The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-05-24

They had been condemned without a
hearing. We are drifting toward
the destruction of American liberty,
and all liberty [Applause in, the
gallery There was no safety In the
Church where such arbitrary acts are
permitted. If they permit such acts,
there Is an end to religious freedom
These men should be heard If they
are not, this Assembly will be ON trial
already. There is manifest discomfort
In this community among the Union
men, and this Assembly can not af-
ford to be regarded as an opponent of
human rights. We shall Ibe on trial
before the world, and if this action
goes forth unrecalled, it will turn out
as with celebrated General, who
SAID one more such victory will be
ruin" ta
Mr. Crozier read from the Book of
Discipline showing that where a mem
Der of the Church is accused, he may
be debarred from the privileges of. the
Church until the charge be disposed
of. Oh 81 b,
, DIR. Boardman was glad that one
member had looked into the Book of
Discipline Hedid net, lEusR e&1r. ras
Ter to the point raised BIZ Mr.. Grozier
he resumed his objections tG exclud-
ing the Louisville Commissioners.
Upon the colclusion of DIR. Board
mans remarks, Sam Galloway, of
Columbus, Ohio, obtained the floor
for tomorrow s9b O. ai8g9d4 bsna
# The Judiciary Committee reported
in favor of trying the appeal from the
Kentucky Synod, by DR. Breckin-
ridge, and the appeal from the Louis
vile Presbytery, by Rev. Mr.. Miller,
at the same time, and, also, in favor of
sustaining the appeal of Rev. Mr..
Nichols, of the Third Church, 81,
Louis, against the Synod of Missouri,
and censuring said Synod for disobe-
dience to the DEGREES of the General
Assembly The report was adopted
and the Assembly adjourned.
NEW SCHOOL ASSEMBLY. 3 ..
In the New School Assembly, after
the opening exercises, Rev. DR.. HAIR
PER, Representative of the United
Presbyterian Church, made his appear
ance, and conveyed to the Assembly
the faternaf feeling of his Church.
Referring to the state of the country,
he said: tFa ao3 - aa
'sWe desire to cultivate the most frater-
nal relations with this body, and to be
co-laborers with you in the great work of
preaching Christ. We desire to congratu-
late you on the noble and manly position
you nave taken as a Church, on the great
question of human freedom. dApplause.]
Your voice has been clearly marked and
well understood in this land, and in the
hour of our nations conflict, when others
have been unfafthful, have thanked God
that You have stood up as q Church under
the banner which adorns your church here
to-day. Though that banner had been con-
secrated with the blood of hundreds of
oyer There is Xej eeTfei Ihiat IF ftaa esy}
until the millennium. God grant that your
C,hurch may never recede from the noble
position You have taken.p zoo s3hgMg
It was determined to hold the next
General Assembly in Rochester, New
York.
The Committee on Ministerial Re
lief Fund reported that the Church
had become Indifferent on the subject,
and that out of 400 Churches OF their
denomination, only 100 had taken coli
lections for the fund. They urged
greater attention to. it in the future,
The report was adopted, 80
The Committee ON Church Erection
Fund reported that the former plan
of expending the fund had given. gem
eral dissatisfaction, and. they, there.
fore, proposed that the whole fund
| now on hand, amounting to about
! $130, 900, shall be securely invested
and also any returns made hereafter
! from former loans, and that the. IN
! come arising from the fund should De
expended under certain rules; thai
/ the Churches be requested to take an
i nual contributions for the object
!, which donations Shall be addedto the
\ income for current expendltures, un
less otherwise requested by the con on
tributors. The report is important t
! the Church, and it was resolved t
I have it printed. s1ssA2 sFs a,o.9 -,
The members of both Assemble
met at the Second Church, Monda
night for the, first time eIsince 1881, T
discuss the, question Of Tednion. Th
Moderatorst of, both bodies presided
. Eloquent speeches We're made by -DES
Parker and Smith. of New York, W NJ
J Chamberlain, of Cincinnati, and u
, McCash, of, Ireland, = The. meetln
! terminated by twelve hundred person
rising and voting, that they consldere
the reunion of both Churches DOT
J desirable and practicable. 1t is deh
nitely stated that the Assemblies vii
/ inaugurate measures to effect and OF
| ganize a reunion. ft s9ff3 ora