Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-05-25
The Friendly Talk Between the
NOrihes n and Southern
PresEys eriann.

NOEtA6o Ii u uU OVUtAtxA
Presbyseriann. :.
The two Presbyterian General Assem-
blles now in session at Saratoga. N. Y,
and Lexington. KY, have had an inter-.
change of commissioners and an exchange
of telegraphlc correspondence which is of
great interest to the Nation at large, as
well as to those interested in the religious
denomination represented in those AS
sem blies. We copy them in the order they
come;
THE SOUTHERN COMMISSIONERS AT
SARATOGA.
A telegram from saratoga says: At the
afternoon session of the General Assembly
of the Northern Presbyterian Cnuich Fri
day the fest order Of Uusn+ s. Was he re-
cepti n IF dele afes trru the 5 n'he'n
General ASS mbly. DR.. l.. j. Evans
chairman OF the committee, appeared OIL
the platform with Rev. Drs. William
Brown, of fredericksburg, Va. and Taos
A. Hoyt: OF Nashville. Tenu.. aud Ho'
Patrick Joyce, of Louisville. XIV. The
we're present. to Moderator Hatfield, VIII
welc med Il em and introduced them
the General Assembly. The message U
peace and fraternal goodwill was read b
DR.. Brown. who uring his address. Wa
repeatedly alplauded. He expressed sen
timents of reconciliation and desir
for Christian fellowship. Organic reuniD
he deemed impracticable for the reason,
that convenience opposed it, and that l
could only lie effected by an acknowledge
ment of error Ill The beginning of the dis
ruption. His colleague, DR.. HOyt. spoke
hi. 40 Il oil, " o.,,UoVi n n tho min,
ion of that element of the Southern Church
that desire the reconciliation and reunion
of the two branches Of the Presbyterian
Church. Judge Patrick Joyce. the lay
delegate, spoke briefly, coinciding with
the views of DR.. Hoyt, because he believed
that a great majority Of the members of
both churches was in favor of but one
Presbyterian Church 10 the United States.
The Moderator replied briefly in appropli-
ate language, and the dOxology was sung.
THE NORTHERN COMMISSIONERS AT
LEXINGTON.
A telegram from Lexington, MAY 10Th,
says: AT the General Assembly OF the Pres
byterian Church. South, to-day the COM
missi0i.ers from the Northern Assembly
Justice Strong. of the United States Su-
preme Court; Judge s. M. Moure. Chicago;
DR.. Iren8us Prime, of Now YORK DR..
Nichols, of st. Louis; and DR.. Humph-
reys. of Observation-Disclosures addresses.
The Assembly opened at o'clock with
prayer by DR.. Bardwell. The commits
sionels then proct eded to address the AS
sembly. Judge Moore spoke first, dellv-
ering an excellent address which he read
from manuscript. DR.. Prime followed
him in a short and happy speech. He said :
I'm the North there is one sentlmsnt in
favor of organization when you are will
ing" DR.. Nichols followed III magnlfi-
cent address. His remarks are upon every
tongue, all prOn0uncing them the finest
they ever heard. DIR. Humphreys was the
next speaker, and Justice s rong last the
warmest applause frequently greeted the
speakers, aud there was hardly an eye in
the house but what was filed with tears.
Such scene is but the beginning of what
will finally result in an organized union
OF the two great Presbyterian bodies.
The address presented by the Northern
Commissioners said, among other things,
this:
ut requires two or more to make quar-
rel. The less of truth and the less of reason
there be III the strife and quarrel the more
bitter, the more acrimonious it becomes
But it so turns out that sometimes one of
the belligerents has grace given him to
cease striving and to cease dealing in
railing accusations. He is led by some
means to examine anew the ground. No
one gives in tt Tue love and charity but that
be feels and knows that it is better to give
than to receive. So it is that no man out
of pure heart utters truthful, kind
word. or does a generous. noble, magma
nimous act but that he derives therefrom
iucalculable advantages over the recipient
OF the kind word or generous and noble
ac.. He who goes furthest in confessing'
fault and in adjusting ificulty must
receive and wear the brighter and the
more glorious crown OF rejoicing when
such words are uttered as those just refer
red to. that is the end of controversy.
There IS no ground left for contention or
quarrel. The other side cannot do less
tb an say the same. The. can say no more,
for all has been said and assented to that
can be Said the ground has been entirely
covered. You may not have said very
much that was offensive to those on our
side: you may have, you probably did
think many hard things. We did not ask
you to r. greet or withdraw anything. You
studied to do these things that make only
for peace. You, of your own accord. ex-
pressed regret for, and Withdraw wal of, the
offensive word. In your n .gnanimity you
got the start of US and did this noble
thing"
A DEFINITE PROPOSITION FROM THE
NORTHERN CHURCH.
: On Monday last in the Assembly at Lex
ington, KY, the following telegram was
read:
Saratoga. May 21.-To the General As
senabLy, IN Session in Lexington: The fol-
lowing action was taken this morning:
Resolred That committee of seven be
appointed by this General A ssembly to
confer with similar committee, if it shall
meet with the approval Of the Assembly of
the Presbyterian Church Soath, now in
session in Lexington, in regard to any
plans or methods of cooperating in any
part of the great work that the Master has
laid upon His servants, and which it might
appear could bs more effectualy accom-
plished by cordial and friendly eo-opera-
tion than by separate and Independent ac-
ton, and that these committees report the
result of the elaboration to their respec-
tive Assemblies in 1884.
[Signed] EDWIN HATFIELD,
Moderator.
Rev. DR.. j. r. Graham. of Kent street
Presbyterian church Winchester, preached
his farewell sermon Sunday, prior to leav-