The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-05-19


D., of New York city, of the New School,"
Until an election for Permanent Clerks can be
had the duties of these offices will be performed
held I'll the @ same position in the last "oid School,
Assembly, and has for some years been Super
iBtendent of the Church Extension operations
and Secretary of the Board of Publication, and
by the Rev. j. Glentworth Butler, d. D., of this
city, the Permanent Clerk of the last ''New
School" Assembly. Interesting sketches of all
these distinguished divines will be found on an
It will be interesting to note that from 1888 to
the division of the Church, in 1888, there we're
only eight Stated and four Permanent Clerks,
and since 1888 the OLD School has had four of
School two of the drst and three of the second.
Doubtless from the list given above of tempo
rary clerks the regular clerks of the Reunited
Assembly will be selected.
The proceedings opened at II o'clock promptly,
with voluntary on the organ, followed by the
anthem 80, be joyful in the Lord, by the quar-
tette choir of the church
The Opening Prayer.
At the conclusion of the anthem, prayer of
invocation was offered by Rev. M w. Jacebus,
d. D., of the Theological Seminary at Allie
gheny City, Pa, and Moderator of the last "Old
School" Assembly, as follows
"Great God, Most High, Almighty, Father, Son,
and Holy Ghost, glory be to Thee this day. Are we
not Thy people and the sheep of Thy pasture2 Thy
mercy Is everlasting and Thy mercy endureth to all
generations. Whois there like unto Thee7 Thou
ruest the raging Of the when the waves thereof
Of the waves and the tumults of the people. Thou
art great God and great King. Thou reignest
praise Thee. Thou art our Father and will glorify
His mercy endureth forever" We thank Thee this
day for all the good things we enjoyfor the Scrip
the hope of glory. Especially would we thank Thee
on this bright blessed day for the reunion OF the
celebrated. We thank Thee for all we this dsy en-.
oy for having come together from different parts OF
this court Of our blessed Lord Jesus Christ is there
not one body and one spirit even as we are one
m ali M not s e roTd m b HEAD OF the
and give spirit Of love and right spirit of fear,
and OF a sound mind that we may have power to
work righteously In Thy sight? May we be baptised
with the Holy Ghost and with fire. We beseech
Thee to bless this day. and in all the sittngs OF
Of our Lord Jesus Christ; and we would give praise
to God Most High. the Father, Son, aud Holy Ghost
-one God, blessed and glorious forever. Amen"
The Opening Hymn.
The following hymn, written especially for
the occasion by Francis de Haes Janvier, ESQ.,
of this city, was then announced, the whole
congregation Joining in singing 1t to the tune of
Almighty God-while, day by day,
We falter fail, and pass away;
Thy changeless glory we adore:-
1mmutable forevermore.
Though prone to err, and disagree,
And slight thy law Of harmony;
All controversy we resign,
IL
Thine, and thine only, would we be-
One with each other, one with thee:
In God the Father, God the Son,
And God the Spirit, ever one.
One, in the mission we fulnl
One, in devotion to Thy Will
One. here, in fellowship and love;
One, with thy ransomed church above
Other Devotional Exercises.
Rev. DR.. Fowler, the Moderator of the last
New School" Assembly, then read part of the
fourth chapter of the Epistle to the Ephesians,
beginning-"l, therefore, prisoner of the
Lord"
The reading of the Scriptures was followed
by the general prayer, also offered by DIR. Ja-
cobus, of which the following is an ABSTRACT
"oh, Thou Shepherd and Friend, shine forth among
us this day Stir up Thy strength and come ned down
Lord. We thank Thee this day that Thou
srnges us together in this holy under
4&y and GsSs %hsa Sast
Ousr Su lives ons aaa We gone thank Thee s'0S for the
history OF Thy Church. We thank Thee for the
for one blessed precious Church OF the Lord Jesus
Christ, which He has purchased with His blood for
all churches and peoples and denominations. We
pray Thee to grant blessing upon US this day."
The prayer made mention of the sickness of
| DR.. Fisher, of Utica, N. Y, who is a member of
the Reconstruction Committee, but who is de-
| tanned from the Assembly by severe and sud-
| den stroke of paralysis. After the expression
| of hearty desire that health might be restored
| to the stricken member, the prayer was con-
| cluded by the recital of the Lords Prayer:
The 18th PSALM 81 love Thy kingdom, Lord, ="
wNs then announced and sung.
The Daily Programme.
Rev. Herrlck johnson, d. D., then announced
that during the session of the Assembly the
meetings will be held follows unless it is
| otherwise ordered ,
| The first session will be held at 9 A. NJ. when
| one hour will be spent in devotional exercises
| This session will adj arm at p. M. The second
session will meet at P. NJ. and adjourn at 81
PM
The Opening Sermon, B. By Rev. p. III. Fowler
| The opening sermon was then delivered by
the Rev. Philemon III. Fowler, of Utica, N. Y,
the Moderator of the last "New School" Assem-
bly,. DIR. Fowler chose for his subject, Zone
Spirit and one Body the Ideal of the Christian
Church, and for his text the following passage
from Ephesians, iv, A.
There is one body and one spirit, even as ye
are called in one hope of your calling"
DIR. Fowler states that the preparation of this
discourse was somewhat advanced before ii was
noticed that the Rev. F. Allison, ID. D., had
chosen the same text when preaching in this
city May "a 1858, before ''The Reverend SYNOD
of Philadelphia and the Reverend Commission
of the Synod of New York, )" on the occasion of
the former reunion of our Church. Instead of
changing the text, however, was the impulse
at first ii has been retained as sanctioned by
such an authority for 1t, rather than interdicted
by such a use of it.
Dr. Fowler spoke as follows
All agreed in their estimate harmony
IL commands universal appreciation and admiration.
But do We not distinguish too nuch between Chris
tan harmony and Christian unfonf Friendship is
primary and essential, but is not Fellowship needed
Circumstances set up limitations here. Chris
tans have dlVersities OF views and tastes ana while
harmonious In several communities, they might be
diss0nant IN one. Concord takes precedence OF
union. and union may therefore be surrendered