, 1861-10-09

Xn1HsoT4=pea y. n. Klmbsn, St. Anthony.
MISSOURI T. n. Post.
!: : And they were unanimously confirmed.
On motion committee on the State Of the
Country =Eas appolnted g follows: Reys.
! Joseph Haven, Hiram Foote, G. 8. F,
Savage, H. D. Kitchell, Asa Turner, Fl. L
Hammond, 8. D. Cochran, 8. Wolcott. 4. H.
! L D. Olmsted, Esq, Of this city, Treasur-
| e Of the Board Of Directors Of the Chicago
! Theological Seminary, made his report which
Vas referred to the Committee On the Semi
nary. After giving IN detail the pecuntary
tEansactions Of the Seminary for the past
and With much power to set forth the present
and tutuIe necessities Of the Institution to
save It from failure. At the conclusion Of the
! residing Of the report, q response WAS called
for from delegates present to the circular
soliciting aid, sent out to the churches some
! Large numbers Of gentlemen responded to
this call in remarks which consumed the re-
| mainder Of the afternoon session and was
finally laid aside to be taken up again In the
evening. The tenor Of the remarks went to
show the determination Of the Congregation.
alists that the esemina1y shall be sustained, and
nearly all conceded that the churches would
| respond to the call which has been made upon
them Tor the amount Of their subscriptions.
A committee was then appointed to take
INTO consideration the present condition of
the Congregational Herald, and to suggest
means for its future support. The committee
| are Rtvs. MI. Bacon, D. Smith Hobart, j. c.
Holbrook, q. 8. Hammond aud 8. G. Bartlett.
| EVENING SESSION.
! the Convention was opened with prayer by
! ReE. Nh. Frisbie, Of Onarga, Ill
| The President then stated that the churches
| IN Ohio and Illinois had already made re-
| ports On assessments and called upon dele
gates from other States to report.
Rev. Mr. Turner, Of Denmark, Iowa, stated
that his church had NOT yet raised the amount
appostioned to it, but he thought it would
undoubtedly do so in tWo or three months.
Rev. Mr.. Grant, Of Iowa, stated that his
church had sent FL, and he had now g. more
| fer the Treasurer.
Rev. Mr.. Chaplin stated TINT the General
Convention in his district met week ago,
and By resolution assessed the portion allot-
ted to his State on the churches, and the onl7
| Question raised was as to the earnest1ess Of
!ne 5o 1eeolntsoe. 1t Wae, however, passed, after
| discussion.
| Rev: Nj. Clark, of Milwaukee Convention, said
they had had no time to collect. The assess
ment Fae fifteen cents On each membar, but
one lay member agreed to give 500, and that
| amount Was taken off from tie apportionment
Of three Conventions, which were not yery
| strong. He would like to have report Or
statement from the Treasurer to lay before
| the Convention Of his State, and thought it
would aid in the collection Of the amount.
| Rev. Mr. Love Of Milwaukee, felt sure that
they could not raise the amount in his State,
| unless members looked after some churches
besides their own. They must 1ook around !:
not only work at home but elsewhere. The
members must go to every person in each Of
the States and SOLICIT fifteen cents from each
member, and if the amount was not raised, it
must be done from the Church Treasury or
| by voluntary collection.
! Hiram Foot, Of Waukesha, said that his
| church at previous time hsd come up to the
| work well, with others. One church had
given large sum to the Seminary, but they
should and would do more. For those who
had subscribed so much could not afford to
iGt the Institution now die, ana lose what they
already had IN it.
Rev. 1. Humphry, from the Beloit Conven-
| Ion, Eaid their meeting had been held only 9
week since, and the Committee had had no
time toact.
Dr. Jewett, Of Wisconsin, said h. had been
IN church, in that State, some time since, at
the time the pastor called for collections, and
IN fifteen minutes the whole amount OF the
| assessment was raised,
The chair requested to know whether the
money tn De paid from Wisconsin was to bz
| Eald during the calendar OF conventional year,
Inc chair then called for reports from Min
| neRots.
Rev: Mr.: secomb stated that no apportion
ment had been made to Minnesota.
Dr. Post, OF Missouri, said that in coase
quence OF the crowding Of fearful crises up.
On On them, they must confess to delinquency.
The var has taught us some things. We aTs
under martial law, and NE have Been under a
worse than ma1t;": Isw-mob law; and he sup.
pcsed he was tie only one present who had to
get passport aud take the oath Of allegiance
before leaving his home. Wehad been taught
to g1Fe when ne had it in hand, and when We
thought We could not give, ne had had
taken from us more than enough to lit this
obligation more than fifty times. He had
visited the camps and hospitals in Missouri,
and vas astonlshed to find how much The
worlds generosity exceeded that Of the
church. Sons, husbands and brothers were
there, freely given By mothers, &c, and No
one regrettiDg. that they were there, and Ii
he did not find his home in ashes he thought
they might get raise what WIS expected Of
Rev. Mr. Eecombe stated that though no = D
Portlonment had been assigned to Minnesota,
they would do something. The Seminary
| understood by eome plan, that this Seminar
Is to be supported BY the Northwest, as well
would endeavor to have the matter attended
to in his State, and asked for an apportion
| ment for Minnesota.
The President suggested that Commit =
be appointed On the subject Of furnishing =.d
to the students Of the Seminary,
Prot Bartlett made q statement in regard t:
the a1b}ect~ He said majority Of the stu
dents had needed aid. They had all left eoud
business to devote their lives to Christ, ard
ne thoug ht they should be well Sustained
Some had found it difficult to get along
with the aid which had been rendered, as i
came IN such small sums, and he wished it i'm
pressed on the churches that they must bf
helped. Last year and the year BEFORE tht
Committee gave their own personal notes tt
pay of debts Of the students aud save then
from suffering, and if the money-whieh has
come at last-bad come ear1ier, much guf1es
ing might have ben saved. He mentioned in
stances where students had almost been FORGET
from their profession by their wants. H,
thought they would need 81 600 for the com
Ing year. Contributions Of clothes, CT an7
necessary, would be always welcome.
Rev. Mr. Nichols said their Joint note fo
$238, WAS due and they had only $40 t,
pay it with. He had ascertained that the
churches intended to contribute when th'
time comes, but he thought the time Iva
very long coming. He said that if in the fa
ture the money vas not forthcoming the stu
dents would receive no aid, as the committee
could render no more personally. Stu
dente were already Supplying for aid, ans
S2o0 had yet to be paid on old debts, ane
uIlSeb IluHey Came IN much faster than 1t had
it would be long time before the student.
would receive anything. If 1t was TO b.
generally understood that no farther aid va;
to come from the Committee, he thought ths
number Of students would greatly fail oil
and the objects Of the Institution be thus de
feated Illinois had contributed $500 O.
$1,OC0 annually. And Michigan had den
nobly-outside Of that not much had bee.
done. '
Rey. =. Foote thought the ladies' won,i
take mold Of the matter and raise one half o.
the amount by contributions and working.
keV. Mr. Patton said the General Associa
; t1on Of Michigan had agreee to contribute, ha6
raised the money, and then sent it to the
American Education Society at Boston, Or
condition that they helped the young men
but While the amount to be Tnised was 800
they only agreed to furnish $50, and had fatIec
even to DO that, giving last year, through in
ability, only *65. He wished the matter to bt
given to an organization Of ladies', as the
matter Of contributions for the Seminary an5
aid for the students got mixed up in tht
churches.
The Chair then appointed as Committee OF
raising funds for relief Of students-Rev DR.
Ritchie, Rev. Dr.. Chaplin, Rev. Mr, Perkins
Rev. M1. Reed, Rev. Mr. Belts
The Chair then called for report from the
Board Of Visitors.
Rev. NJ. Turner, from the Board Of Visitors
stated that the committee were ignorant O,
what their duties we're, and therefore had beer
able to do nothing. Rev. a s. Kinzie called
upon other members He thought re
port Was due from them.
Rev. Mr. Pearson, from the Committee, ha5
understood they we're obliged to make no re
port They had not met since the examiua
uQn, the report OF which had bean pnhlished