The New York herald., 1877-07-05
NEW YORK HERALD THURSDAY JULY s ls77-TRIPLE SHEET

Church on some Of the doctrines Of tho Con-
LESSON i,.s Of Faith, there Is settling down
upon the Westminster standard Al the reunion
o. the Amsgican Presbyterian Church in 1871, the
New school mot on the platform Of the Westminster
Catechism, "pure and simple" The day OF contro-
versy is over The subject Of revision of the cones
sion, started by few aisaneced ministers. has not the
is considered niaiiibe or beyond criticism.
but he great body OF the Church is willing seave
to individual judgment. Orthodoxy never stood on
50 nrm a foundation as It stands to-day, and there
seems 10 oe no disposition to tolerate heresy al least
where l. Is fatal. Witness the Of SWING Mccane,
Mer Bauvelt, and last though not least that OF Pro-
feEsor Smith, Of the Edinburgh University, who,
article on the Bible in the encyclopaedia Brilanncs'
called IN question the inspiration oil portion OF Deu
teronomy Heterodoxy will not be allowed by any OF
the Church judicatories The cause OF education Will
tention No religious body has done more Ior
this cause. Making, as does. a clas-
Of admission to Ihe ministry, IL stands in the front
rank as patron Of SOUND and thorough education.
s while other churches have depended more or less
state patronage Tor the endowment Of their colleges
the rresbyterians have depended mostly their
resources and from tno log college OF tho Tsnnaots ia
New Jersey TO the mundcently endowed Prnceton the
Church has kept pace with the Of the country
IN supplying II with institutions OF learning. with
such men as Dun and McCosh and Baikley and crosby
ton. 177 - N T-T'T'
MISSIONARY INTERESTS IN THE COUNCIL
The same may be said of the subject OF mssions
The missionary cause is dear to the Church.
Of the surest indications of its lie. The the
In the fact that for the first time in
many years the Treasurer OF the Beard was
enabled 10 report 10 out OF debt aud surplus OF
eral thousand dollars This desirable result was
brought about ny the nbera beneiaction OF New
York lady. Among the delegates there will be mis-
sionaries from China, India. Persia, Japan, Syria
Turkey and Africa, and the whole field will receive
mat a,I, attention which ITS Importance demands Tho
overlooked. Missions among Indians the
frontier, the Translation OF the Scriptures into their
various dialects, and also among the Jews Germans
scandinavans, French and Italians in our midst and
ia tue various cities OF Europe with the universal
cuation OF the Scriptures. All these and collateral
subjects will be discussed by the Council, and in fact
the most OF the subjects have already been placed
the hands OF competent persons prepare papers
upon Tor the consideration OF the Assembly.
W. r. STRICKLAND.
VIEWS OF CINCINNATI SCOTCH CovENANTEB.
Rev. DR.. J. Y Boice is the pastor Of the Reformed
Presbyterian Church Plum street, in Cincinnati
While calling their church organization Reformed
Presbyterian they claim to bc tho regular descendants
OF the Scottish Cameronian covenauters the only
difference bong that In the year 1851 their GeneraAs
semby decideddhat the members should be allowed
vote, whereas the old Scottish Church character
zed civil government league with Satan ana re-
fused 10 allow those in communion to take any
part in civil affairs They hold to the old
tenets Of the dissenters however, with q Pc
cular tenacty, and will not abate a jot from
the doctrines Of the old Scotch Church DR.. Boice is
the pastor Of the only church Of that denomination In
this city at present Hc is earnest man. thoroughly
devoted to his denomination, and is reokoned
able controversialst on doctrinal points. He has
very handsome little church to preach IN and con-
gregation mostly composed OF wealthy and well.to-do
Scotch people. The HERALD correspondent found him
at his homo on George street, with his Sunday
oil bis hands, and ready to talk about the PanPresby
at viii be grand oonvocation' - said Dr. Boice sof
the leaders Of all the churches that are gahored under
tho one great name of Presbyterian and Will be caicu-
lated, Pm sure, to do great good"
"Do you think, Doctor" was the inquiry, "that II
Will do much toward bringing about union OF the Pres
byterians-i mean union Of all the denominations
that train under that name pa
'No, 1t will not Tor the that It isn't intended
70 bring that about II Is to be made up OF repre-
scptaives OF all the branches OF our Church. but the
dea OF union IN one great Church has boen pro.
posed. II would not answer either. II is rather a
plan Tor c0-operationa federation fact for certain
ends which we all agreo upon But 1t is a federal
union. not an ecclesiastical union, you must bear IN
mind"
This idea Of federation as contrasted with an ecce.
sastcal union appeared TO strike the Doctor o
happy way oi making distinction. aud he went on
further to speak about
WHAT MIGHT BE ExPECrED.
For instance. III the matter OF missions much moro
can be accomplished by this Kind OF icderall0n with
out any one Church losing It's Individuality We can
oomDine In dong our missionary work, and where
there are two or three OF our churches working In the
same ed We Can move he out, leaving one, and then
extend abors over much larger Ged at greater
cost and with equal cilicacy.'
"What will be the elect OF the Council on other
Protestant den omnations 2"
81 don't know that 1t will have any cnect-not
beiug designed to promote the union oi all people
into one great Church. don't that it couid pos
siby do anything toward massng other denominations
into ono IL might possibly do this, and hope IL Will
lead Other denominations that divided up into
holding similar councils. For example, should be
glad 70 hear that all the branches Baptist Church
going mold Pan. Baptist Council agree upon
some plan Of bringing about tho grcatcss good to the
world from their standpoint. So might the various
Methodist churcnes. doubt whether any other Prot
cstant churches would be likely " DO So"
your denomination, then, Is heartily In favor OF
this busincss?'
''Yes, inaecd. We appointed two delegates to 10 to
Edinburgh-tbe Rev. David steele, OF Philadelphia,
and Mr. Peter Gibson oil this city. DR.. Steele has al
ready gone abroad and Will be present at tue meeting
Of The Council. Mr. Gibson notice, is still here, and,
OF course, cannot 20 now III time TO be present.
III am glad, too, " the Doctor said the corro-
spondc nj arose to hat is TO tako place. because
II VIII 60 much good, IN my opinion. IL VIII do tor US
Prcsbyerans OF all shades Oi opinion what the Evan
geiicai Alliance has done and Is doing Tor the great
Protestant Church 1t Will give US better chance 10
Know each other aud TO work together i0r the cause
alter which all srivIng--the evangclzaiion OF
The world through the mlnistration OF tho Church;
this, too, without bias and without bgotry."
CHAPLAIN sUNDFRLAND's VIEWS.
The Rev. DR.. Byron Sunderland pastor OF the First