The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-26


invited TO aif as tor9earondsng fussnbcrs. 4
Hey. w isiianl e. Issker, nom the special
committee 10 which was referred the report
Iofthn standing Comm ttes on Sunday Schools,
Made rep ut. mall king the following exhibit:
Number OF teachers, 1885, scholnrs, 40, 49,
Average attendance Teachers, 800, scto.
lars, 1895. Increase: Teachers. 90 !; achoiafs,
Oh. g Added 10 the Church: Teachers, 40 |;
.seholars, EOS. Amount contributed for the
schools, 81, 934.28; amount contributed for
missionary purposes, 81 ,854.55. BE Issz
The synod held an evening session. =
Rev. RIB. White, ID. d., chairman Of the
committee to prepare minute In response
ito the address Of Rev. j. Il. Baird, secretary
of education, presented report expressing
qualification Mt the increased number OF stu
dents for the ministry and regret at the small
ness of contributions to this subject, &c.
Rev. John Leyburn, D. D., presented the
following resolution which was adopted:
!" Resoiued, That this Synod having heard
with profound interest and qualification of
the labors and success of Rev. NJ. d. Kalo-
Dathakes, M. D., one OF the members Of this
body, In promoting evangelical religion In
The Kingdom of Greece, we tender him our
synpathies in his great and varied trials,
commend him and bis efforts to the prayers
OF our churches, and recommend that our
Christian people give him, SO far as is con-
sistent with other obligations, material aid for
carrying forward the important work he has
SO auspicio,isly begun"
The stated clerk was directed to send q
copy of the resolution to Rev. Nj. y. Kalo-
pthakes. IS
The report of the Committee on the Rela-
ton Of the Church to Secular Education was
then taken up, the question being on the
first resolution, as folIows: ~ *.
''Resolrcd, That 1t is in accordance with
the teachings of the Holy Scripture, the
spirit of the Westminster standards, and the
history Of the Presbyterian churches in all
times and places, for the Church, to found
and control educational institutions of ali
grades, whenever such action is required for
the full discharge or performance of its spi-
ritual functions"
The, discussion on this question was pro-
tracted until the close OF the session. The
Rev. c. r. Vaughan, Of Macon, Ga, and the
Rev. DR.. j. III. p. Atkinson, of Hampden
Sydney College, delivered addresses in oppo-
sition to the adoption Of the resolution. The
Rev. DR.. Hoge, Of Richmond, next addressed
the body on the question under considera-
tion. DR.. Hoge delivered one Of his charac-
teristic addresses, in which he reviewed, at
great length, the history Of the Church in
matters Of education, and expressed the fear
that the founding Of Presbyterial schools and
colleges, as indicated by the resolution, might
lead the Church eventually to transcend
it's power, the past history OF which, among
other religious bodies, it was shown had
wrought irreparabe injury to the cause
of true religion. All agreed that the founda.
ton of all education was In the family; all
agreed that true education must be Of the
heart as well as the head. But many fami-
lies were unable to prepare their children
for the universities, and in that case they
must be placed in institutions of q secular
character. State education was probably
necessary, because we must have our army
and navy supported; because we must have
military and naval schools, which must be
secular in their character. s 81 z.h
Probably the greatest evil the Church had
to encounter at the present day was Roman
ism, infdelism, and indiferentisn. The
popular literature of the day was also severe
ly criticised by the speaker as intoxicating
the doctrine. of materialism, which is gaining
such general belief. Religion was the ground
work of all education, but in mixed commu-
mites like ours it was not to be supposed Or
expected that the Bible lin either of its trans
lations) could be taken into the public
schools. The system of common-school edu-
cation the speaker believed to be objection
able on this account. The Church should
see that its children were educated mentally
and spiritually, 80
DR.. Hoge spoke FOR more than an hour,
and his address was regarded US among bis
most brilliant efforts. The closet attention
of the audience was held during its delivery.
nv foIl in, 1,r,nc
address in favor of the resolution, and at the
close of his remarks, on motion Of the Rev.
DIR. William Brown, the subject under dis
cussion was deferred to the next meeting Of
the Synod, and the committee instructed to
consider the propriety Of making new re-
port in relation to it.
At his request Rev. DR.. Lefeyre was en-
ctised from serving longer on the committee.
Rev. Dr.. William Brown submitted the
following, after q preamble commendatory
of Hampden Sydney College:
" RESOLVED, That the Synod will regard
with much satisfaction any judicious mea-
surcs set on foot for the relief or endowment
of this venerable institution, and would, in
such an event, most earnestly eXhOrt our
Presbyterian people to come forward to its
aid with that spirit which animated their
fathers when they willingly made sacrifices
for its first establishment, and when their
deep poverty abounded with the riches Of
their hberality." -. -
DIR. Brown also submitted resolution,
which was adopted, expressive of the deep
interest Of the Synod in the measures taken
to establish o school of learning Of high
grade at Campinas, Brazil. z>
On motion, the report of systematic be-
neyolence was laid on the table.
Rev. DIR. Brown, of the Committee on
Emigration, stated that the Committee had
not been able to prepare report on this sub
ject in time, and moved that the names of
Rev. G. d. Armstrong and Dir. William ID.
Reynolds be added to it, and the committee
continued until the next Synod which was
adopted.
The customary resolutions of thanks to
the officers Of the Franklin-Street church and
citizens of Baltimore for their generous hos
pitality in entertaining tho members of the
Synod, and to the railroads for reduction in
fare, &c., were adopted. +
The Moderator then briefly addressed the
Synod, speaking of the Christian kindness.
civility, and brotherly love that had marked
the deliberations of the body, and after an
invocation for Gods blessing on the Synod
and congregation assembled, at lilo O'clock
P. n. declsred the body adjourned, to meet
in Charleston, W. Va, on the third Wedues.
day in November, 1878. '..'' ...,
sunday Services. = -
from the Baltimore Sun, November $751;
Yesterday the pulpits Of nearly all the
Presbyterian churches and of many of the
Methodist Episcopal churches South were
filed, morning and evening, by ministers
who were members of the Virginia Synod,
lately holding its sessions in Baltimore. In
the morning Rev. Dr.. nIosea d. HOge, i0t