Journal Sketches, from January 3d, to March 27th, 1852.

Mr. Editor:—On a tour of ten weeks' duration from Syracuse, commencing with Jan. 3d, 1852, and ending with March 11th, a variety of reformatory efforts was attempted, and a great variety of human character was observed. The Sabbaths included in that time, were spent in De Ruyter, Cortlandville, McLean, Peru, Ithaca, the vicinity of Ovid, Trumansburgh, Dryden, and Summer Hill.—Intervening and adjacent places were visited, which I have not time to mention. The Counties were Madison, Cortland, Tompkins, Seneca, and Cayuga. I preached in the meeting-houses of the following denominations, namely: Presbyterians, Baptists, Seventh Day Baptists, Episcopal Methodists, Wesleyan Methodists, Congregationalists, and Reformed Dutch. From the survey of such a field, I select the following facts and lessons.

There are those who are yet connected, nominally, with church organizations, which we call pro-slavery, and those individuals have anti-slavery hearts, really wishing the cause success. They are not aware that the ecclesiastical position which they occupy is so lamentably detrimental to the success of the cause which they love. We must exercise much patience with such friends, and make great allowance for them, individually while we continue to declare to them that the organizations, as such, which they uphold are in opposition to the kingdom of Christ.

One prominent object of my itenerating labors for some time past, has been to seek abolitionists, and hold earnest conference with them. In a Dutch Reformed Church, situated in a rural district, we had some refreshing meetings. The locality is about equal distance from the villages of Farmer, Lodi, and Ovid; and to illustrate what I have said in the preceding paragraphs, the facts should be known, that my labors were introduced and sustained in that place by the influence