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REV. DAVIT? M'KINNEY,
OENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE
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PRESBYTERI ' CHURCH IN THE U.
PEORIA, LL., MAY 21,..1863.
FFIOERS
BEV. JOHN . MORBISON, Moderator.
REV. ALEX. MetidLL, D. D., Stated Clerk.
V. WV!. SOFIENCIt, D.D., Permanent Cllt.
REV. JAS. .MA 801 , 1'10'0E, D.D., Temp. Ctlk.
ROLL OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
1., SYNOD OP ALBANY. ..
Parearreant. * - DGrterafte. ELDSR.S.
Loadonde;ry, IR. A. DeLooney,
1 J. U. Bates. -
RrE.•MORA, John O. House.
jJere trdah 'Weed, J . M. Lusher.
M. S. Eloodale,
Mohawk, D. W. Condit, -'"'' Johnson Harvey. I:.
IL SYNOD OP BUFFALO. ,- , „i
ogdensbur James Ojeland, Bober, 11 1 0 40 p 6.4. v
tie tIVASIT ver, W. D. McKinley, 0. Shepherd:
Balm rt ei ~ A.l . Rankin,
11. 1.
A. W. Page.
Rechestm ity, Isatah , Teries.
IIL ti.Noxt dr .trvir-toks.
.. -
mason A. G.. Airkeoubeey, .J. G. ediThimigh-
North 111 1 Ver, JohnWM ' - ..• " ~ „lota S. 'Pudy.
Long Istand, Thomas M. Gray, W. B,Peer,
New-Yotk, H. IL nankin, John Stuart,
,- Joseph Cory , . -A. B. Gonoer,
4 B. 0, Wins, jellies Derrdeh.
1
New-Yvh Sd, Wilson Phraner, Robert Carter.
Connection!, - JD. P. Benedict, ..
George. P, Goodhue.
Raglan, j.l. J. A; Morgan, A. V. Cortelvon.
J. P. Knox, W.S. Wood.
Mol OF
t,
Nina
VieitvA Meth •
lily,
Alba 1
IV. SYNOD ON NOW-JERSEY.
gliziibeNdown, fG. S. Plumley, Wm. W. Mune%
IS. S. Shedden, John Amerman.
Pas le, Joseph' M. Ogden, Henry Hedge*
No 13runewIck, fA. D. White, W. D. Sinclair.
R. S. Mannlog, E. B. Pullet,
W. t Jersey, E. P. Shields.
2e. oNI.Ge rge S. 'Mott, J.Msekey,
1 Wm. H. Kirk, John M. Sherreid
t, tan, Wm. R. Glen.
.uolmuna, Darwin Cook, Abel Moyt.
t erne, !Jonathan Osmond, George Fuller.
IM, 3. Ilia ok, 0. L: Ryneareon.
1 lington, Imam 0. Uaker, G. 11.• Vern Gelder.
mouth, Frank Chandler.
d isao,
V. SYNOD OF PH.II4ADS.I4PEIIA.
iladelpbla, ' f Alex. W. 'down% George Junk-in, Jr.
'WM. Blackwood, 8. H. Fulton,
Iln. Central, lA. Nevin, • M. Newkirk,
1 W. B. Work, RobOt Graham.
hiladelphis. 1 2d, Joaeph Rogge, Blina E. Weir,
J. 11. M. Knox, J. P. Helfenstein.
ew Castle, 3. 0. Thompson, R. N. Brown,
R. J. Miller.
Donegal, O. W. Ptewart, J. O. Jordan.
Itnidglngdon, 8. M. Moore, 3.. A. Christie.
D. H. Barran, James rattempn.
•
NortimmberPcl, William. Life, • W. O. - Lawson.
J. Thomas, B. Simiagton.
VI. BTNOD OP BALTIMORE.
Baltimore, R. O. Galbraith, J. N. Brown.
eorgo P. Bays, A. Stirling, Jr.
•W. 0. Cane% George Renoh,
R. MTaehran, James Clerk.
ourllkle,
Winoheuter,
Lotvon.
Potomno,
Jot. L. Polk, R. M. Jones.
Frederick T. Brown,' Jac P. Tustiu.
VII. SYNOD OF PITTSBURGH.
Redstone, Robert F. 'Wilson, John Gitlin.
0hi0,5 W. B .Mcllvaine, . Thornae-KAddsse,
1 Richard Lea, John Culbertson.
li. Samuel HoFarren, • John Barnett. -
James S. Bider, .. Joseph Neiman.
. G. W. Mechlin, JametilllcKees '
VIII. SYNOD - OR I ,A.LLEOHENT.
. ~.. . . .
Allegheny, Dr. L. Tonna, e John Boyd.
Beaver, Jittin W. Johnston, Joseph Hanna.
Erie, Wm. M. Blarkbiarn, Cornelius Biles.
Allegheny CIV, Louis L. Conrad, T. H. Nevin,
IX. SYNOD OF WHBR GING.
Washington, I Jas.l. Brownson, Joseph Vance.
'Wm. IL-Keeling, Thos. WIC.-nniiii.
Steubenville, fC. C. Beatty, Thos. S. Milligoan,
I,John. S. Marquis, Geo, B. Johnston.
0. M. Todd,* Robert Whilwre;
Wm. IL Vincent, John Hajar.
X. SYNOD OF OHIO. '
Columbus, CleOrge Carpenter, Samuel Sharp.
Harlon, John B. Blaney, J. W. Robinson.
Zanearille,s Simnel Wilson, Wm. Mourn
1 Joh o B. Magian, Matthew Scott..
Richland, James Rowland, Robert Herr.
SVooster, John S. Carson, John Striae.
Hacking, A. J. McMillan - , A. G. Biocen.
. . -.. _ .XI. SYNOD OF SANDUSKY.
Vsit glO,, Joaeph F, Se
rn Jennison, Hntex K. Clark. .
es n'Heserve, Varnuoyes, Henry B. Wee."
Maumee, , D. S. Anderson.
Findlay, J.'A. Meeks, Aaron Hail.
XII. SYNOD OF CINCINNATI.
Chillicothe, John Wiseman, Wm. B. Franklin.
Miami, B. R. Bower, 0. A. Phelps,'
Cincinnati, IL. D. Potter, H. H. Leavitt,
T. B. 'Dallies, C. Williaiiia.
A. B. Otililand, Win. Mixer. •
J. M. Oros% Wm. McCullecls.
80, r 4 1 a
01 i on
Bniteburg.
New Irlebow,
Bs. Olalwhille,
Oxford,
8 d nay
IW. SYNOD OF INDIANA
Now Albany, Josiah Crawford, 3. W. Sproule.
Vincin nes, E. S. Wilson, ' R. T. Rose,ma r .
Madison, David B. Reed, J. 0. part.
Indianapolis, L. 0. Hay, Samuel Tawrytyst
Widtewater. David M. Stewart.
XIV. SYNOD OF NORTLIERN INDIANA. •
Logansport, J. W. AVOlnskey,
Lake J. L. Lower,
•
Ft. Welno, John`tlS, Lowrie,
Crawfordsville, john L. Martin, _ Jae, SA:Lunitton.
Munoie, Thomas Whallod, J. S. Rummy.
XV. SYNOD OF ILUNOIS.
aid. Corbett, J. T. Icclet.
Wm. R-.lllok.
S. O. Malone.
Kaskaskia,
Palestine,
itnngnm. n, T. (Matt,
Peoria. • John: Andrew,
Bloomington,3. C. Minna,
SEIlillO 7 John Mack.
XVI. SYNOD Of 0/110 AGO,
Schuyler,
I Ci.V. keti: Thomas Candor,
1 J. 'Wave'', J. :BOWL
Rock River, Ciearge B.lriglie, Cho. Cilo4bv.
Chicago,(Reuben Prune, dllen,Dttitpld,
i n lotirilriemtng, Samuel Hooke.
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XVII. SYNOD. OF WISCONSIN.
John Vanderlax. •
Enbert•thier, A, P. Waternisn
II B. Thayer, Tnnis Voorhees.
XVIII. SYNOD OP ST. PAUL
P. A. Pratt.
'chugs , Ainslie.
Date,
Milwankie,
Wllinebago,
St. Paul,
Chippewa,
Luko Superior,
Owatoma, W. OPeoP ,
3c:IX. SYNOD OF lOWA,
Alain S. Narwhal!,
Alex. Caldwell,
J. L. Wilson,
Coder,
Toledo,
Dubuque,
Sioux City,
XX. SYNOD 'OF SOUrEtIIiBN lOWA.
lowa, W. B. Westervelt, J.C..• Walker.
Dee Moines, J. A. Carothers.
Miesouri River, N. M. Witmer, Luther Headley,
Fairfield, J. M. Mokilroy, B. P. Baldwin.
XXI, SYNOD OrtiP PER nrissoultr,
Upper Mieeortri,
Lafayette,
Highland,
Platte,
•
0. McCain.
mar. SYNOD OF 110850[11U
Jura, (tnarlent Isaac. Tate.
tr. A. Booth, . "
I Et. B. Bare. W. T.:Wood.
John Leightonj J: A. McAfee.
Asabol Munson, A...1d Mophoreon.
11. P. S. Wtttie, Adani N. Trails.
X 500 , urjI
St. touf*,
Pa ittyra,
Po oel,
Wymoonda
XXIII, SYNOD OrASWITOKY
P. McMillan,
Ink:hard Valentine,
Idutilenburg, H Vat. Neville.
Teensy!verde, IR. P.'Humphrey, B. M. Pentok,
C. Reed, Robert Antler,
Woes . Lexington, S. LI. Bayless, G. W. Lawie.
Ebenezer, lie M. Scudder, E. W. Martin.
Paducah, O.K. Perkins, Charlee 'Rubber&
XXIV; IWNOP Op VIRGINIA.
IA evl a
Greenbrier, '
Lexington, •
West. Hanover,
'East Hanover,
ktentgotnery,
Roanoke,
XXV.' WNW- OF NOWFWEOLAROLTNA. *
Orange,
Fayette.
Concord,
X 7 Y 2: sierroti arreidettr,LE.
Holston,
Maury,
Nashville,
Knoxville,
ffltNOD OF BOUTHLOAROWPA
South i Clarollys,
Bethel,
Harmony,
Charleston,
7112139111.. MOD OP*llOllOl4.
Georgia,
Hopewell,
Flint River,
Florida,
Olherokea,
XXIX. SYNOD. Or ALABAMA
B. Aleb o ema, " • . ,
TuemigieN
R. Alitend.
.XXX. SYNOD OF MISSISSIPrI.
Idiesteelppi,
Leutelans t
Tombeekbee,
Red givers
N. fffieefeelppl,
Oentrel Mieliselppi,
New Orleans, .
XXXI. SYNOD OF DIEMPIIIS.
Western Dletviet i •
Chickasaw,
Memptile,
N. Mississippi,
XXXII. SYNOD OP ARKANSAS.
Arkansas,
Ouachita,
Endluni
Greek Nation,
xxcm simoDeo,Malik
VOL. XI., NO. 38
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Ka stern Texas,
'Western Tex.*,
Central T,•xas,
XXXIV. SYNOD OF TRW PACIPIC.
Alexander Scott.
California,
Oregon,
Qtockton,
Ben . c I
XXXV. SYNOD OF NORTHERN INDIA
Patilana,. J. 11. Morrisop.
Furrukhabad,
Allehabad, • •
CORRESPONDING BODIES.
fenerst Assembly of the Cumberland Peekihyterien Church
Cfengriy. Synod of. Reformed kroteetant Dutch Church—Rev
W m: V. V. Nfubon, D.D.
Aseoolate Reformed Synod of New• York.
BILLS AND.CrilMlTtnekEr.
Ministers—C. C. Beatty, D.D., M. T. °Bridals, DX., B. E.
Rankin, 8: S. Shaddan, W. C. Cattail, Wm. M. - Black - burn, 3.
L Wilson, John Leighton.
'Biders-11. H. Letreitt, U. K. Olsrk, Thohitts MdKennan,
John M. Sherrord, George Junkie, dr., J. T. Bede&
JUDICIAL COMMITTEE.
Hintreirs —E. T. Humphrey, D.D., John Mile,
O. Galbraith, Frank Chandler, Ilenert McCachren, Alex.
Scott, George W.
Eldert—A. B. Conger, William Meentioeb, W. -43. : Wood,
Robert Carter, S. G: Malone.
, 'Pinot:owe/AL SEMINARIES.
• Ministers—R.W. Conditt, D.D. George, B. Mott, Wm, B.
Whritine, 42itorge B. Inglis,- Alex, T.''Matebittli C. W
FITAWart. •
Elders—B. M. Penick, James Patterson, J. 0. Walker,
Robert Kerr. •
,BOAILD . OY Doxrantlitionomi.
Atoirarren, le. -A; Delancey',
William Speer, R. Valentine, E. K. Dower.
Eiders--ArE. Waterman. S. E-Weir, George IL Jobudon,
James W.. Sprewlo.
"BOARD OP FORZIGII
Ministers—Alfred Navin, D.D., Frederick T. Brown, L. L.
Conrad. A. 2: McMillan, L. Q. Hay.•
Eiders-J.l°bn' Stewart,' Matthew Scott, A. Stirling, Jr., A.
N. Travis.
, Ministers—B. 1.3. Wines, DM., J. H. Bates, .iVnt. H. Kirk;
D. 11. Barron, J. S. Marquis.
Birtert—Wm: Munro, or Zanesville, Stand riEuvro,, , B. P.
Baldwin, S. 11. Fulton. • I
BOARD OF PutIICATION.
MfniNers—hfao J. Hickok, D.D., C. Bskei, .Tesapit L
Polk, H. F. Wilsoueß..ll. wit ou.
Elders—J. 0. Burr, A. M. McPherson, J. M. !Asher; 0. A
Pholirt.
.Bi-inf./ars—J. M. Lowrie, DM., Joseph Corey, R..8.-Man
ning, George P. Hays, Jciseph F. Jennison.
Eiders—Johnston Hussey, :Sobers Orshiun,- W
Pinneo,
NARRATIVE OF THI STAIR OF RRLIOION.
Ministert---Jantes L Browneon, 0.,5. Plumlop Jo
Beggs,
Elder—Thomas Candor.,
Ministers—Wm. Blackwood, D.D., jamas Rinkland, S.
A. Moreau.
Eiders—J. P. Tustin; C. Ryles.
SITTSAUVO BRNEVOLE2*
Miaisiers=Loyal , Young, D.D., Alex. -W. Sproul, Jeep.ls
Crawford.
Elders—J. 8. Belfemetein, Allen Dufleld.•
iFINANOB.
Milers—Matthew Newkirk, J. N. Brown, 'VB. Nelda:
Elders—A. V. Corte . lyou, Charlee Hubbard, Tunis Voor
hoes.
LAYS oz ABiENOS.
Ministers—Jeremiatt Wood, J. 0. Thompson, J. R. Dun
can, W. B. WeatervOt.
Eiders—George Fuller, Ezra Wright;
Abstract of the. Run nal Report of the ,Board
of Publication.
From the. Annual Report of the Board
of Publication, we make the following es-
tracts:
Bringing together the various items of
distribution, which have above been given
separately, the-aggregate will be atrfollowS
Total , of volumes distributed, - 318,215
Increase over4ast year, - 78,`41
Pages of tiacts..distribited, 3,653,459
Less than last year, - - - 731,679
In addition to these, the Board has
issued:
Copies of the' S. S. Visitor, - - 676,000
Copies of Home and For. Record, 126,000
Copies of various Reports, - - 12,000
Besides Sessional Minutes andrßegisters,
Forms of Systematieltenevole.nce, Sabbath
School Class-books, Sabbath &hoot Tickets,
Sheet Music, Hymns, Hospitaf*Cards, &c.,
in - great numbers.
The net value a these issuerof the year
is -06,087.74.
As .this ~total comprehends amounts-rep
resenting credit sales and, donations, it
does not, of course, correspond with the
Treasurer's account, which ekhibits only
cash received.
Ezra. Wright.
, John M. Hood
R. S. Alexander
John 0. Brawn
46# /
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Cllll s
:it; •
411
~ STANDING COMMITTEES.
BOARD' BDuCAT/ON
BOARD or Catmint Errytasion
DEVOTIONAL EXERCIEML
Ministers—Reuben Emma. J.M.McElroy, John°. Hanna
Elders—W. P. Williams, John Honeytnan, M.D.
dONSESPONDENES.
?dna am
DISJOILID MINISTERS' FUND.
Ariniitert—A. T.Rankin, B. P. Benedict, Richard Lea.
Bides —Charleil tioalifj Z. B. Fuller.
DEPARTMENT ':OF STISTENTATION.
The receipts of the treasury from all
soureeS, excluding, of ..course the balance
on hand- at' the beginning of the year,.have
been $81,670 93, or 03,634,93 greater
than the year proceeding. The aggregate
expenditures have been $71,849.59. The
amount of each received froin sales of
books, tracts; and periodicals, has been
$50,887.82, an increase 0f , 00 , ,510.86 , 0ver
that of last year. The balance in the
treasury at the end of the year is 05,-
907.70.
TETE ! 00pPpATAGE guND.
The-amount received for Colportage .from
all sources amounts to $25,078,85, Whioh
exceeds the receipts -of last year by "1,-
906 64: The amount is the largest ever
received in any year from those States
which : are now cooperating with the Board.
It is larger than the total ever received in
the United States in any year; except 1860
and 1861; and lacks only $3,355:62• of the
receipts of 1,861, which , were the' largest
ever made for Colportage in any single
year from the United States.
The number, of contributing churches
has this 'year been 673, whioli is larger'-by
166 than` -the number reported kit year.
The contributions of churches, apart lrom
legacies and miscellaneous contributions,
have exceeded those of last year by...85,-
349.39.
The Board takes pleasure in acknowledg
ing the receipt'of over one thousand Bi
bles, valued , at 067.17, from-the American
Bible' Society. These - are intended ,for
gratuitous distribution by the colporteurs,
when, in places remote from auxiliary Bible:
Societies, they find individualirdestitrite of
the Werd 'of God.
The .expenditures: for ,ColnortageL during
the year have been $18,918..98, besides'
which the sum of 46,10 37- ha p been,piid
upon the , balance due from the Colnortage
Fund at the close of the previous 'year.
That balance, asTeportecl to , the lett Gen
eral Assembly, was ,Itris.now
!educed; t0A2,35049.
For tpo Prestyterarataimer
SIOw .to Speak.
"Let eery man -Om . to 9e.,0•P - 74.+NA 8
i
"Stow to speak." That is 'another thing
essential' to eminence' in ,Ohristi.an grace,
and vigor of Christian :principle. .Great
talkemaruseldom remarkable,for anything
but talking. All the strength of, feeling:
and intellect'which' should be expended on
the truth heard, maturing opiniona,'filcing
principles, an& gro-unding them in-themn
derstanding. and the affections—all
among great talkers, ,is_. :wasted in talk.
They can discuss, N:ery
,flueutlY t
. any
nmiise they bade - hettgd:
PITTSBURGH, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1863.
er all its strong points, and all its Weak
.es. They an tell you what was logical,
and what was not; what was orthodox, and
what was not; what was grammatical, and
what was nit; what was personal, and just
who was meant; what was original, and
what was .stolen from a book! All this
they can, and do' tell. They can, and do
remember all this. But the trouble with
the great talker ;s, that he does not give
the truth time to go any further than the
memory. On the Sabbath he is awake,
and the , truth does fall on listening ea S.
AU Sabbath day, and all through the
week, the truthis held in a retentive mem
ory ; out it is like the fires I have seen
kindled on the ice of rivers, which never
warmed the water beneath, and next day
you could carry away
. all these burning
coals and blazing billets, and the water
have never felt it a moment. So with
those who are swift to speak of the truth
heard; it rests ' cold, on the memory. All
week long, when they meet a neighbor,
.they discuss the sermon or the lecture.
Theylift up great truth .after great 'truth,
and deposik it with.this , man and thatnian,
and at the end of.the seek the - truth itt all
gone—given away, and the talker none the
better of the truth heard.
Recollect, iny friend, memory is not th e
place to lodge the truth, but conscience!
Your minister would not be much elated
were every one of you to go away arid-repeat
his, sermons, word by word, a- 'week after
they, were spoken, if that were All. He
would be delighted, did he find the 'truth
taking fast hold on your consciences, tbough
you might not"rementher a word of it A
friend complained- tome; with some feeling f
the other day, that his minister had• made
him oat a ‘i stony-ground hearer," because
he could not remember his sermons! lint
I was glad to find that the minister:B•words
Were no longer dead seeds on my friend%
memory, but living stalks in his conscience,
with fruit already on them Be assured
your minister does not care, about your re
membering his words, unless he be a very
silly minister. Words arew-harren things.
wants{ his words to pass into your hearts
in the shape of ".principles, which will bear
their own fruit. Words, like seeds, are , not
quickened except they die.
Bat, that words may grow into princi
ples, you roast' ponder the truth. Truths
do not shape themselves into principles at
once, just as seeds do not grow up into
stalks all at once. You must hold these
truths in your hearts, and ponder them.
They gather strength as you ponder, just
as new wine,gathers strength by being pent
Take
ask of new wine,.
openin casks.c e,
open it every day, and draw from it forthis
man and that, and it will be always weak.
Seal it up, roll it into your cellar and leave
it there until you are ten years older, and
then taste it; what a flavor it ha's ! So,
take a store of new truth; and talk about it
to every body, every word-you say weakens
it. Bat, keep it in your heart, ponder it,
and it grows stronger and stronger. Then,
after you have felt its strength and its
power, you may talk about it to others.
But do n't forget to be "slow to speak."
It is the coal that' rests on the hand that
burns. The PsalmistAays, " Whiloy I was
gaming, the .fire burned; then spake I with
*my
_tongue." So let all hearers of the truth
do--=muse till the fire burns, then speak
with the tongue. • H.
BRUM CORRESPONDENCE:
Trades' Unions and Mr. Adams—What Friendly
things the Times ,srays—.9pkitual Destitution in
London—" Men, and not Money "—The Num
ber of Volunteer Laborers Great—Thellay Meet
ings-and their Localities—Bible Stielety=Shafte
bury, and the " Professor of Arithmetic"—As
pect of the Platform—Lord Harrowby--The New
Archbishop—His ,Antecedents—His Speech; versus
Adman and the Bishop of M
-- au
retiusßrotherly Co-operation—The Jesuits 'in
Mcidagasear—The king and the ldolatere-7—Bible
Receipts; and Expenditure„—The . ; Ragged - School
Upion Statis*s—The Leidon Oily Ilgtaion and
its Prutits:.
LONDON, ,May 8,1865
A DEPUTATION from the Trades' Union
of the metropolis, went up this week with
Mr. Bright at, their head, to present to the
American Ambassador, ; an address of sym-
pathy with the North in the present strug
gle. Mr.' Adams used very
,conciliatory
language in reply. The Times declares
that it was;". . a. most .renurrkableundlriend
ly. spech."
MEN AND NOT MONEY is the somewhat
per Verse text of the Tintesin , reference to the
new enterprise to"which' the Bishop of Lon
don is calling attention in connexion with
spiritual destitution the metropolis. It
iti!proposed' to' form , not a Church building
Society, buta -Board which does something
more Any gentleman-who puts down his
rnanie-for £loooA•year, for six years ) will
find 'his , nioneytipplied notonly to the pur
chase of sites, the building and endowing
of churches and of - parsonages, but also to
the pay of home missionaries, the hire of
temporary •-places• of worship, and other
means of usefulness among the neglected
masses. The Times questions " the pro
priety of perpetwilly raising a cry for mon
ey and not for men. • There , is reason in
what, it. says, 'but- it has a vicious .aspect.as
to intention about it . So far as uniting Jay
help rand labor it commendable.: Thus
it Says
"This . is a' spiritual affair--so, at least,
it is .alleged ; and it is, for -that improve
ment of heart and soul which can,-alone
accomplished by the agency, of the good,
the wise, the earnest, and the sympathetic.
In the sacred .narrative. to which" tie re
lerred,the other- day, we see attiode of con
,verting;,•soulo, propagating , , a belief, and
founding ..a. Society,- entirely4n. accordance
with, all the ideas-of the most sensible and
bisiness men among us. But the *hole
werk itself was dotie withotitiminey. The
Only man • that 'made , it a matter; of money,
was"' driven , out , of thei. Church at -Once.
.When. _money, was „was.snat, for
building,elturclipsfor payiUgyeachers, but
fOr Widows: and Orphans, and for the vic
'tinie'of a terriblektnine. netin
rfer;• iwe—shall idoubtletraltbe , told -Nve: do,
.that; therefore money should notthamoliect
..ed for gliurehes And weachers, bit., oily
that mopey, was not put before Inet„,atk it
-• If the;Ciiiiialk of these
daYs• ia'thir4anie- fil3 4-- 111frehiltal 'of those
days
' there .can be -no reason • why everymniu
whodetiirps : it. and , is qualified, should not
be invited to, assist in the extension of-.the
.
'Church, and'have Ids part ssoigned him."
And again :
" There Are on. all, sides, n;ten who want
to assist the'eMirelf"by their' personal ser
*lees, ape still iriori3 terSeethiiii•stnas and
''dau=ghters empliqed; swan good' books tell'
oughtven 'employ Para of their time,
in 4initite
teaching the ignorant. The hearts of tens
of thousands of parents will respond to
these words. What would they give to see
their young people employed in good works,
instead of doing anything to pass the time,
and get up a faint interest? But good
works, whether in the Bible, or the Papist,
or che Puritan, or the old Church of Eng.
lantsense, are daily more impossible, and
practically all but forbidden. And what
is the eehetitute ? The incessant collector,
with his.calrd of charities, hie inkbotttle, his
steel pen, and hiS receipt--bools, "demanding
money to be paid to institutions an 4 hire
lings to do the things which Christians
might to do themselves, ought to 'be al
lowed to do, ought to be invited tefio. If
the .gible be true, "then any utihibei of
Christians, setting about-thework: , and us
ing no other agency than the faculties
which Heaven has given them, are prom--
iced such assistance that they shall cdtivert
all that can:be converted out of those enor'
mous populations for which we are called
on to build - and endow ollui : 441, Then,
why does not the Bishop .of Lon
for men as well as for money, anU ndicate
thwway in which the poorest can'issistri
The foregoing, so far as regards young
people, -the- children of ebrietian , parents,
is as important for the 'Nonconformist,
as for the Chnrellaity, 'and as important
for America as for , England.. it is
sadly wrong that somany " idle,"
and are clearly' members , of " The Do-Noth
ing Family," who ought to be busy and ac
tive, and that the increase of Ivealth and
luxury among the great middle class and
the , upper ten thousand, as well , as the at
tractions of a "sensation" literature, tends
to the paralysing of that energy which
young. pursons professing Christ, are bound
to put' forth in behalf : of his cause.
Nevertheless I. am bound to say, that the
number of workers and lay-laboiers is ever
increasing in- Eng,land. The- selftdenial
exercised; by the voluntary. teapbera of Rag
ged Schools and. Sunday Schools—An-Eng
land and'Wales alone nearly 300,000—as
also' by those who are Superintendents of
3ible-Women, active' meithera cif* Cniumit
eea of our great metropolitan and local
Associations, and by very . many, who, Dor
cas-likeonake garments for the poor,,searoh
outthe outcast, and succor and save by nour
ishing food, many a one, and smooth the pil
low of death for those who otherwise would
have died without hope and without the
cheery voice that brought:to them the glad
tidings ea-Saviour—in all these respects,
I say with confidence that All over` the
kingdom- a power is put forth, and a spir,
it .of devoted self-sacrifice exemplified,
which Calls for abundant thanksgivings to
God.
THE MAY MEETINGS bring out illustra
tions of this en masse as-it were, both •as
to Home and Foreign objects. Daily these
gatherings are being held not only, in Fae
ter Hall, but at St. James's Hall. Hanover
Square. Booms, and' other localities, and
powerful stimulus - is thus given to fresh
and eidarged'labors and gifts and prayer
ful earnestness.
THE BRITISH AND' FOREB3IT BIBLE SO
forinedin 1804' cdtitintlas its meg
nificent career of Usefulness. I was present
at its annual meeting in Exeter-Hall.. Its
platform presented" Lord Shaftsbury, the.
President, in the chair, who opened the •
meeting by an energetic address in which
he expressed his.glad ,astonishment that
there had- beep taised up so many antago
nists-to " The Professor of Arithmetic"—
Dr. Colenso. Around and behind - Lord
Shaftsbury were men of rank and. wealth,
as, well as of learning,and talent
.both-cler
ical and lay. Theffewer of the Evangel
ical clergy and Nonconformist ministry
were there. many w.prty necessarily absent
on other duties, and many once faMiliar
faces were to be seen no more because they
:now rest from their labors, and are with
Christ. The Earl of `llarrowbyi an- excel
lent nobleman, whose property aneseat are
in Staffordshire, 'of a thoroughly catholic
and earnest spirit, whom I have often..seen
on the platforin,of the Bagged School, and
whit is now growing old: andyet is full- of
wisdom and energy, expressed his unabated
attachment to the Bible Society. The new
Archbishop of York; Dr.. Thompsoii, for
nterlya. Professor of great note at Oxford,
who wrote-one of a series of Essays in re
ply to the " ESsaye and" Revieat t i r and
who, on that 'account and
.hecanse of
his soundness -.in_the faith, tis
as his popular gifts, was ,first .made
'Bishop of Gloucester, and then, -on - the
refusals of the Bishops of Winchester
and London to become ArchhiSli6p Of York,
was exalted to that lofty, post at the age of
abbut forty-three- years—he it was who. de
livered ,at the-Bible meeting. what might be
called the speech of the day. He is of tail
and commanding Stature ; his hair iehlack
and his complexion dark ; he has' been
a great student, but he is 'physically weak
ened thereby ; his voice' irelear'anti 'sono
rous,ntui his delivery natural and earnest.
lie dealt specially ,with . Colepapisin t and
with the attempts -now made' to, -depreciate
and„dishonor Alae.Bible Ile gave in put
line a very-beautiful- and impressive ,argu
ment : Ist, From the personal character of
Christ—so'lovely, faultless , that 'it
could not have been the'inventiOn;'Of the
imagination-of any fallen man, and,his ut
terances, such as only wisdom heavenly
.-and , perfect could explain ; 2d, Fiom the
dectrines taught bY Chriat, so directly op
posed ,to the self-righteous and proud re
ligion that prevailed in Judea, so unearthlY,
and so humbling -to the sinner; ad,
From the spread of , the' Gospel try , men
:who had " cowards fled from - andde
,seTted Lent" and yet, were suddenly
transformed.. into heroes and: conquerers
against the worldin -arms; and , in the face
- persecution antl- death. 'Hedealt very
tetidetlY !With gObtiii; and'he'tledetaie
tiatts to bring to 'bear on such the argument
,and-the evidence furnished byAbe :ability
,p e r a onay say, , 46 = It lees , chottrjedonty own
rt" - MeltoVer"hn' counselled theta "to
iiiihtera
, ihe i ?Mar/MeV-40134e
47 d
IE6 W r 11 'll
4M. ,r 51A , , u ,
, The Rev, tbr..Tidtnat4 \Secretary,: of.ths
eLendort , aissionaty Soeietyii tooklttawfull
survey of the mightyehattge,-andi , the 'on
kogreeic"Ceinfiatine'the!pericitt;
Ay years ago t sinee he;had appearecibegre,ett
that platform to advocate the Bible 0,41180.
He referred to- the agitations that,thenliad .
'Stirred England in connexion With - the
Invasion of French' tresnits of 7the'island
of Tahiti landing Under the guns, of
French ships of war. Ele,.referred _bathe.
deprivation of Queen Potuare of-het-coup
try 'and her eicivni---saye as a dependent,
AO 't4 vAlpeg'lo l : 1tjr.„13e134#6 6 s which
r,43144011 mumi oiochipm.; ,Ai'd
Word of God had prevailed ; Popery had
made no progress, and all over the islands
of the South Seas its emissaries were de
tested.
Again he turned to Madagascar, and
Very powerfully pointed to the oft-repeated
but' always moving and interesting facts of
the persecution there; and showed how in
the absence of the living missionaries, whom
the heathen Queen had banished, and
while martyrdoms abounded, still the na
tive Church bad, through.the written Word
left thelb,grOirn mightily.
And just as he was, expressing his earn
est desire, and that of. the-London Society,
that the Church Missionary Society would
set up a Mission at Madagascar, to help on
the evangelization of five millions of
heathen idolaters, and referring to Dr.
Ryan's recent visit to the island and the
capital, that excellent and evangelical
prelate unexpectedly appeared on the plat
forte: Great was the enthusiasm, and
when the good' Bishop of Maureaus told
whatlaa.had seen and heard; when he re
hearsed how the young officers of the king's
army, whom 'he saw On his way to the cap.
ital„'Ome to him With the eager question,
"'Have yorkbrought With yon'the book of
Jesus Christ?" and how the people ev
erywhere were thirsting for the Scrip
turesmany eyes were . wet with tears, of
thankful'joY. He also pointed out the dis
trict near the coast,_where it was, proposed
to begin a Churith Mission, not to interfere
in any way with that of the London Society
at the capital. He described the conduct
of the Jesuit and other
_priests, now in
Madagascar, as " perfectly infamous," in
misrepresenting the designs of the agents
of-the Bible Society. tie also plainly in
dicated that the
. king's life was in some
peril from heathen hea conspirators, and asked
,
for special ,prayer on his behalf
Since the , formation of the Bible:Society,
sixty-two years ago, the total circulation:has
been upwards of ferty-three millions of
copies. During thefirst four ;years of its
history, the number was only 81,157; last
year alone, at home and abroad, it was
2,133,860. Assistance also in past years
has been given to other Societies, so that
the total Circulation by those" combined
agencies, amounts 'to upwards of SEVENTY
THREE mrtmoNs of copies, in one hundred
and sixty-four !engages, (147 being trans
lations never before printed,) and render
ing accessiblethe Word of Life to about six
hundred millions of the human family.
Last year's receipts and expenditures
were—Receipts £l5B 750 • Expenditures
£150,290. The total expenditure since
the establishment of the Society, amounts
to -X5,444,780. From China, from Af
rica, from the Turkish Empire, from Cent.
tral, Northern and Southern Europe,
from the islands of the Pacific, New
Zealand, Australia,. Madagascar, and the
Provinces British North America, come
tidings of an ever-increasing supply. Yet
the need is still great, and the Society has
not done half, the work which Providenee
has assigned to it, in connexion with kin
dred enterprises in the United States.,
THE , RAGGED SCHOOL UNION, this year,
reperte:
Sabbath School attendance in the
Metropolis, - . -
Day Schools, do., (199 schools,)
Week-d 4 scholars, - - -
49,650
But as many of the week-day, scholars at
. .
tend on the, Lord's day, one-half •of the
above r orl about) 25 ; 000r, is the average :at-.
Total, -
tendance on London • , Ragged Schools.
Then as , - -(llAsstria/ classes, there are
2,850 young people being taught and
trained in useful sewing and other employ
ments. ?dents' Meetings have 3,117 in
attendance. •There are 2,700 voluntary
teachgrs. Of course there must be paid
teachers also—not' hirelings," butlaborerrs
worthy of their scanty hire, and far more, in
love with their work; full of Christ:like
coMpassionifer the poor parish outcast boys
add girls, aid aiming directly et their sal
vation. The paid teachers are 360, and the
paid , monitors 460. The Shoeblack
ades of London' have' a full force of 372
lads,• whose, united earnings
_list year
AiLoun.iid.fo the large suni'of £6,222. .
TitV..4,NVoN . :o47l4.tssioN , held its
A4phri.o3lll7,l:ll.,'Eliuraday..
.Its agents oe-
Amoyoinacied kids :of deep interest all over
Itheidetkopolii. .Therorare missionaries for
GfitMalis, Italians, Welsh, &e.,
4810.0 g . their : respeetiv,e languages; as
'.also fors,tlie Orientals. There ,is op e who
is knowb as " The Thieves Missionary,"
who is well known to' the fraternity, and)
has acquired -wonderful power over this.
class in Whitechapel and -the 'Eastern die- .
ttrictia -The •missionaries are 380 in all;
have access ever-increasing to the hearts as
,well as the.hcmes of the masses; spent last
yeSi t 568,172.h0ure in domiciliary visita
tions; paid 2,012,199 visits, of which 256,-
494- werelothe stelr and dying; distributed
nearly, 3,000;000 of 'religious tracts; lent
4.6,04 kiooks• 'bola .4023 . in-door meet
miga,imil Bible, °lanes, toigetlier with 4,350
unt-duor.services ; • restored 147-backsliders
tochnrch-fellowship; inducted 6l9:families
*cernmente faid9ly prayer; were" the
ovine of reol t iiMitig.,go,7:3. drunkards; in
dneeil 366 coUples to..marry ;
-rescued 40&-fallen 0ne.15, eatiacid. 208 shups
to be alleged on the Lord's day . ; sent 8,726
children' school, and visited
. 6;791 'adults
Who di ed 2;167 of whomfmere visited by.
the missionary on(0. The total receipts for
the year were Z 36,761-6. 9., besides £368
fort Disabled Missionaries' - Fund. Without
'the GO Miesion,"*Viithottt' the 190 Bil:ole-
Wo4ian; without Sunday, Pay, and
i ßagged ..Sobools,; wit bout • the open.-air .
preachers.; Without- the. Sabbath and.. its ;
tbly•npportunities-L- , wbat a fearful-fiend of
4 viieFedhia l ibilt oveilowthis; ‘ l litithat fandis,stenMei, arrested,
sted,dfiinj
4/144,by.•a1l these, and many. a lovely:seena
of spiritual -verdure and beauty reveals.
~ i tseilfl.even here,. tnterod• and: his• Angels. •
Idiglihll6
The heart yearns for - frienfistip. Cold
l itethe . world to hint' who
; 11TK not if' friend. He may' have 'W . S)Ol;''
position, honor; but what are . they'all: to
him who feels that he is surrounded, by.
'mercenaries: iloathes the- sycophants
'who Crowd' and , . siOlaud and otoWn him in
knoirinethat in
01,;Teversc of. hits raroyanstaneee they world'
-We pity the child• of min•
rfortgne; who irvpinched , brTioverty, .and
efahtains, a' inetgr o#felioe"itleekful .odds
WHOLE NO 558
the kind offices of true friendship, is still
more to be pitied.
Yet it is one's own fault if he has not
friends. Cold and selfish as the world is, so
long as human nature is what it is, no one
needs to be friendless. The reason why
one has so many friends, and another so
few or none, is easily accounted for. He
who would have friends must show himseli
friendly. Let any one seal the fountains of
his sympathy for others, and it will seal their
sympathy for him. Gold is powerless to pro
cure friendship. It can be obtained only
by friendship. Let one have a generous
nature, a kind and loving heart, and he
will have friends any where, under any cir
cumstances.' He may be penniless, among
strangers ; but there will come to his help
those who would share with him the last
morsel, and for his welfare even peril their
lives.—Morning Sear.
THE ASSEMBLY OF 1863.
THIRD DAY—SATURDAY, May 28.
Opened with prayer.
A dispitch from the New. School . Assembly,
now sitting in Philadelphia, informed the Rouse
that that body had unanimously appointed deli-
, .
gates to this Assembly.
The names of several new members•were an
nounced.
The Committee on Bills and Overtures rePorted
in part—A request from the Church at Morris
ville, Pennsylvania, to be detached from the Sec
ond Presbytery of Philadelphia, and connected
with the Presbytery of New Brunswick.
The Judicial Committee reported the com
plaint of Rev. R. J. Breckinridge and others,
against a decision of the Synod of Kentucky, rel
ative to the right of suffrage in the choice of a
pastor. It was accepted, and made the second.
order of the day for this morning.
—2d. The Appeal of Mr. Abbott against the
Synod, of Missouri. on docket..
—34. The Appeal of John Turbott, which was
withdrawn.
The Committee on Correspondence recom
mended the appointment of Dr. Tustin and Judge
Shorewood, as delegates to the New School Gen
eral Assembly.. Adppted,,aud the elerli was di-
rected to telegraph io the nominees and the
Assembly. •
The Committee on Church Extension reported.
The committee ,regret thasmallness of the amount
contributed to this important cause, and recom
mend. it to the prayers and increased liberality
of the churches. The report was sustained by
Dr. J. M. Lowrie, Secretary Coe, and Rev. Mr.
Hayes of Baltimore, Rev. F. T. Brown, and
others. It was adopted, and is as follows :
1. The committee recommend that the Assem
bly approve of the minutes of the Board as kept
by the Secretary, and that the report also be ap
proved and published as usual. , •
2. We call attention to the facts that more
than two-thirds of our churches are still entirely
delinquent in contributing to the funds of this
Board; that the small amounts given =lessthan
ten churches reaching thc sum of $lOO-Lindicat e
hat the merits of the cause are too little laid be
fore our people; and, that the increased" cost of
building makes larger contributions more impor-
taut than before. We recommend, theretore,
that the:Presbyteries be directed to inquire at
heir Fall meetings what churches have taken
collections enjoined by the Assembly for July,
on behalf of the Board of Church Extension, and
to urge .a ruore.general attention hereafter to the
wants of this Board
3. The Committee are gratified to learn that
the Board of Church Extension, in view of the
difficulties of the times, has made special efforts
to conduct their work economically, and express
the assurance that, if, the churches knew %how
carefully their contributions are applied to the
purposes of the Board, and how needy are many
of the recipiints of their benefactions, this
knowledge would result in a great increase of
the Board's funds.
4. The Committee would further call attention
to the efforts, so remarkably simultaneous—often
so liberal and so generally successful—which
have lately been made all over the land, for the
payment of church debts; would express their
gratitude to. God for his special favor upon their
efforts ; would recogniie that prayer has had a
most special and delightful agency in leading to
these results, and would express the hope that
other churches, laboring under Buell disadvan
tage as a churc debt, may he encouraged to en
deavor to throw off the incumbrance. This
would certainly tend to the comfort of all these
churches, and prepare them to give more efficient
aid to others in less favored circumstances than
themselves. At what less should the Presbyte
elan Church aim than a house of worship for
every organized church in the land, and no house
iniebted to the community around it for anything
else but love?
- 23A60
- 17.970
- 8,320
Judicial Case No.• 1, being complaint of Dr. R.
J. Breokinridge against the Synod of Kentucky,
was taken up. The Moderator read the standing
rule. The papers in the ease were read. The
Synod of Kentticky had decided that, in voting
for a pastor, our Book authorized that only regular
'church members have a right to vote, and that any
of those who refuse to contribute their share to
the necessary expenses - of the congregation, de
prive themselves of that right:for the time. Dr.
Breckinridge and others protest and complain:
Ds. UMPIII3 Y, one of the complainants, advo
cated their cause. He stated' that the subject
bad been before the Assembly two yeari ago,
and postponed. It nowcomes up as still in or
:der, and parties are ready. The Synod has de
termined that only communicants in"gond stand
ing are legal. voters. The' complainants main
tained that Presbyterians, persons baptized' in
;the Church, holding to its' doctrines, moral in
character, and belonging to the congregation,
paying their. share of expenses, &cl, are proper
voters, according to our Standards. Baptized
children are members of the Church, and have
rights, and those rights continue in manhood.
Children of ministers, and elders, anu other
Christians, should not be cut off from the privi
lege of voting for their, pastor. They have in
terests as well as rights. They are, by our
, Standards; under the Discipline of the Church.
1 There - is an attempt to jntroduca new customs,
under a new doctrine—a doctrine which excludes
children from membership. The dedieion of the
Synod deprived • many exoellent , PreSbyterians
of their rights; females who do not contribute,
and men who hold the truth, and who do con-
tribute and walk orderly, but do not commune.
heads of families have deep' 113G:treat in'.Who
shall be the teacher of their childi‘ier,* . imtl-visit
in their families. Men and women; notlet ittrO
fessors, have souls. to save,'and should have a
right to be heard on the . ..queetion of who shall
guide them. There is a wide difference between
the minister and.the ruling elder—the . one kath
es., the other 'but ruler—then let all rate for the
pastor, even though communicants only vote for
the elder. Unbeliever may possiblfdo harm to
a church, by their voted, bat the Presbytery can
correct , this if it should occur. The real inter
est of congregations is' prOmetedf byJoitririding
the right, of suffrage. •
Adjohreed!viitli
,cigened.Witlt:ONSter
The COMmft4pg.on Ar,stiooal ; Te n
ported at artanggeent".for a , meeting ,on be if
ofttnitP::ll.olll74lupPo9unissi9n, ou Tim a. 7
The unfinlelieil .liusinesp was reshmed. • .
111.y..41,44,:y e pa5;,4 sy., .from the complainants,
,Wpitgd, to say a word in reference to the alleged
danger of.. l t ll 9.7 l Pg. oo !44.ltrties; to titit9trart
41,1149/IPnti in the.. 4 14114. SO ihr. as h*exPvi
ttt}ge lad gppe, th.e.xiteo.B htmPLIN.4B I ),Pr.gPod,,
tkiv i g 9 p.k.4B4,.ti vm lirtng . memr.tpio the.
•ohitrOvw)lthAtifilFFAKl!9uid
• 1 4r• Y4,4 3 . 1 140;,Pn, .behali' or 'She , did.
riot sYmpathly . .e, w ith . - *any , ...neW.. : theory , of the'
,Church.,. 1 e thought the..SygoiVe action was
founded on the provision of our ,Siterdirds. In
regard to the membership of pernons. baptized,
the Synod , and ; . the oomplainanta,mere, of one
mind. The Synod would exclitde from voting,
those who were not members—outsiders—men
who do not ,hold themselves to. be under " the
.discipline,of the Churoh." , They , are they who. ',
.do not engage to "render obedienee in the Loped."
And • ,e very cYPing
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of the Church—he neglects a duty enjoined and
urged.
Mr. NEvius was not present at the decision of
the question in Synod, nor did he agree with the
Synod. The Book authorises persons who may
not be communicants to vote, provided they be
otherwise qualified.
Mr. REED regarded the wife and daughter of
a contributor, as also contributing, and hence
entitled to vote, if they arc communicants.
Mr. SCUDDER believed with'the majority of the
Synod. He regarded the Church as the body of
Christ, and to be guided by the spiritual mind.
He thought non-communicants excluded by our
Church law, and that permitting them 'to vote
was, sometimes, very injurious.
A half hour was spent in devotional exercises
Adjourned.
FOURTH DAY—Momper, May 25.
.opened With prayer'''. Minutes of Saturday
were read and approved.
Dr. BEATTY read a telegram from the New
School General Assembly, stating that that body
had unanimously approved of the correspondence
by Delegates.
Dr; BEATTY, from the Committee on Bills and
overtures, reported, that the Synod of Missouri
be held at Liberty. Adopted.
The Second Presbyterian church of Nashville
was transferred to the Presbytery of Transylva
nia (loyal).
Overture No. 5, a request from the Western
Theological Seminary, that Presbyteries be re
quested not to license young men until the com
pletion of their course of study. Adopted.
The complaint of Rev. Dr. Breckinridge and
others, was resumed.
Mr: Mo MILL/LW, of Kentucky, spoke on behalf
of the Synod. He thought it right to exclude
the votes of those who refused to aid in paying
church obligations. • • .
Dr. HUMPHREY reported Judicial case No. 5,
Viz.: Complaint of Mr. Guild against the Synod
of New Jersey. Mr. Guild requested the ap
pointment of Mr. Sheldon, as his aid in con-.
ducting the case. -Appointed. The case was
deferred.
The complaint of Dr. Breckinridge was re
sumed. The parties being satisfied as to their
presenting the case, the roll was called to give
members of the Assembly an opportunity of ea,
presssing their opinion.
Dr. DELA.CY thought that the Assembly should '
be enreful not to do anything that would bring
our rules , in conflict with Charters of congrega
tions. He also thought that men - Presbyterian
in sentiment should be allowed a voice to the
choice of their pastor.
The order of the day, viz.: The Disabled Min
isters' Fund, was taken up.
Rev. J. H. JUNES, D. D., Secretary, presented•
the subject in a written paper.
Mr. Itamtis, from the Committee, submitted
the following resolutions, which were" adopted,
Resolved, That the Assembly have heard with
great interest the report of the Trustees of the
Fund for Disabled Ministers in need; and the
'destitute widows and orphans of deceased. min
isters.
Resolved, That they learn with great
.satiefac
lion of the rapid progress of thiszood- cause, as
evinced in the increasing number and amount of
the'collections.
Resolved,. That in view of the success and fa
vorable acceptance of the plans recomniended.by
the Assembly of 1849, and sanctioned by several
subsequent - Assemblies, this Assembly reaffirm
said action, and recommend that annual eollee
tiOns be solidited in all the churches fer current
expenditures ; and also, that large donatiens
and bequests be solicited to form gradually a
permanent fund, the interest of which ehall be
Pledged in aid of the objects indicated.
Resolved, That the report be appended to the
minutes of this Assembly, and be printed by ,the
Boar) of Publication, a copy of which shall be
sent to -each pastor, with a request that it be
read to his congregation.
Resolved,.That, should the sums contributed by
the churches in any year exceed the sum needed
to meet the demand upon it, the Trustees be au
thorized to invest such surplus as, a part of the
permanent fund, in such way as that it shall be
safe and productive.
Resolved, That the thanks of the Assembly are
due and are hereby tendered to those generous
friends of the cause by whose liberality a- large
proportion of the.expenses of this important
agency are.provided for.
In sustaining the resolutions, Judge Im,tvlsr
said he did not know that a word was needed. in
addition to the report of Dr Jones, which- had
beea read. Be, however, felt sa deep an interest
in ' the cause, that he would say a few. words.
This cause had been several years before the
churches, and he rejoiced in the increased, favor
with which it was received.- The enlarged con
tributions were the evidence. The sytem of col
lections be highly approved, and, he trusted it
would be lurked vigorously.
Dr. MelisneAs, of Washington,
not let the oocasion pass without a few remarks.
The ministers had been negligent in bringing
this subject before the people: He ie. a layman,'
and he regarded the ministers as too delicatteen
this subject. The laymen woubieentribute.with
pleasure. The disabled servants of dhrist, and
the widows and orphans of ministers, deserved
support, and the cause coniteenda i ihielf to the
churches. He called upon , the Apsembly,. and
.especially upon the laymen, to give it their at
tention.
Rev. Mr.,Lze quoted the Saviour's remarks—
" The poor ye have always with you." There
~being two, hundred applicants for e.id,.shows that
there are persons who -need aid, and who are
. willing to receive it The aged minister is eft
neglected. The fund comes to his, relief. The
aged widow pines in want; this fund alleviates
her. sorrows. .
Rey. Mr. .13mexit preferred the plan of aian
eual.collection.tO that-of a permanenL fund. He
was, even . oppo,sed to, any thing that would refiiive
the churches from this collection. The cause
should be brought before the - people. It Was a
benefit to know, and to relieve.
Rev., G. S. Pi.mitsx thought the laymen and
the younger ministers should labor to ad:Vance
'this cause. lie . also was opposed to a permanent
fund, which should.be formed by collections. But
a permanent fund might be, or should be raised
by bequests and special donations.
Mr_ T. EL Nests regarded the subject akone
which commended itself to the elders of the
Church..they should see that the annuttliqol
'action is taken, and strive to have it
Money could not be better appropriated. •
Mr. Gso. JIINEIN, Jr., knew somethin . cof. the
difficulties of the Committee which cond ucted
,this scheme. There were efforts to fifiirlSre
with it,. under,the idea of substitutinglotii4ifig
better. The plan is good, and should be.prose
cuted... The lilinistry should be sustained, while
able to labor, and also when disabled. Ther,rain
isters were too delicate orr . this sobjct. He
hoped the whole of the report .Of j:oces
would• be read in every church. wciiilkdo
great g00d... He • superintended aHslibe,th School
and took up, a collection.
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