The Portland daily press., 1868-07-15

General Conference of the New Jeru.
salem Church.
american NeW Church Sabbath School Assoeia-
ton.
Assembled at 81 A. NJ. Religions services
conducted by Mr.. Noble of Ohio. The min.
utes of last meeting were read and approved.
The subject of song book, order of service.
and catechism for Sabbath Schools was taken
up, and the manuscript before offered to the
Association referred to committee for further
examination.
Provision was then made for meeting in
1869 at about the time and at the place of hold
ing OF the session OF Convention. Adjourned.
General Convention.
Assembled at 10 o'clock, the President in
the chair. Reading from the Word and pray
er by Rev. A. o. Brickman of Baltimore. Md.
Minutes were read and approved. Rev, Mr..
Giles on behalf of the New York Society of
the New Church, invited the Convention to
meet in New York City in 1869. After some
debate as to the time of meeting. the Conver
ton voted to accept the invitation, and fixed
the time for Wednesday, the I'd dsy of Jur
1869.
The Committee on Ecclesiastical affairs sub.
mitted report on missions which was accept.
ed. Resolutions follows offered with the
same were adopted. lst One providing for
Board OF Missions consisting of six members.
I'd. One affirming the importance of thorough
| ly educated missionaries. Sd. One recommend
| ing more advanced students to connect them
selves with the presiding ministers of their re-
| pective associations, for the performance of
missionary work.
A resolution regarding the celebration of the
centenary of the New Church was laid on the
| table for future consideration.
The Committee on the formation of Tract
| Society reported constitution for the same,
which was adopted by the Convention. The
name adopted is the American New Church
Tract Society,""
The Committee on Ecclesiastical affairs re-
| ported that they had revised the list of New
Church Ministers belonging TO Convention.
Adjourned to attend Divine Worship, at
which discourse was preached by Rev. Will
liam G. Day of Baltimore, Md.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Convention assembled at 3 P NJ, the
President in the chair.
The report of the Committee on Foreign
Correspondence was read and received.
The Committee on publishing Swedenborg's
manuscript presented report, which was ac-
cepted, and $1,000 voted to carry out the prop
osition. The committee was continued.
70 nj
for assisting in the publishing of German
New Church paper.
A resolution expressing sympathy for those
New Church people in the Island of Mauritius
who suffered in the plague visitation of last
year was passed.
A resolution was referred to the Committee
on Ecclesiastical Affairs regarding the confer.
ring of ordaining powers on presiding minis
tiers of associations.
The following named gentlemen were elect
ed officers of the American New Church Tract
Society:
President-I. T. Williams, New York city.
Secretary-C. II. Mann, Orange, NJ
Treasurer-Nathan Hobart, New York city.
Committee. X. Hoyt, New York; r. &.
Moffat Brooklyn; j. G. Ager, Brooklyn; j. ?.
Baxter, Portland; VIM. Sheffield. Ohio; j. p.
Perry, YarmOuthport, Mass; A. o. :Brickman,
Baltimore, Md; j. r. Hibbard, Chicago; Ju-
lien Shoemaker, Philadelphia.
A committee was appointed to consider and
report on the means OF placing before the
church members the necessity of supporting
the periodicals of the Church.
A resolve relative to the retiring of minis
tiers was adopted.
A resolution to furnish the students of the
Theological School with sets of Sweaenborg's
works in the original Latin was referred to the
Executive Committee.
The Convention adjourned after singing a
Psalm and receiving the Benediction from the
President.
This closed the meetings of the Convention
which have been unusually interesting to New
Churchmen.
For about two weeks the ministers of the
Convention will hold meetings for the consid-
GRAFTON of topics of Importance to the Church.
Some of them will be public in their character,
of which due notice will be given.