The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-06-07
The Union Of the Associate and the
Associate Reformed churches.

Associate Heiormed churches.
At the recent sessions of the Synods OF
+ the Associate and Associate Reformed
/ Churches, in Pittsburgh, q. union Of the
/ two was effected, and hencefc rh they be-
come one in accordance with the following
preamble and resolutions, adopted By them
separately;
Whereas, Il is understood that the Testi-
mony submitted to the General Synod OF the
( Associate Reformed Church, by the Asso
ciate Synod, Was proposed anu accepted as a
! term of communion, on the ndoPtiQp Oh
which the union of the two churches was to
I be contaminated.
/ And Whereas, Ii il agreed between the two
! churches that the forbearance in love which
is required by the law OF God will be exer-
! cised towards any brethren who may not be
able fully to subscribe 10 the standard OF the
united church, while they do not determin-
edy oppose them, but follow the things
which make for peace, and things where
with one may edify another.
! Resolved, /. That these churches, when
united. shall be called by the name of the
4 United Presbyterian Church.
4 Resolved, 9 That the respective Presby-
/ teries Of these churches shall remain as
presently constituted, until otherwise or
| dered, as convenience shall suggest.
Resolved, 3. That the Supreme Court Of
1 this church shall be a General Synod, to
meet annually, to be composed OF delegates
| from the respective Presbyteries. the mum :
/ of said delegates to be according to the
proportion to the members constituting each
Presbytery MS now fixed by the rules of the
Associate Reformed Church, until change
shall be found expedient.
I Resolved, 4. That there shall be subor-
dinate Synods, and these shall be the same
as ihoee nov existing in the Associate Re-
formed Gu6e1s 70 which Synods the differ
/ eut Ge1sGeioD in the present, according to
thsir loe61Eon. provided, That the separate
Synods and Presbytcries of the said Asso-
1 cfate Reformed Churches shall also continue
| ~ At present constituted, until otherwise di-
rooted.
| Resolved. 5. That the General and subor-
dinate Synoda shall be regulated according
| to the rules presently in farce in the Asso-
| ciate Reformed Church, until the United
1 Church shall see fit TO alter such rules.
Resolved, 6. That tho different Boards and
Institutions Of the respective churches shall
not be affected by this union, but shall have
the control Of their funds, and retain all
their corporate or other rights and privileges
until the interests OF the church shall -
quire change.
| Resolved, !. That theseand any other reg
ulations found necessary being agreed upon
by the respective Synods at their next meet
ing in the city Of Allegheny, the two synod'
shall meet AT such place as shall mutually
be agreed upon, and after a sermon by Dir
Rogers, or Dir. Pressly ms alternate. be con
constituted with prayer BY the senior mod
orator, after which moderator and cleri
shall be chosen by the United Church.
4 0"Independent," q Washington CORES
pondent, intimates that Senator Douglas wa
! trying to curry favor with Buchanan whei
he presented his bill in the Senate, virtual,
constituting the President Dictator of tn,
Republic. He says:
The Union seems to relent in it's yloenc
toward Judge Douglas, and went so far thu
morning rs TO speak Of him as "ihe dis
tnguished Senator from Illinois," when re
ferring to the bill which be introduced yes
tord,ty, to authorize the resident to emplo'
such force as he may consider necessary Il
prevent the preparation or outrages upoi
the lust redress and satisfaction for the sam
! when perpctrated. As the Union does no
| half the time speak by authority, there Il
, some reason to appreheud that the seeming
response to the overture made by Jadg
Douglas was not authorized at the Whit
House. lsay overture, because it can scare
be regarded in any other light, as the sub
iect was before the Committee of Foreigl
Relations, and he went out of his way en
trely to make the demonstration. Judg
Douglas protested very earnestly and yehe
mently, not long ago, against conferring an,
discretionary power on the President II
, Kansas, and now he proposes to invest hin
with authority that the constitution express
ly confers on Congress, for it is useless t
Disguise the fact under the cover of words
/ that the bill comedies the war making powe
to the President. This concession ought Il
soften Buchanan, and would perhaps, ha'
he not SO often and SO decidedly OF lat
committed himself against any hearty re-
Cancellation, and expressed opinions whic
preclude that contingency. Time may brin
! around an appearances Of truce, but, il Ell
: fected, it must be hollow on both sides
since, if one can forgive, the other can neve
forget.
! Tug NV RnopE ISLAND SEsAroR.--W
cordially endorse the following from the Ney
! York Tribune
! Mr.. Henry B. Anthony, editor OF tn
Providence Journal, and formerly Governo
Of Rhode Island, was yesterday elected b.
the Legislature Of that state ss a Senator il
Congress in place Of Mr.. Philip Allen, who's
9 term Of office expires on the 4,h Of Marcl
next. GOV. Anthony was formerly Wing
and in the Presidential election Of 1856 de
voted himself TO the Republican cause. Ii
: is n man of ability, culture, and eminen
dignity OF character. He will attain ia
more influential position in the Senate thai
1 has fallen to The lot of any Of his reeen
, predecessors. In himthe traditional love o
freedom which belongs TO Rhode Island vii
find worthy champion. We trust, howey
: er. that his new functions will not altogethe
withdraw him from that connection with tb
/ press which Inns secured to him 80 enviabl
reputation, and Providence the possession
{ 81 one Of the most genial, Instructive an
Trustworthy newspapers in the country.
lSftBgl CoSvERrRp.--The English cores
! responder. Of the Zion's Herald writes
: Thomas Cooper, the noted sceptic, and aa
thor 81 'lho Purgat0ry Of Suicides" Ia
z recently become q convert to Christianity
and ttter having spent thirty wears OF hi
! life ia leeinring and writing againt the Bib
= lie is NOW striving To make ranaratipn IN