The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-05-23
PREsgYTERl4N eENER4L AssEMBLr


We continue our report OF tne Assembly az us recent
session al New Orleans On FRIDAY the 'th instant the
snnua report OF the boapu :, Doald o.
Domestic MISSIONS anu Doatu " Iuue"oh, "eie iau DC
The Board OF Education reported the number OF new
candidates received the past year ios making the total
number since 1873 Z,o5o Inc roll OF the board .ne
past year contains 800 IN ther theological COURSE 20
collegiate, IT'S aeademicai 90 The aggregate puiipcl
THIS year ls TWO greater thah me aot WINE no
OF new candidates is eleven more Than were n'
last year s ioS oi have bsen received ~ sae ga ss
dates faaa making sum total o. leeep' a ,ats ~
OF which $40 fSz 80 have been TSosa.
ceipts Of All kinds py the boau " oan ss M
were 800, 492 % total exPehui'u'os slD,.'o ~ N
nuinber OF parochiai schools 40 wv. ING "
Presbyterian academies Is o. osS.ae' sas
tate, which eauoa'es yGu's .'' .. ~ go, - IT. a
Der OF Presbyterian coice - :, ~, nss. =. So
are reported Ia D1vuson oo'I g. -, ~ - p -
Hanover, IND Washington ronu. 'eA0eo'', ieiii ANU
jew Jersey Coiiege, Iince'on, 80. -ssg,
The report OF the Trustees o' 'ns ol
distributing the money gwen or usaoied minls,erS ~
heeu anu 'ic hoeuy "No"n "nu oP'"i' VI OI 800 ~
isters was read and appropriately referred FROM may
- loo' W may = 1910, wy eoiiio W So ~.
lei 10 eignt ministers twenty wiuo~s hsa "o ,,ss
OF orphans dsuurslng ior the ,hir recipients o 'nen
hOeailty ~ .oV' or niue n,o'c uaii S9v ee nc
receipts 70 the iund ior TINS Dehevoence hVe pee as
large the present as Ia oi,ner yea, soio o
many churches winch ne8'ee' giving W "'l' nooio
charity. ta.r sesla s.ls, ,NL,t A
i The Assembly then proceeded 10 designate the pace
and Tx the time ioi inc ineethg on 'he mex. "ehe as
semoly- Inc vote resuteu-r n'souis, 2. vo'eS oin
cinnati "a Rochester, - lnalalaponS, az 90 .he
last named was selected ~ tns place. ana INC .n'fu
THURSDAY OF may, 1909, as ING ''nc toi 'nc noA'
mreunB =. h es5s,,ss -, tsll.. =, I
On mouon was rcsoivoa 'na' osei'eo 10 ., eSpo.'
ing the ai.eiauohs mace pv tne nioio ooIie
and the puohcaton OF inc bne ~ inc DoaIu ol ruoc'
uon, whlcn was feieifeo py 'he hs' seneia asSeoy 70
TINS, DC taKsn up anu ie'u, anu ieioiiou ~
with instructions 10 danSht report minute
OF the views OF the assembly on these subjects ana OF the
cAiins oi Tue bioie oocic,y On our chuiche0' 80,
IN SHa1aay ne om Dr, 'le secrs,aly OF 'ne
BOARD oi Domestlc MISSIONS, ~ Jug assembly uiei
summary o. its acton during inc past year Noel"ih
standing ne SAID inc extIaordinary commercial ana
financial revuson winch had overtaKen tne country pro-
duclng for time an almost total suspension OF business
OF every klhu anu bringing piAIupecy 70 nousnus c
poaru nave been aoie 10 prosecute ene Work 10
them with ordinary success Indeed no sooner had the
general gloom began 70 dspefse tnan tne 70
Their treasury lareeiyhcreaseu IN Tug inon'h OF reo
ruary .te ieceipS cAceeueu oee 80 W w, n.
pefiod Q, the previous yea, ~ Sooov. ING pu nave
Increased the number o. missionaries oy ~ aNs 'ne
tota number nov eihpioycu ps .aell oiv Ing spPIo
Priuohs ior ne Past ye aie oASneiy ~. VI 'io0e
naue uarhB te ohe Picocuins ~ o~ins W hc e"'eeu
ned OF operation occupied Inc uo.ai reeipts ior tne
year are slvoz' % Inc enue announcements Ior .he
same PERIOD ae sio4, 100 o.. ano ieselps % .ne
poaiu aie vuns,ueluy 'o ~ Any P'osiu'
nas, n nch ~ - The ontrnt;ors Of the xar;on
churches the excess Of income the past wear over anv
nTecdnp one Is above a. 600 An average reduction Of
a. bad Men mad in the augmentation usIallv made To
each of the
ness: lint the churches in which thew had abored in
creased the amount which they contributed to their salary
so that tn. salaries actually received by those engaged in
missionary labor averaged $500
In the comse of this davis sesson Rev + M. Yeunp
of south Carolina representing the General SYNOD of the
Associate Reformed Church Of the South was introduced
to the assembly In an eloquent and feeling manner he
The greeting and CONGRATULATIONS Of the SYNOD
10 the assemy and gave brief history Of the synod
and its nresent condition f was dnIv welcomed hy the
moderator ~ n seat in that hodv m
the renort Of the COMMITTEES anno;nted Inv a nrev;ous
assembly 10 conduct orresnondence ON tbe snb;ect If
nnn hstyaan tia General assemble of the preshyer;,
r,rch a,,d tha syno of tha As.oc;ote p.ormod Cn,h
Of the south wac rand ;s corrasnondan.a suogestsd
tro iHic,lties ~ fhc Wv If te d;fr
ence Of the two bodies "a III subject If nsamodv and in
tarc,,,,n, T7'1 Z II
4 dic,Iss;on ~ come Length fo,Ior;nc an . ,not;o ~
contnna the cou,rittea of corresnondenoe m prac
rdge characterized the demands of the Associate Re-
formed Church inadmsble not presenting that spirit
of broad Christian beraity which favored further dis
CUSTOM and celebrating the proposition that what the
assembly wanted in its constituent elements homo
geneousness which would not exist If the two bodies
should be incorporated.
DR. Hoge forciby presented the same views with add
tonl arguments for the cessation Of tending
secure union Several members followed the other
side of the question.
IN xadov ne mn ;nr,or, Paw nr st.rton chair
man of ths committed of soreon missions rresSntd lie
renot ON The action Of the hoard tina last ,;tin
in the nraa ,be ira fcts contained 4, Az ranort r
venerable secratarv walter Iowra asn tban oo,n;d
the attontion ~ IL assanh, Co. on 49, i;n ~ &c
tho most ucd and satiss.ctorv exnos;t;ons of the -