Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-05-28
BROTHERLY LOVE,
As Exemplified by the Two Presbyterian
General Assemblies-After Much
Discussion and Considerable
Telegraphing They Finally Come TO a
Full Understanding, and Are Now
on Speaking Terms.

eral Assembly to-day the moderator pre-.
sented the following telegram, received last
night from the Southern Assembly, in ses-
sion at Atlanta, Ga:
To the General Assembly. in session at Spring
field, Ill:
1.-THE action of your assembly teIegraphed
by your moderator to our moderator doesn't
modify concurrent resolutions adopted by
your assembly, ours are prepared. Send
R. X. sMooT, Moderator.
The following answer was sent to-day:
To the General Assembly in session, Atlanta, Ca:
The action referred to doesn't modify, but
| explains the concurrent resolution, and the
| explanation ia on the face of the action.
| There is nothing behind it or between the
lines. The dissolution of our assembly is near
at hand. We may be ready for final ad-
| journment this evening. Exchange Of del
| egates is impossible before Tuesday. Shall
| we not each appoint delegates this day to
| visit the respective assemblies next year?
We await your answer with deep and prayer
| full interest.
HERRICK JOHNSON, Moderator
| THE BUSINESS SESSION.
In the business session OF the General AS
sembly to-day the report Of the special Com
mittee on Sabbath Observance was heard and
| accepted, and with slight modification was
| adopted. 1t tdiscountenanced the publication
| OF Sunday papers, running of manu-
| factories and railroad trains on Sun
| day. Some Of the speakers exhibited
great earnestness, and others created
amusement by suggesting that ministers
aHd other christians sometimes infringe on
the day by blacking their boots and shaving
| their boards on Sabbath morning. The
| standing Committee on Theological Semi
naries reported, embodying a series OF reso-
lutions. The most significant one is as fol-
lows: "That in view Of the crude and dan
gerous utterances Of many of the secular aud
religious papers, periodical and books, and OF
some of the pulpits of the land, resulting
from the introduction and prevalence of the
German mysticism and higher criticism and
of philosophic speculation, and so-called
evolution, in view of the alarming detection
from the faith of the gospel, both in this
country and abroad, and which seriously
threatens our beloved church, and
vealed word of Gods Holy Scripture
is an infallible rule of faith and practice,
and therefore the only hope of mankind,
your committee recommend that this as
sembly, in the name of the great head of the
church, solemnly warn all who give instruc-
ton in theological semnaries against incul-
eating any views or adopting any method
which may tend to unsettle the faith in the
doctrine of the divine origin and plenary
inspiration of the Scriptures or in our Presby-
terian system of doctrines, either by ignoring
or depreciating the supernatural element in
divine revelation, or by exalting human
conjecture and speculation above historical
and divine facts and truths, or by applying
the hypothesis of evolution, unverihed, and
incapable of verifcation, to the word of the
living God.
In the afternoon the assembly visited the
Lincoln monument and were received by the
Hon. j. c. Conkling, of the Executive Com
mittee of the Monument Association.
The assembly sang the do1ology and were
ant State secretary.
EVENING SESSION.
The assembly at its session this evening
received the following dispatch:
ATLANTA, GA, May p. 1852.
To the General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church in the United States of America, in
session at Springfield, ILL.,:
1t was unanimously resolved:
First-That the assembly does hereby de-
clare its entire satisfaction with the full and
explicit terms in which the General Assem-
bly, of the Presbyterian Church in the United
States of America has expressed its re-
ciprocal concurrence in the paper transmitted
to our assembly on fraternal correspondence.
Second-That we do unfeignedly rejoice
and render thanksgiving to God for an event
suited to take away the reproach of aliena-
tion between bodies holding the same stand
ard of faith and order and tending to bring
peace to our borders.
Third-That inasmuch as it is impractica-
BILE at this late day to have an interchange
of delegates, the assembly does hereby ap-
point the following to your assembly at its
next session: Principals, the Rev. William
Brown. d., the Rev. ]. A. Hoyt, DID, the
Rev. III. B. Ester; alternates, the Rev. P.
P. Farris DID, the Rev. NJ. c. Alexander,
DID, the Hon. Patrick Joyce.
R. K. SMOOT, Moderator.
The assembly here thereupon appointed
the following delegates on its part: Princi-
pals, the Rev. 5. ]. Niccols, DID,; Thomas
s. Hatfield, ID, and the Hon. A. NJ. Moore;
alternates, the Rev. Arthur Mitchell, DID,;
the Rev. S. Ireneus Prime, DID,, and the
Hon. William E. Dodge.