Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-05-23
PRESBYTERIAN.
Transactions Of the Cumberland and
the Northern and the Southern
Churches YesterdRy-The
Public Schools In
dOrsed.
THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

lSiEh u 70 y COIlUllllet
Resolved, That the continuous, pei
sistent and repeated efforts made by tn
Pspists throughout this country, unde
the tutilsge, direction and advice Of tn
papa hierarchy to obtain control Of th
school funds al several States of th
Union, or to have portion of the schOo
fund diverted from the legal and legiti
mate uses to which said funds ar
pledged, in order to devote the money t
the support Of the papistical schools, de
mands a protest from all PrOtest8n
chistians Of every denomination, anC
every citizen of the United State
! opposed to the union of church anC
! State, a resolute, determined and com
bined effort and unceasing watch
fulness to prevent the success
Of the insidious attempts now being
made in all sections OF the country by
the adherents OF papacy to secure the
control of the school money, and it il
hereby recommended by the general as.
semDly Of the Presbyterian church that
all attempts to subvert our school laws
or divert any portion Of the various school
| funds in any of the States in the Union
to or for the use Of any church or sect
should be resisted and prevented by all
| legal ana lODOIADte means.
Resolved, That the Outcry of the pSpsl
hierarchy against what they call Our
goddess schools can, with far more JUS
tice and greater propriety, be applied to
the schools they have instituted. In
the common schools of our country the
pure word OF God is read without COM
ment, while in pspistical schools the
bible is excluded, and the dogmas and
traditions Of men are substitutes for the
commandments of God.
The remainder of the morning session
was occupied in considering the report
of the committee of work among the
freedmen of the south.
The afternoon session of the Presby-
terian general assembly, was devoted to
devotional service. The baptism of the
Holy Spirit ia the church and her work,
being the theme of the prayer and re-
mark. Tomorrow the visiting clergy
men will fill various pulpits Of the city
and neighbOrhOod.
THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SOUTH.
ST. LOUIS, March 22.-In the Presby-
terian general assembly to-day, the re-
port Of the trustees Of the assembly was
read and referred to a special committee.
The trustees have elected James Hemp
ball, president; Rev. John Douglass,
vice-president, and Jesse H. Lindsey,
secretary and treasurer.
The report on education was read and
referred. The committee have received
over fifteen thousand dollars during the
year. The debt of the educational bu-
reau was thirty. five hundred dollars.
The number of candidates for the min
istry was one hundred and seventy.
The report of the committee on church
publications was presented. The COM
mittee received $4,000 in church con-
tributions, S34, 900 from sales of mer-
chandise, and S6500 from other sources.
The disbursements were S5S, 900. The
cOmmittee's endowment fund amounts
to S39, 900.
Savannah, Georgia, was selected as
the place for holding the meeting OF the
next general assembly.
Rev. James p. Logan, of Illinois, and
delegate from the Cumberland Presby-
terian assembly, now in session at JEFF
ferson, Texas, was then introduced and
made an address, in which he gave the
history of the Cumberland church from
its organization. During the war the
church was almost destroyed, but since
then it had been re-Organized, and now
it numbers one hundred and six pTesby-
teries, eleven hundred and dseventy-three
ministers, almost one hundred thousand
and church property
valued at nearly three million dollars.
MIR. Logan said his church sympa-
thized with the southern Presby terians.
The two churches are much alike in
their church policy, manner Of worship
and systems of doctrine, and their fields
Of labor lie in the same part Of the
country, He announced himself as a
believer in church denominations, but
ieplOred that spirit of sectarianism man
Tested by many churches, ana depre- |
Gated the tendency Of rich and powerful |
to crush out the smaller |
and weaker ones. DR.. HOge, the mod |
orator, responded to the address Of Mr.. |
Logan heartily endorsing its sentiments. |
THE CUMBERLANDs.
JEFFERSON, TEXAS, May 22-During |
he third davis proceedings of the gen.
raj assembly Of the Cumberland Pres
,yterian church, lengthy memorial
vas presented from the Vsndalia lIlli-
lois1 presbytery, protesting against con-
,entrating the church publications ard
he location 1.-THE church paper at Nash
lille. Tennessee, and urging either the
Of national church papers
n the removal of the present church
,rgan OF the Cumberland Presbyterians
rom Nashville to st. Louis. A memo
ial on the same subject, praying for the
emoval OF the publishing house from
Nashville to Memphis, was presented
" the Yazoo presbytery. Both memo
isIs were docketed until after the report
4 the board on publications is received.
The subject Of temperance is likely to
u discussed at considerable length by
he assembly. The following resolution
ysa offered and referred to the commit
ee on temperance:
Resolved, That the month Of July
lext be employed in humiliation aud
,rayer TO God to remove the evils of in.
emperance from the United States.
Resolved, That the first Thursday in
uly be set apart as day of fasting,
and prayer, that God in his
nfiuite wisdom and mercy, and in his
wn time and way, remove this deadly
vii from the United States.
PesOlped, That we do not cease with
ne month, but continue like Jacob to
,regtle with God until the long night of
runkeuness, with its incslculable evils,
hall have passed away.
Resolved, That in the fear Of God We
nvite all our members and all christians
D unite with US in prayer and fasting to
his end.
Resolved, That the faculty Of Trinity
be requested to write ciTcu-
8r letter to all churches on the subject
{ temperance.
Resolved, That this assembly make
he amendment to our book Of discip-
ne, and refer the same to the presby-
ery for ratification, namely: every
sndidate for fundamentally shall,
uring the examination, be required to
nswer the following question in the
ffirmative: Do you promise, by Gods
ssistance, never TO drink Intoxicating
quors as BEVERAGE"
The report Of the board OF publication
7ss received and, with memorials from
be VsndRlia and YaZJO presbyteries,
eferred to the committee on publication.
he assembly instructed the board OF
utilization to proceed st once with the
ublication Of book, hymns and tunes
" the use of the church, TO be called .
Bible Songs" !
Bowling Green, Kentucky, was select
4 for the meeting OF the next general [