The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-05-25


There arc only two where the average salar
| falls below $500, five where it is betwee
, $500 and 5000, eight between 5000 and SI0(
six between 500 and $500, two betwec
$500 and 1900. one at 800, one at 81 200,
third at Sl,5C0, fourth at $4,000. Th
average salary, not counting the cit,
churches and professors OF seminaries,
$3.50, being an average increase Of $3.50 il
three years.
The committee have not been able t.
J meet all the calls made upon them. Hat
the contributions been one-half greater tn
calls would not all have been met. Th
advice Of the Assembly that each pasto
receive minimum OF $50 year has beer
kept strictly in view, but has not been car
rlcd out from various causes. IL is believed
that If the churches We're fully alive on th'
subjects minimum of $500 might be secured
for each pastor. A tabular statement of tht
contributions of, and disbursements to, tn,
several Synods and Presbyteries will be re
terred to the committee. -Four SynodS have
contributed more than they received ant
six less. The former also include Virginia
Georgia, Ala ALBANIA. and Mississippi. The
Latter North Carolina, South Carolina, Mem
phi<, Nashville, Arkansas, and Texas. Tht
Synod Of Kentucky has contributed only tt
4 nominal extent.
Serenty-eight individuals or families have
received aid. varying from $50 to S175 /;
in Synod Of Virginia, Ii in North Carolina
II in South Carolina, 7 in Georgia, in Ala
bama, 3 in Mississippi, in FeXas, 3 in AT
kansas, in Memphis, in Nashville. : Fol
mlnuter details the Assembly is directed tt
the statistical table separately submitted.
REPORT on RELIEF FUND.
The plan submitted by the last Assembly,
has not met with the favor which it de.
serves. About two-thlrds of the churches
requisite to put the scheme in operation
! have signifled their assent, among them
many OF our wealthiest congregations and
most intelligent pastors. The plan has not
been brought to the attention of the
churches as fully as it deserves. Many ot
them, also, have settled life insur.
ance upon their pastor, which has in
tertered with our success. Life insurance
has proved a great obstacle in It's path-;l
system which cannot meet our wants, rs
many are opposed in principle to it, and ii
is not practicable for churches whose pas.
tors are aged or intirm. The want OF pro-
per provision for the support Of pastors is
one great hindrance to our growth. Young
men are deferred from entering the minis
try by this cause. Certlin churches are
moving on this subject, and we must not
lag behind.
J. he Assemblies plan has been considered
by many OF our presbytelieS, and has gen.
orally been regarded with favor. 1t needs
but fuller investigation into It's merits to
insure lis fell success.
After reading the report DR.. Wilson re-
marked that this relief fund had been
|spOken Of H. one Of his hobbies, but he had
no hobbies. He was too old and bulky to
\ ril hn1,l,ieS bn aid ,,,I- tI,n
lief fund one. He thought il ought to he
committed 10 the care OF our llymen, and
he addressed himself 10 them. The subject
was forced on his attention by the letters
filled with tales of distress which have been
sent 10 him. Their report indicated but
Seventv.eight. but he believed there were
fully one hundred, tamil.c who need relief.
He had met with many ministers who OBJ
ljectcd to the scheme, and whose obiec-
tionS, he thought, would lie removed by q
better understanding Of its merits. (Ihe
doctor here alluded 10 several cases which
h al come 10 his notice, and which presented
striking examples OF the need of Il fund
like the prcscnt.)
This. he continued. is / great matter that
deserves the immediate attention Of our
church. l have met numhercss ohiec-
tlOns-more than against any other subject
with which | utve been connected. Some
say that it is 4 life Insurance scheme; others,
that the Church has nothing to do with pc
cunilry matters, is church. Denond upon
it. sir, this is Il suggestion Of the devil
iiany otcr churches are virtually copying
our plan; yc; am not welded To it. 1t i.
the result, not ne mrrns. that am aiming
to accomplish, and il anything better can
be suggested | will cheerinIv cooperate
with them. | do hope tnat committee OF
elders will hc appointed to take the subject
into consideration.
In conclusion. have 4 painful duty to
perform. One member Of This Assembly hi.
Wri ten letters, which have been published
| winch To the general reader would indicat.
chirorS q! incli:icncy and dishonesty
against the officers OF the SustentatiOl
Beard. We. }. l.. Wilson and DR.. j. Wood
row, ask 4 committee and iuil inyeStiga.
ton.
Dr. Pryor rose and expressed the hope
that these papers would not all be place.
in the hands Of the standing committee
| he last. asking for an Investigation, at
tecteu the character. it mny he. of certain
paIttc>; he moved, therefore, that it be re
1e.red 10 Il special committee OF iliyestiga
lion.
itc,. T.. Carter stated that he was one o
the parties implicated, but he was not will
inc 10 have the mgttcrS yc>tiyated by the
Committee ci Su-teutation. He made NJ
reflection upon the committee already ap
pointed. Lie would prefer to have the
matter come heoIe the Assembly, but ht
had no objection to have it come before {
| special committee. But he stated that the
article had been III Sapprchendeu Is to it:
! IMPORT.
| Ecy. Or. s. j. Baird: We know as ye
only tie officers OF the church, who declare
lhcin>ciycs lmpcached, and ask that thcil
course may be Investigated, and it seems
| proper lat The investigation should be
made by Il special committee.
| The committee WAS appointed, to consist
| of Hon. Il. NJ. Patton, Judge George r
SwaDn, j. 4. En>low. Rev. j. r. Bureett
d. D., and key. j. /. Kirkpatrick, ID. ID.
REVISION OF TIE BOOK OF CHURCH ORDER
! Rev. DR.. AGgcr reported, by letter, that
| it had been found impossible to get i full
meeting OF the committee OF Revision, and
they were not prepared to report at this
| meeting. and asked that the committee
/! he continued, TO report to the next AS
| sembIy.
| Rev. DR.. Peck. as Il member Of the COM
mlltec, tult That the church vas not pre-
| Darcd 20 adopt this new book. 1t had
been almost unanimously rejected by
the presbytcries. He moved that the COM
| mitIcc be discharged.
Rev. DR.. Miller urged that the revision
had been growing i'll favor. The revision
showed more and more plain that The dc'
fects in our present standards required This
| work JO be done.
| DR.. Kirk rkpatrick wanted the committee
to be continued, on the ground that they
had in their hands important results OF eX-
tended Ebols, which should be presented
| to the Church.