, 1877-05-23
THAT PARAGRAPH.

FURTHER DEBATE on TILE SUBJECT.
The evening sossfon was opcucd with prayer
by the Issv, Dr.. Lowrlo. Tho doxology was
then SUNG.
DR.. Dcllsilte moved that tho Assembly take
up and issue Us speedily as possible It's actton III
tho report Of tho Standing Committee OIL uu1no
Msbfons,
Tho motion wne agreed to.
The Moderator eu!.! hs believed tl.at motion
to naopt had lcci, made.
Slr. &. W. Stewart wanted to say word Ia
rcgarl to sustentatlon, II It were in or.ler
TIM Moderator remarked that 1t would not be
IN order, ssnrc debate on that sltbIect would not
DO pertinent to the pending amendment.
The Clerk was not prcacnt, aittl thu Afolcra-
tor did not rccol1cct tho exact purport Of Or.
Or. lIclgilc said t.,nt tho amendment. 50 far
from simplifying the action Of tho Assembly,
wuult. only tend to cotnplicato It BY introducing
aidis!onal questions ln regar.a to which thy
Itaa1nlsch as they did not know what tco n1ncnd-
mcnt was, and s6iuo felt tl,at 1t would only tend
to complieato the matter, he moved that 1t 10
latd On the table.
AZ this 1uilctuEe ono IL tho assistant clerks,
who had succeeded Ii, finding tho amendment,
read 1t Tor Information.
p1s. 1oNKa
old not SEQ any necessity for changing tho orig
inal language Of tho report, but ile did SEQ every
rcaaon fOr adhetlng to tito strict Language OF It,
The word oblcetcd to WAS TINT It was "unfaIth.
full" for l'fcsbytcEcs 10 tiso tho money which
Ind been Fa!ael III tho churties for the ff0tmu
missionary Board within thclr own bounds. liz
did not think It was right for rreshytcrics to do
70, ana held tl.at that wa' exactly the Idea tnat
accomplished. There Ind been u great
deal Of complaint on tho part Of
aha a snassnss h, gns a it,, IT, II.
or that thing right. II seemed to him that
there was far more reasun for complaint against
the action OF the Pscsbytcrtcs that took tl!s
hk piiase tsy a1s 9 H1a ha hs, to aks
byterics Thought they could form better opfu-
lon OF tho work within their bounds than tho
Boarl; yet the board Ind been given thu whole
mission work Of tho Church. II Il WA right for
fur ull to tlU sot What, then, bccatnc Of Tho
I,oanl. 1t MAS not loyal to tlo ~, since 1t Grip
pied tho board. While ts dLl not deny tho con-
sttntionaltty Of 1t, yet he dcnied TINT 1t was
polite.
Of New Jersey, sail he had frequently consulted
the Secretaries, and he supposed, In doing nis.
terics were carving out thur vio*s. Thu r.
port cut them OH from doIng shat, md said they
wcre dtsloyal to the Church. lls contuuletl
that they were not. There WAS Synolicul
BY the rresbytery; and he did not bclteyu They
would get ~ much snoncy for thu Boar,l II no
ceased labonnR. Ho uRlcrstood that In Chi
eago q, ,d0o or &, QUO WAS rased for Independent
missionary work.
DA. HHILYILLh
said tho report Of the Committee did not In Ia
spirit Or III its language throw the slightest as-
pcrssOn upon hslCh operations rs the brother had
referred To- Tho REPORT simply spoke of Pres
bytcsied that failed TO secure from tue Hoard
the appropriations for which they asked. There
xas no objection e my Pfesbytery rals'ng any
amount 1t pleascd for the work VI missions In
!ts own territory but there was objection land
he thought every ens would appreciate y TO
that money Into tho fund Of The Boasd fur
which 1t IVES raised.
Dir. Holiday asked II tho Doctor ever knew
or heard vi case where money had been raised
for the Hoard aud then, by votc Of tho prcsby-
| terry, diverted.
Di. Bel'villa replied that hc had heard Of tho
proposition very frequently tlaughterl, and
that was tho point at which the report ainiel.
Mr. Tracey, Of 6acra1ncntoy asked how the
Presbytery could get hold of the money. As
be understood IT,. the funds went from the
| church to the Board.
The question was then put on the amendment,
! and II WaS not agreed TO.