cisville ch 4; Rev A Steed and family 8. Pby of St Louis-Bethel Sab-sch 7 50. Pby of Southwestern Missouri-Rev J McFarland 2 137 19. 21 50 SYNOD OF NEW JERSEY.-Pby of BurlingtonFirst ch. Burlington 28. Pby of ElizabethtownSecond en, Rahway, 130, Sab-sch 7 19 Phy of Luzerne-Wyoming ch 30; White Haven Sab-sch 10; Summit Hill ch, 10 20, P9 80 20. Pby of Monmouth-Shrewsbury ch 50; Tom's River Sab-sch 2 82; Squan Villiage Sab-sch 6 50. Phy of Newton-Belvidere ch 60; Harmony ch 71 25; Danville Sab-sch 10. Pby of New BrunswickStoney Brook Sab-sch 9 35; 3d ch, Trenton, special 60. Pby of Passaic-Mt Olive Sab-sch Infant Class 3; 1st ch, Morristown 99 57; 1st ch, Rutherford Park 44 51; 3d ch, Newark, mo con 27; Wickliffe ch, mo con 7: Central'ch. Orange 20.1. Pby of Raritan-Clinton ch, Ladies' Sewing Society to con Mrs Mary Sigler Life Member 35. Pby of Susquehanna-Towanda ch, mo con 46 957 19 SYNOD OF NEW YORK.-Pby of Connecticul-Port Chester Sab-sch 14 45; Rye ch, add'l 100, mo con 13 55 113 55; North Salem Sab-sch 2 70; South East ch 8 78. Phy of Hudson-Florida ch, mo con 5; Monticello ch 29 43: Mt Hope ch, mo con 24 44, Sab-sch 5 56 - 30; Washingtonville ch 27 57: Goshen Sab-sch 50. Pby of Long IslandHuntington South Sab-sch 15; Amagansett ch 5: East Hampton ch 96 77. Pby of Nassau-Genevan ch, mo con 46 53; Ainslie Street ch, Brooklyn, mo con 28 22; Astoria ch, mo con 30; South Third Street ch, Williamsburg, mo con 94 25; 1st ch, Brooklyn, mo con 76 44; German ch, Williamsburg 13, Sab-sch 7 20. Pby of New York -Yorkville ch, mo con 1 75; Brick ch, mo con 102 58, Mission ch 11 50 114 08; 1st ch, New York, mo con 177 41; Potts Memorial ch 15 70; University Place ch, mo con 17 65; Chelsea ch 36 58: Eighty-fourth Street ch, J Somerville, 100, Sab-sch Infant Class 12 02 112 02; 1st ch, Jersey City 6 60. Pby of New York 2d-Peekskil! ch, mo con 36 57; Scotch ch New York, mo con, June, Oct, Nov. 321; R Carter & Bros 500 - 821. Pby of North River-Kingston ch, 67 50, Sab-sch 80; Calvary ch, Newburg 29 27 2,142 32 SYNOD OF NORTHERN INDIA.-Pby of Furrukhabad -Furrukhabad City Mission ch 44 86. Hindoo and 50 00 Mohammedan Teachers 5 14, in gold 12.50 SYNOD OF NORTHERN INDIANA.-Pby of Crawfordsville-West Lebanon Sab-sch 3 50. Pby of Logansport-Lafayette Sab-sch 3 63 7 13 SYNOD OF OHIO.-Pby of Hocking-First ch, Athens 20. Pby of Marion-Marion Sab-sch 15. Ply of Richland-Perrysville ch, a lady 10, a gentleman 5 15; Orange Sab-sch 12 55; Waterford ch 5 10; Savannah Sab-sch 22 cts; Frederickstown ch 60 25. Phy of Wooster-Canal Fulton ch 10 75; Chippewa ch 13, Miss L, for China 5, proceeds of pictures left by Mrs J K Dague, for China 10 28; Keene ch 15 25; Shreve Sab-sch 1 50; Nashville ch, Highlands, Sab-sch 9 25; Orrville ch 11; Holmesville ch 28 70. Pby of Zanesville-Brownsville ch 49 50; 1st ch Newark Sab313 56 sch 31 49 SYNOD OF PACIFIC.-Pby of Oregon-Portland ch, mo con 93: Eugene City ch 10. "Pby of Stockton118 25 Ione ch 15 25 SYNOD OF PHILADELPHIA.-Pby of Donegal-Little Britain ch 22 35; Chanceford ch, Shiloh Sab-sch 3 70. Pby of Huntingdon-West Kishacoquillas Sab-sch 20; Birmingham ch, Warrior's Mark Sab-sch 42; East Freedom ch 17; Martinsburg ch 10. Pby of Northumberland-Newberry ch, Williamsport, Sab-sch, to educate Dina Nath Paul, at Ambala, (credited by error in Nov, to B W Thompson. for support of Teacher) 64; Great Island Sab-sch 7 22, Infant Class 4 45 11 67; Jersey Shore ch 60. Pby of Philadelphia-Fourth ch Sab-sch, to con Miss Maggie Mahood Life member 30; Tenth ch, mo col 67 62. Pby of Philadelphia Central-Second ch Phila 37, P 10 47; Kensington Sab-sch, add'l 10. Pby of Philadelphia 2d— Newtown ch. Infant Class 13 10; Conshohocken ch, Spring Mill, Sab-sch 4; Holmesburg ch 31 80; 1st ch Norristown Sab-sch 70 90 525 14 SYNOD OF PITTSBURGH-Pby of Blairsville-ArPby of magh ch 16 50; Centreville ch 6 50. Clarion-Mt Tabor Sab-sch 3; Mill Creek Sab-sch 5; Brookville Sab-sch 20 66. Pby of Ohio-Bethel ch 21; Montours ch 5 05; East Liberty ch 166 09; Lawrenceville ch, Ladies' Mite Soc'y 20. Poy of 463 80 Saltsburg-Indiana ch 200 3. 00 SYNOD OF ST PAUL-Pby of St Paul-South Bend ch SYNOD OF SANDUSKY.-Ply of Findlay-Van Wert Sab-sch 3. Pby of Maumee-Bryan Sab-sch 25; Union ch 14 15, Sab-sch 6, Lawrence M and 22 15. Pby of Esther H Junkins' Miss'y Box 2 Michigan-South Lyon Sab-sch 2 10. Pby of West55 60 ern Reserve-Lafayette Sab-sch 3 35 SYNOD OF SOUTHERN IOWA-Pby of Des MoinesIndianola Sab-seh 3; 1st ch Knoxville 10 50. Poy of Missouri River-First ch Nebraska City Sab27 50 sch, Golden Rule Miss'y Soc'y 14 SYNOD OF WHEELING.-Pby of New Lisbon-Coitsville ch 11. Pby of Steubenville-Island Creek Sab-sch 15; Wellsville Sab-sch 12 79: Feed Spring ch 10; Annapolis ch 6. Pby of St ClairsvilleCadiz ch 76 76. Pby of Washington-East Buffalo Sab-sch 10 40; 1st ch Wheeling 22 35; 1st ch Washington 14 40; 4th ch Wheeling Sab-sch 20 31. Pby of West Virginia-French Creek ch 11 75; Buckhannon ch 6 25 217 01 SYNOD OF WISCONSIN.-Pby of Dane-Rockville ch 4; Hurricane ch 1. Pby of Milwaukie-Costburgh ch 6. Pby of Winnebago-First ch Port24 48 age City Sab-sch 13 48 Total received from churches $6,772 72 LEGACIES.-Estate of Maria E Stewart, dec'd, of Phila 3,557 82; Legacy of Amos 8mith, dec'd, Lebanon. Ohio 2,302 50; Legacy of Edward Avery, dec'd, Ohio 87 88; Legacy of Jas A Trimble, $6,168 20 dec'd, Highland Co, Ohio 220 MISCELLANEOUS.-Outsiders and Insiders of Columbus Grove, Ohio 20; Lawrenceville High School, mo con 37 44; 8 B W 5; Richard Blydenburg 10; E W Lee, Ballston Spa 5; Wm Hay, Bement, Illinois 300; Rev Rob McCachren, Newville, Pa 10; Com E K Stribbling 50; Union Prayer Meeting col, O and N School, Vinton, Iowa 3 73; Mrs Hanna's Fem Sem'y, Washington, Pa 20 95; Mrs M Simpson 10; Snow Shoe Sab-sch 5; John E Parsons, New York City 100; Rel Con Soe'y, Princeton Theological Sem'y, 158 40: A Friend, Plainfield 1; New Village, LI, Congregational Sab-sch 3 85; James Russell, North Jackson, Ohio 100; A Friend. Lewistown, Ill 100; Rev Dr HR Wilson 25; Rev HR Wilson, Jr 5; James L, Bessie L, and Mary J Wilson 5 each 15; Mrs Lowrie's Sab-sch class 1; Mrs JC De Klyn 5; Mrs Mary E Robinson, Washingtonville, Pa 5; SF C, Pa 10; E H Rockwell to con Rev Andrew D Mitchell Life member 30; Rev W A H. and E C H, one-tenth Christmas presents 2; Mrs Wm Rankin to con Abbey M Kankin Life member 30; Rev H A Barclay, Oswego. Ill 5; H S B and wife, Poundridge 7 50; Mrs E Haddock, Phila 10; Master S C Rice, on his third birthday 3; A Lady, Delaware 5; Mr Andrew Brown. Fredericktown, Ohio 2; W JH, Oberlin, Ohio 2 50; Mrs Sophia West, Greenfield, Mo 2; Miss H A Templeton, Ohio 5 $1,110 37 64 00 $1,046 37 Less by error in Oct, now cre'd to chs Total Receipts in December 1868, $13,987 29 WM. RANKIN, JR., Treasurer. LETTERS relating to the Missions, or other operations of the Board, may be addressed to the Rev. JOHN C. LOWRIE, or Rev. DAVID IRVING, Secretaries, Mission House, 23 Centre street, New York. LETTERS relating to the pecuniary affairs of the Board, or containing remittances of money, may be sent to WILLIAM RANKIN, Jr., Esq., Certificates, of Honorary Membership, on the payment of Thirty Dollars; of Honorary Direc tors, One Hundred Dollars. BOARD OF PUBLICATION. PUBLISHING HOUSE, 821 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. Letters relating to agencies, donations of books and tracts, the appointment of Colporteurs, manuscripts and books offered for publication, and the general interests of the Board, to be addressed to the Rev. WILLIAM E. SCHENCK, D.D., Corresponding Secretary and Editor, No. 821 Chestnut street. All communications, reports, remittances of money, donations, and orders for books, to be addressed to Mr. WINTHROP SARGENT, Superintendent of Colportage, Business Correspondent, and Treasurer. Subscriptions to The Record, and the Sabbath-School Visitor, and payments for the same, to be addressed to Mr. PETER WALKER. Colportage in Iowa. One of our Iowa colporteurs, a faithful man, writes as follows: "I have just finished a hard week's work. In that time I have visited ninety-seven different houses, besides spending half a day in repairing my buggy, which was broken in one of our terrible mud-holes. How welcome is Saturday night to the worn and weary! It has seldom been. more welcome, than it now is to me, very unwell and two hundred miles from home. (That last thought doesn't make me feel any better.) I am suffering from a severe cold, the effect of sleeping in an open granary— there being no room for me in the house. But even that was a better place than my Master had, for He had "not where to lay His head." He had sorrowful days when on earth. So, perhaps, have we. Every day is not calm and bright-every night is not adorned with moon and stars. There are days of gloom and sadness, and nights of anxiety and pain. But a glorious day awaits us; a day that no night succeeds; an everlasting day in which the light of the Sun of Righteousness shall shine gloriously upon us. May to-morrow (the Sabbath) prove to me a foretaste of that eternal day. Then, with the people of God here, I expect to meet the Lord at His own table--not a Presbyterian table exclusively. May I be enabled to examine myself of my knowledge to discern the Lord's body; of my faith to feed upon Him; of my repentance, love, and new obedience; lest, going to that table unworthily, I eat and drink judgment to my own soul. "J. S. L." Testimony of a Minister. The following is from a pastor in Wisconsin, who had received a donation of a package of tracts from the Board. Dear Brother,-I received the package of tracts, for which I am very thankful. I have sent some of them already on their mission for the good of souls. One lady, into whose hands I put the book called "The Way of Salvation," told me afterwards that it just suited her state of mind, removing some difficulties that had been in her way for months. She has since professed her faith in Christ. I find that tracts are valuable helps in my pastoral work, and conse quently I always like to have them. Indeed it is one of the ways of preparing the way for the introduction and purchase of the books of our Board. It turns the minds of the people to the religious literature of the institution, whence these tracts are issued. We out here feel truly grateful to the Board for such donations, and my observation and experience teach me that it is one of the ways of reaching many hearts. We hear now and then of cases where these pages of tracts have been the means by God's blessing of saving a soul. Though we ministers are ourselves unable to purchase these, they furnish us with one item, to stir up the benevolence of our people in reference to the wants of our Board, so that in good time I hope you will hear of our little church as contributing liberally to your Colportage Fund. Your affectionate friend, An Example Worthy of Imitation. J. S. R. A little boy of Erie, Pa., had heard how much the Board of Publicacation was doing for the poor children in supplying them with papers and books, and he determined to give them his assistance. So, instead of spending his own pennies for candy and trifles, he saved them, and enlisting his little brothers and sisters in the same work, he handed to the superintendent of the Sabbath-school seventy-five cents, asking him to send that to the poor. It was sent to the Board accordingly. May God watch over and cause to grow such estimable efforts to do good, and may this little boy's example be imitated by others. A Sabbath-school Helped. * The following acknowledgment is from a missionary in Iowa to whose Sabbath-school a grant of books, &c., had been sent. Rev. W. E. SCHENCK, D.D. IOWA, December 7th, 1868. Dear Brother in Christ,―The package of Sabbath-school books, sent by our Board to our Sabbath-school, has been duly received. It was indeed a liberal supply, and just what we needed. Yesterday our Sabbath-school unanimously passed a vote of thanks to our Board for this liberal aid. I need hardly say that this kindness of our Board of Publication has encouraged me much, since it has given me the means with which to labour. And I would join my own thanks, with those of our Sabbath-school, for the books, etc., granted to us. It is one of the hardest things for a missionary to be hand-tied by the want of appropriate means for doing good, and to see others take advantage of this. But I think we can now hold our own again. Our Sabbath-school now averages eighty to ninety schol ars. Yesterday we organized and have now all the necessary officers. I had to manage the Sabbath-school alone before, and had but a few teachers to aid me. We now have brighter prospects. God bless our Board and our Secretary with his choicest favours. Knowledge and Piety. Knowledge is not to be despised or depreciated. It is earnestly to be coveted and sought. An improved mind may be an ornament and a blessing. But it is not to be mistaken or substituted for piety, nor should the dream for a moment be entertained that education without religion is sufficient to guide to virtue, happiness, and heaven. The fearful reality has often been demonstrated that knowledge without piety has served only to increase the power of man to do evil. This, by the way, is the misery of many systems of education: they cultivate the intellect but neglect the heart. . . . That sectarianism should be excluded from schools sustained by the State is clear, but that all religion should be excluded is a dangerous error. . . . As it is, the greater are the obligations imposed upon parents to teach their children the truth of the Bible, and to provide for them a religious literature. We may here see the vast importance of Sabbath-schools, Bible catechetical classes, and the diligent circulation of religious books among our children and in the community at large. There is danger in cultivating the intellect while the heart is neglected, and there can be no doubt that errorists of all kinds are making large calculations of future success in consequence of the irreligious tendency of the education of the rising race; this is one reason why we should feel deeply interested in the diffusion of religious books, particularly among the young. There is a deficiency in the literature provided by the secular press and by the funds of the State, which must be supplied by Christian parents for their own children, and by Christian effort in behalf of the destitute and indifferent. All this may appear small to some, but drops make the ocean, particles make the earth, atoms make up worlds and systems. Give a religious training to the young, supply them with sound religious reading, cultivate their hearts as well as their understandings, and the next generation will be wiser and better than their fathers. Let Them Alone. M. Beware of bad books, because if you, and others like you, will let them alone, they will soon cease to be published. Every such book you buy encourages the guilty publisher to make another. Thus you not only endanger your own morals, but pay a premium on the means of ruining others. NEW PUBLICATIONS. The Board of Publication has just issued the following new works suitable for the Sabbath-school library and for family reading. I. Golden Hills. A tale of the Irish Famine, a beautiful volume in small 12mo. Price $1.25. This tale admirably depicts one of the sharp trials through which unhappy Ireland has passed, and holds out in bold and clear relief the depressing and distinctive influence of Popery upon its population. It also shows that difficult and discouraging as some labours may appear, it is not in vain that God's children labour to let in the light of divine truth upon those whose minds are darkened by superstition. The volume is full of life and interest. 1 II. Mabel Clarke, or Looking unto Jesus. 18mo. Price 60 cents. A beautiful portrait of Christian experience, of a young Christian strugling against difficulties, and trying to glorify her Master and do good to the souls of her companions. III. Footsteps in the Light. 18mo. Price 50 cents. A sketch of child-life and child-experience very pleasantly presented, and well adapted to draw the thoughts and the affections of the young to the Redeemer as the friend of children. IV. The Silversmith of Jerusalem. By the author of "Asa and his Family," and "Ellen and her Cousins." 18mo. Price 65 cents. The scene of this volume is the Holy Land, mainly the city of Jerusalem. "The design is to give a general outline of the history of the chosen people from the time of their establishment in the Holy Land; to locate the places where the principal events in their history took place, and to bring into order occurrences and times which, upon a cursory reading, seem confused and obscure." A most instructive as well as interesting volume. V. The Prisoners. By the Rev. W. P. Breed, D.D., author of "Lessons in Flying," "Grapes from the Great Vine," ""The Little Priest," &c., &c. 18mo. Price 75 cents. In his inimitable way Dr. Breed here sets before his youthful readers the prisoners of sin and Satan, and the liberty wherewith Christ makes is people free. The illustrations are many and striking, and the whole subject of redemption is set impressively before the minds of the young. Dr. Breed is doing excellent service to the Church and the world, by enabling the Board to supply our Sabbath-schools with such books as this and his others which have preceded it. VI. Margaret Lawrence, and other stories. 18mo. Price 60 cents. Eleven chapters, each illustrative of an important lesson, and setting forth in an attractive manner a portion of Divine truth. VII. The Little Street-sweeper. 18mo. Price 45 cents. A charming tale of child-life, in one of its phases not seldom seen in our great cities. The book is delightfully written. A single copy of any publication of the Board will be sent by mail, prepaid, on receipt of the catalogue price. Address orders to WINTHROP SARGENT, Esq., 821 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. DONATIONS RECEIVED FOR THE COLPORTAGE AND DISTRIBUTION FUNDS OF THE PRESBYTERIAN BOARD OF PUBLICATION, SINCE LAST ACKNOWLEDGMENT. |