New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-05-29
The NEW SCHOOL PREsBYTSRIAE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
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CHICAGO RI May - 1853
Tbs Assembly spent bar An hour in devotional .xer-
c-es which conducted very much the same plan
az toe nooa prayer meetings il New York City. The
members offer prayer and Isk, remark without be-
-g called on. Mary fscs brought out ths; the
Assembly dw:ug the devotional eK-,cises is Ike
genera orsce delivering infotmscn from every par,
Of ire Church
TIE GererN Assemby's Committee Foreyc
M:ss.ous reported. Tbs sum of me repot i.
5at the relations Of the Presbyeraes 20 hs American
Board are now 50 wed adjusted, and the D,srd AMI
It's Prudential Committee s,e 30 con1ttu,ed as to cal
fer no action On the part Of the Committee Assem-
bly, unless it be deemed beet to insueurats -ys-
tenn Of Foreign Missitn., more purely denonn sti onal
The report was accepted aud adopted
The report was the occasion OF a motion made ny
ths Re M. TyDda-, and seconded by the Rev. Mr..
Heaccck 10 the effect that the Foreign Misson CON.
mittee De instructed TO communicate annually TO the
Assembly tie facts which may show what number Of
PresbJ terrain Missionaries are in TIE field, vast
Der OF missionary candidates We have and also to
make arrangements for sermon or address every year
On this subject 6. every meeting OF the General As
semby.
This motion elected come discussion In the course
of the discussion, communication from Dr. Dutiicld
and Others was read requesting the Assembly to see
whether measures cannot be taken to furnish mission
aries to the Roman Catholic countries of South
America.
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zee cor stltg OF the Rev Messrs. Tynaals and Ja,1b
Little, ID. d., ard j. NJ. Paul, ~ ID.
The report Of the Assembiys permanent Committee
Education was read BY its General Secretary, the
Rev. Dr.. T. A. Mills. From this report it appears
that the Committee have been using vigorous efforts
to stir up public sentiment in the Church this sub
ec and with many hopeful results. II speaks Of the
death Of ADson G. Phelps, esq, one of the Committee,
and of tie most Jealous friends of education IN
the Church.
The Committee have been much embarrassed by
the ptcursiy crash Of the last year and also by the
negligence OF many presby teIes to take
ommeIded by the last Assembly. FiftJ-fve Presby.
eIes out of nne yeight have adopted those
Ore curious part Of the report consisted in table,
which shows that about one,hafof all the churches
in connection with the Assembly have less than sixty
MEMBERS and about three hundred Of them have less
than twenty five members This presented reason
for vigorously prosecuting the work Of raising up
ministry TO supply the waste place..
twas also shown that about halt of numerical
strength ia concentrated in NewYok Ea tern Penn.
syvapia ard New Jersey, while the great West and
Northwest are in large measure in want. For the
evapgezation of these vast and important fields, we
must raise up men to occupy them
TIE report further shows that very many ministers
in our Church are seculaiZed to other pursuits, and
that thus our numerical strength lie not as great really
as it seems to be.
In this connection may cay that DIR. I. A. Mills
preached glorious sermon last night in the Second
Prest ytersn Church, the subject OF increasing the
lumber Of the Christian ministry. The discourse was
delivered before large audience, and was received
with great favor, especially by the members OF the
Assembly present
DR.. Ml.s report WAS accepted, and re'erred to the
Standing Committee on Education, aud WAS made the
order Of the day for Thur,day morning
The Assembly now took up the case Of Mr.. She.
deLs appeal from the decision Of the Presbytery of
Portage, which decltion was affirmed by the Synod
oftLe Western Reserve. 1t seems that Mr.. Sheldon be-
cane dissatisfied with his wife, although he alleged
nfdeliy against her. He removed to Indiana, and
having gained residence there he applied for and OBJ
ta;,e a "a ri from hs wifi For this Mr. Shalipn
was tired ard deposed from the ministry. He APP
ptaed the ynod which reversed the sentence OF the
rIesbyteiy, and cent the case back for new trial IN
account of irfoimsties The Presbytery again tried
and deposed the accused. His Gaze now comes b5.
fore II Assembly, and the Judicial Committee recon-
Id that the be sent back to the Presbytery
account OF iIformaliiles.
This elected come discussion all OF which bore on
the matter of informally in the trial # Mr. Sheldon.
Tie Rev. James Eells of Clevelsnd resisted the
recomneI teton of the Committee in speech OF
great cearnets and force and the Oh rraan OF the
Committee defended his report.
The Assembly adjourned till afternoon, when the
case was resumed. After considerable discussion tne
appeal was pronounced in order, and the Assembly
resolved to Try the 1t will be ted BUS and COM
plicsted affair.
A number of reports were made by Committees.
The Sanding Church ExteI sion Committee reported,
approving the action Of the permanent Committee,
in Efforts TO raise funds to meet those emergen
cies which are not provided for in the Home
Missionary Society. The same Committee re-
ported on the report Ol luc u
Erection Fund, fully approving their care to
follow the letter Of the plan and also recon-
me- noipg an additional sentence to that plan, in
section third Of article fourteenth in effect declaring
that any Church congregation which may have
ceved loan shall withdraw from the Assembly the
loan will Immediately become due.
IL also recommends the reelection Of q. II. Lee,
VIM. f. Dodge and Walter s. Griffith ss Trustees,
whcse term OF office expires. The report was
adopted.
Tie Committee to whom was referred the commu.
ricators Of DIR. Boyd Of the New Southern 81 nod
ard of Harmony Presbytery, reported, fully iecipr
eating the Of those etters, regrettng that
such radical differences should render separation
nece,sa,y and for several recommending that
the requests in those letters be deferred to the Lext
Assembly, ard that meanwhile the whole matter be
referred to the Board of Trustees OF the Church
Erection Fund for lem to examine II and report to
the Text Assembly.
The report was adopted.
Several Intellectual ballots for Assistant Bishop were
tekep DR.. Vinton Of Boston, wss replaced on the
nomination list when the eleventh ballot the vote
stood: For Bowman, 60; Vinton, 60; Stevens, 8.
Tonight the members of the General Assembly are
invited 10 an entertainment at the resdencs Of VIM
H. Brown ESQ.,, of this ctBwhose efforts have been
undated to make the Assembly comiortabs while 10
Chicago. And il must be added that Mr.. Brown and
his associates have thus far been emnerty success
full in their endeevors
Tie weather is very uncomfortable on ac,t unit OF
the frequent and very severe rains.
a SoRpID WRETCH.-We had yesterday the par