Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1866-11-27

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Assembly the adoption of the following
resolutions, viz:
Resolved, That the report be approved,
and that it be directed to be printed in the
appendix of our minutes. yCA = - ~
Resolved, That in the ability granted to
the Committee of Missions, chiefly through
the liberality of friends outside and beyond
the bonds Of our church, whereby they
have been enabled to relieve the pressing
necessities of 30 manyof our Impoverished
ministers and to render aid to marcy Of our
public churches in rebuilding their de-
moralized sanctuariek, this EAssembly resog-
nizes with gratitude ''the good hand of our
God upon Us, and feel encouraged to go
forward with renewed zeal and confidence
in the great work that God in his provi-
dence has spread out before us. ir,i1iaYl,
Resolved, That, reduced as our resources
were by the raTages of war, and as wide-
spread as is the ield within our bounds, and
loud as is the call for vastly augmented
outlay of money and labor, this Assembly
is constrained TO regard the cultivation of
this field as the peculiar work that God has
given US TO do. Notonly does it lie within
our. territorial limits, but the sympathies of
its Presbyterian population are with us.
To Jus they look for helps The work is
ours. and If done at all, must be done
by us.str,sgR eagW eesztCl.4Ca 7F.iEg5Es fa
Resolved, That in humble reliance on
Divine Grace, we accept the ProvidentiaI
commission and command put into our
hand, and we hereby solemnly pledge and
consecrate ourselves to.the Church We rep
resent 10 its accomplishment, not doubling
that BE who gives the command will give
the grace that will enable us to perform il.
Resolved, That it be hereby enioined
upon the ministers to present this subject
at an early day, to all the churches in
which they labor, and that the sessions in
said churches are hereby required TO give
the people under their care an opportunity
Of contributing of their substance for its
accomplishment. IS II ssgsll ..F.isiei .E't
Resolved, That all our Presbytery are
hereby called upon to take the subject up at
their earliest convenience and that they
see to it that everything is done that can be
well and wisely done first, to supply their
own destitutions, by engaging the services
of any minister under their care, without
charge, with suitable remuneration, and by
directing their pastors and stated supplies
to devote at least two weeks to missionary
labors; and, secondly, to augment the gem
eral funds of the church, under the direct
ing of the central committee. 81 I ie
The report of the committee, as made by
Dr. Cunningham, was adopted. "A second
part of the same report was also presented
by the Rev. DR.. Rice and placed upon the
docket. ,..-....- i -l..,.ssi..l ~ .lra.I sal
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o'clock tomorrow, 10 consider the relation
Of the church to the freedmen. n g SO 3
The Rev. DIR. Howe, from the Commit
Tee on Bills and OYertqres, reported as
follows: - .fI-~Isg chs rf.r
OVERTURE No. Being resolutions of
the Alabama Presbytery of the Associate
Reformed Church, seeking a union with
this body, and the resolution of the Pres
bytery of South Alabama in response. II
would be accordant with the wishes of the
Assembly, if it could Immediately commu-
nicate, by its own act the Union which
these Presbyteries so earnestly desire. But
in the written constitution of our church,
the erecting uniting and dividing of pres
byteries is enumerated among the preroga-
tiFes of synods. This Assembly do, there
fore, LIST. Authorize the Synods of Ala
hama to receive into union with itself the
Alabama Presbytery Of the Associate Re
formed Church, provided it shall adopt the
forms of government and rules of discl-
pline of our own Church, wherein they
may differ from theirs; that this presby-
terry be received as coordinate with the
presbytery of South Alabams; that
the synod, after this reception, pro-
coed to dissolve the two Presbyteries,
which, if continued, viii cover one
and the same territory; that out of the con-
stituents Of these bodies they form q new
Presbytery, the ministers Of which shall be
enrolled according to their seniority. 9 u
2. This Assembly recognizes, as preceding
Assemblies have done, the right Of our
members to use the old psalmody, common
ly known as "Ramse's Version" ii they
prefer it, and will protect the ministers and
Churches thus received into connection
with us from the Associate Reformed
Church, in the use Of that .psalmody to
which they have been so long accustomed.
3. That the same order may be observed
BY other synods in the inception Of organ
lied Presbyteries of the Associate Re-
formed Church within their SynOds, if need
so require, without further action Of this
body. Adopted. .-. ..-4yrl5 -5g
The Assembly held an afternoon session
and continued the consideration Of the
canons. -. .E ,,a.l....-
At7.P. NJ. the Assembly met with the
Second Presbyterian Church. u ~. !,
The report of the Committee on Foreign
Missions was read. ~ go s...i z
, Rev. Mr. Copeland of the Indian Mis-
sion, Rev. Mr.. Inslee of the China Mission
and Rev. Stuart Robinson gave interesting
addresses. PREsBUTEROs.
2 TENNESSEE LEGTSLAFURE,