New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-06-06
TIE REFORMED CHURCH.


TIE GENERAL SYNOD At Observation-Disclosures
OF coMMITrEEs-TuE LITURGY REVISED.
The General Synod of the Reformed Church
continued its session at the First Reformed Church,
Poughkeepso yesterday morning. The forty-second
annual report OF the Board OF Foreign MISSIONS was
presented II was briefly as follows:
The receipts OF the year have been From churches
&306l2 81 Sabbathschoos $500 81; individuals through
churches 5000 %; individuals, not through churches
t27O 5O miscellaneous sources 5000 - s iegac,es,
amount received from miscellaneous sources and
s3 81 received from legacies in all s9o9 o. the re-
the churches during the year. The Income OF the
Board has not been so small 1851 nc Th sne year
due in part to financial losses IN September
and October. and to the subsequent lnao,Ny IN an the
branches OF trade H. ia also true tat score OF
churches that may be presumed to have felt the pres
OF the times as severely as any onr,s. nave a
The debt of the Boards amounts to % O The approprl
atons for the year to come are as sn no o one 9y
Japan Mission, sll 0OO total S53So5 Senu ou. he re-
endorsements anticipated win ca ior S ha ao Ut
1000 making the whole amount rqueu lor the year
sol s55, which must be added the amount U
with great anxiety The drafts from the missions fal
ing due the LIST Of May and tue ISL Oh
anount To fl2 OOJ III the receipts during tha ne shal
be no larger than the OF the last ton years. an
Indebtedness OF $4,000 will he incurred - ,,o,,
There are in China. INDIA ana Japau, ii stallons'
CT ont stations IS missionaries. II assistant missionaries
native ministers 80 catecsls or a. scan
stresses ~ coIporteurs academies. 100 scholars In
the academies. At day schools VIZ % ~ .1e oay
schools l6 theological students rs chufches l33J com
municants, dspensaries win Oeus anu i!lo- penls
treated 1873. The report was reieried 70 Tue Com
mittee on Foreign MISSIONS
The report OF the Board of Domestic Missions showed
that 80 churches and missions were aided during the
year. and 70 missionaries employed; recspts t53,6H TO-
payments s33,OOl 81 balance, s639 80.
The report OF the Board Of Publication showed that
the assets are s5O16c 10; liabilities s79 60 balance in
Tho aalaa frnt May
1879 to May 1874 $4,000 81, while the general OK
penses during the same time were s7.9i5 S.
The report of the Board of Education showed that
there have students under the OF the Board
during the year. OF these &c had been connected with
the Theological Seminary at New-Brunswick; 50 had
persued their classical studies Ut Rutgers kCol
lege while others were Union College There S,re
81 still remaining under the OF the Board. Aid
has been extended to IL churches in supporting paro
chsi schools The receipts the year s329j3 50
expenses s92ol 6s; balance 1851 81. The Board Is in
debt TO the amount OF s72O which they trust VIII DO
The report OF the Committee on Liturgy caused much
discussion being on the motion OF Dr.
stated in opposition this motion that the prayer-book
of the Episcopal Church had been used on ships in hos
ReformedI Church should be made equal to that of
the Episcopal Church II not better ihe chairman ex
three years ago for revision and the revised
manuscript was reported to She last General
M now on its adoption Dr. Riley withdrew his amend
ment to strike out tany Dr. Ganse objected to the
tendency OF the Church toward ritualism He thought
that the of the Litdny were beautiful but the
words might used often when the minister or reader
attended an Episcopal Convention III New-York CITY,
and saw q clergyman endeavOr TO enter the " bar
where the delegates sitting policeman said that
he could not pass. The Litany was then being
read by the officiating minister, and this cergyma be-
gan TO argue with the ceman in one BREATH and then
in the ne SI respond I've beseech Thee to hear u.s.
Lord" TINS was a lesson to him. and he now objected
TO everything that had a tendency to Rituahsls Inc
Rev Augustus Bauvelt. the Rev A. Beel, and others,
made long speeches The question was next raised as
10 whether tho Synod had the power TO adopt the
Liturgy, or should II go To the several classes.
The following resolution was then introduced by
RI.or,d That approve much Of the liturgy reported
snpon and give permission this resolution
onng the bapsma form the form OF tue AdnnsrA
ton OF the Lords supper .
cses appointing this evening for the temperance exer
cses according the request OF the WOnens Temper
ance Union The Rev. Mr. Crspell, Professor IN Hope
College. Mich, pleaded for the endowment or pro-
fessorsip in that college. Gen. Pruyn5 resolution
next called up and discussed. Finally a motion was
made to lay the subject the table, and the session ad
iourned visit Vassar College by invitation Of Presi
dent Raymond. .
All the evening session. the discussion on the Liturgy
was again opened and the meeting was stormy one.
Finally, the resolution offered by Elder PTuyn was
adopted The revised liturgy thus adopted almost en-
service service OF the laying or the cornerstone OF
the church chapel and the service Of the dedication
of a church or chapel The churches in the var0ns
Chassis however, have permission TO use 1t or not,
they deem proper The Synod Will adjourn at to-
day until II o'clock Q. H. Monday