, 1874-06-04
Tho Presbytcrians Give 4 G0od-By
and Thanks 10 st. Louis.
The Next Assembly to Be
Held in Cleveland.
Ritualiam in the Church Strongly
Condemned.
Review Of Tho Work Accomplished by
the Assembly.
1t Was Moro Happy. III Undoing
tll:tn in Doing.

1t Was Moro HAPPY i'll UAuoAns
tll;tn in Doing.
TEE pRESBYTER1ANS.
S,ttfdl DispatcA to The Chicago Tribune.
oLos1Nd DAT or THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
ST. Lou1s, Juno 8.-On this, the laBt day OF
kho Assembly, thoro wns carly displayed dispo-
Bition to pusl businesB. Tl,o first thing Of i'm
portanco was tho consideration OF tho Sabbath
question. DR.. Erkino read very long and
nrgnnlontativo pnpor on Sabbath observance,
which wound up with revolutions that VIC ought
to hayo strict observance Of tho Lords day,
nul that stockholders OF corporations, Ruch M
sioRmboat comranieB, railroads. and othor conf
1anleB that aro run on the Sabbath,
should do all In thoir power to havo
tho practice stopped, and 1t wns furthor
proposed In case thoy could not succeed in Of
fccting this result, then they Should withdraw
from tic companies. This latter part Of tho
waa. Tho paper was recommended to tho Doard
Of Publication for publication. together with Nil
tho resolutions, b1lt with tho understanding TINT
tho Recommendation III regard to withdrawing
plould not bo directly fndorsel.
The Committeo OIL Responses and Ritualisn1
in Christ worship brought III report condemn
Ing, in soyore tornls. Ill rituaiiBn, which waa
unanimously adopted.
Tho paper reforrod from tho Synod of Justice
on d Presbyterian Conference III India WIS dis
cusaed ut longth, and 1t was concluded to lot the
missionaries haye Preebytorinn Confederation.
provided that it attomptod no occleslaBtical
control, Or Interfering in any way with
tho mothor. Church iii this country.
Tho question having boon sprung in regard to
deacona distributing the broad aud vino at tho
Lords Supper, itWaa decided, by an emphatic
majority, that thcy Ind that right.
fThara n II mn ~intt ttorn
ordered by tho Committee Of 1eneyolence aild
Finance, Us published i'll yesterdays TRIBUNE,
and tho itenl Of approximation for Homo MlB--
sioA OF SG00, 600. ordered yesterday, aaelangod
to S5UU, u0U, being Slut, ,000 FOR Homo MlBBiOnB
proper, and 91G0, ,O0O for BustentfDn.
Tho larger part of thu day was used up ia tho
merely routine discussion Of 8yuodical records
ind Kindred topics.
DR.. VIM. Eakmau, OF Detroit, read Boriea Of
revolutions
THANKING Al I.Iosr EVERYBODY
for their kindness III s.. Louis and nude n very
feolng apcech on the sauao subject. md Dr.
Crosby hecoiiaea his resolutions in 4 mont
their compiments in to'ling speech, in which
Ae enid, alnong other things, TINT his committee
bud becn greatly aidod By citizons and lnombers
OF churches who woro not Presbyterians.
THE NEXT ASSEMBLY At cLEyELASD.
Cloyoand waH decided upon III tho place for
the meeting Of tho next General AgaombIy.
In briefly reviewing tho work Of this Asaona-
bly,, it's general conservative and mild policy
etauds out i'll bold roiof. 1t spent much Of its
wholo intention OF tho leaders OF that schono
was to unity the benevolent work Of tho Church.
They intended to bring NIL boneyoent enterprises
Of tho Church under nbout three heads,
Foreign ALidaionu, uome Mssions, and the
Board Of Publication. Tho Now Yorkora wero
tho inventors of tho scheme. Tho results wero
that sust9ntstion wab added to Homo Missions,
md tho Frcodnlena nffnirB aro to be wound up
j., H,a ,oo,u ou a upnoin1 taa md tt,n rnrt,
OF tlsat Conmlttoo in to bo handed ovor to the
Home Missions. at the cntl OF TINT timo tho
nn1le is to he dropped ntsd tlo word "allaalon-
nry " to bo used lnstoRd, aud geveral smal com
Tor each, as now.
rESSsYLyAS1A's OPPOSITION.
In all Of thoso Rchclne. tho pennaYlyania
delegation YES solid asalnst any chnnae, but is
goenls nov the new organization VII! calHo lons
friction aud TO moro oifocsual work than under
Tue nest great work was q thorough and com
plohel,aiyo review Of tic notion Of the Assembly
OF 1sG5 mud 2s66 IN regard to tho declaration
aud testimony Of Border state Synod quea-
tlous. anti tho cmphatic reconstruction
Of tho cets Of those Aseomblics in tho words
"null and void, " thus giving tho great wedgo to
Rot sn NJ a 81 the syaHa Of the hdo or
tho Presbyterian Church.
1t ID NOW
ONLY A QUESTION or TIME
abont tho unio,. Of al the scattered fragments
Of the Presbyterian Church. Tho reconciliation
OF Judge Drake aud DR.. James H. Brooke will
greatly hAstcn this result, III thoy
stood at tho extreme onds Of antagoniam. This
assembly has appointed ton Of its ab!est niniu~
ters to bring about q reunion with tho Southern
Church.
Emphatic ground has been taken for temper-
nnce, although tho noans to 10 employed iu tho
suppression Of the liauor-tratlio wore not ,nii-
catod.
nT.r. T1r H.