628 



PBESBYTEBIAm 



Synods in connection with the General Assembly, 85 



Presbyteries 176 



Licentiates 254 



Candidates for the ministry 812 



Ministers 2,302 



Churches 2,622 



Licensures 92 



Ordinations 101 



Installations 180 



Pastoral relations dissolved 



Ch arches organized 85 



Ministers received from other denominations... 



Ministers dismissed to other denominations 24 



Churches received from other denominations 11 



Churches dismissed to other denominations 6 



Ministers deceased 



Churches dissolved 37 



Members added on examination 18,808 



Members added on certificate 13,074 



Total number of communicants reported 246,350 



Adults baptized 5,266 



Infants baptized 10,269 



Number of persons in Sabbath-schools 195,023 



Amount contributed for congregational purposes, $2,673,606 



Amount contributed for the "Boards 625,512 



Amount contributed for disabled ministers 27,473 



Amount contributed for miscellaneous purposes, 392,372 



Whole amount contributed 8,731,164 



Contingent fund 12,202 



The General Assembly of the Old School 

 Presbyterian body met at 'Cincinnati on May 

 16th. A report on the secession in the Synods 

 of Kentucky and Missouri was adopted by a 

 vote of 207 to 6, declaring that members and 

 churches would be received back on their ap- 

 plication and declaration of willingness to sub- 

 mit to the established authority of the Church, 

 but declining fellowship with all who refuse to 

 return before the meeting of the Presbytery 

 and Synod in the spring of 1868, and that 

 they would be considered as having voluntar- 

 ily withdrawn. . On the subject of union 

 with the New School Presbyterian General 

 Assembly, the majority report, favoring reunion 

 on the basis of the report of the joint com- 

 mittee, was adopted. A pastoral letter was 

 adopted, deprecating the ordinary desecrations 

 of the Sabbath, and counselling ministers and 

 elders to cultivate in their families, and in all 

 over whom their influence extends, just and 

 scriptural views of the sacredness of the day, 

 and recommending to pastors to preach as often 

 as convenient on the proper observance of the 

 Sabbath. At the suggestion of the Presbytery 

 of Chicago, the Assembly decided to call upon 

 the presbyteries to report the number of un- 

 baptized children whose parents are members 

 of the communion. 



The Synods of Kentucky and Missouri, which 

 for several years had been greatly disturbed by 

 difference of opinion concerning the deliver- 

 ances by the General Assemblies since 1861 on 

 the subject of loyalty and slavery, were in 1867 

 fully dissolved, one party remaining in connec- 

 tion with the Old School Presbyterian Gen- 

 eral Assembly, and the other refusing to sur- 

 render the position taken by their " Declaration 

 and Testimony. 1 ' The latter were divided on 

 the question whether it was expedient to join 

 the Southern Presbyterian General Assembly, 

 but it was expected that a majority would 

 ultimately adopt that course. 



II. NEW SCHOOL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 



The following statistics were reported to the 

 General Assembly in May, 1867 : 



Total number of Presbyteries, 100 ; of 

 churches, 1,560 ; of baptisms, 9,175 ; of per- 

 sons in Sunday-schools, 163,242. 



The statistics of the principal societies are 

 as follows: Foreign Missions. Contributions, 

 $110,349. The missions are located in "Western 

 Africa, South Africa, Turkey, Syria, etc., South- 

 ern and Eastern Asia, Pacific Islands, and 

 among the North American Indians. The 

 number of missionaries is 43. Home Missions. 

 Receipts, $128,500; missionaries, 419; conver- 

 sions, 2,500; additions, 3,000. Church Erec- 

 tion Fund. Contributions, $18,762.78; total 

 receipts, $24,298 ; grants, $20,700. 



The following table shows the advance of 

 the Church from 1839, the year when it was 

 organized, until 1867 : 



From which it appears that in 28 years they 

 have gained 28 per cent, in presbyteries, 39 

 per cent, in ministers, nearly 22 per cent, in 

 churches, over 59 per cent, in total of members, 

 and 406 per cent, in contributions to home 

 and foreign missions. By far the greatest 

 advance has been made during the last four 

 years. 



The General Assembly of this Church met 

 at Eochester, N. Y., on the 16th of May. 

 The Standing Committee on the Erection of 

 Churches reported one hundred churches with- 

 out buildings of their own, and recommended 

 that one hundred thousand dollars be raised to 

 assist in providing buildings. The report on 

 union, of the joint committee of the two As- 

 semblies, was approved. The matter of con- 

 stitutional changes was referred back to the 



