, 1873-05-17
RELIGIOUS,
General Assembly of tho RrosbTtorfart
Church, NOrth"-The Question of I4c-
uniUIl..AnH1lAl Stntfstics.

Church, North--The Question Of 1ic-
llnton.-Ann,aal Statistics.
sneial D1$Pstee sf t. 3ht chissqo e; Tribune:
yet under control Of DrB Halleld, Dickson, and
other prominent oil1oorB, who aro familiar with
itB workings. They really, though not nominally,
have the appointment OF committees. tho ar
rangoraent Of buainoss, and general charge Of
a1fnrs on tho first fow days session. hloBt ct
the committee reports presented aro unntorest-
Ing, only thnt OF tho committee on tho establish
mont Of . paper for gratuitous circulation is de-
serving Of mention. It stated that 175,000
paper Of any description, and recommended tho
ostab}ishnont Of paper III philadelphia. It
90 by 81 inches. circulating 100000 copies,
would cost only get. goo por annu1i'. n1ombora
differ from tho Committee, and aasort that a
large deficit is probablo, and In porhaps anttci-
pntod by tie COMMITTEE iteolf. This is an Eastern
West. Dr.. Nichols, Of st. Louis, will probably
speak when tho question OCCURS next weok.
A resolution WIS introduced to-day declaring
thbt tho Assembly should consider and pass
. upon tho question Of the torn Of service Of tho
Eldosship, which matter is nov exciting the
undoubtedly give rise to much ncrimonious do
bate, young. mon holding TINT Eldors should DO
clootod by the congregations at stated intervals,
while older mon hold that an office that ir pera
standard Of tho Church. ''
| Another measure to DO introduced ia tho basis
| Of reunion with tho Southern Presbyterian
Church. Baltimore presbytorians wish tho whole
| matter to DO Ibid over till next year, whoa tho
Assembly will moot on less dangerous ground.
| These ase two Bonthern churches IN thia city.
Violent or i,nprudent speeches would DO hoard
and reported to tho Church South, and It Is
foared that many Bueh would 10 delivered by
| r1d1cdl Northern mon, opposed to reconciliation,
| II fhH rnnni0n 1nnEtinft tNunhH6.
From advance sheets, your correspondent
| furnishes the following regarding the ro-
port Of the. Homo missionary Board fol
the yearE ending March; ; Missionaries s under
$4,000; church edilces built, %; Sunday
schools organized. 124; total receipts, $780,, A,006
balance on hand, $1,000; working expenses
concerning the report Of tho Board Of publica:
ton for tho yoar ending March. Number d
publications., not including periodicals, 900, 900
copies Of tho shorter oateohism printod tho las
nss 2ats 9issap SSp0Ft0ur' 'u'tnn0a l68
1'his evening, a great meeting WAS held In tht
intorost Of tho sabbath:Bchool cause, and WA
addressed by J. Bonnet Tyler, Superintendent
of the Sabbath School Department.
| ITO tho Associated Prtas.1
BALTIMORE, May 10.-~At tho meeting Of tf1e
Presbyterian General Assembly, to-dny, recordt
wero presented from the synouB at Baltimore
Cleveland, Erie, Albany, harrisburgt illinois
Central Iowa. North Iowa, Missouri, Tenneaaoo
forred to special committee. The building O
mal,ses saa recommended to secure dopositorio
tor preserving tho history Of the Church.
The report OF the Committee of Thirteen, mp
slider and report to tho Assembly whother It wa
Church of tic Unitoa States should take part il
tho Centennial Celebration OF American 1nde
pena''fffe psa + ssys at ph@asRa @ sstsoc in ta 1s7 w1
appropriato @ '"' and espodists tia That til
Presbyterian Church Of the Unite
States should participate In tho Contonlal Celo
bration Of American Independence, and in til
tory thoreto thsy ne III that seysra er
sons bo designated to prepare historical din
COURSES, to DO delivered nt ss1cl time as lraa
hereafter 10 appointed. They also suggest til
following schedule Of periods and sub b1octs 70
upon tho period from tho founding of th
Clrrcl, III this country to tho commencement q
tho War of the Revolution; second, from th
latter period to the adoption Of tho preAbyteria
latter period to the present time; fonrth til
moods, aud obligations of tho Church; f1ftl
education unaor Presbyterian influences
slxtbj historical sketches Of ,,,l tho sovor!
aolloral Assembly. Tho report also recommend
that tho Assembly request tho appropriate CON
1nlttoo Of tho Centennial ConlmlHalon, who La,
Charge of the buildings, to sot apart SO 1nlc
Hpaco Oh mny ho necessary for an exposition
books published by the Presbyterian Board (
Publication, aud other works Of American Pro-
byterian authors, ancient books etc., portainlu
to Prosbytorianidm, and that tho Board Of Publ
catlon bo authorized to prepare and publish a
illrAtratod volume to commemorate tho Nationl
Centennial; also, that tho first Babbnth In Jul.
1870, bo designated Oh q day OF Thanksgiving an
prayer to God for the manifest blessings VIII
which he has crowned uB aa people, and 1t
commended that on that day the pa
tor OF each church under tho turisdl
tion Of tho Gonoral Assembly deliver dscourt
OH the history Of tho Church. and that col
lection be taken np Oh TINT day for the orootio
OF suitable 1lro-proot building for tho presb,
terlnn Historical 8oolcty and for the endowmei
Of said Society.
Tho report was made the special order Il
Monday morning next.
| The Nommfttnu Oh VOLUNTARY Hno1atfna y,