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FERRIS, ISAAC. 



a " History of the Old Catholic Movement," 

 by Prof. Kraft, of Bonn; "Essays on Papal 

 Infallibility," by Prof. Dorner, of Berlin, and 

 Prof. Hitchcock, of Now York ; and an essay on 

 Protestanti-mi. Uomaniam, and Modern Civil- 

 ization," by Prof. Fisher, of Yule College. 



Thursday 'H topic was " Christianity and Civil 

 Government," the notable papers being that 

 by President Woolsey on "Constitution and 

 rmnent in the United States as related to 

 Religion," which in an exhaustive manner 

 treated of the dependence of religion in this 

 country npon the States ; and that by President 

 Curry, of the Richmond University, upon the 

 "Church and the Nation, 1 ' which was so un- 

 compromising in its arguments that its de- 

 livery was cut short by the chairman upon 

 the ground that " if prolonged, it would leave 

 long and abiding wounds." 



On Friday, the topic was " Christian Mis- 

 sions." Dr. J. Angus, of Regent's Park Col- 

 lege, England, spoke on " Churches and Mis- 

 sions," and the Rev. Dr. Rnfus Anderson, of 

 Boston, on " Missionary Fields." Other sub- 

 jects discussed on this day were, " Lay 

 Preaching," " Missions in Large Cities," and 

 " Specific Missionary Fields." 



The last day of the Conference, Saturday, 

 was given to a discussion of the practical work 

 of the Christian Church under the head of 

 " Christianity and Local Reforms." 



Before the adjournment, a resolution was 

 adopted, that hereafter the American branch 

 of the Evangelical Alliance hold biennial 

 meeting*. 



EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION. The 

 thirty-fourth meeting of the Missionary So- 

 ciety of this Association was held at Cleve- 

 land, Ohio, October 18th. The treasurer re- 

 ported the receipts to have been $76,678.49, 

 and the expenditures $59,440.68. Eighteen 

 thousand dollars had been received through 

 bequests of money and land. The " Heathen 

 Fund " in hand amounted to $22,460.80. The 

 society decided that this amount was sufficient 



to justify the taking of preliminary stops to 

 establish a mission to the h.::ili.M. and ..'!<!- 

 ingly appointed a committee to deliberate in 

 reten-nee to the men who are to be sent, and 

 the place at which the mission ought to be es- 

 tablished. 



The annual meeting of the Board of Publi- 

 cation was held at Cleveland, October 14th. 

 The book-agent reported the property and 

 assets of the publishing-house to be worth 

 $243,294.75. The total profits for the year 

 wore $44,2-.'4.!i7. 



The following are the statistics of the Evan- 

 gelical Association for the year 187:; : 



The number of churches is 1,091, the prob- 

 able value of which is $2,391,047; number of 

 parsonages, 319 ; probable value of the same, 

 $3,881.80; number of Sunday-schools, 1,841J; 

 of officers and teachers, 14,430 ; of scholars, 

 76,115. 



The collections for religions and benevolent 

 purposes were : Conference contributions, $4,- 

 823.54; missionary collections, $67,171.88; for 

 Sunday-school purposes and the Tract Union, 

 $9,285.14. 



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FERRIS, ISAAC. D. D., LL. D., Chancellor 

 Emeritus of the University of New York, a 

 clergyman of the Reformed (late Dutch) 

 Church, born in New York City, October 1 :i, 

 1799; died at Roselle, a suburb of Elizabeth, 

 N. J., June 16, l":t. Ho was very fond "f 

 study from a child, and entered * Colombia 

 College when but twelve years of age. He 

 joined the military company raised amonn 

 students in the War of 1819, and with It did 

 duty in the forts around New York Harbor, 

 llii college course was delayed one year by 

 this, but be graduated in 1816 with the high- 

 c*t honors of his class. After the completion 

 of his college course he commence.) tho study 

 of theology, In the private theological school 



of Rev. Dr. John M. Mason, tho most eminent 

 preacher of his time. He was fond of athletic 

 sports at this time, for which his large frame 

 and great strength well fitted him. His first 

 pastorate was at Morristown, N. J. ; but in 

 1821 ho was settled over a Reformed Church 

 in New Brunswick, and in IS'24 accepted tho 

 pastorate of the Middle Reformed ( Dutch) 

 Church in Albany, where ho remained twelve 

 years, collecting around him a host of warm 

 friends. In 1886 ho removed to New York 

 City, to become the pastor of the Market Street 

 Reformed (Dutch) Church, and there identi- 

 fied himself with all tin- charitable, cdtiention- 

 al. nnd religions associations of the Reform. -d 

 Church in New York and in the country. IKi 



