The Moderator. I have not yet passed the final step. I have not heard the sentence appealed from read.

Dr. Patterson. I move that the case be postponed to the next General Assembly.

Rev. Dr. Krebs hoped that no hasty action be taken. The committee, in presenting this report, supposed it was properly prepared. He understood that there was an appeal properly made out. The Moderator said this seemed to be a case that was not properly before them, and it was his suggestion that the matter be recommitted.

The suggestion was agreed to.

The uofinished business was then taken up, namely, the resolution offered by Dr. Boardman to reinstate the Louisville Presbytery.

Mr. Jones, from Maryland, obtained the floor and spoke at length in support of the resolution, and in reply to the remarks of Mr. Galloway and others. He contended that the Commissioners of the Louisville Presbytery had complied with the requirements of the Board; that they had committed no that act could be construed into an offense against the dignity of this body, and this body had no right whatever to punish them either for contempt or anything else. The cases which had been cited by the gentleman from Ohio were not analogons, and it was utterly impossible to find any precedent for the action that had been taken by the Assembly.

To put the most ressonable construction upon the matter, it would appear that these brethren were punished for doing precisely what the gentleman from Ohio, and others, had done when they were in the minority. Then they assailed the decision of the Supreme Court, and continued to make war upon them until, by a popular appeal, they succeeded in overturning them, and abolishing slavery. No attempt was made to turn the gentleman from Ohio out of Congress when he was engaged in this work. The brethren of the Louisville Presbytery stood in precisely the same position in relation to the Church. They had simply uttered their Testimony against the Deliverances of the Assembly, and for so doing they had been expelled from this body.

At the conclusion of Mr. Jones' remarks, Mr. Law of Long Island, obtained the floor, but gave way in order that a vote might be taken.

The Moderator stated the question to be the adoption of the resolution offered by Dr. Boardman. Mr. Clarke, of Detroit, called for a division of the question.

Agreed to.

The vote was then taken on the motion to refer the matter to a committee, which was agreed to, while so much of the resolution as instructs the committee to report in regard to reinstating the members of the Louisville Presbytery was,on motion of Mr. Clarke, laid on the table.

The resignation of Rev. Dr. Stanton (the Moderator) as Professor in the Danville Seminary, was received and referred to a committee.

The Assembly adjourned.

Conclusion of Mr. Galloway's Re

marks.

The following is the conclusion of Mr. Gallaway's speech on Tuesday evening, on the resolution for reinstating the members of Louisville Presbytery, which was crowded out of our last edition. He said:

Take another illustration. Suppose some commissioner of this Assembly should rise in his place in a state of intoxication, and interrupt its proceedings by turbulent and disorderly conduct, would not his indecency be immediately rebuked? And if he pertenaciously adhered to his impropri

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would be exercised

not the power of this house even to the extent of ejecting him from the house? Would any one

demand that the fact of intoxication should be investigated, and a trial be allowed the offender, when his condition had been manifested to every sober eye, and especially, when he admits himself to be drunk, and insolently defies the authority of the house, can there be any doubt as to the right of this Assembly, for the purpose of preserving its harmony and order, to vacate the seat of one who had thus disgraced himself, and insulted its dignity? Certainly not, and our right is equally unquestionable to rid ourselves of the contamination and insults of those who defame our character and our highest court by the utterance of the vilest libel which can be cast upon a Christian or any Christian organization.

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But I pass to the consideration of some other peculiar views of the gentleman. He says that we have not been properly affected by the bospitality the people, and that we have been deficient in our appreciation of the feelings of that class who sympathize with the members of the Louisville Presbytery. Ah, Mr. Moderator, let me say to that brother and to these dispensers of hospitality with whom he so tenderly sympathizes, that but for the testimonies of the Presbyterian Church, and of loyal Christians of every faith; and for the memorabie fact that these testimonies of our Assembly have been sealed with the blood of her sons-the life, liberty and property of the good people of St. Louis would bave been sacrificed by the treason and traitors of our land. Yes, it has been the fidelity of the true bearted, who have borne the flag of the country along with the standards of a loyal christianity, which has secured to them and to us the downfall of the rebellion and the triumphs of freedom. (Applause and hisses in various parts of the house.] .

The Moderator called upon the audience to preserve order.

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Mr. Galloway. Why, Mr. Moderator, I did not expect to please certain ladies and gentlemen of this locality by any allusion to the triumphs of our arms and our testimonies. "Oh ye generation of vipers," it might not have been so well for you, perhaps a little better for the purity and permanency of our freedom, if our testimonies had received a fuller development by a longer continuance of this war. [Sensation and merriment.] I am acquainted with such specimens of loyalty. Why, sir, in my capacity as commissioner at Camp Chase, I had charge of just such loyal ladies and gentlemen. They had been sent there, as they alleged, by a persecuting government for a conscientious adherence to their views of truth and government. I have fully experienced the perfume of that species of loyalty, and hence can detect its odor here or elsewaere. [Great merriment.] I could not trespass upon the proprieties of this place or occasion by doing or saying anything which might be offensive to the most peculiar sensibilities, and yet I purpose, at all times and in all places, to vindicate the flag of my country and the covenant and testimonies of God's people. I say to all in rebellion against the National Government or the loyal of Christ's Church, seek the communion of those who are your kindred in faith and practice; go your own way; and if that shall end as in the case of Judas-in hanging yourselves-you must take the responsibility. [Renewed merriment.]

You say you are persecuted. The testimony of the word is, "If ye are persecuted for righteousness sake happy are ye, and be not troubled in your minds." But you appear to be very much troubled, and, therefore, I logically conclude that you are persecuted for some other sake. [Merriment.] "Procul, O, procul este profani.”

Mr, Moderator, I would not unnecessarily ruffle the sensibilities of any class of people, but I certainly cannot be frightened from propriety or principle by an appeal to my appetites; and hence I am not to be intimidated by the "bread and butter'' argument of Bro. Boardman. I am rather disposed to think that those who have survived the disasters and perils of the past few years, will be

able to endure a withdrawal of the hospitalities of those who dislike the testimonies of loyal people. This affecting appeal forcibly recalled to my mind an anecdote I once heard of an eccentric but noble champion of truth, Old Father Cravens, (as he was called,) of Virginia. The old preacher was well known for his strong opposition to slavery and intemperance, and was usually accompanied in his travels by a good old man by the name of Fitzgerald, of similar views and feelings, It was the usual custom of Father Cravens to preach on camp meeting occasions, and to address the people, speaking of his favorite topics. On one occasion, in Rockingham county, Virginia, in advance of preaching, he was invited to the house of a slaveholder, and was liberally treated to watermelons. Soon after the feast Father Cravens occupied the pulpit, and whilst discoursing upon his favorite themes, he was less bold than usual in his denunciations of slavery. Hiis brother, Fitzgerald, on his tender treatment of the theme, rose in the Congregation and said, "Brother Cravens, you may as well let all the truth out, for you will get no more watermelons for what you have already said."

As I have not yet been led into the temptation of hospitality by any sympathiser with disloyalty, I cannot appreciate the feelings of those whose principles, whilst in this city, are influenced by what they shall eat and drink. When I am reduced to the necessity of testifying for the church and the country-at the peril of losing an entertainmet of strawberries-or the charms and smiles of those who have not been suspected of a fervent attachment to our views--I will hire a small boat, and take up my boarding and lodging on the other side of the river, and come in between times to the meetings of the General Assembly. [Laughter.]

Bro. Boardman says this is an hour when we ought not to manifest unkind feelings towards these erring brethren. Sir, we are ready to receive repentent rebels, when they come to us washed with the washing of a regeneration, which shall be ex emplified by a sincere sorrow for a participation in that terrible crime of treason, which has slain the beloved or many of the households of members of this Assembly.

Mr. Moderator, whilst Brother Boardman was taking his excursion among the surroundings of this city with his hospitable friend, and was surveying the strawberry patches and other attractive scenery, I was visiting and meditating, at Camp Jackson, over the graves of the brave boys from my own and other loyal States, who sacrificed their lives, and saddened the hearts of many homes, that you and I, and the brethren of this Assembly, might enjoy the hospitalities of a home of freedom. [Applause.]

The Moderator. The audience must preserve order.

We are not here, sir, to indulge in strains of sentimentalism or sketches of imagination. We are here to preserve the purity, the patriotism, the doctrines, standard and government of the church of our fathers, and to preserve in all its purity and beauty that glorious temple of spiritual truth which has been the object of our admiration and love. Our testimonies and our works in the great contest which has just been terminated, have been abundantly vindicated and honored by the Providence of Godand the valor of our countrymen. Our mission is one of love for the right, and for all that elevates and adorns humanity. We are ready to welcome all to our fellowship of faith who sympathize with us in the onward and upward movements of the ageof the gospel-and who are ready to co-operate in extending the empire of righteousness and universal freedom.

Mr. Hornblower said they had had too much wit and eloquence-too much sarcasm, vituperation and violence. What was required was calm, clear argument to convince every wavering mind. He had voted with the minority, but those who knew him knew that vote was not intended to oppose any feeble resistance that he could offer to the exercise of justice towards the Presbytery of Louisville. As he understood it, they had excluded from this Assembly not certain persons alone, but a whole

Presbytery, by very extraordinary means. And the most extraordinary thing was, that a member of the Synod of New Jersey should be the one to make this motion for expulsion, when that Synod of New Jersey, at its last meeting, and without a dissenting voice, declared the action of the General As sembly of 1865, was to be deplored, and virtually condemned that action.

Mr. Reinboth. It is notorious, I think, that the action of the Synod of New Jersey was not unanimous. They took advantage of the absence of a great number of members. It was not properly the action of the Synod of New Jersey. The action was taken, it is true.

Mr. Hornblower. It was at an evening session after the conclusion of a long and interesting debate, and when nearly all the members of the Synod were in their seats. And at that moment the Synod was as full as it generally is.

Mr. Reinboth. I would like to ask whether a great many of the members of the Synod had not already left; whether it was not late in the evening, and the members anxious to get away?

Mr. Hornblower. According to my recollection, it was a very full meeting of the Synod.

Mr. Kempshall. I am a member of the Synod of New Jersey, and I can bear witness that the gentleman's statement is correct. I saw and read the paper, and it was passed without a word against it, or a single dissenting voice, and I believe the Synod was as largely attended at that time as at any time.

Mr. Hornblower continued. That the next thing that was extraordinary was that the gentleman who presented this paper stated that he had concocted it himself. That a brother should bring in a paper on such a momentous subject-make a speech his mind, the most sublime effrontery that he ever upon it, and move the previous question, was, to witnessed in a deliberative body. It was still more surprising that the previous question should at once be adopted.

They had all come here from the Northern States, at least with a feeling that a wrong had been done, and that it ought in some way to be reached and punished, and it seemed to be a most admirable thing if these brethren who are in the wrong could at once be ousted out of their seats.

The speaker said he was not here to shield them from the execution of justice; but he was here as a member of Christ's Court, to see that the thing was done in accordance with the Constitution and the laws of the Church.

They had been told that the fact of this Declaration and Testimony was that of public rumor. He would like to know how many members of this Assembly had seen that Declaration and Testimony. He presumed it had been sent to many whose names were eminent, but he had not seen it until he came here. And yet these brethren had been excluded. But he contended it was not the men that had been excluded, but the Presbytery of Louisville, and he would like to know where they obtained authority to exclude a Presbytery. They could rebuke it, and compel the expunging from their records of that which was insulting; but he knew of no authority by which they could exclude a whole Presbytery. It had been stated by the brother from Ohio that these gentlemen might be reinstated in their seats, but, judging from that gentleman's speech and others, such a result could hardly be looked for. He beseeched them to consider what they were doing before it was too late.

Rev. Dr. McLean said he was of the opinion that he should survive all that the young brother had said against the little Presbytery, or against himself, for presuming to bring an important subject before this house, of which he was a member. The astonishment which Dr. Hornblower manifested perhaps would not be as great if he were a little older, and a little more experienced in regard to men and measures. It was a new doctrine, that because a man happened to belong to a small Presbytery, that therefore it was presumptious in him to make an important motion in the Assembly, He

was here as commissioner from one of the Presbyteries of New Jersey, and he held it to be bis sacred right to bring any proper subject he chose before this house. No man ought to be surprised at it, and he thought no man xcept a very young man, like his brother Hornblower, would be surprised. Objection had been made to his motion because it had been made without consultation. What of that? Had not any member the right, on his own respou-ibility, to make a motion. So far as the action of the Synod of New Jersey was concerned, suppose that body did, at the close of its session, near ten o'clock at 'night, when many of its members were absent, adopt the paper which had been referred to in reference to this General Assembly, that the action of this Assembly was wrong, that form of discussion availed nothing,

Rev. Mr. West desired to know if the brother would not forego further reference to this matter. Dr. McLean said he was willing to yield to anything which was properly in order; but he did not think it was courteous, under the circumstances in which he stood before the Assembly, as the mover of the measure, and after the animadversions which had been made upon his course, that it was quite right to prevent him, by entreaties or anything else, from explaining the circumstances of this case.

The Synod of New Jersey did just what the member had stated; and he thought there were but two men in this house, who were members of that Synod, that voted against that paper. What did that

indicate? And what did it indicate even if he did make a motion without consultation? Long before he came here he had made up his mind just how he should act on this subject, and he determined that if some one else did not take notice of the matter, he would; he determined that that Presbytery should not be entitled to a seat here until their case was investigated. And when be made the motion which he did, he asserted principles which had not been been controverted. The truth was, the tactics pursued had been to annoy, harass and perplex. And these gentlemen, instead of coming forward boldly and facing the matter, had undertaken to delay and protract business. This very motion for reconsideration had this effect. It the committee had been let alone, the probability is that they would have reported by this time, and then they would have had the whole question before them, as it was intended they should, but they had been delayed by side issues; and who was responsible? It was the men who were annoying, perplexing and harassing with vexatious amendments--endeavoring, apparently, to weary the patience of the house.

What did it all mean but to harass the house, and to perplex, and ultimately defeat its action? But there was no danger. They believed they were right in the course they had taken, and it was their purpose to maintain”it.

Mr. Jones, of Maryland, obtained the floor, and was proceeding to speak, when the hour of adjournment having arrived, the Assembly adjourned.

Met at nine o'clock.

After devotional exercises, the minutes of the last session were read and approved.

Mr. Henry Day, of New York, was nominated in the class of sixty six on the Board of Foreign Missions.

Rev. Dr. Lowrie, of the Committee on Bills and Overtures, presented two reports:

First. The Board of Domestic Missions ask that Rev. Andrew Vance, Rev. Wm. Akin, and Rev. Wm. Rankin, connected with certain churches in Tennessee, be constituted a Presbytery under the name of Holstein.

The request was granted.

Second. Overture presented from the Presbytery of Missouri, asking the General Assembly to extend the boundaries of said Presbytery northward, so as to include Woodbury county in Iowa, which is at present included in the former Sioux City territory, and to detach the Presbytery of Missouri from the Synod of Southern Iowa, and unite it with the Synod of Kansas.

Rey. Mr. Stewart said if this Presbytery was taken away, he would ask the General Assembly to arrange it so that there should be but one Synod in Iowa.

Dr. Lowrie suggested that this should come up as a separate proposition.

On motion of Mr. Fisher the report was recommitted.

The order of the day commencing with the report of the Committee on the Board of Education, was taken up. Rev. Dr. Smith, of Baltimore, chairman of the committee, presented the report:

The following summary as to the annual uumber of candidates, will afford a more satisfactory view of the growth of the Board, and of the periods of its most marked usefulness:

The deaths of two candidates have been reported to us; both spoken of as having been young men of exemplary piety; one of them Mr. P. P. Irwin. having felt it his duty to engage in the defense of · his country, died a martyr to her liberties, trom the sufferings endured in the Andersonville prison.

The following resolutions were appended to the report:

1. Resolved, That we see reasons for deep concern in the fact that the number of candidates under the care of the Board for the past year, and several preceding years, has been so small (not more than half of the number of some past periods), yet are filled with gratitude and hope for the future in view of the recent wide-spread revivals of religion and the conversion of multitudes of young men.

2. In consideration of these revivals, Presbyteries are requested to be especially careful in the examination of candidates as to their character, motives and general suitableness for the work of the ministry.

3. The attention of the ministry and churches is earnestly called to the great importance of the observance of the day of prayer for such schools and colleges on the last Thursday in February; and to the first Sabbath in March as a period for solemnly addressing parents and children as to their duties and petitions to God for the outpouring of His spirit upon the several objects; and the Assembly urges a substantial remembrance of the wants of the Board by taking up a collection for its funds in its departments of general and ministerial education.

4. Resolved, That in the present dispersed condition of Presbyteries in some portions of the land, aid may be granted by the Board to instruction of candidates requiring it on satisfactory recommendations from ministers known to it, and that no extra aid be given to any young man unless the same shall be reported to the Presbytery, and to the faculty of the institution in which the candidate is pursuing his duties.

5. Resolved, That the General Assembly desires the Board of Education to give all the encouragement and aid possible towards the permanent endowment of institutions of learning, centrally located, promising in results and under ecclesiastical supervision.

6. Resolved, That copies of the report be sent to the sessions of Churches, with a view to the faith and principles being brought more fully before parents and those interested in the young.

7. Resolved, That the objects of this fundamental Board are commended to the prayers as well as the contributions of the Church, having, as the final end in view, a general revival of religion and the preaching of the gospel to all the world.

On motion of Rev. Dr. Patterson, the report was accepted.

The question being upon the adoption of the reso Jutions appended to the report, Rev. Wm. Speer, Secretary of the Board, was called upon to address the Assembly. He said that the pastoral letter sent forth by the last General Assembly, that earnest

prayer should be made in behalf of the cause of education, had been productive of great results. The prayers of the Churches seemed to have been fully answered. The first object of the report was to show God's purpose in connection with our National chastisements. There were before him some, perhaps, who had been brought into the Church by the great revivals succeeding the Revolutionary war, and there were many facts to show that the revivals at that time were nnprecedented. This late war having been rauch greater, as to the territory involved, the amount of money expended, and the number who had poured out their blood for the country, might it not be hoped that the effusion of the Holy Spirit in revival of religion would be proportionably greater and more powerful, and that result would fill our land with its blessed fruits. He believed that we were entering on a new era-that there were indications that the power of the Holy Spirit was at work in regenerating our nation, and making us a holy people.

Rev. Mr. Stonerode moved that the resolutions be taken up seriatim. Lost.

Rev. Mr. Francis said he should exceedingly regret being compelled to vote against the report. In general is met his hearty approbation, but he had noticed in this Assembly, and in other Assemblies, for many years, that oftentimes in their best reports something dolorous had slipped in. Now, there was one resolution in this series which expressed the sorrow and contrition of this Assembly that so few young men, of late, were applying for aid from the Board of Education. It did not strike him that this was a matter to be complained of. He thought it was a good indication that so many of the young men of the Church were able to help themselves rather than rely upon the charity of others, in order that the Church might be untrammelled, and adapt its means to other causes, equally as sacred as this. If it were true that the candidates for the ministry were decreasing, there would be cause for regret, but the record did not show that. He believed there were great numbers of young men who, having assisted in fighting the battles of their country, and achieved victory and triumph, to-day preparing to meet the great enemy of souls, and fight the battles of the Lord until the sinful world should be subdued.

Rev. Mr. Caldwell moved that the fourth resolution should be amended so as to provide that the recommendations therein contained should be approved by the Presbyteries at their next meetings.

Rev. Dr. Smith explained that the fourth resolution had reference only to that portion of the South in which the Churches were in a dispersed condition.

Mr. Caldwell then withdrew his amendment. Rev. S. T. Wilson concurred with the remarks of Rev. Mr. Francis, and moved that the first resolution be stricken from the report.

Mr. Bay, of New York, claimed that this Board was established to aid young men who could not aid themselves, and that to thank God that there were no more young men who were in indigent circumstances who would apply to that Board seemed to him an absurdity. It was not understood that this Board aided young men who could aid themselves. They asked God that men of promise might be brought forward who have no reliance upon any other source, who would throw themselves on the Church, and yet the Assembly were asked to thank God that there were no such men, that they have been killed in the war or have gone into the profession of the law, and have been turned out of the Church. As he understood, we asked the Great Head of the Church to bring out these young men who have no time to labor for themselves, and induce them to devote their whole talents to the Church. He believed it was a great mistake to send a half educated man into the ministry, or that he should be placed in a position where he would have to teach school for a portion of the time in order to pursue his studies; that tue Board ought to bring up young men so that they would be entirely independent.

The amendment seemed to imply that in certain cases men had peen helped who could have elped themselves, and thus threw censure

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certain men venerable in this Assembly. Three men were present, who were an honor to the Church who had been sustained by this body. He hoped the original resolutions would pass. He had always felt that it was a contemptible thing to say that a young man had been brought up by charity, when he had been educated by the Church, for it was not so-the Church was begging for men to come forward and give themselves to its work. He affirmed that when he gave his money to assist a young man, he felt that the young man was hon oring him in accepting it, and when he heard such a man preach the man always had his thanks. If this idea could be more generally impressed on the minds of the young men who were raised up in the Church, a different state of things would be brought about-a great deal of talent had been lost to the Church for want of it.

Rev. Mr. Heron felt that it was highly proper that the resolutions of the committee should be indorsed. He admired the spirit manifested by the member over the way, who would cultivate a feeling in young men that they should throw themselves on their own resources, but it appeared to him that striking out the part of the resolution proposed would not be proper, and would work disastrously to the interests of the Church. The resolution was predicated on the well understood principle that there "always was a proportion between the number of young men entering the ministry and the number who received aid at the hands of the Board of Education, and hence, in proportion as the number of those asking aid diminished, there was a proportionate diminution in the whole number of candidates for the ministry. He therefore thought it inexpedient and unwise to strike out that clause from the report, because in so doing would be stricken out the recognition of a great and well understood fact that there was a great dearth of candidates for the ministry. There was no denying the tendency of the times. Thousands of young men who had returned with military laurels encircling their brows were seeking the various avenues of wealth, and would leave the ministry, because in the ministry they would have nothing to look forward to in their old age, but pentry, and perhaps want, while, on the other hand, those who sought other callings did so in order that they might in their old age live in security from want, if not in affluence Under such circumstances it was not remarkable that but few young men came forward and offered themselves, and consecra. ted their talents to the ministry.

Rev. Mr. Shiland. The remark had been made that there was a great dearth in the ministry, and when there is a dearth what do we want but rain ? Why were there so tew candidates for the ministry? He stated that it was because of the unwillingness of the churches to support them. He believed that when the Church came up to her obligation in this matter there would be more candidates for the ministry. He questioned whether the Church had performed her duty. Might it not be that the Church had morə ministers now than she could well support. When he had seen men in the ministry compelied to leave it for the purpose of supporting their families he could not help thinking that the Church was not performing her duty in this matter. They might call for more candidates for the ministry, but what would it signify? He knew men to-day who were willing to go any where if their families could simply be secured from want, but they were unwilling to labor and see their wives and children suffer for bread. He knew men who had preached the gospel fur years, and paid out of their own pockets $500 a year for the privilege of preaching it. He asked "where were the young men who would come into the ministry under such circumstances?''

Rev. Mr. Whitman asked if it was a fact that the number of candidates tor the ministry was on the decrease.

Rev. Dr. Smith stated that it was a fact.

Rev. F. R. Wilson said he was unwilling to take the position expressed in the resolution. If it was a fact that the number of candidates for the ministry was decreasing, it was a matter to be mourned over; but if it was only a fact that the number of candidates applying for aid to the Board was decreasing, he did not think it was to be deplored. They might draw a lesson in