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practice of chanting was commended. It was 

 stated that one-fourth of the additions to the 

 Church were from the Sunday-schools. The 

 Board of Home Missions reported receipts of 

 $26,379.03, and disbursements of $27,374.32, 

 and asked for $35,000 for the coming year. 

 One hundred and fifty-four stations had been 

 aided. Ninety-four missionaries received ap- 

 pointments. The Board of Foreign Missions 

 reported $48,344.65 received, and $43,787.34 

 expended. The number of missions is four 

 in Syria, India, Egypt, and China. With 

 them are connected 22 stations, 37 missionaries 

 in active service, 71 native helpers, 19 churches, 

 with 351 communicants, and 21 schools, with 

 2,113 scholars. Missions to the freedmen are 

 in successful operation at Vicksburg, Nash- 

 ville, and Leavenworth, Kansas. The receipts 

 of the Board of Education were $6,967.95. 



IV. REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 

 GENERAL SYNOD. The statistics of this body 

 give eight presbyteries, 91 churches, 89 

 ministers, 402 elders, 217 deacons, 3,144 

 families, 8,868 members; for pastors' salaries, 

 $64,129.68; foreign missions, $7,826.14; home 

 missions, $3,303.83. The General Synod met 

 at Philadelphia, May 17th. The Rev. A. 

 Thompson was chosen moderator. The synod 

 was attended by more than fifty delegates. 

 Several congregations appeared to be in a 

 troubled condition. The Pittsburg Presbytery 

 had granted dismissals to two of its congrega- 

 tions, to allow them to join the United Pres- 

 byterian Church. For this it was censured. 

 Civil suits were pending in Philadelphia in 

 regard to the properties of three congregations. 

 Provision was made for assisting weak con- 

 gregations in maintaining their right to church 

 property which might be involved in litigation 

 through the secession of members. The Theo- 

 logical Seminary was reported in a flourishing 

 condition. Its receipts for the previous year 

 were $2,236.66, and its endowment fund stood 

 at $30,083.20. Eight students were in attend- 

 ance. Special action was taken for celebrating 

 in 1872 the tercentenary of the massacre of 

 St. Bartholomew, the organization of the first 

 presbytery in England, and the completion of 

 the life and work of John Knox in Scotland. 



A resolution was adopted, declaring as fol- 

 lows: 



The condition of France at this time, in general, 

 as desolated _ by the storm of war, and of the city of 

 Paris in particular, as drenched by the blood of her 

 own citizens, is a righteous retribution for the mar- 

 tyrdoms of St. Bartholomew's Bay, and the tangible 

 fulfilment of the Divine promise to the Church, 

 "that no weapon that is formed against thee shall 

 prosper." 



A mission under the auspices of this Church 

 was established several years ago at Latakieh, 

 Syria. Its success is indicated by the fact that 

 twenty-four native converts partook of the 

 communion on the first day of January, 1871. 

 The work embraces Aleppo and some other 

 points as out-stations. 



The Presbytery of Ssharunpoor, Northern 



India, representing the missions of the Re- 

 formed Presbyterian Church in that country, 

 voted, before the session of the Synod of 1869, 

 to suspend all relations with the mother body 

 until it should restore George H. Stuart to his 

 membership and office as ruling elder. He 

 had been suspended for joining in religious 

 exercises in which other hymns than those 

 taken from the Bible were sung. This docu- 

 ment was duly forwarded to the synod, but 

 no attention was paid to it. The missionaries 

 then drew up another paper, in which they 

 desired that their names be definitely removed 

 from all connection with the branch of the 

 Church represented by this General Synod. 



V. REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (O. S.) 

 The synod of the Reformed Presbyterian 

 church (Old Side) met at Pittsburg, Pa., June 

 24th. One of the distinctive peculiarities of 

 this body is the maintenance of a public 

 dissent from the Constitution of the United 

 States on account of its supposed non-religious 

 character. The synod was composed of more 

 than one hundred and fifty members. A 

 feature of the meeting was the observance of 

 the ordinance of religious covenanting. A 

 form of covenant had been carefully prepared, 

 and approved in the previous year by all the 

 presbyteries. It was determined, if possible, 

 to secure, during the year, enough funds ($20,- 

 000) to erect a suitable theological seminary 

 building, as a memorial of this transaction. 

 Five hundred members had been added to the 

 communion during the year. The new Pres- 

 bytery of Kansas was organized. 



VI. CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 

 The statistics of this Church are very imper- 

 fect. Only 41 out of 102 presbyteries made 

 reports, and these are partial. Their member 

 ship is 40,218. As far as can be ascertained, 

 the number of ministers is 1,116 ; licentiates, 

 198; candidates, 214; congregations, 1,863; 

 total in communion, 96,335; number of Sun- 

 day-schools, 518 ; average number of scholars, 

 26,466. These results are obtained upon esti- 

 mates made for the presbyteries which have 

 failed to report. Other estimates make the 

 whole number of members 120,694 and 135,000. 



The General Assembly met at Nashville, 

 Tenn., May 18th. The Rev. J. B. Logan, of 

 Alton, 111., was chosen moderator. Heretofore 

 this body has not been actively engaged in the 

 foreign missionary work. The subject was 

 brought prominently before the General As- 

 sembly early in the session by an overture 

 from the Pennsylvania Synod, inviting atten- 

 tion to it, and a statement that one licentiate 

 in that synod was preparing himself for 

 foreign work, and had offered himself to the 

 Board of Missions. The subject was referred 

 to the appropriate committee, who reported 

 subsequently, recommending that the people 

 of the Church be encouraged to give especial 

 attention to the cause of foreign missions, and 

 that the board be directed to operate in the 

 foreign field as soon as they should have sum- 



