Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1865-11-14

u WIN LlllS AonStllutIou- g.
3 Sec y. No paid officer OF me + eilla
Z Rro+berl1ood shall be a delegate from an
y circle Of the Fenian brotherhood Witllou
. parn,issiou Of Congress, except on busl
= ness connected with their office.
80 os All resolutions, constitution
ana iov-s heretofore adopted for the gov
a elnr1ent of the Fenian Brotherhood ar
/. o7,F ffa same are hereby repealed, an
p fhis constitution and bylaws made il
/. pursuance thereof, are and hencefOrt
4 Shall be known and recognized as tn
1 government of the fenian Brotherhoo'
/ / in the United States and other portions
America.
CUMBERLAND PREsBYTEREAS CON
VENTEON.
We subjoin the resolutions, will
the accompanying address, nani
mously adopted by ythe Cumberland Pres
byterian Convention, lately in session a
their church, on Court street; also thf
I proceedings Of the third and last day O
that body. The resolutions and address
Will be found interesting and important
showing the eexistngcondition ana status
and the policy to be hereafter pursued
by the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
in heSouth:
THIRD DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Monday. nov. lgth A. NJ.
J The Convention met according 10 al
jOurnment.
The Rev. Joel Lambert, Of Anderson
{ Preshytery, appeared, and his name was
I enrolled n q member Of this body.
Opened with prayer by the Rev Joel
/ Lambert.
/ The roll was called and the Rev. l. :.
/ Piskens and W B. Wright were absent.
/ The committee which reported pro-
gre-s on Saturday, made their report,
/ which was twice read by request OF the
Z house and, on motion OF Rev. ID. Lies,
F was unanimously adopted.
On motion Of Rev. G.. A. Davis, the
/ Rev. Milton Bird was requested TO have
the proceedings Of this Convention pub
lished in the Banner Of Pace, with re-
quest that other papers Of the church
copy.
resolution, which was unanimously
adopted:
Res0lusd That the thanks Of this Con-
veution are due and are hereby rendered
TO the brethren and citizens of Memphis
for their hospitable entertainment Of the
members.
The minutes Of the three days proceed
inCs were read and approved.
On motion the Convention adjourned
sine die.
Closed with religious exercises conduct
ed by Rev. =. G. Burney, ID. d.
W n. EWING, President
r. B. CRrsaIAS, Secretary.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE.
Your Committee, to whom was as
signed the duty Of submitting a report
touching the present status Of the Cum
berland Presbyterian Church and to in
dicate the policy 70 be pursued by the
PresbyteTies and churches in the South
ern States, respectfully offer the fol-
lowing:
Having possessed ourselves Of all the
available Information pertaining 10 the
subject, we are happy TO find the Church,
after having passed through the terrible
ordeal Of more than four years of pOliti-
cal revolution and civil war, still intact
unbroken and undivided in its oTganiza-
ton, resting on the ample basis of its
Constitution and the Word of God IN
changed in its dOctrinal formula, un-
changed in its ritual, unchanged in its
principles Of discipline and government,
and unchanged in its terms of COM
mmi0n.
We have had before us the minutes of
the General Assemblies Of eighteen
hundred and sixty-One, eighteen hundred
and siXUy-twO, eighteen hundred and
sixty-three, eighteen hundred and sixty
four, and eighteen hundred and sNty-tive.
These Assemblies were but sparseiy
attended, the minutes of each showing
the great majority OF the Preshyteries Of
the Church Uurepresented. This want Of
rrn+
peculiar condition Of the country.
In the Assemblies Of eighteen hundred
and sixty-one, and eighteen hundred and
siXty-tvFO. there were no manifestations
showing a tendency TO extreme meas
ures.
The harmony of the Assembly Of
eighteen hundred and siNty-three was, in
a measure, disturbed by the development
Of radicali~m. The conservatism Of the
Assembly, however, was sufficiently
strong TO hold it somewhat in 0beyauce,
and what was called q compromise
between the parties was effected.
In the Assembly Of eighteen hundred
and sixty-four, however, the radicals
proved false to the compromise Of
eighteen hundred and siXty-three. They
brought up the same subject in "a
far more extravsEant and offensive
form. They resOIred Southern slavery
10 be contrary 10 the pr-cepts of
our holy religion, and their brethren in
the South 10 be not only guilty Ofa crime
against the Government Of the United
States, but also guilty Of great sin against
God and the Church.
These measures were adopted by very
small majority, after q number Of the
conservative members had left the As
sembly.
The whole proceedings Of the Assem-
hlies Of eighteen hundred and sixty-thr5e
and eighteen hundred and siXty-four
touching slavery and the state of the
country, and 50 far rs the same was en-
doFsed BY the Assembly Of eighteen hum
dred and sixty-fve, were cXtra-ecciesi-
astical, and therefore utterly nugatOry.
In their charges Of sin Unou the Southern
people, Jnry condemn what God does not
condemn; and, in laying down terms Of
communion which the Bible does notlay
down, they exGlt themselves above, and
assume g. De more molly Jnan God.
We cal attsutiQn to the fourth sae.t..cciiii
OF the thirty-tirst chapter Of our confess
sion Of faith, viz: 'SynOds and councils
are to handle nothing but that which is
ecclesiastical, and are not to intermeddle
with civil affairs which concern the Com
monwealth, unless by way Of humble pc
/ titiOn, in cases extraordinary, or by way
of advice for satisfaction Of conscience, if
they be thereumtO required by the civil
/ Government
/ We call attention also 60 the seventh
/ section ef the Introduction to the form Of
our Church Government. 1t reads as
( follows.
THAT all Church power whether ex-
/ ercised by the body in general, or in the
way Of representation by delegated au-
th0rity, is only ministerial and deelara-
/ tive: that Is TO say, that the Holy Scrip
lures are the only rule Of faith and
manners, that no church judiciary ought
I to pretend to make laws 70 bind the con-
! science IN virtue of their own authority,
and that all their decisions should be
founded on the revealed viii Of Cod
1t will be seen from the above that the
/ proceedings Ofthe late Assemblies, in the
particulars 70 which we have objected,
are in violation Of the constitution Of our
/ Church,
Your Committee deem it due to say
that with all the objections Wefind TO the
proceedings Of these Assemblies, we are
gratifed to record the fact that the cum
/ berland PRESBYTERIAN Church stands un-
divided, and it Is worthy of note that il
. Is the only church that existed North and
| South which has not been sluGercd by
sectional strife and political revolution.
We rejoice TO know that while the wild
and ruinOus spirit ofradicalis1n has swept
through al Christian organizations. nT"e,-
ducing strife i'm all, and In some division.
large number Of conservative men in
our church in the North have noblv,
nl1,lft.If alid assiuuousiy iab0red to pre-
serve the Church from wreck and ruin.
In view Of all these facts, we sub
nit the subjoined resolutions, for adop-
tion
Res1lpo6, That we recommend ouI
Church Sessions and presbyteries, minis
ters and people, TO stand where the
founders Of our beloved Church stood
where an overwhelming majority of oul
church still stand, and have stood fol
over half a century.
Res0lred, That we recommend anC
urge the Presbyteries 10 send up thei
full quota Of commissioners 10 tie mex
Genetal Assembly, To meet at Owens
boro'. XIV, on the third Thursday il
Nav. eighteen hundred and siXty-six
that they 90 forward in their apprOpriat,
work, fulfilling the divine mission of the
church.
RssOhcd, That we recommend to ou
preachers and people ever TO cherish il
, their hearts, eTnbOdy and exhibit IN dali,
, life the principles andspirit OF the Gospe