Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-11-27

be struck from the Constitution.
The memorial was adopted. The Con
stitution will probably adjourn to-day.
Synod of Ohio (0ld School.)
This body opened its sessions at Wooster
on the 18th ult.
SLAVERY.
The Committee of Bills and Overtures
having received paper on the subject OF
slaveholding, overturned to the Synod from
the Presbytery of Richlaud, proposed the
following resolutions, which being amend
ed, were adopted:
Resoiced, That the decisions and decia-
rations Of the General Assembly of our
Church respecting slavery, have been uni
form and consistent, where rightly under
stood, from the beginning until now.
Resolred, That this Synod should refer
those desiring information, to the action
of the General Assembly of a. d. 1878,
on tho subject Of slavery, as a comprehen-
sive summary of their views.
Resot0ed, That we and all Christians,
ought to pray for the remoral of all bond
age and oppression aud to empioy eUery
right and practicable means Of produciny
a result 50 desirable.
The following action was taken in ref
erence TO the
NEW SCHOOL SOUTHERN SECESSION.
a.. al
who seeded from the New School Assem-
bly,, at Cleveland, in May last, appointed
a Convention, which was held at Rich
moud in the month of August, resolved
to constitute General Synod, to meet in
Knoxville, Tenn, in May next; and in
structed the Synod, thus constituted, to
propose union with the General Assem-
bly, of the Presbyterian Church there
fore,
Resolrei By the Synod Of Ohio, that
the General Assembly be, and hereby Is,
earnestly requested not 10 entertain or CON
sider any such Proposai from the Synod
thus formed, for the following reasons:
|. 1t is doubtful whether the Grueral
Assembly has the Constitutional poser L"
form such union, unless authorized to
perform such act BY the Presbyteries.
,. La the aforesaid COuyeatioD, leading
men openly avowed their belief Of those
doctrines which were the reasons of the
exclusion of the New School party; con-
demned the separation in 1853, as we'll as
the Exscinding Acts of 1887; declared
against the rule which requires the exam
ination of members, on their admission to
the Fresbyteries; and avowed opinions
respecting slavery. which are contrary to
the uniform testimony Of the General As.
Diyiac orRinance-and that it is not co9
nisaJle By tie .jrdicatories Of he Church.
Thus, throughput, directly opposing the
doctrine and poficy of This Church; and in
all this they were not opposed BY the Con-
vention, or its members.
3. If there are ministers, or churches,
or private members in that connection,
who accord and harmonic with US, aud
desire admission to our Church, the way
is open through our judica,ories, on the
principle Of conforming to our established
rules.
Tho action Of this large Synod shows
that the willy politicians who hoped to at
tach the Old School church to the "let-it.
alone' policy on the Slavery Issue, are to
be frustrated. The Synod re.c6frm the
strong Anti-Slayery and even Abolition
doctrines of the united church in 1918,
declaring that Slavery is in itself az
,ooys ,orong, and also that it is the duty
Of I+esLyterians not only to PRAY but 10
LABOR for the remoual or abolition or all
forms Of Slapery. They also refuse even
to receive the proposals for union with the
N. S. Presbyteriaus who left their church
because it denounced Slavery-thus, in
effect, Strengthening the action Of the New
School on the subject of Slavery.-The
intelligence and early policy of Presbyte-
rianisu, should make its members, of every
name, foremost in the war against that
monster evil.