, 1874-05-28
RELIGIOUS.
Proceedings in tho Prosbyte"
rian Assembly at st. -.
Louis.
The Consolidation question Still Under
Discussion,
Report In the Cumberland Assembly
on the Question Of Union WIKI
tho Church North
State Convention Of Methodista at
jackson, Mioh.
A Female Suffrage Resolution Meets
with Much Favor.
The Dunlzartls' Convention ut
Girard, Ill.
State Convention Of Methodista at
jackson, Mioh.
a Female-suffage Resolution Meets
with Much Favor.
The Dun11artls' Convention at
Glrard, Ill.

Girard, Ill.
THE PREsBYTER1ANs.
GENERAL AaaEMnLY IN ct. LOUIS.
Spscial Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune.
sr. LOUIS. May 27.-Tho great question Of
ecnsoltdntion was tho feature Of to-tlay's Assem-
biz. and+ therefore, the attendance waa large.
Yesterday tho matter was sott}od, 80 far "a SUB
tontatlon uas concerned, md to-day tho ques-
tion vas aottled In regard to tho Froedmens
Committee. This Committee is situated ut
Pittsburgh, and tho scheme OF consolidation
embraced ita tliacontinuauce and tho transfer of
itY work to the Board Of Homo NfissiouB Bitunted
in New York. iseforo the discussion Ut the
oriier of tho dnv bcgan, Judge Drake o6tMea .
rS' r.saa al ae 'fs1 sspdsnoes ' Il ohureh vossp
which wero reforrea to the appropriate
Committee The Rev. ". n. Cole, colored, OF
Yadkin, N. O., spoke warmly In favor Of tho
continuance Of tho present arrangement OF the
Committee on Frood,non. lie lnRdo
TIE MOST TELL1Na BrEEcH
On TINT sido Of tho subject. His education At
1inJoln University, ct Oxford, Pa, showed
with hno offoot In his speech - Ho attsted
the South under the froedmeu's Committee, and
that thoy wero situated mostly in Georgia. So. lth
Carolina. North Carolinn, and Virginia. 1'ho
only now point no made waa that education was
tho life OF Prosbyterianism waB In teaching, and
explaining tho shorter chatechiBm whom ASKED II
tito Buuday- y-aohool could not do this aa vol, ho
said that 1t WIS tho difference hetwot'n
toacllng lve days aud ono. Ho oln,mod that thu
Home Mission could not do this. According to
their prcgent arrnngomouts, they could only
teach ono day In tho weelt. Ho also AnBiBted that
the main portion Of tho Synod Of the Atlantic.
to which no bolougod, were OF hia way OF think
Dir. Horny A. Nelson, in spoaking on tho same
subject, said that was tho important feature of
tllo work, viz: Eduo0tfon, aud ho wapt,.d moro
schools. inHtoad Of loss. Altogether. L,r. Not
sou did nos mako his position sufficiently plain
to 10 understood, aud at later part Of the day
he explained that he was tor consolidation.
VARIOUS OPINIONS. -
DR.. bingham wanted no consolidation iii bis.
AlcClatm, Of Milwaukee, wanted unification and
feared. Tha 1tov. James A. phofor, oolored, Of
Cataw5a, wantod no consolidation, but his
speech amounted to nothing, only showing bow
badly be wanted n,i,,,.,,ta t.. talk. .,;t,e The
I Ito Board, md have first -class Secretary. 10
3ussted TINT the co1ored preachors were not auf-
Arientsy informed to net independently In Pros
bytcrica, III the rulos Of tho Homo Mission Board
required, and therefore TINT matters Should ro-
matn as they wero. Moderator Wilson wantod
no consolidation. but wanted tho Committee
continued for ten yoara. Now came two vonera-
bio fathers in the Church tile nev. DR.. Clarke,
Of Now Hampshire, who snw Chicago yoars :$o r.
first agent Of tho American Tract Society
Ho would have no consolidation. Then
camo Father .,Aursit. the octogona.ian.
wnp npose in feoang terms 81 hoM hs ~; Mas porn
long a;,o, and made himself poor thereby. Ho
oprosef consolidation with all his heart.
Dr.. robert Arkman, Of Ofango,. N. Y, said the
African race WAS most susceptible to spiritual
improvement, aud lc thought tlore should ho
no consolidation.
THEN NEW YORK OPENED HER GUNS
In KanaaB, through tho Rev. Howard W. SLratton,
with L. lllliiant tfro for consolidation, aud lo
DR.. He: rick Johneon, who spoke, with nsrvons
tlro, but with groat deal Of precision and logic
again unfolded Lis grand scheme for Now York
manage ment, but. ut this stage of affairs, Dr.:
Booth, Of New York, who had fought 80 hard q!
yesterday for his native city, throw bombAhou
iuto tue camp Of Ills friends, by
nR1So1Ha coMrRoM1sE
to lot tile Treutlmon's Committee 1.-Two five years,
aul then 10 transferred to tho Homo Mission
Board. This sohs,ne took the cousolidationlAts
by surprise and mnde tho PounBylvaniniteH feol
gIor,ou., but DR.. II. johnson died hard.
Ho got tho floor for an explanation mud
n,anagcd adroitly to any some gool thinGa in
favor OF his achotno, although Moderator Cronby,
the chair, thereby keeping him from making Q
epeooh III favor OF consolidation AZ no said
bio would yesterday, called him te
order very quickly. Nov York rallied and
powerful ton-,niuuto speech in The true Interests
Of tho cause, claiming that five yeara' leaae Of
life to The F1eedmeu's Comnltto was notlonly, hui
glow, death, and that tho Freedmen yers
y, rcelly, the true fold Of tho Aom'
country could tako caro- OF themselves hette
thau this.
alcCook, Of Philadelphia managed to atep !,
again under disguise, aud made snothor sat
tion, and after him the old We
horse o: Philadelphia Dr.. Musgrove, made Il
Tory eoothlng aud llattering speech in favor ol
Gooths % compromise. x'la,c:1 Wlion vas parted by
dianapolis. for consolidation and oguinat Doothl
compromise. He lnt1nated, iu very plain terms
tlat DR.. Booth had deserted hiH friends. Dra
ELLIE sua conalin were TOR consolidation and ne
tllarply replied for no consolidation. Dr.. Logan
also c.,to to tho reBono OF dear old PENNSYLVANIA
mud fur Booths compromise as tho best TO coult
Eet, although by no 1neans all le wanted. Thus i,
the midst Of dozen motlona ut oncs aud con
fusion tho question WIS called and divisio,
was had, alld the oo.nprolniso had won b
23l to 208, and tho question waa settled
IN FAVOR oy TIE QuANEH crrr
BY the aid Of ono OF New York'a create Ut men
DR.. li0ulh.
In the afternoon Dr.. Booth auccee del
sattias q COMMITTEE Of aesen appoipte d, wit
Dr. Atwater, OF Princeton, AZ Chairman, to
CopIFy THE RULES
to gnyorn tho consolidation. and tho Frcet lnen
Con4mIttco 1,ndor its now atatuH.
A4t.r this con,salttos matter WAS sottlodI aati
faot orlly, Or. Rood Of PHILADELPHIA took th 10
against tho consolidation OF the colp' oEtal
work Of the Tublcation Society, which is low
Iliiadolphia, being trausiertad to the Hon
hll sioa Hoard in New York. Ho IL mem ber
tiU Publication Society, and speak =
Tie book With ali the eagt rnc
III one OF tho ins against o.
1T tho outs. 1t must not
forgotten that in all these transfers
1NMENHE SUNS or HONEY
krs at stake, as we'll Oh tho most comnrol lenai'
p!aus OF henoyolonce, and although this part
tl:s assignment In kept in tho baolgrou nd, =
Il IL plain, from tho posltion that the c., ltlom
oa each side, NJ woll aa tue hints lot t.
ut various times, that tho concentrated Jtuxnoi
management OF $780, ZOO, which sln " oa,ld,
b few yoara, grow out of consolidation in Na
York, Ia q loadug foaturo that iA moving Il