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)R. 'NELSON SPEECH ON REUNION IN THE
HARRISBURG ASSEMBLY.
tienry A. Nelson, D.D., of the _Pres
,vtcry of St. Louis, said :
_Mr. Moderator : I rise at this stage of
,tir deliberation upon this important ques
tion to say a few words; becanSe I am pro
videntially in a position to make some state
ment, which no one else but yourself, sir,
able to make; and I apprehend (from
your position in the chair) you would pre
fur that they should be made by another. 1
think that this testimony may assist breth
ren of this Assembly in corning to a com
plete understanding of each other, and of
the brethren of the other assembly. I
solemnly believe that such an understanding
is all that is necessary to an unanimous
a doption of the report Which is before us.
aro sure that in this Assembly, there are
no obstacles to the adoption of the report,
except those which arise from the solemn,
conseientioas convictions of brethren who
have not yet been able to see any way of
voting as they would wish to vote,,on this
report. I desire most earnestly to invoke
from all this Assembly the utmost brotherly
forbearance towards those who are not able
in all respects to agree with them. The
diffieulties which are in the way Of some
minds, and which have been seriously in the
way of mine, are chiefly presented in that
solemn paper which was read immediately
after the Report of the Joint Committee;
and I think it only justice to say that I be
lieve I have had better opportunities of Un
derstanding the heart, as wCII. as the brain
from which that paper emanated than some
of my brethren, and I say, without hesita
tion, that there is no other heart, and no
other brain, the throbbings of which I have
ever felt, for which I have a more thorough
respect. Sirs, if this Assembly had been the
Diet of Worms, anti had had behind it all
the powers of the German Empire, and all
the dungeons of that Empire at its disposal,
that paper would have been read just as
steadily, and just as,ealmly as it was read
then. More than this—l seriously believe
that it is easier for a Christian man to ex
press his convictions in the face of such
terrors, than to express them with the sol
emn fear of his heart that be will grieve an
Assembly of brethren whom he loves in
Christ J esus.
Then, sir, let me proceed to give a state
ment which I think I am in the best posi
tion to give. I rejoice in my soul at what
those brethren have said to us [referring to
Rev. Dr. Richardson and Ex-Chancellor
Green, delegates from the Old School Gene
ral Assembly], and the, brotherly way in
which they have alluded to the delicate dif
ferences between' the two branches.
The moe triflicult part of this proposed
Union is -tt hat part which is called the
" Doctrinal Basis," because it is that part
which undertakes to tell the world what we
think to be the essentials of the Gospel,of
Christ—the truth which must not be sacri
ficed for any earthly consideration. As
Christians and Presbyterians, we have no
diplomatic secrets. I therefore feel at
liberty to say that when the Joint Com
mittee were in session the last time in Phil
a(lelphia, they appointed Dr. Stearns and
myself; (Brother Patterson having been
under the necessity of leaving before that
time, else I have no doubt that the Com
mittee would have appointed Dr. Stearns
and Dr. Patterson,) and the other part of
the Committee appointed Dr. Gurley and
1)r. Backus to prepare a Doctrinal Basis.
We met for serious fraternal consultation.
At our first interview we were not able to
agree. That which Dr. Stearns and myself
felt to be necessary as a suitable guarantee
for that liberty which we understand to be
demanded by this Church, was not satis
factory to our brethren, and we parted un
der a solemn fear that we should not be
able to come to an agreement. After this
interview of. the sub-committee, the two
Committees met separately, the New School
Committee in one room, and the Old School
Committee in the other room. Dr. Stearns
and myself reported that we could not agree
with the other members of the sub-commit
tee, on several points, and they were essen
tially these; that the Plan of Union must
embody a distinct recognition of the entire
equality of these two bodies as to their or
thodoxy. We had said to our brethren in
the sub-committee, that "our people and our
ministry were particularly pleased with the
report of the Committee of last year, which
was acceptable because the preamble said
that the negotiations were to be conducted
on the ground of the entire equality of the
two Churches. We had been able to tell
our brethren that that item in the preamble
came from our Old School associates, and
that made it particularly acceptable. There
is no point on which brethren of the New
School will be more sensitive than on this
point of orthodoxy. The general assertion
of equality in the preamble, followed by re
fusal to have in the Doctrinal Basis a dis
tinct recognition of equality in orthodoxy,
would be fatal to the plan." Our associates
of the New &hoot Committee fully sus
tained Dr. Stearns and myself in the posi
tion which we had thus taken.
ln the afternoon when we came together,
Dr. Gurley surprbled us by presenting a
statement, which seemed at first view to be
a more full, more! ample, more complete
statement of what we asked for than our
own phraseology. This was referred to the
sub-committee, and we retired to consult
and report upon it, while our associates pro
ceeded to consider the other parts of the
plan of Reunion. Instead of wading as
you see it now, it read (these I am' confi
dent were its exact words),--oommeneing,
after the clause which is known as Profes
sor Smith's amendment to the -Philadelphia
platform, viz : " It being:understood -that
this Confession of Faith is received` ' inqta
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAI jay
23,
1868.
proper historical—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 of Faith shall be allowed
in the United Church as they have hitherto
been allowed in the separate Churches, to
any extent which does not impair the in
tegrity of the Reformed or Calvinistic sys
tem." After a few moments of silent
scrutiny, one of the Committee represent
ing this Assembly said, "Dr. Gurley, the
grammatical. construction of this sentence
fairly allows an interpretation which would
be offensive to us, and which could never
be accepted." The brother who made the
remark was requested to state what that
interpretation was. He thought it could
fairly be understood to imply " That there
is now allowed a variety of views and state
ments and interpretations of the Confession
of Faith in one or the other of the Church
es, which does impair the integrity of the
Reformed or Calvinistic system, and the ma
jority of the United Church is to determine
how much of this liberty is allowable. This
does not amount to a liberty equal to the
variety of views which are now known to
prevail in the two branches of the Church."
Dr. Gurley disclaimed the intention of such
an interpretation. It was proposed to alter
the paragraph so as to divest it of that lia
bility. And theproposed changes—all that
Dr. Stearns and I thought necessary—were
readily and cheerfully accepted. We pro
ceeded to scrutinize every phrase and every
word. Dr. Stearns said : " I do not exactly
like that word ' alloived' " " I did not like
it," said Dr. Gurley ; " but could not think
of any synonym which I thought you would
like as well." Have you any objection to
inserting the word freely ?" said Dr. Stearns.
" None at all," said Dr. Gurley. So in went
the word " freely,"—" Shall be freely allow
ed." The sub-committee had appointed, me
their clerk, and they desired me to tran
scribe it. As I was doing so I said, "I do
not exactly like that phrase to any extent:'
How would you like to' change that' for the
relative pronoun, and to say 'various views,
Sic., which do not impair ?" "We will like
it better," my three associates , said. Dr.
Stearns made a further suggestion. He
said, " Are you not willing to have it read
The Confession of Faith shall continue to
be received' ?" " Certainly," they all said.
And I take it - there is nOt; a man here who
does not appreciate the purpose and import
of that change.
I have made this statement, in order that
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the Assembly nay be as fully advi4edL as
the Committee were advised of , the animus
with'which this article was d'raWn 'as it rs,
and as reported and accepted-in Toint,Com
mitteo. It left the impression on all our
minds, that
,it was a more ample And
complete statement of all that we had in
sisted on than the phraseology we had chosen. '
I know that to bei the impression avowed
in respect to the guaranty of our liberty. I
subsequently learned that Brother Patter
son and some others of the clearest minds
with whin -1-arnTacquainted-,'Vinugtrt
still , open -torn the -interpretation, against
which we supposed we had secured it by
these amendments. I am constrained there
fore, to think that the paragraph is fairly
liable to that wrong interpretation; and.l.
wish that sharper minds than those of the
sub-committee had been there to success
fully divest it of all liability to such wrong
interpretation. lam competent to testify,.
as I have now done, that the purpose of the
Committee was, if possible, to divest that
article 6f all liability to that `coriatinction
which alias nevertheless received. Mien
I discovered that brethren viewed it in
that way, I at once said, " If that be taken
as the intent of the article, I know of no
New School man who will accept it. But
we must be so frank in our statements; we
must be so clear in our testimony, that that
is not its intended sense, that no one in the
future can honorably claim it is so. If my
statements are, confirmed by my associates
in the Joint Committee, it seems to me it
will relieve the anxieties of brethren. ,
Let me say.a word, sir, about this matter
in amore general way. It is extremely
difficult to devise phraseology which shall
be absolutely secure against such Misunder
standings. There cannot be language, I
think, which will define what the Calvinis
tic or Reformed system is; which will be ab
solutely fret) from liability to misinterpreta
tion.
The Confession of Faith is capable of be
ing understood differently ` - by different
minds. And so, let . me' reverently say, is
not even God's holy Word f We must have
allowance for different views and different
interpretations. But, sir, I plant myself on
the history of this . Church and defy the
world to bring to any candid mind evidence
that all the views which are acknowledged
as orthodox in this Church, are not to be
accepted as Calvinism. We are going . to
have in the future, I believe, less. difficulty.
than in the past about this. When good
old Dr. Hawes was ministering in his ortho
dox way to his people in Hartfbrd, a young
minister came to him in great distress because
the people in a neighboring town were be
coming greatly excited by preaching which
lie thought contained Arminianism. The
Doctor patiently listened to him, and calmly .
replied, " Why, dear brother, I guess it is
not Arminianiara'; I guess it is only Calvin
ism moving." And, sir, that is what we are
about to have—Calvinism. moving ,at the
bead of all its hosts in an unbroken column
—moving immediately on the enemy's
works ! And in that forward movement,,
men will not find time to arraign their breth
ren for heresy as they found time when you
and I were boys.
Having said thus much upon that part
of oar work, I beg the indulgence of the
Assembly while I proceed to other parts.
Article 2d of the Basid affects those churches
in our connection which are spoken of as
" imperfectly organized ;" some of the most
orderly, some of the most orthodox, some
ofW tn9st Orbrii*Stio and'; ittfallyzulibt:t
Presbyterian of any of our churches. Thir
ty-seven years ago I was permitted to be
received into the fellowship of the Church
as a communicant in one of those churches
that has sent a number of its sons into the
Christian ministry, and into this Church,
and they are confessed to be good enough
Presbyterians. That church cannot com
plete its organization in our sense of the
words, without doing violence to the con
sciences of some of its most revered mem
bers. But it has in it men enough; and
women enough who understand Presbyter
ianism as well, certainly, as I do, and l love
it as well as any of us—enough such men
and women to make two or three Prrsby
terian churches as large as some in our 'con
nection, and man them with as intellinnt
elders as any that are upon our roll. T I ere
are other such churches. We have reason
to entertain profound respect for the I
trust that the sentiment which has been
expressed by the Joint Committee in their
explanatory remarks in connection vith
their report, is the sentiment of this As
sembly; and I take it to be the sentiment
of the special Committee, whose repor? we
are now considering. I trust those chch
es will continue with us in good fellowship.
The most of whom will complete theor
ganization according to our theory ; a 'd if
some of them do not, God forbid that heir
liberty shoiild ever be touched by the ene
ral Assembly.
I wish to say a few words now in regard
to that other troublesome part of the report,
i
—the examination of ministers, as they pass
from one Presbytery to another. Bei 1g a
minister of good standing in one Pr sby ;
tery of this Church, I hold that I have the
right to be so recognized by any other
Presbytery into whose bounds I may nortfl,
until that Preshitery shall convict me fay
judicial process of heresy or sin. This, I
believe to be the true doctrine. But, sir' I
find that many of my brethren in this b y
do not agree withi - mo in this. Con s ci u s
that the other. Sentiment prevails, I yiel to
it • lint if We were to vote upon the art' .les
in detail here, I should still vote against hat.
If the plan was still open for amend.' ent,
I should still insist on that amendmen . I
wish to be understood as yielding m own
ppinicpi here, to the opintononi my bre ren.
But if there should he a man whoa con- i
Scienee fconstrains hirri to'vete again I; his
brethren OA any question, God'forbi that
I shOulfP gat •agiinst Charity and:a ainst
the Holy Spirit of Love bTimputin any
but pure motives to such a brother, o that
I should fail to honor such fidelity t one's
personal convictions. In the Join
l.Com
mittee a r year, ago, one brother only) f the
Old &Soo' dissobted from oak actio , and
declared himself distressingly sensib that
one man standing against so many, to hom
lie claimed no superiority, was in an (lions
position. We hastened to console hi .* We
thanked God that Presbyterian ed ation
in Calviniatip theology does make it pos
sible, for a c rnan to .yield._ his consci tious
convictions, even for the sake of a< - ping
With his Prethren.
One word - more, if you' pleaSe s '
gard to that matter. I think I hav
covered some misapprehensions that ‘c.
removed. There is a serious fear i
minds of some of the brethren in thi
sembly that our plan of Union will b
clerstood to mean this: that every ma,
goes into it is on his oath before G
accept every proposition in the Conf•
of Faith as,absolntely as he receives al
s written'in the 'WOrd of God
it will not be wrong for me to refe
famous historical incident
and honored brother, Rev. Dr. Fishe
in the providence of God been appoint
a conspicuous position before
,the Oh
in connection with an eminent lead
theological controversy. lam acre th
:cident has been misunderstood by so
On that conspicuous
our brethren
form in the Philadelphia Convention,
Dr. Hodge, highly honored by us al
claimed the disposition which he thi
had been unfairly attributed to the
School, to require the acceptance of 0
osophical theories, and theological sp:
tions," superadded to the Confessi.
Faith He disclaimed all this, and
posed to take the Confession of Faith
own words, without philosophy or inte
tations. He proceeded to recite some
ments, and to calf upon Dr. Fisher, as
presentative man, to say whether he ace•
them; and Dr. Fisher said that he did
that :led to that affecting scene whic
thrilled so many hearts But did Dr.
Mean that he accepts every statement
Confession of Faith as it stands, acco
to its real meaning ? Dr. Hodge has
licly said that he could not say that
if, I recollect rightly that he knew bu
man in the United States that con!
that. I would travel a hundred miles
that man, if Dr. Hodge hid told his
We are Calvinists. We are a body k
in history as Calvinistic. Our plan o
ion, as I have shown that it was mea
be understood, guarantees all the li
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A. B. OAPWELL. Attorney and,Connsellor. N. Y.
NEHEMIAH KNIGHT. Hoyt, Sprague & Co., New York.
EDWARD A. LAMBERT, Merchant, 45 John street, N. Y.
JAMES HOW, Prest Union White Lead Co., Brooklyn.
L.• 1- WYMAN, Merchant, IS Burling Slip, New. York.
GEO. A. JARVIS. Prest. Lenox Fire Ins. Co., New York.
S. E. HOWARD. Howard, Sanger & Co., New York.
GEO. S. STEPHENSON, Importer, 49 South street, New York
CHAS. A. TOWNSEND, Merchant, New York.
JOS. W. GREENE. J. W. Greene & Co.. N. Y.
RUFUS S. GRAVE_S, 8.3. Wallstreet, New York.
I, W. FROTHINGHAN, Vrothinghani & Baylis, N. Y.
EDWARD D. DELANO, New York.
B. LEWIS. Jr., Valentine & Bergen, Brooklyn.
AGENTS I( PHILADELPHIA,
ESLER & COLTON, Cor. 4th & Library sts.
jem.y. Agents wanted.
BTEIOT ECONOMY IN MANAGEMENT.
PROVIDENT LOT AND TRUST (JO.,
OF _ESELEADELPILL4..
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OFFICE No. 111 SOUTH FOURTH STREET
Organized to extend the benefits of Life Insurance among members
of the Society of Friends. Allgood risks, of whatever denomination
solicited.
ZPresident,
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SAMUEL R. SHIPLEY,
Vice. President, Actuary,
WM. 0. LONOSTREPH. ROWLAND PARRY.
Insurance effected upon all the approved plans at the lowest cost.
No risks on doubtful or unsound lives taken. Funds invested in
first-class securities. Economy practiced in all the branches of the
business. The advantages' are equal to those of any company is
the United States. june4 ly
Mrs. Sherman's
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4,251
Skirts & Corsets,
25 North Eighth Street.
Ask for the AS YOU LIKE IT SKIRT, and take no other.
OUR CORSETS
are now so well known for their superior Shape, Material and
Workmanship, that it is, perhaps, unnecessary for us to speak of
them further than to say that we have greatly enlarged our assort
ment of styles, both of our own make and importation, and can now
safely defy competition. It may be well said that
In Mrs. SHERMAN'S CORSETS, ladies find
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The laws of Health with Faihion's taste combined;
Supporting equally each separate part,
They cramp no action of the limp or heart,
And no injurious ligature is placed
To mar the fleature of the natural waist.
Their fit is certain—and what's sure to please,
In all positions there is perfect ease;
Tho figures of the young they help to'form,
Aiding and not repressing every charm;
Irregularities of shape they, hide,
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So that by none can slight defects be spied,
While e'en a figure, which Is understood
As being "bad," may by' their help seem good;
And matrons wearing them a boon will gain,
Their early symmetry they'll long retain.
FOE SALE ONLY AT
Mrs. Sherman's.
35 North Eighth St., cor. of Filbert St..
PHILADELPHIA
May7.3moe
BDOHHILL SCHOOL PRIACETOIf, H. J.
Boys thoroughly prepared for: .College,!.or for Business. Neil
Session begins . Aug. 26. Nor" Circulars address,
jusell-amos. • 1131 1 . T. W. CATTBLL.
Hon. Alex. G. Cattell,
Henry K. Bennett,
Isaac Hazlehurst,
George W
James L. Claghorn,
John Wautunaker.
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