~r ,|,,vc distinct brandies of the great Church of the i;, r.inim'ioti. if you are known by the name of one of ,1),. u -n-;itt'si Reformers and we of the other, we are , !ner in our common Protestantism, and more than ..ifi n ™ir common Christianity and our allegiance to ,), 0 filin' (front. Head of the Church universal. Let assure you, then, in the name of this Assembly, • wo regard your prosperity as our prosperity, and V our joy ns our joy. Carryback to the body which v„u represent our Christian salutations and our earn ',,.l wishes for your happiness and advancement. Home Missionary Report Resumed. fin-. Thmnas Brown, of Tennessee, generally known us -Father Brown,” said that when they came to S p,. a k of the Freedmen of the South he wished to say ~ wuril. He had spent his life so far among that peo ple. lie had been trying to instruct both the master mid the slave as to their duty. He had been known to nil the churches iff .Sfcft Tennessee as an'anti-slav ory man, and more generally called an Abolitionist. IJe had earnestly pleaded for the rights of the negro, and lie might say that the happiest, day of his life was (he day when the State of Tennessee Voted to ratify the Constitutional amendment abolishing slavery for ever. [Applause.] That wos,,a ,day of joy to him, in- There was a responsibility resting upon this Church with respect to Freedmen that perhaps rested upon no otherdenomination witlri such force. The N. S. Presbyterian Church had the entire confidence of the negroes of. tjiq South. Pains had been taken to represent it as .trad jSjOoljtioii- (Jhureh, The colored people knew its position-di a! church upon that* ques tion. They had Bense enough to know that that church had all along been anti-slaveryun its feelings." [Ap plause.] On that-subject they might be said to sym pathize with our church. [Laughter.] They were not so stupid on this subject as some people would have them to be. They thought the N. S. Presbyterians were and had been their true friends. They had en tire confidence in our church because they viewed it as a loyal church, loyal to the Government and loyal to its Confession of Faith. ;He had heard of but two colored men, he had never seen. 1 them, who were “con servatives.” They had not that Smooth distinction, however, in Tennessee. There it was “ loyaland're bel." [Applause.] He had a son who had suffered from rebel hands and in rebel prisons. At one time, when he had escaped from rebel confinement and was making his way to the UnipnAinqs, he„was greatly aided by a negro. Ho bad aSkcd See 'here, .Uncle, you W6n’t betray me', will yoh'r” «3btray yoUT’ 4 replied the negro, “ Why, massa, I’se a nigger l ” (Laughter and applause.) He bad as much as suid, Vou have no right to suspect my lpyaljy, t! There was, indeed, a great responsibility resting upon the Church with regard to these Freedmen. They looked upon this church as peculiarly their friends. The speaker felt for them a very deep interest.’.'He had labored for their good for many years. He had suf fered much persecution on their account, his life, in deed, had been in constant jeopardy, but he had per severed and the Lord had-preserved him. He appealed to the church to standlij' the 'Freedmen of the South, to contribute liberally for their benefit. An invitation to visit the State Library was received from the State Librarian—Wien Forney, Esq.-—and ac cepted with thanks. A telegram was received fronrthe General Assembly at. Albany, announcingthat‘tlie vote on the first article of the basis of Union in line Old. School General As sembly at Albany was taken'taSt night, (Friday,) and resulted in yeas, 186—-nays, 77. Adjournment till the afternoon. SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 80. Tlie consideration of. thq; Hjtme Missionary report, was continued. Rev. Charles C.Wallace, of California, said that the completion of the Pacific Railroad 1 would open up a large field on the 'Fapifio ' Coast. ‘ Rev, Wil liam Campbell, of I)es Moines, lowa, spoke at length in favor of the claims of lowa upon the Home Mis sionary cause. V "■ 1 : Rev, William 0, Kephart, of Burlington, lowa, rose to speak. The Moderator asked the gentleman’s name' and locality, " ' , ’ Mr. Kephart said lie did not like to tell, because he was from James W. Grimes’ county. (Laughter and applause.) 'LI lowa the Old Sohool men overshadowed the New Sciieol men, because the former had clung rigidly to their own basis, whereas the latter had con sented to an marriage with Godgregdlionai ism. The Cotigyegationilists had'sfolen mosyof their churches. But ainot; they had been" divorced, the Church was again prospering. His people felt a great interest in the. Freedman's cause.! TlieyiVere all old abolitionists, and would be disposed to give more li berally towards this object than almost any other.,, 4. The Report was then adopted. ' • ‘ ‘ - ‘ - Church Erection Deport. This was read by Set). Dr. Prentiss. After referring to the unparallelled demand by our feeble churches for suitable houses of worship, the Committee suggests (1) That the experience of the lost two.years with the new plan is such as to warrant the Assembly in Adopt ing it as its settled policy. (2) That it shallr be,re garded as part of and placed on the regular 1 ' schedule of causes, und that a column be assigned Sip it in the Minutes. (3) They suggest (a) that pnstors itnd elders should call attention to the new, “fopm of’jjequest” which facilitates the application of to the cause to which it is bequeathed, (b) That,> .special, do nations be made through the Assembly’s Board, (c) That when the sums ,contributed jj&rtieular con gregation are $6OO dr moret these' be' given to some, pnrtioular needy church 'by 'Such cpng*jBgtttipn, (4) Extravagance in plans of building churches, is rebuk ed. (5) l’resbyterial Committees are.suggested ip place of Synodical. It if further proposed that the 'Perma nent Committee be empowered by the Assembly to en large the present plan of changing $2OO of loan for the old fund into a donation, so as to allow $3OO for $2OO, on condition that the remainder Bhall be paid. They recommended that, pastors preach a sermon, on the subject once a year. The following persons are recommended to the Assembly to fill the vacancies re ported by the Board : Hon. Wm. E. Dodge, A. N. Brown, Esq., Rev. Joseph T. -and'Rev. Arthur Mitchell. /, The report was discusscd and adopted.. Judicial Commtte* Dlsciiarircil. Rev. Dr. J, F. Tuttle, of Indiana, Chairman of the Judicial oomtniMe®i.TepoSe4 T what.purported Jo be a bill from the Synod of lowa, bearing no date, and un accompanied by tbe necessary papers, Avhich the Com mittee recommended should be returned to the appel lant.. Adopted. ■''■■■_ ' ’ Dr. Tuttle then moved that the Judicial Committee be discharged. ,Agre?dto. ~ , Education. Dr. Tuttle offered a resolution commending to the care and aid of the Church the: i‘jlo.oietx : ifor[th§ij > ro motion of Theological and. Collegiate Education jn the West.’* Adopted. ... ; , The report of the Educational Committee was read and adopted. Secret Societies. Rev. Dr. John Marsh by appointment of the- Con vention which met in Pittsburgh, May, 6, addressed the Assembly calling upon the Church to oppose Secret organizations. Dr. .MftSsh-topk occasions to say some severe things of Union, for which he was calleoWo order; by Jim., Wm. E. Dodge, and no official hotibeWai'taKen of his' mission. The judicial oas^ftom } ,the, L P i«.S ria ** made the order of the day ‘for Monday. Adjourned. MONDAY ‘ ’** . Rev. Dr. Butler read'a teTegram'received from the Albany Assembly whifibcost $17.98 to eerid, and which is as follows s v .„ . -...ri Albany, 1868, , J. Glentworth Butler) Du). t Permanent Clerk of Gen eral Assembly, Harrisburg : ■'' - r The General Assembly in session at Albany, May 13, 1868, has passed without aiqrindmeut, 187 ayes 69 noes, one excused, thb repprt of the.joint'com mittee on re-union, with the following Biy)pls|P«n -tary paper: ' * . , “ While the Assernby has approved'of the report of the joint committee on re-union, it expresses its THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1868. preference for a change in the first item in the basis, leaving out the following words, viz.: ‘it being un derstood that the confession is received in its histo rical, that is the Calvinistic or Reformed sense; it is also understood that various methods of viewing, stating, explaining and illustrating the doctrines of the confession which do not impair the integrity of the Reformed or Calvinistic system are to be fully allowed in the United church, as they have hither to been allowed in the separate churches.’ The Assembly believes that by omitting the clauses the basis will be more simple and expressive, of mutual confidence, and the Permanent Clerk is directed to telegraph this proposed.amendment to the Assem bly at Harrisburg, and if that Assembly shall con cur in the amendment it shall become of effect as the action of this Assembly.”' The Assembly also appoint the Rev. C. C. Beatty, D.D., the Rev. Ville roy D. Reed, D.D., and Ruling Elders Robert Car ter and Henry Day a committee to proceed at once to Harrisburg and personally to lay this action be fore the other Assembly. The committee has al ready left for Harrisburg. 1 Please acknowledge receipt of this. William E. Schenck, Permanent Clerk. Bills and Overtures. Ptof. H. B. Smith presented a report from the committee of Bills and Overtures;. ■ . In respfcct to the communication from the Synod of Reformed Presbyterian Church,, signed by 8. O. Wylie and others, requesting this Assembly, to co operate in a movement for procuring an alteration in. the Constitution of tlie'United States, !so as (.o give it a distinctively .Christian character, your Committee Vecommend the following : • . ■> Rdsolved,- That it.is'inexpedient for itliis Assem bly, at the present time, to make any declaration upon this subject. _ , 1 The report was adopted. Dr. Sniith from'the same reFoijtedStlie folloWingd ... ; . i '.A, ; 1. 1 ,.*. V \Jsi JJ ! Certain papers submitted to this Committee show that out of' thirty-six chaplains'inHße Army of the United States, twenty-one are Episcopalians-; that in pur Navy sixteen chaplains of the twenty-seven are [also Episcopalians; that the chaplain at West Point’ lias always with, for a few years, a single excepticm||jgffat' the chaplaincy of the Naval Academy htrafeifflVbeen filled by Episco palians for seventeen out of the twenty-two years of it§ existence; while at the same time the Epis copal Church does not probably minister to the fifi tietK part of thepopulation of the-corihtrjrV'ndrMs the proportion of its adherents much,, if at ..all; greater in our army and navy, and among the stu| dents at our military and naval academies. Such favot to a sihgle denominatian'is at',wp.r witthythe impartiality which our General. Government, ibcful ding'the Department's of War and tlie b&tlnd' to show in whatever pertains to religion ; therefore Resolved, that.tlie General Assembly of the Presbyterian . Church in the United States of America protest against such, manifest and unjusti fiable-favoritism in-the :apuointmeut;of; the Army and Navy.chaplains. Resolved, that a committee of five beAppointed to prepare and-send a-meraori*- al' to Congress, asking for a redress bf this'i'neqfual-; ity, and that the same memorial be alsb sent to the Secretaries of the Army and Navy, Resolved, that, the committee report to our next Assctnbly upon thig, subject. The reportwas adopted. , Dr. Smith also read a letter from the. Joint Con veners of the Colonial and Continen&LCommittee's of the Free Church of Scotland, which.suggests thje" adoption of. combined action .for supply in gd,Gospel ministrations to English-speaking” Presbyterians, travelling op the continent,of Eiirope, pr residing, at places'of’ general resort. The committee recom imends'.that the Moderator and Permanent and-Sta ted Clerks be a committee 1 to correspond and elicit’ furtherinfbrmatibtf,;and t<) 'enquire,. if the Ameri can Foreign Christian Union. could, accomifjiisb this l .result aimed at. All these suggestions Snapreports of tlie cftmmiuua vrere-adaptcaTv’ ’ A A ' Dr, Smith also offered the. following.resolutions concerning re-union, which' 1 were accepted and adopted. ' . ■ .... A";," A .- .., . ' ■Mesoluecl, ..That the Stated Clerks pf our several' .Presbyteries be instructed to call the attention of' their , respective Presbyteries to. the ■ Assembly’s overture on Re-union, and to report the, result bfi the action in due season to the Stated Clerk of the.. General Aseepbly. ~ _ T , r , „ hat t&eftejlotf-bfHlßs committee on Re-union, and 'the report-of the special commit tee of this Assembly ana any other action of this' Asseml|ly''pertiiiriipg/thereto;'bp prinfedand sent to all- otir Presbyteries’under direction 1 idf. ’our Sta .ted Clerk. _ „. , , , „ ’ : Y. ki. A, A sH ‘;* i Dr. Patterson read' th e* - " report orthe Standi rig. CommitteeoniPublication,-,which calls for earnest’ co ’°,Pbration of ( pastors, church . sessions arid,, eh arches,- m- order to ’thehiriereasect ’ e.fficien cy and' success of this enterprise. They urge the co-oper- 1 ' ation ,qf .all, in extending the circulation of the l Monthly,’ and rectfmmend that the Permanent Com 4 'mittee be instfucVed'tbrhsfitute a syfet’em bf tage with especial reference to the/distribution ioj the publications of the committee throughout ail the congregations 'in our" con nectiOn. They urge* the-churches .to utmost , liberality and fidelity iri ! collections, to enable the Committee to make donh-k tiioria to needy' churclies arid schools. ' The follow- - ing persons are nominated to fill the vacancies ere-, ated by the expiration' of’th'c ter&S.df kefivice of members; of the committee: Revs.* Williamf E- Moore, Herrick Johnson, D. D., Z. ht- Humphrey*, D.D., T. J. Shepherd, D. D._. and Mr.’William E. : Tenbrook. A • ' :j ; : The report was adoptedglMDA * fc> , ; Jno ., W. Duties tth^JP.ublicatiori ‘ Co'fnfriittec saidthat be vviii|4gi||ryfthe'vdte to•‘‘a’ccept An,4 adopt" had passed, fofPTgave to’lfijh'rip’, Op portunity to speak upon the report. Rev. Alberts Barries was the chairman of the comrnittee, and bis example of punctuality and devotion to';duty ‘ was very beneficial. He paid a> warm tribute to the fidelity.and laboriousness wiyh wliiph" the'C6tb :fi mittee devoted themselves 10 itHteii? tvdrk,rbotli iri J the general cominittee meetings arid in the meetings of the Sub-committees' of PublieatiorJand Business/ into which it is divided—one member of the com mittee haying attended sikty-four committee 1 . mpet-, ings. These gentlemen understand that the As-, ’semply’has decided that, in this age ofi/'iatehsest' activity, opr. Church will use the Press. ag, : ’one;<>f the ; arms of its power. At evriry meeting of 'the' Committee, applications for aid so'me up from our - ’ men, in the mission .fields especially, in the shape of Sunday-school books. These' appliCa.tiod's'shouldp be, and they'have been. met. But we need to do farmore for them. In old times ten‘dollars bought a ,library, but, it.;wiil npt now. We ought to.be able to give twenty,, thirty, even fifty dollars’ worth, ac cording to the case to our starting schools to’put them on their feet—adding, in -every case, to .‘what the people do for themselves. 1 Tracts and books oh the' distinctive doefrin’ee of Our' Church are needed, by Our Hotoe Missionaries; .they send up'nearnfcst requests far 'these. ;. Since coming jo; the Assembly he had received a"petition fdrodoks.and'tfaclp from .the Osage Presbytery, in,. .Southwest. these are the men who need the 1 aid of this work'. ,The’ colporteur work is proppsed .by fhe report ac cepted -by -the Assembly. One mode of this work is very economical. It is to"use'Pastors and Home Missionaries as distributors. ...There is then no cost" fog.srilary, The expenditure’ is for,ca.pital'iriv%3ted'f arid 'donations. With colpor.a It will pp undertaken iF.tae churches. jWmjrostjunHfle/ppmm^ work, we must come to the money question. Money is not, as too often misquoted, “ the root of all evil.” It is a very good thing; it represents one of the noblest things in the world — labor. Those who have must send to those who have not. The pith of the matter is that we need principle and system (for all our causes) on the part of pastors and sessions. “It needs courage,” it has been said here, “to resist the pressure of agents for outside good works.” We must be brave and firm enough to say to applicants, “ We have certain.col lections which we are bound to take, and after that we will do more if we can.” It requires determina tion; —but unless it is done, we shall continue to hear of vacant columns in the reports for Home Missions, Education, &c, With regard to the re commendation that the Presbyterian Monthly be put into all of our families, Mr. Dulles argued that a magazine, intended to lead men to be. benevolent,; must be circulated with some difficulty, b,ut that'it was of great importance that it should be . done, and was worth the' trouble it cost. It was'pub lished by the committee at a loss for the good of the church. ■ ' . ' •.: . . The Vote being.reconsidered, , ■ ~;,; Rev. Mr. Marshall, of Minnesota, thought that in many cases, colportage could do but little good— nevertheless the colporteur could be very advanta geotis as a missionary in many parts of, Minnesota.; He thought that collecting agents were either- i great help' or'.a great hindrance, and last'yearbe had been down. as. a general thing>upon those who came. : <;m , } -s ' , Rep. Mr. Avery urged the importance of giving! funds.,,, No cjiurch can afford to li.ve,,i’riihin itsglf,! atid'ke'ep its.'resources at home. V * ' ;' i Rev. W. Bf . Weher, of Nevada, spokeof our'pijb lica-tibna aiS of great use in his work off the GWffor nia'Bide'bf the’land. ‘'it '. : Rev. S. W. Crittenden 'sai'd that the Preshytenan Publication Committee .published 75 tracts, 27 little books, rll.-ca,tqeh isms, (good to make the O. S. breth l ren appreciate otlV orthddo'xy,))'' As to this last Dri Hodge had been presented 'with everyfstvle issued; There are between 30 and 40 ; bound books'exilu tsive of S. S. ' books which number. lilGv land of which 'l5 werp .published last- year. Mr. .Crittenden spoke of his own connection'with in, the bookstore,-and also concerning; the "businese there, transacted.’ He added that the bdSicstore designed' tB ke’ep for sale' the best puhlibationd'ot all other houses. They endeavored ! to find out what was right to be entrusted to tlie children of schools. Mr. C. mentioned the similarity of 'work between the S; S. committee and thp tPublication cause. ,s ( Mr. Turann added a few words on the same genj eral subject. ' ' ’’ | Rev. G H. Chatterto.n and others spolfe' ' and' thi 1 ’debate was growing geiieraVWhSn it Was arre&ted bv Mr. Weed. . , ■ .>.,.,1 ■ ■ The- publication report was then adoptedlffi. , Ilileage and the Caltfornia Delegates. I I The Mileage Committee reported concerning; , .cocpeqse of the.Californis,,delegates, desirjnd to doj liberajly;hjr the members from a .distance,‘/Bqt thjs 2 Committee see jlfat if is ‘only possible 1 to' who air? oohh jide delegates, as otli , drs*(;6me''tvh i o at- '• terid because of selection in consequence kif '(gdihg! East- anyhow. The formes they would pay incful .- Rev. Mrs}.Wallace, of California, rose tp/epeakyb i, the adoption of tlie report.’ He did npt; (eel that the (distinction _sh.o.iild,be .dr.awn, but that tlie ph> rata be pnforced- Almost. all_who were pf-eseiit were-going back, and all- would for providential reaSb'riei ; >lh view of this large del egation. ( t[hiB year,, and, of the iinportanae of the representation, iiow better than eyer preyipusly,, .'hn hoped (.He'distinction' betweeri them Ana othdr . delegates wonTd hot-be ■ : . . yj '■ ■ Red. W: W. Maconiber, of Nevada,-'said; that, they* had not eome to;be a burden to the iAssembly, jbut they, had aft interest in tlip/ matter. He ,-,d)d,.not want, tq gee tj)e delegatipn, from i B futuia ai>J.l«A «,toii vii>,i > Atstliis point the discussionrwas principally, in 'teriobutory*—showing that {the Californians w>ished' felt unable; as Prpsbyterjps, fCKSup-- port the,eptire expense, apd.plsb tliat thp Mileage CjOmpiittee lieaitily wisfied to pay tiiem,' But {lie “money was not in’ hdiid. 5 ' ‘ 1 Rev. Geo. Duffeld, Jr.., said that Gen. Bufoi-dHad. told- him tliat-'the Pacific R.' R. would 'he opened ■ year. Th'e'n we- cotild rebeive ■ Our delegates' inn ttoh -more cheaply. :li - ; ., ■,,. , I '* ; 1 Ptfgfc apppun ped, that, ib;s ;wn @ a test-* question. 189PQ,, would need to be, lncrepseJ, ‘to ehoreh .an'd the Un i ted States ; are ,gojqg,, • tUfljjf y)e|e,. brethren ;would not |>.e,keptputjjof;'thtM , ‘ ' hr!'Nelipn tiid _not J wish'lo s4e dollars! arid 1 ce’nts miked ,u'p iob much’ With' ethics .'ah'd^uidy or this, matlfer. ! 'He'thought'tlie ! GSlifo'rnia)'brethrefi shbuld 'Be 1 etehfif > the rest Of’thp'Assemblyiwerelinjot ; paid. ) We ! would ,autfeHessjfldvepdiflbrence between eix apd ten;ceatp ,4 pi,envb.ei’ }yaS;Con^emptible i .Opt jm j3t.,l£o,uis,you coul<|p’ ( t,buy ,si: r cents'wprth oi’ psanuts ‘ >; mt. : Wanli Cliairniaii,of’tH’e’ 'Mileage n GoWns:i|tpe' this'hrrangemefrif, hoi hs'a precedent but as ; ia' tehiporaryithiHg.' QiEe Wished iV ; to*' bW So' trader!) istoedi !iMl'x; ' , 2 iAn amendment was .proposed 'by Mr> Tew, .wthicljv instructed the Assembly to* bprrp>w.money and - pay* ; the claims,,, This passed.unapi.mbgsly and] with if the original report as amended/' ' ; J ' •' Dr. Nelson thCu moved' that the assessment be raised 1 so much 'as tire' Clerks deemed advisable.' ! : • v !i >Dr'. "Butler suggested' that .the Yule of the' Assem-' ■drly'imuSt be changed,- which was.-done, after oppo laLtion .ftoro; some members.i, , Jfe. i v . : Mr. OaBo^r{f,;th'e r complainapt,,yraB heard.,' He [said .lip had Jjega, sitting patiently, for, tjie t -past ten days like the paralytic waiting for the moving of the waters, lie had given notice to the Synod of an appeal but had thought it better to appear for McLain as an original complainant. The record shows that the Synod objected as to (1.) counter charges. (2.) as to proceeding on these and (3.) as to pressing the accused to trial without regular ci tation. Mr. Crawford proceeded to show that coun ter-charges are inadinissable by the book, (B’k of Dis. iv. 5.) Also that all the previous proceedings must be gone through as required before the regu larity of the case is approved. _ The Synod confes ses that these irregularities exist and the complain ant asked that its verdict be set aside. The book was clear. He was himself a constitutional Pres byterian and he wished to see no irregularity. . Bev. Glen Wood in behalf of the Synod wished the brethren to, know that there had been two parties all tlir6ii£h the previous transactions. The ques tion is, .Whether Synod did right to affirm the deci sions of lower courts. The ground of appeal to Sy nod ,was error in judgment. This was to put the thing oh its merits arid then the'trial was on cross pdints. ■ The church at Au feable 'Grove had excommunicated :,-Crirey McLain: —but the Synod, hqd said this; should only suspension. Mr. * Wood presented the. exactly as Mr. Crawford had. iWgtufl^R'ocenW'of the’par ties is iijit in qiiestrori— can heiof.no valiie. He Undertook (to say that there was a regular-jcitation drawn up Feb. 1, and put into the handp\qf McLain. “ ' Jfiv Orawfard' rose to the question whether Mr. Wood 'could go so far back of the recOrd-afe-this: . ; i 'The ‘Moderator -ruled-that ;Mt. Wood had. a right itOfdefend-fche Synod -from the eharge-of informality,, , bqt asked if the defendant was riot guarding the. Synod'by denying the Synod’s action. ' \ littl'e debate was occasioned by the' ques-j tiotfs-as to-tKe base ofiargufneut which arose at.this -point .. ...‘ ... , ~ , ; ~ ,Mr, jtipod &idi not wish the case returned because itfwould occasioti cbrifusiori and 1 distinction in the bhurchJ'' ! ’ :i I.- •} ; '■■.-u-, i'-j-,: : - :Mr,\ Omtf/brdicalledifor'iany record! of McLain’s ;‘havii)g reCelijed a citation. , , . j , }.Mr: .Wq# said itwasbot matter pf-jdeiiriite record biif witnesses bad testified' to it.'ari 'a fact. ff rwq cases were at the same time before the session; Mc- Lain vs’Jessup antl'dessup f frtfcLain:. ’ j Various..questionB,at,tljiB point.eljcited the fact that the CdsC-'wSs only a crOss-suit, witb the 1 other half nowhere! ; 3J/ie Maderatpr;raled that the Assemblyjmust-juiJge . whether Mr. Wood went back of the regular, agree-- "merit o‘n which the Casp came-up at. the present time. , _ ■ I,l l* l -- , ; Sfri (frawfdM responded -to the' stktbtherits of Mr> W66d. r/ , He'ga r ve a history) Of the'case l )bjr which -it would seem that Mr. McLain- liad,not .waived rbiA constitutional, rights- aud- was; notcited, to appear. (ThejSessioii; when it mpt, .met to try Jessup and not McLain. And after making a luminous exhibition , of thp informalities and the case he closed his pICS. I Ti e J was if hi plUi.n 1 ba ; ck Wbdilsiinkri”?H?e' k new J little Wbotftftliese thingsfind wished -to') But all he desired was to have- the Syn'odical’a'ctibn set-aside.> He did-.m6t:desMie 6enaufe,iUporilthe Sy nqd itself.-, ;i j, r-, vniJoLLf , , , , f „ - •): Theoasd,’on motion,of;,^>r. H;;B.JSmthj Westheh suspenjidtintohearfrom thedpiegaten-qf the General Assembly at Albany,, Bes. C; r Q. .Beatty, p.D.y yilleroy j.-Beed, Robert, Crirter, Esqi; and Henry DajC. v lW.y who ’had'just Arrived. A papCr brdught trbrn'tHfe’Assembly at’ Albany was being in brief what their despatch had r alFCa f dy .ifliri'riotlfic4a tffthisbbu'Se.--■"(;':r fc i r.'i : - - .ißeia-Dr. introduced-by the Modera tor,rjsppketesjpllows,:, - i-; i r !J( -• j Moderator .and Brethr f eri ofthifi pear. .byfprp ypu,';on,jthe. behal'f of pur qwn 1 ( bly, to ‘ask yqur. cOricu'rrCjibh in a'p‘fbpbsfed 'inerif to ; the (first ,'AUjcjMj kf.-the. Basib ofißbiif nio h. T’hax 1 Baßis' fiah-brien finally- iniour Assem bly by-a .large three ito oneiio.n , the final .vote;- Every proposition-,■ to. (amend;., ; thit -Basis was vqted down proniptly by Itlj,e,,Uniqn(.ma ,jp'rityj,. find .tlys yery i amendment, .yatious forms, ,aniqng the-rest, until the Beport of tiie Joint' Com -1 mittee was eritirely'approved. The’n.'it'.whs/knd not tflf-theh.' that’the' Hhion riiajority proposed t-o sub mit : to"you—riot to ado'pti' iyou( have iadopted it^-ainamendment which,-fortreasons thriy .nuich' prefer t.9;th^preee,nf,form. 1; wap p,aspri(Lby .almost a,unanimous r ypte., IT , ~,, , .These,.reaisons are two—as stated..in the,minute which has been read to you 1. As being more sim plk' Tt carries‘us back to the briginsil Cominori ac ceptance of the Standards by botnibodieS; This", 1 as bffiong 'eStabiisliei use,'is).familiar- to our ’ininis- IterS.-ruTing! elders arid people.-, Theisnbsequerit de tailing,as-to how understood on the'one hatij or the other, is\a new.forin, not reajily ,qcmpifehe,ndeii.by awakeriing.'in,quiry as, fo -its‘jnieanirig, may pe uVistakerij—pefnaps 1 coriiplicates’legal ‘questions —exCiteS-in'itself srispibiori jealousy. • 2'. T?his brings me to'the second ’arid priricipril‘Teasbrij It 1 is iftirre’expressing of} mitualjconfidence. -This f mrist*; be the real ground of bur union; if it is-to be true and lasting; ,and, we wish, to every[.mej-hod:- to maintain and promote it. We want nothing to shake this confideneeibr %hich'Beems to express or awaken distrust. On this account we think it best not to demand and! require.'gifaiante'es Trom each qiher, in regard, either ,to orthqdqxy or .liberty ; 'b'ther than , our 'common acceptance of ouf Symbols, as containing the system of doctrine' ta(ighti 'iri'' ! the ’• Seriptures. ’ ■ Wei assuirie that tli e m utrial cohfidehpe which ive dofeelin each other—and must feel-to 1 be ia-really united Church—is; the strongest and surest guaranjee, and;should be sufficient,: These are our reaso.ns. , 1 You wifi.observe, Sir, that only w.hen ,they had jCirried'apdiendorsed th,e views, of .Jofrit. Corti mittee, arid-given evidence'.of their willingnbsfi to Accord that liberty of “'various methods, ijf vievving, .stat ng, explaining and interpreting the GorifeSsibn,” tliat-they'propose this;amehdinent. Let' ili be dis tinctly and fully understood! that- it is: not from, any desire; {qilimitithaf libprt-y, which vre claim for our selves, and are willing to accord to others,, but |be , cause we do not think.it necessary. :to burden that article with what destroys iis simplicityj and may, an earthwork of entrenchment 1 for de fence or Offence; wlien "we design to’be without di-‘ visiorisf-oUri harmouibus as well as united Church. Youp Committee and ours 1 , in the report; say; that fdj thgius,elveSj,,they,.vyoqld have been .content to ,rest irp this prescribed form, of words;-- if.an outside pressure had not been upon we; say still myself,—Dr. Adams,—every jjjipSber of- our Com niittee in Albany! ‘We 1 ac'khoWedge that ‘ the pro- ; posAl for explAriatibns 'crime froriv us.- >T -take! bn myself the folly, if not the sin, of first'suggesting it: ; -r-rariT have explained to our;own Assembly : —not : beeause I,.ey-er thoughtAt ibest in itself, but .to.sptis-: fy others ,w,bom we represented. Now our -Assem bly ,has relieved us from this pressure. Brethren,, if you rilso will do s'o, I 'shall thank God and.ybu' rilso. 1 ' •’ ' ui ' ' - - ' ' ; hThere is an'other reason with ms, why 1 ,we desire and asfcithis amendment,'and rl ■ will: candidly! ac knowledge it. It will-help us before our I?r,esbyte sriesfjn pur.jefifort to have, themadopt,.these articles.' We will n.eed.all.the help ye can,get. Yo.u observe that there is a large'minority vote. It is composed ( qf two.general.classea., First, of those who contend; Against ahy'union with your : body from want of, Jceiifidence.‘Though few, .they areeXcellent/sin .Ceretmen,'iable and|determined—:we .feat !inflfijtible ; jiri opposition. As. they will not,,-probably,, pe in fluenced ,by any reasonable measure;which can be' .adopted,,wC.must let them take, their'.owm, persis tent way, till. God iii His good .providence' 'arid by' ferentlv SBe< Thr r!t t *'em to look on things dif s!v.J k res *“> < Dr ' however, many others vim r ' o !' ' T H e are ’ have confidence that we are ’nn for 11Cy, j ""v t “ S ’ tially, that we may unTte L ■ greed Bub f‘ an ' to this item, and they and T r6aS ? S ° b { eCt represent, would be gratified an A°eo 6 -r in 7 ehanne If,™ ~11. , n l conciliated by this cliange. Many, all through our Assembly thus feel very solicitous for this result, and our excellent and able Moderator (Dr. Musgrive), whose heart yearns for union, said to me in his a a surer step towards union, than to adopt this amendment. With this we can and will carry it with our Presbyteries.” Perhaps we may cartw it without. And, brethren, if you say so, we wi/go forward earnestly and hopefully, advocating Union on the Basis which has been approved :—though if this amendment can be accepted and approved bv you, we will go forward much more cheerfully and confident of success. We believe that it is of God, ana under Him, it will surely come ultimately, but we wish it to come without delay, as speedily as possible, according to the previous arrangements. Brethren, aid us! as far as you can. Df - Vdleroy D. Becd, said that they had heard gladly that God had been in our niidst. The dis cussion at Albany gave evidence of the presence of the same divine Spirit. God controlled all bitter ness and bad, feeling and uneharitableness. But there had not been the same evidence of unanimity there as here. Whether it were in consequence of less prayer or more sin, or Jess faith, he would not say. The strong opposition ,in that Assembly could not be understood except, by an eyeanj ear witness. Nearly three to'one, however, was the proportion on the final decision in favor of the report. There they stood, an.dHiey, wquld still stand there. They had no right : By pen and voice and everything try tp carry the Presbyte ries, (Applause. JWbut.they asked if they couldn’t be helped. There is'a strong desire for organic ■it is-time for-the,two bodies to come to e had hjinself always been known as an maa-yicoming;ip .after the division, it but yet a thoroughly unpartisan man. ■ejoice if the time came, and he thought as, the, time, when,-the union• was --about ;ed , ;'V' ’ l ert Carter said that the day he had ■ looked to for years seemed just dawning. He remembered a story of Culloden. Iri the gray’ of the 'morning the Earl of Kilmarnock waj. taken prisoner and dragged along. His hat ,frill-off,.and his son,.on the opposite side, went across,book his father’s hat,' and put it on, and then went bjick to the ,hostile ranks. .This, too, was the case of'fifthrir arid brethren. It must be re membered that five theological professors were in that body at Albany, and ihe I 'young lads, who had sat. at their feet, ,now stood up and voted against them. Many wished to shoiv'reSpe-ct to Uieir fathers by pass ing this amendment. ' - -God’s hand wits in it. That was their strength. And, although the men who had led for years were nri the ; Other 1 side; and they stood up and declared their < fears, it-liad been carried. Those in the Albany assembly who did not wish to ask for concessions were -Ithose-.serit here: to ask- for this. If this was gained, their battle was won. They did not want to leave the, fathers,out;, o They, wanted to come in love, and so they hoped to see this'simple change. When we courted, qur, wives;,We-'did not.,biqd them down to strict - terms. ■ We ivore too.glad to get them anyhow. - (Laughtei-.) We ought to have no more than simple confidence. The great philosopher, see ing the little cliild diping'a stiell info the water of the ocean, and emptying it jipto -the sand, found in that an emblem of his"owff attempt to'exhaust the greatness ® t°f -Grid.-, j Eet. -hs: -not attempt, to interfere withTGod’s -.Nm- 3; . 1 , ; ; - - •BSder .ffepry. Bay \felt he was among the saints of - T God when he. was bore. Tl'e found ,'old 1 friends' and 1 dear all about - hiih. He said -their moderator, a stiff, titstrong,! old Scotch ’®resbj,tenian,!,i[;Dr., Musgrave,] who. would asso on* have, thought. of ( taking wings and ’. ’flyingHo tho niMia,!** of-B'eunlon' on any terms, had 'laid hiOhand Otvhis/Mr. Day’s) shoulder, and said, .t'lTell them how.earnestly *1 .desire union.” We might thi^k- it,,was j: q,ueier.ta j haye .stiff, captious U. S. men . again try-tici-interfere with the basis. But they were 'determined to go through, and they were not here to o' represent the captious ones: Theywere representa i tiyes, of f the victors in the Joattle, .and they presented ..this amendment ak an .evidence of their good will. "-He wanted ihb.eCanse he, wished to fie Sure of the con ■ summation oft-his tiling' - The moment this change was .-allowed; the .Unionhyyas.ncomplete, j The New School .Assembly jholds in ,its hands the des,tiny of. both churcheS to-day. ' You’’stand'where you never stood ‘before. He would say 1 thih openly. There is no such power in deciding matters;of,,fact as the power of common .sense mien, jhp plain men -of,the. Church ' wanted, this amendment", because’it wiped' out all am ’ biguity-; and' left the old * tenets of theircfathers pure and simple. '.They couldn’t-exactly-nnderstand what “ ‘CalvinistiQ sense’S and,, “ Keformed flense’’ meant. ' As a lawyer, he felt that, in adding those explanatory . clauses, r ’a ! mistake was m&de in leaving certainties, •' tried, for; years,(land taking up with new and untried plans.;' {These wqrds,.in, the doctrinal basis, meant for .peace,.would ( he. fike an old fence, or even a bush, to ’ an' army l in a battte-f-sometlnng to afford shelter in fighting.’ ■lt wits d iilicuH to explain the explanation. It grew worse-,arid worse, the- more onejattempted it. Now; felt’doubtfiil. .and fearedjthe suspicions which' would be excited: 1 Adopt'this article, however, ‘ with thei, 'for each 'side, and how then, wo,uld) it beuwhen. tjhajother families of the Pres pytefiep..Cpurch canie.in?; It would be far better to have merely the simple', old words as a basis for broader union. Some 1 who' lived fail- A way might not perhaps know what ,kind 1 of ah animal-an Old/School maJMms, , A.qd how could Mey.know clearly about “MBBBSSstic and Reformed sense?” These words are |misundersEood and misapplied. • Tlie Law stated that' your - property would be safe, stands; musk of it, on the plain confession tl if there is anything added or subtracted, __ the .property—s2oo,ooo at Princeton, for example. But by theamendment here presented, the end can'; be gained , without jeopardy to property. There are also, a. few wfiij will go out from the Old Sohool if this rtrtMO' passes as it now stands in the present aspect of But these could'readily be harmonized'by this,amendment. They, as a committee, were hurried off ; without, a cup of. yvater or a crust of bread. So anxious was the’Old ’Sckool to have this fcatter settled; Hte was‘in-earnest. He- did’nt come here to say, “ How do you; do ?! ! and go: back and pay forgo object. Bor he wanted us to feel .that we held this thing in our own hands, and we had a‘ solution of J difficulties in this amendment, which would-; be. 'complete.’; They had put: the bars down, burned tty>. ships, and, come and offered) to us the simple : plain basis. You might ring out the nuptial bells from every* kteeple'theri as soon as you pleased. ■ Prof. 11. U.-SmiV/it moved that- the vote of the Assem .bjylbeireconsidered, in .order to adoptfthe proposition of.the OJd Schqol Assembly. ' - D.r. Paiterion asked whether,, not merely the basis, but the whole report of the Joint Committee was ap proved by the Old School Assembly?, Mr. <7arter.answered that it had been adopted seria tim. . ‘ * ■ ''■‘Dr. Patterson saidhe.'me'ant nbt J only the'basis of ;nnion, but thejreport also.*. ~ ; . Mr. Dap answered that the basis was approved, and the other was merely accepted. ■ Dr. 1 Paltersdn ‘said-that,as he : understood it, the ' approval was confined toithe!basis,;and did not include ■ any explanation expressed in thereport accompanying. He,was in favor of coming back to the Constitution pure and simple.* If the explanatory clauses were to 'be istricken out, wouldlit not. be regarded by this Assembly ns more indicative of good,feeling, and eonfi : in consideration of-its adopting the amend mentpitbposed by the Old School Assembly, the Old School Assembly should agree to strike out .the tenth article ?;.-.So also the matter of examination, would be left vvhere.the Constitution places if. _ , . "SenryDay and Robert Carter replied that they had