershouBO POST OFFICES. Mufltjuodoboit. Halifax. Warwick, Ber- muda. Halifax. Halifax. Richmond. Halifax. Port(^r'8 Lake. Halifax. Halifax. Little River. Khubeuacadle. Halifax. Dartmouth. Windsor. Halifax. Halifax. Noel. Newport. Kontville. Sheet Harbor. Maitland. Halifax. Mu squodobolt H. Canard. U. Musquodoboit Kennetcook. Elmsdale. Milford. St. Croix. 7. PEES. OF LUNENBURG AND YARMOUTH.-D. S. Fbaskb, Clerk, Ullage. )ique. illage. ke. • Bwiacke. [ronMine ■o'. itewlaoke 1. William Dufif 2. Donald McMillan . . 3. Wm. Robertson .. 4. J, C. Meek 5. E.D.Millar, B.A... 6. Thos. H. Murray .. 7. D. McGregor, B.A. 8. D. S. Eraser, B.A.,. VAOANCIEH. .1842|Lunenburg .1801 La Have .1805|Bridgewater ,1872jCarloton and Chebogue.., .1873 Shelbuj'ne and Lockport. ,1870 Riversdale, ,1877 ,1877 New Dublin.. Mahoue Bay. Yarmouth Clyde River and Barrington.', Lunenburg. La Have. Bridgewater. Carloton, Yar. Shelburne, Riversdale. New Dublin. Mahone Bay, Yarmouth. Clyde River. :iver. 8. 1. J. M. Brooke, D.D 2. A. Donald 3. J, Bennett, D.D. , 4. L. Jack 6. W. MiUen PRESBYTERY OF ST. JOHN. 1839 St, Paul's 1812 1843 1845 1840 J. C. Burgess, Clerk. Fredericton Retired St. John's Springfield, etc Bocabec, etc .... Campbell Set. St, John. Sprfngfield. Bay Side, StAnd. 60 PRESBYIERIAN YEAR BOOK. PRESBYTERY OF ST. JOHN— Ct^«/m/m/. HINI8TERB. DATE OF ORDINATI'N CONOUKOATIONB. POST OFFICES. 6. D. Maclise, D.D 1848 Calvlii St. Jobu. 7. J. McG. McKay la^.'i St. PhuI'h WondHtocki N.B. 8. D. MacUue IH.^ Ht. Stuplieii St. Jobn. 9. S.JobuBou IHM\ Chimin lau Chipmau, Q. Co. Sustiex. 10. J. Gray 18r.7 HUHHl).\ 11. D. Waters, M.A , LL.D. IMOI 1HC.T St. David's St. Jobn. 12. J. D. Murray Buctoucln", etc Huctoui'bo. 13. J. Hogs IHOH St. John Moiicton. 14. W. Mitchell, D. A IHO'.I St. Aixlrcw's St. Jobn. 15. J. C. BuigosH. U.A 1M70 IJarlutou (Uirlittou,St.John Stanley. St. Stepbon. llicbmond. 16. P. Melville, M. A., B.D... 1H70 Stanltiy and Nasliwaak 17. W. P. HeKK.M.A 1872 St. Stopliou f 18. K. McKay, H.A 1872 Uicbinoiul 19. M. K. ParadiB IHV.'i (irand I'lills Grand l''allH. 20. W. RoBB.B.A Ib70 Prince William, eto Priuce William. VACANCIES. St. Paul's, Frodorictou St. Jainos St. C4 oorye Londond'ry & Campbell Set... llur voy GliisHvillo and l*'lorenceville... Haillio and Lower Hill OiL'ouock Cb., St. Andrew's.... Kincardine 9. PRESBYTERY OF MIR AMICHI.— James Andebson, C/erJf;. 1. Angus McMaster 2. James Law 8. Thomas O. Johnstone.. 4. Wm. Murray, M.A 6. Thomas Nicholson 6. M. McKenzie 7. William McCullagh ... 8. James Anderson 9. John Robertson, M.A... 10. W. Fogo 11. S. Houston, M.A 12. J. A. F.McBain IS. A. Russell 14. J. G. Herdman, B.D VAOANOIES. SnSSIOM STATIONS. Apr. 13, 1842 July21,18.')5 Mur.l3,lH50 Nov., 18.')9 1862 Oct. 20, 1803 June, 1805 July, 180S July, 1868 Jan. 19,180!) Mar. 18, 1809 Feb. 22, 1876 Nov. 6, 1877 Arran, Scotland Ireland Ulaclivillo New Ciirlisle, eto Ilivor Cbarlo Kicliibucto Reilbimk Newciistle Bliick River Tabusintao '.. Bathur.st St. Jcihii's Ghur9h, Chatham. Dalhousie Campbellton Mass River St. Andrew's, Chatham. New Richmond Kouchibouguac Metapedia Escuuiiuao New Baudou .... Arran, Scotland. Ireland. Blackville, N.B. NewCarlisle.P.Q. Riv. Cbarlo, N.B. Ricbibucto, N.B. Red Bank, N.B. Newcastle, N.B. Black River, N.B. Tabusintao, N.B. Batburst, N.B. Chatham, N.B. Dalhousie, N.B. Campb'llfn.N.B Bass River, N.B. Chatham, N.B. New Richmond. Eouchibongnao, N.B. Metapedia, N B. Esouminao, F NewBaQdon,N.: PRESBYTERIAN YEAR BOOK. 51 10. PRESBYTERY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.— J. M. McLeod, Clerk. MINIBTER8. 1. B. B. Patterson, A.M.... 2. Alex. Campbell 8. JanieH Allau 4. Isaac Murray, D.D 8. Alex. Munro 0. Ken. McLeniiau, A.M... 7. William Scott 8. Henry Crawford 0. John M. MuLeod 10. NeilMcK.iy 11. John McKerron 12. Robert Laird 13. William II. Frame 14. John Q. Cameron 16. William Grant 16. Saumol C. Gunn 17. Charles Frasor 18. Arthur F. Carr, A.M. ... 19. John Sutherland 20. Wm. P.Archibald, A.M ai. E. S. Bayne, A.M VACANCIES 1. Belfast 2. Tryon audBonshaw..., 5. Dundaa DATE OF OIIDINATI'N .182« 184(1 .IH-ltl .18.'>0 .18.')0 .18.5'2 .18.53 .18.53 .18.53 .185") .IB-IS .18(10 .18(12 .18(17 .18(1!) .1870 .1871 .1871 .1873 .1875 .1876 OONUKBOATIONB. Hodequo Htrutlnilbyn CoveHoad Now London Brown's Creek, Valley field... Charluttotown St. Peter's & Braokley Ft. Bds. llichmoudBay Charlottotown Hunimerside (JoorKet'n,Cardig'n&Montag'e Pi'lncotown Mount Stuwi rt&W. 8t.P«;t-rB Hay Fortune .>nd Sour'.i VV. & C. Kivt-rs & Brooklield Fi list St. Peter's VVeHt Cape Alberton and TiuKUmu Woodv ilo& Little Sands... CavciiiliHh& New Glasgow. Murray Harbor Belfast Tryon and Bonshaw Duudas Upper Pino St., Gharlotteto'n. POST OFFIOEa. Bedeque. Strathalbyn. Cove Head. Clifton. Valleyttold. Charlottetown. Ht. Peter's lioad. Port Hill. Charlottetown. Humniorside. Guorf^etown. Pnncetown. Mount Stewart. Souris. West Rivers. East St. Poter'8. West Cape. Alberton. Woodville. Cavendish. Murray Horbotur. Belfast. 11. PRESBYTERY OF NEWFOUNDLAND. -Alex. 1. Moses Harvey M.A. 2. Alex. Boss 8. J. D. Patterson 4 D. F. Creelman YAOAMOIES. April25,1876 Betired Harbor Grace Name on Roll by leave Assem. Bay of Islands. Rosa, Clerk. St. John's. Harbor Grace. St. John's. Bay of Islands. St. Andrew's Ch., St. John's . Bett'sCove St. John's. Bett'B Cove. libongnao, SYNOD OF MONTEEAL AND OTTAWA. 12. PRESBYTERY OF QUEBEC— Malcolm Mackenzie, Clerk. MTNISTEBB, DATE OP obdinaxi'n CONGBEGATIONS. POST OFFICES. 1. John Cook, D.D 2. Wm. B.Clark Dec. 25,1835 Sept., 1839 Oct. 12, 1853 March, 1854 Dec. 26, 1854 July 4, 1861 May 1, 1862 Feb. 26, 1864 St. Andrew's Church, Quebec, Without Charse Quebec. Quebec. Sherbrooke, Que. Einnear'sMills,Q. Levis, Que. 8. Peter Lindsay, B.A. ... Sherbrooko 4. James McGonechy 6. Duncan Anderson,A.M Leeds Point Levi 6. James Hanran St. Sylvester St.8ylveBtre,Que. Stornoway, Que. bcotstowu, Que. 7. William Mathiesou ... Wlnslow 8. John Maodonald Scotstown ^wpjI^^lji piiy i Bi i H ii ji -4' ^ S2 PAESBYTERIAN YEAR BOOK. PRESBYTERY OF QVEBIS^G— Continued. MINISTBBS. DATE OF obdinati'n CONOBEGATIONS. POST OFflOB. 9. Jamas McCaiil, B.A.... Aug. 24, 1864 OcB. 18, 1860 Feb. 13, 1877 Aug. 8, 1877 Aug. 9, 1877 July 12, 1877 Feb. 20,1844 Oct. 31, 1861 Three Rivers Three Bivers, Q. Melbourne, Que. Stomoway, Que. Danville, Que. Bichmond, Que. Gould, Que. Kennebec B'd,Q. Metis, Que. Quebec. Valoartier, Que. Inverness, Q 10. Henry Edmison, A.M.. 11. John Mackenzie Melbourra 1 Hampden 12, Moses F. Boudreau .... Danville 13. Finlay M. Dewey 14. Malcolm MoLeod Richmond and Windsor Mills Lingwick OBDAINTID MISSIONABIEB. 1. Jamas Hume Kennebec Boad 2. Thomas Feuwick Metis VACANCIES. Chalmers' Church, Quebec . . . Valoartier Inverness MISSION STATIONS. Lake Megantic Cacouna Riviere du Loup Coaticook 13. PRESBYTERY OF MONTREAL.— Jambs Pattebson, Clerk. 1. 2. 3. 4. 6. 6. 7. P. 9. 10. U. 12. IS. 14. 16. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 26 26. 27. James C. Muir, D.D. .. John Jenkins, D.D John Irvine James Watson, A.M. . , William Forlong James Patterson John Maokie D. H. Mflcvicai, LL.D.. Daniol Patterson, A.M. . Chas. M. McKerraoher. Robt. Campbell, A.M.. James B. Muir, A.M. .. Donald Boss, B.D Bobt. H. Warden William A. Johnston.. John Campbell, A.M... James Fleok, B.A John NiohoUs Charles A. Doudiet James Fraser James S. Black Peter Wright P. S. Livingston, B.A... James Hally John Sorimger, A.M... James Wellwood, B. A. George McKay D.W. Morison,B.A.... 39. Charles Bcouillette... 80. Thomas Bennett Apr. 29, 1836 Aug. 6, 1837 Jan'y, 1846 Aug. 29,1849 Aug. 11,1853 Sep. 14, 1857 May 18, 1859 Oct. 19, 1859 Oct. 24, 1860 Aug. 22,1861 Apr. 10,1862 Apr. 3, 1803 Oct. 3, 1865 Nov. .1 5,1866 Sep. 25, 1807 Nov. .3, 1868 Mar. 21,1869 May 1, 1869 Aug. 23, 1869 Jan. 15, 1870 Mar. 21,1870 Aug. 23,1870 Aug. 17,1871 Deo. 17, 1872 Aug. 28, 1873 Sep. 16, 1873 Nov. 5, 1873 Nov. 19, 1873 Oct. 21, 1875 Oct. 12, 1876 Georgetown St. Paul's, Montreal Mille Isles .. Second Pres. Ch., Huntingdon Henry's Church, Lachute ... Hemmingford First Church, Laohute Presbyterian Coll., Montreal St. Andrew's English Biver an 3 Howick St. Gabriel , Montreal St. Andrew's, Huntingdon Lachine French Evangelization Bockburn and Gore Presbyterian Coll., Montreal Knox Church, Montreal St. Mark's, Montreal St. John's, Montreal Chatham and Grenville Erskine Church, Montreal Chalmers' Church, Montreal Russeltown Ste. Therese, etc St. Joseph St. Ch., Montreal., Cote des Neiges Calvin Church, Laguerre Ormstown St. Louie de Gonzague j Beauharnois&Chateauguay | N.Georgetown,Q. Montreal. Mille Isles, Que. Huntingdon, Q. Laohute, Que. Hemmingford,Q. Laohute, Que. Montreal. St. Andrew's, Q. Howiok, Que. Montreal. Huntingdon, Q. Lachine, Que. Montreal. Bockbum, Que. Montreal. Montreal. Montreal. Montreal. Cushing, Que. Montreal. Montreal. Russeltown, Q. Sto. Therese de Blainville. Montreal. Cote desNeiges.Q St. Anioet, Que. Ormstown, Que. St. Lou's de Gon- zague, Que. Chateauguay Basin, Que. PRESBYTERIAN TEAR BOOK. 08 PBESBYTEEY OF MO^TW^L.—CoftHnued. MINISTBBB. DATE OP ORDINATI'N CONGEEGATIONS POST oricicB. 81. John J. Casey Deo. 12,1876 Aug. 29, 1876 Elgin and Athelstane Kelso, Que. Dundee Centre.Q Joliette, Que. Montreal. 82. John C, Gatteuach .. . Dundee 83. Leon Dionne Joliette Stanley St. Church, Montreal Crescent St. Ch., Montreal ... Valleyflelfl VACANCIE3. Montreal. Valieyfleld, Que. FarnhamC'tre,Q. Moutroal. Fainham Centre Taylor Church St. Matthew's, Montreal Montreal. MISSION STATIONS. New Glasgo'w Harrington Avoca Arundel and De Salaberry Victdria, Montreal Tanneries, Montreal La Prairie Canning Street, Montreal St. Hyacinthe , RETIBED MINISTERS. 1. Thomas Eraser Montreal. 2. Hush Niven i Herdman's Cor- OBDAINED MIBSIONABIES. 1. Charles Chiniquy I ners, Que. Montreal. 2. Joshua Fraser. B.A. 3. Joseph £lIiot Montreal. 4. John Jones Mot>treail. 6. E. Wilson Montreal. 14. PRESBYTEEY OF OTTAWA.— James Cabswell, C/eri. 1. Joseph White 2. C. L Cameron 3. W.miam Moore 4. D. M. Gordon, B.D 6. JamesTait 6. James Carawell 7. F. W. Farries 8. John A. G. Calder 9. H. J. McDiarmid 10. B.H. Whillans 11. JohnFairlie 12. Wm. Armstrong, A.M, 13. HughMaguire 14. Thomas Muir 16. A. M. McCleUand 16. A. C.Morton yaoanoies. Aug. 7, 1862 Aug. 2, 1865 Mar. 28,1866 Aug. 6, 1866 Oct. 3, 1866 Oct. 17, 1867 May 18, 1868 April, 1871 Jan. 29, 1871 Sep. 26,1872 Aug. 21, 1873 May 14, 1874 Dec. 8, 1874 Oct. 24, 1876 May 1, 1877 Jan. 15, 1878 Rochesterville New Edinburgh Bank St. Church, Ottawa ... St. Andrew's, Ottawa Fitzroy and Torbolton Aylmer Knox Church, Ottawa Osgoode Russel and Gloucester Nepean and Bell's Corners L'Ori,vnal nnd Hawkesbury DhIv St. Church, Ottawa Wakefield Me calfe Bichmond North Gower Boche&terTille,0 New Edinb'gh.O. Ottawa, Ont. Ottawa, Ont. FitzroyHarb'r, O. Aylmer East, Q. Ottawa, Ont. Osgoode, Ont. Ottawa, Ont. Ottawa, Ont. ij'Orignal, Ont. Ottawa. Ont. Wakefield, Que. Osgoode, Ont. Bichmond, Ont. North Gower, O. Buckingham and Lochaber ... Gumberland,Clareuce&Nayan Manotiok and Gloucester ■ff.^ ^ -■H^ j^u iiw . pM 1^ .. m/ uVM n V 64 PRESBYTERIAN YEAR BOOK. PRESBYTERY OF OTTAWA— Continued. MlMISTBBfl. DATE OP obdinati'n OONGBBGATIONS. POST OFPIOB. OBDAINED MIBSIONABY. 1 Mn.rn Ami French Church, Ottawa Ottawa. Ont. MISSION STATIONS. Bearbrooke c..:^ Cambridge ... East Templeton . Hull Aylwin Desert Cant? 3y and Portland Plantagenet Carp and Kinbum Chelsea BKTIBED MINISTEBS. 1 Thomas Scott Jan. 12, 1844 Oct. 24, 1853 Gurran. 2. James Sinclair Huntley. MINISTEBS WITHOUT OHABGE. 1 F P Sym 2! Frederick Home June, 1866 16. PRESBYTERY OF GLENGARRY.— H. Lamont, D.D., Clerk. DonaldRoBS William Boss Charles Cameron Robert Binnie J. S. Mullan 6. John S. Burnet 7. Henry Lamont, D.D... 8. Kenneth Macdonald.. 9. Neil MoNiBh, LL.D 10. William Grant J. A. B. Hay D. H. McLennan, B. A. A. McGillivray Finlay McLennan 1. a. 3. 4. 6. 11 12. 13. 14. VACANCIES. MISSION STATIONS. July20, 18.59i Sep. 5, 1800 May 1, 1861 May 29, 1861 Dec. 31, 1861 Mar. 6, 1863 Feb. 22, 186.5 Oct. 25, 1865 Apr. 29, 1868 Oct. 18, 1869 July 22,1873 Mar. 6, 1877 Sep. 21, 1877 Sep. 27, 1877 Enoy Church, Lancaster Kirkhill Knox Church, Roxboro' iKuox Church, Cornwall St. Matthv.:Y'sCh., Osnabruck. St. Andrew's, Martintown Daihousic Mills Indifin Lands St. John's, Cornwall Vankleek Hill Summerstown Alexandria St. Andrew's, Williamstown... Kenyon Lanoaster.Ont. Kirkhill. Moose Creek. Cornwall. Woodlands, On*. Martintown. DalhousieMilll. Athol. Cornwall. Vankleek HilL Alexandria. Williambiiowa. Skye. Lunenburg and Avoumora Summerstown EaBt Hawkesbury South Finch , PRBSBTTEBIAN TEAR BOOK. 05 16. PBESBYTERY OF LANARK AND RENFREW.— John Crombib, Clerk. ST OF.«IOB. MINISTERS. DATE OP OKDINATI'N CONGRGOATIONS. POST OFFIOBB. 1. William Locbead Dec'r, 1830 May 14, 1840 Almonte, Out. 2. Alex. Mann, D.D P«kenhn.m fit. Andrew's j?akenham. 8. Wm. Bain. D.D Oct. 29, 1845 P< rth. St. 'Andrew's 1 "Perth. 4. Wm. M. Cbriatie Oct. 3, 1849 Oct. 16, 18.50 May, 1853 Aug. 8, 1855 July 14, 1856 Feb. 15, 1860 Aug. 22,1860 Oct. 15, 1862 Nov.13, 1862 Feb. 11, 1863 Westmeath ' Beachbnrg. 6. Solomon Mvlne Smith's Falls, St. Andrew's... Dalhousip, etc Smith's Falls. 6. Bobt. McEenzie McDonald's Cor. 7. John Crombie, M.A 8, James Wilson, A.M Smith's Falls, Union Church Lanark Smith's Falls. Lanark. 9. George Bremner McNab White Lake. 10. George Porteous Kitley Toledo. 11, Walter Boss, M.A 12> Wm. CocLrane Garleton Place, St. Andrew's. . Middle ville, St. Andrew's Arnprior Carleton Place. Middleville. 13. D. J. McLean Arnprior. 14. Bobt. Knowles Oct. 31, 1866 Aug. 21,1867 Nov. 1, 1867 May 19, 1869 Jan. 29,1869 Cot. 26, 1871 Sep. '27, 1872 Nov. 8, 1872 Dec. 31, 1872 Oct. 23, 1876 Feb.21, 1878 Bamsay Blakeney, Almonte. Pembroke. Perth. 16. J. B. Edmondson 16. W. D. Ballantyne 17. Willia.ra Burns Almonte, St. John's Pembroke, Calvin Church ... Perth. Knox Church 18. John Bennett Almonte. St. Andrew's Almonte. 19. Bobt. Campbell, AM... 20. James Stewart McNab and Horton Eenfrew. Pakenham, Victoria Street... Beckwith and Ashton Pakenham. 21. J. M. Macrtlister, B.A. Ashton, Ont. 22. Joseph Gandier Coulonee FortCoulongcQ. Pembroke. 23. Bobt. Hughes Alice and Petawawa 24. A. A Scott Carleton Place, Zion Church Admaston. Zion Church Carleton Plaos. 2t>. Ch^s. McKillov Admnnton. VACANCIES. Bristol Boss Litchfield HISBIOM STATIONS. Ralderson and Drammond ... . Bathurst and S. Sherbrooke... Castleford Darling Lavant Mattft wa Lombardy and Oliver's Ferry Unner Ottawa Pfilmerston Wilberforoe i7. PRESBYTERY OF BROCKVILLE.— W. M. VcKibbin, Clerk. 1. John Morrison 2. Wm. T Canning 8. Georpe i.\i. Clark 4. Dan. McGillivray, B.A. 6. EliasMuUan 6. Goo. BurnflekV, B.A. ... 1. Andrew Rowat 8. John J. Itichards 9. Arch. Heuilerson 10. Jo;m Lolshman 1? W. M. McKibbin, B.A... 12. Wm.J. Dey,M.A 18. Hugh Taylor May 12, 18291 Waddington, New York May 1, 1649 Oxford Sep. 10, 1853 Kemptville Julyl6,1867St. Jolin's.Brnckville Sep. 18, 1867|N. Auausta and Fairfield •Tan. 3, 1871 First Pres. Church, Brockville Mnr. 2, 187i:Winchester AuK.10,1874 Westport and Newlioro' Sep. 27, 1874 St. Andrew's, Mountain &c.... [Deo. 29,1874 MountHin and South Gower Oct. 7, 1875iFidw'ird8bnrg ardMainsville Jan. 5, 1876 Spencerville and Ventnor ISep. .3, 1878 Morrisburgh andlrciuois Madrid Sp'gs.N.T Oxford Mills, O. Kemptville, Ont. Brockville, Ont. N. Augusta, Ont. Brockville, Ont. W. Winchester,© Weatport, Ont. Heckston. South Gower, O. Edwardsburg, O. Spencerville, O. Morrisburg, O. 06 PRESBYTERIAN YEAR BOOK. PEESBYTERY OF BUOGKVILLE— Con ftnued. MINISTERS. DATE OP OBDlKA'll'N CONGBEOATIONS. * POST OFPIOB. VACANCIES. Matilda Prfscott .... .... Dunbar and Colquhoun's Livn and Yonsfe . MISSION STATIONS. N. Williamsburg Mfirri«kvill« SYNOD OF TOEONTO AND KINGSTON. Meets at Ottelph, and witbin St. Andrew's Church there, on the 2nd Tuesday of May, 1879, at half-past Seven, p.m. 18. PRESBYTERY OF KINGSTON.— T. S. Chambers, Clerk. MINISTERS. DATE OF OBDINATI'N CONQBEGATIONB. POST OPPIOB. 1. Henrv Gordon July 16, 1833 Jan. 29, 1840 Feb. 25, 1845 May 2, 1850 Jan. 29, 1851 Sep. 20,185.} May 16,1855 May 23, 1855 Aug. 3, 1866 Jan. 8, 1857 Apr. 6, 1857 Apr. 27, 1857 Nov'r, 1860 Doc'r, 1860 June24,1862 July 2, 1862 Nov. 17, 1864 March, 1865 Aug. 16, 1866 Aug. 4, 1869 July 11, 1871 Nov. 14, 1871 July, 1875 Apr. 27, 1876 Oct. 3, 1876 Without Charge Gananoque. Bumbrae. a. Robert Neill. D.D Seymour 8. J. Williamson, LL.D.. 4. J. B. Mowat, M.A 6. Andrew Wilson Professor Queen's College Professor Queen's College Brock St. Church, Kingston ... Professor Queen's College Professor Queen's CoUege Storrington and Pittsburgh ... St. Andrew's Ch., Kingston ... Napanee Kingston. Kingston. Kingston. 6. J. H. Mackorras, M.A... 7. G. D. Ferguson, B.A... . 8. Thos. S. Chambers .... fl Thos G.Smith Kingston. Kingston. 8 anbury. Kingston. 10. Alexander Young 11. David Wishart Napanee. Madoo. St. Peter's Church, Madoc Rylston anc". Marmora 12 David Beattie Campbellford. 18 Finlav McCuaig Chalmers' Church, Kingston Principal Queen's College Melrose, Lonsdale & Shan- ) nonville j Amherst Island Kingston. 14. Geo. M. Grant, D.D.... IB John Turnbull Kingston. Melrose. 16. A. McLennan, M.A 17 .Tohn Burton Stella. John Street Ch., Belleville St. Andrew's Ch., Gananoque St. Andrew'^ Ch., Belleville ... St. Andrew's Ch., Stirling ...... Demorestville Belleville. 1R Hfinrv Gracev Gananoque. 19. M. W. Maclean, M.A... , S». James M.Gray Q1 .TamnR M Bovd Belleville. Stirling. Demorestville 22. JohnGallaher,iB.A. ... 23. J. L. Stuart, B.A St. John's Ch., Pittsburgh Trenton Pittsferry. Treuton. Mill Point Mill Point. OR 'nnnn.ld KfilflO Kosliu and Thurlow Boslin. VACANCIES. Pioton Glenvale, Harrowsmith and) Wilton ]■ Lansdowne and Fairfax . PBBSBTTBBIAN TBAB BOOK. 57 PRESBYTERY OF KlSQBTOTH—CoMttMued. BT OFFIOK. KINISTBBB. DATB OF OBDINATI'N OONOBBOATIONB. POST OFFIca. KISBXON BTATIONB. Oamden and Sheffield St. Columba & St. Paul, Madoo Wolfe Island Huntinsdon Conseoon , '■•• Mill Haven & Frederioksbursh Hinchiubrooke and Bedford^.. Morton and Seeley's Bay L'Amable «■•*■••••••#.■• '••«• ./€ Carlow and Mayo ««••••*••••• • «.« Maynooth )Bday of May, 19. PRESBYTERY OF PETERBOROUGH.— W. Bennett, Clerk. )ST OFFICE. JohnPaterson , James Cleland . 3. JohnEwing 4. 6. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. IS. 18. 14. 15. 16. 17. la 19. SO. 91. 82. W.O.Windel John W. Smith Franois Andrews William Bennett William White Peter Dnnoau J. B. Beattie Alexander BeU W. MoWiUiam.LL.B.. « ..mes Ballantine James M. Douglas Wm. Hodnet Nathaniel Clarke D. Sutherland, M.A. ... T.F.Fother!ngham,H.A. James Cameron, M.A. "E F. Torranoe, M.A F. B. Beattie, M.A A. MoFarlane mSBION STATIONS. March, 1863 Sept'r, 1863 AprU, 1866 Oofr, June, May, Nov'r, Feb'y, July, 1867 1809 1871 1873 1875 1876 1876 Oot'r, 1878 1840 Without Charge May 9, 1843 Mill St., Port Hope T».>« loia 3£ount Pleasaat, Omemee) Jany, 1346 and Lakevale f Nov. 2, 1847 Cartwright and BaUyduff '!.'.... March, 1849 Oraf ton and Vernon villa 1851 Keene and Westwood Sept'r, 1855 Springville and Bethany June, 18S7 Warsaw and Dummer Oot'r, 1857 Colborne and Brighton First Free. Oh.. Port Hope St. Andrew's Ch., Peterboro'... Bethesda and Alnwick Cobourg Foreign Missionarv. Perryt'wn.Oakhill ^Elnozville Lakefleld and North Smith Percy and Campbellf ord . . . Norwood and Hastings Millbrookand Gentreville... St. Paul's, Peterboro' Baltimore and Coldsprings Boboaygeon andDunsford... Ghandos and Burleigh Harvey Haliburton Minden, Brown's Comers Chatham, Out. Port Hope. Mount Pleasant. Lotus. Grafton. Keene. Springville. Warsaw. Colborne. Port Hope. Peterboro*. Harwood. Cobourg. Indoro. Perrytown. Lakefield. Warkworth. Norwood. MiUbrook. Peterboro'. Baltimore. Dunsford. Haultain. Haliburton. Minden. 20. PRESBYTERY OF WHITBY.— A. A. Dbummond, C/eri. 1. Alex. Kennedy 2. A. A. Drummond.... 3. Win. PeatMe .. 4. James Little, M.A.. i. John Hogg 6. W.M.Roger, M.A... 7. Adam Spenser 8. R. Cha•nb^rs, B.A. E Sept.30,1835 Oct. 20, 1847 Jane30,1860 Nov. 1860 Aug. 2, 1864 Nov., 1866 Aug. 4, 186S July, 1870 Dunbarton and Canton Newcastle Erskine Church & Claremont Bowman ville, St. Paul's Oshawa Ashbura and Utioa Bowmauville Whitby Dunbarton. Newcastle. Claremont. Bowmanville. Oshawa. Asbburn, BowmanTiUe. Whitby. ' I ■ ^. «8 PBBSBYTKBIAN YEAB BOOK. PRESBYTERY OF VfBlTBY—ConHnued. UIMIBTBBS. 9. J. A. Carmichael. 10. T. Atkinson 11. Alex. Fraser TAOANOIBB. DATE OF OBDINATI'N May 25, 1875 Oct. 1, 1878 Oct. 15, 1878 OONOREOATIONS. Columbus and Brooklin Enniskillen and Gartwright... Orono Pickering Port Perry and Prince Albert Newtonville and Kendall POBT OFVIOE. GolumbuB. Enniskillen. Orono. Pickering. Port Perry. Clarke. 21. PRESBYTERY OF LINDSAY.— J. R. Scott (Cambray P.O.), Clerk. 4. 6. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Dugald McGregor . J.T.Paul A.McKay,M.A A. Gurrie, M. ^ Wm. Locbead J. Hastie J. McNabb D. McDonald D. D. McLennan ... E. Cockburn, M. A. S.Ache80u W. J. Smytb May July -*ug. Oct. Sep. Oct. Dec. Nov Dec. Mar Aug, Oct. VAOANCIGia. MISSION STATION B. RETIRED MINISTEB. 1. James B. Scott 31,1848 5,1850' 13,1852; 23, 1861 21,1859 23,186(5 11,1867 , 20,1872 18,1872 18,1873 , 1876 21, 1873 Longford and N. Mara Balsover Eldon Brock Fenelon Falls and Somerville Lindsay Beaverton and S. Mara Cambray and Fenelon. Kirkfleld and Victorio iUxbridgc and Leaskdale. Wick and Greoubank Scott and Uxbridge Woodville Gannington Sunderland and Vroomanton Manilla Goboconk and Head Lake. Digbyand Garden Uptergrove. Balsover. Lorneyille. Sonya. Fenelon Falls. Lindsay. Beaverton. Cambray. Kirkfleld. Uxbridge. Wick. Sandford. Woodville. Gannington. Sunderland. Manilla. Goboconk. UphiU. 22. PRESBYTERY OF TORONTO.— R. Monteath, Clerk. 1. M. Willis, D.D., LL.D. 2. Alex. Topp.D.D 3. Wm. Keid.D.D 4. James Dick 6. Robt. Wallace 6. Wm. Gregg, D.D James Priugle Wm. Stewart Wm.Moikle J. Alexander, M.A John Smith Wm. Cttven.D.D Wm. McLaren W. E.MoKay.B.A 15. Jobn M. KiuR, M.A 16. Alex. McFaul 7 R. 0. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14 1821 Jan. 25, 1838 Jan. 29,1840 Dec. 22, 1842 July 15, 1846 July 22, 1847 July 19, 1848 Mar.22, 1848 8ypt.25,1848 May 2'.», 1851 Sept, 2, 18.51 Oct. 7. ia52 June, 1853 Oct. 29, 185(' Oct. 1.S57 Mar.17,1838 Knox Church , Toronto Western Agent of Church Ricljuiondhill and Thornhill.. West Church, Toronto Professor of Knox College Brampton, Dorry West, etc.... Hornby Oakvilio Union and Norval Bay Street Church, Toronto... Principal of Knox College* Professor of Knox College Bethel Church, Orangeville.... Augustine Church, Toronto... Knox Chul'ch, Caledon, &c London, Eng. Toronto. Toronto. Bichmond Hill. Toronto. Toronto. Brampton. Hornby. Oakville. Norval. Toronto. Toronto. Toronto. OraiiKoville. Toronto. Calodon. PRBBBYTXRIAN YBAB BOOK. PRESBITERY OF TORONTO- c>«/«««^^. fit GST OFFICE. MINIBTBBB. DATH OF OHDINATl'N OONQRKGATIONB. POST OFFIOB. 17. Jas. O. Bobb, D.D 18. David Mitchell June20,1868 Oct. 1858 Oct. 2, 1860 Nov. 1, 18(55 Nov.20, 1800 Feb. 4, 18()8 Nov. 10, 1870 Mar.28, 1871 Nov. 23, 1871 Jan. 8, 1873 June 17,1873 Sept. 17,1873 Sept.23,1873 Apr. 7. 1874 Oct. 27, 1874 Nov. 2, 1874 Jan. 6, 1875 Oct. 6, 1875 Oct. 10. 1870 Nov. 0, 187C Oct. 9, 1877 Apr. 4, 1878 May 28,1878 Sep. 18, 1878 Cooke's Church, Toronto Central Church, Toronto St. Andrew's Church, King. ... St. Audrow's Ch.,VttUghan,etc. St. Andrew's Church, Toronto Ola St. Andrew's Ch., Toronto St. Andrew's Ch.,Markham,etc. Streetsville Toronto. Toronto. 19. Jas. Garmiohael Laskey. Maple. Toronto. Toronto. Markham. Stre etsvilla. 20. Wm. Aitken 21. D.J. Macdonnell.B.D. 22. Geo. Milligan, B.A 23. J. Carmichael, M.A 24. Jas. Brockenridge 26. John M. Cameron East Church, Toronto Toronto. 26. R. Pettigiew, M.A 27. Donald Mackintosh .... 28. John M. Molutyre 29. E. D. McLaren, B.D. ... 30. Robert Gray Weston and Woodbridge MelvUleChurch,etc.,Markham Zion Church, Orangeville Cheltenham and Mt. Pleasant York Mills and B'isherville f Knox Church, Vaughan, & ) 1 Caven Church, Bolton... | Richmondhill and Thomhill... College Street, Toronto Weston. Unionville. Orangeville. Cheltenham. York Mills. 31. Peter Nicol 32. Isaac Campbell, Col- ) league & Successor j" 33. Alex. Gilray Elder's MiUfl. Richmond Hill. Toronto. 34. Malcolm M. MaoGiUiv- ray, B.A St. Andrew'sCh.,Scarboro,etc. Shelbiurne and Primrose Benlomond. 35. J. R. Gilchrist, B.A 36. Walter Amos Shelburne. Aurora Aurora. 87. R. P. McKay. M.A 38. Wm. Frizzell Knox & MelvilleCh's,Scarboro' Newmarket Agincourt. N ewmarket. 39. Alex.Tait Mono East, Mono Mills, and ) St. Andrew's Ch., Caledon ) Laskev and Sast Kins Caledon. 40. Sam. R. Warrender. Laskey VACANT. West King Georgetown and Limehouse... Georgina Queensville and N. Gwillini- bury . Mount Albert and Ballantrae Mono, Centre Road, &c Brockton Ijeslieville, &c Melvillo Church, Caledon an('. Sandhill and Caledon East Stouffville Horning's Mills Boston Church and Milton .... Ifit and 2nd Chinguacousy (Jharles St. Church, Toronto... RETIltEn MINISTERS WITHOUT OnARQK. 1. Jftines Diiiii Apr. 5, 1820 18,% Marl^ham. 2. David Coutts Brampton. Toronto. 3. Goo. Lawrence Apr. 28, iHit? AUR. 0, IKIO Apr. 29, 1841 Doc. «, 1H4',2 Dec. 21,1847 Aug. 17, 18.18 Sopt.'28,1848 \UR.'22,1849 M.iv ;io, ixr,A Sent 1H54 4. A. Lewis Clerk of Presbytery Mono Mill- . ;>• U. Moutoath Toiouto. •i. J. Bivrclav. D.D Toronto. 7. Wm. Inolis Toronto. 8. At chlbald Cross Yorkville. 9. William Han- OraiigGville. 10. James Stuart Toronto. 11. John Brown Nrjwmarket. 12. Win. C Youiii? Tr ronto. 13. Tatrick aroip 1851 Yorkville to PBBIBYTKBUN YBAS BOOK. 38. PBBSBTTERT OF BABBIE.— B. Moodib, Clerk. vnnsTEBS. I. Wm. Fraser, D.D a. Robert Bodgers 8. JohnOray.M.A 4. Wm. MoGonnell .. . 8. QeorgeOraw 6. i;obert Moodio 7. JohnLeiper ^. Jar. A. MoConnell . y. D. McDonald, M.^l. . 10. A. McD(»T.ald,I5.A. II. Smith Hutcbeaon . la. ThOB. MoKoe 18. Henry Sinclair 14. B. Falrbnirn, B.A.... 18. E. W. Panton 18. J. B.S. Burnett 17. J. J. Cochrane 18. StnartAoheBon 19. B.N.B.MiUard DATB OF OBDINATI'N OONOBBOATIOIIB. Sept. 2, 1884 Deo. 4, 1860 May 21, 1861 April, 1864 Dec. 1850 March, 1868 July, 1864 Dec, 1864 Jan. 11,1865 Jan. 81, 1866 Feb. 10, 1871 Oct. 10, 1871 Nov.14, 1879 Deo. 11. 1872 Deo. 9, 1878 Dec. Id, 1874 ipril4,1876 Oct. 11, 1876 May 21,1878 POST OFVIOB. 90. A. Dawson, M»A. OBDAimBD inSBZONABIBS. SI. Allan Findlay HL Bobert Scott .1868 First WcBt Qwlllimbury . . . . Gollingwood Orillia Central Ch. ,Craigvale ALefroy FloB and Medonte Stayn>3r anr) Bo: aiidale Ba^rie First it Second Teoomseth) and Adjala I E. Nnttawasagaand Creemore West Nottawaeaga Outkrie Church, Oro Angus and New Lowell Knox Church, Oro 'Qsson and WiUis CburchuB ... BvMliord & fciecoud W, G wll- 1 llnibury J All! 'iton and Carluke Townllne and Ivy Oookstown and First Bssa Singhampton, Maple Val-I ley and Honeywood ) Oravenhunt, Severn Bridge, ) and Waahago f Jan. 7, 1867 Aug. 8. 1876 VAOANCIBB. lOBBION BTATI0N8. Bond Head. Gollingwood. Orillia. Lefroy. HiUsdale. Stayner. Barrie. Tottenham. Creemore. Duntroon. Shanty Bay. Angus. Bugby. Jarratt's Cot's. Bradford. AUiBton. Thornton. CookBtown. Maple Val'— GravanhuTBt. Braoabrldge', Monck & S. Falls PenetanguishencWyeb'dge, MidOand, Vint, Medonte and Veaey Bracebridgo. Wyebridge. Mulmnr and Tossorontlo BeBemoont. Duntroon and Nottawa Burns' Church and Dunn's W. GwUlimbury and InniBlU. HuntsviUe, Allansville and ) Bovey's ) StlB' Qd.FortSidney&'^ownline i:'ortCa,rling,Baymo!K-\ Dee i Bauk, and Mclncosh's.. .. f Ardtrea, UhtofT and N. Orillia BayBville, Cook's Church, [ Maoaulay and Drake's ...) KoBsepu and Turtlelake Doe L., Beggsboro', Katrine ) and Emsdale ) Maganetawa'i McCrae'q, Hunter's AMiwesing MoKellar Pairy Sjuud Colliugwood Mountain, nnd I Gibra:..ir \ PBB8BYTBBIAN YEAB BOOK. PRESBYTERY OF BAHHIE—ConHnugd. 61 POST OFVIOB. ottenham. MTNIBTBBB. DATK OP OBDINATI'N OONOBaOATIONB. J?OBT OFFIOB. BBTtRBD MIMISTEBS. 1. SamuelPorter Barrle. 2. W. Johnson, M.A Barrle. 3. W. MoKee, B.A Cloverhlll. WITHOUT OHABOE. Oleland Bradford. 24. PIVESBYTERY OF OWEN SOUND.— J. Sombrvillb, M.A., C/^rk. laple Val'-^ Irayanborat. 1. D. Morrison, M. A. 2. B.Dewar 8. Wm. Forest 4. James Cameron .... 8. A. McDiarmid 6. A. AfoLennan 7. HuffhCurrie 8. Aron. Stevenson .... ,9, J. Somerville, M.A., 10. A. P. McKenzie 11, A.H.Scott, M.A... lOBDAINED UISBIONABT. 1. E. B. Rodger Oct. 22, 1851 Oct. 7, 1855 Feb. 18, 1857 Feb. 16, 1859 Apr. 27, 1853 Wfay2.';,lH(i'.) Feb'y, 1870 Jan. 20, 1874 Aug. 25, 1875 Mar. 6, 1878 Aug. 22,1878 Pastor Emeritus, Knox Cb., Owen Sound Pastor Emeritus, Lake Shsre. Lake Shore and Leith Chatsworth Latona Kuox Church, Sydenham Keady, Desboro' & Peabody.. St. Vincent and Sydenham . . Division St. Church, O. S Kilsyth and N. Derby Knox Church, Owen Sound . . Owen Sound. Annan. Annan. Chavdworth. Latona. Owen Sonnd Keady Blantyre. Owen Sound. Kilsyth. Owen Sound Wiarton. 26. PRESBYTERY OF SAUOEEN.— Stephen Yottno, Clerk. ieaemount. 1. John MacMillan 2. Bobt. C. Mofifatt 8. Wm.Park 4. Daniel Duff 6. D. W. Cameron 6. John Morrison 7. Stephen Young 8. Donald Stewart •i. D. Fraser, M.A 10. Hixgh Crozier 11. John Baikie 12. J. MoClung 18. John Campbell, B.A... 14. A. C. Stewart 15. Donald McLood VACANCIES. June29,1857 Oct. 10, 1857 May 18,1859 Apr. 19, 1864 Oct. 22, 1865 Jan. 9 J866 Sep. 19,1866 Oct. 31, 1866 Aug 14,1867 Mar.24, 1869 Aug. 1,1871 Aug. 4, 1874 Sept 2, 1874 Oct. 13, 1875 Aug. 21, 1878 Knox Oh., Mount Forest Free St. John's, Walkertcn ... Durham. N. and W. Brant Palmerston Proton Clifford Arthur St. Andrew's Ch., M't Forest Egremont Guthrie CiJ., Harriston ...^..... Balaklava Knox Church, Harriston Mackintosh and Belmore St. Columba Oh., Priceville... Mount Forest. Walkerton. Durham. Malcolm. Palmerston. Cedarville. Clifford. Arthur. M'^unt Forest. Holstein. Harriston. Mildmay. Harriston. Belmore. Price vlile. Normanby Hanover and W. xsentinck Osprey MarkdalcBerkel'y&Fleshert'n North Arthur South Luther & Little Toronto Markdale. Luther. Bocky Saugeen 'Durham NRMM PBBSBTTBRIAN Y: XH noOK. 26. PRESBYTERY OP OUELPH.— R. Tobramcb, C/erJIi. MINIBTEBB. 1. Qeorge Smellie 2. Wm. Barrie, D.D. ... 3. Biohard Bentley 4. T. Wardrope, D.D. ... 5. Bobt. Torrance 6. Wm. B.BaU,A.B 7. Jas.K. Smith, A.M.. 8. James MiddlemisB ... 0. William Maason 10. Daniel Anderson 11. A. D. McDonald 13. William MilUoan 15. Alez. MoKay, D.D. ... 14. James B. Mullan 18. Qeorge Haigh 16. J. 0. Smith, A.M David Smyth John Davidson Neil McDiarmid Donald Strachan D. J. Mclnnes 83. D. Boyd Oameron ... as. James F. Dickie James Bryant H. H. MoPherson, M.A. A. M. Hamilton, A.M BobertFowlie 17, 18. 10, ao, ai a4. as. ae. 37. VACANCY. mBBION STATIONS. HUnBTBBB WITHOUT OHABOB BBBIDINQ IN BOUNDS. J. G. MoOregor JohnDnff William Meldrum .... DATB OF OBDINATI'N Mar. 18,1836 Jan. 4, 1843 Sep. 18, 1844 Aug.13,1846 Nov.H,184fl Feb. 38, 1849 Jan. 13, 1853 June 3, 1866 Oct, 9, 1856 Dec 23, 1867 Apr. 20, 1869 Sep. 21, 1869 Apr. 25, I860 July 23, 1862 April 1863 July 1864 June 7, 1865 Feb. 4, 1866 Feb. 6, 1868 Sep. 8, 1868 July 28, 1869 Deo. 16, 1869 July 13, 1872 Jan. 26, 1875 Nov.24, 1875 May 22, 1877 Oct. 25, 1877 CONOBBOATIONB. Melville Oh., Fergus unioii Oh., Gait !!!."!."!!!.".!...!!! Chalmers' Church, Guelph ... First ConRregation, Guelph ... Knox Church Guelph Knox Church, Gait Chalmers' Church, Elora St. Andrew's Church, Gait Calviu Ch. aud Moorefield Knox Church, Elora St. John's Ch. and Mimosa ... Dufif's Church St Andrew's Church, Fergus Doon, Hespeler and Preston... St. Andrew's Church, Guelph First Church, Eramosa Alma and Zion Church West Puslinch Bockwood Eri. Ttd Ospringe Knox Church, Acton St. Andrew's Ch., Berlin Glenallan and Hollin Nassagaweya & Campbellville Chalmers' Ch., Winterbourne St. Andrew's Ch. & Bethel Ch. Hawksville & Gale Oh.,Elmira Eden Mills Drayton Preston (German) Douglas POST OFFICB. Fergus. Guelph. Gait. Guelph. Guelph. Guelph. Gait. Elora. Gait. Bothsay. Elora. Garafraxa. MorrlstOD. Fergus. Preston. Guelph. Eramosa. Alma. Crief. Bockwood. Erin. Acton. Berlin. Glenallan. Nassagaweya. Winterbourne. Hillsburgh. Hawksville. Eden MiUs. Elora. Elora. 27. PRESBYTERY OF HAMILTON.— J. Laino, C/erk. 1. Wm. Hancock 3. JohnPorteous 3. Samuel Fenton .... 4. TnoB Goldsmith . 6. James Black 6. John Laing, M.A . 7. Jas. Gordon, M.A . 8. Wm. Craigle 0. John James, D.D. . 10. J. McMechan 11. John G.Murray.... 10^ D.H.Fletcher May, Deo. 1834 1842 1843 Jan. 6, 1845 Nov. 9,1853 June 1854 1864 Jan. 5, 1856 1854 Mar. 26,1867 July 7, 1858 Nov. 8, 1860 N. Pelham and Port Bobinson Port Dalhousie Vittoria, &o Hamilton, St. John's Church . Caledonia, Argyle St., and) Allan Settlement j Dundas, Kuox Church Clifton, St. Andrew's Port Dover, Knox Church Hamilton, Knox Church Waterdown Grimsby and Muir Settlement Hamilton, McNab Street Welland. Port DalhoQBie. Vittoria. Hamilton. Seueca. Dundas. Clifton. Port Dover. Hamilton. Waterdown. Grimsby. Hamilton. POST OFFIOB. BawkBville. Bden Mills. PBE8BYTKRIAM YBAB BOOK. PRBSBITERY OP HAMILTON— C<7«/i««^rwlll. [dale. on. speare. r Station si;" ink. rel. ord. irty. ord. ispeare. worth. ispeare. ixy"*- I. lallan. irton. ndville. rail. I Hill. ampton. LOW. on. ater. rdine. ater. y- rail, rdine. }8. ■wood. ide. niB. low. Lrthur'aL'g aigln. rdine. Ste. Marie, ouliu lal'd. idale. Itrove. ' vV PBXSBTTERIAN TEAR BOOK. 67 83. PRESBYTERY OP HURON.— A. MoLeah, Clerk. MINISTBBB. DATE OF OBDIKATI'N CONQBEOATIOKB. POST oDfiox 1. Oharles Fletcher Nov., 1842 Jan., 1845 Oot., 1851 Sep., 18S3 Feb., 1854 Aug., 1856 July, 1857 Aug., 1858 July 19,1859 Oct., 1862 June, 1864 Jan., 1865 Nov., 1865 May, 1865 Sep.r 1866 Nov., 1866 May, 1868 Oct., 1868 Feb., 1872 Gtoderich. a. BobertUre,D. D Knox Church. Goderioh .. Godorich. 8. JohnBoBB Brucefleld Brucefleld. 4. SamuelJoneB Knox Church, BruBsels MoKillop and Tuokersmith ... Wroxeter and Fordwioh Brussels. 6. Matthew Barr Seaforth. Wroxeter 6. Gtoorge Brown 7. J. 9ieveright, B.A Knox Church, Ctoderich Goderioh. 8. Alexander Grant Aflhfleld Kintail. 9. N.Pateraon St. Andrew's, Bayfield, &c Kippon Porter's Hill. 10. Hugh Cameron Kippen. 11. A. Y..Hartley Bodiierville and iixater Exeter. 12. J. Ferguson Melville Church, Brussels St. Helen's and White Church Wingham Knox Church, Belgrave Brussels. 18. Robert Leask St. Helen's. 14. H. McQuarrie Wingham. Belgprave. 15. W.J. Wilkins.B.A 16. J. 8. Lochead, M.A HuUett ajid Londesboro Londesboro. 17. A.MoLean 18. P. MuBgrave 19. J. Pritohard 20; M. Danby 21. A. MoNanghton St. Andrew's Church, Blyth... Duff's Ch.McKillqp&Winthrop Manchester and Smith Hill ... Ba rfield Boad cjid Berne Walton Blyth. Seaforth. Auburn. Varna. Walton. 22. R.W. Leitch 1874 Dungannon and Port Albert... Union Church, Brucefleld Cranbrook and Ethel Dungannon. 28. J. G. ThomBon Nov., 1874 June, 1875 Brucefleld. 24. D. B.MoBae Grey. Clinton. 25. Alex. Stewart, M. A Clinton, Willis Church VAOANOIBB. GrftT^d 'Rnn<1 , Grand Bend. Seaforth Seaforth. Egmondville Egmondville. r Bluevale. BluevaleandEadie Thames Boad and Kirkton ... East Ashfleld Kirkton. UIBSION STATIONS. Gtoderich (GSielic) Chlselhurst Hill's Green 84. PRESBYTERY OF MANITOBA. James Robebtson, Clerk. 1. John Black, D.D 2. John Scott 8. H. J. Borthwick, M.A 4. Alex. Matheson 5. Walter B. Boss, M.A.. July 81, 1851 June29,1853 AugUBt,1858 Nov. 20,1860 Feb. 6, 1861 Kildonan Emerson, etc „ Pembina Mountain | Little Britain, etc Boyne, etc , Kildonan, Man. Emerson, Man. Pembina Monn- tain.Man. Little Brit'nJIffaa Boyne, Man. M.!illl!,',W"'.i"f'-* ■ '< wi, i ' '; ,"'.iH"", ' ■Ji. i' l' i'i ^ " wi ^ i H I J I ' ! " 68 PBBSBTTRBIAN TEAR BOOK. PRESBYTERY OF MANITOBA.— C(w/«««^rf. MnaSTKBS. DATEi OF OBDINATI'II OOMOBEOATIONS. POST OFXIOE 6, JamoBDouelas Aus 2, 1866 Sept.27,1866 Nov. 18,1869 Sept. 19,1871 July 8. 1872 July 81,1872 Oct. 9, 1873 Oct. 27,1874 July 14,1876 Aug. 10,1876 Aug. 9, 1876 Oct. 11, 1876 Sept.26,1877 May 8, 1878 Morris, etc Morris. Man. 7. Alex. Smith Little Saskatchewan ShoalL'ke,N.W.T a James Bobertson 9. George Bryoe, M.A. ... 10. S. Donaldson, B.A Knox Church, Winnipeg Professor Man. Coll Woodlands, etc Winnipeg, Man. Winnipeg, Man. Woodlands, Man 11. Thomas Hart, M.A Professor Man. Coll Winnipeg, Man. IS. Alex. Camnbell. B.A. Rockwood, etc Bockwood, Man. 18. HoghMo^eilar' High Bluff, etc High Bluff, Man 14- Aiiftn Well Portage la Prairie, etc i • Okanase, etc Port'ge la Prairie 16. George Flett Man Okanase, N.W.T. 16. J. S. Stewart Palestine, etc Palestine, Man. 171 D.c. Johnson, B.A.;;;:;; 18. Peter Straith Prince Albert School Battleford Pr'nceAlb'tNWT Battleford, NWT 19. John McSay Sturgeon Lake, etc Pr'nce.Mb'tNWT ao. Sol. Tunkasuioive Bird Tail Creek Beserve Seotioi) 15, C. P. R Bird Tail Creek, N.W.T. Darlington Bay, Sec. 16, C. P. B„ 91. A. P. Cameron Nov. 12,1874 Sept.18,1878 98- Junes Dnnoan Prince Albert, eto Ont. Pr'ceAlbt,NWT VA0AN0IB8. Sprinelleld. etc H pringfield, Man. Caledonia, eto Caledonia, Man. •Headlnfiflv. etc Headingly, Man. °^" ALPHABETICAL LIST OF MINISTERS OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN CANADA. [The figures following the names denote the Presbyteries to which they beloug.] Abraham, John. . 29 Aoheson, Sam'1..21 " Stuart.23 Adams, James... 22 Alexander, Thos.28 Jos... 22 Allan, James ...10 " JohnM.... 9 " Daniel ...31 Ami, Marc 14 AmoB,W 22 Anderson, John .28 " Dan'iae " Dun. .12 " Jas ... 9 Anderson, John.S2 " Wm..32 Andrews, P 19 Archibald, W. P. 10 Armstrong, Wm 14 W.C.30 Aitken,Wm 22 Atkinson, T 20 Aull,J. M 28 Bain, Wm 16 " James 22 Baikie,John 25 Ball.Wm. S 26 Ballantine, J 19 Ballantyne,W.D.16 Barclay, John ...22 Barr, W. 22 " Matt 33 Barrie,Wm 26 Battisby, J. R. ...30 Baxter, Johr J.... 5 J. C 13 Bayne.E. 8 10 Bearisto, J. E 8 Beamer,A.B ?■ Beattie, D 18 " J.R 19 '• P.R 19 Becket, John 30 Begg,W.P 8 Bell, Alex 19 " John W 31 " George 32 "• Allan 84 Bennet, James... 8 " John ...16 ThoB ...18 " Wm 19 Bentley, Bich'd..26 Barnard, Sam. ... 6 Binnle, Robert... 15 Black, James ...27 " John 34 " James S...13 Blain.Wm 82 P PaKBBYTEltlAM YEAR BOOK. t OVFIOB 3, Man. L'ke,N.W.T ipeg, Man. ipeg, Man. Hands, Man ipeg, Man. wood, Man. Bluff, Man ge la Prairie S,Be, N.W.T. stine, Man.^ seAlb'tNWT lelord,NWT oeMb'tNWT Tail Creek, W.T. lington Bay, I. 1B,C.P. B„ eAlbt,NWT Ingfield, Man. Bdonia, Man. idingly, Man. rTERIAN hey belong.] Alex 1? JohnW 31 George 32 Allan 84 net, JameB... 8 ■^ John ...la ThoB ...18 Wm 19 tley, Ricb'd..M ttard, Sam. ...6 aie, Robert... 15 3k, JameB .-!« John 84 JameB 8. ..13 In.Wm Sa Blair, D.B 8 Boudrean, M.F...12 Borthwick, H. J..84 Boyd, Samuel ... 4 " JameB 31 " J. M. 18 Breckenridge, J..22 Bremner, Geo 16 Brooke, John M.. 8 Brouillette, T 12 C 13 Brown, John 22 " Geo 33 " Arch 16 Bmoe, G. 27 " W.T 3 Bryant, JameB ... 9 " James ...26 Bryee, O. 34 Burgess, J. G 8 Burnet, J. S 15 J. R.-S...23 Bumlield, G 17 BumB,Wm 16 " R.P 6 Bnrrowes, A 5 Burson, George.. 27 Burton, John 18 Byer8,James 5 Oalder, J. A. G...14 Cameron, Alex... 5 J. G...10 A. H...34 C. I.. ..14 ChaB..16 " J. M...22 " Jas. ...24 •• D. W..25 " D.B...a6 " Lao'n.29 " J. J... 81 " Duj I ...32 " Hugh .33 " Jas... ..19 Camelon, DaTid..29 Campbell, John..l3 Alex..lO " R 13 Robt..l6 " Alex. .34 " GhaB..27 " Isaao.22 " John .25 Canning, W. T....17 Gaimicbael, J. A.20 " Jaa..22 " J 22 Carr, A. F 10 Carswell, Jti3 14 Carruthere, J. 8. 6 Casey, J. J 18 Catteuaoh, J. CIS Caven, Wm 8 Wm 22 Chambers, T. S. .18 " ]tolit'20 Chase, J. H 6 Chesnut, J.W ...16 Chiniquy, Chas..l3 Christde, Gtoorge. 7 " w. wr...i6 Chrystal, Geo.... 27 Claxk, G. M 17 " W. B 12 " Peter. 1 " Nathaniel.l9 Cleland, James .19 " W 23 Cochrane, Wm...l6 " W 28 " J. J... .23 Cookburn, E 21 Cook, John 12 Cormaok, J. 17 Coulthard, W. ...17 Coutt8,D 22 Craig, R. J 18 Craw, George ...23 Crawford, H. 10 Craigie, Wm 27 Creelman, D. F..11 Oroll, R. M 27 Croly,J.E 81 Crombie, John ...16 CroBb, Arch 22 Crozier, H 25 Cruicksbank, Wll Cumming, Robt. 8 " Thos. 3 Gurrie, J 6 " A 21 " Hector ...29 " Hugh 24 " A 80 It p 32 Cuthbertson, g! .29 Danby, Mark SS Darragh, WB 4 Davidson, Jobn..l6 " John..26 " Dun 82 Dawson, Alex ...28 Dewey, F.M 12 Dewar, Robert... 24 Dey, W. J 17 Dickey. A. B 6 J.F 26 Dick, James 22 Dionne, Leon ...13 Dodds, S 27 Donald, W 3 " And 8 Donaldson, S 34 " J 29 Doudiet, Chas.A.13 Douglas, Jas 10 J.M. ...19 " James.. 34 Drummond, D... 1 A. A.20 Duff, Wm 7 " Daniel 2,5 Duff, J as Dunbar, J 14 Dunn, Charles ... 1 Duncan, Thos ... 6 Peter ....19 " Jas. B...29 " James... 34 Eadie, John 22 Edmison Henry 12 Edmondson, J.B.16 Elliott, Joseph.. .13 Ewing, John 19 Fairbaim, Robt. 23 Fairlie, John 14 Falconer, Alex... 6 Farquharson, A.. 1 Farrie8,F.W 14 Fenton, Sam 27 Fenwick, Thos.. .12 Ferguson, John .83 G.D....18 " Wm ..32 Jas.. ...29 Findlay,A 23 Fisher, S. W 27 Fleck, James 13 Fletcher, Chas...83 D. H...27 Flett, G 84 Fogo, W 9 Forbes, A. G 82 " Alex 27 " J. F 3 " W.G 2 Forlong,Wm 13 Forrest, John.... 6 " W 24 Forsyth, N 11 Fotheringham,J.31 T.F.19 Fowler, James.... 9 Fowlie,R 86 Frame, W. R 10 Fraser, Donald...26 " Thos 13 " Joshua.. .13 " Jas 13 " A. 20 " " 29 " Wm 23 " Mungo ...29 " 8. G 27 " J.W 8 " Charles.. 10 " James..., 27 D. S 7 Frlzzell, W 22 Galbraith, P 7 Gnllaber, J 18 Gandier, J 10 Gilchrist, J. R....22 Gilray, A 22 Glass, C. G 4 Goldie.P. G 29 Goldsmith, Thos27 Ooo'lf'llow, P.... 3 Goodwillie.J.M.V Gordon, DanieL.81 " Jamei...S7 " D. M....a4 " H 18 Gourlay, Jas 82 Gracey,H 18 Graham, Wm 32 Grant, Wm 15 " Wm 10 " Ed. 5 " G. M 18 " Alex 88 " 27 « << 2 " R. N!;!!!!!;!a8 Gray, John 28 " John 80 " James 8 " R. 22 " J. M 18 Greig, Pat 22 Gregg, Wm 22 Gunn, 8. C 10 " Adam 6 Haigh,Geo 26 Hall, Robert SI HaUy, James 18 Hamilton. A.lf...26 " B 31 Hancock, W.m!'.'.87 Hanran, Jas 18 Harkness, R. 25 Hartley, A. Y 38 Hart, Thos 34 Harvey, Moses... 11 Hastie, James.... 31 Hay, Jas. A. R IS Herald, James. . ..97 Henderson, AleatM " Alex.lA " Aroh.17 Henry, Matt. G... 6 Herdman, J. 0. . 9 Hislop, J. K. 81 Hodnett, Wm 19 Hogg, Joseph 8 " John 90 Home, Fred 14 Houston, 8 9 Hughes, R 16 Hume, James 12 " Robert ...28 Hutchison. 8 23 Inglis, Walter.....28 " W 22 Irvine, John 13 Jack, Lewis 8 James, John 27 Jamieson, Geo,. ..38 Robt ..34 Jenkins, John ...13 Johnson, 8 8 W 23 D. C....34 Johnstor,Wra.A.18^ ;■ 70 Johiu*tne,T.G.9 %-* T.T..31 JoneiL John 19 " "fltoa 33 KelBO, D 18 Kennedy, Alex...20 King, John M 2? " Wm^ 30 Knowles, Kobt...l6 Lafontaine, C....80 liaidlaw.B.J 27 Laine, John 27 " Robert 6 Laird, Bobert ....10 liamont, H 16 Law, James 9 Lawrence, G 22 Layton, J 5 Leask, Bo' ert....33 Lees, Joh 3 Leisliman, John 27 Leiper, J 23 Leitoh. Bobt. W.33 Lewis, A 22 Lindsay, Peter... 12 Little.James 28 «' James 20 LivingBton.r S.13 ° M. W.24 Loohead, J. S 33 " Wm 16 " . Wm 21 Logan, J. A 5 " John B 6 Logle,Johu 33 Lowry, Thos 28 Lyle, S '7 ~:Maodonald, A.....23 •< D 23 " D 25 "oidonnell, D. J,22 MiMitarlan, J 13 Mackie.J 13 Maokay, W. E...22 Maokt-rras, J. H . . .18 Mackeracher, D.32 MaoLaren, W 22 " E. D.22 Maclean, J 23 Madennun, K 10 Macpherson, T...31 H.H.26 Maguiro, H 14 Maxwell. W 3 vMoAllster, J. M..16 •' Almon, J. A.. .30 " Alpine, J 31 '• Bain, J. A F... 9 "Caul, J 12 «' Clelland,A.M.14 " Cluug, J 'i'5 «' Coll, A 30 «• " Jas 4 " Connechv,Jasl2 " Connell, J. A.23 " " Wm.23 PBESBYTEBLiM YEAB BOOK. MoCann, B 4 " Cuaig,F 13 " CuUagh,W.... 9 " Cullooh,W.... 6 " Curdy, E. A... 3 •' Dermid,P 29 " Diarmid,A....24 " " H.J.14 " " N ...26 " Donald, A. D..26 " " C. D.27 " " D. ...21 " " J 12 " " J. A.,29 " " J 13 " " K 15 " Dougall.D 1 " Eachren, D....29 " Ewan, J 28 " " J 27 •• Earlaub, A 19 " Faul, A 22 " GUUvray,J.D. 6 " A.. ..15 " " M.M22 D....17 " Gregor, P. G. 6 •' " H 29 " •• D 21 " " D 7 " " J.G...26 " Guire, T 27 " Innes, D. J 26 •' Intosh,D 22 " " J 17 " " A 1 " Intyre,J. M..22 " '' D. C....27 " Kay, J 12 " " G 13 " " H. B 4 " " H 12 " " J 10 " " J. McG.. 8 " " N 10 " " K 8 " " A 26 ' " W. A 28 " *• W. E. ...22 " •' A 21 " " Hugh ...32 " " K. P 22 " " Jehu ....34 " Kee.W 23 " " T 23 " Kechnie, D.L.SO " Kellar, H 34 " Keracher,CM.13 " " D...32 " Kinijon, John.lO " Kiclian, A. J. . 3 " Keuzie,D 20 " '•• A.D'...24 '• •' J 12 M 9 " " K 2 McKenzie, B 16 " Kibbin,W 17 " Killop, ChaB..16 " Kinnon, D 6 N 29 J 3 " Knight, A 6 " Laren, A 14 " " B. G....27 " Lean, A.:. 1 " " John ... 2 " " A 3 " " C. E 1 " « D.J 16 " " Arch ...33 " " M. W...18 " " Jas 5 " Lennan, D. H.15 " " F 15 A 18 " " Alex.24 " " G 32 " D. D.21 " Leod,D. D 28 " '• Donald25 " " M 12 " " J.M 10 " " H 1 " " A. W.... 5 " " J. B. .32 " " P. M....31 " Lung, J 25 " Lise.D 8 " Master, A 9 " Mechan,J 27 " Millan, Wm... 3 " " Jno ... 5 " " D 7 " " Jno. ..25 " Mullen, W.T. 28 " Nab,E. G 6 " " J 21 " Naughton, D..24 A1.38 " NeiU, L. G. ... 6 " Ni8h,N 15 " Pherson, T....31 " " H.H.26 " " L. ...29 " Quarrie, H 33 " Queeu, A. F....32 " K'ae, D 8 " " 1>. B 33 " " Farquhar29 " " A . , 2 " BobbierJ-*.-29 G. G..28 " William, W...19 " Vicar, 1). H....13 Mann, Alex 10 " D 31 Martin, W. M. ...28 Musson, W 26 Matheson, A 34 W 12 Meek,JohnC 7 Melkle, Wm 23 Meldrum, W 2S Melville, Peter... 8 MiddlemisB, JaB.26 MiUard, E. N. B..23 Millrr, A. P 3 " Eben. D... 7 MUlen, Wm 8 Millican, Wm. ...26 MUligau. Geu. M.22 Mllloy,John 29 Mitchell, Wm.... 8 " Jas. W.31 " D 22 Moflatt,B. 25 Monteath, B 22 Moodie, Bobert..23 Moore, William..l4 Morrison, P. M.. 6 John...l7 " D. W...13 V John. ..26 " D 24 Morton, A. C 14 Mowat,J. B 18 A.J 6 Muir, James G....1S " James B....1S " Thos 14 Mullan,J. B 26 " Jas. S....15 " EUas 17 Munro, John M..29 " Jno 4 D 27 " GU8 29 Alex 10 Murray, W 9 " Isaac ...10 " John ... 1 " J. D. ... 8 " James.. 4 J.G 27 " J. L 32 " J. A 29 " Thos H. 7 Musgrave, Peter.33 Mylne, Solomon.l6 Naismith, C 4 Neil, Bobert 18 Neish, D 6 Nichols, J IB Nicol, Peter 22 Nicholson, Thos. 9 Niven, Hugh 18 Panton, E.W 23 Paradis, J. H 29 M. B 8 Park, William ...25 Patterson, B. S...10 J.D...11 " Jas ...13 " Geo... 8 Paterson, Dan. . . 13 " John...l9 ;?athl.33 PBKSBTTEBIAN TBAB BOOK. Tl Faul, James T ...21 Peattie, Wm 20 Pettigrew, Bobt..22 Pitblado,C. B.... 6 Pollock, A fi Porter, Samuel... 23 PorteouB, Geo ...16 " John ..27 Pringle, James.. .22 J 22 Pritchard, Ja8....33 Prondfoot,J.J.A .29 Pullar, J 27 guinn, James ... 3 atcUfle, J. H 27 Beid, William ...22 Beunie, John 29 Benwiok, Bobt...31 Blohards, J. J 17 Bicbardson, W... 8 Bobb.J. G 22 Bobertson, J 34 J.L...27 J 12 W 7 W 27 " John, 9 Roddick, Geo 3 Bodgers, Bobt. ..23 E. B....24 Boger, Walter M.20 Bosborough, Jas. 6 Boss, Alex 3 " Ebenezer.... 6 " Alexander...!! " Donald 13 " 16 " William 15 " Walter 16 " WalterE 34 '• John .„ 33 " W 8 Bowat, A 17 BuBseU, A 9 Sage, D. F 29 Soobie, E 29 Sorimger, John. . .13 Boott, J. B 33 " J.E 21 " Thomas ...14 " W 10 " H.McD 3 " P 31 " John 32 " 34 " E 3 " B 23 " A. A 16 " A. H 24 Sedgwick, B 6 T 4 Beiveright, Jas. ..33 Simpson, W ...13 A 6 " Isaac... 6 Sinclair, James.. 5 HeLry..23 A. McL 3 " James. 14 G 1 Smith, Tbos.G... 18 " J. C 26 " John W.... 19 "' J.K 26 " Ed 5 " Fred 80 " John 22 " Alex 34 Smellie, G 26 Smyth, D 26 W.J 21 Somerville, J 24 Spence, Alex 14 Spenser, A 20 Steel, H. D 17 Stevenson, A 24 R 16 Sterling, A 3 Stewart, M 2 John ... 3 " James .16 " Alex.... 6 Alex.. ..83 " Wm. ... 3 W 22 " A. C 26 " Donald 26 " John ...32 J. S 34 " Arch. ...31 W 82 Stobbs,S. S 13 Straohan, D 26 Straith, John 32 " P 34 Stuart, Alex 6 " John 8 " Wm 3 " Jprnen 22 " J.L 18 Sutherland, J. M. 4 J.A.F. 6 John .10 D 19 D 3 D 1 A 32 W. E.29 " Geo...29 Sym, F.P 14 Tait, James 14 " A ; 22 Tallach, T 4 Tanner, Chas 12 Taylor, J. B 32 " Hugh 17 Thompson, Jas... 3 A. F.. 2 John 29 Thomson, John..28 ThoB ...33 Thorbum, Wal... 6 Thynne, Eobt 27 Tolmie, Andrew.32 Topp, Alexander22 Torrance, E. F...19 Kobt. .26 Turnbull, Mark.. 14 John.. .18 TnnkaBuioye, B.J4 Ure, Bobert 88 UrquhartrA 89 Vincent. E 87 Waddell, A. W...80 Waits, E. W 81 Wallace, J 8 Rr/ot....8a Walker, Geo 8 " Wm. P.a7 " Wm 80 Warden, R.H 18 Wardrope, ThoB.80 David 89 Warreuder, S. B.aa Watson, James.. 4 " JameB..18 _ " Peter ..W Waters, David.... 6 Watt, R 81 Weir. George 1 Wells, John 29 Wellwood, JaB....18 Whillans, Bobt... 14 Whimster, D.B...ao White, William.!© " Joseph.... 14 WiUis, M....„ 88 Wilkins, W. J. ,. «8 Wilson, Matthew 1 " W. M 9 " James ....16 Andrew .18 " B 18 ThoB 97 " W. A......81 WilliamBon, J. ...18 Windel,Wm.0...19 Wishart, David..l8 WylHe, A.L " Wright, Peter... .1« Teomans, G. A,, .87 Young, A IB " Stophen..2B " W. 22 FOREIGN MISSIONARIES. Annand, J., New Hebrides. Chri8ti<>, T., Conva, Trinidad. Grant, K. J,, San Fernando, Trinidad. McKenzie, J. W., New Hebi-df h. Morton, J., Savanna Grande, Trinidad. Robertson, H. A., Erromanga, Campbell, J. F., Mhow, Indln. DougliiH, J. M., Imlore, " Juiior, Iv. P., Tttmsui, Formosii. McKay G. L., " <• FEMALE MISSIONABIES. MlRs Fairweatlier, India, " Bogers, " Miss Forrester, India. " McGregor, " " I I i mm* 72 PBBSBYTEBIAN YEAR BOOK. MINISTERS WITHOUT OHABOB, AND PBOBATIONEBS Brown, B. J. Borr, A. Campbell, 0. Campbell, J., M.A. Cameron, M. O. Chegnut, J. W. CoulL G., M.A. Coulthard, Walter, Carrie, Niel. Dunbar, John. Badie, John. Eakin, J. S. Ewing, Bobert.; Fersuson, James. Fletcher, Colin. Fraser, J. B.,M.D. Fraaer, Joshua. Geddes, John. Gleudinning, A. Hawthorne, W. Eippan, A. H. Logle, John. Maoauley, Evan. Maelenuan, A. MoFarlane, John. MoKay, D. G. MoMeod, F. J. McNaughton, D^ MoOueen, Jokn. Mullan, J. B. Nelson, J. W. Niool, Alex. Niven, D. P. Beeve, W. Bodgers, E. B. Boss, D., M.A. Russell, A., M.A. Sage. D. F. Soott, J. B. Stevenson, B. Thomson, HughJ West, J. D. Wri^t, Walter. Boyd, John. Baaristo, J. E. Crockett, D. B. IN MABITIME PBOVINCES. Fitzpatriok, Jas. George, F- W. • Gray, W. H. Gunn, A. Layton, J. MoKeen, J. B. Roberts, E. KUBsell, S. Sutherland, J. A. P by the del; I.— PROOEEDINGS AND ACTS OP ASSEMBLY. For the oonvenienoe of general readers, here follow the more import- ant Aots and Proceedings of the Assembly of L878. For farther details reference mast be made to the anthorized Minutes of Assembly, to be had from Dr. Beid, Toronto, or Dr. McGregor, Halifax, general agents of the Ohnrch. OBIiIVEBAMOB ON HOME UISSIOK BBPORTB. 1. The warm thanks of the Assembly are hereby accorded to the Ohnrch of Scotland, the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, and the Free Ohnrch of Scotland, for their liberal contributions in aid of the Home Mission work of the Church. ' 2. ThankB are hereby given to the Home Mission Committee, the Committee on Supplements for the Maritime Provinces, etc., etc. 8. The sum of three hundred dollars (9300) is horeby granted to Dr. Cochrane, the Convener of the Western sub-Commit/cee. 4. The Assembly re-appoint Dr. Cochrane to the Convenership of the 'Wootem Sectioa of the Home Mission Committee, and grant to him for the future an allowance of six hundred dollars ($600) per annum, so that he may be enabled to employ such aid as he may require in the dis- charge of his duties as Convener of said sub-Committee. 5. The congregation in British Columbia under Mr. Jamieson's cara is hereby instructed to furnish regularly to the Home Mission Committee a statement of its affairs. 6. The existing arrangements regarding the payment of Missionaries in Manitoba are continued, viz.: — That a salary of nine hundred (|900) and seven hundred dollars ($700) be paid to married and nnmarried Mis- sionaries respectively, irrespective of other sources of income. con the Ass j atioi oner tile I Marj liber PRBSBYTERIAM YEAR BOOK. 78 B, B. B. ).,M.A. l,A.,M.A. D. F. J. B. LBon, B. ion, Hughs J. D. t, Walter. iiB, B. trland. J. A. tr ,re import- ler details , to be had nts of the ded to the i the Free the Home mittee, the tto. .nted to Dr. enership of rant to him annum, so in the dis- ieson's cara Committee ylissionarieB dred mop) aarried Mia- ' 7. Presbyteifbs are earnestly recommended to see tliat Missionary As- sociations aro formed in o^h congregation under their care. 8. In regard to local ititis wliere assistance may be needed from the Board of French Evangolizatiou and the Home Mission Committee, arrangements shall be made for a joint meeting of Bub-Committeos of the Board of French Evangelization and the Home Mission Committee, in order to secure the necessary co-operation. 9. Presbyteries are recommended to use due diligence in making a thorough investigation of every new appUcation, which may be presented to the Hume Mission Committee, for support. 10. The Assembly express approval generally of the sclieme for the continuous supply of Mission Stations for the Western Section. 11. Congregations collecting their contributions to the Mission Schemes by monthly or quarterly subscriptions, are recommended to send forward their contributions to the Treasurers of the Church without unnecessary delay. 12. All congregations and Mission Stations are hereby enjoined to contribute to the Home Mission funds .pf the Church. 13. The Assembly, in recognizing the important services rendered by the Students' Missionary Associations, renew the advice tendered to such Associations by the General Assembly of 1876. 14. The Assembly refer to the Committee on Statistics for consider- ation the recommendation of the Committee on Supplements anent the opening of a new column in the Statistical Tables for contributions to iiie Supplementing Scheme of the Synod of the Maritime Provinces. 15. The Assembly continue the Committee on Supplements in the Maritime Provinces, and earnestly commend the Scheme to the increased liberality of the Church in that Section. 16. The Assembly express their gratitude to the Great Head of the Church for the large measure of success which has been accovded to the Home Missionary operations of the Church during the year. BEPOBT ANBNT HTMNOLOOT. The report, as finally amended and adopted, is as follows, viz.: "Whereas the use of hymns was allowed in each of the* four Churches, that now compose the Presbyterian Church in Canada, prior to Union ; and whereas several Hymn books, especially ' The English Presbyterian Hymn Book,' • The Scottish Hymnal,' ' The United Presbyterian Hymn Book,' and the ' Free Church Hymn Book,' are in use in congregations of this Church; and whereas the variety of Hymn-books now in use tends to impair that uniformity in worship which the Overtures recognize as desirable ; aud wliereas the prayer of the Overtures is that steps be taken to provide one Hymn-book which may be allowed by the Assembly for such ooagregations as desire the use of a Hymn-book in their service of praise ; and whereas the Overtures do not contemplate restricting the liberty of con- gregations now using Hymn-books, but consider it practicable to make a selection which may commend itself for general adoption ; the Assembly, therefore, resolve to appoint a Committee to provide a selection chiefly from the four Hymn-books already mentioned, and to send down the book com- piled by them to R^sbyteries in order to be examined by them, and report- T4 PBBSBYTERIAN YEAR BOOK. •d on to the next General Assembly, so that the oolleotio:! tiay b* made as acceptable as possible to the Church J' BKOULATIONB ANBMT MIVISTBRS' WIDOWS' AND ORPHAHS' FUND. 1. That one und h • eat d for the whole Church. 2. '" at tht " ■t'xs t:: iL. \ .of the T'rovinoo f Quebec. 88 Victoria, chapter Iju., rek'' >; m^ ihr Ministers' Widows' and Orphans' Fund of the late Presbyter n .hvrnl, f Canada in connection with the Church of Scotland, providing ' li, in t) t event of the amalgamation of that I'uud with the Fundb of the other rohes that were parties to the recent Union, " no widow or orphan of u minister, who had formerly belonged to the Presbyterian Church of Canada in connection with the Church of Scotland, shull receive less annuities from the Fund of the United Church, than would have pertained to them in terms of the scale in force by this said Board at the date of Union, if the said Churches had not united," be accepted, and an amalgamation of the four Funds effected. 8. That, in addition to the revenue derived from the capital sum formed by the uniting of the four Funds presently existing, the Fund shall be maintained by an annual contribution from each minister and congregation, and the interest of such donations and bequests as shall from time to time accrue. 4. That the rate of ministerial contributions shall be as follows: Minis* ters at present connected with the Funds in Ontario and Quebec shall con- tinue to pay the same rates as hitherto, and those connected with the Funds in the Maritime Provinces a uniform rate of eight dollftra per annum. Ministers of this Church at present not connected with an^ Fund, and any ministers, who after this date shall be admitted to partioi- £ate in the benefits of this Fund, undor thirty-five years of age, shall pay ito the Fund annually eight dollars ($8); such as are between thirty-five and forty years of age, ten dollars (910); those who are between forty and fifty years of age, shall pay twelve dollars ($12) per annum. The appli- cation of any minister over fifty years of age, to be admitted to the bene- fits of the Fund, shall be made the subject of special consideration. 5. That the allowanoes to widows, from the common Fund, be equal ; the ease of the widows of the ministers formerly belonging to the Pres- byterian Church of Canada in oonneotion with the Chtireh of Scotland, as ahready provided for, only excepted ; provided also that no widow, at present receiving an annuity from any of the Funds, nor the Iridow of any minister of the United Chnroh, who had formerly belonged to ih« Fresbyterian Chnroh of Canada in oonneotion with the Chnrdi of Sool- Umd, shall receive a less allowance than one hundred and fifty dollari (|150) a year. 6. Tluit the following be the scale of annnities payable to widows and orphans: — Each widow shall receive one hundred and fifty dollars (#150) per annum. If a widow have children, she shall receive, in addition to her own annuity, for one child, twenty dollars (920) per annum ; for two children, thirty-six dollars ($36) per annum ; for three children, fifty dollars ($50) per annum ; and ton dollars (910) per annum for each addi- tional child ; but she shall not receive anything from the Fund for chil- dren over eighteen years of age. The claim of the widow shall date from Fr.Ebi)TTKRIAN \EAR BOOK. n tho beginniD" of the half-year in which he death of her husband occur- red, and tho annuity shall cease at tht end of the half-year following her death or re-marriage. In the event of )ier re-marriage the children's daims shall continue. 7. In the ovent ' thi! decease! of both parents, if there be only one orphf I th Loaru shall pay for the benefit of such orphan one hundred and fifty dollars ($150) ; if there are two orphans twenty dollars ($20) Bhul! '"^ addecT to the allowance made for one; if there arc three orphans, sixteen d. liars ($16) more shall be paid on their behalf; and if there are four orphi .ns, fourteen dollars ($14) shall be added to the allowance ; and and ten c ollars ($10) shall be given for each additional orphan ; but no rllowanro shall be made for children over eighteen years of age. 8. Thi.t on behalf of Professors, Foreign Missionaries, MissiOi. i'ier under tb j French Evangelization Committee, iviiuisters on the AfiC k.no Infirm i/inisters' Fund, and the Agents of the Chiu'ch, the sum r digh, dollars shall, in addition to the personal rate, after the amalgam.' '>iw. cf the Funds, be paid to this Fund by tlie Boards or Committees v .. ./h. ii they are respectively connected. Ministers, who have retired from t iVt duty with permission of the Church, and for whom no aid is sorght irom tixe Fund for Aged and Infirm Ministers, shall pay the sui' ^ ''jht dDlltOhs annually, in addition to the rates previously paid by thfc .. 9. Any minister withdrawing from the Church shall continue t6 enjoy bis rights in this Fund, on condition of his paying annually into the Fund twelve doUars, in addition to the rates previously paid by him. 10. That it be an instruction to Presbyteries to use their utmost en- deavours to secure that every minister, when he is inducted into a charge, tAiall become connected with the Fund. 11. That any minister, who may, at the time of his induction, decline t6 loin the Fund, niay be allowed to do so within four years from the date of his induction, on condition of his contributing a sum equivalent to the total pajrmentB he should have made, provided he had connected himself with the Fund at his induction, together with an addition of one dollar a year for each year he has decUned to contribute to the Fund after hia indudtiozi. 19. The rates of payments may be revised once in every five yean. 18. Thtft an actuary be employed to examine the Funds presently ez-^ kting, ttod report as to the most equitable way in which the amalgamation can be effected, and that the Treasurers of the several Funds be iuatraetMl ta {Hmish the data which such actuary may require. MBTUBmON or PBOBATIONEBS. I. Probationers and Ministers now on the Boll. (1) The names of Probationers and Ministers on the Boll for the past four years shall be continued on said Boll for three months longer — thereafter, if not settled, to be removed from the Boll. (2) Those on the Boll for the past three years shall be continued six months longer — thereafter, if not settled, to be removed from the Boll, 'j (3) Those on the Boll for two years shall be continued for another year and then rem'oved. II. Probationers and Ministers hereafter to be placed on the Boll. assa 76 PRESBYTERIAN YEAR BOOK. (2) Probationers shall be allowed three years on the Boll. Ministers, who resign their charges, sliall be allowed two years on the Itull after each resignation. (3) The above regulations, so far as they can be applied, shall refer to Ministers and Licentiates, who come from the Presbyterian Churches in Great Britain and Ireland. (4^ Ordained Ministers, who have been received from other Churches, with leave of the Assembly, shall be placed on the Koll for one year. III. Probationer's Salary Presbyteries are hereby recommended to induce congregations to pay Probationers as liberally as possible — it being understood that the mini- mum be eight dollars (#8.00)' per week, with board. IV. Supply of Vacancies. (1) Presbyteries are hereby instructed to regard Probationers as having a prior claim to be heard in vacancies and to secure such hearing for them. (2) Presbyteries are hereby instructed to consider the propriety of ap- pointmg Probationers to vacancies for not less than two weeks, in order that the duties of the pastoral office may be attended to by them, as laid down in Minutes of Assembly, 1876, pp. 59, clause 8. (3) Students shall not be appointed to vacancies save in exceptional oases. (4) Presbyteries are enjoined not to report as a vacancy any congre- gation not prepared to call. (5) Presbyteiies are instructed to place all their vacant congregations prepared to call on the list of vacancies, and congregations are allowed to procure their own supply through the Presbytery for half the time, when they so desire. (6) Employment shall hereafter be given by the committee to none but tliose wiiose names are transmitted to this Committee through some Presbytery of the Church. MBMOBIAIi ON TEMPERANCE. 1. The General Assembly is devoutly thankful to God for the advance made In the direction of Temperance reform in this and other countries and commends the practice of total abstinence to the prayerful consider- ation of all connected with its congregations, especially the office-bearers thereof. 2. The Assembly expresses its desire to co-operate in all well-directed eiforts to mitigate or remove, if possible, the evils of intemperance and prays the Great Head of the Church to bless and prosper all such efforts. II.— THE WOBK OF THE CHURCH. The ecclesiastical year closing April, 1878, has been a busy year in all departments of Christian work, and a year fruitful beyond previous jrears. HOME MISSIONS.— WESTERN SECTION. The Ho me Mission Report presented to last General Assembly oon- PRESBYTERIAN TEAR BOOK. 77 tained the following Statistica of the Missionary operacions in the Weat em Section of the Church : — " Mission Fields, 142 ; Prpaching Stations, 355 ; Suplomented Congre- gations, 80 — repiceonting 89 Churches ; Attendance at Mission Stations, 16,845, and at Supplemented CongregationH, 9,055, — making a total of 24,400. Families represented in Mission Stations, 5,009, and in Supple- mented Congregations, 2,897, — making a totnl of 7,906, Communicants in Mission Stations, 4,717, — in Supplemented Congregations, 4,436, — making a total of 9,153. Amoujit of Stipend contributed by these Mission Stations and Sup- plemented Congregations towards the support of Ministers and Mission- aries, $46,651, in addition to their annual contributions to the various Bohemos of the Church. During the last six months many new fields have been entered, which materially increase the demands made upon the fund. The already large staff of labourers in the North West, and the Ordained Missionaries in British Columbia, Prince Arthur's Landing, Sault Ste Marie, Bracebridge, and the Indian Peninsula, have been increased by appointments to Silver Islet, the Manitoulin Islands, the Maganetawan, Parry Sound, and other important districts. The Eev. Donald Ross, of Lancaster, has also accepted an appointment to the Prince Albert Mission, and leaves for his distant field early in the Spring. Many other applications for additional Missionaries to Manitoba and special fields, have for the present been refused for lack of funds. At the close of the financial year ending April 30th, 1878, there was a debt of $5,867 resting upon the Committee. EASTEBM SECTION. In 1876 the report showed thirty- five vacant charges with only thirteen preachers to supply them; in 1877, thirty-one vacancies and seventeen preachers ; and last year but twenty-six vacant charges with thirteen preachers. Of the seventeen preachers reported in last year's statement, three have withdrawn to other fields, one has been an invalid, two remain on the libt, and eleven have been inducted as pastors, or located in mis-'^ sionary centres. Of late years the greater part of our missionary work has been done by young men from the theological schools, with a few lay evangelists, under direction of the Presbyteries. During the summer of 1876 twenty- one were employed ; in 1876, thirty-two ; in 1877, twenty-six ; and now, in, 1878, thirty-nine. FOBEION MISSIONS. — WESTERN SECTION. The work assigned to the care of the Western Committee is embraced under three departments : — 1. Mission to the Indians in the North West Territory, — "During the year," says the report, " a very encouraging commencement was made near Fort Ellice, of a mission to the Sioux or Dakota Indians, who, some years ago, fled from the United States to British territory. They f re among the most intelligent, as well as the most warlike and vigorous of «MM fcJM—t. am rt ui *w***. «<* 18 PRESBYTEBJAN TI^B BOOK. the Indian races. Rev. Solomon Tankuubuioye, an ordained misaiontry of the Presbyterian Gburoh, US., himself a Sioux, was secured to labour among this brancli of his tribe. He arrived in November last, and waa well received by the Indians at the Sioux Reserve. The bretiiren who have met with him have been very favourably impressed with his character and ability. It is too Boon to look for fruit, but from the promising aua- pioes under which this mission has begun, we may hope that many of the savages who, goaded on by the wicked treatment of evil men, become a terror to their civilized noighbourH, will, under different treatment, listen to the gospel message, and in due time be found sitting at the feet of Jesus, dothed, and in their right roind." 2. Mission to China. — The following extract from Mr. McKay's report of work in Formosa, gives a good idea of the way the work is being carried OS in that Island. To-day there are tivo hundred and fourteen names on the communion roll. There are also thirteen chapels with a trained native preacher in each, six students, faje elders, and two deacons, two Bible women, and seven schools with about one hundred children in all. The schools never seemed so prosperous an to-day. Taking for granted that nothing could be done without the constant aid of the Great Head of the Church, allow me to state the mode of operation here, which I consider brought about the above grand results. First — Travelling and dispensing medicines. — Although the hospital did much in the way of removing prejudices, I am convi>iced that far more was accomplished in the country, travelling as I did from town to town, from village to village, and in many instances from door to door, endeav- ouring to heal the sick. Foolish and absurd ideas of foreigners, with in- numerable prejudices, were thus actually swept away during the past six years. Second — Travelling and preaching the Gospel — I generally visited a place several times, giving medicines to the people, before saying much aoout the gospel. When the way was somewhat paved, I went fiom street to street, from household to household, and often from individual to in- dividual, making known the gospel of salvation. As I thus travelled through town and city, over hill and valley, even into the woods where the savages roamed, I was sneered at as as the crazy barbarian. Pioneer work in Northern Formosa is finished, as I have preached the everlasting gospel throughout its length and breadth many times. Third — Travelling and training yoiinq men. — Wherever I prooeei^d the young men accompanied me and received almost daily instruction, whether travelling on the road, wandering at the sea- side, or sittmg in a chapel. They, too, told the story of redeeming love wherever we chanced to take our stand. Fourth — Travelling and appointing a trained helper to take charge of a chapel wherever opened. — Whenever people in any locality desired furtner instruction, a native helper was sent to them to follow up the work already accomplished. In this way every step gained was held, and in due time another station was established, and so on until to-day there are thirteen. 3. Mission to Central India. — The centre of operations is at Indore, a city of nearly 200,000 inhabitants. A glimpse of the work going on il^ere we have in the following words of Mr. Douglas : — " For months," he ■cT^m^x PRBBBYTBRIAN VIAB BOOI. 71 Myi, " our kfternoona and evenings have been ooonpied in reading th« BeripttureB, apd oonverHing witli native gentlemen on religiong anbjeoti. Although many debate the claims of Cbristianity, yet nearly all who visit us seem to have lost oonfidenoe in their own systemH. Many are deeply interested, and are studying the Biblu in private. The oaste inflaenoe is the great barrier in the way of all. The educated classes feel it to be a olog to their social and national progress. They acknowledge their bond* age, and are longing to be free. In this work we have been greatly aided by oar lady assistants, who, after returning home, jaded with the toil of the day, have in the presence of these enquirers, renewed their strength and boime witness to the truth as it is in Christ Jesus." FIKANOBS. *' Last year," the Report says, " the total receipts from all souroet were 916,039.18, this year they are $21,170.74, or an increase of 96,181.66. It is true, that of this sum, 91.164 are a donation f.or a special object, and 9360 will probably appear also in the financial statement of another Committee, but after deducting these items there is an increase from ordinary sources, including the Women's Foreign Missionary Societies, of 94,607.54. It may seem strange that notwithstanding this largely augmented revenue the Committee are under the necessity of reporting at the com* mencement of another year, a debt of $1,008.83, but this arises from the large amount expended upon the outfit and travelling expenses of mis> sionaries and their families. The item may in future be expected to figure annually in the Foreign Mission Reports, but during the past year 96,008.32 were thus expended in connection with the missions to India and China, a sum so exceptionally large, that it mAy be hoped the like will not be reported for some years to come," BA8TBBN SECTION. New Hebrides. — " This mission," says the Report, " has entered on its fourth decade. More than thirty years have passed since its inception by the Presbyterian Church of Nova Scotia, with Dr. Geddie as its first mis- sionary. The first decade had its dark and its bright portion, its time of trial and peril, when the work was one purely of faith and patience and hope, followed by the dawn of a better day, and the gathering in of the first-fruits of a coming harvest. The second was a time of marked success and great progress, more especially on the Island of Aneityum. The third was a time of perr stent conflict with the powers of darkness on the stOr- ronnding islands, kA efforts in great measure baffled, not by unaided heathenism, but by a system of iuiquity which quickly developed- into gigantic proportions « nd extending its influence to the whole group, has proved Satan's grand barrier against Christianity. The labour traffic has been and still is carried on under the flags of Christian nations, our own among the number. The death of the devoted Bishop Patteson and of Commodore Qoodenongh by the exasperated natives in retaliation for ibo wrongs inflicted by traders, has led to the prohibition of the kidnappiri; part of the business, and the employment of armed eraisers to enfcrov . wmmmmmmimmi!u>M*^-..,,^<-^.^ 80 PBESBYTRBIAM YEAR BOOK. the law ; but as these recognize the right of the trader to carry off al) whom he can indtue to ro, it gives him a permit to carry off the wife, child and subject who may inchne to depart from husband, parent and chief. The terrible wrongs which have thus been committed n gainst the people of ijI these islands during the last ten years, have come from those who speak the language and profess the religion of the missionaries, and have dox'p more to hinder the work of missions in the New Hebrides and other Polynesian groups, than fifty missionaries could undo in double the time. It is against this horrible system, demoralizing to the natives, destructive to social order and purity, and tending to convert each of those isles of the sea into a miniature pandemonium, that our mission- aries have been contending ; and the work done has been accomplished against fearful odds — Satanic influences in heathendom itself, and the virulent hostilitv of the offscouring of Christendom, sustained and rewarded by unrighteous Mammon." THnidad. — This mission has entered on its second decade. In 1867 the Bev. J. Moreton opened his school for Hindoo children. Years passed before one convert was baptized. During the past year 70 adults and 25 children have been baptized. The year closed with a debt of 93,993 against the Foreign Mission work of the eastern section. MISSION TO LUUBEBMEN. One ordained missionary, (the Bev. Mr. GanJier,) was employed in this work during the lumbering season. He visited 35 shanties, 13 stop- ping places, 8 depots, and 24 famihes, preaching 75 times, and finding access to 1,160 persons. JUVENILE MISSION. It is the object of' this Committee to get the children of our Sabbath Schools interested in the Foreign Mission Work of the Church, trained, as the Beport says, " to be earnest lovers of missions, and helpers to the Church in the various branches of her Foreign mission work." Tha Treasurer, (Miss Agues Machar) reports receipts during the year (including a small balance from former year,) as $1,243, and reports also a balance on hand of ^221, after disbursing aid in different directions. COLLEOES. The Presbyterian Church in Canada has a chain of Colleges, from-. Halifax to Manitoba, to be completed, we trust; at no distant day, by a College on the Pacific. At present some are inclined to complain that the Colleges are too many for the membership and wealth of the Church. A good way to ease the burden is that suggested by Academuus in his paper in another place in this Year Book. When these Colleger are all eadowed, it will be found in after years, that there is around each of them un appro- priate field ; and that their influence on the future of the Presbyterian Church and of the Dominion also, is destined to be highly beneficial. Halifax Co/Ze^e. —Thia College has been fortunate to secure for it» site ten acres of land on the North West Arm. the " finest property in the immediate vicinity of Halifax," with new building and terraces, walks and grottndB, in excellent order, all for 926,000, about the third of its original ) PRESBYTERIAN YEAR BOOK. 81 «08l. The scheme for raising $70,000 for the endowment of its chairs, is making good progress. There were 18 students in attendance during last year ; but the ordinary revenue shews a deficit of $1,161. Montreal College. — The endowment fund for this College amounts to 942,792, and is yearly increasing, but only at a slow rate. The number of students in training during the past year was 72, of whom 33 were intheo- lojry, and 39 in the liierary departments. The number of French students bas been 16 ; of whom one has finished his studies for the ministry. There is still a balance of $5,993 against the ordinary revenue. Queen's College, Kingston. — For the complete endowment of the Uni- Tersity and the Theological Hall, an effort is being put forth, with marked success, to raise $150,000, of which sum $60,000 is for theology, $40,000 for buildings, and $60,000 for Arts. There were 45 students last session preparing for the ministry. In the ordinary revenue there is a deficiency reported of $1,930. Knox College, Toronto. — The Endowment fund of this College now stands at $51,492. The whole amount collected on the Building fund is $92,566, leaving yet to be collected, $38,433. In theology there were in attendance 40 students ; in the literary department 27 ; in the University, preparing for the ministry, 30 ; which is in all 97, with pastoral work in view. In the ordinary revenue, there is reported a deficiency of about $1,000. Manitoba College. — To the secular there has been added a theological department, under Dr. Black and the Bev. James Bobertson. • In the senior department there were 24 students ; but the number stiidying for the ministry is not specified, any further than that two were prep&red to be taken on trial for license. In the ordinary revenue there is a balance of |96 against the College Local Fund. FRENCH EVANGELIZATION. The Presbyterian Church is the only Church at present that has found, to any great extent, 8 door of entrance into the Province of Quebec for the work of Evangelization. The position and prospects of the work are briefly stated in the -last paragraph of the annual report: — " Never at any former period has the work been more hopeful. The power of the priests is evidentljTon the wane, while there is good reason to believe that many of the better class of them are restless and uneasy under the iron yoke of Borne, and are longing for the day of their deliverance. The people generally are much more accessible, the spirit of persecution is fast dis- appearing, and the missionaries and colporteurs of the Board enjoy, with few exceptions, perfect immunity in carrying on their work. It must not, however, be forgotten that there still remains very much of the land to be possessed. Nearly a milhon and a quarter of our French-speaking fellow- Bubjects are yet in spiritual darkness. Self-interest, the political, social, moral and religious liberties of our children, and the future weal of the Dominion, all demand that the most vigilant and unremitting effort be put forth for their evangelization." During the year, 44 agents, including 16 regularly licensed preachers, were at work in the wide field extending from Nova Scotia to Ulinois, U.S.A. The (Estimated expenditure for 1878-9, is given at $27,600. ,i*j«;.>;s»wv«u!i m PBBSBTTBRZAN YBAR 900|l. SABBATH SCHOOL The scope of the Beport under this head is wider than what is gener- ally understood by Sabbath schools. It discusses, with cogency, what might be called with strictness the ^* Religious Imtruction of the young at home and in school during the seven days of the week^ There is no doubt that it is under this wide aspect the Church should contem- plate the great work of educating its children. The hour spent in the Sabbath school is not all the work, though it has come to be spoken about as if it were all. The Beport takes a wide view of the matter, and refers thus, to the religious education of the young in the public schools : — "Reference was made in the circular issued to Presbyteries to the wide separation existing between our excellent system of pubUc education and anything like religious instruction from the Bible as a book. In this con- nection it ought to be observed that the Synod of Hamilton and London appointed a deputation to wait on the Honourable the Minister of Educa- tion for Ontario, to solicit that all barriers to the reading of the Bible in school be removed and that the Bible become a text-book. The report of that deputation at the last meeting of Synod goes to show that every pos- sible facility in legislation and arrangement on time table is given to carry out the above petition. This Church, in honor to her convictions, her faith, and her testimony in this matter, is bound to leave no stone unturned, and no legitimate influence unused, to render the law of read- ing the Bible in our public schools a reality and centre of moral influence. It rests no longer on governments, but on the people and those who are chosen trustees and teachers." SABBATH OBSERVANCE. From this report we learn that the sacredness of the Sabbath is well watched by the Christian people of this Dominion. These facts deserve to be noted, (1) That the first attempt to run Sabbath excursion trains in the Dominion, proved a failure. (2) That the Dominion Parliament has declared unanimously (March 4th, 1878) " that tiio interests of public morality and the physical well-being of the community, require that the Lord's day should be strictly observed by persons engaged in public work, under the control of the Government of Canada, so far as practicable to do so." ^3) That the sailing of the Halifax steamer was changed from Sab- bath afternoon to the afternoon of Saturday. (4) That the GrenvUle and Garillou canals have been closed on the Sabbath. , STATE OF RELIGION. In reply to the enquires sent out, replies have been received from 400 Sessions. The result of these enquiries is the following information. (1) Family worship is genertd, but far from universal. (2) Communicants. There is a large number (especially among the young) who adhere to the Ohurch, and may be considered members who are not in full communion. (8) Care of the young. After the age of fifteen, it would seem that th^ young slip out of church connections till they are found applying for oom> mnnion. (4) Special Evangelistic work. Services have been held in seventj congregations with good results. (6) Pastoral visitation. It is reoom- P9£(^TTBBIAM YEAR BOOK. 81 mended that snoh visits be an occasion of close personal dealings, especi- ally, with the young about their souls. (6) Prayer meetings. There ia only one congregation that reports having no prayer-meeting. They are very general, and the attendance varies from 10 to 300. The report concludes in these words : — "" There is much in this survey to cheer, as there is also to humble us before God. We are growing rapidly in numbers, wealth and power in the land. The Church is being rapidly organized and equipped for her .work. The throb of quickening life is being felt in every department. There is evidence that the Holy Ghost is accompanying the ministration of the Word among us with increasing power, that sinners are being con- verted and saints built up in faith and knowledge. Let the manifesta- tions of Divine favour which we enjoy encourage us to gird up our loins for the great work before us and to the preparation of spirit that is need- ful. Let us be found with all diligence cleansing ourselves from prevail- ing sins by which the blessing of God may be restrained. J^t us be found in the dust at His feet humbling ourselves to the acknowledgment of these, and in the recognition of our own emptiness and weakness that the power of God may rest upon us. ' Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, saith the Lord of Hosts : ' Zech. v. 6." WIDOWS AND OBFHANS. There were four distinct funds for Widows and Orphans, which (by recent action of the Assembly) are now united : — 1. Late Prebbyterian Church of Canada in connection with Church of Scotland. il) Annuitants on the roll /. . . . 40 2) Revenue from all sources 99,656 3) Total assets 5SdO,207 3. Late Canada Presbyterian Church — (1) Annuitants on the roll ' 35 (2) Eevenue 910,337 (3) Total assets 991,616 t. Late Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces — (1) Annuitants on the roll 8 (2) Revenue $2,192 (3) Assets $24,000 4. Late Presbyterian Church in Lower Provinces in connection with Church of Scotland — (1) Annuitants ', 2 (2) Revenue 9874 (3) Assets % 9,007 Summary of the four funds — ANNUITANTS. BEVENUB. ASSETS. (1) 40 99,656 $90,207 (2) 96 10,337 91,616 (8) 8 2,192 24,000 (4) 2 874 9,007 Total.... 8^ 123,059 •214,830 1 ) 11 % i l u.m. i; . . 5=C 84 PKESSyTlBRIAN YEAR BOOK. AOED AND IMFIBM MINISTEBS. 1. Western Section. (1) Annuitants 20 (2) Expenditure 94,834 (3) Revenue 3,480 (4) Assets 4,000 It will be seen from the above that this Board is drawing on its capital. Its expenditure is $1,344 more than its income. 2. Eastern Section. (1) Annuitants 7 (2) Expenditure $1,343 (3) Revenue 1,096 (4) Assets 6,124 This Board also reports a balance against the funds, in the year, of $247.85. PBESBTTERIAM RECORD. The circulotion of the " Record " is 33,163. Editois* salaries, 91.000, Of&ce expenses,$625. Balance in Bank, 6th June, 1878, $1,715. OENEBAL STATISTICS. We miss this year the valuable tabulated summary which was wont to accompany the Report on Statistics, and wliich is an invariable acconipaui- ment of the Statistical returns of all the Presbyterian Churches. We are left to gather these items from the Report. Churches and Preaching Stations 1,399 Increase on last year 357 Communicanta 60,746 Increase on year 458 Baptisms 9,321 Prayer Meetings 31,125 Ministers and Ordained Missionaries 618 FINAKCZ. Stipend promised $494,470 Arrears 10,292 Stipend paid 473,188 Congregational purposes 381,687 Colleges 18,008 Home Missions 28,323 Foreign Missions 19,113 P. ?ed Ministers and Widows 6,516 Assembly Fund 8,331 F "nob Evangelization 13*095 t .';j/oler". purp defl 59.166 ^ Ab.)a«hSchc'<)iH 11,686 PBEBBT'.'KBIAN YEAB BOOK. 80 The total increase, says the report, in all contributions for all pur- poses in 1877-78, as compared with 1876-77, is $44,270.99. " Were the Gommitee to allow the congregations not reporting, th« number of families claiming connection with the Presbyterian Church in Canada would be upwards of 75,000, and the number of communioantB nearly 125,000. More than $615,915 would be the amount promised as stipend ; more than one million dollars have been expended for congrega- tional purposes ; and nearly $1,300,000 for all objects. • *• Dealing with the figures received, each family has contributed at the rate of $8.14 on stipend promised ; of $14.25 on congregational expendi- ture, and of nearly $17 for all purposes ; while the average contribution per communicant for the same objects, taken in the order given has been $5, $8,77, and $10.42." *'ifte ^mmmA §mV' On the Assembly records were ordered to be put the follow memoriala of ministers in the service of the Church who had died during the year. BEV. OBOBOE CHEYNK, M.A. This venerable minister, whose labours in connection with the Pres- byterian Church in this country were spread over the long period of nearly forty-seven years, was called to his rest and reward on the 1st April, 1878, in the 76th year of his age. Mr. Cheyne was a native of Aberdeenshire. He was educated at Marischal College, and was ordained by the Presby- tery of Strathbogie, in 1831, " to the office of the Ministry in the British Provinces of North America, wherever Providence may cast his lot." He was settled first at Amherstburgh. Thence he removed to Saltfleet and Binbrook, in 1843, where the remainder of his life was spent.' In 1844, he connected himself with the branch of the Church, which then too' the name of the Presbyterian Church of Canada. He was a man of a ble di.spositiou — a faithful and successful minister of tiie Gospel. his declining years lie was wont to express his great satisfaction thn* had lived to see the union of the churches. He was much respected d be- loved. BEV. J. U. BO.OEB, M.A. Mr. Roger was also one of the Fathers of the Canadian ChurtjJi, asd few men have left behind them a more honorable record. Mi j,eT waa a son of the manse, born in the Parisli of Kincardine O'Neil i ilie year 1807. He was educated at Aberdeen University, where ho graduated both in theology and medicine. He came to Canada in 1833, as an ordained missionary, under the auspices of the Glasgow Colonial Soci* ty, and shortly after his arrival was settled at Peterborough, where he labored continuously, with more than ordinary diligence and success, for about forty-two years, Mr. Roger's labours were not confined to his own imme- diate neighborhood. In the early years of his Ministry they extended to . ■ -ii.j.iii. -.ataj .j i> «i«Mwi ! fc ' WM» » i; T ^- "* ^^-a M PtttBBTTBRIAN YBAK BOOK. the whole district of which Peterborough was the centre, and in whioh bo was privileged to see a number of flourishing congregations established, iii addition to the large and influential one \rhioh gathered around him- ■elf in the town of Peterborough, and is now known as St. Paul's Chnreh. Mr. Roger retired from the active duties of the Ministry in 1876, retain- ing the rank of pastor emeritus. He died somewhat suddenly on the 8th January last, in the 71st year of his age. While his family were engaged in worship, hi received the Master's call. His personal religion was deep and fervent. He was blessed in his Ministry and, no doubt, much good ■eed sown by him will yet yield abundant fruit. BEV. JAMES BOSS. The Bev. James Boss, of Grand Biver, Cape Breton, died on the 12th July, 1877. He was a native of Scotland, and came to this country a licentiate from the Free Church, in the year 1851. For a time he laboured with great faithfulness in the Presbytery of Pictou, and after- wards in the Island of Cape Breton, where he was ordained and inducted to the charge of Grand Biver congregation. During the twenty-three years of his pastora^^. Mr. Boss was regular in his attendance upon the Church Courts, took an active part in their proceedings, and endeared himdelf «.u his brethern in the ministry, and the people under his charge, by his amiable and straightforward character. BBV. DATID TAILOB. On Sabb'ith, 28th April, 1878, this esteemed minister died very sud- denly as he was entering the hall in which he was about to prea«h. He had been in seemingly good v^ealth up to the very moment when he Was gammoned into the Master's presence. Had he been spared a little longer he would have preached from the tezt : " When the Son of Man shall «ame in His glory, with all the holy angels with Him," etc. Now, be being dead, speaketh to all of us from another tezt : " Be ye also ready, for in snoh an a^^nras ye think not, the Son of Man eometh." Mr. Tayloi' eame from Scotland about six years ago, when he was indwited to fhe charge of Spenoerville, Ontario. He was one of the first ministcnrs of otsr nboroh who resigned a charge in order to faoilltrtte a redistribution of ehaxges, for which the Union had opened the way. He had only been Nttled at Bass Biver, N. B. , seven months, and was about fifty ifMts of •00 at the time of his death, which was deeply regretted by his ao-PMa- Iqfters and a much attached congregation. BBT. AMDBEW DBTBVBOH. Mr. Dryburgh, minister of Hawkesville and Elmira, Ontario, died ott the 6th May, last, in the 47th year of his age. He was ft mttive of Pathhhead, Kirkaldy, Scotland, and prosecuted his classical Btndies at the Universities of St. u ->drew's and Ediiiburgh. He received his theolo- giCid training in the New College, Edinburgh, under Prineipal Con- ningham. After being licensed, he was employed for a number of years in teaching. Although a man of vigorous mind and splendid scholarship, and, withal, earnestly desirous to serve Christ in the ministry of the Gospel, he never was inducted to a chftrge until he came to Canada, a shortti me ago. He was an honest and devout Christian, beloved by aU who knew hiin. rKESBYTiiiBIAM TEAR BOOS. ^t^hjiUtiu (S>\mnJx ti i^mUn in romiedion witli For reasons, on wliioh we do not presume to give any opinion, the officials of this Church refuse to give their roll of Synod, ^vt»^Ut\i of ^Uim, in conn^dion witlt tlxt OFFICERS OF PRESBYTERY. Rkv. p. Galbraith, Moderator. Rev. Robert McCdnn, Clerk. OONOBEQATIOMS. 1. Barney's River & Loohaber a. West Branch, East Biver.. 8. East Branch, East Blver... 4. Oairloch 6. MoOlennan's Mountain 6. New Glasgow 7. Piotou 8. River John 9. Roger's Hill, & Cape John. 10. StellartouandWestyille... 11. Saltspringa 12. Earlton & Wett Branch, ) Bivsr John ) MINISTEnS. J. MoEichan Galbraith A. P W. McMillan D. McKay Wm. Stewart Vacant ' A, Herdman, M.A Robert McCunn, M.A. James W. Eraser Charles Dunn Vacant Vacant POST OFFICES. Barney ;'v .,rictou,N.S. Hopewei Springville, ISast Branch, E. R., N.S. Gairloch, Glengarry, N.S. New Glasgow, " New Glasgow, " Piotou, " River John, " Roger's Hill, " SteUarton, " West River Station, " Earlton, " MIMIBTBUS. OONOBBOA'nONS. POST OFFIOBB. John Gillespie Milton Milton. Ont.. Oanada. Robert Acheson, S.C Stamford Stamford, " W. H. Andrew Gait Gait, " Wm. Findley, D.D Williameford* etc Chebley, • These three Presbyteries following take rank as Presbyteries belonging to Churches outsido the Dominion, and should in strict correctness appear under their own Supreme Courts, where these appear in another place. It is, how- ever, to be noted, that though for conveui^ace, their names appear here, their eimmcration is made in the statiJEtticai tuble.s of their respective Synods in Ireland and the Unitod States. «8 PRBSBYTBBIAM TEAR BOOK. MINISTERS. CONBEQOATIONS. POST OFFICE. COBBEBFONDEMTB. Adam Telfer VAOAMCIES. Telfor Telfer, " John Shortreed Walton Walton, " WITHOUT OHABQE. Tl* omas Hannay, D.D SuUivan, '• 1. Vacant (Jorwallls, N. S. 2. Robert Stewart Wilmot, N. S. 3. A, McLi. Stavely St. John, N. B. 4. James B. Lawson BarnseviUe, N. B. '*ilie i;0U0UvM ial" THE RKV. WlIiljIAM SOMMERVILLE. Mr. Sommerville was born at Rathfrilaiid, Co. Down, Ireland, on the 1st July, IbOO. He was u graduato of the University of Glasgow, and studied Divinity in the same city, in the Hall of the Reformed Presby- terian Church. When licensed in 1831, lie came out to Nova Scotia wher« he laboured until his death, Sepinmbur '28th, 1878. In his early years in Nova Scotia, ministers were few, and he ministered to Presbyterians generally over a very exten-*ive district, when however others came into ths field the lines were more strictly drawn. Mr. Sommerville belonged to the Btraitest sect of the Covenanters, and never concealed for a moment what he was. A more conscientious man never breathed The man who dif- fered from him, and who was mitnly enough to deft-nd his position, was a man whom Mr. Sommerville respected, but he despised the man who dif- fered and who for the sake of peace would not stand up for his di£ferenoes. He was a fearless oontroversialiRt ; it seemed to be meat and drink to him to meet with a man w ith whom he could measure swords. His pen was- seldom at rest, Bometimes in the newspapers, sometimes in a pamphlet, .sometimes in the bouud volame. Now it was the Arminian tenets of the PRESBTTKBIAN TEAR BOOK. m differences, drink to him Hitf pen was- a pamphlet, tenets of the 1. Mr. Brownell Murray's Comers, N.B. 2. Samuel D. Tates . . Amherst, Goose Zliver and Herbert, N. S. Vacant Congregations — Shemogue, eto. , N. B. ; Saokville, N. B. ; Nappan, N.S, This year we have endeavoured to have more room than usual for the American General Assemblies. In the Proceedings and JEleports of theso Courts there is very much that ought to be known by us in Canada. We only regret, that the limited space at our disposal will not permit us to draw, as largely as we would wish, on the abundant and interesting material that is ready for our use in several volumes of Minutes, Eeports, &c., placed as usual, through the kindness of the Assembly Clerks, in our hands. I. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES (NORTH). OFFIOEBS. Bev. Francis L. Patton, D.D., Moderator, Chicago, 111. Eev. Edwin F. Hatfield, D.D., Stated Clerk and Treasurer, No. 149 West Thirty-Fourth Street, New York, N.Y. Bev. Cyrus Dickson, D.D., Permanent Clerk, No. 23 Centre Street, New York, N.Y. o sEsass ES 90 PRESBYTERIAN YEAR BOOK. Bev. Thomas Balaton Smith, D.D., Bev. Benjamin M. Goldsmith, Bey. Edward H. Bobbins, Bey. John W. Dinsmore, Temporary Clerks. The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America met, agreeably- to appointment, in the Third Presby- terian Church of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Thursday, the 16th day of May, A.D. 1878, at 11 o'clock A.M., and, in the abflenoe of Bey. James Eells, D.D., the Moderator of the last Assembly, wrh opened with a sermon, by the Bev. Edward D. Morris, D.D., the Moderator of the Assembly of 1875, the last Moderator present, onEphesiaus i. 10: "That, in the dispensation of the fulness of time^), He might gather together in one all thhigs in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth ; even in Him." Among the Proceedings and Beports there occur various resolutions and statements of great interest to other churches of the Evangelical faith. THB BAPTIZED OHILDBEN OF THR OHCBCH. It was Resolved, Tha' the third Sabbath of every June be suggested to tho churches of the Assembly, rh a day of Special services for Sabbath t^chools ; and that it be rooommended that a sermon be preached on that day to the baptized children of the church, and those connected with tho Sabbath and Mission schools ; also that one weekly prayer-meeting in each month be held in behalf of the baptized children. FCBE LITEBATOBE. It was Resolved, That in view of the fact, that " the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that worketh in the children of disobedience " is, at the present day, employing, with peculiar malignity and vigor, the powe^ of the press, in disseminating error in doctrine and tho vilest impurity of morals; that his agents are spreading broadcast over the land, througL the post-office, through the newsboys on the streets, and in the cars and other places, obscene and debauching prints and publications ; and that ilie family, the dounting-room, the workshop, the schools and seminaries .ivo invaded by this instrumentality of evil, stealthily and diligently dis- pcrainated, it becomes the Church to counteract this dire evil, by providing and distributing a pure and attractive Christian literature. DANOEBS FBOM BOMANISM. It was Resolved, That no principle has been better established, in regard to this nation, than the entire separation of the Church and the State ; and that the State has no more right to compel by taxation one of its citizens to contribute money to the building up and advancing of the Boman Catholic or any other denomination, than it has to compel us to unite with their Church ; and that moneys or grants should not be appro- priated to any denominational institution, or any institution of any kind which is not connected with and under the control of the State. That at this time it behooves all our people to be watchfu on this PRESBYTERIAN YEAR BOOK. 91 Unitecl Presby- lay, the ;enoe of opened ar oi the ; "That, 5ether i" 1 are on solutions rangelical BUggested )r Sabbath ed on that ;d with thP ing in each )i the power mce" iB. a' • the powe • ' impurity o' id, througlt the cars and la ; and that I seminarieB iligently dis- fby providing subject, when the declared policy and principle of the Boman Catholic Church Ih, that a separation of Glmroh and State is under its curse, and it is labouring to secure a union to advance its power. BECULAB PBESS. It was Kesolved, That the General Assembly recognize with great satis- fiictiou the enterprise of the secular press in obtaining and publishing rriiigious and ecclesiastical news, and also the ability with which it din- «iisses and advocates measures in promotion of education, sound morals, «Mse any one who may ont>ertain views irreconcilable with our Standards, to take the authorized course, after couKultation with his Presbytery, and poacefuUy withdi'aw from the ministry of our Church. PUBLIC SPEAKING AND TEACHING OF WOMEN. It was Resolved, That the Assembly holds that 1 Corinthians xiv. o8- 37, and 1 Timothy ii. 11--13, do prohibit the fulfilling by women of the oiBces of public preachers in the regular assemblies of the Church. At the same time, the Assembly find great pleasure in calling attention to the enlarging efforts and the growing influence of the women of the Presby- terian Church, in the work committed to the denomination ; and point with peculiar satisfaction and emphatic approbation to the noble record, to which these women are daily adding by their efficiency and devotion. STATE OF BELIGION WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF THE ASSEMBLY. The Report speaks hopefully ; and takes as thei motto for this year — " Then had the Churches rest... and wore edified: and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied." It thus speaks on BEVIVALS. For the work to be done, one regiment of Cromwell's " Ironsides " was worth ten regiments of undisciplined levies. The Church should never forget that God in his Word lays fully as much stress upon sanctification as upon regeneration. And if it be true, as the Presbyterial reports Beem to indicate, that our beloved Church, generally, the past year, has been growing in sanctification, she should give to God, through the Spirit, tho highest praise ; and she should gird her loins for a greater work for Christ than she has ever hitherto done. IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 1.1 liiUl |2.5 *tt lU |2.2 - - 12^0 u liO u liis iiiji^ iiji^ ^ 6" ► 7 /i Photographic ^Sciences Corporation 23 WIST MAIN STRiiT WnSTM.N.Y. 14580 (716)872-4503 ^1%\ ^^^ > .v>,^^ ^ v'^^^ v^% MUig^^Qi/^$S0i^'J»l>*^'''*^>**^- 92 PBKSBITTKBUK «AB BOOE. XBMSBBANOB. eDt over the land, liopefTil- BKNB^o^''***'^* . stringency of the .. ^iTifl a tendency to feP'^lfu o^iy necessary ^eiigio" , ^ ^lation oi *^T.l«nerance rehgion--the on y goepticism as to tne ^^^ental PRESBYTERIAN TEAR BOOK. 98 eland, ) gtate- j in the tevivala eligioTia Rving * rion. ** iied and ,^ and to- ig Cbtist- ,iitio evU. jigbt and people, tue ^e \)enevo- to the bea- med to help nuedtohelp .tt^emselveB. , Xiife to *he iieve the die- ftoce revivals, « Tatiiet. to a°that there IS proclaim, that a saved inan , that areola^;* oreBt°nai ^*y.°k^lir,and ^""^ri behooves S\?iot'aV«^^ K the inBP«f M authority to us than the Mahomedan Koran, or the Hindoo Shasters ; and Jesns Ohrist «nd redemption, heaven and hell, are delusions and lies. But if it is, its revelations and doctrines are true, and infinitely important. We believe it is — ^we know it is. And we, who preach its doctoines, should preach them confidently, boldly, aggressively. It is to be feared that in some of our pulpits this is not done. It is to be feared that some of our preachers ignore the bone and sinew, the marrow and fatness of the Oospel, and preach only or chiefly the glittering generalities of a sentimental religion that mi^es a mockery of the cross of Christ. And it is to be feared that some of our people have lost their love for and their faith in the glorious old saving doctrines of the Gospel, as they are embodied in our Oonfession and Catechisms ; and so have lost all relish for them themselves, and all flesire to teach them to their children. We call attention to this, and do most earnestly urge upon the whole Church, ministers and people, to stand fast by the Bible as the inspired Word of God, and to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints. COMPARATIVE SUMMARY OF THE PBBSBYTBB]tAM OHUBOH IN THE UNrTED STATES OF AMEBICA, FOB THE LAST SIX TEABB. 1873. 1874. 1876. 1876. 1877. 1878. Synods 36 35 36 36 37 37 Presbyteries... 172 174 173 172 176 178 Candidates.... 770 767 676 706 672 636 Licentiates 348 309 304 324 321 381 Ministers 4,634 4,697 4,706 4,744 4,801 4,901 Licensures 166 140 167 169 152 178 Ordinations ... 135 159 157 137 188 157 Installations... 414 354 336 256 240 289 Pas.Dissolut'ns. 260 278 278 263 224 201 Min. received . . 75 55 49 63 69 49 Min. dismissed. 23 26 23 27 82 21 Min. deceased.. 91 86 76 85 97 79 €hurches...... 4,802 4,946 4,999 6,077 6,153 6,269 " organ'd. 170 174 128 118 106 164 <• diss'l'd. 56 63 64 58 68 47 " received 6 11 7 3 2 6 *• dismis'd 8 3 9 6 2 2 Added exam. 26,698 36,971 32,069 48,240 43,068 82,277 « certi.. 20,266 23,096 20,385 22,493 20,702 21,683 Gommunc'ts. 472,023 495,684 506,034 636,210 557,674 667,856 Baptisms ad. 8,456 11,682 10,646 15,753 16,263 11,610 " in. 16,688 18,838 17,694 18,987 18,092 19,226 S. B. mem.. 482,762 516,971 520,452 556,347 681,606 699,882 OOMTBIBUTIONS. Home Miss.. 9438,522 9416,067 $501,608 #314,693 «898,294 9383,484 Foreign •• .. 392,996 608,520 412,716 399,767 418,879 870,772 Education... 258,688 243,962 881,424 81,182 186,666 96,847 94 PRESBYTERIAN YEAR BOOK. Publioation.. $64,893 Ch. Erection. 190,165 ReUef Fund. 77,726 Freedmen. . . 50,588 Sustentation 58,636 G. Assembly 31,653 Min. Salary.. 3,151,767 961,605 145,068 73,927 47,419 63,115 36,435 951,464 277,091 75,642 44,592 41,406 39,654 936,945 76,335 60,845 39,810 33,421 33,498 933,645 120,932 53,851 43,016 23,956 33,863 930,781 97,565^ 52,268 43,583 19,94a 40,452 6,642,108 882,576 6,903,526 6,633,577 6,273,218 6,333,659 897,481 1,100,150 765,551 813,64{> Total.... 19,662,030 9,120,792 9,626,594 8,810,223 8,295,361 8,281,95ft II. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATED (SOUTH). OFFICERS. * Bev. Thomas E. Peck, D.D , Moderator, Boanoke. Rev. Joseph R. WUson, D.D., Stated Clerk and Treasurer, Wilming- ton, N.O. Rev. WiUiam Brown, D.D., Permanent Clerk, Richmond, Va. The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States met, agreeably to appointment, in the First Presbyterian Church, in the City of Enoxville, Tennessee, on the third Thursday, 16th of May, 1878, at 11 o'clock a.m., and was opened with a sermon by the Moderator, Rev. C. A. Stillman, D.D., on 1 Corinthians, iv. 20 : "For the Kingdom of God is not in word, but in power." LAV EVANOBIilSTS. The General Assembly, whilst recognizing the fact thai there ar& spheres of Christian labour, which private Christians as well as Ruling Elders may profitably and lawfully occupy, yet feels ciilled upon to givo its solemn protest against the practice, now becoming general, of men who have never been ordained nor licensed to preach the gospel, engaging in that peculiar fimction of the Christian ministry ; and earnestly urgo all our niinisterB and people to avoid encouraging the same, whether by active co-operation or otherwise. The plain teaching of our standards is, that, " The Word of God is to be preached only by such as are sufficiently gifted, and also duly approved and called to that office.^^ — Larger Catechism, Q. 158. Indeed,, tue whole doctrine of our Church as to the ministry, and the regulations under which men are inducted into it, show that in addition to the call of God, the authority of the Church is necessary to call and appoint them to this work, whether as Pastors or EvangeUsts — and no amount of apparent or even real good which may be connected with the labours of unauthorized preachers or evangelists can justify us in dishonoiiring the the ordinance of Christ, and by this means imdermining His Church. PBBSBTTBBUN YEAR BOOK. 96 »30,78l 97,565- 52,26a 43,583 19,94ft 40,452 i,333,659 813,64ft 8,281,956. STATES , Wilming- Qited States irch, in the May, 1878, erator, Bev. Kingdom of it there are^ as Buliug ipon to giM> ir J, of men )el, engaging mestly uigo whether hy d of God is nd also duly 58. Indeed,. ,e regulations n to the call appoint them o amount of le labours of fionouring the^ ^ Church. BAPTISM OF DYING PBB80NB. The Presbytery of Fotosi, asking : '* Is it agreeable to the faith and practice of the Presbyterian Church for a minister of the gospel to admin- ister the sacrament of baptism to an adult, in extremis, in case said per- son professes faith in Chnst, without being received into church member- ship?" To this inquiry it is answered : 1. That the Assembly does not question the right of pastors to admin- ister the ordinance of baptism to any who make a credible profession of faith in Christ, but advises the exercise of great care and prudence in teaching such adult applicants as are in extreme illness the trae use and meaning of this ordinance, in order that no countenance be given to the doctrine of baptismal regeneration. 2. As to use of baptism in admitting such persons into the the Church, see Larger Catechism, Q 165, 166, especially this clause "whereby the parties baptized are solemnly admitted into the visible Church," and " Baptism is not to be administered to any out of the visible Church." STATE OF BBLIOION. The Beport says, that some painful facts are disclosed as to the spirit- ual condition of the churches, and the evils which beset them. The spirit of worldliness which taints the profession of so many, the greed of gain which everywhere confronts the friend of Zion, the prevalence of intemperance and its kindred vices, from which professing Christians themselves are not all free, the deplorable desecration of the Sabbath, the neglect of the prayer meeting;, of family worship and of household train- ing, the lack of the grace of giving, the mad race for wealth, the persistent indulgence in demoralizing amusements, and the marked decline of spirit- uality and zeal for Christ, have — not everywhere — but in far too many portions of the Church, grievously saddened the hearts of God's friends, and hindered their efforts for the advancement of His kingdom. But on the other hand, and as a pleasing offset to this gloomy picture, the cheering report comes up from almost every quarter that the Lord is in the midst of His Church — not always, indeed, in the powerful outpouring of His Spirit in the awakening and conversion of sinners ; not always in the signal triumphs of His grace in the overthrow of error, and the cap- ture of the strongholds of sin ; not always even in the visible enlargement and progress of His Church ; but always in the unswerving fidelity to truth and duty of those whom He has placed as watchmen upon her walls ; in the steadfast devotion, even amid abounding temptation, of those who have been appointed to uphold the hands of these leaders of the sacramental hosts, and in the consecrated spirit of the godly men and saintly women composing her membership ; who, having given themselves to God, withhold nothing of means, or effort, or time, or prayer, or sacri- fice, that will minister to His glory in the growth, purity, stability, and prosperity of His kingdom. The faithfulness and zeal of these of&oers and members are evinced, not only in their unflinching oppositfbn to error and maintenance of " the truth as it is in Jesus," but ^so in tbeir snooessful endeavours to sustain the ordinances of rehgion, and extend to • the perishing the means of grace. Besides the testimony which they WJm y'!"!a' '-'Wl^^^P^qiWpi^ it . III II i i ii i 1 11 . i« i'j *> pWBBinrKlIA^ ItBAB BOOK. baye •'"^"^."t-dMiohM «* S"'*,*. mote gen"™*. . ^«ai to »«^"- BflStoto Pj;P^°^l*^r sSbD^tb school.^ ThejJ ^, ti,em. bo I«r aB OBNBBAi VIBVr 01 ™ ^^ 1,117 Synods .- CaadiclftteB ... OhTUfoheB * . . . . Licensures •* Ordinations $SlSi''Xtii»Vji*«*;; ?£rr. s?/ -ii A« deiiiii*" • • • ^roflSSfBide« •■•.;;;-.V.;V.V.V....- y,^,5 Members «4ded en ^g„„te _.. 114,678 Adults \)aptized Children in SaDoaiup 145 1,878 41 66 71 49 47 24 2 S 7 5 5,428 3,452 114,578 2,135 4,561 24.968 68,121 C0NTBIBX3TI0N8. Bustentation.. •••"**• ". iTangelistio/und InvaUdFund $27,327 12,689 9,042 PBESBTTBRIAM TEAR BOOK. 97 nsauny all tbo , m HiB iptirity, [yely «ow tly, ^*^ jretofoio, \ttendancc ,flottB ioT (t a dispo- yord from ly Presby- organized wked, and iftt a Ifttg*^ eyearxvero Binostpftr*' tB tepottea, 12 64 1,1" 145 1,878 41 66 71 49 47 24 2 3 7 5 5,428 8,452 «,376 3,471 2,135 4,561 24.968 68,121 Foreign MisBions 934,989 Education 85,028 Publication 14,226 Presbyterial 12,146 Pastors' Salaries 582,502 Congregational 803,814 Miscellaneous 50,258 Total $1,030,971 III. GENERAL SYNOD OF THE REFORMED CHURCH IN AMERICA (DUTCH). OmCEBS. Bev. Jacob Chamberlain, President. Bev. Q. H. Mandeville, Assessor. Rev. E. H. FairchUd, ) «, , Rev. Abram J. Martine, \ ^^^^^^P* Rev. Paul Van Cleff, Jersey City, N. J., Stated Clerk. t)ro tent. «27,827 12,689 9,042 The General Synod of the Reformed Church in America convened in the Reformed Church, in the City cf Utica, N.Y., on Wednesday, the fifth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight. The session continued from the fifth until the thir- teenth day of June, inclusive. The President being absent, the Synod was opened with prayer by liev. Isaac S. Hartley, Assessor of last Synod. Rev. Rufus W. Clark, President of the last General Synod, preached the Synodical Sermon on ihe evening of the first day of the Session, from 2 Cbr. v. 20: " Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech yon by us ; we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God." PBAYEB FOB STUDENTS. Resolved, That the last Thm'sday in January be observed as a day of prayer for young men who are pursuing their studies in colleges and seminaries of learning, and that on the preceding Sabbath the pastors of our Churches be requeeted to preach on the religious training of the young in the family. LAV BVANOBLISTS. Resolved, That a special committee, who shall report to the next General Synod, be appointed to take into consideration the subject of a method whereby such men as show themselves to be possessed of special qualifications for the work of an evangelist, and are evidently called of God to serve in this capacity in His kingdom, may prosecute their work in connection with our Church, without investiture with the full minis- terial office, but under proper ecclesiastical authorization and superin- tendence. 1»r ss: m PRESBYTERIAN YKAB BOOK. A MACEDONIAN OBY. The Foreign Misaion Report says : — There has been an increased call from the Iieathen. Thousands have come, not figuratively, but literally, begging to be taught. Instead of Missionary tours to look up audiences, and find men willing to be preached to, audiences go about, hunting a - Missionary to preach to them. If the first consideration just presented shows the will of the Church, this s/iows the will of the heathen. STATE 07 BELIOION. At the present moment we see a relative abatement of conversions, but yet thero is vigorous progress — an average addition from the world of more than seven to each of the ohiuches of the Synod of New Brunswick, and of nearly nine in the aggregate to the churches of the other Synods, leaving an average of eight received from the world into each church of the whole denomination. But along this average what a variety! Oiut hundred and five churches report marked and refreshing accessions ; two only specify a work of unusual magnitude, and one hundred and eighteen, by their own showing, find themselves with a communion slightly dimin- ished It is harder to care for the golden grain than to sow the seed. We may do that beside all waters ; but the harvest must be guarded from the rats, and the tender vines from the little foxes ; and sheltered from the storm and kept from the mildew and the thief. Let then the churches have rest, and be trained in prayers and charity and good works, that so " Walking in the fear of the Lord and the com- fort of the Holy Ghost they may be edified ai.d multiplied," while the same may provoke to love and to good works thd others, whose privilege it is to attain even a larger blessing for themselves. The tables indicate that the turning point ma/ have come in the con- tributions for religious and benevolent purposes, since the amount is 2^ per cent, in advance of the last year. Let us hope that common gratitude to God for the smalld^t relief from commercial depression, will lead us to see how much better it is to invest our means for Christ's kingdom by voluntary act, than to It^ up oiur earnings for the stroke of the Sheriif's hanuuer, or for the Beceiver's purse. Let us begin to save more money by putting it where it cannot be lost, as it has always proved too likely to be, when diverted from its best uses. Many forms of expenditure do not admit of retrenchment. A man who has laid out largely in the necessary expense of preparing, fertilizing, and planting, cannot retrench by with- holding the labour needed to care for and secure the crop. Less bread cannot be bought where new children are added to the board, nor can Missions with families and schools be broken up to be resumed without evil vastly greater than that of borrowing the current funds indispensable to the continued life of the effort. To conclude, let us think of our muster roll of to-day. More than five hundred strong of educated ministers, of organized Churches, in living union with the glorified Saviour, in vital communion with the divine Spirit. In a year in which God has opened the windows of heaven and poured out a blessing so great that there has not been room to receive it, with " our bams filled with plenty, and presses bursting out with new wine," what do we think of debts unpaid to Missionaries and to students PBESBTTBRIAN YEAR BOOK. 9J) call rally. nocB, ing a euted raions, orld ot iswick, jynod^, arch of I Ou» IS ; two ighteen, ^ dimin- jn grain J harvest ,le foxea •, Jie tbieJ. i charity the corn- while tlie privilege the cou- ,unt is 2i I gratitude lead us to Dgdom l>y e Sheriff's ore money )o likely to lure do not necessary by witli- lees bread Id, nor can led vrithout I More than IhnrcheB, in In ■with the Lgol heaven Im to receive lut with nevr I to students of Theology, and of Missions without extension or even reinforcement. The question is not, Is it not a shame? but the question for each ouo should be, Where is the shame ? Let every one, whether on the *' walls i>f Zion," or in the " tents of Jacob," decide for himself his relations to that question. And who can tell how far the faithful dealing with such a question will re-act ? It is not bo much, where we are, as what we are. The germs and the potentialities of Waterloo were all contained in the ragged recruits and the raw regiments of Wellington, mustered for the Peninsular campaign, developed by training and fidelity to their post. If then we do not pay what we owe to the Lord, nor gather in His wanderers, nor heal those that are hurt, it is not that we are weak or poor or the times will not allow it. We are five hundred strong, occupying in our lot the most important and privileged section of territory, in the judgment of many, under the blue sky. Let us follow marching orderH and we shall see if we cannot do all things through Christ which strengthens us. BUMMABY VIEW. Classes or Presbyteries . . Churches Llinisters Families Commimicants Ileoeived on Confession . . Received on Certificate . . Baptism — Infants Baptism — Adults 33 505 - 542 43,000 78,666 3,943 1,966 3,874 1,044 Catechumens 24,445 Sabbath Schools 638 Scholars 80,000 Contributions for religious and benevolent purposes $203,102 Contributions for Congre- gational purposes $788,22.! Total Contributions . 9991,325 IV. ASSOCIATE REFORMED SYNOD OF THE SOUTH. OFFIOEBS. Rev. W. S. Moffatt, Ohio, Moderator. Rev. J. Boyce, Due West, S. 0. Clerk. The Associate Reformed Synod of the South met, agreeably to adjourn- ment, at 11 a. m., Thursday, the 15th of August, 1878, at New Lebanon, Monroe County, W. Ya., the Rev. J. H. Simpson's charge, and was opened with a sermon by the Rev. William L. Pressly, the retiring Moderator, from 2 Cor. i. 4, " Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort where- with we ourselves are comforted of God," and was constituted with prayer by the Rev. Horatio Thompson, D.D. The Rev. W. S. Moffatt, of the Ohio Presbytery, was chosen Moderator. CHVBCR DISCIPLINE. On motion of Dr. J. E. Pressly, Dr. Boyce was appointed to preach at next Synod, a sermon on " Church Discipline as a Divine Ordinance, and its wise Adaptation to that End." PlPf!'*''*"'*"^ 100 .^- PRKSBYTBRUN YKAK BuOX. BABBATB BOHOOLt. In order that the work of the Sabbath School may be kept aubordinated to the Ohuroh, ministers and elders should be exhorted not onlv to take the general oversight of them, bat to carefully examine what is taught therein. In order that the word of Ood may be taught in its truth and spirit, no others than those of acknowledged piety should be employed as teachers of the children, as they are the hope of the Ohurch. Every effort should be made to give the Sabbath School that degree of gravity and seriousness that become the day, place, and the subject-matter of its lessons. ....... We reiterate our convictions as to the importance of having the youth of the ohurch brought up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, it not being enough that the^ be religiously trained in the loose sense of the term, but that that training should be just such as the Word of Ood warrants, such as their spiritual wants require, and such as would make them in due time reliable members of the Ohuroh. We would wUm our people in relation to the means of instruction. Some of our modem appliances are objectionable, while others are of doubtful propriety. It is to be hoped that due care will be taken with regard to the selection of books, inasmuch as some of our Sabbath School literature partakes too much of fiction and romance to make it safe to use it. BTSTBUATIO OIVINO. It was Resolved, That pastors be required to preach to their congrega- tions on the subject of giving and of systematic benevolence on the first of November next. STATE 07 BBLiaiON. Cordial relations exist between pastors and people. Pastors have been faithful in their spiritual labours, and congregations are making efforts to more punctually meet their pecuniary obligations to their pastors. Although no remaijcable outpourings of the Spirit have taken place, . yet we notice an increased interest in the Word and Ordinances, and an enoouragiog increase of membership. Sabbath Schools are rather in a more flourishing condition than usual. The blessings of Providence have been bountifully bestowed upon the i lands of the tiller of the soil. It is with unfeigned pleasure that we notice so many young men consecrating themselves to the work of the ministry, taking the place of those who have fallen by death, or are laid aside by disease and infirmities. ' / PBRBBTTEBIAN YBAB BOOK. 101 V. CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. OFTI0IB8. Bev. D. E. Bushnell, D.D., Moderator, San Jose, Oal. Billing Elder, John Frizzell, Stated Clerk, Nashville, Tenn. Bev. J. M. Hubbert, Assistant Olerk, Lebanon, Tenn. Board of Publication, Treasurer, Nashville, Tenn. place, and an The Forty-eighth General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church met, according to appointment, on Thursday, the 16iii of }lay, 1878, at 11 o'clock, a. m., in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, at Lebanon, Tennessee, and was opened with a sermon by Bev. A. B. Miller, D.D., Moderator of the last General Assembly, from Joshua xiii. 1: *' There remaineth yet very much land to be possessed." The General Assembly was then constituted with prayer by Bev. lUchard Beard, D.D., of the Presbytery of Lebanon. The General Assembly then proceeded to the election of Moderator, which resulted in the unanimous choice of Bev. D. E. Bushnell, a Com- miBsioner from the Presbytery of California, of the Synod of Pacific. TEUPEBANCB. Beport, as a whole, was adopted as follows : Your Committee on Temperance respectfully report the following, viz.: We believe the manufacture, sale, and use of intoxicating Uquors as a beverage, to be the giant evil of the age — the curse of curses. The entiru tMideney of this traffic is to debauch and impoverish the country morally, socially, intellectually, and financially ; that it is the cause of nearly nine- tenths of all the crime, pauperism, and misery that curse our countrv. The spiritual dearth that pervades the church.is in a great measure traceable to the whisky traffic. There are one hundred and ninety thousand liquor shops in this country, filled with patrons, many of whom are members of some church. The ruin wrought by these agents of death and destruction has more than kept pace with the work of saving the poor ^unkard. In spite of the grandest religious and moral effort of a half century, with its wonderful trophies of grace, these grog-shops are fiUed with patrons, and our courts and prisons with the fruits of the accursed traffic. They make drunkards faster than all the churches and temperance societies can save them. Indeed, the record of the whisky traffic is a record of crime. It is the more sad, when we remember that these agents of death and moral desolation are establishdS and carried on under the authority of the Commonwealth, are clothed with legal sanction and fostered by the State. In view of the enoiinity of the evils of this traffic : Resolved, That we do most Iieartily endorse and approve every laudable effort that is being made for its suppression, and recommend that all our ministers and members co-operate with every movement that may work for the accomplishment of this glorious end. 2. That we recognize the right of the State to make and enforce laws to regulate, modify, restrict, or abolish the whisky traffic. "■rv.i,;"yi.fiwpp PBEBBirtEKlAN Y.AR BOOK. «e can w^"^" ^.* nnr ministry' "^"^ T, we migW soon reauzs ^^^^l T; Crit tirappropri«i« ^^^'J^ SH laborer, jdjjon ill employed !»*»« and, perliapS' ®^^5ning thousands oiBOUw ^^ tiUerbad ^^.^fenrx^ould result, ^^^^^ 3too«8«"' .As «a»d result be realized? /"gauppoBe.'WiUDeai b ^^at a "^3' -Qpie, would ftcient support, je su^' ^^ your Con«mu ministers and peopi.^^^^^ Wilt it is *^® ^ ^r Christ's sake, oy "" ^^^^^ scarcely w^b l". y^^^h. ao much to °°;' avancenxent ol ^^^ ^^^^^ mimsters. " ^ congrega- binds »«»y.„ the oldest and beat orga ^^.^.^ ^ the year. »o»' ^^''i^nc preachers every year, ^^ ^,^j,eve trSffin\WS-to report th^t rnejS^^S,^epar^-SoSl ""^e^L^^JlSrshtsVenmfr PBK8BYTBRIAN YBAR BOOK. 108 can tol ttday 3 good tbe «^' ,Bt earn- many o* tepeneU- liniBterof bbat every >Uy to ^^® a ttaioioB S, lot 80»« 9 ate i» •'*® S detenoe oj Uftt in tbetray. of poor sinnerB have been brought from dnrkneBe to light. A large pro- ))oi-tion of your miniBtry has been active and devoted to their work, and Ini'ge additions have been mndu to the ohuroheH from the ranks of Bin. The year has been one of alniont unprecedented stringouoy in the money ' market ; yet the various If ading entcrpriecg have received encouraging cuatributions. Our cduootionol i-nterpriHOfi, the mitiHiouary work, and the publication cause, have all been kindly and encouragingly remembered hy the people ; and, upon the whole, we regard the ecclesiastical year just dosed as one of decided progress, and as having been Rttended with Boch marks of Divine favor as to call for devout gratitude and thanksgiving to the great Head of the Church from your entire body. A growing interest in Sabbath school work has been very marked during the past year. Finally, on the whole sulijcct referred to us, we offer the following rcoummendations for your endorsement: Resolved, That for that measure of suceoss in our church work, which the Master has vouchBafed to us during the past year, we are brought uuder great obligations to renewed humility and gratitude to the great Head of the Church. 2. That in order to greater success in the year to come, we will strive tu bo more devoted and consecrated to the Master's work, knowing that the night cometh soon when no man can work. 8. That whenever such meetings may be deemed practicable and pro- fitable, we advise a return to the old system of holding camp- meetings, a means of grace so abundantly blessed in the days of our fathers. 4. That wo recommend to our ministers and people throitghoui the Church to rememb«r the Sabbath day to keep it holy and that they join with all good people in using their influence in all suitable ways to stay the tide of Sabbath desecration so prevalent inpnr country, believing, as we do, that whenever the Christian Sabbath shall cease to exist, the Christian Church will be in great danger of destruction also. RTATIBTICAL Presbyteries 112 Ministers 1,.316 ( 'ongregations 2, .347 ('ommunicants 106,258 A'iditions by Letter 2,248 Additions by Profession . . 7,610 ikptisms — Infants 4,805 l>nptism8 — Adults 1,377 AnSTRACT. Sabbath Scholars .$51,587 Contributions, Stipends 165,608 Home Mission 7,928 Foreign Mission .B,lll Total Contributions 280,782 Church Property 1,741,347 VI. BEFOKMED PRESBYTERIAN OHUKCH. OFFICERB. Bev. C. D. Trumbull, Moderator. Rev. T. P. Stevenson, Clerk. Rev. J. C. Sproul, Assistant Clc^rl:. The forty-ninth session of the Synod of the Rcfo.mcd Presbyterian 104 PBBSBYTBBIAN TEAS BOOK.* Oburoh in North America met, pursuant to previous adjournment, and was opened with a sermon by the Moderator, the Bev. J. B. Thompsqn, from Luke xxiv : 49 — " But tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high." « THE SABBATH. Resolvedt Inasmuch as the church is to uphold the law of Ood, and to testily against the violation of it, Synod would commend all well organiz- ed and judicious efforts to enforce the general observance of the Sabbath, and calls upon our people, both by example and oo-operation, to encourage tho International Sabbath Association and all others in striving to do away with all Sabbaiih desecration by railroad companies and all other modes of Sabbath violation. And Synod would enjoin upon all our people to discourage attendance upon aU public gatherings, even though they pro- fess to be of a religious character, which invite the multitude in atten- dance upon them to violate the sacredness of the Sabbath day by patron- ising railroads and other public conveyances on that day. TEMFEBANOE. Adopted the Beport of Committee on Temperance, as follows : Amid the destruction on every hand by ardent spirits, no true disciple of Ohrist nor patriot can afford to be indifferent. Every interest precious to Ohristianity and humanity is retiorded and imperilled by this river of fire. The pauperism, disease, suffering, crime and death, whi.^h can be traced directly to its source are truly appalling. The facts that in the United States six hundred millions of dollars are annually expended on aloohoUc stimulants, and that there are not less than fi\e hundred thou- sand drunkards, and that fifty thousand go down yearly to a drunkard's g>ave, and not a few of these from the church and Sabbath School, and om the ranks of those occupying high places in the land, the very Senate- chamber of the nation, in a most responsible hour, presenting a scene of intoxication in some of its members, ancl that the rum-sellers wielded such power over legislators, may well fill the heart of the patriot with dismal forebodings, and the lover of Zion with deep concern. In the struggle against this formidable foe, the past year has not been without its encouragements. The lines of conflict have become more sharply defined, the advocates of temperance and apologizers for intem- perance have more f uUy thrown off disguise and delicacy, and both friends and foes are better known — the church, in its ministers and members, taking a more active interest, and in many parts of our country a deep interest has been awakened. But what is truly encouraging is that the advocates of temperance reform, to a large extent, adopt as their plat- form total abstinence through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. We cannot lay too much stress on the fact that the hope of the temperance cause lies in the rising generation adopting the principle and habit of total abstinence, and that our great work is to guard against an appetite being formed for alcoholic stimulants, by a total avoiding of them. It has been well said that the great policy of the adversary in this Presbl CoiiprJ Minisf ComtiT lucres I'icreji Docrel BftptiJ Subbal hI PRESBYTERIAN YEAR BOOK. 106 it, and npsqn, lye be and t& organiz- labbath, icourage do avray It modes )eople to ibey pro- in atten- f patron- ae disciple Bt precious is riyer of ^]x can be .nat in the :pended on .Ored tbou- dmnkard's Jcbool, and rery Senate- ; a scene of 'era wielded jatriot with ittS not been ecome more rs for intern- both friends ad members, untry a deep ,g is that the IB their plat- Christ, hope of the the principle guard against lal avoiding of versaryinthift matter, is to bind with a liair and tlien with a chnin. The foarfnl cer- tainty with which it holils its victims warns us to heed tho divine com- mantis: " LodIc not upon the wine when it is red." "Be not nmong win<<-bibbcrs." "At last it bitetli likt3 a serpent and stingulh l.ku au adder."' Therefore : Resolved, 1. That this Synod most emphatically condemns the use of all nloolmlic stimulants, in nil their forms, ns a bevera^^e, incUulint; tha use of cider and wine in which is "i^ Iiol, Hud mnlt liquors in any form, as being prolific sources of intemperance, and reco^'nizes total abstinence as the only safe and scriptural jjround. A'eso/vedt 2. Wo condemn wlintcver ostensibly aids or encnurnges tho manufactuie or sale of alcoholic thinks. Amcmg these the gi owing of hops for !nnlt liqnors, and griipes for fermented wine. A'fso/Viu/, 3. That wo regurd proliibltion by the State as llie true and effectual menus of rencliing this great evil — tlie riwlii. to do so based alike on duty to it-s sofi^'esoivntinn iind the law of Ood. Kes(>lie«e°'V r nS. Iha "tl.« »»■»="- ?hat it i» ol great 'St, , ms ►uoiect b. "-'""li'lCree «ith all tag ol tl..»e ?'»">Xt^"ie" au.l Sessione to f "l-'j^'a^,,,* congr.- e,rjoin* 8)n.»la. J '"^\Xve Deaoo... •VP'"»^^ ™ ^a Book ol Oovorn- raS'ovr^'e^. ^ «'-"-" ^""''^"";,„ ^^^^^ ^„, »t "if S S;^«>ea be. »« -tiJa't^gr rrde*?n^Ir„l.g int. cregatioiis to commw w Scriptare «nffi- £ita'':Srar.r;pAU Church. xbmpehasois. .^_ „en'8Boul8anal>odie8. PRESBYTEfilAN TEAR BOOK. 107 7a. 'a. ;a Cbvircb ;,om Vrov. tuted vriiu ring of the itAAtion an«l >uaded also it the teacit- jtice, hereby res witb *'^ .rent congre- koi Goxern- pport to the carrying m^o mediate steps don in regard to enable con- ata upon ordi- Soriptnre «nffi- f Deacon, it w Ives, nnd vitH hvist.heorgan- ,too.l, hovrever, all not be form- f the manner oi aund in certain tlonfi, having in- .bed bv cuatom, ety. and destroy? 2. The use of intoxicating liquors as a beverage, and the mannfao* tnre and sale of lliem for this purpose are evils — dishonouring to God and destructive to men. 3. To (tivo aid or countenance to tbose engnged in this nefarious business, by furuisbing thero with the necessary materltils, leasing to them propel ty to be used in their business, signing their petitions for licen<(s or in any other way, is to make ourselves "partakers of other men's sins." 4. While, m instances in which it results— in some measure — from in- herited infirmity, drunkenness may be regarded — to some extent — as a mi-ifoitune, it is at the same time a sin — a heinous sin — against God, and a crime against society. 5. Mere human devices, whether pledge, or organization, or profe^ision — while the.v may be in some degreo helpful — are entirely inadequate to the complete and permanent reformatinn of the drunkard. The Gospel of Christ alone, introduced into the soul by the illuminating power of the Holy Spirit, can bring effectutil deliverance from this and every other fonu of moral evil. 6. It is the duty of the Christian Church to sympathize with, and earnestly promote all proper efforts for the reformation of the iuebria. and the suppression cf intemperance. * 7. Individual C hristians should use nil proper means for the suppres- sion^ of th^ liquor traffic. Legal prohibition, moral suasion, and the practice of tQtxl abstinence are demanded. 8. The Church of Jesus Christ is the Divinely appointed agency, and, throu){h iiis strength, an adeqnate agency for the establishment of godli> uess and riKhtt'Ousne-'s and temperance in the earth. 9. That Revs. J. G. Car-on. D.D., &o , &c., be appointed a Permanent Committee to confer with simil ir Committees appointed by other Evan- gelical Chuiches witli regard to the best means of securing un ted effort in the cause of Temiterauce ; such Committee to meet at >>uch time and p ace us may be agreed upon, on consultation with the Committees of other Churches; and report their proceedings to the next General Assembly. UMLTCENSED RTUDBNT8 I'BUACHINO. There are certain ways in which it is the right and dnty of all who know the gosp.-l t«> publish and diffuse it. There are conceivable certain circumstances in which it might become the duty or any one possessing adequate knowledge, and fiied with zeal for the salvation of souls, to Conduct the exercise of public worship, even though destitute of any license by a church court. But the circumstances which would justify this course must be very extraordinary. TlierK can he little doubt that the common law, the use and wont, of our church is, that no student of theology, without license, has a right to lead the public worship of a congregation unless in the attitude of one who is undergoing trials before a i'resbytery with a view to licensure sooner or later. In considering this matter, it !S not to be overlooked that there is a compart) tivfcly huge number of licentiates and ministers in our Church, many of them not only earnest men, but acceptable preachers also, who ■I i' » y I ') iij|pmiin. m"4.,ija 108 PRESBYTERIAN YBAR BOOK. f.,Ai.U n< t'. spec fv, Ihe ^"^ ,lWai>\'rol'»''""' "' '„! their li"»'"''"'''V,- "r,\ 1 oe wfU " "" «."" '\T S a°h k.iow:^.!!!" «<>"''' \ • V, HiH naaiors naUeie i»"^ ,^ method oi i wbo have suasion is w'^e; as PREBBYTXIIX\N TEAR BOOK* 109 mpn MttUy ■wlien work to no onlef- ft< not t viil'i- n. To { qne^- [\en.sviro i-hdoves ,n tbeiu ted time ,doi>tiou, ition, ft9 ^W'iivA to tH of tlie- 1 of pw^lio to nAopk i,{ matiuia .cii'Vvne on jiy to tlioir on, nn<^ ^he ni from tlio ,us ti'ftcUii'g Itatiou from a f cisUi""''"; ,„ora\, ft" »»■ i,ul of visit ft- .Iv lie to""* ; answer aa avo tliose u^ fathers in U»e "fti work i.aa ,„o NvlJO have 8 been done m 10 Bible t'.la^s, aontlv an I 80 :.,„eiu>l'» vi>i»ft- ■nv This r«- ■ it have abun- dant and painful proof of its fal'^ity. We liave been deceived, to the crippling (f our stroiigth, and the injury of the fumilieH coinmittud to our oaie. ijet us, wh le malciiig full proof of the pastoral opportunities given us in tlju classes o i tlie SiiWbatli, return a'so to the goo.l old way of system- atic, Htiarcliiiig, f.iinily visitiitiou, and with the divine ULtssiug upon our lulmrs, future reports will liave a lirightei page in answer to the question, ♦• How is Fuiuily instruction observud?" CONDENSED STATISTICS. Synod<« I'resbyterius . Ministers. ■ Pastors and Stat( d Supplies Without cliarge Not lleportcd 9 5G 471 177 9 Total Ministers M uister.s deconsed. . . Ministers recoivo8 Total CongreRalinn'=i .... 791 Congregations organized.. 9 Congrcg'itions dissolved.. 6 Mission Stations 67 New Stations diu'ing year 21 Houses of worship erected. 21 Total cost of houses re- ported $140,733 Average cost ^7,130 Congregations having no liouse 103 Parsonages 96 Parsonages built 3 Average cost $2,167 Membership. Mt^mbevs received on pro- fession Mi.'inbors received on cer- tificate Do.iths and reuiuvals 3,928 3,031 4,;i24 Total Mt'mbers reported 78,748 Adults baptized 659 Infants baptized 3,725 Sal'lxith .Schools. Schools open the whole y.ar 515 Schools Oi)en part of year 194 Total schorls roported. . 709 Avnra^'e months open .... 10.7 Offiours and ti-aoliurs 6,973 Niimlior scliolars reported .'iOiSis Contributed by S. Schools, $23,-il0 Coiit'-ibiitioiis. Salaries of Ministers $138,748 Congngntiomd expenses. . 198.338 To the Boards 95,587 General contributions .... 5i',< 93 Total Average per member Average sulury of pastors. . Legacies . 783,666 10.75 928 10,813 Contributors. Congregations contributing to all the funds Congregations not contrih. utint^ to any of the funds Congregal ions not reporting Membership in 1877 of con- gregations not reporting in 1878 183 57 101 £.831 ■I iM-W!'vm"J«JJ; »^ J^b of th8 U clmly f^nvveyMng the i J j^^^ faring tbe last two bending to a great worK w century. ^NBOOX. Ill ' .^.- ol the I notice a-. I') e of 24 tousand intfrest Pastors, iinuonri'd t as rnn- es a lif ftd ,tLon li*-!® r iu strong .(.loudness j\», c»nr»»P cletiTcd I' t her sid.' of iituvy looks , of rresV»y- a tendency sta on men „, and liow )e endorsed. ,g tdong tl»e e dangers on uitisn', there tlie (.hristinn Thrt actnal ^ view of the .rewUng these ^l.s and cm- this contin. «t l^ piAye7"K [ecade* ol ihs ^^■,//. «? \-?^ MOBE " PIONEEB F6()T.rRINTS.'» After the pnper about *'Foot-printB of, t)ie Presbfteijaii Pioneeri*' was printed, the writer leitmed. by a leiler fmm Ber. S. Fenton, ot Vittoria. that Bev. Jabiz CoUver. a Presbyl^rinn Minister wb« "vrwor* dained in the United StntHH in thH year Qeotfffi III. y^M orowtiejSl," R«^|ed in Norfolk County in 1793. antedating the (itTi\ in CanadA of Hr. 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