FUND FOR DISABLED MINISTERS, AND THE NEEDY WIDOWS AND ORPHANS OF DECEASED MINISTERS. Rev. GEORGE HALE, D.D., Secretary. REV. CHARLES BROWN, Treasurer. The following resolutions reported by the Joint Committee on the Fund for Disabled Ministers, and the Ministerial Relief Fund were adopted by the late General Assembly, namely: “I. That the Fund be designated The Relief Fund for Disabled Ministers and the Widows and Orphans of Deceased Ministers. "II. That the Trustees of the General Assembly shall annually, at as early a day as practicable after the rising of the Assembly, elect a Secretary, and a Treasurer, and four of their number, who, for the present year, shall be a Com inittee to take charge of the management of this Fund. "III. That the Trustees of the General Assembly be recommended to continue in office the present Secretaries of the two Funds, the one to be the Secretary of the Relief Fund and the other to be their Treasurer. "IV. That the Trustees of the Presbyterian House, and the Trustees of the General Assembly be directed to pay the income accruing from investments held by them respectively for the purposes of this Fund, to the Treasurer of the Relief Fund." At a meeting of the Board of Trustees held on the 7th, and 15th of June, 1870, the arrangements were begun and perfected for carrying into effect the above resolutions. The Committee elected to take in charge of the management of the Relief Fund, consists of Rev. Alex'r Reed, D.D., Chairman; Rev. Herrick Johnson, D.D., Samuel Hood, Esq., John C. Farr, Esq.; Rev. George Hale, D.D., Secretary; Rev. Charles Brown, Treasurer, office 1334 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. As there are not funds in the Treasury to pay the appropriations made already by the committee, and which were due on the 1st of July, we appeal most earnestly to the friends of the needy to come quickly to our help. 1870.] General Assembly's Committee on Freedmen. 191 GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S COMMITTEE ON FREEDMEN. Rev. A. C. MCCLELLAND, Cor. Secretary. REV. JAS. ALLISON, D.D., Treasurer, Lock Box 43, Pittsburgh, Pa. WM. MAIN, Esq., Receiving Agent, 907 Arch street, Philadelphia. Success. 66 We have more than once expressed the opinion that there was probably no work in which the Presbyterian Church is engaged, that has been owned and blessed of God with such signal success as her work among the Freedmen. And figures, we think, go to indicate, so far as figures may, that this opinion is not without foundation. Taking up the Annual Report of the General Assembly's Committee on Freedmen for 1870, and running our eyes down the column headed "communicants received during the year," it fell upon such figures as, 10, 12, 18, 20, 25, 31, 40, 47, 61, 72, indicating how many had been added to the individual churches opposite whose names these figures stand. These we thought were "goodly numbers." But part of them were on certificate," and so might be largely the result of migration, and in so far would not indicate actual success; and turning to page 9, we took the number added during the year "on examination", (667), and dividing it by the whole number of churches (69), we found an average of 9 and a fraction for each church under care of the Committee had been added on examination during the year. This did not seem to be a large figure, so we instituted a comparison: and taking up the Minutes of the (late) O. S. Assembly for 1869, we divided the whole number (15,189) received on examination, by the whole number of churches (2,740), and found an average of but 5 and a fraction for each. We then took the Minutes of the (late) N. S. Church for the same year, went through the same process (dividing 9,707 by 1,631), and found but the same average of 5 and a fraction. The only difference being a larger fraction. Combining these two churches, of course, produced a like result, an average of but 5 and a fraction added on examination to each church during the year. These figures then, let it be observed, go to show, that so far as additions on examination indicate success in church work, that among the Freedmen alone is greater by more than one-third than that of the whole Presbyterian Church combined. Surely if success in winning souls should encourage and stimulate the church to go forward with increased effort any where, so far as human judgment can go, she has this success in her missions among the Freedmen of the South. Shall we then be obliged to continue to refuse earnest applicants for the privilege of entering this field of self-denying labour, where the fruits of toil are so precious and abundant? Or, shall a largely increased liberality enable us to say to these many labourers, Enter and reap in this field, "white already to harvest?" Which? This is a question which the churches will answer. In the above, we use figures from the Report of the General Assembly's Committee on Freedmen alone, only because similar data are not given in that of the Freedmen's Department of the Presbyterian Committee of Home Missions. But an extract from this will indicate a similar success among the missions of which it makes mention, viz: "In several districts where our missionaries and teachers are operating, there have been reported seasons of deep religious feeling and precious revivals of religion. 192 General Assembly's Committee on Freedmen. [August "In their general character, these revivals, though occurring in sections of country far remote from each other, were remarkably similar. "A growing seriousness was observed among the young people, an increased attendance upon the meetings for prayer and religious worship, and then an ingathering to the fold of Christ; without outward excitement, noiseless, and, we trust, enduring." From the Field. A MISSIONARY in Virginia, some weeks ago, writes: "You will be glad to hear, as I am to report, that there is a general religious awakening among the freedmen throughout the bounds of our three churches. "At the Big Oak, where we have had a series of evening meetings for more than a fortnight, twenty-one express a hope that they have passed from a state of spiritual death to life in Christ, and they, with two others previously converted, have applied for admission to the church. More than twenty others are seeking religion. The elders have been very efficient and judicious helpers. The preached word has been listened to with great seriousness and interest by large congrega tions. "At the Russel Grove two were received into the church yesterday, and others hope to be at an early day. On one night six of Mrs. Neil's night scholars, young men, were among the inquirers." DONATIONS TO THE COMMITTEE ON FREEDMEN IN MAY AND JUNE, 1870. 2.00 24 10 Pby of Atlantic-Edisto ch and sch 11; James Pby of New York-Westminster ch Phy of Pittsburgh-(Old Ohio) Shady Side ch 109; 117 23 119 13 ECCLESIASTICAL RECORD. DISSOLUTION OF THE PASTORAL RELATION. Rev. Samuel Findley and the First Church of Miami City. Rev. W. E. Ijams and the Second church in Germantown, Pa. Rev. R. A. Sawyer and the Third Presbyterian Church, Dayton, Ohio. Rev. J. H. Clark and the church at Washington, Mo. Rev. W. S. Franklin and the church at Marcellus, N. Y. CALLS RECEIVED OR ACCEPTED. Rev. J. S. Stuchell to the church of Minersville, also to Hazlewood Church, Pittsburgh. Rev. H. K. Hennigh to the Linn Grove Church, Presbytery of Cedar. Rev. A. G. Wilson to the First Presbyterian Church, Beloit, Wis. Rev. L. J. Wasson to the Fairview Presbyterian Church, Presbytery of Ohio. Rev S. P. Linn to the Wayne Presbyterian Church, Presbytery of Chester. Rev. R. A. Sawyer to the church of Irvington, N. Y. Rev. Joseph Patterson to the churches of Still Fork and Minerva, Ohio. Rev. J. H. Brown, D.D., to the church worshipping at the corner of Wabash Avenue and Thirty-first Street, Chicago, a union of the South Twenty-eighth Street and Thirty-first Street churches." Rev. Samuel Conn to the First Presbyterian Church, New Albany, Ind. Rev. H. B. Thayer to the First Presbyterian Church, Warren, Ill. Rev. W. E. Jones to the Tuscarora Church Western New York. Rev. Isaac Watts Monfort to the Andrew Church, St. Anthony, Minn. Rev. William McElwee to the church at Bowling Green, Ohio. Rev. Isaac M. Hughes to the church at Richmond, Ind. Rev. H. M. Painter to the Third Church, Springfield, Ill. Rev. James Douglass of Pulaski to the Stone Street Church, Watertown, N. Y. Rev. David Torrey, D.D., to the Presbyterian church of Cazenovia, N. Y. Rev. Lyman Marshall to the church in Lebanon, Ill. Rev. Samuel Findley to the New Jersey Church, Presbytery of Miami. Rev. J. C. Kelly to the West Jersey Church, Presbytery of Huntingdon. ORDINATIONS AND INSTALLATIONS. Rev. Addison K. Strong, D.D., was installed pastor of the Pine Street Church, Harrisburg, Pa, on the 14th of June. Mr. Galen A. Seiler and C. A. Wyeth were ordained to the gospel ministry by the Fresbytery of Carlisle, on the 14th of June. Mr. Alexander S. Peck has been ordained and installed pastor of the Wyoming Church, Presbytery of Chicago. Rev. Edward G. Thurber was installed pastor of the Park Centre Church, Syracuse, N. Y., on the 26th of June; or as in other papers, the 30th of June. Rev. S. C. McElroy was installed pastor of the Derry and Washingtonville churches, by the Presbytery of Northumberland, on the 27th of May. Rev. Charles W. Cooper was installed pastor of the church at Marlborough, N. Y., on the 18th of June, after the dedication of the new church there. Mr. J. V. Cellars was ordained and installed pastor of the Providence Street Church, Allegheny City, on the 23d of June. Rev. R. S. Van Cleve was installed pastor of the Leetsdale Church on the 22d of June. Rev. D. C. Cooper was installed pastor of the Centreville Church, by the Presbytery of Allegheny, on the 28th of June. Rev. W. C. Falconer was installed pastor of the church at Sharpsburg, on the 25th of June. Rev. Levi Risher has been installed pastor of the churches of Fairmount and Plains, Presbytery of Allegheny. POST-OFFICE ADDRESSES CHANGED. Rev. R. H. Beattie from Milford, Pa., to Bloomingburg, N. Y. Rev. H. K. Hennigh from New Castle, Ind., to Mt. Vernon, Iowa. Rev. J. J. Gridley from Greenville, Pa., to Woodsfield, Ohio. Rev. M. Noerr from Coal Valley to Paxton, Ford Co., Ill. Rev. William Buehren from McGregor, Iowa, to Napa City, Cal. Rev. D. M. Williamson from Logansport, to Perrysburg, Ind. Rev. Isaac Watts Monfort from Greenfield, Ind., to St. Anthony, Minn. Rev. J. L. Wycoff from Steubenville, to Wellsville, Ohio. Rev. H. W. Behle from Granville, Wis., to Moro, Madison Co., Ill. Rev. Elias S. Schenck from Brainerd Institute, Cranberry, N. J., to New Jersey Military Institute, Pine Grove, Trenton, N. J. Rev. J. E. Fisher, from Savannah to Lath rop, Mo. Rev. J. H. 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