Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 24, 1877, Page 11

THIEE CHICAGO 'T'RIBUNE: THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1877-TEN PAGES. position of Chalrman, Dr. Lowryregretted that tho dutfes of that position would be less prop- eriy performed this year, from the fact that he was tha Chairman, Neverthioleas, he would sub- mit the following repourt: Yonr Committee wonld report that they have ex- amined the fortieth annual report of the Board of Forclan Mislons, aa_printed and_ready for dlatri- bation, and also’ the manuscript minates of thelr pracecdings, 1, In reyard to the report: Wo woald eall the at- tentlon of the Assembly to the financlal tatement, Dy whlch It appears that the recelpis o, the Board {rom ail eonrces for the year have been $47:), 371, - 7H, and the expenditarcs 8180, 210, 84, which shown {hat the expenditar has beon 84, $13.00 mare than the receipts. Thua, oo, the debt, which at the Deuinning of the year wan 810, 167,01, woa, 2t the end of this yoar, 32,90, o would calf attention to'the fact that the ro- pott showa that the contributions of the churchen 0 thia causa hiave becn fonn than thoss of 1875-0 Dy 835,231, In particular, the gifta from Rabbath- ¢chools alone were over 80,000 less than the pre- vioun year, At tho sma timo 1t In 1o benoticed that the Hoard made acrious rotronchments in_ thelr work, The mont considerable featur of thia s, that they have eloven less workmen tnder thelr caro than In- the precoding year, or I thoto wors Included, fn this reckoning that wero farmerly counted, then the dfminution of the workera would be rightly atated at fourtcen, Auother part of tho retrenchment was the discontinuance of the periodiea) ralled the Young Sisstonary, which had been 'printed and ¢lrenlated atacost of ahout $§7,000. " There proviicntially came to the aid of this work of re- trenchmont of expenscs commerclal eonditions that reduced the price of exchange boyond culcy. Iation, %0 that in this respect along thers waa raving of about 820,000, Yet, notwithstanding, there wan still thid scriona exceas of expennes abore recelpts, and the debt of the previuns yoar recelved junt vo much Inerense. 2, Your Committes, However, have the ploasuro of announcing to the Assembly that this formid- able debt, siuca tha making ont of th watt, has been virtuaily oxtingulshed. This ofi accompliahicd through the Tiberal cift of Mes. John C. Green, of New York Ulty, to the eause of Porelgn Missions. ‘e gift was €50,000, Thin Ting In enrrency, nnd the debs’ in gold, and thero helng alro otlier preaning neoids for the use of this money, 1t murt notbo consteaod a8 pat- ting tho Haard tu potseesion of & handsowe balsnce of $7,000, Yoiir Committeo recommeni that to the gratetul acknowlodenent which tho present annpuncement ought fnstly to provoke, theve shall bo joined tha resolution not (o aaffer thin and other providentinl Amd uniooked-for relief Lo uocaine the occuslon of slofh or preanmplioys foliance on Providenco for the future, But, as1f [Lmisht be the last provi- dential ad of the wort, lotthe Church bostis teelf, and members overywhiore provoke ono akuhier (0 moro dilizent and liboral glying. - W, As It has beon emphaslsed, how it In to bo at- tributed to romarkable intervontion of Providence alang that tho Church starta on another year of milssionary effort freo from debt, su ic sacms expe~ dient to your Commitioe to’ eall nttention 10 another fact of Jonger standinz, 1t has not been unknown to thoso curloun to fearn ull they might knowabont the afalesof tha canse, that the sup- purt of tho wurk of Korelgn Missions, undor the cato of our Hoenrd, coimes vory largely from & few fndisiduala. 1f thoes wera removed by death, or wore tholr many resources (o shrink up, humanly theaking, tho afars of tho, lourd would be crippied’fn n way that only years of effort could repnlr, Thess ncfactatk belong to the gencration that Is pasaing away, and the Churcl may not fong enjoy the lihcrality of all of thom. Few an they hava beeu, fewer are rising to takg thoir placus. The Church onght to gratoful that those benefactors lave beun apared solong. It hosbeen longer than wos nooded by the churchos to dovelop tho thounands of ai that 1 paper known e the Young Misslonary, wna teferred o thia Committes. ~ In Tarnect to this your Committes would refer to represeniationn ot the begfnning of this report, and would recommend that while the same necessity for retrenchment exists, the reanmption of thie poblication be left o tho dia- cretion of tho Hoard, with the recommendation that 1t be done an woon s the liheraity of tho charches, and especially the Iiberality of the Sab- ath-mehools, may warrant it, As the proper sequel to the foregolng representa. tions, yonr Commlttea wonlkl ‘reecommend tho sdopilon of the followlng reenlntiona: 1, That the Assembly put on record ita grate- fal scnea of God's mercy In providing as Ho haa for thedeficit of the past aud previon« years, in con- {rsimttons to the work of Forelzn Minsions, end ca- A:!lnn the Church to beg!n & new year withoot a 2. Thatitis the obvinua dniy of the whole Charch to take advantagoof I only 10 ran the zaco set baforo it with more zeai than sver, ‘That 8] our ministers and elders aro mi"‘ to Increase thelr offorts to lay the needa of the Tioard of Forelgn Missions hefore " thelr churches, 10 atimulate thole iberality, and to employ effects ive methods for presenting to every mamber of thelr congregations the opvortanity of gleing dona- tians (0 it according 10 thelr neveral ability, 4. That Preebyterial CommitLeesore nrged to pree rent the clajmn of tho cause to il the churchos, and_ erpeclally (o tho 2,273 non-cuntributlog chnrchen, 5, That greater efforts abould be made in the churchen to Interest the children In the work of Farelgn Mtaslonw, by resolving the Sabhath-achioolm, intoMissionary Socleties, and by devoling a pore tlon of tha Sahbath-school hour once a month to an exerciee In the geography, hislory, munners, cuistomd, etc., of #ome of the various felds of wisdoniry operations, 40, That all the chnrehes connected with us Aro urged to ohaerve tho monthly concert of prayce. for the canea af Forelen Miesions, In actoniance with recommondations of previons Arsemblier, 7. That tho Rorelgn Misrionary, publihed by the Daard, fn uneetercely recommended 1o the churches, and eapeclally to the minisiern, as a maguziue that reects credit on tise Charch by jt literary merit, and especinlly s piving sensonable and varled information of Uie whole wark of evan- gulization amon:z the hieathen, bt particularly of the work of onr own Clinrch, Where it I+ habitn- ceived and rond 1t cannot fal) to mako men nt and Jiberal contribntors to thix cause. hat the (allowing-usmed mombara of the Board whose term of oflica explres, b re-elected for another term, vz, ! The ftev, Willlam M. Fax- ton, D, . the Ntey, Jokn 1), Wells, D, D, Itob- ert Carter, Wiilam' A, Doots, Eaq, Ezra M, Kingeley, i On otton, the report was accepted, Dr, Lowrie moved that the Secretarles of the vard bu heard. Agreed to. DR, IRVING. TEMANKS DY TIIT SBECUETARNY. Dr. David Irving then mldressed tho Asscm- bly. e said the report of tho Board wos di- vided Into two parts,—one devoted Lo what its representatives had done in forelgu felds, aud the other what tho Chareli at homne had done to mistain them fn the misslons. One gave them words and fucts} the other Hzures. As the fig- ures could not tell of the pruyers that had as- eended, or the efforts that had been put Torth, 80 the facts dia not revenl the self-lenfal of tho laborers, tho tcars they bLad shed, the trials they had experienced,~the wustage of 1ifo and'of vital force, These, how. oyer, entered into and pave character, and ahupe, and power to tho results that were pre- aented; and those things that seemed to Le ko cncournging might not be so in Gud's ordering. Unnoticed events might, In the future, be re- pleto with richer frufiure than any the Buard | b o nowa tndecd, and his love for the heathen had presented In its report. Thus they wero Tought Ehs naportant Tesaon in the sorle fo walt 1 vus BOue OF tils sentimontal lovo that was and lookk for fature development. The cause, | Fotee o o the Sobility o i the ks God, workod alowly, but It worked urely.” | perleetitity of the heathen, lu'né'rl? Wero lnn‘vi had died during the year,—one from the Ess er such accusatious azzalust the heatticn as Paul e o T ek N eutL al Tor tho hrat thma | Droueht. His foul was all an firo st thelr uttor in the Cburch history, ho came to tell the |, & . G ‘h e f;;;-(u, iy ;:1." al f’lmlon Assembly of-retrogreagion. Onc-twelfth of the [ o Uad. Huir tauch Lie Chigrel ol ta its B borerenad dropped outs sl o | Mstory fo tie paat! An {nfidel oncosnld that Bton of givinir 133 naies (our_of whon hud | Ite Was ot convinced of the truths of Christiont- only a partial relation to the Bonrd, making ty 50 much from Its doctrines or ts evidences, T o shobd I ollichi canneciton | Dt froia the conclousness of tho Bibilea! char- St L1 Wonnd) as Tt year, thes. comid. oy | lelers. 16 was when Lo toukc sucha man s present 120, Hnd the katerest of the Chureh in | 1t grm"’;_:}?“*";; ) bt]edthu:b\;?ndcrlu} this work culminated! This wasasolemn qucs- hiat e betle 'elfi n]f“u“"" Dokl (ipoea tion. They were unable to forward. They | oty wuuf ey e ‘;flwu trut) o l{:,uho hud atood atill, walting; and God had permitted | po “‘,‘0 “mfl" -wfik u :‘m 'fil - u”t:' them, #o far as laborers were concerned, to g0 | eop vurtt'J‘ lu'fldul S I'“- flh’l backward. Men and womon were nat lacking; | Spayerit url o e but the tneans were not furnishied, but the n“d‘;’ ih. Witbont th on . an; ‘omg Another thing ho wished the Assombly to re- | 21t L0896 SRk (05 o g 9 carly jnisslon. member: The Buan had been working through- | 0% 0tk B8 i s people woul out tho year on a diminished capltul, In 1570 not have these glorjous Epistles of Faul,—that S e T e sarh 0. e ey | Breat framework of Chrlétian Guapel thit b Incnccment of 1877 the Fiaancs Committee, | f100d ko a Colossus. This early istory of after fecliugr thu pulso of the Asscuibly, suld, | (o ¥erE culated to encourajee, to sthnu. W Reduce your work to $480,000.7 Of thal lato Curls fans Hgie engaged 0 carrying tho $20,000 was *spclal,? w0 the working-capital | Gospeitotheheathen, < wus only $180,000. Nu wouder, then, that one- | 1040 tha wark doua i BTIN dl What tad fiellth of tho active foree had disappearcdl | 1318 rk done inour owa day. What li Think of fts cncrvating effect updu them in not Gol secomplished wn.mq the last quarter of thelr attompts to enllst men $n the wark. fow g“‘f"l‘l}{;{ '_“\',""*;::LY'{"" saee lél&lhm Jurs cuuld thy Bourd go W the seminarics und plead | otk M 5 Hr, nlastonacs. {n Cliles. and, 200 with men to turn thelr eyes eastward and url 15,000 ""m a’;""“‘:lnul &8 than Vi westward when thelr hands were bound? | 0F u Fonye and large nuuibers And wheu asked, = WHI you send mel” in- [ £0 & ""‘;fi"“’l; Japan wus dded-w overys stend of suving * Yoa! Uy could unly cxpress | (00 WG, ety Sulered fy, Qub B0 tho hopa that, fn the future, they would have | Siero Fud Aty Svilisation In Bk damh the means to commmission misslonarics atd send | itk schicols, with collees manuod by Ghristia them forth. It wus erushing to prayer and an- | Drofusso 1o 5‘ foont shis st with hfir ervating to effort for the Assemblyor Chureh Lo ;b‘;‘v‘“ e P‘;‘fflé e slmak w;& auely ut the” Hoard In_a position where when they | SL0V3 fyher day of rost. There: tho miselonns ieard the ceyevurywhers * furward, "'“fil‘"’“m ries wero planting the sceds of truthin various ‘.'."rle"::‘{bl.‘,” o5 I tho leld, “Btand stlll," oF | yigeus and were alrcady reaping o harvest that dueed. e anid ho nover heard a #pecch upon | had scen what were called “The Handred the great, canse of forcign missfons without | Namea. They were all writtenin gold chor- getting & headnshic, Mmply because of tho voat- | Relers in the Anabiclanzuage,and meabt the Cre- niesa of tho interests that wero preseuted, and | aeerr he 411 Wiae, the Btemal, the Omntetene the inability of the mind to encompass and ade- | recorded as n link to hring down the sublimity quately measnre them. Bometimes one ilne o | of Christ. Tle had thought, “On, it we could thought was presentedand sometimes another— | 001y write these names under those hundred : tho hi Y, | The Mesalah, the Christ, the Mediator, the Elder o history of the great Onc's migslon Work— | fyroiper, ofc., then we ‘should have n religion thie results of present observation in missfon | descending to onr wante nnd lifting us up. Let flclds—~the facta that wero current In the work. | (iod’s people take thoso names nnfi writa them But Providence seotna to haye lirccted thelr | under those Hindoo names,—Vishou, Blva, and thoughts this gur Lo tho gift by which the debt | Krishna, Then they would have entered Into of the Board had heen removed, The Boand | the great work that God had given them to do." hadd expected to he cumpelled, aa for two bre- | [Applause.] viotn yeara wenr‘nn;ipl‘u s )\u]llemlvl_y with a sorrowful report ahou! e mill-stone that Tmng on the neck of the cause. But they wera ConN SI!I:ERING THE REPORT. obliged to change their tune, The Rift came RRING UP THE LAGOARUS. ruddenly, and thers was something remarkable | The Rev. Mr. Lewls offered a resolution, in the way in which God intervencd, lie seem- | whichhe proposcd as an amendment to the re- ed to hlxmx ';ult:‘?, ‘fi: hmall’m;ldvl:nuo."lur l}x“l"': port, as follows: years, [n order that the Clinreh herselfl might | * fieserced, That the Presbyterics ba inatracte Tide th ier duity and priviicge And TOMOYC the | seyatse af eath ROR-EOMTILAIITA ChArEh, troclot s debt;hut, when it appeared t!u&blnltcnlallmln reason for the omission of tha foreign mission diminizhed, It was increased—when It appeared | contribution, and that the resson given be thiat the Board was coming up with the old | written on the records of the Preabytery. story— He told of two' churches, one large and the other small, to which the question of eontribut- ing to forcign missfons was submitted. Tho first declined tu subscribe, and devoted all Its cfforts to its own work, while the smaliersone contributed according to fta means, Twenty- Tour hours azo helearntthat the Iatter had held 8 jubilce on the occasfon of wiping out Its debt, and was proceeding to hold n revival, while the other was about tosell its church edifice. It was always 50, and whien a church nerlected the forelgn missfonary causo the dry-rot got Into it. Hewished to gec ths holy flag of foreign missfous unfurled, and he did vot helleve that, it the resolution were ndopted, noy Presbyterian pastor would dare to sssln any reason for the ntglect of lifs church to subscribe aud work for this great cauee. TILB REY, MR, HOPPMAN felt appalied at the' fact that 2,273 churches were g0 callous 88 to neglect thls cause. 1l found, on reference to the report of the [ome Minsion Board, that no less than 1,808 churches fatled to contribute to that work. 'The fault, in Tals oplnton, tay with the pasturs and sessions of the churchies. ~ fle could not understand such Christlanity, and what answer could they make to an Infidel 1f such & person ahould puint out these terrible figuresi” What racrifices had the; made for the misslonary causel Why, they ha put un old cast-oft ganientor sofn the mission- ary-box, and that was about all. He trusted the resolution would be adopted, and would have 1iked 1t n Hitlo atronger. Elder Blackburn moved to {fnsert the words “1lome and " before the word * Forelzn." The amendment was sccepted by the mover of the urlginal resolution. MUTION TO RRPER ‘The Rev. J. Irwin 8mith moved to refer the resolution to the Committee on Hencvalence. ‘The Rev. Mr. Lowla sald he saw the Insertion of the word * Homo™ was liable tolead ta s discussion, He wanted s solemn roll of the Presbyterian Chiurch called In onder to ascer- tain what clurchen had failed in thelr duty. ‘The question was put on the motion to refer, which was not concurred In, and the amend- taent was then mlopted. WOMAN'S WORK. ‘The fizst resolution uf the report was then read by Dr. Lowry, Cliairman of the Forelgn Missfort Committee, and Ur. Wood proposed s resolution as follows: g Resolced, That the name of Mrs, John C. Green be incorparated tnto tha frst terolatlon; that the resalntion Le wigned Ly the Moderstor, Htated and Pennanent Clorks, and sent (o Mrs, Green. The amendment wos adopted without a dis- seutlent volce, Dr. Lowry then road tho fourth resolutlon, and asked “Jeave to substitute the anended resolutiun for tho orieinal one. INDIAN MISBIONARY WORK, Dr. Milner asked that the portion of the re- port_referring to mission work among the In- diods mivht be read, which was -mmllnflg done. IHe sald that all persons familiar witl the misglonary work among the Iudlans knew that there ‘waa no conflict between thy Home and Forcign Misslon Boards, Mo therefore moved that the lost paragraph of this portion of the report, which scemed to convey o refico- tion on the Board, should he strickeu out. Tho Rov. Mr. Wilder sald that from tho ex- perlenco_of loug .years of labor fn the Forclgn-Mission ~ fleld, aud from what he “had hesrd of home-work fn the Assembly, hie was fully aatisfled that it would be for the best interest of the Indian work §f It were brought under tho superintendence of the Toume Board. lle moved, therefore, that the entire paragraph be modified acconlingly, or stricken out altogether. If the subject was to be discissed at all be boped it would be a full discussion, and that the tnaster would come up 1n & distinct form. 1 TILB LES, MR, R1008 wos announced as forty ycars & missionar) among the Indians. Forty years age, he sl Lig wus an Olilo boy, aud traeled ta Massachn’ sots toget a girl from that conntry to go out with bim to labor among the Dakotas. They crussed the plains through the snow, and found tho Indlans bs wild as Sitting Bull ls to<day, and witbout any written language. Now they had Bible in the language of the Dakotas, consldered tha overturs from the Bynod of Geneva, foquliring o rezand to the meaning of an nct passcd by tho Genieral Assembly permit- ting nchango of boundarles In threo Synods with thelr consent. Tho Commiltes reported that no_nctlon was necessary, as Overture No. 7, page 76, minutes of 1570, provided that action was valtd only when cancurred {n by the Svnods of Geneva, Centeal and Western New York, Tlte report was adopted, SENVING THR ELEMENTS, Dr. Webber also submitted the following: The Preabytery of Weatchester world reapect- fully overtute tho General Anscmbly ¢ 1s the nction taken by the Asscmbhly of 1874, page B4 of minutes, averture No, 25, o bo inter- Droted an directing ihat thie aerving of the elements atthe Lord's Buppor bolonga indifcrently to tho Eldera and Deacons? . Vour Commiliee would respectfully raply that the abnve question s Answered on pago 110 of Mnore'a Digost, which maya that, *‘Inasmuch aa we havo no tule In retation to the anbject, the mat. ter 1 raferred to the discretlon of the Sesslons of the churchies," 8ound, where there were somo 800 Indlans, on-. der the care of the Church, ‘The Moderator nugnflled that, I the breth- ren were _representatives In any acnag of the Foreln Misalonary Bosrd, they would be hessd, when the order of the day was faken up, = Mr. Burnhom sald that all were working nn-, %zl;n!!hu direetion of tho Mome Misslonsry oard, MR, RER, of Puget Saund, remarked dmt‘ whils thg pas- tors worked smnder the ilomo Bosrd, thé. Indians there, { he understood it, were undex, the supervision of tho Forelgn fionnl, ‘There, were some matters connceted with the laborthat, wonld bo interesting to the Assembly, ‘The Moderator repeated his suzgestion: he #aw no opportunity for hearfoz them just then. It was only by courtesy thal the report of. tha Btanalog Committes on Foreign Missions was not belnz discuassed. MISSIONARY CO-OPERATION ABROAD: Dr. Marquis moved to_take from the docket (not for the s.ur;me of discussion, but to make a motlon) the apecial repart roferrcd to this Assembly by the last, regaraing the question of tisslonary co-operation in farc(gn flelde, ‘Tha Moderator sald the report was not oo the docket, It had been referred to the Cominittce on Church Polity, and they were to bring In s paper on Ity =3 AMBRICAN NIDLE BOCIETY. Dr. Glover stated that he had been requ-sted by the Sceretary of the American Bible ?!oclnl.y to ?rucm to the Assembly tho following resos. lutions In regard to thelr work: In vlew of the fact that the Word of God s the only infallibla role of faith and practics In the Chureb and the surest safeguard of virtue and lns telligenca in the Stal herefore, 2 Retolred, First—That we hearthly relolco In the wing interest that Is manifest ln'the study snd ifasion of the Ifoly Seriptures. Second—That wa eetcern the Dible work in ita home nnd forelen asncels asamong the most im- portant and hopefal of the mge, well worlby of the - earnes co-overation of every Christianand every, ‘philanthroplat. Thirid~That wo regard the American Bible Bo- ety as pecutintly aiapted 1o thin greai work of Bible pablication and distribution, both in our own and in other Iands, _ard fully entitiad to the cone Adence and patronaze it has hitherto enloyed. Fourth~That we rejoice In tho continned prose [wr“(nb[ thin great National Soclety and its widon« n2 flold of operations, that, wa apurove of ita plan of reducing ita avencies as far aa posaible, and of enlixting more tully volunieer and home workern, Fisth—That we esrnestly commend this causa anew to our pastors and to our people, and recom- imend that collections be takon annuslly in all of our churches for the Bible cause. Hemoved the adoption of the resolutions, and they were unanimously concurred In. QUENT, The Rev. P. M. Bartlett, of Tennessec, aaked that the following inquicy be reforred to the Committeaon Church Polity: * Shall & mins {:;;‘::'z;_l“-;z; (i!‘lm‘rah «Xxnm; vlil:h h.!'I{ othor Pres- hat desiznated In his et missall" The lnqulglwu 0 rclurref ob e ARG FOREIGN MISSIONS, CONSIDERATION OF TOR REVONT RESUMEN. The order of the day was again taken up, and the filth resolution, in reference to the work o} Sunday-schools, as amended by Dr. Van Dyka was put and adopted. ‘ho sixth resolution was read, and TUR KEV. MR, GOAN, 9 Misstonary to China, stepped to the platform, and epoke toit. 1o sald he had risen to give the resclution emphaals. 1le spoke because ho feit. Ho lad lived fn a foreign fleld nearly thirty years, and when ho ‘went forth ho went with assurances that God’s children wonld ro- member him and his brother missionarics at the monthly concerts of prayer for misslons, They thought they ought to have something to tall backupon; that they had the pravers and sym- pathies of God's people. They didn't want thelr pity. They ought to be envied for tho blessed. workin which they were cogaged, but theydid want tho moral support, tho faith, the leve, the prayers, tho sympathy of God's people. It might be well sald that this work hinged upon prayer and the answer to prayer. They had had these monthiy concerts from the very first in Persls, where the congregations were fp- structed {n the duty of giving to the Lord for thu advancement. of flis Kinglom. Contribu- tiona were takenfBup, but it was not untfl sixteen yearsS¥ago that a won- derful outpourin, o Ood's spirit In the way of Christfan benevolencs occurred. "The tpeaker gave an tecount of & Fevival smong the heathen with whorm Le had albored, whero the poor people subscribied, some as uch as one-tenth of thelr incume, and whero the wom- en brought thelr jewelry, their ear-rings and nosc-rines, thelr bracelets and anklo-rings for the cause of Chirist, Tlu wanted the fathers s b;fl’?:’m'n ll‘z ;:ln: l:: lh& ix:lulunl:w‘nud above sl anted thie tonthly concerts of be continued, 1 it TR REV. WR. QUICK, another Indian misslonary, sald It greatly checred tho iearts of the missionaries to know that on the other side of the globe tho peoplo of God were praying for them. When ho was tn Ceylon they held a missionary concert o prayer every month, which lasted “all - day, and+ ‘waa greatly blessed. , Thu Rev. Mr, Bachman wanted to know RIANS. PRESBYT work Done at the Sixth Day's Session of tho General N Assembly. Attempt to Limit Speeches --A Variety of Over= tures Reported. Another Majority and Minority Re- port on the Final Court of Appeals, STATED SUPPLY. Ia the matter of the overture from the Pres- bytery of Knox, askinz a decision of the ques- tlon, 1 Ilas & stated supply tha right. power, and prorogative In the Church Bessions as pastort*! the Committce reported that the sn- swer to that queation might Le found by com- ]\mrlnp the resulutlons uuhpnzeu 113 and 113 0t foore's Digest, with the Forin of Guvernmont, Ctiap. 0, Bec, 4, Tho Rev, Mr. Ballontino wanted to know whether Mooro's Digest was authority for the Aegembly, It seemed to him that the Commit. teo should refer to tho action of tho Assembly h( year and duto a8 nuthority for any reporta t! "H anfuht make, he Rev, Mr, llmhfk(n sald this questlon of houndarics wns one that had troubled his T’res- Yytery not o little, Mo moved that the report e ‘récommitted for the purposoof getting o more definite answer, Tho motlon was earried. CHURCH AND BADNATI-3CHOOL. Dr, Webber aiso submitted the following, which was adopted: The Committce of Chinrch Pality, to whom the following resolutlon was reforrud, viz,: *>Jie solted, ‘Ihat the Committeo on tho repurtof tho Tionrd of Publication be directed, in thelr notice of iis Sabbath-schonl work, 1o bring in s minute which shnll be (if adopted) the exprossion of the Awscmbly an {0 the mutual rolations of the Church and the Sabbath-school,and of the dutica which, in view of those relations, devolve on the pistor snd nesalon,* recommend ** No nction ' upun the res- olution, anil refer to tho deliverances of tho Gen. oral Assemblles of the Lwo branches of the Chareh, herotofors maode, Sco Moore's Digeat, pages QOB CAME TO THE RKSCUE, Presbyteries and Synnds had taken tho matter up, and felt that In such times as thess (b was Impussible to Jift the great load; aud the last Gevneral Arsembly declined twice to undertae a work which secmed s {nsurmountable. Yet Uod, alter nll, ralsed up a Christlan wornan who lifted her hand and swept the entire difficulty out of the wag. (Applause.] [le thought the Tesson of this was tiiat, hereafter, thoy should not talk of the Impossibilities, but pray the Spirit of (ol might rest on tho bearts of §lis people, and ralse up many such toremove great ohatacles. ‘There was anotlier thing which seemed to have attracted thelr minde peculiarly at the opening of the Assembiy. He thought, when he heard the able sennon of the retiring Moil- crator, that the position of the Assembly was 1ike that of the children of Israel st Shechem, when Joshua calied -them together tuat they might look Into thelr history,—might ask them- fclven what they were in the dezert for, What [ hind of 8 conquest they bad started ont \Who waathelr Gud ! What kind of power theybad to rely upon? And then to bring those great triiths hotne to their consclences and ask them what they were going td do—serve Gl or Baal, or nelther one nor the other? Tho Moderator ook those two great trutha, SINIAND BALVATION, and put them in the focus of the ellipse, and placed the Presbyterfan Church between; the two, where the fire from above poured upon it and_flluminated ita position thatall the world might sce what it was at, and what it pro- fessed, 1t was »ald thal the heathen was lost: that the 35,000,000 of Japan and milltens of other countrics, were lust and sunk in penlition. In that noble sermon of the ex-Modemator Le had told his hearers—and these reporters of these able pupers bad sent it forth to the world—that there was n galvation of which God, In His infinite grace, woa Himself the great almoner, ‘These things wers true, although peaple wers sumetimes rather {nconsistent fn thelr preaching and their practive ov thls point. Who was wmore cou- ulstent thnt Paull Ho had so loved the heathen nutlon that he was never satistied to labor on another maw's fouudation. He wanted to preach to those to whoin the Guspel should o Interesting Report Regarding the Forcign Missfon Work of the Yenr. The Debt, and How It Was Paid---Diminished Num- ber of Laborers. Addresses by the Secretarles, the Rev. Drs. lrving and Ellinwood. Condition of the Work in Chili, Stam, India, and Other Missionary ’ Fiolde. THE PRESBYTERIANS. PRELIMINARY. RALIGIOVS EXERCISES, he General Asscmnbly was called to order ab Qa'dock yosterdny morning by the Moderator, tye fiev. Dr. Eolls, The proceedings were spened with the usual devotfonal oxercises. Frayers were affered by the Rev. Dr., Birciard, the Rev. Dr, Coan, and others. Dr. Eclls read from the fourtcenth chapter of Matthew,— Christ feeding the muttitude,—and madea few rensrks, drawing o Jesson . pertinent to tho spectal subject for the day's cousideration. The minutes of the previous scsslon weie rdand approved. i TIIE WEETFIELD OASC. 3r. Iloliday moved to reconsider the vote by wbich the roport of tho Judiclal Committce on tho Westfleld case waa adopted, Agreed to. De. [atficld thon resd thie following report on {hosame code: Judiclal Cage No. 1—Tn tho casoof the appeal o (e Westiold Tresbyterian Church, from an aalnet the nctlon af tha Synod af Notr Jersey, tho Gmmittee recommend that, inasmuch as a Jottee $s beon recalved from the Jato pastor beating dete Jay 10, 1877, atating that hie has, In good falth, ‘wined tho recond eail of that church. and lins, Hiacatbo ontering of Tho' cumplaint, left the par- wonage, Which lio had oceunled to thiv time becauso of tho llnces of Ll famlly, and that this s & final- ityon his part, and inasmuch as tho ond of com- Jint 'has ‘thoroby beon obtalneds thercfora, tho s b disminscd, and tho papers returned to tho wnplainants. Onmotlon, tho roport was adopted and or- dered to be Inscrted in the place of the other. LIMITING SPEECHES, GIVH ALL A CLIANOE. Dr. Wood roscto s point of order. It was oy esldent, lic suld, from the dlscussion Tuvs- * Ly that thero was a very largo number of Com- niuloners who liad no chanco to give theiropin- kg, olthef on pccount of modesty or lack. of ortunity, whileothers wero not so aftlieted. Hetheretore otfered the following: Buolred, Thint no Commissioner bo allowed to ek More than twice en auy report or subject, or cete than ten miuutes at ony onc time without econnent of thy Awsombly, ~ Hxceptlons to be ade for Sccrotarlos of vur varlous Boards, The Moderator eald the resolution was In wnpliauce With the rules of the Church. The Rov. Mr, Laidlaw called attention to tho word “subjcct ™ fn tho resolutlon, That really wmtofl all who had previously spoken upon o mbjeet under one matlon from an opportunity Jfspeaking upon thy same subject uuder au- obermotion. If “‘motion™ or “qucation® COURT OI' APPEALS. ANOTHER REPORT. The Moderator stated that the report In ref- crence to the finsl Court of Appeals had been rocommitted to the Comnmittee on Church Polle ty, but he &id not know whether the Committeo +was lustructed to report at any particular thino or not. ‘The Rev. Dr. Marquls, who had made the mo- tion to recommit, stated that the Commitlee was [nstructed to report at an carly day, and ho unierstood the report was now ready, Dr. Webber thei read the roport of the Coms mittee on thissubject. It was ns followa: 'he Committea on the Polity ot the Church, to whom waa referrod the report of the Committes on a now and fina] Court of Appeals, report as fol- founiains of liberality into steady snd reliablo #anroea of fncomu for tlila great work of the Church. Tuia ought to bave beea doue, and done so well that these benefactoraof the' past ani prosent might coutetnplsta tho day of thelr departuro with calmnees, A far os thead injercala azo coucerned. But an things bave boen, and ars, they must oficn fecl, and othors muat_ feel with 'thons, that they havd poriips bad o falth beyond thele gencration, aml thot thoy have beon chlefly rsponslble for building up nnuasdonary work for the Church that the Church will ba inadvquate to saatatn waen they oro gone, ‘Thora Ix 1o remedy for thls siato of things but greater fulth in tho Church at large, & profoundor aud_unusua) scnio of tio duty of cx- tending thio Kingdom of Clrlat, and s correpund fngliberality, 3t wonld not méet tho caso if these Dbenefactors wera to cndow the work by legacy nud mako the Church thofr trurtee, Provision for the. fiturs of Christ's Kingdom cannot bo mado inthatswsy, Such endowments are ruinons, Tha only adequate vravislon must. bo faltl that can tako hold of Ehis work with de- termination and & conteoration_tuat will devute to itall tho aubstance of tho Cliurch that 1t calls for. 1t n enough that God haa In the past rejsod up 1b- eral benofators that hiave no nobly and effeciively teated thu possibilitios and opportuniifes of evan- alizing_tho heathon, and have demonstrated that {iwwisk can o dong, and tbat faith and Hberatity must b crowned witly succosn. In waying thin it o nof for moment forotton that all pralse s dne to thonsnnds whoso - liberal 1fts mage the chief supnort of this great work, ‘ot without tho munlficant gifts fhat have beon roforrod to Wke that ~gno - which fas Just extingulsbod Etho dobt with which the Bourd closod [t annnal roport, .much would have remalned nntried that has been tricd with rlurionn succass, -and previous debts would have §lion Jeft 10 cloy the extonaion of tho Infuslanacy wora, Iy anch )ivorality the gitta of olhcra mn the githoring of the smaller sireams of Hberalit havy Ueon mado #0 effectivo that now the Charcl finda Jrall I control of an ageacy for svauglizing; oywe: That, in conformity with the goncral recom- mondations of that report, they recommend tho following ne an additional chanter tu the Forma of Qovernmont to ba submitted to the Presbyteriva for thelr appraval, Clap, 28 of tha Asscmbly's Judiclal Commla- Aur. 1, Tho supramo appoliate Jurisdletion of the Chinrch shall, (n all casew, wava thaso fuvalviug queations of docirine, bo exarcised by a court cone #isting of cightoan fombers, —nine minieters and nino elders, —elected an herelnafter provided. Tia Conrtwiall e atylod *Tho Assembly's Jadicial yminirston. ' Aut. . Tho mombors of the Court shall bo clighen by thie Goneral Assembly by ballot, of whom nok more than tan miembers shall ba chosen from sy ano Symod. | Tho momsination shall L made ot Teant oug day prior to election, Tho Goneral An- ‘membly stiall, ot ite firat rlttng aftor thls_ overtura sholl have been adopted by the Presbyteries etect Slghtcen membore, They ahall be divided ‘In tiizee clusncs of slx cach by the Genaral Avsembl Closs No. 1 shall hold ofice for one your; Class N # for two years: Class No. 3 for threo yoars. Af Tho snid mectingaf tho General Arsembly, alx meins bora slail thercufter be olocted cach year, to hald offics for tha perlod of thseo years. “Thy form of oftico sliall contmance on_the 1at day of Beptow- ‘ber following the olection. AT, Sl Tho Commission™ ehall it dutlng the time and nt the pinco of the Goncral Assombly. and may adjourn to meel during tho interim of Yo meotings of the Goneral Arscwbly at such tmes and piaces as the Commisdion may order "AnT. 4, Tho Gonorul Axseibly whall cefer ta (ta speciol Comminion on Appeais complalnts and roforences and o1l pavcrs relating thereto which are sont ub o It from tho lowor judicatory, except thowo which involvo questions of doctring ‘and tie declslons of tho dudlcial Committee ahnll in all cases be final, The Commision ahmil not have Jarisdiction in casos luvolving questions of doce irlug, but suchs cuncs shall be heard by the Auseni- iy a4 provided for in the ook of Dlkcinline, Aur 5, Tew membors aball conatiute a quorum far tho teanvnction of buslnves, In caxe a quorum 4 not prosent within threa dayd after the mcetitg of tho ticneral Asscrmbly, tho Axscmbly may up- point a1 many of theirown numbor o4 inay ba ro- 4, Inrespect to what hizv been sald. the most Tliopefal afen §n the noble agem:sr of the Womun's Forelgn Misaionary Boards and Socleties, that have sprung up in the charches, in thess chiorts, and al- montin thewe nlonearo (o bescen thesiznaofadvane. Iny liberality in the Church at large, The blessing of {God ha so atiendod them 1hat the contributions to were substituted it could Ly ndopted. | quisiie lo_conntitate s quorum, and the menibers Tt in spite of all this, the Just closod | Sould scarcely be paralleled i the future, Intod shiall, duriig th meeting of the sama | the loanl through : theso sourecs aru §10,000 mora plto o 4 the: year Just clo Dr, flepbirn—a_caltn, careful tnan, too—had | tenchiurclios, & Preshytery, sciools and other | ykether It was futended to bold DR CODES B B vers of cabera daty | for tuo paat year than for tho yoar lofore, Tho ro- | Lad bech D, opburn=a, ealin, earotul tnas too—had | |\hinze, Gl s momborahip. f ‘B0 com: | Nnewrs: on tho firat Slovday ovening ot oarh munieants. God was on the battle-fleld with themn, As to the proposed turning vver of the work to the llome Boanl, he believed that in the future the ludlans would be brought into near relations to the whites, At present, however, it would bo noeessary for the constitution of the Homo Board 16 bo greatly chanj before it could as- suwme control of the Indian work. Mlssionary work among the Indians must be carried oo In almost exactly the same way a8 missionary work in Chius and Japan. Some peopleliold that the English languaza alone should be used, but It was impossible to reach the bearta of the people unloss l%\:fl toin tholr mother-tongue, There were 30,000 Dakotas who had come iy to the arioy posts and been diswounted and disarmed destred to sccond the resolution. There wera & et inany latencra and very fow speskera, It te programmo wero changed o thought there woald e moro wisdom displayed, and that the Asseinbly would be benefited. [Applsusal, o boped they would not be subjected to long fxechics from suybody. [Applause.) Mr. Laldlaw safd thero was a subjoet, once bo- fore the Assembly, which would comie up agaln, ~asubjcet In which there was a great denl of fterest, aud upon which, under a wrtaly motlon, certain brothren lad spokun trke. It thu resolutlon wore adopted, thoso A YCAR Of GREAT DLESSING, - Though thons wis a civl war [n Mexico and tu | g bk that 1 o Clrlatisn Chureh fs tho, Onited Btatea of Colombia, and troublea | futhtul for, twentyflve years, dupwn will ond distractions elsewhero, tho ‘cause of God | iyt “ilitziony i "TAppiauses] bad wivanced, I wnd around Mesloo uest- | uo apeaker verlly bolleved that, withii éviero '(‘; e L d'u“. e "" twenty "years, whoever weat to Japan would nrml2 fllr;.P ‘Im'lodv s, and cspecin] reach to an_educated people, and, more than fn portions of Persla, God had poured out ilfs | {4 'in the English langusge € pruferred. Ho blessing upon the misslonaries: and from some l\m\t‘lcm he uthier day that n ton of Webster's of thoso fields tha Board expected reports more | 1y ionaries had been seut out, and that three cheerlugg thau the oue which had been vlaced | ornue larpe publishing houses were moking before the Arscmbly, Bhould they pubt®elvo | anggopdinit tons of school-books to Jupan. niore nowinen futo the field? The Home Board | gy vl King of Slam could afford to say that %}mx z}u’m f{nm 1"':”-‘ seminarics. '{l-«ul'uf‘tl‘“-'“ Christian mlssionaries should have his support oand bud six. There was no ono fu Drazil, or | gy eympathy {n all they wero disposed Lo do. in Indly, or fn other countries; and o voleycamu Twenty-five years ago Madazascar lay uuder month, or othorwlse, Dr, Smouel T, Lowrlo sald that {his was & matter wokch must rest with the congrega~ tlons, and be decided In every case by them, Elder D. V. Sitnons, of Ilinols, sifd that his church had found the “envelope systemn ¥ ver: ellicacious in rafsing funds, They lud used lg\ I?Jan-r four yeurs, sad it had anawerod admtr« ably, 0 THE REV. Mi. HOWE, of Brazil, sald thut the popular fica of that cotntry was that thoy wero & wiid, balf-Indlan, half-Spanish people, and the people of tho United States were wonderfully surpriscd at the evidences of culture and reflivment shown by the exhibitors st the Centenphd Expositlon, | tlacted as aforessi, butno longer, Aur, 0, A wajority of flic cutirt prosent shall o requisite for sdacteion,and, incase thucaurt shoutd Do equatly divided, tho declsion of tho court below aliall otand ailirmedl, "\ir. 7. The necowsary sxpensen of tha Commine ston when atiunding mectings of th budy whall in ail engar bo defrmyed by tho Treasuror of the Ase Sambly out of thu milesys funie. v . o priciplus ad imodn of procaed- ing proscritrod ih the look of Discrpline, Chap. Vil VSEstt be In fatce and ubuerved by all partics 1 a1l cascs to_bo adjudicated by the Commission, o saing’ &8 Whcat brOUKLL before the Gongrsl As~ iy “;:uf{ D, Tho conrt shall have powor to ndopt anich rutesand_rogutatlons in roferénco Lo its pro- Coudiuge 8 1t uiny judgo propee, not inconsts- Bf_:fl-lhflwl that they have amonnted innll to §124,« 748 Resolved, That your Committeo pegard with freat satisfaction the aivancu which hos been mado Vomen's Forvign Mlsslonary bonevolenca for the past year, and while we record our gratliude to God for the munificent gift o hias moved a sinrle indi- ¥idual to beatow, we would nat bo forgot{nl of the humbler gifts of the many—~thE witon” wrapped in meifopacriice. and prayer—which combined together ~ have beon ~ such A eubstan. tinl rolnforcoment to tho _ contributions and labors of the Doard, Thoy rejolce that the oxpectations of eficlency” und uscfol- ness cheriatiod {n the foundation of this auxiliary organization for the pramotion of liberality smong ho women of onr Church have thus wuflered no abatoment, bit have been distinetly reairmed by Inthren would bo prevented from speaking e | & T e oy wonld therefare | from Weatern Africa for hielp lest those thiero ; 4 % T wain upon tho subject when brought in under o e a‘f.'.'.f-'"‘fr“fflf 233‘.’;’.’.’&'31“#’-‘2}%’#. ;r:gn“;gldlnn‘l)l iand thls’ geod work to tho | dle. Young ladies were willing to go, but niot a :'c‘é’,ii-f?”“ficm.fix oo, ‘"'.’;',dqu”x‘izz..‘.'lf,fi, "4 | durfug the season, and thoy must, bo ovangeliz- E:,'S. % 1,,,.;;" p::]l&muguu o,“‘“ lh:. 3 new forn and consldered under o now wo- | ed totho Cenvral Asseinbly duly certifud, and | hearty aympathy ‘aud encouragoment of the pastors | man hac safd howould, Something was needed | oryoieys now thera eat a Chrlatian na- | 0 ‘o do this thoy must be spokeu to tn thelr | Brazilian people were no better than idolators. \ own languaze. Tho Rev. Mr. Melaln suggested that the ro- port be taken up by sections, The aniendment proposed by the Rev. Mr, Wilder was lost, and also that of Mr. Miiner, to strike out the last scutence only, “Ihe Rov, Dr. Van Dyko moved that tho reso- lutlona be taken up seriatim. . ‘The motion prevatled, and tha first three rea- olutions were adopted without debate, 8s was also the substituted fourth resolutlon, WIEX TILE FIPTIl WAS KEACNED, tha Rev. I, A. Hawley moved toinsert the words ¢ Homo and " Defore the word * For- elgn.” %]r. Van Dyko objected tothe word * resolve.! 11 they recommnended the churches o “re- solve” themselyes futo organizations for Sab- bath-schoal purposes alone, they would crr. ‘The churches were socictlos In themselves, The Rev, A, 8, McMasters, D. 1., thought the Elm}u matter should be Jett to the pastors aud eeslons. The Moderator asked i€ the gentleman made of our Churchi as ono not calculated to hinder but to help all the missions: e one destined to in- creaso mathor than diminlsh the ijberality of thy Church to all tiio Hoards, In nourishin mlsslonary spleit which ls the yery vitsllly of a| forms of ucnovolonces 1n enlisting the sympathy af Chrlstian women and mothors i the porishing wamen of heathon lands; and in quickening all the gu ulufl lllhn:'hulu & broad philaotbropy sad a oly actvity. ™ \¢ s morcover the nnsnimons opinlen of your Committee that what God has thus raised up and so slgually prosperod and sanctioned oughit 10 bo en- cauraged to do its own chosen wark fu (ts own way, When theso socletles chooso to consverate thelr offurts 1o incronse the Hiberality of the churchica aupport of the work of uum{elmn{ the heathon, mfi\u{mn ‘of thelr sim ought nok tobs impaired or diveriea. Tho oplaion Just oxprestod sooms tho more fm« rtant when it {s remotnbered that the Church has uft the caudo of forcign missions withoutagents of ita owi appolutment to interewt the churclics of tha Inlerior and the West in ibis yront Work, Othier causes of tho Church hava not only such o unu:d but their work (tsclf appeals to the charchics which would reach the heart of the Church and ol o gall out hosa who were oF should be intercated .g:',:n,,{“'%,g,’,},_}{;‘; °;!},‘(l‘" °‘.L.‘: rigbices n the work. is ki X oW Wiilo, 2504 cliurches contributed - to the | 3as Kown oniyas s penel calonys fow thers Boanl, %378 churches did not givo one cent for | (1" 3T "Gifles, colloges, Unlversitics, cants the cvangellzation of tho perlsting, Many | pion gehools, warchouses, 113 suxiliary Bible were upposed to forelgn misaions, What did | goiories, vte. Natal und Orange were now freo that meant It meant opposition to Clirlst's | giaics, and thelr products had been seen at the medlatorial relgn upon the “earth, opposition 10 | Cengenntal. Twenty-five years ago Africs was saving men from hell,—opposition tothat which | cyrpving on the slave trade, and North Africa was tioblo and good, sud which alone could SN O IR RS RERCC SR T A wam transform our naturc, Ie could not under- | opnressing Naples, = Mexico wus silll fo tho staud such Christianity, Waile tho men had | genoye'of s darkuess fn which she had lain for fallen off in_nterost, the women bad wot. He | S5FCE P BpLOin o R D O thiers was no ud nothing to say In the w, Ivnl encomlums In | Goifization on the Paclile Coast. To-lay she regand to the lntterls works Tt spoka fur itsetl | yent tho represcatatives of " two Syuads four und was the grandest tribute to tuelr womanly | yor0 Prosbyterios o the ~Assciubly, aud hesrts aud natures. {Applause.) Would that | y4 placed the Moderator in the chair [Ap- ho could say that the sctions of the men spoko ;-lnun.-.& ‘fwenty-five years ago this country ofthelr interest, This work camo hotwe t0 8l. | yuy under the curse sndblight of slavery, India U QURNHION 20 LR ADATN MET. was under tho old Indian regime while her Bo- was, * What will bu the Assambly’s answer to | 1oy rohollion was golng on, and the question tho Doard, and what wlll thoy do this yearl'® | {hicther Christianit for Moharamedaofsi should o cotimiatce taut hud come fyom tha dilfercut | ShotberChri Divotof & bioody strugelo which shall be ontered on their winntod, and shall bo onforced §nn the ssme manner as the declatons of thy Uenoral Axsumbly aro enforced. ‘Anil tho Committee further recommend that the followln: biv'lul"l’t 'lln‘\vn &y an accompanyluy ovors turo 1o tho Presbytorles: ‘That upon an {Idnyuun by the Church of Chap. XXAlL,, vroposad Ly thls Assombly s sn addi- tional choptor 40 tho ¥orm of Guvurniment.s0 wuch of the prusont VYorm of Government gnd Book of 1 ‘The speakes gavo an account of & procession in which an fmago known as *Qur Ldy of the Rock," a tainous mirucle-worker, was carriod by tho people in order Lo rid tho town of tho small %, The epldemic, bowever, did not yicld 1o lo powors of this wouderful bnage, whose chapel was filled with native offerings. Ou tho cuntrury, 8 number of persous who wore alrcady aillicted with the dread disease jolned in tha procession, and succeeded {n commuuleating the disorder to many otbers, The people did not worstip God, or the Suiuts ln heaven, through theso cs, but actunlly worshiped the ime sges, which were no better thun idols, The personality of these Images were actually rees oguized Ly the Brazillan (fovernment. Xn (m= age ul Bl Uoorye was sent to prison for a year use it fell onn inan and wounded hiin so that ho died, oud ita pay, for it drew Pay a8 a Captain In thie army (or the priests did sofor it), was stopped for the time being, Do fuests werv also made to theso lnages, and tho forrible snumaly had been seen of a:lnvulbo- iueathed {n this woy, and human belugs were ton, Hlemoved ns an amendment that tho Yord “motfon " bo substituted for * repoyt or Hject, Dr. Wood remarked that 12 any brother had tpuken twice, aud wus unablo to show what his olaluns were, he should como undur the reso- Tton, [Laughter.| - Ur, Ogden uderstood the subject to which Ar, Laldlaw alluded, and the very roason he {Ldtaw) gavo for opportunity to speai was tho Yery reason why ha (Ozden) should vote for the Teiolutlon restrictiug speakerd, [Appluute.] r, Ballentine nsked how it was possiblo to h{ that & man_sbould speak no more thau ten . ®lukes onn grave guestion. Tho resolution Vasweeplug. 1le was opposed to it. Tie amendinent was loat. r Woud satd that he was wflllns{ that the moalution ehould coyer thu futuro only, r. Laidlaw rose to a question of privilege. A Commivawucr wiade the polut that ho bad Discipliiio as_mny be inconslstent witn said chap- ter, wball bo null aud vold, Dr. Webber, also read TIIB MINORITY REPONT, which was as followst Tho undersignod, minority of your Committes on the VPolity of tite Church, respectfully cecanunend tu the Gunaral Avsembly the adoptivn of the fol- Towing resolutions Jieaaled, That it {e inoxpedient and unuccessary at presente to wend down to Proabyterive an overs ture upan the qucation of the o tutivg ol 8 Hae reme Loart of s Al # PR Joux Wavau, J, lxesk Havnz, J LawLaw, 1 over the caatlncut by vl g ropro. Uready spoken bwice, / H fiold: e 303, adjourn- Sentatives and by actual contact, ‘fhere 18 reason | ficlds agirregated $3253,000. Alter tho adjourn. d to t o! th, Thet & motion to that eiect. 1le would be compelled do subj 4 . P nw&:&@"m{fl' t‘lm:x“"'ml lm o yo.mfi“lfim w'ifi"‘n"&".?f{é‘éfi‘u“‘r‘:‘,:.“,tk“"“ bad somethlug | 4o e fore, that in a1l parts romote from tha | ment, tho Boord was'to determing how tney {Lfiunm‘m“:flfu& I}‘:-figlrfix (r‘fire’.s,—v.‘fi'o‘?e"lif to rule the discussion out of order i tho not ‘1.?:gu’§‘r'x§i’n!fi‘i.’;' v:fi;l:'t'r??yc:nw Cather cutly desizucd to shiit off dls- s ‘weaboard, tha intorosts of the great work of oxan~ | wero to respond to that enll,—how they wero 80 [ aeanh 'steam. ,,m.“;.m.,,,x the Bucz Canal, tho -mrelnduifem o fi:fd BT, aniaa tho Sord Jes [u the United States. In Brazil there was no Y ‘Tho Rev. Rol wan| 0 Wol tunlon on a report and_subject which would tuue tefore the” Asscnbly demanding tho very vt conslteratlon, e doderator ealled the gentloman to order, “nufim; hind distiuctly stated that It was not iy, 'B‘: Duildics moved as an smendmont that the ol funaniimous ! bo strickenout, At was, l;lenun could prevent the eutise houss from Il‘rlu“(l sncaker, D e Eadae amin T inoved that : MeCres, of Codar Raplds, s, move: e feslition bo laid an e tabler lon was not agreed tu, The tesolutlou as ameuded was shen adopted. s oinmissluncr arosa ta say that tha resolu- t hzu: A &gz o the Assombly, Moderator called Lim to order with tho auark that nothing wes befors ths Lousd, OVERTURES. qdomAL, BUT UNCONVERTED, PERSONS, B Rey, Mr. Webber, of tho Committos on arch Pollty, sald ho bad & number of pepers gt be read and disposed ol srmlssion was granted to read then, . Webber thon read the following overturo v s Preabytery of Niagora, {n regard to fl:: “Culn\nmcu recommended that uo ac- en s '® Preabyte N| AT o, b seon s et Fally by o3 wako vouio provislan ln ous Cliurch Bay ‘with dntv ?:nul,‘ bulcuncunymcfl. “""{," TH morat, bt Cehcatied, maiaialors ey’ withe QY w1y ity 4 78 nlutry, o Hav. e, Halliday ratsed the poiut of or- w“:‘" the busineas properly in band was tho of the day,—the renort of the Stendivg itico on Forelgn Missions. Tho Assems golizing the heathon will be crowded Into the Mck- ground, For this danger Ucnoral Assemblles of tho past lave !lrovldml no adequate remody, 'Thore 14, thou, the moro reason for hu{llnu with gratitude the sdvent:of these women's mivslousry boards and socletics, Like Esther, they are brought to the kingdom for such & timo a8 this. Like Edther, Loo, they vuyht to bo left to do thele wurk and use thuir opportunitics Church show the riy co.operatlon with them, Your Commlitea I8 of the oplniun that 1k elect of theso socletica has beon greatly (0 Incresso the ;smllruluy of tho churches that kiavo felt their in- usnce. B, Your Committee would call attentlon to pages 10 and 11 of the Board's Roport, where they desl with tho question of suporintcndence of missiona among the Indians. The report of the Moard strongly deprecatos suy change of superintendence for rensons given in tho place referred to, To thess roasons your Commiites would call the ale tention of (he Assembly. Your Commlttee concurs Iu the oplalon of the Doard snd in their Accompanying teasuns. They would add, siso, the further considerstion that nurl)hnrchnflv&hl never to furget, noz sutlor it to ten, that its gruat work of foreign mis- n with efforts (0 evangellse our native ‘Tuat wisalon was, sndls, thotap-root of this o-spreading treo that now overshadows natlons with its branches, To rumove thal orlg- inal root would bo tv abandon the tres to s super- ficial hold on tho oil ont of which it grows, It milght uot be lung before s wind would cows thi IBust tear up Liese Toots and prustrate the tros. “The ludlany were, anid are, the nearcst reprosenta tives of those that sit in darkness sod tho shadow of death. By Useun our Clrlutlan people are wado upectators of heathoulsm. 'Tho mlaslons among them vught 80 be cherished by the Cuurch as of 1ts oryaulzed labor for converting tha cathen, They kept ufien the chapnels of sympa- urch for dulculty ln getiing largo sudicuces 1o Hsten to the misslovarics, The freedom of the press waa ulso recoguized now, aud Protestant neetings sllowed. ~ Another ground of e¢ncouragement was, that there was an extreme likellbvod of an alinoet united vote for separation of Church. and #tate. It was to bu hoped that Dom Pedro's_recent visit to this country might foe fluence him favorably fu this wmatter, and that the religlous restrictious now existing ight ba removed, and the country throwi open to the effurts of Protestaut wisslonarics, TILS REV, MM, WILSON bad somethlng to say sbout Slam and the mis. aluuarg work {n that far-off land, He bleascd God that ho bad been pertoitted to Labor thero for ovur nlucteen ye: seo the baptlsm of the tirst cunvert to Chrls- tlanity in that land. Ho boped the monthly concerts would e contluucd, aud trusted that the contributions would be kept up. Within the past year twenty-four converts had boen re- celved fnto vnu chutreh through the labors of & devoted wisslonary; eleven were welcoied into another, 11e¢ spoke of tho thines of persecution —whien couverts were calied upon o, bear tes elmcul ta tho cuuse of Christ in & manner thut brought out all the loyo they hud for Ulin, They werg srrested sluiply becauso they were Chrlss tlans, the fata)l yoke tled "about helr necks, compelled “to pass the night o [ Edu(ul sistiog ture, aud lod forth the uext morning futothe Jungles, where thcr were mercdlessly clubbed to deal vruylug with their latest breath for thelr brutal executiopers. Bat the dark cloud bad scem< Ingly gone away, and the sun of righteousness hode with bls besiing beams. The King who persccuted the Church bad been succeeded by a ruler who treated the Christiaus with kindoess avd respect. Indecd, the spcaker thought it the Kiug u%fl Dr. Van Dyko woved to place the veports on tio fiuckut nr{d primu:d to E’ho order of p:‘hu day. t Carrlod, TIR JUDICIAL COMMITTRY. Dr. fhitfleld; of tho Judicial Comwittes, ob- tadued leave to submit the following ruports: The_dudicial Committeo reported on Judicisl caso No, 2. Inthe caso of the complaint of the Sewslun of Ueroion Presbyterian Chiurck aguust the Synud of Pulladelphis, tie Commitios recommand Aiat, i accordance wiih tho oxprossed wishof the partlos, tho case bo iried by & commlsrion of sovea membery of tho Avscmbly. udiclat Case No. 1a the case of the complaint of the Hewlskly Prosbyterian Church sguust tho Byuud of Eric, the Committou rocommend that, 88 Clers have beva no Judiclal procecdings in the low~ @r courts, snd this Comumilico has, therciore, no Jurisdictlon fn the caw, but, a4 luportant queds llons aro involved thervin, thu cass by referred back Lo the Assombly, Tho first report waa adoptod, but tha sccond, on wotlou of the Rev. Mr. Lowry, was rros to the Comuuitico on Bills and Overtures. In this caso the church was dissolved by Progbytery, aud Mr, Bancroft, ouo of the Trui~ tees, 8] cals frow its action. Tho Sloderator subsequently designated tho following to constitute the Commisiion; Minis- ters—Henry F. Hickok, Jobn Dixon, Juhn V. C. Nellis, Joseph 3. Braddock, Elders~Robert Bhaw, Charlca A, Hawluy, oud Felix Tracy. STATISTICAL REPOLT. Dr. Van Dyke, of the latter Committee, mado a report Iu rélation 1o the overtur {0 tho effect that o column be added to the etatistical table, iiving the nuwbor ol adult you-commupicants of cach congregution, recomnmending that * lo- aswych a8 other overtuses relating to stutlstical reports bave been refi to the Cowmittew vu Cuurch Pulity, the overture fo qusstion bere- ferred to that Committee.? "Tuo report was adopted, and the overturg so refel o rodeon demmandod was praduy | Lacias Kulrosd, ond the uvalution of tho geoz: o.lhe scat yoarwas closca with o debt of | St achoolwuriyttc Youni: MeolsClfaian Whethor the Tact would tavea Lappy effgot, | Assoclations and lay preachiur, Daru any man uponthe churches or not, Thoy wanted thu il L St ainount very badly,—not for guneral work, bt | 4,04 ghould enter inta tha consclousnicss of the for special’ work that had been lald aside | p, - ‘Chiurchy, and L car after yewr. The training-school iu l‘:“hv“'}fl'h Iurul,mu;dm!i :d" it kmdfit otsla a3 I ruins. Tho missanartes thero | Peuple aud tho sountry God had glvenle Ha had asked azaln and again for 82,5010 con- R iy kb ot iy, Airuet s bahalug, bus ‘couldwt et it Thay | SSuntry-Papticularty tho peopldof the et now kold school In & stably, tho upper portion | Njawber, 1 ahall go with M; ’,i ber, of which Lad to Lo Veleaued out ! Lu ordcr to e«'h:fl:ve:‘th« financhl rv)'ulungl:'),u it égwwltrfi g‘:-““o’:fl;‘: ‘:p“_Ilu‘c;";!"':‘hey‘:’;m::‘fi:h '3";: you" [Laughter.] The West had sent forth S, S S DY e S| By et Sarkercn ey 1 et them but hopad thoy would ot parslyzo Whenhe ctmn Ick fia brought yieh sm by thoss l'lmwuhl%w only smaller sums, These | 3¢ RERIERE St 0% 0 "The sy atgo gitta came frow New York and tho Eagt. [ O e T 1 han® et © caat Hedid not belicvo thero was o giver west of | /o' s qaoin order that Kansas might ral) Pitrsbury who laid on tho altar $1,000s year. | U288 & B4R 10 ofoey, Tt B ot the Wees Mo hoped thut those In Chleago, “aud | BN, bbbl B fa il 8t Louls, and 8an Francisco, who kuew might recelvo a mulbrhn‘n us n this gloriou: B e mit siao up. (A | Work: Hoevenliked tha West sud tho Wesl- riotso.) Tl coutributions wore needed i tho | ST ues {or the very paguifienco of Wa yor; ard ruust bave thens, But they should wot [ #: FESE), GRS (6 R TERGIGY bo deponded upon. They could not meet the | S0t ) Al estlinntes on tho old basts: and if tho Church | 78 man started out on a course of poverty ho b v only what 1t di Tast year, tha | Lought a farw and run fn debt for ft., Then thy Board would have to use the knife with fearful | FrSaeiorbrs o o W artly ™ ‘was foo tuima ' | laad to miake up tho crop. Sobo went on sud bhraso for witbholdiug prayer and biessiug for [ 8558d, OnF (0 POYERY BFEC 4 ) NG the heatien. The cause f.y. upon the bieart | 1y," nigsfon causs . could - mot get and consclence of overy man and woman i conle I the Church. . Tho pew wouid never rise along without tho aid of the maunlr.iulglnmu nigher, than the “pulbit. I tho miaters B e e S el ,,‘},“:fi:m‘,,‘w“g“}fi nothlng o he pu 8 ot Would G3 nofuiog: Might 0od wnablo theu, sy | g oran of gheal pear”treed, and thoy would representatives of the Church, to take bold of In voncluding, the speaker urged ininistors to the work as He wished them to do.w-:\{' m 54; preach ou thess subjects, sud I thoy found “frccdmen™ inserted as well as “*Home and Forelin,” wherover they occurred, On motfon, both aniendiments wero lald on tho table. Dr. Vau mko then prascuted hisamendment, opted, aud the entiro liue was stricken out. The.Bev. Dr. Kioney led in prayer, and the Asscmbly adjourned until 2:30 p. m. AN INTERLUDE, TUE COMMITTEN ON PINANCE, The aftcrnoon scasiun was opened with pray- er bytho Rev. Mr. McKibben, Mr. Burnbam, from the Committes on Fi- pance, reported favorably ‘om the billof the Rav. G, D. Matthews for $48.40,—cxpenses {u- cident ta the Councl! about to ba held in Scot- land; that they had exsmined (ho roports of the Treasurer of the Trustees of the General As- sembly, the Treasurer of tha Gensral Assem- bly, and of the Trustces of the Presbyterian House, and tind them to be correct, * The report was accepted and adopted. 8ir. Buroham stated that the annual report of the Presbytorian House had been referred to the Comunittee, but they thought it should biave been placed (n the hauds of the Committce on Publication, since it was uecessary to sppoint four Trustecs to replace thosy Whoa terus ex- plred with this Asscmbly, o Iou waa refurrod to the Committee on Publics Q. he the bLest cataty of thoss in fands remote. Dytatch thess mivalons from tho Doard of Forelgu Mlesions, and you do much to dotaich L eniizs work of Hh B arions Chur large, au O e 'scein b0 many ko mls: MISSIONABIES. . In tho absence of avythlvg to do, there not ucml:&w be & disposition o take up jumed!- .uilrv ondur of the day, r. Burubam said oo Tuesday, when the re- quito probable that and bis Queen would be galned over to th cause. of Christ, Uy dig ——— worl forth from the Asseimbly sayng: auy of thess farmers that spread out thelr | port of the Committes o Home Missions was | from which evert great advaotages must como l"\hg?‘,“.mw what might be sprung upan FOREIGN MISSIONS. 'l‘;’fz":‘;"“‘“‘=‘;",“°‘x""‘,'l':;:; in this work for the ;nom"uudAbcl{.g;:::n we bave over dumebe- | poverty, to preach thess blcas ot wlislonary | under consideration, they had had the | to the Church w fts t:ml-:wu"r‘-8 to exteud tho eports wero further heard, KEPOAT OF TUE COMMITTES. T Tar O Ret in e Hoard of Foreiga | f0re™ [APP 1 work fote them. Ho paid the women of Awcr- | pleasuro . of bearing one or two | relgu of Clrlst throughout that laud sud "+ Vau Dyke sald it was custowary for Com- Hisslons. Sucha lvgacy fs uot to bu lightly lald ica a just tribute for tho part they bad taken | missionaries. Tbero wire three or four | throughout ail Leatheudow, ‘There were nob. ‘The order for tho day—the repost of the Board . , : tobring fn thelrreports when they were I then called for. anilofor the exposiment of an vutricd supeclutend- DR. ELLINWOOD, in the misslonary work, dwolling pasticularly | othurs present,—Cowmissioners to the Assema- | cuough wisslouarles, bowever, to do the work. y, sud it we of Furclpu Mlsalous—was Shen 4 ence, which, iF succouful, promises uo aupsrior 3 b tho " subjoct. of ‘el sbilty 10 or. | bly,—aisl i, for ovie, sbould be sorry if b ware | Wouics, especlidly, Wera Wauted to work » 8ud it was fwportaut to have thom come | g Reg. Dr. Lowry sald ho bad the poaltion | giaciency. ) TULS OTIER SECRETAY. o lnl-‘ulu{x A o b e it |- CUUEeA T watuen Bt WILBODY ivitnt beurd | amony the Slafese wouen, uver whoin they 'wm:‘ time Lo tlme, or they perhaps never ‘Conaerning the mapuscriot minutes of tha ‘Tho mlsslovary bymu commencing, “Shall we B cess. "o belleved the e would come | frops them. *He thougbt, i the Assembly could of acting Chatrnan of that Comtlttee, De. Up- mfiud tu have ajuost wonderful utlueucs for Tia e e lover, tho first aud wccond oit the | Board, y6u ¢an roport that they bave ecsininid | whosa souls arv lighted with wisduwm [rom 08 | whou tho dear, proclous uane of Clirist would | Gud thue to devote lifcen winules to cach mis- | g S e Connliiie Wi sdoplal. ‘Jii'm‘.i’.‘i?fi ga‘v’in}' oot thio clty luta and | thes s, Sadiagthoio Sullaticionly Kepbistiini | bkt was theu suus, Dawettten o b the shors of the world. Aud | slovary, sll would bu hitercsted. 1o wan TUB HBY, BOYAL 0. WILLKE, On Webibos reomron] LooibARLES bear sowctbiug about the work ot P ber reported that the Couunistes had | cach having asked to bo excusod from Allivg tho Dr. Ellizwood, of New York, was then ntro- | i Dawuscus, In compuny with Dr. essap, b of Kolapoor, ludia. huoed tiak the wish U tha al. from tbe Preabytery of Cedar Rapids preylng