soon as an engagement with the Trustees of Lafayette College should be terminated, he would be ready to enter upon the proposed work. The West, from which we had received many flattering assurances of interest, was assigned to Mr. Hunt as his field of operations. Various hinderances prevented him from entering on his agency until about the commencement of winter. At last accounts he had collected and with the aid of

several brethren, whose assistance as voluntary agents he had secured, he had made arrangements to revisit and present his cause in some cities, which, on first visiting them, he had not found prepared to do anything.

The Rev. Mr. Major was employed for some months in visiting the churches of Huntingdon and Carlisle Presbyteries. His reception, however, was not as cordial as might have been hoped, and his collections were small.

In the course of the past winter, one of the members of our body visited New York, but not finding the churches of that city then prepared to make such contributions as he deemed essential to the success of the enterprise, he declined to present the object.

Another member of the Committee is now engaged in prosecuting the work in Balti

more.

The whole contributions made thus far to this object, amount, as nearly as we can ascertain, to about fifteen thousand dollars, ($15,000,) including collection staken up in some sixty of our Presbyteries, and largely upwards of one hundred of our churches, some of them among the feeblest and most distant of our body. The whole cost of the proposed edifice, with the lot already secured, cannot fall much, if at all, short of sixty thousand dollars, (60,000).

In these circumstances your Committee would respectfully urge upon the Assembly the adoption of some measures through which, if possible, the completion of this important work may be effected.

J. M. P. ATKINSON.

THE CONTINGENT FUND.

There is still a necessity for calling the particular attention of the Churches and Presbyteries to this Fund. The expenses for which it provides are indispensable, not only to the vigorous working, but to the maintenance of our ecclesiastical organism. And in this certainly every church, and every member of the church, will feel an interest.

TO THE STATED CLERKS OF SYNODS.

It is the duty of the Stated Clerks of the respective Synods to send up to the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly an annual report, stating, in brief, the number of Presbyteries, ministers, churches, licentiates, and candidates, within their bounds, and particularly all changes which may have been made in the arrangement of Presbyteries. By the Assembly of 1841, (see p. 425,) it has been made their duty also to transmit to the Stated Clerk of the Assembly the time and place of meetings of their respective Synods.

THE STATED CLERKS OF PRESBYTERIES

Are earnestly requested,

1. To make their Annual Reports to the Assembly, if they have no printed blanks, after the form on page 238 of these Minutes. Blanks can always be obtained on application to the Stated Clerk.

2. To make their Reports in fair, distinct writing, especially the columns of figures.

3. To make them as accurate and full as possible. If, in any instance, churches do not report to Presbyteries, it is desirable that their number of communicants should be inserted from their last report.

4. To report no cents. The Assembly has so ordered. If therefore they are reported, the Stated Clerk of the Assembly is obliged to throw them out altogether, or to incorporate them with the dollars. This costs him a serious amount of labour, to which he ought not to be subjected.

5. To add up each column of figures with care. Many still neglect this, and thus oblige the Clerk of the Assembly to do what they should do themselves.

6. To append to the statistics of Presbyteries a brief account of changes which have occurred during the year, such as the number of licensures, ordinations, installations, dismissions of pastors, organization of new churches, and the names of ministers deceased. 7. To transmit their Reports to the Stated Clerk, either at the meeting of the Assembly, or to Philadelphia, not later than the first day of June.

REGULATION RESPECTING THE MINUTES.

Adopted by the Assemblies of 1836 and 1837, and directed to be republished in the Appendix to the Minutes.

"Each Presbytery shall forward to the Treasurer, for the Contingent Fund of the Assembly, at or before the meeting of the Assembly in each year, a sum equal to fifty cents for each member of the Presbytery, and for any licentiate or other person who shall desire the Minutes, and whose post-office address shall be given. And the Stated Clerk shall not forward the Minutes to the members of any Presbytery from which no such remittance shall be made, but only to the Stated Clerk of such Presbytery, and to such members as shall forward the sum above stated.

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The Presbytery of

FORM OF PRESBYTERIAL REPORT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
report to the General Assembly, that they consist of
Candidates, viz.

Licentiates, and

MINISTERS,

Ministers, and have under their care

Churches,

Communicants. Baptized.

Funds Collected.

Add up,
omitting cents.

Dated,

Follow the above with a statement of licensures, ordinations, installations, pastoral relations dissolved, churches organized, and deaths of ministers.
Signed,

-, Stated Clerk.

Give the names of licentiates, but only the number of candidates, without name. It is earnestly requested that the above order of columns may be
strictly followed, and that the columns may all be carefully added up. To ministers who are pastors, annex P., to stated supplies, S. S., to Domestic
Missionaries, D. M., to Foreign Missionaries, F. M., to Presidents of Colleges, Pres., to Professors in Colleges or Theological Seminaries, Prof., to
Agents, Ag., to Chaplains, Chap., and to Editors, Edt., to congregations which have pastors, annex P., to those which have stated supplies, S. S.
and to those which are vacant, V.

The Assembly of 1850, in order to simplify its statistical tables, and to render them more full and accurate as to the contributions of the churches for religious pur-
poses, recommended:

I. That a column for the whole number of families be inserted in the form of Congregational and Presbyterial reports:

II. That the form of reports as to collections be hereafter as follows:-1. For Domestic Missions; to include all moneys collected for the purpose, and Church
Extension, whether for the Boards, or any of the judicatories of the Church. 2. Foreign Missions; including all moneys for that purpose. 3. Education; including
all that is given for the education of candidates for the ministry; for Theological Seminaries; Presbyterian colleges, academies, parochial, and Sabbath schools.
4. Publication; all moneys for the Board of Publication, and for Synodical and Presbyterial depositories, and colportage. 5. Presbyterial; to include Commissioners'
and Contingent Funds, and contributions for the support of aged ministers. 6. Congregational; all moneys contributed for the congregation, as pastors' salaries,
building and repairing churches, liquidation of debts, and current expenses. 7. Miscellaneous; including all other collections.

ALPHABETICAL LIST

MINISTERS AND LICENTIATES

EMBRACED IN THE PRECEDING STATISTICAL TABLES.

NOTE.-The Post-Office addresses in some cases differ from those given in the Tables, this List having been prepared to correspond with changes known to have been made. The figures denote the page of the Tables on which the name may be found.

Alrich, D. D., Prof., William P., Washington, Pa. 90. Bardwell, Joseph, Columbia, S. C. 163.

240

Beattie, A., Grand Lake, Ark. 167.
Beattie, David, Scotchtown, N. Y. 59.

Beatty, D. D., Charles C., Steubenville, O. 93.
Beckman, J. T. B., Middletown, N. J. 62.
Bedeau, R. M., Lima, O. 106.
Beebe, L. S. 151.

Beer, Thomas, Rowesburg, O. 99.
Beggs, Joseph, 75.

Bell, George, Dumfries, Scotland, 156.
Bell, John, Larissa, Texas, 169.
Bell, L. G., Fairfield, Iowa, 123.
Bell, Robert, Kewana, Ind. 111.
Bell, Robert S., Washington, Va. 135.
Bell, William G., Boonville, Mo. 123.
Bellamy, Thomas, Alexander, N. Y. 58.
Belville, Jacob, Hartsville, Pa. 75.
Belville, John L., Centreville, 0. 102.
Beman, C. P., Mount Zion, Ga, 152.
Renedict, Epenetus P., Patterson, N. Y. 60.
Benedict, Henry, 55.

Bennett, Asa, Centreville, Mich. 57.
Bennett, Isaac, Canton, Ill. 118.

Bergen, George P., Springdale, 0. 103.
Bergen, John G., Springfield, Ill. 116.
Berry, Robert T., Martinsburg, Va. 135.
Berryhill, Franklin, Bellbrook, 0. 104.
Bertron, S. R., Port Gibson, Miss. 160.
Beveridge, Andrew M., Hoosick Falls, N. Y. 53.
Biggs, H. W., Princeton, Ind. 107.

Biggs, D. D., Thomas J., Cincinnati, O. 103.
Billingsly, Amos S., Wirtemburg, Pa. 88.
Bingham, John A., Bethmont, N. C. 140.
Bingham, William R., Warren Tavern, Pa. 73.
Birch, J. K. 103.

Bishop, Noah, Monroe. O. 102.

Bishop, Pierpont E., Chester C. H., S. C. 148.
Bishop, Prof., William, Hanover, Ind. 108.
Bittenger, E. C. 140.

Bittinger, B. F., Prospect Hill, Va. 135.
Bittinger, M. H. 136.

Blachley, Eben, Dane, Wis. 120.

Black, Duncan B., Bannerman, N. C. 141.
Black, J., Cincinnati, O. 103.
Black, James, Connellsville, Pa. 85.
Black, James, Hagerstown, Md. 79.
Blackburn, William M. 67.

Blackwell, Harleigh, Flint Hill, Mo. 124.
Blackwood, William, Philadelphia, Pa. 73.
Blain, John S., Williamsville, Va. 134.
Blain, S. W., Greenwood Depot, Va. 137.
Blain, William, Montgomery, N. Y. 59.
Blain, William J. 59.

Blair, William C., Indianola, Texas. 169.
Blake, Edward S., Allegheny City, Pa. 90.
Blanchard, S. M., Windham, N. H. 53.
Bland, Peter R., Bellemont, Tenn. 165.
Blauvelt, George M. S., Chester, N. J. 66.
Blauvelt, William W., N. Germantown, N. J. 65.
Blayney, John B., Iberia, O. 96.
Bliss, J. T., Auburn, Ind. 112.

Blodgett, Gaius M., New Scotland, N. Y. 54.
Bloodgood, A. L., West Galway, N. Y. 54.
Blythe, Joseph W., Cranberry, N. J. 66.
Boardman, D. D., H. A., Philadelphia, Pa. 78.
Bocock, John H., Harrisonburg, Va. 134.
Boggs, George W., Livingston, Ala 157.
Boggs, George W., Winnsboro, S. C. 149.
Boggs, John M., Millersburg, O. 99.
Bogle, John A., Hustonville, Ky. 129.
Bollman, S. P., Indiana. Pa. 84.

Bomberger, C. C., West Carlisle, O. 100.
Bonar, William, Albion, Ind. 113.
Bond, Lewis, Plainfield, N. J. 65.
Booth, Henry A., Des Peres, Mo. 124.
Bossard, J., Fort Wayne, Ind. 113.
Boozer, J. J.. Calhoun's Mills, S. C. 147.
Bosworth, Eliphalet, Elizabethtown, N. J. 65.
Botsford, Eli C., Yorkville, N. Y. 63.
Bottsford, Alfred, Hughsonville, N. Y. 60.
Bowen, Henry F. 67.

Bowman, D. D., Francis, Greensboro, Ga. 151.
Bowman, J. R. Madison, Ga. 152.
Boyd, Abraham, Tarentum, Pa. 87.
Boyd. Alexander, 122.

Boyd, Benjamin, Newport, Ky. 132.
Boyd, C. L. R., Cross Keys, Ala. 158.
Boyd, John N., Liberty, N. Y. 59.
Boyd, John T., Wheeling, Ind. 115.

Boyd, Samuel, Wheeling, Va. 92.
Bracken, Newton, Portersville, Pa. 87.
Bracken, T. A. Lexington, Mo. 126.
Bradbury, Eldridge, Hudson, N. Y. 65.
Braddock, Cyrus G., Ritchie C. H., Va. 91.
Braddock, J. S., Frankfort, Ky. 128.
Bradford, Thomas B., 75.

Bradner, Thomas S., Croton Falls, N. Y. 60.
Bradshaw, F. Hope, Ala. 157.

Brank, R. G., Lexington, Ky. 131.

Brearley, William, Darlington C. H., S. C. 149.
Breck, R. L., Macon, Ga. 152.

Breckinridge, D. D., R. J., Lexington, Ky. 130.
Breckinridge, D. D., W. L., Louisville, Ky. 127.
Breed, William P., Steubenville, O. 93.
Brengle, J. P., Carlisle, Ind. 108.
Brewster, Charles G., 74.

Brice, William K., Pleasant, 0. 106.
Bright, J. E. Trenton, Tenn. 163.

Brainerd, T. G., Londonderry, N. H. 52.
Bristol, C. B., Spring Church, Pa. 83.
Brittain, John, Portage City, Wis. 121.

Brobson, Edwin, Mehoopany, Pa. 71.

Brobston, William, Wheatland, Wis. 121.
Bronson, E. S., 55.

Brookes, J. H., Dayton, O. 102.

Broughton, Job, 101.

Brown, D. D., Alexander B., Cannonsburgh, Pa. 86
Brown, Allen H., May's Landing, N. J. 68.

Brown, D. D., Duncan, Ashwood, Tenn. 144.

Brown, Ebenezer, Roscoe, Ill. 120.
Brown, Frederick T., Cleveland, O. 99.
Brown, Henry, Crab Bottom, Va. 134.
Brown, Hugh A., Rockford, Ill. 120.
Brown, H. A., Rockford, Ill. 137.
Brown, Isaac V., Trenton, N. J. 66.
Brown, James C., Valparaiso, Ind. 112.

Brown, D. D., James M., Kanawha C. H., Va. 133
Brown, John, Freedom, Pa. 90.
Brown, Joseph, Natchez, Miss. 161.
Brown, Joseph, Mars Bluff, S. C. 149.

Brown, J. H., Lexington, Ky. 130.
Brown, Milton W., Millersburg, 0. 100.
Brown, Richard, New Hagerstown, O. 93.
Brown, Samuel, Millboro' Springs, Va. 134.
Brown, S., Pleasant Ridge, O. 103.
Brown, S. S., Black Hawk, Miss. 163.
Brown, Thomas, Abingdon, Va. 139.
Brown, William, Cline's Mill, Va. 134.
Brown, William Y., New Lisbon, 0. 94.
Browne, William B., Staunton, Va. 134.
Brownson, James J., Washington, Pa. 91.
Brugh, William J., Mechanicstown, O. 93.
Brunner, L. A., Upper Sandusky, O. 96.
Bryan, Edward D., Rye, N. Y. 60.
Bryson, John, Turbutville, Pa. 81.
Buchanan, John M., Milwaukie, Wis. 120.
Buck, J. J., Jewett, N. Y. 55.

Buel, Frederick, San Francisco, Cal. 170.
Buell, W. P., Newcastle, Tenn. 166.

Bui, Archibald, Campbell's Bridge, S. C. 149.
Buist, Edward T., Greenville C. H., S. C. 146.
Bulkly, Hiram W., Ballston Spa, N. Y. 55.
Bull, Ralph, West Town, N. Y. 59.
Bullions, Alexander B., Paris, France, 53.
Bullock, D. D., J. J., Louisville, Ky. 128.
Bunting, R. F., La Grange, Texas, 170.

Burnham, P. J., Tribes Hill, N. Y. 54.

Burns, John, Millwood, O. 98.

Burns, J. H., Venice, O. 104.

Burroughs, Benjamin, Savannah, Ga. 151.
Burroughs, George W., 75.

Burrowes, D. D., Prof. George, Easton, Pa. 75.
Burt, John, Blackwoodtown, N. J. 68.
Burt, N. C., Springfield, O. 102.

Burtis, D. D., Arthur, Buffalo, N. Y. 57.
Burwell, R., Hillsboro, N. C., 139.

Bush, George C., Stewartsville, N. J. 69.
Bush, Stephen, Cohoes, N. Y. 54.
Butler, D. D., Z., Port Gibson, Miss. 159.

Butler, George W., Campbell's Station, Tenn. 146.
Buttolph, D. L., 150.

Butts, Joshua, Placerville, Cal. 62.

Byers, R. H., Palestine, Texas, 169.

Byington, Cyrus, Eagle Town, C. N. 167.

Cairns. George, Slate Lick, Pa. 87.
Caldwell, Abel, 57.