New-York daily tribune., 1859-05-24
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE TUESDAY MAY 81, 1859.

! CONDUCTED with TIE f-cei1m from a. restraint that
characterized the services Of yesterday morning. NO
one lad The bad taste Or s.I to make long pra.e-
or eXhorta0n. The latter exercise i mostly made up
OF facts drawn from the recent Tcyyas in the churche :
The miuue of lts' meeting were read and approx ed'
7 The Rev Dr. Thur-'oD, the Delegate from the Cen
era Conference Of Name, was heard a, some length
Tie tr-s described the church poiy OF that body Anh
gave many Interesting detail. There have not Oecn
many extensive reyivals during the year, but msn!'
/ have been converted
/ The Maine s-ionarv Society j. favoriie anon:
our churches. I has io-iered about 200 OF the 2io
churche, in our BODY Emigration i affecting oar
: churches unfavorably Modern Spitualism has done
not little damage, also, by unsetthng the iHth :"
many persons A. TO the Maine law, the Doctor said
it was not failure, a. is alleged by some politicians
The law ma not put away ntempersnce entirely, but
It has given il great check. The Doctors report N
this respect wa very hopeful. He spoke Of the graft
fcation OF the churches at the high ground taken by
this Assembly in reference to that great Bastile oi hu
man oppression, American Slavery. The Doctor did
not refer TO the differences existing between the Con-
gregaona-ts and Presbyterans in reference 70 for-
eign and Home Missions.
An overture from the Free Synod of the Presbyter
ian Church was referred to Special Committee, CON
sisting Of the Rev. Drs. S,caIns Grdley and kenda
and the Rev. NJ. EEL AMI Mes,rs Griffith, Hal and
Hazcal.
The Rev. Dr. Gridley, Chairman of Committee, ap
pointed by the last Assembly TO draft formula for
the admission Of persons into the church rep orted.
The report was accepted and referred to the Commit
tee on The Pclity Of the Church.
The Rev. DIR. Mclean read the annual report Of the
Permanent Church Extension Committee, which ha,
in charge the great Church Building fund. This fund
amounts 10 $40 ,6Sj and none Of it has been lost
in tie late panic. Tie number Of churches aided the
last three years has been follows viz: ll9, and the
amount disbursed si3, lis. The number of churches
bured is sl39j0 The report speaks hopefully Of the
rfuerce of the fund in developing the energy of many
churches, and securing much church property free
from debt The amount thus secured Is more than
I = nd oil fraa from ni.ror
The Report Of the Treasurer of the Fund was read
by Walter $. Griffith ESQ.
The last General Assembly referred several ques
tons Ia the Church Extension Committee. Among
these two papers from the Presbytery Of Harmony,
and one from The Rev. DR.. A. H. Ii. Boyd in behalf OF
the Seeding Southern Presbyteries, asking for div-
sion of the property OF the Church. The answer
shows that the Secedes have forfeited their rlght~
the fund and that il would be breach of trust o
grant the petition of the paper in question. The Com
mitiec recommend that the petitions be answered N
the negative.
The same Committee reported an to the
overture from the Synod of Iowa that the rules OF the
fund be changed that help may be granted TO AID
in building churches in hopeful situations, but where
no churChc. yet organized The overture was an
,wcred in the negative.
These reports were all accepted and referred to the
| Standing Committee on Church Extension.
Tie Rev. DR.. Stearns read the report OF tine Com
niitee OF Conference with the American Home Mission
| any Society. The Committee report that they have
been unable to obtain much definite information. They
aic able TO state that our churches receive II per cent
of the funds, and that % per cent of the churches
aided belong to Us. What we have contributed Is less
than ought TO be. The per cent Of funds dsbursed
to Us and the churches aided is diminishing. The
port speaks kindly Of the past history of the society
and the passed through for the sake of that
society. II also shows that separation cannot take
place without pain. The report says the time has
come to some proper adjustments of our difficult
ties with that society, or to have separation in good
spirit and ON right principles
The report was accepted and referred to the Church
Extension Committee.
A letter from the Rev. DR.. Cox, Chancellor of Ing
ham University Of Leroy NewlOrk, was read by the
Clerk and referred to the Committee on Education
a. L. IIalsey esq, Treasurer, and the Rev. DIR.
Hatfield were appointed Committee to look after the
business pertaining to legacy to the Assembly from
the late Anson g. Phe.ps.
The Assembly adjourned to Monday morning at s.
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