Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-05-26

tendance on thc General Assembly since its
Opening on the roth, lam prepared TO give
you some impressions Of The body ind Of the
work Of tho Church on which Il has so far Gu
tered very harmonlously and vigorously. |
shall speak Of the latter flrpt The work bc-l
fore the body demanding all its wisdom and
good feeling may be best spoken Of as that OF
rucousructioD by consolidation aud that Of
future representation. To CONSOLIDATE the
large number Of synods and presbytu tories re-
Gently exlsilng under the two bodies, Old
school and New School, involving INC rela-
tons Of more than 4,S0O churches and mimic
teru, and more than 400, 900 church members,
Is itself a work Of no small moment Il In
wolves the disruptlng Of some old and cher
ished tics, and The forming Of new ones; the
bringing Into active and harmonious working
all these churches and ministers with their
congregations, numbering in all certainly
four millions Of the population Of our land.
The rcadlustmcnt Of all those not lndoctri-
nal matters, for an those are already settled
by tho slncero and cordial acceptance Of the
old confession Of faith and standards by all,
but In those geographical relations which win
most conveniently promote the workings Of
tho Churches and their advancement, was too
great matter to DO taken up all at once
aud settled by 80 large body. The assembly
Of last year, therefore, wisely committed the
case to the care Of some Of its most discroct
and able mon TO report thereon to this meet
ing To-day their report has been discussed,
and, with but little amendment fully endorsed.
Thirty-four synods including one for India,
and one for China, Siam and Japan are CON
stituted. The boundaries Of thoec In our own
country are mostly liked by the state hnes OF
| where they would be too extensive, by natural
divisions within each State. In few cases,
as in that of the synod Of Baltimore the synod
takes In more than 2 state; Ihls synod In,
| ciudes Delaware Marylnnd, the District Of
Columbia and the contiguous portions OF
Virginia.
The new limits OF the smaller bOdica max
ing mp the synods, that Is TO say OF the Pres
bytcrians, arc TO he recommended by the com
mlssioucrs now @ The assembly, and TO be
iixcd before Its adjournment, The two pres.
byteTies recently called the Prcsbytcry q the
Potomac and the Prosbytery Of the District Of
Columbia are 10 be made one.
The second part Of the assemblys work may
not be found so easy as this which has been
| almost completed. The ratio Of representa-
jlou In the General Assembly must be changed.
Five hundred and ninety-eight members as
now upon the hOOr, are too many for the
wants Of the Church. The several plans Of
future representation hysynods; Of increasing
the number Of members necessary TO form q
| prcsbytcry; Of reducing tho number Of prca,
bytcrios and Of reducing the number of dole.
gates from each prcsbytcty 10 be sent TO the
| assembly, are al proposed ID Is probable
that all these ideas In some form VIII prevail
IN the plan which will be adopted, except the
hrst idea.
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no,ycy IN, Inc hSnd. N a fr,S nniv "' ana I
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iaoI 81 ,bc Law mcptcSs ~ VII v ~ ~ ~,
miniztnrs Thee men ana ,lc ,So,in ~,
sent them hero arc not ,,olnt, q, mi ~ cor
trol Of the church into Inc hands ~ n low
however excellent and puro thew NAV Know
Them IN he 81, synodIcaI rrnTes;,niatIo i'm Nh
NOT he adopted thIs wear, I'M We antIeIpats
| no difiitulty or N,nnt Of harmony ~
The shirt thus far shown Il most deIiybt.
There i a true desire TO no further. and q,
r,lind III Pr.shy,crisn. n, nv, tan1 a., 49, ',
mite Of some 81 onT eisest and hest mon
both Old School and New school, has beer
appointed to make cordial oyertnrez Tor re-
Ha,S si,,ins, IN I,,nIsSii,c fsthSt "....,ysiY 4,
NOT respond, the responsibility will be wisely
upon them We feel that a true Union car
SOsyiS TSe di.sclc 1 ny CSysi.n union s no. %
same faith should NOT exist The asscmSl,
here desires to offer this labor for reunion il
We 20 much loye' We hone and we p r%a,