Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-11-18
RE-UNIoN.
THE GREAT PRESBYTERIAN DEMONSTRATION la

THE GREAT PRESBYTERIAN DEMONSTRATION LAST
WEEK.
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 18th, 1869.
The eyes of all Presbyterlans in this country
and throughout the world have been turned this
week to the Iron City with extraordinaryinter
On Monday the 10th current the two General
Assemblies of the Old and New School Churches
were TO meet pursuant to adjournment TO hear the
Reports of the Presbyteres on the great question
of Reunion and, in case, the overture sent down
by the Assemblies to their respective Presbyteries
last May was answered 10 the affirmative by the
constitutional majority of two-thirds in both the
churches, to declare and proceed TO the consum-
nation of the Union.
The Assemblies having been called to order by
their respective Moderators proceeded OF once to
the important business for which they had met.
In the New School Assembly the Stated Clerk re-
ported that he had received answers to the over
ture from all the Presbyteries of the body in the
affirmative, and that only three solitary votes in
three out of one hundred and thirteen Presbytc-
res had been cast in the negative. The Stated
Clerk of the Old School Assembly reported that
OF all the Presbyteries throughout the church,
only three had voted In the negative. Thus in
both the churches wonderful ununimity had been
manifested to the admiration of all, and the gem
eral impression prevailed that the finger OF God
was evident in bringing these two great religious
bodies long estranged from each other, into one
united school.
The official reports, and the declarations OF
union were made in both Assemblies ut the same
time on Friday morning at 10 O'Clock, when the
two Assemblies were Immediately dissolved; and
the next General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church was summoned to meet in the First Pres
byteriau Church, in the city of Philadelphia on
the third Thursday of May. A. NJ. 1870.
According to the P,ogrdmne OF the joint com
mittee on Reunion, the Moderator, Clerks, and
Commissioners Of the New School Assembly, I'M
mediately after its formal dissolution, formed in
| procession aud marched down by twos, arm in
| arm to the First Presbyterian Church where the
| Old School Assembly was marshalled in the same
order on the opposite side OF the street. The ex.
element now seemed to be at its hight. Crowds
oil delighted citizens pressed on the ranks of the
two Assemblies, and when the Moderators APP
| preached and shook hands with each other; and
| when the Commissioners of the two Assemblies
came together 10 the middle of the street. as the
| waters of the Allegheny and Monongahcla How
| together to form the Ohio near where we were
| then standing, shout of delight arose from all
around. Business for the moment seemed sus
PENDED and the windows of all the buildings
that could command q view OF the Assemblies
were occupied by the fair ladies of Pittsburgh,
who by their frequent smiles and the waving oi
kerchiefs seemed TO give visible expression to
| their sentiments and feelings on this grand
occasion. The two Assemblies, marshalled by
| Gen. Moorlead and Mr. VIM Heron, headed by
| their Moderators, marched in procession up Fifth
Avenue to Smithfield, up Smlthfeld to 9Th Ave
nue., and thence to the Third Presbyterian Church
where the nuptials OF the two churches were con,
| summated, and heart stirring addresses were de
| livered by prominent clergymen and laymen o.
| the United Church.
| Important meetings were held every evening
during the sessions of the Assemblies for devo
| tional exercises and for the consideration of Do
nestle and Foreign Missions and the Sacramen
| of the Lords Supper was administered in tht
First Presbyterian Church on Friday ut o. CLOCK
2. NJ.