New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-04

.bls Issde,sIin g. Dr. GresE ard others, Movement
for sp1re, Presbyterian Bosrd ~ Foreign Ns.ons sss
oct on foot 70 the General Assembly. as sas Tess,ed
~ Nsx crLool marty az breach Cf fat1 WITH the
Canoreyaiopsiists as On unnecs ssAry mu'lpIcenon
OF eSpepsive seenciss and as TOO deDominaacrai ana
sec.sr;an 10 hsrmcIize VIE he sP:l, "neh Put onI'
.isritv above .ec. To this Il Tas replied NAT .ae
I'D less AID organize church, bu, never Foreign
Mssiorary socsy distinc from the church; that me
cln,cb 10 enipeLty fitted 70 do 81 that can be done oI
home and fore q svsnge".l' me, -
, dsno.rous At orfsly and nsy become power tyran-
nizir over The church, iordtg u over God hefsge;
N ef 40 dar geroas principe ought 20 % mol ia
poipiercy: that further, ong1t 70 act &c csHrch
in H. GOOD work in orcer 20 develop resources 70
the be y advantage The discussions Of Ibis subject and
ts kindred, the voluntary home Missionary society
were very able Indeed, calling ont ne sbest dens'eIs
in the IL urch such Green, Pl1mer, the brecA-
irrdpes, Be1nsn, Richards, Mason, Barnes, flsher,
&C. In 1881 the Old School party carried tneir prn-
Cipies iatO effect by lndlrecOn, The synoi :" RUS
bsieh formed " the Western Foreign Mssionsry So
ciety which was designed ss nnslsas FOR Church
Board end RELYING PORT for the patty. From that
tine for several ears the battle between the two par
ties wa. very warm, ard in 1881 tine Old School pre-
vailed ard the Assemblys BOard OF Missions was CT
eaIized in which the Pittsburgh Society vs., soon
MERGED The psrty which carried this measure had
it's main strength in jersey, Pennsylvania, the
Southern States generally, and IN Ohio and lndis"a
The voluntary parry nich defended the American
Board ard The American Home Missonsry Society vas
made ID Of Uen from Northern New.Jeriey, New.
Yo,k and the Western States generally, teited oy
pecTle o. strong New -Epglsnd inpathies. Ire Ie-
vivais which swept the sections just AIMED, In
cfeasedtbe New. School party with u1eIaUped RAPID
jty and soor was apparent the Oh School leaders
that the power was fsst slipping through their hands
They sdOpted prompt measures, and canned them INTO
e. in 1887 when they exscDded four Synods, twenty
four Pre- sbyteries 800 ministers, and 6OOO0 coinmnI
csDis.
Tine bas healed the wounds then made, sod both
braI cbes Of the Church bave grown rapidly, until the
Old School 10 larger than the whole Church before the
division, and the New School nearly as large.
Within few years there hiss been some feeling
among the c0paItners in the American Board in refer
eDce to the principle of vountaryism. In 1890 the
New School be gan a system Of measures Indicating
rigorous denoninations life, and thst life has shown
itself Gently in the detemiL alton 20 have Presbyte-
isl ore in foreign lands TO this extent at
Least that Presbyterian mission aries shall be 50 located
on the foreign field as 10 be able to form Presbyeres.
Tbs has been resisted by the PIesdeDtias Committee
at Boston, under the influence of DR.. Anderson, the
senior Secretary. The present position Of Presby'
terrain missionaries is very obnoxious to the Church,
since they are responsible fOr their conduct first TO the
nisson made up Of clerical and lay persons, then TO
the American Boards Prudential Committee, whose
action practically final that we have body, en-
tirely outside the Church. and not amenabe to it, ex
eresing judicial and directive authority over those
who ought to he amenable 20 Presbytery.
This state of things led the Dutch Reformed 10 or
qspjze their own Board and it is causing considerable
uneasiness in the New School Presbyterian Church.
Indirectly, the matter may come up at the present
meeting, but probably not but whether il comes up
or not the difficulty IL there, aud will come up at some
time. in fact, considering the present income and
field Of the Board it lie question whether s interests
will not be promoted by division. But these and al
other questions pertaining TO this great charity will be
solved by time.