Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-06-12

The twenty-fifth General Assembly
of the: United Presbyterian Church il
now in session here.
AS this sect is unknown, at least fol
the most part, to the readers of the
REGISTER, brief history of it may
not be out Of place here.
Near the close of the last century
there were two sects Of Scotch Presby.
terians, known as the Associate, or Sc
ceders, and the Reformed Presbyte-
rians, or Covenanters. Their faith and
usages being in matter and substance
the same, they united aud joined their
names In the Associate Reformed Pres
byterian Church.
Two Seceder ministers, and few
Covenanters, stood out and revived
those organizations. Several efforts at
union were made by the three bodies,
but at last the Covenanters withdrew,
and, under the tremendous religious
pr essure of 1858, the Associate and the
Associate Reformed Presbyterians COM
bined and formed the United Presby-
terrain Church. A few of each party
stood out. The United Presbyterians
differ from the Reunited, and all ether
Presbyterians known in.Southeast Mis-
..s...~i--s In -alWaHs-hauine been Anti
Slavery. It Is close communion, ana
uses exclusively the one hundred and
fifty psalms or the book of psalms
found in the Bible. The daily Globe
Democrat is publishing very fair
statement of the business of the meet
ing, but has been betrayed into blum
der by the. records of the Assembly,
styling this the stwenty-sixth annual
meeting. The meeting cat Pittsburg
in 1858 waaa mase ms6 1sithout
respect to the authority o{ ~ presby-
tery. The first ~ r. f1ens1 h Assem-
bly, met at xenia.. III Jhf6 III May,
1859. The writer was th ere and khows
all about it. So that whilst the Church
is twenty six years old. thissis only the
twenty-fifth General Assembly Th6
present msetspg IL led AZ 2eQ
members, equal number Of ml
and ruling elders. Whslst there AteI
present some very strong men, ~
truth requires the statement that 81
an averge it is q large body Of small
men. The moderator is, IN ecolesiastic-.
al matters what r. B. Hayes Is in polS
itics. And it may be added that he is'
an Ohio man. The most it1n0Etant
business before the Courtis theq uestion
of the right finstrumentalcnusic in the
worship Of God. The Assembly was,
packed with view to that question:
which has agitated that branch of the
Church for some years. The oppo-
nents Of the use of instruments in wor-
ship are Biblically and scientifically
right, but no man among them can tell
why they are 90. In numbers they
are minority in the Assembly, bptsinI
talent aud true earnestness they are
amoug the very strongest men 70 theI
and they have q very capable
leader in John. N. Dick, d. d. 81
The end is not yet in sight, for both
the parties to this strife ignore all ex-
into the relations OF the
whole organization to God; and until
those are ascertained and adjusted,
strife In the Church will never cease.
One very interesting and important
Of the meeting was the ap-
pearance on the floor of the Assembly
of Gen. James A. Eaking, Of Louis
Vile, Kentucky, who was chairman Of
q Convention held in Allegheny In last
August, in opposition to instrumental
music. The General camegto lay be-
lore the assembly q mebdf1d1 from
that Convention. asking thai tn aat.
Ter Of instrumental music - not re-l
yarded as finally settled; but be over |
,urned again with view To more ma
,ure consideration. Tho document
vas very clear and concise In Ito stAt4t
nent Of facts; but very dignifed aud
,ighly courteous in its style, and strong
n it's argument; and no profeeSionalf
.locutionist in our land could haSesex-
'elled General Eakin in its presenta-f
ion. ts1
From the complexion Of the ASSEM-
,ly, and especially Of the committee oIl |
he Judiciary, and Bills, and Over
ures, there is little reasi,n y hope ~ y
avsrable result in regard to5 the lssA
rial presented. Az present. = IA
trength 4of The. United presby yterizn