The New York herald., 1869-05-28

present. leaving 10 the Board Of Publication Of the united
united Church, TO exclude nvdous references 70 past
uniform system q ecclesiastical :aps,
ssms sSss 'Hs' "a Direction are 50
be to nS match and care o one or more o. inc
tIoanss as Ear as may be- into Their .he PRIV
be entitled g Official recognition and approbOton on
the PAT Sf ns Sa ss ov Of =.
people n The Church 70
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tina. has grown @ Of sSnGicss 4 "a
conform their pr1SsS in relation TO ~ s"sh far
custom of the Church prior to the that resulted
nEooMMESpArroN OF DAY OF rEAynr.
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counsel and might the spirit q knowledge and Of the fear OF
peace"
among the members and the provisions OF the plan
privately discussed. though but few expressed any
decided views either way. On motion the report
Rev. Or. MusGRAvE proceeded to explain the char:
aer 81 e toee IN @ e ne S ID
Is the only paper to be sent down TO them. 10 Is
their common standard, their catechisnl. we shall
have but one question before us:-Arc you prepared
for reunion upon this simple basis-om confession
OF faith which both these branches are to adoptf
As much lie desired union he would
not nave given his consent TO unite on any
other basis. Other overtures were ambiguous
opened the door to such construction as no sound
casulst win ever endorse. Give us the pure standard
on which our fathers cOud stand and on which our
the representatives OF this body the committee have
been faithful to their trust and said frankly to their
the standard the basis, nothing more nothing less.
they mean what they say The system Of doctrine
taught IN tnose standards, they wanted 10 DO UNDER
to be impregnated upon that system, And
Taught 'S" Sy the the asl y IF S ss Mss 1setes
that In the preamble each recognizes the other Orho
sion. Hence the united Church will never tolerate
heresy. He had not changed his theological conyic-
tions and IN the future as IN the past viii maintain
and defend the purity of their doctrine. They had
understood each other also, on the question OF ber-
| ty: The impression has been made that the Old
School would tolerate no difference OF opinion, but
insist the ipstssi,aa ueroa doctrine. He said
there always have been shades Of opinion in the Old
be such. May the day never come when one
man shall think for all; there must be allowed q
In the united church as was in the Old School. Un
derstandlng each other-we are both orthodox
such liberty to thought as is compatible with the
maintenance OF the system. Thus we have har-
aed qed HI e y p r. no tins rssu
reached, and ne would be glad if the other Gaiyaii-
jstie and PRESBYTERIAN bodies would unite with them
On this broad solid. 9crinturu basis,
| If it had been exped,ent to do so, 1t was the
opinion OF many that these TWO General AssSablfts
had the f9ps4!pt!gns M " right to effect the union at
founded ana such also the opinion OF nearly all
Judicial to defer to the views and the feelings TO those
brethren Tin IN the the presbyeres S Who 40 had voted
| a contest at the start; there can hardly be
doubt that they all win come in heartily:
thus they came TO- these compromises But while
willing to delay this matter there were other great
rore be- postponed 70 the next Assembly but is was
| proposed to adjourn the present Assemblies TO No
yemoer the presbyterles lnay vote by October, and
was at first recommended that tlreetourths OF the
presbyteries should be necessary to determine the
result. After mature consideration was resolved
| 10 require only two-thirds majority. for
| iva. It Was believed d. WI wrong & that SO, 50 @ small
| troll the Church Of God In such grand movement.
Again, some OF the presbyteries do not send any
responses and they must be counted as dissenting.
| This was also taken into consideration. Some
thiriy-fve presbyteres have not responded to the
last overtures. This may have been owing to the
miscarriage OF the mails or assitude Of action, but
was considered tnat the failure OF so many pres
bytcrie5 TO answer should not thwart the union
The articles IN the second paper arc not q COM
pact or covenant, not terms of the union,
but only an arrangement, and may be amend
ed by a future Assembly Of the united church.
lie was frank 70 say however, that nc would rather
that that these articles should be hastily cianredso he
assured their brethren, and they did say to them,
that though not adopting them as q legal compact,
them in future without obviously good and SUFFICIENT
reasons; and he for win maintain them as long
sclnbly will understand and declare it so The other
SIDE take them as .%6 men Of honor Ssr and good
inents He believed the basis proposed per.
lectly sale for the Church OF God; He oe.
safe The Others he believed orthodox IN the best
| sense OF the word There are men whose theology
neither The Assembly nor he would endorse: but II
| they waited till every man aud minister and elder
| was perfectly orthodox they would never have even
| General Assembly OF the Ola School Presby terian
| Church. They will try the men on the good old
| Westminster Confession. The New school are
| it due to his conscience to say SO much; not IN
the light mis- previous history but IN the fear of
| that point IN he endeavored to inform himself as
to the other branch, anu he Is satisfied thcy are sub
| divided them they have passed, and no longer
| troubled hem circumstances lave changed. lie
would not deny that In the years ISIS andls3s there
| were movements tending to corrupt the Church. and
he regretted what ne sad then, and under the
| same circumstances would say SO again; and he
would battle against the herey Of fcongregaionaZng
| nn the Presbyterian Church. some Congregational
| lists are PresDytcrians and Cavinists, aud lie hon
ored them: ail he wants OF man is that he should
| bc u Cavinist, Presbyterian and good Christian.
Whitfield said that there are 10 Methodis;s, Presby
| lerians other sectarlans IN Heaven; he, the
speaker, had never been III Heaven, and did not
| know what form oil worship there was IN Heaven.
prss6s Pre- teriaa. daughter aud applause, lie
was satisfied that the two branches can
ssey @ ene srv ooS because ey ne are p,
| yet be given why the union should not take place.
II couple came up TO be married and somebody
would object without reason, his objection
| amounted To nothl1g ana the Moderator would
proceed with the ceremony. so he in this assembly
VINO would object must have good reason. Indeed,
lie did not see how any one could object, for that
would be objecting to his own creed and TO his own
confes on Of iaith The reverend doctor closed his
mastery ana unquestionably powerful speech with
most eloquent peroratlon IN favor OF uuion deduc.
ing is appeals from the necessity OF Chri,iiani1ng
| ana evangeizlng the world, caused by the moral
and religious destitution INTO which people arc drift
| ing,
On the conclusion OF the reverend Doctors speech
the Moderator thought II proper, now that they had
arrS cd ut the threshold OF this important dis
cussion to sgppllcate the Giver Of ali Hope and
Blessings Tor ils divine aId aud assistance Ia what
| ever pcrils are Incident 10 their present condition,
| prayer which was devouily done.
! piumlay moved TINT tne reporf mani.