GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Saturday (Concluded.) Rev. Chas. Brovin Secretary of the Ministerial Relief fund was heard by vote of the house. He teared that everybody would feel that this was a popular cause rind commended itself to each church, and so individually neglect it. He sought to im press the idea of personal responsibility in the mat ter upon every one present. By the $5OO from Pittsburg and by the $l2OO from Mrs. Warren’s legacy, they had tided over, by a remarkable provi dence, a very perilous time. He spoke of the con tinual increase in the number of applications, and hoped that the increase of funds would be equal to the demand. He showed the certificate of mem bership in concluding his remarks. . Rev. Mr. Taylor Said that the record was plain, that they who preached the gospel should “live of the gospel." To preach that gospel constituted a perpetual claim on the Church for support. (Ap plause.! [The discussion of the topic then became spirited and general.] Dr. John C. Smith would like to see the man to vote against that report. (Laughter and applause.) His heart had moved him to say that as a matter of justice to ourselves, we ought to see to it that the men who do the work, should be provided for. (Applause.) Dr. Smith then went on in his quaint, humorous way to make a strong, appeal for the cause. He alluded in closing to Rev. Thomas Brown; of Bast Tennessee, who was now on the floor of the house, and who deserved the full honor of all such support. ' [Mr. Brown's story; I may here Bay, is known to; vepy;tnapy in the Church, but not yet to all. He Was a member of the Assembly of 1866. at St. Louis, ana it 'Was then discovered that he had stood true to God and his country. He has a noble record of patriotism and piety in the darkest of the rebellion, and on the darkest and bloodiest ground of,all the, Soiith. Now it may have escaped 'the memory of some among us that the same Thomas' Brown, scarred and burned by hardship and by.sun, has been true also to oqr own'Presbyterian truth. He was the Second signer bftliri Protest against the action of , the Assembly :ofHB3T v and dvia! record on slavery qnd all kindred.issues is as clear as thereat of his history. And Jet tnis man, who was proved, and held fast because hewasgood, has teen and is in circumstances of almost absolute poverty.] Dr. Nelson spoke of this work as belonging es pecially to the cAre of the eldership. He felt that it was a delicate thing for the ministry to urge upon the churches that they should attend to matters which so directly benefitted ministers and their families. If the elders would do this he had no doubt it would be well .done. Hon. Wm. E., Dodge spoke pf providing for the support of. the families of deceased ministers. He urged the importance of life-insurance when a min ister entered ,upon the duties of s*, profession.; A minister ought to be free from worldly care, not merely by receiving a competent salary, but also by being,presented with a policy of liferinsurance,' too.. By this means an incalculable amouut of, anxiety would be spared. pr. Spedr also spoke earnestly, arid-WaS followed by elders Huntingtop .ancl fjoo.te. Dr. Nelson al luded to the fact that the culpable modesty of which;he;might .be accused, had. passed away, for the jast, collection lie had taken as a pastor was for this (Arise. ’ Auiid;‘great enthusiasm the question,' was'hailed for arid taken by a rising vote, the entire' house. standing up in, tlie.affirmative. Adjourried with prayer until Monday .... IMouday Morning. ; Ait). Etiab'j.'Richards, of Reading, Pa., led the opening exercises. It was at first supposed-that' the meeting would take up more particularly the topic of re union, buT*that, through delay about telegraphing to the Albany Assembly, was post pohed uhtilto-roorrow. Foreign missions arid Home missions therefore occupied its place. Several earnest speeches were made, and the money mat-: ters of these important causes were made the sub ject of numerous exhortations and prayers. The Assembly was unusually prompt in filling np the time. The Assembly was then constituted for business Ageording to the usual custom the calling of the roll, was dispensed with until the closing session. Dr. Prentiss, moved that the Assembly pay their respects to Gov. Geary, now that we were here in the capital of this ancient Gommonweath. Bis* motion included the purpose that the Assembly should go as a body ten minutes before this morn ing’s session closed, and that the Moderator address him oq our behalf. The resolution was adopted, and there was a committee of three appointed, con sisting Of Dri Prentiss, Hon. E. A. Lambert, arid Hori. Wnv. E. Dodge make arrangements. 1 Rev. T. Dwight bunt paid .a tribute to the ability amfgoodness of our present chief magistrate, and .alluded tb'the time wlien he had every'vote in San Francisco out of 1600, save his own. Dr. Cox wished to bring,.up a small matter after this one of so great magnificence. Some brother had taken his glove andleft another in his hat. There was much amusement over this; and it was suggested that the Doctor might “ throw the glove down,’’ which He declined to do. He wasn’t war like just now whatever Dr. Breckinridge might be. [Whether he finally got his glove or uo, your re porter cannot say.] Tbe committee of three just appointed were in structed to ask Gov. Geary to accompany us to Gettysburg if it met his convenience. [Alter this.came that relic of theold barbarism— the calling off of the letters by the clerk, and the elaimi.ng of them by the Assembly. Your repor ter’s elbow has-been jogged so much this morning, that this report bf his doubtless looks like short hand, and he has been compelled to view iiis paper through the. superincumbent strata of about four deep. He lias a vivid remembrance that Dr. Spees at Dayton, Ohio, in 1864 inaugurated the postoffiee system, and that it has been followed up with great success until this year. And now we have at one fell slip gone from the top of the mountain to its base, and very base the present plan appears. Here we are twenty, thirty, forty minutes in confu sion every morning,'arid we poor wretches who h.aye to catch everything, catch this along with the rest.] . ' The reports on Synodical records were then con tinued and several others-were received. The question of the place of next meeting elicited remarks from Hie Stated arid Permanent Clerks which seemed to indicate that about that time the next meeting would be .very much mixed up with the O. S, Dr. S. W. Eislier inquired whether Dr. Mu eg rave had communicated anything as to the report from the Philadelphia Convention, Dr. Hatfield replied that a letter had been received and was now in the harids of the special committee who are in Session in.the city.. u Elder Richard Edwards of Pittsburgh offered a re- Bofutibn concerning the contributions to Foreign Mis'siohs. which.was referred to the Standing Com mittee on that subject. j Rev. Oeo. W. Wood, D.D., Secretary of the A. B. C. F. M., then addressed (he Assembly. He recalled the fac^that just thirty ago, to a day, jn the stoKfe^’tithes Of the division of the Presbyterian Ohutctu he hkd sailed from New York, ayoung and newly.ordained udasjenafy on his way.to carry the gospelto the isles ofine Chinese and Indian Seas. Of tHecoin’paiiywhd'theif uhderfookthat voyageof what was then 115 to 150 days, only he remained alive. But the world had advanced and new agents for , unifying the human race had come into play and THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1868. the cause of God endured still, while the workers in the cause had passed away like their fellows. The cause of Foreign Missions had not advanced ae it might, because its wants had not been studied as they needed to be, and'so the means at hand had riot been used with the greatest possible effect. But the closed fields,-especially among theMahommedans and Chinese, had been wonderfully opened up. Then they could only reach the Chinese through outlying colonies, such as that to which he was sent, 2000 miles from the boundaries of the Empire, or by meet ing them in the factories allowed to foreigners. The Church was crying with Xavier—“Oh rock, rock, when wilt thou open?’’ Slowly the rock had been rent—even by the wickedness of men. The opium. war of 1840 had thrown open five Chinese' portS to' foreigners, and the treaties of 1858 gave virtual per mission to preach Christ through the whole Empire. Our transpacific commerce brnigs us still nearer, yea, face to face with China, and the results of this new intercourse with one third the population of the globe will be immense, as regards our own land and the world. The Embassy: from the Court of Pekin, headed an American citizen, which,to-day reaches the National Capital, is China asking, our friendship, and whatever good We are'aßleto give her. Is it not God’s answer to the resolution; adopted at the last meeting of the,Am, Board, to undertake the evangelization of pinna ona more extensive scale? Wecanhotaffdrd, even from anritibrial point’ of view, to- leave Chinaunchristjarrized.? . The £uidingB of Proyidence.in India during those thirty years'had been equally temarkWhle.' Eorig be- 1 fore that date, thodefeat of the French At id'the Por tuguese power bad crushed, the hopes, of the ,Church ofrßome, but the,British Company were From policy" riph’olditfg ‘arid patrotMirig Hindoo idolatry and Mahommridan intolerariee, until God swept it ayvay.thrp.ugh|,the rebellion o£ 1857.: Men had been expelled from Hie’native regniients fdr're ceiving Christian'baptism,. The Times -jiistfy char acterized the qrmy.yvhich originated .that great storm of fire and blood, as “agoverrimeut preserve, of high-caste Hindooism'." ■ But now converts Are equal in every-thing- before fch-e law., and secular English culture in every form is breaking do,wn,all the old social barriers. The moral aria religious tone ofßritish'residents is greatly’irhproved, aid'd 7 they are beco.rnihg more willing to co-operate with and contribute to the mission work. , , , In the iTurkish feraWirb, W i#hich field He'had' 1 been transferred'in 1842, the work was then begun; at eight central points in the face of overwhelming obstacles. The united force of a corrupt Christian Church 1 And A despotic Moslem ’’rifle, Was weigh i rib heavily 'in: persecution upon the mission.: Converts came.by night,to thq missionaries \ and m.qs.t cruel persecutions were inflated arid endured! for 1 Christ’s sake. ' Beheading WaW the purilsh'ffie'nt for a Mahommedan who - became a not in theory ahd threat .only, but in many cases in fact. But under God religious equality has Wen secured inlaw ahd largely'alsofih fact, partly thrdugh the; interference of Christian -goyepninents-yyho, tire, in tolerant at home. The land is being covered with the fruits o'f the Gospel',"arid!the word is Wing once moreipreached on the. fuins-ofl the citieh that. play the most prominent part in sacred and profane his?, toryi Islam4s beirig uh‘derifiirie~d'by the rfelbrtris of the Sultan as no Christian prinde on his throne could, do 4 because h.e speakß.with,religious, . as,wjell as civil authority!, Africa.is being widely explored. A hew cbldssal'Frotes’tarit'empire'holds thri s bolftfirih : of power in Europe, and intolerant Austria lias fair! len and abandoned her.,, iidpleranpe.,.,, A .united Italy, a fiberalized 'firissra, a dembcralic Great'Bp tain, a purified America’, a 1 new'life in-'lflib' several branches of the trqe Church.of Christ, are the signs of the timesi that Son of frWa Moun t Sion Stretching forth'tKe sceptre of 7>vrir thei nations. .> Dr. YVqoiliasicrid tW‘attea£iao„jaf - i|ile Ajse,mbly.ts-tlie; riejv tb'esl* new opportunities Taid'upon us. ’ll, would' b'etrea sbri't'b-Christ! hot tbfffll ’all these wideTerritofie's with a p\fte Christianity, if, we sflid ;bo't ibeas- ;with Him the burden of the world's salvation, r His pre sence with the missionary is manifest notleßS in His blessing’bn their work than in,their hearts; The resources will multiply under His blessing as did the loaves and tlie fishes when the thousands were fed, arid it is Apostolic worlcViri its'spirit, sebpe; arid dignity, to take Of Him and-give to them that are perishing for jack, of knowing Him. The present is an hour of crisis; large supplies of men arid ! money are needed i I We Are to hold on toth’e’b'Ui fields, to say nothing of entering upo;n the work in China. He. pleaded with the Assembly to go down to the churches arid 'lav’these want's b'efore’theiii. - Dr.-PrentMS-reported” fromthe Committee, appoint ed to visit Gov. Geary. He had accepted the kindness of the Assembly with thanks. He was evidently gratified, said Dr.‘Prentiss, ribt mere’y as chief-mag istrate of this State ;but:also as a Presbyterian lately, received into the fellowship of .the Church. iwas'going''to Gettysburg^As requested. The repbrt' was received With'applause. ’ Rex. Thomas.H. Skipper, D.D., ,presented, ;the re,-j port of the Standing Committee on Foreign Mis-” sions. It praiaes the’report of tlie ’Penriatient Obm-'‘ mittee in tlie Highest terms. Last year’s progress hae been Yery encouraging as to the ways opened to, the work. But there is reasori for discouragement as to the conlributing. Half the churches give' nothing- and the other .half give comparatively very, little. The “ Monthly Concert’’ appears to be lau guishing. Th’e erirriestnels'at lib’nie is' 1 very rirtiall; compared- with. >that abroad. The' unsearchable riches of the divine mercy ;ar,e ,a depqsit in. the hands of the churches, and Paul himseli 1 considered hiniself debtor unto’all men to give them' tlie truth; Nothing 1b; more certain, to Christianity than that each Christian is similarly., indebted in kiqd, al though not in degree, 'to all mankind. The report 1 urges the dee'pS'ni'flg of this ' feeling the churches. (Expansion is the law of personal. Chri stianity. A comparison of Foreign and Home Mis sions shows how the friinistry is apportioned'' ’to each. All the: world has ariequal clairiv, yet'three fourthsof men are without the Gospel,, The one fourth has all the ministry minus about one in forty or oiie in thirty; What a reprfessiori of Christian life does this imply! There is no alleviation of the guilt of this vast breach ot trust. Access is now open to the ends of tlie World arid communication thither rapid arid safe.' China with 4QO.OOOjO(JO comes to us to .seek our influence and aid. The time lias arrived for a new beginning in Foreign Missionary work. If th'e late successes are encour aging there are great offsetts. The! world -has. ad vanced more than the Church. Materialism holds sway, and what more will come •we do not know. What standard does the Holy Spirit lift up'sooner than an energetic and rejuvenated Church? Is uDt a Peniecostal outpouring needed'just at this very time? The report urges the oneness of HbnVe and Foreign Missions—but-itinsists tliat to send abroad is to encourage the home labor. The permanent committee are praised lor correspondence with the missionaries and Rev. D. W. Poor, D.D., Rev. TJieodorus Brown, Rev, Robert Aikniaq, Mr, Wm. Church and Hon, Win, E, Dodge were recom mended to the vacant places on’tlie Permanent’Com mittee for,the full term of three years.'u DriSkinrier thpm, v .eigr earnestly qpoke of the . feelings he ex perienced about the subject and closed by offering it'to the General Assembly. ' The report was' accepted, unanimously. Rev. Dr. W- Fisher moved its adoption paying a graceful tribute to the admirable character bf the report and to thr man Who! read it. , Rev., F A. Noble, of. Pittsburgh? Presbytery sup ported this motion in an equally appropriate and allnbst eldquent spfseeh. He Hvanted’ to have t'Be fiery elders got into, the' work, .and h.e wished to see this cause brought Before the Sabbath school. By so doing and by bo increasing the efficiency of the monthly concert it would be found that the material for missions would be more easily obtained. He offered an amendment regarding the Monthly Con cert itself. It designs to reach: the knowledge of where Monthly "Concerts are held and ho#°con ducted, with what interest and-what attendance. It instructs the Permanent Committee to make such full and carefnl inquiries as to this agency as will make it truly efficient. Dr. Skinner seconded the amendment, hoping that this would be appended in full to the report which he presented. He hoped that President Ed wards’ “Humble Attempt," &c., would be read again by our ministry. The Monthly Concert is the test of the interest' in miss fobs hr(d> mission work. ' He! did riot wish the fibst Mbnday riven ing of the rrionth 1 surrenderedi- - Rev. C. J. Ilutchins,, suggested that we take the most practical'ineAba to get irifOrfhatibiias to the* raising of money,. , , j Hon. Wm. A. Dodge said nri w.arited to see tlie rich' meA 'of- tbe cduriYry, 'irifri' Whbtee 'cbfferß'God' had,.been;.poqying: tnpjtey,,,pressed the, way of benevolence. .(Applause.) , . " 7 Rev. iThos.'S. fyilihfcrhsonj bf ’ Dakota PfesUyiery, thought that they: failed' often: -out West, because they didn’t work, for Foreign.Mispions. Hediscov, toed it wheye Be was r on the boYders. If 'CKfistiaris don't' show thfeir ■Chnstiahi’ty bjr doiri’g What Christ commandsln- the -way of carrying the 'gospel, then they would be ham.peredau.home labor. „ There has been no loss to fhV mirimtry by all' that ‘lias been' done Amcfng th'e '.Daltotas. : 'Surih ' labor has’ beeniprpfitablqjri 4lL;>yay«. ci ; ,v q'-d' The Terrnhnent. Clerk read a telegram received, frbin tßfe Alb : ari'y i4.ysf Tutstlay iriorriirig' as a tiirie for. prayer «shortatiori- as proposed bjr this. Assembly, This was,received,with ,applause. , ipr. Henry R.'^teifAjpoyed 4 -that' the repor^'bf'the 1 ‘ special ConSmittefe oh' R'euhibh be riaade thefirstof-; der of - the: day for (Tuesday: morning, j ; - adoptedl , . „ 1 , . , . Adjbrifried tb gfi 'to {h'e'&overribFs'mah’sio'ri. ’ .(*<- y (KoveVliol-’ri ibcirijA&W.-' 'TWe 'drilegateß and-irietiibefs of 'the'Bfesbyterian General Assenqbly reached ,t_he Executive. Mansion , at about twelke o’clock? Some . two. hundred and fifty geritfeirieti ‘W l rife'’l>fielfririt, and ! fill'ed' the' upjieri l parlor, being the largest chamber in the house. ■.... 1 ; .Goyeyuoy Geary and hiB .(ady were present to re ceive the‘visitors, who paid their respects jri turn. A semi-birdS Was ‘fdfmfed',' ; krid‘:the Rbv. 'Dr. J. F.; Stearns, Moderator, of the Assembly ewas.introduced. to the Governor. . . , .... 1 Pr/ISl&tmtJtiiS 1 : 1 13b>Jirli6r,' Tb/H/fo''Ad 1 &bnoir to intrbdiice ito y.burr: Exfeellency the delegates -of the Geneyalj the[ Pr|esbyterian Church .of the Upited now conveped in the First PfeS-' byteriari church'in thiscity—a Church whichex plicit!y,jrecognizes, dp its (Confession of Failh. the authority of the civil magistrate, ordained under God/Overthe p"eople, for the glory bf His holy name and! thd public'welfare, With the authority to wage war on all just and necessary-occasions; a Church which declares it the duty of the civil magistrate to main tsifri 'peace* ’arid * justice 'in the land, and' which elaimsj pf - iprivilege* and th'e right of pro-i tection in fill itsJawfuh acts, without, distinction of ideribminatibn-!--erijoi&irig it 'upon 'all'its meiribers that' they 'pfa'y fbr Vhe civil ; magistrate ; that they' honor his pers.on they (pay; him tribute and ; all, frightful dues; that they.obey,all his iawfhl,com mands, and'Subje’ci 'fiidmselvriS-to hiri arithrifity f6r conscience sake- . -In-obedhlnce .to.-these ‘principles jt,haB|alway,s been ,regarded as our, duty to,-take, a deep interest in pttbli,c while'we meddle -jtfbt With pbliMfeb-'pfoperly sd-calied; arid 'Still TerisAr-- ray .ourselves jn the Upe of any. political party, we bays beep accustomed to t make our . voice heard with ' 'uritfeAaiH' riouncf,' in’’the 1 pulpit rind else-' Where, 'on'allfthe IqUestions -affectiog the vital in-! ther|i|p;ntry, especially such as have, a, ibearipg' upon virtue and We ( have .been abcaStOtried t'd f enj’o r iri ripori our people 1 t’b‘sustain %y • all the infiuericesiWhich'the}'; posseBS,-and by all the power and efficiency yy'hich- they hayej the rightful arithorities of the land. Arid, sir, duririg the late terrible War which has agitated -all hearts and made them ; pa!pitat,e with anxiety during these last; eight years, our pulpits all over the land have not ceased‘by their tlf eir discourses, by their’ ’exhortations,! to constantly- reinforce- the failing of- their.jjeople, and.enjoin upon them the sric’red duty'of bririgirig all the power they have to the support of 'th'e’goferri'rii'eTit Iri the maintenance of. the principles,of'.tlie .Gppstitution and the law of the land. [Applause.] , We are happy, sir, in meet ing as an Assembly at the prfesent tithe, in this Ca pital City of th’e.good-old Commonwealth bf ■Penn- '; sylyania, under whose Charter we, did our fa thers before us, hold our rights—our legal rights arid'privileges— to’find in the ‘hhair of the Chief Magistracy-one whose-person it is no mere matter of cluty to our .consciences for us to honor, [Ap iplause,] vyheri m 'him We recognize the gallant soldier,'-'the' wise, faithful,- pritriojic and uriflinch ing ;statesman r [continued applause,] and more than all : la brother 'beloved in the Gospel, of our common -Lord; And, sir,' riieetirig'as We' do at this time,‘un der your auspicSslan'd protection—citizens for the time being, as-we. may call; ourselves, of the Com monwealth bf Pennsylvania, I feel disposed to adopt as the motto of our General Assembly those familiar words of the,Roman, poet: “Teucro dace nil desperandum!’’ — which being interpreted freely (arid iny learned brethren here nill correct me if T interpret it l too liberally), is-—“ while Governor John: W-. Geary is ouy Gpyernor, we will never despair.”. [Laughter , and applause.] Brethren of the. As sehiblyt I have the‘honor of infrroducing to you’ his Excellency Governor Geary, of the Common wealth of Pennsylvania. • The Mr. ilbderator,-arid gentlemen of the Presbyterian General'Assembly: It affords me great .pleasure to return ,you niy most hearty thanks for the high honor and courtesy shown to me by this' Pdrdihl arid excCediegiy pleasant visit. And without entire Self-abnegation, I feel well as sured, that I should attribute this honor to the high regard your noble Church has always entertained for'those who iriayj'iH itKe Providence of God, be charged with executive duties and the prerogatives of government, and to the.loyal feeling the Presby terian Church lias always manifested for the unity, and-good government'of tlie country. [Applause.] ‘1 am certamly under many obligations to you,,sir, ; for your, kindly, recognition of any endeavors on my part to' aid’iri the great "national struggle, which I trust has happily and forever terminated. We can Congratulate ourselyes that all armed hostility with in our borders has ceased, ahd we now earnestly hope for the full enjovinent of that tranquility to which we so anxiously lpoked forward during tlie. long, dark, and. bloody-conflict, when the authority of ihe laWs Would' again be fully'established, arid when we should feel that!the blood ot our sOns had : not been shed in vain. [Applause.] As a Presby terian, as a Penrisylvanian, and as the Chief Magis trate of this great Gbinmonwerilth, I am truly hap py that: it is in. niy .'powe'r-to welcome you to the Capital of Pennsylvania, where .1 understand you are assembled for the purpose of discussing and de terinimtig ripon'such'questions and busiriesS'aa may he brought before your Assembly for the govern ment of the 1 great Church you represent. It is my, earriest'wish tliat'ybur Bojdurri in Harrisburg will be agreeable to you and; instructive to our people,- and that your efforts,in connection with those ofa sister Assembly now in session at Albany, to unite the different’ branches of the’Presbyterian Church 1 in one .grand union, may prove eminently-success-! ful, and then, in the language of a distinguished b’atribt‘a!ricf’S&ih‘Binan, let it "Be our motto, •‘‘The Union shall be'presferved.'’ [Applause.] Miltou in his praise of Cromwell, says, that “ Peace hath its victories no less than war.” However great and wonderful has been the martial prowess of our peo ple, still infinitely more sublime arid great are their achievements in peaceful pursuits. And while we mag be engaged in unceasing conflicts with numer ous and unrelenting foes, WS should never close to do battle with untiring vigilance for law and order; but in that contest, let our weapons be the Bible, the Press, and the implements of Industry ; our for tifications the school-house and the church; and our Watch-word, unconditional loyalty to God and to our country. [Applause.] Then there will be em phatically a renewal of that peaceful and happy day, when the “ morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy.” V The. Governor then repeated his welcome to the ‘delegates. TfieSvtioie house was thrown open to -them and they were in vited to engage in auch.exer cises as they might see fit to engage in. Ret. S. H. Cox, R. R., said: I hope iyou will al-’ low us to pay our respects to your excellent lady. A .Relegate: I know’ of no one better able t6‘ do so 'titan my ftretid, Dr. Gdx. [Lahgbtri? add dpi- ; jDr, ix, advancing,jSaijd : Governor, I trust, you will allow me say tjiabgreac 1 ris l i4 Our^esp'ict 1 atfd* affedtiOri’for you personally arid fdr'you'as the Chief Magistrate of 1 this illustrious Kojstone; State NationA magnificent arch, we are not going toior-. get' the ration beririhse thte 'ferin is bright. \ApplriilSb.;] i: We pay our cordial respects to the; lady beftelf, be-,; Haying' that Her,,Brightness,-ia>not ,alj, reflection. Whose influence will make our refleqtidri'aHthe mtiie' jOybus tand’bedraelt wlifen we ; reiri'embbr' this'-vlsit to the Governor’s house. [Prolonged applause.] We.-all.fepl what my mother told pie when my fa ther died aba*l awed 'M? , “Ma I l #Hatd6bsfltat iriehn ‘73 RlurilncS Union ?’ -1 ■ t Sib Cfe'th en >li liavei so re-1 verenced our soaring eagle, a grapd.spectacle |or all thejpations.to gaze i upon, that I want nothing to go before >ftte "Sd’ririfig of ‘ the' hafidif’k buid‘-e!xce'pt>'ttie J Cbutch—“Glory .to iGocj ini.the,highest,:peace on; earth pud good will tomenT.’.-.-tApplause!]., ’ . Calls were made tor '■'Attorney ",General T? WeivHer, mSti wris pfriSeht.' 4n ! ieBipoiiBe7.hfe' l bflid ,; he'feould hardly'understand why any :onei should i call upon. him to address the.Aasembly., .They were all of that grand old Presbyterian Cliurch , ‘4 fatally 1 of- Christi'ahs whose hi Story w4si intimately associated, 'with the religious- history of tips country, . It had been his fortune to bje educated at that Geneva of- Am'eric'ari Presbytferialiibm—Prmcetbin. 1 ’ ®’ wa'S'4- Calvinistio Presbyterian frojn the crown oflhishead to the ; spies j of. dept. The veriy, government of the Presbyterian Church was the governmenVsucli aS we POw liaVe here—a copy of the American:Re public. One of its greatest objects w.as the, protec tion of civil liberty. When we look,back upon the history of the Tresbytormn Chtirt;h in ;ihe United States' through the Idle" riribellioA ‘#fel mttat fcoricede; that tlie conduct of that- Ghrirch Was- characteristic i in its teachings. It was,'irfdefed, characteristic of its faith to be conservative of law and order. But wlien the occasion came and when they, had to de cide upon their duty to their country, they chose, under Gbits PibVideriee, the'line of their thity,'and it was owing 'to the. Presbyterian Church jthat we, had triumphed., I regret (heaaid) how inadequate ly I have responded to our call'. ' ,1 Rr. Cox— You ire ‘the* only'ohe -that' regrets, it, sir, 1 [Laughter; and applause!).,. , t v Calls were made - for the Jjbn. Will&mE. Rqdge, Who said:' It la rfow'half-jtast twfeWe o’clock, and wears nil AiixiOu's tO shake hands' with the Gover nor, so that wp will, not have time to make any more extended remarks. l ean only say Ahten to all that has 1 bebri sftid;!'PAppliuße,]''f • > - 1 • i, Dr. Stearns then ■ iptroduded., ; a ; ,large, nuipber. of name, to Governor, and Mrs.’ Governor Geary, and after a brief a'dc^pledSrint; 1 socikl -inter coursearidi exchange ofiSteritiment', the delegates se-i, parate,d njutupily f §ea?ed,and ; v ..„, , n V" •, •j Monday,Afternoon., j, , , , The Standing, Committee’s Report, on Foreign' Missions was in orde'r, hrit i wafs‘])osf‘pdririd' tO 'ifiak'ri room -for. two others. The Report .of, the Standing Copomittee on cation, which was read by Rr. Hiekok , speaks’ fvitH favor of the tabors Of those conriectod frith the .Per irianent Committee and of their statement : of work and results- The facilities for training a rising min istry were Sever grieater! Dr. Mills worked 1 out-an admirable system by the-Aid of; the Presbyteries, and this is in full strength and force rat present. The report recommends the following "resolutions : (1.) The destitutiori 1 in the Church, arid the wants of Home, and Foreign Missions make the Education cause an essential requisite to the prog ress of’Ch ristianity. (2.) The-Presbyteri’es Are’ responsible if they al low the; work to fail, or linger, and they too may reap a rich reward.if they are fqithfui to the work assigned them. ’ : ’ (3v) This General Assembly would enjoin upon the l resbyteries the full consideration of these solemn responsibilities and these inspiring ericour ageirients. ' ! ;j- * The Committee recommend for appointment Rpv, George L. Prentiss, D.IA, Rey. Theoilore L., Cifyler, D.D., Jallies W.' Duhnihg, 1 Esq.," *Ezra i M% Kingsley, Esq,, and Charles'A. Davidson, Esq. \ : The question then recurred upon the adoption of the Foreign Mission Report, and on this Elder Oliver, of Cincinnati; spoke, "urging 1 colonization as ari abject to be considered especially. Rev Mr. Tracy, of India, spoke of that country. Lord Stanley oiice prepared arid sent Out to India a 'miriute on Sducaii hj’which shut the Bible out of government schools. Christian teachers, however, were permitted to instruct out of school hours. But the last point was ignored and the Bible was prac tically shut out. Many English officers in author ity and iu the East India Company’s service, were infidels. But the young.Brahmins were discontent-; ed at this, and made complaint: that they were re quired to study Shakspeare and Milton and could not understand them without the Scriptures. Some years ago there l was a society formed of those who re nounced idolatry, in order to see on* what ■ they should base their faith. They Sent to Benares ana enquired and studied the old books, but it ended in their rejection of the Vedas and, their becoming very like Christians. These men came out as the party of progress against idolatry, cSste and'heatheri'cus-'* toms. Their .watchword,.was ‘iQiiward,* upward,’’, and they received and venerated the Bible and they wished to be helped up into clearer light. One pried, out, “Q, Father, give us faith"!” They had some light, they wanted more. This society extends now almost to Cape Cormorin and nearly over all India to tl.e Himalayas. And the crisis is this—that the best minds of India are feeling after truth. Shall we leave them in Unitarianism, and Deism, aud Uuiversalisin ? The call is for young men to, go out to lead these others into the truth. pCho best intel lect here is not too good for India’s 200,000,000. Rev. Mr. Walker, ofWiscousin,raiBed a practical question. , He wanted to see the contributions of the churches directed by the pastors into the true channels and the benevolent spirit 1 fosterbd.' He believed that we should put into the hands off every one the information needed, and by so doing we should'interest -them and' evoke their gifts.' Take specific objects. 1 He spoke of the United Prajby-: terians as far- aheadiiu this.thing., Tliey, apportion. exactly what, is needed—-Assembly to Synods] Sy nods to Presbyteries,' Presbyteries to their individual churches. They raise more money in'proportion'by far than we. , They .have .no delinquent, churches, [Statistics of the 11. P. Church" in America'by no means > Briar outßßis-aSsertioHr They ; ard'6yer the head in debt,] . ... . , Mr. Hutchinson, elder ,from the, ,N. Y. 3d, urged the impdrt'ancri of this 'caifte. ° 1 Rev. Robert AHinh.it urged the'importance: of:,the work, especially for China. He spoke of Confucius holding sway still over one-third of the human race. He spoke of the competitive examinations, and wished they might become common with ns. He impressed happily and eloquently the importance of going into the foreign work, He regretted now very greatly that he had not gone. Prof. Owen did not. think that, the children and the people had been properly educated to giving for the causes of missions. Among the speakers was Mr. Linus Child, a mer chant of Boston, and a member of the American Board of Foreign Missions, who was invited to the platform and introduced to the Assembly., The report was adopted. ’ 1 Rev Wm. B. Macomber, of San Francisco, moved that a committee of thbee-, to consist of Drs. Skinner and Conklin, and Elder Greeri;-be appointed to draft a minute expressing tb.e views of the Assembly in re gard to the delinquency of the churches in the cause of Foreign Missions. Agreed to. Rev.'Rr. Spear, froth ‘‘the ICommittee on Chhrch Polity, reported paper Itbljl, being a' memorial as follows: ...Whereas, The Spirit of Inspiration (I Timothy lii. 1.3,) has conferred, by implication, a “good de gree ” upon Deacons in certain cases, the.underaigned being Deaeohs rh the chhrch at Summer HSU, N. Y., respectfully overture the General Assembly, re questing them to.define the degree and to fix the ipr&pePfnbde’of its recognition. ’ ■' ’ ,>l'.h .• i. ■ fSaamn. OSbukd,:!. ■o± Lipjs Jii!« • -A. S. Yopa?,..,- :• Thq Committee recommended that the ntpibor ial Jits'be&risWered' bjrfeferring them to the Form- of Gotdrnmenft -Chifpi and .the Digest,-pp.,47; 4IP and 468., , . . , -The recofnthenrlAiioii'Waß'hdopted. ' ) . Dr. 'alsmrbpbrted’thb' folloWing, being paper ;/!j . .. . :,, Extract from the minutes of the Presbytery of Giyuga at its^bbsioilWAhburriVA'pril'lft/IgflS':' IlßsofiJcd/Tliatourl Commissioneis-tothe General Assjembly. be instruote,d.to present, to the Assembly the matter of ,the revision b'f subjects for Church collections arid a new'issue of blanks ebrreeponding to, the rqyisiopj and, to; urge such action as shall ,pro gressiy.elyinsure the annua) collection for such au thorized' 'subjedte, fhStn every church in Organic uiiibh'iVith tlie-Ptrisbyterian Chorch. ■ :;>j ■/ y.< The Coto-mittee the subjcet,be referred,to the Secretaries 6f the Committees on Hbribe 1 Missions, Educatadti, Ind' bhuroh Erection, to-consider the subject and rrepcnit; if the Assembly, and jf not so, then .to the next. A ssembly. ' ; ' Ueri. A. A. Wood' -moved to afnririd by rriferring the matter to the Stated. Clerk, together,, with ,the several Secretaries named. Agreed to, add the re comiriendation as amended was adopted. The Assembly then adjourned, with prayer.! . ; Xonday<Evening. : ri foreign Missions Meeting. • Thechoirof the.churbh opened the services of the evening with, an anthem, in. which the superb voice of Miss Briggs sustained the-sblo’part. They hkve alfeadyadded very greatly to the'iinterest of.all the outside meetings of the Assembly. The Moderator read the lxvii Psalm, and, Rev. jS. W. fisher, R:R., was called upon to pray. After the hymn, i ■-<- '• ; - - ■ . - , . “ Jeaps shall reign where[er the sun,’'. Rev^Rr.jßush, t ot Rochester, [well known to all good American Presbyterians,J addressed tlie meeting. He spdke o'£ the ‘missionariy'at'home in-thfe'foreign field!' How orie whom■ he;knew,'after being unable to-go without the cjty vralls, was finally! able to see so much result of his' labor as to be accompanied On his r way towards, this country, when;retiribg from failing- health, by,at least, one hundred, and fifty. Seventeen "hundred villages and fourteen thousand families '’triake' up his 1 parish at 1 the present ‘ ‘time. That brother had'labored-all. alone and the Board at Boston, had felt that he must, be supported. , The thing which troubled him was how to sustain the churches, which grew'out of those labors. -And yet they , could not get men to go out. The mission aries fail in health and have to return. , And .their demands must be met. Twenty for Turkey, twenty for China,—as many for the other fields, or the-de voted men now there will breakdown. Dr. Bush read an extract from a private letter, to show just how the thing la|y. It Bpoke of the meeting at Pittsfield, and the Report made there, that only, one man had offered to go abroad. It illustrated admirably the heart-sickness of the 1 honest, earnest laborers who give their lives and are-BOfereinforced in their weari ness. .And the heathens .themselves want to know why Christians don’t send'riid. A- daughter of a chief in the Microriesian Islands had to meet the question, “ Why didn’t you -come sooner? Where are my father and my mother?” And one said, " Do they wish - to keep heaven-' for- themselves?” And; Dr; Bush added, “Do we?” Rev. Wm. Tracy, of India, said that the promise was made to Christ that the uttermost parts of the earth should be giVen -Him for a possession- Even where he had been it was proving so. Madura was where he wished to poipt our thoughts. Beyond Africa one way, beyond China in the other; at the lower end of Iddia, lay this- land of darkness. If some angel had .come down no ray of light would have cheered, bis heart. Arid there some years ago they began. From devil-worship', known to be'such, up to magnificent Brahminism, the-idolatry ran. Some seven hundred priests were, attached to one Brahmin temple. After five or six years one proud Brahmin came and asked, “ How many Christians were there?” Not-one could lie shown. But the workers labored op. They took!the children, preach ed the'Gospel, prayed And taught still. There are now. some spots where God’s. angels can; see glim mering light through the darkness. Two hundred and fifty villages have Christians in .them. They have 1-60 organized'congregations; with from 6*ooo to 7,000 nominal Christians, arid . some 1250 mem bers of churches in go,qdstanding. Over 31 church .es are rieguiarly organized, with bight native pas tors. ;The-eare-nfeti; who loye topreach. .They get six or seven dollars a pionth—not very high sala ries About one hundred catechists, or.licensed preachers are there also, serif Out* by the missiona •ries: Family prayer is established in ; the villages. Schools, are in all the districts,. with hundreds’of children in attendance. But the trouble has been to grit teachers. So they raised up native ■ hundred.school-masters, and strange to say,>sc)ipol> mistresses, too—filled so v full of Bible; and catechism that 'they could not help but teach' well. "And wo men are the; last ones to reach—they are'so -kept down. Some of these people have borne theveriest and most bitter persecritiori. Dr. Tracy told of those who were abused'arid mal treated-by-a heathen headman,wnd-who yet stood firm, Another'man, a con verted priest,, was , set upon and beaten and cast into the ditch. Tlie Christians got about him, as they once-got About Paul, and helped him to a recovery. The heathen again falsely charged him with assault, and the English judge condemned hint once more—but this was too m'uck, and the heathen felt it to be so- and now his testimony -had feee ll greatly blessed. A day’s labor in India is worth about nine cents. Here, in America, communi- I (Aims give, on an -average,' one dollar to all benevo lent objects, that ia about one-third of a.day’s labor. There, they give about eight whole day’s wages, on the average. The protriise'to Christ is being fulfill ed; but the 7,000 Christians are but few, compared to the 2,000,000 in.that Madura district. Thexemust be men and money supplied to carry on these great enterprises. Rev. Dr. H. H. Jessup of Syriaismh he-had eon l6 to sav a word for his Master and for the Syrian mis sion. 'Would that? lie Pould lay; nptfri the souls of all the young men theicniShingjsSrise-he -felt to-night! He must soon return, and, for aiight he knew, eingle [Continued on outside Pages.]
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