The General Usembly. SIXTh DAY-WEDNESDAY, P.M. Nathan Lane, Geo. W. Lane and John P. Crosby were elected Trustees of the Church Erection Fund. The attention of the Assembly was then called by the Moderator, to the case of Rev. Thos. Brown, who had been forty years in the service of the Church, and who is now in needy circumstances. He is said to be slowly dying from the effects of poison, administered in.mistake. It was stated that Mr. Brown nominated Dr. Beman for Moderator of the first General As sembly of this body. A contribution is in process of collection for his benefit, and all were invited to con tribute. [The collection it was afterwards announced, ex ceeded $200.] Deputation of the Free Churehof Scotland. The credentials of Rev. Dr. Fairbairn and Mr. Wells were read by the Stated Clerk, and they were then received by the General Assembly standing. Dr. Fairbairn said it afforded him great pleasure to aptieai as a. delegate from the General Assembly of the Free Church, of Scotland to this eminently Chris tian-body. The idea of maintaining friendly inter course between the bodies began last year. We may ascribe it, in the first instance, to Dr. McCosh, who suggested it for the purpose of becoming better acquainted and establishing a firmer bond of Union between the Presbyterian Churches of America and Greati Britain. The Dr. was note full delegate, but carried letters from the churches. He came to feel the way, to see how the churches would respond. The manner. in. which we have been received, the un eoriamon cordiality with which ive have been greeted, is .unparalleled in my experience; and convinces me flatit,!we are at one in our desire'. to understand 'each other..and. to maintain these friendly greetings and speak to one another-in the Lord. I rejoice that I aniperinitted to•see the realization of these' plans. He, refprred to the absence of one of the - delegates,' who is just' as well 'known here as in Scotland, the celebrated and much honored Dr. Thomas Guthrie. tApplanse) His whole heart was in the matter. He had:said if he could only come.acrOss the Atlan tic andsspeak ten minutes to his brethren in America, it would be the happiest day of his life. But we will attemptto.do what he would have done' in a much happier. manner, although we feel, if I may be 'per mitted what might seem an Irish bull—that we are sw.a./krepresentation of the delegation., (The great size of Dr. Fairbairn caused quite a laugh at this point.): We were instructed in our credentials to make special mention of the work of the-Christian Qohimission. This arose from the subject having been very specially' brought before us by Mr. Stuart aridtWo: others, who were with our Assembly la# year, . Their:account made a deep impression and we felt that mention of it was due, because a Presbyte rian presided over it, and Presbyterians took their full Share in the work. We wished to let them knew our 14ppt:eciation_and our. gratitri'de to them for not *getting the spiritual interests of the noble. men who were imperilling their lives forfreedom and liber ty. 'Yeur PreabyterieniSm may' be called, in one_ sense, the daughter. of Presbyteridbism in Scotland-. l3ut.she has far outgrown her mother. and reached a magnitude and shown an energy and zeal 'compared with which our greatness seemed to' be but small. We knew very well we should. have to learn much from you, and we are not disappointed. We have heed-delighted to.see and hear of your efforts in dis seminating the truth. • In Sabbath School instruction; in providing wholesome Christian literature for the ydung; and in those fine Ass:ociations of Christian jeung'•inen, you are bringing forth much fruit to .3oct, We shall rejoice to tell these things to the" reree.G'hurch. Our earnest. desire is that God May . water the plant that it may bring forth more and more.- Other great causes of congratulation you have. The greatest of all recent causes is thaliberey of' mil lions of our fellow creatures, the:result of those strug gles in which not only your noble armies, but the Divine guidance of your Government's policy had a part. Undoubtedly God hath• wrought this grand result. It has Made us glad in Scotland. Not , one of these hearts in the Free Church but rejoices that it haS liYed to see. the - day when.so many bonds were broken and so many cries of oppression ceased. A new. and great career is open to your country. (Ap plause.)• Doubtless.a great work is now before you in evangelizing these freed people. We are glad to see that this matter is before you.. You have done . not a little, and are.resalved to do more. A grand problem is here to be wrought out. We know what " fine" things have been said of these colored races. Mies with you to supply theth with means of in struction, that they -may arise, by culture, to the. proper dignity of the.white -inam We shall watch your>progress with intense: interest. In all this work the sympathy of the church in Scotland was with you, hut. she Would not be able to give you much assist ance as so much was yet to be done at home. Our Church has charged us with an expression' of desire of greater union and harmony of the various Presbyterian bodies. From what I have heard, I hardly need refer to this point. I rather think you have got the start of us, although we began before you. He referred to what has been done in Scotland, for the. last three years, between the Free Church, the Established Church in Scotland, and the Reformed Church. We are embarrassed with a.church estab lishment, which acts as a disturbing element with even those who are not connected with it. He was not sanguine of a very speedy accomplishment of the object. I think the churches in-America can help us in this matter. You are less trammeled. If you will give yourselves to this work with all the perse verance and energy characteristic of you, it will. tell with happy effect on us. We shall be ashamed in Scotland to stand apart; the shame shall be wiped away from the parent country. We shall hail the happy tidings of reunion consummated here. It will give an impulse. to our work at home. One kind of movement carried on among us I might'mention : our evangelistic efforts to overtake the lapsed masses. But my colleague, Mr. Wells, will speak more fully on this point. It is a work distinctive of our Free Church, frOm the peculiar circumstances of destitution with which we be&an to sustain the gospel ministry and devise means Co pro vide &ministry adapted for our• times. We are a small country, but we bring out principles which may, perhaps, be applicable on larger fields. By reason of the smallness of the field on which they are first tried; they attain peculiar distinctness. Our plans are based on the principle that the ministry must be ade quately supported, if we are to get men qualified for the work. If this, as any other profession, is in healthful condition ; if the men are properly sup ported, so that they can maintain their position in society and educate their families, the profession will thrive, humanly speaking. Greater evils have arisen, it is true, from the overgrown wealth of es tablishments, than from the yoverty of unendowed churches. The golden mean must here be obserVed. f the members of a profession have not enough, that_ profession is in a state of depression, and the inevi table result must be, either that it will be deserted, or men of inferior gifts will enter it. It is to Dr. Chalmers that we owe the first idea of a Sustenta i ion fund. .This. fund is raised• by a monthly con tribution of the churches. The minimum to be aimed at on this plan is £l5O a year, and a manse. Nearly all have free manses. This minimum is never quite reached, but comes within . $2O or $3O, and thus a limited independenee is attained, and pro: vision is made against poverty. Room is also left ibr empplementing-the salary to any amount. The Church at large has no control ,over . these supple mentary offerings: The Sustentation fund is gath ered monthly from every church, and is poured into THE MIERICAN PREST3rWRIAN, THURSDAS, JUNE 6, 1867. ,t a common treasury, and distributed evevilialfyeai: He referred, with deep interest, to the 'case •cof* Brown. We have a sp ecial fund for the 40d. and disabled, and invalid ministers, apportioned ac cording to the number of years they ha . x.erserv4 It is now tell, thousand dollars a year„and'cOnstant , ly growin7 , ..l.cgaies and gifts. In all Presbyte rian chur ches there ought to be a fund like that, and the elders should see to it that it is started. There is surely no want of money in wide, spacious. flourishing America. By our fund' the minister gets pay according to the number of years he has served in the Church, and half his regular sustenta tion besides. There ought to be a fund for the Lord's aged, worn-out servants. Who ought to be the pb cts of our kindnesi 'nd regard `--" than :they? jects at our kindness and regard More.: By this fund the congregation's are prevented from dwindlingaway,'lbr ) 'the minister, if feeble, could . hire . ap assistant: In connection with this, he would speak of the pre paration for the ministry. We 'are in perilauS times, demanding care iu training for the sacred office, esL pecially in the Presbyterian Churches, which only thrive by having thoroughly educated men. I never taught my students to 'preach theology—plain- Ser monS,which hold up, the.troth of the Gospel, are- the only sort on which the blessing of God can rest:Bbl the man who was thoroughly read in.literatnre and theology was better qoalified for -the work than any other. If we are to maintain our position at the.head of enlightened opinion, to brave that tide of rational ism now sweeping : over theTiVilized world, we must have a learned ministry—a ministry at talent, ancl trained to deal with the.questions agitating the corn : munity. We 'require; irr our-bady'higher cfualifica tioOs than in any:other ChAirbh; We feel it hecessary-, in order to fill the. mission the Free, Churcb ; has ,t 0 accomplish. There is no want of,money for such ob jects, if only men will set their hearttri it; and see it to be a great Christian . object. , - - .We have three Theoogical Colleges. -To the single Free Church College of Edinburg,' only twentylthree years old, there 'hive been: contributed -More funds than for the four Theological Halls of the Established Church in the three hundred years since the gator= rnation.. [Applause.] Here , is 'ericbura.gemen'tO have faith. Whatever we need; I have no"-doubt Gad will give the Church grace to supply it. He also referred to a:lectureship founded" by a laymari,"viho wished to have something.:forthe ministers in' their charges to look up to and preparefor. .Thisyielded some hundred pounds a year. It was felt to be important that the Christian' ministry; in country places; . shauld have, such a stimulus. :The; great -duty of the Pres . - byterian Churchjn this day, is to„ hold up a high standard of learning. 'We shall feel as if we, atliome, can show the more . patience since We have 'came over and visited you., Our heart's -desire and prayer is that the God of all grape will be with you and bless you. Rev. Mr. Wells=l must make;some feeble effort to express gratitude for the amazing kindness of our re ception. Our *embarrassment arising from kindness received from your &reifies, is more 'than' I can deScribe. Lapprehertd that your delegates may not receive such an enthusiastic reception from us. We are learning from you in thii respect. ' This 'deputation, is an ex pression of 'kindness of feeling from the. Tiee Chiirch to you. 'There are many ties uniting risties of blear', and we are members of the same great Presby terian Umily. Every year thousands of Presbyte rians from Scotland are seeking a hoine here. ..Be assured that in your. great conflict, unceasing prayer was offered up iii your behalf. When peace and vic tory crowned your struggle, it carried joy - to our hearts, and Scotland, anti,slavery Scotland; rejoices, that not one slave breathes on this soil to-day. One object we have is to observe and to learn; and go home and tell of all'Are-sawi to imitate and admire your Christian institutions and enterprises. Another was that we Might•bring . ,beforeyon'any thirig'special and peculiar m our own work. Permit me to de scribe a few facts of the work of Home Evangeliza tion, which our Churches adopted, and the success which has attended it. The Free, Church aimed at being a Missionary agency from the first. The two great parties, Moderate's and Fred,' were in' spirit,' Missionary andanti-missionary. In 1813 we began , to erect churches all over the land. More tho.n r nme, hundred additional churches and pastors have been se cured' since that time, as well as missionaries sent, out to colonies and on heathen soil. Our church couldadapt herself to the state of the case. We entered on it' with that enthusiasm with Which Christian men be gin a great work with great self-sacrince. He explained what is' meant by " Territorialism." In all genuine Home Mission work, that is the est winch is literally the lowest. The Church 'should esteem that which ls last as first: A city congrega-' tion, which has received a good start and is in a flour ishing condition, sets about` to organize another eon gregation for itscity work. Athissionary is appointed', funds are supplied, a church erected and the. work of forming a new congregation begins. The peculiar feature of the Home Mission work and grand secret of its success is, that it plaiits a church. We are not satisfied with a hall, or a Sabbath-school, except as steppin,g,stones to a regular consecration with an independent organization, and a nnisler, and.an in dependent flock, devoted to that distriet,,whose grand aim is to bring the Gaspe' to the homes of the degra ded. Young men from the Seminaries are induced to abide by the work. Christian people are induced to labor for it, and the converted people' theMseives ral ly around it. The work is done among the lowest and most degraded people of the city. Those who have lost all Christiandecency, and Who appear ut terly destitute of morality are brought in and'nour ished with spiritual food. All the influences thrown about them are of an attractive charaetcr, and they soon learn to take an in terestin the work and become good citizens and zealous and Useful laborers: Thus congregation after congregation is planted in the low ! est sinks of society.. So thoroughly does the spirit of this work pervade our Church that no single congre gation is regarded as having done its duty, unless it has founded one or more such Mission churches, With us parentage is the only accredited path to re spectability, and the greatest reproach is spiritual or congregational barrenness. Sirmal success haS attended it. I might venture the assertion that no form of . Christian 'effort in our country has been more signally owned Of God than this: Large and living congregation's have resulted from it. Many are the lights now shining in dark places. They are our . crown ; they were washed ; having been forgiven much, they love much; and labour much; they are our best co-workers, along side of the degradation from our cities, I have seen many who fill our hearts with joy and lead one to think more highly and hopefully of cur kind. Many of these churches are very large. One has a membership of 1,100, which began with 100 seven years ago, and has become the parent of a mission of 580 members. The accessions to some range from 100to 200 a year. Edinburg, with a population of 140,000, has 34 Free Church charges, among_ which are nine large Home Mission charges. Thus we be come fitted, as a Church, for solving the special prob lems in connection with the social condition of cities. There are 5S Free churches in Glasgow Presbytery ; ten were formed by mission work, and there are nine Home missionary stations. Two hundred mission churches have thus been formed in the twenty-four _years. These are also frequently self-propagating and most effective agencies in carrying forward the Home work. One in Glasgow is the parent of three, with a membership of 2,500, gathered in the past seven years. These are great spectacles, the noblest that are seen in the circuit of the sun. We find that the more we do in this, the more we are enriched by the. power it gives to touch the secret springs of liberality. But its great reflex influence is in quickening a higher spiritual life and in g iving an impulse which takes, the place of that of the 'Disruption. They are the honored channels of the grace of revival; centres qt o.! r f -1- rot t pcl which the, best and ruitg o reyiva. have tarn gagsered and retained are the sheep lo ,chor of the Free Church!, Even new we hear of reviying among them. The'liisto,iy Of' our, Chur*,' Ets herwprtitrnao to show more of such' fresh ekocha as seem ,to C‘rh acteristic of our age There is yet mach work for the Church to do even in Christian Pwtestant Presbyterian Scotland; there is a prodigious amount to do. I have been looking on this map, [turning to an immense map of the Union above the Moderator,] and my heart has burned with in me. Anglo-Saxon energy, freed from old re straints, first planted its colonies, a mere strip of pop ulation, around its shores. Now all the territory is well nigh conquered. ,Now, all,anajles with prosppri tp,44 multitudes. wmultitudes. ;Had Aefthe 'same energy for our spiritual' hustia.iadil as the world for its work, what might — we not achieve? 11 , 1 - ay We not suppose that the bond will bless us both and,w,ill heal' the hurt of the: daughter of ,our peo,ple. What, my brethren, is Christian work, but Christian life in, action? What does it; matter, if we 'have the best organization, if we are practically, powerless, in grappling with' the sins of our great cities ; if some souls are not converted. The Puritan ,faith is demo cratic as appealing, to ,the conscienges pf the great maps of the people. We live in a very earnest and practical age, and must bring forth that aspect of re ligion Which. has •the charm of human interest., and which tends to heal the sores,of society. They .will be found in the long run tO'be ttiabest defenders who are the best extenders 'of the'faith as it is in Jesus. [Applause.] In, this work, we should. learn never- to despair of one single.burrian being. The grace of God, which changed our heartS, has no new thing to do in changing any other. As we read, we can learn .new inspiration from the New Testament,, in which the inen who fqrmed th,e first ctiurches were as hopeless arid depraved as any who crowd our great cities, for the grace of, God is, suffieient to firing all into His kingdom. I thank you for your ,patient hearing., I shall re: member my Visit so long as .memory has any power. I wish you. God speeil,iny otir work. May, graCe, laPr cy and peace be and abide with you all, . Moderator—l can say in all sincerity for myself, andl.know. I have the concurrence Of all my brethren, there is no land on which the sun shines, in which we, feel a deeper interest than, the land of Scotland, except that in which the footsteps of our Saviour were traced. There is no branch of the Church Catholic with which we are, in livelier sympathy than the Free Church of Scotland. No event of this ecclesiastical century has so deeply stirred• us, as the,coming forth of the,ininisters of that Church, wbo found it, impossi!.. ble to remain without tarnishing the crown of King Messiah. They taught us the great lesson that it is always safe to trust Christ and tfiS people in the path of duty. One further interest which. we have is es pecially in the Missionary labors of; the Church of Scotland. Th'ere is one revered missionary father : present, who for forty years has represented the mis sionary spirit of America in Greece; who has stood where Paul preached, and' whose history is familiar to Scotland. NVe remember how when he.was in the midst of persecutions,' he received an, expression of sympathy from the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland. All the Christian heart of America thanks the Free Church for this kindly ex pression to one so worthily representing us. He spoke also of the mission of the Free Church to the Jews in Pesth, as furnishing'one of the finest examples of Christian influence.qver that, portion pf the world's, population. Your Church has not, neglected the children of Abraham, and we thank you' for it. He expressed regret, for knot seeing the honored Dr. Guthrie. We would, have you convey to him the, assurance of our Special regard; His sermons are tearfully read 'in many of• our homes, where he speaks to the heart. . Thereis not a, city in our wide, 'land whose sins and sorrows he,has not done some thing to relieve. 'Mere is not and of the great cities where. our Churetoitrepresented; where there are not Sunday-school missionaries whose hearts will be strengthened by your statements of evangelistic work. ' We cannot quite' aocept what our brother has said of the deficiency of the delegation. Whether Scotia ;has sent us the fairest of her bairns, she has certainly not sent us the smallest. We are willing to' accept the delegation as it is, as a type,—bur brother. has stu died types—of. the Presbyterian Church. in Great Britian. (Great applause.) We accept these congratulations. We firmly believe that the people you represent did not cease to pray for our success in our struggle. If peradventure we feel that there are some who clidrnot quite see what God was enabling us to do, as clearly as if they were on- this side, we accept their rebukes even, as evi dence of unity with• us in that at which we aim. God gave us an undivided country and gave it to us in such a way as to sweep away the curse of slavery. It may be well, to recur to these matters when we are rushing on'so swiftly and tieing carried where other issues will make us forget the 'past. Our view is this: that while our solemn 'League and Covenant had laid it on our consciences not to remove the evil of slavery otherwise than by arguments and persuasions, when, in'the providence of God,' overruling the blindness of men, they, who would perpetuate that evil, tore away the, barrier of the Constitution, then the people of this land were ready to give their last son and last dollar, to sweep it away. Now, we address ouraelyes to healing the wounds. There shall be then in this land, . no distinctions but those which merit originates and no restrictions but what are imposed by laws the same to all. We. thank you for your encouraging words upon union. It is a curious fact, that' busy as we are it this age' and country, we Presbyterians found ourselves in conscience obliged to divide on meta physical distinctions. which nobody but a Pres byterian can see. `Those from Whoin we have inheri ted these distincticins—the Church of Sootlandha - :e divided on distinctions which even no American Presbyterian can see. My brethren froM Scotland Were present at a Social meeting in New York city, where a pleasant. speech was made by one of the young merchante of the city, who told us he had never been able to tell the difference between Old and New School. My dear good grandmother, said the mer chant, told me she thought she knew : One party be lieved that we sinned in Adam and the other that we Sinned because Adam did; but for the life of her she could not tell which. was which. (Laughter.) We, said the, young man, who are younger, under stand, however it carne about, we are all sinners, and it is a sad pity we cannot cease contending With one another.and contend with our common enemy. I thank you for your suggestions and for what you have told us of your sustentation fund. Are we not realii.ing in our hearts, the communion of saints? Is it not because we are one in Christ Jesus, that we find it practicable thus to unite our sympathies? We are feeling . , more than ever, that the Church of Christ is one, and that we may all be united in the one work and look forwardto the time when we shall be united in the Church aboVe. As a token of our 'syinpathy with our brethren in their regard for the kingship of the Messiah, let us unite and sing - Ail hail the, power of Jesus name." The congregation rose and joined with fervor in the hymn, thus concluding the services of reception. Reception of Delegates from - the other, Branch. A letter was here read from Dr. Yeomans, dele gate from the. Assembly of the other branch, apolo gizing for his absence and for that of his alternate; and conveying the Christian salutations of the body. E. A, Raymond,; Esq., of Rochester, the only member of this delegation present, was then invited to the platform, and'addressed the Assembly as fol lows: . . Mr. Moderator and gentlemen of the General As sembly :—There is, I believe, an Old proverb that " no man should speak after the king." Tbat has a double application to myself on the present occa 4.. Al a t; ston :."fOr Certainly' *fp maw after -two Most piefoundly and heal+ 4o I.regret that. the Auty, ,under grov dance, on e;pectindlYdevolvecl upon me. alo,pe, unsUpported by the plesenee and worda of abler - men, to fulfil the Con;initspron of the Gene ral Assembly of the other branch of ou,r common Church. But on their behalf, and as at - tilt..v*4)re: sentative, I give you their salutations. and wish you their God speed. The electric fluid has already flashed across the wires the message of fraternal greeting from our Assembly now in session in Cin cinnati. But it cannot convey to yon that which pulsates in the warm and living heart, strung with the chords of.,Christian sympathy, and vibrating at the tokcli of 4 blather's love. The past year has not been devoid of its fruits of heavenly blessings upon our Churches and institu tione.of learning. The same, gracious influence has enriched your soil. We both together have grown, not merely, I trest, in the accessions of numbeis, but in some degree in that higher spiritual strength and life, without which all other, growth is exotic: With that close 'contact and interchange of minis 7 trations, 'however, whiCh prevad.es our respective Churches everywhere, and with a constant 'famil iarity with each othera i life and work, it.seems to me needless to further allude , to our annual history and operations. Qur Church is one,.though with separate, organi, zations. We have one Lord, one faith, one -bap tism, one God and- Father-of 'us' all; who -is'above all, Ned through all, and in all. The events of the last few years have assimilated us- more .. and, more in sentiment and in action. There'is an . ipereasing ddsixe throughout Cbristendom.for &closer aillikthce among all Protestant Churches. But between our selves, this has at last assumed a tangible. form in the measures adopted to effect that 'union' if pessi"- After the favorable consideration which theprc posed basis of union has received from this Assein this morning, and ;which I trust will be iii like manner adopted by our Assembly in Cincinnati;it would seem an almost necessary precursor of like salon in. the future. ' • And why should not such a union occur? Why should not these masses once united,,but afterwards dissevered, be welded together 'again? Are there aifferences in doctrine, forni'cif Churcdi'gbveintneht; discipline, worship, or modesof evangelization, which should, keep them asunder? ' Assuredly not. The disCuSsiOns and controversies of the past have lost their :interest for! the present.; ; We of the present generation who have come upon : thestage of action, have little interest in them. Let them be buried with the dead- past:'' Let all the differences upon non-essential points be "in the deep bosom of the ocean buried." And "the Son of Righteousness shall arise with healing in his wings" and make " the winter of our discontent" to-become the glo rious summer. Who can now tell us the grounds,cif these distinct ons in. doctrine? I think, A ; tr. 4ode rator, it would require 'more than the acuthen of even the ablest Scotch divine fO discern them.. 'I think., sir, that it would. be 'necessary to apply, to them a.inicrescopic instrument, which I, read hap been recently invented, with a poWer-orrnagnifying a given , object 1575,0,00,000 times, and ! ,even then, perhaps they might not be discerned. But why should the discussion of theological dOgma.s,.better befitting • the days of Duns :'Scotua , and -Thomas Aquinas, be kept un in. our Aay? The_ younger, men of both branches of our Church, and the.mas.s of their members, do not desire it. We" live in the present. We are acting. far it, ethicerned in •its mighty interests, andtinaking history for, the future. Commerce, finance, politics, and . all, the material interests of men deal with the present: 'We'should follow their example in matters pertaining to the Redeemer's kingdom. Is th ere not ,enough fm grOSS'our thoivits, aims - and efforts, in "the practi cal questions of these times? • In these, times, when. literature, mental, moral, and social philosophy and. science, are so,oftenrim, bued with false. principles, we' should guard the' foundations of truth.. We should watch thesinn osities of false ,philosophy every where., We should embrace the Oportunities, whlch in our vast arid growing country are presented to us; to - advance th e cause of the great.Capta.in of our salvation. From NeW York to San. Francisco, by the proposed r road route,"it is 3101 Mires, of which 'lBOO miles have already been completed. Two steamships have sailegl irom San Francisco to Japan and China, and returned with the manufactures and preducts of those countries. The Wealth Of the East. - Indies and Asia will be poured into our land. Their peo ple are already conking to onr.shores, to take part in d.dng our work. Our land will 'soon become the Highway of the nations, and we shall command the commerce of the Pacific. And last but not least, 4,000,000 of freedmen stretch out their-handa to us for the word of eternal life. They no longer look to us for freedom.. That they have secured. Liberty marching under the panoply of arnia, ,has delivered them. But they need deliverance from the bondage of darkness and superstition. They look to us for help and insfruc tion to prepare them for the duties of their new po sition. Is there not,- then, enough for us as 'one Church to do, to enzage all our energies ? Have we come up to our opportunity, especially in our duty to these freedmen? For myself, and, as the representative of our branch of the Church, I hazard nuthing in confessing.that we. haVe been behind and lacking in our duty in this ,respect--I hope you have done more and better. Rome, with that pre science' and sagacity which always :has distinguished her, has already sent her missionaries among these people, determined there to lay broad the founda, tions of her Church. We ought to be equally act ive and vigilant, for we would do this ; not to build up or strengthen a foreign hierarchy, or an ecclesi astical domination, or a priesthood, but to advance the spirital interests of that glorious cause, to which we profess to have devoted ourselves: Let us, then, forever put away the odium iheologicum of the contro versies of former days. ' Let the power of Christian love and fellowship melt and transmute into one glowing mass the jagged rocks of difference. and may it. be .permeated with the fervor of the Divine love of the Heavenly Spirit. Mr. Moderator, I have now endeavored to dis charge the important duty with which I was com missioned, but the responsibility of which has been so suddenly, thrown upon me alone. I trust you, sir, and this Assembly over which you preside. will not take the imperfect manner in which I, the hum, ble instrument of your sister Assembly, have met this responsibility, as the measure of their regard. I would rather that some tongue. touched witi3the fire of Heavenly eloquence. could have spoken to you with a fervor and a wisdom befitting these high themes and this occasion. Moderator.—l have been called to speak s& fre quently on the themes suggested by your remarks, that you will not regard me as neglecting my duty, if I speak briefly, especially since all which I ought to say has been said so much better than I could do it by the report of the re-union Committee. I do not share in the regrets you have expressed, at the fact that you have been left to .represent your.body. In the providence of God, this work of re-union is rather in the hands of the young men of the Churches and - the live men, and the young men in both Churches will adopt the report we have adopted. May God bless you and the Church you represent. SEVENTH DAT-THURSDAY. During the recess, after Devotional exercised Dr. Shaw exhibited a photograph and autograph, of Dr. Guthrie, which a lady of his congregation had kind ly sent inthat the audience might - have the 'pleasure of looking upon the likeness of that good man whom . ..„ .. they-hkdA4.sfa fiaiipointedin not seeing among them. `,', i I ~, i .:'' ' • • The Conittutfe'Devotional Exercises reported -that Rev \ Dr4,Par: . g and 414tims, who had been appointedsterassist* the communion service in the evening, had gtrtaitied leave of-absence. The Com mittee suggested that the Moderator be assisted by Rev. Dr. Robinson, of Brooklyn, and Rev. Dr. Wis ner, of Ithaca,•and that the elements be distributed by the following.elders: T. A. Newton and Frederick Starr, of Rochester,-Giles B. Kellogg, of Troy, Rich ard Steele, ofairbirn, Jno. P. Crcrsby, of New York, and M. W. Dodd, 'of Bloonifield. The report of-the Standing Committee on Publica tion was read by the Rev. Dr. Wisner, Chairman of the Committee. Report of- the-Standiing. Publication. The..Standing.,Cbunittee to whom wore referred the 4f,4entli amnia], report of the• Permanent Commit tee on Publicatibh, and the thirteenth annual report of the trustee* Tartlie Presbyterian House—having carefully examined these, documents would respect fully report that the progress which is indicated by the,rejtort, of I,h,e .PublicZtion, Committee, in,lllisvtark to whiCh they' were asSigneditis truly gratifying and encouraging. From being an, experiment of somewhat doubtful success j it hai t heebnie a fixed and permanent fact, and has been felit - Ved of certainlimifations previous ly, imposed, § 0 ,the: Committee may now issue religious books and tracts of any, character which may be d'emandgtf : bY the pastors` and members of our churches; alndlly•our Sabbatii-schobls: Thus the NiST-isprepared-fer, it to become ~the source of sup ply of - the r i elt4ohs literature demanded by our de nomination. Wh - should aim to make it; in; the lar gest po*ble“,sease, the publication house of the Presbyterian r pharch. To this end it, should receive the patronage 'Arid' support of our ministers and lay men. FrObirit blergyinell'as far as possible should and our lay brethren fur nish religious reading for their - families. In this way it'shbul4 liel`snitained and encouraged and en larged in, its7OpAra tion. • , • . While we are tranch gratified with the valuable addi tions it has u b t e7ri: enabled to make 'to its published works'duririg,3lWpast year ; we trust that this work has ohlY.iuStaiignno and;that in a, short time will be enabled to add tdita list seal a number and variety of works and IV ford' them at such prices, as will be an inducemetfail thate who belong to our branch of the church,,andAt many, without, to pgrehase from that source their needed or coveted supply. This publieatirliti house is a child of our own crea ting, and 199 g# under, the, most iiriperative obliga tions, as Chripf t iaismen, adequately to sustain it, and provide for its fykbile development. • ° it shouldbeigabled to keep a reasonably large and well assortedAk of publigations on hand ; not only for Sale. to itk patrons but also for gratuitquadistri hution to tho , §evho are unable to 'purchase. Its tracts and standard volumes- should lersown broad cast aniong,„th,n, poor of, our churches. For this, means mustV.had--money must; be provided, and your Commltteet see no , way-in which this can be done but .l.m:giving diligent leed to our collections for this purpose. Notwithstanding all that previous Assembliesnia9e said on thiSsubje, these dollections continue totbet:aitirely too small, and niany of our churches do ,ratrtake them at all. This condition of things must be remedied or this vital interest of our church must:pkve comparatively a ,failure. Will not,pastors:apd f elders see tolit that an annual collec tion is takenl'n their churches for this purpose? Se also we mat look to this same source for a complete and yerfecterlal =literature for our Sabbath-schools. This is a l nef4s4ity greatly..felt,, f hy our, churches, and for the lack: ofWhich which we haye been subjected to the' gl'OSMtat impositions, by which hundreds of volumes, hgfifiriund their; way into our Sabbath school our children, and youth. This can only be remedied by' furnishing the right kind 'of literature for our selves ; and ve are gratified to,k,now, that'our , com mittee stand.ready from their own publications and frdm carefthlt selected publiCAions of other bduses, 'to fill orders!leo any amount for books for Sabbath school libmiraes. It seems to us „that ,our churches, should beihstructed and exhorted,to look in this di rection foi , tlikir supply of Sabbath:school books. We . a.rgia.,,lified to learn that the attention of our comrnittqlmr s been turned to, the wants of our Ger man population,' and we haVe no dcnibt that they are prepared to*o all that under - the circumstances of the case ie. Wise and best upon the subject. The report before us refers to, our Presbyterian Monthly, and 'asks what directions the Assembly will give cenetptfig it.? It. seemsl , that its circulation is exceedinglylmited, and its cost *far exceeds the re ceipts frdiii z 'its patrons. Shall it be discontinued? Our shall4be modified? It was established inaccordirrice with a felt need, by oar Ministers and churches; and in the opinion of your CdnaWliftee, that need - is as great now as it was then. Wc:believe the principal difficulty with this Magazine. to be, that those who conduct it have at tempte'ft U . ) make it accouiplish too much, and thus have feign° . popularize it. A pamphlet of 24 pages cannotiti*essfully serve as a monthly organ for six of our , permanent committees. The little that can be crowded "itito the space allotted to each Committee cannOtontinue to gain the attention and excite the interest of, the churches. Such an arrangement pro duces a small fragmentary pamphlet without unity of design or symmetry of execution. Nor is there any necessity that this should be the case. What need is there that our Foreign Missionary Committee should occupy any considerable portion of this mag azine? Is it necessary that the Missionary Herald should f he supplemented with four meagre pages in the Presbyterian Monthly? The Missionary Herald is our organ for the Foreign Missionary work, and our Foreign Missionary Committee in their Report urge its increased circulation; and why not concentrate our efforts in that direction instead of attempting to thrust upon our churches a duplicate of four pages in our Presbyterian Monthly. We need a monthly mainly for our work of Home Evangelization, which, should be under the control of a single mind, and filled with materials of the deep est and most thrilling interest, gathered, according to the discretion of the editor, from the several depart ment* of our home work. 4 Monthly periodical, in order to be sustained, must interest its readers, and to this end it must be filled with facts and incidents tersely and vividly stated: so that they may affect the heart as well as inform the mind Prosy essays and sermonic exhor ta,t,lops should be scrupulously rejected—they will kilt any periodical. 41 We recommend that our Presbyterian Monthly be pu.tinto the hands of our Publication Committee to be .A edited and conducted substantially upon the pi4ciples herein indicated—that it be numbered with thrpublications, for -which they are responsible, alikthat we pledge ourselves to sustain them in this `Your Committee would suggest that it be afforded 'asoheaply as possible, and that every inducement and facility be held out to secure its circulation. It is probably too much to expect that such a peri °cheat will sustain itself; but we believe it will make up to deficiency a hundred fold by the increased liberality of our churches. We are gratified to learn that the Church Psalmist still maintains a firm hold upon the affections of the churches, as is evinced by `its introduction into new congregations and the sale during the past year of nearly nine thousand copies. We also rejoice at the success of our " Social Hymn and Tune Book." It is fast becoming a great favor ite with our churches. In those excellent qualities whiclLemipently fit it for the use it was intended to subserve, it is unsurpassed by any similar work.
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