The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-06-12

THE CENTRAL ASSEMBLY,.
A General Resunls Or matters Connect
cd with the Dsssioa.
II P1rrssuRaH, May 81st, 1878.
EDITOR JouRNAL.-If you will give
me space for one more letter, I, on my
part, promise that il shall be the last.
The General Assembly closed its session
on Wednesday evening, thus rounding
up two weeks of hard work. My i'm
preston is that tho body this year fell
rather below the average Of other ysars
ia punt Of talent. There, swess Z, too
many Of my own kind present. q But /
do not supposs ii .xas ever surpassed. in
earneatness, in faithfulness 70 duty, and
in the desire to do what was right.
The devotional exercises were Away.
vail attended and, Of deeply rspi,itu.
al character. j; Some Of tho. most of.
fioient workers were l.ymeu, though the
speeohm.king .was. generally done by
the D. DIS and few aedgliugs from
New jersey aud other places. g.: |
We had with US some ten delegates
from foreign bodies, and received con-
gratulatory messages from some whose
delegates could not reach us. l was
special, pleased with Dr.. Bacon, who
repa asented the Congregational Assoc
citation. He is 4 pleasant spoken and
a polished gentleman, though he WAS
evidently somewhat embarrassed by his
position, IS he did not represent 4 body
Of Christians but only consolation of
afiuities. He. was, himself, much
amused at tho remarks of our Modera.
tor, who told him that he (Cresby)
had observed that he Bacon, had not
spoken Of his denomination as = body
but as family Of churches, and then
the Moderator assured him that if this
family of churches would come to, us
We could olothe their soul in 4 body.
The U. P. Church was represented by
young man who felt himself equal, to
tho vocation, and before he va done
We had an illustration of mechanical Of.
ooution such rs would surely extin.
guish . Booth or IN Everett But tho
greatest contrast vas Afforded ia tho
persons Of three delegates from tho loo.
bound regions Of Canada. They. va
cool enough for all reasonable purposes.
I do not doubt that they think theI DO
God service aud man benefit BY
preaching sermons an hour long and
that twice each Sabbath.
Dr.. Sohaff il very far from
the looking man I had imagin.
ed him to BE-. Though . com.
missioner, he took no active. part until
the Alliance question came up. He i.
a fine looking man, more scared on the
top Of the head than I am-indeed it,
all scared off or pulled out-what little
he has is white, and yet I do not sup
pose he is over fifty, and he does, no.
seem to know that he is DE-. schaff
Very plain, you would think him som'
country elder, with considerable Of TIL
German in his talk; but when h
talks, It's almost like lightning. tn
great Alliance is to meet this year il
New York. The DR.. says it will mse
next year in Rome,. and the next il
Jerusalem. One of the Missionarie
frsm Persia gave a very interesting
account of the work in that land. A
the time Of the great famine there, til
American contributions were distribut
ed by the Missionaries. He said !
was matter of establishment to the Mo
hammedans that Christians should re
lieve them. Il was 90 different frou
the policy pursued by the Mobamme
dams towards Christians that they oonl
not understand it, and he said the 81
feet was great and would 60 far to ope
the land to the Gospel. l think tn
most important action of the whole Gel
sion was that which regarded tn
Southern Presbyterian Church. W
resoinded all the acts and parts of act
that had not been passed by both tn
Old and New school before tho Union
SO that if tho Southern people refus
to como back it is no longer our faul
But they are coming, and The few radi
Gals among them cannot long hinde,
Our men occupied their pulpits in Bal
fillmore, and last Sabbath evening on
of their men preached in the fir.
church in this city. # is, after al
the same Gospel, no matter whic1
breaches il, and it is a sin and / sham
to let political issues, now dead, stiI
keep rs apart. Woe be to tho man 0
church that resisss the ever.growinl
spirit Of unity! The wheel will grin
such to powder. Ws3bsve s,id to tn
U. Pr, Sing Psalms if you wish !; it.
all right. We have ssid 70 the Soutl
The Past is dead come with IS int
: the living Present-sod if they don
oome,0 We are not to blame The sam
spirit Is exerting a powerful iaaaene
lin this city, = Ao*miuittsrial c.iliane
lis been formed and embraces snsarl