New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-18
TO LIMIT THE SYNOD'S POWER
RESOLUTION BY THE NETWORK CHASSIS

,xxr.At MEETING OF REFORMED CHURCH
DrpprsryT ,rrvEs-rHEY WANT THE PRERoG-
,rIvEs OF THE HIGHER BODY RESTRICTED
Rv n resolution adopted by the New-iork CHASSIS
- ,be reformed Church which held its seml-annual
meeting I'm the ecture-room or the Marple Oo'
leriate Church. Twenty-ninth-st and Ffth-aVe..
,.os,ariav ~. next General synod. which VIII
moot in June al Asbury Park. " j. Will be memo
rallied 70 submit to the Glasses without Delay
proposition having IN view the restriction OF us own
movers The resolution. which was introduced oy
the Rev J. Elmenlorf OF the First Har'em Ooi-
loe,ote Church was carried by vote of y 10 a.
The suggested amendment takes the form OF an
addition IN Section t. Article IN. which reads;
1.-THE action OF the General synod on all matters
which shall have been submitted by II to the classes
tina; the mind Of the Church might be fuiIy ascer-
tanned shall be decarave only"
Tho mover explained that the effect OF the amend
n,er. would be 70 limit the power Of the S%nod 10
questions on which the mind Of the Church al iarge'
as expressed through the Glasses. had not been
declared In all other respects the power or the
Synod would remain unimplired But II "ou'u no
longer be possible for that body to ignore the
wishes or 10 override the decisions or the CIasseS
which directly represented the body OF the Church.
II had long been felt grievance that the SYNOD
should have the power refer back TO the Glasses
matters on which the opinion Of the Church han
been already ascertdned
The Rev r. w. Chambers strongly opposed the
resolution con;endinG that 1t would remove vail
able safeguard against ill-consldere1 and hasty ac
ton on the part Of the Church. He declared that
the wors, evil resulting from the section 80 1t s'ahds
was an occasional delay in carrying the VIII Of
the Church into effect. .. o.,
I'm The discussion which followed humorous al
iusion was made TO the modern suggest lona, anu
even tendency, - abolish oid-fdshCHed'
bodies of an analogous nature, sUcn az tnr n'''n
Stafes Senate and the English House ot I|'dS
The presidency Of the Glasses fe BY T2totion to
the Rev g. T. TamadPe, II the Mot Haven K''
formed Church The Rev. Henry VI. cox o' IN"
High Bridge Reformed Church, was clerk ABOUT
sixty ministers and aymen attended, representing
twenty-five churches ..,
The report on church membership showed t0ial
OF SOL. representing an increase ot III over Hst
year There are thirty-seven Srnday-schopls ~
tended 10y ll.AD scholars. ,
II was reported that 29S7 had been raised during
the fiscal year for denomnl uonal objects. ana
SIC, az for other purposes The financial report q
the Madison Avenue Reformed church WIS d'cHel
especially satisfactory. The income derived iaom
The pcws I'm this church amounted during the hrS'
year to Nlo" 1T. .
represcn; the church and The Glasses IN IN" PaIuci
lar synod. which viii meet at Newt trecht l.. /,
in May. Prmarii. IN" Rovs. 9. -. chaplin, H. r.
cob and G.. j. Fo,mshes. and Nessrs. }. ; Bussing
". y Clark J.. Donald ami W =. Howell. ''Gun5i
the Rows. H. j. Burrc.l r ". Chambers. u. IA
hos. and F. g Erhlrlt. and Mcasrs g Beekn'n
Delegates 20 the General synod were also balotei
FOR. with the following result: Pr!marii the ReVs
H. u. COS. !. II. Duryca !. ". GeyGr ana J. :
siavei. H. Cammerlen AMI q. \ tensh2U; Sc
eundi IN" Revs. \. T.. Itlttrodge j. Em"ndorf A.
II. Demarcs' anl r.. +. Coo ana Me-frt - Bo-
dine G. curtis. C. II. During AMI J. c. CHING