The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-11-11
THE PRESBYTERIAN.
Adjourned Meeting Of the Gen.
eral Assemblies I'm Pittsburg
-Proooeaangs Yesterday.

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curing 'ne concurrence o' oo'h assemO"o'
NC fe'orreu W 'ne eouIn''oo oh
senator drake, OF MISSOURI re'u 'A'
port of the committee appointed to inycsti-
gate the difficulties in connection with the
seminary OF the northwest at Chicago, con- |
,ra,,,o,i,o tho assemb,v n, Tho omirable |
ad,n.,n,on, ,horooT A nro,s., ,,,. received |
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from the BOARD OF fuonca'lon against tnc
appropriation Of Its funds for litigation In
Kentucky.
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ine w" oehooi Bener"' "e'ehois "ie' III
the Third church.
After devotional exercises the clerk stated
that the whole number of presbyterles con-
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the union.
This evening large union prayer meeting
Of the two assemblies was held In the Third
chprcb
ine report Oh the JOINT committee VI IT,
union Is expected tomorrow.
A PERTINENT DISCOURSE.
In viov ~ tho nro,.h,o rcp,ion of the Old
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~nu Ne" oenooi 'nuI."es' W 1''.
pertinent TO the hour, the following sernlon
preached by Rev. DR.. Sunderland on sunday
evening last. nj the installation Of Rev. s. s.
N,,ohoI, a. n,stor M tho Now York Ayeppc
e' 10 p''''' " WV
cnuIch'
Therefore let no man glory IN men; lot All
tninss gre yours. Mhe,het rsu,, OF hu9' ~,
h,osp n,.sant g. Nin,. 10 ,omeNsii are
yours And We arc Chfi.ts. and Christ is
bod's.-lh Cor, III Il, %.
The church nj Corinth was noble church,
lint n had not vat attained nerfection. 4
carnal spirit wa. manifest among The mem.
beers. Disorders and dissertations existed,
The zealots of party were loud and fierce,
With mlsdlrccted earnestpess and dctermi-
nation they had chosen their fayorlte leaders
and lifted up their sepa rate banners. Those
who were inclined 20 Judaize were of con-
sentative proclivitles, while those who
thought the time had come to cast of the
shackles Of ceremony comprised the liberal
portions OF the Church. Each claimed to be
the genuine and exclusive representative of
the true doctrine and practice. It was obvious
that a confusion, arising not from natural
and rational differences Of opinion but from
partisan pref and elimination, would In
fict, through these divisions and dstrac.
tons, an unmeasured injury upon the cause
of Christianity.
II was, therefore. tho object of the apostle.
as far as possible in this CORRESPONDENCE. to
correct such disorders and heal such diyis.
ions, Himself made nv one of the parties
and consent. il was a generous thing IN M.
dertake The task Of alIoyirs, nortv h7,terra..
and evct,amont onS nsnni,,rrT, ~ s..iom,
factions Of thai strong and inansn,iol Chnrs,,
in The bonds of Christian truth and a Tsction'
With wonderful delicaey and wisdom ba nm.
proaches the causes of their entanylement
and dlshouor, First comes the npostolIc
greeting making mrntIon Of that ahnnd,nt
grace which had been bestowed upon them
through Christ Jesns. and declaring tho
faithfulness of God who wonld condrm Them
to the end, And then with nrecinitate frank.
ness, as il he would he glad To have II ont.
and TO have il over, he comes tn the state'
ment Of the difficulty. first In the way Of A
feryent and frlendIv sxnostrIotio, ana las,
by declaring plainly the Substance Of the
things reported, /" Now [ beseech Won.
brethren saws he. Hhv tho name nj onr
Lord Jesus Christ. tina, yc nil sncok the
same thing, and that there he NO divisions
among you; but that We be perfectlv ioincd
together in the same mind and in the same
Judgment" Then followed The commprIca.
lion from the honse Of Chic corcornina ~ a
unhappy contentlons: that snme said = W.
are OF Pauln-tbat il paul Ia o,,r w., p,,,I
is the theoloolan' the disciniinoria ~. , a.l
tlciau; Paul Is the architect. The mnstcr.
builder, the metaphysicInn the ChrIstiar
philosopher; Paul Is the grand preacher. ORR.
tor aud apostle. whom we dcIight To folIo~
and are determined TO sustain him. And /,
the same spirit some said, g We arc of Ami
los," and so ne said, "Wc are of Peters, O
Cephas, Paul frequently called him Ccphaa
and some said, "We are of Christi" No,
the real evil In this early Church, as In tn
Church of all subseuuent times waa mot Tho
they had their national preferences and pr1
fesslons, their convictions and con0epi,l ii
ties, but IL was the ran.or and njisna,Ia
which had sprung nm nlonp with these ~
which were casting a wide and balefnI in
fuence into the elements of the times
Having thus fairly Introduced tho matt.
he proceeds AT once 10 no,,t ont IL 49, 80
error into which, they had faIIrn ava =, '''
the whole ouestion or the unitv ~ ,%n ~ ~
and of the office NJ Tho Cbris,i,S IL ~
it's true and proper light TSo nan"InS = :,
then follows. in the Ia1gnooo ~, ,hn .,io
therefore let no MANI glory in ms, ~,
all things are yours, wbetber Pnni i ol
Apollos, or Cephas or the world. or liz, or
II, present tllDUa In
all are yours. and Won oro Sb.,.,;o
Christ Is Gods" Obscure was Tho or ant
ment which is here constrnc,e6 7, 90 a., u, u,
the very root of the dIfiicnlty wbich W
necessarily one of mere ontvard orgari nov
ton, or Of the rituals Of worsbin ~ $50 o.
metaphysical dogmas, but one Of Tho snjrit'
ual conditions of man. Il is essentisIiv nno
of the temper and disposition of ,ha feo UN
This argument, therefore. ia constrrc,oJ
npon philosophical principles. II ia moi a.
signed to rebukc the natural and ron sonaI Ic
dispositions of men-thnse personal nref,r-
ences, tastes, afIinltles and attractions far
systems or politics, or formulas of fnIth nnJ
practice in the church, which. will thav
permit all legitimate elective frsedor '" ~
not at the same time transcend the Wrn IT,
of essential truth and order in III. AID .snta
OF Chrlst's house. But the great mischief
to be counteryailed lies In the nclanchoIy
Gxcesses Of human pride and passlon-ln tho
spirit Of c1elus!pcism-from which spring
forth the seeds of jealousy and suspicion
and alienation.
This was the process thus early going OIL
in one and the sef-same church, aud among