number, as is sometimes done. The only possible way of securing fulness and accuracy is the adoption of a date which will allow adequate time for collecting the facts, and the only possible way to secure uniformity in all the States is to adopt a date as early as Jan. 1, preceding all the annual meetings. We commend this subject anew to the consideration of the several State bodies. The Presbyterian Ministry. — In recording the names of "ministers received from other denominations," we do not include in the list the names of Presbyterian ministers, because this denomination and ours are so near together, and crossing the line between us is so frequent. Indeed, so mingled are the two denominations that it is often difficult to determine to which party some men belong. There were four ministers among the deceased last year who were reported by both denominations, and many more among the living. We have a suggestion to make which may well receive, as it seems to us, the attention of our Presbyterian friends. According to their theory, a man, when he becomes a minister, loses his relation to a local church and enters a peerage in which he is responsible directly only to his ministerial brethren. Such an idea as this, we need hardly say, is foreign from Congregationalism, which holds as sacred and permanent the relation of every professed disciple of Christ to the local church. When a Presbyterian minister becomes the pastor of a Congregational church, he receives, if he asks for it, a dismission from the Presbytery and a recommendation to a Congregational Association of Ministers. But what becomes of his church relation? As a Congregationalist he must be a member of some local church, but the Presbyterians give him no appropriate credentials which he can use in joining a church. Is it said that he can use his certificate of dismission from the Presbytery? To this there are three objections. 1. It has reference, in form, to ministerial standing, and not, except by implication, to church standing. 2. It is addressed to a ministerial association and not to a church. 3. It cannot be retained by the church as a credential, because it is needed by the bearer in joining the association to which it is addressed. If our Presbyterian friends, as good neighbors, when one of their number leaves them to become a Congregationalist, are disposed to facilitate the change, we think that they will furnish him with such credentials as he needs. This can be done in either of two ways. 1. The Presbyterian church of which he was a member when he joined the Presbytery can give him a letter of church standing addressed to the Congregational church which he wishes to join. Some Presbyterian churches will give such a letter, but others refuse, on the ground that the relation of the individual to them ceased when he joined the Presbytery, and they cannot go back of that fact and resume any responsibility respecting him. 2. The Presbytery can give him two certifi cates, one of church standing which he may use in joining a Congregational church, and another of ministerial standing which he can use in joining a Congregational association. A pastor of one of the churches in Boston, having tried repeatedly in vain to procure a letter of church membership from the Presbyterian church to which he belonged before joining the Presbytery, was finally voted into the church of which he is pastor without having any credentials; and another Boston pastor, coming still more recently from the Presbyterians, having no credentials as to church standing, joined the church of which he is pastor by making a new profession of his faith. Does not comity between denominations require our Presbyterian friends to provide some way in which to relieve their brethren who cross the line from such inconvenience and embarrassment? QUARTERLY RECORD. 1876. CHURCHES FORMED. BENSON, Minn., Oct. 19, 10 members. CAHOKA (near), Mo., 11 members. CLEVELAND, O., Franklin St., Nov. 22, 31 members. EAST TAWAS, Mich., Oct. 29, 24 members. EDGEWOOD, Ill., June 25. FLORENCE, Ala., Nov. 19, 21 members. KEOKUK, Io., Oct. 20, Luther's Congrega- SUISUN, Cal., Dec. 6, 16 members. MINISTERS ORDAINED. Ministry in Kirwin, Kan., Sept. 21. BLAKE, HENRY A., over the Ch. in Athol, Mass., Sept. 13. Sermon by Rev. BRAINERD, CHARLES N., over the Ch. in South Dennis, Mass.. Dec. 22. Sermon by Rev. Calvin B. Hulbert, D. D., of Middlebury College, Vt. Ordaining prayer by Rev. John W. Dodge, of Yarmouth. BROWN, ISRAEL, to the work of the Ministry, in Olney, Ill., Nov. 21. Sermon by Rev. Henry B. Dean, of Chicago. BUGBEE, ROLLA G., over the Ch. in West Hartland, Ct., Nov. 8. Sermon by Rev. George B. Hubbard, of Pecatonica, Ill. Ordaining prayer by Rev. Freder ick H. Adams, of New Hartford. BULLOCK, MOTIER A., to the work of the Ministry, in Oakwood, Mich., Oct. 19. Sermon and Ordaining prayer by Rev. W. T. Sproule, D. D., of Detroit. CARTER, HOMER W., to the work of the Ministry, in Tallmadge, O., Sept. 15. CHASE, AUSTIN S., to the work of the Ministry, in Quechee, Vt., Dec 14. Ser. mon by Rev. Perrin B. Fisk, of Springfield. Ordaining prayer by Rev. Jona than Clement, D. D., of Norwich. CHASE, EZRA B., to the work of the Ministry, in Cortland, O., June 20. Sermon by Rev. Samuel Wolcott, D. D., of Cleveland. CHENEY, RUSSELL L., to the work of the Ministry, in Bloomington, Wis., Oct. 24. Sermon by Rev. Edward D. Eaton. Ordaining prayer by Rev. Samuel W. Eaton, of Lancaster. CLARK, FRANK E., over the Williston Ch. in Portland, Me., Oct. 19. Sermon by Rev. Asa D. Smith, D. D., of Dartmouth College, N. H. Ordaining prayer by Rev. William H. Fenn, of Portland. CLARK, ORVILLE C., to the work of the Ministry, in Vermillion, O., Dec. 26. CROSS, ROWLAND 8., to the work of the Ministry, in St. Johnsbury Centre, Vt., Oct. 18. Sermon by Rev. James McLean, of West Boxford, Mass. Ordaining prayer by Rev. John P. Humphrey, of East St. Johnsbury. DICKINSON, GEORGE L., to the work of the Ministry, in Chepachet, R. I., Sept. 20. Sermon by Rev. John L. Taylor, D. D., of Andover Seminary. EATON, EDWARD D., over the Ch. in Ministry, in Stillman Valley, Ill., Sept. GRANNIS, GEORGE H., over the Ch. in St. Clair, Mich., Nov. 1. Sermon by Rev. Philo R. Hurd, D. D., of Detroit. Ordaining prayer by Rev. Ward I. Hunt, of Columbus. HAMLIN, CHARLES H., to the work of the Ministry, in Chester, Mass., Sept. 19. Sermon by Rev. Washington Gladden, of Springfield. Ordaining prayer by Rev. Henry Hopkins, of Westfield. HARRINGTON, JAMES L.. over the Ch. in Orange, Vt., Oct. 25. Sermon by Rev. Isaac Jennings, of Bennington Centre. Ordaining prayer by Rev. William 8. Hazen, of Northfield. HARRIS, D. FISK, over the Columbia Ch. in Cincinnati, Ó., Dec. Sermon by Rev. Robert G. Hutchins, of Columbus. HERBERT, JOHN, over the Ch. in Stoughton, Mass., Dec. 21. Sermon by Rev. Reuen Thomas, of Brookline. Ordaining prayer by Rev. John C. Labaree, of Randolph. HILL, EBEN L., to the work of the Ministry, in Armada, Mich., Oct. 11. Sermon by Rev. Zachary Eddy, D. D., of Detroit. Installing prayer by Rev. Minor W. Fairfield, of Romeo. HINCKLEY, WILLIAM H., to the work of the Ministry, in Wauwatosa, Wis., Dec. 20. Sermon by Rev. Henry C. Hitchcock, of Kenosha. Ordaining prayer by Rev. Thomas Gillespie, of Bristol. HORNER, JOHN W., over the Ch. in Bloomfield, Io., Oct. 9. Sermon by Rev. Joseph W. Pickett, of Des Moines. HUTCHINS, WILLIAM T., over the Ch. in Westchester, Ct., Dec. 20. Sermon by JONES, AMOS, to the work of the Ministry, LANPHEAR, NATHANIEL D., to the work of the Ministry, in Augusta, Mich., Nov. 14. Sermon by Rev. J. L. Daniels, of Olivet College. LYMAN, W. A., over the Chs. in Windsor and Leeds, Wis., Oct. 18. Sermon by Rev. Moses M. Martin, of Mazomanie. Ordaining prayer by Rev. Henry A. Miner, of Madison. MALLARY, R. DEWITT, over the Ch. in Williamsport, Pa., Oct. Sermon by Rev. Thomas K. Beecher, of Elmira, N. Y. Ordaining prayer by Rev. Lyman Whiting, D. D.. of Philadelphia. MERRILL, BENJAMIN B., over the 1st Ch. in Searsport, Me., Nov. 9. Sermon by Rev. William M. Barbour, D. D., of Bangor Seminary. Ordaining prayer by Rev. Wooster Parker, of Belfast. MOSES, LEONARD H., to the work of the Ministry, in Walnut Station, Minn., Nov. 24. Sermon by Rev. L. Henry Cobb, of Minneapolis. Ordaining prayer by Rev. Oliver P. Champlin, of sleepy Eye. NEERKEN, NICHOLAS, to the work of the Ministry, in Nunica, Mich., Oct. 4. Sermon by Rev. E. C. Crispnell, D. D. PADDOCK, EDWARD A., over the Ch. in South Haven, Mich., Nov. 20. Sermon by Rev. Horatio N. Burton, D. D., of Kalamazoo. PIPES, ABNER M., over the Chs. in Union ville and North Madison, O., Oct. 10. Sermon by Rev. Stephen D. Peet, of Ashtabula. Ordaining prayer by Rev. Sereno W. Streeter, of Saybrook. PULLAN, FRED B., over the Pilgrim Ch. in Vineland, N. J., Sept. 6. Sermon by Rev. Lyman Whiting, D. D., of Philadelphia, Pa. Ordaining prayer by Rev. Henry Pullan, of Winneconne, Wis. READ, EUGENE B., over the Little Mus kingum Ch. in Cornerville, O., Oct. 27. Sermon by Rev. Josiah H. Jenkins, of Harmar. Ordaining prayer by Rev. Levi L. Fay, of Moss Kun. STEELE, CHARLES E., over the Ch. in Winooski, Vt., Dec. 19. Sermon by Rev. Lewis O. Brastow, of Burlington. SÜSS, WILLIAM, to the work of the Ministry, in Crete, Neb., Oct. 18. Sermon by Rev. Henry H. Sailenbach, of Lincoln. Ordaining prayer by Rev. Hiram N. Gates, of Omaha. WALES, FREDERICK H., to the work of the Ministry, in Riverside, Cal, Oct. 18. Ordaining prayer by Rev. Andrew L. Stone, D. D., of San Francisco. WATERS, T. FRANK, to the work of the Ministry, in Edgartown, Mass, Oct. 23. Sermon by Rev. Hugh Elder, of Salem. Ordaining prayer by Rev. Isaiah Thacher, of Wareham. WHEELER, EDWARD P., over the Ch. in Wilmette, Ill., Oct. 5. Sermon by Rev. George Bushnell, of Beloit, Wis. Ordaining prayer by Rev. Edward N. Packard, of Evanston. WILKINSON, THOMAS R., to the work of the Ministry, in Union Grove, Minn., Nov. 10. WILLIS, JOSIAH G., over the Ch. in MINISTERS INSTALLED. BARNES, Rev. HENRY E., over the Cen. tre Ch. in Haverhill, Mass., Nov. 12. Sermon by Rev. John L. Withrow, D. D., of Boston. Installing prayer by Rev. John D. Kingsbury, of Bradford. BELL, Rev. JAMES M., over the Ch. in West Medway, Mass., Sept. 26. Ser. mon by Rev. Edwin B. Webb, D. D., of Boston. Installing prayer by Rev. Jacob Ide, Jr., of Mansfield. BONNEY, Rev. NATHANIEL G., over the Ch. in East Hartland, Ct., Nov. 28. Sermon by Rev. Leavitt H. Hallock, of West Winsted. CARY, Rev. WILLIAM B., over the Ch. in Old Lyme, Ct., Nov. 22. Sermon by Rev. Oliver E. Daggett, D. D., of New London. Installing prayer by Rev. William H. Knouse, of Deep River. CHALMERS, Rev. JOHN R., over the Ch. in Fairhaven, Vt., Dec. 19. Sermon by Rev. Calvin B. Hulbert, D. D., of Middlebury College. Installing prayer by Rev. James G. Johnson, of Rutland. CLARK, Rev. GEORGE L., over the Ch. in Shelburne, Mass., Dec. 22. Sermon by Rev. James Dingwell, of Ashfield. COLTON. Rev. ERASTUS, over the Ch. in Willington, Ct., Oct. 10. Sermon by Rev. Charles C. Painter, of Stafford Springs. Installing prayer by Rev. Elijah B. Huntington, of South Coventry. CONANT, Rev. CHARLES A., over the Chs. in Duluth and Brainerd, Minn., Nov. 21. Sermon by Rev. L. Henry Cobb, of Minneapolis. Installing prayer by Rev. Prescott Fay, of Audubon. CROSS, Rev. WELLINGTON R., over the Elm St. Ch. in Camden, Me., Nov. 15. Sermon by Rev. John A. Ross, of Bel. fast. Installing prayer by Rev. Javan K. Mason, D. D., of Thomaston. DODSON, Rev. GEORGE, over the Ch. in North Weymouth, Mass., Nov. 24. Sermon by Rev. Nathaniel J. Burton, D. D., of Hartford, Ct. GALE, Rev. SULLIVAN F., over the Ch. in Appleton, Wis., Nov. 24. Sermon by Rev. H. T. Rose. Installing prayer by R v. Orson P. Clinton, of Menasha. GLEASON, Rev. JOHN F., over the Ch. in Norfolk, Ct., Sept. 5. Sermon by Rev. Nathaniel J. Burton, D. D., of Hartford. Installing prayer by Rev. Arthur Goodenough, of Winchester. GREGORY, Rev. LEWIS, over the Ch. in Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 23. Installing prayer by Rev. Hiram N. Gates, of Omaha. HAWLEY, Rev. CHESTER W., over the 2d Ch. in Amherst, Mass., Nov. 15. Sermon by Rev. Edward C. Ewing, of Enfieid. Installing prayer by Rev. Rowland Ayres, of Hadley. HEATH, Kev. ALBERT H., over the North Ch. in New Bedford, Mass., Oct. 19. Sermon by Rev. A. J. F. Behrends, D. D., of Providence, R. I. Installing prayer by Rev. Thomas Laurie, D. D., of Provi. dence, R. I. HILL. Rev. CALVIN G., over the Ch. in HOWE. Rev. E. FRANK, over the Ch. in 1st Evangelical Ch. in Cambridgeport, Mass., Sept. 14. Sermon by Rev. William M. Barbour, D. D., of Bangor Sem. inary. Installing prayer by Rev. Chas. C. McIntire, of Rockport. HUBBARD, Rev. WILLIAM H., over the Ch. in Merrimac, Mass., Sept. 7. Sermon by Rev. Edmund K. Alden, D. D., of South Boston. IDE, Rev. GEORGE H., over the Central Ch. in Lawrence, Mass., Nov. 1. Sermon by Rev. John L. Withrow, D. D., of Boston. Installing prayer by Rev. Richard H. Seeley, D. D., of Haverhill. LEAVITT, Rev. BURKE F, over the Lin. coln Park Ch., in Chicago, Ill, Nov. 17. Sermon by Rev. Edward P. Goodwin, D. D., of Chicago. Installing prayer by Rev. William W. Patton, D. D., of Chicago. MARSH, Rev. ALFRED F., over the Ch. in Georgetown, Mass., Aug. 30. Sermon by Rev. Randolph Campbell, of Newburyport. Instading prayer by Rev. Pliny S. Boyd, of Amesbury Mills. NELSON, Rev. GEORGE W., over the Ch. in Wauwatosa, Wis., Dec. 20. Sermon by Rev. Henry C. Hitchcock, of Kenosha. Installing prayer by Rev. George Smith, of Genesee. OSBORNE, Rev. CYRUS P, over the Ch. in Southington, Ct., Sept. 13. Sermon by Rev. Nathaniel J. Burton, D. D., of Hartford. Installing prayer by Rev. Leverett Griggs, D. D., of Bristol. PALMER, Rev. EDWARD S., over the Ch. in Westhampton. Mass., Dec. 7. Ser. mon by Rev. William S. Leavitt, of Northampton Installing prayer by Rev. John H. Bisbee, of Huntington. PRATT, Rev. GEORGE H., over the Ch. in RUD DICK, Rev. CHARLES E., over the don, Vt., Nov. 22. Sermon by Rev. James G. Johnson, of Rutland. Installing prayer by Rev. Frederick Janes, of Salisbury. WILLIAMS, Rev. EDWARD M., over the 1st Ch. in Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 16. Sermon by Rev. Franklin W. Fisk, D. D., of Chicago Seminary, Ill. Installing prayer by Rev. Charles Seccombe, of Green Island, Neb. WITHROW, Rev. JOHN L., D. D., over the Park St. Ch. in Boston, Mass.. Sept. 28. Sermon by Rev. Edwin B. Webb, D. D., of Boston. Installing prayer by Rev. Alexander McKenzie, of Cambridge. ZABRISKIE, Rev. FRANCIS N., D. D., over the Ch. in Wollaston, Mass., Oct. 19. Sermon by Rev. John L. Withrow, D. D., of Borton. Installing prayer by Rev. Edmund K. Alden, D. D., of South Boston. MINISTERS DISMISSED. ADAMS, Rev. JONATHAN E., from the Ch. in Searsport, Me., Nov. 9. ALDEN, Rev. EDMUND K., D. D., from the Phillips Ch. in South Boston, Mass., Nov. 2. ANTHONY, Rev. GEORGE N., from the South Ch. in Peabody, Mass., Oct. 4. BABBITT, Rev. JAMES R., from the Ch. in Waitsfield, Vt., Dec. BARTLETT, Rev. WILLIAM A., from the BLAKESLEE, Rev. NEWTON T., from BREED, Rev. DAVID, from the Ch. in BRIGHAM. Rev. LEVI, from the Ch. in Troy, N. H. CHOATE, Rev. WASHINGTON, from the Franklin St. Ch, Manchester, N. H., Dec. 26. DARLING, Rev. WALTER E., from the Union Ch. in Kennebunk, Me., Nov. 9. FIELD, Rev. THOMAS P., D. D., from the 1st Ch. in New London. Ct. Nov. 28. FULLERTON, Rev. JEREMIAH E., from the Ch. in Southbridge. Mass. Nov. 7. GILMAN, Rev. GEORGE P., from the Ch. in Watertown. Ct., Sept. 19. GRASSIE, Rev. THOMAS G., from the Ch. in Oshkosh, Wis. HAWKES. Rev. WINFIELD S., from the 2-2 HUNTINGTON, Rev. HENRY S., from the 1st Ch. of Christ in Galesburg, Ill., Nov. 5. IDE. Rev. GEORGE H., from the Ch. in Hopkinton, Mass., Oct. 5. JOHNSON, Rev. EDWIN, from the 2d Ch. in Bridgeport, C., Nov. 2. KELSEY, Rev. HENRY S., from the Ch. in Woburn, Mass., Oct. 2. KENDALL, Rev. HENRY L., from the Ch. in Walpole, Mass. LANMAN, Rev. JOSEPH, from the Ch. in MORLEY, Rev. JOHN H., from the Ch. in POND, Rev. JEREMIAH E., from the Ch. SHOREY, Rev. H. ALLEN, from the Ch. vinistic Ch. in Fitchburg, Mass., Dec. 14. WOLCOTT, Rev. JOHN M., from the Ch. in Cheshire, Ct., Sept. 20. Ct., Rev. James A. Gallup, of Madison, to Miss Charlotte R. Andrew, of New Haven. HOPKINS-SOUTHWORTH. In Cohoes, N. Y., Oct. 10, Rev. Henry Hopkins, of Westfield, Mass., to Miss Jeannette Southworth, of Cohoes. PERKINS-TILDEN. In East Marshfield, Mass.. Oct. 25, Rev. Henry M. Perkins, of Hanover, to Miss Hannah H. Tilden, of East Marshfield. PIERCE-BILLINGS. In East Arlington, Vt, May 24, Rev. L. M. Pierce, of Ber nardston, Mass., to Miss Kate Billings, of East Arlington. SMITH KIMBALL. In Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 7, Rev. Elijah P. Smith, of Danville, Io, to Miss Adelaide A. Kimball, of Baldwinville, Mass. MINISTERS DECEASED. ALLEN, Rev. ASA 8., in Clear Lake, Io., Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 14. in his 73d year. CAPRON, Rev. WILLIAM B., in Mana Madura, India, Oct. 8, in his 53d year. EDWARDS, Rev. JOSEPH S., in Cleve land, O., Oct. FREEMAN, Rev. JOHN R., in Westford, Ct., Dec. 6, in his 65th year. GOODSELL, Rev. DANA, in Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 19, in his 73d year. GRIFFIN, Rev. NATHANIEL H., in Williamstown, Mass., Oct. 16, in his 62d year. HALL, Rev. ROBERT B., in Cambridgeport, Mass., Nov. 3, in his 31st year. HOLLISTER, Rev. PHILANDER H., in Hancock, Mich., Dec. 6, in his 41st year. LUCAS, Rev. HAZAEL., in Croton, Mich. MESSER, Rev. ASA, in Geneva, N. Y., Oct. 22, in his 84th year. MILLER, Rev. RODNEY A., in Troy, N. Y., Sept. 29. MORRISON. Rev. MARTIN V. B., in Canton, Dak. Ter., Sept. 20. ORDWAY, Rev. SAMUEL, in Marshalltown, Io., in his 69th year. PAINE, Rev. WILLIAM P., D. D., in Holden, Mass., Nov. 28, in his 77th year. PALMER, Rev. HORACE W., in West Andover, O., Nov. 18, in his 62d year. RICHARDSON, Rev. MERRILL, in Milford, Mass., Dec. 12, in his 65th year. SMITH, Rev. ANDREW J., in Waterford, Me., Nov. 16, in his 41st year. THOMPSON, Rev. JOHN, in South Abington, Mass., Oct. 31, in his 39th year. WHIPPLE, Rev. GEORGE, D. D., in Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 6, in his 71st year. WILLIAMS, Rev. THOMAS, in Provi. dence. R. I., Sept. 29, in his 97th year. WOODBURY, Rev. SAMUEL, in Natick, Mass., Nov. 17, in his 84th year. MINISTERS' WIVES DECEASED. BARDWELL, Mrs. R. F., wife of the late Rev. Horatio, D. D., in Oxford, Mass., Dec. 22, in her 91st year. CARPENTER, Mrs. HARRIET S., wife of Rev. E. IRVING, in Swanzey, N. H., in her 62d year. HATHAWAY, Mrs. ANNA L., wife of Rev. George W., in Skowhegan, Me., Sept. 20. HICKS, Mrs. KATE C., wife of Rev. Lewis W., in Woodstock, Vt., Nov. 3, in her 28th year. MALTBY, Mrs. ALMIRA, wife of Rev. Erastus, in Taunton, Mass., Dec. 8, in her 78th year. MCCUNE, Mrs. CAROLINE 8., wife of Rev. Robert, in West Toledo, Ohio, Nov. 27, in her 50th year. NOTT, Mrs. KOXANŇA, wife of the late Rev. Samuel, in Hartford, Ct., Dec. 11, in her 92d year. PERKINS, Mrs. HANNAH H., wife of Rev. Henry M., in East Marshfield, Mass., Dec. 3, in her 23d year. WHIPPLE, Mrs. ALICE B. W., wife of the late Rev. George, D. D., in Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 6. |