170 



PRBSBTTBBIANa 



nuK proper and advantageous: so as eventually to 



- . ,. .-..:!.,.! 

 work." (Baird* Digest, p. 8W.) 



-enersJ Assembly of 18M affirmed that 

 It b the pri bytery to.iin.t -the 



a of their student- uiil.in reasonable limit* 



- 



Ayf A* 



an.l to 



n.Unce at institutions disap; 



v !-.!- 

 otore, Inasmuch z 



tfon of the Church is obligatory on all i-rc*! 



that In accordance with the ; 



provi- 

 sions ... \.-riiinent nUvc cited, the 

 ', . . - . ted an i njoined 

 not to receive under its car< tudents 

 r pur] we to purMic their studies 

 in theological seminarieii n*i ose teaching 

 the General Assembly disavows responsibility. 



A special committee was appointed to con- 



aider the hole subject of yonm; i Boole's soci- 

 eties and their relations to the Churc-h. and re- 

 port to the next General Assembly. Concern- 

 ing UM *neral finance of the Church and its 

 boartU. the Committee on Systematic Henevo- 

 lence reported 



That the decrease in receipts was much smaller. 

 considering the crippled finances of the eountrv und 

 of the Church, than might have been reasonably ex- 

 pected, and advised that an apportionment be made 

 to the different presbyteries of the various amount* 



.ill the 



of the Church; this apportionment should 

 be batirl upoo the average percentage of t! 

 gregalionaJ expenses and total offering* made by the 

 presbyteries during the past two years, less bequests. 



A minute was adopted, in view of a recent 

 Marion ,'ress on Sundav. protesting 



iv, 1 1 ranch of the Gov.-ru- 

 ment of the people of the United States at any 

 time violating the law of God by meeting or 

 continuing in session on the Sabbath day." 

 The Assembly recommended : 



That citizens of the United States who fee) justly 

 aggrieved by the action of the late Congress in n*- 

 nuunin* in session on the Lord's Day be it-, 

 and urged to send petitions to both Houses of ton- 

 (IMS, petitioning the Congress of the United States 

 to have respect onto the God of the universe by 

 observing hi. law touching the proper observance of 

 the Sabbath da. 



The 

 UM 



on temperance, besides reaffirming 

 temperance deliverances of the as- 

 in unbroken line for more than 

 eighty years," urged the importance of endeav- 

 oring to secure the election and appointment to 

 onVuU position of men of clean records on the 

 subject; recommended the more diligent in- 

 sUocUon of children and youth upon it; and 

 ii|maiil the judgment of tj,,. Assembly t 

 TW time has come when Christian in- 

 directly and with power at 

 sod that all voters connected with 

 are itrged to vote against the granting 

 for the Mle of UitoEicatingliquors; 



the de-iraliilityof de- 

 enforcement of the liqu'or law 

 the land ; and declaring that 

 * U the duty of the Church of Jesus 

 * the appearance of evil, and 

 ^yMSu belief that danger 

 Hlt-1 * w * * fl e communion 

 *4-mbly that 





is) law 







vne fulttlb every condition 



The present ycAr was the twenty fifth \ 



se '(" this, the n-iii, 



( 'hnrch as u single l.l\ . after a division t li 

 lasted many year- int<> t\\.. i.r.-m.-he-. i-, 

 known severally as the old S-h...,! ; ,nd tl 

 i GenertJ AsM-mllii-. tin- uni..n i 

 rormally ronsiiiiiiimtcil in 1*7<>. in tli. 

 in ( 'hureh of 1'il t-liiir _-. I'a.. 1 1n 

 ohorOO in \vhidi the j.r-senl (n-neral A^ 

 was h-ld. An rvi-nini; ses-ion on Tli 

 28, was devoted t<> the .,!.!. ran,. n of ii,, 

 wedding "f the Cnited ch.nvh." Addresses 

 were ina.l.- mi "The l'n-1. \teriiin 



', ." \>\ IVevid.-nt I 



I'riii'', -ton University : " Tic- Inlln- 

 Presbyterian church upon other ( i 



; Ml rii-nry M. MiMith. of Auluirn Ti 

 miimry : 'and "The (in.uih and Fir 

 the fnit,,! ('linn-h." hy W. II 

 Stated Clerk of the General A-.-n.l.ly. | r . 

 lioberts's paper contained a hi-: 

 union niul a view of the growth of the < 

 .since it was effected. Of the history, it -aid 



The Presbyterian Chureh in the I'niU'd States of 

 AnnTiea WSJI divided int> t\vi. IxKlics iii Js;(s 

 by theological ditJ'erener^, hut mainly ti]>.>r 

 or policy and adminwtration. The , 



Churches t'eiierally h.. 



trinal ^m-sti.n>, tlie wed k 'e <{' i. 



it.-* keen and scparat'in/ <-L'e s'-n,.- ], : 

 (|ii->ti'.n which all JKTMHIW c-an un 

 which all are in h"ine manner c..nnc. 

 cliief amon^ practical iuc.sti.n- wa.- tin 



rian Church <.f it> 

 thr'iu-_'h agencies under its own control. Thai ques- 



ti"Ti wax M-ttlcd fur the < >ld Sch-'l Cinirci 



cn-ation "f the !' 



!-i"ii- in 1838, and bv the New School ('In. 



1862, by the estahlislimcnt. in response to t 



mandaofiti ministers and memlien-. of the i 

 mmittoe of H..H, 



the initial step in reunion, for it WILS the full . 



ance on the j.art of tli< 



that the Church must control ita own at r< ' 



decisive act was foil., wed four veurs later ! 



posal for reunion made hy the New S, hool 



bly, a proposal reeeiv.-.l by the < Hd S--h,M,l A- 



in the fraternal spirit which promj.t.-d it. 

 - were curried forward !; 

 ; by the General Assemblies of I. 



until May, ]*'>'.>. when the two As.-cmhlics, <'. 



in the hat is oaUsfl 



the u baarn of union " to the pn - 

 ration. The answere to t! 

 I at 1'ittshurir. I'a. at an adjourne-i 



intf hehl in this Third Church in Novcmlx 



ll]x'n ttie 



the alHnnativc to 3 in tl;. 

 New School preanyteriex voting in favor 



<Ml N.iV. 1-J tlie tWO As.Kem}plie.H. led J,y 



and now sainted men. MelanchUlOQ W. 

 I'hih-n 1 Fouler, entered urn. 



thin historic editic.- an-1 pro,-l a ime.i. in the 

 <;-Kl, the reunion of the two i 

 The completion of reunion was folloue<| \,\ t! < 

 ering of th- riere and 



lies into what wax known as 

 ation. 



that time, the Chim-h ha* nr 

 mnrke . -iy all tl.- 



ehurch activity, as nhown, fir-t. hy the ntati- 

 "rganization.H and |K-non*. Tin- ! 

 stead of being diminished l>y the union 

 iKxlic*. increased from 4."._". 

 Ordnined rn ' numbered 



in 1894 6.341. The coinmtn 

 increased in the quarter century to 895,997, 



