New-York daily tribune., 1862-10-13
TRaENNsAL C0NvE;NvfcN OF Tnh
PROTESTANT n. CHURCH
The Ch'lreh aud the Esebeiiioa'
TENTH DAY.


R,sL,o Ii, and the Rev prs. BrAcu lnc l.l'
eon6ucied Ne morlng service, the Rev bi' MAJ
OF Come dicut ~ the CHAIR "A or,,,ved n
Rey. ~. BsAcH read report IRON ''0
cnthe Coneocraton Of Bishops IL ~. 1ro...o ,e
The Committee I'D not concur vi" ''o "
hiSSol gSsl B. n,s Ury7seroS and DrAcH, Judge
Brukor the Rev. Drs. iAwAs ana % ""o"" ~ i"''9
,eusrts ,1ben The report was &copt"c'
n. WAT of Marvi ild az the report
~. ~ T.o,,,,,ee on the General lheolocical Sem
;norY Remarks were made by Judge CHAMHEKs
and Ihe Rev. Dr SHLLi'N'
m Rev. pr. CLARIsON moved Committee Of
,o ference OIL The next meeting OF the General Con-
n,iou Tie Char appointed The Rev. DR.. Clark
.on. ne Rev. Mr. McAllia'er ani Mar. Wm Welsh.
The Rev. nr. LEEDS made q few remark on the
question Of missious, ahd offered the following Ieso-
e. Roirci That the Of Bishops concprring. Joint
COMMITTEE be spponte tie subject oi revision
Oft OF fray-T the German tongue with
view to lis neli'r oionlity to TIE tioi oI that se
sud to tab sub Gea.pes a. may be necessary to'rcuie
more accurate snGidionauc veniou.
short addresses were made by hr. CORNWALL oi
Kentucky. The Rev DIR. ASHLEY OF Wisconsin, the
Rev. d. MASON OF Maryland. JUDGE CHtM1tRs Of
NJ ary lanG and u Rev. Mr.. BREck oi Delaware.
T1e Rev Dr. HowE Of PounsylvauIa arose and
,e,onarC she resolution moved by ore Of his coli
leagues and submitted 10 the Committee OF Nine.
lie suggested few verbal alterations III the Tesolu-
lu,ops He then projected 10 say there were greater
issnes involved In the question before the oOmmu-
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lie approached the question with dilfidence and
self-distrusf. We here AS representative Iuen,
knt he did not acknOyyled the TICht of instruction
from lIs constituents. We represent the doctrine
and spirit eli the Church of Christ. lie believed al
this tTeu enGous 1sncture thar the sentiment Of 10y
atty pervaded the Church. The WORDS We speak
eci oed he laud; such being the fac, have we
9 night to ignore tse opinion OF the world
The Church is lsi' nng 60 hear what We say, and
is watching our oOnrse. IL may sound well In
rhetoric fora man 10 Gvow himself above The senti-
ment o. the world. lie maintained tnat the world
IN "a truthful and severe judge of our course. The
issue ibat interests on minds and tufs our hearts Is
not TO be Goa ared 10 the questiOLs of minor mpor
tsnce thai have been brought before the world and
the Church.
lie did not believe that the world and the Church
had no relalou 10 each other. The Gospel fhOrld
be felt liz mOiGing the institutions under which
live; indeed, they are the up-grOwth Of GOrpsl
teaching. Our CIV Government is the rpeued
fruis OF Christianity, and We owe II 10 the Church
thai we should express ourselves on tie great topics
that convuise the country; and the world is the
field OF the Church, we owe that duty 10 the world
sl.O.
Had there been q, the outset a calm, firm, and de-
cioed expieesion of sympathy for the Government
we should now have occupied diiereu, position.
We have always c0nce1ec the fact that our South.
ern friends are civiIric people, and they will re-
sped Us all the more If we pursue al outspOken and
manly course.
taken out of the future and put into the present
tense.
Dr. suArTUcK, of Mass, sand lie lay colleagues
bad left him to east the lay for his State. To
bis rise, doubts had been cast upon the loyalty
OF tie Church. lie favored both the North and the
T1ulh. On the side a friend OF bis is in Fort
Warren for being in eyml laihy with the Confederaes
on he other eide Neuce.l Philips and Cbariss sum
per had been bis play mater. Gentlemen had said
th.s Rebellion is causeess. He did not think II wgs
Southern brethren.
TIE Rev. Mr.. THEALL Of California addressed the
Convention at Considerable length. ne hoped his
LOYALTY would not be called ia question The sub.
itot divides Itsel into TWO hrancbes-oyaliy 10 the
Church, snd loyalty to the State. He believed ours
II not much Christian Government.
He held that tLis Convention had no night TO give
expression Of its loyalty. This Convention hae 10
fight TO define what n what IS not rebellion. lie
should vote against the amendment suggetied by
the gentleman from peunsy wanna, aLd against TIE
resolutions if amended. lie held that the Church
South wss not guilty OF scbism.
yieton that our Southern brethren mad been basty
IT, .pe steps they had taken. We are bound TO the
cld maxim 10 hear the other side.
Tie Rev. DR.. MAHAs, New-Jersey, rose 70 ex
plain the vote he had already given He would
draw a line of distinction between things political
and things ecclesiasticaL
Are the majority Of tie members Of this Church
diloya because they voted az they didi We are
called upon TO expires an opinlOn-and what Is al
@, inion His o. nion was. that 1t is better 70 be
silent. Our brethren at the South have committed
tie siu of schisn. ls it damnable schism, schsm
that is not damuablei In his Judgment their achsm
Ia dangerous aud not dsmnabe. Separation from
the Church OF The United States is not separation
from TIE ChuScb Of Christ.
tThe Rev Ii. w. Beccher and Mr. Theodore Til
ton cane into the church while the Rev. DR. Mahsn
was speaking, ana one OF the Secretaries very
courteously invited his Congregational brethren 10
occupy ieats near tie platform.
Perhaps our friends OF the newspaper press would
like 10 give opinion on the question of emanci-
patton bur tie Church cannot speak because II ID
political question.
Dr. HowE Of Pennsylvania wished TO correct
mistake made by the gentleman who had just taken
his seat.
On motion Of the Rev. DIR. RAXDALL, the COnyen-
ton adjourned, 10 meet again on Monday morning.
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