GENESEE EVANGELIST.---Wholo No. 785. THE RELIGIOUS WORLD ABROAD• We are glad to be able to lay our monthly summary before our readers somewhat earlier than usual. It will be found to possess points of great Interest; Protestant Germany espe cially presents every appearance of being on the verge of a great and extended spiritual movement, which will reveal the , true character of vast numbers of professed Christians—mi nisters of the gospel and others—who are as ignorant of the nature of , spiritual religion as were the Romish priests of Luther's time, the moderates of Scotland, the fox-hunting clergy of England, and the opponents of Whitefield in our own country, in more re cent times. ]ENGLAND. The Leading Topic of interest here, as for some months past, is the Oxford Essays and Reviews. The late number of the Edinburgh Review contains an article in defence of the Essays and Reviews, the first opposition to which it attributes to unfair representations of the Westminster Review. It regards the authors as responsible only for their own essays, and considers the second and fourth as the only two to which strong objection could be taken. It represents very unfairly that almost all those of the English clergy who did not sign the me• morial against the book are favorable to it. The News of the Churches says:—" We have received a copy of an article about to be pub lished in the North British Review, from the pen of Mr. Isaac Taylor. The subject is dis cussed with great fulness. It charges the Es sayists with borrowing from Germany, in a frivolous, vain-glorious spirit, without giving due weight to the difficulties of the subject, and the refutations already given. Applying the epithet 'essayism' to the spirit of the school to which the Essayists belong, he traces the following counts of indictment as grounds for rejecting it. It is to be condemned—lst, on account of its levity, the subject to which it relates considered; 2d, on account of its eva siveness; 3d, because it is made to rest upon a shallow philosophy; 4th, its conclusions are to be rejected, because they are the produet of a spurious or a misdirected method dr Biblical criticism; 6th, this essayism stands self-con demned by its incoherence, so long as those who maintain it profess themselves to be in any sense Christians. These counts express very clearly the main features in the charge against it." As the origin of this work is traceable• di rectly to German culture, so Its refutation will in part be sought in the thorough discusiions now taking place among the orthodox theolo- glans and scholars of Germany; of its funds mental principles as involved in the system of the late Professor Baur, of Tubingen. A. cm& spondent of the News of the Churches, in the latter place, says:—"The attacks of the late Dr. Banr upon Christianity were conducted with much more acuteness, and on more scien tific principles than those in the Oxford Essays and Reviews. To those people in England who apprehend for the Church any serious danger from the last-named work, it may be a consolation to hear that, whereas, twenty years ago many students in Tithingen were sharers of Dr. Baur 's views, ho has, since his death, not had one follower remaining,' and people roetely talk in Wfirtemberg about his immense erudition, while they reject his neologic stand-point. It is, however, , a fact in Germany, that' there has been no confutation of Unbelief, except where its errors have been demonstrated in a scientific manner; and this has been done by Professior Landerer in his commemoration speech, deli vered before the whole university, on Dr. Baur —a Vindication of Faith by which'all the stu dents and professors were thrown into raptures. Such writings as those of Professor Landerer and others, supply the proper arms to use against infidel neology," Evangelical Labors.—Among the various Christian enterprises for which London is so deservedly famous, there is a Society for sup plying Home Teaching for the Blind. By means of five teachers, (four of them blind,) this society has already taught to read, by visiting from house to house, HO of the 2300 blind living in London. The Bible is the book mainly used in this most benevolent work.--The " Metropo litan Tabernacle" of Mr. Spurgeon has been opened free of debt. It contains 4200 sittings, with standing room for 2000 men. It is de s6ribed as admirably adapted, architecturally, for its high purpose.—A vigorous and united effort is being made to carry on extensively a work of evangelization in the East of London. For this purpose the Garrick Theatre and other buildings have been hired, and on , each Lord's day afternoon, a number of devoted men and women go from house to house, and from floor to floor, visiting the people, and speaking with them of sin and a Saviour, and inviting them to the public service. SOVILAND. The Revival.—We still hear of the work of God in various parts of Scotland. In Edin burgh, the Carrubber's Close Mission has rami fied into about a hundred meetings, all more or less directly springing from or connected with the original meeting in Whitefield Chapel. The head-Outer% of this mission may now be said; however, to be in the large hall behind the New *College, where, every Sunday evening, there are immense congregations of 'all classes of society. In Glasgow the Revival Movement is spreading in all directions, and espeeially westwards, seve ral minister .of fashionable, west-end congrega tions having cordially taken part in ttl,ie meet ings, and given the nee of their churches for the purpose. Congregationalism. in Scotland,--The forty ninth annual meeting of the Congregational Union of Booth:n(1 was held at Aberdeen, last month. The financial account showed a sum of £1737 48. 4d. avallable4or the present year's expenditure. The annual meeting, in connexion with the Theological Hall was held on the fourth and last day of the Conference. There are 17 students at present attending the. Hall, two of them missionary students. IRELAND. The anniversaries of a great number , of so cieties engaged in various parts of the great work of evangelizing this country, took place in the month of April. Our space allows us to do little more than mention their names, but even these are a most encouraging array; and when we reflect what an amount of faith, prayer, and labor are represented by them, and how gene rally suceesstol they are, we may well believe that there is great hope of the redemption of the Emerald Isle. The Irish. Society, fur the con version of itomanists, held its 48d annual meet ing on the ad of April. The society employs at present 16 missionary clergymen; 72 Scripture readers, of whom 21 are inspectors of Irish schools; 12 school-masters, 6 school-mistresses, in charge of mission. schools; 17 mission schools, in Which 600 children are under instruction; 239 Irish schools, in which upwards of 8000 pupils are under instruction. We can only name the _lrish [P. E.l Church Missionary Society; Protestant Orphan Re fuge; Church Education Society; Society for Irish Church Missions; Sunday School Society for Ireland; Society for the promotion of Fe nmie Education [among Op Heathen] in- the East; The Continental Society; The Jews' So ciety; Colonial Church and Moo' Society; The Hibernia Bible Society. Some of these societies appear to have lost in a trifling de gree, but the total gain in contributions appears to e over A5OOO. The greatest attraction, says the News of the Churches, was the Church Missionary Address, delivered this year by the admirable Bishop of Victoria, and which- pro duced an impression such as has scarcelrbeen paralleled at any previous April meetings. FRA cEI The Prosperous Working Church of Lyons is a missionary Institute of great practical effi ciency. The correspondent of the News of the Churches says:—"ft is now'thirty years since the first efforts were made by a little handful of Christians to evangelize this great city. The little handful has gone on multiplying, through the divine blessing upon the faithful, labors of Christ's dear servants, until there is at the pre sent momenta large centzal chapel capable of holding above a thousand persbns, with 'five 'smaller place's for meeting ' in. different Tarts of the town, supplied by four ordained ,pastors. There are four principal stations in ,the cent country supplied by two ordained evange lists, and five which are beginning to be 'evan gelized by members of our church." Sunday Schools in Paris.--The Paris cor respondent of the same journal speaks of a re cent occasion in that city Which be calls: "Our gloriOnd Sunday School gathering. Three thou sand children, with their teachers, rise tier above tier in the elegant Cirque Napoleon. Parents and friends, to the number' of more than four thousand, occupy every available inch of roent. The platform in the centre is crowded with pas tors of all denominatlons." Toleration, of Proteetanis.—The season of Lent was used in Pisa, by the priesthood, to stir up a mob - against the Protestants of that place. The mob—taking advantage of a bap tism about to- be performed—not in the Wal densian place , of worship, as erroneously stated in the 'ltalian papers, but in the Plymouthite one, surrounded 'both places, broke the win dows, and put, the respective congregations in danger ofteir lives., The Waldensian minister was struck', with a s etiek, and Silvestri, a col; porteur, was so severely'handfed by - the niob, that the gendarmes were obliged to Carry him off to the police station,, and from thence to despatch him and his family to Leghorn : , The 'other congregation wer&kept prisoners fofthree hours, and only released when the Prefect called out the national gpard. The child was taken by force and baptized in the Doom!). In Genoa, the Protestant% who are nick-named Evangelic/ by their Popish foes, have been prosecuted as enemies of the religion of the State; and, having met with an unfavorable 'decision in a lower court, they carried their ease to the: Court of Appeal in Genoa,, the judges of which are noted for their devotion'to Catholicism;'and, on the 9th inst., it came to a hearing. Thejcelebrated advocate.Teechio, Tice-President of the Cham ber of Deputies, came down to defend the ac cused. He did not enter into the merits of the case at. alt A hat, took hia , stnnd qn _ae question of law, and maintained, by an abundant display of evidence, that its the new criminal code did`not Wake any mention of offences against the relii itionlof the. State there was no ground for fur= toh prosedum , iftar aa-huur_ amiAree. ters, pf.,consgltation n the Judges pronouneed, , a verdict faiorahle to the Eu,angetioi. There then is `established the 'grand principle of belly of discussion in neatters O. f religion, and teneeforward there 'is '-no ground to fear prose cutions. Protestant Burial Places.—After enduring quite a number of indignities in regard to the right of siplure within the ucu t el hut:yin-grounds, the 'Pri) estants have obtained a' circular from Minghetti; the Ministei of the Interior, addressed to all Governors, Intendants, eta, eto.; ordering that henceforth a portion of the public Campo Santo in every town or village, shall be narked off by a wall or hedge for the burial of all non- Catholics, unless the municipality ohome to pro vide a separate cemetery. It was published in the Monitore Toscano on the 15th of April. Garibaldi and Ricasoli.—Baron Ricasoli, late Governor-General of Takany,`Made a very elo quent and noble reference to Garibaldi's fling at his sovereign, and to the proposal of some tot , de signets the successful warrior, " the first citizen of the republic." Among other things the good Baron reverently remarked: That in the course of Providence a'few only were in such positions its to be able to render auspicious services to their country, and that it was the duty of such, instead of wishing to be exalted' above their" fellow-citi zens, to return grateful thanks to God who had put them in 'positions where they could be useful to their country. It is not often, says the corre spondent of the News of the Churches, that such words are heard even in our own Parliament, still more rarely in the Italian Parliament; but one rejoices all the more on that account, for the re cognition of God's hand in the affairs of the na tion, by a man who has been, for the last thirty years a student of his Bible, and who, if spared, will yet exercise a most powerful influence in the counsels of this nation 1 Evangelical Effows in Naples:—A society has been organized, in this very recent strongzhold of Papal bigotry and political despotism, having - the following objects in view: • 1. Tb assist native Protestant preaehere. 2. To assist in establishing schools on strictlY Protestant principles. 8. To aid the work of colpartage, Scriptere reading, etc. , . 4. Yo4ranslata into Italian, Protestant religious .and controversial works. El. To establish a,p'finting-press, and publish journals, newspapers,- etc., in order to , show what , the Protestant. &alines really are: Gayszzi continues , to , preach. five times in the _week, in. Naples, to au earnestly• attentive audi ence. The room is crowded to.-overflowing. 'lie Plymouth Brethren in lee/Ill.—Ladies ad ministering the Lord's Supper.-rrTbe correspori dent of the News Vac ,Churehes having asserted , that such a discreditable and unscriptural irregu larity was alluwed and practised:by the Plymouth Brethren in Italy, and his word having:been ques .tioned, is prepared to give the names of the ladies whO offi,ciated. . • OEILMANZ Symptoms of a general awakening; , —The ex traordinary movement among the orphans at El berfeld is drawing the= lines between the friends of vital godliness and its: enemies of all sorts in Germany. God has appeared as tiflame of - lire in that land, where even evangelical Christians have become accustomed ^only to quiet, philosophical methods of work in every sphere, until it is against their very natures to look for anything like the dentonstratkm of the Spirit and of power, in connexion with the kingdom of Christ. A corre ,spondent of the News, of the Okurchesorriting from Hamburg, April lath, says: The awakening in the. Orphan-house in Elber feld continues to attract much attention, and con tinues a touchstone for testing the spirits. ,On one, side stand seven of , the evangelical pastors of Elberfeld (Berner, Hessenkamp, Koliner„, Kilo sal, and Rinck) who have been con stantly visiting the institution, and are most inti. nudely acquainted with the whole case. These ciergoen testify that the most marked features titmeMbict among the children have been sorrow f j g sin, an& crying to God for mercy. Many :of th en k,,fnund l peace and joy in the same way :as I ALT, IMMI grown people.,:. Many of the very worst of the children• have been so thortnighly changed that their whole conduct and character are something quite new. The depth and sincerity of this change bear no proportion whatever to the physi cal affection, and only a very .small proportion, of the a*akened children--of 'the - girls only five— were •prostrated. It is of course to tie expected that avowed rationalists, of every type, should op pose this work; as they do with , every forai„of misrepre:sentation and abuse. But with them is joined the 'Schleiermacher school and a class of welt:disposed 'PerSons; 'who plead that God is Gott . of order, and therefore mo• good Can come, out .of an /extraordinary movement. Even, Dr. ()horn the man of the Inner Mission, uses all his powerful influence to discourage the efforts of the Evangelieal Bociety. for Germany. The ground of this 'opposition is-to` be found solely in the fact that this,Society insists on con ductiug its , evangelical efforts even in parishes Where there is a pastor opposed to gospel truth. In the Meantime the people of God .are strength ened and- encouraged,. and .many have, been added to the Church, so that pot - sulerely i in. the . imme 7 diate neighborhood; but over the whole length, and breadth Of the" land, the'prayer-meetings have been plices*of great refreShinent:''' The gospel' is also' ladly beard'hy"the common people, , so that a system of itinerating preaching might do. ne., speakable good in Germany at present. ; Mr. bich, whose labors in Basel were, so abundantly blessed list year, continues to preach ` °nee or twice: every day Where'aidoor is open for him He has been lately preaching with great success , in different parts„of Wurtemberg , and Bavaria, but has not met with that encouragement which one would have wished from the clergy.' In Ulm the churches were all closed against him, and among the clergy only one voice was raised in his favor. The time of indifference in matters of religion is certainly; in many parts of Germany, gone past, and in, places such as Nassau, where spiritual death reigned only a few years ago; there is now in all direotions life and earnestness: Professor Muck, whose'oivn labors; and those of his 'son, have been so abundantly blessed, has lately pub lished some most interesting accounts' of what the Lord has been doing in Nassau. It is quite re freshing to breathe the new atmosphere in that duchy, where not merelylsolated cases of conver sion have occurred, but where whole parishes seem to be penetrated with spiritual life. . _ . Romani:sm.,* Wurtemberg.--,-. This kingdom ,is Considered as`Lutheran • but about one-third of the population, are Romanist, and the King wants to establish a concordat with R6me, con trary to.thewishes of the majority. But it is pe culiarly .to ‘be deplored that King William, who is now eighty years old, instead of seeking forgiveness in, Aheblood of Jesus Christ for the sins of bis private life, is giving himself up, wholly to the in fluence, of the . Ronan Catholic Clipreh. _ GENERAL ApSENELY . P.TtEgir ." - • TERIAN CHUSGH.• ' . _ THIRD DAY, SATURDAY, 18TH-AFTERNO9N SES- Tim,followieg are abstracts of reports made to the Assemhly on Saturday : CHURCH ERECTION. FUND After deducting the_expenses of the year, the fund now, amounts to $111,65t.46. That part of }t,as yet unused is in the bank, or securely in vested and' instantly conVertible,' producing an average of five per cent. This animal income is earlrapportioned among- the Synods,- end:.eo far increases the, resources of the fund. . The wants of every feeble church have twen met thus far, no applications coming within the rules having been rejeeted. Thirty-two "'grants have been made during. the year, seventeen by loans and fifteen by donations,: the average of the former being 44,26, and of the latter $lB3. - The Whele number of"grants from the beginning is One hundred and sixty-six. The whole amount granted' ia559,534, of which $8,675 was in dona tions. The general average of the loans has been $4-27, and of the donations4l.B4. . - The $59,000 expended has secured more than $426,000 worth Of church property, The churches aided hive all beenleeble, and without such help Could not' otherwise have been:supplied. As loans made to ehurehe,s have fallen- due, commendable effort has been made to meet the payments, and in only one. .case has it yet become clearly evident that the debt will be lost. The amount repaid to the fund already is $2,403. Some churches are paying the interest for the pre- sent, and ethers, have, with noble effort, and self sacrifice, met their indebtedness in full.'" The Trimtees of the Find express'their increased confidence in'its addptation for usefulness. It has proved itself of. permanent character, and is at tracting the.attentinn of many who have the means, of increasing it, and leading . , them to feel that it is one of the - hest ways witieh they can do good perinnnen try. 011IIIICH EXTENSION The lot of the committee during' the pest year has been east . in troublous times. The state of the-countrylas been such that many of our, bens volent institutions have been unable to meet their ordinary obligationa, the funds of most of Ahem having - greatly fallen off, while others haiie been barely able to meet their positions. ' In addition to these causes of difficulty, our committee haie been much embarrassedhy the condition of Home Missions, in our own, body, The. Assembly seemed to feel with us, in their, appeal to the.Church - i‘to suffer no feelin- of - suspense, as to 'the channels through which-they are' to send forth the waters 'of life, to dry •Vp.the , fountains of their Christian beneficence. , It is very, gratifying to us, that,,notwf.thstand ing all these difficulties, our committee his not only'maintained its position, bnt has made avery considerable advance. From the ‘'report of the Treasurer, which is lerewith''siibrilitted 'duly Ari dited,, it will appear:that the resources of the year have been" . fifty,peT cent. in advance of fast year, while the number of 'missionaries is more than one handreci per cent. in advance, showing that we have keptiteconomy in administration as well in view asgrowth. The law of advance in the, funds of the, committee from the second year of itscreation, is sinciilar and interesting. We give the.table of statistics: 1566......... -. $3 429 1857 2,968.19 1 8 68 6,234.59 1859 ... 9,858.67 Isqo 18,988.78 1861'21,18.T.55 From this it will be perceived that 'from the seCond,year of the establishnient of the committee, its rate of "progress has-been fifty per. cent. The same rate of, progress ,maintained for four years more would produce, in the same length of time, upwards 0f1.100,000 a year. In addition to the moneys received from dona tions, about fifty boxes of clothing were transmit.. ted to the missionaries during the past year. These were, many of them, of great value, and were sent to the missionaries as free ; will offerings in addition to their salaries. Rev. A. T. Norton has been engaged its District Secretary. through the year. ,He has travelled 16,000 `miles, and shown great diligence in his work. He feels that a large preliminary work is needed,, and his .expectations of the future of this cause in the West, are bright. Rev. A. M. Stowe hasbeen engaged as District Secretary in Central and Western New York, and has been very successful in his work. Eleven personsinnve executed wills in favor of the committee. The approximitte estimate of their abacant #25,000. i1fbAPELP1RA.,:....•..T : ,!Vit51)....0 . 2: n7AY 30,1861...-..,: _ . Tbe expenditures of4e , eommittee have been as follows: Paid to Missionaries, incieding all' drafts drawn - $14,581 76 Expenses of Philadelphia Office.. • • 1,200 29 Chicago Office Expenses t , • -.2,886 76 Canandaigua Office.::.....ft ..1.1,505 67 Balance in the Treaso4.4.. 1;488 07 Total resources ofthe. ea?.; 66 A rigid system of a noun o,:mAryed No' money is paid exc pt by vote„RtAbe .00M mittee. The Committe have kept eating : y:44e from. debt. They arkppriate moqey.. .the Chuiph. furnishes it, anld pay everyphlivitir as it becalms due. • `'..The remainder of .tlie icier!. is coocept, i, llst r of 'the eighty-444 missionaries smptityed dthipg,the year, with" ; tliiir fields of.labor: ~.. .. ' POUR= DAY, MON#l",' 20tir= 1 4fonts.twtf, • The *semi:Oiled 4 4. ; aflialf hour, as passed . in devothinar exereises; r '.. ' , -.. -'' 'The order of the die was Wren. tip",nanaSlY': The . 'heiring fif repoktiViti &N otes, to this' body froth eibei bodies: '": 1 . "1 L'i - ' -t : - . 1. • - - The Tollciwine tiew"thiiiiiii.y44 l ig r , i:. ~1 • ~ - Rev. 'Henry VowlerAfriiti! otbeingit: ' - . Leiillbtohtiefi, Nei t . 4 .4lflrst4l. '. - Samuel 4. . Rev. J. Spiii4ditik was Preionted Se'de-' legate !rpm the (length' Association of 'Magda= chusetti. •, ' .. ''''. "' ' ' :- '... - He said: Fifty years ttie passed sitme i the'etirre , spondence between theW:ls`cldiesi immidened, and it had not been one of'ihrni but Of deetv:iffeetioii and interest. New En ' lid 'is' deeply inter'es'ted in the Presbyterian C rch, for . many of its meth; bers are theirkitidied. r:TheY 'ari; . interested i 6. it ; also as fellow-workers, ailia , g: lobo:di together id the.sarne great benev lit Operationti: 'There hi also sympathy iii :re to the great reforms of the day., He doUbted‘if anywhere, oat of New England; there is a hither Unit of feelihg on ihaii subjects than exists i this body. He had looked the Digest on . e subject of 'slaVery; mud found it a history. her; are , Presbyterians in New England, and the loVe them, ,Tbey,elaim to be sound in the faith' id' lie , doubted . not .they are. Ba t- On Slave 'dee? 14' they delivered themselves in 1818, ad :they Shave '"been 'silent ever since, and the So therners say that was.long ago, and does not re ', , t the sentiment of the church now, and oth 'say to renew the expression now, would split theakiwkwo. .But this body of Presbyterians are fu 1; up to the New England sentiment on the-sal) eq. plislaveryrr -, r- • New Eniland men' ove this body, also, becauss of its;theological vie' a." There is perfect agiee 7 went between them. ,The. doctrines held by this . AssemblY are the di trines which New England loves and ,clings to. :There have been charges of Unsoundness in tte ith' °IOU part of some of the New England 0. irc)ies; he believed them to be grotindless. SO e unworthy ones may have been received to the !'.lpei ministry,,but it is not known how many ha , been refused licenses o n ac count of . a.ppichende, uneoundueSs, • There has been .1a ly some appearance dif ference between these.b.adies,*but it is only in 'ap pearance. Tbis, boy asked for a Conference, which was declined; i lic4 from ,any unkindness of feeling;' but because 4 - spew ' erganization for home missions, clistiaq froid theirs, - was; regarded as a foregone conclusion.; The'ehurnhes of New Eng land hive on jektloNt' ffeeling thivirits . c fhis 1)ody. They bid it God-spe 'end, will rejoic4:in any or ganization which m ' : t perfectedin this A.sseui bly, having_ferite ''`eek' I.4klerldinvithe gospel t s to the destitute:' 'Tie,lrlintle wc - Mat 'lt is large enough. 'None need' go to Soddin. Let there be no strife'betined4o :herdsmen, for the room before them is' 1e,.. I ' ' . "'The New England' nnithes desire to be more closely drawn to thlslisseinbly: In the recent uprising of the peOpleffii - Pie defence of our na tion, air party liiniti'lliiire been obliterated. :So should It'be . with 'ffili.likete of the Lord. All shouldinarch together in the closest unity with but one banner over'thiin. A letter was 'read, frOni the liev..Egbert C. Sthyth, delegate' to the Assernbly . from the Gene ral Conference of Maine. ' . , . . . It was announaed that Rev..S. Ajkon, delegate - front the Geneinl'Pontreation otTainout, would be' present with tie:ASsem.bly on Titeiday aftei .. noon. • A ietter from 'Rev. C. W. Camp, delegate the Presbyterial:Vaud Congregational Convection of Wisconsin, was read.' • A letter from Rev. J. Spaulding, daegate - froin this body to the Aiferdieil . Presbyterian Synod, was also read,ot *t ariiered to be" printed in the appendix to the' tUlAntes. , The committee .the state of the countr y, brought in their rco . 6!.e. Several verbal amendmente were proposed. Rev. Dr: Heakidelf,; t of, Buffalo," While_perfeoily ready to adopt the report without change, !via, in a brief 'and speech; that the; pmeent revolt be more dikiinetly assigned' tha n it in the language of the - resolutions, to the system of slavery. This, he Imid; is 'the sentiment of the country, and the Assembly must pot'fall below it. A motion to postpone indefinitely all amend ments, and take the question on the original re solutions, was still' under discussion, when the Assembly adjciiirned to 3, P. M., closing with prayer by the ItOerattir: ' , FOURTH DAYAi'VEIbIOON 't3ESEITON. After' prayer by the Moderator read. a letter Treni Dr. H'. l lf.Wilbiir, - iif the N. Ir. State Asylum for idiots, inviting the Assembli to visit that institution,. aid ',suggesting that the ob jects of the visit %ionic' be best secured" by gni,* to the institution in' Qma7l companies' rather Min in a body. The kstiembly'by vote aeoSetoteCthis invitation and're.ttirtied - their thanks:' • lettei frig& AVerx, delegate train this body to the Giniirtlettyeation of Verm94 Was read - and ieatialli. THZ . fiTATZ OF: THZ NATION. : The unfinished business of the morning was Aso resumed, and the indefinite_ postponement of proposed amendments it the resolutions of the 'committee on the Statitof' the Nation was de 'elar'fio to be the motioebefore the HouAe. _ . liter remarks. bad *IV Made by-several; the motion was adopted - bielerge majority. It was then saggested by the Chairman of the Committee reportinpf the resolutiona, that the introduction of the word "this" iu'the , reeolUtion, would accom plish what was desired by many, that is, a . distinct -recognition of slavery ash. the ehief cause of the present national titubleis.; . X l - • '•.' The amendment , war - niirediind unanimously adopted. 'lt' was then moved-that the•word "peneefa" be inserted in connexion With the words "removal of this and all other evils." The motion was prevent advocated on the ground that it would prevent the possibility of any associating the Asaembly , with those who lbok on the present war as one waged for the extermina tion of slavery; and who would resort even to ser vile insurreettoailor tliieend, but was opposed on the account that itoeight be considered an indica tion of unwillingness on its jciart lb maintain, r the government even• by resort% arms. It was urged also that the present issue of war is one forced on the nation iu tlio comma providence, and against which it is not tdel,to pray. The amendment was lOst. The resolutions wore then read. Before putting the question the Moderator briefly said: "I re gard this report.ss embodying, from the beginning to the end, in simple, definite, precise style,:views that are earnest, comprehensive, dignified, eniii iientV fit to meet the demands of the . occasion •- ' • contemplated. ; Onr vote tqw4iclt J pow call yon, is a solemn act. Let us in voting rise!' ' The robs ,weemetatimous.. • • Dr., A..l)...Patith .was then called to lead in prayer,. a#4: made : fervent supplication for the countly, l ite President. and a rt . for the misguided brethren at the SoullAtt, . The resolutions are as follow": • , •.: I The Committee to whom it was referred l a . in .. to* whet action, resolntton or otherwme,itm meet for the At.iembly to take t ia view oflhe pre } sent condition of ,our country, beg leave to recom mend the folio3ving:. ! .Whereas r a _portion of the people of the United §Mtett of America have risen ; p against the right ; ful authority of the Goyernmenti haVe instituted Viat.they'eall the, " , ,cenfederate States•of Ame ; mel47 in. the - ,name, aad.defence of which. they i!PadOr War.- against Staffs; : have oaiaPiflie;ProPertY. of "tfie Alfarill,Q o VOPlaOnt; have assailed ,And oveTpowered„,im .troops in, the dischargeof, "their thity; and .are pow in. armed rebellion against it; ihe,Gineral Assembly of the Presbyterian Churelrel ; the . l.Juiteil,States of Ame; cannot ; forbear lo • emiveAtheir amazement 4. the,iiiickedness of seek r p,roceedings, and at the, liold.lidVecacy and: defence thereof, got only in those ,states in w'hich o4nanees 'ecif*lb` n" hare been passeil, but in several others; and jnoreas, the General Assembljin the . 14- gimp, of the, Synod of New York aid phis; on ,the,,,occasion of the revolutionary, • war 77 tdibeing.ntetlit a time when pulilla . .4airs wore's!? threatening Ap Aspect, and' when : (rinlam God in his. sogereign arm:llly _prevent it) ail 014 •Lo.#9,ra Off war are, rP• be . aPPrPharidecii are ofepielen'lhat :they eatinpt -discharge their . duty ; to the . cnamerous congregatio . ns, eare,.5019 . 4 addressieg them, at this . important erMuu..veclom a firm helle:fapd habitual recollee iion`of the power and Fps* co of the living God, oughtatall tierpte wisest; the ; tniedsof real Chris tians so , in seasons of public calamity, when the Lord . liy ; tlie,,,tpdgments which he exe euteth,:it would be tith igpertioce or_indifference not . to, deok mp.to Him with reve renee;to implore hi m ercy by bamble and fervent prayer, 411,•if possible," to preven,t Ada...vengeance by.uefeigeed.,repentanee,—.therefore,j . • . 1.. That inaSso94:4tlisA o B l .*lerian pligratoin her past, histoty,.has frequently lifted ap her voice against , oppresslop, las shown her self a champion of constitutional liberty, as against both despotism and anarchy, throughout the civi lized ,world,. we should be recreant to our high trust were we to withhold our . earnest protest against ell such unlawful and treasonable acts. 2 Resolved, That * this Assembly and the chaEolesiwhichit represents, cherish-an unditni 'nitili4Naltactimeht, to the great principles of civil ancf c ,li g iotis freedom, on which our National Go vernment is based: under the influence of which our fathem.muyeti r pnd fought; .apd.• bled; which issuedln. oe:establishment of our independence, by.the preservation of which we believe that the,emumep interests' of evangelical religion and eiiil,liherty will be post effectively sustained. Resolvid, Tine-inasmuch as we. believe, ac cording. tp.,our „Porn of Government ) that " God, the Sup.Adme Lo r d and king of all the world, bath ordained, civil magistrates to be, under ,him, Dyer the peeple,' for his own glory and.. the pub lic, goid,:and. to this end bath armed them with tke Power.of, the , sword for the detencie, t and en. eouragement of .them that are good, ,and for the punishment . ei doers,"—t h ere, te, in the judg ment the Assembly ? . no blood or treasure too precious tale devoted to the defence , and perpe .PJi.2'•f 9 OY9FaRIeO its constitutional 1 5$‘ .• 4.; Resolved, That all, those who are endeavor !pg:4; uphold the Constitution • and maintain the Goveritment of these United States in the exercise of its liw,ful,prerovatives, are entitled• to the,sym pathY and support of all Christians and law-abiding citizens . Reiolved, hitt it be recommended to. anon; Pligarf , a9dpahgrabea•to.he instant and - fervent in prayer,for the President of ,the. United States and all -)In. authority „under.. him, that wisdom and strength may be. given theni in ;the . discharge of their . arduous duties; for the . Congress of the United States; for the:.Lieutenant-General com, !minding the Army-in-Chief, and all our soldiers, that.Giyi may,shield them from danger in the boor of peril, and, by the outpoiiring of the Holy Spirit upon the. Army, and . Navy, renew ,and..sanCtify them,: so that whether living or. dying, they may be, servants of the Most High. .1,,6..,,14p/ved, That in the countenance which many isters of the. gospel, and, otherprofessing Christians, are now giving to treamm and; rebellion against the Government, me , have , great occasion to mourn for the injury, thuadoec to the, Kingdom of i the,Redeeiner; .and that, though,we.have int). thing:o , add to Our dormer:Big n ificantiand,esplicit stimonies on the subject of slavery, vre Jot re- comn4eod our people to pray more fervently than ever. fottlie ,removal of this evil, and all others, both socisil.mid . political, which, lie at the , • founda, #01) of ,our present national difficulties. 7. 'Resolved, .That a copy of these Resolutions, sieleafliy. e ihe officers of the General Assembly, be forwarded to His Excellency, Abraham, Lincoln, President of the United ; States. 7 •:: hour for adjournme,nt had nrrlye4 and the 489a11!4 1 .Y.was closed with.PraYer.--by , thethiodera tar,: and , adjouroed to 9 , Ai, M-.. . zirENTNa •! 'SESSION". ' •., •'! 4 . . A-,fo congregatmn .met„st , the:Oh!mob in .tbe evening to hear the annual sermon on Home Mis sions, which was preached by Rev..H. A. Nelson, D. p., of ,St., Louis.; He, took ; for his text the Mowing .: passage: 1: • Thess. 1. • "Finally, brethren, pray for us,.that the . workof God may lime full course and be gloritied even as it is AZ46 I E-Ai.° - the spiritual nature of the work of Homellifissionsiits•entire dependence opon:tite wotd of •God.for suaceis,•and; desciilied theleeilittritinderance at, the-West: P! . , rtjr.TH.t•Ay-"--nrEsitiy—itinuftiio' . . The usual half hour.;inM• passed. in Ileintfinal exercises; which were !aryl twi'mikifridilliteinuF - Business being resumed, :411,fullowing: :new commissione,Lwas announced: • Albert Nn ' rown• ' 4tH Isielbytery, New York. Rev. Charloa Clapp, waa also announced as a delegate rrom the General Associdtion of Con necticut.' • The Committee lippoipted•teaudit the report of the Treasurei of „the .geneil Assembly, recom mended its aPPM-#l.•%Theireport was adopted. Dr. Coier sectoring% • previous appointment, made a statement eomeerritng Ingham University, the lecimale't Weir at; X& Roy, of which he i s Ohaneelkir. 11:e occupied ; considerable titne, and his remarks were frill of witty episodes. lie in formed the Assembly. that-,the I..Tutre e rtlit t y,ie the property of the ,Presbyketian Chmh s .that,it is designed to give a. good thorough`Christian.edu cation, at a reasonable chargo,to the daughters of the Church. He spoke of -the need of M ,the Uni versity for ore liberal endowment, and considered it a shaine that the State should have refused it aid, having granted aid to other similar institu tions. In the course of his remarks he said ho should like to in Syracuse on the sphere and 'duties of. women, and recognising Rev. Mr. Fillmore; of•the Park Church, as inviting him to do so in his church, he announced that he would prea& there ou ihe theme next Sabbath evening. closing hiS remarks,. Dr. Cox asked Mr.. Haseall, Treasurer of the University,- and Mr: Starr; one of its" Trustees, to make additional state ments. The Assembly invited them 'to do so, •= granting_each ten minutes' time. ' . ' Mloi r. ascall briefly remarked that the Univer • SitY fs'in . .debt' and Enifferi embarrassment frOm this source. It is iricumbered with a debt of 9WL i 8, 15 , 0 90, on, which semi-annual interest, is paid, and many applications are for gratuitous or partially gratuitous instruction, for the . daughters of ,ministers with , small . means. ' There 'are also many debts Ate, the, University from, persons of seall means., , Were there 2 however, .no pernia -,g,nt ineumbo, , ', Rerance on the institution, it would more than meet its.habilities each year. ,Mr... Starr 'added efew remarks on ::the necessity Of fully endoreing . the Institution; ; and 'compared the easeof raising nieney for national defence with the difficulty experienced in obtaining it for reli gionearid educational enterprises. He urged the wisdom, of using money while men hold it, and spoke, of the regret ,of many who, have, recently lost their richeso.hat they had not used . their money qr . permatierit.usefulness. It was yoted to appoint a committee to bringin .a minute concerning In,gliam University. ThnConimittee on Elections reported in favor of striking from the roll the name of. E. A. Andrents, of TrumbulrPresbytery;,and inserting in its place that . . pf J,ohn. G:ibsOn. The report was adopted. .1jr.T.. 4 4,..11i11e road the report of the Perma r bent' ;Pe Jnittee :on Education, from which we , extract 'e following pasaages: . i t ,c, " Thiainnunt received into the treasury during the past yeafi'is $8429.32, and s the. aulount,di - bus , ed hae: been $8.644.15, leaving the treasury in ;144'444.83.. The receipts, with .a very slight exeeption,,are current Contributions. "`The Westerii,Edneation Society reports receipts of $3,881.83 in, current„ . cellections, and $3,180 from. foundation's, and other soirees. It has aided fOrty-nine young men' in Auburn Seminary and Hamilton College. ' • - The. Joint _Committee: of the Synod of Ohio, , Cincinnati,, Indiana and Wabash, reports the col- leetion Of $i,82828, and the probable additional ainbint Contributed on their field of $7OO, They have aided twenty-six students in Lane Seminary, aid . tWelve in their Acadeinie course. , - The Educational Comthittee of Michigan re ports eight students under their care. As their year does netelose till October, they cannot state exactly the sum raised. The I'hillidelphia Education Society reports the receipt' of : $3,838 80, from the Churches, and $2,,§04146 from'other sources. It has expended $8,_550.98 in aiding sixty-one students. ' The total actually reported as raised is not far froM $20,000; and the number of students i5.„225. - ,The committee present the following revised plat which has been submitted to the Presbyte ries and approved by forty-five of them. Eight approved it with qualifications, four suggested amendments, and five answered in the new PLAN OF EDUCATION I. The Permanent Committee, on behalf of the Asseuibly,r shall superintend the Whole work of EdOcationJor. the Ministry; shall do whatever maybe proper, and necessary to carry out the pro visions of this plan so as to develop an educational spirit and activity throughout the Churches, Pres byteries and Synods in connexion whit• the General Assembly; arKi shall, make to the Assembly a full annuarreport, as, far, as can be ascertained, of all that has been ,done throughout the Church in behalf of Education for the: Ministry. For the transac tion of business five shall constitute a quorum, ex cept as hereinafter provided.. 11. The Permanent Committee shall, as soon as convenient after the meeting of each General As eeinblyielect a General Secretary and fix his salary. In which acts' a majority of the ComMittee shall be necessary to constitute a quorum. The Gene ral Secretary shall retain his Q ffi se until. his suc cessor be elected, The. Committee may;,fretutime to, tim4',at.theirKiticretion, employ any additional agency that may be necessary for the prosecution of the, work in.any part of the Church. 111. The General Secretary shall be the Execu tive officer 'of the Permanent Committee. It shall be his duty, as far as he can, to visit the Synods, Presbyteries,: and Churches, for the. purpose of awakening their interest, anti .concentrating their energies in this matter; to visit the ,students aid ed by the - -Permanent Committee, and to exercise, as far as possible, a Pastoral supervision over them; to present this cause to the Churches; to urge upon young men the claims of the Ministry; to collect funds as opportunity may be afforded him; to discharge such ,other duties as may be assigned to him from time to time by the Permanent &m -mittee, in furtherance of the general object of Edll - for the Ministry, and to make a quarterly report, in writing; of his doirms to the Permanent Committee. IV. The Permanent Committee shall also an nually elect a Treasurer, who shall receive all con tributions for the cause, and shall disburse the same, under, the direction of the said Committee. V. Appropriations to students for the ministry shall -beinade lay the Permanent Cotntuittee, ac cording 'to - the• rules 'heretofore approved by the General Assembly, (Minutes 1857, p. 390,) or such' as shall hereafter, be approved : Provided, however, that funds contributed with specific de signation from Presbyterial ' Treasuries, or by Churches or donors, shall be disbursed by the Per manent Committee according to such desionation, under the Rules of the General Assembly; .and, provided, also, that all funds contributed shall bear it due proportion Of the expenses of the Com mittee: " VI. : 11 shall be the, duty of. each Church con nected with the General Assembly to make annual ly, at, least, one contribution for Ministerial Edu cation, which shall be paid , into the treasury of the Permanent Committee: VII. It Shall be the duty ,of each 'Presbytery to promote . the success of this work within its own bounds, by giving, attention. to the following par ticulars 1. Making, the .subject of the increase ..of the Ministry a topic of. serious censideration in its meetings, at least once in each year: and appoint leo. a St/adieu - oOrtnnittee to act for'the Presby tery in all matters pertainiug to the cause, when it is not in session. 2. Seeing that the subject is properifpresented 40111 its Churehes annually, and that a contribu tion is made in„ each one, and paid into the trea sury of the Permanent ommittee. 3, Seeking out, selecting, examining and%re commending to the, Permanent Committee such y oung men jn its Churches as should receive np sistance from the general treasury, and', as far as possible, ,supervising and directing Ahem daring ;heir, studies. 4 .Making an annual. report of the doings of the Presbytery, on the, whole= subject, to the Per mauent Committee, .previous:to, the meeting of each General Assembly. 5, Doing such, other things, as may be calculated to give this work its true, place among the agencies for evangelization., Each Presbytery whose churches contri bute to,:the general Treasury, as, above provided, shall be entitled, so,farof thejnepamilsoed at the disposal of , tbe Permanent 'Committee will allow • to receive aid for all candidates for the Ministry recommended by it to , that committee, however ninpli,the appropriations to them may.exceed.the contributions of the 'Churches of said Presbytery. IX. It shall be the duty of Synods. to call - up this subject Annually, and to inquire what the Presbyteries and Churches, under their care are doing in relation to it: and to adopt such mea sures as may promete, in - accordance with this plan, this great 'andlimportant cause of Chriatian benevolence. `The committee on overtures recommended, in answer to , en "overfure concerning fund tor dis abled 'ministers, that a special committee be ap pointed_ to consider the suhject. W. S sq 7 prescpted the Report of the Fermanent Griffith,domouttee on Foreign Missions. Thireportalluded.speCially to the present need VOL. V —NO. 40.—Whole No. 257. of large' contributions to sustain the American Board, and urged a self-denial and consecration to the cause, of 'millions, like to. that now shown for the defence of the national flag. Judge Allison, Richard 'T. Seeley, and Fre derick Starr were appointed a committee to consi der the subject of a fund for disabled ministers. The Assembly then adjourned, with prayer by the Moderator, to meet at 3 P. M. The afternoon session was opened with prayer by Rev. S. J. Spaulding. The order of the day—the Report of the Com mittee on Home Missions—was taken up. Rev. A. T. Norton offered a resolution referring the. Report to the Standing Committee on Church Extension, with instructions to insert in it provi sion for a Presbyterial itinerating system, and to fill the blanks in Article 2 of the proposed Con stitution, so as to name both New York and Phila delphia as the location of the Committee of Home Missions, and also to appoint two co-ordinate Se cretaries, one for New York and one for Philadel phia. Mr. Norton spoke of the deep conviction he entertained that home missions should be con ducted through the agency of the churches. Other denominations had acted on it and pros pered, , t and this one bad lost much by not having long since undertaken it. He urged the appoint ment of itinerating Presbyterian missionaries, as necessary to the efficient oversight of them, as economical, and as calculated to awaken an inte rest in missions among the churches. Mr. Clouds thought the Church Extension Con) ; mittee should be continued as the Committee of Home Missions. They have been in operation several years, and are familiar with the business, and to remove them would imply a censure upon them. Rev. Mr. Sawyer, of Indiana, thought it was not time to raise the question of locality. The great question is, shall a denominational agency be adopted for home missions? Rev. Mr. Wood, of Illinois, said be went thirty one years since to the West as missionary of the Connecticut Home Missionary Society. He had been familiar with the missionary operations of the Alton Presbytery, and described the gradual co vering [growing?] up of the differences between it and the American Home Missionary Society. He said that the throwing the churches upon their.own resources had resulted in great good to them. Their liberality bad been greatly increased. Rev. J. G. Craighead wished to suggest the de sirableness of reading the report, in order that it might be fully before the body, and that if there are any in the Assembly hesitating about the adoption of an independent system of home mis sionary operations, they should be heard first. The resolutions of Mr. Norton were here post poned, and the report of the Committee was read, and it was voted to take up the articles of the proposed Constitution, one by one, and vote upon them. The first article was then read. Rev. Mr. Willett hoped the subject would be approached as a very solemn one. He trusted that no nice criticism of language or technicalities would hinder the unanimous adoption of the pro posed plan. Rev. Mr. Sherwood said he had been long fully of the opinion that the Home Missionary Society could not meet the exigencies of the Presbyterian Church, and thirteen years since, in this city, in the Presbytery of Onondaga, bad joined in inau gurating a presbyteoal system of missions, which had resulted in the establishment of churches now represented here. Rey. Jr. Trowbridge felt that the leadings of isivine - Providence are clearly in favor of now in augurating a system of independent missionary operations, but it was, in his view, the course of the Howe Missionary Society which makes this necessary. He did not believe that separate action would have been an advantage to the church, un less thus clearly forced upon it. But he desired the full responsibility of assuming it to be realized. There is needed for Presbyterian Churches re quiring aid, not less than $lOO,OOO a year, and the receipts of the Church Extension Committee last year, were about $20,000. After the adop tion of the course proposed here, he thought no Presbyterian pastor could ask aid from the Ame rican Home Missionary Society. He asked also, if many churches, not closely related to the As sembly, on fiudin,g it cutting itself entirely from that society, would not leave it and join Congre gational bodies should they experience pecuniary ernbarrassment from this action? Mr. Heydenburk said that many churches are now giving to the Home Missionary Society, which will contribute only to the Committee of the Assembly henceforth. Mr. Trowbridge still feared the Committee do not receive, enough for their need, but wished to be understood as not opposing, but favoring the adoption of the article. Rev. Mr. Wastell said there is a large amount of contributions awaiting the appointment of the proposed Missionary Committee. The: question was taken, and the article unani mously adopted. The second article was then read and adopted, without filling the blank locating the Committee. The third article was then taken up, and after some remarks in regard to collecting agencies, was amended so as' to leave it to the Committee to ap point such officers and agents as they should find necessary for the prosecution of their work. The • hour for adjournment had arrived, and after prayer by Rev. Mr. Brooks, the Assembly adjourned till 9, A. M. The Assembly met at '9 o'clock this morning, and, as usual; devoted a half hour to religious ex ercises, in the course of which Rev. Mr. Emer son, of 'Delaware, said that he had just received a leiter 'from a lady in Washington, saying that daily prayer-meetings were held in every regiment in that city, conducted by the soldiers themselves, and that conversions are occurring among them. Prayer was , immediately offered for a large out, pouring:of the Spirit on the army, and thanks wererendered for the good news just heard from Musiness — being-restrmed„ the following - new CoMmissioner was announced: Jonathan Ford, - presbytery of Milwaukie. The order of the day was taken up, and the followmg delegates from corresponding bodies were heard:— Be'. C. W: Clapp spoke in behalf of the Ge neral Association of Connecticut. He said he was bound by many ties to the Presbyterian Church, his father having been an elder, and he himself having first professed religion, and labored as pas tor in a ,Presbyterian Church. Being now in the Congregational Church, and loyal to itJ interests, he Still cherished warm affection for this church, lead believed himself in these feelings truly to re present the Connecticut churches. There has been friction from - temporary causes, but it is passing away, and there is a growing affection for this body, and desire that it may prosper in every good work. He proceeded to speak of the condi tion of 'the 'churches in Connecticut, and the changes takin g place among them by removals to the West, and fromtowns to cities.. He spoke also of the increased efforts for Home Evangelization htely commenced, and still in progress, and con cluded by renewing the expression of cordial feeling toward this body. Rev. S. Aiken, D. D., appeared as Delegate froni the General Convention of Vermont. He apologized for not having been present at the openinguf the session, on account of having been wrongly informed, from what he deemed a reliable sourec,'of the time of meeting. The churches of Vermont have not experienced FIFTH DAY.-AFTERNOON SESSION SIXTH DAY.---WEDNESRAY MORNING
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