ISTew Series, Vol. 16j^ 68 1 $3 00 By Mail. $9 50 By Carrier. \ SOots threiJtbiitha. y gmiwati ’ ' THURSDAYy4tPNE>2Sj.IBi6B.i ::.. ftjo.j; 1) .MUllljJ. HOW IS tNDEIt- stood. ~ We |>ublish, ih aifejttit pftrts of oii4-paper'to-| day, the protest‘oHlie opponents to B,e-union in I the ftj»d.the we suppose was .adopted by that bodyy hubwljiohi at ttlb |, ov#fl«e Wssutfide' hy the 1 Oomtmtteejtip- l | poidfe'd’ftt'tfik ; , l attd is therefore, tWWdWII paper of the Holly. I ' tiur own Assembly, ing the explanations ofj the . Joint Committee, which; the other Assembjy .merely accepted* <apd by adopting the filrther-e-iplSnatiohs ,of the Spe-j oial Committed hlade it'pCrfectly clear in *whitf| sense we take tjie thirteen tirticles., l£ .is only the Answer tlie, potest, perhaps in. the Humphrey-Hall Resolution,, telegraphed , to our Assembly' late -on "Monday night), that we chn 1 learnthe'SCns'e bribed I ’tithe ’terms by thfe'othSt 1 body. , Let pa lo<s jhrst at the .Protest ,of the mi nority. ii " 1 The Protest itselfireoites* formidable series of. doctrinal errorsahd heresies,‘tohioh it charges that 1 bh‘i Bhdy holds to be eo'dsi&ent with Calyib'iamiOf'tha CWesfjion of. Fait- , THe mentis careful put tq. .charge,the holding of these, errors upon the grbat mass of our church,-but iti says tbit, in the*judgment ohr' bidy, a | person oattlojjioally hnd rfonsibtently'accept"the' West minster Symbol along, with. the qut-apdrout A 1 *, minian and Pelagian . errors, enumerated. It would be mere waata of'time to dwell upon these dhargesthtem*elVeß,Tfhich' are simply a re vamping of' the famoW Afet'and testimony of 1837. But it is worth?, w;hifo to remark, that ,the protesting minority even, have, felt constrained to, avoid the tone of indiscriminate denunciation employed in that document; which declared that' these herOsiOd'vte'rd widely prevalent'in the Pres byterian Chflufoh ,and were,, embraced, ;si, ajmpst entire: Synods. Iteshows great : progress wbemj even the ultra tM School' pirty are-drivßh to admit that these doctrinal ertOrs are repudiated’ by the great mass of the tfew,School. OhWoh, v The old lion is' shorq of ~ijftstrengtb-; _ life | you as gently as a. sucking dove-. A.,little, child inight ulmost lend'him.- “ J . J - . But passing from Which iS the voice, of a badly defeated minority, rapidly posing from; its venerable seat of pqwer ,in jthe other,body,, we, come to the Answer.- .It is a document of histo ric significance. It is we believe, the only offi cial declaration in thirty years—the oAly one since | the Excluding Acts, made by the other Assembly, upon the doctrinal standing of onr body. Duringi that time', controversial 1 books on the points of dif ference' have been issued'by the Publication Board of that Church, and by individual' mem bers, hut never before him the voice of the whole church been heard in the. form of a solemn de liverance from the highest judicatory,,until now. That deliverance is a zealous defence of tjie sub stantial orthodoxy of the New School. It. warpily, even indignantly, repels the charge qf the, Pro test, that we* regard Arminian and Pelagian* tenets to be consistent with Calvinism!. In language more vigorous than elegant, it characters such a position as simply. solF-s'tultifying and ( absurd; it scouts the charge as involving too much, for human belief; #»' describing an unparalleled phe nomenon ; absurd as.w.ould hftyo been the position of the NiCenc Church, if it had insisted that the tenets of Arius were consistent trinita rianisnfiof its creed; contrary to the wordings of the human mind in its natural-rmuoh more-in, its regenerated condition. . The fall of Adam,' eveh itt its ultimate ’conSeqUenCes, haS'not mankind Into a condition oF' rhdi-il' per versify such as these Protestants believe the l?ew. School OhUroh to occupy. Have we not entered upon a ticwEra, and is nob this answer a rnonument of. thS ftffdlhtito', as conspicuous as the shaft on Bupjterfliii But It is -still more evident. Por what .is the proof which' this Answer furnishes of a fact, but □OW officially reimgWf to exist, and directly opposite in fficts as believed and, formally recognised M only othpr (.feat occasion, on which, thpywere referred to by The Old School -What has put the Protestants —who' stand tfbete thd Assembly of ] 837 stood-so utterly in the ‘wrong, and put the New School equally-, iu the, right? any .pew deliverance of 'onr Assembly quoted' an .the Answer? Is it recent'senriOM'M m dividuals or frorbW Publication 'hr some extract from the Theological Quarterly at New York? On the < Bo«tritf'y7'it is a paper as old as the.division itself-,, the PhCT® 3 ?,^ 1, the NEW SfltfOOH .hItNORWi? W .tbo. of 1837 - Shat protest; vaMymade against? thei oh'arg'es'of the' De'elafatibli attfl TeAimofayltihirty-( one years ago, is ntoyfr 'solemnly bf.olighl'intd tbjit' body, adopted ala a.samcieat vindication, at .ouij orthodoxy, and commended, with, eyen ; hind,ed justice, to theUipsiofithe survivLug'auihors-of.the; ; Act ■TeStiAqny.itsdlf; “It 'lifts • tftkew iyearsfaiik U'ib'jfriinjh'jii'ing thirty feiarStft se'e'it,’- f! Infill i l v '.i/ > 0 U ■' ■ 1 • i '2^ for.thedfipfily i righted; And'so Far as their, dpctriAqljygputatipn, is' concerned,' it has' beon don o ;• thoroughly, hon ■; ; o Whly, nUmiat&kahlyvdSiie';' oii; ..,ib I .. n xh.AA.hs wer w ii) ’ 'the ’Prdt'fist iAade AlMtiV ; «r#"sTT .f/Tiw win# nb-/ ia soup olwii onj Isays that f,he 1 Bi^ep,f‘;,tru^ l di i oQtrines .^nuipqr^ a ted'in thei 'Aubuttn, oip i tb e i destrinal pfirt of the! Pretestiof :1837—‘ietn&reca i Aft THE n’d 'd/tfe OdlvfoiMitfGried:” Tt aiso* j) 6 °r ‘ r flSi ’autfhoritatdvej l{e.y, RphOffi AyPA, of Oalvinhnfa, 1 and as indicating ho.Wifjyr tthey.wish !tb ’ go, and hdw touch liberty they wish dn) regard 'to what the' ierms , bf‘ilriion'cairilie yaHpt^'dibdie? 1 of. explaining,; iUustrp.ii.ng jyidstating , Ca} 7| ' viniatie faith;” , Tbps', tlje.i^qml}iy'formally rc r , odgttizes‘<tbe e&iitence ofi a.'iVew Sohdol, oft TUb,oloftfW 1 'erti&ticing ufa the fuhdabitfh'tals/df a do'fcdihent originated ’£l3= sjgqed by suclplNew Scjhpol leaders , field; Gilbert and petqan as- showing.' authorita-. lively what this New School; type 1 of theology is,, ilt speaks of the late Dr. Richards, “ntider whose' influence and doetri*aV*guidance the- Auburn Convention divine;!’; And in s,o many words, declare, the Auburn, decla ration ia ed,sense or, dpes, npt ,impair the lintegrityef the; they jneap;anything, ‘IAEp the .th,e They oaAWt 'bp suspected, of, , 0fh.4,1 a .F, the same time' hidipg. their,. belief)., that, things , qot fuudaiqeqta} may vitiate tha Reformed sen^c,, or jmpairthe, integrity pfj4.he.syst l eflf,^,.., liua , ( This,then, being the interpretation) ;by the GM,Pi? h a9J!-A«P#b r >*# eputempiatei^y^hefij^t, article,, so fa* qg that, article and'(jhat of .doctrine go t es, wo .are more .thiyi cqn^nt, v Po/.parselycs, greater 1 Auburn, - ;It>fnhodies of doytri,-. l'lberliy; Jjh#t ye haye for,-inthesp .Cplumnft... It. l; ie,the as,JtichT, ards, Dnffieldj Gilbert, and,Reman, , : Nothing can be‘found ifi Mr. Barnes’, books or ■ in the issuexof the Publidaiion Comtaittee ih. conflict w.fthHfc* | ' Skinner ip the, Asseptljr 'htyiMr^burg i \ eally avowed his ,adherence to. it. Thp ,Ne,w,| School Church as a body began its existence i on' that platform,' and has remained upon'-it''ever | since.’ timate child of.the Adopting Act of, 'the.tolerant but prthodox spirit of Aiperican Pr eg-,, byterianismi --It is! a New;(School documeutjyarj excellent. ‘lt is Scriptural in itsl. simplieity lin'd' freedom from dialectical theories: / -It has dd fed-' eral headship of Adam or of Christ; no fiction of immediate imputation’or of realistic oneness; no critically'balaacfetf theory of the extent - of tlife' jSklpnemqut, leaving it the'llpity, is in earnest *n the, Gospel pffe.r, or,,whether,,He foresaw awd'‘foreordained- ihll the ..effects of. the. Atonenaedi;' it findsl-tio strictlyipenal quality-in the vicarious sufferings of Christy Co fatalTsti'c inability in the condition of tJi [ CfripAp r lttftT.i verses none of the primary universal instincts pf, iustiee in the human breast, in,elaborating a, dog matical system. . . ( ? Nor 'is it a merejiundle of atiy mfjre, than is the Epistle tp, J,be Romans itself. , Jt, teaches that eleCtidn. is a, ; sovereign , iapt; of mercy according to the counsel of his own witlp denying, as the ConfeCsibn"does, that any yiolCrfce is therehy; offered to the will'of the .creqtiftA J|. iteaches a divipe constitution, and yepregenjiatiye relationship) between Adam. ,:and ; ,his posterity, sileh thatiftll the race; -by-Wia traUSgressioM/ be cbme morally coVrupt and liable temporal and death; that original sin is a natural. bjas to evil, resulting, from the first .apostacy,, ,leadipg. irivariably and certainly to actual transgression,, an'd'jreqttiniig'thd' redemption and regeneration' •of thh subject,; evhn in of '.dymg'inMii fs,npy. 1( : ft teaches that .as, on aceoudt of Adames, sin; the race are.,treated; as if they had so'on 'ftoodunt-%f Christ’s righteousnessj his, peo ple are treated 1 As 'if' they'were rightedus. • It teaches that the suffering's, mjtfieath of CKnst, were vicarious; that is, a,sup)§riF. ut %% < ineut.due to offenders; that he offered a sacrifice ‘which God saw to be a' -full '‘equivalent' * for. .the penalty of thdflaw, making an atonement by which overtures of. ifaerey are eincerely offered -to t-he race' and ’secured to those who believe. ■ • ’lt teabhes'that mnners,‘although h^ents; ‘are jpsriy, I ,apoo'u? t^'? le ) f et a T e they'sp sin,ftndfbo opposed :to Gpd’slaw, that %e PHILAPRLPHIA. THURSDAY .IIiXE 25, 1868. Ol'J i<> KIT' 1 ‘V </' ' ‘ I "• ' • _ - ■ fill—i -iJ « :,NuieericHlly> tkelist one was jtlic largest bene ;id; Assembly .eyer .hpl^ifc'.pifiMpreh;jshe number)qf delegates .present was 3d3. t The: npar esf'appiWcli to ‘thisi humberWlaslast yehr,'at ]S6cbist‘&rj >< iy i Ken thbre- weredttendaifofc jap ft! atj CleVielaody jn 2'&s,tj In this city,,ip a>S6B,dhere were 219. present;! nTho smallest>Asr evet‘held , was i thkt''of iBfo, in this city> when only 8f 1 Wcpijeseiit |; 5S J Mnisters and 20 '•s>:' Isuehi a:lean council : represented a anoribund jstltnency ! ■ But it lived and grew, notwithstanda up's'. 15 'TKe l bl'ders hake Made 'tlife ‘greatest proper l V r„i!uv>v.> i 4 , > :i -'tionate imprqvemhht’ in attettda'ihcp, as their greki Bethany. Mission is one, o e 1 m Ae:South T we ß t,. i every |few figures of dividing : tbe numbers Christian man, or woman in eciy, or vim mg I ministry.' -We believe'but one-Bfesbytery foiled l’P, t sMoiild -not tqiPgt , lt lfP w J l / as on ; e ! °. ;• J at < Harrisbi'rgl ! iand ; but one nr sights . that soongr .or jpnOt e. seep,,.,as Itwdi-blerical 'Commissioners fitilldte repdr't flieiif surely as Fairmount, .the iMiutH°* Independence i S eiv«.s,;;;Our:numbers were 37)ess than thpsbpf Hall.' It occupies' one of the' most beantifu , 1 the body;at Albany,,but their roJjLshowed morg substantial, and capacious buildings appropria e vacahci/s- than -Ours.• All outoEresbyteries in to worship in our city. As you enter, the firs Califoimilt, Mfjfoesota, Mfeifouriy Nahsks, and Ten. things that strike you are its amp ean airy pr nessee were'represented. This growing fh'rdkss portions, highneihhg,broad iof our (l),tom flyinggaliery.fby y^r^&^The^ S ando homogeneity of the body, 5 (2.) From its are an infant school-room 'hbnie missSnaiy seal-greater thkn that of any mary: school room on thought of the platform fcbdy in' IKe, 'country,' proportion to'ifcs " f uttiowof brethren upon the basis, of ailivingcom r the,unobstructed space or, auditorium imfront nion interest in the woik of the kingdom. (3,) occupied by over e«,% ctos, and all the apart tll efficiency of oiirfibanpial arrange- ments cau be throwminto one, thns gmng the ■hr r; ! *?.■;: UK l ' - i ■ bxTft«nt ofl 0 fl 1 ' Hii'T*pri'nteiide6t &n audieno© of one thousand hear •meats for meeting, expenses of,, delegates. For superintenaenr ~. . . of one •several recent assemblies ample fvindsjhay.e, been thp .platform. . , ‘ in band for this object, and- at.the.re.cpnt meeting st(>ry„is ; a ; gajlery: for visitors, capable of acco - ! SJShWtifo4fd'mCdified to cover the case mooting 500 persons, who are, thus , cut off en -jr> iffo'rnli' ‘ The' baonv 1 fitely'from the school;* No description can con !abSSf h rare instances; vey f hadeqiffite idea of this unique construction, bd given to' tbe'grfeater aspects off-the Redeemer* on,a great i scale,.as tm ba worthy , ; . T kisldbidj r;L i wowoq' ail •..••UjiiJaoiq odw i;:,s:■ ,;d.i ti»a,,.i,. - iJo!d!uoii i«s {.'* ‘" r "? ,aliflightyi energy df the Holy Spirit j tbey'Will' UCVW’be'slivdd 1 - that faith-Mrid' special'‘works of'_tjhe Holy Spirit [ in,.^e ( j;;| !in a word, that God’ the Father, Son,, and, Holy, GhCstjlinithe,economy 6fi Graoe,iifttb® .Imystari jous- Source, Ground,* (Rule, 1 and!E^d'^f' alii, iiti iihfatli6piable tp human T6asBn‘, l <ion-i of,map. Faye,pur, iQld Sc^oll^rpthrepide-, iclared dm th'eiroAns wer: that > these, j.jlropcisi tions. all the fundamedt&ls’i'6f'GHlvinism/ , ‘ ;^e'do !l( 'Tfieygivp rooui .enqi^g^. t fj)t a|l trlpal - oare,;.jto. ipnijoy,,;.) ffihpymW®; a‘broadibiMiglii for' thebmoqt idiscursive; 'flights oP't'fee true 1 Galvihistic =-v- 1 : * L, ‘ I •■ W'e hatfe ‘styled this declaratiori r b‘ I He\V'School* idocument.j ( We are no±eopce l rnea ; ypsujp fyWp|,p qr a party, term, just now. If our-Old Sctoplbreth : ren see nothing in dt, inconsistent With their own) dbetrinal petition, we are willihjg to/bill'it an Old 'School docunient' and ours'elves Old School men. we believe ;the thjs Utnent older .than thei Old than ' Westminster,'or Dort,' or Heidelberg olderthan : Edwards,' or CririAelus, **'Witsius,' loft' Placeus, Jor i Staffer,* or Calvin ; older than Ijelkgius or !gust}jjg, ; asifjdld\as Paul. We that wjiat is called Hew Sohoolism, but what since this An-, iswer we may equally style Old Schoolism, is j n?thSig J iiio^' , tbiti'Galvinisbi“brou2'l/t riebr^o* ! the fountain-held 'of-all the Bible, ] ‘and viewed in 1 the light of the sense of the renewed heart of man. We'UatC nothing, !\re sriy, in sueh'a orisis, about nam'd?/Old School 'men' whole, have meant, hitSlferto/bijr Hew ! S'cbo'ol, something of wh'ich we arid HCiv SchobP j finite a’ body ar»"nidt '’dlraSfcicdlK som'elrh'liig | |vfbibh ! they mistakenly imputed to’'us j'&oCa'etliirig | which' they now, in terms, declard iidt'tbbblong tb 1 ' tie Hew School type of theologjr,li{ta&e' that, in- 1 I terpreted by its own leaders, embraces all’ tile furidameiitals of the Calririiritifi’sys'teni. | too re to say upoh tte i i Pro'test, 'and upon the 'Hall-HuiSbhrey aihrind mentf ielegraphed to our Assembly ere r of its adjournment. The irmitiiig ,i an& aspects' of docume'nts noticed : but we tqr ; e k irankly avow our‘satiation flie-man ner J fii- 'Which the doctrinaftwßis has 1 tfeen disposed of, and shall have nothing to say mate rially 1 to 1 altbrtbe rCcordj.'So'far as this ' point is concerned.,, The first article, understood,.as, emly;aping ,the Heiy School type of < theology, as thahwfts,sets forth; ,by, acknowledged Hew School leaders in 1837', is surely comprehensive to 'meet all the demands of our body., ( ,j , , !( J ,, p. >yf ,j..,s CRITICAL NOTES. .'ON. THE (.GENERAL ASn | victory j'instead Af rehearsing petty strifes and :fur Aishing ‘ sad proofs of carnality and weakness i iapaong its,* members. , (5.} There is something 1 'exhilarating in,being associated With;;then chief ' jconncikof i>bddy,-whdse proves? is riianlfest and j arte-prOsperods-.'' Jt' tdokj'gWfnfiie i martyr Spirit' fo‘r those 56T ministers and £?' elders itp * Come ito iT-he^e,.were,many that stayed away, becanae'they : 'had: notrthe iheart ’to-go. ' All that is'different i (riottl -'(fl.')"' The communities ainong whom the ,■ kaV’fej'belh Milting recognize more* ,i .readily |Ke cpnnectiop of jOur hoi|y witH the., pro-:, gressi of{:yly:is(;!s,cij,usf,,.afld the maintenance ;of ■ public krdorality'. So (that the -.preliminary • ar raAgetnents^iburdensome 1 enough yet—are’ so . isatidfadtSfibjr 'ti&dej that' tlie 1 ' occhsion beeomfcst , ■one oi spcrai joy, and Christian fel-i : ilo ! Wship^ i .j l (7 1 ,), - ; Thp facilities.,of .travel are, in-. ! |creasing; nthe sodiakspiritof■ the,pbople' is rising, l ! ! aW s ‘great- 1 gatherings ard itiblre e’dsily' brought j pa|fcj‘' 1 ‘\ M ' , our bonoredfCliief jMagistratehs.Q,-iWarmly, identi-, , fiedibimselfvwith thie Assembly;' even 'devoting | 1 hiYnself ho’ its 'ebtertainihent as the leading' host! . ;ofthe‘occasion'.' l ife had ,no‘scruple in avowipg | [ijimself one of ns, as he, need ,nop, .^ronj,,the loom,-; 1 his sympathy with, the,Radical tone oil onr body o bn- great'national arid-moral ques- . tions;hs‘wellaafi:om Harriy- J 'chnfcll. -'Twice his mripsWiras/lhroym opefl ( s th^A4eis;blyi> bprs jwpsfti entertained! there.l!o ,Qn: .several occa sions,' he. some Itime, In the house, an'in i tbrested 1 listener tri 1 tiS’de&atbivand BiS generous i conduct 1 in, pioneering ttys,b.urg,. i already., bfe ennoticed... The: t govern or -endeared' jhimsAlfttO fotih rind df-‘ dpridrict^so 1 . wdli garb'd tfijS rifflopg fcftfllfpqyitaghJest, memories tof theooccasroai tafiAlaawied /to dvteny 'corner of orif ! CbA*&W#Ma' 1 W J «Ke We have already spotpn of . l i^pe t) 4}^ in g9 i i B fe e( i character, -of fl fchs jbody''t Nby Jess (than:; «*•s» Moderators' had meats on the - floor.', Mr.- Barnes;; tWseverith • but ie allowedliiß alternate to'fake his place'. Signer, ■, Hictok, EatjersoH,'H. -.8. Smith, audilfeldon. .. Two othea ex-Moderatoravin :afctendance’, were Ik's. Cox and Duffieid/ 1 ‘ 1: 1 ■ ! ‘t'i 'i-t *■ HI ;g@y» We are glad to hear of the prosperity at tending recent' efforts of- ’the Y. M. C. A. of this city to procure the means necessary to prosecute theiif importa,nt work, andto. continue the payments required; for the purchase of the build ing they mow occupy. 1 Through' the energetic and persevering efforts of the new secretary, Mr. Thomas Marshall,, over slo,ooo'have-. been raked in a very brief period,, and, the Association is en couraged; to; continue itsn efforts twith a.view,, to complete the purchase at the earliest practicable hioment. ’ We'are' sure the’entirfei Christian com- I inanity; must rjejpfce.at JDheir.fem peraiico^meetings’,, held, in differerent, churches in the city, lhaire been almost the only specific Chris tie rnovemCnt'in' behalf of for a'long jjeriod; 'and are'So''judiciously conducted that they, cannot fail, to do good. < , Grenesee Evangelist, UNTo. 1153. ( ~Ministers $2,50 H. Miss. $2.00. \ - Address:—l334 Chestnut Street. Wanamaker, Esq.,,of, this city,,,is greatly encour - aged with the success, of his enterprise. The Church interests of the affair are under the control of Rev. S. M.Lowrie of the other branch. We can hardly conceive of any. but the qf success, in; parrying forward to fail! maturity, aneffortwliieli has-been begun so' oxaotlyin the best-noil j the hearts of theyouth; jiuslidd forward with the energyof a business man,, who seems tp!|^ire v ,tf(.dp for,,,Christ|ar mqre,jand more eo ergeticallyy thanwfc«»does,ie»en!im -hisegreat and prodfiel’bW worldly* v f i ' *•* b>- ... re .doll ,tu buBJtB me hw. y: y f6g-. ThureCCHt- visit of th^GhinCse 1 Embassy to our shdor,' ch,b|en |^^‘ IJ |^. H nu ,l i|er' qt statesmen, who is,. tq l7 ihtrodjice ; thejn to all the, courts of Christendom, is -a; insignificant event. Thetb may be sonte ideas ‘in Ohinbah civilization wificb;’ll wohiall WBM' 1 f&Me nations to be of in timates ;ip headdresses. wb.,dp< not certainly wishtb imitate-the Chinese bigdtry,which hither tS'h'afe dißCreditoamil beyond their vn limitsyeiPfe'biiliy as 'that bigotry is noWgiV lg i i«ghai!‘ljjoj^'pf'its dppline, ! Vnit.,one (( %ng f China porlpajm ftom. fore;her peculiar ideas will gfet ;eurrenoy;:ithw ■amffitiprf and thte Wiwereigbrbdsly'to propgate among others %hat 6fte ’ thinks valuable of her own. , is .in lact a part qf our Christian ioivilizatiflti—;thb impulse bto .communicate -to I others , what of good We i enjoy- ourselves; Mr. BfirliiigaiiSW, bpaiahg'fbr tbe*'Chinese, saM thej j came 'to 1 fisk hif us imong' other oiir, oKris-, | j^urjjLngam el - % jjw* oWtofflwheatJyolEhSt that ibejwill giviei his distinguished proteges ” opportunity- tto learn i soibething'inbtepfkMir ’Chfistianity, than is t’o' t be | gathered from, ipjerviejrj,', ,/. ~ , . f Someiof >!our .cbteinporariesH-ireUgious;-and so dular^eeem'to 'good deal; pUatled’ and mis . led by the supplementary ‘resolutions'‘of the 0. S. I .in .regttMl 'iip .Re-uhlfqn.. t Ihe United Assembly -failed to aqt on, the suggestion of the ' 0-1 S. Asseinbly to drop f ‘the Gurley amendment” from 1 ‘the doctrinal article,” Re-Union 1 is thereby postponed for another year. By this statement several qther newspapers not Presbyterian have been brought'into serious misapprehension of the actual status of the Re-union movement, while the final explanatory “rider” or Hall-Humphrey resolution helps to' increase the muddle. The true! state of ;the ease is amply this: (1) The suggestion of the 0. S, Assembly that the Gurley amendment be dropped, was only adopted in that Xssemblyafter the basis, as it stands, bad been approved, and that suggestion faifing to pass our-Assembly, the.terms of thesßasis go down to the 0- andN.S.'Presby teries for acceptance or rejeotiou just,as they were reported by the Joint Commit teei The friends of union in the 0. fit. Church think tfiat the, c^apci?-of itf,app««wj by the nq cesqary ,thrqe-£qurths of the Presbyteries WQuld have been .greater, if the suggestion: had been adopted,by our body. (2) The Hall-Humphrey ,no doctrine is tq, be.tolerated in the united Church which, either . Assembly has c,ondeuinedr-is ex. plained, as “ a sop to Cerberus ”in the 0. S. Church. , Its adoption at the time does , not ap : pear, very courtqqus jo our own Assembly. , The fibqtrjnes ojf the N. Si Churchjfieyer came before the 0. S. Assembly in any statement that New Sqhqol men would accept, save the “Auburn De claration,”'and that has just been endorsed at Albany as.“embracing, all the fundamentals of Calvinism.” It is, for New School Presbyteries 1 to j,udge bow offensive ; this resolution, ,is, but it : by.qo means pate, a .stop to the voting of the Presbyteries, on theßasis. Rev. John S. Craig; of Noblcsville, Ind., writes to the Evangelist :—“ Our Assembly has done Well. I can rote for all the articles of re union except the tenth.. It is,anti-Presbyterian, and anti-Christian when made binding. In the new or united Church the legislative power of the Assembly, as exercised in 1837-8, must be disavowed. It is monarehial?' Our cotemporary adds: “We have heard Old School speakers do [say ?] this very thing on several occasions. But the way is fairly open for additional avowals." ' prhe Irish. Presbyterian Assembly* has had another of its warm sessions. The “ Organ. Question" was up, but the exciting theme was the Regium Donum'.- The Conservative party, carried a, resolution-seconded by Dr. Cooke— to hold fast to the government grant, but it.wus by ; 'a^gEeatlyi; ; )reftueed majority. The tide L i? rising. l > i'iM ,1 i
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