The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-05-28
r.ur,day Morning. May 2S, 1907.

,,nvrvpt.s GENERAL ALsEMBLIks.-
s.nooJ-- Third pay.--The third day proceed
,,,s of this body are Is fohewS
i"g y, committee appointed by the last Assembly
,,h . committee Of the Associate He
s ~ svnod Of the Sorth, IN reiefence 20 'he
- ~ these bodies or sucn coitesponaeuce
unto ia yila some other churcnes, reported tnAt
a. vet little had been done ~ resouness s .S ..n'
afa,hly ~ fe' .ppoint delegate to attend the sy-
tne 80 ,hs fact that Rev. Neal III. Gordon
ho9' snpouted by the synod to attend this
assembly, and Is pfeseh~ ,,.s .. H.. ,orr,,t.aa IN
f,reigp correspondence -, haas
a. repoTt of the standing committee on the
-, 20 of the board of missions. Kew. Z. y. Jones,
n y chairman, made report, OF which me to!-
1or,,ng is an abstract:
Tie number of missionaries IN commission,
Nh 1856 was 3s7, TO which have been added
v.rch 1851 z03 making the whole number
.36 The number Of churches and missionary sta
lions wholly in part supplied (as tar as reportea)
bv onr missionaries, 904. The number OF newly
oyye.rz zsd churches is SO. The number of new ad
,,s.Ious on examination is 940 and on certifiste
n,4 making a total of admissions of B. ,994.
,rno total smouat of receipts from sll sources
tr1 March ! 1856 TO March l, 1857, is S93 248 90;
% which add balances on hand in the different urea
suries March !, 1856, S2l, i33; making the avaiia
HE resources Of the board during the year, Sll4,-
80 I6
for the sane time is Sg5, l2l TO- leaving an avaia-
.ble balance in all the treasures, on the LIST OF
Hsr.b, 1851. Of l9, 300 40. The amour: due the
missionaries the date was Sl2,96 90. lesv
ing an uuexpende1 balance Of 50 295 J4
The aggregate receipts from March /, 1886, to
March !. 1854 have been less, compared with the
receitts from March J. 1855, to March 1896, 50 99J
g. Tie falling off has heen in individual or spe
rtst donations and legacies, s.. .9l 33. and in the
cc, trib1,ions Of The churches, 81 ,e0i 30. The
ceipis at the cffice in PhisdelphG, Including the
uresby yterial trfs:uIes were greater by 1888 20
aud the receipts at the office in Louisville lesa by
81 323 g
overture No. g. in reference TO whether baptized
children, in being admitted TO communion, should
be required to make the same profession Of such
as are to be baptized The committee report that
no answer is required Adopted
On Friday evening, in the presence Of the board
Of directors of Dauville Theological Seminary
Rev Stuart Robinson was Daugurated as pror
tessor Of church government and pastoral theo-
logy The attendance was very large, the mem
bers of the assembly being generally present, and
the occasion was one of much interes. Tie NEW
professors inaugural address was listened to with
marked attention and pleasure.
Ntao ScboOt-A report of the delegates Of the
General Association of Massachusetts present.
ed, which shows that some excitement was coca
toEed ID that body relative 10 the sending OF dee
gates to the General Assembly in consequence of
an alleged com pciiy with slavery The question
had been referred to the General Association and
two delegates were sent TO represent it in the
assembly.
Ihs General Association of New York refused
TO send delegates for the same reason.
A communication received from the mana
gers Of the Ashmau institute for the education of
colored youths to the ministry, located at New
Castle, Pa, asking for aid and cooperation. The
communication was referred to the committee on
overture5.
New Hampshire is the only State represented in
the convention.