, 1877-05-22

lsErshn* ld~rtef e1htnehE Iipy may oa 5oF EnoW!-
of the rt"ro: psn Of M nsw Court = + assa
shonld ao b taken np ,rith lung trials concerning
matter, p comparatively trivial iu,portnncc: nd
has .l.ea'lr rroMn into custom an"ns u BY .eon.
sent II partcs, hnt provcn fntfsiaetary, the Pres
hytery won,d aak t',s Gcnernl assembly 10 ecnd
the Assembly At it, discretion To refer easet far
.ssi I" special eom;,,s"'s; wl,e1 after 4" in,cs.
as csrcden hat te ntet sho",a y eos %os
before ihe ~hoc Assembly for formnl trial, tho
Fns' o. ne ~ T. b. r. all au
The re,ndntng c1ansu Il, the nvcsturo, con-
ttnuet Mr. l-aAlaw, related ~ giving The As.
eotnhly power to MUSTN'T judicial commissions
At IT, dl.ctctt'n. This tnsly wns Of traditional
A.! ni.t".ic dignity; 4 they we,e to all'eato
General Assembly. There would Id tho t,g
Assembly and tho little pne,-ille lAttor claim.
ing that, nttnugh stnalI, Il lind thu power. lie
l'eltcscd that tile uc0pae would reject the over
turc.
had not hal ttInc during tho session 10 G're tho
question tho consideration which II deserved,
aud had ,'ot hcItcys,l TINT II vou'l come .np
considerations 10 look at; they had 5or long
titnc brcn anxions to cufta!l thg ses-
s!, slons ot tug acnsral Assembly. :, lle be-
sse t Of ts' aa a@s r EFSt9n " Ae,, for t' xs sfsGI
act ~ this way, and wo!ild reslueo the expenses
It vas worry ilslie,l't to consider deliberately
subjects ol lMIUsta'ec, especially, ~ Judicial
Of Appeals might l'c able To consider these tn,-
port.nt questions better than tho Assembly
Guild. -
Committees wrrc always hurrlc.l, 1t would ap-
ptnr that they we're unable to graphic with
these very important cascs. lie t1|sclaitlcsl any
idea Of Infringing the dignity ct tho Assembly,
that, while they wrrc the funeral Assembly Of
the Presbyterian Church, tlcy .wcro With human.
1t was the fact that when q great caso was to
come CONT, up y always Infected the question of tho
Judicial Committco. Iioncst .,ncn were e sous. t
times projud!rcd, md their preludtcca Influenced
them tn giving their decision, as the speaker
llaa! noticed In Ills practice Mt tho Lar. This
gould nat nc the caso In regard to tue proposed
Court, which Was composed Of MEN elected at
di1cront times, anl Sitting independently Of
tho General Assembly. There was always one
l,.attors relating to Presbyterian doctrine nnd
George de- TuWS| ". Il Mus9ravc. "a ' '''u '''' o'' "A'
Thrfe were others, also, wcll.read men, and
ths siiIjccE. 5ne member Of the originai Com.
nlittee was now In the city, tho Rcv. Dr.. Pat
ton, d. D., anil In conmon courtesy le SHOULD
be hcarl. The speaker, therefore, n0ycd to
lay the motion OIL the table, but Withdrew In
dcfcFcnce to
who assumed tho platform, aud said that II was
necessary to sometimes stop In order tO take
their bearings: There wns no wiser provision
in the Constitution ,ot the Church than that
Legislative action whatever. Tho danger Of
lIa*ty legislation had been furcsecn by tho
fathers Of tho Church, who insorpornted In tho
constitution provision TINT alI legislation must
by send[ng down an overture to tho rrcsbytc-
rics tho Assembly did not commit themselves
10 III approval OF IL. 1lo would vote to send
the, overture TO thu presbytcrics, but
Ills Psrshytcry, that OF Brooklyn, lad as
much right to Judge OF tho question rs tho
prcsbytcty 81 Buffalo Ind, md he did not thtuk
to the Assembly OH this subject. tApplause
Only ono case had been passed upon tn thls
way, and tho fact that this was trtle showed
that some change was desirable. Tho Assem-
with over coo nemGers. by appointing Judicial
Committee. anil clothing tiom with tho full
powcr, Of the Church. This was always done
With tho consent Of tho parties, and tho fact
ment Of tho Church.
Although tlloroughly conservative and, a. he
hoped, good Presbyterian, he did not helleva
n keeping on tn The old style eimply because It
highest respect for the Presbytcry Of Huiralo
he thought the other i'resbyterics should have
an opportunity to a1iudicata on the merits Of
thc question; flc. therefore, favored sending
Tho Ilcv. afr. Shaw said that when cases were
. referred to tho judicial Committee TINT btnIY
reported to the General Assembly, which agreed
to OF rejected tho dce[sEon.
nr 1ut,t ntri J.S xx.,k ..
lcast, a. thu last Assembly was concerned, Tor
that body had agrccd by Unanimous consent TO
aceept tho decisions as final.
:, Mr. BlIaw replied that It was al Tho same.
measure, which looked towards rentralization,
nnd hc favored democracy. tApplausc.
.rHH Kay. N, LAlpLAw
I'rcsbytcry Of Buffalo. lie had no intention u
Coul they not dlsvuss the merits Of the cs.so Il,
tho Asacmblyf They were told TINT they must
which wore theIr masters. It was tho duty oif
tho Assembly TO cotlsider deeply all ulgast,rcs
brought before It. While It was all very we'll to
speak q thu PresbstGrfcs rs highor Chan tho
tt,rea Recommended by tho Assembly wcfo look.
81 upon with ereas respect by tho l'rcsbyteries.
but tho Assembly should hu extremely careful
~ to scn.llng down oyerturrs, and should not
ttius WIN fgtsuttfHes ny EenNluG them Aucl
oycrtures as they know could not b. adopted.
TIC Moderator said that his rrason for laying
down the proposition that tho merits must not
further bo llsctssetl was exactly shown In the
rcmnrks OF tho last speaker
TIE Rev. j. 8. DtAudock considered the pro-
posed overture to bo tntlrely uncotsstltntfonui,
ind trustct! that 1t would not be sent down, ior
ho could not possibly vote for It in p1esbytery.
Or. Haley thought the Assembly needed
light on this must difficult and important aues-
t!0n and wanted TO hear all that could 10 said
on cithor side shout IT, lla would groatly de-
sire to hear from Prof Patton, aud moved nc-
ronllngly that the question he laid On the table
Temporarily. The motion was lost
Tho tsey. Mr.. Marquts moved TO sefer the sub
jcct hack to the Committee, with t1strllctio,st to
report. tlsis frueslay) morning. Tho motion
prevailed.
CRKpENTIAL&
Ds. Be!ville, froru tho Committee on Creden-
ttala, reported In favor of the admission Ut
james u. Roberts, ut the sauta Fe prcsbytcry,
a'tholgh Ills credentials werc slightly irregular.
The report was toucurretl In.
HISTORICAL DIsEOunsEf.
Tho Rev. Charles 4. Drggs offered the fol-
lowing:
K<soirsa, That tho pastos< and churches pro-
pairing historical atBe0nrbes nlI manuals be re.