The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-11-25
GERMAN REFORMED SYNOD.
Proceedings of tile General synod of the Ger
mnn Reformed ChnrCh.


The opening services Of this Convention took place
last evening in Christ Reformed Church, Green
street, below Sixteenth. There were a large num-
bcr Of delegates present from all parts OF the coun
try sermon was preached by the Rev. Daniel
Zacharas d. D., from the text, 'Ihey shall speak
of the glory of Thy kingdom, and talk OF Thy
power"
The first business session commenced at o'clock
this morning in the same place.
Rev. DR.. ZaCharias conducted the religious eNer-
CiscS.
Much of the morning session was occupied in or
Credentials were received from all the delegates.
The roll was called by the stated clerk Of the last
synod, Rev. MIR. Reiter, OF Williamsburg.
There were some two hundred representatives pre-
sent from the following classcs:-
East Pennsylvania Lebanon, lions, Maryland
North Carolina, Virginia, Philadelphia, Mercer5burg,
Goshcnhopper, New York, Lancaster, East Susquc-
hanna, West Susquehanna Clarion, st. Pauls, and
From the SYNOD Of ohio and adjacent States;
Johns love- Eastern Ohio and Lancaster.
From Northwestern SynOd.-St JOseph's Chassis,
SheboyGan, Indiana, heidelberg, Milwaukee, Min
nesOta, Erie, Illinois, aud TuscaraWis
discussion took place as To the right OF two
rival delegations from the Iowa Chassis 10 seats in
the convention. The credentials OF each party were
directly opposite, and each claim the constitutional
right The subject was deferred by the President
until the Synod was fully organized.
An election was then entered into for presidcnt.
The choice was Rev. DR.; Gelhart president Of the
Theological Seminary at Mcrcersburg, Pa
DR.. GeThart on taking the chair, spoke OF the re-
Inc dinculucs with which he would have to contend
satisfaction TO all parties.
The election Of the other officers was deferred
until the afternoon session.
ARoIIrIoN or THE DEATH PENALTY-A movement
TO abolish the gaOws IN this State has been iuaugu
rated 10y the Hon. N. IL. B0Yec, OF Wisconsin, who
last evening delivered the last lecture OF the course
| which had been announced 30 take place at Iar-
| mOuial Hail, IN this city.
In his first lecture, delivered on Monday e'eninY,
MIR. BOyee presented the general aspect Of the ques-
| tiOn ana by statistics aud oNclal documents cN-
hibted the gratifying results which had followed the
! abolition in Michigan, Rhode lqland, ana Wisconsin,
! The former state abolished the galows in 1916, and
| for twcnty-three years had demonstrated the fact
that society was just as safe under the substituted
| law OF Imprisonment as II would have boel under
| the menace of death. Rhode Island followed Micht-
gan I'm 1852, ANA Wisconsin ahrogated the galows In
1853, and no Of these mad ever returned to the
Old law. The crime 0l murder has decreased in cOl-
sequence OF the abolition of the gall ws.
| MI Bovees second lecture was devoted TO the
moral effect Of capital punishment upon society, aud
to careful discussion Of the Scriptura argument
The third ana last lecture OF the course was de-
strike the phrase State Prison from the hook
and insert in lieu thereof "HOuse Of Reformation
All time sentences to be stricken from our penal
code, and the prisoner to earn his restoration TO
society 10y reformation; the pardOning power to be
taken from the hands Of the Governor, ana vested III
a Board Of PardonH.
and the speaker was urged to repeat them at some
futnre time In our city.
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE NJ. Il. CHURCH.
meeting OF the Historical Society of the NJ. E
Church will be held tonight In the Ebenezer NJ. B
Church, Christian street, above Third, at half-pas
O'clock The President of the Society, Rev WI
liam Cooper, ID. d., will occupy the chair, and ad.
dresses will be delivered by Bishop Simpson, Rev. r.
II. Tasker Sr., and the venerable Father Boehm. Al
old relic In the shape OF silver watch once the pro
perty Of Bishop AsDury, will be exhibited, as well ~
a number OF other valuable and historical articles
now the property OF the Society.
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next, at the Exchange, q very elegant residence
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modern eonyeniences Immediate possession.