gmfritait DrEs4titiait.
THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1867
Sr On our inside pages, will be found—Dr.
Hopkins' sermon before the Rochester Assembly,
in place of our usual budget of Correspondence;
a weighty article on Divorce, and other miscella
neous articles; a carefully prepared Family Cir
cle of original and selected articles; and an un
usually large and interesting budget of Literary
Intelligence, with Rural Economy.
SUMMARY.—The meeting of the Assembly (a
very full one) is the event of the week. Dr,
Nelson, of St. Louis, was chosen Moderator by
acclamation. Full reports of the proceedings of
the first and second and (in part) of the third
and fourth days, are given in our columns. (The
miserable postal arrangements in this locality
have prevented us from giving the last as fully
this week as is desirable.) The committee reports
were favorable, except in regard to Foreign Mis
sions, and will repay perusal.
The report of the Re-union Committee is the
great document of the occasion. We give it else
where as telegraphed to the daily Press.
The Irish Delegation were received on Tues
day morning , having arrived from New York
where they addressed the Reformed Presbyterian
General Synod on the previous Wednesd'ay. The
Free Church Delegates were to have the ear of
the Cincinnati Assembly on Monday. Dr.'Guth
rie was so much better as to preach in Liverpool
on his way home. Mr. Arnot cannot leave Scot
land at present.
The temper of the 0. S. Asembly is seen in
their election of Dr. Gurley, the author of the
stringent de-facto-ing action last year, to the
Moderatorship. The indications are that Re
union will receive favorable consideration.
In the General Synod of our Covenanter Breth
ren, a strong effort is being made in the direc
tion of re-union, and a special Committee on the
subject has been raised. Per contra, Dr. Doug
las of Pittsburg, moves to expel Geo. H. Stuart
from Synod and the Church, as a contumacious
hymn-singer, declaring that offence to be as gross
as sin in a Reformed Presbyterian as drunken
ness and Sabbath violation.
DEATH OF REV. GEORGE FOOT.—This hon
dred brother left us for the' better world; on
Friday, the 3d inst., at the age of 67 years.
He died at his residence in Odessa, Del., to
which place he retired after being.compelled
by the breaking up of his health, to give up,
the pastoral charge of the Pencador church
in the same State. Mr. Foote • devoted to
the service of Christ in the ministry,,a well
lengthened and laborious life. With the ex
ception of a few years, given to the service
of the Education' Society, the whole of this
time was spent in pastoral work in the
States of New York, Pennsylvania and Del
aware—chiefly the latter. In every scene of
labor he left deep and abiding impressions;
a result inevitable to a man of his strong
,and earnest traits.. He was a ripe scholar,
an independent thinker, a profound rea
soner, a solid theologian, a biblical preacher,
a man who held to principles with solemn
tenacity, and whose personal Christian char
acter made his example wholesome. It was
beyond his, power too disguise his abhor
rence of wrong, or to make any account of
the perils or annoyances to which his open
rebuke of sin might expose him. During the
civil war, he was an outspoken and out-acting
loyalist, in the midst of a community deeply
and sometimes rancorously divided •on the
secession question. Although, for a time
there was enough of the surging strife in
his .own congregation, (since happily al
layed) to deeply' imperil such a course, no
minister in the country spoke with more
faithfulness, or in more unmistakable terms
of the rebellion as a vile sin against humanity
and God.. In short everywhere, and in re
lation to every subject of practical morality
and Christian duty which came before him,
he cultivated the grace of fidelity to princi
ple and to God. Since the cessation of his
pastoral labors, his physical system had
been slowly giving way until it had become
so shattered and suffering that his friends,
while sincerely mourning his loss, cannot
avoid recognizing the' goodness of God in
sparing him from a slower wearing Out of
life through pains and decays in which men
"rather sigh and groan than live." , His
pilgrim and stranger life is over, and he is
none too. soon at home. A beloved wife sur
vives him, and one child, the wife of Rev.
Wm. E. Moore, of West Chester. His fune
ral took place on Tuesday, May 17th, and
his mortal remains were interred in the
beautiful rural cemetery near the last
named borough.
MAY DAY AT THE NORTHERN HOME.—Phila
delphia is worthily celebrated for the number
and character of her provisions in behalf of the
destitute, old and young, and,for the liberal scale
on which they are conducted. Our "Northern
Home for Friendless Children" is a - well-Con
ducted charity, and its results have been of in t
calculable value. On Wednesday last the chil
dren enjoyed a lively holiday, commemorative. of
the opening of the house, and were addressed by
Rev. J. W. Torrence, 'Rev. D. A. Cunningham,
and E. W. Butter; D. D. Their own part in the
public exercises consisted. in singing ,dialogues
b. 7 b
and recitations, all creditably performed. Since
the war, there has been a separate
,department for
the orphans of soldiers and sailors. Here the in-.
mates were addreSsed by Rev. Mr. Durberow - and
others. . . •
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1867.
The General Assembly.
FIRST DAY-MORNING
The General Assembly convened according to
adjournment in the Brick church. Rochester, at 11
o'clock Thursday, May 16th. The Sermon was
preached by the retiring Moderator, Rev. Samuel
M. Hopkins, D.D. on Acts ix. 31., and will be found
in full in another part of our columns.
Adjourned to the afternoon at 3 P. M.
AFTERNOON.
Rev. H. A. Nelson, D.D. was elected Moderator
by acclamation, there being no
,other nominations.
Dr. Nelson was introduced with a few appropriate
remarks from Dr. Hopkins, in which he alluded to
the harmonious session of the Assembly held last
year in St. Louis, the 'city of Dr. Nelsen's residence.
Dr. Nelson said he was unable to express his feel
ings on being, called to the position, and especially
in the unusual manner in which he was elected. He
hoped the Assembly would be guided in its delibera
tions by the Spirit of God. He desired the prayers of
the Assembly that they might have no occasion to
regret the choice they had made.
Rev. Alvin Cooper, of Durham,. N. Y. and Rev.
W. S. Taylor, of Peteisburg, kichigan, were elected
Temporary Clerks.
The following , is the roll of the Assembly, showing
an unusually full list of .Commissioners and Dele
gates.
ROLL OF' THE ASSEMBLY.
E MMM!
Rev. Henry A. Nelson,
,of
.St., Louis, Moderntor.
Rev. Edwin F. Hatfield, .D.D., Stated Clerk. Rev.
J. Glentworth Butler, D.P., Permanent Clerk.. Rev.
Alvin Cooperi ReV. Wm. S. Taylor, Tempo:
rary Clerks.
COMMISSIONERS-I. SYNOD OF ALBANY.
Champlain.—Rev. Alanson D. Barber. Troy.—Rev.
Marvin R. Vincent, Elder Giles B. Kellogg. Albany
—Rev. Henry Darling, D.D., Elder Samuel Anable.
Columbia.—Rev. John McVey. Catskill.—Rey. Alvin
Cooper, M.D., Elder Samuel B. Specs.
11. SYNOD OF UTICA
St. Lawrence.—Rev. B. B. Beckwith, Elder George
Rogers. Watertown.—Rev. Samuel L. Merrell, Elder
Ezra Botsford. Oswego.—Rev. Thomae A. Weed,
Elder Samuel Smith. Utica.—Revs. Albert Erdman,
B. F. Willoughby, Elder Daniel• Nolton. •
111. SYNOD OF ONONDAGA
Onondaga.—Rev. Sherman B. Canfield, D.D.. Cayu
ga.—Revs.-Charles`.Hawley, D.D., John V. C. Nellis,
Elders Sidney L. Benedict, Richard Steele. Cortland.
—Rev. Peleg R. kinne. Tiva.—Rey. 6.e.0. N. Todd,
Elder Calvin W. Bradley.
IT. SYNOD OF GENEVA
Geneva.—Revs. J. B. Richardson, H. E. WOod
cock, Elders John Hatmaker, Robert Rorison. Steu
ben.—Rev. D. F. 'Judson, Elder Wm. D. Terbell, M.D.
Chemung.— Ithaca.—Rev. Theo. F. White. Welk
66rough.—Rev. Jas. F. Calkins, Elder Hon. Henry
W. Williams: Lyorse.Rev. Wm. Young,Elder.
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Reuben Sours.
Y. SYNOD OF SUSQUEHANNA
Otsego.—Rev. A: McMaster, Elder G. W. Burnham.
Chenango.—Rev. Eleroy Curtis, Elder Frankin. Edger
ton. Delaware.—Rev. G. W. McMillan Elder 0. S.
Penfield.
VI. SYNOD OF GENESEE
Alfalo.—Revs. J. F. Bingham, Wm. L. :Hyde,
Elders Alpheus Moore, Noah H. Gardner. Ontario.—
Rev. Dwight Seovel, Elder Solomon TaintOr, M.D.
Rochester.—Revs. Samuel L. Campbell, D.D., A.
McA. Thor-burn, Elders Fredeiiek Starr Truman
A. Newton. Genesee.—Rev. C. C. Kirnball, Elder
.William Bradley. Niagara.—Rev. William C. Wis-
D.D., Elder, Asa Howard. Genesee Valley. , -, - -Rev.
Charles M. Livingaton, Elder Moses• Lockhart.
VII. SYNOD OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY
Hudson.Rev.Thos2Nichols, Elder Jireh I. Foote.
North Laver.—Rev. Francis B. Wheeler, Elder Joseph
Bartlett. Lev. 1515r4. 7 ,--Rev. Jas., T. Hamlin, Elder
Walter It Havens. New Y6rk, Thirct , ReVs. Dwight
M. Seward, D.D., Edward W. Hitchcock, James Mor
ton, Elders. John Anderson, Joseph Ditto, . New
York, Faurth.—Revs. William Adams, D,D.,Erfikine
N. White, Elders John P. Crosby, George W. 'Lane.
Brooklyn.—ReVs.' Theodore L. Cuyler, D.D., Chas. S.
Robinson, D.D., Elders Fisher Howe, Nathan. Lane.
Newark.—Revs. IsaaC, N. Sprague; D.D., J. Ulrich
Guenther, Elders Zenas C. Crane, Moses" W. Dodd.
Rockaway.—Revs. Burtis C. Megie, 0. H. Perry Deyo,
Elders Titus Berry, Hon. John Hill. Montrose.—
Revs. Henry J. Crane, Jas. B. Wilson, Elders William
H. Jessup, Steph6n TUrrey.
VIII. SYNOD OF PENNSYLVANIA
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11 7 ilmington:—Rev. Wm. Aikman, Elder Jacob T.
Foulke. Philadelphia, Third.—Revs. Wm. W. Taylor,
H. Aucr e .ustus Smith, Elders William Tenbrook, Henry
P. M.Birkin bine. Philadelphia, Pourth.—Revs. Jas:
W. Wood, Cornelius Earle, Elders John C. Farr, Jos.
F. Jaggers. Harrisburg.—Rev. Henry E. Niles, El
der Jas. W. Kerr, M.D. District of Columbia.—Rev.
Cceorge H. Smyth, Elder John P. Ammidon.
Ix. -SYNOD OF .W.E . §T PENNSYLVANIA.
Erie.—Rev. Geo. A. Lyon, D.D., Elder Hiram
Johnson. Meadville.—Rev. W. Howell Taylor, El
der Samuel Axtell. Pittsburg.—Rev. Herrick John
son, Elder Hon. Henry W. Williams, LL. D.
• \ •k. SYNOD OP MICHIGAN.
Detroit.—Rev. W. Henry Mc(-Wert, Elder Alfred
B. Gully. Monroe.—Rev. I.)T m. S. Taylor.• Marshall.
—Rev. Calvin Clark. Washtenaw:—Rev. Charles G.
Clark, Elder Joseph N. Heiden. Kalamazoo.—Rev.
Job Pierson. Coldwater.—Rev. Alanson Scofield,
Elder Jamea R. Davis. Saginawßev. . Thos. Wright,
Elder Benjamin Bangs.. Grand Ricer Valley.—Rev.
David H. Evans, Elder Sarell Wood. Lansing.—
Rev. Alfred Bryant.
XL SYNOD OF WESTERN RESERVE
Grand .River.—Rev. Joseph N. McGiffert, Elder
Oramel 11. Fitch. Iluron.—ReV. Johu IL. Walter,
Elder Jonathan M. Dewey. Trumbull —Rev. Benj.
F. Sharp, Elder Elias Lyman. Cleveland and Portage.
—Revs. Henry L. Hitchcock, D:D., Wm. IL Good
rich, D.D., Elders Geo. H. Ely, Hon. Truman P.
Handy. Maumee.—Rev. Henry M. Bacon, Elder
Harry Chase.
XII. SYNOD OF OHIO
Athens.—Rev. Hugh B. Scott, Elder Marcus Bos
worth. Pa 434/a.—Rev. Geo. A. Little, Elder Timo
thy M. Rose. - .Frank/in.—Rev. Oren H. Newton
Scioto,---Rev, John H. Young, Elder William Ham
ilton.
XII. SYNOD OF CINCINNATI
Cincinnati.—Revs. 0. A. Lyman, Wm. D. Rosseter,
Elder Asa B. Waters. Dalton.—Rev. B. Graves,
Elder Hon. Peter Odlin. Hamilton.—Rev. John
Noble, Elder Waldo F. Brown. Ripley.—Rev. David
Van Dyke.
XIV. SYNOD OF INDIANA
iSalem.--Bev. Irvine J. St. John. Madison.—Rev.
A. - S. Reed, Elder John T. Whitlock. Indianapolis.
Rev. A. T. Rankin. Green Castle.—Rey. H. Dicker
eon; Elder Curtis J. Ripley.
XV. S,YNOD 01' IVALASII
Crawfordsvige.—Rev. Wm. N. Steele, Elder Wm
Vandervolgen. St. Joseph.- - Rev. John E.. Chapin
Elder Amos Davis. Logansport.—Rev. James Cara
Allan, Elder Richard Brown. Fort Wayne.—Rev. W
C. Smith:
XVI.,SYNOD 08 ILLINOIS
Illinois.—Rev. K . Glover, D.D. Schuyler.
Rev. Edwin L. Hurd Elder Samuel Crawford. Bra
bash.--Rev. Edwin Black - , Elder Samuel Dlagy
= 0 .7
M.D. Alton.—Revs. Thos. Lippincott, E. W. Taylor,
Elders Russel Hinckley, Geo. E. Warner.
XVII, SYNOD OF PEORIA
Ottawa.—Rev. John Kiddd, Elder Charles Merwin.
Knox.—Rev. A. L. Brooks, Elder Alfred Beasly M.D.
Galena and Belvidere.—Rev. Erasmus D. Willis,
Isaac E. Carey, Elders Manley Rogers, John Yourt.
Chicago.—Revs.. Jas. H. Trowbridge, David Swing,
Elders Royal E. Barber, Samuel D. Ward. Bloom
ington.—Rev. Martin P. Ormsby, Elder" Luman W.
Capen.
XVIII. SYNOD OF WISCONSIN
Lake Superior.—Rev. Thos. Easterday, Elder Phi
letus S. Church. Milwaukie.—Rev. William J. Stout
enburg, Elder Harvey Ciirtis. Fox River.-Rev. Silas
H. Ashman, Elder Wilson Holt. Caumbus.—Hey.
Jas. A. Lawrie, Elder Alanson,Hughson.,
XIX. STNOD OF lOWA
Des Moines.—Rev. James M. Phillips, Elder Geo.
J. North. Keokuk.-----Rev.. I:- Norton Critteaden,
Elder George B. Smythe . lowa. City.—Rev. Franklin
L. Arnold, Elder Alexander Danskin. Dubugue.—
Rev. StePhen Phelps, Elder John Maclay. Cedar
Rapids.—Rev. James Knox, Elder John F. Ely, MD
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XX. SYNOD OF. MINNESOTA
Dakota.—Rev. Thomas ,Marshall, Elder Geo. C.
Clapp. Minl?,esota.Rey.,llenryWard, Elder Daniel
W. Ingersoll. IVinbna.—Rev. Joseph W. Hancock,
Elder Caleb J. F.-Smith.
SYNOD OF .-MISSOURI
St. Louis.—ltev: Henry A. Nelson, ,D.D.,„Elder
Theotthilus N. Guy. Notthern Missouri.—Rev, James
A. Darrah. Larington.—Rev. , Elisha, •B. Sherwood.
Elder Willis. M. Sherwood. :Kanths.—Rev. Andrew
Parsons. Osage.—
XXII. , SYNOD OF ALTA CALIFORNIA
San Francisco.— &era Nevada.—Rev. D. Henry
Palmer. San Jose.—Rk. H. S. Huntington, Elder
John A. Perkins. Washoe.—John B. Pinney, N.D.
XXIII. SYNOD OK TENNESSEE
Union.—Rev. Wm. H.)Lyle Elder Benj. H. Black
burn. Kingston.—Rev. W. W
W. Thorpe. Holston.—
Rev. Francis A. IVlcCorYie.
' CORRESPOND,ING MEMBER&
General Assembly of theZT. P. Church.—Rev. Robert
Audley Brovne; D.D. G, eneral Association of New
Hampshire.—Rev. Ebeneier G. Parsons.
Minutes of the last Assembly were distributed.
The rules for the judicatory printed in the minutes
were adopted to' govern the sittings of the Assembly.
The stated Clerk was ordered to have five hundred
copies of the roll of Members, eommittees, &c.,
printed for the use of the4ssenlbly,
The presentation of Synodical and Presbyterial
reports was madethe first order of business on second
day.
The Treasurer iepoitedJ the receipts Of 'the Assetn
hly- $6,727 90: Disbursethents, $6,615.41. Balance
due the Assembly, $112.49.
.., The report was referred to an auditing committee
-Messrs. Crosby and Williams.
Closed with prayer by Elder Steele.
EVENING.
The evening session was devoted to a, meeting of
conference and prayer, with special reference to Home
Missions. Rev.. Dr.. Kendall., of New, York, the
general Secretary of thel Assembly's Committee of
Home Missions, was in the chair. During the years
of the war it was customitry for the -Assembly regu
larly to devote the 'first evening to a 'meeting in be
half of the country ; and ko, as , there was no other
arrangement for the evefiing, it was thought best
to continue the good custom, and have another
meeting for the country.
Besides the devotionallexercises, brief and infor
mal addresseg were , i•;4ade , by several persons present.
Rey; Calvin Clark went flirty'-two years ago - from
Auburn Seminar - Y. as a Home Missionary to Mich
igan, then S. territory with: some 75,000 inhabitants
where he has labored ever since, and he was glad
he went. Rev. -Mr.. , Lippincott, a. "pioneer''. of
Southern Illinois, pleaded, for more men for, those
wastes. •
Rev. E. j Adams, a.colored man, as dark as the
darkest, pastOr'of a large - Presbyterian church. in
Charleston, &Mil Carolina, arose modestly to speak
in the back part of the house, but was at once cal
led forward to-the. platform. He was once a foreign
Missionary in Africa, bat in the last two years has
.athered a church of 350-members (colored) in that
recent hot-bed of rebellion. His congregation are
building a large church edifice, to hold a thousand
people, and he is seeking aid to'help them forward
in , that enterprise. Mr. Adams speaks naturally,
with much deliberation and effect. He will doubtless
be heard from again before the Assembly adjourns.
He came highly recommended from the east, where
he has been admitted .to,some of the best churches,
and has raised considerable sums of money for his
enterprise. He hopds to get Some help' alSo in this
city. Those who love to aid in every, good ,work
will be likely to have a call from him before he
leaves again for his Southern hoae:
ReV. E. B Sher Wood spoke for Western Missouri.
He wants "men and meeting . house's" for that re-
SECOND DAY-FRIDAY. ,
At this second, day's morning ,prayer-meeting the
minds of the brethren, we observed, were strongly di.
rected, both in Prayer and remarks to the niipor
tance.of exerting a spiritual influence upon the fam
ilies of the . place. Dr. Nelson Mentioned interesting
facts, showing how salutary 'had been the influence
of the Assembly which met in his Church upon the
people, and especially upon a .Home for
_neglected
little girls near the .Church, the inmates of which
attended, services there. These little girls were over
heard in a prayer-meeting of their own thanking
God for "the dear ministers who had come from
foreign lands to talk to them:" Six 'of these young
persons he had had the satisfaction of receiving on
a recent communion into the Church, one of whom
had been named Mary Jane Kansas, nothing hav
ing been known of her parentage save that she came
from the State which had been made part of her
name. These admiSsions were the result, in part,
of impressions made by the ASsembly during their
stay in St. LouiS.
At 9.30 the Assepbly was called to order, and
the following announcements were made :
1. Judicial.-Revs.S. B. Canfield, D.D., J. A. Carna
han, D. M. Seward, D.D., E. B. Sherwood, E. D. Willis,
B. C. Megie ; Elders : Hon. H. W. Williams, L.L.D.,
J. P. Crosby, G. B. Kellogg, J. C. Farr, L. W. Ca
pen.
2. Bills and Overtures.—Revs. W. Adams, D.ll, L
M. Glover, D.D., J:Knox, T. Wright, J. A. Darrah
W. L. Hyde; Elders: Hon. H. W. Williams, G."J
North, G. H. Ely, A:Moore, 0..5. Penfield.
3. Polity of the Chtirch.—Revs. Geo. A. Lyon, D.D., C
Hawley, D.' D., F. IL Wheeler, J. B. Richardson, J
H. Trowbridge, 13. F. Sharp; Elders: G.' M. Lane
J. F. Ely, M. D., Russell Hinckley, Wilson Holt
Richard Brown.
4. Foreign Missions.—Revs. Wm. Aikman,
Calvin
Clark, J. F. Bingham, W. W. Taylor, Stephen Phelps,
W. W. Thorp; Elders : Richard Steel, Jos. Bartlett,
W. H. Jessup, Marcus Bosworth, J. T. Whitlock.
5. Education.—Revs. H. I. Hitchcock, David Swing,
Marvin 11. Vincent, 0. A. Lyman, A. Parsons, C.
Earle; Elders : Fisher Howe, Samuel Anable, S.
Taintor, M.D., John Yourt, T. M. Rose.
6. Horne Missions.--Revs. H. Darling, D.D., T. S.
Cuyler, D.D.; F. A. McCorkle, E. L. Hurd, F. L.
Arnold, Job Pierson
,L • Elders : Hon. T. P. Handy, D.
W. Ingersoll, P. S. Church, W. E. Tenbrook, Sam].
Dagg, M.D. •
7. Church Erection.—Revs. W. H. Goodrich, D. P
A. L. Brooks, E. N. White, J. F. Calkins, H. E.
Niles, T. Marshall • Elders : T. W. Guy, S. B. Spees,
S. Torrey, A. B. Waters, C. J. F. Smith.
8. Publication.—Revs. W. C. Wisner, D.D., Herrick
Johnson, J. W. Wood, J. M. Philips, H. Ward, J.
A. Laurie; Elders: D. N. Knowlton, N. H. Gard
ner, C. W. Bradley, Z. C. Crane, 0. H. Fitch.
9Sabbath Schools. —Relts.C. S. Robinson, D.D., Thos.
Lippincott, E. W. Hitchcock, Albert Erdman, J. N.
McGiffert, G. H. Smyth; Elders: Hon. John Hill,
S. L. Benedict, G. Rogers, G. B. Smyth, H. P. M.
Birkin bin e.
10. Ministerial Relief.—Revs. J. N. Sprague, D.D.,
P. R. Kinne, A. J. - Fennel, E. Curtis, S. H. Ashman,
A. T. Ranking 5 Elders: Ezra Botsford, R. Rorison,
A. Danskin. R. E. Barber.
11. Narrative.—Revs. J. E. Carey, H. M. Bacon,
T. A. Weed, G. N. Todd, D. F. Judson, C. C. Kim
ball ; Elders: Joseph Ditto, F. Edgerton, R. Sims,
Hiram Johnson, Benjamin Bangs.
12. ./Peage:—Elders: Nathan Lane, M. W. Todd,
S. Wood. "
13. DevolimialErcercises.—Revs. Samuel Campbell, D.
D., A. McA. Thorburn, W. 'Howell Taylor, G. W.
McMillan, W. Young, W. H. McGiffert ; Elders:
Frederick Starr, J. F. Ammidon; J. R. Davis, Elias
Lyman, W: B. Vanderbolgen.
14. Leave of ‘.Abserice.—Reve. T. Stillman, D.D.,
B. B. Beckwith, J. H. 'Walter, James Morton, Jno.
Kidd, B. Graves, G. A. Little; Elders : Harry Chase,
Wm. Hamilton, W. F. Brown, J. Y. Foulk, T. A.
A. Newton.
After appointing these Committees Records of
Synods were called for; then, in order Narratives
and other papers.
FOREIGN MISSIONS REPORT
The Ninth annual Report of the Committee of For
eign• Missions was in order and was read by Wal
ter S. Griffith, Esq. This report had the annual
'serious failing, of being precisely one year behind
the time, "the 'entire, elaborate calculation being
based upon the- figures of tbe last year's' minutes,
These figures show contribution, to the amount of
.$llO,OOO, or about $l5OO less for the year 1865-66,
than for the year 1864-65 i 718 Churches with over
-36000 members are not reported as giving anything.
The Committee say
. "In our last report we stated that fifty-two of our
number were engaged in that missionary 'work in
connection with the American Board. The number
now, we regret to say, is but forty-eight. We have
not been able to learn definitely now many of those
young men who have recently given themselves to
this work are. connected with us, but we hope that
they will,more than replenish the losses of the last
few years in the number of our foreign missionaries.
Our brethren now in the field or laboring in connec
tion with the Board at home are as follows :
Rev. Selah B. Treat, Secretary, Boston.
Rev. Geo. W. 'Wood, D.D.,.Secretary, New York.
Rev. Charles P. Bush,District Secretary, Roches
ter.
Rev. John McLeod, District Secretary, Philadel
phia.
Rev. Wm. M. Cheever, District Secretary, Terra
Haute.
In Wesfern Africa 1-Gaboon Mission, Albert
Bushnell.
In South Africa 2—Andrew Abraham, Seth. B
Stone.
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In'Enropean Turkey and Western Asia, 15 :
Western Turkey 4—Henry J. Van Lennep,.D.D.,
John W. Parsons, Tilman C. Trowbridge,-Theodore
L. Byington. , -
Eastern Turkey 3- 7 -Sanford Richardson, Orson P.
Allen, W. Frederick Williams.
Syria s—William M. Thomson, D.D., William
W. Eddy, Henry H. Jessup, D.D., Samuel. Jessup,
George E. Post, M.D.
Nestorians 3—George W. Coan, Joseph G. Coch
ran, John H. Shedd.
In Sputhern Asia 10; Ceylon 1--James Quick.
Mahratta 2—Lemuell Bissell, William P. Barker,
Madura 7—John E. Chandler, Edward Chester,
John Kendall, Horace S. Taylor, William Tracey,
Charles T.: White, Nathan L. Lord, M.D.
In Eastern Asia 5; Canton 1--Dan'l Vrooman.
Fuh Chau 2—Caleb C. Baldwin, Simeon F. Worden.
North China 2—Lyman D. Chapin, Justus Doolit
tle.
In . the Pacific Islands 5; Sandwich Islands 4
Claudius B. Andrews, Sereno E. Bishop, Lorenzo
Lyons, John F. Pogue. Micronesia I—Edward T.
Doane:
North American Indians 5; Dakotas 3Thomas
S. Williamson, Stephen R. Riggs, John P. William
son. Ojibwas I—Leonard H. INTheeler. Senedas 1—
Asher Wright."
The auditing Committee reported that they found
the accounts of the Treasurer of the Assembly cor
rect. This report was accepted and adopted.
EDUCATION
Dr. Milles then reported from the-Permanent
Committee on' Education. - The reports from the
three Theological Seminaries were given in the or
der of their age, first: Auburn; Lane, at Cincinnati,
0., and then Union, at. 9 University' Place, New
York city. From Auburn the report gives the fol
lowing facts:
Students during the year, 42. Graduates this
Spring, 8 r 'of, these, for Foreign Missionaries, 2,
Home Missionaries, 2 or 3. Memhers of Middle
Class licensed by Cayuga Presbytery, 10; 4 of these
were in the war:
Adjunct Prot James Pierce has been recommen
ded to be, and in , Novemberwill next...be inaugura
ted as a full, Professor of Hebrew. The - religious
condition of the Seminary through the year has
been encouraging, and the annual examinations
were reported upon favorably. Graduates from the
23 Presbyteries among whorri they , are scattered,
were present at the recent Commencement.
Lane Seminary reports—Seniors, 6; Middle Class,
10; Juniors, ]5; Preparatory, 1. Total: Students, 32.
. One member of the Senior Class has been disabled
by sickness, and one has died, within the year. Last
summer new furniture was provided throughout the
Seminary rooms for the students, by members of
Ohio and . Indiana Churches. Arrangements have
been made to furnish board at twe dollars per week.
All costs above that being paid out of the Seminary
funds. All necessary and is guaranteed to all stu
dents who present themselves to Lane*Seminary.
The Union Seminary at New York city reports
111 students-20 Seniors, all graduated May 6th, 51
in Middle Class, 31 in Junior Class. For Foreign
Mission work 6 Seniors and 6 Juniors are already
decided, and 2 Seniors for Home MiSsions. There
have been 65 students engaged in missionary labors
in the city. The lectures on the Evidences of Chris
tianity in the Nineteenth Century, by the Rev. Albert
Barnes, on the Ely foundation, were a marked suc
cess, as also those by Mr. R. G. Pardee, at the
"Sunday School Institute."
Invitations were received and accepted by the As
sembly, from Messrs. Ellwanger & Barry to visit
their nurseries; also, from :Mr. Grosvenor. to find
and use writiner ' materials, &c., at the Tract Rooms
on State street.
Adjourned with prayer by the Rev. Dr. Culler, of
Brooklyn. • • •
FRIDAY-AFTERNOON
Dr. Mills continued his report on Education. The
following figures show the progress made:—
Years. Number of Students. Amounts Contributed.
1863 101 $15,000
1864• 84 13,000
1865 99 18,177
1866 135 . . 18,714 77
1867 145 - 21,474
This latter sum is independent of the income 'from
scholarships.' No agency is employed for'colleeting . i
the hearty co-operation of the churches is shown by
these figures. Mrs. Eliza T. Warren, of Lansing
burg, has left a legacy of $5OO to the Committee.
The Secretary urged the establishment of more
scholarships. The design of this work is to give
equal rights to, and impose equal responsibilities on,
all the churches. No favoritism is shown to churches
or classes. His report recommends the cessation of
the Monthly, as it is a burden to the finances of the
Committees. No change in the mode of operations
is proposed.
• Walter S. Griffith, Esq., of the class whose term
expires in 1868, has declined re-election.
Treasurer's Report of Education.
To paid students in Theological Semina
ries to Ist May, 1866 $18,478 00
To paid expenses, 3,331 01
To balance due new account, 561 42
By , balance from last account,
By contribution from churches,
cc " individuals,
By part appropriations to students last
year, returned not used,
By interest on scholarships, &c.,
The Re-union Committee's Report was made the
first order of the day for Saturday. Dr. Adams re
marked that there was great interest in the rer
port, and it was expected the corresponding report
would be early submitted to the other body.
. _
The Committe of Home - Missions presented their
Sixth Annual Report. Two missionaries and one
member of the Committee have died. Mention was
also made of the death of M. W. Baldwin, a lover
of Home Missions and a member of the Committee
until a majority of its members was restricted, by
the Assembly, to the vicinity of New York. In the
number of, churches } become self-sustaining, and in
the members added to the Churches, the state of the
causelemost'healthful and promising New fields
haVe been occupied; scarcely a place has been lost
to us ; old and hitherto unpromising fieldi have been
revived. The interest in the churches has been
growing. More churches have contributed, and
much more money than ever before has been sub
scribed. The following table shows the progress
made for four years : -
297 Missionaries, ." nearly $70,000
321 " - 85,600
387 ". 91 329
. 1
419 " - . 129,676
An advance of $38,000 over last year.
The greatest encouragement is our enlarged field;
so much so that we are in debt, notwithstanding our
enlarged receipts. The Secretary described the
greatness of the field and dwelt upon the probable
enlargement of our work. , , Had we as many
churches in Minnesota in proportion, as in New
York, we should have 800; or in Missouri, we
should have 600; we haVe but 28 in the one State,
and 29 in the other. The field in the Cherokee, Na
tion was described as open to us. So also that in
the regions beyond the Rocky. Mountains, following
the lines of the great railways now pushing in that
direction. In the South, there has been some dis
appointment; Missouri shows' progress; the rest of
the country does not crave our aid, save in exeep
tional cases. We have one colored church in
Charleston. Loyal white people OppoSe the effort
to educate the blacks.. .It has been a year of greater
financial embarrassments than ever,.and at the same
time,_ there have been more Providential interposi
don's than ever.
How to secure larger contributions is a question
which has much' exercised the Committee. Refer
ence was made to a class of churches between the
two extremes of poverty and wealth; these gave
often lamentably small sums. The Committee, at
one time in the year, was in debt $30,000. Among
plans to prevent financial difficulty, the Secretary
suggested bringing.. the missionaries into closer rela
tions to the Church or Sabbath-schools. Forty
seven missionaries have been made the specific ob
jects of individual or Sunday:School beneficence; and
over $12,000 have thus been pledged, half of which
has been paid. •
New York has 65 missionaries, New Jersey 12,
Pennsylvania 60, Ohio 37, Indiana2o, Michigan4s,
Illinois 60, Mississippi, Wisconsin 18, Minnesota
22, lowa 34, Missouri 36, California 10, Nevada'2.
From 300 reports we learn that 58 churches were
formed; 2602 conversions; 3813 additions.
Balance, $lOl4. Owed $2OOO.
So.much of the report as related to the Freedmen
was referred to a special committee composed - of
Revs. Herrick Johnson, Joel, F. Bingham, Geo. A.
Little, and Elders Samuel Ward, and Geo. E. War
ren.
ABSTRACT OF. THE . REPORT OF THE PUBLICATION
COMMITT,E
The report of the Publication Committee was pre
sented by the Secretary, Rev. John W. Dulles; it
commenced with a sketch of the pit-ogress made in the
work during the past ten years:—
The Committee, at first organized for the issue of
"Doctrinal Tracts," received authority from the Gene
ral Assembly meeting in Cleveland, in 1857, also to
publish "such works of an evangelical character as
may be profitable to the Church at large." Thus the
sphere of the Comniittee's operations was made that
of a general religious and denominational publishing
establishment.
But, whilst ten years have passed since authority
was thus given for the enlargement of the scope of
the Committee's labors, the Committee has not been
for ten years in the possession of means for such an
enlargement. This authorization was rather a per
mission to do certain good things, than an expression
of hearty determination on the part of the Church to
do those things, and was not accompanied by such a
support as would enable the Committee to perform
its duties. Hence it was that the first years of the
decade yielded little signs of progress. Small sums
of money came into the hands of the Committee, with
which a few tracts and books were issued from year
to year, and the life of the. institution maintained,
whilst public opinion, with steady footsteps, advanced
to the full reception of the principles upon which it
was based.
An effort, in 1861, to secure an endowment proved
unsuccessful. To the Committee this postponement
of the prospect of seeing their affairs put upon a safe
business basis was trying, but they went forward,
steadily adding to their moderate list of publications,
and making grants of books and tracts to the desti
tute, as far as their limited resources would permit,
and appealed to the Assembly of 1.86, 2 for a frash con
sideration of the claims of the cause.
This appeal was met by a discussion which ended
in the appointment of a Special Committee of Seven,
Rev. N. S. S. Beman, D.D., chairman, to consider the
whole subject. With the report presented by this
committee, in 1863, and heartly'adopted by the As
sembly, came the dawn of a new era in the work.
It. was decided that as a true, 'strong and earnest
branch of . the Church of Christ, we had a work to do
by the press as well as by the pulpit, that the mere
"Doctrinal Tract" basis was too narrow to meet the
claims of duty or to command the affection and sup
port of the churches, and that business considerations
as well as duty demanded a combination of practical
with doctrinal publications. It was further decided
that the Committee should publish its own works,
'and finally, that we should give life to these decisions
by action—that energetic measures should be in
augurated for securing a business capital of $50,000.
These measures were carried,into effect, and the Com
mittee had the satisfaction of reporting to the last
Assembly, that the full sum of fifty.thousand dollars
had, been: secured. This :capital; though small, yet
$22,370 43
$906 19
19,347 67
1,423 22
•33 00
660 35
$22,370 43