The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-08-31

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Gs'snut,onsi NJ ns Presbyteriaps on. YET look to a.
me-. .icha,ason, ~. OF Mississinni sa,r
Church. 'the csnstitu.ional pr.i,., IN amend
striking out "e previous question ON
aasasd ms r. fasssr ., said .hi. motion wa. /, -
s;,a TEST question 1t was a. a,,,'s,s W pe re-
.lme as any for him TO submit his sapproprlste q
matter which had been introdurad ,~s e~s on the
sn,,h. ne sara u Northern men would stand ~.
| .hern platform, let them come-but Iss ~ On On
| southern platform. We cannot buaga .s @ !. DC
10 meet them Was II the object Of the cos,i M inch
40 T,aen M ana deepen the gulf between this boas
anu the oid school Presbyteriansi He COMA 2
It IN no other light. Was it right TO maintsI see zee
separation from the Old school, and nr .nis .ns
other hand, is it right to make an honora' sro
p,e Th Thiohr ihe spirit of Christianity is uni
". Inc SPIRIT OF the devil is echism and ac
cording to the very language CT the head q,
| the church, "The unity of the church IA th,
argument for the conversion of the world.y A
SIN stricken world,waits In ucreduIity to see tba
unity of the Christian church, and he would cut off
his arm before he would strike blow TO sever an
| branch of it. The more divided, the less coneen
tratedenergy we possessed and the less
| energy the less good results from the example He
did not favor enforced unity of the church. Far
! be- 1t from him to attempt the union of Cal
whist with an Armenian, which was simply an i'm
possibility. He wished to know if unity In the
church was desirable, why in the name of reason
and Christianity could not the two Presb yteriau
| branches come together. Is there to be no end o
stria-is the breach never to heal As he under
stood the action of the New School brethren at the
time Cf the split, was not taken because the shoe
pinched them. But, like Virginia standing by
| Massachusetts in the Boston tea rebellion, it was
for those We thought oppressed and have received
tho same reward from those for whose sake we
left the Old School, that Virginia has received
| from Massachusetts,.
| The speaker proceeded to give a history of the
| schislns between the New and Old School. lie
showed that the Old School, in expelling the Sy-
| mods Of Western New York, in 1887, had just been
~ years before the New School, for this body was
practically doing to- day what they did then. We
took them to our bosons, and they have turned
| upon Us. Is there a man here now who If in the
Did school Assembly. would vote to refuse to ex-
| scind the Synods of Western New York? He asked
II was not the duty Of two religious bodies having
the same belief the same faith, guided by
| the same book TO unite and thus strengthen the
great cause of Christianity.
| The hour of two o'clock having arriyed-the
| time for adjournment-the Speaker ceased the re-
| marks, to be renewed at the hour Of reassemblng
EVENING SESSION.
| After the usual religious exercises
Mr.. Tucker resumed the floor. He said. in the
morning his remarks were directed to show that
| the maintenance of 4 separate Presbytery in the
South was impossible and against the essential
| principles of Christianity. The causes of separu-
| tion which existed in 1887, had ceased tu exist
Gentlemen may differ about shades OF doctrine but
| We are all Calynists, anu there is no reason why
/
quering the world from sin. lie thought the reso-
| luton offered for permanent organization would
make the chasm wider. He WAS for bridging the
| gulf 1t WAS objected that the scheme of union
| was impracticable. He would in turn ask, if the
scheme of disunon was in the highest sense prac-
| ticable; was it possible to make the New school
| efficient-make 1t aggressive against the common
| enemy.
| fower has been transferred from the sword IN
| money, and if We establish the new organization
We must have money. Money for seminarieo.
where the preachers, your young men, are taught
to preach the New School Doctrlne and If not able
| TO do that. you must send them to New School
| ssItinaries III the Northern States, where they
learn little abolltIonisn and come down here to
! preach it. religious body cannot be very popu-
lar where the first appeal to those coming into it
Is an appeal to the pocket nerve. If Tiers was an
essential difference in creed, You might appeal to
men to come into your organization. But where
!hcre~ no difference, will they not rather choose
the Weather and more powerful! Human nature
would ever rather ride on the white crested wave
Of popularity than descend into the quiet waters of
obscurity. They spoke of sectional organization,
and he rather thought upon looking at list Of the
Cleveland General Assembly-that that a sec
| tonal organZation--the Northern ministers stood
in the proportion of to to the Southern How is
ii III this body now? There is not single represel-
| tstvs from north of Mason Dixons line among u.s.
| hu knew gentlemen would answer the question of
impracticabiity of main taEing separate orgaui-
zatIon by referring to the early Christian Church
| and its paucity OF members. lie would say III re-
| ply. that while the early Christian Church, sus-
| tained as 1t was by miraculous power, scarce
/ in numbers, YET the gentleman should remember
| shat few as they were, they 1oeTe uaited. He oc-
cupied delicate position, having cords of sympa-
| thy with both parties and yet not being able to
answer for either. If he was asked if union was
| practicable, he would reply it was, though he did
| not know what scheme for the union would bs
| adopted. One thing he knew: If Christian men
think right about any subject, they will be to
right. lie referred to the subliity of the cruci
hat fort
| and asked if points of mistaken honor should pre-
vent Christians from making sacrifices ar the good
OF their fellow beings. 1t is intolerance of opinion
which divides the two sections of the Church. and
it in only liberation which can ever bring them
gether. That passage in the Scripture, Let all
| wrath and evil speaking, and ecu stomising and
| clamor, be put away from among you," applies to
the case very well. They split i'll 1881 upon two
three minor differences which have only been kept
| alive by being magnifed, and by surmising obsta-
cles. Let there be pQae of this say ing, iou must
| come to me-l can't come to you." Let there be
/ meeting half way. He supposed the Old School
| branch would say they large that they
/ could not move rapidly. They were Dickens
| idea Of an important man, buttoped up to the
throat, and looking down upon the little man, the
New school. Now he would AJAX, if the Old School
could not afford to came down little and should
the New School in such q case refuse the hand Of
| triendshipi
| Who gave you the right to throw yourself il the
path of Christianity 90 and tell the Great Master
| AT tIe lASt udy Thai you yVut VI Houot
an obstacle to the progress OF His work. Let no
| man give up an honest scruple of conscience, but
let them try TO reconcile those seruples for they
| can be reconciled among the brothers. Renember
| those two great armies, who, meetlp& each other
on the field and recognizing in each others faces
| their kindred, threw down their arms and rushed
into each other sarms. Oh my brethren, OF the
| Old and New Schools, do likewise Let US ground
our arms in this of friends, and repair to the
field against the common enemy. He wished
correspondence might. be opened, meeting APP
pointed and when the representatives OF the
branches left the building. let them leave their dl
ferences aDI preiudces behind. Carry them To
the altar and there saerifce. perchapcs his hear
ers might fear that split should occur IN the Old
school branch on the slavery question alter they
entered II, and they would 10 again exscinded'
The proportion of Northern members to southern
members in the Old School Is only to l, which
accounts for the larger amount of conservatism
than the Cleveland Assembly. where the proper
ton was to l. The effect of union would be to
School Assembly which would prove guarantee
against division. Thore was one other aspect 10
which he would refer. Dr. Boyd had truly said
that the organization of a Southern Church would
be truly ominous to the duration el the Cplon.
As long as there hGpe of preserving the
Union he was in favor of taking no step which
would tend to destroy it, and he thought section
al religious 'orgahlaation was such step. lie
loyed the New School branch even more in its dis,
tress than he did in its prosperity lie pretended
not to be Good Samaritan in the full sense OF the
word, bnt he found this church had fallen in with
| thieves on the road down from Jerusalem. She
lay wounded and sore on the road side and he
| would fain pour oil into her wounds He Ws,s vii
ling to launch the Ship of Church, vIAnaed 40 she
was, and give her to the ,Lsis Of Heaven, borne
upon those waves ~soh HIS hand npholds, and let
her find sSat maven OF peace to which her prov
pointsthe way. '.e - -
DR.. n A. Ross began by speaking OF the commu-
mites which bind the Old and New Schools but said
he not ready 10 ante with them yet for their
own sake. He went on with some humorous re-
psrks. lie did not object to the Old Schaol coming
to them; indeed, he would require very light re
Pentance on their part. Before he could join the
Old School, they must allow him TO interpret the
| nnnfnes of faith himself In nard IN con.