, 1880-10-03
THE CHURCH.
Closing Session OF the -Pan-Pres-
byterian Council in Phila-
- deIphia. :.
Means Adopted for Forwarding the
Work Of the Church.
Letters Of Greeting to the Churches
=. Represented in the Council. q
Appointments Made by the Northwestern
German Methodist Conference. ~.
THE pREsBYTERrANs.

] THE PREsBYTERrANs. -.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Oct 2.-The second
| General Council of the Pan-Presbyterian Al
| lance was brought to close to-day with a
! session devoted to the transaction OF mis-
cellaneous business, being practically a
declaration of the conclusions reached by
the Council on the various subjects that had
come before the various sessions. Prof. D.
r. Kerr. of Pitlsburg, presided. ,.
Among the resolutions reported by the
Business Committee, and which were adopted
by the Council, were the following: That no
action on tile subject Of Bible revision be
taken by the Council until the work Is COM
pleted; that a committee be appointed, with
the Rev. DR.. Price, of New York,
as Chairman, to- formulate parliamentary
rules for the further guidance Of. the Alli-
ance at its Council meetings; that a program
for the next Council meeting be referred to
the Committee of Arrangements to be ap-
pointed for the next Council; providing for
the Committee, with Principal A1cVicar.
Chairman, to define grounds for admission
and to act upon applications for admission
for membership in the Alliance; approving
the report Of the Committee Oh modes Of
helping Continental churches and providing
Tor an expression Of sympathy on the part Of
the Alliance with the Bohemian and Moravian
Churches at their centenary celebration next
year, and suggesting to several churches in
the Alliance, the appointment Of standing
committees with which the Secretaries Of the
Council may correspond. - =
a resolution approving the report Of the
Committee on Foreign Mission Work and
appointing two committees one in America,
the Rev. DR.. Paxton, Chairman, and Euro
pean Committee, the Rev. J. Murray Mitch
ell, Of EdInburg; Chnirlnan--t0 secure CO.
operation and close union in the work OF the
mission field waYadopted.
A committeeJwith DIR. Knox, of Belfast, as
Chairnlan,, was appointed to make arrange
ments for holding a new Council to be held
in Belfast III 1854. The Committee embraces
all the Irish delegation who attended this
Council. a resolution in fayor0f arbitration
as a means of preserving the peace among
4 letter of greetlng to the various churches
represented in the Council was read and
approved The letter eohgratuiateS' ag the pso, 70
tlourishing state Of religion; exhorts them
to practice faulty prayer, closely observe the
Sabbath-Day, and manifest WARMER inter
est i'll the mission work Of the Church, and
generally 'counsels and advises. pastors, el-
duties To each other, to the Church, and to
God, and bidding all godspeed in their sew
eral fields. -
The adoption of the paper was marked by
rising vote, and the Council sang the, dox-
ology thereafter.
- The first Sabbath in January. next was
fixed as 4 day Upon which to havo the letter
read in all the churches in the Alliance
mhS 9tFrea o aIng g sn dwsd y re hs spRoE %T
oiogy, which had been done at the sugges-
tion of the Rev. DR.. Schatf, Of New York,
and said he was compelled to decide it was
an Intrusion and an frcfvility.
the Interruption out OF the fullness of his
heart, and even then not until he had con-
suited a member Of the proper Committee
andIearned from him that the singing Of the
hymn would be unob}ectf0nable:: -
This was confirmed by Dr.: Dale, and the
Chairman Withdrew his. remarks on the sub
In. closing the Council business the Rev.
Dr.: Knox, Of Belfast, for the Business Com
hospitality received by the delegates in
Philadelphia, and submitted 4 series of rcso--
lntions that were adopted. These returned
thanks to the Committee OF Arrangements,
of Publication, leader and members Of the !
choir societies and public institutions thatsent t
invitations to the Council, to the writers Of /
papers read before the Council, and to the !
who acted as clerks Of the Council. and the |
railway and other companies that had ex-
tended courtesies and conveniences to the |
delegates. :. =
The business Of the session was formally
brought to close with ten minutes part
ing address BY the Rev. Charles A. Dickey,
D. D., followed by the singing Of the dox-
ology.
During the session the Rev. DR.. Patterson.
Of Philadelphia, On. behalf Of the Editorial
read d Communication from the
reporters and correspondents OF: the various
newspapers attending the Council meetings
testlfying to the fact that the Editorial Com
nittee had placed at their disposal every
being done to offset the editorial III one of
the denoniInational papers asserting that the
Editorial Committee had been neglectful in
This respect.