The New York herald., 1869-06-01
TUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
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The Old and New School
Assemblies.
Final Adjournment of the
New School.
A VIOLENT PHILIP?lC AGAINST ENGLAND.
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Easy Divorces and Infaaticide
Condemned.
A VIOLENT PHILlP7IC AGAINST ENGLAND.
THE FINANCES OF THE CHURCH.
TIE OLD SCHOOL ASSEMBLY.

TIE OLD SCHOOL ASSEMBLY.
Tenth Day.
The Assembly met at nine A. M. After the usual
devotional exercises the business opened by the
reading OF the minutes, which were approved. The
nominations to MI vacancies on the different Boards
ofthe Church were closed. Mr. Cartier offered the
following, which was passed.
Resolved the churches under be requested to
take collection the Sabbath OF October defray
the expenses OF the delegates to the meeting at Pours
Rssoysd The Assembly recommends to all the ministers
10 connection that they deposit copies OF their occa'
.Sn. nsTng %
ssnae and also in the library of the Presbyterian His
A protest TO the plan Of union was presented and
read. 1t was suggested that it be referred to q
special committee, but on DR.. Musgrave insisting
that 1t required no answer, no action the protest
was received and tabled. 1t reads:-
protest be entered upon the minutes of this Assembly
branches Of Church. but against plan Of reunion
proved and adopted BY this Assembly, and for the following
EThis plan requires to ignore dOctrlnal and other
our General AsssmS:, s have . and
of Church existing continuing exist subsequent
~ to the proposed reunion:
In the ls and that said General Assembly shall be
F0t-It recognizes the Moderator of the present New
School General Assembly to be the only legally constituted
being the sole Of the Of the present
Ing open and providing that shall open said
General Assembly OF 1870 with the only form OF opening
Of the
Assembly hs ssd pn Of o whh 1i paa h
was constrained 70 accept or reject in its entirely without
4 because des. The formation Of organic union q
as would render it peaceful and permaneht~hst submit
mos, S ~ this protest t he qdgIsn e S5 H
Rev. DR.. SAMUEL IRENAEus PRIME, Secretary to
the American Branch OF the Evangelical Alliance
was then called upon and delivered an address, In
which he spoke OF the first organization Of the ALI
ance In London IN 1916, and its rapid eXtention
throughout the world. The object was simply to
oppose Romanism, Ritualism and Infdelity. These
were threatening to conquer this country, and the
speaker stated that by means Of legislation the
Catholics had secured 500, 900 annually for their
schools At the conclusion OF his remarks, Rev. Dr.
John Hail. OF New York, offered the following,
which was adopted:-
EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE.
that The Ey.nsssa A,nee Siths Ia. invited
meet n the city OF New York in the ensuing autumn and
resemble city Of New YORK. in The autumn Of
NE sna will Sn lis wn those q chriss pso.
sells andead % wise Tor the OF the
That principles of III. prO,etan, Reformation den.
ton and Christianity IN tie Garth are increasingly precious
in our eyes and we call upon our ministers and people to
United .9s smpOypsn. Of an suitable
undue influence In this country.
The Committee on Bills and Overtures made series
OF reports. which were put to a vote OF the house
and adopted. When the report In regard TO the 'in
furious decision OF the United states Circuit Court"
was up, some believed it improper to make any
such references but the report was finally carried.
0ne In regard to tue election OF elders called forth
some discussion As to what was actually decided in
the appeal case OF Hynes against tho Synod OF III
nois, and to give the house an opportunity TO settle
that question: the matter was placed upon the docket
The report IN regard TO praying In sitting pos
ture and also about responsive reading OF the
Bible" was docketed to be taken up hereafter for
discussion and vote. Tne following were the prin-
cipal reports worth MENTIONING
OVERTURE No. Ss-Your committee would simply say,
that while do not think advisable for th. General AS
sm6 70 me q. asked IN ins % san sS &
claims of the church Of Annapolis worthy of the sympa
e na re
70 the General Assembly the adoption
Of the following minute - "A. ,,
eS say
.ecesacSi oTg.nisaon sustaining 10 the Church repre-
ssned By Ibis body the same relations as other
and members be placed on the same footing
Presbyterian bodies no, in connection with us
thus Spen0g The wsy tor the r.eepon q mn.sr, and mem
sonditons As minsers and mcber from other PRESBYTERIAN
s a S
s ss n9T s. w ~ s soGa9 AS
IN ne provisions Of the Aon Of 1893 above refer
so tbhl vcWn OF memSrass expressed
me. By the Assembly !. fully as i prscIlcable.
Genera ..s As,%G sS.;s1s; :s ga. esPsI
ovsnT1ss no. By Boz. p pi:sip1. chapter T. sec.
for The Of nar1s into their state and rsass..ins
pertains 70 their spiritual welfare without being requested
'0vEnIuRE NO. w.-Ths committee recommend ths, II so
e9joned upon the sessions Of our churches on The removal
zatOn, members whether
or members BY baptsn only with testimonials OF their
once present some church q our eosneeo and The :c
pracesSe or AZ he earliest qppor sps
iunity Also ths, il case but single organ,atoh Of
having them sa {, that church session
tss1 be- then the
IT, M M No: s.ro provision Is made In the constitu
this case .sa
y 20 ahs he vi. Tesssss ss Sy Sbas se
4 The opinion Of this Assembly
Tha. no pre- ,eyte has the right 70 gran, qualified let,
Tb,a n nrsab1 any ca 81 i've r.rsra rsr
sitter OF dsnsson from the presbytery 10 which ho be-
That the action o. the presbyiery In the referred
have T. ss. ~. % H. pa%s S1sf r *. S P and
prs.Sy % yhcs H be ssS9s' % h: ef.s
sonasd a. oene. dc bounds d Prs:b,ey oi which
b n &. ss rs. II s' s. Of .sS. 3:
entire duty In the premises notnes the Prssbyery TO
the allegation 10 bssedJk
Rev. DIR. HoRsBLowER, OF Paterson, then OBJ
tanned the noor, and on behalf OF the Committee on
Theological Semnaries he made very vohminous
report upon the subject. The most interesting and
indeed, important part OF this report the pas.
sages referring 70 the troubles and dissensions be.
tween the directors Of the Northwestern Theological
Seminary at Chicago and Mr. Cyrus VI. Mccormick
who made gift OF 500 900 TO the seminary and got
well berated BY the radical directors for being a
democrat. This part VI the report IL given en-.
tlre:-
NORTnwrsTrRv SUMMARY.
Tho Board ef Directors OF The Theological Seminary OF the
Northwest present their tenth annual report Rev William
bcklurp, electsd 70 tie professorshp OF biblical and
ecccsiasoal history By the Last General Assembly accepted
uenpn and was duly inaugursed into The ohce.
sx stadenis have been in attendance on the course
srucon during the term. Fourteen sudens have
certificates OF graduation, Of Is soon 70 oin our
mission In japan. Eight hundred and seventy egh volumea
have been added 70 The libraries Of the seminary
complete sst q ths PTInss,9a Rptoy end R.,sc The
In collections In behalf Of the seminary during year
Besides hs regular report Of the ehse'or there has been