PRESBYTERIANS. 





to numerous scientific and literary period- 



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rt S. N.-wton of two vol- 

 .ntitlrd "The Krlertir I'rartico of 

 tii.-r " An Kclectic Treatise on 

 Diseases of (.'hildivn." IJoth have liad a large 

 . In II'H will Professor Powell be- 

 queathed his head t<> his friend and literary ex- 

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 of numerous scientific societies, both 

 m try and Europe. 



-iANS. I. Old School Presby- 

 fcrifln*. The statistics of the Old School Pres- 

 !ans were. repiTted in May, 18G6, as fol- 

 synods in connection with the General 

 Assembly, 85; presbyteries, 176; licentiates, 

 Candidates for the ministry, 824; inin- 

 . 2,29-1; churches, 2,608; licensures, 103; 

 ordinations, 93; installations, 145; pastoral 

 relations dissolved, 112; churches organized, 

 60; ministers received from other denomina- 

 ministers dismissed to other denomi- 

 nations, 19; churches received from other 

 filiations, 8; churches dismissed to other 

 .inations, 2; ministers deceased, 87; 

 churches dissolved, 20; members added on ex- 

 amination, 17,937; members added on ccrti- 

 . 10,158; total number of communicants 

 J39,806; adults baptized, 6,003; in- 

 fants baptized, 10,006; amount contributed for 

 gational purposes, $2,319,909; amount 

 Contributed for the boards, $669,969; amount 

 contributed for disabled ministers, $23,633; 

 amount contributed for miscellaneous purposes, 

 $329,599 ; whole amount contributed, $3,254,- 

 587; contingent fund, $11,486. 



seventy-eighth General Assembly of the 

 church began its annual session in St. Louis, on 

 17th. Three candidates, representing 

 different parties, were nominated for moderator, 

 with the following result : R. L. Stanton, who 

 was in favor of an unyielding adhesion to the 

 deliverances of the preceding assemblies on the 

 subjects of slavery and loyalty, 158; D. P. Gur- 

 V> \\i-hed to sustain tho deliverances of 

 the former assemblies, but construe and execute 

 them with the greatest possible forbearance, 

 id >. II. Wilson, one of tho leaders of tho 

 " Declaration and Testimony " party, * 18 ; 

 number of commissioners present, 250. ])r. 

 Stanton, on assuming the moderator's chair, 

 made some brief remarks, of which tho follow- 

 ing are part : 



That the rebellious spirit which has bid defiance to , 

 lawful authority during those four years of terrible 

 strife through which we have been brought, shaking 

 tin- nation to its deepest foundation, still rages witli- 

 in the precincts where it was born the church of 

 God. It is tho offspring of heresy and corruption, 

 and all uuchnritubleness and unrighteousness. To 

 iiis spirit promptly and couru^'f ni>ly, in the 

 fear of God, and with a reliance upon His grace, is 



Sue AxNt'AL CrcLOMtmA, January 1805, on the " De- 

 clarnlloji and Testimony " coutioTcraj. 



your manifest duty, as well as to deal directly with 

 those who openly set at defiance your moat solemn 

 instructions ; to settle all these questions upon such 

 firm foundations of 8crij>turul truth ond ri-lit, that 

 tbo settlement may commend itself to the church, 

 and t'i -ind that the Saviour's honor and 



glory may be promoted. 



Mr. Mrl..-an, of Illinois, moved that, for tho 

 present, the Louisville (Kentucky) Presbytery 

 be excluded from the privilege of voting in the 

 Assembly until a committee should bo appointed 

 to investigate the disregard by that presbytery 

 of tho deliverances of the late Genernl Assem- 

 bly. W. L. Breckinridge of Kentucky moved 

 to lay it oi} the table. This was lost (yeas 83, 

 nays not counted), and the previous question was 

 ordered by a largo majority. The main ques- 

 tion being on the adoption of the resolution 

 excluding tho commissioners from the Louis- 

 ville Presbytery was decided in the affirmative, 

 yeas 201, nays 50, excused 34. The delegates 

 of the Louisville Presbytery, Dr. Stnnrt Robin- 

 son, Dr. S. R. Wilson, and elder Hardy, signed 

 and presented a protest in which they reviewed 

 tho action of the General Assembly against 

 them and sought to vindicate their presbytery 

 from the charge of disloyalty. The protest 

 also referred to the action last year, declared 

 it not binding on the churches, and wound 

 up by declaring that the signers would with- 

 draw from all further participation in the As- 

 sembly, where their rights have been trampled 

 upon. Tho General Assembly appointed a 

 special committee on tho case of the Louisville 

 Presbytery, which made a report on the 24th 

 of May. The report reviews tho declaration 

 and testimony put forth by that body, considers 

 it an evidence of organized conspiracy against 

 the Church, and concludes with a series of 

 reasons which declare the Presbytery of Louis- 

 ville dissolved. A new presbytery is consti- 

 tuted, to be called by the same name, occupy 

 tho same territory, and have care of the same 

 churches the said presbytery to be composed 

 of PO many ministers and elders as shall sub- 

 scribe to the disapproval of tho " Declaration 

 and Testimony of the Louisville Presbytery," 

 and obey the General Assembly. As to minis- 

 ters of the late Louisville Presbytery who do not 

 apply for admission to the new presbytery, and 

 subscribe to the disapproval within two months 

 of its organization, their pastoral relations under 

 the caro of this Assembly shall be dissolved. 

 The Assembly disclaims any intention or dis- 

 position to disturb the existing relations of the 

 churches, or of ruling elders or private mem- 

 bers, but rather desires to protect them in the 

 enjoyment of their rights and privileges in tho 

 churches of their choice against men who 

 would seduce them into an abandonment of the 

 heritage of their fathers. Dr. E. R. Hum- 

 phreys offered a substitute, strongly condemn- 

 ing the " Declaration and Testimony," and 

 urging tho Louisville Presbytery to forbear 

 agitation of tho subject, to return to its loyalty 

 to the church, and to report to the DTt Gen- 

 eral Assembly its action in the premises, said 



