The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-05-29
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Interesting Items Concerning the DO
Angs OF tho General Assembly.

1ntercsting Items Concerning the Do
| angs OF tho General Assembly.
| u BAIr1xoa1, May Goth, 1873. !
EDITOR JouRNAL,:-I feel very
much like going back on my promise
to write occasionally in regard to As.
sembly matters; 6rst, because I am get.
ting to be very tired ; and, second, be.
cause there is 80 much business that
one gets full Of it, mixed up in it, and
running over with it. tell you it Is
not fun to attend the meetings of this
body. We meet At nine O'Clock A. NJ,
take . fifteen minutes recess at noon,
and then work away till half past two.
Then an evening session from eieht
till ten. In the meanwhile I walk
eight miles on brick pavemeuts. Last
week was spent in the way Of cutting
out the work to. be done. Yesterday
morning (Mouday) the machine began
to grind and it has been runaing with
full head SO far. The earnestness of
the body is really wonderful aud if a
mao came here with a tagging spirit
he would SOON find the lazy devil exor-
oised and himself caught up and borne
along on the tide, with such feelings
that he would hardly know whether he
was himself or somebody else. But few
Assemblies have had more important
business on hand. The debate opened
yesterday on the centennial question.
The various denominations OF Christians
have been asked to represent them.
selves on that occasion they are to be
stalled off for show like fat oxen stuck
out on platforms like moving machines
and patent plle.drivers, and I do not
know what will not be done With them.
The whole thing, to my mind, is simply
ridiculous; yea, shameful. Let Us as
citizens, loyal to the memories Of our
fathers, do what We can to mako our
national centenary a success but Is
churches let us remember that "the
kingdom of God cometh not with OBJ
servstion." But the majority thought
We must have stall in that great If.
fair. If We could take one of our we'll.
worked churches and set the whole
thing down there and show how to DE-
church work j.; if We could tat;. m,
Home Mission Board, with i,a lone
arms and fingers pushier through the
length and breadth of the l.nd and
sending the '''.u ing minister to the
vase p'''sS- this might do some good,
o'u$'".Se see not how good can come
ou' Ok II. But I forgot that your read.
ets . morally do not care for these
49, <.
W .ngs.
Yesterday, DR.. Baird, delegate from
the Assembly of the Cumberland Pres
bytcrian Church, was received and then
followed two charming speeches -ons
by himself, most fraternal and indicat.
ing desire on the part of his church
for union' with us, and the other by
our Moderator, DR.. Crosby. Dr.. g
is one Of the neatest oxtempore speak
ers l ever listened to. To-day We had
a most friendly greeting from the Gen.
eral Conference Of United Brethren,
now IN session at Dayton, o. On
Thursday of this week the whole As.
sembly will 60 to Washington. A dis
patch was received to-day from the
President that hs will receive us at two
o'clock P. M: Of that day. do not re.
member whether 1 told you that there
would be an effort to consolidate the
Boards of our church. We have nine,
and it is too many. There is friction
among them besides it makes useless
trouble in regard to our contributions.
There are not few who feel that few
Boards thoroughly worked would be
better and would more fully gain the
confidence of all concerned. DR.. FL
lenwood, Of the Foreign Mission Board,
made statement to-day which I think
must have given a good deal of sur.
prise. 1t was this, that the outlook,
in this country, in England, and on the
Continent, indicates unmistakably that
Foreign Mission work has reached very
nearly its limit with all denominations.
I do not know what he can mean un.
less it be that tho various denomina-
tions are now working in this direction
at their highest point Of development.
This may indeed be true. AZ ~
You will excuse me if I stop right
here, for it is now past midnight and ]
am as tired as if I had preached two
sermons to-day. Yours,
E. v. CAMPBELL.
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THE WALDENsIANs.
BA111AoRs. May 22nd, 1873.