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Pittsburgh Presbyterian Banner (Newspaper) - May 31, 1862, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaAt to a 8. Little al m \ inn. Vid my Kinney amp of. Editors Ami proprietors. Advance. Si.501.3ft2.00 terms in 3ixwis aub9cbij>tlosa. I n cubs. Dative bed in hither a a the of Sells. I la two Dut tar we will a Mil by mall Beranty number Mel or Domar thirty three Jim Bali a a a us big beriberi and upwards Bill inti Liy entitled to a paper without charge. A ,1 Uvala Shoukal to prompt a Little before the year expires Send payments by Safe hands or by Rastl. A Reet All lottery to David us Kinnet a te�3 Reesby Tekeian banned a a 4� a a publication office. Saab to Bouldin ssh 84 fifth st Pitts bbb a. Phalah Alfhia Sousa Tom Oor. Of to to Ujj a a i pm i vol. A. No. 37. Pittsburgh. Saturday May 31, 1862. Whole no. 505. Edh Fean correspondence. International exhibition opened the Lour tales Oder the building described personal impressions of the semen the procession a the Royal commissioners the Queens my a a to ten a a canopied platform gho Duke of Cambridge. Derby. Lahn Caslon and Ike por in Princess the address and reply. Musical performances solemn recognition and worship of the Triune god a general View of the Militan trophies a a pleasing contrast the picture Gal tries English and Trench Dean Trench s sonnet the irm Cess Royal and her message May 3, 1862. The Irris Vional exhibition was opened two Daja Asoy thursday May 1st the weather was Beautiful. A Shower of seasonable rain i the Early hours of morn had cooled the atmosphere Laid the dust and made the Ait Balmy with the breath of the Sweet. South. All was Gladney with and without the great budding at Kensington save that Ever and anon the consorts death oaten up upon the memory and heart solemn in its warn.ng., As the slave in the classic triumphs we o told the Victor in his Chariot that he was mortal and saddening in reminding the throng that he whose Genius and taste As Well As whose True love for All Mankind and its Unity had evoked both 1 he first exhibition of 1851 and that of 186 a each a thing of Beauty a and the second More glorious than the first was mouldering in. The vaults of Windsor Castle while the stricken Queen at the very hour when the flemish of trumpets announced hat the new exhibition was opened was arriving at balt no ral after a journey of six Hundred Miles pursued All the previous night and , As if she sought to get away As fast Quot and As far As possible from a scene of heartbreaking suggestiveness. Thus also was the popular sympathy evoked and deepened specially among the a thirty six thousand who entered the build-5 ing on thursday armed with three Guinea season tickets or the a a open sesame afforded to those who took part in the opening official proceedings As also to the representatives of the press. For in the Noble ode written for the occasion , the poet laureate the singing of which by a choir of about two thousand persons Acom Nied by a powerful band Otner Strumental performers and in music of the loftiest order by an English composer or. Stern Dale Bennet the following passage struck on the ear of the multitude As a Dirge and requiem a a o silent father of our Kings to be a mourned in this Golden hours of Jubilee for this for All we weep our thanks to thee Quot the words a a toe weep were taken up. As a refrain most touching by the choir. The ode proceeded thus. A a the world compelling plan was thine and to the Long laborious o Iles of Palace to the giant aisles Rich in Model and design Harvest tool and husbandry loom and wheel and Engineri secrets of the sullen mine steel and Gold and oorn1 and wine fabrics rougher fairy Fine sunny tokens of the line Polar marvels and a feast of wonder out of West and East and shapes and hues of Art divine ,.All of Beauty All of ub6,that our fair planet can produce brought from under every Star f blown from Over every main and mix As life is mixed with pain the works of peace with works of then the Tebought rises before the poet that while the a a goal a of Universal brotherhood in not yet reached and the optimism of the philanthropist and Christian far from being yet realized yet the present Alene is so Rich to its glad Dening Hope bringing influences that at least the Dawn the Bud the germ the first fruits Are ours a and therefore let us be Joyful. And so the men in the choir ask. A a and is the dream so far away ? t o which the women smgers make response a far. How far. No Man can say i and then amid a crash of jubilant music and in exulting tones All exclaim a let us have our dream to Day 1 finally the ode closes the music at first soft us Appe Ahni but gathering volume and vigor and repeating top twice or thrice the. Six lines beginning a and let ac., until at last the air is filled with claimant congratulation and rejoicing �?o0 be the Wise who think the Wise who reign from growing Commerce Loose her latest Chain and let the fair White waged peace maker Fly to Happy havens under All the sky and mix the seasons and the Golden hours till each Mankind is own in All menus Good and All men work in Noble brotherhood breaking their mailed fleets and armed towers Atid ruling by obey no nature s Powers and gathering All the fruits of. Peace and crowned with All her the music to the last line of this ode was precisely similar to the cot ale of Ger Many hymn like in its cadences Sash as1 Ere now i. Have listened to in the Early summer morning when mingling yith the throng who had come from All countries to drink the Healing Waters of Ems in the duchy of Nassau. But the poet fell below the height of a his Noble theme in indicating free Trade in Commerce As the precursor of the Day when Quot each Man a should find his own in All men s Good and All men work1 in1 Noble it is Only that can bring the world to that blessed consummation. Pity it is that the a a ode Quot should have not done the homage of song to the Cros and the conqueror who once bled on it to Dis enthral of inked and who by and by shall reign Over hearts. A a the invisible and Universal lord Quot the building at Kensington covers then to the grand Centre of attraction was Well nigh choked up. Some ladies in their carriages were at Tho building by eight of clock in the morning but they did not find admission till Long alter. 1 reached the place soon after noon and made my Way through Irish Flower girls through Sho Blacks Oyster and Orange Sellers and All kinds of import unities to a a buy a programme to the South East Entrance immediately under one of the great domes. Outside the building were the flags of All nations with the Union Jack in the Centre passing through one of those Tuu nestles which Are furnished so numerous Quot Las to be capable of admitting 100,000 persons m an hour and a half i passed rapidly up a Long and wide corridor. Then turning to the right i caught a glimpse of the vast space set apart for the choir at the Eastern extremity of the building. The1 numbers of musicians singers male and female were immense. The ladies Lent their Sweet treble to the singing were so beautifully dressed and so appropriately too to the season of the year that looking at them As contrasted with their male surroundings you were ready to to a Beautiful parterre of carnations with a sombre setting and . I found specially that the great business of the opening ceremonies was to be transacted in two localities and in two parts the first at1 the Western extremity the Sec kind at the East and right in front of and largely dependent for its Effie Cocy on the help and cooperation of the musicians and the of All at a Quarter past one o clock was announced the arrival in the building of those who were to be prominent actors and almost immediately after began to defile along the Centre of the Nave a Long and impose Iii procession. Cheers were Beard is it passed along standing As i did at to e Western extremity appeared. The head of the procession including the Duke of Cambridge the Queen s Cousin the grown Prince of Prussia her son in Law Prince Oscar of Sweden the lord. , the lord Chancellor and the speaker of. The House of commons each in his Robes with trains borne the archbishop of Canterbury. The Earl of Derby and Viscount Palmerston. These had been preceded by contractors superintendents and architects also the Council of the horticultural society including two Earls and the Bishop of Winchester by the Council of. The society of arts by chairmen of juries by noting commissioners for colonies and dependencies and foreign. Commissioners by the lord mayor of London the City corporation and the sheriffs of London and Middlesex by the lord mayors of York and Dublin and the lord provosts of Edinburgh and Glasgow. There were 1 also eighteen noblemen and gentlemen who forcibly recalled the past being the Queens commissioners for the exhibition of. 1861. Among these was the great astronomer the Earl of Rosse also the right Hon. B. Do i israeli m. P., and right Hon. R. Lowe m. P., both of whom Are Stern haters of each other in the political and parliamentary sense but on thursday were walking Side and frequently conversed together this however did of Complete the procession for next came the Bishop of London with Archdeacon Sinclair a Scotchman like himself and the. Rector of the Parish in which the exhibition building stands. Then appeared her majesty a ministers eleven in All Villiers Cardwell lord Stanley of Alderley Milner Gibson Gladstone Charles Wood sir Cornwall Lewis the Dukes of a Ofner set and Newcastle lord Russel and sir George Grey. The special commissioners first named ascended a platform or dais covered with Scarlet cloth. The Duke of Cambridge took his seat in a Royal a chair placed a beneath a splendid canopy. Then gathered around and1 m front a great company including the foreign ambassadors among whom were the japanese newly arrived and preserving remarkable Gravity a and with the exception of a younger member of the embassy the True a cml Admirann aspect which characterizes those Eastern Peoples. Who look upon the nations of the West As Semi barbarians years ago he appeared at the time of his marriage. Now commenced the musical perform ances of the Day first a triumphal March of Meyerbeer a then a magnificent piece of Musio by the great French composer a her and next the ode already Analysed with All its stirring,.accompaniments. After this the Bishop of London read prayers specially prepared for the occasion in which the following petitions to each of the persons in the holy Trinity Are a Pithy of record a a to thou everlasting. I Ather who Hast made a of once blood All the nations a that dwell on the Earth remove All the barriers that obstruct on Union look Down Upo i this gathering from divers countries and bless. It to spread the gospel of. Thy sod.,. A a a 0, Thon eternal son a of god the Prince of heaven in whose heavenly King Dorn they shall no More Hurt nor destroy for no evil passions there shall enter Foster among us we Pray thee All kindly arts of peace banish from Earth All unholy strife and stir the nations to a generous rivalry for Good 0, thou blessed spirit of holiness Ana love so Rule our a hearts that Mankind May be a United m one brotherhood through Jesus Christ that As members one of another we May labor everywhere each in his degree to minister to the ally after this religious service were Sung a a with great effect the a a hallelujah chorus of Handel and the. National Anthem it was rather painful when the Duke had announced by the Queen s commands a a that the exhibition is open Quot and the great gathering had began to circulate freely through the building that the first objects that met my sight were in medially identified with War and bloodshed. I refer first of All to the trophies in the great Nave made by a collector1 of specimens of the Small Arm manufactures of Birmingham and next to the marvellous specimens of Armstrong Guys m All their terrible Beauty of Structure and scientific completeness of scientific accuracy very pleasing was it to pass from these to a department near at hand where Are exhibited models of life boats intended to save life instead of destroying it there is Ilso Here shown Wood amp Rogers Patent boat lowering suspending and detaching apparatus the importance and value of which is very great. The boat cannot cant in the lowering and a Small boy can Man i instant Clear the e boat from the ship the picture galleries of the exhibition form to the higher and More educated classes a Charm peculiarly attractive. I earnestly Hope that this magnificent collection of pictures both English and foreign of sculpture and paintings As Well As water coloured drawings will not speedily be scattered and broken up. Old Hils and mansions Public institutions private collectors a ally have furnished their choicest treasures. Here Are some of the noblest and finest pictures of great masters including Murillo sir Joshua Reynolds Stanfield. Ettie Eastlake Turner. Lawrence Roberts Lionel Hogarth Gainsborough and Wilson. One halt of the English gallery is devoted to a a our great dead painters the other half to those of living artists. The1 French gallery contains Only the pictures produced in France during the last ten years. They Are As a whole very Tine Battle pieces scripture pieces and paintings illustrative not Only of the Days of ancient Rome but also of great events in modern european history including scenes of the revolution of 1789. Marie Antoinette and Charlotte Corday seated vividly the one As surrounded in the Palace of the Tuil series by the sans Culotte mob thirsting for her blood the other Calm and fearless,1 As she sided away after the stabbing in the Back of Marat. The great building is divided into departments for different nations and the products of these i shall have occasion in the course of the summer d. V., to note for the in formation of your readers some of the most remarkable. Meanwhile accept the present off hand sketch of thursdays opening proceedings,.which were undoubtedly a great Success the state of distress m Lancashire from the Cotton a famine increasing daily and the depression of try do will i have no doubt diminish attendance on the part of the Labouring classes and tie morning Star the warm supporter of the Union regrets and condemns or Stanton a conduct toward or. Russell. Proceedings of the general Assembly column is. Ohio May 1802. Fourth Day monday morning May 19 after opening by prayer various overtures were presented and read 1. ,. Or. present a communication in relation to his professorship at Danville Seminary in motion of judge Leavitt leave was Given and the following paper was read. My m01�ia7 of Tiv or Robert j Biu ski Madgg to the Moderator of the general Assembly of the presbyterian Church in the United states of America a session at Columbus Ohio a it is now to list nine years since i was elected by the general Assembly one of the first professors of its Quot theological Seminary at Danville Kentucky being also by charter granted by the legislature of the one of the first trustees of that institution i have devoted myself with great earnestness and such Success As it god to give Earl Granville stepping Forward to the we have to mourn the absence of the foot of the raised platform read an address United rotates citizens while we deplore to five Aero a of ground and would have been much larger As Well a More magnificent had the original designs of Captain Fowke the architect been carried out. His Ideal comprised an expenditure of �590,000, which w Ould have included a great Hail 500 feet Long 250 feet wide. And 200 feet High thera will by no Dif al Salty if funds Are furnished of8 adding this Ball al any t me the principal architectural features Are the two. A Lomes which Are larger than the domes of st. Peters at Rome and st. Pauls in London. There is a Nave 800 feet Long 100 feet High and 85 feet wide the total Atea roofed is sixty a millions of cubic feet. A it. A it iwas my great a privilege to be furnished with a ticket of admission for the. Opening Day. Approaching Hyde pars on the Quot Northern side1, hear the Marble Arch i saw a great Stream of pedestrian pressing Over the Grassland towards the serpentine on. Their Way to Kensington. The great Carriage drive was filled South and North with a Long line of vehicles and in truth almost every Avenue that led to the Duke of Cambridge As the Queens representative and the Duke read voice a reply in which touching allusion was made to the removal by death of Prince Albert in response to the condolence with the Queens bereavement Whigob had been just expressed. This part of the ceremony was witnessed by Well dressed throngs in the area and from the galleries. Photography was Busy in giving it permanence and will by and by bring out for us a Correct delineation of the scene with All its accessories. I May mention that the Duke of Cambridge is a very tall Scottt Man about forty three years of age but from his baldness looking older. He is commander in chief has a a it kindly expression and a Ruddy countenance. Lord Derby i have Ere now described to your readers. Both he and lord Palmerston were dressed in the Windsor uniform Blue with Gold facings each with the Blue rib Bon a of the Garter across the Chest and a Start on the left breast each has been suf Fermi from gout of late and. Derby halted a Little al. But both looked Well and our Sempr Vire scent Premier Palmerston was quite jubilant and talked sheer fat Fly with the archbishop of Canterbury the a archbishop is eighty two years of age yet Hale and Well the very impersonation of gentleness and took no audible part in the proceedings of the. after the Dukes answer to the address the procession was re formed and proceeded to the Eastern end of the Nave. Here the same High personages ascended another platform a in front of the Majolica Fountain and of the great orchestra. On either Side were ranged r throng of no abilities and. Public characters and among these military uniforms and ladies dresses not forgetting the presence of Beauty in All its varied aspects English and foreign Lenta charming variety to the Beene to the Spectator who like myself1 looked from the gallery above. Near the platform to the left sat the Ven Erable Duchess of Cambridge the prese it Dukes Mother and also the Princess Mary of Cambridge his sister. To one of these ladies the Young Crown Prince of Prussia just a arrived from the the continent Aud probably not having sen her till now since his coming Over and bending Low saluted her by kissing her hand. He the Prince As a Quot Fine Soldier like Young Man much a a stouter Ard More vigorous than when some the cause nevertheless i believe that More persons than visited London in 1851, will be with us this year. God Grant that Long Ere october the closing month of the exhibition liberated America with peace restored1 and Justice and humanity triumphant May be Able to Send across the Atlantic Many sons whose hearts now stirred by warlike and a patriotic Zeal shall yield to the sort sympathies of this gathering of nations. In connexion with the exhibition and a memo Nam of the dead Prince. Dean a Trench has produced a sonnet worthy of himself As follows a. A a Sweet and yet sad chose thousand voices rung winding and travelling through ithe of courts and galleries and far read Long aisles and Bright the banners from it proud Arches sprung but not the less their drooping folds among. Lurked a dim Hoard of grief for Over All j chastening not marring our High festival the Shadow of an absent greatness Hung a absent but yet m absence present it More., Eor All we owe to him and might Haye owed for the which missing we deplore thana he were rejoicing at thia hours it we with him that the seed his Wisdom sowed had blossomed in this Bright consummate the Princess. Royal sent the following Telegram _ a a Berlin May 1, 9 a. M a from Vic a Tori Crown Princess of Prussia to the Earl Granville my Best wishes for the Success of to Days ceremonies and of the whole undertaking.�?�. After the first of june the admission to the exhibition building will be one Shil Ling for four Days in the week. St. W. A. me to. Say that the i free Church of Scotland does not either recognise or use the North British review As its Organ. 1 refer to a recent article in your excellent. Paper Ani adverting upon an article in that quarterly a publication. A collection of or. Cunningham a Best a articles on various important subjects has just been published. That great Man never once either wrote or. Spoke bitterly of America. _ _ the distress in the Lancashire districts is very great and constantly increasing at Stockport there is a decrease of weekly wages a thei rate of i �2�s0,000 per annul the Bombay. Mail brings news that the me to the work of founding endowing and Man aging that institution and to the instruction of nine successive annual classes of its students. Suddenly and without any provocation on my part tending toward such accusations but solely As the effect of personal Malignity and Public disloyalty on the part of Thomas a. Not and Stuart of them ministers in regular standing in the1 Church under the1 care of this venera by a court and the latter now sitting As a member of this body-1 find myself accused of i moralities and crimes by both of them m the most Offen hive terms and in the most Public Bare suspicion of whose perpetration by me wot Ltd Render it unfit that i should hold my a of fico of professor and concerning reps ahem for which atrocious accusations my direct pc and immediate Way of redress As a professor brings me to the bar of the general Assembly. These accusations on the part of Thomas a. Hoy to Are con tamed in a publication a signed by him dated March 7. 1862. And published first a Ini the evening bulletin and daily journal both of Libia Siville by and about that time and after wards in other Public journals. The accusations on the part1 of Stimart Robinson Are contained in numerous publications be of which has been distributed in a pamphlet form to the members of this Assembly utterly shameless in its charac ter1 but they were first published in the Louisville daily journal Over his signature about the 7th of March and afterwards very extensively m the Public journals. ,. It is 1 More particularly that aspect of these i Graceful accusations intended to implicate my official character and conduct As a minister teach ing theology by appointment of the Assembly to which i direct the attention of this tribunal at the same time 1�?~would prefer that the deliverance of the Assembly should embrace every charge of every sort contained m the publications now brought to its notice and which i solemnly do Claro before god Are. Without exception false and scandalous. The most distinct of the accusations made by or Loyt in the sense above slated Are that As a theological professor. I have used my position and the sacred Funis of my institution As the Means of hurling fire brands among the churches that raised me to that position and contributed those funds the Moat distinct accusations of or. Robinson in the sense above stated same of them clearly put Forward some artfully insinuated m verbose sentences Are that As a professor of theology had by Art m an unmanly and unch i Tian Leahj hounded on popular passion against my Brethren that As a professor of theology Andi teacher of Rehg Ion generally. 1 had used the position Given to me by the Church to inculcate political dogmas that professor. Iliad taken advantage of the pulpit and theological chair As a politician and that a had claimed the sol Muty and dignity of a theological quarterly and a theological Seminary to Vest my political views with a fictitious solemnity. The substance of these charges is that being a minister of the gospel exercising the office of a professor of theology i have abused my pm i Tion and perverted sacred funds to the pro option of wicked and cruel ends degrading both the pulpit and the theological chair to the advancement of improper Public objects and unworthy personal Aims. Against these libellous accusations i come to the bar of this supreme tribunal of the Church daring whose Good pleasure a i hold my office of professor of theology arid pleading that they Are false and that within the personal knowledge of Thomas a. Hoyt and Isth Art Robinson who have made them i ask the Assembly to make such a deliverance m the premises As in their judgment righteousness d�1 mands and As my character services and office entitle me to expect. And in order to relieve the Case Asfe Ras i can of All embarrassment i hereby resign into the hands of the general As Sembly my office of professor in the Danville theological Seminary desiring the resignation to take effect at the end of the current Seminary year namely on the 1st of september 1862 i deem it to be not Only my Clear right under the circumstances which exist to bring this mat. Ter in this form before the general Assembly but my. Clear duty both to myself and to the Assembly to do so. What i have done appears to me to a have been not Only right and commend Able but of that imperative necessity that its rancorous condemnation involves Alty to the country m of extreme peril and the betrayal of cause and ordinances As the ruler of the in verse no Christian Man. Can with a Good conscience hold any office which forbids him to attempt such services As j have been Traduce for rendering to my country. And no tribunal of the. Church of god can with out sin. Refuse to protect the character of its children and servants when they Are pursued with ferocious and organized calumny apr doing that which is right in itself unto which they Are shut up by divine Providence and which , with. The sentiments of the Church herself. I file herewith the action of the Board of trustees and that of the Board of directors a of the Danville theological Seminary with regard to the matters involved a this. Memorial. The second of these action not yet completed and it need not to have been filed now but for a false and injurious statement concerning it the libellous a Publica Tion of or. Robinson which has been circulated amongst the members now sitting a this Assembly. 0 signed Robt. A Danville ky., May 6, 1862. The Actie ii of the trustees and directors Rof the Seminary was also presented and the whole was referred1 to a special committee composed of judge Leavitt a chairman and drs Mcdonald Marshall Staples Clark Dunlap and Mcdougal. Or Brooki Rhioe read the following paper Tirane it and every state government and All a so Sun authority whether civil or Uliuli Tarj m a. proper a Eta unto the end herein before set Forth. A ii the Church of Christ has no authority from him to rebel a on or to a Ouwel treason or to favor anarchy m. Any Case whatever. On the contrary every j Follower of Christ has the personal Liberty bestowed Oulu by Christ to 6libmit for Tho a Ake of Christ a cording to his own conscientious sense of duty to whatever government however bad und a which his lot May be cast. But while patient suffering for Christ a Sake can Nover to Samful Turcu Hoij rebellion. And anarchy Mav be sinful most generally perhaps Are a in tue and Anil necessarily sinful it All free countries where the Power to Chango the government by voting in Tho place of Force exists As it common right constitutionally sour a to the people who Are Sovereign. If in any Case treason Rebell on und in i achy to sinful they Are 8�oln the Case Deso lating Large portions of Quot this nation and laying waste great numbers of can Stan congregate Holt and fatally obstructing Ever Guod Wor Daad Wori Cra those Ohne Tian people scattered throughout those us fortunate regions Abd who have been left of god to hand in bringing on these terrible Cahun Tiesi we eavn�8tls and Russ words of exhortation Aad rebuke As unto by Ethren who have sinned exceedingly and whom god Calls to repentance by fearful judgment. La those in like Curcuma Vincos who Are but chargeable with Hesnia which Havn brought such calamities upon the Laud but who have chosen m the exercise of their Christian Liberty to stand in their lot. An suffer we address words of affectionate sympathy praying god to bring them off conquerors to those in. He circumstance in who have taken to Weir Hveem Thor hands Aud risked nil try. And j sake.,we say we love such with All our heart and bless god such witnesses wore found in the time of Tluck a darkness. We record it with Groat grief that Tho Church of god Audi the Christian Peck pie to a great extent and throughput the revolted state. Have done Many hings that ought not a to Havo been done Aud a Abde t undone much that ought to have been done Ini this a tune of trial rebuke. And blasphemy but Couce Mug the wide schism which 19 reported to have occurred in Many Southern Synod a Liis Assembly will take no action u6 this time it doct amp ads however its fixed purpose under All possible circumstances to labor lor Aud Perraza a ctr to of Tho Church under its care in every pare of the muted state. Schism so far As it May exist we h Jpe to. See healed if that cannot be it will toe disregarded. A a a 11 v v a a a i a a Iii to record our gratitude to god for the prevailing Unity of sentiment Aud general internal peace which have characterized a the Church in the states Liat have not re ,.embracmgagreat Sua Jorty of the ministers congregations. And people under our care. It May still to called with emphasis a Loval. Orthodox and pious Church and a its and works indicate its right to a title so Noble. Let it strive lor divine Grace to maintain that . In some respects the inter Sto of the Gurch of god Are very different from those of ail civil institutions. Whatever May Beau this it or by other nation the Church of Christ Muat amp bide on Earth triumphant even a Over the Gates of Hel it it is there Tore. Of Hup Raine importance that the Church should guard itself from internal alienation and division founded a upon questions and interests that Are external As to her Aud which ought not. By their necessary Workings to cause her Fate to depend on the Fate Leas important and Lees enduring than herself. Disturber of the Church ought not to be allowed especially disturber of the Church in a states that never revolted. Or that love been cleared of armed rebels disturber who. Under Many false pretexts May promote discontent disloyalty. And general alienation tending to the unsettling of ministers to local schisms and to mahi fold trouble. Let a Spint of quietness of Mutual forbearance. And of ready obedience to authority and ecclesiastical illustrate the loyalty tie orthodoxy and the piety of Tho Church it is More especially to ministers of the and amongst particularly to any Whoso first impressions had been on any account favourable torte terrible i noutary revolution we h has been attempted and a Biel god s Providence has hitherto so signally rebuked that these decia Ivo considerations ought to be addressed. And in the name and by the authority of the lord Jesus we earn e3tly exhort All who Loye god of fear his Wrath to turn a deaf ear to All counsels and suggestions that tend toward a auction to Vorabo to it disloyalty schism or any disturbance either a the chum of or in the country there is hardly anything Mon in�xcu8able connect id with the frightful conspiracy against which we testify than the conduct of those office bearers and member Sion Tho al Birch who. Although citizens of Loyal states and subject to the control of Loyal presbyteries and synod3, hav8 been faithless to All authority human and divine a to which they owed subjection nor should any to whom this deliverance May come fail to Bearin mind that it is not Only their outward conduct concerning which they ought to take heed but it 13 also and especially their and Tobeh motive in the sight of god and toward the tree and Beneficent civil government which Law has blessed a. Withal and toward the spiritual common wealth to which they Are bub Jet m tie lord. In All these respect account to god in the great Day. And it is in View of our own dread responsibility the a Tiedge of Quick Aud dead that we now Mako this deliverance.5 la he paper was placed upon the docket and made the first special order for thursday afternoon the Reading of this paper was listened to a with the most profound attention and the1 deepest interest. Domestic missions. The order of the Day kept rec from the Oom Mittee on the Board Mie Sioney was called. A a a a. A or Mcdonald submitted the report from which it appeared that the Board had upon last november of $28.000. That since that time the generous contributions of the Church had enabled them to pay off their whole debt and that the Matanes of their missionaries were All Paidl Nofre Virom debt the Secretary of the Board also stated that in addition to a their a Money Leoci pts the ladies had contributed m clothing etc., lor the support of the missionaries about$16000.ui a a the report and resolutions were adopted. The second order of the. Day receiving the delegates from was next called. A. A a a a Quot a a a a. A a a a _ Rev dry s to. Stewart Delegate from the Cumberland presbyterian Church the1 made some excellent remarks on the spiritual Unity of tie churches. In the course of his remarks that his own Church the two theological institutions sixteen chartered colleges and thirteen academies. Their first presbytery was organized a Little Over a half a have Twenty foun synods ninety seven Presby teries one thousand two Hundred and seventy churches one Hundred and fifty ministers four Hundred probationers for . And about one Hundred and Twenty. Thousand members in communion. a or Stewart expressed his. Hope fors a continued a interchange Between a the Sembly and his own Church. The Moderator,.repued 1 in a very Happy manner,.to.dr. Stewart 1 5 Rev dry Porter Delegate from the reformed protestant dutch Church was also escorted to Tho stand and delivered his Mission of brotherly regard in a most eloquent and attractive manner. His allusion to Rehn Gheysen and or Bethune. As members of his own brooch of presbyterian family was particularly Beautiful and touching ,. R the Moderator s acknowledgements of these Friendly sentiments were also exceedingly Happy and cordial a Apter ngon session r a f Quot delegates to foreign bodies. It a a Dele fit amp to Theu general Synod of the protestant reformed dutch Church Rev Allred a com to the associate reformed Synod of new York Rev d x Tunkin d d to the general Assembly of the Cumberland. .es-bytcnanechutch�?Rev. R. D. Breckinridge i d. To the ass Ocic a reformed Synod of the South Rev. J. O Backus d. D 1 to the. General Assembly. Of. . 1. Lamination of the affairs of the Board of publication and report to the next general Assembly. Resolved that the said committee shall meet in the City of Philadelphia at the Call of the chairman and the Board is hereby directed to give free and full Opportunity to the. Committee in carrying out the objects of its appointment att any information the committee Quot May a Esiya to procure and All persons from any part of the Church shall have full Opportunity and Are requested a either m person or a by writing to. Present to the committee any. Objections or doubts they May entertain in regard to the plans and operations of the. Board. ,. ,. Resolved that the Board of publication Bdl reeled to pay the travelling expenses of theme Bers of this committee from or Moa Bot spoke m relation to matters connected with the Board of publication and advocated examining a my of the affairs a of the Board and a reduction of its. Expenses and. Accepted a the resolutions As a substitute for those offered by him 1 or. Junkin made As Sec Ming speech?.defending the Board the thought that the general impression was1 held Orth amp pc there was corruption in the a management of the affairs of the boards Abd said it was utterly unfounded and untrue the Board Niimi shed their books cheaper than those of any a other organization. As Hadj been fully demonstrated. He compared it with those of other de nominations they bad about $237,000 employed and the capital was still accumulating the methodists. Had t Over $570,000 capital employed and if they had conducted their Buskens As economically As thei Board of publication had they might cover China with bibles and Brig that nation to Bow a the foot of Manuel g orbs. He was surprised in passing through the Street of Columbus. Toinbee so Many children and population was still increasing and if it the Board would keep Pace with the increase of population its capital must be still More increased.,. He wished it was even a million of dollars thought it was Best to let Well enough alone. Or Marshall also made a few remarks when a vote was the resolutions adopted. Rev Stuart Robinson on 1 behalf of himself Anc. Or Hoyt read a paper m response to the first of or. Breckinridge. It was referred to the same committee. A a v. Adjourned with devotional exercises. R Noard of publication again. Or pc fuck Secretary of the Board of pub the general Assembly of the it in in to tube ignited states of America by ih.,e�8io� at Gold up. In the state a Fubio hide Reg the unhappy Condit Vunt of Fth country in tbs Lri ids fcb a and of the Church agitated every Here Divide m sep timed a in May places. Aad openly assailed by Sebreto m a Jarge Section of is deride also the duty Ali Iolj the in of the Binal met in tbs a Nanto andby5 the authority of the Gloria Eil so Vinor of sinner who is also the Soyei eign ruler of Ahr things owes to him Norf head and Ltd and commit to on charge and to the people whom we Are commit Saith no a to Evangelic and to the civil Tubor Tieg who exist a by his Jap Point enc. Do hereby Inthis Deur prance give totter Ance to. On solemn convict a Ops and a out Deli berate judgment touching die i Batteto he run Sef for that thai May ice for Tho Afif dance fall Over whom the Cheifet has Venus any office of instruction or any Fiew amp i of Goya cup Merit. _ j. I peace is amongst , temporal biasing of the a Hurt a Javns a amp lae of ill hath a and Public Ofie of Thor Firat Trebesh itis j of the spiritual As will a in Tho civil Corame wealth i. Peace has been wickedly superseded by. War in. Its worst Zorra throughout fhe whole land., and Public or a or has Feen wickedly a up rfcs ded by Reb lion. Aferchyi1 and ,-iiri5i�he �wh6�eg<em of Tina of . A this has been brought to in a disloyal and jraitorous.,attempt to overthrow Goya a Orient by min in Ary Force and to do a a do the nation contrary to a in wishes of the imm Roseto Jority of the people of the nation and. Who out Sarcia it Eye evidence Tasat Mcfee of. The people in whom the local sovereignty resided. Even in the a Lofes a a Kuch of Edveg forever App Ved their do do and violence Herihy which this Hor Rible treason has achieved whatever Success it has bad Ifni whole treason. Rebellion apr rom. Fraud and stolen eve it forty contrary to the dictated 6f�?T Natal morality and is plainly Conry Rah a he 1ha wvealed7wi3riif. God. Otist Herclean to plods re at who to Var Dos a Mol run unman a and Constitution to Rae Utain t�ie/j�w8.fnith�iriipvop&, to crush Force by a Furco , a Estora a a _ order and a Payee to the Eirts to Natl a by wha Ejvor lawful Surfac Cotton in crop is Shorter and in Ofchar Raeann thai Are necessary the Venuto and of Tettie hound a a i a duty of All people who compose this great nation each pop fees Pedt inferior to to narc of last year a a. Several place and degree to uphold Tho Federal gov a Capon made a Clear and Lucid of the manner in which the Board had conducted its business and answered the charges made Agi inst the a Oard for extravagance and mishap Propri Ai Ion of its funds. He said that the. Business and labors of the Board covered so much ground that it Caud not be expected m the time allotted to him Flat he should give a report that would be fully understood try the people at Large the rules of the Board had been made before be became a member and he was satisfied they plans were Wise judicious and admirably adapt eds to carry out had in View in its creation he knew that there was some disaffection Blit he Vaa surprised at the remark made by the brother from Allegheny that it was widespread and that there existed an under current of dissatisfaction the matters not satisfactory to All were few and be concluded from the fact that during the Pat year notwithstanding inc troubles in the country More than one Hundred churches that never before contributed funds to its assistance had come to their help with contributions of funds he was aware the synods of Pittsburgh &Quot.and. Allegheny sync dial Board of ool Portage and did not contribute anything to the support of the general Board but he concluded that the contributions from the others was a Mark of their highest approval. He then gave an account of the doings of the Quot Pard m the distribution of books and tracts. He Assembly would appoint .a�?z,.comr Mittee to examine into the affairs of the Pard and he would be Happy to give them every facility to prosecute their examination. At the conclusion of or. Bohe Scky a remarks. Or. Mph Estees offered the follow my Besoiu Tio n a to take the Quot place of those off red by or. Mcaboy 09 Friday he was glad that the Sei rotary had asked a Tomn Pittee to be appointed to o Inak by the proposed examination. resolutions As a follows1resolved that in View of criticisms made m this and former Geneav assembles a committee of nine members and ruling elders of which a a Modeio a tor of the general Assembly shall be chairman be appointed to make a a thorough sex fifth Day it tuesday morning May ,20, prayer by the Moderator. Various Bills and overtures were heard and. Disposed of the judiciary committee repo Tedas to Case no 3, of Rev. G. J. Abbott of Missouri a de posed minister and desired the Case docketed tor hearing at the next general Assembly placed on the a. Cose no 4 Appeal of or Breckinridge and sixteen others from the Synod of Kentucky presenting the. Question As to the right of suffrage in settling a minister whether that right is he item to the members of the Church to the exclusion of persons of the Oong Regalon contributing to ministerial support. The Appeal was docketed. On motion of or. . A Nna Ninons vote of thanks to the railroads for reduction of fare to members of the Assembly action was taken to allow the presbytery of Chippewa to Metal a minister Over a pastoral charge who could notion account of National troubles obtain a regular discharge from his former Field of no a was reported upon by the Judi Cial committee requiring the presbytery of Highland to reconsider their action in receiving Rev. A. Hummer after he had such action. Being in the opinion of the committee irregular and unconstitutional., the report. Requiring the presbytery to reconsider. And conform was adopted unanimously. A. A a a. Oreb. Of the a a. The Moderator announced the order of the Day to be the report of the committee on the Board of education. A. Rev or soot chairman submitted a Clear and highly satisfactory report. Tie report states that in the course of the committee s examinations the surprising fact Lead he on revealed that the Nui Hbert of then ministers As compared with the Church Moi Reship had. Decreased have per cent. In the past ten years. And yet there had been considerable complaint that there were too Many ministers owing to this impression perhaps the funds of the Board had been limited during the past year and they had to begin the a year with a debt of four thousand dollars. The report suggests and resolutions provide for j a More rigid exaction of qualifications and at Hamments on the part of the beneficiaries of the Church in his remarks connected with the report or. Scott attributed the defect in the Standard of at j Taii Mients and endowments among the Young men certified to the Board. To too great laxity in the \ presbyteries from which they were recommend j de the Board must necessarily be guided b y i these a recommendations a it therefore Behoved the in presbyteries to he More scrutinizing and sex j As to piety of character and fitness by Talent and att Ammenti for the duties of the sacred office of . A a or Secretary of the Board also e impressed the same views. He earnestly urged the importance of reexamination. The present year had shown More care. In this particular on the part Quot of pro a Betenes the processors in the seminaries and colleges state that the present year shows a decided Advance in this regard. -there1 have been a few cases of error among the Young men under the care of the Board. But As the a falling Star attracts the Eye so a failure of one Young Man m such a position is widely noticed. He exhorted the Church to keep these support of a their counsel and their sympathy. Instead of having too Many ministers.,we,Are Pace with the increase of our Church membership and Are there not others to. Be looked after is there not a pleading world to of supplied or Chester spoke earnestly and this Point. Or Marshall of a also spoke warmly in favor of the recommendations of a the. Committees report and concurred m Edom aug upon presbyteries a More rigid examination As to both intellectual gifts and moral fitness of the candidates re commence d for the patronage of the Board Rev or Macliss. Thought that the fault of laxity As to admission of the candidates was with both the Board and the presbyteries All was done too easily. To offered a Resolution containing requirements tending to a More rigid Ftfe of examination of Young me who Are to be come beneficiaries of the Church funds a j r flu skin announced that on this subject the a Felt a impelled to make a speech a a and a pretty Long speech a he said it had been his business for thirty Twe years to direct the Duea Timof Young men Dor the sacred office As far backs As 1830, the distinguished , m new of our system that a a we have great a Abil. mint a0dta.s.c-e.11 a a. Square amp Kins or. Lesi Ono insertion 40 cents Oach Une it let a so Nofiro per Qixia Itei $4.00 each Emo a mtg onal so c4t>te a rude Otio made to advertise Ruby the yeat. A business notices of tin lines or less $1.00 to to to a a Tai Rioual line 10cents. David my a a Nevev amp co aim emits Syrl. Quot a. Jet a Mcdo Haud concurred in these views and thought a that Ucli also devolved upon professors in colleges to report.,to. Presbyteries As to the beneficiaries under their tuition and he offered a Resolution looking to the requirement of such a duty a -. Rev. Or. Joses and or. Basks expressed similar views. A a. Quot i a a Arev. Or. Diodes while concur Reg 14 a the views Quot presented by the committee urged that care should he a exercised m pronouncing judg ment upon applicatioh8iilest Good Medb and pious hearts be shut out a from usefulness. He deemed it All important to elevate the Standard of preliminary education. But Mot to an extreme degree and by All Means self Reliance should be cultivated a i a. A a quota or Hoge suggested that from the tone of remark strangers a would infer that our Bea Eficia nes ate Many unworthy and desired a that such form of expressions be atsed a to do our Young men no such injustice. In this suggestion the Moderator joined a. The hour of adjournment having come no Vole was Takena i. Previous to adjourning the Moderator read a handsome invitation from colonel Carrington inviting a the Assembly to visit Camp Thomas next wednesday afternoon and witness a Battal Hon Drill of the 18th regiment of United states infantry , ,. After prayer adjourned., it afternoon session �?2j p m prayer by Rev. Or. Mcaboy. 1 or Dumont gave notice that the Rev. R. Howard Wallace. Representative of the associate reformed Church of new York had arrived and moved that he be heard the first thing to Morrow morning. Agreed to.the1 Moderator read a letter from prof. A. D. Lord superintendent of the Blind Asylum inviting the members of the Assembly to visit that institution. 1 the invitation was accepted Ana thanks returned. Or Mccliss offered an amendment to the resolutions offered by him this morning or Derma that the Board of a education do not give Aid to Young men until they Are prepared to enter the fresh Man class m College except m extreme a cases a a Quot a a. A a a the Resolution a was referred to the commit tec on revision of tie by Laws of the Board of education. A 1 or. Mcdonald offered the following pts led. That the following be added to the rules and regulations of the Board a every a person on a scholarship shall Forward or cause a to be forwarded annually a report from his teacher or teachers to the presbytery Nufler whose care he is. Showing his Standig for piety talents intelligence scholarship Pru Dencey Economy a health and1 general influence. The Resolution was discussed by several gentlemen who thought the responsibility rested upon the presbyteries and teachers in allowing Young men to receive beneficiary assistance who were not worthy the impression that the Young men receiving benefits were not worthy was a false one they were a godly pious and efficient set of Young a Mem no objection could be made against two per cent of them. Or Belleville thought the Resolution As invidious a although they had a similar one m their presbytery and he thought it a Wise one. He could see no reason Why restrictions should be put upon the candidates under the care of the Board of education. The Rule should be made to apply to All and he hoped it would he made general ,. ,.the Resolution was adopted and the question when turned upon the adoption of the whole. Re port of the Board of education which was adopted without a . Or Hogue a Resolution on printing ballots was a next taken up and adopted. Overture no.-8 being called for was adopted. It is a request1 from the Moderator of the Synod a of Baltimore asking that Tho general Assembly legalize the Day fixed for the tire of the meeting of that Synod the regular meeting not having a been held in consequence of the troubles in the country. The granted. Ova a cure no. 7 agreed to. A an overture from the presbyteries of Egdeus Burg n y Oxford. 0 Madison ind., and Cal fornia asking that Steps be taken to unite the old school presbyterian Church and the new school Church waa considerable discussion which was participated to by a number of gentlemen. From remarks made the general impression prevailed that As there had been no specific action on the. Part of the hew school Church As a body looking to Union with the1 old school Church the time tor action m the Mattei had not yet arrived there appeared a a willingness on the part of the Assembly to receive the new school organization with open arms whenever they would Mako the request themselves and so doctrines As to not conflict with the Rule of Faith of the old a school Church. It was apparent that no move would be made m the direction of Union at this general Assembly and the matter was do missed. A a ,1the memorial of the presbytery of Philadelphia asking that the Board of publication be instructed to publish a hymn Book in the German language for the use of the German congregations connected with a the presbyterian Church was read and discussed it was. Said that there was a Groat want of a Book of this kind and that German congregations were compelled to use the German reformed hymn Book which did not answer the purpose pending the discussion the hour for religious exercises arrived and it was Laid Over until tomorrow. Ity for1�?~taking up a Young men but Lack ability to let them Down and this remark i think was a manifestation of or Alexander s great Wisdom there7 Are various things wanted for qualifying a Young Man for thei mistry and first among these is Mouy a yes there must be Mouth a loud Staile the minister must be a file to�?Tspeak1 tend speak plainly and to do a that inst speak win he a a Ioka a undo open Why Brethren speak Here with their Teeth so close together a that Yogi Boul dolt put Aunine Peirce Between them and of course we can to hear them a very loud smile i know it is written that a a i Wii give thee ambush and understanding a but Marky edit was a a Mouth first a then spiritual Wisdom arid to with a a a a a i am pleased or Moderator with the re Pouti prior Ethan pleased Quot a a aim delighted with it. It throws the responsibility where it belongs Jim the presbyteries they Quot sometimes Lack moral nerve to Fausa a application of an improper ova Anin Cape blk a hug Man and Are afraid to Tell such As the scotch Preather and pursue the business of making bosoms a another audible smile i a build think that every Young Man should at least pro Paro himself As to scholarship for the freshman class at College before being put upon the funds of the Church let him1 a exercise meanwhile if the prayer meet ing in the sinday school and two less in teaching be observed and thus his qualifications a can be Thor orighly tested before a a to King him up that will leave us no Meed of a letting him a Down a i believe the working of this a earfi1 a is nfearly1 perfect All Ituna Oksis to guard Well the door often Trunco Quot. A -. A sixt i Day. A wednesday morning May 21 prayer by the Moderator. Minutes read and approved. Various overtures were read and referred Rev r. Howard Wallace was duly recognized yith appropriate remarks As a Delegate from the associate reformed new Yotko a corresponding by Ady. The , a report. Adopted dry Davidson moved that the Assembly correspond by a Delegate with the new Sohol Presby tenant a ,matter was a referred to the Cost Pittee on foreign correspondence also the subject relating to the seminaries at Princeton a Allegheny Danville and chicagoan a it a a a foreign missions. ,.a the Moderator announced the report of the committee on the Board of foreign missions As the order of the Day. Rev. Or. Davidson a submitted the report from which it appears that at the opening of the year a debt of about $10,000 stood again Stithe Tundo of the a Board this he said cause Dmiam considerable alarm for the suede amp a of the Wrork. But though this , and Var and though Matiy Fth ofies hid done nothing for the . Yet it almost marvellous to his mind that the Woik had gone on and this debt was paid in full. A he thought that the coming year would require their Best efforts to sustain the Board prosperously he 1 estimated1 that some $24,000 would to Cut Jeff Fey the Southern defection Areno w for the foreign Field and heir jul outfit passage Quot and proper settlement abroad Wou a require about $30,000 he said it would require earnestness in the Church to achieve full Success. But it could be done if proper efforts be made. He remarked that the whole world Warnow in the ordering of Providence open Jito our missionary operations. Therein net now on the face of fhe Globe a any1 considerable nation not open to Otil rpm be Presley Tehaan the urged Fead Noi been sufficiently Liberal. We have now about ,i�dl�4wifeiin dred thousand Loyal Aneth Mamont contrib enter is but $150,006sannuauy to this cause. Api he thought if there were thirty instead of thirteen men-teady1 they sent remarkable fact that some year aage a Good Man had.,gone, Tol Southern India a and had there Laboured and died but had succeeded the getting of. But a Oner Hundred and seventy opera Psi from among the Heather Hife work but his health 1 Inverie hud5to Oom Rhome for a season. Whte it i restored to j health,1, in e. Desired to. Return 4 and was told Boothe a boat that they could not Send Hiiri 1 Back e because of having no funds a the a Church in India heard of this and Feea Theu a thou Eto they Hod Khaben it Andt some of the Jet were a in Barf Eesi Taien to Fecto

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