, 1877-05-31

made. 'S ~'@'s'
Yoar Commttee therefore recommend that Tho
arawn fto,n lie trcotds of tho General as.tmhs
ait that all the natter embraced IN be
tss o.fd To- q ers.9n Mts!en. sna t.t
tl9nt ind isy befors them ths etss5es eontaIaea IL
this paper. JoMN RoatysoH.
SAMUEL P. SrNEcK1R.
josiah Baoxx,
p. Mattn moved that tho report be adopted.
Mr.. McKilbcu wanted It amended 30 that the
Board would report to tho next Assembly upon
''s ST. ass, splcckeT sad q .a co,nt.ec m not
think II proper 10 mako suci, recommendation
Tor tho reason that, nftcr Brother Wilder should
llaVc appeared before the Board and preferred
sufficient attention, II was competent for him
to rcque.t OF tho next Assembly committee
before whom tol lay hls charges, ia courso which,
.51, II TIE Judgment Of tho Comn!ttee, ho tVildsrj
DIR. WILDER
said he had haa no hearing before the Commit
tee' lle ha4 not been giTen 4 hearing before
os pqas I'D i soa . t' refed Ssd'' % d r.n sd9
to hta letters on this correspondence.
1!e regretted TO be referred to lis Board.
Much ns tc loved them, he knew too well their
stood in assuming tlo posltion hc Ind. = This IL
dispos'taon Of tue papers would not secure the
object desired. Missionaries bad complained to
him Of the Immense disparity IN their pay and
that of tho gentlemen III the Home Ofice, and
had threatened to resign the service II this dis
parity was continued. In fact, ho had seen the
heals Of twenty such missionaries cut of.
Elder orlcr held that such tnsinuations
To- the heart, and % Iniurc, moreover, every
other board of tho Church. To lave these in-
slnnat'ons anu suspicious hanging over the
nosra ior yer Moul rssqt In scfeasng IT,
resolutions would be sent back to the Doar.l and
by them consiiered.
Tho Rev. afr. siclS!bbcn said his amendment
s Aep 'a xees sees paRsa t. e a
soluto In their sphere, and rnther than vote To
Lave no report Of tho investigation made, hc
would vote to lay tue whole thing on tho table.
DIR. VAN DYKR
eat1 he was ono Of tho members whom Mr.
WILDER haa1 referred to ~ not answering Ills let
ter. 1lo had considered tl's letter rs intended
70 prejudice him n the matter, md he bud
s!b!c Tor ita buttons to tho Assembly. Never
had any respectful application been made which
had not been respectfully answered. f]a de-
nounccd these resolutions as wholesale
not present to defend themselves. II WIS
Eross tmpropEcty, to use 1,o stronger language,
70 80 prescnt such resolut!ors. II Mr.. Wilder
hood nzatnst DR.. Elinwood-
NJ. Wlt!er--1 maku no such charges.
pr. van ,,, ,Dyks-Tho Church understand. t 50.
those matters will be fully explained to lin.
II llo will make his explanation AZ to why, wlcu
nc Is nt homo Tor two .ycars OIL the ground of
fll-lcalth, be- employs liz time to damage the
reputation Of tho Doar1i In the Church, 1T he
wants to havc that explained, pledge him,
sir-
There were cries OF "Ordor," md othcr uEcus
o. dtsapprova! at tho Doctors reference to Iii.
The Rev. Mr.. McKibben-Thnt Is personal.
Dr.. Van Dykc-CertaEuly, tllnt's pcsepual,
fhe hodGrator-sush allustons as express
private p Ut, oplnn!ons u,e not proper. !ApPlausc]
here to mako nty personal references to any,
body. have kept stll! when men ns honorableas as
there arc 10 tho Presbyterian Church have been
impcachcd before this court without any uppot-
tunity TO rcply. and merely tnt1matu The Fcla-
tiou tals brother eustains 10 tint Boan1, and
pledge him ffhe w!li como there aud bring these
chnrgcs ho will have full Justice lone lin.
TIE t ttey s; Mt. heR'bbcn's amendment was laid
.rhe Rev. Mr. shiland observed that tho Res.
AlE. Wilder had very curloua way Of 1o7inK
the Foreign Board. profcasing 70 lore II dearly,
ttuns nEd suspicious nga!uBt It.
Thy lsuV. Atr. Halliday eaIA TINT tho paper
should hare becn brought bcforo the Standing
Committee aud Investigated IN tho regular way.
ut INV. Eat. 1AttE8 uEHGfCu tNHL II HQAll
bo tn1possib1e to nyoid On investigation, and
that to pppose thls would dsmagc The Doard Of
FoleiGn Missions. Tho charges had been made,
%' I'D nnst s b inquired Into for tho sako Of tho
TuH REV. MI. EATON
said that Ehcn the gravity vi tho charges was
considered It must be acknowledged that the
member bringing thcsn should have introduced
tlIGM through the regular channel. Tie Com
Hltttcc held that tho Boarl Should have NJ %.
ruStunfty to afford an explanation OF tho
charges and vlllIcatc itself beforu tho charges
WeEc s0wn broadcast over tho land. He b.-
1lGvcd TINT when tho matter was fully inquired
Into Hood Of glory would surround the ltonnl.
The Rev. Mr.. Mtkitbcn lcs!rol to explain
TINT hc was not Oil enemy Of tho Board.
:, Tho previous question was then ordered, and
tho rcpoft OF tlu Contnittoy was adopted.
Tho Moderator aunounccd tho names Of tho
Committee Of Five. to anewcr the protest tn
tt.o NcCune caso II they thought proper, ~
follnws: Tho Rev F. T. uatilcd, u. D., tic Roy
David Mckinney, D. D.. John Dixon, W. II.
Pusncll, aud tho Hon. Robert Mcknight.