The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-05-25
General AssenahiY OF enc Presbyterian
church ID Knoxvsfic, Tenn.
SIXTH AND SEVENTH Days.
IRey5,rseti If;or me Dss,laich.

minutes of the presbytery OF Western
y sTayas For alleged irrerniariiies in It's pro-
.,aessi nae' n, lie case ef an llnordaiyed Ia
4 horar ,rha prnshpfarv claimed that ttes.
ncfx,s ,,nI,ar an .ct NJ ssnYnhly authorizing
prsshrtesies To enrloy such laborers. s.
r,art ~ sha;r action vas clearly protected
& Eu Sst,s rnIe ; hnt tha Action az synod In
ai,aSi,,sr M, rem hars of pres hvtery TO vote
~ p ~ tha a,,r,ro,,aI ns iRefr mo y mi.
!, ,,,,,.s g. WAC s. c,n rarv to the us,sre az
the Church. md was Forbidden by the
moderator. which was oyerruiets, the, MEM
hers az the presbytery most Interested con.
,stits,fine nearly one hall or the Synod. The
comnlaint YEAS oiIy Advocated bv DR.. SInoot.
81 the preshytery Of Central Texas. and as
ably snnnospd he Rev. John w. Neil and
Ruiing Elder j. f.. Miller, OF the Presby-
terry of Western Texas, who gave an ac-
count OF the extraordinary usefulness of
the Iaynlen referred to, and, claimed that
rhey had acted in accordance with the act
OF the General Assembly in 1859. The case
occupied all Of the session in the afternoon
and was resumed in q night session at 8
o'clock, nearly all OF which it consumed;
and it is still not completed.
During the AFTERNOON session Rev. DR..
r. W. Chambers, OF the Reformed Presby-
terrain Church. who has been here as dele
gate from that body, was heard in parting
address filled with expressions OF pleasure
derived from his association with the people
of Knoxville and the members Of the As
sembly. and OF high appreciation and deep
interest. The Moderator replied with q
scriptural beDedictlop.
DIR. Chambers, while here. delivered an
address on the new translation OF the Scrip
lures, in which be is one Of the translators.
During the night session Rev. j. Howard
Smith, OF the Reformed Episcopal church,
bearer Of fraternal messages from that body,
was introduced by DR.. Bullock, chairman OF
the Committee on Foreign Correspondence.
He was welcomed by the Moderator, and it
was agreed that he should be beard to-inor-
row at 10.o'clock.
SEVENTH DAT.
1hursGnu. Acu 23.-In response to an
inquiry Of sundry members of the Assem-
hJv rreSentad IN Yesterday and referred To
the Eon,mittee on Foreign Correspondence,
pr. Rnilock. chairman OF said committee,
nresented n renort showing that the mes
saaeS nas.ed betTnen This 4 Assembly, and the
Nortbern at this meeting did not establish
what are called sfraternal relations" but
were merely Christian salutations. Adopted.
The Committee on Bills and Oyertures
brought back the report recommitted on the
subject Of the administration Of baptism to
sick persons when they did not propose to
join the Church. The paper submitted by
the committee declared that baptism should
only be administered when the person had
been received into the communion OF the
Church. A substitute, offered by mem
Der from Louisiana, was TO the same elecC,
with disclaimer on the subject OF baptls-
NAL regeneration. The substitute was
adopted.
The following papers, offered by the Com
mittee on Bills and Overtures,. in re"
spouse to overtures from Presbyterles. were
adopted:
I. Commencing the Historical Society
{Presbyterian) OF Philadelphia, ana that
steps be taken, as recommended by brethren
in Texas, to gather historical records Of our
churches.
80. Referring to sessions the cases OF men,
bars OF the Church engaged in the manufac-
ture and sale OF ardent spirits, TO be con-
sidered on the merits OF each case.
3.Leaying out the word "chlldren !"
from the column in Presbyterlal reports,
which gives the number OF pupils IN SAD
bath schools ana Bible classes.
4. Declaring biennial sessions for the
General Assembly inexpedient, and that
Presbyteries- have. power to make their
meetings annual IL they so elect.
The following were placed on the docket:
5. Declaring lin answer to the overture
OF the Presbytery OF Fayetteville) that 1t is
inexpedient 10 change the phrase g He de-
scended into hell,'' in the Greed, because
there is foot-note explaining its meaning.
6. An affirmative answer was returned to
the overture OF the PresDytery OF LOUISIANA
asking to be allowed to change the invest
ments OF the lnslee fund.
At 10 O'Clock the Assembly heard Rev.
j. Howard Smith, OF the Reformed Episco-
pal Church, whose address was in excellent
Christian spirit able. and delivered with
ease and grace and c5eerfulness. He eX-
pressed deep affection for The old Church,
the Episcopal. He touched briefly on the
causes OF separation, reading, as one .argu-
ment, from Rev. Morgan Dix, elected by
the Convention at Boston to be the head Of
their foreign missionary work. Mr.. Dix
had said, in regard to the reforms in the
Church OF England under Edward vi,
that Queen Mary,-Who followed Edward, !
Saued the Church.
The Moderator replied with much force
to Mr.. Smith, rapidly tracing the doctrinal
beliefs OF the Reformed Episcopaians, and
extending MS Congratulations ana prayers
10 Mr. omltn.
q Iraternai ietteT was reao from heV: 10
sephD. wilson, the othef deieSate OF the
REFORMED Splscopalians.
Inc order OF the Gay, the report OF the
committee on REVISION, came UP lor con-
sheraton.
Dr.. armstrong read his full report to the
Ae se; dn.;n thn PoIs eeii thi, e