, 1865-10-26
PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD OF C1NCIN-
NATI, O. S.
Manly DGligctunce on tho State Of the
CQNNtFYs


Manly De1ivetnnce on tho State OF tho
Country.
Prior 10 tho adjournment Of the Prcsbytc-
rian Synod Of Cincinnati {Old schooD, the
following resolutions On the state Of the
country were offered BY Professor stoddard,
debated and unanimously adopted:
the estublishnent Of The authority oftthe Govern:
ncnt in al ils bounds, the yirtual extinction 81
slavery, and for The hupefuf Indication that peace
and unity, and prosperity, shall again prevail in our
Resoised. That the sudden release from bondage
Sase .Sat II s tass u he abiSgatoa of ii law.
their msfisal md parental 1lghts, impose solemn
yde spri:nai and secular Instruction for this largo
and Unfortunate class, 20 pFoSidentsal1y shro"n
'pTS pTe.oipsi, III lit the Synod recommend TINT this
subject be made epccial topic for prayer and
Thanksgiving by our churches On the day which may
be hereafter appointed by the Gosernos ot the stste
for general Thanksgiving.
Mr, Stewart remarked, in reference to the
proprlcty Of introducing such resolutions at
THIS time Just across the river Is the State Of
Ecntucky-a peculiar State; on the sacred
soil Of Kentucky they have, beside peculiar
Institution, SONIC ycrY peculiar views and very
fine theories, But tho last four years have
Great 6roadsides and great hombshells have
cut through then, and made very ragged
holes In them. They had long been try
ing TO erect & golden image over
there, hut Gods great power has broken i
| to pieces. The church, however, has come to
pieces, foF the purpose Of setting up the i'm
age aguin and We shall by and BY hear the
mandate to lall down and worship it. THIS Is
ouly over tho river, and 1t does seem to me
that this Synod and all such bodies
| should give a clear and unequiyocal expression
while such things as hare referred to are
! going on. unothing else, they should nssert.
| Their Independence and disregard for that
| everlasting howl that We are bringing politics
and religion together. The more uncquiyo-
ca1ly NC express ourselves on this subject the
sooncr we will get rid it, This Is the rea-
son why should Ike 10 sec this Synod speak
out in such way Us would be heard by all
the world. So long as such dofngs are going
on, Us were transacted in the Synod Of Ken.
tucky last week, It Is the duty Of ministers Of
Tic Gospel, In their pulpits, III the Church
Courts, md wherever they arc, to speak out,
and fay 1t In such a way as cannot be misun-
de1stood, their regard for the Welfare o. 1ae In.
Views on such subjects, md this Is favorable
Mr, Mack heartily colncided with what the
brother lad said. It might be said that tht
General Assembly had spoken out sufficiently
explicit on this subject; but 1t was ths
b> beard. not only h Kentucky was this here
sy maintained, hut in Missouri also tho sant
hcrcsy was being propagated. It was m at
tempt to bolster up 6eccsslonisn, and coult
not be construed into anything else.
Mr.. Morris remarked: iwas in the synot
Of Kentucky several days, during the discus
sion to which reference has been made; ant
| the brethren Of thIs synod may rest 0s5uret
| that there is IN organized effort being mad
to set nsidc the action Of the Inst General As
ecmbly. md that Of the lust three years, o1
this subject. It Is, therefore, important 70
this Syuol nnd others, TO speak out distinctly
as we propose to do IN these resolutions
Brethren here, have but little idea Of the bit
ferncss and pcrtlnacity with which those Wh
those Who stand up tor Christ and the Church
and tho country, among them, 47c entitled t
| your pIofouudest sympathy. came AVA
from those discussions feeling thai We NJ
never sufficiently sytApnthtEcsl with our ioSs
brethren in the land where the rebeIiion pr
| vnilcd
. llr. stoddard oppressed his views IN Pr!
scnting the resolutions. 1t was emincntl
| proper that the members Of this Synod
! known a. standing on true and loyal groun'
: There was evidently disposition to retra
or recede from the decision Of the great que
! ttons that had been settled, under Goo, I
: Inc sword. Christian ministers and elac
, were found cornlug forward and attcmptiI
10 revive the dead carcass, and breathe
9 little fictitious, galvanized life into It, II
resolutions were prepared In Euch way
! not to aim them 1T Kentucky, or anywhc
else especially, but to express the fact tn
l. ve feel rcjotccd That the rebellion and slave
:. are dead.
t The resolutions were then adopted by
u / unHrfm0re rntG.