Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-05-28
CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN
ase CHURCH. - s'sssszaa1
proceeding. of the aenszsi assembly,
AFTERNOON SESSION.

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II b~-.E AFTERNOON SESSION. 4.afs,
| WEDNESDAY,, May 26, lS69.-The cal
ing of the roll was dispensed with. 49,
| The resolution offered By Rev. L.,
Ransom in the morning session ia relatio
to requesting the Presbyteries to appoir
Corresponding Secretaries or Agents 70 a.
/ In the interest of the church and OF th
various boards, was adopted. ETfy
The moderator announced the foliowin
Committee on Widows and Orphans of DE-
ceased ministers of the Cumberland Pres
byterian Church: Rev. Il. 4. MARROW,
B. Logan, J. +. Brown, A. freeman AM
s. Richards.
The time of speakers wss limited 10 fly
/ minutes in the discussion.
The committee appointed by the Las
General Assembly to prepare a report OF
the consolidation of the various boards O
missions, reported in. favor Of consolida
tion into one board, and that the board b,
located at s.. Louis, Mo, and that il b.
composed Of eleven active business men.
| On motion of w. j. Vineyard the repor
was considered seridtim.e st5&8 8Al'
The first, second, third and fourth
recommendations of the committee were
adopted, and pending the consideration o.
| the fifth, which created considerable dis.
cussion, on motion of Rev. Z. p. Wells, the
General Assembly adjourned until to NOR.
row morning at 81 o'clock. Closed with
prayer by the Moderator. = Lsargs
~ THURSDAYS PROCEEDINGS. .asi.54,
THURSDAY, May q, 1867 The Assem-.
bly, wa, opened with prayer by the Mod
orator, and half an hour was spent in de.
yotional exercises conducted by Rev. III.
Il. Smith.
The unfinished business of yesterday,
the consideration Of the report of the Com
mittee on union of the Boards of Mis-
sions, was taken up, and the remsining
recommendations adopted with some
amendments. r sF4s-F FEss 3
A resolution was offered BY Rev. j. E.
Roach instructing the Board Of Publica-
tion, if considered advisable by them, to
prepare work of compilation of tunes
and hymns to be used by the church.
Adopted.
The Finance Committee submitted a n =
port, which was concurred in, and the
resolutions therein contained adopted.
The committee report that they are Of
the opinion that q system to equalize ex-
penses of commissioners to the Assembly
will ultimately commend itself to the favor
of all the Presbyteries. In order to re-
move objections which have been made by
number Of Presbyteries, the committee
recommend the adoption Of the following
instead of the plan adopted by the last
Assembly: l-
/ COMMISSIONERS FUND.
Whereas, 1t is important that all our
Presbyteries be fully represented in every
General Assembly; and whereas, il is but
just and proper thai the representation and
the expenses of the different portions of
the church should be equalized as far as
practicable; therefore rarz 81.
RESOLVED, That you require each Pres
bytery in your body TO send up to each Of
your meetings, or TO the Treasurer, pre-
viously to the meetlng, an amount of
money equal 10 one dime per member in
the several congregations of said Presby-
teries, as COMMISSIONER fund. % -
Resolved, That the Assembly require
her treasurer and two others, members Of
the body, appointed at each meeting to aid
him-to serve as standing committee to
receive and disburse said funds as follows
1. The Commissioners from each
Presbytery shall present their bills for
travelling expenses promptly to the com
mittee. rtsg
2. The Commissioners from each Pres
byiery which has paid her part Of said
fund, shall be entitled to draw on said com.
mitiee for the amount of their travelling
i expenses, and in case any Presbytery has
not paid the whole Of said fund due from
her, then the Commissioners shsll be al.
| leYdt aN,yr eW IN. nEoyseSy and the aIiS'.dAnl
| of the travelling expenses Of the Commits
| sioners. ...,
3. This committee shall keep just anc
| full account with all the Presbyteries, anC
submit its report to the Assembly near tbs
close of each meeting.
| 4. This committee shall be called the
Assembly's Financial Committee, the As
sembls's Treasurer being its regular chair
| man.
The committee recommends that tn
Assembly urge every Presbytery to collec
aud forward promptly, in future, the fun'
above provided for and which is SO impor
tant to the welfare of the church.
| The committee reported that two paper
had been referred to them on the subIec
| of The Assembly's financial plans, on WhIci
| they reported as follows and recommends
the adoption of the following resolution
| Resolved, That it is inexpedient to re
| neal the law taxing the Presbyteries a
amount equal to fifty cents for each OF
dained minister until the Commissioner
| fund plan is fully inaugursted and th
| Presbyteries working up TO 1t, and nc
then unless there is prospect OF suthcier
surplus funds from the Commissioner
fund to meet contingent expenses Of tn
| Assembly.
The Committee on Publication returne
their report with some changes. The
recommend that special effort be mad
without delay to forward to the Board
/, | Publication fifty cents per member, an
, | that ministers and members be, and a.
| hereby earnestly requested to give u
| matter prompt attention; and that Il
! | board be authorized to call upon the men
, bers of the church and friends oil the e
terprise, to give it the use OF money, VIII
| | out interest, for five years, in sums OF n
! less than fifty dollars, which is to consl
J tute a part Of theoperative capital OF u
! board. not subject TO be diminished
expenses of any character. AT the ext
| ration of five years the money Is pa9ab
; hat. at the option of the board, ii may
d retained for an additional i've years,
the rate Of six per cent. per annum-t
J, amounts thus borrowed to constitute lie
upon the property and effects Of the boar
e The committee recommend that eldt
= Joseph w. Allen and John Frizzell,
a Nashville, Tenn. be added to the board.
L The motion adopting the report OF I
Is judiciary committee was reconsIdered, q
5, the report was recommtted 70 the comm
p tee.
8 Rev. S. p. Chestnut, appointed by
e General Assembly Of 1865 as corresPoI
9 ing delegate 10 bear the christian gre
;. ines of the Cumberland Presbyterl
ir Church to the General Assembly OF
"a PRESBYTERIAN Church in the United Stat
- held at Mobile on the 10Th Of May, Is
, reported that he had attended to said du
70 and that he had the pleasure OF meet
- with a large and dignitied body OF CHI
eS ian ministers and elders, who seemed
or manifest a high degree of christian 81
81 pathy and hearty cooperation:
Id The report was cOncurred in, and
D. assembly took q recess until q o'clock.
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n. WEATHER AND CRoPs.-The extra
n diuarily cool wsather-the thermOmt
re ranging, generally, from 81 to 90 degr
he and the cold rains, for the past we
en- have seriously retarded the crops, field
we garden. We hear of much cotton b.