The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-05-26

and philantbropy-for the act that will
make him known as the enlancipator- of
the colored race, and for the confidence
which he seemed Mt all times to repose
i'm God, for the success OF Onr,canse. .,,l
aaResoIred, g. That while We pronounce
the assassinatioR of President Lincoln to
be crime unparalleled in It's atrocity
and the malignity of its spirit, we would
recognize In this sad calamity whic!, has
fallen upon our country. and which has
excited almost universal sorrow, the SOL
emn providence of God, and with hearts
filed with the deepest grief. would bow
in humble submission to the Divine will.
Resolred, 4. That we do most earnestly
commend the afflicted family of our late
martyred President to the consultations
and grace of God; and while We pray for
them, we wsuid also offer our most fer
vent prayers, to the Lord in behalf Of all
who have been bersaved, aud for the
President Of the United States. 50 sud
denly called to his high office. aud for
all who are in authority in our land. that
they may "do justly, love mercy. and
walk hnmbly with God" and especially
would we pray that the baptism OF blood,
which we have witnessed for four years,
may be followed by general and lasting
baptism Of the Holy Ghost sent down
from Heaven. .n --%
On motion the report was placed OH the
docket for future action. ..
Rev. D.. Wood, from Committee on
Bills and Overtures, submitted an over
ture from the Presbytery of Newton,
asking the General Assembly to prepare
and issue q pastoral letter to the church
es, on the state of the country and the
present duty of Christians. The Com.
lnittee recommended the appointment of
a committee for the purpose. The report
and recommendation were adopted, and
Rev. DR.. Wood appointed by the Modera-
tor to prepare the letter.
The hour for the special order having
arrived, Rev. DR. Lord presented the re-
port of the committee upon the sixty
third annual report of the Board of Do
nestle Missions The committee endorse
the action of the Board during the past
year, and calls special attention of ap-
pointing none but loyal, Union-loying
missionaries to the South. The report OF
the Board gives the following statistics
During the year 500 missionaries have
been employed, five of whom died during
that period Rev H. |. Christian, ID. D.,
a member of the Board, died. The num-
ber of churches and mission stations in
whole or part supplied by these brethren,
is 73l Twenty-Five churches are report
ed organized; the number admitted to
the church on profession OF faith l.549,
and on certificate ,O93, making total OF
244I. The entire membershipin churches
connected with the Board is 81 ,24l. The
Sabbath schools number $50, having
1888 teachers and l0,880 scholars. The
number of baptisms reported is 2,22o.-
The amount promised to the missionaries
during the year closing March Is, 1865,
has been S75,929. .l6. an increase of S2O, 900
over the year preceding. The entire
amount received during the fiscal year
ending March lst, was SlOl 1868, ,43, which
added to the balance on hand at its com.
mencement, of S38,2l6,89, gave total
amount to the Treasury Of $I39. .639,32 =
From this have been expended Gnclusive
of investments) the sum Of Sll5, ,739,lU,
leaving in the Treasury balance of S23. :
95O,22. Adding to this the overplns of
receipts by the West Jersey Presbytery,
the balance is 24,947,51. The amOnnt
of legacies received was SR, 1898, an
increase of SI9,449,76 over the income
from this source during the preceding
year.
Pending the adoption of the report,
addresses were made OH the subject by
Rev Dr. Lord. Rev. Mr. Janeway, Secrc-
tary of the Board, Rev DR.. Breckenridge,
r.. A.
morning session The report was adopt
ed, with some important amendments.
after which the Assembly adjourned until
three o'clock.
- AFTERNOON SESSION
The Assembly met at three o'clock,
and mas opened with prayer The order
of the day was then taken up, being the
report Of the committee on the Freed
mems Committees The report vas pre-
sented 10y Rev DR.. Crayen chairman OF
the committee, and approved the action
of the Eastern and Western committees.
The report states that two important
questions had presented themselves to
the committee, OH which they unani-
mously agreed First, should tho Assem-
bly continue to conduct its operations
separately from Boards2 On this qnes-
tien the committee recommend that u
separate agency should be continued. =
The second question was whether the
Eastern and Western committees should
be continued as now organized or both
united into one board In regard to this
the committee recommended that the
committees should be united and two
seer etaries be appointed; one for the
Eastern and the other for the Western
Departments. In relation to the estab-
lishment of "Lincoln Memorial College
for Colored People" the committee re
commended that no immediate action
be taken, and that the matter be referred
to the COMMITTEES, on Freedmen. The
committee also reportedia resolution pro
| posing to establish Board on Freedmen
consisting of nine ministers aud nine eld-
ers, with headquarters at Pittsburg, the
| said Board to have charge of the whole
matter, including the care and disburse.
ment of the funds, and also series OF
rules for the government of the Board -
The committee suggested the following
gentlemen as members of the Board
Ministers-Dr W G. Breed, J. H. Nixon
s. C. Logan, DR.. w D. Howard, DR.. WIN
Paxton, DR.. James Allison, James o.
Murray, DR.. s. J. Wilson, 8. F. Colt Ed
ers-Hon. R. Mcknight, Alexander Cam
eron, j. d. McCord, VIM. Bakewell, Hon
s. Galloway, Morris Patterson, james
Lennox, Archibald Sterling, Archibald
Robbins.