New-York tribune., 1876-05-17
LOCAL MISCELLANY.

THE COMING PRESBYTERIAN COUNCIL.
MEETING or THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN THE
BROOKLYN TABERNACLE ON MAY 1S-oUEsTIoNs
LIKELY TO BE DISCUSSED.
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church. which will meet tomorrow in the Brooklyn
Tabernacle, on schermerhorn-st near Ne'lnsst''
BROOKLYN will be one OF the largest and most mpos-
ing denominatOnal conventions that have ever
assembled this country. 1t is not probable that SO
large number of Presbyterians will meet again IN
General Assembly; the body has become unweldy on
OF its size and measures will doubtless DC taken
at this meeting reduce the number OF delegates Inc
last General Assembly, which met In Cleveland oho on
May 90 1875 represented SO Synods, embracing l'3
Prcsbyteries, which comprised 4,7O6 minister's 3oi
Hceutiates and ,O3f communicates The amount OF
money contributed for all objects for that year by the
churches represented 626,50i the largest amount
ever contributed IN year the support Of the PresDy
terian Church in this country.
The present Assembly will embrace nearly GOO dele
gates from all parts of thieuntry and from other coun
tries The delegates chosen by the Presbyteries
which are associations OF ministers varying IN number
Each Prcsbytcry represented in the Assembly by three
pastors and three elders The travelling expenses OF te
delegates paid by the PresbyteTes and II has Dee
estimated that the OF Assembly $4,000 Inc
Assembly usually continues in session for two weeks
and sometimes for three weeks In addition to the reg
lar delegates representatives will be present from the
Reformed Church the United Presbyterian Church, the
Presbyterian Churches Of Scotland and England ana
other religious bodies. The delegates are to be enter
tanned during the time of the Assembys sessions by the
members Of the Presbyterian and other churches OF
Brooklyn the latter having kindly offered their hosp
tlity The arrangements for the cninG OF the Assem-.
bly, are in the hands OF committee consisting OF the
Rev. Drs. T. Dewitt Tamagc, Joseph T. Duryea, Norman
seaver, Van Dyke the Rev. j. Clement French,
and the Rev. s. P. Halscy. The greater part
of the delegates will arrive Wednesday and on the
evening of that day prayernceng will he held III the
Tabernacle. The Assembly will be opened regularly
tomorrow at IL a. m, and in accordance with the
usual custom a will be preached by the Rev u
d. Norris D., a Professor in the Lane Theological
Seminary at Cincinnati who was the Moderator OF the
last Assembly After the sermon, the first business VIII
be the election of Moderator, clerks &c. II Is not
known who will be chosen to preside over the Assembly
TIE Committee Of Arrangements has decided that the
Assembly shall meet $50 each day and continue
IN session until p M, being taken for lunch
from 1890 until . D. m Lunch Will be provided by the
ladies' OF the churches in the Lay College building ad-
Joining the Tabernacle Tomorrow night COM
nunion service will be held The members Of the local
churches have invited attend and it is expected
that 5000 persons will be preseh at this service.
The most important question, probably that Will come
before the Assembly will be the reduction OF the number
of sentatves This rendered necessary not only
by the difficulty Of managing great number OF dele
gates but also by that IL is not easy to hnd
city Ia which many persons can be coniortahy en-
erained for fortnight. The question OF the union OF
the Northern and Southern Presbyterian bodies VIII also
be discussed The bod is in session at the present
tue Overturcs have previously been made looking to
he reunion Of the two portions Of the church. which
wero separated al the opening OF the war; hutit j.
thought by that the of the separation are
not sufficiently remote TO warrant the success ol 'he
a.tcmu,s 70 brlnz about union. Other topics which
, doubtless come before the Assembly are home ana
oren missions education, the freedmen &c. haI1no-
uious session is anticipated as it is not likely tmt
,ues will arise which will provoke acrimonious discus