, 1877-05-23

to Withdraw tho laat sentence (''Tha Assembly
cannot cannot too strongly repronato such actIon'1
Common rourtesy would dictate It TO every ono
wlo appreciated the circumstance Of the cAse-
llc alone was responsible for that single line.
The sentiment of the paragraph was tho anant.
mous sentiment Of the Committee.
a Commissioner moved that the Doctcr bare
leave to Withdraw tue scntenCe.
DR.; ErdTnan remarked that the Chairman Of
tho Committee evidently mlscanetrucsl the m =
moving those words would not change the char.
acteF Of the paragraph. It Was not thas sep
tcnee, but the, Nhote drift Of the paragraph,
taa. seemed 70 reprobate what many Of the
rrcsbytcrtes were engaged in doing. Io
thought, II The Committee got The report, thty
could modify the paragraph 10 as to accomplish
Tho Rev. Sir. BelIyille 4aid be teok It fos
granted shae he had Ieare 10 Withdraw the Oh
1cctiona!ylc line.
The Moderator said this would be done.
With comm0n consent, the question then would
be on the motion of tbs Rey. Mr. Erdmau, to
REcoMM1T the WHOLE PARAGRAPH.
Ihc Nev. M,, Belltille had word TO sA1 on
least the sentiment intended to be expressed by
that paragraph. He WAS ono Of those who, aA
the beG!nning. Of these difficulties 70 which the
paraxraph referred, difficulties oceasioned BY
duccs1,-felt, perhaps. a. strongly inclined a
any brother 10 the Assembly to the pursuing Of
the course suggested by Dr. steTart. Several
Ok tuN EGHfCMEa WEFH 4EfluuHLY SlA41lE&&&HA NY
tho necessity Of reducing tie appropriation. II
thc speakers country they didn't bury their old
peopte before they died. Neither did they bury
thcif churches. under the influence Of the
out of tho loIns of whose Christian love several
mission churches on the frontier bad sprunY,-
| they determined to sustain them, and tho Pres
son WIZ s mo "a hana. *'S III. xss
tue Idea TO which reference was made In shat
paragraph. Dr.. BelIyiife said lie bad scarcely
started out on this new track, full OF zeal and
energy. When he discovered ths. tho principles
Involved were tho very principles announced In
that paragraph. nc would maintain that II was
fafthlessncss to the trust reposed tn PsesbJte-
es a tsrt o. t1e Gure which aa ettao;e ior
work, t,c Board ii Misslons. What lid = pses-
b5ter5 10 Wien It said 10 !s minIstess, s'send
r. yoHr funds " & to Us, apd We slll distribute
possession Of those funds which we're raised In
tho churches. not Ia the name Of the Pfcs.
6ytery. but In the nane Of the Board Of
Missions. Which tue Gcncral Assembly-feprn-
| carry on That Hork1 Had my Trcsbytery tho
| right to takc those funds and distribute them
ncsoraing to tts .pleasqrc,-:thc funds raised for
bly, had committed this work OF tnlssIonsf No
| AN AMENDMENT suGoEsTED,
The Rev. Mr. Erdman here arose to say that
| II DR.. Dellrflie would allow him word ho
Thought thcy could save time. II Dr. Bellvf1le,
as Chairman Of the Committee, on bis own re-
sponsblty. would put in single word artl,o,
beginning of the paragraph, he thought It would
suggest that the paragraph merely condemn
the idea Of prcsbytcry entirely withholding
thcir contributions from the Board. As tho
Eb.9 ,aSrs sasa VIII I r.
buttons thcy we're fatthlcss. ,....
Dz. Bcllvltle said this idea WIS tho yery idea
the Committee had in vicw In tho languago
used.
The Rev. Dr.. Hlckoek wanted TO know II Or.
Bcllvillo meant all tho money ralsed for homo
missionary purposes. II 80, ho was utterly
b.. Dcllytic said be intended to inc1pie all
the money ratecd fox tue funla Of tho Board Of
Missions by tho churches. There was no oh1cc-
tlon to any Presbytcry raising any mono. to uso
s Se w. e. hS tha
OF home missions was to be 1aitbicss 10 10 In
sttution which tho Church had created, aud 10
tho maintenance Of which each prcsbJtery and
Synou alike WIS pledged.
THE inv. Mlt. VAN DYKE
said the Assembly was IN danger al loatng sight
OF the grand fclturcs of tho report,-a most ao-
nirsSls oneosing slsht 81 M te 10 ass Of r.
aud losing sight Of the grnud Uo1nc-M -Misatouary
work, tu this discussion IN tho mere rhetorical
and Pathological structure Of a certain pa1n-
would subscrve thu ends Of the whole report II
II would lay Oh the tablc, or withdraw, the mo-
t!on to commit that paragraph. and then pur-
| sue tnc usual course III 6ucl cases. tARlnR Inc
!aE ths W etjsstldnabfa psrasrsph vl,~a
It was reached. There were two ways Of laying
out o sermon. Some men began in ths middle
and worked TO both ends tlaughtcrl; but Others
began At the beginning and enled i tho end.
"a Avoce-"That's the right way."] This Graod,
broad discussion should not degenerate Into .
mere talk over y slmplo question Of language.
Let the Assembly broaden tho thing, nnd when
It had at last tic grand ou.line-thu CARTOON
of this Home Missionary work, then It could
afford to I'LL up the picture. tAppluuse.1
The ltcv. MI. Mclean thought, II tho word
'sfcprobatc F" was taken out Of the paragraph,
tlle word faithlesAness y should bo treated III
| tho 6ane manner.
Or. Van Dyke moved To laT tho motion to Eo-
commit on the taAle, with view 10 taking up
the report paragraph BY paragraph.
PARLIAMENTARY rRAC11cH.
The Rev, Dr. laIdlaw wanted to know II tho
motion 10 tabtc would 1at 20 4x v that It could
not bo taken ttlerefsou, when tho body came to
the paragraph objected to.
The Moderator thought not. .
Or. Van dyke sad that II tho motion was
made to lay On tue table absolutely, even than
II could be takcu from the table by vote OF
twDtl!rl4.
The notIon to table was carried.