New-York tribune., 1876-05-20

Roard be anponted WHO shall have distinct charge o'
rc ,hi-i ronrse Under consideration is that to wich
IL" nniI tied Judgment of your Coinlttce % , ,oorl
~ rcnry ms think ~ 10 sstentatlonizc tne nmiu
Of iac f-lrs itself. Tar as the mature Oh us op''"
me N .,tios o. the Committee maT b. eSpFcrSel ~
the toowIng: The atreceying chircnes ant si'''i' -
sa he divided INTO tho ree classes ." to pas
Frids." Mission Pdstoritcs and "onsteh'ah @ d
ior1tcs according ther relative Strength ana Ieeu'
An organized churches asking appropriations are .h he
nlgncu Of The Presbytery their circup5ances VIII
psrri H. In all ci-cs IN which It can ne none hne
"itiieBt PIesby tefics shall be required 10 co,D,e
Contiguous churches into ono char-c, thereps ,yn"
ec""inns mo funds Of 'e bosr,, ss,or. anu TIC re-
newal OF appropriations shal dcpeuu up1pn uppohaS no
& "T Sa Proin' S embrace ~ all churches
and ST atoms not ready receive settled pastors Du,
which Of Necessity m,h aepea r ulps lsion % pastoratcs
shall consist OF a srcf churches as may be Ptcttu -.
form the pastoral relation and yet may not DE iDie 10
come under the reguat OF the more advanced class
The sustrntaiigr pastorat-s shall embrace those
speedy nlyancement sclf-sIpp0t. In the case OI any
church naturally belonging 10 the class OF &
may need sum greater Than $1,000 TOR he snpPVrs OF
pastor. there shall be No change or forfeue ~
| regulations, bus The way shalI DC oPe" i0 "u"'''
| voluntary help from other sources - ,,,a,o,. t,,
II snail DO the duty OF he Board OF hoo % @
the directions, ara 10 MAKE
nent OF ita Office. and work thus demanded subject
.i,snys Ia The REVISION OF the General Assembly AID t
~ II ~ tbe inItber Guty of the Board TO issue such
earnest appeals the CHURCHES, from TINE 70 tlo, & M
enar~ed iiions as te necessity Of the WORK may
demand ns well rs carefully apply special donations
to auy branch OF it as designated by tue dohor''
ON motion of the Rev. d.. Musgrayc the report was
accepted and made the second order OF psneS' io '
day next.
BAPTISM or CONVERTS FROM CATHOLICISM
Tho pey Dr nrcclinridgc read the following overture
from The synod OF Missouri and it referred 10 the
proper committee:
The synod Of Missouri. me. in Kansas CITY Oct; H.
1870 beS leave TO ca the at enton o. sseby ne tSuehg
pops baptism. On page 5lf OF The mnntes ~ y rn
Vert from Konansn appying Tor adinission into the
Presbytciiau Church be- AGAIN baptlIcd .io f a;
to the judgm, mt of each church ssioI suueu oy ,e
principle governing the snDeci Of gplisih as it NV" ~
In The gi,,n lard of or Chuicb.' which Is III r1 ct
recognition o' Roman Clt0lc tpt sii llthohg notinS
rs been clearly and inly settled man t"e Jaag
upnt of the Prcsly tciiDn Church few or It's iila'rs
or people dssaniing-tbat t"r Church OF Rome. So
called, pant OF ihe Chnfrh OF Chilsi, ana ta ~ ~
c,nseGranre s acts are n"t 10 be- Acknowledged as
ordinances of The OF God. Moreover TINS dclvei
is very grave error IN referring & ih m
ces may al rs,-,ccug that II tho baptism he true na
Sad. il is to pe respected Otherwise it is noi to be
rospcei,d-u either case. positively ana nhiiOr!by;
instead Of the loose irregular ana uhs@tued ne'iou
Wherrforc this synod overurcs the General Assembly
to rrpor; the testimony OF our branch oil me chuieD ~
often ~. ne and pat in jeopardy and 70 declare ~
plan terms that the Church 0f Rome 80 called i not me
Church of Christ any part OF u, Dut h ahtr
aud that any person coming ont Of their bod$ and W.sL
INC t o ON coinmnnuu Is be treated in tins manner
rs coming from the world without Chilsllnh oa,s II
was further resolved that the IrgsbyieIians composing
tLis Synod hereby requested to trIct t,eir con- "
tn the next raj Ass mDly 10 ehueaNor 10
secure thr object of the foregoing paper
A motion of the Rev Dr. Adams TO allow the 9ode-
ra,or 10 reconstruct the Committee on TheoioSleal
scnnaries brought out much discussion and several
uaps for allowing Dr. Adams and other professors oi
seinar,es 10 withdraw from the committee were pro-
ro,ed and voted down Finally the Rev. Drs. Adams
Aiken Huntington and Knox were allowed 10 resign
and the Rcy Drs. John +. Hedy, q. ID Stewart j. H.
sehoAsld and r. H. Craig substituted. Cominuni-
cations from more than 30 Fresbytcres were assigned To
tie proper committees.
Judgc H. W. Williams. Chairman of the committee on
Ecucyu ent wogk. reported that uie examination ide
y the & mmittoc cunVinec- them that ihr ht1, N"'h
work of the Church i Ia mann boh cc"nuiilcaly "h'
,nit uy done They make ITO following oHssr ,tou''
collection aud disbursement of All iuhd, io c
pu o. of chuI,h erection and All business pertaining 20
tlr uf Secretary AMI Treasurer o the b"u oI
Church Erection be au,frrrrd To tie fOrie0pohnibS
oRice- 81 tne Board ~ Home Missions lhat thc odi1H
of Missions aud ihHfcb ii'tN"h ho w
rccted 10 confer with each Other 80 As !"
mako each Boird consist NJ tv.crty-one inemi"is:
The clact of the action VIII d. To rileve from "h"l
officers Cf the Board ~ tiuIth if","H
from and date the Assembly luaf ditFiluc
upln say the o. the present quarter ihe hgdri'
several committees. VIII remain IN tufft" az
lr u.urss as horu 20 ore but VIII confer with ara Ill
re; tho officers OF the Home Board Inc boaiu oi
Church Extension wall continue to exist.
u.sp directs the stN'ial lOiIr 20 invest e
u.raau MT funds under tncr control IA Jh4ltd safes
-;al muuicpal bonds. Tue REMAINING ruL-t,
fios relate TO the Sundly-rhpOl wurk ~ the LhuIch'
,yi.,pg e increase of this simple aud Inc NpensSr yet
frditful agency. rhe best energies 0t TOE O.st Geh oi
the Church should BE- employed IN ad ot the ShloA!
schools ,-.,
bl,ue-a est I-nij ~. Al az Oc.ocA TIC -AAuinN9
adjourned uu;il evening.