Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-05-26

killed the project for Lincoln Memorial
College, which the Rev. Mr.. Brown had in
troduced.
DIR. Lords Memorial against the South
ern Presbyterians--the adoption of which
has been recommended by the Committee
on Bills and Overtures-now called Lords
Ordinance, was to have been up for dis
cussion yesterday afternoon, but was
crowded over-nor was it reached to-day'-
1t is now expected to come up for discus
sion and action tomorrow afternoon. L
desire to be present to sketch the speeches,
and vet it may be crowded over until after
my departure for other scenes Of duty
When it shall be taken up, the ablest ID. ID.
in the Assembly will offer the following, by
way of addition or enlargement. This will
create sensation:
w. AND WHEREAS, There are in our
Northern States Professors in our Theolog-
ical Seminaries, many Ministers, Ruling
Elders, and private members of the Church,
who have in years past maintained that the
Deliyerance of the General Assembly In
the year 1S45, on the subject of American
Slavery, is in accordance with the word of
God and the Constitution of the Presby-
terian Church; and that the contrary doc
| trine is subversive OF the foundations of the
| Church, the offspring of 'fanatlclsm,"
| threatening to the integrity of the Union OF
| the Republic and iraught with ruin to the
slave himself; and further, that it was the
special privilege and peculiar mission OF
| this church, the Old School, Presbyterian,
to hold by the doctrine of Christ and his
| Apostles in this matteras eXpOunded by the
aforesaid Assembly, and so to be the bond
| of perpetual Union between the slavehold-
| ing and -slaveholding States and
| Churches: and whereas, the aforesaid
Professors, Ministers, Ruling Elders,
and Members, have never yet recant-
| ed these sentiments or renounced their
monstrous heresy; therefore
| RESOLVED, That it be enjoined upon the
| Church Sessions and Presbyteries, to whose
! jurisdiction these persons may belong to
! take immediate order in the premises and re-
| quire all who in thought or word or writ
4 ing or act may have been guilty of sane
| tiOning or approving the doctrines OF the
! Deliyerance aforesaid, ito renounce, recant,
detest. and repudiate all such criminal
thoughts, words, writings, or acts. And if
any Professor, Minister, railing Elder, or
! private Member OF the Church, who has
been thus guilty or who may be suspected
of guilt, shall refuse to repent of his sin in
| this matter and by confession and recanta-
tion to give evidence of his sincere repent
anee. then he shall be. at once suspended
from his office, if he be Minister or Rul-
| ing Elder, and from the Church if he be a
private Member. And furthermore if any
i one who has maintained the sentiments and
opinions above condemned shall be beyond
the reach of the Presbytery or Church Ses-
sion to which he is amenablc, then, in that
! case, the same course shall be pursued as is
| prescribedin In Article III, Section 2, of this
ordinance with respect to such as have been
involved in the rebellion, rs-sr r.a ~.
v. AND WHEREAS, There are in various
parts of the Presbyterian Church Ministers
and Ruling Elders and Members, some of
them occupying chairs in our Theological
Seminaries, have advocated, both in speech
and writing and actively aided in the sub
version of the liberty of the Press and the
freedom and independence of the Church,
the Commonwealth of Christ, by approving
and assisting i'm the suppression OF news
papers and books, contrary to the Constitu-
ton of the United States and the principles
of the Presbyterian Church; and by main
tanning the right of the secular power by
its military officers to seize upon churches
and church records, and to direct who shall
be permitted to preach in their pulpits; and
to prescribe the conditions upon which q
member of a church court shall take his
seat In that court and exercise his functions
as a Minister and ruler in Christ's house;
and all this in contravention of the COnsti-
tuition of the United States, and the several
States, of the Constitution of the Church
and of the word of God; therefore,
RESOLVED, That the church sessions and
Presbyteries to which such ministers, ell
ders, and members, are amenable, be and
they hereby are required, without delay,
to cite them to appear and answer for their
criminal thoughts, sentiments, opinions and
conduct in the matter aforesaid, and unless
they shall freely and fully renounce their
treason and rebellion against both the
Church and State as therein manifested, and
so purge the Church ofthe scandal they have
brought upon it, and give evidence of the
sincerity Of their repentance, then they
shall at once be suspended from their office
and.trom Church privileges, until such time
as they shall give satisfactory evidence that
they have renounced and abandoned their
error.
This will, OF course, be voted down; and
there is scarce doubt now that the Lord
Ordinance will go through, without mate
rial modification or amendment. Radical
ism is rampant In, this General Assembly.
A. L.