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tions upon The doctrines and order OF the
church and their opponents the Old School,
because they adhere 10 their oil written
Confession of Faith, and Form of Govern.
ment. a fen who were educstedi in the Pres
byterian church, or who made their first
profession of religion in it are Of the New
School; and considerable number Of
original Congrega,ionalists from New Eng.
land. both ministers and laymen, adhere to
the Old School, and to The principles which
they professed in entering the Presbyterian
Church.
The Innovations npon the doctrines and
order Of the church finally became so gen.
eral in some parts of the country, and the
evils growing out Of them so great that
the General Assembly, body composed OF
delegates from all The .Presbyteries. at the
meeting of 1887, excluded the delegates
Of Presby'eres composing four entire sy'
mods, on the ground that these Synods
were not in fact Presbyterian, had never
been constitutionally connected with tho
PRESBYTERIAN Church, and were not there
fore entitled to partake in its government.
1t was expressly declared that this act of
exclusion was not Judicial, and was not de
signed 10 affect the ecclesiastical standing
of those to whom it related. They were
merely declared not to b, part of the
Presbyterian Church but We're recognized
as q distinct denomination. The excluded
or dlsowned bodies lay in western New
York and Ohio, and were composed chiefly
of Congregational emgr''nts from New
England. Strange as i, may seem, although
thus repulsed by the Presbyterian Church
they still strove to thrust themselves into its
communion and with that view sznt up
full delegation the next year 10 clam seats
in the General Assembly. In this they
were encouraged by their New Schoo!
brethren within the limits Of other Synods,
still in connection with the church. When
the time for the meeting ofthe Assembly in
1888 arrived, it appeared that a large ma.
iority of the Presbyteries, had approved the
disowning act Of the previous Assembly,
and sent up delegates instructed 10 carry ii
out Even counting the delegates from the
disowned Synods, the New School were
greatly in the minority. They were then
apparently determined upon separation
from the Old School and fthey had gone
off peaceably, in the spirit Of the religion
which they profess, all w"uld have approved
the at; for, to say nothing Of the diver
sify Of doctrine between the parties, their
mutual alienation of feeling was loo great
for continuance in The same communion.
But the ''loaves md fshes'' had too strong
hold upon the affections Of the New
School for this. as their conduct has proved.
The funds of he General Assembly, equal,
according to one statement which we have
seen, to more than 100000, according to
another, about halt that amount, was Il
prize which they considered worth grasplng
at. They contributed little or nothing to
these funds, but they coveted them none
the less on that account. So, in caucus,
! jus. before the meeting oflhe Assembly of
1888, under the adviscment Of lawye Rs
they devised their scheme for getting hold
of the funds. When the hour of meeting
arrived they marched in body from cou'
Gus to the place Of meeting.
Accordingto the constitution ofthe church,
the moderator of the last Assembly, if pres.
ent is to preside at the opening, and TIL an
other is chosen and no commissioner or
delegate "shal have right to deliberate or
vote in the Assembly, till his name shall
have been enrolled by the clerk, and his
commission examined and filed among the
papers of the Assembly" As soon as the
moderator Of the previous Assembly took
his chair persons appointed by the Ne"
School, in caucus. for the purpose, COM
msnced making motions for the ADMISSION
ofdel,ga.es from the disowned PresDy'eF'es'
These motions the moderator declared 10
be out oforder. Appeals were taken to The
House the moderator refused to put the
appeals, because there was no house he 0c'
cordng to the constitution TO "del'OeF'le Or
vote" on an appeal or any other question
ond confusion which this disor-