The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-05-27
General Assembly Of the Presbyterian
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| On Saturday,. 22d, DR.. L. r. Baird, CHAIR
man Of the Committee on Publications, made
bis annual report. The committee received
SI4.794.04 10 church contributions; S34.-
| 1850 from sales OF merchandise 2,275 from
| rents, and S4.2g5.51 In borrowed money.
| The disbursements for the year were Sala-
ries, 50, 1872 books, etc, Sa.94o 81; stock ac-
count. $50, 3iG51; incideniais, S3.1S1 80;
buildings and insurance, Slo,431l7 The
committees endowment fund amounts to
$50, 19l,S9. "The Discourses of Redemp-
| tom by Or. Stuart Robinson, and the
Memories OF Miss Caroline e. Smeli,' were
| issued during the year; also, a supplement to
| the Churcb's Book OF Hymns and Tunes"
! The circulation OF the Caitdrcn'S Friend is
%, 900 Of the Earnest Worker, 200. Their
press has issued 1890 bound volumes !;
| 10000 catechisms; 5000 supplements to
/ hymn.books; 1000 Choctsw spoilers; $500
tract volumes. amounting to 100000 pages;
| $500 catalogues; 1000 envelopes; $4,000
church blanks 1920 circulars 5000 lesson
| papers weekly.
| THE CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAS5.
Rev. james P. Logan, from the General
| Assembly of the Cumberland Church, was
| intr oduced, and bore her Christian Sauta-
lion 10 the Assembly. Referring then to The
question of auuion of the two Churches, Mr..
| logan pointed out that. in the realm Of na.
ture. God bad combined unity with almost
endless variety, and asked, Might not the
spirit Of unity be maintained in having the
Churches divided into different branches, in
which all held the essential truth, though
| presenting it under different forms? He be.
iieyed that the union for which Christ
prayed was not SO much a unification Of the
| different bodies OF his Church as union be-
tween his people aud the Father, "that they
may be one, as thou, Father, art i'll me, and
in thee, and that they may also be one in
u.s." Jesus prayer was for spiritual
un;On-a union with the Father and
toe Son and this union effected. all
! GODS children are bound together, ill.,
| stead of the umalsamatiop OF all the Ame-
| rlcan Churches in one organic body, In
which all would be represented, and which
; might adopt such rules as would plant us Oh
one ground, OH which we mig ht all work to-
gcther for His glory.
RESPONSE OF THE MODERATOR.
| The Moderator, Rev. Dr.. Hoge, responded
| appropriately, and two brief extracts are
| gwen from bis remarks:
MY Dear Brethren,-ln the State from
which | come there is feeling among kins-
people almost amounting 10 clanshlp, and
we are in the habit of recognizing relation.
ship. and counting our cousins as Kin to the
third, fourth, and fifth remove. And when
we hear the name Presby terrain We slways
feel our hearts going out in that same feel
ing towards those who bear the name, be.
cause we know they are all in the family.
: - And now, when you return to
your people, tell them, il you please, how
grati6ed we were to see and bear you among
us. Convey to them our Christian saluta-
tious, regards, and the hope that when an
other yesr shall come the delegate who sue
caeds sou, if it should be their pleasure TO
send one, will be able to say, as you have,
Brother Logan: The last year of our LIE
was the most prosperous trust the next
year will he more prosperous STILL"