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Ordination and Conference.— At the Ec- 

 clesiastical Council held in the First Congrega- 

 tional Church on Wednesday, Rev. John 

 Paine, Jr., was ordained to the work of the Gos- 

 pel Ministry. The public services in the evening 

 were as follows : Address upon the Turkish Em- 

 pire and charge, by Rev. Wm. J. Budingtc 

 D., of Brooklyn; Ordaining Prayer, by Rev. 

 Thomas Williams, D.D., of Providence ; Right 

 hand of fellowship, by Rev. Wm. B. Brown, pas 

 tor of the candidate. Brief addresses on the 

 subject of missions were made by Rev. Dr. Smilie, 

 of Philadelphia, and by Rev. Mr. Ide of Stafford 

 Springs, Conn. Mr. Paine sails in a few days to 

 commence his labors as Professor of Natural 

 Science in the Rtfbert College of Constantino- 

 ple. At the conference of churches held at the 

 same place on Thursday the 30th, in which the 

 C- Ltional churches of New York, Brook- 

 lyn iu< !> biladelphia were largely represented, 

 aft$£ iry full discussion upon the "True ends 

 and proper observance of the Christian Sabbath," 

 and after an ample collation spiced with many 

 spicy little speeches, the following resolutions 

 were unanimously adopted - 

 Resolved, That this Conference express their 



the need of a weekly newspaper 



of metropolitan character, imbued with the spirit 

 and doctrines of the Christian religion, conse- 

 crated to the highest interests of mankind, and 

 characterized by intellectual capacity for the 

 thorough discussion of great political and ethical 

 questions. 



Resolved, That we earnestly commend to the 

 attention of men of means and enterprise and to 

 men of thought and ability as public writers, the 

 the expediency, without delay, of establishing a 

 newspaper on the basis originally occupied, but 



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