Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-23
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The Northern Assembly.
CLEVELAND, May 22.-The Presbyterian
General Assembly met this morning at 8
o'clock. After devotional exercises and
routine business Rev. J. G.. Noble, of New
jersey, introduced the following resolution,
which was referred to the committee:
Resolved, that the continuous, persistent
and repeated efforts made by the Papists
throughout the country, under the tutilage,
direction and advice Ofthe Papal hierarchy,
to obtain control of the school funds in the
several States Of the Union, or to have a
portion of said school fund diverted from
the legal and legitimate uses to which said
funds are pledged, in order to devote the
money to the support of the PapaliStic
schools, demand from all Protestant Chris
tians of every denomination and every cit
izen of the United States opposed to the
union of the Church and State a resOlute,
determined and combined effort and unceas-
ing watchfulneSs to prevent the success of
the inSidious attempts now b ing made in
all sections of the country by the Papacy to
secure the control of the school money,
and it is hereby recommended by the Gen
eral Assembly of the Presbyterian Church,
that all attempts to subveTt our school laws
or divert any portion of the various school
funds in any of the States in the United
States, to or for the use of any church or
section should be resisted and p,e7euted
by all legal and honorable means.
Resolved, that he cutlery of the papal
hierarchy against what they call our God
less schools, can with far more justice 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 comment, while in
papiStical schools, the Bible is excluded
and the dOgmas and traditions Of men arc
substituted for the commandments Of God.
The remainder Of the morning session
was occupied in considering the report of
the committee on work among the freemen
Of the South.
The afternoon session of the General
Assembly was devoted TO devotional ser
vice, the baptism of the holy Spirit in
the Church and her works being the theme
Of prayer and remark.
Tomorrow the visiting Clergymen will
I'LL the various pulpits Of the city and
neighbOring towns.
The Southern Assembly.
ST LOUIS, MAY 23.-In the Presbyterian
General Assembly to-day the report of the
/ trustees Of the Assembly was read and re-
ferred TO a special committee. The trus-
tees have elected James Hempball Presi.
/ dent, Rev. John Douglass, Vice President
and Jesse II. Lindsey Secretary and Treas.
| UreT.
The report on education was read and
referred. The committee have received
over $4,000 during the year. The debt OF
/ the Educational Bureau is $, 800; number
/ Of candidates for the minis ~ 10. The
report Of the Committee on Publications
was presented. During the war the church
was almost destroyed, but since then it has
been reOTgauized, and now it numbers LOG
/ PIesbyteTies, !, lI3 ministers, almost lOO,-
| OOC communicates, and its church property
is valued at nearly S3,lOO,OUO. Mr.
! Logan said his church sympathiZed
/ with the Southern PTeSbyteIiaus, the two
! churches were much alike in policy, man
/ ner. Of worship and doctrine, and theil
| fields Of labor lay il the same part Of the
/ country. He reported $4,000 IN church
| contributors; $4,000 from sales Of books
| etc, and $500 from other sources; disburse
| ments S5S,O0O. The committees endOW.
| ment fund amounts to $4,000.
Savannah, Ga, was selected as the place
| for the meeting Of the next General Assem-
/ Div. Rev. James p. Logan, of Illinois
] delegate from the Cumberland Presbyterian
| Assembly, now in session at Jefferson
! Texas, was then introduced. He made an
| address in which he gave the history Of
| the Cumberland Church from its Inception,
| and announced himself as a believer il
j church denominations, but deplO;ed the
| spirit Of sect arainism manifested by many
/ churches, and deprecated the tendency o
rich and powerful denominations to crush
| out the smaller and weak ones.
! DR.. HOge, the Moderator, responded e
| the address Of Mr.. Logon, heartily endOIs
ing its sentiment.
The Cumberland Presby terians.
JEFFERSON, TEXAS, May ga length,
! memorial was presented from the NandalIa
His, Presbytery, protesting against thu
| concentrating Of the church publication:
| and the location Of the church paper a
Nashville, and urging either the establish
| ment of national church papers or the re
| moval Of the present church organ, tn
! Cumberland Presbyterian, from Nashville
to St. Louis. 4 memorial on the SAM
| subject, PRAYING the removal Of the pub
fishing house from Nashville TO Memphis
was presented by the NazOO PresbyteTy
| Both memorials were dOcketed until ate
the report Of the Board Of Publication /
| received.
The subject of temperance is likel,
10 be discussed at considerable length
by the Assembly. The following resOlu
tiOns were offered and referred to the Com
mittee on Temperance:
/. That the month Of July next be EN-
ployed in humiliation and prayer to God {,
| remove The evils Of intemperance from thu
! United States.
,. That the first Thursday in July b.
set apart as a day of fasting, humiliation
! and PRAYER. that God in His mercy, and il
His own time aud way, may remove this
deadly evil from us.
>. That we do not cease witt
the month, but continue, like Jacob
to wrestle with God until the long
night Of drunkenness, with its incalculabi,
| evils, shall have passed away.
/. That, in the fear Of God, we invite al
| our members and all Christians TO unit,
with us in prayer for fastening this end.
,. That the faculty of Trinity UniyerSit!
| be requested TO write a circular letter TO all
the churches on the subject Of temper
| ance.
6. That this Assembly make the follow
ing amendment to our book If discipline
| and refer the same to each PTesbyteTy 70
ratification, namely: every candidate 70
church membership shall, during the eX
animation, be required to answer the fol
lowing questions.in the Affirmative: ID,
you promise, by Gods assistance, to neve
drink intoxicating liquors as a beverage
The report Of the Board Of adjudication wa
received, ard, with the memorials from
Vandalia and YaZCO Presbyteries, reteue,
tothe Committee on Publication.
| The Assembly instructed the Board 0
Publication to proceed at once to the pub
licatiOn of book Of hymns and tunes, 70
use in the churches, to be called "Bibl
Songs
Bowling Green, KY, was selected as tn
place Of meeting Of the next Assembly.