, 1877-05-29

been sent down To tho Prc.bytcrics, although
there was little chnnge tn tho wot.llnE Of II,
in order not 70 repeat prccdscly tue sasne lat-
4 Com.ntsslofer called "Tlme."
Mr.. Davies said he thought not. (f4anGhtcr.l
Another Commisafoner-,-lIc lad two minutes
on s ss''f'sy 6sy:,Eis iss"a%steri / io ,.n. old .to,y
ot the camel that got It's nosc into The window
ot tho tailor becnuse Of tho lleat Of the sun.
lie wanted little shade, Just for 1!ttfe while,
lin 70 tSrst III lis e nosc Il to tsis te wiaow t
tho whole hugo body Of tho cAmcl followed his
nose and drove the poor taller out into the sun.
LanEhtcr.] Tilfs report will only bo tho be-
struetion oi Tic form and essence Of II Ptsslyte-
rlan Government. The second step will be q
Judicial Commission to tnko away frnn The As
Ecmbly the power It new hollis. The third will tc
fourth will be to transfer a little mora Of to
puEcrs now held by tic Assembly Into tho
haMds OF tlle Jndlcial Commission mud the nth
will he to dlspcnsc Will, the muetings OF tho
General Assembly altogether, and to put tho
mower In the hands Of an arfstocracy. (Ap-
plausc.
a Commissioner moved that the na'nc ot tho
Rcy. james e; Nicltsneale be aided 70 THIS
tnarka Of Saturday Inst on tho sub]ect Of Pres
bvtcrial representation, and he 1uped thbs1
i.feas woutli bc put into tangible form, and, II
possible, embodied in the new report Of the
Committee.
Dir. VAN pYRE.
Dr.. Van Dyke--1 heard yesterday Of an OK.
ccllcnt eolorcd brother who commenced tho
marriage ceremony in this wise: "My dear
present WHO know any rcason why tllcae per-
sons should not be tunrrjcd, l beg them for tho
Lords sake t, hold tllelr peace Laughter.
Nov, | don't sympathixc with ny colorcd
has objections in Tits ease to speak out, and
an gtad this Assembly has allowed my frIeid,
NJ. Daslcs, TO selcvehis !nlsntise!y. fLaual.-
teri I am greatly obliged to him fnr Chg cstl-
and assure h!n, il wrfe walking alonc along
road with lila face overhead looking at me I
should run tmn,ediatcly. {l.auaghtcrl l,sc'ne
eurrounded BY this great assembly Of tho Pres,
Justice even to such ono as j.. feel free 10 OK
press myself on this subject. Mr.. Davies says
any plnn of syntsltcal representation ovorturns
tho principles Of our church. lias tue gentle
| man read the form Of government Of tho Fres-
bytcrian Churcha What Ia Synod1 Our book
says It Is larger Prrsbrtery. Isu't ynur cleo
ton for Commissioners to the Assembly by
| eyno0s-
Afr. Davlcs-That is not fair representation
1 of what said. didn't say any plan. I was
discussing tho present plan.
| DIR. Van Dykc-1 wish to stand corrected, but
t!1e gentleman ~ much a. sa!i, vi y"u nllow
der the tent, and by-andbY tho whole body will
hs III. As sat there l felt a good deal rs Cati-
line must have felt under tho seAtlllnga Of Ccc-
TO. l1aughter.l wish TO say that the book
| tcry, and every ono will SEQ the truth Of that
declaration when he remembers tliat
in .eyno1 tho constituent, elements
arc precisely tho same as III q presbytcry. No
| giving this question Of representation to tho
Synod instead OF The presbYtcry. II Brother
Davies Is In any Synod, have no doubt ho
stands better chauce than my man tl'cro to ba
| H. IN "A nfSfT1,A ,AhH7
need not bc any trouble OH tl4at score at NIL.
This Committee haven't proposed to sc,ld ddowtl,
With Just little trlsk Or with sup,Sracnl alter.
We think we have introduced an essentially
sSgate?y :ss' 9se sist Dsss ss sys sanns! q
elect from tl's same church year
MI equal Chance. And, in or.ier to show our
desire to carry out that rule, tevIarc thnt l
am ready for tie Assembly to a.l0pt tic amCnd.
ment proposed by Mr.. Halliday on Saturday: I
reprcsert!D4 tue Committee. You remember
TINT tho overture co1npcls the Synod to divide
mt their mcot!ng tho Commlssloncrs among thu
s5overaa prctbytef|css and X the Synod II &C
small that It cannot he represented III every
General Assembly, 1t obllgcs rotation among
tho rscsbytortes, no that Ia g. number of years
equal to tho number Of the prosbytcries IN tho
an willing to vote, l say, for tic following
| amendment:
At each .tatca mcetins Gf the Synod Il ,hall b
! determined and announced wtfcl, VI The rrrnby.
inssoncrn 10 thc uoneral Assembly 10 10 held nus
to the onn ensuing anu 10 how many Cominlsalo'''
arc respectfully entitled. And priar to sacG cleo.
ton OF Comm 1sonera by the Synod, tle i!st Of
iho prcaby ytsries entitled to furnish comn..ioncrt
nj that time snail b. sea1+ anu each such Pfesoy
terry sliall 10 called on to n3ntnate, thsolEh "
representative pr representatives, who ahn(t hay6
:, T s I" a. saa
| equal nsln,bcr OF altrrnAtcs.
This not nnly secures tho rotation by a per
fectfy etiul treatment Nnl0ng all the Prrshy
tesiss, hut ullows the Prcsbytcrses to noullnate
that. Let INC reA,ark t4at the atttoit af TIL
Assembly Is not decisive Of this question. IT,,
1'rrsbytGrtes will consider 1t again. There WY
sttor u9 spleeetc ps a. @ ssty artIo. Vol ~ ado
tAe rcst Of tha rcuort. you relluso the burden o
our entertainment. l .suu't think ILL.,
9ristocratlc feeling spo!ten of ex'sts. ,
inorc, desires to puah back tie smaller P1caby
tcrlcs. Our past hlhaury. our statistical tables
our contributions, show whether that IL truc y
feeling. II It docs exist, which do not lcltcye.
Yet wish to suy that there is dnnge
ahead. II the iMrrebston Eocs out that eyer
overture IL to be rGjcttcu nIlElHlv becauso y r.
htrirta tho representation Of tho smaller prsa
byterlcs, there uro twu dangers ul,eatl Of W. III
first L. ll.at s!lis wlto!a syttGm Of cuterta!nncn
will break dow. Of Ito own weight, The rcror
Is that sotne Of these prcsbytertes, who ar
tinrtpresentea betorc this Assembly and wlt
charge H. to this assstnesacy-shat WI dan't fec
liz our souls at All-wlll tall buck on tilclr c's
stitntioras r'ehts, an. will my that every PTss
eytery .lal ay q! Thy ,Ssps,sIes,s ,uIs, q r. o."
Assembly be' 1ion't say am H. favor OF II
tut II it we're proposed to some Of our large
Trcsbytcrics to-lnorrow 1t would meet with q
affirmative response. Let ue look over tlil
wl,o]c brual Church, mud. whilst we magnlt
tho outlying rrrB5ytursea Let Ms pay sotnu n
srpct to this oxperlc,lee, tho Wfaautn, Asla q
liberulity Of thosu frcsbvtcrics which lilo ut th
heart Of tho Church. tApplause.l
Dls, DULLES ..
did not tntoud 70 ,aake speesh, Judging thu
ths majority q ,s Assednty aia n MSt want a.
tiun 10 oiler. ilu would 70 one step III assyan,
OF the amendment vi Mr. tlullsday, ana put I'll
oyerturu III this form; "That the Synod sha
, | tleS1ura tue number Of persons 10 bu tlceee