anitritait tr,sllistrriait. THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1867 The General Assembly. (Continued from page 169.) Elder North, of lowa—No prejudice will ensue to the case if it is dismissed until the irregularity is re moved. Rev. Mr. Pinney, Nevada—Unless the book re quires the evidence to be furnished by appellant, we are not to assume that he is a•liar, but that he is a true man. In the cases quoted by Dr. Adams the appeal was not lodged in time and the principle on Which they were rejected is different. Rev. Mr. Deyo, of New Jersey—ls the appellant in the house? Dr. Adaine--He is not present. Rev. Mr. Deyo—lf present his affidavit would be sufficient. Dr. Glover—l do not impugn his veracity; we must also have respect to the Moderator, who, if he had received the appeal, would have taken due notice of it. Rev. Mr. Trowbridge, of Chicago—The telegram should come from Dr. Glover. He moved that we wait until :he, and not the others, telegraph. The hour,of adjournment here arrived and broke off the debate. The evening session was occupied by Rev. James Denham D.D., a delegate from the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ireland, who deliver ed a fine discourse from Hosea x.12,t0 a large congre gation. . : • : - i' = FIFTH DAY-TUESDAY A. M. The exercises previous to the business 'meeting this morning were conducted by ,the Rev. T4L.Cuy, ler, D.D., pastor in Brooklyn; and quite a large au dience was assembled. The most interesting'address at this meeting was by the Chairman, Dr. Cuyler, who gave a succinct statement of, the methods of activitpin,his church. They are somewhat peculiar. The elders do not serve for life, but one-third retire each year; and the pastor. devolves a large share of his work upon his elders. They lead all prayer-rneetings;except those which the young people have in charge; have dis tricts of supervision allotted to them, 'in whiCh they have a sort of pastoral care over the members of the church. There are 1070 members. The elders and deacons form together something like the " Ward Committee" in the political world; and canvass all subjects properly needing care and control, just as politicians do their important matters. There was a number of prayers made for various objects presented ; among which *was a request for the churches in California. The remainder of the, hour was occupied with remarks from various mem bers. At the opening of business the Permanent Clerk, Dr. J. G. Butler, announced that the following tele gram had been received from the Old . School As semblY at Cincinnati: • The General Assembly of the - Presbyterian Church holding its sessions in Cincinnati returns its frater nal and Christian salutations to the General Assem bly holding its sessions in Rochester, 1. - !raying and hoping for the presence of the Head'of• tile Church in their midst, and the guidance of the Divine Spirit in all their deliberations and deliverances. (Signed) W. E. Scuurcx, • . Permanent Clerk. The Moderator announced the order of the day : to hear the distinguished delegates from the Pres. Church of Ireland to the General Assembly of the Preshyterian Church in the United States. The Rev. John Rail, D.D., Dublin, Ireland, and the Rev. James Denham, D.D., of Londonderry, were invited upon the platform, and were received by the entire Assembly rising. Dr. Denham expressed the ,highest gratification at standing here, as a delegate from the church of Ireland:. .145,ny, years liii;Churoli bemlook ing with the deepest interest to . the Presbyterian Churches :of: this country, and desiring closer Union. He felt that in the present age and prospects of the future, solemn as they are, it is important to culti vate a closer intimacy, to stimulate each other to carry on the work of the Master with greater vigour and wisdom. He was commissioned to' express,-their deep in terest in, and great respect for, yoU; for the 'charac ter sustained, and work done, and zeal manifested by you for the honor of our Lord and Master ; for the zeal you have manifested, for many years, in the cause of missions. You. have felt, for-the-poor have pitied the perishing. Because what we have learned of your doineand Welfa.ve felt great respect for this Assembly. We have beard very much of your Sabbath-school, work. I have often visited Sabbath-schoole in my own land, and with out any intention of flattering, I must say that the Sabbath-schools in your land are much more glori ous in the anxiety of. teachers to do their work, in the numbers of children, and in the self-denial of ease and comfort even by old persons, in going forth to teach. He referred especially to the school in this church, which he had visited the Sabbath be fore. ' ' We especially desire to express our respect for the solemn, faithful, continuous, decided testimony you bore against slavery, and in favor of the.poor, down-trodden negro. (Applause.) One thing on which, a few years ago, we would hayelooked with deep and awful interest, is now no lon g er; seen. Thank God ; wherever I go, in all this land, I can not see a slave. (Applause.) This, in the estima tion of the Christian Churches of Europe, was, he dark stain which rested on your free'America. We are thankful that it is wiped out forever. The bloody work of war cost you much. Perhaps there was no other way in which the curse could have been removed, so decided, conclusive, rapid, complete. We recognize the hand .of God in .this. It cost us many millions of money to remove.it from the West Indies. But it cost you much more in.treasttre and in precious lives besides. Yet it, was worth all; and more than 'all it cost. I can speak to you now without any drawback, as our brethren. When your noble, good, great, lion-hearted' Lincoln was slain, there was not a Presbyterian family in all Ulster that did not sympathize with you. I congratulate you on the prospects 'of re-union. In Ireland we know the advantage of union. A few years ago we were a divided Church. .Ile drew a picture of the evils!ef disunion in Ireland: Twenty five or twenty-six years ago a union was effected. A few, you might say "crotchetty" men, on plea of conscientious scruples, stood out. This conscience, rightly interpreted, perhaps, said: You fear, you will not, be so distinguished a man in a large bo,dy. They atilt stand aloof, unkriown as to having any in fluence. As a result of union our spirit is moved by new feelings. Our whole ;marts are engrossed by the important question: How can we most ef fectually labor for the..great work God has given us t 6 do as a Christian Church; and plan for the pur pose of giving light to that dark land? For alas ! ours is a dark land. We are seeking now to reach the masses. We are employing a large number of eolporteurs, car rying Bibles and other books to the people. lle referred to the Douay Bible, which they are cireu ating without note , or comment. We,are sending out missionaries to the South and West of Ireland - , to Dublin; to Cork, to Galway, to Xerry, and.look ing forward in blessed hope to the day when the whole land shall be blessed with the' light of the litompel, as As Miter. , - We number 4 to:500 ministers and 500 churcher. THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1867. Why, you may ask, do we not increase faster? Some pastors here could tell. We have met here in Rochester a number of my own congregation in Ireland. Every year, tens-of-thousands of our Ulster population are landing on. your shores.. We have almost feared that some of our congregations would be swamped. We find considerable difficulty in our missionary work. Our country congregations are poor. Yet the fruits of that glorious revival are still remaining among us. Our people are giving thousands in stead of hundreds of pounds.' Wefeel the necessity of sustaining our ministers in these needy congre gations. We have a fund, out of which every min ister, whose people are known to be unable to sup port him, receives an amount equalizing his support with those of moderate but sufficient incomes. . A starved minister cannot work with earnestness and freedom. We feel it of vital importance to the spiritual interests of our people to have a ministry free from crushing cares. Referring to Dr. Wisner's remarks in the prayer meeting, as to the districtingi?f his . parish and the work of his elders, he said: Why, there is an - Ulster parish. . Our ministry felt the power of that great revival. A short time ago I was called to visit a part of the country unknown to me. When I came home, I came with a heart filled with joy, kir meeting so many brethren so entirely devoted to the, work of the ministry. They think not about amanee or tbeir own comfort, but for the salvation of souls. Meet ing them from day to day, I did arrive at home feeling more thankful for whit God had done for our Church than ever before. We have a mission in India with 330 „converts, and with large mission schools. He read a letter from one of their missionaries in reference to the missionaries of the American Board, in which the language was used: " There are no better mission aries in India than these American brethren and sisters." Why, then, not desire a .closer union with you? We have not come merely to pay compli ments. We wish from you, first, Union by inter change of' delegates. We have sent deputies to Wales, Scotland, and the Waldenses. We have crept up the slippery paths leading to their Chnrches, and have looked on the spots where their forefath ers bled, and grasped these brethren by thee hand. We have been looking to France, to the Free Churches there. The Christian people of Ulster sympathize with and love you. To this land of America, and especially to the Christian people and Churches here, our people are looking with feelings of Christian affection and adiniration for you. We are anxious for a continued feeling of kindiest love and affection between Britain and America. I never heard a minister of our Chureh express any other feeling than that of sympathy in your struggle. We triumphed with your triumphs. (Applause.) Our hearts were cast down when you suffered defeat. We desire that a closer'and mote intimate union may exist. Not incorporation—that is impossible, on account of the little ferry between us. (Laughter.) But we expect. such sympathy-as to hinder any falling out between the two countries. Woe to the world and to liberty, if that day should ever come ! We have come to leain froM you. Compared with you, we are small and weak. We wish you to give us your published acts and de liberations. You are so much alike that I feel as if we were now in our own Assembly, and scarcely believe lam across the ferry. We wish you to re spond to what our Church in Ireland has done, and send deputies. We will not say that your reception will be equal to the overwhehting reception given to us here. We cannot equal it. We commend to you our emigrants. How much they need your guardian care! He described the case of two emigrant girls, coming over in-the same ship with himself showing the need.of some Chris tian guardianship, and concluded by asking . our prayers. He said we have much to contend with, especially Popery; and we desire your earnest, im portunate prayers to that God who can support the weak, that He will remember your weak , sister in Ireland. Dr. Hall.—l cannot repress the feeling with which I feel bound to acknowiedge: the kindness with which we have been received in this country. We come to say in the midst of you what we have been saying in our prayers and homes: The grace of our Lord Jistis Christ be With you. We come to congratulate you on your fidelity to truth and great Christian usefulness, in this great land; to congra.- tulate you that you have been liberated. The great advantage of freedom is, perhaps, because it raises the whites from the curse and stain and reflex in fluence of - slavery: - (Applanse.)•.• We congratulate you on the prospect of re-union with large sections of the brethren., the same in spirit With you. For the sake of politicalunion you have saerificed treas ure and blood. You will be fully and keenly, alive to the blessings arising from a union of the Churches of Cbrist, whereby power for goodmay be increased , and Christbe glorified. • Your countrymen, when they visit us, have diffi culty in giving an adequate idea of the magnitude of their country. My difficulty is of the opposite nature. A hUrdorous American once remarked that he felt, while - in Great` ritain, fearful that hi should get up some morning and fall off into the sea. We have 599 ministers. and • 550 :congregations and 2 theological colleges, endowed. We have. kept up the standard of an educated ministry, and we need to keep it up when science is perverted-to the great injury of religion. . • We were in a 'depressed condition when tidings of what the Lord did for you here in -1858, reached us and led our people, with greater confidence, to look up. The,great revival we. enjoyed had perma nent results. ,We have a greater number of theo logical students of the right kind . ; many young men of good commercial prospects abandoned their pur suits to enter the ministry Dr. Hall described the case of a minister, who was pastor of 'a cotnpara tively small congregation in Ulster, andwhen rallied on being a single man, answered that when be gave himself to the work of the ministry, be foresaw that he could not have a wife and have hooks also. He determined to have tire books. He, bought first a Paris edition of the Latin Fathers, and then one of the Greek Fathers, for which he paid £4l) each. I am halipy to say lie has since got the wife ; and is now a Professor in Derry College. Another fought his way upward from the charge of a small scattered congregation 'ontside'Of Ulster: HO cultivated oriental scholarship. He has made ashort er catechism in Hebrew and in Arabic, which is pub lished for missiontiryuse. He, too, is now Professor of languages in Derry. Such were some of the in stances of the earnestness with which these young men labored to qualify thernaelves for the work, and to become thoroughly fitted to meet and grapple with skepticism, falSe philosophy and'modern infidel ity oil its own . grotuids.t, Our prosperity as a Church, began with our union. The churches had done much to increase the salaries, and provide re,sidences for their ministers; especially in the poorer ,parts.. The elders inaugurated this movement and appeared on the platform in-,the As sembly by memorial and asked to be authorized to commence work. At first the aim was to raise £5OOO for a manse fund. Through: the zealous co operation of a wealthy layman, they were-encour aged to aim at £25000, and realized more than £30,- 000. All the Churches will learn that the larger our expectations and the higher our ambition the more suc cessful shall we be. 'We 'must have . a Ministry well educated and relieved from cares. There' can be no greater cruelty than to take's:cultivated man and re quire him to sustain. a position of respectability in his congregation, and give him only the support of a mechanic. We are trying. to roll away that re proach. The efficiency of the Presbyterian Church depends largely upon the manner in which the mm istry are sustained. We have organized a system of Sunday-schools and Orphan societies under the con trol of the Assembly. We have realized the un speakable benefits of Christian union. -I hail it as a day of happiness and hope, when the Presbyterian Churches throughout the world are now nearly drawn together. There are high interests which can be promoted only by such union. • There are great literary undertakings which we can carry out only by union. The day calls for great literary efforts; it is required of us to meet unbelievers on their own ground. Extensive missionary efforts are best con ducted by Churches in co-operation. A noble specta cle it would be if all the Presbyterian Churches in the world could take counsel together, and how would it promote the interests of the world, if we should so diffuse our missionaries, so as to reach every dark spot and diffuse the light more equally on heathendom. The tide of emigration is flowing westward, and is likely to flow more and more. Ido not look, as many do, upon emigration as an evil. It is coloniza tion that has diffused Protestant Christianity through out the world. Protestantism and Rome have scarcely changed on the map of Europe; but very different is the case in new . parts of the word. In the oncoming tide of immigration to your country, look for many Swedes and Norwegians, and Prussians. What a blessing, if, the Presbyterian Churches were so united, as to make arrangements to meet the wants of these people, and not only so, but to utilize, and' convert them into in strumentality for good. ' We are sometimes embarrasSed to answer questions of Scottish immigrants to Ireland, who ask whether we are of the Established Church, the., U. P.'s or the Free Church: we say sometimes we belong to all three: we thank God we are fr6e. When any en-. tanglement with the Establishment comes, there is a spirit among 'us which would enable us to bream away from the State, and rest entirely upon the voluntary support of the people. We earnestly ask'you to encourage and strengthen us in these works and labors of love. Compared with what we ought to • be, we are far, far short: we are dead where we ought to be alive. We are indolent where we unght to be active; and selfish where we ought to be benevolent. Freely we have received, freely we ought to give; speak to us words of Chris tian encouragement:' Surely these are days in which we ought not to hesitate to put forth all our strength. We read of the days of knight-errantry. We read too that—. "Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away." lam not quite prepared to join in the smile. In those days, when every town was a robber's castle, I am not prepared to revile the true men, the Chris tian men—though sadly misguided in some things— who went forth to right the wrong. Why should there not be a more intelligent and enlightened chivalry in the battle now waging, of 'the light against dark ness, and of freedom against bondage in whatsoever form the bondage may be found. We need to stim ulate each other to such Christian chivalpy ; not iso lated from each other, but bearing down as one com pact mass, on all with which the Christian Church has to deal: We cannot command the blessing of the Holy Spirit, but we can pray for its descent, We cannot turn the water into wine, but we can fill the water pots and reverently wait for the Divine power We can send up the cry: Breathe upon these slain that that they may live! We can learn Wisdom from the women who went to the sepulchre, wondering who would roll away the the stone for them; and lo! as they came the stone was rolled away, m lied in the wish of my associates to have a deputation sent to our body. It was worth coming across the Atlantic to be in this morning's-prayer meeting. It was worth corning very far to join in the hymn which a brother in ori - e part of the house voluntarily raised, and to hear "the words of the fathers who spoke. Would that all Presbyterian bodies could be associated in such services. May God bless you, and may we, whom God has sundered by the sea in His Providence, be joined by His grace and meet. in that bright land whose green turf hides no grave. Moderator.—Scarcely can I repress a regret that this duty had not fallen into a better hand. Andrew Jackson was an Irish man although he came to this country a few 'years before he was born. Small as von have been pleased to tell us that Ire land is—it has pluck enough for a kingdom, though we would not wish to see it a Separate kingdom. I thank you for evident appreciation of our country, and your congratulations for our country becoming free, and accept gratefully the sympathy felt for us in your land in the dark days through which we passed. I have no recollection of anything coming from Ireland that was not of that character, and if any thing of a contrary character came fi - om Britain we took it as sometimes our regiments had to take the fire of our own men in mistake and fog. But our Country is now free. True there yet remain ques tions and duties, which before us our Evangelistic work, and for our statesmen. It fell to my lot to witness the first abolition of slavery in a great State. I sat in the hall when the Convention had to take action on the proposal to abolish slavery in Misseuri. I felt that it was the only day of my life when I could expect to witness such a transaction. Many a gray-baired man and woman was in waiting there; and when the yeas and nays were called, and the Act. of Emancipation was passed, by 60 yeas against 4 nays,—(applause)— and we knew that thenceforth all in Missouri were free, can you imagine our emotions; an elder in my Church, who was one of those voting aye, making his way to me exclaimed: "This is, the happiest, day of my life but two ; the day of marriage and the day I joined the Church." With difficulty I could keep my feet down,on that free soil. They were like hind's feet. I thastened away, I desired to be the first to tell my family that there was not a slave in Mis souri. You may be sure, I did not manifest much of the dignity of a pastor as I hastened to be the first to in form my family. The wife was absent at at a pray er-meeting, but there were in the house coins young ladies who called me father; to them I told the news, and we were jubilant together. In the kitchen near by was one of your country-women, one of the most genial, heartiest, pleasantest of her race. Hearing the unusual noise in the minister's house she hurried in to know What was the matter. "Hannah!" I 'exclaimed, " there are no more slaves in Missouri." "Good! dear them all out quick," said she. This at once took me down from my high horse and showed me that the people may live under the same roof and have very different views on political questions. He hoped that the time would soon come when Han nah would be willing to acknowledge Dinah as a sis ter, but not so soon as politicians would take off their hats to Dina.h's brother. God has used the truth in your and our Churches to bring about this result. It is because of the benefi cent power which He has lodged in His blessed truth, and not because of the devismgs of politicians or of commerce. If there is anything worthy of congrat ulation in this Church's history, it is that she has contributed to this result not by rash Measures, but by calm and faithful testimony. Union is a word dear in more than one style of rich significance. We hope you will receive ere long one deputation from the united Church. (Ap plause.) We rejoice at nothinc , von have told us more than of your . revivals. We knew it before, but are confirmed by your, presence and words, that the work of God is one in all lands. We shall continue to welcome those emigrants from your country. The greater part of them are not of your faith and ours; though in our families, they are enslaved . by men outside of our houses. This is the only instance in America in which any power can come from outside into our homes, and control our domestic affairs. May God grant us light to deal with this problem. There are others of a better faith, When you meet another such an interesting girl as you spoke of, and part from her in Ireland, please look into the mat ter, and give her a letter of introduction to the minister of our body nearest to her destination. (Applause.) My brethren and sisters have already answered the question how she will be received. I have no wish to go abroad until I know more about my own country, but should I go, I am sure there is not a gentleman's palace or peasant's hut to which I would not gladly trust myself, without other introduction than that they would learn from the way I spoke the language, that I am an American. The exercises occupied most of the forenoon ses sion and were of the most thrilling interest. The closing tableaux, the large congregation with up turned and tearful eyes singing and mingling their voices in the appropriate hymn, the group of noble men on the platform representatives of different na tions, afforded a subject for a picture, worthy any artist. We overheard one D. D. say to another "What are you crying for, can't you get along with out crying?" His own eyes were suffused, and his cheeks wet with no unmanly tears. The Clerk Dr. Hatfield, stated that this was the first opportunity that the General . Assembly had ever enjoyed of receiving a delegation from the Pres byterian Church of Ireland. It was the desire of the Presbyterian body, he believed, to exchange such visits. He therefore reported in favor of com missioning Rev. Ezra R. Adams, D.D. late of North Broad street Church, Philadelphia, and Rev. Henry M. Field, D.D., editor of the New York Evangelist, to greet the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland at Edinburgh, and also to go on the 3d of June to the Irish Assembly. The report was adopted. Hon. and Rev. R. Audley Browne, D. D.—l bear to you the Christian salutations of the General As sembly of the U. P. Church of North America. I rejoice that I speak in the harmonies of the same Christian brotherhood which you have heard to-day. Side by side, we labor in the same field, not united it is true, but we own the same Head and present the same Gospel, and recognize the same Spirit in each other. I can here imagine how Paul felt, when at Appii Forum, he met the brethren and thanked God, and took courage. We are united in the acceptance of the same world-renowned standards. I con gratulate you on the proposed union with the other branch, especially since no sacrifice of the prin ciples of the faith is made. How can bodies be one. unless there is a unity, of faith and heart, as well as effort? I congratulate you on that proposition for organic union. There is power when the hosts are trained and disciplined in one body. The Church I represent is the fruit of union. Dr Browne here showed how many of the divis ions in the Presbyterian Church originated from un ion of Church and State. He quoted the saying of Welsh, the sou-in-law of Knox addressed to king James: "I would have, you know that there are two kings in Scotland—King Jesus and king James and in the kingdom of Jesus, James has nothing to do, but as a subject." For sixteen years, our union was in progress. The bonds of our union are the same symbols of faith with you. We also adopt a testimony, in which among , other things we take the position of close commun ionists ; we sing the divinely inspired words of the one-hundred and fifty Psalms of David in public worship; nor do we allow our members to belong to secret societies technically so-called. No slaveholder has been received into the Church during the thirty years of its history. We have been true to the cause of country and liberty during the war. We con gratulate you on the prospect of union; on your great prosperity and power; your revenues; your wide labours in our own and foreign lands. I feel proud to stand here and give you greeting. Our measure of liberality is not equal to yours. For about 600 min isters and churches, and 60,000 members, we have given $600,000, about twice what it was two years ago. Two of every three of our ministers are pas tors, and we report proportionally as large additions as perhaps in any Presbyterian Church in the land. I have seen soldiers jostle each other as side by side they charged upon the foe. Such, and such only, are our interferences. Neither of us can be spared. We cannot accomplish speedily the dream of organic union, but we can show real union. Go forth to cultivate the field. Moderator.—lt is not necessary to address you at length at this late stage of the proceedings. We un derstand each other. We most cordially receive you, standing on the same basis of Christian doctrine with ourselves. We have such entire confidence in your orthodoxy, that we go beyond you and bid you hearty welcome, especially at the table of our Lord. Besides the psalms, we will use the words of any Christian poet who teaches us to sing the Song of Moses and the Lamb. We look forward to the time when all the Presbyterian bodies in our country will be one, and congratulate you that your denomination has the name which we all shall bear. For we expect the time soon to come when there shall be none but "United Presbyterians" in the land. Adjourned to this afternoon. FIFTH DAY-TUESDAY, P.lll. The report of the Committee on Church Erection was read by Rev. Dr. Goodrich, of Cleveland, conclud ing with the following resolutions : ' In view of the fact that one hundred churches in connection with this Assembly are now without any house of worship of their own, while new churches equally destitute are continually being formed by the labors of our home missionaries ; therefore, Resolved, That it is our duty, as a Christian de nomination, to contribute to the cause of Church Erection.the sum of $lOO,OOO during the year now opened. Resolved, That the pastors and stated supplies of each Church connected with our Assembly be ear nestly desired to present the subject of Church Erec tion distinctly to his congregation in a discourse, and take up a collection in behalf of this cause on the second Sunday in December next, or on the nearest possible Sunday to that day. Resolved, This cause be especially commended to the attentions of the elders of the Churches, some of whom in the absence of pastors are peculiarly respon sible for the welfare of the enterprises of the Church, and all of whom have it in their power to encourage their ministers in urging the new claims of this cause upon those congregations which are not yet aware of its critical necessities.. Resolved, That as anencouragement to churches which have unpaid loans from the Permanent Fund to discharge their indebtedness, the trustees of the Church Erection Fund be authorized to change such outstanding loans to donations in part, as was done prior to August, 1866. Resolved, That the vacancies now occurring in the Board of Trustees of the Church Erection Yund be filled by the election of the following persons : Na than Lane, John F. Crosby, Geo. W. Lane. Win. A. Booth having tendered his resignation as a member of the Permanent Committee, we recom ment that it be not accepted. Rev. Dr. Ellinwood, Secretary of Church Erection. --We were all convinced as we heard the Irish Dele gates, that no people bad so great andglorious a mis sion as we have. Some of their contrasts let me into the fact more than ever before. Their country is small, ours almost without limit. Their population is diminishing; ours increasing, almost at an unparal lel ed rate. There Society stands in fixed moulds, with a stiffness of institutions and manners. Here everything is plastic. Everything can be moulded into anything we may desire. I rejoice to see a tendency in the reports to this Assembly, to' modify our measures. About four things are necessary to constitute this a nation whose God is the Lord : 1. Church organiza tion. 2. Earnest, educated ministers. _3. Houses to preach in. 4. The outpouring of God's Spirit. These various agencies must move on together. It is of little avail to carry on but one line of these operations. It was remarkable in the early history of our struggle, that no victory on either side was followed up. Thus, if we were simply to send out raids, we should leave the work unfinished, for sonic other denomination to carry it on. In every place where a church was gathered, the means, or one-third the means for a house of worship should be furnished. Two hundred and fifty dollars a year is thrown away on the support of the minister, some times for ten years, because he has tio house of worship. I hope we shall see a much larger amount raised for Home Missions, and by the side of it, $lOO,OOO for buildings. I hope that not only that sum will be raised, but that Synods and Presbyteries will take hold with a determination to do it. I hope some enterprising, and earnest, and God-fearing layman will take bold, as was described in the account given by our Irish brethren of the fund for building manses in the Irish Church, in a much poorer country than our own. Your Committees or Boards, will enter on the year with peculiar encouragement. There have been dark days in this work. Brethren had told him that he might not expect to see over $lO,OOO in the year. And we have been encouraged by the far greater re sult thus far obtained, and by the spirit coming more and more to pervade this body, and especially shown by men practically acquainted with the work and the field. Our Board is liberal in its purposes. The average of grants we made last year, is about $lOO higher than in either of the bodies with which our own is compared. Every dollar collected is given away. The accruing interest of the old fund more than pays expenses. In Missouri and Kansas we have a prestige favorable to ns. I know not how far the encouragincr b fact I am about to mention is due to the faithful patriotism of our Moderator. The Union Pacific B,ailroad offers to furnish land for a church, a parsonage, and school house wherever we: will build a church and plant a minister. There are 54 churches in the Synods of WiSconsin and Illinois without a house of worship, and before the end of the year 35 more will be organized, and will need houses. We have no touching stories to tell you ; but business men can look across these plains to the mountains, and see what can be done in various places by the planting of churches. I have been trying, while sitting in this pleasant building, to make an estimate of the far-reaching in fluence which this church has exerted. Give us a plain if you pleasebut attractive church, and we can find a pastor. In almost any city, give us a church wotth $30,000, and in two years we will give you an oreanization fully developed. Very little of the strength of Rome is spent in skirmishing. She is planting this continent with' granite structures at; every strategetic p . oint, as I may say. She is rear ing churches and institutions. This is the kind of, work we have got to do. As a means of raising the $lOO,OOO, I hope the Chairmen of Synodical Commit-, tees will consider themselves a special Committee. I am rejoiced at the hint given by our Irish brethren to the laymen. I have seen illustrations of the power of our laymen in a church-session, to turn the tide of interest to such an important cause as this. I thank you for the hearing, and for the interest with which you have taken hold of this cause. Dr. Kendall spoke of the applications for men coming to him while in the Assembly; he had one for Atlanta since coming here. Why cannot we get men? Because we cannot pay them enou,..frh, and promptly. We must have more money. He, asked how many Sunday-schools can support a Home Missionary ? Some support two, some three. How many individuals could preach the Gospel by money every Sunday by giving $250 a year? All the wealthier churches, and those that con tribute most largely to this or any other cause, plan fbr it. One pastor went into the pulpit intending to present it, two Sabbaths in succession, both of which were Stormy, and lie waited until his monied men were there; and then followed up his appeal by personal letters. When the Church needs money. the Lord will give it. On one day he had received, $l,OOO from Rome, Italy; next day $4OO from the corruption-fund in Albany. Last year we appealed for money; now we intend to appeal for men. Last year we left the field for men to the American Board; we shall now sweep the board ourselves if we can. Dr. Kendall was laboring under a severe cold, and declined making any extended address. Rey. C. G. Clark, of Michigan, likes the report on Church Erection. tie greatly wants $lOO.OOO the pres ent year; of which we want $B,OOO in Michigan. I. feelanxious that elders, pastors, and stated supplies_ should feel it. We can,go into many places in the *esti if the pledge of $5OO for a minister can be, given, and can get money for a church. He told a touching story of the self-denial of a Pennsylvania: settler, with two acres cleared in the woods of Michigan, who made great sacrifices to build a Presbyterian Church, who, after giving frequently, at the dedication subscribed $75 more ; to pay this in part, he gave a piece of silver, an heirloom which. had been in use in the family 130 years for the children's teething. Mr. Clark showed the piece, and soon after reported that the members of the Assembly had given $lOl to redeem it, $75 of which went to the Michigan church and $26 to the Church Erection Fund. Rev. Alvin Cooper. of Catskill Presbytery, could not see the need of $lOO.OOO for the Church Erec tion Fund. His people did not see it, and could not be induced to give to it. The feeble response last year shows that our people have not been made to feel the necessity of this cause. I still wait for light as to its importance. The churches are not so persuaded of its necessity as to come up to.the trolut ion. The - eburches in the West are as able to meet the difficulties of Church Erection as those in the East. Rev. Thos. Marshall, of Mankato, Minnesota. The Presbytery of Dacotah is the last Presbytery of the West; I may say it has no boundary; It goes so far west, that "the knowledge of man runneth not to the contrary." This Fund is needed at the West. The Western Church is not rich. The wealth of the West is largely in the hands of those who do not love God. He gave an instance in his own case: Minnesota is only eight years old. He went West only two years ago to a place of 1,500 inhabitants. He labored for nine months without a dollar from the people, until. the building was completed ; but the Madison Square church gave gave him $l,OOO towards building a church, and when it was completed, the people took him off the Committee's hands, and support him well, and have money on hand. The church has grown from 34 to 130. (Applause). Hr. Adams, of New York, would like to add his. testimony on this subject. He would enter on no argument to prove the necessity of aiding, to build churches. That was superfluous. We have a good engineer, all we want now, is to put on steam, and ! go ahead. Two years ago, when we first changed our plan, $57 were raised. Fifty-seven dollars to build churches for that great country! Now all. we need is co-operation. lam only surprised at the good really accomplished. Brother Ellinwood was not on the ground until after last October. What can we not do if we pledge. one another to do what. we can? $lOO,OOO is not too much. I believe in giving a definite sum. And I want to pledge my self to do what in the Providence of God we can in my church. I for one, though perhaps from sel fish motives, am .grateful that this channel is opened. I know ho.w many4.pplications,there are for special cases. Ido feel profoundly for my brethren who, come to our great city for aid. If they only know, how our, hearts ache for them, they would have more pity.on us. On one occasion, five brethren.. seeking aid, met, in the reception-room of my house., Our session 'provided for the year, from September
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