Jmerican Congregational Union. The American Congregational Union still holds on its way. While attending, from year to year, to the more general objects which it was organized to accomplish, such as diffusing information in regard to our doctrines and polity, promoting unity and fellowship, and stimalating to Christian effort, it has expended a large portion of its labor on the pressing and most important work of aiding the feeble churches in all parts of the country to supply themselves with suitable places of public worship. This work is growing steadily on its hands. Prominent points at the South have called for and received aid, and other places, notwithstanding difficulties, are likely soon to need it. The number of Congregational Churches that are springing up in the States that used to be called “the West,” but are hardly to be called so now,—such as Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin, — and in the vast regions which for mining or agriculture have recently been opened, is very great, and very many of them urgently need assistance. If they have help at the right moment, they will become well established, and will give a right direction to society from the first. If they are left to struggle on alone, till able to build, without aid, the Christian sanctuaries which are needed, the best opportunities of giving ascendency to the gospel and to Christian education will, in many communities, be irrecoverably lost. At the same time it becomes more and more apparent that our doctrines and principles are wanted in all parts of the country; that they commend themselves, when fairly presented to those who have not known them, and are dear to those who, educated in them, have gone out from their loved New England homes. By the indorsement of the National Council, and the effort made by its recommend. ation to raise, last year, two hundred thousand dollars, - although this was but partially successful, - deeper and wider interest, it is hoped, has been awakened in the great churchbuilding work. There is need, however, that this interest should be increased yet more. As the collections of last year are now nearly all appropriated, the trustees are becoming anxious as to the answer to be given to the numerous and earnest calls that are reaching them from week to week. In some of the border States, where especially there is strong encouragement as regards the prospects of our cause, it will be unfortunate indeed not to be able to respond promptly to the applications made. Will not the Pastors and the Churches see to it that the means of meeting them shall be liberally furnished ? To more than two hundred churches appropriations have been already paid, on the actual completion of their sanctuaries; and some thirty-five or forty more have been voted, and wait only till the edifices are finished. Who can measure the good which has been thus accomplished, or calculate the results of it in the future? It is devoutly to be hoped that the churches will on forefather's day, if not before, the present year, cheerfully pour another hundred thousand dollars into the treasury of the Union. It is for Christ's cause in our own beloved land; it is for our own churches, and our own children and kindred, and for generations that shall come after us, that we are called upon to give generously what is needed. American Congregational Association. Our readers will want to know, first of all, as to the prospect of the long-talked-of “Library Building,” or “ Congregational Home.” While grateful mention is made of the fact that there “is light ahead,” it must still, in truth, be said that there is a great want of a due appreciation of this now very important object. Noble, princely gifts are made here and there by life-long Congregationalists to educational institutions, already largely endowed, though needing more, doubtless, and yet not one is found among all the brotherhood of our churches who, with his ample means, is ready to say, “this building must arise.” Few seem to realize how much such a structure, with its affiliated purposes, is needed as a foundation to
our literary institutions, to give them the right tone and character, to cast in the right elements, to keep more in the foreground the great principles of Christian and civil liberty, upon which our free institutions are based, and upon which alone they can be perpetuated. While in theory multitudes, perhaps the great majority, would freely assent to this statement, almost none comprehend the necessity of some visible embodiment of this fact. A great idea has power with a class. The object which commanded the life-blood of the heroes of the Revolution, as an idea, has not the influence over the great masses of New England that Bunker Hill monument has. They demand a symbol of the idea, something that appeals to their senses suggestive of the idea. Our proposed building itself would be a standing and visible argument for civil and Christian liberty, always addressing itself to every beholder. And this would be constantly enforced by the high purposes to which it would be devoted. Our valuable books, increasing week by week, demand more room, better room, safer room; and when having it, their number will be much more rapidly increased. This library is now, and is to be, unlike any other in the country; its speciality being denominational, yet catholic; New England, yet national;j religious, yet civil and political ; indeed, so far as the largest range of local histories will make it so. Such a library is now a great want here in the metropolis of New England; and is wanted now as our polity and doctrines are going forth into the regions lying beyond Mason and Dixon's line.
Jacobus, Fifty thousand dollars have been reliably pledged, and this gives hope of more. The needed building, at all suitable to our great purpose, can not be erected in a proper place for twice that sum. Rev. A. P. Marvin is still in the field soliciting funds in aid of this object. He will gladly visit any Church or individual who will encourage the hope of a hearing with the view to a giving. Funds can also be sent, as below, in any amounts, and will be sacredly devoted to their legitimate purpose. This library has recently received from the A. B. C. F. M. house the back numbers of many of our religious papers, which, with those on hand, nearly complete some entire files. Where is the generous giver who will place the means at our disposal for binding them, cheaply, suitably for our shelves and for use? Scarcely anything here is more often called for than back numbers or volumes of some of our weekly religious papers. I specify the deficiencies which have already been ascertained, and any one that can help us complete these files will do us a good service. New YORK OBSERVER, vol. i. (1823), Nos. 1 to 26, inclusive; vol. ii. (1824), No. 7; vol. iii. (1825), Nos. 2, 3, 29 to 48, inclusive; vol. vii. (1829), Nos. 9, 32, 33, 43 ; vol. xxxvi. (1858), Nos. 1, 9. New York INDEPENDENT, vol. ii. (1850), No. 97 ; vol. v. (1853), Nos. 218, 231, 234. CONGREGATIONALIST, vol. i. (1849), Nos. 4, 8, 9; vol. ii. (1850), Nos. 18, 19; vol. iii. (1851), No. 52. NEW ENGLAND PURITAN, vol. i. (1840), Nos. 1, 29, 33, 44 ; vol. ii. (1841), No. 41 ; vol. iv. (1843), Nos. 23, 25, 31, 34, 39, 43; vol. v. (1844), Nos. 4, 12, 17, 46; vol. vi. (1845), Nos. 4, 8, 16, 18, 20, 21, 30, 32, 34, 40; vol. vii. (1846), Nos. 1, 5, 6, 34, 45; vol. viii. (1847), Nos. 36, 37; vol. x. (1849), Nos. 38, 39, 47, 48, 52. Iowa News LETTER, vol. i. Nos. 2, 7. We very much want to complete our set of the Piscataqua Evangelical Magazine. We lack vol. ii. (1806), Nos. 3, 4, 5; vol. iii. (1807), No. 3 ; vol. iv. (1808), No. 3, and all after it Our North American still lacks Nos. 3, 4, 5, 9, 13, 15, 20, 21, 22. Direct to ISAAC P. LANGWORTHY. 23 Chauncy Street, Room No. 10, Boston, Mass. INDEX OF NAMES. NOTE - This Index includes all the names of persons mentioned in this volume except the names of min- The reader is reminded that a given name may occur more than once on the same page. 222 Abbe, 125 Buckman, 124, 208 321 369, 370 Bulkley, 125 141 Bullard, 122, 209, 303 387 212 Burdett, 143 397 16 Burpee, 387 149, 213 126 Burt, 151, 374 122 27 Bushnell, 52, 137, 181, 388 396 Bigelow, 28, 223, 327 123 123 Byington, 55, 313 366 27 Cadwell, 222 123 Cairnes, | 122 Calkins, 316, 320, 336, 337 312 Calvin, 184, 185, 189, 385 27, 313 Camp, 56, 222, 314 387 Campbell, 387 21 122, 314 397 Carrol, 6 46, 315, 389, 398 Blanchard, 28, 125, 215, 313 Carruthers, 123, 125, 223, 312, 313 175 302, 314 Chamberlain, 284, 286, 351, 397 124, 287 Chandler, 388 56, 398 Chapin, 39, 40 313 215 Charpiot, 122, 126 209, 210 Chase, 124, 313, 392 160 313 Cheney, 215 208, 223 Chickering, 122, 123 124 Bouton, 222 394 Boutwell, 394 123 312 Clapp, 27, 312 387 Clark, 18, 21, 22, 27, 28, 54, 125, 123, 312 Boyd, 123, 209, 222, 223, 487 126, 137, 139, 221, 222, 314, 397, 398 304, 398 Clarke, 122, 321, 387 56 372' Clary, 123, 221 : Cleaveland, 140, 222, 223, 306, 313 16 Clinton, 222 223 27 123, 313 Codman, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27 26, 27, 237 303 175 Coffin, 56 Coggshall, 371 222 Cozyswell, 24, 28 314 372 398 125 Colby, 24, 28 123, 221 313 122 16 123 Cotton, 139, 396, 398 397 Conkling, 223, 300 313 Cooke, 237 316, 320 Grennell, 225 372, 373 Griffin, 19, 21, 22, 27, 362 28, 56, 398 Emerson, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, Grimes, 126 285, 313 28 Emery, 321, 397 152 Emmons, 372 215 Gulliver, 125, 222 140 Gurley, 284, 285 398 178, 327 Hackett, 314 307 Hall, 143, 221, 270, 313, 331, 373 1.30 222 Halleck, 27 Halliday, 214, 222 125 398 Hamlin, 145 Fay, 373 28, 391 24, 28 11 Hancock, 28, 125 387 Harlow, 28 124 Harman, 305 16 232 Harridan, 126 21 Harris, 55,397 387 | Hartshorn, 14 53, 124, 140, 306 | Harvey, 211, 222, 364, 397 Hatch, 316 144 312 312 397 122, 123, 124, 221 312 Hay, 12 123 Hayes, 28, 40, 124, 125 314 | Hayward, 313, 314, 382 397 Foster,' 27, 123, 313, 314, 331, 397 Hazen, 141 53 Heacock, 396 Headley, 222 391 Healey, 398 11 314, 387 Heard, 122 Hedge, 271 178 123 146 122 Hidden, 123, 313 52 Higgins, 124 125 Hill, 312 191 Hills, 223, 397 123 124 | Hinsdale, 223 Hitchcock, 25, 27, 28, 123, 125 374 Hobart, 27, 55 387 362, 397 Hodgskin, 125 Holbrook, 313 24, 25, 27, 285 Holland, 124 Hollis, 178 314, 387 Ilolmes, 19, 123, 208, 313, 316 397 Hooker, 9, 122, 126, 222, 391 147 397 Hooper, 142 Hopkins, 182, 185, 186, 212, 315, 332 223 124 Gile, 221 216 Hosmer, 51 123 336 Houston, 55, 223 Hovey, 222 Howard, 223 48 Howland, 27, 28, 331 28 Hoyt, 221 Hubbard, 124, 143, 321. 364 27, 122 Hull, 141, 175 Humphrey, 125 125 Hunt, 315 Huntington, Gorges, 141, 142, 145, 147 Hurd, 56, 3:15 16 Hurlbutt, 144 53 IIurst, 314 316, 397 Hutchins, 18 Gould & Lincoln, 148. 31 397 lyde, 126, 321, 347 315 Gray 28, 289, 291 122, 123, 124, 306, 321 215 272 398 Ingham, 123 24. 28 175 Jackson, 9, 10, 214, 222 53, 214 124, 316 22, 24, 28, 222 369 314 Pomeroy, 24, 27, 28 27 Pond, 66, 214 6 | Pope, 6, 123 125, 387 | Porter, 22, 27, 221, 303, 365, 389 10, 377 Post, 56, 312, 315, 321 28 28, 123, 125, 321 Potter, 146 321 Potun, 345 28 286 273 126 Prince, 125, 312 313 Prouty, 208 338 Punchard, 149, 324 52, 313, 397 222 338 28, 125 Quint, 54, 55, 199, 222, 241, 293, 134 321, 397 305 321 | Randolph, 221 Rankin, 124, 313 387 56 Rawson, 122 396 Read, 286 Mooar, 125, 221, 312, 321, 396 Reed, 28, 55, 302, 314, 315, 397 284, 363 53 22, 144 55 Rice, 171 123 Rich, 28, 222, 312 315, 316 Morse, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 27, 123 Richards, 221, 313, 397, 398 27, 124 223 24 Riddell, 398 Riggs, 27 125, 313 Rish worth, 149 387 314 124 Robbins, 304 Robie, 312 398 Robinson, 13, 124, 212, 221, 345, 126 351, 387, 398 24, 28, 313 55, 223, 387 Roden, 215 126 Rogers, 122, 127, 372 211 Root, 55 28, 53, 172 Ropes, 125, 225, 229, 239 208 Rose, 56, 209 175 Rose, 55, 222, 223 314 124 Roy, 55, 312, 317, 396 314 Russel, 21, 28, 394 313 Ryder, 221 313 24, 28 398 51, 361 Safford, 124, 277, 312 124, 222 394 22, 397 21 Sanderson, 387 24, 27, 28, 313 223, 315, 397 Sargent, 123 27, 142, 144, 314 314 124 123 Sawyer, 141, 267, 313 223 303 365 Scott, 305 24, 28 Scribner, 52, 53, 215, 305, 306 306 Searle, 126 334, 336 Searight, 387 298 Seccomb, 222, 398 396 Seelye, 299, 314, 397 122 Sessions, 28 315 Sewall, 276, 314, 396, 397 221, 350 387 210 Shattuck, 396 122 28 28 Sheldon, 24, 26, 28, 215, 329 122, 125 Pierce,' 27, 28, 47, 48, 49, 125, 126 Shepard, 123, 124, 222, 315, 321, 394 123 148 313 Silliman, 133, 306 279 124 Plumb, 215 125 |