The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-06-09
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE

| fREsBYTERIAs GENERAL AssExELy.-Nrvy
SeHooLI-LAsT DAY.-The Committee on tha
Records Of the Synod Of Peoria, reported a.
me result Of their examination Of those records
various irregularities IN the manner Of keeping
the minutes Of the Synod. They pointed out
without comment, a resolution 10 eTcIuds fToT,
is pulpits all ministers who may Be concern
ed In the sin Of Slavery. The report was ac-
eeptsd. m .....-..r
Leave was granted to the stated ClsEk Of the
Assembly to speak upon the subisct Of the re-
vision Of the standards, report on which h.
had made at the opening Of the Assembly, from
q COMMITTEES Of the last Assembly He con-
ciuded BY Recommending 10 its consioeration six
overtures 10 be submitted to the Prssbvt.ri..-
relating to the appellate jurisdictlop. ,ro =, r,
meetings and ratio Of representation. Ths,-
were taken up and passed by the Assembly
report was made on the subject of tba ,ro.
position for more intimate cOnnenctior viii
the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
The COMMITTEES reported that complete urlon
Of the two Churches was iupracticabIs. blt
that the Obstacles to . more intimate counec-
ton were much less than had been gensrsliv
supposed They recommended several rssola-
ions, the hrst OF which was taken up and adopt
ed. hProvides for the interchange Of delegates
between the assemblies of the two bodies. The
Chairman Of the COMMITTEES. Rev. Mr. Wing,
vas appointed to convey the announcement Of
the action Of the Assembly.
Rev. Mr.. Mcmillan was appointed the deIs-
gate to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
with the Rev. Mr.. Wing as mis- alternate.
The special committee on the subject Of STA
very made report, which was received with
much solemnity, the impression seeming 10
prevail that trouble was to be anticipated from
the agitation Of the matter. The report was
upon memorials from four Synods, thirteen
Presbyteries, one church, and one individual, ali
asking the freeing Of the church from all par
teiPation in the sin Of Slavery, one prssbytery
even threatening secession, unless something
was done for that purpose. The report was
quite an able one, recommending that The action
Of all the former Presbyterian Assemblies be re-
iterated, and from the extracts they made from
the minutes on the subject, they e6uceo the fol-
lowing propositions, which they recommended
to the adoption Of the Assembly:
LIST. The right Of man to civil liberty.
ID. Slavery is unrighteous and opposed 10 the
interests Of all concerned in it.
3rd- The duty Of Christians to use all righteous
sndeavors TO effect the extrpation of the evil.
4th. EnjoiniDg upon Christians to abstain
from buying and selling slaves, undue severity
to them, or the separation Of the members Of
families, by any act Of theirs
5th. The Assembly knows Of no members OF
the Church participating in the evils alluded to,
but If there are any, the attention Of the prop
er church judicatories Is called to the same
The report was received with genera favor.
and a motion was made to adopt il.
Pending this, Rev. Mr.. Bassett offered the fol-
lowing substitutes:
ResOiued, That Slavery Is a great sin be-
fore God and nan, and should be treated bV the
Church in the same way as other gross immOr-
alities.
Upon this resolution he addressed the Assem-
bly, at length, giving a wide scope to his Es-
marks on the wees Of Slavery.
Mr.. Bassett spoke until the hour of the ad
journment Of the morning session.
In the afternoon the debate was resumed and
several speeches, remarkable Tor fervid slo-
quence, were delivered by Chief Justice Horn
blower, and Rev. Messrs. Beecher, Billiard and
others, after which the vete was taken and the
substitute Of Mr.. Bassett was lost, and the
original report was adopted BY a very large ma
jority.
Mr.. Tyler, Of Mississippi. offered an addition
al resolution, but afterwards withdrew IT,
LsPorts Presbytery, Indiana, was erased
from the rel, having gone into another Presby-
terry.
Rev. Messrs. Hatfield, Spear, and Z. A. Camp-
bell, were appointed COMMITTEES to prepare !.
digest for publication.
The Chair appointed the COMMITTEES 70 con-
slider the subject Of appointing Delegates to ihs
Old School Assembly, as follows: Rev. Msssrs
Brainerd, Ludlow and Hammer, and Elders
White and Raybold.
The usual narrative Of the state Of religion
was read by the Committee on the subject, Il
gave an encouraging account Of the improved
condition OF the Church; and among iis state
ments We noticed one, that the Southern Pres
byieries were paying increased attention 10 tho
religious instruction Of the colored population.
IL recorded the deaths Of 80 elsrgymen Of the
Church during the past year.
After the Transaction Of soma unimportant
business, the minutes were read and adopted.
and the Assembly then adjourned sine Ola
Pail. Norfk As.er. 26tk. ..sE
LIBERIA MIssIoS.-At the meeting Of the
Bishops Of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
assembled in New York on the 18th inst, the
Rev. Nicholas s. Bastian, of Illinois, was sp-
pointed superintendent Of the Msthodist Mis-
sion at Liberia, Africa. He will probably pro-
coed to his destination by the first opportunity.