Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-05-26
General Assembly.


mon was delivered by the Moderator,
Rev. S. II. Buchanan, D. d., of Lit
tie Rock, Ark. Text-"If any man
love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him
be anathema maranatha." / Cor, xvi
%. The sermon was delivered in an
eloquent and forcible manner, after
which the General Assembly was sscon-
stituted with prayer by Rev. : NJ. B.
Dewitt, d. d., Of McKeesport, Pa.
Recess was taken until o'clock to meet
in the Hall of the House of Represen-
tatives. At 3 o'clock the Assembly
met in the Hall of Representatives.
After prayer, Gov. Bate delivered an
eloquent and beautiful address of well
come to the capitol Of Tennessee. In
the course of his remarks he said
"This, | believe, is a representative.
body of your entire church, and has
delegates from many localities in many
of our States. l see you have them
from the spurs of the Alleghanys as
they look upon the Atlantic slope
from the borders of the great lakes of
the North and from the Sayannahs Of
our Southland, even from beyond the
Sierra Nevadas, where the devotional
songs of the church find sweet utter.
ance from the golden lips of California
and soft cadence from the silver
tongues of Nevada. You are here too,
see, from the mighty Northwest with
her outstretched prairies of boundless
extent, which have been beautifully
and truthfully described as the grana.
ries of the world. You have assem-.
bled here from all these localities in
National counsel, and inspired by the
common purpose of doing good to ouI
race by fostering the cause of christian
ity. To each of you, and to all, d
whatever quarter, we extend a glaC
greeting from warm hearts and hospita
BILE homes" The address was very
impressive, and we would like to give
it entire if we had space. The address
of welcome was responded to in an ap
propriate manner by the Moderator
Dr. Buchanan. The Assembly voteC
its thanks to Gov. Bate and the Gen
eral Assembly of the State for the us
, of the Hall in which to hold its meet
r ings. At roll call about 200 commits
T. sioners answered to their names. Ate
t roll call nominations for Moderator wer
G in order. The following members wer
nominated Rev. A i MnGlnmnhV
> d. d., Rev. S. L. Russell, DR.. j. B
$ Mitchell, Rev. j. Ii. Houx. D1
: Mitchell declined the nomination. TIL
j first ballot resulted in the election c
d DR.. McGlumphy of Illinois, h
l. receiving 1874 votes. He was conducte
IS to the chair and after appropriate re
e marks declared the Assembly ready fc
J. business. The usual amount of bus
5 ness was transacted each day, in a haI
y monious and pleasant manner. Nj
o Keysport, Pa, was chosen as the mex
/ place of meeting of the Assembly
y time third Thursday in May, 1884, 1
Is o'clock a, m.
J. We, with Rev. j. B. Tigert an
d wife, of Lincoln county, and Rev. c
Il B. Russell and Elder r. P. Savag
d of Gross Plains, Ala, through tt
b kindness of John Frizzell, Esq, wei
d assigned home with Mrs. A. J. Cal
d colt, Edgefeld, which we found ver
4 pleasant and comfortable, so much
ii that we very much regretted to leav
re as well as the Assembly before its clos
ID and would not have done so but fc
d private business which demanded OF
g attention at home.
ID The Assembly was composed of fin
re looking, intelligent men, taken as
rs whole, among whom we noticed Il
.e following prominent DDS; S.
e, Anderson, Tehuacana, Texas; A.
H. Buchanan, Little Rock, Ark. S.
&c Burney, Lebanon, Tenn. NJ. B. D
et Witt, McKeesport, Pa; A. j. M
MS Glumphy, Lincoln, ILL.,; j, w. Poi
ne dexter, Austin, Texas; G. T. Stat
of back, McNIinnville Among the prom
Sc nent ruling elders we noticed U.
ce Senator f. NJ. Cockrell, Warrensbur
b. Mo. ; Jno. Frizzell, Nashville; Jud
It j. NJ. Howry, Oxford, Miss, ; Ho
ID a. B. Martin, Lebanon, Tenn.
81 Waterhouse, Cohuttah Springs, Ga
re John Black, Bentonville, Ark, a
IS many others. The American say