The New York herald., 1869-05-25


higher ana noiier Sand % for % God and md his cause 1Ap
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but to furth' n Gods glory-that is. to heal un.
seemiy divsi Ans TO promote cooperation Of heart
and hand ior the Master, TO present one unbroken
front TO theI enemy to extend truth and righteous
ness throughout our country and the world so that
the peafie OF our Lord be fulfilled In the world, aud
the pc. pe will believe In His mission hen they be-
hold our united work for God. tAppause.) We
wantea unity, not Of dead forms or mere show, but
Of living organism, instinct with life and full Of
activity u all its members for the cause Of
Christ. Appaase.l May we not have such
mon and excellent doctrines and carrying out our
Presbyterian order IN all Its admirable sufciency
system OF doctrines contained In our confession and
believe them as thoroughly expressing In the fullest
manner what God reveals In his word; From these
doctrines we do not allow any departure II
any 0flce-bearer deviate from them we
know there is q power in our ecclesiastical
our churches necessary discipline should fall into
dsuse on matters of faith and practice. In making
these remarks believe express the common views
anty 70 be dsstre9yedf Is q man 70 be be
There always has been and there always must be
reasonable liberty allowed In the various metnods
OF understanding and expressing not merely tner
doctrines OF confession but all the doctrines OF Gods
word. What are the precise points OF this liberty
only be thus generally stated and not definitely
settled In advance. Its peculiar definition Is
not the tpSe dtIit OF any one man or set OF
men, or in any philosophy, but lies IN the
Church, to be expressed by her constituted
authority. We hope that all will coaesce aud har-
to God. Yet perfect union is not to be expected.
Diversities belong to mankind. They are unavold-
able. They belong to the operations OF the spirit.
No two individuals be precisely alike either as
men or Christians. The speaker then went on to say
that even though differences should exist between
them they might continue to exist and still not pre-
vent them from coming together in one body and
concluded, as he had begun, with the Christian salu
taon of his brethren OF the other Church to them In
all sincerity and earnestness and to say grace be
with them, mercy and peace from God the Father,
and Jesus Christ the son OF the Father, one truth
and one love. (Applause.)
The MODERATOR next severay introduced the fol-
lowing other members OF the committee. who spoke
length on the subject of reunion and strictly advo
Gated it:-Rev. DR.. Musgrave (who INDUCED the AS
sembiy with semi-jocose speech, which put them
church, Rev. DR.. Strong, representing the General
Assembly OF Massachusetts,, and Mr. Mcknight, OF
Pittsburg, Pa.
few appropriate remarks, IN which he spoke OF the
desire OF the New School TO become united with the
Old.
Rev. DR.. vERMILYEA Professor Of Theology in the
Hartford Seminary and delegate to the Assembly,
next spoke on the same subject
II being now half past twelve O'Clock recess was
taken until halfpast two.
Afternoon Session.
At the last hour named the Assembly reeonvened,
and after prayer
Rev. Dr. HEAcoCx, Of Bunalo, chairman of the
Standing Committee on Foreign Missions. read the
report OF that committee. The principal feature Of
the report was an aluson to the evangelization Of
the Chinese. The report was received and appro-
Rev DIR. WOOD, secretary Of the Board of FOREIGN
Missions, next addressed the Assembly on the work
accomplished that field Of labor After recounting
what had already been done In foreign countries,
sion among the Mohammedan tribes lying east Of
Liberia, to be composed entirely OF colored men.
mons o peoa aea sTes
finer field for the missionary than any other part OF
the unevangelized world. Among the HISTORIANS OF
Persia he found good MATERIAL which might be
used hereafter for the evangeization Of the Moham-
medans OF Persia. But OF all the wide domains for
possessing far more Importance than any OF the
rest. He advocated the sending out at once OF q
tine o Gnn they
asked, would not God bless that work. In cases Of
sending out unmarried ladies as missionaries there
happy to say that God was now putting 1t into the
hearts of their sisters to otter themselves for this
Rev. Mr.. RIGGS. of the Dacotah Mission, followed
In lengthy ADDRESS on the subject OF Foreign Mis-
Now u he had Sr
ter living upon the great wall OF Northern China.
Less than onehah the churches connected with that
Assembly only contributed 70 the missionary work
last year. As o matter Of necessity they should
take up that great work and convert the world. Let
they had not yet exhibited and. with the aid Of God
convert the world.
Rev. Mr. FORD wished to know whether nothing
could be done to arrest the outrages now going on
on our shores against the Chinese: ne wanted 70
serrbe evil which made his blood boii. - fsS' 'us
Rev. Mr.. Poor, OF Newark, said he understood
there letter on the subject, which he desired
read.
A CoMMIssIosRR-Tha letter cannot be read 1t
is confidential.
Rev. Mr.. FORD-Then let US have committee ap.
pointed.
Rev Mr. POOR hoped the committee would be ap-
pointed, ana the national government as well as the
State government OF California should De memo
rialized on the subject.
BY request Of the Moderator Rev. DR.. HEAcocx
ject to the erect that at Is with unspeakabie pain
and humiliation that we read OF the outrages COM
on the s G1sse a es on boarv our western s
people and In violation OF the spirit OF our religious
and civil institutions. we call upon our
the authors Of these outrases, and to repress with
the strong arm of the law these demonstrations of
Indeed among US, but subjects c} a oommon race
and subjects OF common and divine redemption.
Elder HUBER, Of California, said they might as
well ask the government here take action against
the general body OF Germans or Irish In New York
for the acts OF as to adopt the course suggested
towards the Chinese. The Chinese would have TO
be taught and learn TO know the ways OF the coun-
try before much could be done for them.
fully justified In leaving the report as II was, without
Rev Mr. BOYER. Of California, objected to the re-
ception OF the report and resolution, the ground
that the people of California would be placed In a
false light. The Cinnamon were their friends there
nese were prosecuted by Irish Catholics. But did
the Assembly imagine that the Cafornians would
allow few Irshmen to do as they pleased there
They would hear before many weeks OF men being
strung between heaven and earth for their persecu
ton OF those Cinnamon. The Caifornans would
take care of 1t and that report and resolution were
not necessary.
Elder HAND. of roga, desired to know where
the information came from that authorized the franz
ing OF that report and resolution. The language in
both was very strong, and they should be sure the
case was not overstated before such a resolution
was passed. They should hang their heads In shame
at the outrages they had permitted this side OF
the mountains before they passed these resou-
tons. He objected TO the resolution without full
and clear knowledge OF the fact.
Mr.. BOYER, Of California, moved that the report
and resolution be rec0mmitted.
Rev. Mr.. HANCOCK said that this violence 20 the
Chinese did not all emanate from the Irish only. It
was not right for him to mention the sources from
which the information came. but he could say it |
came from most distinguished and Official sources.
Indne EnnTE OF Ohio. adyncated the recnmmif- |