JOHN A. GRAY & GREEN, PRINTERS, COR. OF JACOB AND FRANKFORT STS.

President,-SAMUEL T. SPEAR, D.D., Brooklyn, N. Y.

Secretary and Treasurer,-JESSE W. BENEDICT, Esq., 128 Broadway, NewYork City, N. Y.

II. Trustees of the Presbyterian House.

President,-JOHN A. BROWN, Philadelphia, Pa.

Secretary,-THOMAS J. SHEPHERD, D.D., Philadelphia, Pa.

Treasurer,-JOHN C. FARR, Philadelphia, Pa.

Secretary of the Ministerial Relief Committee, -Rev. CHARLES BROWN, 1334 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

III. Presbyterian Publication Committee.

Rev. ALBERT BARNES,

NATHAN S. S. BEMAN, D.D., LL.D.,
Rev. GEORGE F. WISWELL,

EZRA E. ADAMS, D.D.,

HENRY DARLING, D.D.,

JAMES GLENTWORTH BUTLER, D.D.,
Rev. WILLIAM E. MOORE,

DANIEL MARCH, D.D.,
THOMAS J. SHEPHERD, D.D.,
Hon. WILLIAM STRONG,
ALEXANDER WHILLDIN,
FRANK L. BODINE,
WILLIAM E. TENBROOK,
CHARLES S. WURTS, M.D.,

SAMUEL C. PERKINS, Esq.

Chairman,-Rev. ALBERT BARNES, Philadelphia, Pa.

Secretary, Rey. JOHN W. DULLES, 1334 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Treasurer,-WILLIAM L. HILDEBURN,

Chairman,-JOHN J. OWEN, D.D., LL.D., 158 W. Twenty-third St., N. Y. City.

Secretary,-THORNTON A. MILLS, D.D., 150 Nassau Street,
Treasurer, JESSE W. BENEDICT, Esq., 128 Broadway,

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APPENDIX.

VOL. XIV. A.D. 1865.

NEW-YORK:

PRESBYTERIAN PUBLICATION COMMITTEE,
BY THE STATED CLERK.

JOHN A. GRAY & GREEN, PRINTERS, COR. OF JACOB AND FRANKFORT STS.

REV. JAMES B. SHAW, D.D., Moderator, ROCHESTER, N. Y. REV. EDWIN F. HATFIELD, D.D., Stated Clerk, No. 149 WEST THIRTY-FOURTH STREET, NEW-YORK CITY, N. Y. REV. J. GLENTWORTH BUTLER, D.D., Permanent Clerk, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

REV. JOHN SPAULDING,) Tempo-) NEW-YORK CITY, N. Y. REV. JAMES SHAW, Clerks, WINDHAM, OHIO.

rary

MR. WILLIAM A. BOOTH, Treasurer, NEW-YORK CITY, N. Y.

MINUTES,

ETC.

BROOKLYN, NEW-YORK, May 18th, 1865.

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA met, agreeably to appointment, in the La Fayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, of the city of BROOKLYN, NEW-YORK, on Thursday, the 18th of May, 1865, at 11 o'clock A.M., and was opened with a sermon, by the Rev. THOMAS BRAINERD, D.D., the Moderator of the last Assembly, from Proverbs 11: 30: "He that winneth souls is wise."

After the sermon, the Assembly was constituted with prayer. The Committee of Arrangements reported, recommending that the sessions of the Assembly be opened at 8 o'clock A.M., and 3 o'clock P.M.; that they close at 12 and 5 o'clock P.M.; that the evening services commence at 74 o'clock; and that the first hour of the morning session be appropriated to devotional exercises. The report was adopted.

Adjourned until 3 o'clock P.M.

Concluded with prayer.

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