gmmcati sjmfcgtmau. THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1868, ptfr- On our second page,inside, will be found Dr. Adams’ able and touching address to the people of his former charge at the installation of their new pastor; a “Narrative of the State of Religion in- our FouHh Presbytery;” a word on thefamous “ Tioga Resolutions” by one of those who passed them ; a communication showing how a Washington church works with System; with “News of our Churches.” On page third, Editor’s Table and Literary Intelligence, On page sixth, Family Circle and Scientific. On page seventh the Address of our Delegate to the Lutheran General Synod. Our readers will find a Supplement with this number, giving the opening proceedings of the General Assembly. > BBF Old Pine Street Church observes its first Centennial on Into) May? 29. Religmus gersfy ees, 'rausic‘ati (Fall (Misses -forn! the the forenoon and afternoon, while in the evening there will bp *h qgojjjfiaji and banquet. The committee will be prepared on the evenings of Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to supply the membd?s T bf the' chureh' and congregation with tickets. On Sabbath morning, May 31, Dr. Allen will a ggntetfniifl, discoursed: . 8&F" Thp- Evangelist of last week “goes through' IBe’motions ” of answering our queries, and petulantly hints that they were put by us.be cause we thought they wouhtEe “embarrassing” to it. We were not by any suchqmq tive, but by a sincere .desire to know exactly what our contemporary thought on these topics, especially as sundry person's inside and outside of ourOhunchrhadibeetmbpldiffg'.npiSthsMndefi nitenesa of the Eognyet&laa a model, in circiim stances in which it seems to uS a. solemn duty dto be definite and outspoken. We liked the recent articles of our contemporary On' -dterdnibn very .much indeed, but wedonotfind, in the present case, clear answers to any of,our queries except the last. The Evangelist does believe that there are articles in our Cohfession which are not fun damental:: ■. S©“ In, the death.of Rev. Geo. Jupkin, D.D., whicb , toojijplajoe|in|ti May &ptjb|thqnj). S. Church lost one of its most prominent men. He* was . bo^Bi^fft r afeS^ v W%l?ffik$ rou g hti up in the Associate Reformed Church, but be coming convincedthatits-ecclegimitiimll'potitiorn was untenable, transferred his allegiance to,the .(then undivided) Presbyterian Church. He wad President successively of Lafayete College, (Easton, Pa.), MiahiL University, (Oxford,; 0.), a second time of Lafayette, and of Washington College, (Lexington, Ya.) in the first of these responsible positions he.'prosecuted JEtev. Albert Barnes’‘(ifthis cify'befOre PresbyUry, Synod, and Assembly. on a charge of holding “ doctrinal errors.” While in the last the Re bellion broke althorfghOievep.higtile to l the “.patriarchal institution," anp|.although-con nected by marriage with its leaders,'(“lSionewall; Jackson” was his son-in-law,) his loyalty tofche Union would not suffer him to remain, When the old flag was hauled down frOm the College biiild ings, and he came North. Gen. Robert E. Lee is. his sucoessor. Latterly hhlwas a Professor in Lafayette. He was equally prominent in oppo sition to municipal' 'Sabbath-breaking and the reunion of the Presbyterian Church, dtirihg bis residence with us. His numerous works will hardly perpetuate his name so well as 'will his share in the, history of the'American . Church. t UK.. V; ■. .• ..X ■" . VI .?■ \ C---I'ik-6. V *£» 863 f The Presbyterian of lpst week, re pub lishes Dr. Y. D. .Reed’s correction of their cor respondent “ Old School” (Dr. Chas. Hodge), which appeared on our first page last week. It says: “We suppose that our correspondent was in error in asserting that a formal “resolution ” had been passed by the Old School committee on the subject of the latitude to be allowed in the inter pretation of the: Confession' of Faith; but we have been assured that the subject was discussed in the committee, and it was thought there, was a unanimous agreement in favor of a strict inter pretation of the Confession of Faith as a guard against fresh dissensions, and affording the only real security for permanent unity.” We are credibly informed that a leading mem ber of the .Old Sohool Committee endorses Dr. Hodge's statement as, in the main, correct. S&~ The General Synod of the Reformed Pres byterian ' Church, in session at Pittsburgh, is again covering itself with glory. The composi tion of the body ha's been “ well seen to” and the Conservatives number 35 of the 48 members, and have chosen Dr. Steele of this city Moderator. Charges have been entertained against Dr. Wylie of this city for assisting at the ordination of'Mr. Geo. S. Chambers by the Old School Presbytery of New York, (which the libel pro nounces “a very aggravated ease”;) assisting at the dispensation, of ( the Lord’s Supper, in our church in New Castle, Pa.; and giving out hymns at the reCent all-day prayer meeting. 4 Two of his elders,are cliarged with “the sin and scandal” of hymn-singing; and a third—Mr. Geo. H. Stuart —with that and worse. As we go to press we learn that ,a resolution has been under discussion to “suspend Geo. H. Stuart,' from the eldership and membership of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, and to declare his sect in Syuod’vaoant ” THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1868. for his violations of church order. None.of these papers came up regularly from the lower courts. The party in power are evidently decided to ride rough-shod, but we think that such men .as Dr. John N. McLeod of New. York will hardly raise themselves in the estimation of the Christian public by these measures. PROM OORRRSfORDENT. CAYUGA COUNTY BIBLE SOCIETY. We have been much interested,in reading the. Jubilee ®eihoti'al. J . dr the Society. It is a pamphlet of forty-two pages, neat'y printed, containing -a valuable historical sketch of the first fifty years of ,£he existence of this organization by its Sylvester Wil lard, M. D., and an interesting discourse by Rev. E. Af p^oUSl^gs of the Semi-centAdniAl celebratlofi ilih’ .Tahnary la t, B'TJIAHSAD The first steps for the formation of this Bible Society were taken in the Presbytery of Cayuga, as early as&uguslj 1814,- almost ;fi|tyifour years ago. TheMfeiety wasLac(tually^formed in Febru ary, 1815, t§ro|years before the |ormMion of the Americamßible Society in NfewifYofk, to which the Cayuga “County Society aftetwaxd became Auxiliary.; : The semi-cente'nnial .Was Celebrated fifty years frdrb 7 tHe 'titod it thu£ became aixifihry to'the l haßdnalJ)jr|;^i|^i6.n : ,apd ; wEen'th le*Cduh ty Sppiety, yras(qn fact,’fifty two years old. The child is two years older than the parent..... It was thtttjtbe original constitutjm*£<|fSktilpl and for years it went on with its work without any. At length, fourteen years "ago, - another was adopted. Ana yet, after it was,resolved to hold these semi centennial services, and after all hope of ever seeing the gone, a print ed copy, with names or Officers and Directors, gag nnostTunaspectedly fauafi by)Dr.A Ricfi&rd J sdme intenWcr flames. Lam,,':!.,. vch mJuoo! Among it? officers we find tbe natne or Rev. Dirck C. Secret ary. Of its thirty-Une original officers and direc tor, pnjy. two aye, pqw }tp<Mflrn) to ]qs , Hying,- jlor ace Hills, Esq., its Treasurer, and'Hon. S. D. Lockwood,-who nowireaidsarin vthe jState;Ofil'Ui nois, “where, for years, he was Chief Justice of that.State,,with,the well-earned, distinction .of an able and upright Judge.” Although the first movement towardthe, forma tion of such a Society was made by the Presby tery, yet it embraced Presbyterians, Gopgrega tionalists, Baptists, Methodists, Episcopalians, -ahdiQi&k£rS <r aihofig itslfiYst\offi<S4rs'hn\rdwecfer^. . Several times has the County been canvassed by , its agencyj^aßd'evei^y r faiilily I dy(titlllie'’Pf Bbe’©?- ble, who would accept it, has been furnished, by eithif&ElfPl service,oin (making sucKh record of the work of national institution. ... .si.e-jq -;sq Gr.s SEUJItOENTEN NIAL- A'&CAZENOVIA. .?T4uf) Ms OTiUiid On. Sunday and Monday, the 10th and 11th of this montjp, the go^d ( people pf . the ■ ohuren of Cazendvia,’ celebrated the 50th anni versary of their Sunday school. The school was founded lbs alSdy; ap(fcoridu'ctedlnja private house. An admirable of its origin and a ($ the “old- er time,” quatetJhiin/orous, and/ .deeply Interest : tswtei ; back there from other homes, to tell something; | of their “expe'ri'ehCe/’ bh'th ih th'at time and in the injd&@»i'd'^yejMSk ’wlihjnWMrge W. i Parsons, Esq., so longtime the honored Superin- I tendent.rfithe Oentral ChurCh 'School nn'Rb^hes-1 ter, twas one. -. He’ was: evidefitly?regardpd>as 'one of. the “good boys’’ H)f tth’e former /school} >and' as Having tried at least to do well since. 1 Be was often called upon to address the gatherings, dur ing the" two days’ exercises.* '’ , : Rey.. Dr. Boardman, the former pastor,, was also present,.and Rpv. W. S. Franklin, of.Slar cellusj'and others; all aiding by a cheerfur pres. ence and happy speeches to make the b'cCasibn pleasant and profitable. About ' twenty ■letters from former members of the .school; , were also read by Rev. N. P. Canfield, the' p'reSe'iit' es teemed pastor of the church.; one. from-. Rev, Ward Loomis, formerly rttisSionarjriir Cliind/n'ow laboring for the Chinese in'GaUfdfh.ia., He went from this place, and,this school, where, he is still remembered with much interest- The whole celebration formed an occasion that will not soon be forgotten by those who participated'in it. Be l sides ?kervi<fes fof the-'Sabbath,' and other meetings on- Mo'n'da'y- there was a col lation and social reunion, given by the ladies, at the public Hall on Monday afternoon, where (to make a very rare quotation,) there was ‘ also “ S feast of reason and a flow of soul.” Items.—A movement was inaugurated in this city some months "since, toward furnishing Dr. Anderson, the able and : highly esteemed Presi dent of Rochester University with a new house to live in. The effort has been successful. Others beside Baptists have aided in it, and a fine resi dence has been purchased, and is to be. put in perfect order, the whole to cost $20,000. —The Presbyterian church of Le Roy have recently purchased and fitted up a house for a parionage, They are talking seriously also of enlarging their house of worship They need more room, as we predicted they would when they fitted up and beautified their sanctuary year before last.—Our church in Dunkirk is needing a new house of worship. The? place is growing. Twenty new stores and many dwellings are going up. A new railway is opening southward' toward Pittsburg, which promises to bring a large traffic in coai. An enterprising church should be ready £o ac commodate the incoming population, and get a fair share of the ino^easesir-The'Presbyterian church ijn Gendva hsveadddd'ssoo tq the salary of their esteemed pastor, Rev". Dr. Wood.—Geo. S. Whithey, Esq., of Mt. Morris, has presented an elegant communion service to the Presbyterian church of'that place, in* the nameofhis lately deceased wife.—The wife and daughter of Rev. Dr. Campbell of this ! city, who'spent “'the winter in Florida, on account of the Enfeebled,health of the latter, returned safely to their home on Tues day of this week. The invalid seems improved, by the absence, hut Dr. Campbell himself has not been well for two or three weeks past. Genesee. Rochester, May 28, 1868. tINION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. The graduating class of Union Theological Seminary, 1 New York city, at their farewell meet in gon Monday, May l ( ltb, formed a permanent class organization, and appointed a Committee consisting of Thomas Paton, Geo. U. Wenner, and Jos. M; Greene whose address*will be at tbe Seminary, 1 to 1 whom the members of the class,are expected to sefid all interacting statements relat ing tq tbemsclyes.and their wojk, to be published at the, pud of the. first year) s,ud thereafter once in three yeano 4 Afte& » vdry ifrpe >‘and -pleasadt. terchangedf thre prospects, .they rilnanimously ,(ad<ipted: Hie following;:,. 1,., T; s: I :>ti Whereas, We the members Pf th'efpjass of ’6B of,: Union .'Theological; Seminary eight: denominations of Christiansq viz-: Presby-* terian (N. Reformed, Meth odist,-(Baptist; Episcopal,- L\ithefan, and, Presby terian,(G>;, S:);; are aboiit> tonseparate to our re spective fiplds- of labor j fand; i feeling,! that: lin I out intercourse,Mith!jfepch)iothfer,no!fibnomina±ional differencepi haver: at alfiharted oiirlhirmony-and Chriitiaili fellowships but 1 ] that?jifi ialhthings Mwg haveibeen' able >to. study andilaborttogefhelin.tbe things,'pertaining ‘to thei feeling thatifratefnaliinitieimpurie eaWbe,maintain ed between- >.thei different, fihnominationSjltherer foreqil::'! liyiHlfo .f.'J jqi 'l io' Resolved f ,3?h at; we- .are: emote, s than , ever,: »pwq suaded ofithe onenesS of Christ’s peQple,- thatithe freesttChristian ■>interooursp dshouldj-mark their dealings with-each, other;-and: that; i imntitaly sym pathy and icon'cert of 1 action should ,gohenn their conduct in: carryingtlthP GosjielAOi t&sworUU-mp •) ~I'r r ru-MH'ib —.OlruKjs'iTasi''. m,?u .l-otv [ •'v/W?!l , >® i ?3ay,!Maypl3tbj ri ,’Wfi s ‘jfj!Sr(lyg | b a da.y ! ”iaJ this Wester.n. f'jßpfiq.oJL pf{ Esopfeta'i’u^i^tlfo; Prof, of Pastoral Theology, , the formerXcif •'®ftiJtpry;\ ahid Polity.- Dri'Maxwell,"President of the yrqstp'ppjibp'dpdd the'.lspiwicqp;i(jilhiph.' heiS in the ehapel ion Hills, tjhio,) with„an ,address ; on-the digoSyiidf the ihiniste'cial "'Wl vf^HoiW^d able and; appropriatej discourßeahy, Prof. ; Morris, on tbe”Chhr6h ‘ah a he’ combatted th'dt' n|er§ politioal and prudential theory of her nature tad’ends,' theory tofu mere .human expediency, (1) in,rthe truth and scope- of,4er ; .leaghin‘gSj; (2) ,in leading men on to moyal perfection 0 ;; (3);dh her own organic growth','and,,development:‘;an§ the conformity 'of the order ofithe qwbrl^'fo that growth. .In the evening the annual sernioh before the Society of the Alumni was preached by' Rev-. C.:.C. Hart of Logan,.Q., fromXs.'lxL'l., Christ as 'the model preacherwas shoVs;ii tohavepreachq edi(l) with simplicity ;' (2) personally; (3Vcloefr- Irinally , and therefore (4) powerfully. •* On Thursday the nshal Commencement Exer cises were held in the ’aierning, when five of. the graduating class of six, delivered sfldre&jes. Th| names>:of the class are Harlan, P: Weltott, “of 'lPfiester,, phio; Mortimer Smijh'lJof Chathan(, M.N. ;-J: C.? Phelps *qf Gplumbia’ iS, C., h'S. Mitchell of Logansport lnd. ;" SSlmi j, Bee jM Pomeroy, Anthopy, Minn,... Aftei ,a short recess Dr. Henry A. Nelson delivered,h» -inaugural address, the suljjpct chosen, jbeipg i(he r ,relati.on .pf,, Christian truth to Christian livinr.The,„ppints. ; discussed were (1) sanctification % the truth ; (2) activity from the, truth,;,(3i) liherty, through the-,truth. The tremmehLou the Anbjfecl wasl.wortHy alike of the speaker and of the occasion. iWISiteSilS post .since Jan. /l,\andlDh'Nels(m vstnee Aipril 1. The Trustees -seem tpj bt /ipsp.irited with new hppe as they have reserved to .erect a new boatd ing-house and two .new dormitories. The former is t 6 be: ready for i.th ( 4-6pemng of next term and will be built' and Ifurnishfe'd. in the best style. Tbe Seminary grounds are toibe tastefully laid out. It was resolved also to add SIOOjOOO to the per manent fund of the'Seminary, and $40,000 were given. on-the spot by the ,meinbers;oU the Board $ ?iu f TtfVTFTTttr 1 i *\\ l 5 .•: . This Presbytery bdd an, adjonrned N .meeting at Delaware* City* on Tnesday .eyening, May 19th. Rev. Solomon R. Scofield was Installed pastor of the, P’elawar^pity rfl c|ur( h. cßev. John presided, Ilev. (3. D. Shaw, of Wilmington pnaohed the sermon, Rev. H. J. Gaylord delivered the charge to the past er and Rev. William Aik aan, the charge to the people. Rev. William .Askman thjt ral relation between bin self ;}nd St. church, of Wiimihgtbn, jni'ght be disfeolvea: Th 4 com missioners-oftlife cbSfch laid'before Presby tery a series of resolutions 1 , adopted at a recent congregational meeting, £ gtfifying the church’s acceptahee'of the pastor’s resignation and their willingness to consent to jre dissolution,of the re lation, since they deem e< sufficient his. reasons for the request; testifyii j also to the affection and esteem in which he ’ as held, to his ability as a preacher, his faithfu less as a pastor, to the courage, constancy and devjJtiftn to principle which had characterized lisswalk- among them, to the regret caused departure, and'Jib the earnest prayers'of’the pel ileioPa Blessing upon him and his ,'This request elicited es mg front Pi esbytery. R of the many recent chan< now leaving him jyith on< member in its .connections kindly feeling- which hid the brethren) apd,;bore;>iyj pressions: of >deep feeb v. Mr.'. Gaylord spoke ;s in the Presbytery,, pxceptipnthe oldest s He ,referral to ilwayslprhvailed among npss tp .the; §gtendsd .The 1 rustees report also that they have received inxrust.the property at Broad and Oxford streets, for the, Oxfoyd Presbyterian .church,, and that in: the Herron‘PresWferian church is asJoliciws: J > l ‘ - :, s 1 ' ' 1 •■ -‘i <w- .. ,< -1 , . , 1 * - and self-denying labors of Mr. Aikrnan in strength ening feeble churches, promoting new enterprises apd enlarging in every way the influence and power of Presbyterianism throughout the entire peninsula. Rev. Mr. Crowell adverted feelingly to the fact that he had been associated with Mr. Aikman in Newark Presbytery, and so, in coining to his pre sent field, had felt that hh was nqt altogether a stranger since the pleasant intercourse of other days c'ould thus be renewed. . . Rev. Mr. Scofield’ adverted to the sympathy and,assistance he had during the recent revival ih his chhrch, from Mr. Aikman; express ing his sincere sorrow that so us.eful a pastor jwas about to close his labors in one of the, churches of this ‘ " ;i ' ' .iis JL'yesbytery. ' " ,i , .Rtev. Mr. Shaw spoke, of his deep personal re gret' that one. Who had so cordially weicomed less than a year,agp, into his new charge, tad're signed thO pastorate of the sister churmi in Wil mington. ' He Could testify to the good wrought by the brdther under his own eyes, as well as in his <jyr,h household and heart in" a time Of' 'the deepest . lie felt himself authorized 1 ‘ ids eijpresl also the sentiments of his own congrega tion and of. the. citizens in general; a universal so iaithful a pastor, so pub lic-spirited a citizen and’ so r useful a man' was about % Cease his’ ministrations in the city of tjjijmihgtbii. 1 1 1 l J resbyterVthen’unanimously aaieed to dissolve -Jj*) rpi'llHl.l . I i, .if •!»/ ii V. 6MEMI MSHMir, / I -i " ‘ii.> sno.v iqt’ i " m>:sl!iY/ K-I .mic /■ —wom-mil riuebvu ~,|.£s.se|nmy met apa ,was opened ,wi th prayer by '* ’’’ L .t. 'V ' i,! i^;;|lfrs fiife number 'bf.the Special Committee ! on* lieUnidn be\ enlarged 1 from tanJnrfiffdeM L .0 iisvkU. yd .nnh ‘Dr. iSJseoropposedthe propositionjvwhifch; was<fin ally voted| down.' ' nhhfi'l ■■•!) i; - -.HU ii ! %■ op Education::which was read by the Clerk, and is in w iu: ,r:t ; To.casK per sfudehts, ‘“ A 1 ‘ V '525,874 00 ‘V.’/F (6& ■ >mm« < “ ‘ (r ' ! ' 1 ' !,<H 2 ! ,r45 00 ('Balance*tonbw account, l «f i■■inn. >. ,'. '143'09 ; 1 : ;i xhl' vd J-.vvii ?i, at. .uu'4-.j-r' i-nn v, . !( ..-30<^<W47 By balhncelfroni last account, . .i ':561 42 , Caph, contributions 'from, churches,. ■ -,-16,756. 68 ..i, ,1V •> m i, individuals,; ?isCt.9i ‘ ‘ l‘‘olisp received frorii scholarship '. 488!‘66 1 *’ ,kl ' ' jikmeede bf 3'sch'oihTshibs' 1 ■ I ’6.'43o''OCi ■ils-O.I M .I. 1 • '-I’lsi y’ ;,)!* i'll.; t:7TMo 'i.j r.di.us ..ifj vd .Tobil.q 130,701*4?' The Cb'mmjtte'e on Hevotional 'Exercises rep'orted th'fe i ajj'pointrheritBlior‘th'e*Siibbath l i/ ’• ;■ ; >1 'd r -f • Rey.'Dr; Ellin wood. 6b tM ned'. tb e jfavor and read the report,Of the. Committee: ’on: Church? Erection. The;report spegks of norf’ftndjttipre ;hopefidt luterr. est excited by the spirit of tne last Jiy.Q .asspmbJießi Cooperative, action has. been taken' aionj» with! the Committees of. Ediication and Some Missions! and ReyvMr. 1 MdrtihV'fhe > '^ah ; i(r7 ; thlhe%7£ni'iK’’ mentioned'ih the highest terms. Only 290'churcli'es have! respohdedj while 11270' hfivei failed to reply to the .Committee's' calls. , Thenpresent! plait is the, most,econonpcjtlv bufidppfiUfit,wojik]petfficU,yi $40,81,9 ;50,h.as been i^o]^ei cteddLns^(t.of'|lg i 76^ i of a‘yefir ago. .$5,3Q!p 51 of* interest pn investments must also be-added, making the’ total receiptss46,- mm. finds»eyid'en# a^prelpSil'^ith 1 at least a part of the Church j which'efihbles'the'Be cretary to! Speak to struggling: churches more'favor ably*.' Three! individualshavecOntributed: a • thou sand dollars or more efich:, One was travelling in, Europe, .one an pnknown ladyvin Troy. and the third an invalid. r Nine' persons, four of fhem.ladles, hfiye 'cohtf ihuted'five u tidrfed dollars apiece! Tiiere are also O'th'e'r' donatiops in' sums of 'two;hundred and 'one hundred dollars. -MadisOn Square church and the chureln of thevCdveoant in New York city contribute, Over, $2OOO ,eaehju’aihd-six others, over $1001);, And still Others .proportionately. Theire port speaks of young .people’s .associations nrhich haye accdraplishea great results. , ! . ,Of dl appiicatidh’s frbih churches for.aid, 34 have he'enaided,'s re-chttimifted hfid 2'rfejected.' L i! There' is On- average! gain < iti'itlfe 'appropriations made of ovfer 200 dollars tor the presentyea'rj , < ~There is a formidable,list ,of applications !to he cared for Boon,, and, the Committee desire to be the cba.nngl the Church’s generosity in this, respect. The causes of Home .MisEudns.and Church Erection should'go together, but'me'last is three full jears behind. Tliere arfe 150.Shelter!ess congregations, to be cared for. The reaping differs frbm th’e galher ingiintoi barns. <The report closes' with, a .etrong'ap peal .to tbife Churches , to!, aid Church Erection, everi aa th'ey ajd Hprne Missions. It pxges the raipid oc- j,he,prairies (he .West.ibr the fact of tliwr^ clear and clea.n condition.' ' xljprd.are‘helpers,oh ythe 1 ground, also, who are always‘rfeady to 1 aissist such an agency. ‘Much of tbefnionfey ban' be raised on'the Spot, if one can only start the project. Land will ibeyineh now, which cannot be purchased without a-great price ten: years hgnce.. Travelling communication is so thorough and swift that villages become cities ;almost i.mjne diately. Each new place is abreast of the .timesTn all respects. In view, of this position of affairs; the pferOratidn of the report is m’ore fervent than Such reports: have Usually been 1 , arid impresses with great lorce’the claims of these new fields upon our care. With.true,charity the committee rejoice in the suc cess of Methodists and Episcopalians, for,“ the cause is one.” But we should riot be behind, jaud we slipuld seek to emulate the Roman Catholic policy and take points in advance.' They requested, in con clusiofri',' that'the Assembly wo’uld'iipt designate,a certain day for the collection 'as the only time fOr such*a.thing..v They, preferred; to; leave lie provided for by eachbchurch as convenient,, i ;! George W. Line and, John P. Crosby were an nflunced.as punctual and regular AUendantCial the cqm.raittee meetings, and their names were greeted with applause. And the Assembly’s direction that the attendance should be noted has apparently giv en general satisfaction to the membership’ of the present-body. The Trustees of th e Presbyterian Hbuse’presented’ their 114th- annual report, through Rev. Wm. T. Eva. The receipts and expenditures are, received, $6,975.- 09 , expended (; s4,7B3.6l, leaving; $2,191.48.. • As to the Ministerial Belief Eund, they report that the Weed sport Rank failure makes the Douglas trust fund unavailable at present. They request, tbere- they may bp allowed to retain five per cent of all' a'c'quisitions f at prSsfeht,‘ until , the sum reaches $l,OOO. After that th'ey wish -to retain three per, cent, at their/discretion. The Erwin and Sea brig bequests are still, in debate. , •.- . , To balance from last account, sundry trust.moneys, . . interest on investments, “ on bank account, money refunded, loan, security paid off, Paid, investments for Trust Funds, ; agreeably to Trusts, •. . . . 268.00 contingent expenses, . . : 28.00 Jas. R. Coxe, Esq.,: counsel feed, . 250.00 Balance on hand, May 1,. . 2,191.48 Total, : . . . $6,975.09 Rev. Mr. Rush read ihe report of the Sabbath school Committee, which speaks of their great need a a request refused at the last. Asse mbly. The language of the Standing Committee of lastyear was quoted once moredn proof of the as sertion. The permanent Committeehoped that,the. present Assembly would not pass this over.' They needed aSecretary to coromupioate with theohtiVCh-' es/ visit, hold institutes, &c., and. should be a sala ried, officer and competently supported. ; The Committee recalled and quoted further the. resolutions of last Assembly and said that in acccnrd ance 1 therewith* they had appointed a Treasurer, but no''funds had ibefen received from the'chUrebes; Many of the churches fail to report the number S. S.,children. some improvement. The number of schoojs/rom. which returns were repeir-, ed was 54 than in the year preyioug. The average humher oi'scholars to each church was 11 more laat yfear than' the vpar before. They urg ed tbeimportance 1 'of 'fhe ! appomttnent of a at the present Assembly. If this was granted they felt sure of thing, ableitwdd imuchi n : Remark, was made iabput.the. jfailure. of certain Presbyteries to do proper reporting as to their Sab bath-schools. I ThcvAlnnjial. vßepott’/of; the iMinisteriabißsief Kup:d, ; was, peads by the, Secretary; the Rev.- Charles Brp.wji,. of,.Philadelphia,.in .which it waß,,,seen that the .receipts .for.the last ,year,.were’ ten thousand /oiir Lup.dred nna sev.epiy-eight dollars, (sioj47B) ot ! iticfiade’oP ai&iMI > ‘d'vfer the Sf tHe previbus' year, the same'period the!increase' in ’the‘ nilrnber of applicatjorie/ 7br aid was-nearljithirtiy-fiveiper 'cento Tbel llabilities of the. Fund; having, advduefed, faster, tiian didrthie means to liquidate them, - in. March,last a. speejal appeal for more money! was to the Presbyter-, ies'and churches, wbicii is 'meeting With favorable respoffee. 1 :1 ,!ii * ’ >I,J ‘ ' ' ' ■ Thei number jpf applicants forfaid is now sirßty- their farnilies .number one hundred aria'eighty one directly ' jipnefifxid ,t>y: the Pundi 1 “ Those composed‘of .disa'bled^mihislers, ah dt hewl db ’.vs rind orphans of mi ii iatersdcceaaed. WHh r tfi«ifeitheptiori'of fivfe, hllof ifhe'iuipidtdfs are oversixty-five years-of -age, andfifleen 'of'them are between sfeventy and eighty years old.n Seven have been in;the ministry for. .more; than fifty, years) and three fo’r!,almost sixty years. !.i ; f ,-’ -,. ‘, The'fßeport nex;t, presents some fqreible argu irients 'for' the ’&tablifehment of the Relief Fund, arid clos'es wifh a‘hfinub'el'6f interesting 'and'kffect ingvcaseSj' iri whiCh'the'rihafacterfe 1 hrid 'necessities of: jthbse vfor! whose comfort adds support the Fund teiW t S“de4iftrqjibro.ugh l t ’ : / ! r, 1 „ b.;CS»tllrdiyiißnd«»lßjf.-i':’!'" In the prayer meeting the Moderator read-that sublimely beautiful prayer of the Sayiour contained i'tfih'e : T7th chapfeir M'Jhhn's Gospel," ‘ ' Hfeißpoke of this'ad'beirig’the'most'sacred arid im' l pressive of the Saviour's'nefeds—as- relating n‘ot to angelslbn,t :t6 men. - :D!id ,thig not : relate to us also time?;,„^ tJi bi3ifight > 'to ;onr view;that yrhich l ~truej Not merej.njbrality will dpv though if to Christians to have evfen *fh'e slightest sffiihi*' Sfot is it, mere! djerctrihe, tKofigh 1 we ’snquld- , cCntdna°ea < rhestly ifor iHp r fsSth on’de delivfeiife&dioftbd'silirfllil "Nhl isri-f inel-e feeK%, though; .we- should ■ have'ltbafciih ''vicwl of hgeniand i?.> B«t. it js ithaA nnionOTith Jeans CEjdsWS tfiat, m.ystq^qus j; fmost.deljghtfuVjreJa)®® tq Himl. To be nearrfliip, man ,ahd ,yet- God we may mage r out fife busines's. Tfi eht of'ffis ffeph'afid drink of His hfood that otlr the real .b'duifil of unity among <sttreelves, ! : iOur ebriunori relatiorisbip to Christ, ourcoom mom Lord*] arid Master, is the true the ,sincerest syinpathyv . However we mav differ, iq opinion, . wg-ishali, ip jjthat case npt differ in heart... He Gpd inight,grant this as the result of all our deiiberations 'for Christ’s sake, ; Heft. Dr. 'jleniy D‘’'BmitU^oi New ! soiK,’said!that discord’'and' disunion'afe 6f mail—union' ’ah'd Sliity are from . above.'"lf'Christians are full'of rivalry it is because our human infirmitiesi have the mastery. draw, nearer eachi other -and strive tojact and liye together., they, do it, according to'Chrises, own prpmiseand in Christ’s own spirit.. Thus they, act jof thfemighesf welfare of the Chuirah and under the di rect' guidance of 'the. Hdiy' Ghost, wi; ho! "ahiibt; felt that in these times' division’ and sectarianism were loosing : their force and'men-were- coming to more union.; JVhence, canie this biieath of; a, new life?> Is it of earth, earthly, or of the heaY.eri;iheayenly!?, Tsit man s work or the work of Christ? ’ Those solemn wordß ” Quench*- hot 'SpiiitT # *‘#feW Wt’-thlipirit/’ apply directly here. We mhstinot ,do%mythmg' to retard this, work, but we must'submit to: the dictates of the Hply Spirit in all this matter. < [Dr. Smith was evidently speaking with .reference to the effect his. words might have upon the finp.l re sult of the reunion question. But there 'ciih .be ho doubt whatever that, ho matteh HoW the in the Church:may feel in other respects, in this ’df earnest dpsire for the union, of Christians we are.fill of one spirit.] . . , ‘ V*as extended by Mr. D. E. Barry, of tte Ndrtßern'Centajsl.RMlroad, and,also' by Mr. S.,T Bodme, froih the Pennsylvania Central Raifroad, for the Assembly to visit'Gettysburg. It was also sug gested that: in view of the risk to the compahies en gaged,, it would be as well! for (those who went to en-- sure their lives for $5,00.0 Pacbifor! three days. This was received with a good, deal of . . nh^ e 'u -d'w HD-,, from the ; Committee on thurch Eolity, reported,two overthres;.‘ Rev. Joseph F. Tuttle, D.D., presetfred* the case of complaint'from Rev. L:-P. Crawford,'concerning the cross-suits of Carey McLain-vs.-Wm.'Jessup Th* port gave, a decision .upon the 1 cafee,. which was criti cised sharply and -well by.Dr; Speah, who held thhfc the Committee had npt.the.righkso .to give judgment, u ij ? whether- such decision shojild be final therp was considerable-argument dfi' which IJr. Eatterson, Dr.jflenry B. Smithiapd^Rev. John Rankiii ‘The question of,irregrilatitv is such as to be open for debate, and it was'-debited very fully.Dr^Mar' added that theHorm 0 f Gov eniment limited, the power of the Judicial Commit- and read* fromTVto show that the . Committee had no business to decide, but only to arrange the case and- papers for the Asseiribly’s' judgment At this there was som,e applause,' and the report was ac cepted and recommitted. _ • .pt '. )! , Don. Wm. E, .Dodge moved that .communication be opened by telegraph with the Assembly at Albany, and offering to send it himself,; . ' ! y , HoMei of Eittsburg, wished Ita know if the correspondence had been begun already by the O. S. Assembly? To which the Permanfent Clerk replied that.’last year we began *it but' itVas promptly re sponded to. O. ( J:',- r r ■ Elder*Ketchum>ished ’this; rbferrOd to a commit tf® to.be put ill better Mr. ©od&e ! Was a good thought .it £cotiid> be improved. JAx, Dodge* apswered t that, Jbhfcee of: our doctors of composed it. (Loud ap plause : 1 $1,544.;." 3.859.55 187,32 25.90 150.00 1.207.56 $6,975.09
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