, 1874-05-23

minister's for horeBy.
FINANCIAL MArTEns.
Tho reporta OH benevolenee and finance hhow-
cd tho following receipts OF tile Bonrdu and
Committees from the 1st Of April, 1873, to tbs
3lst Of March, 1f<4:
Board of Foreign Mssiona. $5B243l
inard of HuInc Msatona. 2g5,l5O
Conanieo sustensation 65,1oo
Ministerial relief. 7s479
Lreedmen. ........'..-......... 44.a59
Publication, .........,... 47,70a
Tho ostimntes Of tho financial condition on
tue 1lst Of Mascl. last, by the Honyda aud Com
mlttoes. show that a'114,4y would then havo
boen required. IN oraor thnt tho whole work
should be FREQ Of debt Tho deficit Of tho Board
Of Foreign Missions amounts to $4,000. Tito
deficit Homo Missions up to snmo date amounts
to AG, ,9s7; Board Of Education deficiency, ,sl1 457
Committee On Sustentation loicienoy, s15, 1000;
Committee on freedmen efficiency, s., ,941 Com
mitee on ministerial 1soIef do6cleucy, 414 D2G
Totnl debt Of tic whoIo work Of tho church,
e114, 491. Tho aggregate contributions Of thirty
one churches ,s n IN as,a were 10 $a9s Ihe re-
mon for. tho .yoar ending April. l, 1874.
showed tho total rccoipta, including balanco on
hand April ], 1878, to have boon H60, ,457, and
tho expenses e57.7o5: Churches organized
under tho care OF the committees tl5. Whole
adults, 415; infants, 49i. Whole mum ber Of
sabbath-schools, 90. Number OF students in
THE NkyT PLACE or MEETING,
On motion Of the Rev. Dir. Drake, the queg-
ton OF the selection Of the piaco Of meeting oE
tho noxt assembly vas referred to q committee
It Is generally beloved that tho Committee in
question will decide on indianapolis.
Tie Rev. DR.. Crosby, of New York. auggested
thut in the records OF the Assembly all titles be-
dropped. To this the rev, alr. Hunt,
%ho pian''Sap' u fa of I'LL dry 's'a umop %D''nt s
III furnishing laughing gas to the Assembly, said
that lie waB heartily il favor Of the motion Of
DR.. Crosby, having always loathed tlie idea Of
| tho D. D. stills being Tackled on au ambassador
Of tho Lord by secular colleges that have no
| more knowledge Of divinity than q hog has Of
Sunday.
Tho chief busincsB Of the day was the reoep-
ton Of tho reporta Of special committee on
consideration Of the Boards Of tho Church aud
cludes
THE nEv. DAVID SWING,
| Of Chicago, rho had been prevented from at
| tonding to the duties. but who nevertheless had
heartily concurrcd. This report, which was con-
| CURED in by all tile members Of tue Committee
except ono, raducos all the boneyoont boards to
four, there being Board Of Foraign Missions, a
Board & Heme Missions Board Of EdHGation n,a
ton. Tho Board OF Foreign Misaions
allal continue under its prosout organization,
| aud shall be- unchanged a. to ito objects and
| niothods, The Board Of Homo Missions phnll
| comprehend I'll that work Of tho Church which
is properly related to the Idea Of home evangel-
| ization, and shall bo looatad in Nav York, The
Board Of Education aud Reef shalt be conHti-
| sutod by tho union Of the two Boaras now aMper-
tatending tlese ntoyosts this Board to be located
| At philadclphia. Tho Board Of Publication
shall ronRn as at present, sayo that tbs expense
| Of whatever work OF donation 1t may SEQ fit to
| carry On ahall be met by voluntary offerings oi
! churches md individuals. The Committee de-
t,av nt,IAr t1n1 thnf ~ f1ta
| changes proposed ooptomplate diminution OF
| the ai11ount Of money to be contributed for tho
| bcnoyolaut work OF tbo Church.
! THE MINORITY REPORT
| docs not favor q separate Donrd for freedmen,
AZ It Intinaates GLASS distinction. Tile diao,lseion
! Of the consolidation has boen warmly anterad
| into and, 1t il Thought, will occupy couple OF
days discussion Ills thought thnt the majority
report will be adopted, with some alterations and
| ameudmontH.
PROF. SWINGS WITHDRAWAL.
| Quite atir was created thus forenoon BY tho
di2putoh from Chicago announcing the with
drawal of Prof. swiug from bis church. Many
III hopes tint ho will reconsider hin action.
| They are quito shy in expressing opinions hs TO
whxt will reault III case he sticks it out on the
prssant course, a D. D. from pl,i1adalphia waa
hoard to remark that tho action OF Prof. Patton
fora tho Synod Of Northern Illinois, and to tho
General Assembly, II pecoBaary, should turn the
louiency Of those before whom le waa tried, aud
! not save him from the reprimaad which, accord
ing to tho laY OF the Assembly, he 10 entitled to.
/ (Tp Tie AsS1ciat<d Prets.l
sr. Louis, May 2a.-TLe second day's session
| Of tho Presbyterian Gansral Assembly was
opened nth pSysf y tue Moesrntes the ~ nsy
! tional exercises. Tho programme for tho meet
| in1 provides for two sessions ouch day, ono bo-
| ginning at o'clock In the morning and continu-
Ing until o'clock III The aftcrnoon, NTH reooBs
1rf, $rr Ae1au
| uiou from 8 to 10 o'clock in tho ovouing.
| cp,tht1rrEEg.
The Moderator announced tha appointment Of
at tho following committees: Bill. and Over
I1ome Mlssions, Foreign Missions, Education,
Publication, Ehuroh Erection, Theological Sem
iuarieg, Ministerial Relief, tho Freedmen, suR-
tantation, oorrospondenco,. Yonevolence, Mile.
age, Flntnoas Narrative. aud LeaVe Of Ahaence.
q! RtpDnTn.
Synodioal records from large number c1
churches ue1o haudod in; also, paporg. ma
MORALS, oysrtureB, etc.. Which we're referred to
their appropriate committees without reading.
Annual reports were rucelved from the boare
Of Home Missions, Foreign Missions. Eduoation
Publication, Church Erection, tho CommitteeE
on Ministerial Relief Fund, Mission for Fraed,
men, the Hnhtenta1ien Fund, Dsnoyolsneo ant
md Ut tl.e General Assembly; the Treasurer o
the 1euorI Assembly. aud the various Iheolog
ical aoulnartaa oi tue Church.
Dr.. William P. Breid, Of phlladolphia; DR.
Jau,eo L. noboglson, and Judge james l.. Dral
ware appointed committee to aoltot plaoe Q
meeting for tho uo1t General Assembly.
ADMISSION OF MEMBERS.
great part at tue nloraing aassiou was take,
up Iii considering the formula for tho admission
| VI members to the church. At tle last aessiol
OF tue Assembly a formula had boeu prasente'
by q committee and rafarrol to this Assembly
Several members had amendments to offer, an,
many lad now formulas made out. Altar con
siderable discussion, on motion Of DR.. Niles, o
Phlladolphia, the whole matter waa referred to
port by Monday NOON, Or sooner, II possible.
AcAphM1d TITLES,
i On moaoh of The 1sv. Howard Ozo>by, 4