, 1869-06-01

sons who WIS loudly called for, 10 five
minutes each. Dr.. Patterson made 10 extended
remarks, however, but briefly ran oyet the history
Of bis uwn connection With, and attitude towards,
the movement Of reunion he said that sn11cient
ansWer to all calls to hear from him WIS given In
the fnct that his name WIS signed to the basis Il
he had had the entire framing Of 1t himself, hs
would hAFe altered 1t tn eome respects, but he en-
dorsed it as 1t stood. Short addresses followed
from Elder Foote, Prof Huntington. Of Al burn,
Rev. g. l. Howard. D1s- johnson, Darling and
cowles- Al this stage Of the proceedings, 1t be-
Ing now within quarter Of an hour Of the trne
Of adjournment Mr. Dodge obtained the door, and
offered motion, which prevailed, to the eject
that at hA1f.past DEBATE shpuld cease and the
vote be taken. One very noticeable feature IN the
remarks of some Of the speakers WRs the strong
assertion Of the orthodoxy OF those who held, OF
should hold, the views Of Albert Barnes. Il
seemed a. tuss 1t sais grand consurnmstton It
was lifting that the venerable and beloved schons,
whose uial for hefesy mas among the earliest Of
the agitattorsHhtch ended IN division. should be
thus ytnd!cated and sussatned by tho Church to
which he has given hts life
The hand points to haf-past ., 4nd the 1all of
the Moderatora hammer 1s succeeded BY stili-
neas IS Of death. Dr. Fowler rises and says,
"FatneEB and brethren. af the moment Of taxing
this most Important vote suggest that the as
sembly occupy single Minute In alent p1ayer.''
Every head Ia bowed. The silence Ia painful, aud
Is broken BY the Mode1atozs yotca. "Fathers
and brethren, you Who will adopt this report will
rise to your itct." There Is sound as OF rush.
ting wind, carrying the thought iastnctiyeiy back
10 that hour when the early Church were all with
one accord IN one place, aud every member of the
| New School General Assembly, old and young,
| minister and elder, Is upon bis feet s'You who
| atc opposed will riae-" Not & standing ngure is
seen upon the floor. "Taz tote is unonin,ouA, '
| declares the Moderator, aud the pent up feeling
breaks out in a thunder OF applause, and In q
! hymn Of praise.
| The discussion Of the report In the other Assem-
bly, centred mainly IN the long and very able
| speech Of DT. M1sgrayc IN the morning. Eon&
objections we're raised by punctillous youni
, gentleman who wanted an " and :" Inserted some
where, and wps greatly disturbed abou
come legal questions. Mr. Day re
Piled to him that the matte
"a set forth In the committees documents was 81
plain that the waJfasing man, though nalearaal
need not esr- The gentleman tacatiousiy object
ed to Nj. Days alteration OF Scriptures, where
upon the latter replied: "On, very we'll, I'll 81
fool II you desre.'' One OF two members attemp1
I'd to mise objections to tho Tiews Of certain ind
siduals Of the New School: but the assembly we1
evidently not IN temper to listen to them, an
| they we're at Inst ruled ont Of order on pot1
| raised oy Dr. MusEzare, that the discussion col
cer1cd the churches as bodies, and not indvldl
al teachers In either. The vote in the Old Scho1
Assembly was taken BY calling the ron, and vi
passed, with the utning minority Of seven. {
ends the greatest day IN the history Of the Preso
tc.ian Church for thirty years; and SO ends 4
I letter. irsE.