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EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE
International Exhibition Opened—The Laureate's
Ude—The Building Described—Personal min
rrespions of the Scene— The Procession—
The Royal Commissioners—The Queen's Min
istera—The Canopied Plalform—The Duke of
Cambridge, Derby, Palmerston, and the For
, tan Princes—The Address and Reply—Ties
Musical Performances—Solemn Recognition and
Worship of the Triune God.— A General
View of the Exhibition—Military Trophies
—A Pleasing _ Contrast Picture Qat
tether, English and Frenchltetin'TrCnch's Son
net—The Princess Royal : and . her Message , —
Postscript.
LoitriVir, May 8, 1862
THE INTERNATIONAL ENBIBITION Was
opened two days ago—Thursday, May Ist.
The weather wire,ll4latitiful. A
,shower, of
seasonable rain itt •Vhe early hours haYmn
had cooled the , atmosphere, laid the dust,
and made the air balmy with the breath of
the sweet South. All was gladness within
and without the Great Building at Ken
sington, save that ever and anon the Prince
Consort's death came up upon the memory
and heart, solemn in its warnings as the
slave in the classic triumphs, who told the
victor in his chariot that he was mortal;
and saddening in reminding the throng
that he whose genius and taste, as well . as
whose true love for all mankind and i 9 I
unity, had evoked both the first Exhibition
of 1851 and•that of 1862—each " a thing
of beauty," and the second more glorious
than the first—was mouldering in the
vaults of Windsor Castle, while the Stricken
Queen, at the very hour when the flourish
of trumpets announced that the now Exhi
bition was opened, was arriving .at Balmo- .
ral, after a journey of six huudred miles,
pursued all the previous night and morn
ing, as if she sought to get away as fast
and as far as possible from a scene of heart- .
breaking suggestiveness.
Thus also was the popular sympathy
evoked and deepened—specially among the
thirty-six thousand who entered the build
ing on Thursday, armed with three-guinea
season tickets or the " open-sesame" afford
ed to those who took part in the opening
official proceedings as also to the represen
tatives of the Press. For, in, the . noble
Ode written for the occasion by . Tennyson,
the poet Laureate, the singing of which by a
choir of about two thousand persons ndcem
flied by a powerful band of •instrumental
performers, and in music of the loftiest
order, by an English composer, Mr. Stern
dale Bennet, the following passage struck
on the ear of the multitude as a dirge and
requiem :
" 0 silent father of our kings to be,
Mourned in this golden hours of jubilee,
For this, for all, we weep our thanks to thee!"
The words "we weep" were taken up as a
refrain most touching, by the choir. The
Ode proceeded thus :
" The world-compelling plan Wee thine;
And lo ! the long, laborious .o lies
Of palace; lo I the giant aisles, . .
Rich in model and design
Harvest tool and husbandry,
Loom and wheel and engine* , ; ,
Secrets of the sullen mine,
Steel and gold, and corm and wine ;
Fabrics rough, or fairy tine,
Sunny tokens of the line; „ , f
Polar marvels, and a feast
Of yonder, out of West and Bast, ,
And shapes and hues of Art divine !
All of beauty, all of use;
That our fair planet can produce ;
Brought from under every star,
Blown from over every main,
And mixt, as life is mixed with pain,
The works of peace with works , of war."
Then the thought rises before the poet,
that while the " goal " of universal broth
erhood is not'yet reached, and the optimism
of the philanthropist and Christian far
from being yet realized, yet the present
scene is 80, rich in its gladdening hope
bringing influences that at least the dawn,
the bud, the germ, the first fruits are ours
—and therefore let us be joyful. And so
the then in the choir ask, '
i " And is the dream as far away 7"
f to which the women-singers make response,
' "Far, how far, no mail can say ;"
and then, amid a crash of jubilant musio r
and in exulting tones, all exclaim :
"Let us have our dream to-day l"
Finally the Ode closes ; the music at first
soft, and appealing, but gathering volume
and vigor (and repeating; too, twice or thrice,
the: six lines beginAltig, " And let," Stc.,)
until. at last the air is filled with claimant
congratulation and rejoicing :
" 0 ye, the wise who think, the.wise who reign,
From gritering commerce loose ber latest chain,
And let thei fair, white-winged.petke-maker fly
To happy havens under all the sky,
And mix the seations and the golden hours,
Till each matt ffnd his own in all men's good,
And all men work in t noble brotherhood, •
Breaking their maitect,freets and armed towers,
Attd , ruling by obeying Nature's'powers,
And gathering all the fruits . of peace, and
crowned with all her flowers."
4 The music to the last line of this Ode
wiz: precisely similar to the'et+ale of' Ger:.'
many, hymn-like in its cadences, such as
ere ndw I. have listened to in the early
Summer morning, when mingling with the
throng who had Come from all countries to
drink the beali l dg waters of Enis, Y in the
Duchy of Nassau. But the poet fell - be
low the height of- his noble theme, in indi
eating Free Trade in commerce as tlikk pre
cursor of the day when " each man" should
" find his own in all men's' good, and all
men 'work' inynobla brotherhotrt": It is
only Christianity that ean bring:the:World
to that blessell consummation. Pity tis
that, the " Odt',' phould have not done.tbe
haulage of song to the Cross and the Con=
Oertir 'who once ;bled' on ft to disenthral
Clinkinti, and who! llyund by shall reign'
over hearts, " the invisible and. universal •
Lord."
The building at Kens i ing,;ton corers twen
ty-five acres, Of ground, and woad have
been ninehlitler as well al moril magnifi
cent; had the original . designs , of Captain
Fowke, the architect, beeris,sorried out:
His ideal comprised an exonditure of
£590,000, which would have included a
great hall, 600 feet long, 250 . feet wide,
add 200 feet high: There will -fig' no dif
ficulty,. if funds are furnished,- 61€ adding
this hall at any. time. The prindipal ar
chitectural features are the two rslomes
which are larger than the domes' of St.
Peters at Rome and St. Pauls in ' 1.4;i4d0n.
There is a mire 800 feet long, 100' feet
high, and 85' feet. Wide. The tetra: 'area'
*roofed is sixty:millions of cubic feet.. •.).
• L l‘wilii .my greatarivilege to be Ar t
ished with a ticket pf admission, for e ,
i t ,
opening day. Approaching' Hyde Pa
on • the- Northern side', near .the Marla
Arch, I asivakgreat etrOna of pedestrians;
pressing over the grass, and towards the
Serpentine,On their way, to Kensington.
The great carriage drive was filled, South
and 'North, with a long' no t e of vehiclesi,'
and in truth idince every a'renue that led
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to the grand centre of attraction, was well.
nigh choked up. Some ladies in their
,carriages .were at the ,building by eight
o'clock in the morning ;. but. they did not
find admission till long after. I reached
the 'place soon after noon,•and Made •tny
wny through Irish flower girls, through
shoebiacks, oyster and orange sellers, and
all kinag of importunities to " buy. a pro
gramme" to the' South-bast entrance, im
mediately under one of the great domes.
Outside the building were the flags of all
nations, with the Union. Jack in the cen
tre. assing through , one of those tun
nestiles which are furnished so numerous
yls to be capable of admitting 100,00 P
persons in an hour and a half, I passed
rapidly up a long and wide corridor. Then
turning to the right, I caught a glimpsetof
the vast spaoeset apart for the choir at'the
Eastern - eitreinity of the' building. The
number! :of musicians, singers, male . and
female .were immense .. The ladies • who
lent their sweet treblerto the singing, were
so beautifully dressed, and so appropriately
too, to the season of the' year' that, looking
at them, as contrasted with , their nile,snr
roundings, you were,ready to compare.theM
'to a beautiful' parterre of carnations, with
a sombre setting and borders.
I found specially, Abet the great businies
of the Openina. Ceremonies was to be trans
noted in two localities and in two parts;
the first at the Western eittreitity, the Sets,
and at the 'East, and rightlin front of, and
largely dependent for its efficiency . on ! the
help-and cooperation of the . 'iamb:liens 11/14
the choir. . . . '-
s
First 'of all 'at a. quar t er patkone o'clock,
was aundimeed the arriValin ,the baildifig
of thoee who were to be prOminent mitiiivi
and almost immediately after began to defile
along) the centre of the omit) :11 long and
imposing procession. Cheers ytere'heardits
it passed along. Standing as ,I did at the
Western extremity, appeared: fthe heaccif
the procession, including the Duke ,of
Cambridge, (the Queen's eousin,) the ()rosin
Prince of Prussia, (her' sonlin-law,) Prince
Oscar of Sweden, the I. ! ordf Chambeilain,,
:'the Lord Chancellor, and the speaker of. the
-Hens° of Commons—each •in his robes,
vtith' trains borne—the +Archbishop of Can
terlinry, the Earl of .DerbSr, and Visdount
Palmerston. These had been preceded hy
• OCIII tractors, superintendents, and architects;
also the Council of the Horticultural So
ciety, including two Earle, atid • the Bishop
of Winchester, by the Coheiail of the So
ciety of Arts, 'by Chairinen'af Jaries; by
acting Commissioners forPolonies and De
pendencies, and Foreim,.oommietioners,
by the Lord Mayor °Mouton, the City
'Corporation and the Shriktffs of London
and Middlesex by the i l lsoril 'Mayors of
Yorkend. Dublin, and:tha. Lordi Provosts
of Edinburgh and Glasgow. There were
'also-eighteen nohlemen'ttid gentlemen, who
feasibly recalled the past tieingthegneen's
Commissioners for the Exhibitioa alB5l.
Aiming these was the greet astronomer, the
Earl of Rosse; also the light Hon. 'B,'. D'!
Israeli, M. P., and Right fro a. ft,. Lnwe,'
M. P., both of whom are stern haters Of
each other in the political and Parliamen
tary sense, but oa Thuraday, were walking
side•by side; and frequently .conversed 'to
geth'er,'., ' •
' This,' betieVer; did ' httionfplistethe Pio
ewisibn,'for" 'next came 'the 'Bishop of Lon
don, with Archdeacon Sinclair (a, Scotch
man like himself,) and •the . ..Reotor of :the
Parish in. Which the Eihitition:' building
'stands. Then appeared:l4r Majesty's Kin-
Itters, eleven in all, Villiers,OardWell,
Lord Stanley, of Alderley,,Miner Gibson,
Gladstone, Charles Wood;' Sir Oornewall
Lewis, the Dukes of sokierset .and New-
Castle, Lord'ltussel and 'Elif` l peerge Grey.
The special. Commissioners,,first named,
ascended a platform or .dais, covered with
scarlet cloth: The Dtiker.of Cambridge
took =hfaaseat, in a Royalrahair placed the
neath a splendid canopy. ',l'hen vathered
araund'and' in front a 'OlO conifitany -in
cluding the Foreign Amlitissadors—aiiiong
whom were the . Japanese,i, newly arrived,
and preserving remarkable.. gravity,. and
w i tlr . the 'exception of; a ' yhiinger meta ber
of the Etaliatisy the true ging admirag" &s
-ped, whieh characterises thole EasteriCptio
pies, who .look upon the nations of the , West
as semi-barbarians. . .
' Earl' Granville, stepping' forwardlo - the y
foot of 'the raised platform,: read an addreas'
to the Dike of Cambridge; ; as the Queen's
representative, and the Duke, read in' a die
duct voice, a reply, in which touching .allu
sion was Made to the'reinoVal . by death: of '
Prince Albert, in response.:to the condo
lence With the Queen's bereavement whieh
had been . just expressed.
This part of the ceremony was witnessed
by well-dressed- throngs in ' ihe area and
from the galleries. Photography was busy ,
to giving it , permanence, ,and will, by
.and by, bring out for us a correct delinea
tion of the scene with all its accessories.
I may mention that the Duke of Cambridgeis
a` - very tall; stout man, about forty three years
ofk . e, but from his baldness, )poking older.
He is. Commander-in-Chief, .has aii kindly
expression, and a ruddy oonntenaneei Lord.
Derby I .havd ere now 'detailed:lo your:_
readers: Both be and Lord:" Paltnerston
'We dressed in the Windsor uniform, blue
:with gold facings, each with the-blue rib
-hoircof the - garter across the cheet r and a
-stair l on the left' breast. Each has' been mg
feringifrom gout, of late, and. Derby',halted
a little. But both looked wall, , aa4. oar
senior , virescent Premier, Palmerston.,
wair• quite jubilant, and talked' 'cheer
ltillysiVith•lhe ArChbishop of Canterfiary.
IV" ~irchbialioP is eighty-taro:years of age,
. yethile and•well, the very impersonation of
gentleness; and took no audible part. in. the
proceedings of .the..day.
Immediately Jiff& the :Dnke's ansvirer to
the address, the Piet:session 'was re-fended,
and proceeded to the Eastern end of the
Nave. Here the Same:high' personages as
cended another phitforttivin front of the
Majolica fountain, and . of the great or
chestra. On either side , were ranged" a
throng of notabilities, and public .oharac
ters, anti..among these militarrceniforms
and ladies' dreeses—not forgetting the pres
ence 4 91:, UAW* "in all its Varied ,r,iiiipecti,
English and fereign—lent a charming va
riety to Ithe scene, to. the spectator- who like
myself , looked. - from the gallery above.
Near the platfortn 'to the left, sat the Vim
lerable Duchess of . Cambridge, (the present
Duke's mother,) and' also:the Princess Mary
of Cambridge] hie sister,:: To one of these
ladies, the•youngiCrownitrince of Prussia,
just • arrived freM,'the - the Continent, and
probably norhaVintieeniter till now since
his. coming over, and. bending low, saluted
her by kissing her band. , He, the Prinne,
48 a line soldier-like,leung man, much
'Stouter and more. vigorous - than 'when some
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marriage.
Now commenced the musical perform
ances, of the day first a triumphal march
of Myerbeer—then a magnificent piece of
music by the great French composer An
ber, and next the Ode already anaiysed,
with all its stirring, accompaniment's. Af
ter this, the Bishop of London, read prayers,
specially prepared -'for the occasion, , in
which the font:twit* petitions to each of the
peranns in the 'WV Trinity, are woitby of
record :—" 0, Thou . everlasting . :Father,
who .bast made ;of ottelhlood all the .nations
'that. dwell. on the earth,. remove all the -bat
that 'obstruCt `.4i'uniati, look doin
.npoJ this gathering:frail divers coantriiis k
and bless it to spread the .Gospel of-thy
Son.
"0, Thou, EternaP Son -of • God, • the
Priiice of-Heaven; in whose heavenly King
dom the) shall no more hurt nor deistroy,,for
no evil passions there shall, enter, foster
among us, we prarThee; all :kindly arts ;of
peace,•banishcfroM: earth all utilioly 'strife,
and ••stir . - the nations -to a generous rivalry
for g oo d. '0; Thou,_ blessed Spiiat
,of ho
liness, and love, so rule ‘our hearts that man
lind. may be , united in one brotherhood
through-Atoll - Christ, that as mettibers one
of another WO bay labor everywhere, each
iu his.degree, to minister to the, wants of
all." After this religious service, were
sung. with-. great effect ; the " Hallelujah
°horns' Of 'Handel, and the; National An
them. It' was rather painftil; when ' the
Duke had announced, by the ,Queen's com
mands, " I announce that the Exhibition is
open," and , the .greatlatheribgatadtibegan
to "'circulate - freely through the
that the first objects that' met my sight,
were immediatly identified with war and
bloodshed. I refer. first'of all, to the -tro
phies in the great Nave, • matiewbya col
leettif of specimens of the small afte'mani
factures of Blitiitogham, had 'heixt to the
marvellous specimens ofAimstreng guns
in all 'their terrible beauty of, structure,
and scientific conipletenestvof scientific-ae
curacy. Very pleaking was it to pais:from
these to a department near at hand, where
'are exhibited models of life-boats, intended
to save life instead 'of destroying it. There
is also here shown Wood St' Ro;gerte•Patent
boat lowering,. Brio - pending ' and `detitehing
apparatus—the importance and value of'
which is very great.::,The boateannot• cant
in the lowering, and a small boy can 'in an
instant elear the boat 'from the-ship.
The Picture Galleries of. the :Exhibition
form, to the higher and more educated
classes, a charm peculiarly attractive. I
earnestly hope that this, magnificent collec
tion of pictures (both English - aod FOreign)
of sculpture and'paintings, as well as Water
colored drawings,. will, not . Speedily be scat
tered.and broken up. Old Hills and Man
sions, public institutions, private collectors
—all have furnished theirchoicest treasures.
Here are some of the. noblest and finest
pictures of great Maiters; including Muril
lo; Sir JOshua Reynolds, Staufield,:Ettie,
Eastlake',-Trtruer, Lawrence; Roberts, Lin
nel, 'Hogarth,"Gainsberifolgh, and Wilson.
Ons-hilf of the English Gallery is devoted
to " our great dead" paioters—the other
half to those of livingertists.
'The . French. Gallery contains only the
pictures prodeced 4 I n France diring the
last ten years. They are; as a whole, very
finelnittle pieces, Scripture pieces, and
paintings illustrative. not only of the days
of ancient Rome, but also of , 'great events
in Mellon' Foiropean history, including
mini* of the Revolution of 1789." Matte
Antoinette and Charlotte Corday, both. Pr
esented vividly—the one as surrounded in the
Palate of the Tuilleries by the sans culotte
mob, thirsting , fet: her •blood ; the other
calm end. fearleis, , as she is ledeway after
the stabbing in the back of Marat.
• The , Greatt•Etiilding is divided into de
partments fer different nations, and the
products of . these I'shill'have occathen,'in
the course of the Summer, D.:V., to note,
for the-in formation , Of . your readers; some of
the most remarkable: Mesnwhlle, accept
the • present off-hand, sketch of ThursdhY's
opening proceedirigi„ which were undoubt
edly a great.success. The state of .distress
in Lancashire from the cotton famine-4n
creasing dailYand the depression' thide,
will, I h'ave no'doubt;' ditnittlefe attendance
on the part of ' the labOring . • and-
then we have to mourn the-absence classes.;
lthe
United States' , citizens,' while we- deplore
the cause. Neverthelega; I believe that
more persons than visited•Londott in 1851,
will ,be with us this year. God. grant that
long ere• October—the closing month of
the Exhibition—liberated 'America, with
pence restere4 and Juitice' and Humanity
trinniPhant, may, be able to bend across• the
Atlantic many sons whose hearts, now
stirred by warlike and patriotic zeal, shall
yield to the soft sympithies of this-Gather
ing of Nations.
In connexion - with, the Exhibition and
memoriftm, of the deli(' Prince,. , Dean
Trench has • -produced Soutieti worthy of
himaelfplis follows: . - "
Sweet, and. yet sad,,tbose thousand voices :rung,
Winding and travelling ; throughlthe long, defiles
,Of courts and galleries tend far-reaohing aisles ;
And bright the bannersfromproud aroheasprung;
But not the lees their drooping folds among .
Lurked a dim hoard of grief; for, over all ; „
°hastening, not marring_outhigh Festipal4
ho.Ehadow , of an absent Greatness hung. •••
„Atbseni., but steMn,ahsenee prefent v more . ,
FOr.all we owe•to himotnd,tnight have owed)
For-; the riiiikii . lte r whieh;:ndeeing; we, deplore,
Tha y ulif he alere rejohdpg at this bour— r .; , at
#e rtif b*--ALat.tlie seed: ,
wisdom, sowed,.'
blessouied in this bright, consummate
,;.4ower." • .• i r
Tlie • Princess. Royal' sent; the' following
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**"ti .BIRLIN May , 1, 9 A.
tOtta,. Crown.
_Trin caw of Pruisia, to the
kailaranvilie..: My best wishes'for the eue
oessk of to•day's- ceremorriesi'. And :Or , the
wholb undertakir4." ' '
After the first, of Jule i , the,admAssiow.to
the , Exhibition .Bailding will lbe one. shi•
ling- fOr four days' in thiPeireek.
.P.S.—Allow me to! say that the !Free
Church of Scotland tdoei • noel either recog
nise or use the North Britii4 1 Review' as its
organ. 1 refer to a recent article in your
excellent paper, aniinadvcrting upon: ic
article in that Quarterly publication.
• A-collection of Dr. , Ouniring,ham's best
hitiblea, on various important sUbjects, has
jtifiebeen published. T . 4ltWicat never
onae+ . . eithei wrote or, spoke. bitterly of
America. LN.
The 'distress. in •the-.Lan edshire disfrieti
is. 'very griiiti and cultist an tly i n creasing:
.A.t SttiektiOrt i therNis a decrease of weekly
wages- at; die 46-d4200,000 per annum : .
The-Bombay.-.:Mailbrings news • that the
Surat cottort , °rep' ifs .thorter, and-in other
-respects i nferitirilo - ib tit of'last.year. •
PITTSBURGH,. SATURDAY, MA.Y 31, 1862.
The Morning Star, the warm supporter
of the Union, regrets and condenins Mr.
Stanton's edadlet toward Mr. Russell.
PROCEEDINGS . OF THE GEN
ERAL ASSEMBLY. •
COLtrMbllitßaio / May, 1862.
FOllttlflifri.
11.1,1 .1 . .., • 1
. MONDAY .M9IININIrfriMay , I9. ,I
were
After
... oPening by praybi, — Various overtures `i
presented and lead:- '' ' '
Dr. Bnioiinnine ' desired' t'o' present a ebtii '
munioation, in rel ion to his Professoribip'ar
Danville Seminary. ri motion of Judge I.43llAiti .
leave was given, a
~ , the' folloiing raper was
read:
DIESMORIAL OF BEV. DR. BOBERT ~ J. DRSCICINAIDGE.
To the-Moderator of the General Assembly of
the Presbyterian Church in the United States of
America, in.session at Columbus. Ohio: •
• It itenowijust nine years:tab:ice I was elected
by the General Assembly one of the first Profes
sors. of 'he • Theological Seminary at 'Danville,
Kentucky: =Being . also, by Charter granted by
the Legislature of the Cominonwealth
Lucky, one of the first Tiustees of that institution,
I have devoted m,ylMl: *ithigreat earnestness,
and such success as, it,hae.pleased God to give
me, to the wo'r'k of foundiiag,enddwing and man
aging that Institution, and to the instruction of
nine.successive annu al classes of its students.
Suddenly, and without any-provocation on my
part tending toward such acctidations, init solely
as the effect or personal malignity ago:4011c dis
loyalty, on the part of Thomas A. Hoyt and Stuart
Robinson, both of them ministers in regular , eitiard- •
hag in the . Church under the. care Of this venera 7
ble-COurt,-and the latter now sitting se a mereb . er
of this body, I find myself itemised of inimerilities
and crimes,' by both of"them, in the most offenl.
siveierms,..aniiin the Most public manner, th`e
bare suipioion of whose perpetration by "me I
would Tender it unfit that I Should hold my 6ffide
of Professor: and concerning, rePfitelicha for
which ittiOcious accusation's, my direesiid imme
diate-way of redress, as a Profisisai., brings'ine to
the bar of the General , Assembly. . • ,
These - acoinations on . the part of Tboinas'A.
iloyt', 4 arb -6ontaified in a Publicition signed' bY
Min; dated' Maroh 7, 1862 'and Pablialied 'firittnit
the Bverting.Bidietin and' DadY J"Mirhar,'ltlitli: of
Lodisvillei Kr:, and abcit•
wards, in other public journals: The tieciiiiiitiOns
on the part:of Stuart Rohinsbn are centlitieiV:ii
numerous' Publications, lane of whicliliiii.been
distributed in . Pamphlet form to the' mimberti . of :
this Assembly—utterly shamelees in
ter; but' they were first tinblielietrin'
vile Daily Journal, over his signstiari,•tiboUt the
7th of March, and afterwircivery eitLrosively fn
the public journals.
It is, more pa‘rtichlarly;•that gspeet gf. these
disgraceful accusations, intended tiiimplicitifinty
official character and condrict, as a raiditer taigh
ing Theology 6y' 'appointment of the Asiettibli; to
which I 'direct the attention of this'tribimal ;.' at
the same time I.•would prefet that the deliverance
of the Assembly'ehMald ern6rice everyeharge 'of
every sort, contained in 'the' publication's 'now
broirghetti its : notice, and'nhich I .soleinnly
lie
olare before Gtid . are, without exception; false
and'scandilous. ' • • .
The Most distinct of the accusations' made by
Mr. Hoyt, in the' sense above Stated, are that,
as a Tlieolt4ical Piofessoi, I have used my poSition
and the sacred funds of my Institution as the 'Weems
of hurlingfire-brands among the Churches thatritised
me to that position, and contributed those -Ands.
The most distinct accusations of Mr. Robinson, in
the sense above stated—seme of them'clearly put
forward, some artfully insinuated, in veiWse
sentences, are—that, as a Professor of Thiology;
!'had by art, in an unmanly and unchristian:way,
hounded on popular passion - against! say brithrea—
t
that as a Professor of-Thealog Arand *leather of
ion generally, I had used the position given to'me by
the Church,- to inculcate politicalirOgnids—that, as ,a
Professor, I had taken advantage of the pulpit ,and
theobigieal shalr as a yoliticiad; and 'that .1` had
claimed the solemnity and dignity 'of a Th'eblogical
Quarterly and 'a Theological Seminary to invest my
political views , with a fictitious solemnity.
• The substance of
_these charges is,' that:being
a Minister of the Gospel, exeibisingtbgbffice
a Professor of Theology, I have abused my .posi'
tion and perverted sacred funds to the promotion,
of wicked
_and cruel ends, degrading 'both the
pulpit and the theological chair, to the ad+inge-
Inca . of inaproper public objects,'and - uiVOithy
personal aims. Against these' libeleUe'tieensi
tions, I comet° the bar of this . supreme' tribunal
of the Church, daring whose good pleisnio
hold my office of Professor of Theology'' giiiii
pleading that they are filie,•andibit'within the
personal knowledge of Thomas ti.'lleyt and Stu
art Robinson, who. have 'Made 'them, I ask the
Assembly to make :mob a dtili4erailee in the l iokiJ
mines, as in their jtidgmeilt: righleousneSe 116;
mends, and as my charaotei,•tiervices,,ind O*;.
entitle me to expect. And iii: order te religit,ii the
case, as far as I can; `of all : embairtissiiiest; T
hereby resign into the'hands `of the Ginisiiif
sembly my office of .Profethior in-
Theological Seminary, desiring the resignatitii
to take effect at 'the end of the current Seminary
' year. namely, on the Ist of September, '1862:
I deem it to be not only my-clear right; under
the circumstances which exist, , to bring this,mat
ter, in this form, before the General Assembly; .
but my, clear duty, both to myself and to the. As
sembly to do so. Whit I have done; appears to
me to have been not only right anti commend
able, but of that imparagve.necessity that ;its
rancorous condemnation.involves impious disloy
alty to the countsy.in its.bour. of extreme peril,
am:lathe betrayal of God's cause and . ordinances,.
as the Ruler of the 144erse. No Christit rasa..
can„ with a good conscience, hold „ any ,otTme,
which forbids hint to-attempt such services : ag
have been. traclueed for rendering , to my oquiklaw.,
And no tribunal of thp ; Cliurch- of God can,, with ;
out sin, reftme,to•proteot,the character ofjtkobil 7 -
dreri and servints, when they are pursued with.
ferocious and .organized calumny, fpr doing that.,
which is right in itself, upto which they areahat
up by Divine Providence„and which isin.f.9ll.w
cOrdance with..the sentiments of, the Church her: 4 ,
self..
I. file, herewith, the actititt,of. tbe..Board• of
Trustees and-that, of•the,,Board of .Dligitore ,of
the' Da,nville, Theological Seridnariwith regard
to the matters involved„,in .this Memorial. The,
second of thee's, tyrozo,,papers ; discloses an action
not yet completed ; and it need not to have been
filed now, butfor a false and•injurions statement
concerningit, contained in the libelous t publimki
tion ,of Mr. Robinson, w4ickk has been circulattkil,
amongst the membertrnow sitting im this Assem-,
bly,l • • • • .
(Signed„)
Rosy. J, Hrispipraing,s,
Danville, Sy., May 6, 1862.
.
The action' of 'the Trustees and 'Directors
,of
the Seridriary vas 'aleo-Piesented; *thole
was' referre'd a-epeeist. tiomMitteWooixtriosed
of Judge- LeavittY'Chtsiiihstri :gad DriV'MeDen-:,
old; . Marshall; Stapled; °' Mirk; Dliftlsip;'' an
McDou g al..• • i"
Dr.' Bizorimisinisit 'Aid% thei'follo*lng 'Paper t.
t!" v9t•
The General .Assembly of the Presbyterian Ilbwelhi initbe
limited States of America,. nOw, itOwesion at Golunfbms, in,
tile State ot - Ohio. - -coriSidering'the unhinpy einiditlonaf the
country in theintdo Of a bloody-civil Vtir ' and of the Chnecli
agitated-everywhere, divided in sentiment away ; placee.
and openly assailed by KlliSin in n large section of it;,con
elderiog, also; the' duty' which the - ehlef lu
the .aanie% and , bt the authority of the glorified &Winer of
sinners, who is also the Seyereige fluter...o ail- things,. owes
to, him our. Read and hold, and to hie. Hock curcuniitedJo our,
charge, and tix the .peoPle whore we are 'cominiesidned, to
evangelize, and to the eiviLauthorittee mho exist by hilinap
polutreent; do herebyiin this Deliverance,l3Ye utterance to,
oar solemn convictions and:our deliberale_fud,gment, touch
inlr the matters hereheief forth. that . they flay scr,Ve teethe
giildationlef , all over whom the fibril 'Jesuit Chriit.halli Cfvee
us any office of instruction, or anylponer of Golegnln. effilv.e
I, place is amongist,theyery,higheaf temporal blessingisof
the Church, 'as Well as'of all 'neilikina,and publid order', le
one at 'theffiret metetteitida of the , spiritual es.welllabf.the'
Civil Commonwealth. Peace has been wickedly iruperned.eil
by..war, itt worr!,,,forreetluxusgbout. the wholeland,;, apt
public bet been 'wickedly supnreeded' by - Rebellion.
Anarchy,. and'lttolenceciti; the/ wholesffidlithern portion' 617
thmUnion.:'All that lithe been brought to ,pass la a disloyal
and, traitorous., attempt to overthrow • the National Govesn-„
ni ent by military fOrce, and to divide Chi contiery
the wishes Of the imnierise majority of the people of the Mt.:
tion, and. wtaliout satildactery evidence . that Ale !majority or,
the people, in ~ , vhom the peal sovereignty resided. even In the.
States wfficlf redilted, ever autliiirired etiiencliprocaeding,
orever apprtived the intact 3lnd' viokineeuby which tht9 . h6r-i
rible treason has achieved whatever success it Res-biul.,/Thjn,
whole, treason,, rebellion, anarchy,. fraud, ,atid
utt'e'rly 'contrary to the darken: Of 11011:(S1' 110
morality, and Is plainly. condeifinedeby. thix.revealed . tr
God. It is Rte.-clear and-poleann. do te% of,the-National Gov
ernment to" prolisiOre;ac 'xideateVer Nadoidd Union
and Constitutimi, to ...mcdunitn. the.legvs. father 'Janne:tidy,
to crush; force,by force, and ,to, .reittore the, reign of public
order end peae to the entl7 mitten, .tie 'Whatever lanfut
menu's tlliii•Orineciitmer y-thierifinieli..Andilkia the benunien
duty of all people who compote this great nation, eachzimeei,
In hie several place and degree,. tb uphold the Federal Gov-
mummy and - evety ',State Government, and all psreoncin
authority whether,' civil military, in all theirlawtol and
proper acts,' Men the end liereinbefor.a set forth.
It. The Churth 'of 'Christ has no authority-from' him to
Make rebellion, or•to coonsertreation, or tirfavor anarchy in
any case . whatever. On the contrary,. every follower of
Christ has the pereonal liberty bests:wed on hiin by Christ,
to Atibmit for the cake of Christ, a:cording; -to his own con
scientious sense at duty, to whatever Governnint,however,
bed, under which his, lot may be cast.. But ' while patient
laming for Christ's sake can never be sinful, treason
,
to
beilken, end' anarchy 'may be sinful—most genetally, per
haps, are Skala; and pmbablyi aro . always -and necesaarily
nittl in all free; countries, : where
. thei power to change the
Government. by "voting, in the 'places eg. force, aim
weonsurou tight constitutionally secritid•toi pie: people who
are sovereign_ Irin any case, treason,. Webelliore and an- .
kerchy.kur.posidbly ho sinful, they are soli' the MOO now dear
iatge.peorfieas of this nation and laying waste greet
titimbels of:Chiistien congregatielik; and fatally obstructing
everygeod wet:stand work lit these regains.' 'To the Chris
tian people, scattered throngheut them unfortunate regions;
asd'who'have Week left'eif Grid to havenny hand in bringing
on these' terrible 'calamities; We earner:UM- ado rens words of
exhortation and rebuke as unto brethreniwho have sinned
exceedingly, and whom God calls to repentance:. hry fearful.
jndgirienta. To thists) . in like cireurnalces who are bet
chargeable with the airs which heve'brou ht such calamities
upon the Mod, bat.who have chosen, in the exercise of their
Christian liberty, to etand•in their lot, and .suffer, we address'
words of affectionate symPatliy, prisying God to bring them
off conquerors. To those in like circumetanceri who haie
taken their lives lei their bandit and risked all fur their coun
try, and for conaciwnoe. trake,.we Say we love such ,with• all
our heart,'aad bleat God each witnesses ,wore found In the
• thins:of Undo' dart:nese. ' We fear'," and: we' record it with
groat grief, that the Church of God, and:the Christian pee-.
ple,,te a
. great,extent and throughout the revolted•Btlity,
have dene misnyhainge that might. not Al> hav e been done,
atuthavisilell undone muCh' that ought to have been done, in
this:time ef : triali'lrillbake, and blasphemy; but concerning
the wide schistn.which if reported fo.have eccurred In many
Soiithern Attsembly'svill take Mi . action' at this
It'deetarki, howe'ver;lts fixed pnrisiee,'utider all pes
s Ole for ,the.extenelon and perma-
neitt Maintenance, of the Church. under its care, in every .
part Of the Unitedltates. Schism, so far as it may exist, we
It,pe to. see bola , If that 'cannot be, it will be disee:
111. We recs . :it'd Our .gratitude to ,God for the..prevailhig
unity of sentiment, and; general internal pence, which have
characterized. the Church In the Statue that have not re
volted,,embruci ng a great majoritysof the ministers, congro ,
.gations, and people under our, care. It may still be called,
With emphasis, a Mimi, orthodox, and pieue Church ; and al,
its acts and winks indicate ita'right':te a title so noble. Let
it strive for Divine grace to' maintain that gmidireport. In
some respects the interests ,of the .Chureh of God are -very
different front those of all civil institutions. Whatever may
, Bridled.; or any. other nation, ttill'Ohlirth. orChritit 'Must
Ahide on earth, triumphant Oven:over the getes of hell: It
therefore, of.eupreme importance that the Church shout('
. itself froteinterial'alienetioris and diiiildona, founded
-upon questions and interests that are external aato her, and:
which ought not. by their necessary) workings to cause her'
fate to depend on the fate of, things . less iteporlant and lees'
enduring thin' bartailf.! Dieturbera of 'the Church ought not
to be allowed---esneciallkdisturbere of the Church 'in 'States
that never revolted, or that have been cleared of armed reb
els; disturbers, who, .under many false. pretexts, may pro
theta discontent, dlelbyalty, and general ! alienation, trndi rig
fo the unsettling of ministers;ito local sal:dims; and to mani
fold trouble. Let a. spirit of qtilettiess,.of mutual forbear
ance, and of ready ; obedience, to, uthority, both. civil and
ecclealistieal, illtistrate the loYalty; the orthodoxy; :arid the
:piety• of the Church.: It Is inore•eapecially to ministers Of
the Gospel,: and; amongst them,: particularly 'to :any whose
I first impi.sisions.had been, on any !remittal., favorable to, the :
teitiblemilitary'revoliition,whleh has been'atteMptill,
which: God's providence, haa hitherto so Mg:pally retnike'd,
that these decisiveconsiderationa ought to be addressed. And
in the name and by the authority of the Lord JeRUS we earn
' estly exhort all who leieGed'or fear his Wrath, turn a deaf
ear to all aunt:leis:and auggeetions :that tend.teward a' relte-
Don favorable to disloyalty, schirso,er any disturbance either
in the. Church or in the country.. There is, hardly anything
more: inexcusable' Connected with the frightful .conspiracy
against which' we • testify/ thee the 'cionduct/ eif Mike of:Ili:c
-heerers and membeial of ,the Churol*who, although citizens
Of. loyal Statee. and,subject to .the control of lnyel Presby
' terles and Synods,have beeti faithless to all anthbrity, ;hu
man and Divine; to whiciethey owed Subjection. Nor should
any, to whom this Deliverance niareome;fail to bearin mind
that it is not only . their outward conduct ooncerning, which
they Ought to takeheeil, but It Iselin), and 'especially, their
heart;:their:tensper; and their:unitive/ in the.'sight of God;
and toward the free and beneficent civil Government which
hOlias bleated its wiWul, , agd toward the spiritual, common-
Wealtti`to which tliOyiire hubjeet ! In 'the Lord. lii all, these
respects, we most tut give Wiled iii the 'great day.
And it Is in. view. of our; own dread ,responeibilllyito the
Judge of sulch and dead that wa now make ,thle
The paper lens tipon the dstoket, tve:d
made the first eitieAial I 'order foe Tiiurs
.~lsy attar
noon. The reading of this paper W 943 1416*(0 :
to with the moan profoend attention; ana hts•
deepest-iriteteet.
DOMESTIC .DISS/CNS
The ,nrdeit of :the dap4Reportrfirom the-Ooid- ,
mittee on the Board of..DomesturkEiesions—was
Dr: MoDortsim submitted the Report, froM
which it appeared that the Board had, upon last
November. incurred si debt' of. $28,000. . That
since that. time the. generous' contributions of the
Church had enabled theni:to pay'off; their whole
debt, and-thatithe-salaries of • their missionaries ,
were all psi& . IThe.Board; isiiow free from , debt.
The Seoretiary oftthe Board also stated that,
in addition. ; tonthisirlmbney receipts, the ladies
had...oontributednin , clothing..etc., for the support
of the missionarieseabout' $16;000.-
The °Report and. Resolutions were adopted. ,
. The' second:-order.of the• day—receiying the
delegatas from corresponding: bodies—vuoiext
called.
Rev.. Dr. •$ . T.. STEWAB.T; delegate from the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church,: wasinvitedlto
.the:.etandoand made some.excellent remarks on
the spiritual unity of the churches. In the
couree,pf,hiaremarks it , was stated that his own
Chiurcih., the Cumberland. Presbyterian, las now
two' Institutions, sixteen chartered
Collegel, and, thirteen A.eademies. Their 'first
,POsbytary,',was:orgaiitized alittle over, a half a
•Peritoryago; .now;they have twenty-four Synods,
'ninety-seven Presby,teriss, , one tholisapi two
huntiredandseventy,churphes, one thousancl i one
hundred ,and filt:itainisters, four hundred pro
baticiOers fir= the .utiniatry, .and,,abOut one,htin
dred and:. tWenty s tilousand • megibers .in ,opm
mtiniOn. . • *
Dr. STILFAIrr, expressed his hope:ft:mml64aq
tinuid :i . nterelia,nge, between ~the
.tienerar„ils
semaly,a4ii his own .Church., ,
,ne T , l73 o .lif pr od .
s er te a w to a r ; . t r . aplied
, iaa.v i ery_
•. ..12ep .:
Rai. :liptcrse, delegate Item the Beforrnail
ProleStaUt Dutch. Church, was •,also, escorted to
the stand; and delivered his mission of brotherly.
regard, in a moist , eloquent and attractive manner.
His allusipu„to, the. late. Theodore. Frelinghuysen,
and pr. Detliuue,
,as members of.,his own branch
of tite : trepykregbyterian family, was particularly
;beiantgA and • .
:-. 1 210 Moderator's acknowledgments .ot these
:Seim* se,q,tigpeqta ex.ceedinglyi happy
.sinold.faiaA• • i
, APITII;NO014" SESSION.
• • v
.•
C.. rDir.AIIPATIP 3 , riBM/Gkr,./.1.0.!ti!B•
„
0 eneral Synod' of 'the Protestant
deformed Diasli Church—Bev.. •Allred Nevin, D.D.
To • the Associate•Roformed Synod of. Nets- York
--Rev:•D: Xf:-Junkin; D. D, • • • •
To the. Gerieral.Assembly of the Cumberland. Pres
byle6a'ni Church , —Biev.. .Breckinridge,.Di D.
To the Assocniedlefoinsul Synod of: th,e South--
, Rev. J.,Q.,ll4e)Lus, D.t D. . ,
. To. OR, Genera/ ~Atipernbiy of
A9bertlyattp,
*SED of
PvittgeiiiolihXdattit
1 cation; unkle.a clew ana.;42
Mannieliiivhich Board Vid'iond . u44l
itd' business ,. Rail
anitieraii;o4,-iliaries -**
,againaC,the - D0e:4.C.7.0011€ 4 40e find iiit;
•
r t e b
,propilgiOAAt;'i*,(ttniti, Aa`tiard t.bo:*Aba.)i.ol3,i
-).1,M.. ~'taboill ,41;i:ltsiarif covered. - ertleinoli
4iptind:thtit ,!‘ «mkt ri01..b4? 'expeisteAlri the - t i e
alhitteif i e l hite,..tharlpi s phbuld that
Aind,eotOfid Voi,e , Optile at
'The i rilli,4;V•the *aid 13,abeen.
iliecathe 'mOinber, *and, he vis!ti
a na ' a ' ln g 4Bo 3 ; l 6ol ii -
Al An, Parry out objects- i tirid in it
otatiOn,, .He` knew that Itherelittieom‘dia
b be ` eni:P r Osedat thpieniarkinsidp
. the br'Otlitir f .fro,tn i ifAlleg?onY,, fit twits
&hal: o ther's: existed an'undiir current ,
dissatiafactiOn.abtlittisfibtOr'y
'to' all were few; ,and 4e`doneldded tiout tliefkidt,
that during
.the pat‘. year, notwithitanding the
troubles in the j eonniry t more, than one: htindred
churches that neVPr:lkifoie '6ol3olhited funds to
its assistance, had, popti to thini i 'kelP. with .enn
&Umiak:lns 14 1 .1110,:the. 13 3 9 i0da
Pi4o 6 -. 1 0 t bf4 l !b:SYnOrctki
Boaill .of . .ColkOtagf . rid:ditto! , Obtrilitttp.aßy
;think AO ibe:snOpiri, or* Gokat Boos: pa
he, concluded !Sa l t: ,f l '. 61P Ole
iithets..WFs, ,marls .kiglietaysgoyal:
th ‘ 4s,,gaie an, - ,acdonitt of,l,he,donigs i pf the - -
Apar& the of Vo§litilaritt,
lie hoped.-the Asseuibly,WOhld'ApPpfni.p4l,l4
'nada tC,ezatnirie into the alfilitOf pa il ;
and he would 'be happy to ki . ve.them
sniff to prosecute their exanquatibli.
At the ootielnsibri -cif Di: Bonindiii remarks.
IgC . Punsinte 'Offered the'follOring - resold=
tiOn'!ii CO' tate the" plebe 'Of- thole •bittieedq 4- Dr:
lidAhOY, Friday." lie incritid'tlidt - the :4
iediry• had' asked cOnniiitlie 'to he apPoirded. to
Make '• '' s'e lies&thi
resolutions asr.'folleiis: •••• ~-*
IZisetiig r That 'fin''view or witikiiiiner Leif& in
this - and'forlitq GeniiiiirAtielitblies; a oonitnittie
of nine' Eldins',' of -Which
Chairman, be appointed to maktAitltorentli
r HOLE NO. 505.
amination of the affairs
cation and report to the next GeneialvAssembly.
Resolved, That the-said- committee shall meet
in the City of Phillidelphisk ?at the call of the
Chairman,. and_ the, Boar*: is: hereby) d.ipeoted to
give free and full o p portunit y to the. committee
in carrying out : the . objeqii JCs . apppitattubnt,
a4l4* . ittiy informatio n csmiimittie', 2 May . tlesiTe
to procure; and persons . from 'aiirpaii off , the
Clitirell' shall iiitve full' opportunity .. arid 14.-
quested,' either ' in 'person 4e•hy
sent to the committee any. objections, or doubts
'they may entertain :in regard to the plans and
'operations of th'a tOard.
Resolved; Thitt'llieltchtilf 'of Public ation Vadi
reeled to payt.he'travellingexpenses of the mem
hers of this committee,:from theiTreasury.
, Dr. , tio &BOY spoke in:•ritlatiott tolhatters , cod
.nected with the Board•of 'Publication, and ad
vocated examininginto.the affairefofi the Board,
and a reduction of site. expenses, and. accepted
the resolutions atea-subetitate for those,offered
by. bim.r.: •
Dr.• JurnErninade stirrigig speech , defending
•the Board.- .illothoughktliat , the genarabimpires
sionwasi heldsltat there'WeS borruption in the
.management-of the 'affairs bf the Board;,kndsaid
'it wits.utterly unfounded and untrue. -The Board
,fditiiihedi their books cheaper than those of any
..other. .organization, as had:been fully demon
strated. He bomparedit witli.those of other de
nominations--Lthey . had about $237,000 employ
ed, and the capital:was still accumulating. The
-Methodists •had over $570,000 cataat•employd,
and if they Mid conducted their.busines.s•as eco
•nomioally asthe.ißoard of ,Publication had, they
might oover China with ,Bibles and . ; bring that
nation ‘to bow, ,at .the foot of :Ethanuel's Cross.
He was surprised, in passing through the streets
of Columbus, to,see so many children,. and popu
lation was still increasing; sod- if, the
-: Board
would keep pace with the increase of ovulation,
.its Capital must be • still more increased.„
,wished it was even a million of dollars i pow. lie
,thought it was best to let; ell enough. alone. ,
Dr. MARSHALL also made a few remarks, when
,a vote was taken and the resolutions,adopted..
Bey. STUART ROBINSON, on behalf of ,himself
and. 14r., Hoyt, read a paper in response to. the
:4rat 01, Breckinridge. It was referred to the
`some „Committee. , •
Alijoiirnede with devotional.exeroises.-
. „
Day. .
• • T.UI 3 §,DIS7.
by,ll4.3federni4;;. , • ,
,*ariotia.bAlri 7 o4. overtures iteard
.drePeied,9tm e. . •
Tlie ..Joidioinry,gommittricirepoit.47ris to case
o°. .;Ptlt4v-, Abbott, .of 444.400
peAed.olnlater, ana.4 s **4 410;riaceo,dpcketed-for
;hearing at the 14=1. perierrif . Placed
on the doeket... , „ • -
. . .
~ Case No. 4., appeal.,of, p r . :Break inKidgit i Ngl
sixteen othersifEOßt.the Synod of ..fientusky x pro-
Fienting the ~quefj t ion to . the, right of suffrage
in settling a,mituster—whether,tha.t. right is.lim
ited to the members of the church, to the,er t cha-
Sion of ,persons of. the oingregstion contribotting
to, ministerial, support.
-:The agpenl was dock.9tedl.: •,; ,1"
un motion of Mr. CLARK, a unanimous vote, of
_thanks was.passed to the,railroads, for<reAnction
.of fare tp,merobers,of 'the Assembly. . f • • 1 t
Actientaken:
,to Allovy•tha Breabykrymf
:OhiPPewg o.lor *,:paatoral
chatge,., ho epoonnt of, national
„trent:49% o . obtain, A Tegniar filisaharge frog! 014 2 1
• fOrmor he*, of .labor. , . .
• Case .No. repartedomon• by : the, 'Alai
cial Counnittee, requiring ,the..Presby.terywof
Righland,', to reconsider • their action. in. receiving
Rev. M. Itumnier, after he. 12541 tbee44.ePoliga,:;
.
such action, being, in, the.-opinion
„of the com
mittee, irregular and unconstitutional .,. ,Theffte
'port requiring the :Presbytery to,greconeicrer,and
, : conform, was ttAoptell unanimously.
• • • oany.tt'tif THE DAY.
• . •
`The liadtirator oi4er 'Of Ale
144, lie!t r ike . 067CebitiritUti,oii the
itioard' of 'BdVeationi. ; ;'
'ltei:''.Or.`;Sijo#,:,clikirtnazi;idobilittesi a ofilOr
and- highly ' ' satis fa ctory report. ' The report
states, that
_in the course of th. Committee's ex
aminatio'n's the surphs, teethed been revealed
'thee-the n'untber'of their minfliers, 'tts compared
with the church .menibesbip,, had. decreased "live
per cent.; in the' past ten' years. ' And 'yet there
had been considerable `complaint that there were
•too many ministers.' Owing to this impression,
-perhaps; the &ads or-the Boaid had been liriti
ted during the , pait year, and.thisyhad'eo'begin
-the year with tedetit of folr thousand . dollars.
1 The report stiggests and riieolutique provide Tar
-a- more , rigid .exextidii of cpialification . S •a'nd'at
tainments on tht part of the beneficiar ies the
:Church funds. ' •
In his remarks connected with'the Reinit,
Scott attributed the defecNin•the standard olat
,tainments and endowinentiati.lionwtheyining men
certified to the Board, to 1.66 great lixityi in•the
Presbyteries 'front which'ihitY *eta ,reeemmend
-:ed.' The Biaiialr elitist neceasaril,f.be guided
'recoiniiterfdathina;• it theFefore behooied
the Presbyterieete be More scrutinizing ;and ex
act 'as' to 'piety of character, and'fithess by talent
.and attainheents;•for the duties' of the sacred 'of
fice of t he ministry. . •
, .
Stdielatt Of : theßoard; also ex
quaisiattlie 'We earnestly urgedthe
Yitaportiiootrs Of The present; year
'hat' Ilshewri'4itillaldlsire,,in.''.thietisiiictilar, on the
ipistVof , "hie: prOaseors -in'• the
itetattiaritscs!and'Colltigei 'State' titit• the pass!!!
-yea., ihowaa:Vioided aditine!tif .
There ha'res 'batik few' case's 'of •errde amen
the inini'linder' the 'tare 'of •the'
But as the "falling star attracts the eyee"So a
of•Viie" young Man 'in andlia, position is
widely noticed. He exhorted °the' Churclf
keep these .young - , mem .wiehin the support of
.their ...counsel _and ~their sympathy.. Instead of
having too many, ministersove.are ntit.keeping
(1 40 E! ..wit_l l the. il4rea.4o. our -Church. member
ship, and are there not others to, be looked after?
.4;there,4ora,pleading_world
.to, be supplied?,
Dr. CHESTER spoke earnestly and :well. ; upon
ithistPfahlt• ' , • .:•..
0f.,Pa.,.a150- spoke warmly.in
ifpor• of , the; recommendations, of ithe , Commit-
Aoe's .Report ; and • concurred in enjoinitigtuppil
.Presbyteries a more, rigid examination, ,aa. ' to
both intellectual gifts , and, moral fitness, pt.the
;candidates ,reoonlmended , for the patronage ; of
ltev. Mr. Mactiss thought that . the-faidtBof
-laiitYfas •tO admission:of the oandidateewatiiith
both the Board and the Presbyteries—all -Was
Aline too easily. Ho offered, a .resollition-Con
'tattling !requirements'itending .to„ a - .more aigid
-iiitear examination of young metvirho areiktha
;delta' beneficiariei of the Churah funds..
InUDr.s.lirsnut announced that on this• subject the
'felt liinpelledi.to make , a apeech, "and ta - -Protty
%lone-speech." ,• :He said. it.had• been his business
.for" -thirty-two years'. to .direct -the • eddcationaf
•shiune meritertheniacred otfice. l heifer. hatless
'1880; t he dietinguiehed tDr:- Ale x ander ieniarked,
!in view °Pour vitera, that " we have greatiabil-
Ity..for taking up ' , young nien, but lackiability
det theui down 'again:" And. thistrernark,4 think,
Vast` a:"lntitifestatiori - of • Dr. Alexander's . great
''.wisdom. There' R.Tei' various things Ivan ted for
lualifyinr-a• riling( Matt %for the tnii ni stry ; and
first among theseittbnouthl •)(es, there mnst;le
Smile). The winisrer meet be
'able tbape'alr,' tikkkapeak plainly; and to do ;that
, Speak withvotouth wide nfien. why; breth_
-ren s'p'eak herewith'. their teeth so close together
theajoireouldtilt atninepencebetweeit them ;
anti or ecitirsd iveltanttltettr-themo (a.veiflond
smile). I know it is written that , "Vwilbgive
thee iittBulkatidlinsder'standing
!Vag " him:lth "lfiret , !•= . --theri wisdom;
•.; E.`
I am pleased, Mr. Moderater,rwith , therepdat.
bicire Ethan pleeeea,-.l:ahr , delighted with iti. It
thrhiett`the reSpobsibilitY cohere itbelongs4ptrthe
Prealiyteries. Thoy.ltletixnes lacklinoral ?nerve
icifefilatkikapp , licilitton "of art !improper or an in
capitbitsyOtrng man ( -arid are afraid tcrtellauch
the' Scotch' preacher did - "to.goLhome and
piiiitte the butin'eseofmaking.bottoms," (another
audibleamiley attild thinkt that' every young
men Should at'least , pApare)himself; as to sehol
arship,".for tle'Fitsh man • classat tcollege before
bieintiqrat'irped 'the !funds of: the Chur ch: '.Let .
hihr Meanwhile %tithe. prayer-meet
ing,iu • the-Sunder School; and hht..ti to elis and
OP En Oa ("Caching otaterred, nd thus/ his
qialificatioiniloith rthordtighly tested ,befOrt
"taking hint that will leave us netineed of
i'lettiriglAMlcfwp: 9 *:r believe r thetwerking vof
,014t.flibk a, lotto
guard well the door orialrkinka 1.17
5 ..,, t .-~~y
. • :ADVERTISEMENTS.
19311•118 IN ADTA , Nottg.'f) •
A Square; (8• Naos at. teas . ,)
.ones insertion /
SVVcm
eubiequentltyeriltt;g cents; eacklbie , t PIA
A• Square per ctnArteilf4.oo each sdcttionaSi
ts
A R11111:101.1011 made to adeerthiets by the year.
INISINEBB NOTICES of Tsar lines or less, Moo . ee&i ad
,41.1 Clonal line, 10 cents.
. DAVID 111 9
.11INNEY at. COW,
PRonarroks Arm P0V1.18511.1111
- to TAESBYTERIAN BANNLE.
Publication e :
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Si Pxrrtnanuot, PA
Psnsimatins, Boys-Wmet 0ft..42 We Callannie
.' 4 l*.llloDowerm conourr,ed,in these views, and
thought; ' that, inuohnlso devolved upon Professors
in; oollitges. to. report .to. Presbyteries as to the
benefferiannalander flair tuitioni and he offered
a reiaolullioxi , looiting.to the requirement of such a
•:1, 1. • • • • -
:•:8AY:.N.T.:41 - oriairifuelifi. Beam expreiteed
Mee: Mr.:. DiolUt eopcurring 14.41 m
views i prolsented by ; the ,comatittee, urged that,
care , should be :exercised in pronouncing jpdg-
mutt upon applicationso , lest good minds an d
pious. hearts be abut out, from' usefulness. He
deemed •it all important to,elevate the standard
of preliminary education,• . butmot to an extreme
degree; • and by all. means self-reliance should be
cultivated. • , 1 I . .
Dr. Hour suggested•thatfroni the tone of re-
Mark, strangers: would infer that, our beneficia
ries are many,of theanweak and unworthy ; and
desired ithat•such form of:expressions,be used ae
to do our young men no such injustice. In this
suggestion the Moderator joined.
:The hour ef adjournment having come, no vote
was, taken.: • :* . ••:
Previous to adjourning, the Moderator read a
handsome: invitatiOn...,from .Colonel Carrington,
inviting ;the Assembly to visit Camp Thomas
next Wednesday afternoon, and witness a battal
lion: drilLef: the 18th Regiment of United States
InfantryCcepted,,' F •
:After prayer, adjourned... • • .
• AFTER. iON HESSIOI`p-4 r. 'M.
- Prayer by Dem: Dr. Makboy..- • •
Dr. DIIMaNIT gave notice that the Rev. R. How
ard Wallace, Representative . of the Aesociate
Reformed Church ,of New-York, had arrived, and
moved that he be heard the first thing to-morrow
morning. Agreed•to. .
Tli; Moderator •read a letter from Prof.' A. l . D.
Lord; Superintendent of the Blind Assyln'm, in
viting. the members of; the•Aesembly,to visit that
Instittition. ';The invitatio'n':was accepted, and
thanks returned.
.Dr.•••McCr.use offeredt an '+ struendment :to the
renolutions offered by him this Morning, ordering
that the Boardtbf tEdiicationi do not give aid to
• young meit linl4 thisr. are :prepared •to enter the
Freshmatr•Claat in' Oollege;: except in extreme
cases. •• • •'• • ' • •
The resolution was referred to the' Commit
,.tee!on Revision of the By-Laws of the Board of
Education. " • - • ' ; '".
Dr. MCDONALD offered the following:
Reidllied, That the folroWhig be added to the
Rules and Regulations of-the Board
• "EveryVersoh on a scholarship shall for Ward,
or cause tohbe fOrwardek annually, a report
fronchislaaoher ork•teachers, to the Presbytery
untlerwhosel care he is, showing his•standing for
piety,. talents; intelligence, scholarship, pru
'denee;• economy,t health; and . general , influence."
The resolution was discussed by several gen-
Alemen,` 'who" thought the responsibility rested
•upon theTresbyteries and Teachers, -in allowing
'loung , men to.receive beneficiary assistance who
gwere.not worthy.• The 'impression that the
young Men receiving 'benefits • were not worthy,
'Wawa false orie-they were a godly, - pious, 41.nd
efficient set' of young men.; no objection could
be made against two per cent. of them.
'Mr BBLLEVILLE thOught the resolution as in
• vidiorts, - although they had7a.similar one in their
Presbytery, and he thought it a wise one. He
:oottliteee no 'iessi:4 s why restrictions should be
=put' upon • ihe:ieeedidatee •wider the care of the
• Board 'of , Bdiicatiant The rule 'should be made
;Waliplrtohoped-it--would be made
general? , • •
f•The iesolutidn waTadopted, and the question
:then turned upon the adoption of the whole Re
pert of the Board of Education,' which was
adopted' without EL dissenting. voice. '
• Dr. Regue's resolution Gm printing ballots was
• next!taken up 'and' adopted. • •
Overture No. •8 being called fdr, was adopted.
wrequesVfAmthe Moderator of the Synod
`of Baltitndre, 'salting that the.'General Assembly
legalize the day fixed - rel./the tiinetof the meeting
. 1 44 :that Syribtll . the regular meeting not having
•lieeri held in'tottsequence'of the troubles in the
country. The requ'eat•wins'granted.
OvelittirO'No..7 was,also agreed to.
An Overture from the Presbyteries of Ogdens
burg, N. Y., Oxford, 0., Madison, Ind., and Cal
fornia, asking that steps be taken to unite the
Old School' Presbyterian Churoh and the New
School Church, was'reatl;.eind.created considera
,
ble disenasiosi, which was participated in by a
number of' gentlemen. From remarks made, the
:general inipriiisioh"pievailed that as there had
been in sipeolfiiii soden on the,, part of the New
Sehe4Chttroh; as abody, looking to union with
•Alke'Old 'Sang church, the gine Tor action in the
.matter bad riot ' . yetoirriv4. There appeared a
millingness , on the' palloof the Assembly to re
, epive thb" . :l , lor-Elotioel organization with open
irms, Whenivei they iota, make the request
themselves, and so •amend their doctrines as to
'not conflict 'with' the' rule of faithl•Of the' Old
i.School Churph. It was apparent that no move
• would be made in the direction of union at
',this General Assembly and the matter was' dis
missed:. •
• The Mdmorial of the Presbytery of Philadel
:phia„ ask4ig . tbat the Board of Publication 'be
instructed to publish a HYmn Book in the Ger
' man language for the use of the German con
' gregationa connected 'With '`the Presbyterian
Church, was read and discussed. . ; It was . said
that there was a groat want of a book of this
kind, abd u that Germaii cebgregations were com
pelled to use the German. Reformed Hymn Book,
which did : troVanswer the phipose.
Pending o'6 discussion, the,hour for religious
..
exercises arrived, and it was laid 'over until to
morrow. ' " '
• - f. %.Blltti Day.
NEBn . A;ti ilithiNlNG--Itsy 21
Prayer by theModertitor. .
Ifidittpe iiitaand s i 'pliproirk3d.
Tarions:oweAuresmere read„and . referred
'Birev.• • 4 1t.' lictwarke WAILA(111 was - duly recog
::nikek lid, tb:lplirlopyiate 'ionnarlia, AS il. dblegate
from thi'Aisdoiate Reformed .Synod ;of New
'lrork• alsorresTtondingtbody:
• Thii - linnp*ComMittee_ submittea • a report.
Dio:'Hkrinsorirm :that the'Aseembly cor
respond; 'by lt;Aelegat ; e:Witit the New-School
Presbyteriansiatlieonatter .4nm:referred to the
Onntinittee••ont ',Forsigii.Corretordence alto the
74(ibjeet. iteltigatit:d 'thit'SeMinaties s at Princeton
:16J1soksitrf • Danwille,-and , Chiestgo a . .
'' 4l "''' . '' ' l " s 4aktaii•siiiiii4i.
7T.Thi.l4topeititiorciiiinouiktot thetllse
.6iiiiiiifte,olli tit 4.044 Of . Fia.l6 o.'di i fie
-tlaworder,of, , thit day:. • ... • - ••• 1 1 • r.r i•• : : ,•• . , , ,
141, Dr,, De37oor , stiWtteik: lie! . Ikeport;
jr:oiti 44464 At, 40 44 AIM , ..o.A4e,.ot4tAiliot tie
.year, a Alebittif >about+ tlo.ooo:stooti.•againelithe
In'ilds • of litii 4 BOSO.' 3 This;•lis iiiii . c*cause:Oini
:ConsidirAilnifirS, ibithii - skitme* . ef the ',,liorli.
But, though this hid , tieentaNyciir oedeprestsion,
lisiii•irai,'itilitiAliofigli - hinirfr• bitirrettie hid 'done
4QtkinstoyAlte €4.4 , 3 , ,Pc.4t.M.1tAritn@t4 40 . sl
mosi, wellous to his mind, that. tbeworia•lad
10•140n;'400iirdibt;',iliiirtaidin;f.4 . '
.: t: O4 thought:. 44
.. L thA",tieming Year. • wild; ;4-
quire their'•••best • efforia tio sustain:: the •Sosril
pnisAniiiol7::' niiiCbtiniated 3 thatis'olnaP 4 , o . oo
would Ve
..0414tii . Ai e south
fri• detection.
•Thirteerenewmise4maries&renewlnden paint
*Rtjpiihflotiig4-feld; iind i'llii•dltt e tl6,
passeget,iid,Woper •sortleaitSS
...m4tri
onire about: $30,000. He said itiwiieldre
seamigetnem in the Church to achieyetaillinecess.
But. it: .could be done,4 prow eilo4o!4i:me.cie.
Hu remarked that the,wholeworld waenow, in the
prdering,of Providence, o P.ill 3 St.9.9nen.q l .# ll
'
1 ppere,tions. There is pot noy,op. HkeYsee 4 of Ate
tobe • any considerable p nekton . net 'opal . to.O
•
I :7
The. Preili.Wigis4;AWß ii . p . iii . 76%:* zfial.
. been sufficiently liberal. We have now scout
! threet:htmdr,ed; tthontiand•tmemberew tessterSzbitu
•
dyed thousand loyal—and theramonnt/contrihrttne
is. , bue Sleto;ooEttaanivally to ihie4osutie.: %acrid' he
thought if there were thirty, instead of thiipitom
m'eroready;;,theymmfghtl.tto/bit tient: r.- Hooditekthe
remarkable fact thatrsome twen tyliva • yeeirScegn
ii-good) raw, ht*gotitiAol Southern Indisysand bad
there labored and died; but had suceoeded •in
getting arourathitheamhurch of; big lonerbondred
and seventyopertiOnsN from ' among)•tho ! heathern
Hda nbrothenalookitheEwerk ;, but his biaith ..14i1-
! ing,nhe had toloilme rb woe . for, ag)seatbon: WiseXt
restored Ate Jhealth4, the • destriidl In, return . ; find
I w'as , toldibptherßoerd .thaitotho Ilona& rio,toepg
hiin cheek; ehoicanatitoofz: bating as fund& l' •The
~. church in India heard of this, and) „heathen:
Aboug4 they hedhbbri, ,otedi nomm; ot.tbeitilet
I were a mietrthejmioacilmmiihEmewsialiord Ilds,