Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-09-04

that any udicatory of the church can condemn ia.
member without q trial. Then would come the u,''l
Guilty in examining ministers from sister
and the New School ministers would have n""ne e,
to 20. The Old School brethren have to'u Us 'nn.
they have no overtures tn make-in iac', they o..
10 position which bars them from making oh n.
lures. | claim that occupy position as h'sH
thew do and one from which it will be as lmposs,p.
10 depart Lat us go to Knoxville organize ana the.
il any union can be effected let It be DONE ho,
if we 90 TO this Old Schoo!-or if we gn any WIZ
elss-let us 20 together aud not drop Cd one oY
The time for adjournment having arriVeu' LUG WV
ventiou adjourned till 4 o'clock.
EVENING SESSION.
Rsv " n. Mathews of Va, took the floor. Atter
remark M on the position he occupied bsfore tht Ho.
v.ntinn after 40 much had been said on the snDect
h said. we are eake ned in many respects Ons-'hru
NJ the Synod of Va, is not represented on tnis ioo'
wa are divided among ourselves IL iho"Sht an ,iI
wnp to unite with the Old School, II the union Gou,
h Nctsd with honor TO ourselves. He reaied ,he
n.o,,nstances which caused the meeting OF tins AS
semhy and said that the remarks OF Mr. Tucker nsu
lan.i the subject before the body in the same view
n which it is held by uine.teDths OF those VINO 'nIpi
uoou it. Dr. Ross had LAID down four etsa. of
,;us tbrse of which he very summary disposed ",
and dwet very forcby upon the high vantage s'ounu
a nprusnent organization would give W. - IL ,,od
TIE speaker could not go back to 1871, ".u P,o"
,hrourh the difficulties from that time up 10 W.
emf The charge of unconstitutionay Against .n1
Ga sobnnl lind been assumed n. correct! lie "oui"
M, undertake to reeraie or defend them ,r" l
charge but be would notice the alleged doc'rna' VII
ference which to his surprlse had been ailreu ~
&c, hot ween The Old School and New School branches
Of Presbyterians He then proceeded TO hnsiyhs me
dierepces He gave several illustrations OF te ~esA
nsss of both New and Old School ChuIcnes irouI .io
division. He argued that the money item was more
important than had been ao%eu 1y ,ha nId scb"oI
e,s He earnestly urged reunion win the oia ochooI.
| He was not willing to dsbund the New School, nut
ba was anxious for re.unoni and LET those VINO op-
nosed it take the responsibility of so doing
! Or Leach asked irst-Do the Old School want us'
IA wonId answer YES. Why1 Because they were
| Cbristaue, and wanted all the strength they coum
obtain. The acts of 1887, however, were IN contra
venton of the constitution Is there to be no dlea
vowa of ,heml He gave history OF ihose ac,s'
and said that if no reunion took place between lhe
two divisions now, it would be the fault OF the va
School. He did not expect the Old School TO throw
off their Northern friends take Us in; but we ex'
peced JUSTICE and We are sure to get II. Inc diiii,
Presbyterian, which is the Old School organ in this
section of the country, says that New School con-
gregatiou would be admitted just as an Old SCHOOL
congregation would be received into the Presbyterian
organization. He objected to the separate e1amna-
| ton which would throw out the New Schooi minis
ters, and he thought that iusuperable obstacle.
| On motion, the Convention adjourned to o'clock
Tuesday morning, DR.. Leach having the toor.
SOUTHERN PREsBvTHRiAs NEW SCHOOL, Cos.
| yESTloy-FIFTH DAY-HoRSISG sEssiuS.-Ihe
Convention assembled at clock, and after religious
| services
DR. Leach resumed the floor He said, that Monday
afternoon after concluding his remarks, he had been
approached by lady, who expressed her surprise
that the Convention, instead Of celebrating on mat.
tiers connected with their future movements had gone
back TO the time of 1916 and 81. He thought SINH
ary himself He in favor of adopting the basis
of organic law which the Old School had abandoned,
| aud would call on the G!d School to unite on that
basis. He passed over all minor points, aud came 10
the subject of Examination. He denied its e1-
istencs as Interpreted by the Old School. AS they
rendered and practced it, theirs was not shade OF
fairness in it. He went on 10 relate the objections 10
| til, act of separate examination.
MIR Mcintre, of Md. Interrupted, aud eaid that he
had n great deal Of patience, but was opposed TO
going into the history Of matters which pertaned to
the Old School, when he could state here, advisedly
that no considerable number Of the Old School body
entertained any idea Of receiving the New School al
| all.
DR.. l.. said he was striving to show that no nsepa
rsbe obetacs existed to the reunion of the Old
| School and New School, aud that honorable TO all
| After few more remarks be concluded.
| Hon WIN. NJ. Cooke gave notice o: his intention 10
| introduce resolution expressing the Willingness OF
! the Southern New School Presbyterians to unite with
TIE Old School, if fair and honorabls terms can BE-
| agreed upGa.
Mr.. Marshall, OF Tcna was Presbyterian from
principle, aud it had mais hs heart bleed when met
by his riends and told, "you are nov sdrt-what are
you dol" He epeed the assertion that We ere sdrt
we had separated from our Northern brethren be
cause our sef.respec would not allow us to remain
with theu.-Ye are not exscinded. They have taught
that which Ia not Taught in the bible, aud We have
| obeyed the conmands OF ta. bible in withdrawing
from them. They have declared slavery sin we believe
il ia not and there is not one Of us who holds slaves
that Goes not believe it is sanctioned in the bible. lie
believed th2t the christianity OF the South was the
pures in the world tie purity had been illustrated By
their long forbesance with tie attacks Of the Northern
brrthern That forbearsnce he confessed wa mistaken
charity. Ii was charity different r0n that naLced n
the bible, S!ich though it command. us TO suffer ons,
yet com nanda us not to yield one inch when we ar,
/ in theright.
1t had been opposed to now ofgani; stiOn-that
| was O sectional one. Then indeed are We unfOrtu
! nate. The North has abused u.; and yet must We
| 20 10 Bons ether organization connected with the
North O!d School, tc avoid being called sectional
| The question now should not DC, what will the world
think, hut what is right, and We should dere To DO
right end leave the consequences with God. lie re-
presented small, but noble, church-a church con.
tanning who lInev the principles OF Presbyte.
rianis,n, aud were not 10 be driven about by every
| wind that blows. la those things which brought
mourning over our Presbyterian heritage-the scenes
| of 81 was an 4clur. The OF The action O:
tho Old School cama upon me Ike thunder shock.
We wers not cut of, however, we moved with those
who were cat of, and the movement was taken on
principle. This "pian Of union was declared uncon.
stitutional. Well, if It was, thefs right way to
dissolve it. II the Western Synods Ought TO have
been cut off, there was right way to cut them OF. IL
| thess aots wrong when committed, they are
| wrong nov. crime cannot become' less from liz
age on the contrary, ID persisted in, it becomes
Infamous The Old School persists 10 Che error; and
they have persisted in il 20 long. that he did not
doubt that many of them thought 1t was right, and
the act constitutional. He believed that il The Old
School were to acknowledge these aos were commit.
ted rashly and disavow them, there would be such
revival Of religion would crush abotonism out Of
existence. Lie believe the act Of examination was
passed in nquity; and h6 once had paper In his
possessou urging on The Old School churches TO be
careful not to admit new member into Pres
bytery opposed TO the orthodox, where the ma
jority of orthodox members was already small
The Old School stands on the same ground that they
did in lS3T-thsy have not repealed the e1scinding
resolutions, nor have they made any 10 the
New School. The speaker then went on to discuss
the doctrina points Of difference between the Old and
New School, aud did il very thoroughly. He said he
was anxious for reunion on honorable grounds,
but what prospect was there for it. Did tue Old
School sbov any disposition 10 make overtures TO
them He thought not. Ereti;rea he'd attempted to
show hattbere we're no important differences between
| etwo branches. He thought there we're. He dit
fered gravey from them on the General Atonement,
and other points of doctrine In conclusion be hoped
his brethren would not be conservative in reference to
great moral questions; not stop to consult the Opn-
ions ofthose outside Of the Church. but decide what
was right and then 80 forward. There has been no
conservatism, except in the South; the representatives.
OF Southern Churches have gone into the General
Assembly with instructions to bear as long as they
could, for division is great calamity. They had e1.
ercised too much conservatism and this trouble was
the consequence Of It. And be would nowssy TO this
body Of constitutional Preabyterlea, that they had
done more for their country than any religious body
eyer has done before. Let no man who has marched
up to tue very point of victory, now cover aud say
we too few, let nc retreat. Let us trust in God
do our duty never turning to she right hand or the
left, and He will bless us and guide us. God grant
the day. that not only the Old School end New School,
but every religious body, may be- united and march
ing onward in their york Of l;ood.
The hour havins arrived, the Convention adjourn
cd Until o'clock.
EyESJS6 SESSION.
The Convention re.opened at the usual hour.
Rev. Mr.. Mitchsll of Virginia. had the floor, and
gave way to Mr.. Shillingford of Pennsylvania.
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