New-York tribune., 1874-03-25
necessary to cnoice, and the Rev. Dr. Bacon had 90

made as that the % ModorstoT should the
Charles Walker ot Detroi. for teat oiacs T6e Rsy
Or. Fisk Of Bath; Me- renewed the n0%inat9n Of the
counted DIR. Bacon announced that the whole number
cast was 49, of which 90 were necessary 70 ehSce 81
who iso' was asa accordingly declared elected; :,
For permanent Scribe, the Rev. VIM B. Browp OF
Newark N. j. nominated the temporary ecr1De tue rev
Dr. Quint, who was elected unanimously 6y tne upnoa
hands was %oysa @ mat an 81
the Rev. @. Meserve Of the Safest Congregatlonal
Church OF Brooklyn, and he was elected 10 hnii'1
The President announced that the Council was ready
fSr M & ana mn sse ressnT nsy o. the Letter
Mssive be dispensed WITH aud this motion was caIrsu.
Rcn x%os Of he had not
the Letter Mssive read and dbl not know is conten
read on Which the churches are divided and parts
as open the door for discussion
satisfied with having q statement made OF what the
business is. have never heard Councn peiore PIe
re- T which sss s and
charter Of It's existence. tAppause l beg leave TO
disturbed by any indications Of approval dsapproya
the part Of the audience and shall demand protec
ON this the previous dispensing with the reading
Of the Letter Mssve, reconsidered and the Letter
Mssive was read ...
PROF sxYrH on THE NATURE OF THE COUNCIL
Prof snyth Of AndOver-I suppose, as we have come
TO Council from different parts Of the land there has
been thing uppermost n all our minds and that Is.
what the relation that this Council has to sustain In
ts action OF the churches in this city, prominent
in the discussions which have taken place and which
been read here eTery one o. rs has been @
called n' to iyi adyse the the churches sum@onins il
and not Plymouth Church suppose as We have read
Moderator has emphatcally and distinctly stated to be
the OF this Council the questions what under
anoba latfar yua ran d0 N
hearts toward Plymouth Church and specially oui
desire that this discussion there should be the utmost
church. and q desire above all things TO DC
msgnanimous and fair from beginning to end. Now IN
such purposes that we are OF course In the rt
place goyerned-we shall all at once admtIstrlcty by
the terms OF the Letter Mssye. The whole question:
then before us What can we accomplish under
this Letter Mssye Now SIR seems 10 me ,0e %e g nger
the least the boundary fixed by this letter. invite
that church TO sustain relation to TINS Councl equva
lent substantially 70 the relation sustained by the
churches which have called it, while at the same time
avoid technical embarrassmens which at once arise
them to unite in mutual Council we are DO.
called to advise them as we should be immeaately ana
Council but called to consider great principle.
in which, as matter Of fact There are partes and ,h
questions respect TO which there are parcs there
WIN be no difference OF opinion among u.s. But we nave
on basis of letter which summons us,
10 advise of the pastors and not % another: NOW
have come in simply that might not come forward
an but the thought Of other men as
should like 10 propose for the consideration OF the
Council and which seems to me to accomplish Precisey
he oniect which we should all desire IN mutual Councils
because 1t avoids the comparisons to which have re.
ferred. With the permission of tae Council VIII read
it and &c may then be submitted without further re-
at , IN. Plymouth Church be invited with the
the Of the churches he churches Of eou calling n:
5, Pis'a s Letter as
appoint and By the sams eommlttee t9i course voc
these questions the Council request .,,.
The substance OF the resolution Is not hastily enter
beginning Of this discussion put ourselves In relation
that church or that they may appear here 70 maze
TO this Council may appear to make their state
,n 80 that Therefore tse light Wnsn @ come may be
she'd upon the question before u.s.
THE DEBATE GROWS WARN.
The Rev Mr. Martin Of Portsmouth, N H., arose to
point OF order claiming that this touched question
prior the question touched In the resolution Ihod
in NV hand said he work by honored brother, "Dr
Dexter on Congregatlonalism." Opening at page a.
under the head "Congregatlonasm," find the words:
mutual COuncs in the calling Of which all parties to the
5Su TS Of those paraes after every proper
TO induce call mutual Council has sled ano no
soGs 1sT i 1H 6.. ;s1,ss be saasryo;,
mutual Council TO all parties and has been rejected
also hold in my hand resolution passed Friday
evening in Plymouth Church to this effect :
fs Of church declined mutus Council is the
NV point Of order is as to whether have any right
70 proceed at all until we satisfied that Plymouth
Church has declined mutual Council Upon that point
/ for one am not clear, and ask for advice.
The Rev DR. Burton Of New Hampshire-I suggest
ndment the resolution offered 6y Prof smy In
order to give little breadth to IT, that after the
word oral the words or otherwise" be inserted
The Moderator-The point OF order suggested by Mr..
thing without first disposng of the question whether
this Is an parte Council and whether all reasonable
haan naba n nnu IN
unite in calling it, to me to be stating question
OF fact rather than question Of order is open to
me Rev Mr De Witt Of Boston asked Brother Burton
whether his object could not be secured II the word
ora" were stricken FROM the resolution Ibis amend
Prot smytheNThe object is that the representatives
of Plymouth Church may be here in the same way as
representatives OF the churches which convened the
Council are pfeSe9r from tbem not smpv What nav pe
present their mind and conveyed by writing, but We
NAV wish obtain information also by questions. What
wish is that all these Churches may be here IN that
respect on precisely the same GROUNDS Inat seems 10
nd therefore the word oral Is important in my view
The Rev Mr. TwIning OF Providence-I should like to
whether the character Of this Council par
nr as mutual Council is indelby fixed upon II by the
after Missve wish to inquire whether there is not
hodV OF Congregational precedent and common law
which would measure dictate the proceedings OF the
Council the princples by which we are to proceed
and whether those principles do not require u.s. In case
we are summoned under letter WHICH looks toward
make il mutual Council, and whether, according to
the Of past centuries an er pore Council not
regarded misfortune whichs to be averted by every
means In power, and whether we have not the right
TO do what to put tue Council on that basis And
desire further to say that Il has seemed TO after
xamnation Of this Letter Massive that oil pains were
taken by its authors to avoid giving thus Council the
character par Council; aud expressly, psrtc
uary wish to call >attention TO some words
on The last page, after the seventh point,
which is laid before the Counsel 1--WE ask you,
dear brethren. 10 meet in council by your pastor and
at Clintonsve. Church In this city, the
Pain of March, 1874 at p m, 10 consider these ques
tlons or such OF the Council deem 10 Wise
TO consider and TO give the light OF your wisdom
upon them" Now | beg leave TO submit that that
of itself gives the Council q certain liberty and IL
there we're no such thing body of precedents lying
II there were no such thing as congregational
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