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AT meeting oftsthe preabytt,er,, a. n =,
syn, heia last night, after attention 10 ,so,,,s
sehefal business, the main purpose, for xh;ch
.:lc session. was called, came mn for rexnrea.
saoai, ana rounded In the following 1iserir,i.
lIathg ana afiectionate paper prenared nd
E n ss by Rev. ~. Glentworth RntIa,.
y, the, moderator The paner n tho
minute OF Presbytcry In reference 70 th. .,n
MISSION OF Rev. HenryiVa Dyke n n w W
Tue care OF the Presbytery Of Nashville r.
reads as follows: e'A''''e' z ~ :
- COMBINING; DIR. VAN DYKE, &C., I'm PRES
~, BfTERY OF BRooKLYH.) EHt. Z =
IN SeVering the connection between the
1 ny. nehry D. Van Dyke, D. D.. and the
rHs! fresDyterlnn church, fRensen street
ana In parting with him rs a friend bclovnS
brother and co-worker in the ministrv ~
our Lord, this Presbytery hereby record
their sorrowful sense of personal loss in bis
anticipated departure. With gratitude 70
God they recall his long and faithful ministry
in this city !; his earnest devotion to the
preaching of the Word in its purity and
power, especially his full and emphatic en-
position OF the great and cardinal doctrines of
the Gospel; his love for the order, and his
lndicious and effective toll for the prosperity
of the Church, and his Jealous fidelity to all
the trusts committed to him by her several
judicatorics. Their kindcst memories and
their prayers will follow and ahfde with their
dear brother in his new field of labor. =
This Prcsbytcry also sincerely sympatllizc
with the church, which by this action loses Il
true and truly appreciated pastor, and earn-
estly commend it to the continued favor of
the great Head of the Church, who, walking
in the midst of the golden candlestcks, still
cares for bis flock and, though now re-
moving from them an under shepherd SO
long beloved and faithfully cared for, will
still be mindful of them and lead them Alright.
Furthermore, this Presbytery avails itself
| of the occasion, in dismissing the Rev. DIR.
Van Dyke to the Presbytery of Nashville, to
extend It's friendly Salutation to that body,
and to express the conviction and the prayer
that in the transfer now cordially made our
loss will be their gain. s.. ~.
Preliminary to adopting that minute the
formal request was preferred by Rev. Henry
j. Van Dyke, ID. D., that ho he Identified by
the PreSbytcry of Brooklyn to the care OF
the PreSbytcrv of Nashville. of the PreSbyte-
rian Church Of the United States. Pending
that request there were addresses made
highly euloYstr of DR.. Van ID kc aud cor
vcying great regrets at his departure Y
Rev. DR.. Wells, Rev. DR.. Brown, and Mr.:
st. Clair McKclway. The request of Or.
Van Dyke was then granted. and the minute
was unanimously adopted. with i'm order
that ii he inscribed on the record and that a
copy he transmitted to the PrcSl,tery of
Nashville. The members of the Pre>bytery
then took farewell of DR.. Van Dyke. That
gentleman will, with his family. depart for
Tennessee tomorrow morning. and will this
evening receive the final visits of Brooklyn
friends at 120 Willow street. the residence OF
Mr.. w. r. Gould, whose guest the Doctor
has been for some days past. Brooklyn
Eagle.