The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-05-26
ST. LOUIS.

Presbyterian General Assembly.
Sr. Louis, May 25.-At the morning
session OF the Presbyterian General
Assembly, report was read from q
special committee appointed by the last
general assembly to confer weth the
central committee, in regard to the APP
poiutment Of speakers, stating that
they had a conference on the 3lst OF
March, the result OF which would be
announced in the coming report.
DR.. Howard Crosby, from the com.
mittee appointed at Baltimore to look
into q federation of all the Presbyterian
bodies, reported that they had beld a
meeting in New York and cent ginyi-
tations 10 all the churches in Europe
and this country, inviting them to ap-
point committees to arrange the details.
Tney recommended that this body do
the same. Dr.. Crosby also reported
from a special committee appointed in
regard to the collection OF the deb: OF
the Board OF Education, that on y
small portion OF the debt bad been col
leeted, owing to the panic. Judge Drake
obtained the floor for the pirpose OF
making personal explspation. He
said be had been panied to learn that
some OF the remarks he made Saturday
were Objectionable to some oi the mem
bers. He thought his meaning must
have been misunderstood. All he de-
sired was to make known to all that
there is an uudercnrrent in the church
against a standard Calvinist'c liturgy.
1t Was supposed further that he re-
fected upon those who had been con-
nscted with the new church. This was
not 90. He said with shame that the
uodercurrent manifested itself more
among those who used to be Old
School Presbyterisns than among
those who used to be New School
Presbyterians.
A telegram was received from the
Presbyterian Church South, now in
session at Columbus, Mississippi, ac-
knowledgins the situation and extend-
| ing greelings, which was ordered to be
placed on the minutes OF the Assem-
bly,.
After a brief discussion it was agreed
that hereafter during discussions
speeches should be limited to ten mip-
utes each.
Dr.. Limon II. Atwood, of the Synod
OF New Jersey, was the first speaker.
He said the discussion lasting az long
40 1t has was eating into the berevo-
lent work OF the church. Tbis work
was like a sensitive plant and easy
affected. The whole question was One
Of church economy, and it is princi-
pie OF economy that the efficiency
of labor is augmented by 9 division ;
one man can attend best to the inter
ssts of one department. He had yet to
learn that there would be asy improve
ment in the Evangelism as whole in
massing the boards together. Ih-re-
gard 10 the proposed changes. be
thought. starting with usteulation,
that to omit the collections for this
purpose would be virtually to abolish
| it. There Was q most dangerous ten-
dency in the United States just now q
separate the weak, from the strop z
The old boards had made some mia.
takes, perhaps, but they could rectily
them in the ~ future. = New
boards would not do any better
and it had been said that there was an
extensive feeling in the church for con-
solidstiop, but he believed the regiol
OF the feeling was small. 81
! G. W. Musgrsye, OF lPhlsdelphia
followed in Q speech against cousohds