The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-11

church ct Astoria to visit He'll Gate to witness the
there, on Wednesday,.
Elder sCHIEYyLN moved to reconsider the motion
to accept the invitation saying that he thought the
Synod had no time to waste In making excursions.
THE ALLEGED DECLINE m THE NEW BRUNswI0K
..@tns . Summary.
The Synod then took up the report Of the Com
mittee ON Passionate on the Theological Seminary,
which has been under confederation since Friday
last. rr.. "a gsa5r.~ ,~e tDn *Hsn r
DR.. ANDERSON took the moor ana spoke at con-
siderable length He said 1t appeared to him that
Dr. vermilyeas speech had befogged the subject.
Instead of devoting himself to the needs of the case
DR.. vermilyea had busied himself with the motives
Of the committee. This the speaker held to be
wrong, the committee being at perfect liberty to
talk as they pleased while in executive session. AS
to the statement that the chairman OF the commit
tee had told the professors in tho name Of their
committee. that their designations would be
acceptable. he denied 1t. There was feeling
on the subject but there was no committees
action. The whole current of DR.. Vermiyea's
speech, he thought, was ungentlemanly, and, for
one, he did not propose to submit to It. What
that the resolutions in question had been written
by the hand Of JOabf JOab was traitor and muir
derer and the imputation ofDr. vermilyea was that
the writer OF the resolutions was in some sense
f MURDERER OF REGULATIONS
ana conspirator against character. This might
miiyea, but having some sense Of honor he the
speakerl did not propose to look upon 1t in any
s these Gonae
senseless rigmarole, and thought the gentleman
who made 1t would have been congenially
New York. DR.. Anderson said he ' Would
pass by these low inslnuations aad the
mean nsinnator to consider the merits Of the case
He read letters which had been read before the
committee, the writer Of one Of which declared
that one Of the professors wrote IKE % cold,
were pronounced incompetent. Dr. Anderson AS
serted that some Of the letters had been written by
students He declined to disclose the names Of the
writer's The professors were accused by one Of
wanted to take charge Of the old GRAFT, who win
Since DR.. Van vranken's time the Seminary Is
alleged to have become theological ice house.
another gentleman writes that among the profes-
dwell together In peace; aelghtful example Ior
students for the Christian ministry. The lectures
are declared to be fitted for
VERY SOFT-HEADED INFANTS,
but not calculated to convey much Information
to young students. Two other writer's say that the
intellectual s dealt out in teaspoonfulslest their
stomachs should be overburdened. One Of the
that he went to another seminary where he was
kindly received ana treated like man. While IN
New Brunswick ne had i been almost frozen to death
'factory' as il It were their own Individual prop
erty. Some Of the members Of the faculty, he sup
their personal quarrels rendered real Improve
ment Impossible, and he (Dr. Anderson) declared
the whole affair behind the age, II not
A DISGRACE TO THE TIMES
I'M which we lived. He held that new faculty
At the conclusion OF the speech the synod took
recess.
The Synod reconvened at halfpast two O'Clock.
Rev. MI. Doolittle opened the proceedings with
kA"SS r,,p rrorosrr cr,,rr,.y,y,., pr,n
The committee appointed last year to supervise,
aid and counsel the movement then initiated to
raise % and OF reportsd J tho
Rev. E. s. Porter is chairman OF the committee:
The report sets forth that the people Of
the matter and accept the plan OF the General
Synod The amount raised thus far is SO large rs
to Justify the expectation that whole year Of
West occurred Just at the time when the centennial
the churches were engaged In affOrding relief to the
sufferers An interval had to be allowed before an
attempt could be made to enter into the execution
work could not really be entered. into before jan
uary last and had been confined to five months
mittee on State OF Religion.
RECEIVING DELEGATES.
DR.. VAN ZANDT, the corresponding delegate from
Assembly Of the United States, made report to
the Synod, In which he said that II the Reformed
to @ an IN
the work. The Assembly expressed their warmest
feelings for the Reformed Church, ana sent their
Christian greeting for the progress and prosperity
REV. JOSEPH WILSON, delegate from the Presby-
terian Assembly was introduced, and addressed
Presbyterian Church caused by the war, and said
that It vas the Reformed Church that first found
THE BARRIER OF SEPARATION
and extended the fraterna hand, which as they
grasped sent thrill Of Joy through their body,
within the past twenty years It had doubled In min
listers and churches and quadrupled In wealth. until
time the Church received i from the
Dr. wilson srmso che cn nGps
would be attracted to the Presbyterian Church to
preach there and cautioned the Reformed Church
beware v"s lest they snOu@ oure Them ome q
We can't Gutpreach you, and that IS
bSastn az Cine synod SHs smee Dr. wilson reerreS
to organic ecclesiastical union, and said that
union between the 81 !ne sousn ana
the Church he represented. Their most conspicuous
sin was their poverty, and In that the Reformed
Church could aid In redeemlng them. They, &C &C.
cupied thirteen States, with fifteen Synods, 1900
churches and 200 members.
DR.. ELMENDoRP, President OF the Synod, replied
to Dr. Wilson, and In the coW sc OF his remarks
said BE assured will follow the indications OF
Providence most carefully, prompted by the SIN
cerest affection for our brethren whom you repre-
sent, and by the apprehension also OF the grandeur
or that work which your Ideas OF cooperation open
before us. It has seemed TO many that
OUR FACILITIES FOR WORK
were much larger than we could use. Why make
80 large a seminary Why make provision for SO
large and well-app0inted seminary You nave
intlmated what Gods purpose is in this very ma
chinery we are trying to perfect. know the
hearts OF our people, as Of one man, will leap to
give you relief In this mostfmportant work you
have suggested. The Reformed Church, accepting
your suggestion OF rnat sgn ny wn a the we soUth
with the sign and in the sign OF the Cross. we feel
that precious Gross is the exponent Of the truth:
Dr. HATFIELD Delegate from the Presbyterian
Church in America North was introduced, and
referred to the proposed uniop with the Reform
Church, which. he hoped, would be consummated.
In replying Dr. ELMRNDoRF said that this subject
OF union was too large for him to touch. He would
say, without throwing
A CHILLING INFLUENCE
upon the gushing inclination towards universal
union OF Presbyterlans that It did to him that
perhaps Presbyte might be too largely repre-
scented under one General Assembly, and he thought
go when he saw this troublesome question come up
in their assembly - "H0w shall We reduce the