Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-06-01

PREsBrrERrAN 20. 81 GENERAL Assembly,
In the afternoon Of the fifth days session, over
ture No. 1, whether the sessions of a church h; d
any control over the contributions flor the benefit
of the poor) in the possession of the deacons-to
which the committee on bills and overtures hid
reported negatively, was debated and adopted.
Of funds for building Metropolitan church edi
fice in the city Of Washington, made an address.
giving an account Of his success report from
the Presbytery Of Baltimore on the matter was
Rev. r. NJ. Gordon, delegate from the Associ-,
ate Reformed Synod Of the South was introduced
| and addressed the assembly. This body embraces
| eight presbyteries, one hundred congregations,
and Ave thousand members, In doctrine and
form Of government it comedies with that of the
| churches composing this general assembly, and
| union is contemplated. go
Sixh Day-Rev Edward Carterwas appoint
ed delegate to the Associate Reformed Synod of
the South, and DR.: George Howe his alternate.
Rev. J. f. Bright, Of Tennessee, offered reso-
luton denouncing the iniquities of Mormonism,
and expressing the desire Of the assembly to see
those iniquities wiped from the escutcheon of the
nation. He subsequently, however, withdrew the
resolution, as the proPriety Of Its Introduction
Rev. Mr. Schenck, corresponding secretary of
the board Of publication, made statement Of the
| operations of the board as follows:
| There have been issued 60 new works viz Is
| new books, and Is new tracts. or these there
have been issued 3 coo volumes and "a 600 copies
of new tracts besides Is 600 copies Of the Presby
| terrain Almanac for 1857. This is an increase of
AZ 500 copies Of new books over last wear
The reprints Of former publications have been
gu copies, exclusive Of IL 600 copies Of selec
tions from Rouse's Version Of the Psalms. The
total number Of copies Of old and new publica-
tons issued during the year has been SUI 500
COPIES being an increase over last year Of ZIP $50
copies; The total number Of copies published
1857, has been ,353, 43S The total distributions
| of the year have been 3}G 9l0 volumes-increase
over last year az, 1913 volumes. Total distribution
and periodical papers.
The circulation of the Home and Foreign Re-
cord is now 1900 copies, having increased 500
copies since the last report. The circulation of
the Sabbath School Visitor is now a. 900 copies.
having increased 1900 copies since the last re-
port
| The total receipts of the year have been from
all sources $lI9,3 o. being an increase of sl7,.
| 227 20 over the preceding twelve months The
| total expenditures Of all kinds has been Sl1s as
The amount received from sales of books,
| 42i IS, which Is an increase OF SlO,5l2 81 over
| the preceding year.
The balance in the treasury March I, 1857, is
| S7 $40 81, Of which. however large part must
soon be paid out for work now in progress
The amount received from all sources for the
colPorter's fund has been S23. s23 81. This is an
increase over last year of 50 ,Ws So
Not single collecting agent has been EMPLOYED
by the board during the past year
| The report was highly commended by several
speakers. MIR. Moore thought tue late action of
the American Tract Society on the subject of
slavery would, if carried out eventually shut out
that society from the whole Northern field and
this board would have full possession of that field
| The report was unanimously adopted
An overture, expressing the opinion that the
American Bible Society had no right to alter in
| the least the text of the common received YER
sion as they have done from what 1t was at the
time of the formation Of the society," and that the
board OF publication report next year on the pIo-
pTiety Of publishing the Bible in the text general
| ly received from 1911 TO 1916. was reported back
by the committee on bills and overtures without
| recommendation. 80
DIR. X. Breckenridge made a speech. in which
he expressed his opinion that the American Bible
Society was the printer, not the editor Of the sa-
cred scriptures and that the board of publishe
ought to publish one edition of the Bible i'm the
text OF 1916, as standard bywhich other editions
| should be tested. He utterly denied the power
OF the American Bible Society TO amend the COM
| mon versio in use at the time Of it's formation
Ihelr only mission was to print that version, not
| to edit it, The collection of editions made bv
! that Society in 1851 he characterized as uncalled
Tor, and not binding on the christian public
| The subject was finally postponed until to-
| morrow, after which collections were taken up in
aid Of foreign missions, amounting to SSH in
| cash and S72e in pledges.
| Serenth Day.-Judye Leavitt Of Cincinnati
| chairman of committee appointed last wear TO
ascertain the number of INDECENT disabled minis
| tiers, and the destitute widows and children of
| deceased ministers, and to recommend a plan for
| their relief reported that they had received Ie-
turns from sixty-one PreSbyteries which rave
III inhrm ministers, 81 destitute widows of minis
tiers, and 30 children, and taking this as a basis
the estimated number in the whole church would
| be ~ ministers So widows and 80 children re-
| quiTing for their relief about SlO.UO0 Several
plans Were suggested but no alteration in the pre-
sent plan was recommended d, only greater eficieD
cy IN carrying 1t out. Report adopted
| Ihe second annual report of the church extern
sion committee was then taken up. The total
receipts of last year S23 2i5 81 churches as
sisted during the year IS; great increase in both
| points One fifth Of the whole number of church,
rs were reported destitute of houses Of worship
Thiee-fourths Of all houses built within the last
| twelve years have been aided by funds gathered
| without the bounds of the churches using said
| houses.
| Tue report Of The committee TO whom this re-
| port was referred was read by DIR Greenleaf. Ii
recommended the erection Of cheap churches and
the avoidance of debts, and that churches aided
hy this committee be prohibited from applying
! to members or churches Of this assembly for aid
This last clause caused considerable discussion,
ana d motion was made to amend it. prohibiting
snch applications elsewhere without the consent
ofthe Presbytery to which the members or church
| es applied to belong. This was lost
| motion was then made to strike the clause
| out, and it was carried by vote Of 1873 to 81
| An amendment was then offered to the report
requiring churches applying for aid to report
| what amount Of aid they had received elsewhere,
and from what sources adopted. The report was
| then adopted.
The secretary of the American Bible Society.
Rev. Mr.. McNel then took the floor in reply to
Kew DR. Brec knridge in defense Of the action of
| that Society in making variations in the comman
| version of the Bible. He admitted that the pro-
vince Of the society was to print not to edit the
Bible But when the society was formed there
Were several editions of the Bible in circulation,
| VARYING from each other in spelling. punctuation
| capitals, italics and captions to chapters and
| pages. The society collected these several edi-
ions, In conformity to several general rules, and
had published uniform edition, free from known
errors adopting the readings of 4 majority of the
editions, and when the all differed taking the one
most probably correct restoring the text as far as
| possible to its original purity
THE SHOOTING OF AMERICAN AT CALLAo-
A letter from Callao contains the following par
ticulars of the accidental Shoof the clerl