New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-02
LIT Tprg PRESBYTERIAN Church


,.--...,,.ss,oce Of The N. Y Thf"ne' ,e,,
,srIE. Lawrence CO.. Pa, Oct ~ 49,
..,od Of the Free Presbyterian church oi 90
,,.;,sd 8 stts has just concluded rs nI
.I,c.. This body is compoed OF tnose r., 60
4rrohfs which a few years since "''~.'e" ,-:to1
,,o branches of the Presbyterian cn"i'H = -
c,.,.s rev and old school. IL VS., w
80, ,nir;..srs and their churches, ana 10 amy
0n'y - 81 obtsirpg relief to their con'cieace'
t,on % nece..ity imposed uPoo 'hetn Oh o'ns III
iO'' - oor,,cpnion WITH tbst great crime upon
80 4, ,hs .o,I. American Slavery. II nov con-
- Tow ,resbyteries, covering Pennsyl and
49, az W.stern Stats. When the ecclesies
80 80, Of the two slaveboldiDg bodies fro
-h;ch they seoeded is considered, and when
:, !. remembered that this power in its various
ho-us has been brought 10 bear upon tae
18th of this rev orgsIz .tion i. is NJ strange tia.
= "a co1psTs;iyely small body. But though no.
srre in nuu bers, il is mighty 10 &c principles u pro-
Js1ns Civorce total aud e1ire, between the rei-
rou OF Jeeus Christ and Slavery. Irequnes . ne n
fSp AZ term Of cOmmuDiou, to neither use, ~ 4Qu-
,seture Nor cell intoxicating liquors as beverage.
And il il opposed TO al secret societies 40 seXp silent,
uncslIed for, aDd therefore wrong T15 religious o.
esDzaiOn holds to the Cavnisiic system OF thsOiogy,
,pd ia form OF government ia strictly Presbyterian,
bsyng abolished the ietsnu'e Of the Off ;e Of ruling
tder and made it eo Give by the people trennauy-
thus approximatrg the order Of the caur;s Of SCOT
and in The Gays offs greatest purity. II has week
" religious rewspsper called The Free Presbyterian,
conducted with marked ability, &. Ye'loT Springs,
Ohio by the Rev. Joseph Gordon. Il has also an in
.ttot on Of learning in the Stae which although
10 its infancy, promises to succeed.
As item Of interest 10 your half million OF read
srs who Gre all enlisted in The great movement nov
f.y iusug uraied, Of dvorclDg the GoveJnnen. from
be desr owing touch Of Slavery, / send you, for pub
Gcston in The TRIBUSx, the action Of the synod IN
regsrd 10 he case Of PassmoIe Williamson. Il is az
fOlOwf:
The synd Of the Free Presbyterian church Of te United
a. Ne xcsste IA Ia the exercise Of ia nigh
manly. ave 10 the following resolutions:
Tb,t tas impr Of Psssloors WisTnson 10 tbs
NoyaneI prison Philadelphia. by United Ststs cistrc.
uog for alleged contempt Of curt in case arising ont o.
reed Of o'rsin persons sme1 say's il 80 act ot
bsudeo Judicial tyrrsny deserving the repr)bson OF al
who oys liberty End justice.
H. That u this wicked mpso msnt Of free ctksu OF
Penrsyv by Federal officer have alarming eyde ice
the Intentions o. the Slave pOwer and warned nat bJ
w dehtGed with brethren In bonds and that the s4ns
which rObs them Of hs rights VIII not sie "hsn
/ has the opportunity, 10 strike down ours
Ill That hereby deep sympathy WIN oor
M oy szo in his cruel confinement and separation from Es
,uv psypg th be be enabled eudare % the end,
d his constant experience the blessing promised 10
thc.e who tufer persecution for rig1 .eousne-s.
w. That me stated clerk Ofnod be directed 70 forward
py these resolutions Pass WIsmson In tie MOy-
snsL siny prison ct Philsdelpbia.
WELLS BUSHNELL, unoders.or.
JOHN d. WHIHhn, clerk"