New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-05-26
THE MORNING SESSION.

THE MORNING SESSION.
The preliminary devotional exercises yester-
day morning were conducted by the Rev Dr. Charles f.
Knox Of Newark At e opening Oh tie business session
partial report of Committee Oh Bills and Overtures
was presented by the Rev. Dr. Norris Tho part oil the
report referring "piomiscuOus dancing reafiimed
the statements of previous Assemblies tha this form OF
amusement mounful moons stency on the part Of
Christians and urged the church sessions TO arrest INC
evil by guiding the thusiasn and activity Of the young
in the churches tie various channels OF usefulness
which are open all who and honor Christ ono
melnoer inquired che meaning Of the word promsc'l-
ous" and another thought the Assembly SHOULD pro-
nounce a more definite opinion on subject he thero
fore novel a Of the subject to the Com
mttee The motion lost, and the report adopted
The Rev. DR.. DlcKey then presented the following
amended repor. or Home Missions and Sustentation:
We would nere report upon facts observable in
the report Board Oh hOmt MISSIONS On lIe'r SUI
ttnaIiOn Department Jhis department o. our elirchS
WORK the pei scheme VI lew, Odt an idea anu con-
yIctOn that has fastened upon the minds ana he Is OF
MANY. The BUNrd dhle to report SAFE ana secur sus
tentaton IL has canceied debt oil S3lOI4 o. IL nis
secured xii, Of $1,000 mas saved - e9,1eS au
has balance o. $l6,0O- "a Iho sId1i9"os INC
tee consider the bes answer for susentatOn Tue pil
on al objects Board 10 encourage TIE Pastoral
relation anu to secure scsupportn cnure hes as essen
tia to strength aud p osrss ana the plan tho DOa
The Board vi Home Aiss0ns Should be cont nued ana
the Church is onlJiuod % sustain the Sussentaon DC
The oad recommend that The churches receiving aid
from tnis department. shat DC dsiJeI 10 TWO ci@%s,s
sisng more Churches eacH O wnlch cons ituto
apast"ai icatiOn raea rcioeE VI WnJT 49,, pay ~
OF tEe Board add the lftsD3 teIy Cas- secOhd 70 &c
esnaied susteEts0n PastOates, consisting Vi Que or
more churches Win eihces eTecte. sucL cnu ell na'4ns
pasIor actually Installed mst contribute an average
aOunt Of 81 80 per monibcr toward the support Oh the
pastor and shall iHcrc al .he rae "a 81 - anua ~
these oo-dtous are coioDiieu WITH tue Bo~rI snail
Increase The salory 10 $1,000.
The report ooueins rogue that this Assembly shond
distinctly STATE tai tnee Is no ss .l. 'n ue "a 'e
ASA Is Created anh'l3 Dy INC ooh'i'' VI 81.
ehnryh alse .iessiou has prevailed tHd 7uulc per
ina ent fund s es.aOi-sHed The board, however o"n
Tao Rev, Dr. samuel H. Campbell the Chairman of the
Standing COMMITTEES on Public cations, then presented
the report Of that COnntee substantially Is iolOws
TIE sGa din, COMMITTEES the Annual Report OF The
Bo,r o. PuDcat onS beg leave Osay t4iat que! nave
given report ytry oarefui and cHtcai eXdih9tiOn
Like All the departments OF GU CAuch "OI"' "a biu
of Publication has bccn somewhat All aVOtaOJ SHeettu
by stuscAcy vi tie times The worA 81 the b0'is
advances III several directions VALUABLE add ioue awe
been made 10 as iist vi publications; Tue eu;nihtyn
its book sales COMPARE iaYoIahy VITA 'noso
OF iOimT years, anu the contributions 10 iiS
uJissiOLay funds are slgdtly IA advance o. those
OF previous years. Tao sale oi Tue ly m'd up "
Marc. 81 l4o.yO1 copies the saVr,er Cate
csn aad n acAsd 80 OOO co,ls DURING thc year toe
BJurd 10000 copies OF me ifeS1g'eT'aA
Sehogi VISITOR la - ssVns,y D..rt'ens thcss nave
bsen sold 7-,5V4 Volumes aid IAeJ nave diS'ioe'sa
conu on The work .oard TO LAG oVii4rhce Oi tne
ChLr~.. Tie ulstiO- airy WofA vi the Iuaid as an
nap IAN, COS :" 49, IA! s,A4 DC n Nc, %,
Ia lbctibod en- eIPIso vi Toe sshcss H'l.fi' u, !"
recognized IN ihtiihbi - ND0Ni''
Tne Rsy. VI Ii AL W. Mex ,nney Of Pittsburgh, Nom
Der OF the CouIialtoe ON Publications. presented m
nority report, as follows
We The members o! the Committee upon the Report Of
the Boa Of Plicatsns, 40 n0t agree WIZ al lhe s""
msas IL IG.ons t1e majority Oi Tie report, and
a.sre ~ ouLg your a,t.uaO.4 hEtt's ~Eic4 ", re-
We Id sfcg - ghat s"o boSld 10 dHceu 20 r's0n'
he, Nier more inmate aid hte sLSoAe.i' o' is
tendtut OF sabat school Work Do abolished, OIL tBe
1aot r, tlns lh oliso inaG the shay paid
tue hlDJ wil asat on missionary 4uds be'ng d.
voted 10 pure missionary "oiA
Mr.. McK4Bn.y continued:
We present these ss. gcstlops with much reluctance
aiadence, IN 10 disrasco 10 chose suo az cn~"ct
minute account Of Expenditures, We have h"d ia
Secretary of Tie board before as u explain matters b
all tie 81 pian4tiOns I'D moi maze item clear bal len
them Ike Chinese puzzle which our poor Drains cOud
not comprehend Tnc rpof Of The Boari 10 better item
zud that II peveins AOara-, but "e 40 not wsh
EucR lumpn g and scncfA@slo ia ieieioie q" tAe
Abolition OF tins Onice 81 saOOath-schoOl upper
intsnient. We regard TIL. matter in the nrst
place too costly iOF the ahouut vi "wh 70
expenses over $1,000 mo work performed IS no.
initial IN any degree 70 The bnih->cnoo interest II
tbs paste AM pfeso teTies "0i- P0pc 'ei' - 10 e
eeSsiy waa.err isr 'is oic $40 I'm" s-e t'.e A.
cone for It's ABOLITION II you W. 'oo" a. Tue iegoit o.
TIE Board you WI see tat from ,'e sac " p'4""o'S
there 10 lie fusd frOm winch II the 5dpalhtohi
ens Office retained the amount Of his ea.ary can DC
properly dsawn so Is to leave the sacred missionary
iana intact. n ts is done, you will Had a new ie de-
y0opcd In this cause, aud tnat he ooutIi0utcns 70 The
fnBd will be more hearty and abundant
DR. Musgrave. reply to this report O. oke from tAe
platform a. follows:
Ir,ally think it due that Board and 10 the that
noriiy report Should corrected am sarprisyd 80
tass report Ihs brother bring ng II vas mol AS no b
colnpcat satject tat unless man docs look MO II
Ii has two distinct aspec 5, Que entirely
CONNER eial and The other hl s0aaiy, ahi
IT,. distribution Of salaries Insisted ~
tEat business committee that las SPECIAL charge Of ne
commercial dcpsftn nj t."l as I"e tne % TIC otvio
tar, and the Superintendent u SoeI morE Vas sven
largely 10 that Missionary Dcpa tncn, u ought !" lay
is pr0pnroa OF hs expenses lhAt minority nave t'e
tie Of tUs sSuis'y fua Iat i"uca error
Avsy large proportion OF tnAt fana Is qsrea RON thS
al thc e,neuses OF s..arrs Sc to witch he reers 30
oharclos Il te. lron the ms. ionaly fund
The kew Dr. Campbell said that be hoped that the
Assembly would hastily dispose Of the questions aud
he thought that tor Committee who had not access to
the books the Board for examination to report ad-
yersely IA 10 the ngurrs was an assumption
Elder O. ; Beuson OF philadelphia said that the bust
nes, OF the Board OF Pu5lcitOn complicated.
AID he proceeded 70 explain II tn detail TIE iseV l. o.
Darling OF Albany presented elaborate statistics Ia
regard expenditure Of Tie Hoard ia tue course OF
which he said that two-thrds OF the churches DID not
contribute ~ the BoarL
rRATrgxfrY WITH SOUTHERN PREspYTEEIANs.
At this point Dr. ralinage asked that the rules might
be suspended. He then Lok the platform aud said
hold In my baud telegram important ~ aGy that
ever xenf over IL ffom prominent nieu-
Der of tile Gcuccs Assembly III savannah o. d. Moses
y hOse man Know aid Iespecet N oseI suI ~,
try DAY before yesterday TOOK tue responsibility oi
that Assembly, ng anything could Je done 10y our
Assembly would forward the esiaDiisHm at OF ira.
formal relations IL n III answer 10 tha' th"t ieoe'od
ID. ,"iosx Nav a4-Any sponts.aeous resolution Of
'o0 N''' MOeEs d. HoCK
Dr. Talmage then presented the following res"ntions