Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1842-06-04
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THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-The moo.
ted questions that have been pending between the
Old and New Schools Of the Presbyterian Church.
have been settled the new school having with
drawn the suit. The following is an extract from n
published letter Of the COMMITTEE al interim, Of the
New school, on the suljeoE
In relation 10 the case at law Of the Common
wealth Us Green and Others, the Committee came
deliberately and unanimously to The result. on Inc
18th Of November. 1871 10 instruct their coups, IN
withdraw the suit and thus for The present, and
they hope forever TO end the legal controversy.
Their powers are limited n,.a net final The
Assembly Of 1913 must review all their doiugs and
approve and confirm, or censure and unnul them
Hence the final arbitration Of The whole ma,,cr Is
with The Assembly alone. Ia the interval bovcy.
or, The committee the only O. gan that can rem
resent The Assembly CT give any authoritative cum
sci "a the case. Oiuer committees having crpi,ed
by huIlatI IN, the Committee ad interim have pcrcs
sarly acccded % duties undcsi.cd and unontr,r,
ted, M these relations and are therefore the NOR.
required 10 set forth both TO their ecclesiastical b,
lhrcn and 10 the christian public generally-ihouah
they know no reason % apprchend that the Assem-.
bly, viii OF oil disturb or ccnsu-e their decision,
hrei manifesto Of least ui the reasons which have
acIuaIed and determine them IN this procedure"
The same letter has the following IN relation 10
the present state Of the schism which gave birlh
10 we Olu ana new school part
THE SCIllSM AS IT is
THE two parties have now become Two depomi
nations; aud agreeing they do in 50 many and
m such important articles Of faith and order with
interests sympaihIcs, DANCE and adycr snrics 80
much united, having the same hope aud the same
Lord and Master, Jesus Christ, m whom IN common
We have redemption through his blond the f1rgIye
ness ct sins according 10 the riches OF his grace we
can never cease ngonueusly 10 dcpiuc the hpsIt,rs
/ ug nd tI.f,. 81.
| places, seemingly ncurabe, ~ Othe.s probably de-
clmng, That continue iu cmbIttcr life 10 scaud,l,zo
christianity, and 20 irIurc the souls Of men OI,b,
great sin oi schIsIn wo cannot plead peculiarly o
20 lhcse relations comparatively. if 40 all guilty
And hencoior'h we cHhO,i all parties % cuIuyai,
NE spHi OF P1ChcailUu and catholic Christian br,
| ihcrhood, praying for Tho graCe Of the Holy Gbos
ip De poured, cDplousy on all the churches Ir
~ therefore follow after the things which make r.,
peace and things whorcwIrh one may edlfy another
On Saturday the General Assembly Of the P,o.br
icrian church (old schooD now sitting in Philadsl
Pha. made the following election.
Beard Of Foreign MI Jns for four years. viz
Rev Drs john r Edgar, Archibald AIcxaudcr. n
| breckenridge, } " C1mpboll n r Weed w \
tnglcs, B Wilson. WIN Neil Rev Megsrs VIM 4
Atkinson, John & Blckus, Wan & Anderson. Pow
! ton Harrison. Henry A BJardnan N A Weed r n
Dickinson and Messrs james Adrcr. jaime. Agoc .
John u liIll, Moses Allen. solomon Allen. SImuc
Anderson, Hugh AuchinclUss Waller Llwri,
george Brown. Chadcs Chauncy. Hlmar DENNY
william Shear. g Wilson, William Steel. william
Duly. fpr three ycaTs-Rcv John n & Gricr on.
'yfenius Beers For two yoars--E0beu 3 Gre
Board Of Domestic MssiOns For Iaroo wears ID
NeN Drs Wm Piummer Jamos Huge. } jan,
! way fnncis Mcfarland VIM P1is. aud Re
I's-rs John Grey, David Magic. aud n Jones. au
Nir'srs WIN shear Samuel ThomprSn kiatibe,
NewFlrkg Th9mas Henderson. George Morris. an
i,'h' Wallace For two yeaIs--Rey DfJ NJ fef-
. rev Jacob Green aud Nossfs Fruncis Bailey. on
James Bunlap "
boafd ~ Education. for four ycars.-Rev Dr
samuel MILLER ffsncis Heron, & T. CoyIor. 3 Nc
terland. W y Spuguc. w NJ Engles Rev Nc,
> ~ Jones, ~ BIarimlu. and Msssrs WIN Ma,
well, stephen COlwcll, Thomas Bf.dc,rI a ] Nj
Ter James Lemon, James Dunlop. J p,rt.,p a..
George Morris, Rev Wm Chester was elected h., rb
place ~ Rev James l. Dinwidd.o. v,hrsa tern, =,
pres iu ls43. Rev John ~ Gray. tn r,s rI,g, !,
koy Samuel Winchester. deceased, Rev W l. Rec
kenrdgs in The place of Rev Dr. John Broctsnr.Ig,
docoased and Colonel Wm Walton. in place of b.
scph - Wallis ,dccCsscd-wh0se terms expire i
/ 1874