plicity of its order, the equity of its administration, its sympathy with our institutions, its ardent patriotism in all stages of our history, its flexible adaptation to our heterogeneous population, its liberal support of schools, colleges and seminaries designed for general education and theological culture, its firm and steadfast faith in the extension of the Redeemer's kingdom, and that by means of revealed truth and the special effusions of the Holy Spirit in distinction from all trust in human arts and devices, all unite to promise, if we are wise and faithful, a future for the Presbyterian Church in these United States greater and better than all the past. Amid the changes which have occurred around us, we are confident that nothing true and good will ever recede or decay; and it becomes all those who love the same faith, order and worship, abounding in love and hope, to pray that God would count them worthy of their calling, that they may fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness and the work of faith with power, that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in them, and they in him, according to the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Signed by order of the Committee,

NEW YORK, May 7th, 1867.

WILLIAM ADAMS, Chairman.

The report of the Special Committee, to whom the above report was referred, is as follows:

The committee, to whom was referred the Report of the General Committee, appointed by the last General Assembly to confer with a similar committee on the desirableness and practicability of reuniting the bodies which they severally represent, would respectfully report:

That they have given the document committed to them a careful consideration, in view of its grave importance and the manifold interests it involves in its relations to our own Church and the progress of the kingdom of Christ in the earth. It presents a basis for the proposed reunion which, if the two Assemblies so order, is to be submitted to the deliberate examination of both branches of the Church for one year, subject to such modifications as may appear necessary or desirable within that period. It leaves the General Assemblies of 1868 free to act with reference to these terms of reunion, in whole or in part, as providential signs may indicate; and, if advisable, to submit them to the constitutional and final action of the Presbyteries. Ample opportunity is thus afforded for a full and deliberate consideration of the whole subject, in all its bearings, as they shall affect local interests or the well-being of the entire Church.

For this and kindred reasons your committee conclude it was not the intention of this body, in referring to them this proposed basis of reunion, that its several articles should be discussed at this time and place; and yet they cannot withhold their conviction, expressed in these general terms, that results have already been reached full of promise and hope; that, whatever concessions have been made, they only indicate how near the two parts of the divided Church have approached each other; that nothing more and nothing less than Christian charity would dictate has been yielded; and that, in the adjustment of any difficulties or differences, a proper regard has been preserved for the honor and rights of the respective bodies, to which the work of their Joint Committee is now submitted. The remarkable unanimity with which these initiatory proceedings have been concluded, after a thorough and frank disucssion of the basis of union, is full of encouragement; and whatever may be the ultimate result, much has

already been accomplished for the healing of our divisions and the promotion of peace and good-will in the Presbyterian body.

Impressed with these considerations, and gratefully recognizing therein. the guiding providence of God in the successive stages of this work of concord, and especially the spirit of wisdom and love given to his servants in their several conferences, we do recommend, that this Assembly approve of the whole action of its Special Committee as declared in their report, and that the same committee be continued for the purposes for which it was constituted.

There is a single point on which the Joint Committee ask instructions from the two General Assemblies. It relates to the changes in representation, etc., which will be required to adapt our ecclesiastical system to the necessities and circumstances of the united Church. We would recommend that it be left to the Joint Committee to examine carefully the whole subject, and suggest such changes in the constitution as in their wisdom they may deem requisite.

It is further recommended that the report of the Joint Committee be published, under the authority of the General Assembly, for general distribution among our ministers and churches.

It is also recommended that the Assembly appoint the several gentlemen designated by the Joint Committee as legal advisers, and that, in case of the inability of any one of them to serve, the committee have power to fill his place.

It is indicative, we would believe, of the temper of this Assembly-the largest during our history of thirty years since the separation-that your committee, though representing the extremes of our territory, and even the lingering memories of the conflict which culminated in the division, are of one mind in desiring the speedy and permanent reunion of our beloved Church. It is but reasonable to anticipate that the same spirit will characterize the action of the other Assembly, in the recollection of the fraternal, not to say magnanimous, advances made one year ago, and which gave rise to present measures for reunion, and the hope increasingly and fondly cherished in the great Presbyterian household. Other members of that renowned family than those represented in the two Assemblies now in session, at home and across the sea, are stirred in sympathy at the goodly prospect. The friends of Christian union everywhere claim an interest in the completion of our work, so happily begun, as another sign of the predicted day when all Christ's people shall be one, keeping the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. The report was adopted.

MANSES, OR COMFORTABLE HOMES FOR PRESBYTERIAN MINISTERS, FREE OF RENT.-The committee on this subject, J. Glentworth Butler, D.D., chairman, reported the following resolutions, which were adopted:

Resolved, 1. That this General Assembly direct its Presbyteries to send to the churches under their care a pastoral letter of inquiry and suggestion, with reference to the provision of a MANSE and a LIBRARY for the use of the minister in charge of each congregation.

Resolved, 2. That the Stated Clerk of each Presbytery is instructed to bring the foregoing resolution to the notice of the Presbytery, and to forward to the next General Assembly any information that may be obtained in the answers to the proposed inquiry.

On motion the Assembly was dissolved, and another was ordered to meet in the First Presbyterian Church, Harrisburg, Pa., May 21, 1868. EDWIN F. HATFIELD, D.D., J. G. BUTLER, D.D., HENRY A. NELSON, DD., Permanent Clerk. Moderator.

Stated Clerk.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES, (N. s.) 191

TABLE GIVING THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO HAVE DIED DURING THE YEAR. P. STANDS FOR PASTOR; S. S., STATED SUPPLY; PRF., PROFES

SOR; PRES., PRESIDENT; SEC., SECRETARY; TEA., TEACHER; AGT., AGENT; W. C., WITHOUT CHARGE.

In Memoriam.

"YEA, THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH, I WILL FEAR NO EVIL: FOR THOU ART WITH ME; THY ROD AND THY STAFF THEY COMFORT ME."-Psalm xxiii. 4.

ANDREWS, A.M., WELLS.-Was born at Hartland, Conn., Nov. 21, 1787, and removed with his parents to the "Western Reserve," Ohio, in 1805, and aided his father by laboring on the farm. In 1807 he made a profession of his faith and decided to study for the ministry, and for this purpose he entered Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pa., where he graduated with the honors of his class in 1812. For two years he taught in an academy in Bedford, Pa., and in 1814 he commenced the study of divinity in the Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey. In 1816 he was licensed by New Brunswick Presbytery, and spent a few months as missionary in the northern part of Pennsylvania; he then went to Wilmington, North Carolina, and after laboring there a year he was called to the church in Alexandria, Va., where he was ordained by Winchester Presbytery in 1817. This relation existed for ten years. He established a reputation as a faithful pastor and most excellent preacher; in 1819 he was a commissioner to the General Assembly from Winchester Presbytery.

In 1827 he removed to the northern part of Ohio, the home of his youth, and where, by patient and prudent efforts, he gathered the scattered people of Hartford Centre Church, in Trumbull county, and where his efforts were crowned with success. During his pastoral labors he did not neglect the fields of literature and science; and such was his justly-earned reputation that in 1837 he was induced to accept the Chair of Language, in Ohio University at Athens, Ohio, and where for six years he acquitted himself honorably and acceptably.

In 1843 he removed to Illinois, where he soon gathered a church in Tremont, which he served for ten years; one year was also spent upon a farm, after which he removed to Washington, Ill., and became pastor of the church in that place. After a pastorate of six years he resigned his charge. During the remainder of his life he preached for the church whenever they were without a regular pastor, which was quite a large portion of the time. His last sermon was preached Jan. 27, 1867, at the close of which fifteen united with the church.

His health became feeble, and after a short illness he died at his residence in Washington, Ill., Feb. 14, 1867.

He married Miss Nancy Harper, Sept. 14, 1819, who, with two daughters and four sons, survives him.

Rev. JOHN WILSON, of Deer Creek, Ill., spoke at his funeral, and also read the last sermon prepared a short time before his death, from 2 Tim. iv. 7, 8. He had spoken of it frequently to his family, and desired it to be given to his church and people; it has since been published.

Rev. J. G. EVANS, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Washington, Ill., said: "As I have met with him, I have ever been deeply impressed with his earnest Christian character, his thorough culture, his refined taste and his deep devotion to the cause of Christ; liberal in his views, he had a warm heart toward all who were earnestly working for the salvation of sinHe was also an enterprising citizen. As the friend of education his influence has always been in favor of a higher moral culture, and on all moral questions he has fearlessly spoken for the right.

ners.

"It was my privilege to visit Father Andrews during his last illness. Though he sometimes seemed anxious to depart and be with Christ, yet he never became impatient. He was always anxious to hear of the work of grace, and he said, 'Tell your people for me to work for Jesus. Let my Methodist and Presbyterian brethren all work for Jesus.' A short time before he died, he gently whispered, 'All is well; all is well.'

CLARK, JUSTUS McKINSTRY.-The son of Jesse Ashley and Rhoda (Hill) Clark, was born on the Isle La Motte, a beautiful island in Lake Champlain, Vt., Dec. 27, 1811. In 1820 his parents removed to Franklin county, New York. His father was a man of good culture and of great integrity, and with the mother raised their family in the good old-fashioned New England way; and when in his seventeenth year Justus made a profession of his faith, they joyfully concurred in his desire to study for the ministy. He began his studies in the family of the late John A. Savage, D.D., then pastor of a church at Fort Covington, N. Y. (afterward President of Carroll College, Waukesha, Wisconsin). After spending some time there and at an academy at Pottsdam, N. Y., he entered Vermont University, at Burlington, Vt., in 1831, where he remained two years. He then went to Union College, Schenectady, New York, and completed his course, graduating in 1835. During his studies he never lost sight of the great object of his pursuit; but while he was engaged in the regular college curriculum, he was also storing his mind and heart with biblical and theological literature and truths, which, for him, took the place of the usual attendance upon a theological seminary. During his second year in college his parents removed from Franklin county, N. Y., to Ottawa, Ill. The distance, and then slow and uncertain mode of conveyance and travel, making it impossible for him to pass the vacations at home, he was in the habit of searching out such places in the vicinity of the college as offered an opportunity for doing good, and there holding meetings for prayer and exposition of Scripture, thus warming and brightening his own Christian experience as well as sowing the good seed of the Word in the byways of his Master's vineyard. After graduating, he went to Illinois and remained with his parents about a year, and then took charge of a seminary for young ladies at Monticello, Ky., preaching on the Sabbath as opportunity offered. But that he might not be diverted from the great pursuit to which he had devoted his life, he gave up his position in the seminary and accepted the pastoral charge of a church at Springfield, Ky., where he was ordained and installed by Transylvania Presbytery, in 1838. It was while preaching at that place that he became acquainted with Miss Martha Dunn, a highly accomplished and gifted lady from Boston, who had charge of a young ladies' school at that placean acquaintance which soon ripened into an attachment, resulting in an engagement and subsequent marriage. Of the mutual happiness and lifelong labors of love and devotion following their marriage all who knew them during those years bear testimony. An earnest, patient, devoted Christian woman, his wife always shared in his toils and lightened by assisting him to bear his cares, and was a most tender and watchful nurse during the long years in which Mr. Clark was constantly more or less of an invalid. Soon after his marriage, which took place at Springfield, April 26, 1838, at the earnest solicitation of his friends there he returned to Ottawa, Ill.

In the year 1840 his father removed with his family to Madison, the capital of the then Territory of Wisconsin. In the next year Mr. Clark was chosen pastor of a church which had been organized at Madison two or