The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-15
THE REFORMED CHURCH.

Ninth and Last Days Proceedings OF the
General Synod-The Revised Constitu-
tion-The Proposed Union with the
Presbyterian Church Standardization
Work I'm the West-Adjournment.
The attendance of delegates to the Synod has
been decreasing the past few days, and yesterday,
when the session opened, hardly half the number
were present. President Elmendorf presided.
After the usual opening exercises the Synod
voted to table the f0rmulares in the appendix to
the constitution for the action of the next synod
DR.. PELTz moved that
THE REVISED CONSTITUTION
be submitted to the different classes for adoption
with the exception OF several sections which should
be separately submitted, with the recommen dation
ofthe Synod that the respective classes should adopt
Che constitution as q whole.
General PRUYN moved an amendment providing a
method by which the classes should register their
Judgment.
DR.. Kelty's notion as amended, was adopted
An hour OF the session was consumed in reading
al the minutes relating to the amended constitu-
tion, which were adopted.
PROPOSED CHURCH UNION.
resolution was offered by Rev. Mr. GANsE that
o committee Of five ministers and three iaymen be
appointed to consider the desirability and FEAST
bllity Of union with the Presbyterian Church
South, the committee to report TO the next Synod.
The resolution was adopted, and the following
mittee was subsequently appointed REV. Mr..
Ganse, Dr. Van Zandt DR.. Van Cleef Drs. Porter and
Corwin. and Elders Pruyn Frenghuysen and Hew-
son. President Emendorf was added to the COM
mittee.
The committee appointed TO revise the report OF
the Board OF Domestic Missions presented their re-
port 1t contained the main facts OF the Boards
report the features Of which were published in the
HERALD last week. The committee made an appeal
that the debt OF the Board should be considered a
personal obligation IN some measure, as the ma
Inv fna nifi of rio
country
Elder soHIEFFLN did not believe that the matter
should be- put In this light and he thought that the
committee had no right to contract debt indis-
criminatey and push it of on the Synod.
After brief discussion the report was sent back
to the committee to have this language changed.
The synod then, at noon, took a recess until half
past two O'Clock.
Afternoon Session.
The first business was the second reception OF the
report OF the Committee on Domestic Missions
The committee, in their report, recommended sew
eral things among WHICH was the e establisment Of
adopted. Recommendation that missionary boxes,
similar to those of the Foreign Missions, should be
distributed among the churches and families was
referred to the Board.
The venerable Elder viele, OF Iowa. spoke of the
great work Of the Church in the West and said that
the Increase OF the Church there, last year, was
six per cent. and over, while in the East the home
over two per cent The West was u mighty field
and the time was not far distant when 1t would
tain II population which would
CONTROL THE DESTINIEs OF THIS NATION,
that would legslate for you in Congress and put
your capital on wheels and roll 1t over the Ale
ghany Mountains and plant it in the great valley of
the West, and when the centre OF population and
power would be found In thai great valley In order
to sustain this government-the best in the world
the people must be educated to q point essentially
necessary to sustain that government. 1t was not
euf1cient that they be intellectually instructed;
they must be morally Instructed to be good men,
so that they might be trUsted-so that we should
not be afraid that
OUR TREASURY WOULD BE ROBBED,
and not be afraid OF trusting them in power. Then
we could realize indeed that mad nation
governed and sustained by honest and well dis
posed people.
Dr. WEED, Secretary OF the Board OF Domestic
Missions, said that the continuance OF the work Of
the Board was vitality necessary to the continuance
of the denomination In the world and If they could
add from year to year to the number Of their
churches by and by they would have so many that
they could carry all the burdens without grooming
ders.
DR.. ANDERSON hoped that the classes would ap-
point the committee recommended in the report to
EXTEND THE WORK or THE CHURCH,
and that the committee would go to work and lay
out the ground, and whenever there was proper
occasion that they would occupy it.
The report OF the committee was then adopted as
a whole.
In the constitution of the Boards, 10y which paid
officer shOuld be member of any OF them. Carried
Several other reports were received, and, after a
desultory debate, adopted.
The business of the Synod was then rapidly
brought to a close. The minutes or the nine days
session were read and approved, after which the
final adjournment took place, and the Synod of
1872 became thing of the past. one OF the last
acts OF the Synod was to thank the pastor and Off
GERS or the Middle Reformed Church for the use OF
Ghetr edifce and the families who had entertained
delegates during the session for their hospitality.