896 



I>KK>BYTERIAHa 



ments embodied in some Im.l pnb: 



in favor of Church union. II.- had taken jo- 

 in thesv ar . ritics rvganlc.i 

 ing willingness to give up. for tin- ske of union. 



irch. 



Upon his expression of a willingness, in . ,,m| 

 wit ha request tf iln-S>n.-l. i. itop thepublx 

 of such views the case was droi>|>cd. l>r. MacAI- 



ntinue the pub- 

 lication of the "Christian Slatman " tin a weekly 



L\uod n-MMndrd its aeti 

 < umbcrlttnd 1'roln tcrian < him h. -The 

 inl.iy in. WCXXi, ChiCMO, III.. 



Mar 30. 



--n modcr.t 1 ..!. Tin- Kducational 

 : that it had aided 140 ,.f the 225 

 profcsJitoen in school It had contributed | 



*up|Mirt "f i ho throl..gical -emman. 

 attendance <n \Uii-h had been the 1 argot in the 

 tin- institulioii : and sprcial contribu- 

 ,,f $4^7 i ly individual 



icational - 



"rt 







aw preceding hi 

 all the presbyt. 



inderit 



land Presbyterian Chur 



i.. was acknowledge<L A course of 

 recommended by the General A embly of 



: had t ii aj>|>mvrd by nearly 



and about ion j : 



Assistance to the Cumher- 

 an Church (Colored) in its edura- 

 1 work was favored so far as it could be af- 

 forded through the regular channels. The re< 

 of the Hoard of Missions had been $81,410, M 

 low: For foreign mi i"iis including certain spe- 

 fTerings and receipts of the Woman'- Board, 

 $88,62'.': for home mi--ion-. including offerings for 

 <.. *rj.<;ir>; for church 

 itributed tosynodical mi- 



$l!i.4MO. The attendance at the theological semi- 

 nary had been the largest in its history : it- endow- 

 ment amounted to $63.12!). The Permanent Cmii- 



ported progress 



_-ani/ation and in the founding of tithe-, and 

 suggested the formation of a Cumberland I'n-sby- 

 t it lie-payers' circle. The Committee on 

 Sunday-School Worfc had aided -ynodical Sunday- 

 Schools and missions in eight synods, ipt-. 

 :*, had been larger than for many year-. It 

 mended the adoption of a specified standard 

 and grade of studies for the Sunday schools of the 

 Church. The Board of Publication gave the valua- 

 tion of the assets of the iiublishing house as $212,- 

 616. The net profits of the !>usinc-s had been $649. 

 ' hri-tian Knd- rk re- 

 ported coneeri. /at ion. development, ami 

 education in the Chn-tiaii Kndeav<: . The 

 aggregate contributions of these s< re re- 

 ne contributions to the Minis- 

 terial d amounted to $10.726. One hiin- 



and four families had re. , jved aid. :r 

 new names had been added to the : 

 rien. Th Endowment fond of the Thornton I; 

 had risen to $17.527. A committee was appointed 



-operate with colored Cumberland PI 

 tenan- in the lo>ation r>f a sx-liool for colored peo- 

 ple: and the Educational Society was authorized, 

 r certain restrictions, to ixay $400 annually for 

 rt of a tearh.-r in it." The Assembly de- 

 i to abandon the plan of co-oi*ration "'with 

 ..ti.. r Presbyl -... bod object! >n was especially 

 made in the di^ u-io t , ,.f thi- -uliject to the article 

 proridingthat memlwrsof one 1'r. ,ur h 



1 be allowed and encouraged* to join other 

 lurches when out of reach of congre- 

 gations of their own Church, and that I'resby 

 churches should avoid competit ion in home-m 

 fields. A report was adopted emphasizing ti 

 thorityof the presbyteries in the matter of conf 

 between ministers and their congregations, and 



reeommen*. int a per- 



1 supplies ; that 

 .Hit ehuivh roliMlIt sll. || 



in tilliiiL' ' 'd t hat no min- 



:i-sume cl H without 



;ieh roiumiltee. Tin- 



gntiip all then 

 unable to emp|o\ a pa-tor I he 



Ms lime, eaeh gr..llli to be KOVeilU d 111 



emploNing pjisloi- b\ thr rules apphii, 

 greffa' .uday' seh.M.N \\en- derided I 



under the control of the Church sessions Ant hori- 



r the removal, by the | 

 -. of ini-nirient clerks of 



\ nods. The importan<-e of infant 

 -in was Urged The Assembly abandon, 

 intention of placing a Cumberland IV 

 exhibit in the Tennessee Centennial F.\ h il til ion, 

 because of the permi-sion of the -ale of intoxicat- 

 ing lijuors on the exhibition ground-, and made 

 rtOD for tl.. "f the arli<-lr- contributed 



for the exhibit, with the consent of the donors, to 

 an h: ' In- dciiominat i 



> II. PrexlMlcriaii Allianrr. Thi \\ '.-tern 

 n of the Alliai rmed Churches hold- 



ing the F ' ( 'Mi met in licadiii: 



of the l' Prc-livterian and Reformed organi/at ions 



included in the Alliance, Commit; <l \\ 



home mis-ions Sabbath s-li.,i,! 



an history, and work on the European Conti- 

 nent, and the ,.-ted upon. I' 



read and li>m ions had on the 

 " The Duty of the Alliance to the \-'.\. aking 



People of Kurope " and "The Duty of the All 

 to t he Kvangclical Parties in the lie formed Cln. 

 on the Continent." At a public evening in- 

 addr< rk in 



Canada" and "The Dm ,d Chun-hand 



Aggr< ' A jilan for co-opcraiion in home- 



mission work had failed t the approval of 



all the churches in the Alliance. th-(Jeneral A 

 bly of the I'nited I'n-sbylerian Church havin. 



1 to (.lie of tlr . and the den. ral A-- 



sembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian church 

 having rejected two. Al ' ire t.. war-1 n- 



moving these objrction-. the Committee on Home 

 Minions was instruct <d to pr-.-pan- eiplan 

 clauses. 



VIII. rresbxterian ( linreli in Canada, 

 follov. summary (.f the statistics of this 



Church pn-cntcd to the \ , . mbly in .lime : 



Number of rhurrhcs or stai ioi.-. . ITJ ; .f sitting, 

 546,506; of families. 108,218; Psil 

 884; of communicants. I'.ifi.-HM : of additions dur- 

 ing the year on pro], I bapti-m<. 1".- 

 519 of infants and l.:{|Snf adi, 

 of other office b of officers and teach- 

 ers in Sabbath I Ililil.- classes, 

 pupils in the -ame. Io(i.l(i4 ; of Chri-fian Kn-: 



organi/at. 

 with :'5.HO:{ men 



The financial reports made to ih< i 

 bly showed an increase of more than S:;H.UOII j n the 

 year for -ti pen ds. an increa-e in s ,,f the I 

 <".f the Church, ami abmit *4.0(Ki in 



the other '> funds, giving a total it .ibf.ut 



$8.0<' union in 1*7:5 the total 



the Church amounted \< t> more than 

 $3.500,000. The Dominion r-ei. pub- 



lished. sh< I re l'n-byteri;.us than ap- 



peared in the Chun f 



: had been given under the Church find .M 

 Building fund for Manitoba and the Horthwest Ter- 

 ritories in n or extension of 14 churches 

 and 12 manses, in the shajK- of $3,800 in loans and 

 $440 in grants. Owing to the state of the fund 



