The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-02

Mr.. TroHxR, resumins-Hs vas proceeding constder
the ren%ess on TINS thing and he supposed that IN all
inee eceiascFl tho nrs; thug 20 knov Is that We are
right He he,d that the ultimate end Of the church
fare l. the unity Of the church He spoke Of Christianity
case, let Us look at in Ano.her point OF view.
According 70 The true language or the Divine
Had me Church, the unity Of the church s.,s
He would say that the Sin 4 icken world waits in Ia
credu for the unity ri the Cnsttan church. He wouii
his before ne would strke blow at the unity
Of Me church The You divide, liter OF
comaon serse the ieex concentrated Dower ssd
que,y the feebler you be,ome Aud this applies
pertnenty to divisions in church. II there be
head In the en- tch e us all be through that head
He knew lha' the ans ver was important ae knew the
that In he providence ~ Co.. ID good has out
OF civisons He did not mean 70 say that good would
out Of unty in the chuycn under oil crcu msanoes
he DID not know that much good would eoms-if he
would be Permitted to vulgar ph s-from hc ding
se'aer an OK ana nre NOW, ns grso o,n. ina
which have mot yet reached, out which l shall
repeat II 10 recomms Uded /" thas the Members OF this
Convention adhere TO abide nv the cnfeso, OF Faith
OF the Presbyterian cba CHI aiming tho system OF
doctrine taught In the Holy Scriptures and toat ihere
IN the form government bock Z discipline Of
church d no. this a common pssforu upou which the
Old School body and stsndf His friend 70 'he .et
(Dr. Boyd Who shook mis- head negatives his question
f that be the basis upon which the Old School and we
stard he wanted know, the unity Of the church
In itself desirable. Why, In the name Of DOM mon sense
Why 10 the Of Ohnstisny-should We not como TO
ge.her2 "wbat God hash joined LEI moi man put ssun
dern he understood that OF the leading objections
% coming togesner' With some OF me bresnr ss
upon certain anquated resolutions which passed In
the 1887 AID which produced the original convuon
In the Presby terrain church. Nov he desired to be dis
tincly UNDERWOOD upon the record BE agreed With the
gentleman who sat before hi (Dr Newton, Of Miss
That we osght % be strict conMruo,ionis a1 nc eeeo
would nest certainly bave oppossd them 70 the last OK
tremty; and he to adudcate upon them he would
10 O aseS Is sore neve be heaedi Is the breach
TO he mendeds Is there 10 bs no abatement OF the
strifef When two sets men ssres upon ranasmentai
action that 10 bu,ed In the past AZ he understood the
proceedings Of the New School church ct that time, they
did secede because the shoe plnched them They did
Whit Old Virginia did In the Of the Revolution There
bv the Of Great Britain aganat
II. Tho Boston Por, bill not passed In reference
10 virginia Bat she said We are Gil friends here together
we will take the part Of an inefieustve aud perse
cuted neighbor-we viii join hands with Massachusetts
ard che did take the part Of Masssohuset-and In the
struggle that now stands In bold relief before this
couay what has she go' Precisely what his New School
put cur fingers ao the Ore for the Western Synod
So nod OF New York And now We have acted In this way
upon mere abstraction 20 far ~ we are but
from ~ mns,hizing with brethren In the Western
Synod OF New York 70 be iold according TO the
language or resolutions, here reported by your
80 continue Is He believed that the only .ih-anon
that have insisted upon or tc:!. could
have been urged in favor Of on, Ola scao. ose.h
revolutionary. That Is the worst that can be said
for unconstitutional act Nos. let us look at our pre-
ford) and hts venerable friend Or Conver 70 be
afraid that they may DO clnssd with the revoluoulss
revolutions To- day Righteous revolution ia . glory 10
any body and VI not depend success 10 give II
glory. WrAt doing here to dayS RECON- intending
treason Recommending TO the Presbyterian church to
do what To rebel against their masters Rscomm sndng
to them to rebel against their masters guilty Of adopt
reasonable resolutions We add 10 the crime "subornI
ton We are doing to-day whal the Old School
did 1887 We have eIscinded the very persons thAtne
Ss M % ,
ofrevouon In 1887 which accomplished the same purpose
The only difference between N IL that the old
out the "s, in 1887 and insert We shall Do Identical
But he was Of ouion that the old school did NOT act
stood thai no Justification would be attempted for tho
ton OF his body In 1887 upon the abstraction He
very fond Of absracons ami according his vie
otthe case there could DO NJ justification for creating
schm In the church. either In 1887 1851
abstraction upon The unconsutuiiouai'y OF
measure Az had been raid, he beloved hs General As
.emby which met in 1878 was the mother Of tas whole
b. God that destroying ami nfesng the pescs
lslsf Why did We NOT secede In 1882 Tney were
expression And we snd shs. our bro hrsa came homo
here and made laundering spccchcs showing that the
BuI r the meaning Of the so was 70 ampIe upon lie
Southern men, and The result shows the object He
would submit proposiuoa, and vas hs:-h there are
and adopt tho book the basis Of their faith
government who In al their matters Agreed, he would
not the duty OF these two bodies Of say,
sink our differences and together upoa com.
mon platform Of 90 nmon belief"
me Conversion took recess .. this stage until four
O'CLOCK the hour Of two, previously determined upon
~ the hour or adjournment FOR dinner, having arrived
EVENING sRssfoH.
The Convention re-aaembled ii tue appointed hour An
Mr.. 1UCKKR, who entitled 70 the floor, resumed hs
place on inc platform, and proceeded with his address
flnu al n QUt
Of the Southern Prcsby tees not only against the
entail principles OF ehrstianity, bat was not right he
cde-tha, the great objection urged to union between
tho churches arising from difference thom
upon tho acts OF 1897 had ceased 10 oxist-thAt II had
ceAcd DO practical question: because tho acu Of lh.
Con feniion, whohe by revolutionary action or egss
tive asion are perfectly negailyed a. far a. tho subject
OF the difficulty Ia concerned that this Convention have
done what the General Assembly OF 1887 had done,
con,t,uonaly you believe; that We therefore agree,
far the practical effect OF the resolutions
concerned, upon The same poInt. Nov, be
would assert In connection vithha that where there Is
no Seresce o. doctrine Or n form o. government, as
morning, there not-he cont know-there may DO
gentleman present Who could further Into mill
stone Than be The Outside could He would repeat that,
there difference upon these points between the
t-o churches there could be objection the proposed
but se an osiyass. and therefore there can Se no
material differences between the t~o denominations at the
South a. 70 The cardinal doctrines OF the two churches
And hence there Ia every reason why Their should
unite. this proposition be correct IL he could
tain The proposition that there oush, 10 be union, and
TINT there n ground for di junction. then he would
say that the proposition which came from your
c0mnittce-s proposition that there must be q per-
maneni organhauon-for must be permanent
organization baptized a. II IL n Q name, 10 const
u,e thing for purposes-he would say thai this
proposition was creating deeper gulf besrccn tae do
commissions than existed hitherto than ought 10 exist
He did not vAni his school brehren 70 misun
him His Vmpashles we're vi h them II Was his nature
not 70 deny anything, but al~sys 70 state vha, he felt
And be you'd say that ruoh bis feelings with the Old
School thu. he could properly perhaps than any
man In this vonon lag his hands ,on The Two and
stand between them.
Blu, Il objected that The scheme Of union with the
0ls school church imprsccabe. lie would ask upon tbs
roposiicn scheme OF dsunion IN the higher
practcsblef He did net know whether they could
moi oryans united "5ynod Of The Presbyterian Church
OF The United States He did not say that II would
not 1--we for twenty thirty hundred yerrs but vha
he meant vas, Will be pract abs 70 get up great or
gsnizauon that survive the attacks Of the common
enemyf IN you up the Gag can you 10 anything for
the cause o. the Redeemeri That Ia what he meant by
prac,lcabilny. Ho did not mean 70 discourage his
bretbwn f NC establish this orfsnlrauon must have