with this body, and the families of ministers who have deceased while in our connection, be constituted, to be supplied by annual collections in all our churches, donations, and legacies.

Resolved, 2. That in order to constitute and maintain such Fund, it is hereby enjoined upon all our Presbyteries to take such action as shall secure from every church an annual contribution thereto.

Resolved, 3. That this Fund be intrusted to the Trustees of the Presbyterian House, to be by them disbursed upon the recommendation of Presbyteries, upon such principles and rules of distribution as they shall deem most equal and beneficial.

Resolved, 4. That for the special oversight and care of the interest thus committed to them, the Trustees are authorized to appoint a Secretary, prescribe his duties, and determine his salary.

ON MANSES AND PASTORAL LIBRARIES.-The Committee to whom was referred by the last Assembly the Overture from Joseph M. Wilson, of Philadelphia, Pa., on MANSES, presented the following report:

The Committee appointed by the last Assembly to report upon an Overture of Mr. Joseph M. Wilson, proposing that inquiries should be made in respect to Manses, and to whom also was referred the subject of Pastoral Libraries, beg leave to state, that in consequence of the removal of the Chairman, Rev. Asa D. Smith, D.D., to another field of labor, no meeting of the Committee has been held. The subject, however, is so important, that it is presumed the Assembly will desire to keep before the churches, under one form or another, the desirableness of providing comfortable accommodations and literary help for their pastors, and will willingly further any judicious measure looking to this end.

Mr. Wilson now proposes, through one of the Committee, to supply, at his own expense, the Stated Clerks of the Presbyteries, with as large a number of copies of a letter of inquiries, in respect to the matters proposed, as there are churches within the bounds of all our Presbyteries; with the understanding, that the Stated Clerks will attend to their distribution among the churches; and he himself will arrange and classify the same in time to be presented to the next General Assembly.

By directing the answer to be forwarded directly to a Committee appointed for that purpose, who could place them in the hands of Mr. Wilson, to be arranged and classified, it is believed that the statistical zeal and ability of Mr. Wilson, under the general direction of the Committee, could be advantageously employed by the Assembly, and his generous offer be accepted.

The Committee would, therefore, recommend the adoption of the following resolutions:

WHEREAS, The importance of providing Manses for the comfortable accommodation of our ministers and their families, and also of establishing and enlarging Pastoral Libraries, is worthy of serious consideration, and never more so than at present; therefore,

Resolved, 1. That George E. Day, D.D., Rev. J. Glentworth Butler. Rev. Zephaniah M. Humphrey, and Messrs. Edward D. Mansfield and Charles A. Davison, be appointed a Committee to collect information, by appropriate inquiries, in respect to existing Manses and Pastoral Libraries in connection with our churches, to report to the next General Assembly.

Resolved, 2. That blank forms containing these inquiries be sent to the Stated Clerks of the Presbyteries, and that they be requested to attend to their distribution among the churches.

Resolved, 3. That the ministers, elders, deacons, and members of the

churches under the care of the General Assembly be earnestly requested to make early and full replies to these questions, adding any information, or making any suggestions, which may tend to awaken an interest in behalf of Manses and Pastoral Libraries.

PERMANENT CLERK.-A communication was received from Henry Darling, D.D., Permanent Clerk, resigning his office, whereupon Rev. J. GLENTWORTH BUTLER was elected Permanent Clerk of the General Assembly.

THANKS.-It was Resolved, That the thanks of this General Assembly are due, and are hereby cordially tendered, to the citizens of Dayton, who have so kindly received and entertained our Commissioners during the sessions of our body.

Also, to the Trustees of the Third Street Presbyterian Church; to the Choir of said church; to the Committee of Arrangements, and especially its Chairman, whose manifold services have made our sessions so agreeable and comfortable.

It was further Resolved, That the thanks of this Assembly be presented to the Moderator, the Rev. Thomas Brainerd, D.D., to whose urbanity and impartiality we are so much indebted. Also, to the Clerks, for their promptitude and exactness in arranging the business, and keeping the records of the Assembly, in a manner so satisfactory.

The business of the Assembly having been completed, and the vote taken for the dissolution of the Assembly, the Moderator, with prayer and the apostolic benediction, declared the Assembly dissolved, and required another Assembly, chosen in the same manner, to meet at the La Fayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in the city of Brooklyn, N. Y., (Rev. THEODORE L. CUYLER, Pastor,) on Thursday, May 19, 1865.

E. D. HATFIELD, D.D., Rev. T. R. SMITH, THOS. BRAINERD, D.D., Permanent Clerk, pro tem. Moderator.

Stated Clerk.

In Memoriam.

TABLE WITH NAMES OF THOSE WHO HAVE DIED DURING THE YEAR. THE LETTERS AT THE END OF EACH NAME HAVE THE FOLLOWING INDICATION: W. C. WITHOUT CHARGE; P. PASTOR; CHPN. CHAPLAIN; 8. S. STATED SUPPLY; SECT. SECRETARY.

"AND GOD SHALL WIPE AWAY ALL TEARS FROM THEIR EYES; AND THERE SHALL BE NO MORE DEATH, NEITHER SORROW, NOR CRYING, NEITHER SHALL THERE BE ANY MORE PAIN; FOR THE FORMER THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY."-Revelation xxi. 4.

ALLEN, D.D., DAVID OLIVER--The son of Moses and Mehitable Allen, was born in Barree, Mass., September 14, 1799. While a child, his parents removed to Princeton, Mass., where he spent his youth on a farm, enjoying the usual advantages of a common school education. At the age of seventeen he taught a winter school, which employment he followed very snccessfully several months each year, till he commenced his professional studies. At the age of nineteen, he entered Williams College, Mass., and, after remaining there two years, he removed, with other students, to Amherst College, Mass., where he graduated in 1823, in a class of five-being the second that had left the Institution. It was during his Senior year, at a time of special religious interest, that he first became personally interested in religion, and, in the winter of 1823, made a public profession of the same in Princeton. The year after leaving College, he spent at Groton,

*This Memoir is taken from The Congregational Quarterly, Boston, Mass., Rev. I. P. Langworthy, Editor, a most excellent Journal.

Mass., having charge of what is now called "Lawrence Academy." While here, his attention was turned to the ministry, and he entered Andover Theological Seminary in the fall of 1824, where he continued till the spring of 1837, when a most urgent call was made for reinforcements of one or more missionaries to India. Newell, Nichols, Frost, and Hall had deceased, and Nott and Bardwell had returned to this country. The dying appeal of Gordon Hall was not to be resisted. On the 21st of May, 1827, he was ordained at Westminster, Dr. Woods, of Andover, Mass., preaching the sermon; and, on the 23d of May, he was married to Myra Wood, daughter of Abel Wood, Esq., of Westminster, Mass. On the 6th of June he embarked from Boston for Calcutta, where he arrived on the 21st of September. After stopping a month here, he proceeded to Bombay, where he labored several years in preaching and establishing schools. He was the first American Missionary to establish a station at Ahmednuggur, in 1831, where he spent several years. After this he was engaged in making extensive tours in Western India, preaching, distributing Bibles, Tracts, &c. In 1843 he took charge of the printing establishment, at Bombay. This constituted for some ten years a very important agency in Missionary operations in Western India. It employed part of this time one hundred persons, mostly natives, and, the number of pages printed increased from one million and a half, in 1843, to near twelve millions, in 1852. The works printed were portions of Scripture translated, religious tracts, school books, &c., &c. Dr. Allen was the author of several very useful tracts in the Mahratta language. He also translated portions of the Old Testament, and, superintended a revised and corrected edition of the whole Scripture into Mahratta, which was a great work.

Too close application to these labors, together with the effects of a warm climate, so impaired his constitution and health, that physicians advised him that he must at once leave India, if he would prolong his life. In February, 1853, he sailed for America, making a short stop in Palestine and England-arriving in Boston in June. His health gradually improved, so that after one year of rest, he commenced preparing the History of India, Ancient and Modern, an octavo volume of over six hundred pages, published in 1856. This work was received very favorably by the press, both in this country and in England. Probably no one volume contains so much valuable matter appertaining to India as this. And what is peculiar, no one in reading it would suspect it was compiled by a missionary or clergyman, but rather, by some highly accomplished gentleman of leisure, thoroughly posted in all departments of business and literature, both of India and England.

From 1856 to 1860, Dr. Allen preached in different places; one whole year at Westport, Mass., where there was no special religious interest, and nearly two years at Wenham. His style of preaching was plain and practical-more instructive than rhetorical. During the intervals, when not engaged in preaching, he contributed several valuable articles to the periodical press. Few men were so thoroughly informed as to all matters relating not only to India and England, but to the history and present state of our country. Naturally he possessed great thirst for knowledge, excelling both as a mathematician and a linguist, and had a memory so tenacious that he scarcely ever forgot anything. His mind was well balanced, grasping alike great principles of philosophy or the practical details of business. In 1854, he received the degree of Doctor of Divinity, from Amherst College; at the time he left India, he was a member of the "Royal Asiatic Society," and for years before his decease, he was an active member of the American Oriental Society.

An interesting memoir of his first wife-Myra W. Allen-was published

by the Massachusetts Sabbath-school Society, and has had a very extensive circulation. His only child, Myron O. Allen, graduated with high honors at Yale College, in 1852, studied medicine in preference to either of the other professions, on account of a physical inability for public speaking, and, though he commenced the practice of medicine very successfully, he went down to an early grave, greatly lamented by all who knew him. His father outlived him two years, and, though he died suddenly, he had been. failing for several years. His labors and residence in India of twenty-six years some eight or ten, beyond the usual average both of missionaries and Europeans in that warm climate-had broken down a strong constitution, and developed disease in several organs to such an extent, that, a little extra exposure might prove fatal. A slight cold in returning from the Commencement of Amherst College, produced a congested state of the lungs, under which he sank, July 17, 1863, after six days illness, in the full exercise of all his mental faculties.

ALLEN, NATHAN-Was born in Lansing, N. Y., March 9, 1820. In the year 1842, while engaged in teaching school in Plymouth, Ohio, he was converted, and at once decided to study for the ministry. Entering Western Reserve College, he remained there two years, till 1844, when he entered Hamilton College, and finished the remainder of his college course. In 1847 he entered Auburn Theological Seminary, and spent two years in this Institution.

Having completed the theological studies prescribed in the Seminary, he was licensed by Auburn Presbytery and invited to the pastorate of the Congregational Church, in Castile, N. Y., where he spent two years. He was ordained by Angelica Presbytery and was subsequently pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Cuba, N. Y., for six years and a half, where his labors were greatly blessed, and where he gathered a large congregation, and one well-grounded in the faith. His next and last place of labor was Springville, N. Y., in Buffalo Presbytery, where he gathered the harvest of the seed sown by himself and others. Here he was eminently useful. After the morning service, he gathered a large share of the congregation into a Bible-class, which he ably instructed, while the Sabbath-school was carried on by members of the church. While not gifted with all the manners and graces of the schools, the Master and the Spirit had infused into his heart the persuasive power of truth, so that there was a deep eloquence in his earnest, honest face. He was a workman whom, as we believe, the Master approved. His work is finished, and all the dark clouds which surrounded him have passed from his horizon.

He died

1864, of Typhoid Fever. ·

ARMS, CLIFFORD S.-The son of Samuel and Clarissa (Smith) Arms, was born in Canaan. Columbia County, N. Y., June 4, 1796. He was educated at Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., where he was graduated in 1824. He studied Theology at the Princeton Seminary, N. J., graduating in 1826, and was licensed by Hudson River Presbytery, and ordained by the same Presbytery in 1827. He was pastor of the Church in Madison, Morris County, N. J., from 1832 to 1851, and at Ridgeberry, Orange County, N. Y., from 1851 until his death. He died, September 25, 1863, of Bronchial and Liver Affection.

He was married, April 22, 1829, to Sarah, daughter of Major Forman, of Mississippi, and grand-daughter of Rev. Dr. John Woodhull, of New Jersey. His children died young.

He was greatly beloved by his people, and died lamented by the bre

thren.