Associate Reformed Church, did not so distinctly mark his character as his opposition to any compromise of these for usages which he regarded less scriptural. It would be an act of injustice to his memory, however, to present him as wanting in brotherly feelings toward other denominations. Few ministers were more ready to recognize the image of the Divine Master in his devoted followers of whatever denomination. Yet so strong was his love of candor that he insisted on a distinct avowal of differences of faith whenever such did exist. He did not cherish the spirit of persecution. He had no disposition to constrain the faith of others. But if diversity of sentiment there were in fact, he insisted on its candid avowal.

NAME.

POST-OFFICE.
AGNEW, S. A., Ganstown, Miss.
BEAMER, A. B., Union, Va.
Betts, C. B., Winnsboro', S. C.
Bonner, J. J., Due West, S. C.
Bonner, T. J., Fairfield, Texas.
Boyce, E. E., New Centre, S. C.
Boyce, D.D., J., Youngsville, S. C.
Boyce, J. K., Covington, Tenn.
Boyd, J. C., Frog Level, S. C.
Brice, R. W., Chester, S. C.
Bryson, D.D., H., Fayetteville, Tenn.
Burrowes, James
CALDERHEAD, E. B.

Castles, J. K., Hickory Grove, S. C.
Chalmers, J. C., Charlotte, N. C.
DAVIS, S. P., Rocky Plain, Ga.
GALLOWAY, J., Due West, S. C.
Gerdon, G., Louisville, Ky.
Gordon, D.D., N. M., Keene, Ky.
Grier, D.D., R. C., Due West, S. C.
Grier, R. L. Troy, Tenn.
Grier, W. M., Allenton, Ala.

HADDON, D. F., Scuffletown, S. C.
Hemphill, J. L., Due West, S. C.
Hemphill, W. R., Due West, S. C.
Hunter, John, Charlotte, N. C.
JACKSON, W. C.

LATHAN, R., Yorkville, S. C.
Lee, Thomas, Crawfordsville, Ind.
Lowry, J. A. S., Forts, Ala.
MILLER, JOHN, Camden, Ala.
Miller, J. G., Auburn, Mo.
Moffatt, W. S., Troy, Tenn.
Murphy, H. L., Sulph. Wells, Tenn.
Myers, J. A., Clarksburg, Ind.
McDaniel, J. L., Cotton Plant, Miss.
McDonald, L., Lewisville, S. C.
McElwee, W. M., Lexington, Va.
McElroy, John M., Cross Keys, Ga.
McLaughlin, J. G., Querys, N. C.
OATS, M., Russellville, Ark.
PATRICK, JOHN, Rusellville, Ark.
Patton, E. L., Long Cane, S. C.
Peoples, J. H., Columbia, Tenn.

Phillips, D. G., Louisville, Ga.
Pressly, David, Starkville, Miss.
Pressly, J. E., Mill Hill, N. C.
Pressly, D.D., J. P., Due West, S. C
Pressly, W. B., New Stirling, N. C.
Pressly, W. L., Moffattsville, S. C.
RANSON, A., Cowan's Ford, N. C.
Robinson, D. P., Craigsville, S. C.
Robinson, H.H., Cotton Plant, Miss.
Ross, R. A., Blairsville, S. C.
SIMPSON, J. H., Chester, S. C.
Sloane, A. S., Fayetteville, Tenn.
Sloane, H. T., Frazierville, S. C.
Spence, W. W., Claiborne, Ala.
Strong, J. H., Portersville, Tenn.
THOMAS, A., Savannah, Ohio.
Thompson, D.D., H., Timb. Ridge, Va
Turner, Thomas, Carmi, Ill.
WEED, J. P., Troy, Tenn.
Wilson, John, Monticello, Ark.
YOUNG, J. N., Due West, S. C.

THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES met according to appointment in the First Presbyterian Church, Memphis, Tenn., on Thursday, Nov. 15, 1866. GEORGE HOWE, D.D., the retiring Moderator, opened the session with a discourse from Zechariah iv. 6, 7, 10:

"This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts. Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerrubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it. For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the Lord, which run to and fro through the whole earth."

The Permanent Clerk reported the following commissioners as members of the

Sixth General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church.

DELEGATES FROM CORRESPONDING BODIES:

REV. H. L. MURPHY, D.D. from Associate Reformed Synod of the South.
C. A. DAVIS, D.D., from The Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

TOTAL, 94.

A. H. KERR, D.D., of Memphis Presbytery, was elected Moderator. Rev. WILLIAM FLINN, of Hopewell Presbytery, Temporary Clerk.

Bills and Overtures.

GEORGE HOWE, D.D., Chairman of this Committee, reported as follows:

OVERTURE, NO. I.-Being a request from Virginia Synod for a change of the boundary line between that Synod and North Carolina Synod.

The committee find that Orange Presbytery, which is affected thereby, has agreed to the proposed alteration, and that North Carolina Synod has given its consent to the same. They therefore recommend the following minute to the Assembly for its adoption:

This General Assembly hereby transfers to Virginia Synod, to be connected with Roanoke Presbytery, that portion of the territory of Virginia lying south of Dan river, which now belongs to Orange Presbytery, North Carolina Synod, embracing the churches of Danville, Clarksville, Spring Hill and Penuel, to carry with it the Rev. John L. Kilpatrick, pastor of the church of Danville, Rev. F. N. Whaley, pastor of the church of Clarksville, and Rev. John B. Shearer, pastor of the church of Spring Hill. So that the State line shall hereafter be the boundary line between Virginia Synod and North Carolina Synod. Adopted.

No. II. From Memphis Synod, requesting the General Assembly to adjust the boundary line between Nashville Synod and that Synod, so that the southern boundary of the State of Tennessee shall be also the southern boundary of Nashville Synod, separating it in that part from Memphis Synod. The committee having considered the reasons for this boundary line presented by Memphis Synod, and the arguments offered against it by members of Nashville Synod, recommend that the southern boundary of the State of Tennessee, from the point where it crosses the Tennessee river, eastward to the east line of Alabama, be the boundary between Nashville and Memphis Synods, with the exception that Madison county, in the State of Alabama,

to within five miles along the northern bank of the Tennessee river, shall be included in Nashville Synod. Adopted.

No. III-Resolutions of the Presbytery of Mississippi, respecting the instruction of colored children and adults in letters and religion. On this subject the committee recommend the adoption of the following resolutions:

Resolved, 1. That it is the duty of our ministers, elders and people to organize Sabbath-schools for colored children and adults, in which they shall be taught to read the word of God and be instructed in the duties of religion.

Resolved, 2. That the attention of the Committee of Publication be directed to the importance of furnishing a supply of suitable books for their instruction in reading, and of procuring the means of a gratuitous supply of the same when this may be necessary. Adopted.

No. IV. From East Hanover Presbytery, calling the attention of the Assembly to the action of Hopewell Presbytery in ordaining certain colored persons to the partial exercise of the functions of the gospel ministry.

The committee are of opinion that as there is no official statement of the action of that Presbytery now before us, and as Georgia Synod, whose immediate duty it is to review the proceedings of Hopewell Presbytery, holds its sessions during the present week, it would be premature at this time for the Assembly to take cognizance of the action of Hopewell Presbytery, which is complained of as being irregular and unconstitutional. Adopted.

No. V. The memorial of Rev. Drs. John H. Rice and J. B. Adger, requesting the Assembly to take measures to fix the time of meeting of the Assembly in the month of May in each and every year.

The committee recommend that the Assembly do concur in the request of the memorialists, and that the time of the meeting of the General Assembly be fixed on the third Thursday of May in each year. Adopted. This vote was reconsidered, and it was resolved to meet in November, 1867.

No. VI. The request of South Carolina Presbytery, asking the General Assembly to make it obligatory on church sessions, in granting dismissions to heads of families, to include therein the baptized children under their care. The committee would reply to this overture that it has been fully provided for in chap. ii., art. 7, of the "Canons of Discipline" adopted by this body. Adopted.

No. VII.-A resolution from Rev. Samuel A. King, of Central Texas Presbytery, as follows: That a special committee be appointed with instructions to ascertain the probable aggregate expenses of commissioners from all the Presbyteries in our connection, and to report a plan for raising a general commissioners' fund, in such a manner as will make the burden bear equally on the whole membership of our Church.

It was referred to a special committee, and they reported as follows, viz.: In order to impose no additional burden on the people, and yet obtain the necessary means to defray the heavy traveling expenses of the commissioners from the most remotely situated Presbyteries, the General Assembly requests the several Presbyteries, the commissioners from which will necessarily incur but slight expense in attending the sessions of the General Assembly, to collect their usual annual assessment for " Commissioners' Fund," and as only under certain circumstances the entire amount will be required, that they pay over to the General Assembly a certain part thereof according to

the following rule: Ninety per cent. of the whole amount of that Presbytery within whose territorial limits the General Assembly may meet, fifty per cent. of the amount of Presbyteries the commissioners of which may have to travel two hundred and fifty miles to the place of meeting of the Assembly; twenty-five per cent. of the entire sum of commissioners' fund of those Presbyteries, the members of which may have to travel over two hundred and fifty and not less than five hundred miles to the place of meeting of the Assembly; and that the fund so collected by the Assembly shall be distributed by the Finance Committee among the commissioners of the most remotely situated Presbyteries as a matter of equity. Adopted.

No. VIII.-From Tuskegee church to East Alabama Presbytery, and referred by said Presbytery to the General Assembly. This overture has reference to the relations between the Church and the State, and especially in respect to the observance of those days designated by the civil magistrate as days of fasting, prayer or thanksgiving.

On these points the Assembly would declare anew the doctrine of our timehonored Confession that Christ alone is King and Head of his Church, and that all ordinances of worship binding on us are ordained by him alone. That there are two commonwealths equally appointed by God: the civil, whose object is to protect the person and property and promote the wellbeing of men as they are members of civil society; and the religious, the commonwealth of Israel, whose object is to train men, as they are sinners, for glory and immortality. Although these exist together in this world, and have respect often to the same individual men, each is independent of the other in its own sphere. The Church of Christ, as it is visible in any country, is divided among many denominations who act in their appointments for religious service without reference to each other, each being responsible to Christ their Head. In the civil commonwealths there is one and the same civil authority ruling in its own sphere over all. On occasions of national calamities or sorrows or of prosperity and joy, it is the dictate of that religious nature with which God has endowed us, and accordant with the teachings of his holy word, that we should humble ourselves as a people with prayer and fasting, or offer to him thanksgiving and praise. The people that truly abases itself before God, or offers him thanksgiving, performs an act well pleasing in his sight. And when the civil power, which alone can reach us all, invites to these acts, and so furnishes us the occasion for their performance, it is right for those who bear rule in the visible Church to consider whether Christ their Head, who, as the mediatorial King, rules over the nations of the earth, as well as over his Church, does not himself invite them to these acts of worship. He is their Lord, and to their own Master they stand or fall. The act of the civil power does but secure that concert of prayers, praise and worship that would be wanting without it. And we cannot condemn the civil magistrate who thus furnishes the opportunity of united religious acts, so consonant to the dictates of the hearts of a Christian people and to the religion they profess.

We do not enjoin the observance of such days in all cases, nor would we dissuade from such observance, but remit the determination of the question in each case to our church sessions. Adopted.

No. IX.-Being resolutions of Alabama Presbytery of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, seeking a union with this body, and the resolutions of South Alabama Presbytery in response.

The resolutions are as follows: