New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-05-30
Nem;2)ork Daily Griba1lle.
PRESBYTERIAN GENERAL ASSEMBLY On. s.
The Education Report.
From our Reporter.
BUFFALO, "Wednesday, May Is, 1883.

AFTERNOON SESSION
Rev Marcus Smith, Chairman of the Education Commit
tee presented report which excited warm debats The
repoi is an important document AID send You the prn
,insl portiOns Of il They are as follows:
herea mpeous necessity now exists Tor increased ehors IN
the cause Of Education Of the Christian Ministry:
And The Assembly bave learned with interest," ana
The system educational eHos BY wheh the cause may DO placed
That the attention Of The Pre.yeres be directed to the
subject se9s out and PEs',atns yGg's men o.
orous cooperation Of the ehnIehes IN this most poAnL cause
~" hal .xpe.s tas sympathy and interest Of hi. Assembly sad
@ tie securing OF the important end OF EdacA
RerS That & committee appointed TIL. Assembly,
report to tie GensIa Assembly some pal for the united action
Of the PRESBYTERIAN Church with r.ierenee
es Assembly rsse l the PresbterAns be repeated b, this
Kew w H. Spencer Of Milwaukee, very ouispoken
and sble debater took the floor Immediately ia opp tOn
to the report His mind was clearly made up that our edu
c.tiona els INIT be re6rganlzed The report looks to
This but with intentions which he cannot form looSs TO
the consolidation Of the whole educational interests aud
throwing them under tn control OF the Western Colsge
soc The AssembV vii thus lose the control OF 81 stru
mentality Which Vital to its energy. We must recon
,ruc but H. such Wv to keep the power the hands
r., MIR Brooks Of Niagara Presbytery, proposed
the following substitute for this report;
ph TIE Providence Of God and the eHse9ee Of the Church
,ra as IN ID enisl ron the sofs Il providing
,n ministry = a. ,f' o. & ea1 ,os ns
ererg dee ne resources Of the snefeh u ms regard sat
linn
be nsuted IT, Is OF the Church !"
s Tia. eonntt,s Of i've Oe sppOinted to eonds the
bo a reIoft 20 the next Nssenoy plan Tor inc le
E.Iod Thsi 10 ,neaHfe the aendI,ons Of the las.
pese nv he Pres -ehes b. repeated By TINS
NIB -lara = upon h. reasons for this course He
y Ike O. @ present wants Of the Church and the necessity
of wise az on as 800, Il can be devised
Elder Grhih o. Nvwfcrl. made warn ana aOl7
a. '.nse of air DrcoAs subst ute and D. Eddy replied %
Ir Spencer s'taCl On the " ester college Society s
remarks strongly in favor Of the Original report o' 'ne
Committee. -;
that ha present organizations what we want ana
reNsniDg bis knowledge OF the intentions OF tAs ives
tern College Society -.
As Director in that Society, DIR. Eddy entirely disa
vowed he implication. ,-.
Rev NJ Spencer moved As substitute for botn papers
a resolution recommending the phlatephii EducAii'n
Socety as the organ through which Tor ths pr-s7n ou
CHURCHES ma cort-i rte 70 the educs-On cAus''
This was advocated b. the mover snd ~ kev' D y.
Speer Of Gsens and powerfully combaited oy non hf
Strong q ~ nDsylvania. ..
Other members participated in the discu on and at last
the whole jusiaess ned 10 introduce Two rIu
tons one Of which recommends the appointment OF Con
mi,iee Of Five devise plan on Education ana rsDoi
he next Assembly and the other resolution ls
Central Education and the Philadelphia Educ aloh
- organizations thr ugh which the Churches can Act
the present
these resolutions were adopted.
The Committee on Bills and Overtures reported an an
swer TO the letter OF the led Clerk OF the OsWeo Tres
byiery in tch the course of that body = pomedy con
demned as unconstitutional. dsordery ana h-1pzueu,
They e1horted repentance in language : o9'n
mild and explicit The report Was accepted anu Aopl7
paper vas reported 6y the same COMMITTEE IN answer
Ia petition If Mr. VIM Stevenson. on the subject OF UNI
foTmiiy il public wophip \ Committee = 10 report on
this subject The nex; ,nera Assembly! Inc 'eP'I'"@
adopted 49,,
r.port Of the same Cornmitte recommending thar the
Goyernent Of lie United States be prtiioned 10 use rs
influence so M as i en- consistently % pa an END 10 re-