Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-05-23
CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN
ASSEM-
Reception and Disposition Of
Various Important Reports.
The Subjects Of Missions and
Education Brought Up.
SIXTH DAY.

SESSION.
The Assembly was called TO order a
81 am. yesterday. The roll was called
and after 3 half hour devoted TO religions
exercises the regular order Of business
was proceeded with.
Leave Of absence was granted Revs
a. O. Evans aud IT. b. Gardner. Rev
Mr.. C0Operis alternate, Mr.. J. w. Nor
row took his seat
Rev. Or. Mcdonald submitted the fol-
lowing report, which was ~eoneurred in
Tie Trustees Of Cumberland University a
Lebanon Tenn, 20 the General Assembly Ol
the Cumberland rresbyterian Church 20 con
Vene 81 Memphis In MAJ, 1871;
The charter Of Cumberland Univer-
sity provides that a majority of the
Trustees shall be members OF the Cum
berland Presbyterian Church. To secure
this object, also with greater certainty, It
further provides that when vacancies &C.
cur in the ward, the appointment of new
members shall be reported to the Gene
raj Assembly for confirmation. Several
changes have taken place, oceasioned by
death and removals. The names of
the new members are reported, and the
assembly Is respectfully requested to con
hrm the appointments made by the ward,
to-Wit: T. @. Anderson, DID, late prest-
dent OF the faculty; Andrew B. Martin,
benjamin ]. Fsrrier, lawyers and grad
yates of the institution, and Edward Do
nahO, N. D. DR.. DOuahe is not a mem
Der Of any church. Mr.. Farrier is 3
Methodist, and was appoiRted to fill the
vacancy Occasioned by the death Of the
late Gen. HattOn. The old members of
the ward are Hon. r. L. Caruthers, pres
ident Us. MeCane, secretary; M. Me-
Carkle, NJ. d. Capt. j. w. White and
Maj. w. II. Williamson, all meInbers Of
the Cumberland presbyterian church.
All the members of the board are zeal
Gus friends of the college, and are deter
mined, with tbs Corporation and assist
ance Of the church, to make the uniVer-
sity a first class institution-and indieas
tions are favorable to sucGCID All the
departments are being successfully taught
by the best instructors, and other pros
fessors Will be elected as fast as the gee
e~ssities of the university require their
services. Good buildings for recitation
rooms have peer and will be provided
until the new ediice al be erected.
The present faculty consists Of Z. w.
Mcdonald, d D., President; K. Beard.
DID,, Professor of Ancient Languages: Z
w. Burney, AN, Assistant Professor Of
Ancient Languages; Gen. A. Stewart,
An, Professor of Mathematics; II. S.
Kennedy, AM, Principal Of English
School A. II. Buchanan, AM, PROBES
sor Of Civil Engineering; Al. Fipney,
Assistant English Instructor julius
Blau, Professor of Modern Languages.
Lar FdcULtg.-HOn. II. lie Caruthers,
Hon. Henry Cooper and N. Green, i. b.
The two last named perform the duties
or instruct all the classes at present.
All the departments are doing well,
with a respectable number Of students.
Respectfully submitted with seal OF
University. j. IS. MCLAIN,
Secretary.
On motion (the special order having
arrived the minutes of the last assembly
were read relative to the question OF rails
ing a contingent fund, ia which it is pro-
vided that it shall be the duty of the
stated clerk to ascertain the number Of
commissioner entitled to seats ia the
assembly, the distance to be travelled by
each, the number Of communicates in
each PresbyteTy, and the necessary
amount to be assessed on each, in order
to raise said fund, and thereby equalize
the expenses Of representation in the
assembly falling upon the several Pres
byteries.
This evoked considerable discussion, |
participated in by Messrs. Ransom,
Lorimer, Ritchey, Rolston, Reniek. Nal
10y, Crissmsn and Baird. 1t was finally
tabled by 8 vote Of seyenty-six to sixty
three.
The conclusion Of an elaborate report /
ministerial installation wRs--ad by /
Rev. DIR. Bird. On motion Ofathe Rev. |
Mr.. Ransom, il Was laid on the table
until after the reception Of the report Of
the Committee on 0veFtures.
Rev. Mr.. Anderson submitted an im.
portant report on Miss1Cns, which the
crowded condition of our columns pre-
vents Us from publishing entire. During
the year the whole amount raised by all
the Boards was nine thousand two hun
dred and eigbty-niue dollars and fifteen
cents, (S9289 Isl, as follows Alton
Board, $4793 so; California, S2S55 Is
Lebanon, Sl65l so.
The Committee reeommendstha every
congregation have q time set apart to
give if they cannot give monthly, let
them give every other month, or at least
quarterly. To educate the Church to
Systematic giving is the thing most
needed By the Church, next to vital
piety. They also urge upon all the con-
gregations to observe the anniversary Of
the Church, as heretofore recommended
by former General Assemblies, taking
for this purpose, in eonree-
ton with other suitable religious exer-
sises.
OF the Colored Missions the Committee
Your committee regard the subject of
The moral and religious training Of the
people of the whole country, and
especially that large class lately emanoi-
Dated in the Southern States, as Of the
most vital importance to both races, but
especially to the colored race. 1t is now
that these people are TO be a per-
mauent element in the population of the
and ia whatever way we regard
hem, they are necessarily dependent
lpon the Christian people OF ths@-dI
States for whatever facilities they may
nave for mental or religious culture, and
he Church of Christ owes It to them as
/ part of the fallen race of man, igno-
ami, deprGRed and degraded, to supply
and afford them the means of grace as
ar as pOssible-the feliOW-heirs Of a COM
non salvation. We would strongly
recommend all our Presbyteries, iii
ne lands Of which these cOlored
people reside, to adopt the best possible
at the earliest practicable mo-
nent that may be in rhejs power, to
IuppIy this large class Of our fellow
with the bread and water Of life.
And we recommend. and would urge, all
people Of the laity in the south, to
eek out the communities OF the freed
men that may be most accessible and
destitute, and form Sunday schools
hold prayer meetings among them
them, as fer as may be, with
rood books and papers, and especially
he word of God. Great good may be
accomplished in this way, even in the
of regular preaching. Let Pres
encourage caloEsd young men Of
ONE piety aud suitable gifts to prepare
or the ministry as speedily as possible,
let our Boards of Missions consult to- :
,ether and adopt the best possible !
Methods which to them may seem best
calculated to secure the spiritual grace Of !
he cOlOred population among Us. Cum :
.erland P~resbyterians have q part to act Z
0 the great work Of their evangelization {
nd elevation in the scale Of moral and !
well being and their geOgraph-
3al and religious stand point enables
hem to have easy access TO them, and 10
abor rs successfully with them as any
Their Christian people in the whole
This report was made the special order
)r 10 am. to-day.
Rev. Mr.. Chaddick, chairman, sub
lifted a report on Overture No. i which
as ~cOnourred in.
On motion, the report on Ministerial
installation and Church Covenant was
sferred to the committee contemplated
/ the foregoing.
Rev. Mr.. Ralston, chairman of the
ommittee on Judiciary, reported favor
bly, on a number of papers. Concurred
The following, submitted by Rev. DR..
IcDonald, was also eoneurred in
Your committee beg leave TO submit
le following report. viz: They have had
le whole educational work of the church
consideration, and have found I'M
listakable evidence Of great zeal for
lis vital interest.
Cumberland University, at Lebanon, I
enn., has better prospects than it ever i
ad before the varsns, /
Lincoln University Lincoln, Ill, has I
1nsiderable endowment and good pros
eets. :
MeGee College is likewise organized :
nd at work. 4
Bethel College Is at work under Presi- I
lent Howard. 5