New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-05-17

Synod Of New Jersey, being the order Of the day
taken up.
4 motion was made to postpone the consideration
q the case to the next Assembly Lost, after consid
cradle debate.
The case was then proceeded with, and the follow
| ing history Of 1t offered in evidence
The session Of the Church of Woodbridge COM
menced discipline with or two OF its members for
acts connected with Fourth OF July celebration.
The congregation took sides the questions ISSUE
/ some with the session. and some with the accused.
The presbytery within whose bounds the church was
situated was addressed by the parties under discipline
and the presbytery issued its injunction suspending
tbe trial OF the cases pending before the session.
he session obeyed the Injunction OF the higher court
under protest. subsequently the session proposed to
increase the number ruling elders thus strengthen
ing the hands OF the pastor, and notice of meeting
was given for the purpose Of such election. The ac-
cused parties and their friends attended this meeting
with programme Of action arranged, and when the
pastor, the Rev Mr.. Findley announced the election
after service on the Saturday preceding commu-
| Mon season. they nominated moderator from among
Themselves disturbed the religious exercises by noise,
hall0ing pounding with canes and derisye cries to
the elder leading in prayer and the pastor dismissed
| the meeting, aud be and his friends, who ap-
| parently majority of the church, retired. The
meeting then proceeded to adopt series Of resolu
tons denunciatory Of the PASTOR and providing FOR
action to exclude him from the exercise of the duties
of his charge. The house of worship closed for
three consecutive Sabbaths and religious services for
| that period suspended.
For these acts new cases Of church discipline were
commenced by the session, and the parties embraced
ia the former proceedings and those by last action Of
this church judicaory sent up memorials protests
to the presbytery The presbyery visited the church.
took testimony from the disaifected, and proceeded
to act by ordering the suspension Of the cases
of discipline. The session refused to suspend action
The presbytery then, after long consideration Of
the case reouked the disaiiected. recommended one
of them to resign his office, discharged the pastor
| appointed new pastor, ordered four new ruling
elders to be elected, deciding who should vote, and
the cases OF discipline suspended, to be re-opened
upon the reorganization Of the session by the new
election. Such seems to have been the inaatory pro
ceedings In the before the Assembly yesterday
| The Rev. Mr. Findley, with the session, appealed
to the synod; the synod sustained the action OF the
presbytery, and from that decision the appeal is
taken TO the Assembly. y
! The appellants allege that the whole proceedings
of the presbytery are Irregular and on the parts Of
the presbytery and synod are species of eccesast
cal fyranny-because
| l. The presbytery has no power to make uncalled
visitation to the church and tear up its whole pro-
ceedings; in other words, to exercise the right OF
visitation to destroy all the rights and powers
given by the standards OF the church to the session
q The presbyery cannot dissolve the pastoral rela-
ton when neither the pastor the people bring the
matter before the presbytery for its action and its
action in this case is tyrannical intrusion.
| 3. The duty OF the presbytery and the synod was
st o"s dan nas as
| lie ana Christian example. ''-''-~-4 :
A. The Presbytery virtually acknowledge its first Is.
suance OF injunctions against the trying OF the
OF discipline commenced to have been wrong, and
~ a. 'e elose ~ 'ne Whole proeeeunss 70
ordering the election N fonr ruino elders which ~
session ha attempted and the reopenng Of the cases
OF discipline for trial that the session had been com
lut s ,,siI 70 suspei 11l..
members hinder Discipline ana their friends Of tbp
world TO break up church session in order to arrest
| its decision allowed pew holders who were not
church members to vote Tor ruling elders monstrous
1 innovation on Presbyterian doctrine abetted the
trustees not only in depriying the church of the use
OF church property but in their attempt to control Id
holy things and then refused an appeal as that would
suspend their action in filing the pastorate COMPEL
ing the parties to come to the Assembly with com
plant that but for the action of this body would moi
| reach the whole case.
Rev. Dr Rreckenrid0e who had haap annointe5
| 1880, ~ a, 80.
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the hsur Of adjournment having arrived.
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