The New York herald., 1870-05-22

That a. soon a. practicable after their action on ,hs
to give their several committees an opportunity TO meet and
g. That these reports OF Committees when presented
the General Assembly and accepted By them Ss referred
orG OF act to be Submitted to the Assembly for their de-
Ths subject is that Of representation in the
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this important and dncult subject are OF the opinion that
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cure equal rights to all OF the Church. But far as we
's S'so desire ITO
this subject this General Assembly Therefore change
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srsa. Ths, TSS,es g. may be secured TO great degree
vide for COMMISSIONER mnister or an elder from
enen prssbyey having twenty less and in like
a.. ihat wherever the number members any presby
sery Allows double delegation be OF ministers and elders
mhs In sns oSs e IA e. possible
Titled 70 single commissioner equal number shall
su Of the synods - meetings 10 arrange the order
wn,cn me- sue presoyteres shall send ministers elders
nat the TWO classes may be nearly equal possible
For the relief Of tho General Assembly in the despatch OF
business and 70 discourage pernacous litigation in Church
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aton 70 questions OF constitutional law the trial of
For the purpose Of securing the necessary constitutional
s ~. objects he % @
l. In the Form Of oovernment chapter ten, section two,
after the word mnisters TO insert n number not less
q In the Form of Government, chapter xii section g.
shall be altered read follows, x-"The General
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elder each alternately and each presbyery consisting
elder and in heke proportion minister elder
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General Assembly"
add to the rs sentence. at its Close the following
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In the Form Of Government chapter x at the end of
trial Of minister for heresy and ali questions relating exc
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other cases or questions the decision OF the Synod shall be-
as follows Kind Of decision % which is formed
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men and be carried before in or the other OF the
Moreover Is recommended that the Assembly instruct
all rs at their rs appointed meeting to vote d.
forthwith aitessd copy their action the clerk
Of the Assembly who shall keep accurate account Of the
Furthermore y recommended that when this Assembly
in this place on the third tuesday Of a.
eleven O'Clock NJ for the purpose OF receiving from the
the constitution, and declaring the result and for the tran
sacten Of no business whatsoever except what necessarily
Finally your committee will close their report sag,
AS much Tine and the Attention OF The Assem
coming up quarters, impeding trans
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ny Of ss III from a
before the house. of It's own notion upon twohirds vote
cent Importance to engage the attention Of the General
All which Is respectfully submitted.
BY order Of the cO%%lsss; ITdSa;, w xrscv.vp c..,
EDWIN r. HATFIELD, Secretary.
The report was placed upon the docket anthmade
the special order for Monday morning.
Southern Presbyterian General Assembly.
LOUISVILLE, May q, 1870.
The General Assembly OF the Southern Presbyte-
rian Church was engaged all yesterday in receiving
reports, statistics and various documents relating
to the Church management which were eppropri-
ately referred.
Rev. DR.. WILSON read report on the subject OF
fund for the benefit Of the widows and orphans OF
deceased ministers, which was received and referred
to special committee consisting OF one member OF
each synod. The plan proposed is, with some modlf
cations the same as that which was laid before the
The annual report on publications shows that the
number Of volumes printed during the year were
44,50O, OF which number 120 035 still unbound or
Church ordered 700; OF various Sizes l6s 7OO
catalogues, 5000; annual reports 1900; systematic
benevolent envelopes, 100. 24O; whole number Of
pages or printed matter, Il, 9OO. 100
Reformed Presbyterian Synod.
CINCINNATI, May q. 1870.
The General Synod OF the Reformed Presbyterian
Church adjourned at noon until Monday. But little
business OF importance was transacted The trus
tees Of the Theological Seminary, at New Brunswick
submitted report, which was Mighty commended
by the Synod.
The Committee on the Signs of the Times reported
long list OF indications that call Tor the mourning
of the people-among them, touching the question
of the Council at Rome; the Blbe the Sabbath doc
trne Of the Church; the marriage relation the We
nality, corruption and extravaganza In the govern
ment and among the people. The committee recon-
mend That the first Thursday In January be observed
as q day OF fasting. On the other hand the COM
mittee recognize the tendency or things to break up
the crust OF mere human authority by Christians ana
men generally to o better understanding and q
better union In Christ. The report was accepted
The subject OF union with the United Presbyterian
Church Is The special order for Monday afternoon.
Southern Methodist Commemorative New
Bishops Chosen.
MEMPHIS, May 81, 1870.
In the General Conference of the Southern Metno-
dist Episcopal Church to-day (the sixteenth day.
Bishop Marvin presiding resolutions introduced by
DR.. Hamilton, OF Mobile proposing to elect two
additional Bishops caused an extended debate
Doctors Monroe, OF Missouri; Lee, OF Virginia;
Marshall, OF Mississippi and Binkley, Of Texas
favored the resolution, the latter intmatIng that
unless this was done Texas and the West would
secede.
Doctors Evans, of Georgia; Winfield, of Arkansas,
and Andrews, OF Alabama. opposed the resolutions
and the latter said this was but move In the
direction Of diocesan territorial Bishops.
Bishop PAINE, on behalf Of the bishops, explained
the views OF the bishops on the subject setting
that they had done their work; but in view OF the
fact that five new conferences had been added they
would agree to an additional bishop. but would ac-
quiesce in the action OF the Conference If two were
asked for.
Under the operation Of the previous question the
resolution was adopted by vote OF l10 To 1O2.
On motion Of Dr. ANDERSON the order of business
was suspended and the Convention proceeded to vote
for bishop. The following Is the result OF the first
balo'-J. Z. Keene, OF Louisiana, IS; J. A. Duncan,
of Virginia, 30; J. b. McFarrn, Of Tennessee, II;
scattering, so. No choice.
On the third ballot Dr. J. G. Turner was elected.
Shall Archbishop Hughes be Forgottene
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
noticed IN o circular lately Issued by Rev. Joseph
Shen, President Of St. Johns College, Fordham,
N. Y, call to the living graduates OF that instftn
tion to be present on the 23d of June OF this year.
to help 10 celebrate In becoming manner the Silver
Jubilee or twentyfth anniversary OF its existence