and faithful preacher of the gospel, and as a professor of theology, he has left a name that is and shall be blessed."

In the Church he was conservative of its order and teachings. He was opposed to any ceremony at the burial of the dead. All similar innovations he rejected in view of the lessons of history, that Ritualism, Protestant and Papal, has crept into the Church and worship of God from beginnings small and unnoticed. He believed that any effort to introduce into the public duties of the Sabbath what is not laid down by scriptural law or example proceeds from a wrong principle in matters pertaining to the service of God, and that the religious instruction of the child is the inalienable duty of the Christian parent. As to the members of sister Churches, he never forgot the character of a Christian gentleman, and his personal relations with many clergymen of other denominations were unmarred by the position he occupied as a Covenanter of protest against all who incorporate with governments which officially ignore Christianity. As an American, he loved his country, and was her earnest friend in her time of peril. As a Covenanter, he could not approve her relation to the name and Church of Christ, nor identify himself with her, yet when her very existence was endangered he separated between the national life which was at stake and the form of government which is subject to change. He died as he lived a firm dissenter from the present Constitution.

The brain, the part most used of the intricate machinery, showed signs of wear many months before his death. He had been long subject to severe headache, but in 1865, the nervous energy and locomotion of the left side were impaired, and death was surely but slowly approaching. His voyage to Europe in the summer of 1865 did not restore him. A syncopal attack at Synod in Rochester in May presaged death. He looked to it uncomplainingly. It was his rest. His tall form-he was nearly six feet in heightbegan to bend, yet the lustre of his eye from beneath his broad brow, the firmness of his lip and the clearness of his brain did not yield. His last illness was short, and during its few hours he lay in a stupor; the violence of his heart led to the detection of serious hypertrophy. With the departure of summer he passed to his account. We shall meet again, and our hearts shall rejoice with a joy unspeakable and full of glory.' "For the Lamb that is in the midst of the throne shall feed us, and shall lead us to living fountains of waters, and God shall wipe away all tears from our eyes."

THE FOLLOWING PAGE gives the INSTITUTIONS, &c., the names of the PRESBYTERIES, with the Stated Clerks, the names of the MINISTERS and LICENTIATES, with their Post-office address. The ministers number seventyeight, divided as follows: 67 are Pastors, 7 labor as Home Missionaries, 4 Professors and Foreign Missionaries, and 2 Licentiates. Total, 80.

RESIDENCE ACCORDING TO STATES, &c., OF THE MINISTERS AND LICENTIATES.

Canada............. 1 | Iowa................ 7 | Massachusetts... 1 New York...... 17 | Vermont........... 1 Illinois.... 6 Kansas... 1 Michigan.......... 3 Ohio......... 12 Wisconsin..... 1 Indiana............ 2 Maryland......... 1 Missouri........... 1 Pennsylvania... 19 Syria........... ................... 2 * Unknown........ 5

*The Unknown are made up of Licentiates and Ministers in transitu.

TOTAL, 80

Theological Seminary, Allegheny, Pa.

THOMAS SPROULL, D.D., Professor, &c.

JAMES M. WILLSON, D.D., Professor, &c.

ARMOUR, J. M., Syracuse, N. Y.
BAYLIS, John O., Kortright, N. Y.
Beattie, Joseph, Latakiyeh, Syria.
Beattie, J. M., Ryegate, Vt.
Black, J. A.

Boggs, J. H. Brooklyn, N. Y.
Boyd, J. C., Utica, Ohio.
Bowden, S., York, N. Y.
Buck, J. S...

CANNON, R.B., Columbus City, Iowa.
Carlisle, S., Newburg, N. Y.
Coulter, D. H., Hopkington, Iowa.
Crozier, John, Indianapolis, Ind.
DODDS, JOSIAH

Dodds, R. J., Latakiyeh, Syria.
EDDER, T. M.

FARIS, DAVID S., Sparta, Ill.
Faris, J. C. K., Dresden, Ohio.
French, John, California, Mich.
GALBRAITH, JonN, Glade Mills, Pa.
George, H. H., Cincinnati, Ohio.
George, W. F., Coultersville, Ill.
Graham, W., East Cambridge, Mass.
HANNAY, THOMAS

Hunter, Joseph, Wilkinsburg, Pa.
Hutcheson, Robt., Faribank, Iowa.
JOHNSON, ROBERT, Waukesha, Wis.
Johuston, A. W.

NAME.

POST-OFFICE.

Johnston, J. M. Washington, D. C.
Johnston, N. M., New Galilee, Pa.
Johnston, N. R.

Johnston, W. P., Baltimore, Md.
KENNEDY, JOSHUA, Brushland, N.Y.
LOVE, JAMES, Albia, Iowa.
MIDDLETON, JOHN, Stanton, Ill.
Milligan, A. M., Allegheny, Pa.
Milligan, J. S., Birmingham, Mich.
Milligan, John C. K., N. York, N.Y.
Milroy, W., Belle Centre, Ohio.
McAlister, David, Walton, N. Y.
McCartney J.L., Belle Centre, Ohio.
McClurkin, H. P., N. Concord, Ohio.
McClurkin, J. J.,N.Wilmington, Pa.
McCracken, J., St. Louis, Mo.
McDonald, J.M., Morn'g Sun., Iowa.
McFarland, A., Putnam, Ohio.
McFarland, A. J., Stanton, Pa.
McFarland, J. B.

McKee, David

NAME.

POST-OFFICE.

Shaw, David J., Bloomington, Ind.
Shaw, James W., Coldenham, N. Y.
Shields, Robert, Almonte, Can. W.
Slater, William, Venice, Pa.
Sloane, J. R. W., New York, N. Y.
Smith, John C., Rose Point, Pa.
Sproull, D.D., Thos., Allegheny, Pa.
Sproull, John W., McKeesport, Pa.
Sproull, R. D., Rochester, N. Y.
Sproull, T. A., Allegheny, Pa.
Sterett, Samuel, North Jackson, O.
Stevenson, D.D., And'w, N. Y., N. Y.
Stevenson, Thos. P., Philadel'a., Pa.
Stevenson, S. M., Washington, Iowa.
Stott, J., Princeton, Ind.
THOMPSON, J. A., Londonderry, O.
Thompson, J, R., Newburg, N. Y.
Thompson, R. M. C., Hick. Pt.. Ind.
Todd, Andrew C., Elkhorn, Ind.
Trumbull, C. D., Dodgeville, Iowa.
WALLACE, JAMES, Sparta, Ill.

McMillan, W. W., Olathe, Kansas. Wilkin, M., Stirling, N. Y.
NEILL, JAMES.....
Newell, J. R.

REED, ROBERT, Luesco, Pa.
Reid, Daniel, Titusville, Pa.
SCOTT, DAVID

Sharpe, R. J., Philadelphia, Pa.

Williams, John B., White Lake.N.Y
Willson, R. Z., New York, N. Y.
Wright. Alexander

Wylie, Preston II., Rushsylvania, O.
Wylie, S. O., Philadelphia, Pa.

GENERAL SYNOD

OF THE

REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

THE SYNOD met in Xenia, Ohio, May 16, 1866, and was opened with a discourse by the retiring Moderator.

Reports were received from Presbyteries showing a good degree of prosperity.

FREEDMEN.-The superintendent gives a hopeful account among these people in Alexandria, Va. They are fast learning to read and many of them are quite proficient-being called upon to assume the duties of citizens, they are striving to be able to meet all its requirements.

FOREIGN MISSIONS were considered, and it was resolved to sustain the missionaries in India, and if possible enlarge their number.

LETTERS were sent to the Churches in Scotland, and a good degree of interest was manifested in the matter of union among the Presbyterian Churches.

The Synod adjourned to meet in New York May 15, 1867.

JOHN NEIL MCLEOD, D.D., Stated Clerk.

In Memoriam.

"PRECIOUS IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD IS THE DEATH OF HIS SAINTS.”Psalm cxvi. 15.

MCMILLAN, GAVIN RILEY-The son of David and Nancy (Wright) McMillan, was born in Fairfield district, South Carolina, Dec. 24, 1824. He was educated in Miami University, Athens, Ohio, and studied divinity in the Theological Seminary of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, in Philadelphia, Pa., graduating in 1850. He was licensed by the Philadelphia Presbytery of the Reformed Presbyterian Church April 18, 1850, and began his labors in the vicinity of Pittsburg, Pa., in Ohio, and in the West. He occupied a call from the churches of Neshanock and Hermon in Lawrence

county, Pa., and was ordained and installed as pastor in 1851. This relation existed till 1859, when he removed to Brooklyn, N. Y., and became pastor of the First Reformed Presbyterian Church in that city; but owing to failing health he resigned the following year. This ended his ministrations in the pulpit. In order to regain his health he went to Kansas, and then to Minnesota. With partial restoration of health, he settled in the vicinity of Xenia, Ohio, where he devoted himself to promote the interests of education, and by his energy and perseverance as President of the Union Female Seminary, Xenia, placed that institution among the first in the land. But the gradual approaches of consumption compelled him to withdraw from earthly occupations, and at his mother's residence, near Xenia, Ohio, hẹ died January 9, 1865.

He married Miss Mary E. Davis, daughter of A. T. Davis, M.D., of Wilmington, Ohio, who, with a son, survives him.

REV. DAVID HERRON preached his funeral sermon, when he spoke as follows: "He was a man universally beloved. His qualities of head and heart were such as to win for him the esteem and affection of all who knew him. There was nothing trifling or approaching to levity in his character or manner. He was serious but cheerful. Truthfulness, sincerity, simplicity and humility were the principal traits of his character. A gentleness of disposition, too, the fruits of both nature and grace, added a winning charm to his other qualities, and to his whole character and conduct in every relation of life. His end was peace-deep, joyous, triumphant peace. His last words were, Glory to God in the highest; I see heaven open. I see as I never saw before the Lord Jesus ready to receive me.

E. D. MACMASTER, D.D., of Poland, Ohio, wrote as follows: "My acquaintance with Mr. McMillan began in 1845, when he became a student in Miami University, with which I was then connected. Various circumstances attracted to him my particular attention until his graduation; and since then I have had ample opportunity to know him well.

"If I were asked to specify his most prominent characteristic, I should say, simple-hearted integrity. And when I say this, I ascribe to him an attribute of the highest order, a virtue comprehensive of many particular virtues, and the foundation of all good character. I think that from the time I first knew him, and I doubt not from childhood, he would have shrunk with an instinctive recoil from all untruthfulness, all equivocation, all disingenousness, all double-dealing, and all violation of moral obligation or dereliction of known duty. He belonged to a stock of people who were habitually governed by staunch moral principle, and might always, and in all things, be relied on for more than they promised; and I think that of this characteristic he had his full share.

He had good talents; solid, rather than showy; judgment predominating over imagination; the ratiocinative faculty over fancy; and I think I may add, the practical over the speculative. As his preparation for college was under the tuition of his excellent uncle, the late Hugh McMillan, D.D.,* who long maintained the best classical academy in all that region, he came to college with the advantage of good preliminary instruction and training, especially in the languages; and he consequently at once took rank, and subsequently maintained it among the best scholars of his class.'

A memoir of HUGH MCMILLAN, D.D., is published in The Presbyterian Historical Almanac for 1861, p. 218.

RESIDENCE ACCORDING TO STATES, &c., OF MINISTERS AND LICENTIATES.

6 New Brunswick......... 1

Officers and Members of General Synod.

FOREIGN MISSIONS.

T. W. J. WYLIE, D.D., Cor. Sec., Philadelphia, Pa.
G. SCOTT, Esq., Treasurer, Philadelphia, Pa.

DOMESTIC AND FREEDMEN MISSIONS. JAMES C. MCMILLAN, Sec., Xenia, Ohio.

Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, Pa.

Professors.-JOHN N. MCLEOD, D.D.

T. W. J. WYLIE, D.D.

Philadelphia, Wm. Sterrett Philadelphia, Pa.
Pittsburg, Geo. Scott, East Palestine, Ohio.
Western, W. S. Bratton, Coulterville, Ill.

MINISTERS AND LICENTIATES.