The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-06-01
ZEE PREsDYrEnyAMS RsIEL Ar TEE
0AsEOUS SPRIN0a


dition 70 the devotions ct the Assembly. furnish
cd the brsthrsn with Q wealth OF religious
privilege. But why should Christian men and
women put on that conventional air Of gloomy
solemnity which charscteriEes . prayerful
company A lively brother happened to call at
one OF the boarding houses TO sec friend just
after breakfast He found the whole company
Of dodgers seated In tho parlor. looking a. sad
~ II assembled to hear the reading Of the will
OF some decedent who had cut them on With
two cents each. On inauiring he found that
they were about to engage In prayer.
The amount Of spring water consumed By the
brethren was phenomenal Almost all tho
clergymen and elders would march to one or
moro OF the springs and take copious drinks
before breakfast Then they would frequently
during the day imbibe some spring water on tap
at the church. In the afternoon such a. could
do 30 would ride TO some OF tho out-of-town
springs and sample the various waters. Many
are reported as experiencing much inward dis
turbance but a. far - heard from. none have
yet dropped down dead.
Although harmony prevailed until the close
OF the Assembly there was some lively spar
ring concerning the Affairs Of the Board Of
Pu6ncation. This arose on the question Of
tios e an in1mssion tSas he Church had no
confidence IN them, and that II suspected rot
ss Ifs' woSd uls Grsd the
On tho other hand. il was said that q re
srss Ssr;s .ss .h Ss'' 1 All ga .. not
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Il has hsep AthoSgh i 9wns DaIls;is l boot S
nsss in books and reiis ious ststionery Il has 70
o!ept Boards come which have re-, no bookstoEsss
eoipett.ss Or BOOK selling e the sparssiy set
ss I'll the ofiicss Of bookseller and missionary.
It II argued that the Board ought to be able to
DO this work ont Of the profits If q the book.
urge that as The Meshodist Book Concern pays
its own way, and also pays the salaries OF the
rsnniai i d f Conference. the Presbyterian
Publication Board might. BY improved man
s * %'G d 90 sTfs dSa IN
Kindred to this 10 the discussion on Re.
body . unxieidy that the sdyoc.tss 81 REDUCED
ss .sn s
try 10 very great. this year the cost Of travel
and and sSis 3 Alter sSe rsirosas d ths eoSnsry
haye contributed about $4,000 IN the way Of
sn The Gs but Ss sS
whsck. 10 tue shape OF some resolutions on the
Of h Sunday isy fr The
sis
byterians ought to have nothing 70 DO with the
more ssrnestnsss than q oommon. i was
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mon. and more money with which 70 educate
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cannot pay pastors, The other hall, are 80 hard
sRs% T SSs state q tie minister mSstes
present Il such that there e an unsesmly rush
Of many canddstSs TOT the
that Presby tsrianism lacks the power found In
70 TO- assign ministers to esrtain islds q labor
and 70 compel con9reeations 70 take such min
3: d ZIG K hs ssrs
sntsd men hnd employment In literary work.
snt diiHesltiss. The nearest spprossS 70 80.
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pay the ministers decent .s!sries. there would
s3Dessa ri: sspsd
that the ministsrs ought TO have such entire
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TSs revised version received = little rough
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prolonged discussion On the respective merits
essse nS T % sss Board nssraot
Ing that Board 70 dS yhat e plesses n Issuing
doas Ths revise. &. as
not been generally introduced In the pulDits Of
Presbyterian ohqrohes. ..
permanent meeting pisce. AZ any other time
In Nay Il exactly s1its Louissille al first sent
an urgent appeal for the next Assembly. but
hs @ M. of:
Cincinnati gave an Invitation, which, though
city ofIsr TO entertain without charge 400 mem
bers Of the Assembly. and TO board the rest on
copied. and It remains to b sesn how the IN:
genuity Of the ENTERTAINMENT Committee will
secommodste itself TO the happiness OF every
sstical nsbobs. the Hn. thousand-a-year min
lister, or The middle aisle and front-pew elders
houses. Of Cincinnati They viii receive free
Invitations TO hosPitable homes, while the
cheaper servants Of the LORD from tho back dis:
| themselves at the sumptuous tables .!of. the
| svsn-dollar-a-Ieek hosteries. It will be q
happy day for Presbyterianism whom the Az.
| sembly 10 reduced TO about two hundred dale
| gates. and meets onoe In three or four years.