The New York herald., 1869-05-28

an integral part Of The standards Of this Church.
Dr. SKINNER was satisfied with this authoritative
questions the hour for the noon recess arrived ana
The Assembly rose.
Afternoon Session.
The Assembly opened its afternoon session With
the the pro proposition i Of union. during which:
s@qs ready SO g vote ay he made
objections which looked somewhat like captious op.
position. IL, he asked. the New School TO be merged
into the OldY No. They are to be united and where
are the rights OF the Old School presevedf Is such
an act OF union constttutionalS Can the Moderator,
without change Of the constitution, dissolve the As
sembly this year AMI call for joint Assembly the
neXtf This should be made clear, for II done II
should bo done IN constitutional way; ana Is ",
then made some other specific objections to the plan,
especially section ve where 1t Is provided that the
M0derat0rs OF the two Assemblies shall Jointly pre-
side In May, 1870 until another Moderator Is chosen.
Rev. DR.. SAMUEL MILLER, OF Princeton, took the
nnon. ll The only dificuty with him has been that
he desired such plan OF union as would pre-.
clude all quarrel For this reason he objected to all
former plans and this Is his difficulty with the one
now before the house. lie did not expect to change
q single vote. but he wished TO put his dissent on
record. Referring TO section two Of the concurrent
declarations. ne perceived among the '1mperfectly
organized churches" but Congregational churches,
ana, as PRESBYTERIAN, ne would not consent
Presbyterian Church and be represented IN
it. even for five years only. lie also
tons Of the Board Of Publication, and to the provl-
slons to exclude certain nyidOus references There
is no power committed to thls body or anywhere 10
HISTORICAL statistical and arithmecai details Of the
contests aud controversies and controversial writ
ings the two schools have issued against each other
since the disruption in 1885, They had suffered se
verely since during and in consequence OF the dis
branches should know and understand each other
better before this step OF union Is perfected.
Judge r. s: KENNEDY, OF New Jersey, IN pungent
Assembly seemed to consider it-Ofthe constitutional
objection OF DR.. Skinner What are we to be after
yeapsne 0' Presbyteran % Church ' Of % the In United
States--just as the United States were the same
government before the existence OF the Confederate
states and after these came back again. ne hoped
that all who nave anything to say against the plan
would say 1t now and not cavl afterwards lie
also hoped tat the vote would be taken by yeas and
yeas. MANY voices-"rhat's lt.n)
Mr.. HENRY DAY, OF this city, secretary to the
Committee OF Conference, took up the defence OF
and proprietary interests Of the Old School, espe-
cia!ly those acquired since In 1885, and cited, as his
jeopardy, the eminent Chancellor Greene, OF New
Jersey. Rev. DR.. Skinner sought to interrupt him
with some questions but the scpiptlral replies Of
side, and Dr. Skinner sat down, whereupon Mr. Day
gave his opinion Of the principles OF law applicable
branches branch be ''is sunk ~ to the depths Of the
apg let as have nnon rsat Hr tsa appanse
Of or the Se3aSS Church ana Carissian % :sse lei SSs
all stand tGsetner and conquer the country. AS a
pe..::::ica paryl No. He meant when infdels attack
hands to take this country then the seven hundred
thousand Presbyterans VIII fight for their Sabbath
and country and WIN be victorious II united
to the case of seminary IN Indiana, the endowment
OF which he feared would be withdrawn, If the Synod
OF Chicago should take charge oil IT, as provided by
section nine But his apprehensiOns were quieted by
Mr.. Days saying that the Assembly, II deemed wise
or expedient, can retain the control.
Rev. WM LAURIE OF Newton, n. j., objected to the
proposed basis both for containing things that should
be out and for not containing Things tnat should
be In. lie then entered into theological disquisl.
ton OF the doctrine OF imputatiOn Of original sin, OF
transferring and Of other doctrines, as Interpreted
by DR.. Barnes and DR.. Duiield.
Rev. 4. y. DOWNS OF ONO, made the point OF
order that this union was not TO be perfected by what
DR.. Barnes or others said and wrote years ago.
The MODERATOR believed the speaker was in order,
the latter proceeded to read on from Dr. Barnes,
when
Mr.. CARTIER rose and said that this was all wrong.
DR.. Barnes was dead and buried and his book was
forgotten. 1t was not right, 1t was shame tnat this
Many VoIcEs-This is an outrage.
Rev. DR.. ROGERS, OF New Jersey-Barnes is not
buried and forgotten. have him IN my library to-
day Il my house was not burned since yesterday.
allowed to proceed. A vote was taken, and 1t was
decided against Mr.. Laurie.
orthodoxy or heterodoxy OF individuals was not in
question: If it can be shown that heerodox opinions
nave been cnuOrseu Oucldlly Dy Tue WuOlt UOuy VI
the New School. that would be in order
This point was decided to be wen taken and Mr..
orer lie dd so but very soon ran against another
stumbling block, when he denied that any one Of
these men ever recanted.
ing that the speaker was utterly wrong and proved
Rev. Mr.. LAuRIE-where IS the published evidence
of thatS Numerous cries, "HOi hOpD
Dr. HAI.L-My word Is as good as published evi.
dence. Immense applause. and cries, "rhat's So"
s.g g,nr to- ntht
Mr. LAURIE continued to read from the Evangelist,
but he was interrupted by the Moderator as being
out OF order.
voIcE--Let him print the balance Of his re-
marks. (1-aughter.)
Senator DRAKE, ol Missouri hope that the house
viii interfere with the freedom OF debate There
should be place where man Is all lowed TO speak
out what he thought. (Applause.)
Mr. LAURIE then continued his remarks. partly
speaking partly reading, claiming that In the pre-
sent basis the New School have 1t all to themselves
eads 'ney WIN talls we we eses ess nresverv 10 ur
Laurie stated that the presbyery voted In favor OF
union on the basis OF the standard, pure and simple
Nj. Laurie was present ami voted Ior 1t. How can
he now oppose such unionS
Alter some explanations by Mr.. Laurie which did
no, I,ey appsr MoCiEAN OF Miao said that
all the objection TO the union turns on personalities.
II this was 10 be decided on the strength OF personal
orthodoxy he could prove that the Old school,
in personal cases, was as heterodox as any other
branch. The reverend gentleman proceeded at
some length In defence of the report.
Eev Dr. LYMAN II. ATwATER, OF New Brunswick,
took the floor In favor OF the report and he spoke
first Of the assurances received on the point Oh doc
trina orthodoxy, which were satisfactory; that,
second IT indispensable for future peace to send
It down to the presbyteries for ratification. Aud,
before he came TO lhe Assembly, he doubted whether
the two bodies were ripe for union; but since then
he was convinced that II they are not ripe for
this they are not ripe for anything else He
reviewed the history OF the New School from the date
OF the disruption 10 the present, and claimed that In
polity and government they had developed into true
rresby terIanism, aud be also bore testimony to
their dOctrinal orthodoxy.
Rev. DR.. J. b. WATERBURY, told the Assembly that
Rev. d. Gardner Spring, almost the father Of the
Church, Ike Noses had come up to the Assembly to
have view oi the promised land when was TO bring
them peace harnony and unity. and the reverend
gentleman further coquently elaborated his warm
desle for the consunation OF the proposed re-
union and would. like DR.. Spring. have II rather
now and t0-iay tnan see u delay ed: still he would
defer tn the wisdom OF the committee.
Amid loud cries OF question, DR.. Musgrave moved
that the vote be taken by yeas and nays which was
carried aud the clock showing twenty five minutes
past four O'Clock, the time Of the session was ex'
tended 10 take the vote.
Rev. Dr.. SrErHEN YERKEs took the noor for an