The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-05-28

Assembly at Jerusalem. Now, that's
what might have been called a local
quarrel. q but Paul threw the whole
weight of his eloquence and wisdom
into it. That encouraged him to per-
severe. We see, moreover, the feel
ing of Paul ON this subject, when we,
find the only epistle he ever wrote
with. his own hand, devoted to the
question of circumcision. ol mefs
The speaker referred to DR.. Board
man 8 remarks, as to the martyrdom
of certain brethren, and quoted Scrip
ture to- show that sarcasm was not the
outrageous thing suggested by DR..
Boardman. He then referred to the
Committee The declaration and tes-
timony had been held up here as a
mere protest, whereas the Committee
declared it to be something entirely
different. Now the Presbyteries
could express their. disapprobation
of the acts of the General Assembly;
but the Syneds of Kentucky and Mis-
soufi had used the right, ifnot with a
vengeance, with verify. He believed
the Synods of Philadelphia and New.
Jersey had done the same thing. One
of the leaders of the Church, Dr.
Hodges, of Princeton, had dissented
from the acts of the General Assem-
bly,, and the authors of the Declara-
ton and Testimony held that they had
repeated his language, but there is no
analogy between. these cases and the
present They did not combine against
the life of the Assembly, hut the Lou
isville conspirators did. The Declar-
alton and Testimony is the language
of men who say the Assembly lied,
and lied when they said it. The evi-
dence is in the report of the Commit
tee. He hesitated not to say that
morefalse and shameless misrepresen-
tation of Church was never made on
earth. Then they threaten not o,obey
any Of the Assembly's mandates. Not
content with falsehood, they have with
boldness declared they, mean founder
mine the foundations of the Presby-
terrain Church They refuse to sup
port any of the institutions of the
Church which support the Assembly.
They threaten to withdraw help from
all pastors, elders, teachers, agents,
&C., of the, Church, and thus try to
break down the supports of the
Church They threaten to devote all
their charities and efforts to propa-
eating these abominable doctrines, and
they send invitations to Others to join
them, and rally around the head cen
tire of rebellion.
After .denoting the grievance of
those members who pretended they
knew nothing of this Declaration and
&ac hx,lo
the speaker said touching this matter
of surplusage, the burden Of the COM
plant of Kentucky was slavery. The 4
General Assembly had denounced sla-
very as a sin, and that is just what's
the matter. These men want to know
where the text. was for this. They
refer to the action of the General As
sembly when it passed pro-slavery
resolutions, and now he would ask,
where is the text for that? at
DIR, Van Dyke would give him the
text, chapter and verse.
DIR. Thomas declined to wait now;
he would listen and answer both at
the proper time Dr. Van Dyke said
he was ready [Applause in the gal
lery. DIR. Thomas resumed the ques-
GlOH Oh lOydlGyt IL was SeItlcu ny the
blood of six hundred thousand men,
and settled, thank God! for all time.
He explained that the case came here
because the Louisville Synod had
failed to investigate. s94 niToi
The duty clearly deyolEed upon the
Assembly to dispose oft TheLoul
isville Presbytery had not The case |
came here in an insulting manner.
They had done it as prominently as
if this pamphlet were copy Of their
creed He quoted preeedents to show
that the Assembly could go, and had
gone, over Synods In dealing with
Presbyterians. He then expounded !
the law of the Church upon the ques-
ton of party being excluded from
the Assembly pending an inYestiga
ton. He claimed that it was discre-
tionary with the Assembly. 1t was a
proper rule in 1888. The General
Assembly excluded whole Synods and
Assemblies, and expressed a willing
ness to admit their representatives
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