, 1877-05-22

Dr: Ilo!Fe. These, sn,l similar i "as 'aatssrIs!s'
were used II tho nr ;rataion Of the latter's his
n,uscr nj church histories md ecclesiastical
recorla are not ae"c<sible. All there histories
had perishrl. owing to the Aascnbly's failure
M t. prov!e ,a - library n.illfnE-the most impora-
htr. Cra,sl'cad, in in,posing upon his hearers
The Importance ot, a church history, referred to
The nbc h!.ss as the r,c heat s.Ment n itsc,f for
ta!ns'l large prgportten Of history, but Il was
sslituts.l, MS had ', leon yell said, tle
pass @eFo xsh 50 ~ e .peaf Ell,
tiat God W., n'aklns t6c charsis history M 20 80
rntilIy and wonderfully should lead Ills people
tlcy could u preserve il, 10 mike, il nescssilo
to a!l 30 that those lcssnns Of wisdom might 10
studied, and .ervu to guile, Inspire, AMI ell
so@TsSo uol,s psop1s II ~ se"1g time The
influences at wurk in the Presbyterian Church
towards tho greatest freedom consistent will,
true social order, gave u permanent ntil
tl's Chrci. desired .!onld ;. faii aal acsul.te.
Adequate measures should be adopte. to gat',er
q collection the soscty had ivcn ior
snsasy s"sasy se'fs a S wi soee.s st as''ssy ssly
valuable library, consisting Of nearly 10000 vi.
un!es, embracing the early l'stury, anil rspc.
gially the ecclesiastical history, "f lila country;
views, ilatfng hack To tho carly history Of thu
| country; great nsnny very valuabts ltat,s,-
scripts; between 800 md 4W volumes of rel'g-
! iirst published IN this country 10 those oi tho
present tayj over b3J puFtrafts of minister's and
laytnen; and vast number Of Interesting relies,
batl, from the Now anl the OLD World. Al tllcsu
should bc woven Into history Ut Frcsbsterian-
Ism, in this Notwithstanding worthy Of her
past achievements and something to present
licr great power nnt' influence III this
country and throughout tho world. \
tic PRINCIPLES Of Mutley''s Netherlands, witA
sumo III the ie0tures, for fnstanec, vi Stuycns'
History If Atethlis,n, and, II tho man lid not
WHO wou!, bo capable of writing such Il history.
Mr. Cratghcatl spoke of thu frequent errors
intu which people fell IN spcakinr about l'ses-
bytorians, showing that these errors. woahl bn
doctrines, Tie faitn of tho Church. ii tits
| connection, tho speaker Noticed with sotuo
wnrtnth the statement pf Boston rnrrespond-
aso, ,natle sotnc very curious blu,4iers III
sncaking Of tho frcsbyteriaus In New
Engnna. The speaker continued to present,
for so.'.c time, hls argl,u,el.ts showing t1e n.
history as had beon alluded to: history which
should teach tho world something abo,it Pres
bytcrlans. as It already knew toncthng about
It was abDut time, l,u thought, that thu scotcll
anl tho Scotch-1rish Of America wcr0 rccog.
Htzct, as they never lial been properly reroE-.
nlze.. with proper place in the history Of th!s
rights is frccnlcil, and to nantalu them in tho
smoke and heat VI battle. Let not the Churr1
be faltlless to tholr memory by refusing to COL
lcct and preserve the. memorials Of, their
tho cause and Kingdom Of Christi [Applausc.]
TttE REV TIMOTHY lGLL, D. D.,
Kas next called upun by i)r. Hatfield. 1lc said
TINT tic work dono BY easi, Individual IVA was by BY
no means without effect on Ills fcllow-man.
Where tho Church Of uol was respected and
her ordinances dwett upon, tl1crc the riTect of
was au outgrowth Of religion, md no nun coull
understand how tnts country was shaped pollt-
ii,iy,. iisi.lly who no,.d .l!4 nut rcatse tho , f.,
the exact facts rs to the early history Of tho
Church should bc conserved. Tie Presbyterian
Church was full Of Incidents aItl full OF history
&nd i w. r.. .apy '. making history II wss eny
Tic speaker ncxt called Intention to tho work
Of the ltcv. Mr. Glddlne mud Ut Jcre1ntatl por-
tsrt tho eaarlIcst Presbyterian minister IL
It Eg 1iosrap,iesl aot|ccs 5 'fa Il Mr.. ' eadnx n%
but iou!nl his Information deficient. In their
GjI0u8 ffCa0yEHf {lAu wonderful {uU4 To
draw upor,. The history Of rcviyuls was ono
full Of tcrtcress incidents, ua.i he who should
Easacr up tho ltttlo stories scattered through
Such q oilucrful.1nanifesta.,ou Of Gods glory
an1 gracc was nuver duplicated. The man viii,
first preached tho 1ospcl OF Christ on tho
other sldo Ut tho Mississippi was still
living. In 1851 ho loft 81. Louis for
leayenwnrtl,, then the '.llrad Of tic rrcek,H
mud there he had founded ncollege which would
llTe after lin. To-day eighteen inon wcro at-
tcntlng tho Assembly from tllv statu oi Kansas,
ard every month for more tilAr ton years d
church lad been adteI to tic Presbyterian
com,nunion. !r (App!ause.
song, "Let children hear tho mighty deeds"
wore then sung by tbs congregations after which
IIR REy. Dn. nIrrENaER
wua called upon. DR., IIutdeld announced tic
speaker as lrfsll1nal,, but this hu tlis,
claimed. lie owned, however, that hia c0nrre
gation mostly answered to tle na,lIs OF "Aiac,n
lIiatosy. hu sold, wins tho recorl of as InAny
worthy Of record. History needed, iirstiy.
heroic dce.ls, ~ Church in !ts childhood would