Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-29
PRESBYTERIAN.
Adjournment of the Cumberland
Assembly.

The Temperance Question In the
EOrfhern Church - Further Argu.
ment in the Wilson Case.
JEFFERsoN, TEXAS, May 2S.-The Cum
berland Presbyterian General Assembly
closed its proceedings today, having met on
the 10th inst. A special committee was
appointed TO devise a financial policy for
the Church, to be submitted to the next
Assembly.
The following corresponding delegates
we've appointed to the General Assembly OF
the Presbyterian Church in the United
States: W. d. Chadick, DID,, Chattanooga,
and Rev. A. TempletOn, MurfreesbOro,
alternate; to the General Syndicate Of the
Evanrelical Lutheran Church, Rev. Henry
Melville, UniontOwn, Pa, and w. j..
Darby, Evansville, Indiana; to the
General Assembly Of the Presbyterian
Church Of the United States Of America,
Rev. c. II. Bell, d. D., st. Louis, and Rev.
HID. Onyett, COvingtOn, Ohio; to the
Evangelists' Union of Scotland, Rev.
Messrs. G. Burnett, Newbern, Tenn; Rev.
A. NJ. Miller, Waynesburg, Pa; and Rev.
J.R. Poindexter, d. D., Lincoln, Ills; and
Rev. W. Z. Ward, Nashville, alternates;
to the Presbyterian Alliance, which meets
in London next July, Rev. W. Z. Ward; to
the Cumberland Presbyterian General As
sembly (colored), Rev. E. n. Power, Max
we'll, Tenn; and Rev. Geo. Mitchell,
Athens, Tenn.
Tie Committee on Deceased Min
isters reported that twenty-five
ministers sand three HcenSiates have
died since the last General Assembly.
The general assembly, after very har-
moniOus and pleasant session, then dis
solved, to meet in Bowling Green, KY, on
the third Thursday in May, 1876.
The Northern Assembly.
CLEVELAND, May 2S.-The eighth days
session of the Presbyterian General AS
sembly commenced this morning at the
usual hour.
Resolutions in reference to cruelty to
animals were adopted.
An invitation for holding the next Gen
eral Assembly in Philadelphia was referred
10 a committee.
The Judiciary Committee made par
tial report, which states that the-e are six
cases Of appeal and complaint before them.
The annual report Of the Board Of Min
isterial Relief was submitted. The Board
saws the past year has been in some re-
spects the most trying one ever experienced.
Rev. DIR. Wilson, chairman Of the Com
mittee on Bills and Oveftures, submitted
the following, which was unanimously
adopted:
Thankfully acknowledging the favor Of
Almighty God, as shown in the continued
interest felt in the great work Of temper
auce reform. this Assembly Teiterates
and aifirms the testimonies Of former
Assemblies on this subject, and especially
that Of the Assembly of 1871, more parti-
cularly as affirming that, pursuant to the
claims Of Christian eZpedieEcy, the sale
and use Of alcoholic stimulants as bever-
ace is contrary to Gods word, and wholly
inconsistent with the claims of Christian
duty: and, further, in asserting our cOnvic-
tion Of reprehensible completely in the guilt
of The traffic in alcoholic stimulants, Of
those who knowingly rent their premises
for such purposes, or endorse a license that
legalizes it.
The standing Committee Of Publication
submitted the following report: Total
number Of books and periodicals published,
4glESIS; receipts from all sources during
the wear. S52l, 51S; expenditures, SJOIIzS
leaving balance Of Sl3, so in the Treas
ury. The report was discussed during the
remainder Of the session, and adopted.
The Southern Assembly.
ST. LOUIS, May 2S.-The Presbyterian
General Assembly has been engaged most
Of the day in discussing the reports Of the
Committee on Educational SustentatiOn,
and. this evening, Rev. Stuart Robinson
continued his argument in behalf Of the
Louisville Presby-sry, in the Wilson case.