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ts . ;;R V DAVID No"IFINNICY.. Plataburghe
MR. SAattrzr, J. WitsoN, Professor elect
in the Western Theological Seminary, is a
licentiate of the Presbytery of Washington,
and not of Ohio, as stated last week.
AN OPPoamuzixTr.—The attention of the
enterprising is invited to the article in an
other coluirm,headed, "A Teacher Wanted."
The matter seems to be worth looking after.
ACKNOWYMIVMENT.—We have received
through the Post Office, from an "Unknown
Friend," sixty-three dollars "for North
American Indian Mission," and paid the
same over to the Foreign Board.
NARRATIVE OF THE• STATE OF RELIGION.
—This interesting document of the Assem
bly, is or our first page, and claims atten
tion. A, vote was passed, requesting all
Pastors and Supplies to read it to their con
gregations.
The Presbyterian Annuity Company.
We cheerfully glie place to the following
Circilar; * The Institution we
,regard as an
admirable one. tlt has been to us a great
wonder why many ministers did not embrace
it under its former features_; but now, under
its new and increased facilities for accommo
dating them, we shall be more surprised
still, if increasing numbers do not avail
themselves of means so easy of use, so safe,
and so effectual for making provision for the
wants of advancing years.
PHILADELPHIA, May 22d, 1857.
Sra:—For some time past it has been
generally desired, by those interested, that a
change should be made in the name of "The
Corporation for, relief of, poor and distressed
Presbyterian Ministers, and of the poor and
distressed widows and children of Presbyte
rian Ministers." In. conformity to this de
sire, the Corporation instituted the legal
proceedingA necessary to effect the object,
and I hereby announce that our. Corporate
title has been altered to that of The Presby
terian Annuity Company. It is proper to
add that the: rights and,,liabilities of the
Corporation are in• no respect effected by this
change. Very respectfully,
JOSEPH H. Jorms, Sec'y.
Movement Toward a New General Ae-
se bly.
In another column, we , place the action of
our New School brethren, in their Assembly
at Cleveland, on 'the subject of slavery.
Just before going to press, ,we received, by
the Ciniinnati Vcfzette l the Address of the
Southern members of that body. It is
moderate in , language, but firm ; evincing
much deliberate determination. Possibly a
disruption may not be consummated, though
at present it appears inevitable. We give
an extract from the paper. 'lt <will be seen
that the movers for a new Assembly con.
templete •the thought as probable, that it
will embrace churches in the North. They
design the formation of a Church which will
not agitate, the Isubject Of slavery in the
higher Courts;.unless=inliesiing oases which
shall come up by appeal. The Address
says: • • E
" Apart, therefore, from the disastrous
consequences resulting from the agitation
of the subject of Slavery in the General
Assembly, destroying, as it does, our peace,
keeping us in a state of excitement unfavor
able to spiritual growth,
,and paralyzing our
efforts to advance the cause of the Re
deemer through the channel of our admira
ble system of Gevernment—We consider
that the Assembly has so far departed from
the Constitution of the Church, as to render
our adherence to it undesimble and impos
sible. Having protested repeatedly against
this agitation, and finding that our brethren
are determined 'to continue it, we have de
liberately and prayerfully come to the con
clusion, that, however painful it may be to
us, the good of the Church, and of the
country, requires a separation from them.
We shall hold our brethren; who have dis
turbed our peace by the introduction of this
Axed question into our judieabnies, as alone
responsible for the consequences of this
; -
" With 'these convictions as to the neces
sity of a separation , from our once united
and beloved-Zion;the only question that re
mains for us now to settle, pertains to the
mode of separation. The undersigned are
satisfied that but one course is left to us—
and that is, to invite all Constitutional Pres
byteriini in ihe land, who are opposed to the
agitation of Slavery in the General AEIBBIII
- to unite inani organizaiion in which this
subject shall, be utterly eschews& We do
not reitriot our invitation to the Southern
churches. We wish 'to have a National
Church=that is; a Church, the constituent
parts otwhich will come from every section
of the Union. :Holdirig to the same Conte:is
aim of Faith, we shill have a common basis
as to Doctrine and`GoVernment—and an un
derstanding that, however we may differ in
our views resyeeting Slavery, the subject is
never to be introduced into the Assembly
either by Northern or Southern men, 'unless,
indeed; judicial cases are brought up regu
larly from the lower courts,*
* r* *
The Undersigned, therefore, would invite
all Presbyterians, from all sections of the
country, to meet Convention in the, city
of Washington, on the '//th day of August,
1857, for thi ~ratipoie 'of 'consultation, and
of organizing a General Assembly in widish
it will be distinctly mndeptood i the subject
of slavery . ,wi ll not ,be intwoduced.a
proposOhts c ourse,: instead stf,,otglinizing l an,
Assembly ' 9E9.l,ast3,lleingsine,,teatheePres
byterieS we represent."
MWM=
The General desembly for 1857.
The annual meetings of the General':Assembly'
result 01 great benefits. One object in view is
tha exercise of government, thus promoting the
Church's purity, and keeping up her order and
.orthodoxy4.perpetuating her, and presenting her
to the world, a glorious Church. Another object
is, by wise counsels, to inaugurate, and keep in
use, and enlarge and invigorate plans for increas
ing the number of her converts, and for extending
Iher boundaries. These are the things directly
aimed at. These compose the Assembly's work.
And great benefits result.
Bit, there are still other benefits. The Assem.
blyis composed of representatives from Presby
teries in all the land, from Maine to California.
The attending members change almost entirely,
every year. -Thus all ministers, and many elders,
have the opportunity of attending once, and
some of them often, during life. Here, then,
especially among the ministerial representa
tives, are re-unions of neighbor boys, of College
shums and Seminary classmates. Here, early
loves are revived and strengthened, new acquaint.
awes a're made, and new attachments formed.
Here the ties of fraternal concord become more
numerous and, endearing, and the bonds of ,eccle
siastical and social union grow stronger and
stronger. We hence love the General Assembly.
We wish it to;remain a large body. We are op
posed to all plans and efforts toward diminishing
the number of members ; and 'especially are we
opposed to any-arrangement which.would prevent
distant and feeble Presbyteries from being repre
sented. Rather would we perpetuate to every
Presbytery: its right; and so` ordain, and `so ar
range that the central, the numerous and the
wealthy Presbyteries shall bear thy expenses of
the poor and the distant. Let our Church be
one, and our Assembly a collection of brethren,
ministers, and elders, from every part of her
territories, and be always large in numbers as
well as fraternal, in spirit.
THE SABBATH AGAIN.
How delightful to have a Sabbath ! A day of
rest ! Sacred rest, in this world of sin and toil!
The Lord's-day ! His day to bless his people,
and convert sinners, and multiply the number of
his sons and daughters! The Assembly needs a
Sabbath; and enjoys it too. Let all have a Bab.'
bath. •
The second Lord's-day of the Assembly's session
had not the clear sunshine, and the sweet, invig
orating breeze, of the first. The heavens were
clouded, and the atmosphere cold; but still it was
favorable to the assemblings of God's people, and
the Lexingtonians, in numbers, embraoed the op
portunity of hearing a familiar Gospel, from
strangers' voices. In the afternoon, the Lord's
Supper was administered, in the Second church,
by arrangement of the Assembly. Dr. Leland
and Dr. Swift officiated. The members of the
Assembly, and the citizens who were communi
cants, so filled the house, that scarcely any other
person could find ingress. The services were sol
emn and edifying.
FUND FOR
.DISABLED MINISTERS.
The report of the Committee appointed by the
last General Assembly, on this importantsubject,
was not as full and definite as could be desired.
This was owing, partly to the default of Presby
teries, very few of them having answered the
questions propounded ; and partly to . the Com
mittee having been selected from portions of the
Church so distant from each other, that meetings
could not be held. > In raising a Committee, to
act between two Assemblies, the members should
always be so nearly proximate, that with reason
able effort they could meet several times ; ; and
then they should be field strictly to account, as
charged with a service of duty, as well as influ
enced by a principle of love to the Church.
The matter of providing for the disabled ser
vants of the Church, is of vast importance, and
should be discussed in the papers. We have
many thoughts in this line, but not yet well com
pared nor arrange& We may recur to the sub
ject again. •
The last day of the Assembly of _185'7,
most of preceding Assemblies, and true to the in
stincts of all deliberative bodies, as it would
seem, was ;the great day for the transaction of
basiness. It was Monday, and but the tenth
business day; but the members , generally had
begun to think of home, the most important sub
j ects had been before the House, and were either
finished, or werein such a state of preparation
and forwardness, that votes could soon be taken;,
the speakers mostly had their say, and the hearers,
always able by a little determination, to cute de
bate off short, had concluded that they would
henceforward rather vote than listen. ' Hence
there was a rapidity of movement to which former
days had been strangers. And still, there' was
no "hasty legislation." There were no ill-ad
vised acts, no crude decrees, nor yet any neglect
of matters of pressing importance.
The attempt to REMODEL THIL CONSTITUTION was
,received_ with not much favor. The, suggestion
that the, exercise of office by Elders and Deacons,
should he rotatory ; that is, that those installed
should give .place to others,,,oy bo : the subjects of
new election, at, each rotation of brief period
of years, was entertained With but a few reinarkii.
The proposition to submit our "Form of.Govera
ment " to a Committee to inquireinto "the need
and practicability of its amendment, had - but '.
few to favor it. The thought that the Assembly
was too large, and should be reduced by inerese
big ;the ratio of representation and making
Synods the constituent bodies, met 'with much
disfavor, (as it richly deserved, even though' a
few great narnes'have been; or still are, attached
to it.) Of the' proposed reformatory measures,
that only was entertained which would amend Our
"Book of Discipline
.;" and it no farther than
the appointing of a Committee to inquire into
the matter, and to suggest to the next Assembly
if they might discover the possibility of any prac
ticable improvement. The Spirit of conservatism
is very strong in the Presbyterian Church ; and
rightly so. Our principles, both, of doctrine and
order, are those of God's Word; and our modes
of doing things have• had, their valie tested by
experience; and been consecrated by long usage.
Our rapidly increasing numbers, and widely
_ex
panding boundaries may, however require, yea,
do" require, some modifications in our forms of
doing things. These should be modified by, cir
cumstances; but not too suddenly, nor too much
at once ; to be beneficial and enduring, they must
be things of growth.
The Committee on the Berm or Dxsoreirei
is composed of nine of the most eminent
Men in our Church, selected from the Ministry
and Elderehip.' They are Revs. Dr. Thornwell,
of Columbia Seminary; Dr., R. J. Breckinridge,
of Danville Seminary; Dr. McGill and Dr. Hodge,
of Prineeton Seminary'; Hoge or Columbus,
Ohio ; Dr. Swift, of Allegheny, Pa.; and Judges '
Shorewood, of Philadelphia'; of Mohawk
Presbytery, N. Y.;
_and Leavitt, of Cincinnati.
- -
But this Comilittee, thengh thus composed of
the talent and leirning of theahurch, is not, in
our opinion, the most likely one: which it would
have• been possible select, t,..e accomplish the
work with which , it is entrusted. The member;
are too far _separated, and too,
,intattly occupied,
in their 'important callings; and it does not em
brie° enough of the , elements of conunonlife. We
want a " Book.of: nett° be.etudied,
and ' eipoundeddand*admi stered , by , Lawyers,
and Judges; - and Doctors of Dirinityj'aisiliProfeli
sortign Theological Seminaries, 'but' to lie underli
stood anikexectitedtby plisinzeountry , peetere arid;
'elders, iind idirrurial sbyteitieis. °MCI/tint le':;
, systiera! whit% eludi'lififeffeatire iti , theignilis of
THE LAST DAY OF THE SESSION.
THE pREs
;.4.1„
plain men of common sense, and whicif,shall be
so easy of right execution, that our Sessions and
Presbyteries shall'not be deterred from' all efforts
at discipline, thrOugh fears of complications, and
exposures, and reproaches, and toils, and revers- .
als in the higher court& TO - Prcithiee suoh a systeM
requires talent in a very high degree, and know
ledge also': but it must be knowledge, a large
portion of which shell be acquired among the
very men and in the identical circumstances, by.
whom and in which the systemis to be adminii
tered. But we must not allow ourselves to nurse
a prejudice, nor to indulge in gloomy forebodings.
Perhaps tbe , eminent gentle Men named may pos
sess that very knowledge, in a degree far beyond
what we usually find to have been, acquired by,
and retained by, persons who have moved is their
spheres, and who occupy their distinguished and
not common position& We shall rejoice in seeing
its manifestation, and shall, cheerfully do our
part, and shall call on others to do theirs, in
helping them to right Conclusions. Our columns
will be open to candid and intelligent discussion,
and our own pen may possibly again try to contri
buts something suggestive.
The Assembly decided not to send Delegates to
the Emmaus . ' Assoolartous, It was iMpelled tO
this by . the pertinacity with which-those brethren
claim the right to lecture us. The propriety 'of
fraternal admonition, all adniit; and when it is
done in kindness, and with a due, respect to•the
judgment and good . sense of those who 'are leo
tarekit is always well received .But among
equals,there . must not be an assumption of auth
brity, nor unjust, reproaches, nor .a 'perpetual
'iteration. If a kin&neighbor shall visit &Wi
lly he may, very properly, suggest to tie Wherein
he conceives that our domestic arrangements - are
defective. And he may assign reasons for hie .
opinion, and may enforce his'views by an appeal
to consequence& And on enother call, he may
even repeat his monitions. But when we "shall
assure him' hat the matter is not, with us as pos
bly it may be with him, a mere theory, but that
it, is a thing of daily and practical movement ;
that we have carefully examined into it, and re
examined, and concluded that, in our circumstan
ces, our course is the wisest and best, every prin
ciple of courtesy, respect, and sound reason, re
quires that he should desist. And if he will still
insist upon his right to put us in the wrong, and
to talk to us as he pleases, or otherwise that, he
will cut our acquaintance, we are, obliged, how
ever painfully, to bid him Good-by; And to this
extremity have we been driven by our brethren.
The visit from; Vermont, to, this Assembly" it is
true, was in the highest degree acceptable. It
was courteous, dignified, fraternal; and the re
sponse by the Assembly was cordial. The whole
was a scene of delightfutinterest But the Min
utes of the Association which he'represented, and
the report of our Delegate there, were eta as
not to call for a new appointment And the
doings of, and reports from, other Associations
were very simiiar. 'We deeitly regret this 'pos
ture of affairs It eihibibi not the harmony
which should characterize brethren in Christ. It
presents to the world no winning example. We
would rejoice in receiving an Overture such as
would again open up the way for honorable and
edifying fraternal intercourse.
GENERAL REMARKS.
Lummox, as we before noted, is a small city,
and is not very imposing in appearance. We
were quite disappointed on entering it. -But it
improved on acquaintance. The situation is de
lightful. The houses generally do not aim at an
ambitions elevation ; neither do they aspire to
- the splendid , in architectural style and beauty of
finish. .But there is :an air of comfort around
them. They are not crammede together, as
thOugh , Benineky had not room enough for'jts
inhabitants. The family residence's, mostly, have
yards, gardene; shrubbery, fruits; vines, 'Btc. In
the suburbs, and on the plantations for some
miles distant, are found themore,splendid build-
Inge and the higher arrangements for comfort; and
the gratification of taste in the Outlay of wealth.
; Of the CLIMATE, as compared with that of Pitts
.
burgh, we could form no certain npinion, the sea
.
son being so anomalous. We left there on the
second day of Summer, and the wheat stalks, were
but a few inches tall, there were no green, peas
nor strawberries giving, charms to the gardens
and tables, and the foliage of the forests scarcely
decorated them in robes of green.
The XANNiRS of the people 'are free andeasy; ,
and duly dignified. With them the"stranger soon
feels that he is in the midst of friends. The cor
dial reee,eption given to the Assemhly,- and * the
hospitality with which its members were enter
tained, were such as we have witnessed in other,
places, where the Church has been welcomed in
the, person of her highest Judicotory. We have
been present, as a member, visitor, or reporter,
at more than a dozen General Assemblies; North
and South, -East arid West, in large cities and
small ones, and have ever found the body honor
ed, and its members carressied. 'Good manners
and hospitality, in our land, are deterudied
neither by Geographical Lines nor by the iizenor
age of cities:
The Boommir From Where we `as well as
many others, especially those accompanied by
wives, daughters, or sisters, took up our quarters,
•is tilvellieenduCted house, where we enjoyed good
order, a good table good,attendance, and delight
ful socialintereourseintercourse .
The wnoanM
'zErino was extremely 'pleasant
.
The members, Tfere , t4eedi l 3lll.4k • Pqr;'sPati: :be
yond any previous example; Tne , manifestation
of good nature was universal. There Nits' a
large amount of business transacted. There Were
but a few lorig speeches. There was 'less effort
than usual, on the part of any one to put him
self forward as wleader. Most of the questions
were decided by very large , majorities. There
were no recordings:of ayes and noes; no protests',
and no complaints, and but one request to Put a
declaration of -a minority sentiment on record.
The meeting was a delightful Onnaeruk Thtiox,
of nearly; three hundred representatives of the
churches, from the Great Lakes` to the Guff of
Mexico, and from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pa
cific ; and, associated with these, a number 'of
Secretaries of our Boards, conduetors of thia
press, and ministers and 'elders, as visitors, or as
having business; from city and country churches`;
all attentive to the great end of their assembling,
and each intent upon mating the, other happy.
May the General Asiembly's haripony be per
petual, and its influence for good be multiplied
a thousand fold.
New School Assembly.
This body adjourned ; at Cleveland, on ' the
evening of the 8d inst., after a session of Untie
dais. The meeting seems, 'from published re
ports, to have been characterized by the displai
of much good feeling; in thelliidst of 'very exciting
debate. It is delightful to see a large concourse
of men, ardently engaged 'in deterniining ques
sine tim e, *one winch they differ ; and at the seine
observing all'the proprieties and courtesies of the
best cultivated society. Such may be expected'
in a Christian deliberative body, and still it de
mends a record:'
Some of the more prominent matters of bust
nese, we note very briefly.
THE HONE MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
The New: School and the. Congregationalists,
have always been united in . pro: . meouting Home
Missions.. Within th'e last 'few yeari, however,:
:their operations have `not been Very harmonions.
Denominationalism' has: been on its trewth, on
both aides, the\lretailiitiOu the Nocieiy,
'Within the last syeari' hot. to-'aid' olatteliei6rhiok
embrace v'oltitita;* holdiirs'otidaves (iPsubjeot"dn
4i 4 v • .
which the Society; claims. he the sole judge) has
been 2 ,Peculiarly displeasing to the-Wew School.
.The subject was much discesse4: and a i._
com
mittee of Conference was appointed.
CORRESPONDENCE. ,
on the subject of keeping up a Correspondence
with the:Cosenne i nnforin Cs acs, the following'
paper was adopted:
WHEREAS, several of the Associations in correspondence
with this body have requested:the Mews' of this Assembly
on the terms of . correspondende, specially in regard to the
rights of reproof and rebuke; therefore,
Resolved, ghat the General Assembly havie never intended
to refuse to corresponding bodies any rights or privileges
which are compatible with true delicacy, courtesy, andphrie ,
tian.:Cluifity—iiti the fight Of which this , bed" y;respectfidly,
reeltiests'all corresponding bodieito interpret all past acts
of this Assembly
With the GERMAN REFOjibillii) CHUB CH the feel
ing is not entirely cordial; as .appears in the
following:
' Judge Allison and Rear/ Riley entered their prOteet
against the ,appointment of 'a delegate.to the 'German Re
formed synod, believing that Church to have departed from
sound osthodoxy, especially on - the . 'questions of baptlim and
the Lord's 'Supper. On motion, the delegate to •that body
was requested to inquire as to its 'belief and teachings.
But the great question ofthe meeting was, the
SiAmor issue. . This siabjeet - has troubled our
brethren exceedingly, for many years.; api,poBBi
bly they are not.yet quite through with it. Like
many other matters, ,it divided the, body .into
three parties, two extreme& and a middle. 'ffp
till the last day or two, the.extremes - waged- the
conflict, and the Northern, being the most numer
ous, displayed a. spirit and. determination which
seemed to say that they would arrange matter&to
please 'themselves. But on. , the last day, for
reasons as yet unexplained,, they became more
mild, and so nearly , tpproximatecl , the middle men,
that the latter could go with them; so that in the
close of the contest the representatives from the
free States presented an unbroken front; and
hence carried matters tritunpbantly.
We pretend not .to comment on either the
thing done, or the manner of doing it; beyond the
remark already made, relatiie to 'the kind
courtesy which pervaded: the 'House: 'We' bet
endeavor to give, as far as our space will" allow,
the state of affairs.
The grand feature exhibited 1 : ;Y‘ the Northern
extreme was, that the holdikg el slaves is a sin, and
that the guilty must be subjected to Church disci
pone. This was embodied in a paper presented
by him CUTLER. A substitute for Mr. Cutler's
paper.was offered by DN. ALLEN,.and was admit
ted into the place of the former by a vote - of
ninety-four against eighty-four. .This was
.
amended and adopted. is - ,Tery -long; but the.
following extract will show,its,maio features :
'The General .dssembly, in view of the memorials before
them, and of the present relations of the church.to the sub;
jeer of Slavery, feel Palled upon 'td make the following ex-'
position of principle and duty: . „
We consider that the bolding and treating of, human be-,
Inge as property, according.th the ;Spirit 'and deiign of the
slave laws in the Southern States , of our pountry; as clearly
involving the sin of oppression.
The elements and ordinary developments of this sin are
such se the following:
1, The withholding from man, without OnaTotdable ne
cessity, of the natural right of personal liberty.
2. The neglect of appropriate efforts to deliver the slave
es speedily as practicable from tbefearfulliabilities to which
he is exposed while still held in lege,kbordstm. •
3: The exaction of services with Out anyJustor adequate
compensation.
4. The buying or selling of slaves for gain.
5. The separation of %miles, and the practical abrogation
of the marriage relation.
6. The exercise of : crueltyliiward slaves in the infliction
of punishment, and the laying on , of grievous burdens.
7. Neglect of the spiritual Interests of the slave, and espe
cially of, that careful instruction ;in the Wind of God, to
which he is entitled.
Any one of these facts involves, in our judgment, a
breech of the great requirement, , "Theu shalt: love thy
neighbor as thyself:"
And it is with'deep grief that we now ,discovfir that a por
tion of the . Church at the South has solar departed from the
established drictrine of the Church in relation to Slivery, as
to maintain that ! , itis an ordinance of God," and, that
_the
system of Slavery existing in these United States is Ferip•
aural and right. Against this new and alartaing doctrine
we feel constrained to bear our solemn testimony. It is at
war with the whole' sPirit and' tenor of this (Impel of love
and good will, as: well as abhorrent to the conscience of the'
Christian world. We can have no sympathy or fellowship
with it; and we exhort all our people to eschew it as a serf
-01113 and pernicious error. • • •
This paper was passed under the action of the
previous question," and by yeas 'one rhundred
and sixty-six, against nays twenty-six; whichwas,
we believe, a strictly territorial vote. It makes
no provision, for disciplinary action, and was oli
jected to by Southerners for indefiniteness.-
They asked for a plain ,utterance, and no more
" 'Delphic words," or ".stultified abstractions";"
bit the majority saw.proper to speak their own
sentiments in their own way.
The action was'not such as to drive the minor
ity off at once: They'offered the following PRO
TEST:
We the undersigned Southern Ministers, and Ruling El
„der% protest against The present decision of the General As
sembly.:
We protest--Because while the past General Assemblies
have asserted'Ahat the iirsterniof slavery is wrong, they
have heretofore affirmed that the slaveholder wens* con
trolled by State laws, obligations of guardianship and Int
=tufty, that he wasas thus situated; without calumet cen
sure as to the master. This averment in the testimony of
past Assemblies has so - far satisfied the South as to Make it
unnecemary to more than protest against the mere antlslav
erg part of such" testimony:
We protest then, now, that the present act of the Assem
bly is such an assertion of the sin of slavery; as: degrades
the whole Southern OburchL-an assertion without" author
ity from the Word of God or the organic law of The Presby
terian Church.
We protest:tbat such sedate is, snider present conditions,
the'virtual eascinding : of the South, ithatever may be the
motives of those who rote the dote'. • '
. . .
We protest that such indirect excision is unrighteous op=
pressiveosnealled for—the.exerchie of usurped power2des
tructive of the unity of our branch of the Church, hurtful
to the North and the. South,. and adding to' the peril of the
union' of these Btatea.
P. A. Ross, R. P. Rhea,
J. G. Hamner. P.R. Gray,
Isaac W. H. Handy, M. R. Shuck,
Gideon S. White, W. B. Caldwell,
. ,llea. W. Hutchins, E. A. Casron,
George Paint«r, R. M. Mouton,
H. Mathews; A.. 7. Matte, '
Jno. P. Chester, Peachy R. Grattan,
J. V. Barks, T. 8. Cleland,
J. W. Logan, , A. Dickerson. .
C. M. Atkinson,
The following is the Assembly's answer:
1. The present action of the Assembly on this subject is.
in perfect harmony with' the testimonies of former Assem
blies, and consists chiefly In a reaffirmation of those teeth
monies The General Assembly has never "affirmed that
the slaveholder wee to controlled by Slate laws. obligations
Of guardianship and humanity, that be was, as thus situa
ted, without censure or odium as tethe master." It has only
conceded Gist s certain exceptional cases msy exist, such as
- are defined in the resolutions adopted by the Assembly of
of 1880 and approved by this desehably.
2. We see nothing; in theiireamit Action 'which is uncon
stitutional or even reflects 'npon ; any t portion of the South-,
ern Church, which still abides ' b3l the old doctrine of the
Presbyterian Church in relation tc4hiessubject. •
8. With respect to the complaint 31',that fuch action is un
der. present:Conditions the virtual 'steal:Winger the SOuth,"
the Aisembly observe that no snoh.eicision is intended,
and we cannot perceive that it is in anywiseinvolved, oven
by remote implication. We have simply reaffirmed the es
tablished views of the Presbyterian Lhurch on the subject,
of slavery, and distinctly condemned the new and counter
doctrioes which have been declared and defended by gems
within our bounds.
4'. With regard to the allegation that our action in this
MUM Is' 'unrighteous, oppressive and uncalled for," usurps
tory and destructive of gr. at interests, we need only say that
it rests on the groundless assumption that this action is
an "indirect aucision" of the South. If oar Southern
brethren shall bleak the unity of the Church because we
stand by our former position, as in duty bound, the respon
sibility fcr the consequences will not rest on the Assem
bly.'
The adopting of this answer was regarded by
the Commissioners from the South as a 'Virtual
excision, and they took no further part in the
business of ? the Assembly..
A resolution was then adopted by the House,
appointing a Committe of. Conference, to endeavor
to settle the differences between the North and
the South ; and the following persons were named :
=NM
Rev. Albert Barnes, D. D., of Pa.; Rev. R. W. Patterson
of Chicago; Rev. A. 0. Dickerson, of Kentucky; Rev Mr.
Boyd, of Virginia; Rev. J. G. , Hamner, D. D.; of Bitltimore;
Bor. I. W. R. Bandy of Virginia; Rev. James P. Wilson, D.
D., of New Jersey ; 'Re.. L: p. Thompson, D. D., of Buf
falo; Bon. J. Allison, and lion. IN. Jessup, of Penn's.
After the adoption, by the Assembly, of the
answer to:t/teir Protest,: the Southern Delegates
held a meeting and resolved to issue a Manifesto,
stitizig their views' and intentions. .A call, also,
is to . be issued for a' general Coilvention in Wash 4.
ington, D.•C., 'duvet next, of all' Presbyte
rians, North, South, East and West, who are dis
posed to say : "No more slavery agitation"—to
consider what:joie, be done: They also appointed
Dr. Boyd, Dr. Elinor. Mr. Bandy, Mr. Grattan,
and Mr. White, anommittie to confer.with a com
mittee of the Assembly; in . arranging for' the time
of separation, the dividing,ef property, &c. ,
For the means of making this statement we are
indebted to tke'oorrespoidencaof the Pittsburgh
Gazette. ThiChurch papers, with reports, are
net . yet received , hyttwe monme that; we )rake
the" n 1111111630; fairly 'stated.
SLAVERY
THE'RESULT
Enitern stunnuOry' .
BOSTON AND NEW, ENGLANII.
GOVERNOR. GARDNER has declined to remove
Judge Lowring, on account of his connexion with
the Anthony Barns Case, adeordiggte - the 'TWOM
men4lation of the Legislature of Massachusetts.
'TheMassachusetts SADRATR SCHOOL SOCIETY
held its 26th anniversary on the 28th ult., in the
Tremont Temple. This ',Society has, been from
the beginning; exceedingly prosperous. The
sales of last year have exceeded those of any pre-'
vious year, by $6,000. riuringlhe same i time
new,pfibliCatiOns;Omoutlibig 6;648 pages; have
been issued. The whole number of the Society's
publications, 1,200, of which: 792 are bound
Library Booki, 72 Question Books,
,and 6 'Hymn
and Music Books.' A large number of the publi
cations of this Society are always on hand, 'at
theFresbyterian Book 'Roams, on St. Clair Street,
Pittsburgh:
A meeting in behalf of the American BOARD
OF COMMISSIONERS FOR Fonemot MISSIONS, Was
held in the same place, on the evening of the same
day. From the statements made by the Rev. Dr.
'Anderson, we ascertain the following facts:
Tarenty-one new ch.urches have been formed in
thie Atnerican Mission during , the past four years;
and twelie new churches in the Madeira .Mission
within the last two, years. Five hundred have
been added to the membership of. the Madeira
•
churches in three years • and in two years and a
the Chinese membership of the Amoy
churches has risen from 24 to 200. Ten ordained
missionaries lave been added to the missionary
force in the_ year,
_and thirteen more are, now un
der appointment. The Youth'sTtind for the mis
sionary ship, Morning Star,- now amounts to
,$28,000, and contributions`to this object are still
coming in from the mast distant parts or the
On the previous day,- the meeting of the CON
GREGATIONAL BOARD' OP PUBLICATION, WES held.
The:fund - of the Society has reached $27,473, an
increase of $1,893 on what it was last year. In
addition, there are conditional pledges to the
amount of $5,000.` The cash sales of the last year
were $8,120. The increase of sales . the last year
;has been. $1517. A friend of the Society, has
provided the Means of publishing _a .revised edi
tion of the Works of Dr. Emmons; and the work
,
of stereotyping will be commenced, at once.
The anniversary of the battle oU Stratus,
Hun will be, celebrated on the 17th.of June. Gen.
Scott and a regiment of the Imest New York
troops will be present.
9rEORGE PEABODY, Esq., has returned to Massa.
chusetts since his Southern and Western trip, and
will sail for England about the middle of August.
A large family of :colored persons, manumitted
by the will.of a gentleman of Montgomery; Ala.,
lame been provided with a home 'and' the means
of support, in. New Haven, Conn. Their late rams - -
ter left them their freedom and the sum of
$12,000,. on condition of their removal to a free
State.
A 'COLONY CM NRW-ENGLANDEiI3. headed by a
Congregational clergyman, of MassaChusetts, has
purchased a tract of land in the
,South-Western
part of lowa, 'in Adams and Adair Counties,
whither the whole party will emigrate the present
semen.
GOVERNOR ILmx, of New Hampshire; was
inaugurated on. Thursday, the dtb inst. In his
address, he congratulated the people of that State
on the progress of their industrial pursuits, and
the success of the restrictive Liquor Law; and
recommended the appointment of a. Board of
Bdueation, and the establishment of a State
Normal School; a longer residence on the part of
ioreigners, together with, the ability to read and
write, before being, allowed to vote;:and, also,
the granting of pecuniary aid to the Five State
settlers in Kansas.
NEW YORK
The Board of Aldermen has at length offered
a Rawann OF $2,000, for Infornintion that will
lead to the apprehension and conviction of the
murdereri of the late'Dr. Burdell.
The troubles in Dm Cazavait's Omen have
not yet ended. ' On Thursday evening,, the 4th
inst., a very eiolting meeting of the congrega
tion was held, to hearthe report of the Commit
tee appointed to propose amendments to the,
standing rules of the aural. The chief recom-
mendatien is, the change in the duration of the
deacon'Sterm of office, from a life service to. that
of three years ; l and that the deacons be ineligible
to the same office for one year after their term
expires. This proposed change had been brought
about by the late attempts of some ,of the mem
bers of thecongregation, headed by most of the
deacons, to induce Dr. Cheever to resign his
charge. The report of the Committee was adopted,
by a vote of forty-two against seventeen.
The New Porapi Comussiortnts seem to be on
the advance, in their efforts for a new Organiza
tion of the police establishMent. The pblicemeil
of the Fifth Ward have declared'generally in
favor of thaCommissioners
The publisher, Win. X Dodd, has in press a
new work on POPULAR Amosentaxrs, written by
au able author, which has been highly commended
by eminent literary men, to whom it has been
submitted.
.
• New York has eighteen !Nagai) Sqpa)tas, cora
priiing about nine hundred 'acre& The largest
is the Central Park ,, upon
, which, the improve
ments have just been commenced, containing
seven hundred and seventy-six acres. Observa
tory Place
.has twenty-five acres ; Manhattan
Square, nineteen ; Mount Morris, twenty ; and
Hamilton Square, fifteen.
In the city, there are also forty-six engine,
companies, fifty-seven hose companies, and thir
teen hook and ladder. .companies, most of which
are well supplied with all necessary apparatuefor
service. .•
H. S.WAHn, Now York's distinguished
§angby,-fratightla school in Putnam County, Ga.,'
4i.1819, thirtyteightleara ago.
Odil3ahlidth:; tivening; the 81st tilt : , EDWARD
CnasTait,"a gradMite . ot Thiicore . gliiil Omni-
Miry, wan' ordained te the-ititt-twork*tinfigihip
, "
try as a Missionary to' Ceylon , ky . o potirih,
Presbytery . (New ,of .New Wit; The
ordination sermon was preached by the
Rev. Joel Parker, D.D., from ACte.:lll: The
charge was delivered by the Any. Wo6d.
There is great DESZORATION OF THE SABBATH,
at the race course, on Long Island, where pick
pockets, gamblers, and gentlemanly ruffians con
gregate on thatsday, Jar horse-racing, gambling,
and drinking.
The, Ray. J.-M. STEMBNBON, D.D., of New Al
bany, la., accepts the appointment lately con
ferred on him by the American Tract Society, to
become one of its . Secretaries.
PHILADELPHIA. ' •
The Pennsylvania ACADEMY ON Finn Mae
its annual meeting on McMoia.y, Tiinfe)*tor,
election of officers, and to r:eceiviri . tea.p..k
the last year. In that time, thSee7ll4,
have been purchased, at a cost of"O4, 3 itio then._
sand four hundied dollars. They are s . painting'
by Wiltkanip, of Antwerp, representing an ina - =
pressive scene in the Low Countries ; a group of
the "Dying Brigand and his Wife;" by E. H.
May,. of Philadelphia—naw .; ia Europe; and's
landscape composition,. 444)11 Weber, another
Philadelphia artist. An., appropriation. has, also,
been made for the bogi e of a collection of.
materials of costume, arpniale.wares, ornamental :
metallic metallic objects, and arms and armor, because in
teresting, of themselves, and,necessary to , e.rtists„
The - mb"..r, or visitors frPnlY the_ close ofithe,lest
; annual exhibition- to the -opening of: theppresent.-
one—from June 23, 1856, to April 27, 1857—ez.
,14
ceeded teh - ,,-thousand, independOtly of stock
holders and their fainilies, students, and artists.
The 31.umbeeof stockholders is Limn' seven hun
dred and twenty, eighty of whom have been ad
ded.within.thee.yearz.-
THOMAS Brume, son of Col. Clement Biddle, of
the Revolutionith ariny, who was called by Gen.
Greene to be his aid and counselor in the dark
est hours of the great struggle, and highly es
teemed by Washington, died on the 3d instant, in
Cheater County, near Philadelphia. During the
greater part of his life, he was connected with a
large commercial house in Philadelphia, and was
held in high estimation for integrity and ability.
He-was a Trustee of . the' University; and a. Di
rector of the Philadelphia Library, and also con
nected with several other public institutions.
A Convention of the Imronreas OF THE VA;-
RIOIIS KYNDS OF. EARTHEN WARE has been called
to meet in Philadelphia, on the 25th inst. Three
.hundred invitations have been sent out; of which'
.thirty have been sent to manufacturers of china
in England and France. This busineis is said to`
be almost altogether free' from the usual finctuk:
tiona of trade. A banquet 'will be given during
the sittings of the Convention.
The Lumen D.Ear.sha' ASSOCIATION met on Ition
day, the Ist inst., for the adoption of a constitn
.
tion and by-laws. The whole Assembly consisted
of only 109; all, save nine, Irishmen, Germans,
and English. The large liquor dealers, and the
keepers of the principal hotels, have not entered
into the Association'; it is composed almost en
tirely of the venders of whisky and lager beer.
The attv.wr PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, (New
School,) organized a little over a, year ago,
,has
since that,time received eightymine new mem
bers, of, whom sixty-three were on" - profession.of
faith.
Isz the Preisbyterbin Banner and Advocate
ANew Church Organized.
. . .
EL PAso, WOODFORD Co.,
June- :1857:
REv. D. MEXINNET--Dear Sir: Oil
Monday, the 11th of last month, Rev. Wm.
T. Adams, of Washington, and Rev. F. N.
Ewing,' of Bloomington, appeared here as a
committee appointed by the Peoria Presby
tery, to organize a Presbyterian church,
which was done with seven members.
Messrs. Adams and Ewing being members
of Committee on Missions, appointed Rev.
J. C. Mahan, of Lexington, 111., to preach
here the fourth of his time.
God, in his providence has planted ;;a lit
tie church, where, in last, September, it. was
all open prairie. Now, there are about thirty
buildings, and Many more will be built won.
It is a central point for trade. Here, the
Eastern extension of the Peoria and Oquaw
ka Railroad crosses the Illinois Central,
and is in operation to the Chicago and Mis
sissippi Railroad.
The surrounding country is' delightful
prairie, and is settling up Very fait; and im
proving rapidly. The land is exceedingly
rich and productive=as good 'for - ' farming
purposes as any in the State ; is' healthy—
good water is generally obtained by digging
from fifteen to thirty feet. The prospect for
the growth of the church is good. We hain
it in contemplation to build a house soon for
public worship. Persons, especially Pres
byterian families, in' the hiastern States, who
have made up their ndrids to move to the
West and select homes, are 'invited to visit
this region of country. Any who desire in=
formation in relation to particular bmirineas
or trade, are requested to write 'to S. W. Og
den, Kappa, 111., or to the undersigned at
this place.
Respectfully yours,
For the Preebyterlan Banner and Advocate
Appreciation of the Late Rev. S. Hume
Smith,
By the Seesion and Congregation ofilopewell Church.
The Session met on the 23d inst. at 1 o'clock
P. M., and was constituted with prayer, by Rey.
J. A. lllevine; of the Baltimore Presbytery, MotL:
erator.
On motion of Andrew Anderson, seconded by
Robert Wilson, the following resolutions were
adopted:
Resolved, That the Session of this church, on
behalf of the congregation,' take this'opportunity
of recording, in a spirit of - devout humiliation
before God; their deep sense of the melancholy
bereavement, which= this congregation has sus
tained, in the removal from *dr midst, by death,
of their beloved and universally esteemed pastor,
Rev. S. Hume Smith.'
Resolved, Thafthey record ,with gratitude; their
sense of- Divine goodness,• in blessing , them,.for
upwards o f twelve years; with the faithful, patient,
able, and acceptable labors, of him, who,,heing,
dead, yet speaketh to us to, be follewere of him,
even as he followed Christ.
Rewired, That, as a friend and connselor in the
family, and in the sick chamber of his' flock; no
less than in his unwearied ministrations, lie was
alike diligent, and highly appreciated.
Rewired, That his name will long be embalmed
in the affectionate memory of rill the niembers of
,his congreption, in view of`the private arid 'pub
lic excellences of his character and conversation.
Furthermore, this Session would pray on be.:
Ulla the orphan children of their deceased pas
tor, that their father's God may be their covenant
God, and that he would, if in accordance+ With
his will, dispose and enable them to become use
ful members of the Church, and fellow heirs Of
eternal life.
BY TEN' CONGREGATION
At a congregational meeting held in the Hope.
well church, May 25th, the , following resolutions
were unanimously adopted: _
• Resolved, That we indorse every word embodied
in the resolutione passed by the Session of this
church on the 23d inst., as being the sentiment of
every member of the:congregation. •
Resolved, That the Secretary of this , meeting be
instructed to send a copy of the above resolutions
to the mother of the deceased, - and to thellalk*
terian Banner and Advocate, requesitzli tkeii pub-
JOHN MANIFOLD, Chairman
J William Edie, Seely., , - •
Rev. JAMS A. Diviiii - has received a call
to become` the pastor . of, the church of
Hopewell, York Comity, Pa
Mr. R. B. ABBOT, was ordained await Evan
gelist, by the 'Presbytery: of White Water,
its:late nneting. - :
Revi. TIE4KIATE RANSoii . 'was installe pas
' tor of,the Otiiia;kka. ohnrch, 111., on the
sth ult. " - Rev: L Candee,D.D. preached
the sermon and presided, Rev. J. King
gave the charge ',94(1
W. Townley to the, pastor.
Rev. C. • Fawns', Post Office , addrat3s:is,
changed from Swan, Noble County,: di.
aim, to Kendallville Noble County I Judi-,
ana.
Mr. A. Strait s ,has been ordained ,
md in
stalled pastor of Liberty" 'Church,
South Carolina, by-the Piesbytnq ofHar
moray
Rei,. A. PAIR - m-12es Post ;Office address
is
changed from,, Houston, Texas to.Sa4
Rosa, Sonoma.COnnitf California
Rev. WILLIAM Mostiax; late of , Sto c k'
ton, California,-.lmvittwaccepted.`a.
supply the Pirst -Preibyterian Olthroh , at
PontiaO IMichigan, requests= ebiresiond,
.acts to addresslhim icoordingly.q
The pastoral relation,
,between the Itev. A.
Capinw,an(l the "we,. ea
ingtor!. ,‘ „ and T6Att:Ty, S
he 41.01, pliao4leF
7 qv -I:!€ll43Ttt:Oilk-,)1116.1i4a:4
riateVi. 111...11qatrdrani hasitalrethiharge:of the ,
church of Marietta, Ohio.
Pioceedings o the General Assembly of
1857.
EIGHTS DAY—Friday, May 29,
The Assembly met, and occupied a half hour is dpr
tional exercises. The Minutes of yesterday were read ~q , l
approved.
Members were elected to fill vacancies in the Boards
Domestic Missions, Foreign Missions, .Educatien, and Pell'.
cation, and the Committee on Church Extension. Th r ,
former members were chosen, in most cases.
. . . _
Thanks were returned to Dr. Stratton, for his eermea
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7
evening, in behalf of the Board of Publication, and a CO
was asked for the press.
Dr. Scott, of Cincinnati, reported a Narrative of the State
of Religion. This Report is made from Narratives sent in '
-by the different Presbyteries. One-third of these had 1:„"
lected their duty., The summary from the other ta-o-thlrl
presented a very encouraging picture. In the whole extent
of the land, favors have been shown to the Church, by i n
Head. And still, there are abounding evils t^ be deplored,
Intemperance prevails extensively, and is on the incr ee ,
and the indifference to religion is lamentable. The en:
couragements, however, are many. There ie a good attend.
once upon the ordinances, an incremed attention to SA,
bath Schools, religious literature, Christian educati on in
schools and colleges., to the building of churches, to contd.
buttons, and to the instruction of the colored population,
There , have been co:morons revivals of religion, some
t which were extensive and powerful. The number of PreF...
-byteties thus blessed is greater than that reported In any
previous year. Upon the whole, the year has been one Pr
great favor, and gratitude is due, and great thankseivion
to the Father of mercies through our lord Jesus Christ.
The Report was adopted, and pastors directed to read it to
their congregations
Dr. Moore reported from the Committee on Theologi ca l
Seininariel. The number of students matriculated the lag
year, 18 ninety-seven, being fourteen less than durin g th o
prevlove year. A Fourth Professor for the Seminary et
Danville, was recommended; and nominations made to ell
- vacancies in the Boards of direction The Report was
'adopted. The resolutions are the following:
Resolved, That the churches be urged to complete the en
dowment of those -Seminaries• that are not yet fully e n ,
dowed, to increase the number of scholarships and t o
furnish funds for the repair and erection of suitable I:mu.
longs, and the enlargement of the libraries.
Resolved, That candidates should be required to pet
themselves under the rare of Presbyteries as soon as
Bible, and receive careful supervision during their entire
course; and that whatever arrangements the Presbyteries
.may . deem expedient to facilitate their training, them RV
xangements should not be such as will tend to shorten the
full term of study, or induce an absence from their clim e;
at either the opening or closing exert:dine of the Seminary' s
Sessions
Resolved, That the following persona be appointed l iret.
tom of the Princeton Theological Seminary, until May,
.1800, .Miniziers—J. N. Campbell, DD., George Pow,
D.D., John McDowell, D.D., D. V. McLean, D.D., Win. Nein,
D.D., H. A. Wilms!, D.D, John. Thompson, D.D. Euil, l „
.Fidere--John Fine, Ebenezer Platt, lra C. Whitezidee.
Resolved, That the Board of Directors of the Weste r' ,
, Theological Seminary, at Allegheny, be enlarged to cony,
and divided into four equal classes, one of which shall go
out of office annually.
Resolved, That the following persons compose the clan
of Directors to verve for three years, via: Itinister„o-.
Erancls Herron, D.ll, Blisha P. Swift, D.D, W. M. Paxton,
W. B. Mellvaine, John Kerr, James Alexander, Cyrus Dick
son. .Etriers—Luke Loomis, Alexander Johnston, James
Carothers, M.D. To serve for. four • years, the following:
Nit:Weis—Thomas Creigh, RD., James S. Woods. D.D., A.
S. Han. D.D, James Hoge, D.D., John P. Caldwell, Junes
M.Platt, S. M. McClung. Elders—Lucas Flattery, Dr. g,
A:Trite, A. Cameron.
Resolved—That the following Directors of Danville Theo.
logical' Seminary be appointed to serve until lgee, viz
Affnisters—John T. Edgar, D.D.. B. C. Grundy, D.D.. doh
C. 'Young, DX - , L. W. Green, D.D., B. M. Hobson, James g.
Brooks, JohntMentgonfery; ,- .R.4l , Lapslef, , D.D. ' A. D. C.
Schenck. &Wing Eiders—William Richardson,John Wet
on James B. Hopkins, John D. Thorne, O. Beaty, William
'Prathir, Glass Marshall, James Bartow, John McKeage.
To serve until May, 1859 Ezekiel Forman, in place of
James Coe,. deceased; anK.Ben. Monroe, in place of
T. E. West,decirased.
Resolved,'That the Assembly elect &Fourth Professor. in
Danville Seminary, to fill the Chair of triental and Biblical
Literature; and that this electiOn be the order or the day
forMondaymoniing, at'eleven o'clock.
Rer. Stephen 'Parkes, now Professor of Languages it
Transylrinia 'University. was put - in 'nomination for the
Professorship' at -Dan'tille; the election to take place on
Monday next.
The Committee on Systematic Benev o e f le th ne:, a rx e r h t es ed then
the cause is gaining , on the affections
is of great promise , though only twinty.four ea Pre an s d byt ' enes
had se: tup statements . ; The system is ammo, reins
mended. The report was adopted.
, ,
The unfinished beeriness of yesterday was resumed. The
motion of Judge Fine, to give the . Overture to a Committee
of five, to report to the next ...tearembly, was modified so as
-to refer the'whole: subject to - the neat Assembly.
Dr. Adger was opposed to this , transfer of responsibility.
He thought Assembly Was prepared to net, being now
in the third • day of the discussion.- Dr. Adger commented
largely, as the other: speakers bad done, on the Report of
the Society's 'Committee of - Revision, whim had been pub.
'Hebei in 1801. . He thought the ?Society bad no right to
'change even the orthography. His object was to insist that
the Society were merely printers, and must follow the copy
before them. He claimed to be a friend of the Society. He
bad the honor of editing for the British and Foreign So.
cietyinthe East.
Judge Allen of New York, felt himself deficient in in
formation. Doubtless others were so. The subject thonid
be *timed to the next Aterembly.. There was not time Bee
to get - the information, nor fully to discuss so great a gees.
non. 'And thereewas much business before the Souse that
required attention. And the Overture he thought wee not
drawn with due precision. Persons would understand it
differently. It needed examination. We could notadoptit
out of mere memece,to its accomplished author. The Over
ture was a strong censure on the American Bible Society ; a
censure which we ;should not heathy pase. He understood
that the Society had not Made any changes, except five.
-They had followed the reading of a majority of the beet
English editions. .But in the five eases alluded to, there
was so much 'disagreement in the editions, that they had
refereed to the - original:. He. could see no grounds for
censure. The discussion, Ire thought, would do good.
It would "awaken attention. It would admonish the
Society, and *dupe carefulness., It would ' show the
public. that we were watchful, and thus inspire con
fidence. Heniahed:not, by referring the- ease,* shrink
from a responsibility. Neither was he, willing to incur the
-responsibilitiof rash action, especially when that action
would censure and injure a. great Christian institution.
"The 'time now occupied in the discussion is not lost. If
themis need Or action, the Assembly of next year will have
been incited to nrevions preparation for it.
Dr.-Hoge, of Columbus, Ohici, did not wish to vote on the
Overture, one Say ore the other. The language was too in
definite. Definitione were needed. The. facts upon which
the raided - ions are baud, are`assumed facts: They are not
proved. There is .intoesdo. He ,could not adopt them.
Neither did he wish to reject them. There might be some
truth in the assumptions. There should be - investigation.
The atterationse , so far as he knew of them, he approved of
decidedly.' they wain not a change of the English Bible.
They werienorrections of errors. What was the standard
edition ? Watethat used in ale a standard ? Who made it
so, - -We would act with perfect safety by referring the mat
ter to the next Assembly.,
: Dr. bllllll, Mr. Blimmersly, and Dr. Aiken, made scone
remarks.
A motion to lay
,Judge ' Fine's motion on the table, was
negatived by a vote of 12Iagainst 117. The motion to refer
the Overture to the neut.:General 'Assembly, was then
adopted, by a vote of 128 against 114. ,
Adjourned with prinen
etifteautonm'ileasion e
•
Dr. Leland was appointed , to •preach the sermon Estero
' the Board of Zincing," next year.
The Overtureir expressing an entire want of sympathy in
all efforts to make a newitnenslitionnf the Scriptures, were
adopted.
. A - presbytery to bet celled Lake Superior, in Minnesota
Tenitory, was organised,. to, be attached to the Se nod of
Wisconsin. [This Were to ',The CrunpbeHite and Baptist
'Onion efforts.]. • . .
"Ac,Overture from Carlisle Presbytery, affirming that the
eentiment In our Confession, that a'man may not marry of
his wife's kindred nearer than *ibis own, is not in accord
ance with the feelings of a large.poi tion of the community;
that it tends to difficulties, and"cannot be enforced; that the
'article in the. Confession which contains It should be re
ferred to the PriebYteries kr amendment; was taken up
and read, and then laid on the table.
"The Complehrt of I. L. Belleille and fourteen others of
the Presbytery - or Miami against the Synod Of Cincinnati,
was taken up. They complain of a censure passed by the
Synod ou a section of the records of Presbytery. It was
solved to to proceed with this matter In the deliberative, and
not in the judicial' form. A party interested being sick,
the subject was postponed till Monday at 10 o'clock.
, . .
WESTERN THEOLOGICAL SRMIttARY.
Dr. Moonei from the Committee on Theological Seminaries.
reported farther in to the Western Seminary ; the
'report is an follows: -
Nesdeed , „That,agreeiblynithe unanimous request of the
Beard' of Directors, :this Assembly will proceed to elect a
fourth Profaner npon a salary* be graduated by the Trus
tees of the demiLary..
Reedited, That in eceerilaarce with the same request,
Samuel J. Wilson, who - bas been en associate teacher in this
„Seminary, for. wo years paste be nominated to fi ll this Pro-
Aloasorship.
Reeve/red, .That-if;any change in the division of labor in
the Seminary be found expedient, it may be made by the
`Board Of Direnbein for the next session, provided it be re
ported to theenext Assembly.
.
• Mr. McClung, of .fialtsburg, Presbytery, said he was in
structed by his Presbytery to oppose the' election of a Fourth
Professor. Ile thought there were not funds:for his support
and that the churches in the region were unwilling to
bear the expense. He thought there were other interests in
the country demanding attention; and that three Prides-
Sore were enough.
Mr. Wallace,. of Redstone Presbytery,. was instructed to
oppose the, appointing of a fourth preh.ssor in any Semina
ry. But if the Assentirly istablisbed it as the order for
other Presbyteries, he wished this one to be cm an equality.
Bat he felt doubtful as to the provision made at Allegheny
for the .support *quid* - Yet from what appeared on all
sides, he felt asethoeigh he should vote for the professorship.
Mr. hielivainee Of Ohio Preabytierv, was sorry that there
should eppear-Oe ; he any division on this question. The
Assembly had setelmithe question of a Fourth Professor for
Allegheny, heti years` ago, and had reiterated it by appoint
merits.: Dn ~Hail i bad f been appointed and Mr. Dicken
sbuilt, on. Neither accepted. Four professors' homes had been
saeloier $O,OOO on hand toward the professorship.
Hshe adened the sympathy of the Assenibly. The Western
rd& boMade a first rats Sernhairee.
fatels. It Was worthy The
country as ; worthy.- Agieni was appointed to relao
Preopects were bright.. The person nominated bad
taught two years in the Institatien; and was eminently te
,cettable. " • -
Mr. Lee, of Ohio Prealiter said the Trustees of the
an handiSeminary wereradiffereattody from the Dire eters. They hate
$ 5,200 - I roz - O holionetti Professorship. On this they
I:Odd - not enetain a "Perifiestii; but if fends could be raised,
Abe,' Trudees would rejoice to have the appointment. And
now he was aseureekthat the means could be had for eneParti
foi-a 'r einernableatinen 4 till the endowment. Mr. Lee thee
heartily
.tins p r worship- An agent had been ap.
*doted to colleckftnitts;lind things appeared highly ewer
- able" • ~e „ .
Mr. iiontgoitnery, Mr. - fo poor rm& and _Dr. .Swift, made re.
marka invoroieleeinee .
PDErlietr—liferteridayi May 30.
Anseffibly met, nod engaged hidevotional exerting,
The Minutes of yesterday were read and approved.
was, agreed, that after Monday, there shall be evening
` , Seadonie until the final adjournment.
. e t e e, WE STERN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.
f iti Thoe unlink" had business of yesterday was taken up. Dr.
' Odle :proceeded with his Report relative - to the Western
, Seminary, and made some remarks relative to an objection
against Mr. Wilson, as a nominee to Male
,- because he is not an ordained minister, the
which of
had beßistor e T,n
urged by Dr. Breckinridge. He read front the Digest, show
ing that the objection was not valid. He also stated, tha t
Dr. Hodge and. DreJe A. Alexander, Professors at Princeton,
had been elected before they were.ordeined; though, after
their election' by the As.setably,they were ordained before
being inducted into office.
Judge Fine, Alerander Smith, Dr, Balk, Dr. Damont,Fr-
L e land, Dr, Thomsen, - and Mr. 'Lee,
and all eivorably.: ,e •
Dr. Moore -then nominated 'Emil:el J. Wilson es Po:
looser of History *lb° tWeectern neoki t iosi seminary ; end
spoke on the subject,
'the Assembly, accenling to. rul engaged in prayer, Dr-
Sidft,theing called Uptake lead in the'exercese. Theetectioll
witi e take pima on iff e ceiday e ee 11 ,
"Dialicett, of Cenchiffiet* was mipoeed to the nomination
sled:tin:eters, presented by the Committee. Some of thea;
WD.ID too d is tant,-werueoutside of the territorial lien
Aeldelkiroperly liedomged tee that Seminary : One lived .
Baltimore; one in Rochester, N. Y.. one. in Carlisle; on
one in Huntingdon .. This looked like' hittheino an other
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