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THY ECLECTIC MAGAZINE OF FOREIGN
LITERATURE:—The June number of this
Valuable monthly is promptly on our table,
containing a fine engraving of Jenny Lirid,
and well filled with choice articles, from'the
European Reviews and Magazines. W. H.
Bidwell is the editor and proprietor.
THE fREESBYTERIAN QUARTERLY RE-,
VIEW, JUNE, I.Bs7.—This No. contains
eight articles : 1 Exclusivism—Part 2.
2. Thoughts on Attic Tragedy. 3. Will
the 'Jews, as a nation, be restored to their
own land? 4. M.acWhorter on the Memo
rial Name. 5. American Literature. 6.
History of Public Worship. 7, Notices of
new books.
Sudden Death.
Rev. W. C. Kniffm, near Lexington, Sy.,
died suddenly, on Sabbath morning, May
31st. He was in a feeble state of health for
some time. On that morning, re went to
his 'spring, and stooping down 'for a drink of
cool water, fell in and was' drowned. He
was a good man, and a faithful laborer in the
vineyard.
Change of Time.
The •meeting of the General Assembly,
for next yeai, is appointed to take place cin
the Frnsv Thursday in May, instead of'the
Third ThurmlaY, as has been usual The
change is ma - de in consideration of the
Southern latitude of New Orleans, and its
unhealthiness when the season becomes far
advanced.
Western Theological. Seminar3r.
Mr. Sainuel J. Wilson, a licentiate of the
Presbytery of Ohio, and for several years
Tutor in. the Hebrew, and Instructor in
Church History in this Institution, has
been elected by the General AsseinblY to
fill the vacancy in the Professorship& This
appointment will receive the cordial'appro
bation of the 'friend& and patrons. of the
Seminary who know its requirements, and
the promise of usefulness given by Mr.
Wilson dining his past connexion with the
Institution.
Southern Presbyterian Review, for April.
This Review, commenced in July, 1847 i
has been suspended• for a time, but accord
ing to a notice accompanying the present
number, it is expected that it will be issued
regularly. The suspension was brought
about by the failure of its patrons to pay
punctually their dues. This Review contin
ues to give the name of the authors of its
articlei. The articles of the present No. are :
Constitution of the Presbyterian Church,
by Rev. Samuel R. Baird.. 2. Christian
Missions and African Colonization, by Rev.
J.' .B. ' Adger, D.. D. 3. The Martyrs of
Seotland'and Sir Walter Scott, by Rev. J. H.
Bocock. 4. Testimony of the Ancient
Jews to the Trinity, by Rev. Thomas Smyth,
D. D. 5. Historical. Sketch of Systems
of Theology, by Enoch Pond; D. 'D. 6.
Idolatry, b)• Wm. A Scott, D. D. 7. Wig
fall's Sermon upon Duelling, by' Rev. J. B.
Adger, 1). D. 8. Critical Notices.
Rome and Foreign Record.
BOARD OF DOMESTIC MISSIONS.
A •
letter is presented hum the Rev. J. W.'
White, of -Middletown, Pa, giving a cheer
ing account of a late work of grace in the
Presbyterian church of that place.
RECEIPTS for April: At Philadelphia, $6,526 72;
at Louisville, $2.199.86. Total, $8,726.58.
BOARD OF EDUCATION
The number of students in the Theologi
.
cal Seminaries of our Church is given aUfol
lows : Princeton, N. 114; Allegheny,
Pa , 81 ; Union Seminary, Va , 25; South
ern Seminary, S. C., probably, 30; New
Albany, Ind , reported; 13; Danville, Ky.,
36. Total, 299,
RECEIPTS at Philadelphia, in May ; Fund for.
Candidates, $8,166.46; Fund for Schools and
Colleges, $628 26; African Fund, $87.02,
Total $B,BBl. At Pittsburgh in ApriV $820.-
84 ; at Louisville in April, $410.50.
BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS.
Mr. and Mrs. McMullin arrived safely at
their station, Futtehgurh, in February. Mr.
Leavitt was married to Miss Shurman, daugh
ter of the late Rev. Mr. Shurtcan, a re
spected missionary of the London Mission
ary Society, in January, but is compelled to
return to this country on account of impaired
health.
RECEIPTS in April: Frei: churches, $15,215.48;
from legacies, $2,262.76 ; from 'Synod of Re
formed Presbyterian Chttrob, $2,160 00; Mis
cellaneous. $4,064.25. Total receiptsin April,
$23,692:49.
BOARD OF PUBLICATION. •
During the month, several new books
have been published, among 'which we no- tice the Selections .from Rouse's Version;
now incorporated in our book of Psalms and
Hymns, in a separate form. Price 10 eta.
DOLLTIONS for Colportage and Distribution Fonds,
from 15th April to 15th: May, 1857, inclusive,
$2,278.48. Amount of, sales from Aprit'lst to
April 80th, inclusive, $4,991.82.
MERU( EXTENSION.
ItaterlPTS for April : At St. Louis, $772 00 at
Philadelphia, $242.00; at Pitesburgh, $90 1 8,84
at Cincinnati, $95.21. Total, $1,200;86.1
UM
The General Assembly of 1857.1
The multitude of subjects which come. before
the Assembly is such, that we cannot en
large upon them all. We notice a few of them
in our editcWial 'Columns, that our readers may
have a glimpse of the more important transac
tions. In other columns, and in smaller type,
we give more extended notes of the Proceedings,
in their Order.
THE SABBATH
Sabbath, the 24th, was a delightful day. Ino
churches were thronged, and we have reason to
believe that the Gospel was faithfully preached.
There may have been something of man's sinful•
frailty in the manner, and even in the spirit.
Pride and vanity beset the beat. These are great,
tormentors of the truly devout minister. In
making his best efforts, he is annoyed. ' And it is
not always great efforts which convert men;
neither is it on great occasions - that hearers
always receive the most benefit. But great occa
sions and great efforts have their uses; and we
rejoice when there are good, as well as great
men, to meet them. We shall allude to, but one
of the many preachers of the day; and that one
is the Moderator of the Assembly: Like the
Great Master, he preached the Gospel to the poor.
He proclaimed the blissful glad tidings of a free
salvation, in one of the large,African churches,
whose organization numbers sixteen hu r ndred mem
bers. Truly, it would seem that, in this place at
least, there is no
, respect of persons—or if
respect, it is, that God bath, chosen the , poor of
this world, rich ,in faith. The attainments of
these people we know not, but they appear well,
and have the means of'grace, and • enjoy those
means. Sixteen hundred colored members . in
one church I and there are other colored Church.
es here. Verily, if , the sons of-Africa:are, made
the Lord's freemen, they may bless the Providence
that alloted them a home among Christians, -even
though it be a home in bondage; and' if our
Southern brethren afford to their servants, church l
es, and preaching, and time to attend upon 'the
ordinanees, and the liberty of choice among evan
gelical denominations, we may well perpetuate
with those brethren our ecclesiastical connex
ions ; and we may also learn something of them,
as well as they learn-of us, what the disciples of
Him who is no respecter of persons, owe to every
being that possesses 'a human soul.
FOREIGN MISSIONS:
Foreign Missions was the theme for Mohday..
The discusoion was earnest and able.. - 8°1;3(3
diversities of views on minor points were present
ed, but there were no opposing , sentiments. The
duty of sustaining the Board was universally ad
vocated. There was not the shadow of A: censure
cast on the brethren for thejndebtedness incurred
(eleven thousand (pillars) It was caused by the
demand for labor, and by circumstances beyond
theicontrol. The heathen themselves made the
demand. They were. stretching outtheir hands
to God. They were crying to ;Christians for
help. What could the Board do ? Must they
not respond in the spirit of. Christ? Might
they not confide in the churches whose agents•of
progress th ey, are ?
- The call is now upon the church for •vastly in
creased liberality. The addresses of Secretary
Wilson, Mr. Rankin, of the China Mission, and Dr,
Thornwefi, of South Carolina, - were listened to
with profound attention. Dr. Adger and other
brethren spoke feelingly ensile edification. The
Report or the Committee, fully sustaining the
Board, was adopted with entire unanimity; being
first amended by the addition' of a resolution
directing all Church Sessions to take up, speedi
ly, a special collection to clear off the indebtedness,
and replenish the exhausted Treasury. This
collection, it is intended, shall not interfere with
the regular contribution& These are to be con
tinnedl they must be increased, to meet the
growing Wants of the` heathen world. The day
of conducting our Missidnary affairs on principle,
as <a part °twit:ship, and as demanded' by; allegi
ance to - our Lord, al EiB our prayers and hearing
of the Word, see:esti° have dawned. That prin
ciple is to become all-pervsding and • effective.
Mon. will yet feel that they are the Lord's, to
aerie him always and in all things--their per
sons, offspring, ,property—their all:; - all will be
".holiness to the Lord." .:It will be so. it should
be so now. Ye are Christ's. While men live,
they should live unto;the Lord.
The sermon in the evening was on, the =same
subject which had occupied the Assembly's at
tention through the day. It was preached by
the Rev. Dr. Humphrey, of. Danville Theological
Seminary, and.was a masterly treatise, on, the
subject of Allisions. We hope it will be publish
ed, and we will take pleasure in recurring to • the
great truths which it sets forth • lucidly and elo
quently.
EDUCATION,
On Tuesday the,Report of the Board of. Educe,- •
flan was before the ..11ouse. It had not : been
printed, and no abstract' was : furnished. We are '
hence not so fully possessed 'of its condition and
operations, as We are of those' of the Boards of
Missions. And the time occupied 'on it WWI not
near so great as •that' devoted on yesterday to
the Foreign cause. Thitrlife : Would' Wishitoe'io
attribute 'to any''defective appreciation of this
vital interest of our Church ; and yet we' cannot
entirely repel the rising thought that there is a
halo in the distance, attracting our adiniration
and drawing us to a work far nobler,' as we
imagine, than that of training up boys at home.
But how can any enlightened Christian regard
the Education:cause as of but secondary import
ance ? The preparation of the men is surely
the first thing in both time and order. If men
are not, they cannot be sent. Christ called and
taught, and. Prepared hie heralds before he sent
them forth into the world. Can there be preach
ing, without preachers ; or missions without
missionaries' We must have the men. The
prayer to the Lord of the harvest to send forth
laborers, implies,that there Ire laborers on band;
or, it implies both their ~ p reparation• and .their
sending. What will all our :contributions and
prayers for the Foreign field avail, if thereare
nolministers ? Can missions live without Men to
send? Education, as conducted' by- our Board, is
the , calling; and- training of the 'men. ' It is es
sential. It furnishes, under God, the motive
power of missions. It is the missionary spirit''
in the well prepared men, that awakes theinter
est in the churches, and incites and impels them
to liberality and prayer. All this, however, was
substantially embraced, and parts of it made
prominent, in the exercises of Monday ; and
hence need not, so soon, to be at large reiterated.
The substance of the Board's Report was
stated by Dr. Van Rensselaer. We may yet
have an abstract of it. The Committee's report,
on the Report of the • Board, was read by Dr.
Leland. The. Board was cordially sustained.
THE METROPOLITAN CHURCH.
Rev. .7. M. r. ilmsnison, agent for the collec
tion of funds for a church building in Washington,
which may correspond:with the style of the place,
and be adapted to the wants of the floating pops.
lotion of the city, and the numerous strangers
who flock there, reported progress ; but not that •
progress which would indicate the • speedy act
complishing of the object. The enterprise has
been before the Church for a number of years.
Several times has it been commended by the
General Assembly; and by the Synod of Phila
delphia,. and by the Synod of Baltimore. The
Presbytery. of Italtintore, have had it in .charge.
Agents hive been employed to travel far and soliiri
funds. -Money enough has been obtained to
purchasiN very eligible site, but not sufficient to
authorize`a ciinerabf for the edifice. In rifition
to it, we !eel like' many' otheis--8, great 'desire
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for its success, but not that practical desire
which would: make us ardent co-operators. We
think the Work should be accomplished; but do
not approve of the soliciting of distant and,feeble„
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congregations, which can scarcely procure for
themselves comfortable plaedgf of worship. -
should be done by men of large means, and who
esteem splendid houses a necessity. The Pres
bytery of Baltimore, Which . pnibraces Washington;:
City, should do it, and Philadelphia, New York,
Richmond, and Charleston, should aid them.
Why beg the country - pyerfor the means to littild:`
a single church? Why expend ott" . oi erection
the funds , of charity,.which would sgive .effective
aid to fifty feeble congregations in comfortably
supplying their pressing wants? The Assembly
again commended the : cause to the favorable
regards of the Church and country.
THE•. ASSOCIATE REFORMED SYNOD OF
THE
This is one of the smaller orthodox Presbyter
.
rian bodies. For the first time, they sent a Del
egate to our Assembly, in the person of Itiv. N.
GORDON. Between 'Mr.' Gordon and the
Moderator, the-usual courtesies,passed, and with'
evident •cordiality. We note it in the proceed;
', SERMON ON DOMESTIC MISSIONS.
The Annual. Sermon on Doniestio . Missions was
preached on Tuesday evening, by REV. - Da.
Hoivann, of Pittsburgh. 'The rain, Which fell
copiously, prevented the large attendance which
had waited on the instructions of the previous
evening; bat a -house nearly filled testified to
the interest felt in the cause, by members,of the
Assembly and by citizens - . As the theme assign
ed waw.Home Missions; Dr. Howard , ;very
piltately directed the minds of his auditors :te :ibe
fnct,' that Jesus was a home Missionary. He
came to his own. He labored, his life long, with
the Jews; and, with very slight exceptions,
preached to Jews only. And when hi.sent forth
the twelve Apostles, he bade them, go, ,not to, the
Gentiles nor to the cities of Samaria; but- to the
lost sheep of the house of Israel. And When he
commissioned the , seventy, it was to.go into all
the cities whither luk himself- would cotite. And
when, finally, he instructed -his servants • to go
into all the world, they were to begin, first, in
Jerusalem In all this there was most clearly
indicated, the duty - of evtingelizing our own coun-
The preaCher beautifully and foreibly presented
the 'reason of our SaViour's course, and urged.
the importance of our acting on the same prinoi-,
ple. There were ties of kindred and the impulses'
of patriotism. The Jews also' ere prepared, in
Providence, to receive the Gospel, and fitted to
distribitte it. They bad colonies-,--the dispersed
of Israel—trading colenies, in every
_principal'
city and country ; colonists who. •kept up a
constant intercourse with home:, And we are
prepared of God to receive the Gospel—a free ,
country, an untrammelled Church, boundless,
opportunities for education, are our heritage.,
And we possess the 'greatest facilities for spread-,
ing the influences . of,4he Gospel-a'people gather-1
ed, from 'al" lands, trading with all nations.;
possessed, of immense wealth, , in our, soil, mines,.
forests, lakes, rivers. If ' this nation should
beoorne truly and thormigidy evangelized, what a.
powerful instrumentality would .:it , put forth
toward the evangelizing of :the world!
The Sermon was` a good successor -to that of
Monday evening, and-would be a worthy compan
ion to accompany it, on printed pages,' on visite'
throughout' the land. We shall hope to meet
them oft on theirerrands of influence.
SERMON' ON MINISTERIAL EDUCATION
The sermon on Education was preached "by Dr.
Plutaer, of the Western Theological Seminary, on
Wednesday evening. The weather was delight
ful ; and as many people as could, get within the ,
reach of the speaker's voice, 'embraced the op
pertunity of listening: The aim of the dis&Mrse .
was to show the importanee of hiving a ministry
well prepared for their'work.And , this was'done'
in spanner Which must surely condrinfthe at-,
tacbment of Presbyterians to the prineiples of
their Church in this line, and:enlist their sympa-•
tines anew in behalf of our Educational prUvis -%
ions. But we have, lready said So much on .this
subject, that we forbear to multiply words, ft.k
the present.
The Assembly has asked copies for the press,
of the sermon on Foreign pdissione.ned of that on
Domebtio Missions. needs, also the diteourse
which speaks of the due preparation of the la
borers.
We may be permitted now, in connexion with
our commendations, to netice a failure which Oc
curred in each of these excellent discourses. The
failure was one and the: saine—a failure of ex..'
cess. There may be too tinkly even of a, good
thing, and then, all that is added, beyond enough,
detracts from the benefit of whdt had gone before,
When we have but one sermon in a whole week;its,
excellence may enlist us, and enchain us, far be
yond the hour; but when,' it the close 'of ever
wearisome days of mental effort and ettentien, we
are to have a Sermon each evening; the' capabili
ties of endurance' in ger mOrtals`onght'not to be
too severly tried. An audience' in inch catiei,
ordinarily if not always, would:greatly peter that
their entertainer and instructor should send them
away a little too soon—a little before they, are
satiated—that their appetite may be keen for the
next evening's repeat. And it may be well for
us to take this hint to cairselves, and restrain our
voluble pen; or direct it to anaher subject.
* PUBLICATION.
The Secretary of the . Board presented its con
dition and prospects, in a manner quite, encour
aging. An abstract of the Report to the Assem
blris given in another place. There is a gratify
ing progress in every department of the oper4t
tions, as exhibited. We have not yet had leisure
to examine the document throughout. Should we
hereafter find anything'which needs, and would
likely be benefitted by ,our comments, we Isbell
notice it The press is one of the guiding and
ruling powers of the day. It should be "eminent
ly in Christian hands, in all its department& The
Church should nse it in all ways in which . it can
be made effective`; but especially ; in, the ; produc
tion of books and tracts. Benefits have eiidently
resulted from the strictures made last year, upon
a portion of the 'spirit then manifested. The
wants of the people have been since more exten
sively looked after, in the issuing of a largely in
creased number of books, embracing music boeks,
all adapted to family, and• Sabbath School wants.
The Assembly expresses gratitude for these pro- .
dnetions, and cheers the Board onward. It also
gives a very strong recommendation, almost en
joining the issuing of some of our standard Works,
in the German language. , This will be a new step,
in a right direction. ' •
• The importance of this Board' increases with
every difficulty which encompasses the' American
Tract Society. That hitherto eminently useful
institution, has been involved in trouble. Whether •
it will be long able ttrpublish books commanding
'the confidenie of the' churcha generally, comee
.to be doubted.• But the fieldfor us is evidently
enlarging. We have no idea that ourßoard shall
•'be a grasping concern, nor a supplanter of any
thing else that is good but we wish to see' it so
conducted that'it shall be dequate to the richest
supply of the wants of our ` own. Church, and in
'viting to all who love precious truth.
The sermon on this subject' was appointed for
Thursday evening, to be preached by . Dit. +STA:un
ion, of Chillicothe, Ohlo. It will doubtless, he. a,
worthy, successor of, the excellent:discourses no
ticenlaiready ; brit we fear that rolion'will fail 'Vs
.to speak of evert '..ti ft det4l4,
even if our own powers were adequate to the de:
11=
tforiptien, and onrreaders' tide'ivould Xstify the
perusal.
CHURCH EXTENSION.
~„„The.jutereatin,this,enterprisa.lka-greatlyAnl?
creased. The contributions t though more
than double ;of last Atilt, however, fall:
short of the demand There are many congrega
tions now
, al,dcd by the hoard of, Missions,
which; if they. had ChUrchieifioes, Could 'Sustain
themselves. It would be economy to help such
churches promptly and liberally.
An %nitrated discussion., Vas had Inpthe, , As.„
t.
sem ly, on the Committee's rule, not to aid any
church which sent abroad solicitors: They-allow
every church to choose whether it will apply to
them, or send. abroad; , bat -not to.do both. The
Assembly sustained them notfully in this: .We fear
an injurious result. Otherwise the Committee
was fully approved; and was commended to the
confidence, and , liberality , of all the, churches.
This is the youngest of, our,Church enterprises.
It is not yet duly appreciated ;. but, through the
persevering industry of its conductors, it bids fair
to win its way,to a generali and , generous regard.
THE AMERICAN BIBLE SOCItTY.
Some - ten .years ago, thel American Bible So
ciety, finding the variations'Allat had crept and
were still creeping into the English 'Bible, through
errors of the press, changeivinioithograPhy,' and
other constantly operatinecinsesV had %vio l in°
very numerous, conceived the idea of`a, thordtigh
revision; embiaeing I the' editions "in most:re
pute; as far back as the' 'first,; `which "was
printed in 1611 To accomplish this• work, the
Managers - appointed an able Committee Of Chris
tian. ministers, wite,':ifteifriome . feur years of
label.; had their , task%iidented; and their revised'
Bible *di-adopted and , published.' It has hence
been' in Circulation some SIX years. And it is
only recently that the question of the SOCiety's
right to do 'whit it' ha's done, has been. Mooted.
In. melting the reyialon,, the Managers put into
the hinds of the Committee, their own_ standard
Bible; the Oxford Bible,:published 43 , 1767 !by
Dr. Blaney; the London, NiOurgh i , and Glas
gow. Bibles ; and the Translators! Bible, first edi-:
tion 1611.; six copies. ',The• result is, an altera
tion in theleading Ormany•ohapters; the change
of a few words, of some. capital .letters, some
spellings, some italics,. and, Oft some of the punc
tuation: . -5 c f
This adieu of the' SoCiety was - assailed 'tifith
great earnestness in the Assembly, by Dr. It J.
Breckinridge, who baa.p o ,ited SD Overture re-.
questing the Assembly to Aistip'proire' of the So
cietfe iverk, and to 'arrange' for. the pUblishing,
by our Church, of an English Bible, 'which we
might regard as a' Standard. The Hector,'is
Chairman.', of t the`
, Committee of 'Diertures, re
ported own paper ; and, on its coming before
the House, made a speech of'some three hours in
length. The subject is "4":,f immense importance—
well worthy the brother's zeal, and the Aesembly's
time. If the things charged are all as be stated
them, the Society should be rebuked and re
claimed ; if the speaker hes misconceived` its
doings, and is,, by his efforts, lnjaring. one of the
noblest and most, useful institutions, in the land,
or.in the world, 'his: error should be exposed, and
the Society vindicated.
The Managers of the American Bible Society,
in their zeal for the perfectness. of their edition,
of the Scriptures,. may have gone too' far;, and
even though they may have introduced nor error
into.- their Copy, 'they may yet.-have ,assumed" a
power, in revision, which , wasnot theirs,.att the
assumption of-iihicit is a. dangerous precedent.
The Society was organised , to - print the Scrip
tures,. and circulate them. Ite thinstitution; and
its professions to the Christian comnrenity, bind
it to publish the , English Bible, as in -.use it the
time of its organization,' (18160 Without note or
Now, has the Society exceeded its powersq
Breckinridge'says that it ;has: ,The Managers
think it has not ; but they 'say that it it;'‘has, it
will retract every thing done beyondviihat was
properly 'Within' its-proVincel - Atit, "thoiigh it;vot:
untary institution;'' it is not ahtagonisiriC'to'llie
Church, but auxiliary; that it is composed of
Prisbyterians, BpiscopitlianS, Congregationalists,,
DutCh Reformed; Methodists, &c.; SM:--coinposeil
of all EvangelicalChristianti; and that it is not
abihit to contend against the Church, nor; against,
any branch of the Chyme!". Only point' out, its
wrong, audit will retrace its steps. Thisjs surely
fsir: Rev. Mr. MoNeil, one of the Secretaries,
was. in the Assembly, and spoke on the subject.
His explanations seemed to be highly
and his promises on the Society's behalf were all:
that could be reasonably, asked, Ile.gave a. very
interesting statement of, the History ; of *the Eng
lish Bible, and of the:labors and, careininese of
tho Society in their work.—
But, has the Society exceeded its powers? The
work is evidently well-done, in the main,- if not
entirely;; But had it a right,- under , its2constitu-
Bon, to do it; •'or should the Church, in. some of
its Ecclesiastical organizatiens, havedoneit ?
That revisions' are needful; is most ,evident.
There is never an edition Printed, WithouVerrors
of the press. These, errors are copied, apd others
aided. Orlhography;Aingei, taste inthe nee of
capitals change& If the Bible in the impression
of 16H, were before us, it is supposed that not
one perion in twenty could now read it—scarcely
read it with the use of a Dictionary. There must,
necessarily, be revisions Such is the state of hu
man affairs.' Who shall make these revisions?,
Why, every publisher makes .a -revision, every
proof reader Makes one, to some extent. He tries to
follow a" Copy, but he twill not reprint, manifest
errors. He will correct, them Bow far does
his duty go ? Ho* many good copies . May hi
look at, in 'correcting hisproofs? • -
Suppose now that our Chureh, as requested in
the Overture, should so, separate, itself from the,
sisterhood of Churches in Christ's, { family,
as to set about making for itself an English Bible,,
how, would it proceed? Would it take someone
of the editions in use in 1816 as the -standard ?
Which / one; for tkey are ,various? WOuld, it take
the Oxford. Bible 0f,1707-hy Blaneyl. Or the Lon
don Bible ? • ,or the ,Edinbaribi. or Glasgow.?,
Or would it take the Original of 1611 ? And if
it'should select :the standard; wouldt. it
copy the manifest misprints-? If not, hikw . woitid
- it -correct them ? Would it not refer ' . to the
other editions, which were highest repute?
Well, this isjust what has been dMie by the Bible
Society. , And it was .solemnly affirmed 'by
'Mr
McNeil, that the copy
,of the Society, which is
the result of the late'revision, "is nearer ,to ' the
original of thellranelettore, than any othe coAt extant.
And of this revised edition only a feW, compara
tively, are yet printed. They have it in the form
of a large pilpit Bible, an octavo_ Bible, and a
Brevier, while they have tens of thousands of the
common edition. .`F
The 'discussion'in the Assembly waS protraCted
and'animated. For some notes, of it, See our
column of proceedings ,iirneboold greatly, dep
recate ,the p.ublishing of a Bible to -which might,
be;prefixed the epithet.Presbyterion., Hence we
would regret the refining of the matter to
,our
Board, embracing, as the Overture asks, a. revision
Of all editions of the;Scriptures, from 1847 •haek
to 1611.
The Overture is as follows :
1. The American Bible. Society hag, by the, terms of its
constitution, no legitimate right to alter, in any way, the
common and accepted atandard - linglish Scriptures, as they
stood at the creation cf that Foclety. .
2. Concerning the said English' Soritdures, the Anterican
.Bible Society bag full .ROWST tO . print and circulate theta,
and to collect and funds for those Purposes. But it
has no : power to edit , them—in any other-,sense'than to
keep them 'in the exact condhionAu which thevStaiuMrd ,
English Bible eked arthe forination -Faid,t3ocieti.
. 3.:This General Astrombly,;ind.theiChurch At xepregents, -
ags,And front themeginning have warm and 1310, L04 ' 7 ,
inousibpporterivof the-Auferibins Bible iety. 'Mid it is
in this mass we feel called on lb toy that we neither do
M!MESI!
=ME
1I AND TOAT.R.'
.
nor can allow, on our part,:of any, even itre smallest, da
parture from original principle . on which that Seci,ty_
was founded; and to! express the settled conviction that
the continued support of that Society, by the Presbyterian
Chinch, depends upon the strict adherence of the Society to
-
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- The Board of Publication of the Presbyterian Church
:will consider and report to the General !Assembly, a plan for
the 'preparation and permanent ptiblleation, Wit. - of the '
common English Bible in a form suitable for pulpit use, 1
with the Standard text unchanged, and the usual access,
ries to the text common.y found in pulpit English Bibles
from 1,64 1°4117. • 4 - ,
cThis would' certainly - Very like the
beginning of a Sectarian Bible on our part..-It
would justify, , in some measure, the Campbelite
effort.2ltterbuld be a irebedetk-of hind omen.
We_ might soon look for an Episcopal Bible,
.alklethodist - Bible; 'a" Contrigitiiiiiir Bible, Sla~"
very and Anti-Slavery Bibles—Bibles of every
kind: The variations Would at first -be very,
small, but they would become' rent ' Confidence , '
in thelniliSh Bible would fiat.
NoW; as revisions are iudispeusable in the ria
titre of things, we
, Prefer that they shOul be
.made by the united'ilsdo6 of Christians. And'
let - every .denomination - watchful, a
be'nd,' - at the
.• •
same time, generous and truthful "
Our Church has Bq£l4 good example. The sub
ject has been disenseed freely, and been referred
to. the Assembly of next year, In the mean
time, examinations will 'be, mide. The Society
'will re;rise, its work, and if. any thing- wrong is
disceyered ? , it will be rectified— The , confidence
in,the Society should ). unabated—it should ;be
even, the zreater,,from ; the yery fact of this dis
mission new demonstrated that the chsrelies
'have their,eyes. , ; .upon it, and will ,gnard its .cor
reOtneas with sleepless care.
.WESTERN "'THEOLOGICAL SEMINART—L A
FOURTH PROFESSOR.
The Subject of a 4 Fourth psofeasor at Alle
gbeny, occupied same time in the Assembly ; on
Friday and. Saturday, of last week, and elicited
considerable animation on the part of tlifferent
'speakers. It was brought up by, a telegram from
Pittsburgh, inforining . the brethren here; that the
'Direatois, in a meeting regularly called, nnani
mouldy passed , a• resohition:requeating that the
Chair. of Ecclesiastical History shall be filled by
an appointment by-this Assembly; and. nominating
'Mr. Samuel S. Wilson for the position, he being a
young man, tried in the'Seminary as to his capa
bilities; and -posseising• the full' confidence of the
Facility, the ilirectors, and'- Students.'" A
conferseito was called, on 'Gig informatiths, of
.gentlemenfrom the: region interested; and the
movement 4afing the approbation of. all present,
the Committee On Semitries were so infermed.
The ; Matter was, by them, then brought before
the Assembly.
Mr., Wallace,. of Redstone, represented that
Presbytery as being - opposed to the:employing of
more than • three Profeasors in any Seminary; ; :but
said, that if the Assembly gave its other Semi
naries four, he then' wished that the'Weitern
should be put ore a full equality. He , hadno idea .
of:Seeing it but a second class concern. The coun-: :
try wag . wortily of the highest= regard by the
Aar. license under tne new ,Excise law;
Assembly, and the interests 'of the' phurches,
.there,.and of the 'Church 'at large, demanded itd that if any one did, he, should be expelled
front the Association. There are in, the city, fif
that this Institution should be of the first . - , - ...
, - - - - , , , . - - .'. teen hundred liquor dealers. not,connected„witn
class i capable of furnishing the very best herb- . . __
- • - the Association, Robert D. Holmes,, Esq-, lug;
ties to the very large number of young men who •
been appointed Excise Commissioner 2 , l and-has
, resorted thither for their Theological education.
," N - ~. '-
Mr. M'Clung, of Saltsburg, stated that thataccepted theoffice :
pres--
'oytery was opposed to a Fourth Professor at In the Naomi os Dm' Goons for. last week,
there has been a, decrease of • nearly one-half
Allegheny.; that the
_churches had been already
compared with the. corresponding week:of fist
heavily !axed to sustain, it, ; and that it would
year, and &considerable falling off dompared with
not be right to „place upon' them new burdens.
'the same week in 1855. ' ' - • • ',
Other brethren from the region , most interested ;. .
uttered with earnestness their strong desires,
_for..
° The G_SNSIIAL , &son or THE ASSOCIATE Rs
.
the additional Professor.. They, also alluded to F /DIED UHUR . ORs closed :tl3 Sessions lasire!lr''
The great topic of
, thscussion was,
, thevi , ion with .
happy combination of eircumstanaes, which indi
cated the man, and ; the means of sustenance. , the Associate, or Seceder Church, on the basis
The principal oppbsition toffibe'measure was . that had been presented to both bodies. The dis="
missions were earnest and animated. "Great di
-made by' Dr. 1t,: . .T.' Bree,kinridge. He objected'
strongly to the youthfulness 5f the nominee, and' versity of °Fini‘in existed. At length the basic
'
'to his having never' been' a pastor - objections , of . union . was ..... adop , to ? 7 a
__ , SIX Y• Ire ct,
both of which would have' combined to rule the thirty-six. Eine were excused frpm voting. The
now eminent Professors at Princeton; Dr. Hodg e llo
foliiig is the principal of these resdlutions: '
and Dr. J:•A. Alexander, out Of. that Institution; , Reso , lved, That th&Associate Referined Church
and•nne-of which would have excluded Professor ; does hereby declare her acceptance or the Testi
mony proposed as a basis of, union by the ASSOCt-
Green. , Dr. Breckinthige also ob j
ected to the r a t e . synud, and overture& by the General Synod
nomination, because made at .the suggestion of 1 of .1.86, to the d P t ryshy o tries,in`th e fidence
amendments=miry
the Directors. This objection bears strongly
against right reason, and against every successful 1 1 ° Zis with the faith and Priie
ndminatien hitherto made for any of our Bernina- t tt i l(} :e l he uil l aY d rl i n n tinz : e orn sa ni rti oft.hi the tivo Churches,'or ren
der it more entirely acceptable, will he in due
'ries. •All such nominations have' come, either ' time effected by the. ; united. Church, and in the:;
confidence that reasonable forbearaime will be
directly or indirectly, from: the Directors, e
exercised toward any member of either body, that
Faculty, and other immediate friends Of the In exercised
feel constrained to dissent from any , article
stitution interested. And who so competent to in the basis. _- . . • •
nominate, as those who have the care and reopen- • arrived f the Associate S nod
. 1 Adelegation, fromy ,
sibility' of au Institution; and ' who know its = noire sitting in Philadelphia, and presented a re
wants ? And who would vote for a nominee ' "t of the action of that body on thepropOsed
brought before the Assembly from any other , basisat
of union showing than the Synod had
, . :
quarterr? And wh° would accept a position i
without the knowledge that he , was the choice of • I accepted it, after some slight amendments. A
protest MSS entered, signed eby D iicCarrell, and
.
those for whom, and with whom, he, was to gerve?
. , . . . , :
; fifteen others, on the grOnnd, that the action of
Dr. B. objected still ferther, ;
and that hence, by that Mr. Wilson was
nit an ordained minister t, the Synod was unconstitutional and void, because
of the complex sal uncertain vote of the Presby-
Seminary regulationS, he, could not be elected to • teries'; •and that, therefore, the Synod had no
s Professorship. The Seminary regulation is constitutional right to act in the case at the
this : "See. 2. No person shall be inducted into present time... The Rev WM McMillin, and two
the office of Professor of Divinity, but an a l ' otherS retested against any terms of communion
(laird minister i of e
~ Gospel.7
, ( Di i'Ft l P• , "P- 4 .1 ( , additional to those now' held, The 3ee 7 .T
. .. v..-
It is thus manifest, that ordination is a *pile , p ree m y, and seven others, protested, because of
requisite only to the Professorship of pOittyy ; and
the form, agaiost the Bth arid 9th
that, even, for this, a licentiate might be coustitn- Articles-; also,
' against the, Article on Covenanting, and on,
tionally elected, though, before- being inducted. " constitutionalgrounds.These protests Were
u .
into, office, h- mast be, erdained. Strange thnt ~
, # . - answered, by the adoption, after amendment,. of
this should have se far escaped the notice of a , , a report by, blesirs. , Findley, 310(instrey, and
Theological Professor hims:,lf.
The: discussion on the part of the Assembly, ) Dr. Forsythe,. were ~appeinted delqgatea to the ,
otherwise than as above noted; was most cordial;'.' General Assembly of the : Irish .Presbyterian
and we congratulate_Allegheny on, the,attainment, ! Church; : and,the Rev. Dr. Forsythe workable-21p;
should Mr. Nyiison sobcept,, of a full professorial ; pointed &delegate to the Evangelical Alliance, to
'corps, The endowment is now ,needed. ~A nd i meet in Prussia; next November. - The memorial:
there, int now encouragement to,, work. Let the . for the establishment of a Mission in:lndia; Was
proper wisdom and energy be found on the, part of - referred to • the Board of Agency, with - power`to
those-entrusted with affairs and =.a kind Provi-. act. During the meeting of this Syned, theßev.'
deuce will snatle ( propitiously., Unity, Harmony,..;. ,
Dr. Forsythe delivered an , address, on thez ,, Eis--
a
and an overpowering love to the Redeemer's cause, 1 tory of Presliyterianism. , , , , , -,
will attach us to.our Institution ; and will not .,
- PHILADELPHIA.
rest till we shall see it not only well manned, but, ~,; , ,•,, • ~, ; ~
, , ,
~,, An anthem.; of three thousand, five _hundred
adequately endowed. , ot
crowded Musical Fund Hall, to leai ,Toitit' B.
And why should any faint? Has not the Lord f_L. n ~ -- , ~ •, . ,
Gorton - , on the subject of Temperance, prerous
blessed• bur 'region with an abundance of good -
, • , • to
,his departure for Europe, on another lectotang
things? And suppose much has been given, nas •
tour. " Early in-'tbe 'me i - 1 ' ;single ticket
not the Lord entrusted us with still inore ? And
scald
ijo,
kr w eriri t td. ,00,07rgePAiinsLaar.,
,pre
does he not love a cheerful giver ? We rejoice in •
, -
the'decision of the Assembly, an sided:
shall unite °or- .
/MOM- The
L..
jiat, .. o . R
DzAtant
s 01.
phijadelphis City
and,
ppushing the endowment
dially with the Trustees and Directors, in
, County &reforming an Association, toresist the
.
present License Law, or to seek . its repeal. A,
• Saturday afternoon was occupied in arranging ,
ea has been appointed, to report a
for new Presbyteries and Synods in Northern i
c l , l ' o f n g s e tit ° u ° t r oi ntt ri .
Missouri Southern lowa, Kansas, and Nebraska ,2d B v-Laws " - r
Monday - was taken up with miseellaneOus busi- ' The Main Lips .of. Pubic• Works hi'adverti sed'
nesi, which, with other matters, We defer for for sale"Mx the 24th instant, at' the' - Merchanis'
further comment till next week. - Eireltange. * - -, -1,
The Asiembly adjourned finally at 10 o'clock, The Eireboran Convsiarron, Of thettionese4)?
Monday evening. PettneylVariii, was, in session list Week: Plre.
candidateS, all natives of Philadelphia, were or
dained deacons. During the ye ar ,. BiShoP POtter
has confirmed one thousand four "hundred and
sixty-two
candidatesPesnsiditttte e el4en t)tht:dianate;4iidft:deae°na l prie consecrated five Cbtiels6n4laideih
corner stones: He has also preached one hundred
and sixty-three times,
haptized twenty:sliee'hil:
. dren and
~one adult,' and officiated at tin Mar
riages and four timers:ls. The * ishie repriesents
portions of, the, Diocese:to be nourishing ; While
in other sectiens, Area* zeal andefficleney ar"
recommended. - ' . : 41
The Ai rth l l9 o: q glEillif o. lll 4an,:was. cele
brated, al Girard,, College, on Itairotday . ', tite 28th
nit. This is the one hundred and aeVent.h. ' •
,
_lc, pittnt,,,kkilftolti ishhatk S . otiod,
:::erCrmisAr'4,7ve":'da.firt.44l74.l3.4l ' P. ' n ' xntOß, N. S ,) de
n a neglected part of the city.
i
Two hundred
Eastern Summary. t
BOSTON AND NEW ENGLAND
The 48th4universary of -the
.litissiennarirs
.
Bums &A in was celebrated
- on Monday after
noon, the 24th'ult,, in the Central' church. The
last year his been one of marited-prosperityin
the 'Operations of this Society:` The
. issues' ex
needed those of the 'previous "year by four thou
sand volumes. The income for the year has been
$22,887. '
In the evening theSOUTHERN , Ain SOCIETY held,
, • • •
its meeting, in the same church. During the
three Years of the existence of this Societithere
'have been, contributed; to; : its funds, $24,828.85„
of, which, 48,556.74 came from 'New
,!ngierid.
Different Islaw _England gentleman have coetrilig-, 1
ted, $l,OOO, $5OO, and. $BOO, ' each. „Wring , oe,
Ist year, eleven missionaries were aided in five 1
' 7e --- "1: 4--
•,., 4.•• , : ,-,, :•'_ c.: - •- , K ,, ,
'0:.; • 4 _ 27. ~
•
slave States; the-2d year twenty-two in nine dif.
%Tont States Lind the 3d year, forty in eleven
States. Addresses were made by the Rev. John
Veddi.l34.,,Dri.af.Rittsfield,illasa.,,,anchthe Rev. Dr.
Bethune, otßrooklytt, New York.
Ou Ineiday 28thr' inst., the AMERICAN EDUCA
TION SOCIETY held its 41st Anniversary. Rev.
Dr. Humphrey presided. The number of young
men assisted last year, was three huiidred and
thirty-two, of whom eighty-four were new bene
-sciaries. The available funds have been $29,-
505.82 ; and the disbursements, $26,289. The
balance in the treasury .April 80th, was $3,239.90.
The speakers were Sev.4:o;Bodwellvof Framing ,
ham, and Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, of Brooklyn,
New York.
Oa the' same day, at 3.P.'1%f., the addreas -be
fore the CON 611.10ATIONAL LIBP.KRY ASSOC'S:AMON;
was delivered byThe Rev. Ray Palmer, of Albariy, ,
N. Y. ' The subject was "Preaching and Preach..
ere-of the rest:" -
The BOSTON CITY MISSIONA'nY Socrarr support..
ed, the pia year, twenty missionaries—seven
males, and thirteen females. The number of vis
its made by these Misnionaries during the quarter,
was 10,337; number of families visited, 2,385;
number of sick persons visited, 1,283; .nember
of funerals attended',`tracts distributed, 83,:.
i 92,; Bibles, 75;Testainente, `182; children
gathered into Sabbath .Schools; 254 ; into public
schools, 30;"regialar nteetings,beld, 501; number
converted, 23 ; employment farnished to 48 ; pe
cuniary aid:furnished to 612 ; garments distrib
uted, 1,600 ; nuMber of temperance pledges ob
tained .12.
A rich. Merchant has offered .$l,OOO toward
the support of an additional,missionary in the.
'southern part of the city, on. condition that be-.
sideq,sthis,,one, the number .of last year be, kept:
np, ,Are there pot opportunities for. a like liber,
ality il by some of the wealthy
,Presbyterians of
The EISEIGRAIIT AID SOCIETY held its Annual
`meoting on the 27th ult., .Frotn the report of ; the
'Directors, it appears probable that the invest
ments, with some itithince, , will be re.paid to the
stockholders. • The receipts for the year have
been $42,000. ' • .
'The Maine Conferecce of the METHODIST EPIS
COPAL Cauntin has passed a resolution• denouxic
ing the use of tobacco as an expensive and need
lass indulgenc& unfavorable to cleanliness and
. •
goed'manners, and unbecoming 'Christian& eve"
cially Christian ministers. 2
The Hon. Jamss Bum., Becatoifioni New
HamPshire; is dead: •
NEW YORK.
The 27th Anniversary of the BaooKriva,Strs
,
DAY 8011001, Irlnow was celebrated on T'ltesday,
the 27th ult. Over twenty thousand children
and teachers,walkedin procession.
At a mestipg.of the Liquos.,Pgaznies Assock
/Ton, last Jargelr, a .resolntion :was
_gassed
not.a single member. of the Association sb.eoid
ietition Adm . , Or Er- lay
na~t~:^~tms~~,^~:u.~~ ~...~wx~!.. x~ v.
anoTfifty dollars were asked for this tnjr e . ;
be end, - the coi3gregstion conirlb u t„l
thousand six hundred dollars—f,efficie Lt
chases lot, and erect a suitable building,
17.1'.4110N THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, V A
The Rev. Wm. J. Hoge was inaunr-
Professor 4 Biblicallntpoduction" in ; 1,,
Seniinary, on the 12th of May. The
to the new professor was given
brother, the Rev. M. D. Hoge, D. 1)
Richmond, 'la. It is said that Dr. B .
- Smith Will remain in connexion with
Seminary. For the first time since it
gin, this Seminary has four regular prr.l;..
sors. The plan of instruction devised 1,
its venerated founder,.the Rev. Dr. John
Rice, is now filled.
Rev. S„
pastor. : of the Sixth Presbyterian ehu r c ri. '
Pittsburgh, en the evening of the
May: :Rev. Dr. Marshall presided wt
proposed the constitutional questions, p,, : ;„
IL Lea preached the . sermon, R et.
McPherson gave. the charge to the paqqr,
and the Rev:. S. C.-Jennings the chanx,
the people. , Mr. Findley requests t r : -.
respondents and others to address him h;
Pittsburgh, Pa:
Rev. J. A. CAMPBELL'S Pont Office addm i
is changed from St. _Mary's, Ohio, t
Fletcher, 3.l.iand `CO Ohio.
Rev. nrzarr McDoNALD having received :
call to the churches' of Ebenezer oli d
. Fayette, his Post Office addren is elano , t.l
from Clinton, La; Fayette, Jefr eN , : ,
County, Miss. •
Rev.' Wivf.'D.A.tZELL S Post Office addres
changed from Mansfield,. Ohio, to
ton, Hardin County, Ohio.
Rev. WASHINGTON MAYNARD was installtri
pastor of the Truro church, Colunibu..
Ohio, on the 22d of May.
Mr. H. S. UST/CH has been ordained all
installed pastor• of. the First Presbyteib t
church of Hamilton, Ohio.
Rev. F. N. EWING was installed pastor
the Fiist`Presbyterian church, Blooming.
ton, Tilinois, on the 10th of May.
Rev. J. A. BALDwiNplate of Lancaster, Pa.,
was installed pastor of the Presbyterin
church of New Providence, New Jens v,
•
on the 12th of May.
Rev. P. W. TRomrsoN's Post Office address
is now Prairie City,, McDonough County,
Illinois.
Rev. JAMES M. CRowYrais.Post Office ad-
dress is;. changed from, Parkesbure, Pa.
to No.. 414 South lifteefith Street,'Phila
delphia. - • -
Mr. W. B. ScAnafOßOiau his been ordained
and_ installed. pastor Of the churches
Taneyrtowii and New Windsor; Maryland.
Messrs. THOMAS M. OARTERi RUDOLPH
HOLLOWAY„ and A. C.
of
- '4l'Seininary, were' licensed' to preach fle
Gospel, by the Presbytery of Transyl73l
. pia at their late meeting.
Proceedings -ef the .General Assembly of
, 1857.
novara,DAY. , •Nonilay i Mar2s,
The t Aseembly:metin the Second,church,and.waeopenci
with'stoging, readfilik the,Eciiktnies and Mayer:
The!minittbe of Satordat were read and approved.
: With the lease of the Assembly, the Moderator acMed it
the Committee on Theological Seminaries:lr: Townaend,
Rnling•Dirler l iMni ilia Presbytery of
,Bouth•Careittn4.
Dr. Dumont, from timCommittee to nominate Delegates
tOForeign - Bodes;niade a rep'ort, whiek'cin motion of Dr.
Thopinell,,lrinkrrent on the. ihrkat_ .
A. riimirt - from Rai. Dr. grebe, Delegrite to the General
Amide ' was , -read and received;
also, letter fon - EL : the Scribe-. of the -Evangelical CODEClCh
tiOtrjiif Abdo Tehitd.'srbielf, on - inotibn of Di. Hoge. were
referrekto the Ckinimittee on Foreign Correipondence
On motion of Dr. M'Gill, Jones, D. D, , principal, and
J Daliiknatrick,D:lo..hlternate, ; were appcimed toprearb
the annual:lmM= oa Domestic Mr - micas" before . the Assem
bly of 1558.
TFOREDMVERSUONS:-. .
The order of the day *as taken up, and in the absent
of the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign NI issioni. Dr.
J. L. Wilson wascalled mato make such remarks as he deo)).
ed roper in that connexion.
r. Wilson proceeded to remark that the Report of the
Baird .could be sent abroad through the churches, and the
mfisidobary journals-would con - sin all the news necessary
to afford fnll,information in reference - to the regret.; of
this - voids: 'Dr' Wilson said be had been warned not to
make af-1 011 13 !Ouch,' no doubt witka good motive. But is
it tight, when we spend _ twelve or fourteen daya together.
to approrriate onlj- one itiosrAo the-great: missionary work
,among the heathen ? There have been a greater mimics
of failures.of lealth, among missionaries, within the year,
'thaw usual.: _me ;station. at : Canton has been given up.
TM& is a discouraging circumstance, but otherwise t he walk
has been preatly'preepered. - afore than one hundred and
fifty sours have beenascertained to have beeb conver+ed duo
ing the year.at Missionary, Stations. One ettnr hat homehai
r anti qui - iheff- her "pastor to go abroad; another one bast lees
np one of her leading Ruling Elders. a man of wealth and
intelligence, and flee of her members. These churches
have been greatly prospered in consequence of their &sol
aces. Dr:Wilson then : gleamed at the progress of the work,
at each of - the lidisoktOnary Stations under the car e of the
Board, and give 'a most encouraging account of their pro-
Dr: Kdgeir..ehafraiitit'af theCominittee on the Report of
the Board, then read the report of the Committee, which is
as follows: .
. ,
Octe: . Church; which numbere2,22o ministers. and 233 715
members, now has.tis her rept esentotirre a in all the beetle..
.. world, only 'about seienty preachers of' tee evielastioe
Gospel. Our contribution% for the support and protagatinn
of Christianity ,among the heathen, amount. during the
,past year, to Onlylaborit $207,000. less $ll.OOO ivceivrd to. et
the tllnitedeihates Government for the American Indians,
that tient.) , about $168,000.
Oen BoarlY_ report' a baltince against their treesnry of
'ell 0.0., .Ithey Om report a wids and effectual door opei
' , for nain'Tedia; C hints, Fiam Africa, and our own ludise
tribe ...',''bey. Mort upre neur shy for more money
to support the work as it now stands, and more men anti
,money to exte nd the work, as a good Provider ee is opening
the way for . Ittohe extended And this Assembly IP :eked
to adopt PDC'• measuree as will place this greas matter on
prolitee footing befpie our chinches, not only relievlr g the
Board firm itq present - debt, but enabling it to enlarge its
operatione. • ' • •
. 'ThetAsetsmhly would reepond to this call by reiterating
'to, and,before all our churches, the teatitnenY of the Ar
texatilrittlEtriffidO and the Assembly at Nashville, that Ile
"ertalty in givieg - Nutt:ye - Rapport and propagation of the
a grime of the spirit; that it is a Trait, and an evi
dence, and a moans of trees; also. by reiterative the testi
motty,otthose Aseembliee; that offerings or money for the
services of tbe,Lbiti ere acts of worship whieh ought to le
systematically and eolenuoly performed in all our dm mites.
'and by.every, Christian.
IT. The A' aembly w cried also'deelaie; (epeehing to itself
'ln thn;ininisters, anti elders here presen t, and through them
to each and 'estery inioietor and elder in. all our bounds.)
that. not only; 1/3 it our Individual duty to exerciee this Fb
eralitv, and:make Ahatte. offerings, but, moreover that it it
the ofciei duty of 'ryery ons of us to set forth this testi
'moray in our severalihurebes, until they all practically re
ceive the acme. , TIL ' 'AA:dying:these; general ' principles to the particular
'matter of:Foreign , Ttliesions, the - Assembly would r. von
'mend th - e following amongst other modes and ways of
training our people = it the grace of . giving:
(a.) That our, Sunday Schools be enlisted, by p ai t t et, it
the void woilecif contributing for Forrign 'Minions. The
aggregation , of many particles is always a mighty
and in thle.ease the many smith' streams would. by floviig
tomether. make le great liver: Rot far more than 11./F. the
children of,the Church would thee receiving an sdi.o.-
ton in Nerietiolence and beneficence.
( 6 44'bitt tittriminieters preach aysteroatically and fre
quently-0,3411e snity.et of Foreign htiesions, t aching 'no
neoPle„that it is their duty to give 0 ore and more mosey to
thistatiee, iff'order that the work may grow and Fprr3.l.
and proportion as it does grow and greed, because the
Itnewledge of the lto'nl must 1111 t the earth, even at tie
-waters fill the sea; that our manta/we also teach that it is
needful to ipereare greatly.the number cf 11111.35inuari , in
beithenlande;and. that, to this end. more or our Tou r '
mauls:est y , offer themselves to this work tetng
thereto moved by the Holy Spirit, and therein bonered IT
the Great ',Bead of. the Church: that our min init.! it also
Aeachthet.it is.tho„joyful privilege of pious perent..
- with - 'filth` arid'Utia Bay Ghost, to dedicate their chidden
'to thisinett esalted, and, happy eel- ice. More'
over, the first Thinday evening in every month, or on otter
Bod.freno rime to time, let this people hear Rai
their. minlatee detailed sem:etas. of various Foreign :ll.'
tffisCiiettilon, vri h a description of the religious rote
ditlouottbe pepple, and the beginning and progress of the
Church's' wo, k amongst them.
(c.) That, to • this end, our ministers take pains. then:
_lnell,icaregully to read the Home and Fentge and
oloreygn .tifiroirmary, so as to know what is Icing dos''
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onemilledoniries : and that they also further the elic‘ alto
And,ei.courage the. reading of these publication': fn at°
cOugregatiens.
IV. , With respect tuthe debt of $ll.OOO which has bees
reported, this Aesemidy is perfectly well aware of, the diffi
culty and embarrassment into which debt -meet elotT ,
:bring the Board. The credit of the hoard, and the po'gr''''
nay the very existence of the minions , we know requiiee
that the Church, nom year to year should furnish all 'b e
means which the f/IlgetteieS of our great foreign enterprie' •
demand., The Church bas manifestly not turn i,,e n d this
year all „thateome peculiar - cii cumes anom an d F ee went
the general.and healthy growth of onr missions. made need .
ltd. But - this Assembly; In bumble yet el retrial cot flaw!,
in our g re at Heed, Red:hi His people, .wonld email 11 !
the Board, in His naine . , 6 . forward and enter every d"'
which heists befoie them..:Ahe work of foreign
tion,of. the faitb,must not stop, nor be even ebecetd: yet on
the other hand, the Asieinbly would eallupon the church_ _
as .thiy deliv_er. their egints, the Board , foul to . ° T
Present difficulty, and from the certainty of yet 'lv a ':
'einbarraesments at the close of the current sear, it!'f,_
, diately.andittonsitierably to, enlarge their gi.ta a o'S
Inge. Let those *So heve heretofore given, a°l.r if 11 11
Isla, girt twenty - five per rent-, at lout, morn; —ft a
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