, 1877-05-23
LATE RELIGIOUS NEWS.

OF the HrCnt III lethOHE8k conference NJ NalNA
tnore---Thc German s'nthos'rs nt Cleveland.
Special Dtpdsch 10 Tas Trissnf
L,scoLN, H., May 29.-'rhe General Asscm-
bly, Of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Of tho United States resumed its sessions
this morning In tho Cumberland Presbyterian
Church Of this city. For the past few days
the heat has been 10 great a. 10
somewhat lessen tho religious zeal
of the delegates, but refreshing
eharga this morning, causing tho mercury 10 ial
some thirty degrees, seema to have revived their
latent energies.
Tho morning session opened With the reading
OF the report Of the Finance Committee, q re.
sumo Of Which has already appeared in THE
TRIBUNE.
The proposed change Of tho financial system
Of the Church py the appointment OF ttoanl Of
FInanca consisting Of three members anil e.
nancial Agent called forth Nil animated discus.
sion. The lev. Joncs was Of tue opinion that,
a. tue Church had suctecdc. 80 we'll 20 far, II WAS
not advisable to change tho t1nanvlal system uf
tlIc Church. The time having arrived for taking
III the sposlal order for II o'clock, the rccet.
tIon Of Or. Dubosc. the corresponding men,ber
Of the PRESBYTERIAN Church of the United
States, thu further consideration Of tho report
was indefinitely postponed.
e'arsu S'slA slA&e!' tnsn scaa tac ,ePot. ~
tao to'l'mitsco OH rablleation, IN which tlo
Committee werc pleased to hn.l That, not
wlthstauilIpr the dcnresscd cnn1itton ,ol The
rountrv m" n,,r1t ~ i,1,t,,oti.,, ho;t ,to,o =
a, ;,,s i"' .,,'., ,,,,., ~, "s,, . .o au" ~,
Eoou "ork' when Nonl'! te1i "e.1 upon tno
Iuturn Of the Church. Nearly all tho
machinery necessary fur tho publishing
interests Of tho Church had been paid for. Tic
a..e..'o" .. wv t,essu.y ,e "as sn"sa W a"'
llslsing department Of tic Church. The f1nan-
cIal condition Of tho Board Was healtthful but.
notwitbstnndtnr thcv l,ad decided To recon.
,,",,a -. 7n,,'I, a1,,.,,,,nv NJ nns.
s!blc, they hcs'tatcd to indicate tho
line Of action. Tie Committee further recom
mcuJcd the appointment Of an aRc,,t IN cac,,
prr,hs,orv r. ,,,t thc churrl, I,t-rnture utlh,,
reach Of the peoplc. In regard to tho pnbl!ca-
sP eepoa e' o.s !s.! esota tls t osassa xs.s @
ny aa 'orfry tr @S n tG thn iutntest 81 %
!he Church. with Tue e1prcss h%9Inn1ef't99ndi
tl'at none others were 10 " puo!isnea " pfi-
yntc indivliIal", tue good faiti, Of the Church
G9uld not oc preserved Wssnoat esh!ess,iEE sM..,E
isa Srstl,Es". Tic @ Committee "a. u op!nion that
the recommendation of !'ic Wabash % rrcslNyte5y
10 remove the offices OF TIC board from Mash.
yl!!e 70 st. LOUIS *oait' h9t oe LOT tne LEST
anAoiGetH " hAo ~A1Ls S~.~"S ""
Committee suggested TINT tllo Board 81 rub-
!icatton wonu. IN tle hear1ut9fc. Meke tne pQo-
lishlnR interests of tl,e Church sel1-sustai0nE.
Tho consideration Of the rcpoft, alter me auop-
tion OF the first recommendation, Was post-
poncd until the afternoon:
Tho special order Tor II O'Clock was tho re-
ccption Of the address Of DR.. Dubose, the cor
responding member Of tho Presbyterian
Church Of America. Having been intro
duccl by tho Moderator. hn spoke OF tho
growth OF his Church, and tho work 10 which Il
was engaged. He announced TINT, At the pres
ont time. II was IN better condition than over
previously. lle believed tno work Of
cvaugcliztng tho negro def0.Tcu specially
upon them as sontnefn Chafrh,
tliey being, n his opinion: better acquainted
with the PECULIAR traits Of African eharaeteF than
any other PRESBYTERIAN C1Iuretl. ,
The Moderator, In responding. congratulated
tue speaker upon tic aohsashinG condition
Of hts Church, anu gavc Tie Statistics
connected with thc gradual aayancement q
tho Cumberland Presbyter!an thutc11, "ii'ch
showed that they bad not been !dlc, anu that
their et1orts Ind not been unpFoduetise ol SUE,
cess. Their work, he observed, was carried
on NORTH, South East. and Wcst, and ho
cHuFtc0usly hsntcd that they also CONSUL
ara1 that 0nn fltanr1l 0f the work