union were rejected : and I hope we will hear from
some member of the committee as to the facts in the
case. Then, again, 1 understand that even the mem
bers of our own committee are not altogether agreed
upon union upon such a basis as this.
I repeat that there is nothing, I am sure, which
lies so near the heart of every servant of God in the
Assembly as this—the coming of that day foretold in
prophecy—so longed for, so waited for, so watched
for by the people lsrael in all generations—when
upon the whole earth there shall be one Lord and
one Church. But are we prepared for it on the
terms proposed? Ido not profess to have the vis
ion of a seer, but I hazard nothing in this predic
tion : Send down this basis of union with our sanc
tion to our Churches, and you will create divisions
and disruptions precisely such as resulted in the di
vision of 1837. It will come just as certainly as any
event of the future, and as the final result of the
whole you will have, not two •bodies united into one,
but you will have two bodies split into four frag
ments, if not many more.
We are not to be moved. 'Brethren greatly mis
take the stuff Presbyterians are made of, if they sup
pose they are to be moved by all these appeals to
our prejudices. They are greatly Mistaken if they
suppose that the prospect of being run over, and
crushed and ostracised in the presence of a sentiment
such as this, is to drive us from the advocacy of what
we believe to be the truth of God. It is not thus
that Christian brethren are to approach each other.
It is not thus Christian brethren are to try to drive
each other from their convictions. We - plant our
selvei here upon the assured conviction that a union
formed upon the terms proposed, will not be a union
in truth, and that it contains within itself the seeds
of strife and dissension that will spring up and ripen
into fearful harvests. Such is our honest conviction.
More than that, it is our conviction that the Gene
ral Assembly should. utter clearly and distinctly
these views.
Dr Breekinridge.
Dr. Breeltinridge next rose and addressed the As
sembly very briefly, taking ground against the pro
posed union. He had views of the subject, he said,
which he did not believe were entertained by many
of the other brethren. Ile was opposed to both re
ports—majority and minority from the bottom up.
The movement for union could be put into but one
form that would meet his approval, and that was, if
these brethren wished to get into the Presbyterian
Church, they must come regularly through the Presby
teries, as he had do ne. He did not believe there was any
power by the Constitution „authorizing the General
Assembly to receive ministers and elders in a lump.
Such schemes had always resulted in a discomfiture.
He would entreat the Aseembly not to make any
such contract. If they made a bargain at all, the
Assembly should make one they could live by. If
a union was to be made, he was in favor of making
an enduring one, and this he did not 'think could be
done by the adoption of either report. Every man
in this AsseMbly over forty-five years of age must
be opposed to the terms now proposed and commit
ted directly against it. He had written enough to
make a bio ° volume, against the very principles con
tained in it. The proposition' was monstrous, noton'
the part of the Assembly who entertained' it, but of
the men who proposed it.
Denominational Churches were the order of God's
providence. He maintained that the divisions are
not merely arbitrary and artificial. "I know (he
said) something of races, and when you have done
mixing them up, let me know, and I will give you
my opinion about it. God made some men red,
some white, some black, arid He has use for all.
How is it possible fcir us Presbyterians all to unite,
and then take in, our Methodist brethren too? It
can't be done. To a certain extent you may go on
in fraternal intercourse, but no farther. My own
firm belief is, that every time you exterminate one
of these sects, you exterminate a witness of God, and
don't /cave any other witness in place of it. •
"Take two bodies unequally heated and place
them together, and they will equalize. Put the New
&hot)] and us together, and they will go up right
smartly and we will go down right smartly. I be
lieve that Providence will make the best of thesetwo
bodies, if you let them where they are.
" My idea is that you will make three sects instead
of one, and that the more deliberate you are, the
better your chances of knowing who will go with you,.
and who will stay with you." In conclusion, Dr. Breck
inridge offered a proposition that both reports now
before the Assembly lie upon the table without ap
proval or disapproval until the next General Assem
bly, and that all the Presbyteries arc charged to
Make known at the next General Assembly, their
judgment and matured wishes on this subject. He
did not wonder that brethren prayed about this mat
ter all the time; it was by far the most important
subject the Assembly had before it since the sessions
commenced. But he wanted to stop just where it
was. He offered these res dutions, that it might' lie
on the table till it was dead.
In the-afternoon the .same business coming in or
der, several members sprang to their feet to claim
the attention of the Moderator; but Mr. Galloway,
who had yielded in the moraine , to give place to Dr.
Breckinridge, was declared to riave the floor.
Mr. Galloway.
Mr. Galloway said he did not propose to enter into
a lengthy discussion of the matters involved. in the
present issue. "Indeed, I would not appear at all
before this Assembly, were it not for the fact that I
belonged to the Committee of Fifteen who have been
instrumental in making this report, and were it not
for the additional fact that we were more interested
in this subject than in any other before the Assem
bly. Not only am I more interested in it, but my
constituents—if an elder can have a constituency—
feel more upon this subject than upon any other
matter thathas been, or is likely to be, before the A
ssembly. I was not present at the last meeting of
the Committee when this report was adopted. But
I was so much gratified with the first conference we
had, and so well satisfied with the orthodoxy of the
brethren that I met there, on both sides of the ques
tion, that I was prepared to adopt any report that
these brethren might adopt, and so I wrote to them:
for I concluded that if they erred, I would say as
Paul did, that I had no confidence in the flesh. I
will say that I never attended a more pleasant con
ference of Christian brethren than that which met
in New York, and I never felt more the importance
of the mission entrusted to me than I did then.
Did I suppose that this anticipated marriage of the
two branches would not be happy I should oppose it
as I would any other marriage that I thought likely
to end unpleasantly for both parties. I do not re
quire any stronger reason for the marriage of the
children of God than is generally required for the
marriages among us. I know no reason why these
parties should not be joined. We have been court
ing long enough 5 [laughter] and it is about time
something should be done [laughter] definitely on
the subject. I do not entertain, on this subject, the
sentiment of a friend I once had at college.. He
courted the lady before he came to the institution,
and after he became an alumnus, some persons who
had seen the lady were rather surprised that he
should marry her. But he, honest soul that he was,
said he had courted her for ten years, and would
marry her now from a sense of duty. [Laughter.]
" Brethren, we believe as is set forth in our re
port that it is for the best interests of Zion that
these two branches of the Presbyterian Church
should be reunited. We believe it to be best for
the advancement of the Redeemer's kingdom and
for the aggressive power of the Presbyterian Church.
And we believe also that the causes of separation, if
they have not entirely disappeared, have ceased to
be operative; and it is upon this, and knowing the
fact that we have the same corporate powers, the
same traditions, the same ancestry, the same form of
THE AMERICAN, PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1867.
government, the same doctrine—it is believing this
that we are anxious that we should concentrate our
energies, enlarge our powers, and thus prepare the
Church for its aggressive warfare.
We do not speak of the questions involved in a
pecuniary point of view. The argument of -our
venerated father in the Church, was, that we should
lose the valuable property of the ChurCh. In other
words, that Presbyteries would lose the control of
their seminaries, colleges, and other. institutions in
which they have vested rights. Now, that goes
span the supposition that the less will absorb the
greater. We rather think that being the larger
power, we will be the gainer—although that did
not enter as a part of the consideration into the
transactions of the Committee. But if it be true
that the Old School members are more numerous
than the New, we presume they will be as faithful
as before, and if so, they will control the property
of the Church. gore than this, if we are all of
one faith and one order, then all we have will be
long to one order.
"The object to be attained, is, that a great many
of these struggling churches that know no difference
of sentiment or church government. may be reinvigo
rated And enabled to sustain a living and efficient
ministry, and to do great good for the glory of God
and the interests of Zion in connection with the
Presbyterian Church. Now, this is a matter which
we feel deeply in the West. I could give you facts
upon this subject ; showing that in different locali
ties in this counry there are little churches three
and four miles apart, each one belonging to different
ministrations about half the time, each'keeping and
exhausting its energies in merely supporting the
minister Of the word. Now, if this could be .done,
if they could be united in the Sabbath school and
missionary work, every one can see that great good
would result to Zion. But, more than all this, we
look abroad upon the wide world, as I have heard
said to-day, and a new field of missionary effort is
open to the Church. God, in His providence, has
stricken the shackles from four millions of men.
They have risen up emancipated. We desire that
they shall rise up regenerated by the grace of God.
I have not much faith in political reconstruction,
but I have great faith in reconstruction based upon
the work of the Gospel. I never expect the South
to be fully reconctructed, unless Jesus Christ be- .
comes the corner-stone of the temple to be raised up
there. For that reason we desire that tliis great
Presbyterian Church become the most forinidable
moral power that can be spread abroad over the
Southern Confederacy; and if all our educational
system and religious system and missionary en
ergies can thus he, concentrated, soon that. wilder
ness will be made to bud'and blossoth as the rose;
then only will assured reconstruction take place.
More than all that, let me say to you that a distin
guished minister of, the Christian Church a few days
ago told me that it was a shame that these branches
of the Presbyterian Church were not united; ` for'
said he, `if they were united they would make the
most formidable antagonistic power to the prevail
ing errors of the world that can be devised.' And
we know this to be the fact—for Ritualism and
Rationalism are the great prominent errors of the
day, and we know no set of men so well qualified
by the providence of God to raise up an effectual
-standard against these tides of error as the Presby
terians of all branches of the Church.
"These are some of the reasons why we believe
there ought to be a union of all the members of the
Presbyterian Church. But, says my venerated
father, why form a union unless-it can be enduring?
Says my good brother from Baltimore, there is a
monomania at the present time upon this subject of
union. Well it is—but it is about such a mono
mania as occurred among the Disciples on the day
of Pentecost. 1836 ie - not 1867. We have grown.
We have developednot only We, but the brethren
on the other side of the Atlantic:. It' did me good
to hear these brethren talk about the union occur
ring among the good people of that land. It is the
only union I have heard of in that land, that is of
any account. [Laughter] It is a union of essen
tials. I tell you, the Presbyterian Church of Scot
land never looked .so lovely in my eyes as it does
now. Now it shines forth bright as the sun, clear
as the moon, and terrible as an army with banners.
It rejoices me to know that there are men in other
lands baptized in the same spirit in which we are
baptized in this land."
Mr: Galloway then adverted to some other objec
tions urged against the proposed union, and con
cluded by expressing the hope that it would be ef
fected.
gr. Marshall was in favor of the adoption of the
report of the majority of the Committee on Re
union. fie contended that it, decided nothing de
finitely, but the adoption of it would not be in or
der now, as the whole subject will Come before the
next Assembly. He was opposed to the adoption
of the report in its present form, but at the same
time wished it to go down and be discussed by the
Presbyteries and the Church at lar'ge, before it-was
considered by the General Assembly.
Elder Clarke.
Mr. Clarke,* who was a member of the Com
mittee of Fifteen, which met in New York and
adopted the basis of re-union recommended in their
report, said that he was not in favor of the adop
tion of the report under discussion, contending.
that the impression would be made upon the
churches that it had received the sanction of the
Assembly. He went into a lengthy history of the
negotiations of the Committee, and he undertook to
say that the Old School had sacrificed every princi
ple of doctrine and church polity for which they
had hitherto contested, to put themselves entirely in
the power of the other party.
Ire held, further, there could be but four hypoth
eses upon which union could be effected, namely:
the one that the Old School theology shOuld be ac
cepted by the New School ; another, that the New
School theology should be excepted by the Old
School; third, that the views of each should be in
substantial accordance and entitled to equal re-.
speet ; fourth, that the different views, though not
in strict conformity with the Confession of Faith,
are to he tolenated in the united Church, and upon
a broad church platform.
On the following day the unfinished business of
union being declared in order: Rev. Mr. Rankin
moved t hat, atter Mr. Clarke twho had the floor) had
concluded, the speeches of brethren be limited to ten
minutes, except in the case of the speech. of the
Moderator, and , that the whole discussion be limited
to this morning's session.
Dr. Breed asked it' this was fair after the breth
ren on the other side lagainst the union) had been
allowed to speak for hours. He would move that
the last resolution be laid on the table.
This motion was carried.
The Moderater suggested that, as the Assembly
bad already been in session a long time and was
anxious to adjourn, speakers should condense what
they had to say,
Mr. Clarke took the floor in continuation of his
speech commenced last evening, in opposition to
the proposed union. He did not think any basis
of agreement had yet been found. Nothing had
been presented yet but a broad system of toleration.
It was prep , sterous to say that the two bodies agreed
either in !he New or the Old School theology. He
desired above all things a definite doctrinal basis.
Mr. Clark then read the plan of re-union as pro
posed by the Committee of Fifteen, of which he
was a member. He referred to the personal incon-
* A correspondent of the Evangelist, says of him : • •
Hovey K. Clarke, Esq., of Detroit, who thinks he is the Webster,
the Constitution Expounder of the Presbyterian Church, inflicted
upon the Assembly a speech three hours long against re-union.
Some of your readers will remember him as a member of our As
sembiy at Cleveland in 1.551. Having gone out from us from,pro
sla'very sympathies. he has no desire , to' be-re-united, as neither we
nor he has changed."
sistency which had been attributed to himself. He
regretted, exceedingly that he was forced to allude
to the unfortunate construction that had been put
upon his conduct. He did desire that this Aseem
bly should understand that he was an advocate of
disunion. [7] They might be told that the opposition
to this report was in the interests of disunion, and
that those who opposed it were semi-secessionists.
They were simply acting according to their solemn
convictions of duty-in inquiring as to the expediency
of adopting such a report as . t.his. How far is this
spirit of union to take us? You put two men, an
Old School theologian and a New Sehool theolo
gian, in the same Presbytery, and you will know
more about the differences between the old and the
New Schools than ever before. He did not believe
that the New School- would concede such vital ques
tions ,as the Old School are called on to concede
here. In his judgment, if this report was sent down
to the churches without some expression of dis
satisfaction as to the basis of union therein pro
posed, as the basis could not be altered, it would
not be accepted, and union would be postpond for a
quarter of a century ; or, if the basis of union here
proposed were adopted by three-fourths of the
Presbyteries, he believed that there would be a divi
sion in the Old School Church, and that the minority
of the Presbyteries would secede.
Dr. Brownson spoke in favor of union. In the
section he represented there was no New SchoOlism.
They adhered rigidly to the doctrines of the Presby
terian Church. He was not prepared to Say that
the people he represented would agree' to the par
ticular plan of union proposed, but on the general
subject of the desirableness of union, there was no
disagreement among them. If he understood the
Committee's report, it did not propose to discuss the
merits of the plan of union. lle concluded his re
marks bysaying that at the proper time he should
move the adoption of the majority report with the
following amendment;
"Resolved, That, in submitting, the report of the
Committee on Reunion to the consideration of the
Church, the Assembly is not to be understood as ex
pressing their approbation or disapprobation of the
plan of reunion presented by the Committee in its
details, but only as affording the Church a full op
portunity to examine the subject in 'the light of all
its advantages and difficulties, so that the Commit
tee may have the benefit of any suggestion which
may be offered, in making a final report for the ac
tion of the next Assembly."
Dr. Breed moved that the Moderator be heard, as
a member of the Committee of fifteen, in explana
tion of certain matters that took place there, and
which had been alluded to by Mr. Clark. The mo
tion was carried unanimously.
Dr. Gurley.
The Moderator, Rev. Dr. Gurley, of Washington,
said he wished to remind the Asserlibly of the exact
history of this matter. He thought it important
that the Assembly should remember that the Old
School took the initiative in this proposed union, by
expressing fraternal affection for the other branch
of the Presbyterian Church, and an earnest desire
for reunion at the earliest time consistent with agree
ment aslo doctrine and on the basis of our common
standards; also, by appointing alcommittee to act
With a similar committee of the New School for the
purpose of conferring with regard to the desirability
of securing . Union; and if the conference should
deem such union desirable and practicable, to sug
gest suitable measures for its accomplishment, and
report to the next General Assembly. He hoped
the Assembly would bear that in mind, that its mem
bers might know their position in the matter. The
Committee had acted, he believed, in strist accord
ance with these instructions. They had considered
the desirability of union, and on that subject there
was no difference of opinion. Both branches agreed_
that union was exceedingly desirable. We alrfelttliat
if it could be effected it would be for the glory of
God, the welfare of our country, and the salvation
of a dying world.
First, then, as to the doctrinal .basis.. [Dr. Gur
ley read from the proposed plan of union on this
subject.' Now, the idea which we wish to convey
on this doctrinal basis, which we intended to convey,
and which was understood to have been avowed,
was this: That, here, between these two extremes
of Antinomianism and Fatalism on the one hand,
and Arminianism 'and Pelagianism on the other,
lies a systeM of doctrine well - known in history and
well understood and commonly called the Calvinis
tic system—a system Whicli gaards against the ex
tremes of fatalism and Arminianism of which we
have spoken on the one hand and Which was very
carefully drawn up with specific reference to the er
rors of Pelagianism and Arrninianism on the other.hand. Here lies - this Calvinistic system, to be ac
cepted as between the two extremes. On this plat
form we took our,stand and joined hhds in this re
union. Now, brethren, if that is not a clear, com
prehensive and definite doctrinal basis—or if any of,
you think it is easy to Make a mere clear, more
definite or more comprehensive basis, better suited
to bring about this union, then all I have to say is,
I advise you to try it. It seems to me that if you
take this whole thing together it is just as clear and
definite and comprehensive a doctrinal basis as is at
all practicable in any such case. My belief is that
the New School Church, as a body, libld the Cal
vinistic system that is here defined—that they hold
it just as we do, considering them as a body, and
that on the basis of this system, in its fair historical,
sense, we can stand together. There are individuals
in that Church. and there may be individuals in our
branch of the Church, who hold views on certain
points not in harmony with the system, but they,
must look to that in the two great bodies prepared
to be united and to become organically one, and we
can then be governed by such interpretations as
shall then prevail. We must look at the two bodies
and ask what is the system they adopt, If we are
satisfied that they do unite in upholding the Calvin
istic system, it seems to me we can go no further.
The Committee felt that so far as the doctrinal basis
was concerned, we had been highly favored. I be
lieve all of our Committee, with the exception of
Mr. Clark, were satisfied with the doctrinal basis.
With regard to the plan of union, I would say, in
advance, that when I was appointed on that Com
mittee, and when I went to engage in the duties
of the Committee in New York, I felt that I should
be obliged to insist that no ordained man should be
permitted to sit in any of the ecclesiastical courts,
but I confess, that after I heard theSe men state the
case, the difficulties they bad encountered, and their
own feelings with regard to the system, and their
own disposition to bring it to an end as soon as it
could be done consistent with the peace of the
Church, my mind underwent a change, and it seemed
to me that what they proposed was so fair that we
might accede to it. They have no desire to cling
to it. Dr. Gurley next reviewed the subject as con
nected with the Board of Publication, and answered
the objection to reunion growing out of the argu
ment that many of the Old .School publications
would be condemned if it was brought about The
great mass of the publications would be just as ac
ceptable to one 'side as to the other. He thought
that ninety-nine out of every hundred would' be ac
ceptable. The only books that would be thrown'
out were those written in the interests of the con
troversy which the union would terminate.
In the afternoon, the debate on the reportof the
Re-union Committee was again taken up..
Rev. A. M. Reid was in favor of the adoption of
the report. The men who made this report were
men of wisdom, sound intellect And godliness. They
are Capable men. Some of us feel that what Di.
Gurley and other good and wise men are willing to
subscribe to, we might subscribe to without hesita
tion. The -report decides nothing positively, now.
It gives us a full year to examine it. It will be,
considered by the churches, and they can take any
action on it they see fit. He was afraid of the
minority report. He believed it was an anti-union
report, whatever the gentlemen who wrote it may
have intended. If you want disunion, vote for the
minority report. He believed that it was simply a
demand that the New School should give up all its
principles and accept in foto all the formulas of the
Old School. He thought it was honorable and
proper that concessions should be made on both
sides. The hearts of the people beat for union.
The voice of the people calls for union, and the
voice of the people is the voice of God. The minis
ters, too, are in favor of union. in some sec
tions he learned that if the General Assem
blies would not agree on, a basis of re-union, the
ministers and churches would form one for them
selves: It is the decree of Providence,and let these
good men who oppose this movement consider
whether they are not fighting against God. The
dead past of strife, of div,isions and schisms, has
buried, its dead, and let them never be resurrected.
Mr: Rankin Moved to lay the minority report of
the Committee on Re-union on the table and to take
up the majority report.
The Moderator said he. hoped there was to be the
fullest liberty of discussion, but as there were so
many members rising to speak at one time, he hoped
that no one would be offended if they were com
pelled to Wait before being allowed to express their
views. Being among the last, they would probably
be remembered longest.
On motion of Rev. Dr. Smith, the ayes and nays
were taken oh the motion of Mr. Rankin to lay the
minority report on the table The following was
the result : Ayes, 138 , noes, 63.
The motion now before the house was as to the
adoption of the majority report.
Dr. - Breed moved that the last resolution of the
majority 'repgrt be stricken out. The resolution is
as follows:
Resolved, That the joint Committee be requested
to consider and report to the next General Assem
bly any specific amendments to our Church consti
tution, which may be required in the government of
so large a body as that of the reunited Church.
The motion to strike out was adopted.
Rev. Mr. Patterson of Philldelphia. stated that
he had found considerable ground for objection
against a part of the majority report, and he de
sired to offer a resolution as an amendment bearing
on that subject:
Resolved, That the Committee be instructed to en
deavor, if practicable, to secure a more dear and
definite statement of the doctrinal basis on which
the proposed reunion take place, and such an amend
ment or modification of the second article, as will
insure the speedy and thorough • Presb terial organi
zation of all the churches, and the admission of
none - but ordained ministers and elders to a seat in
any church court, and a distinct and formal recog
nition of the right of every Presbytery. to be satis
fied as to the soundness of every minister it re
ceives:
On motion this resolution was laid upon the ta
ble.
Rev. Dr. Brownson offered the following as an
amendthent to the majority report:
Resolved, That 'in subMitting the report of the
Committee on Re-union td the consideration of the
churches and Presbyteries, the Assembly is not
called.upon at this time to express either approba
tion or disapprobation of the plan of re-union pre
sented by the committee in its details, but only to
afford the Church a full opportUnity to examine the
subjectin the light of all its advantages aril difficul
ties, so that. the Committee may have thebenefit of
any suggestions which • May be offered before making
a final' report for the action of the next Assembly.
The resolution was unanimously adopted.
, Brecken - i-idge asked that an entry be made on
the minutes that this resolution had been passed
withotit a dissenting voice.
The Moderator now stated the question to be on
the adoption of the majority report as amended by
Dr. Brownson's resolution.
The question was then put, and the report was
adopted althost unanimously, there being but two
or three dissenting voices in the house.
TUE 31ASON AND iIABILIN CABINET Oaos.x.—The Cabinet Organ
bears the same relation to the melodeon, seraphim° and uccordeon,
as does the modern grand piano -forte to the ancient spinent mid
harpsichord ; and the immense strides made 'by Mason .k Hamlin
in the invention of this instrument are within the knowledge and
comparison of all of us. We may now emphatically add to the list
of notions, in the manufacture of which America has excelled the.
world, the best reed orwan, as the most eminent musicians have,
with singular unanimity, pronounced the Cabinet Organ superior
to any other, whether of home or foreign make —Chicago Tribune,
MARRIED,
JONES—NELSON.—On May 23d, at Grand Rapids, Michigan, by
the Rev Dr. Tustin, Rev. M. P. Jones, of Chester, Pa., and Abbie It.
Nelson, daughter of James Al. Nelson, .Esq., of Grano Rapids.
SAVIDGE—IIAZELTON.—In this city, April 30th.1867, by the
Rev. Irving L. Beinan, Mr. Benjamin S. Savidge and Miss Lonsinia
C. Itazeltou.
DAVIS—NAGLE.—By the same, in this city, May sth, ISM, Mr
Thomas IL Davis and miss Catharine Nagle.
OBITUARY
A tribute to the memory of little Aue DRISCOLL Bose, who went
to heaven April 18th, 1867.
"The Master bath come and calleth ;"
And from that dear hottie-tLck must one away;
Which one of all that lovely youthful group,
Whiith one? Sayjather, mother, had the Infinite
laid upon you this choice, which of these treasures
Garnered in your hearts, could you have plucked,
And with obedient hands, like Abram on Moriah,
laid before the Lord. But no such dread ordeal
Does the Master ask. Only to yield,
Tho' with a breaking heart, the one that Ho shall choose
"The Master has come and catleth,"
In language never heard, and all unknown
To mortal ear, the youngest, tenderest of the flock.
"Allis" is called; and at the heavenly bidding,
(As ever was her wont, so strangely beautiful
.In one so young. to yield her will to filial control,)
Her spirit with the angelic convoy joins.
And takes its heavenward flight, leaving two stricken,
Anguished Imarts nought but the lifeless casket,
Cold. pale, and motionless, tho' marvelously fair,
And even this must now be laid away.
'Tie done, and she is gone,—sweet Alice,
Gone forever from our sigt. The cherub head
Never again to nestle in a mother's arms,
Exchanging loving emcee, and caresses sweet;
The dreaming beauty of those beaming eyes
With their rich depth of loveliness, has faded.
The guileless prattle,
And the sweet carol of the infant song,
Which seemed to give the sunlight richer hue,
Has ceased. No more the patter of the little feet
Makes gladsome music in the quite home;
And the dear bands, so busy all the day
In childish play, or fancied household toils,
Are sweetly fo.ded for a lo.tg, long sleep.
Gone, gone,
And like the earth, its sun withdrawn,
Swinging in blackened air
So the crushed hearts, without the light
Of the bright home sun, grope
In a darkened sorrow.
But shall we hopeless grieve 2
:Weep, weep we may, that from the earth
A form of beauty and of light has fled
But 0, rejoice we must
That mid Heaven's ransomed host
I s s one harp more. and joining the sweet chorus,
sl.ft, swelling notes from one more soul. redeemed
The Master who has called will also care,
Dear, darling Alice, we would follow thee,
And by the eye of Faith behold thee, where
The storms and ills of life can never be.
Roll on, 0 time! and bring the
,promised day
When all the called of Christ shall with Him reign ;
When we, with loved on, s, long since passed away,
Shall meet, and never, never part again.
Died, at llarrisburg, Pa., on gabbath evening, May 2 th, 1887,
Mrs. MARY COVERLY.
In her death society has lost a valuable member, the Church one
of its brightest ornaments, a large droie of relatives and acquain
tances a much endeared friend, and two orphan sisters a most af
fectionate and devoted mother. Mrs. C. was pre-eminently distin-
guished fit her retiring modesty and her active charities to the
poor and friendless—a lady of ex iellent judgment,: sound discre
tion. and of the most amiable disposition. The sorrowful and dis
tressed, assured of her sympathy. sought her friendship. and con
fided in her counsels. Her heart seemed ever the abode of the
Warmest charity, and on her dps dwelt the Jaw of kindness. Mrs.
C. was a Christian lady. She expressed her sense of her own utter
unworthiness and ednfulness in the eight of an infinite holy God,
and confided exclusively in the merits of her Divine Redeemer for
her pardon and eternal lite. She made a prolessien of religion in
the First Pi esbyterian Church in this city. and honore i th it pro
fession by a consistent walk and conversation. She was respected
and beloved by the officers and members of the Church, who re
posed unlimited confidence in her piety. By her uniform atten
dance on the female prayer-meeting of her church of mire than
a century's continuance. she manifested her delight in Christian
fellowship, and her belief in the efficacy of prayer. tier appear
ance of general good health gave her friends the hope that her life
would be long spared to them. Dirt how mysterious are the ways
of God I In the midst of her days, in the 47th year of her earthly
life, she was attacked by a ohmage that tallied the skill of the most
eminent and experienced physicians. With exemplary Christian
patience she bore her pa laid illness; confided her beloved daugh
ters to the protection and blessing of hercoventint , God; and calmly
resigned herself to Ifts holy will. Death to her had lost its sting
and die grave its victory, and in the joyful hope of a blessed im
mortality, she fell asleep in Jesus.
gprtial glitir
The Presbytery of Niagara holds its next meeting at
Lyndonrille, on the 18th of June. at , t o'clock, P. M.
W. G. 11U1113.et.RD, Stated Clerk.
Schoolcraft, Mich May 27, 1867
The Presbytery of Columbus will meet at Co
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records are to be presented at this meeting.
B. 0. RILEY, Stated Clerk..
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