The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1867-12-18
Misrepresentation.
We find the following in the last Nepo Yor

We find the following in the last Neao York
Observer
"A SOUTHERN PREsBYTERYS ACTION.
"The Concord Presbytery in North Caro-
lima, in connection with the o. 5. General As
>embly, is one OF the few PreSbyteries in the
South that have never given III their adhesion
10 the Southern General Assembly. There
are two or three other Presbyterles In the
Synod OF North Carolina maintaining the same
steadtast po>itis,s We are sorry 10 say that
the Concord Presbytery has adopted resolu-
tons against reunion with the New School
IN the North, believing that the doctrinal dit
terenceS are such as to make such union unde-
sirable. M
The Presbytery received such information
rs to enable them to say, " We believe that
our churches and people, when properly In
formed, will shake off the intolerable yaka- of
schlsm and error which the dlsloyals~ war
ureachs,rs are .h.t,v-S'ur, upon rne1n
The COMMITTEES appointed to prepare a
historic sketch of the Presbytery during the
var, were directed TO publish their report
We hope to receive copy OF 1t as soon as 1t
Is issued.
1T Is gratifying to hear from these excel
lent brethren, who have never suffered them
selves 10 be alienated from their Northern as
soclationS even while necessarily precluded
from ecclesiastical intercourse during the dark
DAYS they have passed through. There are
others scattered abroad III the South, who love
the Church of their fathers, aud, In this time
of union, let us hope that they will be drawn
more and more toward the common centre, that
the churches may be soon restored TO their
union as In the days OF old.
Now the factS in the case are just these:--
Concord Presbytery in North Carolina is in
connection with the General Assembly of our
Church in the South. In our Assembly at
Nashville it was represented by two ministe-
rial and two lay delegates. In the last pub
lished Minutes it reports Wty-one ministers
and SeUe,,ty- t,oo churches. Since that time
one of its ministers, without charge, has been
transferred to the Presbytery Of Catawba i'll
connection with the Northern Assembly
Three others, all without charge, formed
themselves into the Concord Presbytery,
and held a meeting last March, at which time
they adopted a paper, declaring their tOyatty,
and summoning their Jorty-SeUen brethren To
appear before them 81 and show their repent
auce for their actions for five years, and sub
init to the reproofs of their brethren
These three ministers are the Rev j. Curtis
Stewart, Rev. L. l.. Stewart, and Rev. j. g.
Carson. The former represented them in the
Old School Assembly at Cincinnati. The
standing of the others may be known from
the fact that they have been on trial before
our Concord Presbytery for several years, and
at its recent meeting this fall, were solemnly
deposed from the Gospel ministry
As the Synod of Baltimore, at their last
meeting, constituted new Presbytery in n.
Carolina, called the Presbytery Of the Allan
tic, they now have three in that State, viz
Catawba, Concord and Atlantic, enough tc
form Synod, when the New York Observer
will no doubt inform its readers, that : tht
.Synoos~et North C'arvtma rms aecef giUen az
adhesion to the Southern Assembly, nor been
alienated from ats Northern associations! =
We leave our readers to form their own con
illusions concerning the truth Of history as
it is now written at the North.