The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-05-21
NEW YORK.
Meeting or the General Assembly OF
The Old School PPtSbyteFianUhurc
Cuban NeWs-StiFrIng Pr0clama-
tIOn or Gen. Cespedes.

NEW YORK, May 20.-The General
Assembly Of the Old School Presby-
teriAn Church met In the brick Pres
byterian Church, corner Of Fifth
Avenue and Thirty-seventh Street,
this morning, with over 300 delegates
In attendance, representing the SynOds
of Albany, Allegheny, Baltimore,
Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati. Illinois,
Indiana. Iowa Kansas. Kentucky
Missouri, Nashville, New Jersey,
New York, Northern Indiana, Ohio,
Pacific, Philadelphia, Pittsburg st.
Paul, Sandusky, SOuthera Iowa.
Wheeling and Wisconsin.
AT IL o'clock the Introductory SER
vices began, conducted by the Mode
ratOr OF last Assembly, DR.. MusgrOve,
and Rev. DR.. Jacobs, of Alleg heny
City. Prayer was offered by DR..
Sprirg, Pastor of the Church, the
oldest minister present. The retiring
Moderator then preached the open
ing sermon from the following text,
Mark, XIV. 16: " He that believeth
aud is baptized shall be saved, but he
that believeth not shall be damned" :"
The sermon was purely doctrinal,
aud contained no allUsion TO the OBJ
iects of the Convention.
The Rev. Mr. Murray, Ji, pastor
of the brick church, announced that
prayer meeting will be held in that
church every morning at o'clock.
during the session of the Assembly.
He also invited families who attended
all Presbyterian churches in the city
10 join the committee of arrangements
in giving a serial reception to the
delegates at the assembly at Apollo
Hall on Monday evening next.
The business session commenced at
eleven o'clock, and opened by prayer,
by the Moderator.
The roll of delegates was called, and
a committee on elections appointed,
to whom was referred the commission
Of delegates.
The committee of elections is Rev.
s. Miller, Rev. K. W. Fisk and j no.
B. Jenner, of Buffalo
A new Presbytery was announced
| as formed in accordance with the
order of the last Assembly, viz. Santa
Fee. Is was recognized, and its del
egates took their seats.
1t was resolved that the sessions be
held from 8 A M to 1870 P. NJ, and
from 2:30 P. NJ. to 5 PM.
Recess until $3.50 p. n. .E -
At the opening of the New School
| General Assembly In Rev DR.. Hat
| fields Church, corner of Park Av-
enue and Thirty fifth Street. the Rev.
DR.. Jonathan F. StearDs, Moderator
of the LAST Assembly, occupied the
chair; Rev j. f. Hatfield. DID,, OF
New York, acted as stated clerk and
Rev. J. Gle1twOrth Butler, DID,, as
permanent clerk.
There was a large attendance OF
delegates, and the galleries were
crowded with spectators, to whom
the proceedings were evidently of the
greatest interest.
1t is expected that two hundred
and fifty delegates viii be present
during the session. Not more than
two-thirds of this number had arriv-
ed when the proceedings began.
The session will continue about
ten days. The exercises were opened
by a voluntary upon the organ, after
which the Rev. Geo. Maxwell, DID,
of Cincinnati, offered a prayer.
The Rev. DR.. Stearns delivered the
opening sermon, In which he ex
pressed an earnest desire for the re-
union of the Church. concluding as
follows: Let US come together, and
as we have one doctrine aud one pol
icy, and one order of worship. aud
one history, and one ecclesiastical
ancestry, let US have one organization
and one system of action, and one
general assembly. where we may all
meet annually by our representatives
and look each other In the face aud
learn to understand each other, and
actin concert and prepare to execute
large and far-reaching plans for the
promotion of the same Christian In.
terest."
After the sermon the Doxology wa
sung, and benedictory prayer offer
ed. after which the business session
, J was opened.