The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-05-20
THE PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD.

| ing VI now TO procure inc NAttOn'6 Well
| fire.
On reassembling yesterday afternoon the
| synod resumed the discussion of the subject of
How to Build up the Church, which was par
ticipated in by Rev. Samuel Mof1it and others.
Rev. DIR. Mcleod presented the report of the
| Pittsburg Presbytery. Accompanying It was
| protest and appeal against the dismissal by
| said presbvtery of the congregations of Ebe-
nezer and Hermann at their own request to the
United Presby yterian denomination. The appeal
| was signed by the minister, j. Moffett and I
| NJ. Imbrie, elder, dated at Darlington, Pa and
gave rise to long debate which occupied the
whole session 1t was most thoroughly dis
cussed. A vote took place, aud the appeal was
sustained by large majority after which the
synod adjourned until this morning
THIS MORNING.
The synod reassemoled at 10 O'Clock this morning
IN the usual place, Rev. A. Thompson, Moderator in
The meeting was opened with prayer by the Mode
rator, and after the reading OF the minutes the
synod proceeded to discuss the question GLOW to
procure the Nations Welfare"
:, For this purpose, as before decided upon, Rev. s.
Young occupied the chair, and that gentleman re-
quested the synod to join in the singing of the sOth
psalm. The 26th chapter of Isaiah was read and
Rev. ii. Il. Wylie led in prayer.
Further devotional exercises were held, the
Moderator having expressed the opinion that the
religious portion of the programme is just i'm
portant as any other, and he hoped that the mem
bers of the synod would so look upon it.
The subject OF discussion then came up, and Rev.
A. thompson TOOK the floor and said that he called
to mind an annecdote where an ambassador at the
Court OF st. James inquired OF Queen Victoria what
was the cause of Englands greatness and the reply
was not that nations splendid military equipments
her great navies, nor her diplomatic SKILL but simply
in the Bible, the nculcation OF those truths con
tained In the Gospel Of Jesus Christ. Handing a
Bible to him the Queen said rhere is the source OF
England's greatness" The speaker inforced the
idea in a few explanatory remarks.
Rev. DR.. Steel said without discussing the cause
OF other nations welfare, the subject ad-
dressed to the prosperity Of our own land. The re-
marks of the preceding gentlemen were OF course
applicable TO this The reverend gentleman then
took the ground that the elevation OF the moral tone
OF this land must come from the lifting up of men
to power who have the spirit of the gospel strongly
imbued in their creed. One OF the best ways to
secure the welfare OF the nation is to permeate the
national heart with the idea that we mnst be i'm
subordination to the Mediator.
Rev. S. Young said that righteousness eXalteth
nation, and we must determinedly set our faces
against intemperance, Sabbath-breaking, and all
At the conclusion OF the addresses the subject to
be discussed on Monday next was announced After
which A. S. McMurray, NJ. d., arose and requested
to be allowed to resign from the committee ap-
pointed to consider the protest and appeal In rea-
tion to the Pittsburg Presbytery
The Moderator was OF the opinion that some little
difficulties in the way of the committee ought not
to prevent member from serving on the same.
He would however, put the Il otion and the synod
decided to allow the gentleman to resign.
Mr. Little was appointed to fill The vacancy which
makes the committee at present as follows:-Rev.
A. g. Wylie, Rev. James Scott, and MIR. Little.
This committee then brought in q report, saving
that they had examined the records of the Pittsburg
Preshytery, and find that the minutes are missing
On motion, the report Of the committee was &C
cepted and referred to the Committee on Dscpline.
The Committee on the Chicago Presbytery pre-.
that body were found to be correctly and faithfully
kept The report was accepted and approved.
The Following minute on the death of Rev. An
drew Walker was read by the Secretary
gain the voice of God comes to in the death of
parted on the th Of September 1870 at hs owe
beTa Of sfr be sHnaS % lis the
on nha bans proper Improvement of it to
Following this are a series OF resoluttons In which
the virtues OF the deceased are extoled and in
which the synod condoles with the mourning family
of the deceased, and most affectionatey commends
them to the care and sympathy of Him who is hus-
band to the widow and father to the fatherless 1t
family Of the late Mr. Walker. ''' '''"''0H' 'H'
DR.. Steel moved that the publisher and editor OF
the Presbyterian OF this city be thanked for his kind
ness in supplying the members OF the synod with
copy Of that paper, Agreed to.
The records of the Ohio PresDytery were found to
be covered by committee for that purpose, and the
report was approved.
Mr.. Peter Gibson called the attention OF the synod
to the fact that in many editions of the Psalms pub
lished in New York and Pttsburg they have been
found to differ from the regular Scotch edition in
many particulars, and he moved that committee
be appointed to look into the matter.
DIR. Mcleod did not think it necessary to send to
Scotland for the regular edition. as the correct
sion could be procured in this city STILL he thought
that the matter ought to be investigated, are
getting into strange measures nowadays.
Rev. A. Thompson agreed with the latter gentle
man. In some OF the Western churches they have
experienced difficulties from these inaccuracies.
Mrlmbrie did not think 1t necessary for the synod
to take any action on the matter as long there
correct editions. All that is necessary to be done is
to buy the correct ones and reject the others He
had understood, however, that some verbal cOrrec-
tions had been made by the publishers, who had OBJ
tanned the consent of the General Assembly of the
United Presbyterian Church TO do so.
The matter was further discussed, and the synod
finally passed resolution, offered by Mr. Woodsde,
providing that the committee appointed should pub
lish to the Church the place where the authorized
version could be purchased, and also the price of
the same. Agreed to.
Rev. Mr. Wye arose and requested that the
members OF the Plttsburg Presbytery then on the
fiOor be asked to give all the information in their
possession to the committee appointed in the mat
II was moved that the request be granted.
Rev. j. Moffett spoke against this course, urging
thaeet was taking an unfair advantage OF the de-
fendants.
Rev. 8. Young moved to amend by requiring the
plaintiffs and defendants to meet the committee at
some place TO decide the matter.
Themotion and the amendment was then passed.
The delegate 10 the Reformed Presbyterian Synod
presented his report which was accepted.
The report of the Treasurer OF the Theological
Seminary Of the Church in this city presented,
s184'67. Referred to the Auditing Committee.
A resolution OF thanks to Joseph H. Schreiner o,
the Philadelphia Tract Society, for his donation o.
tracts TO the synod, was agreed to.
Dr. Steel thought the synod right TO take cogni-
zance OF the fact that there are likely to be lga-
tons In regard to the property OF congregations ia
which secession has taken place by number OF the
members. He said that rupture had occurred in
a congregation at Morning Sun, Ohio, and also
Princeton, Indiana, and he moved that a committee
be appointed on the subject.
The Moderator was here requested to appoint the
eomm,Iee on tEe purchase Of the correct edition OF
b. Mel cod, and Rev. Mr.. Woodside TO constitute
the committee.
The synod then adjourned to meet at 10 O'Clock
on Monday morning.
CONCEALED WEAPoNs-John Linda. residing at
DaTen and Thompson streets, discovered some con-
trivances about the house, and believing them TO be
dangerous-co copperheads concluded to make them
harmless. Wrapping one OF them In some paper. he