calls which were made to us in stationing there a faithful and active minister.

tion, but forbade him to preach except in churches, or at meetings of less than twenty persons.

Mr. Saujon, evangelist, has been subject to similar restraints. A similar order had obliged our brethren to multiply greatly the services, which might be called family worship, as these were not interdicted to them, in places where the pulpits of the national churches were closed against them. Notwithstand

Savoy, a country which is almost ours by its proximity, and which is open at last to the knowledge of the Scriptures; we have placed a pastor there, a brother, who by his faith and zeal, as well as by his prudence and experience, unites the qualities particularly necessary to this difficult station. He had been last summer, in charge of the duties of d'Aix-ing that a great number of the neighbouring pastors les Banis.

The difficulties which hinder the free preaching of the Gospel in France, and which were adverted to in our last report, have not yet been removed; but if the agents of the Societies of France have been often victims of those difficulties, ours have not been disturbed to the same degree. In Saintonge, the proceedings begun last year had the effect in two stations of interdicting meetings of more than twenty persons, when not held in churches. In the department of Saône et Loire, Mr. Getaz, evangelist, had been even obliged to suspend, during many months, worship in the church of Branges, notwithstanding that this church was built and consecrated to the Lord more than twenty years ago, and that worship had been celebrated since that time.

A search had been made at Mr. C's house under the pretext that he distributed remedies contrary to the laws. In the Drôme, at Hostan, the school of the young ladies has been shut. A suit was commenced against Mr. Verner, for an unauthorized meeting at St. Julien en Quint, but it has been abandoned.

Such are the vexations by which our work is sometimes stopped. These vexations are deplorable, on account of the principle on which they are committed, which annihilates liberty of worship, and is always threatening for the future. But thanks to our Lord, they have not much disturbed our work this year, and everywhere these vexations have been overruled to promote the zeal and the life of the Christians.

Notices of the work of Evangelization in Saintonge. The evangelization of Saintonge, without offering this year results as striking as that in other countries, has, notwithstanding, presented some interesting incidents, and gives us good hopes for the

future.

sympathize with our work, there have been some others who have shown a hostility, and who have seized the opportunity of administrative difficulties to shut their pulpits against our evangelists.

Here, as in most cases of that kind, the attacks have turned to the profit of spiritual life. The evangelical pastors gave to our friends the most positive tokens of their brotherly affection; their pulpits were open to them, and the numerous listeners bore witness by their presence at the preaching of our agents, to their wish to see the Divine Word proclaimed with full liberty.

OBITUARY.

DEATH OF MRS. JANVIER.

The following account of the last illness and death of Mrs. Janvier, which occurred on the 5th of May, will be read with painful interest by many. It is from the pen of the Rev. A Rudolph.

The intelligence which this letter brings you will no doubt make your heart sad; though this afflictive providence will not entirely take you by surprise, as you, as well as we, have been for a long time prepared for it.

Our dear sister in the Lord, Mrs. Janvier, has entered into her rest; and how delightful must have been that change to her, after so long and so severe suffering. Since January last, her little remaining strength had greatly declined, and she had become very feeble. I scarcely could hope, that she might be spared to see the hills once more. During the last month she seemed, however, to get a little more strength, and as her stay in the hills during the last three summers had been so greatly blessed, and no doubt had been the means of prolonging her days so far, it seemed advisable to remove her there again, though certainly we all considered it a risk to do so. And yet the risk in letting her stay here during the summer, seemed to be a still greater one. Brother Janvier started with her on the 24th of last month; she seemed then stronger than she had been for some time, and we little thought that we would soon have to lay her in her last resting-place. She got on very well, and without feeling much the effects of the journey, until they reached Kassauli, but the fatigues of the journey through the hills to Simla seem to have been too much for her weak and wornout frame. After reaching Simla, (which was on the 1st,) she suffered much from palpitation of the The consequences which were to be expected in heart, and consequent quick breathing. On Thursthe beginning, have not followed these difficulties. day, the 4th, this increased to a very distressing After the suits against the minister, Mr. Chapiot, a degree. Still, Mr. Janvier had so often seen her judicial inquiry took place, and the truth had sprung in this state, that he did not think her in special forth. All the charges against him fell to the danger, but hoped that rest, and the remedies usual ground, with the exception of a meeting held with-in such cases, would afford relief. A kind medical out authority; this accusation was answered by showing that the use of the place for worship had been authorized in 1844. The magistrates attested Mr. Chapiot's respectable character, and knowing the Christian end of his work, abandoned the prosecu

In some parts of the department of Charente Inférieur, the preaching was subjected, some months before our last meeting, to obstacles; the other part of the department has not been disturbed. As was to be expected, the same differences are presented in the spiritual results. The part where the obstacles were most numerous, is where more life is found, more souls who rise from their sleep; the part where liberty is greatest is the one where sleep is most profound.

friend was in attendance, and prescribed what her case seemed to require. It was however of no avail. Other things were tried, but with equally little suc cess. The symptoms continued unabated, with consequent prostration of strength, and hourly increase

of danger. At length, in the evening, as a last resort, a composing draught was given, which had the effect of allaying the excitement, and procuring the weary sufferer a little rest. She then slept quietly for two or three hours, waking at intervals to ask for drink, &c., and expressing great satisfaction and thankfulness at having at length obtained relief. Nature was however exhausted, and between 2 and 3 o'clock in the morning, Mr. Janvier saw that the last change was coming on. A few moments served to close the scene, and the spirit departed, to enter, as we hope and believe, the abodes of the redeemed.

While formerly her mind had been much beclouded by doubts and fears, the merciful Saviour permitted her, the last day before her death, not only to look with calmness and composure, but with comfort, at the prospect before her. She told her husband that the Lord had brought her to Simla to die; thus evidently realizing the position she was in. Again she said, "Can it be that I am treading the verge of Jordan?" When she was told that the Lord had done all things well, she replied, "Yes, and it will be well." Many comfortable passages of Scripture and parts of hymns occurred to her mind during the day, such as, "I cast my sins on Jesus," "Jesus, thy blood and righteousness," etc., and she expressed her hope that the Saviour had accepted her. This was of course very comforting to our poor afflicted brother, who had long been wishing and praying that the Lord would make her more sensible of her acceptance with him. She seemed to be conscious almost to the last, having spoken quite distinctly only a few minutes before her departure.

It would perhaps ill accord with her simplicity of mind and unassuming character, if I were to say much in praise of her many virtues, that won for her so many friends. She was much beloved by those that knew her, and her death will make many a heart sad. Her naturally sweet and pleasant countenance had received a new impress by her long continued disease, which made her sometimes look sad, but which nevertheless added new interest to

her appearance. She seemed to me a most patient sufferer, that felt deeply her affliction, and yet knew how to bear it with composure and submission.

Mr. Janvier brought her remains down to Lodiana, and on the day before yesterday, in the morning, we buried her in the little graveyard in the mission premises, there to rest till the great morn of the resurrection, when they shall be invigorated with new activity. Her spirit, we have reason to hope, is in the tender hands of the blessed Jesus, who knows how to comfort, and how to make infinitely happy.

Our dear brother feels deeply the loss he has sustained. Their union was a happy one; such a separation must have created a blank in the heart that nothing can fill-nothing but the Saviour; and our brother does not mourn as those who have no hope. He knows the only, the blessed Comforter, and to him he goes.

SYNOD OF BUFFALO.-Pby of Ogdensburg-Ogdens burg, NY, "a friend to missions"

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SYNOD OF NEW YORK.-Pby of Hudson-West Town ch 27 17; Hamptonburg ch 17 43, less 7 for Foreign Missionary; Centreville ch 24. Pby of North River -Cold Spring ch mo con 10; Marlborough ch 450; Newburg ch 33 28, Sab sch 38. Pby of BedfordRed Mills ch, S S Myrick 4; Patterson ch 9 60; Yorktown ch 4 30; North Salem ch 11; Rye ch, G D Craigin 25; White Plains ch 39 88. Pby of Long Island-East Hampton ch 6174; Southampton ch, Shiniecock Indian Sab sch for Choctaw mission 1 11; Islip and Huntington chs 24. Pby of New YorkNew York First ch ann coll addl 500, mo con 115 45, Sab sch to ed W W Phillips 6 25, Miss L Jaudon's class to ed Fanny Phillips 6 25, Teachers to ed James Donaldson and Sarah C Dow 1250, Young Ladies to ed Mary K Lowrie 12 50, Mrs Lowrie's class to ed girl at Canton 6 25, Infant Sab sch to ed Walter Lowrie at Spencer 6 25; Madison Av ch mo con 35 50; Greenbush ch 2; Chelsea ch mo con 11 50; Brooklyn 1st ch mo con 17 32; Forty-second st ch mo con 23 15, Sab sch, Mrs Hepburn's class to ed girl at Canton 12 50; Newtown ch 38 50; Jamaica ch 50; Yorkville ch mo con 7 80. 2d Pby of New York-Sing Sing ch, of which 15 from Sab sch 150. Pby of Connecticut-Hartford ch 10 1351 73SYNOD OF NEW JERSEY.-Pby of Elizabethtown-Perth Amboy ch Sab sch to ed Wm Crowell at Iowa Mission 25; Rahway 2d ch in part to con Rev GEORGE S MOTT I d 50. Pby of Passaic-Morristown 1st ch 104. Pby of New Brunswick-New Brunswick 1st ch 26; Squan Village ch 6 50. Pby of West JerseyCamden ch 6; Cedarville ch fem miss soc 20 50; Cape Island ch 11 25. Pby of Newton-Harmony ch 5; Belvidere ch 50; Lower Mount Bethel ch 50. Pby of Raritan-Pleasant Grove and Lower German Valley ch 15. Pby of Susquehanna-Wyalusing ch 479; Warren ch 5. Pby of Luzerne-Mauch Chunk ch 30; Summit Hill ch, of which 3 15 from Sab sch 12 28. Pby of Burlington-Burlington ch Sab sch to ed TL Cuyler 25 446 32 SYNOD OF PHILADELPHIA. Pby of PhiladelphiaCrookville ch Sab sch 5; Philadelphia 7th ch mo con coll's 79 51, Sab sch 32 91; Tenth ch mo con 49 10; South-Western ch 7; Treydiffen ch 40. 2d Pby of Philadelphia-Allen township ch 45; Catasauque ch 10; Holmesburg ch 15. Pby of New Castle Red Clay Creek ch 27 50; Lower Brandywine ch 6 50; Fagg's Manor ch, R W Brown 5; Doe Run and Coatesville chs 38; Octorara ch Sab sch 17 16. Pby of Donegal-Slate Ridge ch 37; Middle Octorara ch 23. Pby of Baltimore-Bethel ch, family of Christian H Bessler 10; Madison st ch 2 31; Govane Chapel 5; Ellicott's Mills ch Sab sch 8. Pby of Carlisle Millersburg ch 25. Pby of HuntingdonLick Run ch 22; Williamsburg ch 80 25; Clearfield ch 1609; West Kishacoquillas ch add] 1; Sinking Creek and Spring Creek chs 268 77; Lower Tuscarora ch 228; Lewistown ch 25 27; Presbyterial coll 12 13. Pby of Northumberland-Great Island ch in part 61; Mooresburg ch fem miss soc 9 SYNOD OF PITTSBURGH.-Pby of Blairsville-Strongs

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town ch 125; Fairfield ch 1274; Pine Run ch 15; Leechburg ch 10; Sab sch 3; Mechanicsburg ch 7; Cherry Run ch 4; Warren ch 605; Boiling Spring ch, Mrs Jane McLaughlin 10; Elder's Ridge ch 10 34; West Lebanon ch 5 90. Pby of RedstoneBrownsville ch 20; Rehoboth ch 48; Dunlap's Creek ch 150; Laurel Hill ch fem miss soc 22 88; Tyrone ch 822; Round Hill ch 10 75. Pby of Ohio-Bethel ch, to con MATTHEW MOORE 1 m 30; Miller's Run ch 2350; Chartiers ch 11 25; Long Island ch, children of James H Hamilton 4 20, John S Hamilton, Jr (a little boy) 50 cents. Pby of Alleghany-Plain Grove fem miss soc 56; Portersville ch 10. Pby of Beaver-Little Beaver ch 40; West Middlesex ch 14 91; Unity ch 25 67; Pulaski ch fem miss soc 15.. Pby of Erie-Franklin ch 24 10, Sab sch to ed Samuel Miller Eaton 625. Pby of Clarion-Callensburg ch fem miss soc 26 25; Concord ch fem miss soc 11 12; Bethesda ch fem miss soc 13 50; Rock

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its expenditures continue large, while its receipts are smallest, and that it now has before it the season in which its receipts are usually largest. Nevertheless, judging from the receipts of the years past, and their variations, unless those receipts are con

Letters relating to agencies, the appointment of colpor-siderably increased during the next few months teurs, and the general interests of the Board, to be ad- above those of previous winters, the spring will find dressed to the Rev. W. E. SCHENCK, Corresponding Secre- this fund still in arrears. At the same time, the tary, No. 265 Chestnut street. pastors of some of our wealthiest churches in the cities are warning the Board, that owing to the "hardness of the times," their contributions for every good cause are now considerably smaller than in former years. Encouraged by resolutions of the General Assembly, as well as by the evidently growing interest of the churches in the colporteur enterprise, and still more by the manifest smiles of God, and help of his blessed Spirit vouchsafed to the colporteurs in their labours of love, the Board have sought to put forth into the field an increased force of these devoted men. Accordingly, during the last six months the number of colporteurs in commission is considerably larger than in any preceding half year. Moreover, applications are weekly coming in from pastors, Presbyteries, Synods, and other sources, for the appointment of additional men to this work. Meanwhile, God, in his good providence, is also remarkably furnishing suitable men, and making them willing to enter upon this self-denying service.

NEW CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. At a meeting of the Board of Publication held on the 19th of September last, the Rev. WILLIAM E. SCHENCK was elected Corresponding Secretary, and on the 1st day of November entered upon the duties of that office. Mr. Schenck was for several years pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Princeton, New Jersey, but more recently has been for two and a half years labouring as Superintendent of Church Extension in the city of Philadelphia. At a meeting of the Church Extension Committee of the Presbytery of Philadelphia held on Friday, October 13th, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted, in view of Mr. Schenck's resignation of his office of Superintendent, with a view to his acceptance of the Secretaryship of the Board of Publication:

Resolved, That this Committee bear unfeigned testimony to the industry, fidelity, and ability with which the duties of Superintendent of the work of Church Extension have been performed by the Rev. William E. Schenck, and that

in the peculiar circumstances of difficulty with which the

work has been surrounded since his incumbency, he has accomplished all that it was in the power of those quali

ties to secure.

Resolved, That while we rejoice that his services have been secured to the Church at large, in a position of wider exertion and usefulness, we yield him up with sincere regret, and tender him our heartiest wishes that his health and happiness may be continued, and his labours blessed in his new sphere by the Great Head of the Church.

MATTHEW NEWKIRK, Chairman.
WILLIAM R. HANSON, Secretary.
JOHN M. HARPER, Treasurer.

TO ALL OUR PASTORS.
265 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia,
November, 1854.

Fathers and Brethren:
In entering, a few days ago, upon the work to
which the Board of Publication has called me,
my attention was almost immediately arrested by
the fact that the Colportage Fund of the Board is
not only quite exhausted, but is at this time more
than $6000 in arrears. It is true, the Board has
just passed through that season of the year in which

Fathers and brethren! In these interesting circumstances of emergency, what is to be done? Are there any among you who will say: Recall some of these labourers from their blessed work? Are there any who will even say: Refuse to commission any more colporteurs for a time? We believe there is not one among you who is willing to say this.

both affectionately and respectfully, but earnestly, We must appeal to you then, and we wish to do it in the name of our common Lord and Master, to do what in each one of you lies, to help in making up the arrearages now due, and yet more, in helping us to such enlarged means, that we may be able to send forth yet many more labourers into the wide and inviting field. The present sad and unexampled scarcity of gospel ministers, is one among many reasons, urgently calling upon the Church at this time to do so. As has been forcibly said, "the colporteur is no substitute for the gospel minister, but he is an excellent and most desirable substitute for nothing." Help us then, we beseech you, to send forth colporteurs among the swelling millions of our population. Help us to send them far and wide over all the destitutions of the land. Within the past six months, the Board has had one hundred and fifty-seven colporteurs scattered throughout twenty-seven States of the Union, as well as in Nova Scotia and Canada, and one in India. But the way is abundantly open

for a far wider employment of this powerful agency for good, whenever the churches shall put it in the the power of the Board to employ it more widely.

We shall anxiously watch for the practical evidence of the sincerity, heartiness, and permanency of that goodwill expressed in their resolves, to be exhibited in the future action of the individuals composing those bodies. Let each minister and elder now exert himself for our help, and we shall soon be able to report that the present arrearages are fully made up, and that we can without delay press on

The Board is now employing scarcely any formal agency for the collection of funds. The General Assembly in May last indirectly approved this course in its resolutions, while by its action on the subject of systematic benevolence, it commended to all its pastors and churches a better way. The Correspond-ward in our important work. ing Secretary is cordially willing and anxious to aid pastors in the presentation of the claims of the Board on Christian benevolence, whenever the interests of the Board, or special providences may seem to call for such aid. But it is evident that he can, in the round of the year, present those claims in at most but a small fraction of the churches, and ordinarily those within a limited distance of the office. Besides which, it is believed to be, as a general rule, best for the permanent and growing interests of the Board that every pastor should make it a part of his fixed plan to inform himself thoroughly respecting the operations and claims of the Board, and then himself present the cause to his people. Congregations will commonly prefer to hear the exposition of a scheme of Christian charity from the lips of their own beloved pastor, and will commonly respond to it more liberally and cheerfully when he asks their aid for it, than when that aid is asked by another. It is right that it should be so. We appeal, then, to every one of our nearly two thousand pastors, who has not by his action already anticipated our request, to carry this cause before his people on the earliest suitable Sabbath, and, having obtained their contribution, to forward it as soon as convenient thereafter, to the treasury of the Board. Very respectfully, your fellow-labourer for Christ,

GRATIFYING TESTIMONY.

The Synod of Philadelphia, at its recent sessions in Easton, after hearing an address from the Rev. B. M. Smith, late Corresponding Secretary of the Board, adopted the following resolutions:

Resolved, 1. That the Synod believes that much of the prosperity of our Church is to be ascribed to the and cherishes with the deepest interest this branch agency of the Assembly's Board of Publication, of effort, as a most efficient means in counteracting error, feeding the flock of Christ, and extending the Church.

WILLIAM E. SCHENCK,
Cor. Sec'y of Board of Publication.

RESULTS LOOKED FOR.

Resolved, 2. That it be earnestly recommended that every congregation within our bounds be required by its Presbytery especially to report its diligence in contributing to the aid of the Boards of the Church.

We fully believe the important truth set forth in the first of these resolutions. Other bodies of Christians throughout the land are likewise observing this fact, as may be learned from their various religious papers. Is it not lamentable, then, that so many of our own ministers and churches should be found doing nothing to give increased power to this "efficient means in counteracting error, feeding the flock of Christ, and extending the Church?”

THE BOOKS OF THE BOARD.

It is gratifying to find that there are increasing numbers, who, after a careful scrutiny of the publications of the Board, are ready to express, in strong terms, their conviction of the value and usefulness of those publications. In the Presbyterian Banner The Rev. B. M. Smith, the retiring Secretary, has of October 28th, may be found a genial and wellwithin a few weeks past visited a large number of written communication under the superscription "Is Synods and Presbyteries, and brought earnestly to it partial?" The writer, who is evidently a person their attention the claims and need of the Board of of observation as well as of cultivation, remarks Publication. Wherever he went, he seems to have that he was reared in another denomination whose been received with great kindness, and his appeals views of Old-school Presbyterianism were anything listened to with marked interest. Resolutions were but favourable. On careful examination, however, adopted by nearly all the bodies before which he he has become satisfied of the "predominant excelappeared, expressive of attachment to the Board, lence" of the Old-school Presbyterian Church. One and of warm desire and fixed purpose to aid in of the four or five reasons he gives for this convieenlarging its ability, and thus promoting its useful- tion is as follows: ness. We will hope that the ministers and elders, when returned to their own homes and charges, will not forget those appeals and resolutions. They will see by an article in this number of the Record, that the Board is now greatly in need of their help.

"Where is the denomination that publishes so many good books as the Old-school Church? Surely her Board of Publication deserves much credit for form from her press. Where is there any other sending forth the whole truth in an unmutilated denominational press, that gives to the world the