INDEX
Alternate of Moderator. 13.
Appropriations : General Assembly, 22 ; Church
Extension. 31 ; Education, 45 ; Foreign Mis-
sions. 36; Freedmcn's Missions, iR; Home
Missions, 63 ; Publication, 33.
Assembly; Constituted, 3; Adjourned, 46; next
meeting of, 11.
Assistant Clerk, elected, 5.
Associate Reformed Synod of the South ; Corres-
pondence with, 7, 9, 9, 39.
Boards: Members of, 143 ; Members resigned, 29 ;
Revised Constitutions, 22,
Brocks ; Donation of Mrs. Ruth, 15, 21.
Charter ; Draft of, 47.
China Building Fund ; Rep. of Agent, 34 ; Agent
Continued, 45.
Church E.\tensum ; Report of the Board, 69 ; Rep.
of the Com. on, 30 ; Cor. Sec. Elected, 30.
Church Property; Tenure of, 11, 29, 30. ^
Collegiate Education, 11, 17, 25. I
Committees; Stani{ing,?>. /Vr«M«^»/ .• On Nar-
ralive and State of Keligion, 16 ; On Sabbath i
Scnools, 44. Special : On Course and Term *
of Study. II ; On Credentials, 45 : On Minis- j
terial Support, 16 ; On Presbyterian Confed- i
eration, 37; On Reduced Fares, 45; On Re- \
eulations of Home Mission Board, 37 ; On j
Return of Records of Western Presbytery, 19; !
On Temperance, 7, 33 ; On Temperance Co- I
operation, 42 ; On Tenure of Church Property, |
II ; On Tobacco, 29 ; On Transfer of Semin- [
f.ries, 28.
Confederation of Presbyterian Churches ; Memo- I
rial on, 10 ; Action on, 37 ; In India. 54, 36. I
Congregations ; Alphabetical List of 138. [
Constitutions of the Boards ; Revised, 22. '
Correspondence; Reports of Com. on, 9 38-39.
Corresponding Churches; Delegates to 39 ; Re-
ports of Delegates to, 12, 33 ; De egates [
from : The Evangelical Lutheran, 18 ; The 1
Free Church of Scotland, 3, 6, 9; The Free I
Church in Italy, 9, 11; 'I'he Presbyterian 1
Church in the U. S ,'30; The Reformed Church j
in America. 15 ; The Reformed Presbyteriau |
Church, iC, 19. I
Devotional Exercises ; Rep. of Com. on, 12, 13. }
Dues of Members Removing ; Memorial on, 9 ; \
Action on, 42. j
Education; Rep. of the Board of, 74; of Com- j
mittee on, 44 ; Letter on Collegiate, 25. |
I
Finance; Report of Committee on, 20. j
Financial Agents, 13. !
Foreign iNIissions ; Conference on, 10; Report of 1
the Board of, 48 ; of Committee on, 34; Cor- j
responding Secretary Elected, 37. |
Freedmen's iVIissions ; Committee of the Whole j
on, 12,13; Report of the Board of, 68; of i
Committee on. Considered, 16 ; Adopted, 18. j
Funds ; Statement of, 2t, 92.
Home Missions ; Rep of Gen. Com. of, 60; Reps,
of Com. on, 17, 37 : Consideration of, 11, 12,
34; Ne,\t Meeting of Gen. Com., 11.
Invitation to visit College, 6, 7.
Irwin J., Land donated by, 19, 21.
Jews ; Donation for Evangelization of, 15, 21.
Lansing; Address of Dr., 16, 29.
Legacies ; Statement of, 20 ; of Mrs. Walker, 34,
of James Thompson, 34.
Licentiates; List of, 137.
Mathews, Rev. G. D.; Memorial of, for Redress,
9 ; Action on, 27.
Memorials and action taken ; On Concentration of
Foreign Missions, 9, 35 ; On Confederation of
Presbyterian Churches, 10, 37 ; On Disorgan-
ization of Presbytery of i\Iichigan, 9, 13 ; On
Dues of Removing Members, .j, 42; On In-
troducing New Versions, 10, 33 ; of Rev. G.
D. Mathews, for Redress, 9, 27 ; On Patrons
of Husbandry, 9, 39 ; On Per Diem of Mis-
sionaries, ID, 37 ; tjn Publishing Notes on S.
S. Lessons 11. 43-4; On Return of Records
of Western Presl.ylery, 19, 44 ; On Spear Es-
tate. 33-4 ; Oil Use of Tobacco, cp, 42.
Michigan Presbytery; Dissolution of, 9, 13.
Ministers, List of, 129; Deceased, 127; Installed,
128 ; Ordained, 127; Released, 128.
Ministerial Relief, Report of Board of, 75 ; of
Committee on, 28.
Ministerial Sustentation, 12, 16.
Minutes of Assembly ; Approved, 42 ; Editionand
Price of, 33; Kule on Gratuitous copies, 33;
Minutes of Synods, 42.
Missions ; Superintendents of, 13.
Moderator ; Elected, 6 ; Alternate of, 13.
Narrative and State of Religion ; Report of Per-
manent Committee on, 81 , of Standing Com-
mittee on, 15.
New Versions ; Introduc'n of by Sessio's,io, 27, 33.
Officers of Assembly, 2, 143,
Orders Granted, 21, 45.
(Jrganizations, 129.
Patrons of Husbandry, Memorial of, g ; Action
on, 38, 39.
Per Diem of Missionaries, 10, 37.
Presbyterian Confederation, 10, 37.
Publication ; Report of the Board of, 72 ; of Spe-
cial Com. on, 88; of Standing Com. on, 32.
Railroad Fare; Report of Committee on, 7; Com-
mittee on, 45.
Records ; Rep. of Com. on Preservation of, 37.
Revision ; Report of Committee on, 42.
Roll of Assembly, 4.
Sabbath Schools ; Report of Permanent Commit-
tee on. 83 ; of Standing Committee on, 43.
San Francisco ; Mortgage on property, 11, 12.
Statistics : Report of 2d Clerk, lo; of Committee
on, 26 ; tables, 94 — 125.
Superintendents of IMissions, 13.
Sustentation Fund, 12, i6.
Temperance; Memorial on, 7 ; Committee on, 7,
33 ; TeleL-ram, 7 ; Resolutions offered, t8, 29 ;
Rep. of Com., 33, 41 ; Com. to other bodies, 42.
Thanks ; Resolutions of, 26, 40.
Theological Seminaries ; Report on Course and
Term of Study. 86 ; Special Com. on, 11, 15 ;
Report of Special Com, 27; Transfer to As-
sembly proposed, 27. 28.
Tobacco ; Memorial on the use of. 29 ; action, 42.
Treasurers' Report ; Summaries of, 92.
Trustees of General Assembly ; Report of. 47.
Western Ref'd Presbytery ; Records of, 19, 34, 44-
MH^TJTES
OF THE
SEYEl^TEENTH GElNERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE
II mti|d flr^^'bateriHit l^fnurrfi of ^| ortli Imerita
■TT^T-OOSTEI^, OIZIO,
J£ay 26 fh to June 2d, 1875.
VOL. lY.— No. 2.
PITTSBUEGH:
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN BOARD OF PUBLICATION.
Pbinted by Dickson, McKalip & Co., Nos. 53 and 55 Ninth Street.
1875.
OFFICERS.
REV. W. W. BARR, D. D., Moderator,
Philadelphia, Pa.
REV. WILLIAM J. REID, D. D., Principal Clerk,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
REV. A. G. WALLACE, Second Clerk,
New Brighton, Pa.
REV. WM. S. OWENS, Assistant Clerk,
Indiana, Pa.
JAMES McCANDLESS, Treasurer,
Philadelphia, Pa.
' MINUTES
OF THE
SEVENTEENTH GENEEAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE
United Presbyterian Clinroh of North America,
WOOSTER, OHIO,
M^y 26Va to June 2d, 1S75.
United Presbyterian Church, Wcoster, Ohio. >
Wednesdayf May 2Gth, 1875, 2 o'clock P. M. J
The Seventeenth General Assembly of the United Presbyterian
Church of North America convened at the above time and plaoe, and
after sermon by Rev. John G. Brown, D. D., the retiring Moderator,
on Psalm 87: 7, "All my springs are in thee," was by him constituted
with prayer.
The Committee on Credentials reported the roll of delegates, which
was called and corrected. It is as follows:
ROLL.
PRESBYTERIES. MINISTERS. ELDERS.
Albany S. F. Morrow, D. D A. F. Alexander.
K. Rogerh .Joseph Clark.
Allegheny D. S. Kennedy Wm. Reed.
A. H. Calvert Geo. T. Frazier.*
W. J. Cooper John Hopkins.*
Argyle Sam'l Bigger Zina Sherman.
W. R. (iJadstone Wm. Gilchrist.-
Beaver Valley J. S. Dice J. S. Littell.
G. McElheny Jas. Brewster.
.1. D. Glenn.'^ W. N. Aiken.
Big Spring F. McBiirney Wm. Kidd.
J. M. Adair S. A. Smith.
Bloomingion Wm. M. Richie J. M. Pinkertcn.
T. G. Morrow T. j. Sharp.
150 Minutes of General Assembly, [vol. iv, NO. 2.
PRESBYTERIES. MINISTERS. ELDERS.
Boston P. Y. Smith Cornelius McArthur.*
Broohville J. C. Grier .John Fitzsimmons.
Butler L. McCampbell Thos. Moore.*
J. T. Wilson Wra. M. Shira.
R. G. Ferguson D. W. Graham.*
Caledonia A. B. Gilfillan .J. A. Maxwell.
John Rippey , .James Hutchinson.
Cedar Eapids J. H. Turnbull John Wilson.
Andrew Gordon
Chartiers A. K. Anderson Wm. Berry.
J. B. Waddle Jas. Pollock.
J. T. Brownlee J. M. Welch.
Chicago J. W. Bain Smith Mercer.
ChiUicothe D. McDill, I). D Michael Benner.
A.M. Black, D. D.* S. T. Baldridge.
Cleveland D. Goodwillie .....J. T. Lourie.
Conemaugh J. C.Telford Chas. Barr.
W. S. Owens Wm. A. Millen.
Delaware A. M. Smealie Rob't Adair.
I). 8. McIIenry Thos. Dickson.
J)es Moines R. A. McAyeal J. J. Kerr.
L. I^roudfit Wm. Martin.
Wm. Brown* Whi. Burnsides.*
Detroit .John Anderson David Wylie.*
J. P. Gibson A. Muir.*
Egypt Jas. Barnett, D. D
Wm. Harvey*
Frankfort J. C. Campbell .John A. Gibb.
W. R. McKee Ross Taggart.
Garnett J. N. Smith Alex. Gailey.
Indiana J. F. Hutchison Wm. Anderson.
Kansas F. M. Spencer D. W. Houston.*
Keokuk Thos. Brown T. Kirkpatrick.
N. H. Brown J. McKee, M. D.
R. B. Taggart J. S. Rodgers.
Lake D. Donnan .J. Work,
J. R. Brittain J. C.Brown.
Le Claire Jas. Sawhill Rob't McClanahan.*
Ilansfield Wm. Wishart, D. D Thos. McCaughey.
J. G. Madge A. Cameron.
Mercer W. J. Snodgrass .-Wm. Logan.*
E. T. Jeffers, D. D Ben'j Mayrs.
Monmouth D. A. Wallace, D. D., LL. D S. W. Rodger.
S. W. Lorimer T. C. Elliot.
A. McMillan W. S. Weir.*
Monongahela F. A. Hutchinson D. K. McKnight.
W. J. Reid, D. D J. B. Glenn.
C. B. Hatch
S. R. Frazier Jas. Arbuthnot.
Muskingum Jas. White Wm. Mackey.
W. 11. McFarland Erastus Bogle.
1875.] Minutes of General Assembly, 151
PKESBYTERIES. MI>7ISTERS. ELDEKS.
Nebraska Marion Morrison W. F. Eight*
I. A.Wilson A. P. Carmicbael.*
Neosho J. A. Collins W. W. Sanders.*
J. Taylor
N Y. First .Jas. Harper, D. D Lisle Reid*
Jjhn Erskine Henry Harrison.*
N. Y. Second D. J. Patterson John McKown.*
J. S. McCullocl' John Currie.*
Ohio First E. C. Simpson W. E. P>ro\vn.
J. W. McNary* W. S. Reed.
Oregon
Philadelphia S. S. White .John Smith.
W. W. Barr, D. D Wm. Getty.
S. G. Fitzgerald Jas. McCandless.
Princeton .Jas. Ingles Sam'l McElroy.*
Alex. McHatton .Jas. Maxwell.
Rock Island J. H. iN^ash .J. K. Blean.
J. M. Atchison G. M. Evans.*
Sealkote J. S. Barr
San Francisco
Si4^ney J. A. Bailey S. I. Gamble.
Alex. Smith Thos. Cook.
S. Illinois T. P. Proudfit .John Fullerton.*
W. J. Gillespie John Stevenson.
Stamford Thos. Hanney, D. D .Jas. Lake.*
Steubenville S. W. Clark Hans Thompson.
J. M. Jamieson* John Hunter.*
W. C. Dunn .James Sharp.
/
Tennessee S. F. Thompson Thos. Montgomery
Vermont A. Y. Houston* Geo. Galbraith.*
Wahash Rob't Gray John Ogden.*
W. Missouri Geo. W. Torrence Wm. Stewart.*
M. M. Brown Jas. A. Kirkton.*
Westmoreland A. H. Elder R. E. Stewart.
E. Z. Thomas .Jas. A. Dick.*
W. H. Vincent Jas. Patterson.
Wheeling E. G. Campbell A. Taylor.
R. G. Wallace Wm. McCoy.
Wm. Wier Jos. Bell.
Wisconsin J. H. Morrow Thos. Darling.*
Xenia J. G. Carson Alex. Patton.*
Wm. Bruce, D. D Rob't Boyd.
Delegate from the Associate Reformed Synod of the South, Henry T. Sloan.
Delegate from the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, Rev. A. A. E.
Taylor, D. D.
Delegate from the Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Rev. D. McAllister.
*Not present at the Assembly.
152 Minutes of General Assembly, [vol. iv, no. 2.
The Assembly proceeded to the election of a Moderator. Rev. W.
AY. Barr, D. D., was chosen.
On motion of Dr. Wishart, Rev. D, McAllister, the delegate from
the Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, was introduced,
and addressed the Assembly, and was responded to by the Moderator.
Proceeded to the election of a Principal Clerk. Rev. William J.
Reid was elected.
Closed with prayer by Dr. S. F. Morrow.
THURSDAY.
9 o'clock A. M.
The Assembly met, and was opened with prayer by the Moderator.
The roll was called, and the minutes of the last session were read
and ajiproved.
The JNIoderator nominated and the Assembly confirmed the follow-
ing Standing Committees:
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Bills and Overtures.
Miimters: President E. T. Jeffers, E. A. McAyeal, D. McDill, D. D., Wm.
M. Eichie. Elders : Gen. J. S. Littell, J. McKee, M. D., John A. Gibb. •
Judiciary.
3Iinisters : S. F. Morrow, D. D., W. E. McKee, John Anderson, James White.
Elders : S. W. Rodgers, Jas. Arbuthnot, J. A. Maxwell.
Narrative ajjd State of Eeligion.
3IiniMers: J. E. Brittaiu, A. E. Anderson, J. H. Turnbull. Elders: Chas.
Barr, Thos. Cook.
Foreign Missions.
llmisters : Wm. Bruce, D. D., J. F. Hutchison, E. G. Wallace. Elders: S. I.
Gamble, Eoss Taggart.
Home Missions.
3finisters : D. S. McHenry, J. D. Glenn, James Barnett, D. D. Elders : James
Pollock, Wm. Martin.
Freedmen's Missions.
lEnlsters : Wm. Wishart, J). D., J. A. Bailey, J. C. Campbell. Elders : Thos.
McCaughey, Thos. Montgomery.
Church Extension.
Ministers : Jas. Harper, D. D., Marion Morrison, Alex. McHatton. Elders :
W. N. Aiken, A. F. Alexander.
Ministerial Eelief.
Ministers : E. G. Ferguson, A. B. Gilfillan, F. A. Hutchinson. Elders : John
Fitzsimmons, J. J. Sharp.
Sabbath Schools.
3Iinisters : J. A. Collins, Jas. S. Barr, A. H. Elder. Elders : Ben'j Mayrs,
A. Cameron.
Finance.
Elders : Jas. McCandless, Col. E. E. Stewart, D. W. Houston, W. S. Eeed,
Wm. Eeed.
Statistics.
Ministers : Wm. S, Owens, J. N. Smith, Sam'l Bigger. Elders: J. M.Welch,
Alex. Patton.
Correspondence.
Ministers : D. A. Wallace, D. D., LL. D., J. W. Bain, John Erskine. Elders
AVm. Anderson, J. B. Glenn.
1875.] Minutes of General Assembly, 153
DEVOTioNAii Exercises.
Minhsters: J. S. McCulloch, Andrew Goi'don, David Goodwillie. Elders:
Hans Thompson, Wm. Mackey.
Kevision.
Minkters: Thoa. Brown, W. .-). Gillespie, J. M. Jaraieson. Elders: Wm.
Kidd, Thos. Moore.
liev. Wm. S. Owens was elected Assistant Clerk.
The report of the Trustees of the General Assembly was read and
referred to the Committee on Finance.
The reports of the Board of Foreign Missions, of the Board and
General Committee of Home Missions, of the Board of Freedmen's
Missions, of the Board of Church Extension, of the Board of Ed-
.ucation, of tlie Board of Ministerial Relief, and of the Board of Pub-
lication, were referred, without reading, to their respective committees.
The reports of the Treasurers of the Boards of Foreign Missions,
Home Missions, Freedmen's Missions, Church Extension, Ministerial
Relief, Publication, Education, and of the General Assembly's
Fund, were referred to the Committee on Finance.
Tlie report of the Permanent Committee on Narrative and State of
Religion was read and referred to the Committee on Narrative and
State of Religion.
The report of the Permanent Committee on Sabbath Schools was
presented and referred without reading to the Committee on Sabbath
•Schools.
The report of the Committee on Sustentation, appointed by the last
Assembly, was read and placed on the docket.
The charter of the Board of Ministerial Relief was presented and
referred to the Committee on the Board of Ministerial Relief.
A memorial from Rev. S. C. Ewing, Rev. D. Strang, and Miss T.
M. Campbell, missionaries in Egypt, was read and referred to the
Committee on the Board of Foreign Missions.
The credentials of Rev. Henry T. Sloan, delegate from the Associ-
ate Reformed Synod of the South, were presented, his name was added
to the roll, and he was invited to a seat in the Assembly.
A memorial from the Missionary Association in Egy])t was read
and referred to the Committee on the Board of Foreign Missions.
All the papers of the Board of Foreign Missions, which related to
the matters mentioned in the above memorial, were referred to the Com-
mittee on the Board of Foreign Missions.
A memorial from the Presbytery of Keokuk, with reference to the
■establishment of a weekly religious paper, under the care of the As-
.sembly, was read and referred to the Committee on Bills and Over-
tures.
So much of the report of the Presbytery of Cleveland as had ref-
•erence to changing the Presbyterial connection of the congregation of
Troy, was referred to the Committee on Bills and Overtures.
A memorial from the Presbytery of Des Moines, asking that a
-change be made in the Book of Government — chapter 7, article 1, sec-
tion 4 — was read and referred to the Committee on Bills and Over-
lures.
154 Minutes of General Assembly, [vol. iv, xo. 2^
A report from the First Presbytery of New York, concerning the
licensure of certain students was read and referred to the Commit-
tee on Judiciary.
A memorial from Mrs, Sarah R. F. Hanna, with reference to the
organization of Ladies' Missionary Societies, was read, and, together
with a proposed constitution for such organizations, Avas referred to
the Committee on Bills and Overtures.
The report of the Committee on Presbyterian Confederation was
read and referred to the Committee on Bills and Overtures.
The hours of meeting were fixed at 9 o'clock A. M., and 2 and 7|^
o'clock P. M.; the hours of adjournment were fixed at llf o'clock
A. M., and 5 and 9 o'clock P. M.
Adjourned with the benediction by the Moderator.
2 o'clock P. M.
The Assembly met, and was opened with prayer by Dr. Barnett.
The calling of the roll was dispensed with. The minutes of the
last session were read, amended and approved.
A paper from the Presbytery of Mansfield, requestipg the transfer-
of the congregation of Troy to said Presbytery, from the Presbytery
of Cleveland, was read and referred to the Committee on Bills and
Overtures.
A memorial from the Presbytery of Butler, requesting the Assem-
bly to express sympathy with the Presbyterian Church of Ireland, in
her present struggle against the introduction of instrumental music
and human hymns in the worship of God, was read and referred to
Committee on Bills and Overtures.
A memorial from the Presbytery of Argyle, on publishing informa-
tion with regard to our Home Mission stations, was read and referred
to the Committee on Bills and Overtures.
The Committee appointed by the last Assembly to revise the regu-
lations of the Board of Home Missions, presented a report, which was
placed on the docket.
The hearing of the Rev. Henry T. Sloan, delegate from the Associ-
ate Reformed Synod of the South, was made the order of the day for
to-morrow, immediately after the presentation of reports.
A memorial from the Presbytery ot Monongahela, requesting a
change in the constitution of the Boards of the Church was read and
referred to the Committee on Bills and Overtures.
A memorial from the Faculty of Xenia Theological Seminary, re-
questing the Assembly to change the time of the commencement of the
sessions of the Seminaries, was presented and referred to a Special
Committee on Theological Seminaries.
The report of the Committee on tiie Transfer of the Theological
Seminaries to the Assembly was referred to the same Committee.
A conference on Foreign Missions was made the order of the day for
this evening, immediately after the reading of the minutes.
Adjourned after prayer by Dr. Wallace.
7:30 o'clock P. M.
The Assembly met and was opened with praver bv Rev. Willianii
J. Reid. P - .
1875.] Minutes of General Assembly, 155
The calling of the roll was dispensed with. The minutes of the
last session were read and approved.
Proceeded to order of the day, viz.: A Conference on Foreign
Missions. Addresses were delivered by Dr. J. B. Dales, Correspond-
ing Secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions, Revs. James S. Barr
and Andrew Gordon, of the India Mission, and Dr. James Barnett^
of the Egyptian Mission.
A Conference on Home Missions was made the order of the day
for to-morrow evening.
Adjourned after prayer by Dr. Cooper.
FRIDAY.
9 o'clock A. M.
The Assembly met and was opened with prayer by the Moderator^
The roll was called and the minutes of the last session were read
and approved.
The Moderator nominated and the Assembly confirmed the follow-
ing as the Special Committee on Theological Seminaries : Dr. D. A^
Wallace, Chairman, Revs. D. J. Patterson, J. T. Brownlee, D. S^
Kennedy, R. G. Campbell, James Ingles, Thomas Brown, and F. M.
Spencer.
The report of the delegates to the Associate Reformed Synod of
the South was read and referred to the Committee on Corres-
pondence.
The Second Clerk presented a report, which, with accompaying-
Presbyterial Statistical Tables, was referred to the Committee on
Statistics.
The following telegram from the International Convention of the-
Young Men's Christian Association in session in Richmond, Va.,.
was read and referred to the Committee on Correspondence :
"Richmond, Ya., May 27, 1875.
"To the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church:
"The International Convention of the Young Men's Christian Asso-
ciation send fraternal greetings. Read 1st Thess. 3 : 12, 13.
"Joseph Hardy, President.''^
A memorial from the Presbytery of Tennessee relating to a Nor-
mal School among the Freedmen was read and referred to the Com-
mittee on the Board of Freedmen's Missions.
An invitation from President Taylor to vigit the University of
Wooster was read and referred to the Committee on Correspondence.
The minutes of the Synod of Pittsburgh for 1874, and of the-
Second Synod for 1873 and 1874 were presented and referred to the
Committee on Revision.
The Committee on Devotional Exercises presented the following;
report, which was adopted :
156 Minutes of General Assembly, [vol. iv, no. 2.
REPORT ON DEVOTIONAL EXERCISES.
1. Resolved, That the last half hour of each morning session be spent
in devotional exercises under the direction of the Moderator,
2. Resolved, That Dr. S. F. Morrow be appointed the Moderator's
alternate to preach the opening sermon at the next Assembly.
The Committee on the Board of Foreign Missions asked and ob-
tained leave of absence for the remainder of the morning session.
The Committee on the Board of Ministerial Relief presented a
report, which Avas placed on the docket.
Proceeded to the order of the day, when Rev. Henry T. Sloan,
•delegate from the Associate Reformed Synod of the South presented
the Christian salutations of the body he represented, and the Mod-
erator responded in the name of the Assembly.
The Committee on Correspondence obtained leave of absence.
The Committee on Bills and Overtures presented a report on the
memorial from the Presbytery of Argyle, a report on the memorial
■of Mrs. Sarah R. F. Hanna, and a report on the memorials from the
Presbyteries of Cleveland and Mansfield which were read and placed
on the docket.
The delegate to the Presbyterian Churcli of the Lower Provinces,
Rev. E. T. Jeifei's, D. D., presented a report, which was referred to
the Committee on Correspondence.
A paper from Revs. A. H. Elder and J. A. Collins, relating to
^amendments of the Constitution of the Board of Home Missions
Avas read and placed on the docket, in connection with the report of
the committee to revise the regulations of the Board of Home
Missions.
The following persons were elected Financial Agents and Superin-
tendents of Missions :
FINANCIAL AGENTS AND SUPERINTENDENTS OF MISSIONS.
jilhany F. A., .John Templeton, Esq., Albany, N. Y.
S. M., Rev. Robert Rogers, Pattersonville, X. Y.
Allegheny , .F. A., .J. N. Davidson, Esq., 2d National Bank, Allegheny, Pa.
S. M., Rev. J. W. Witherspoon, Allegheny, Pa.
Argyle F. A., .James Thompson, Esq., Cambridge, N. Y.
S. M., Rev. W. E. Henning, North Argyle, N. Y.
JBeaver Valley F. A., Rev. J. I. Frazer, Beaver Falls, Pa.
S. M., Rev. H. Sturgeon, Darlington, Pa.
Big Spring F. A., Wm. M. ScouUer, Esq., Newville, Pa.
S. M., Rev. J. M. Adair, McAlevy's Fort, Pa.
.Bloomington F. A., J. T. Ralston, Esq., Wenona, lU.
S. M., Rev. J. V. Pringle, Pana, 111.
Boston F. A. & S. M., Rev. J. R. Kyle, Fall River, Mass.
Brooki'ille F. A., Rev. D. K. Duff, Davton, Pa.
S. M., Rev. M. S. Telford, Stanton, Pa.
Butler F. A., Rev. R. G. Ferguson, Butler, Pa.
S. M., Rev. Samuel Kerr, Harrisville, Pa.
■Caledonia F. A., Rev. D. F. Bonner, Caledonia, N. Y.
S. M., Rev. J. P. Sankey, 18 S. Washington St., Rochester, N. Y.
/^edar Rapids F. A., W. S. Cooper, Cedar Rapids. Iowa.
S. M., Rev. .James Duncan, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Chartiers F. A., Hon. Alexander Murdoch, Wa.shington, Pa.
S. M., Rev. J. R. Johnston, Washington, Pa.
<3ii^ago F. A. & S. M., Rev. W. T. Moffet, Freeland, 111.
1875.] Mimdes of General Assembly , 157
Ciillicothe F. A., Rev. Thomas Mercer, Decatur, O.
S. M., Rev. J. H. Bonner, Mt. Joy, O.
Cleveland F. A., Rev. D. Goodwillie, Girard, O.
S. M., Rev. J. W. Logue, Northfield, O.
Concmau^h F. A., Rev. W. S. Owens, Indiana, Pa.
S. M., Rev. D. W. Collins, Blairsville, Pa.
Delaware F. A., Rev. James Bruce, Andes, N. Y.
S. M., Rev. J. B. Lee, Bovina Valley, N. Y.
Des Moines F. A., A. H. Sloane, Esq., Wintersett, Iowa.
S. M., Rev. R. A. McAyeal, Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Detroit F. A., Rev. Thomas W.' Monteith, Port Huron, Mich.
S. M., D. H. Goodwillie, Commerce, Mich.
Frankfort F. A., John Witherspoon, Esq., Bavington, Pa.
S. M., Rev. John Hood, Burgettstown, Pa.
Garnett F. A., Rev. W. R. Hutchison, Ottawa, Kan.
S. M., Rev. J. N. Smith, Garnett, Kan.
Indiana F. A., Nathaniel Patton, Greensbnrg, lud.
S. M., Rev. J. F. Hutchison, Madison, Ind.
JCansa-s F. A., Alexander McGahey, Esq., Leavenworth, Kan.
S. M., Rev. F. M. Spencer, Leavenworth, Kan.
Keokuk F. A., James Dawson, Esq., Washington, Iowa.
S. M., Rev. W. C. Williamson, Washington, Iowa.
Lake F. A., Rev. P. W. Free, Waterford, Pa.
S. M., Rev. T. W. Winter, Greenville, Pa.
Le Claire F. A., Rev. D. Forsythe, Stanwood, Iowa.
S. M., Rev. Rufus Johnstone, Elvira, Iowa.
Mansfield F. A., Rev. J. G. Madge, Dalton, O.
S. M., Rev. D. H. French, Mansfield, O.
Mercer F. A., Rev. Robert McWatty, Mercer, Pa.
5. M., Rev. W. J. Snodgra.ss, West Middlesex, Pa.
3Iinnesola F. A., Rev. James Rodgers, Eden Prairie, Minn.
S. M., Rev. E. A. Brownlee, Blue Earth City, Minn.
3[onmouth F. A., Rev. G. D. Henderson, Monmouth, 111.
S. M., Rev. J. G. Barnes, Monmouth, 111.
Ilononcjahela F. A., Rev. W. J. Reid, D.D., 38 Federal street, Pittsburgh.
S. M., Rev. T. H. Hanna, Pittsburgh.
Mxisklngum F. A., Rev. W. H. McFarland, Cambridge, Ohio.
S. M., Rev. David Paul, D. D., New Concord, Ohio.
li^ebraska F. A., Rev. Marion Morrison, College Springs, Iowa. .
S. M., Rev. D. C. Wilson, Clarinda, Iowa.
Neosho F. A. & S. M., Rev. J. A. Collins, Americus, Kan.
New York, 1st F. A., Wm. H. Lendrum, Esq., 79 White St., N. Y.
S. M., Rev. Robert Armstrong, Ogden Av., Jersey City, N. J.
New York, 2d F. A., Robert Biggart, 37 Jane St., N. Y.
S. M., Rev. T. H. Pollock, Hudson City, N. J.
Ohio, \st F. A., W. E. Brown, Esq.. Hamilton, Ohio.
S. M., Rev. W. H. French, D. D., Cincinnati, O.
Oregon F. A., G. W.Gray, M. D., Albany, Oregon.
S. M., Rev. S. G. Irvine, Albany, Oregon.
Philadelphia F. A., Wm. Getty, Esq., 13 N. Second St., Philadelphia, Pa.
S. M., Rev.W.W. Barr, D. D., 705 South 16th St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Princeton F. A., W. W. Blair, M. D., Princeton, Ind.
S. M., Rev. W. H. McMaster, Princeton, Ind.
Pock Island F. A., W. K. Fulton, Esq., Aledo, 111.
S. M., Rev. W. S. McClanahan, Viola, 111.
jSan Francisco F. A. & S. M , Rev. M. M. Gibson, 8 Liberty St., San Francisco.
Sidney F. A., Rev. H. H. Thompson, Urbana, Ohio.
S. M., Rev. Alexander Smith, Northwood, O.
Stamford F. A. & S. M., Rev. John Gillespie, Milton, Ontario, Canada.
JSteubenvUle F. A., John McCarroll, M. D., Wellsville, O.
S. M., Rev. J. C. Taggart, East Liverpool, Ohio.
Southern IUinois...Y. A., W. G. Chambers, Esq., Sparta, 111.
S. M., Rev. J. M. McK.itrick, Tilden, 111.
Tennessee F. A. & S. M., Rev. A. B. Coleman, Fayetteville, Tenn.
Vermont F. A. & S. M., Rev. J. Service, Barnet Centre, Vermont.
Wabash F. A., John Ogden, Esq., Bluftlon, Ind.
S. M., Rev. Gilbert Small, Idaville, Ind.
158 Minutes of General Assembly, [vol. iv, no, 2,
Wed Missouri F. A. & S. M., Eev. John C. Steele, Warrensbnrg, Mo.
Westmoreland F. A., Rev. J. B. Jackson, Greensburg, Pa.
S. M., Rev. Wm. R. Stevenson, West Newton, Pa.
Wheeling F. A., Rev. J. T. McClure, I). D., Wheeling, West Va.
S. M., Rev. W. T. Meloy, Cadiz, O.
Wisconsin F. A. & S. M., Rev. J. H. Niblock, Oshkosh, Wis.
Xenia F. A., J. B. Caruthers, Esq., Xenia, O.
S. M., Rev. Richard Turnbull, Xenia, O.
The Committee on Correspondence presented a partial report,
which was amended and adopted. It is as follows :
PARTIAL REPOET OF THE COMMMITTEE ON CORRESPONDENCE.
1. That the telegram from the International Convention of the Y. M..
C. A. be answered in the following terms :
" WoosTER, O., May, 28, 1875.
To Joseph Hardy, President, d-c, Richmond, Va.:
" The General Assembly of the United Presbyierian Church return fra-
ternal greetings to the International Convention of the Young Men's-
Christian Association.
"Read 1 Tliess. 5: 21, 22, 23. Prove all things : hold fast that which is
good. Abstain from all appearance of evil. And the very God of peace
sanctify, you wholly; and I pray God your Avhole spirit and soul and
body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ..
' W. W. Barr, Moderator."
And that the Treasurer of the General Assembly be directed to pay the
expenses of the telegram.
2. That the invitation of President A. A. E. Taylor be accepted, and
that the Clerk be directed to notify President Taylor that the Assembly
will adjourn this P. M. at four o'clock for the purpose of visiting the
University.
Spent half an hour in devotional exercises, after which the session
was closed with prayer by Rev. D. J. Patterson.
- 2 o'clock P. M.
The assembly met and was opened with prayer by Hev. A. H.
Calvert.
The calling of the roll was dispensed with. The minutes of the
last session were read and approved.
The Committee on the Preservation of Records, &c., presented a re-
port, which was referred to the Committee on the Board of Pub-
lication.
The report of the Committee on Bills and Overtures with refer-
ence to the transfer of the congregation of Troy was taken from the
docket, amended and adopted. It is as follows :
report on THE TRANSFER OF THE CONGREGATION OF TROY.
The Committee on Bills and Overtures, with reference to the memorial
of the Presbyteries of Mansfield and Cleveland, jointly asking the trans-
fer of the Troy congregation from the Presbytery of Cleveland to that of
Mansfield, report recommending that the congregation be transferred as.
requested.
1875.] Minutes of General Assembly, 159
The report of the Committee on Siistenation was taken from the
docket and referred to the Committee on Home Missions.
The paper, recommending certain amendments to the Constitution
of the Board of Home Missions, was taken from the docket, and was
referred to a Special Committee, consisting of one from each Synod
to report to this Assembly a plan to be overtured to the Synods. The
following persons were chosen as said committee: Rev. J. G. Carson,
William Getty, Rev. A. H. Elder, Rev. John Anderson, Rev. J. C.
Campbell, Dr. D. A. Wallace, J. McKee, M. D., Rev. J. A. Collins.
The report of the Committee to revise the rules of the Board and
General Committee of Home Missions was at the same time taken
from the docket and adopted. It is as follows :
REPORT ON THE REGULATIONS OF THE HOME MISSION BOARD.
The Committee appointed by the last Assembly to revise the Regula-
tions of the Board of Home Missions would report that they have
attended to the duty assigned them, and they see no reason to recommend
any change.
These regulations, as reported to the last Assembly, are as follows :
I. REGULATIONS FOR PRESBYTERIES.
1. Each Presbytery shall appoint, annually, one delegate to represent
it in the General Committee of Home Missions. If it be possible to
avoid it. Presbyteries shall not appoint as delegates persons receiving or
expecting aid from the Home Mission Fund.
2. Presbyteries shall report annually, not later than the 20th of April,
to the Corresponding Secretary of the Board of Home Missions :
(a.) The names of Mission stations for which aid is needed, and the
amount which, in the judgment of the Presbytery, should be granted to
each one.
(6.) The number of missionaries whose services they desire for the next
year.
(e.) The names of all unsettled ministers and probationers connected
-with the Presbytery, who are suitable and willing to receive appoint-
ments.
(d.) Answers to any questions w^hich the Assembly may authorize to
be addressed to them.
(e.) The names of delegates to the General Committee.
3. In making recommendations for aid. Presbyteries shall observe
the following rules :
(a.) No station shall be recommended in which the contributions of
the people are not in reasonable proportion to their ability, nor shall any
amount be asked beyond what, in the judgment of the Presbytery, is
really necessary.
(h.) Whenever practicable mission stations and congregations shall be
grouped together in convenient pastoral charges, and no station shall be
recommended for aid which can be conveniently united with a neighbor-
ing station or congregation in one charge, for which no help would be
necessary.
4. No station or congregation, not contributing to the Boards of the
Church, or which obtaining aid from the Board of Church Extension re-
fuses the required security, shall receive aid.
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5. Presbyteries shall assign the missionaries appointed to them to
different stations as they may judge best, and shall be under obligations
to keep them employed, or otherwise to pay them at the regular per
diem.
6. Leave to supply themselves shall not be granted to stations and va-
cancies when such permission would leave Avithout employment mission-
aries assigned to the Presbytery, and willing to fulfill appointments.
7. Presbyteries shall not be under obligation to find employment for
men not appointed to labor in their bounds, or merelj' referred back to
them.
8. When a missionary is settled by any Presbytery, who has unful-
filled missionary appointments outside its bounds, that Presbytery shall
supply his place out of the appointments made for it, if there by any.
9. In ca.se any missionary shall fail to fulfill his appointments, without
giving satisfactory reasons, the Presbytery concerned shall report the
facts to his Presbytery.
30. Each Presbytery shall nominate, annually, to the General Assem-
bly, one of the ministers connected with it, for appointment as Superin-
tendent of Misssions for the Presbytery. It shall be his duty to superin-
tend the mission work in his Presbytery ; to obtain a quarterly report
from stations receiving aid, and from missionaries laboring in the Presby-
tery; to make a quarterly report, in the form approved by the Assembly,
to the Corresponding Secretary of the Board of Home Missions ; to re-
ceive from the Treasurer of the Board, receipt for, and distribute the
money appropriated to aid congregations and station^, and in general to
act as the organ of communication between the Board and the Presby-
tery, and perfc rm such duties as the Assembly may direct.
II. REGULATIONS FOR THE GENERAL COMMITTEE.
1. The General Committee of Home Missions shall meet annually, at
or near the the place appointed for the meeting of the Assembly, seven
working days before the session of the Assembly begins. A majority of
delegates, duly appointed by Presbyteries, shall be a quorum.
2. The General Committee when assembled, shall be called to order by
the Corresponding Secretary of the Board of Home Missions, who shall
be, ex-officio, permanent Secretary of the General Committee and shall
preside until an organization is eftected. He shall call the roll and if a
quorum be found present, the organization shall be completed by the
election of a Chairman and an Assistant Secretary.
3. The business of the General Committee may be taken up in the
following order :
(a.) Consideration of the Annual Report of the Board, so far as neces-
sary.
(6.) Appropriation of money.
(e.j Distribution of men.
{d.) Miscellaneous business.
4. On the second day of the meeting two committees shall be appointed,
the members of which shall be nominated by the Chairman, viz:
. (a.) A committee on Special Missi ons.
{b.) A committee on Resolutions and Recommendations to the Assembly,
5. In the appropriation of money the General Committee shall keep in
view the interests of the whole field and the relative importance and ne-
cessities of the different parts. The following order of procedure may be
observed :
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(a.) Fix the raaxiraum amount to be appropriated.
{b.) Take up the application of Presbyteries in the order in which they
stand on the Secretary's record of reports.
(c.) As each Presbytery is taken up hear the delegate from that
Presbytery, taking care to ascertain that the rules relating to recommen-
dations for aid have been obsarved, and then take action on each sep-
arate application.
(d.) When the list has been gone through, the appropriations may be
revised, if it is found necessary.
6. In the distribution of men, also, the General Committee shall keep
in view the interests of the whole field, and the relative claims of different
parts. Appointments shall not be made for less than three months, except
in the case of pi-obationers expecting to return to the Theological Sem-
inary. Care shall be taken that the appointments of a missionary be not
unnecessarily scattered, and his reasonable wishes, if known, shall be re-
garded so far as the circumstances of the case will permit. The following
order of proceeding may be observed :
(a.) Take up the names of missionaries separately, in the order in
which they are entered on the Secretary's book as reported by Presby-
teiies.
(6.) The delegate from the Presbytery reporting the name may be heard.
(c.) Applications for his services may be received. If there are several,
they shall be noted by the Secretary or his assistant in the order in which
they are recognized and announced by the Chairman.
(d.) Hear statement of claims from the different Presbyteries in order
as noted, and any other remarks.
(e.) The vote shall then be taken. The following order in taking
the vote is recommended where there are several applications : 1. Let
the request of competing Presbyteries be arranged and voted on in order
as follows : Those covering the whole year ; those for more than one
quarter; those for the several quarters in order. 2. If for any of
these periods there are competing requests, let the vote in favor of each
competing Presbytery be taken by raising the hand, or by rising, and
let the highest vote decide.
7. Under the head of miscellaneous business, the General Committee
shall receive and act upon the reports of committees, and take such ac-
tion as may be thought proper on any matter relating to the Home Mis-
sion work.
8. When all business is thus transacted, a full report of the proceed-
ings shall be prepared. This report shall be signed by all the officers^
and shall be presented to the Assembly as soon as possible after the
opening of its sessions, for revision and final adoption. If possible the
"whole report shall be printed and copies distributed among the members
of the Assembly, before it comes up for action.
III. REGULATIONS FOR THE BOARD.
1. The Board of Home Missions shall meet on the second Monday of
every month. At the first meeting after the adjournment of the General
Assembly in each year, they shall elect from their own number a Presi-
dent and a Recording Secretary to serve one year. They shall also
elect a Treasurer, at the same time and for the same term, and shall re-
quire from him such security as may be judged necessaiy.
2. It shall be the duty of the Board to carry out the measures
adopted by the General Assembly, from year to year ; to take general
162 3Iirmtes of General Assembly, [vol. iv, no. 2.
supervision and control of the work ; to meet emergencies arising during
the year ; and to make safe and proper investment of all funds intended
by the donors or ordered by the General Assembly to be invested.
3. The Board is forbidden, except in case of extreme necessity, to
^rant appropriations of money to any station whose application for the
current year has been considered and rejected by the General Committee
or the Assembly.
4. Near the close of each quarter, the Corresponding Secretary shall
forward to the Superintendents of Missions, blanks in the form approved
by the General Assembly, for quarterly reports. When the reports are
received, he shall number them in the order of date of the application,
.and shall draw orders on the Treasurer numbered in the same order, for
the amount due to each Presbytery. In determining the amount due,
those stations only shall be counted which are reported by the Superin-
tendent of Missions as having fulfilled the conditions of the grant.
5. The Treasurer shall pay the orders drawn by the Corresponding
Secretary in the order of their number. He shall pay the amount due
to each Presbytery to the Superintendent of Missions for that Presby-
tery. He shall not pay out any of the funds in his hands without an
order from the Corresponding Secretary, or from the President and>> Re-
cording Secretary of the Board.
6. As a general rule no money shall be paid upon any appropriation
to which unfulfilled conditions are attached, without the authority of the
Board. The Board is required to exercise great caution in removing or
changing the conditions attached to grants of money, and shall not do so
in any case unless upon the formal request of the proper Presbytery,
accompanied by a statement of reasons, entirely satisfactory to the
Board.
7. Before the meeting of the General Committee of Home Missions in
each year a full report shall be prepared and adopted by the Board, de-
tailing its operations during the year ; the conditions, prospects, and ne-
cessities of the work entrusted to its care, and the request of Presbyteries
for men and money for the ensuing year ; together with such recom-
mendations as may be thought proper. This report shall be printed,
laid before the General Committee of Home Missions on the first day of
its meeting, and also before the Assembly.
8. It shall be the duty of the Corresponding Secretary, before each
meeting of the General Committee, to make out a roll of its members
from the official reports received by him from Presbyteries.
9. The Board shall see that the accounts of the Treasurer are properly
audited at the close of each year, and that this is properly certified upon
his annual report.
IV. MISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS.
1. All contributions for Home Missions should be forwarded through
the Financial Agent of the Presbytery to the Treasurer, and the Finan-
cial Agent shall forward to the Treasurer at least once per quarter.
2. Ministers engaged in secular employment shall not receive aid from
the Home Mission funds.
3. Missionaries assigned to any Presbytery shall be for the time sub-
ject to the control of that Presbytery and shall not leave its bounds with-
out permission. In case of inability to fulfill appointments it shall be
their duty to notify the Superintendent of Missions.
4. Missionaries are earnestly exhorted to the performance of pastoral
duty in the stations to which ^they may be sent. They shall make a re-
1875.] Minnies of General Assembly, 163
port of their labors at the end of each quarter to the Superintendent of
Missions of the Presbytery, stating the time spent at each place ; What
amount of pastoral work has been done ; Avhether they have been fully
paid so far as it was the duty of stations to j^ay them, and any other facts
of importance.
We would recommend the following :
Resolved, That these regulations be adopted for the government of the
work of the Board of Home Missions.
The report of the Committee on the Board of Ministerial Rd-*
lief was taken from the docket and adopted. It is as follows :
RErORT ON THE BOARD OF MINISTERIAL RELIEF.
The report of the Board shows a growing appreciation of the im-
portance of its work. The claims of those, Avho have worn themselves
out in faithful labors in the ministry, and of surviving, dependent i-elatives
of faithful servants deceased, need only to be mentioned to awaken the
sympathies and call forth the liberalities of our people. It is encourag-
ing to learn that while there has been an increased expenditure, increased
contributions have more than met it. More than twenty-one hundred
dollars came into the treasury, of which over six hundred was applied in
the direction intended. It is believed by your Committee that there are
many more cases requiring aid, which the Church should not only make
provision for, but search out and supply. Being but recently established,
there may be ignorance of the existence of the Board, of its regulations,
of the class of persons whose help is contemplated and the method of
obtaining it. Besides, there is often a hesitancy on the part of those
whose lives have been throughout nobly self-sacrificing to make applica-
tion for their just share of that provision which the Church makes as a
reward to the faithful rather than a gift to the indigent. The Church
owes it to herself to bring to the door of her needy disabled servants and
those dependent on them for support, this partial payment of the debt
she owes them. As the surplus of the Contingent Fund is invested as
a part of the Permanent Fund, it will not be available for the coming
year, There is, therefore, a' necessity for further, and, as a greater num-
ber of deserving ones are discovered and benefitted, for enlarged and
more general contributions.
The Board was directed by the last Assembly to take legal steps to secure
an act of incorporation, and a charter is transmitted to the Assembly for
acceptance.
The following resolutions are presented :
1. Resolved, That Presbyteries be instructed to inquire into the con-
dition and circumstances of disabled ministers and families of deceased
ministers within their bounds, lest they be kept back by diffidence or lack
of information or false notions of pride and propriety or by any other
cause from seeking from this Board that which is their due.
2. That pastors and sessions of all our congregations be instructed and
urged to give the congregations under their care an opportunity of con-
tributing to meet the wants of this fund for the coming year.
3. That the charter accompanying the report of the Board be
accepted, and the blaidc form of application submitted to the Assembly
be approved.
4. That Messrs. Henry Harrison, James Mc^Candless, James Mc-
Cartney, and Rev. S. S. White, whose term of office has expired, be r^-
2
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elected for three years, and Mr, Thomas Stinsou be elected to fill the un-
expired term of William Arrott, who has resigned.
5. That W. W. Barr, D.D., be elected Corresponding Secretary for a
term of four years.
Tlie Committees on the Boards were instructed to nominate per-
sons to fill any vacancies, which may exist in the Boards.
Adjourned after prayer by Rev. J. M. Adair.
7:30 o'clock P. M.
The Assembly met and was opened with prayer by Elder William
E. Brown.
The calling of the roll was dispensed with. The minutes of the
last session were read and approved.
Proceeded to the order of the day. The Assembly resolved itself
into the Committee of the Whole on the subject of Home Missions,
Rev. J. G. Carson in the chair, and invited all the brethren present to
take part in the discussion. At nine o'clock the Committee rose and
through the Chairman presented the following report : " We have
spent an hour in pleasant and profitable conference on the subject of
Home Missions, and I am instructed to report that we have had this
subject under consideration, but recommend nothing to the Assembly
for action."
The consideration of the re^iort of the Committee on the Board of
Home Missions was made the order of the day for to-morrow morn-
ing immediately after the reading of reports and papers requiring
reference.
Adjourned after prayer by Dr. Hannay.
SATURDAY.
9 o'clock A. M.
The Assembly met and was opened with prayer hy the Moderator.
The calling of the roll was dispensed with. The minutes of the
last session were read and approved.
A paper with reference to the encroachments of the papal hier-
archy was read and referred to the Committee on Bills and Over-
tures.
A communication from the Clerk of the Western Reformed Pres-
bytery in reference to certain records of that Presbytery was read
and referred the Committee on Correspondence.
Dr. Cooper, Ex-Principal Clerk of the Assembly, reported that
he had obeyed the instructions of the last Assembly, (see minutes of
the Assembly ; vol. iv., page 44) but that, owing to the death of Dr.
John McMaster, his communication was returned.
The credentials of Rev. Dr. A. A. E. Taylor, delegate from the
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, were presented and
referred to the Committee on Correspondence.
The records of the Synod of Iowa for 1874 were presented and
referred to the Committee on Revision.
1875.] Minutes of General Assembly, 165
Proceeded to the order of the day, viz.: The consideration of the
report of the Committee on the Board of Home Missions. After
considerable discussion, the further consideration of this rejjort was
postponed until afternoon immediately after the presentation of pa-
pers, &c., requiring reference.
The name of Rev Dr. A. A. E. Taylor, the delegate from the
General Assembly of the Pi-esbyterian Church, was added to the roll,
and his formal introduction to the Assembly was made the order of
the day for Tuesday afternoon next immediately after the presenta-
tion of papers requiring reference.
Spent half an hour in devotional exercises under the direction of
the Moderator.
Adjourned after prayer by Rev. Henry T. Sloan, delegate from
the Associate Reformed Synod of the South.
2 o'clock P. M.
The Assembly met and was opened with prayer by Elder R. E.
Stewart.
The calling of the roll was dispensed with. The minutes of the
last session were read and approved.
The report of the Committee on the Centennial was placed on the
docket.
Rev. John G. Brown, D.D., presented his resignation as a member
of the Board of Publication, which was accepted.
Resumed the consideration of the report of the Committee on the
Board of Home Missions. After the report had been amended in
some of its parts, its further consideration was postponed till Monday
morning immediately after the presentation of papers, &c., requiring
reference.
, The report of the delegate to the General Assembly of the Pres-
byterian Church of Canada was presented and referred to the Com-
mittee on Correspondence.
Adjourned after prayer by Dr. J. T. 'Cooper.
MONDAY.
9 o'clock A. M.
The Assembly met and was opened with prayer by the Moderator.
The calling of the roll was dispensed with. The minutes of the
last session were read and approved. •
Resumed the consideration of the report of the Committee on the
Board of Plome Missions, which was further amended and adopted.
It is as follows :
REPORT ON THE BOARD OF HOME MISSIONS.
The Committee on the Board of Home Missions to which were re-
ferred the report of the Board of Home Missions and that of the Gen-
eral Committee would respectfully report that the operations of the
Board during the past year have been conducted with efficiency and
166 Minutes of General Assembly, [vol. iv, no. 2.
encouraging success. It is also a gratifying and encouraging fact, that
notwithstanding the disasters wliich have impaired the resources of cer-
tain sections of the country and the general financial pressure which has
prevailed, the contributions of the churches to this Board have been such
as to enable it to meet the claims of missionaries with more than usual
promptitude. Still in view of the extended and continually widening
field of labor to be occupied and the great importance of work, and in
view of the fact that a considerable number of laborers were unemployed
during the past year and a still larger number left without appointments
for the coming year for lack of funds, it is apparent that the Church has
not come up to the measure of her duty in her contributions to this
Board. It is deserving of serious consideration, that while most, if not
all of the other Boards of the Church are each year increasing their ex-
penditures, and thus enlarging their usefulness, the amount which the
General Committee has felt authorized, from the exjierience of the past,
to apportion among the congregations and missionary stations asking aid
has remained nearly the same Tor a number of years. This Avant of
funds not only serves to cripple the operations of the Board, but the
fact that so many willing and efficient laborers are left without employ-
ment by the Church, is the occasion in many instances of serious incon-
venience or actual suffering to them and to their families, and cannot fail
to exert an injurious influence in discouraging young men from entering
upon the work of the ministry. Means should therefore be adopted to
awaken a deeper interest on the part of the Church in the operations of
this Board and to secure for it more liberal contributions. Your Com-
mittee would recommend to the Assembly for adoption the following
resolutions :
1. That we recognize Avith gratitude the divine goodness and
grace as manifested in the preservation of the lives of our mission-
aries in the home field during the past year, and in the success which has
attended their labors.
2. That the action of the Board of Home Missions during the past
year as embodied in its report to this Assembly be approved.
3. That the recommendations of the General Committee in reference
to the distribution of men and money among the different Presbyteries,
and also in regard to special missions be approved.
4. That in adopting this report the Assembly directs all mission-
aries to fulfill their appointments unless they can make arrange-
ments satisfactory to all parties concerned to be released, and until the
Presbyteries in whose bounds they propose to labor shall furnish acce2:)t-
able substitutes. ,
5. That the resolutions rej^orted by the General Committee to this
Assembly be adopted.
6. That a Committee of three be appointed by this Assembly to
bring the claims of Home Missions for prompt and liberal contributions
before the Church.
7. That those ministers whose names have been before the General
Committee for appointments but who have failed to receive them
be referred to the Board of Home Missions for employment, so far
as this may be practicable, and as the contributions of the Church may
warrant.
8. That Revs. William J. Robinson, James Kelso and G. M. Reed,
Esq., whose term of service expires at this meeting be re-elected.
The Committee on Sabbath Schools presented a report. After
discussing and amending this I'eport^ its further consideratiou was
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made the order of the day for this afternoon immediately after tlie
2)resentiition of reports.
During the discussion of the report of the Committee on Sabbath
Schools, Rev. Henry T. Sloan, delegate from the Associate Reformed
Synod of the South, bade formal adieu to the Assembly.
The reading and consideration of the report of the C^)mmittee on
the Board of Church Extension was made the order of the day for
this afternoon at three o'clock.
The Committee on the Board of Education were instructtKl to re-
port this evening immediately after the presentation of papers, and
their report was made the order of the day for that hour.
Half an hour was spent in devotional exercises under the direction
of the Moderator.
Adjourned after prayer by Rev. Cyrus B. Hatch.
2 o'clock P. M.
The Assembly met and was opened with prayer by Dr. William
Bruce.
The calling of the roll was dispensed with. The minutes of the
last session were read and approved.
The Moderator nominated and the Assembly confirmed the follow-
ing persons toiierve as the Committee to address the Church in relation
to Home Missions : Rev. R. A. McAyeal, Dr. James Brown, Elder
G. M. Evans.
The minutes of the Synod of Kansas were presented and referred
to the Committee on Revision.
Took up the report of the Committee on Sabbath Schools, which
was amended and adopted. It is as follows :
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON SABBATH SCHOOLS.
The only paper before us is the report of the Permanent Committee on
Sabbath Schools, which is fidl of interesting facts and important sugges-
tions, to some of which as main points your Committee would call atten-
tion in the following resolutions :
1. That, in view of the importance of the lesson paper system and the
necessity for the utmost care in the preparation of these papers, Rev. James
Brown, D.D., be appointed to prej^are the notes aud lesson papers for the
first quarter, beginning with July, Rev. J. T. Cooper D.D., for the second
quarter, Rev. J. D. Gibson, for the third quarter, Rev. R. A. McAyeal for
the fourth quarter, and Rev. J. P. Lytle for the first quarter of the next
year, aud that the Permanent Committee be authorized to fill any vacan-
cies in these appointments.
2. That the papers thus prepared be j)ublished by the Permanent Com-
mittee as heretofore and also in sheet form and be sold at a j)rice simply
to cover the expense of their preparation and publication.
3. That all our people are earnestly urged to use the International
uniform lesson series, aud to employ the papers published by the Assem-
bly's Committee.
4. That in addition to these lessons, we earnestly urge aud recommend
the study of the catechisms of the Church in all our schools, and further
that the Bible be read, as a regular exercise, in all the classes.
168 Minutes of General Assembly, [vol. iv, no. 2.
5. That, in order that all children may receive the full benefit of the
system of lessons, it is of great importance that Sabbath Schools be kept
open for the whole year.
6. That the special attention of sessions be called to that part of the
Directory for Worship concerning the oversight of Sabbath Schools, ap-
pointment of officers, &c.
7. That the Permanent Committee be and hereby is directed to inquire
into the feasibility of publishing ,a first-class weekly Sabbath School
paper, and if the way be clear take measures to secure such a desira])le
object at the eax'liest possible day, provided that no expense be involved
for the Assembly.
8. That all Sabbath School-workers should carefully guard against the
use of worldly excitements and ajipliances to gather or interest children,
but rather prepare and illustrate and so attract by earnestness, kindness,
and diligence in Christian work-,
9. That each Synod under the care of this Assembly be directed to
spend at least one session each year in conference on this subject.
10. That the thanks of this Assembly and of the whole Church are
due and hereby tendered to the Permanent Committee for their labors
during the past three years, and we are especially gratified with their
action in calling the recent Sabbath School Convention at Wooster,
which it is hoped will be productive of much good,
11. That Revs. R. B. Ewing, J. S. Sands, A. H. Calvert, and Messrs.
William Reed and Thomas H. Rabe, constitute the Permanent Committee
on Sabbath Schools for the coming year.
The Committee on the Board of Home Missions presented the fol-
lowing report on Sustentation,\vliicIi was adopted:
REPORT ON SUSTENTATION.
The Committee on the Board of Home Missions to which were referred
a report on Sustentation, with accompanying papers, would respectfully
report. That having examined these papers your Committee are of the
opinion that action at the present time, on the matter to which they re-
late is inexpedient. They are, therefore, returned with the following-
resolution, proposed for adoption :
Resolved, That further action on these papers by this Assembly is not
advisable.
The Treasurer of the Assembly reported a donation for the benefit
of the Mission to the Jews, and the matter was referred to the Com-
mittee on Finance.
The Committee on Bills and Overtures presented a report relating
to the election of Deaconesses. The consideration of the motion to
adopt this report was under the rules of tlie Asseml)]y (see Rule of
Order 56) postponed until to-morrow.
Proceeded to the order of the day, when the Committee on the
Board of Church Extension presented a report, wdiich was amended
and adopted. It is as follows :
REPORT ox THE BOARD OF CHURCH EXTENSION.
The fact that the printed report of the Board of Church Extension,
the only document referred to us, is in the hands of the members of the
General Assembly, happily renders superfluous any suraimary ou our part
1876.] Minuies of (jenerat Assemhiy, 169
of the transactions of tlie Board during the year which has just closed.
Instead of presenting such a synopsis, we shall confine ourselves chiefly to
the consideration of certain questions which the Boai-d proposes and cer-
tain measures which it recommends to the Assembly.
Before entering upon this, however, Ave reckon it right to observe that
the operations of the Board appear to have been characterized by great
discretion and thorough fidelity to the weighty interests committed to its
trust. We deem it, also, almost impossible for any one to read atten-
tively the report just submitted by the Board and fail to be impressed
with tlie importance of the work which this Board is engaged in prosecut-
ing. Indeed, so obvious in itself is the utility of such a plan of operation,
a plan at once aggressive and conservative, and so far has our Church
advanced on this line, and tested it, that we count it needless to discuss,
as if it were still an open question, the value of this agency. It is grati-
fying to know that the Church at large has been learning to apprecilite
the work of Church Extension, evidence to this effect being furnished by
the steady, if slow, increase in contributions for this object which has
taken place in successive years. And yet, with regret it must be added
that while the recei.pts of the Board for the past year have exceeded those
of any previous year, seven Presbyteries, as appears from the Treasurer's
report, have forwarded no contributions for this enterprise, and many
others are credited with merely nominal amounts.
.The Board asks instructions in regard to the interests of our congrega-
tion in Indianaj)olis. A church building has been begun by the congre-
gation, but the means to finish it are not forthcoming, while it is felt that
the prospect, at least, of a comj^letion of this undertaking at an early day,
is, humanly speaking, essential to the success of the congregation ; and
in these circumstances the Board is appealed to for help. An advance of
not less than $5,000, it is calculated, would be required to complete the
church building. As the Assembly has appointed a missionary to this
place for the year and appropriated $1,000 for his support, the most ju-
dicious course may be to leave it to the discretion of the Board to grant the
necessary aid or not according to the prospects of success which, in the
progress of the year, may be afforded.
The Board asks instructions from the Assembly in relation to the em-
barrassments of Port Huron congregation. As Port Huron is a place
geographically important, being one of the chief points of entry into the
States from Canada, and as our congregation there is reported to be in a
growing condition, and may, it is thought, by some help at this juncture,
be relieved of its pecuniary difficulties, we consider it wise to grant, if pos-
sible, the relief needed.
The Board requests the election of some person as its recognized So-
licitor, and the request seems to us reasonable and wise ; for it is of great
importance, surely, that a lawyer in Avhom confidence can be reposed should
examine abstracts of titles and the character of securities received for
moneys loaned or advanced. A parsimonious policy in this respect might
prove an expensive one.
The recommendations, three in number, which the Board makes to the
Assembly seem to us worthy to be favorably entertained. The enlarging
experience of the Board suggests the adoi^tion of some such measures,
which, from a desire to be bi'ief, we do not cjuote from the report of the
Board. In view of all the facts before us we projiose to the Assembly
the following resolutions for adoption, viz.:
1. That the action of the Board as exhibited in its report be approved.
2. That the Board be instructed to afford the aid needed to com-
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plete the church building begun by oui' people in Indianapolis, if, in
its judgment, the prospects of the congregation during the year warrant
such a step.
3. That for the relief of Port Huron congregation the Board be in-
structed to assume the payment, for not more than five years, of the
interest which the debt resting u^ion that congregation involves.
4. That the Board be instructed to secure the services of a competent
solicitor.
5. That the thanks of the Assembly are due, and are hereby given to
Attorneys Brown and Lambie for their valuable professional services so
generously rendered to the Board.
6. That the Board be authorized to accept contributions subject to
annuity according to the plan proposed in its report.
7. That the Board be authorized to keep as a distinct loan fund
any contribution of $5,000 or upwards from one person, family,
or congregation ; the donor haying the pi'ivilege of determining the name
of the fund so created.
8. That the Board be authorized to receive temporary loans without in-
terest in order to meet particular emergencies which may arise.
9. That the sum of $30,000 be appropriated to carry on tlie work of
the Board for the present year.
10. That all the congregations of our church in America be most
earnestly urged to remember in their benefactions the claims which
the work of Church Extension has upon them and furnish to the Board
at as early a date as possible in each fiscal year the means of carrying on
its operations efficiently.
11. That the vacancies occurring in the Board by expiration of
term of office be filled by the names of Rev. D. M. B. McLean,
Rev. A. H. Elder, and Mr. Samuel Dyer, and that Mr. Anthony Lewis
be elected I'n the room of Mr. George McCague, who, owing to the in-
firmities of age, has, after a long and honorable term of service, felt it
his duty to resign.
The report of the Special Committee on amendments to the Con-
stitution of the Board of Home Missions w^as made the order of the
dav for to-morrow morning immediately after the presentation of
papers*
The report of the Committee on Narrative and State of Religion
was taken from the docket, amended and adopted. It is as follows :
REPORT ON NARRATIVE AND STATE OF REL1C4I0N,
Having examined the report of the Permanent Committee, we find
that it contains much valuable information which ought to be preserved
in the Records of the Church. The first thing presented in the report is
the painful fact that during the past year fourteen of our most earnest
and faithful ministers have been called, in the Providence of God, from
the labors and trials of the earthly, to enter into the glory of the
Heavenly state. Your Committee is of the opinion that a permanent
record of the life and labors of these men — ^some of whom had long occu-
pied prominciit positions in the Church — should be preserved in the min-
utes of the Assembly. From the report placed in our hands, it would
appear that the general S2)irit of our congregation is good.
No s])ecial or remarkal)le revivals are rejjorted, yet we have encourag-
ing evidence of the blessing of God accompanying the diJig'ent and faith-
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fill use of the ordinary means of grace. It is suggested by the Perma-
nent Committee that it might be well for the Assembly to recommend
and urge u2)on our Presbyteries the propriety of holding special and pro-
tracted services of prayer and preaching in all our congregations, not only
during the Week of Prayer, but at such other times as may be con-
venient. In the judgment of your Committee the suggestion is a good
one, and should recommend itself to all our congregations, settled and
vacant.
In view of the fact that our contributious to the cause of the Master
fall far short of what they should be, aud inasmuch as it appears from
the reports of Presbyteries that no uniform plan for collecting the differ-
ent funds of the Church has been adopted by our congregations generally,
your Committee full endorse the suggestion of the Permanent Committee
and make provision for the adoption of a plan to meet this deficiency.
Your Committee, would, therefore, recommend for adoption the following
resolutions :
1. That the report of the Permanent Committee on Narrative and
State of Religion be adopted aud published in the minutes of the As-
sembly and papers of the Church.
2. That we humbly recognize the hand of Our Divine Father in that
severe chastisement which has taken from us so many of our faithful
laborers in the ministry, and earnestly impore his grace that we may
})rofit by this affliction, and, also, by the shining example which these
beloved brethren have left us.
3. That a brief record of deceased ministers be preserved in the minutes
of the Assembly in suitable tabular form.
4. That we recommend, as a means of awakening greater interest in
our congregations, the holding of special services of prayer and j^reach-
ing throughout the year at such times as may suit the convenience of our
people, and that in these services the lay element of the Church be
utilized as far as possible.
5. That we recommend Presbyteries to urge upon our congregations
the adoption of the " Envelope " or " Bellefonte System " for taking contri-
butions for the support of the Gospel and the Boards of the Church.
6. That resolutions second and third of last year's report on Narrative
and State of Religion be adopted by this Assembly.
7. That Revs. R. A. Browne, D.D., E. T. Jeffers, D.D., J. D. Glenn and
Elders Prof. W. N. Eakin and James Brewster, be appointed the Per-
manent Committee for the ensuing year.
The Committee on Bills and Overtures on the nieniorial of the
Presbytery of Argyle, presented the folowiug report, wliicli w^as
adopted :
REPORT ON THE MEMORIAL FROM THE PRESBYTERY OF ARGYLE.
The Committee on Bills and Overtures, with reference to the memorial
of the Presbytery of Argyle, asking that the Assembly take some meas-
ures to save to the Church the United Presbyterians who move to the
West, report as follows :
While recognizing the evil complained ot, we see no way of providing
against it effectively. As a possible partial remedy we recommend the
foHowiug :
Resolved, That a Committee be appointed to address, through tlie
Church papers, a pastoral letter to tlie congregations in the East, re-
1?2 Minutes of General AssemUy, [vol. iV, no. 2.
minding all that contemplate removal to the AVest, of the importance
and duty of informing themselves of the location of our Western churches
and Mission stations ; and exhorting pastors to call the attention of those
about leaving their bounds to the obligation they are under of providing
for the spiritual good no less than for the temporal welfare of themselves
and their families.
The Moderator nominated and the Assembly confirmed the follow-
ing as the Committee provided for in the foregoing report : Dr. J. B.
Dales, Dr, S. F. Morrow, Rev. Henry Gordon.
The report of the Committee on the Board of Foreign Missions
was read and recommitted for amendment.
The apportionment of funds for the coming year was referred to
the Committee on Finance.
The report of the Committee on Bills and Overtures on the mem-
orial from the Presbytery of Monongahela was taken from the docket
and adopted. It is as follows :
REPORT ON THE MEMORIAL FROM THE PRESBYTERY OF MONONGAHELA.
The Committee on Bills and Overtures, with reference to the mem-
orial of Monongahela Presbytery, requesting a change in the constitu-
tion of the Boards of the Church such as to ^^I'event any man from being
a member of more than one Board at the same time, report as follows :
Believing that all danger to the Church and inconvenience to those
called to serve the Church as members of these Boards can be avoided
without this modification, therefore.
Resolved, 1. That no such change be made in the constitution of the
Church Boards.
2. That hereafter, there be added to the Standing Committees of the
Assembly, a Committee on Nominations which shall nominate to the As-
sembly persons to fill the vacancies occurring in all the Boards each year.
The report of the Special Committee on Theological Seminaries
was taken from the docket. Pending the discussion of this report,
the hour of adjournment arrived, when the Assembly adjourned after
prayer by Rev. Andrew Gordon.
7:30 o'clock P. M.
The Assembly met and was opened with prayer by Dr. James
Harper.
The calling of the roll was dispensed with. The minutes of the
last session were read and approved.
The report of the Treasurer of the China building fund -svas read
and referred to the Committee on Finance.
A letter signed John M. King, Convener of the Committee on
Correspondence of the Canada Presbyterian Church was read and
referred to the Committee on Correspondence.
The minutes A the First Synod of the West for 1873 and 1874
were presented and referred to the Committee on Revision.
The Committee on the Board of Education presented a report,
which was amended and adopted. It is as follows :
1875.] Illnutes of General Assembly, 173
KEPORT ON fHE BOARD OF EDUCATION,
The report of this Board is so full and complete as to leave nothing
for your Committee to do except to call the attention of the Assembly to
the various points Avhich it contains.
We find the total receipts from all sources $10,457.38 ; expenditures,
S9,484..^0 ; leaving a balance in the treasury at the end of the year,
April 30th, of $972.86; that there have been more liberal contributions
during the past year than for some previous years, but there is still a
debt of $2,375 resting upon the Board and drawing interest. The Board
deprecate this state of things and suggest as a remedy either increased
liberality in contributions or curtailment of expenditure.
In pursuance of the latter plan the Board further suggest the propriety
of withholding aid from literary students, at least to the junior year (in
college). The Board also calls special attention to two of the objects for
which the Board was created, as stated in its constitution, viz.: "To
cherish and diffuse an educational spirit throughout the Church " and
" to co-operate with the Presbyteries, the Synods and the Assembly in the
establishment of institutions of learning."
Some action, tending to the j^romotion of these objects and enabling the
Board more efficiently to carry out these aims, is desired.
The Board further directs attention to the growing evil of allowing
students to pursue their theological studies at home under the direction
of the Presbyteries, and with, it is feared, in some cases, a superficial
training, licensing them to preach the unsearchable riches of Christ ;
therefore.
Resolved, 1. That this Assembly direct Presbyteries to raise the sum of
$5,000 for the Board during the current year.
2. That only students who are actually pursuing their studies in
theology at one of our seminaries, shall, for the present, receive aid
from this Board, except those literary students who have hitherto been re-
ceiving aid.
3. That in the judgment of this Assembly the following should
be the educational policy of our Church:
(a.) So to equip and endow her existing colleges as to fit them for doing
their work- as efficiently as possible.
(b) Not to establish any additional colleges until this work has been
fully accomplished, and until the Church is able and willing to make the
new enterprise successful.
(c) To make all its institutions thoroughly Christian in both form and
fact.
4. That this Assembly elect Prof E. F. Reidas a member of the Board
for the remainder of the time for which Dr. Young was elected.
5. That D. A. Wallace, D.D., James H. Martin, Esq., and Rev. D. M.
Ure, whose terms of office now expire, be re-elected, and Rev. W. T.
Campbell be elected to fill a vacancy caused by the election of Rev.
G. D. Henderson, to be Corresponding Secretary.
Adjourned after prayer by Dr. William Wishart.
TUESDAY.
9 o'clock A. M.
The Assembly met and was opened with prayer by the Moderator.
The calling of the roll was dispensed with. The minutes of the
last session were read and approved.
174 Minutes of General Assembly, [voii. iv, no, 2.
The regulations of tlie several Boards were referred to the Com-
mittee on Statistics, that they may be put in ])roper form.
Took up the order of the day, viz.: The report of the Special
C\)mmittee on amendments to the Constitution of the Board of Home
Missions. The re])ort was adopted. It is as follows:
REl'ORT ON AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE BOARD <>F
HOME MISSIONS.
The Committee to which was referred tlic paper proposing ainendmeiits
to the Constitution of the Board ot Home Missions report that, in their
judgment any radical change of the existing Constitution at jireseut is
unadvisahle ; therefore,
liesoloed, That the Committee be discharged from the further consider-
ation of this i:>aper.
The paper referred to in the above report was laid on the table.
The report ot the Committee on bills and Overtures on the mem-
orial from the Presbytery of Keokuk was taken from the docket and
and adopted. It is as follows :
REPORT ON THE MEMORIAL FROM THE PRESBYTERY OF KEOKUK.
The Committee on Bills and Overtures, with reference to the memorial
of the Presbytery of Keokuk, asking the establishment of a Church
paper, report as follows :
Whereas, The United Presbyterian Church in the organization and
sup])ort of its Board of Publication, has recognized the principal that
the Church, in order to edify itself and disseminate truth, should furnish
a literature in accordance with its standard, and.
Whereas, The influence of periodical literature is at least equal to
that of books and tracts which we now publish, therefore,
liesolved, That a Committee be appointed to draft, and offer to the next
General Assembly, a constitution and by-laws for the government of a
Publishing Committee that shall have control of a Church paper (weekly),
which shall be undertaken on condition that, in the meantime, the funds
necessary to the enterprise be contributed.
The Moderator nominated and the Assembly confirmed the follow-
ing as the Committee called for the preceding report : Rev. R. A.
McAyeal, Rev. R. B. Taggart, and J. McKee^ M. D.
After spending some time in devotional exercises, the Assembly
adjourned after prayer by Rev. James S. Barr.
2 o'clock P. M.
The Assembly met and was opened with prayer by Rev. D. S
Kennedy.
The calling of the roll was dispensed with. The minutes of the
last session were read and approved.
The order of the day, viz.: The hearing of Dr. Taylor, the dele-
gate from the (General Assendjly of the Presbyterian Church, was
postponed for half an hour.
U'lie report of the Committee on the Board of Publication was
taken from the docket, amended aijd adopted. It is as follows :
1875.] 3Iinutes of General Assembly, 175
REPORT ON THE BOARD OF PUBLICATION.
Tlie report of the Board shows that the Imsiness of our publication
house has been conducted with efficiency during the year.
The Board has provided a model assortment of Bibles, Testaments
and Psalm Books, and to an already extended catalogue of religious
literature, they have recently added " Boston's Four-Fold State," "An-
derson on Faith," and " Romaine on Faith." The financial summary
shows a net gain of three thousand six hundred and nineteen dollars and
forty-seven cents, with a cash balance of three thousand four hundred
and eleven dollars and thirty-two cents. They have increased their assets
and decreased their liabilities, and exhibit other evidences of financial
soundness and prosperity ti'uly cheering in view of the panic which has
so seriously affected every part of the work of the Church. The aggre-
gate indebtedness to the Board of $15,665 has only been reduced three
thousand dollars during the year, a large proportion, however, of Uie un-
paid balance is made up from sales during the present year.
We recommend the following action :
1. That the Board be urged to pursue the same prudent policy recom-
mended by the Assembly of last year in making collections of outstand-
ing debt.
2. That we commend the wise and prudent action of the Board in
republishing " Boston's Four-Fold State," " Anderson on Faith," and
"Romaine on Faith," and express the hope that they may increase their
catalogues of religious books by adding more of the same character.
3. That five thousand dollars be appropriated to this Board, and that
one-half of the contributions be placed at the disposal of the Board to be
used in supplying mission fields and Sabbath Schools with religious litera-
ture.
4. That Rev. W. R. McKee, Thomas McCauce, Esq. and R. E. Stewart,
Esq., be elected members of the Board, and that Rev. S. H. Graham be
elected to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Dr. J. G.
Brown.
The Couimittee on the Board of Publication presented tlie follow-
ing report with reference to the preservation of old documents, which
was adopted :
REPORT ON THE PRESERVATION OF RECORDS, ETC.
With reference to the report on the Preservation of Records, referred
to your Committee, it is recommended that this Assembly appoint Revs.
J. C. Boyd, H. H. Hervey, J. B. Dales, D.D., J. P. Lytle, G. Small,
A. Young, D.D., R. A. McAyeal, J. N. Smith, S. G. Irvine, G. Lansing,
D.D., J. S. Barr, and W. H. McMaster, as a Committee to continue the
work of collecting old records and other historic documents of the As-
sembly and its antecedents, and that said Committee be instructed to
place the documents for preservation in the care of the Board of Publica-
tion, and report to the next Assembly.
The report of the Committee on the Board of Freed men's Missions
wns taken up.
The order of tlie day liaving arrived, Rev. A. A. E. Tayloi', dele-
gate from the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, ])re-
seiited the Christian salutations of tlie body he represented, and the
Moderator responded in tlie name of the Assembly.
176 Minutes of General Assembly , [vol. iv, no. 2.
Resumed the consideration of the report of the Committee on the
Board of Freedmen's Missions, which was adopted. It is as follows :
REPORT ON THE BOARD OP FREEDMEN's MISSIONS.
The Committee on the Freedmen's Missions respectfully report : That
we believe no part of the Church's work to be more important than that
committed to the Board of the Freedmen's Missions, that none deserves,
and that none, in our opinion, will receive a more cordial and liberal
support when properly presented to the Church at large. Not to men-
tion the fact that consistency, as well as duty, requires the United Pres-
byterian Church to put forth vigorous efforts for the social and spiritual
elevation of the freedmen ; there are not only indications of duty but
grounds of encouragement in the fact that there is a manifest willingness
on the part of many in the Church to sustain this cause, and that we have
reason to expect the sympathy and co-operation of our brethren of the
Associate Reformed Synod of the South in this work.
We recommend the adoption of the following resolutions :
1. That the Board of Freedmen's Missions be directed to proceed im-
mediately to erect the necessary buildings for a mission training school
among the freedmen, and to open said school as soon as possible.
2. That this Assembly do most cordially invite and will most grate-
fully receive the sympathy and co-operation of our brethren of the Asso-
ciate Reformed Synod of the South in this work.
3. That an appropriation of fifteen thousand dollars be given to this
Board during the coming year.
4. That Rev. J. S. Sands and H. J. Murdoch be re-elected as members
of the Board, and Peter Dick be elected in place of John Dean and Rev.
W. G. Morehead in place of W. H. Andrew and Dr. J. T. Cooper in
place of J. W. Witherspoon, elected Corresponding Secretary.
The report of the Committee on the Board of Foreign Missions
was taken from the docket and made the order of tlie day for to-
morrow morning immediately after the presentation of papers.
Adjourned after jjrayer by President Taylor.
7:30 o'clock P. M.
The Assembly met and was opened with prayer by Rev. Wm. M.
Richie.
The calling of the roll was dispensed with. The minutes of the
last session were read and approved.
The report of James McCandless, appointed by the last Assembly
to inquire into the financial affairs of the San Francisco Church, pre-
sented the following report, which was adopted.
REPORT ON SAN FRANCISCO CHURCH, CAL.
The undersigned, appointed by the last Assembly, to inquire into the
financial affairs of the congregation of. San Francisco with special refer-
ence to ■ the interest of the General Assembly for moneys given said con-
gregation to aid in the erection of their church edifice, attended to the
duties assigned him and reported on their financial condition in detail to
the Trustees of the General Assembly, as directed.
The Conmiittec on Correspondence presented a report, which was
amended and adopted. It is as follows ;
1876.] Minutes of General Assemhty, lt*t
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CORRESPONDENCE.
1. Whereas, The followiug delegates to Ecclesiastical bodies in cor-
respondence with us have reported to this Assembly, viz. : Eev. Dr.
Brown and A. G. Wallace, delegates to the Associate Reformed Synod of
the Somth; Rev. R. H. Pollock, D. D., to the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church, which met at Cleveland ; Rev. H. Gordon to the
Canada Presbyterian Church ; Rev. Dr. JefFers to the Presbyterian Church
of the Lower Provinces, and Rev. W. H. McMillan to the Reformed
Presbyterian Synod ; therefore.
Resolved, That the action of these delegates be and hereby is ajD-
proved.
2. That this Assembly has heard with much gratification, Rev. D. Mc-
Allister, delegate from the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Rev. H. T.
Sloan, from the Associate Reformed Synod of the South, Rev. A. A. E.
Taylor, D.D., from the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church,
which met at Cleveland, and the communication from Rev. J. M. King,
of the Canada Presbyterian Church.
3. Whereas, It appears that the Associate Reformed Synod of the
South has resolved to co-operate with this Assembly in the foreign work,
and has sent out a missionary who is now employed as a co-labor with
our missionaries in Egypt, and has appointed a Committee to confer with
a similar Committee from the United Presbyterian Church on the whole
subject of co-operation in missionary work ; and, whereas, this Assembly,
having heard the report of the cordial reception given by that Synod to
the deputation appointed by the last General Assembly, and the gratify-
ing statements of Rev. H. T. Sloan, the deputy from that Synod, is led to
cherish the hope that the time is approaching when more intimate rela-
tions may be established ; therefore.
Resolved, That Rev. J. B. Dales, D.D., Rev. J. G. Brown, D.D., Rev.
J. W. Witherspoon, Rev, A. G. Wallace, and Rev. S. Collins, be ap-
pointed to confer with the Committee appointed by the Associate Re-
formed Synod of the South in relation to co-operation in mission work ;
and that the permanent Clerk be and hereby is directed to transmit a
copy of this, our action, to the Clerk of the Associate Reformed Synod of
the South.
4. Whereas, A union is about being consummated between the
Canada Presbyterian Church and the Presbyterian Church of the Lower
Provinces, and it has been intimated that no delegates would be appointed
by either body to the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian
Church until that union should be accomplished ; therefore.
Resolved, That no delegate be appointed by this Assembly to either of
the bodies above named.
5. Whereas, Delegates to foreign churches should be selected by the
General Assembly, and, whereas, it does not appear to be necessary that
a deputation should be sent^ abroad, oftener than once in three or five
years, and, whereas, it is understood that we were represented in the su-
preme judicatories of some of these bodies last year ; therefore.
Resolved, That the appointment of delegates to the foreign churches,
in correspondence with us, be referred to the next General Assembly.
6. That delegates be appointed as follows :
(a.) To the Associate Reformed Synod of the South : Rev. J. T. Mc-
Clure, D.D., and Rev. AV. M. McElwee, D.D., Principals ; Rev. J. B.
Dales, D.D., Alternate.
(6.) To the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church : Rev.
D. R. Kerr, D.D., Principal, and Rev. S. F. Morrow, D. D. Alternate.
178 Minutes of General AssemUy, [vol.. IV, no. 'i.
(c.) To the Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church : Rev. R.
Armstrong, Principal ; Rev. D. McDill, D.D., Alternate, and that they
be directed to report in writing to the next Assembly.
7. That the request of the Western Presbytery of the Reformed
Presbyterian Church (General Synod) be granted, and that the Superin-
tendent of the Board of Publication be directed to return the records in
(jnestion to Rev. W. J. Smiley, Clerk of the aforesaid Presbytery.
8. That this Asseml)ly regards with favor co-operation with the Gen-
eral Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, particularly in the work of
Publication, as suggested by Dr. Taylor in his address, and that our dele-
gate be directed to communicate tliis fact to the next Assembly of that
body.
The Committee on Finance presented a report, which was amended
and adopted. It is as follows :
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE.
Your Committee respectfully present the following report :
The following Treasurer's reports, referred to your Committee, have
been examined and are found correct :
The report of the Treasurer of the General Assembly.
The report of the Treasurer of the Board of Home Missions.
The report of the Treasurer of the Board of Foreign Missions.
The report of the Treasurer of the Board of Freedmen's Missions.
The report of the Treasurer of the Board of INIinisterial Relief
The report of the Treasurer of the Board of Education.
The report of the Treasurer of the Board of Church Extension.
The repoi't of the Treasurer of the Board of Publication.
All the foregoing reports were duly audited by their respective Board^^
as directed by the Assembly. Blanks in a convenient form were pre-
pared and furnished by the Second Clerk, which enabled the various
Treasurers to send up their reports in proper shape for publication in-the
Minutes of the Assembly.
As legacies and special contributions will appear classified under their
proper heads, we omit noting the same in this report. The Treasurer of
the Assembly reports no receipts under the resolution of the last Assem-
bly relating to the donations of Mrs. Ruth Brooks and Mrs. Mary
Stewart (see minutes for 1874, p. 21, resolution 1).
Your Committee recommend for adoption the following resolutions.
1. That the Treasurer be authorized to pay funds in his hands donated
for the Jewish Mission, to the Rev. A. C. Tris, of the city of New York,
for the Jewish Missionary Society of that city, with which the said Tris
is connected.
2. That the thanks of this Assembly are due to the Rev. J. R. John-
ston for the faithful and efficient services rendered the Church as agent
of the China Mission Building Fund in the collection of moneys requisite
for the erection of the Mission buildings at our station in China.
3. That the Principal Clerk be instructed to draw his warrants on the
Assembly's Treasurer in favor of the following named 2:)ersons for the
sums set opposite their names respectively, as follows :
1875.] Minutes of General Assembly, 179
Kev. Joseph T. Cooper, D.D., late Principal Clerk, for traveling expenses ? 7 00
" William J. Reld, D.D., salary as Principal Clerk '. 100 00
" A P \v 11 1 Salary as Second Clerk iJ^lOO 00
A. Vj. Wallace, | Traveling Expenses 7 00— $107 00
" Wm. S. Owens — Salary as Assistant Clerk 25 00
" J. T. Cooper, D.D., for Expenses as Member of Committee on Con-
federation of Presbyterian Churches 30 00
" D. R. Kerr, D.D., for Expenses as Member of Committee on Coni^ed-
eration of Presbyterian Churches 30 00
" Alex. Young, D.D., for Expenses as member of Committee on Confed-
. eration of Presbyterian Churches 30 00
" H. Gordon, for Expenses as Delegate to Synod of the Presbyterian
Church of Canada ". 30 00
" J. G. Brown, D.D., for Expenses as Delegate to Synod of the Associate
Reformed Presbyterian Church, South 51 10
" Alex. G. Wallace, for Expenses as Delegate to Synod of the Associate
Reformed Presbyterian Church 52 47
" W. H. McMillan for Expenses as Delegate to Synod of the Reformed
Presbyterian Church 31 10
" R. H. Pollock, D.D., for Expenses as Delegate to General Assembly of
the Presbyterian Church 5 50
Second Clerk, for Incidental Expenses of the Assembly, including printing.. 27 15
Sexton of the United Presbyterian C;hurch, Wooster 20 00
4. That James McCaudless, Graham Scott. ■ , and Thomas
Jamison be elected Trustees of the General Assembly for three years
from July 1st, 1875.
5. That the sum of two thousand dollars be appropriated to the
General Assembly's Fund.
The blank in the fourth resolution of the preceding report was
filled with the name of R, E. Stewart, Esq.
Adjourned after prayer by Rev. S. F. Thompson.
WEDNESDAY.
9 o'clock A. M.
The Assembly met and was opened with prayer by the Moderator,
The calling of the roll was dispensed with. The minutes of the
last session Avere read and approved.
The order of the day was deferred until the Moderator nominated
and the Assembly confirmed Rev. S. R. Frazier, Rev. J. M. Adair,
Elder R. E. Stewart, as a Committee to prepare a report on the sub-
ject of temperance with instructions to present it to the Assembly
during the day.
Proceeded to the order of the day, viz. : The consideration of the
report of the Committee on the Board of Foreign Missions.
The Moderator called on Rev. J. G. Carson to occupy the chair
during the consideration of this report.
The regular order of the day for 11:15 o'clock A. M., viz., devo-
tional exercises, was suspended.
The further consideration of the report of the Committee on the
Board of Foreign Missions was made the order of the day for this-
afternoon immediately after the presentation of papers.
During the discussion of this report. Rev. J. R. Johnston, alternate,
4
180 Minutes of General Assembly, [vol. iv, no. 2.
appeared in the room of Rev. J. B. Waddle, principal, as delegate
from tlie Presbytery of Chartiers.
During the same discussion, a paper from the Presbytery of
Westmoreland, relating to the finances of the Church, was presented
and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Adjourned after prayer by Dr. J. B. Dales.
2 o'clock P. M.
The Assembly met and was opened with prayer by Rev. S. W.
Lori mer.
The calling of the roll was dispensed with. The minutes of the
last session were read and approved.
A series of resolutions in regard to the appointment ^of a Gen-
eral Financial Agent was read and placed on the docket.
A report from the Superintendent of the Board of Publication,
with reference to the minutes of the Assembly, was read and referred
to the Committee on the Board of Publication. '
The Committee on Temperance, appointed by the last Assembly,
were called on for a report, but they did not respond.
Proceeded to the oi'der of the day, viz. : The consideration of the
report of the Committee on the Board of Foreign Missions, which
was amended and adopted. It is as follows :
EErORT ON THE BOAED OF FOREICiN MISSIONS.
Your Committee have examined the report of the Board and accom-
panying papers, and find cause for gratitude to God in the prosperity of
our missions.
I. The Egyptian Mission — While this mission has been greatly blessed,
difficulties have arisen between the mission and tlie Board, which, how-
ever, unpleasant, are not of a nature so serious as to shake the confidence
of the Church, either in the Board or the missionaries. Your Committee
do not deem it best to enter into the details of these difficulties, and
recommend the following resolutions :
1. That Rev. S. C. Ewing having recalled his conditional resignation,
his relation to the mission continue as heretofore.
2. That the Assembly approve the action of the Board taken last July,
regarding the salaries of the missionaries in Alexandria and Cairo sta-
tions, viz.: SI, 400 to male missionaries with families, and $550 to female
missionaries, and that the salaries of the missionaries in this station and
in all the missions of the foreign field be the same as last year.
8. While a liberal support is due to our missionaries, and while no
change should be made in their expenditures without consulting them,
yet it is the province of the Board, as the agent of the Assembly, to de-
termine the amount of the salaries and other expenses, as also to have a
general control of their work, subject, of course, to the aj^proval of the
Assembly.
4. That the Missionary Association do not expend more in the Cairo
buildings than the amount of funds already at their disposal ; and that
the plans and specifications be left to the judgment of the Association,
and that they be directed to proceed with the building as speedily as
possible.
5. That while funds entrusted to the mission must not be diverted from
the purpose for which they were intended, yet, it should be left to the
1875-.] Minutes of General Assembly, 181
judgmeat of the Missionary Association to determine in what securities
they shall be invested.
6. In view of the action thus taken, the Assembly deems it unnecessary
that any Commission be appointed as requested by the Missionary Asso-
ciation in Egypt, in the hope that the action had will terminate all diffi-
-culties.
7. That the Assembly regards with special satisfaction and with grati-
tude to God, the fact that the Book of Psalms, in a metrical version
•which those competent to iudge pronounce very faithful, and in other
respects meritorious, has at length, chiefly through the labors of mission-
aries of the Reformed Presbyterian Church and oi our own, been provided
for the vast Arabic-speaking i^opulation of the v\'orld in their own
tongue.
8. Inasmuch as the difficulties on account of which all the members of
the Board, except one, have either resigned or declined re-election, have
not in the least weakened the confidence of the Church in these mem-
bers, that the resignations of Mr. Thomas Stinson and Revs. Barr, D.D.,
Church, Jacksot), and AVilson be not accepted ; that Messrs. Huey and
Alexander, whose terms of office have expired, be re-elected, and that
Kev. S G. Fitzgerald be elected iu the place of Dr. Dales, who, as Cor-
responding Secretary, is already a member of the Board ex-officio.
IE. With regard to our other missions,
Resolved, That one female missi<inary be sent to Syria ; that two female
missionaries and one additional male missionary be sent to India ; that
Hev. Andrew Gordon be sent back to India at as early a day as practic-
able, and that one mission family and a female missionary be sent to
"China dui'ing the year.
III. With reference to the whole work, we recommend the following
resolutions :
1. Tiiat thanks be given to God for the rich favors of his providence
^nd grace so generally shown us as ia Church in carrying on the mission-
ary work — that fervent prayer be offered that the Holy Spirit may more
and more accompany the word preached among the heathen and taught
jn the various schools, — that Christians may be stirred up to still greater
interest in this cause, and to make more systematic and earnest efforts on
Jts behalf; and that no roots of bitterness may be suffered to spring up or
•difficulties arise whereby in any way the work of God may be hindered
•or his cause reproached.
2. That the gratitude of the Church is due and our thanks are hereby
tendered David Stuart, Esq., of Liverpool, John Caldwell, Esq., of Phil-
adelphia, to the American Bible Society, American Tract Society, British
and Foreigu Bible Society, the Paisley Ladies' Missionary Society, and
the Turkish Mission Aid Society, in Great Britain, for favors conferred ;
■and to His Highness Dhuleep Singh for his annual gift of £500 for the
printing operations and £500 for the support of missionaries in Egypt.
3. That the following appropriations be made for the missionary Avork
of the ensuing year: Egypt, $35,000; Syria, SJ,200; India, $14,400 ;
■C'hina, SI 6,000 ; outfits, traveling expenses, and salaries of new and re-
turning missionaries $10,000, and miscellaneous, $1,000 ; total, $66,200
in currency,
4. That the Presbyteries be directed to take measures to have their
congregations make contributions from the beginning of the year, in order
that tha Board may be able to meet these appropriations, and to make its
anonthly remittxnces to the missions.
5. Tnat three thousand copies of the annual report be published —
182 llinutes of Geneird Assembly/, [vol. iv, xo. 2,
that every congregation be urged to procure some of these reports and
have them circulated from house to house, and that pastors and eklers be-
urged to have all their jjeople obtain the information contained in them
in reference to our foreign work.
6. That, as in all our missions, the Board is urging the missionaries to-
encourage and carry on, as far as may be possible, and in the best ways^
practicable, the work of educating and evangelizing heathen women, the-
Assembly urge the women in all our churches to make individual con-
tributions for this purpose, or organize and carry on societies for it that
the Board may have in its general fund the means of more and more
thoroughly and usefully performing this in common with the other parts-
of our great work, and we rejoice to know that quite a number of our
churches have formed such societies with gratifying results.
7. That the Assembly approve of the action of the Board in acceding;
to the proposition of the Committee on Foreign Missions of the Associate
Reformed Synod of the South to co-operate with us in carrying on the
mission work in Egypt, — that it accept also from the Committee the offer
of a missionary to be under the direction of our mission, and be supported
by funds which that Synod will regul-irly furnish,— and that it express its-
earnest desires for the happiest results to follow this pleasant uniting and
working of the two churches in the foreign missionary field.
8. That $300 be granted to Mr. William Getty in acknowledgment of
his services as Treasurer during the past year.
Dr. J. B. Dales tendered his resignation as Corresponding Secre-
tary of the Board of Foreign Missions, whicii was referred to the
Committee on the Board of Foreign Missions.
The Committee on Satisfies presented the following report, which
was adopted.
REPORT ON STATISTICS.
Your Committee on Statistics would respectfully report that we have
had before us : First — The report of the Second Clerk and accompanying-
statistical tables. Second— The anomaly arising from the adoption, by
the last Assembly, of two distinct forms of the Constitution for the Board
of Ministerial Relief.
I. In reference to the report of the Second Clerk and the Statistics-
connected therewith, your Committee find that statistical tables have been
received from all the Presb3^teries, and that, generally sp aking, they
have been prepared with unusual care and accuracy, and forwarded tO'
the Clerk in good time. There are, however, some exceptions. A very
few of the tables have been sent in so defaced by blots and scratches and
corrections, and so incorrect in the footings and totals, that the mildest
thing we can say is, the Clerks who made them up ought to be ashamed.
The reports of four Presbyteries, namely, Albany, Second New York,
Vermont, and Wabash, were not received until after the Assembly had
convened, and for this reason no analysis of the statistics could be jire-
pared for presentation early in the sessions.
In this connection, we recommend the adoption of the following reso-
lutions :
1. That the Clerks of Presbyteries, with the exceptions above referred
to, have merited the thanks of this Assembly for their co-operation with
the Second Clerk in his efforts to secure full and accurate statistics in.
time to be presented at the openirg of the Assembly.
1875.] Minutes of Genei^cd Assembly, 183
2. That in view of the great increase of labor occasioned during the
sittings of the Assembly by the failure of the Presbyteries of Albany,
•Second IS'ew York, Vermont, and Wabash to have their statistics for-
Avarded in due time and in view, also, of the inconvenience suffered by
the Assembly because of the impossibility of having, early in its sessions,
.a summary of the statistics, the Presbyteries named be instructed to call
their Clerks to account for delinqu:-ncy in the matter, and to see that
hereafter returns be made more promptly.
II. In reference to the Constitution of the Board of Ministerial Relief,
your Committee would recommend the adoption of the following reso-
lutions :
1. That, inasmuch as the Constitution of the Board of Ministerial Re-
lief, as published in vol. 4, page 76 of the Minutes, is unnecessary because
•of the adoption of another, uniform with the C:)nstitutions of the other
Boards, it be and hereby is repealed.
2. That to complete section 4 (entitled " Regulations ") of the Consti-
tution of the Board of Ministerial Relief, the following rules be inserted
■(see articles vi to xi, inclusive, page 76 of Minutes, vol. 4).
3. That section 3 of the By-Laws of this Board be stricken out, inas-
much as there is a general provision in regard to the number constituting
•a quorum of any Board.
III. Your Committee desire further to call the attention of the xVssem-
bly to the desirableness, and indeed the necessity, for some convenient
manual of information in regard to our Boards, Theological Seminaries,
Colleges, and other subjects of interest in regard to our Church organi-
zation and work. We recommend the adoption of the following reso-
lutions :
1. That the Clerks of the Assembly be instructed to prepare for pub-
lication a manual containing, in proper order, the Charters, Constitutions,
and Regulations of the Boards , the names, locations, faculties, &c., of our
Theological Seminaries and Colleges ; the Rules of Order of the As33mbly,
and such other items of interest as they may judge advisable.
2. That the Board of Publication be instructed to publish and keep for
sale, at the lowest possible rates, the hand book referred to above.
The Committee on the Judiciary presented the following report,
which was adopted :
REPORT ON THE PAPER FROM THE FIRST PRESBYTERY OF NEW YORK.
This Presbytery reports the licensure of two young men, at the end of
the second year of their theological course, and although not so stated,
yet it it appears that this report is made in accordance with a
resolution adopted by the A.ssembly of 1873, as follows : " Resolved,
That Presbyteries be required to report to each General Assembly
the names of persons licensed during the year, and to give account
in each case of the number of sessions spent at the Theological Seminary,
and the training given by the Presbytery itself" And it seems that this
is the only Presbytery which has complied with the aforesaid resolution.
Our Book of Government and Discipline says that " in ordinary cases,
BO student of theology shall be admitted to trials for license until he has
completed a course of theological study of three full years, after the time
of his admission by the Presbytery." And it does not appear that there
was anything extraordinary in the case of these young men, demanding
their licensure before the completion of their theological course. It is
true that this Presbytery has done only what other Presbyteries have
184 Minutes of General Assembly, [vol. IV, NO. 2,
done. But it is believed that neitlier the Church at large, nor the young'
men themselves are benefitted by their entering the ministry prematurely ;,
and the wholesome rules and regulations of the Church on this subject^
as well as on every other, ought to be respected by her judicatories..
Either there should be no law on this subject, or this law ought to be
obeyed. And we believe that the Assembly s-hould endeavor to secure-
uniformity in the execution of this law on the part of the Presbyteries-
under her jurisdiction. The following resolutions are therefore pioposed
for adoption :
1. That the action of the First Presbytery of New York in licensing
students of theology before the the completion of their studies, is dis-
approved by this Assembly.
2. That Presbyteries be reminded of the action of the Assembly of
1873 above referred to.
The Special Committee on Theological Seminaries presented a re-
port. Before tliis report was disposed of, the hour of adjournment
arrived, when the Assembly adjourned after prayer by Rev. D. S-.
MoHenry.
7:30 o'clock P.. M..
The Assembly met and Avas opened with praver by Rev. J- C
Telford.
The calling of the roll was dispensed with. The minutes of the
last session were read and approved.
The Committee on the Board of Foreign Missions reported a reso-
lution, recommending that the resignation of Dr. J. B. Dales as-
Corresponding Secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions be not
accepted, and the report was unanimously adopted.
The Committee on Finance presented the following report on the:
paper from the Westmoreland Presbytery, which was adopted :
REPORT ON THE MEMORIAL FROM THE PRESBYTERY OF WESTMORELAND^
Your Committee respectfully present the following report : That they
have examined the memorial of A. Lewis sent up to the Assembly by the
Presbytery of Westmoreland, wherein attention is directed to the unsatis-
factory working of the methods commonly in use throughout the Church
for the raising of the necessary funds for the support of the ministry of
the Church and the prosecution of its work, and asking an examination
of the weekly system, or as it has been called, the Gospel plan for taking
contributions, and if approved, that arrangements be made for the intro-
duction of said plan into the congregations of the Church.
Your Committee find that the plan referred to in said memorial is sub-
stantially the same as that which this Assemblv has recommended for
adoption, as set forth in resolution 5 of the report of the Committee on
Narrative and State of Religion, and your Committee, Avhile appreciat-
ing the just terms iu which the evils complained of in said memorial, are-
set forth and the clearness with which the plan suggested for the remedy
thereof is illustrated, would propose the following resolution :
Resolved, That no further action on the subject matter of the above-
mentioned memorial is necessary on the part of this Assembly.
The Special Committee on Temperance presented the following re-
port, which was adopted :
1875.] Minutes of General Assembly, 185
REPORT ON TEMPERANCE.
Your Committee feel that the time has goue by for unmeauiug words
upon this all absorbing and vital question.
The duty of every lover of our common INIaster and of every vindi-
cator of our standard of faith (which is emphatically a gospel of tem-
perance) is made plain.
It therefore becomes us, while we thank God for what by His grace He
hath enabled us to accomplish toward the overthrow of this terrible evil
of intemperance and to unite all our energies in the great conflict that is
yet before us for its total and final eradication.
As we were the first, or among the first, to wage war in this present
movement, let us, by the help of the Divine Spirit, be the last to waver
or to give it up.
In order that there may be no misunderstanding of the position of our
Church upon this question, your Committee respectfully request the adop-
tion of the following resolutions :
1. That it is inconsistent with membership in the Church of Christ to
use or be engaged in the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors as a
beverage.
2. That it is the duty of the friends of God and humanity to combine
their efforts for the suppression of intemperance and its removal from the
Church and country.
3. That in the prosecution of this work it is important to keep in view
the great fact that there can be no true plan of reformation which ignores
the necessity of the regenerating grace of God.
4. That we send our cordial greetings to the National Temperance Con-
vention now in session in Chicago.
Resumed the consideration of unfinished business, viz.: The re-
port of the Special Committee on Theological Seminaries. The first
part of this report was referred to the next Assembly ; the second part
was adopted. The report is as follows :
REPORT ON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARIES.
The Committee on Theological Seminaries respectfully recommend the.
adoption of the following resolutions :
I. In respect to the memorial from the Seminary at Xenia.
That hereafter the Seminary session begin on the first Wednesday of
September, and continue seven months.
II. In respect to the transfer of the Seminaries to the control of the
General Assembly.
Whereas, Six out of the eight Synods of the Church have approved
of the transfer of the Seminaries to the control of the General Assembly,
according to the terms of the Enabling Act of 1870 and 1871 ;
And, whereas, the interests of theological education in the United
Presbyterian Church requires such transfer, therefore,
1. Resolved, That the " Enabling Act " be recognized as still in force.
2. That a Committee of three be appointed by this Assembly to bring
the whole subject before the Synods that have not yet approved this
measure, and in case they act favorably, to report to the next. Assembly
statutes for the government of the Seminaries, and a plan for completing
the transfer.
186 Minutes of General Assembly, [vol. iv, xo. 2.
Rev. Drs. D. A. Wallace, S. F. Morrow, and William J. Reid
were appointed the Committee called for in the last resolution of the
preceding report.
While this report was under consideration, it was resolved to limit
all the speeches of the evening to five minutes each.
Rev. A. G. Wallace was re-elected viva voce, the rule being sus-
pended, Second Clerk for a term of four years.
The report of the Committee on Bills and Overtures on Deaconesses
was taken from the docket, when the following paper, offered by Dr.
James Harper, was adopted as a substitute :
REPORT ON THE DEACONSHIP.
That a committee be appointed whose duty it shall be to prepare for
the next General Assembly a report on the subject of the Deaconship,
dealing particular!)'^ with the questions as to the perpetuity of the office,
the functions pertaining to it, and the persons eligible to it; said committee
to furnish by February 1st, 1876, a copy of their report for publication
in the periodicals issued peculiarly in the interests of our Church.
Rev. James Harper, D.D., Rev. E. T. Jelfers, D.D., Rev. William
Bruce, D.D., were appointed the Committee called for in the preced-
ing paper.
The Second Church of Philadelphia, Pa., Avas chosen as the place
of the next meeting of the Assembly, and the fourth Wednesday of
May at 7:30 o'clock P. M. as the time.
The report of tlie Committee on Bills and Overtures on Presby-
terian Confederation was taken from the docket and adopted. It is as
follows :
REPORT ON PRESBYTERIAN CONFEDERATION.
The report of the Committee on Bills and Overtures on the report of
the Committee appointed to meet with the Committees of other Presby-
terian Churches to confer on the subject of Confederation, is as follows :
1. Besolved, That the action of the Committee be cordially endorsed.
2.. That the Assembly exj^resses its gratitude to the Savior for the har-
mony He has given to the deliberations of these Committees, and its
conviction that this agreement in a statement of revealed truth so full
as that contained in the j^ropositions adopted, is a precursor of a closer
union among the churches holding the great doctrines of the Bible.
The following paper, presented by Dr. James Harper, was adopted
in connection with the foregoing rejiort :
PAPER ON PRESBYTERIAN CONFEDERiVTION.
Whereas, Several churches adhering to Presbyterian polity and Cal-
yinistic doctrine are, on conscientious grounds, opposed to the use of un-
inspired hymns in the worship of God ; and, whereas, the inspired Book
of Psalms has been acknowledged by every branch of the Church of
Christ, at least hj every Presbyterian one, to contain matter suitable for
praise in the service of song ; and, whereas, the exclusive use of the
hymns embraced in this sacred collection by the proposed Confederation *
1875.] Ilinutes of General Assembly, 187
in its meetings would not only evince a generous regard for the cherished
convictions of many Presbyterians, but also, it is believed, tend to prove
.and promote the unity of the Church of Christ ; therefore,
Resolved, That this Assembly respectfully, but earnestly, asks that in
th'^ particular referred to, the " Consensus of the Reformed Churches " be
respected by the Confederation in its devotional exercises, arid that a
si^ecifie guarantee to this effect be incorporated iu the Constitution Avhich
may be adopted.
Resolved, Further, that our Committee be directed to urge this matter
by letter, or otherwise, in the Convention about to be held iu London.
The next General Committee of Home jMissions M'as directed to
meet in the North Church, Philadelphia.
Rev. S. S. White and S. G. Fitzgerald -were aj^pointed the Com-
mittee on Credentials.
James McCandless and William Getty were appointed a Committee
to secure a reduction of railroad fares for delegates to the next As-
sembly.
The report of the Committee on the Centennial was taken from
the docket, amended and adojjted. It is as follows:
REPORT ON THE CENTENXIAL.
The Committee on History and Statistics for the Centennial, appointed
by the last Assembly, would respectfully report that they have held sev-
eral meetings and arranged for the pi-eparation of papers on the several
subjects referred to them, and would recommend:
1. That Rev. Drs. D. A. Wallace and E. T. Jeffers be added to the
Committee, and that to them be assigned the duty of preparing the paper
on the educational interests of the Church, and that Rev. W. S. Owens be
appointed to assist in the preparation of statistics.
2. That this Assembly shall j^rovide for the ptiblication of the papers
prepared by this Committee in a suitable volume by the Board of Pub-
licatioL:.
The report of the Committee on Bills and Overtures on Romanism
was taken from the docket and adopted. It is as follows.
REPORT ON ROMANISM.
The Committee on Bills and Overtures, with reference to the memorial
•of Rev. Dr. S. F. Mowow and Rev. AV. S. Owens, setting forth the danger
to liberty and morality from the growth and designs of the Roman Cath-
olic Church, report as follows:
1. Resolved, That the Assembly admonish our people of the actual
<langer from this source, and advise them to use all legal and honorable
means to prevent the perversion of school funds to the use of any church
or sect.
2. That our Board of Publication be instructed to keep for sale and to
advertise such books as exjiose the character and tendency of Romanism.
The report of the Committee on Bills and Overtures on the mem-
orial from the Presbytery of Butler was taken from the docket
and adopted. It is as follows :
188 Minutes of General Assembly, [vol. iv, no. 2.
REPORT ON THE MEMORIAL FROM THE PRESBYTERY OF BUTLER,
The Committee on Bills and Overtures, with reference to the memorial
of the Presbytery of Butler, asking an expression of sympathy with the
Irish Church, report, recommending the following:
Eesolved, That the Assembly take no action on the subject of this,
paper.
The following resolution was adopted :
Resolved, That delegates to the next As>:embly be requested to send in
their names to the projDer persons, in due time, that the various railroad
companies may print their tickets early enough to have them reach the
members before they leave home.
The report of the Committee on Bills and Overtures on the mem-
orial of Mrs. Sarah R. F. Hanna was taken from the docket, amended
and adopted. It is as follows :
REPORT ox THE MEMORIAL OF MRS. HANNA.
The Committee on Bills and Overtures, with reference to the mem-
orial of Mrs. Hanna, asking that the Assembly sanction and provide for
the formation of a Women's Missionary Society, report as follows :
1. Resolved, That the effort to form a General Women's Missionary
Society meets the hearty approval of the Assembly.
2. That the constitution offered by Mrs. Hanna, with the amendments
suggested by your Committee, be endorsed by the Assemblv.
8. That Mrs. Hanna, Miss Linn Pressly, Mrs. W. H. McMillan, Mrs,
William Frew, and Miss Eliza Frazier, be a committee to organize a So-
ciety on the basis of this constitution.
4. That the same C'ommittee be instructed to secure as far as practic-
able, the formation of an auxiliary Society in every congregation in the
Church.
The time of adjournment was indefinitely postponed.
The report of the Committee on Revision was taken from the
docket and adopted. It is -as follow^s:
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON REVISION.
A printed copy of the records of the As^sembly for 1874, properly cer-
tified ; also, printed copies of the records of the Synod of Pittsburgh for
1874 ; of the Second Synod of the West for 1878 and 1874 ; of the Synod
of Iowa for 1874; of the First Synod of the West for 18^ 8 and 1>^74 ; and
also the written records of the Synod of Kansas from 1869 to 1874, hav-
ing been put into our hands for examination, we would report :
That we have performed the duty assigned us with as much care as-
time and circumstances would permit, and that we do not find any thing,
in any of the records requiring the action of the Assembly, that the
business has been transacted in an orderly manner, and especially do we
take pleasure in commending the neatness and accuracy with which the
Minutes of the Synod of Kansas are kept.
We subm t for adoption the following resolution, viz.:
Resolved, That the records of the Assembly for 1874, together with the
minutes of the different Synods named in the report, be aj)proved.
1875.] Minutes of General Asseynbly, 18^
The paper from William Reed, Esq., asking for the appointment
of a General Financial Agent, Sic, was taken from the docket and its-
consideration was referred to the next General Assembly. It is as-
follows :
RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING THE APPOINTMENT OF A GENERAL FINAN-
CIAL AGENT.
1. Resolved, That this Assembly elect a General Financial Agent,,
whose duty shall be to collect all the contributions of the Church from.
the financial agents of the Presbyteries and ap];)ortion them among the
different treasurers of the Boards of the Church in proportion to the-
amount apportioned to each Board and the needs of the Boards at th&
time.
2. That the financial agents of the Presbyteries forward to the Gen-
eral Financial Agent the contributions of congregations as soon as re-
ceived.
3. That the congregations under under the care of the Assembly be
dii-ected as early in each year as the first of July to inform the Financial
Agent of their Presbytery the amount they will contribute to the Boards'
of the Church quarterly for that year, and the Presbyterial Financial
Agents shall send these congregational reports to the General Financial
Agent. In case any financial agents fall in arrears or fail to report the
proceedings of the congregations, the General Financial Agent is directed
to notify said delinquents of the fact and urge them to collect and for-
ward all the contributions from the Presbyteries.
An additional report from the Committee on the Board of Publi-
cation was taken from the docket and adopted. It is as follows:
REPORT ON PUBLISHING THE MINUTES.
Resolved, That the Board of Publication publish as soon as practicable-
a number of cojiies of the Minutes of the Assembly, not exceeding five
•thousand, to be sold at twenty cents per copy, with postage added when
sent by mail.
The following resolution was adopted :
Resolved, That the Board of Publication be authorized to publish se-
lections from the revised edition of the Book of Psalms for use in prayer
meetings and Sabbath Schools.
A paper on the relation of Missionary Presbyteries to the Assem-
bly was presented and laid on the table. It is as follows :
RESOLUTIONS ON THE RELATION OF MISSION PRESBYTERIES TO THE
ASSEMBLY.
Whereas, The subordination and supervision of Church Courts con-
stitute a fundamental principal of Presbyterianism, and.
Whereas, Our Foreign Missionary Presbyteries and the Presbyteries-
of Oregon and San Francisco, are not related to any Synod and are not
subject to have their proceedings reviewed by such a Court ; therefore,
Resolved, That our Foreign Missionary Presbyteries and the Presby-
teries of Oregon and San Francisco stand in the same relation to the
190 Minutes of General Assembly, [vol. iv, No. 2.
General Assembly as that in Avhich any Presbytery at home stands to its
Synod, and that these Presbyteries henceforth be required to send up cer-
tified copies of their minutes annually to the General Assembly for re-
vision. But it is understood that in cases of discipline, appeals cannot
Joe entertained.
The following resolutions were adopted :
1. That Ave hereby declare the pleasure it has given us to mingle
with the good people of Wooster and vicinity and to partake of their hos-
pitality, and that we express our heartfelt thanks for their unwearying
effort to make our sojourn among them pleasant.
2. That the thanks of this Assembly are hereby tendered to Rev.
W. W. Barr, D.D., for courtesy and faithfulness in the discharge of his
duties as our presiding officer.
3. That the thanks of this Assembly be given to the railroads for re-
duction in fares to members and friends in attending the Assembl)\
4. That our thanks be given to the representatives of the press for their
constant attendance and faithful reports of our proceedings.
The Moderator addressed the Assembly a few farewell words.
The minutes of this session were read and approved.
The Assembly Avas dissolved, Avhen the IModerator said : " By
virtue of authority to me delegated, I do hereby dissolve this General
Assembly, and require another General Assembly, chosen in the same
manner, to meet in the Second Church of Philadelphia, Pa., on the
fourth Wednesday of May, 1876, at 7:30 o'clock P. M."
Prayer Avas offered by Eev. J. A. Collins, the 117th Psalm Avas
sung, and the benediction Avas pronounced by the Moderator.
W. W. BARR, Moderator.
WILLIAM J. REID, Principal Clerk.
1875.] 3 [mutes of Ge7ieral Assembly — Appendix. 191
APPENDIX.
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Your Trustees respectfully report : That since your last meeting they have
attended to sev^.ral items of business in which legacies left or intended to be left to
tlie United Presbyterian Church, but which through inaccuracy in writing wills
and the intricacies of the law, have become subjects of litigation, but none of which
we deem of sufficient importance to take up the time or attention of the General As-.
sembly.
At our annual meeting the following officers were elected until July, 1875 :
Rev. W. H. Andrew, President.
Eev. E. B. Ewing, Vice President.
Graham Scott, Bee- Sec.
S. B. W. Gill, Cor. Sec.
James McCandless, Treasurer.
George McCague, on account of the infirmities of age and a defective sense of
hearing, tendered his resignation as a member of our Board, which was accepted.
Also, the term for which Jomes McCandless, David Reed, and Graham Scott were
elected, will expire on July 1st, 1875. You will please fill these vacancies.
In conjunction with Rev. S. Collins, Superintendent of the United Presbyterian
Book Rooms, we had some blank Cliurch or Congregational Charters printed" which,
can be had at the Rooms.
We appointed a Committee of our number to audit the accounts of James Mc-
Candless, Treasure, who report having examined his accounts and vouchei'S, and
found the same correct, as stated on his books.
That peace and prosperity may be found in all your borders and harmony in alL
counsels, is the wish and prayer of your Trustees.
By order of the Board.
GRAHAM SCOTT, Secretary.
REPORT OF TPIE BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS.
In making their Sixteenth Annual Report, the Board of Foreign Missions grate-
fully recognizes tlie goodness of God. Not a member of the misssions, nor of the
Board, has fallen by death, or been permanently laid aside. Several of the
field.s of labor have been thoroughly reinforced. In no way has there been as.
much financial difficulty as in some former years ; and in no one of the missions
have there failed to be precious fruits of labor, while some of them have been blessed
with more numerous conversions, baptisms and accessions to the Church than in any
single previous year. For all these and like favors, thanks are devoutly due to God.
More particularly, the following statements are submitted for the information of"
the Assembly and of the churches :
The whole amount appropriated by the last Assembly for all purposes was ^61,200
in gold, or $73,440 in currency. The balance in tlie Treasury, May 1st, 1874, was.
192 Minutes of Getieral Assembly — Appendix, [vol. iv, no. 2.
9.54. The amount received during the year ending April 30th, 1875, from all
sources was $67,467.30. The whole amount expended was 152,529.30, leaving a
balance April 30th, of $14,938. A large proportion of the receipts, including two
important bequests, came into the Treasury during the last of April. At the first
meetino- in this month (May), orders were drawn on the Treasury for $12,050 of this
balance. It is most desirable that contributions sliould be made earlier in the year.
TREASUKER.
Mr. Samuel C. Iluey, who was appointed by the last Assembly, Treasurer, felt con-
strained, after much consideration, to decline the position. Mr. James Buchan, the
acting successor of the late Mr. Thomas B. Rich, of New York, generously continued
to serve tlie Board until about the first of July, when Mr. William Getty,, of this
city, was prevailed upon to accept* the office, and has ever since efficiently transacted
the business. The l^oard gratefully acknowledge the services which Mr. Buchan
•so kindly and successfully, and without remuneration, rendered the Board and all our
missions in discharging the duties of this Treasurpship.
THE WORK.
The following were the general statistics of the work on the first of the . current
year: Four missions, Syria, India, Egypt ond China; 33 stations; 15 foreign and
5 native ordained missionaries ; 21 female missionaries and assistants; 92 teachers
and helpers ; 785 communicants ; increase during the year, 212 ; scholars in the
schools, 2,591 ; contributions by native converts in Egypt, $3,106; volumes sold in
JEgypt, 10,176.
KEW MISSIONARIES.
During the year much has happily been done towards reinforcing the missions.
On the 26th of September, Rev. T. L. Scott and v/ife and Miss Eli'zabeth G. Gordon
sailed for India, and Miss Maggie G. Lockhartfor Egypt. On the 10th of February,
Revs. John Giffen and J. R. Alexander departed for the Egyptian mission. All
these parties have safely reached their fields, and have thoroughly engaged in pre-
paring for their work.
r.ErURJTING MISSIONAE'E-^.
In September last. Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Lansing, after having visited many of the
churches in this country, and sought the renewing of their health, set out for their
work again in Cairo. The Rev. J ames S. Barr has intimated to the Board that he
will re-embark, with his wife and a portion of his family, early in the ensuing au-
tumn for the mission in India. The Rev. Dr. Barnett informs the Board that the
enfeebled condition of his family from their sojourn in the mission field, renders it
improbable that he will be able to resume the foreign Avork.
The Rev. Andrew Gordon, who has been several years in this country, has prof-
fered his services for the mission in India again. The Board have anxiously con-
sidered it. But while not unmindful of some things that might be urged in favor of
his return, yet in view of all the circumstances of his case, it has been thought best
io refer his application to the General Assembly.
AN ALLY.
After much consultation, the Associate Reformed Synod of the South lias entered
into an active co-operation with our Church in carrying on the mission work in
Egypt. On the 10th of February, Miss Mary E. Galloway went forth as the first
foreign missionary from this Church, to take her place with ours, and will labor
under the direction of our Board. In every respect she will be as one of our mis-
<sionaries, only that she will be considered the missionary of the Associate Reformed
Synod, and be supported from its Treasury. The Board have watched this move-
ment with great interest, and bail it, as they trust the Assembly and the whole
Church will, as eminently a token for good — that thus brethren. North and South,
and so thoroughly of a common faith and worship, may be happily engaged with
each other in the one great M'ork.
1875.] Minutes of General Assembly — Appendix, 193
"WORK AMONG WOMEN.
A deeper interest is awakened and more work is done every year in this important
•direction. In India the girl's schools, wliich are large, are in some measure im-
portant means of obtaining access to the homes of the native women, and our female
missionaries are more and more endeavoring to use them thoroughly for that pur-
pose. In Egypt, besides the ordinary schools for girls which are at all the stations,
boarding schools for girls have been specially opened at Cairo and Osiout. In al-
most all the Missions, also, the wives of the missionaries and the female missionaries
spend portions of their time in visiting the native women from house to house, read-
ing the Scriptures, holding religious meetings with them, teaching them to read, and
laboring to have them become evangelized -and raised to the 2JOsition which women
■ought to occupy.
The'Board gratefully mention that there are now nine devoted unmarried Chris-
tian women from this country employed in our Foreign Missionary work, and there
is a prosjjcct of more early joining them. Tliroughout our chyrches, also, the in-
terest in this form of Christian efibrt is increasing, and more and more fervent prayer
is offered, and generous liberality is shown on its behalf.
MISSION moPEETY.
At Canton, through the munificent contributions of the Sabbath Schools of our
■churches mainly, two commodious dwellings for missionary residences have been
erected, one of which is occupied by the Rev. J. C. Nevin, and the other waits a
missionary, who ought to be sent at once to reinforce this mission. At Bludan,
Syria, four hundred dollars have been allowed for improving and putting in proper
order the, premises which are so much used during the warm season by our mission-
aries both from Syria and Egypt. In Cairo the mission have been authorized by the
Board to go forward in the erection of suitable mission buildings ; provided that the
"vvork is completed from the funds obtained from the sale of the former mission
premises, and there be no call on the Board or the churches in this country for fur-
ther funds for it. For the College building in Osiout the Board are hajipy to say,
that all the money appropriated by the last Assembly has been forwarded. All
these expenditures for mission property tend to the usefulness and permanency of the
anissions. i
AN ARABIC PSALM BOOK.
The want of a suitable metrical version of the psalms in the Arabic language has
long been deeply felt. At length after much labor, such a version has been pre-
pared, and an application having been made to the Board for $400, to defray the
expense of publishing an edition large enough to supply tlie present Arabic speak-
ing worshippers in t,he East, it was immediately granted. This sura the Bo<ii-d have
great pleasure in saj'ing has been since generously voted to it for this purpose by the
Board of Publication of our Church, and thus the work of clothing, for the first time,
the entire Book of Psalms in an Arabic metrical version for use in the worship of
■Crod will be completed at an early day — a work which cannot but be regarded as a
special honor to the Reformed and United Presbyterian Churches, whose mission-
aries have conjointly, and at length so successiuUy, it is believed, accomplished it.
HELPERS IN THE WORK.
The Board gratefully record the fact that many friends have liberally aided in
■carrying on the woi'k during the past year.
His Highness Dhuleep Singh signalized the anniversary of his marriage again
last June, with the munificent gift, as usual, to the mission in Egypt, of £500 for the
printing operations, and £500 for the support of missionaries in that land.
Various friends outside of our own Church have shown their interest in the work
•of our missions by generous contributions. David Stuart, Esq., of Liverpool, has
even more than ever the past year aided in the care of oar missionaries. Mr. .John
Caldwell, also, of this city, has rendered us great service in securing passages for all
our missionaries at reduced rates.
The American Bible Society and the American Traft Society in this country, and
the British and Foreign Bible Society with the Paisley's Ladies' Missionary Society,
^nd the Turkish Mission Aid Society in Great Britain, have generously furnished
.grants of books or monies that have been of the most important service.
194 Mihutcsqf General Assembli/ — Appendix, [vol. iv, xo. 2.
In various parts of our own country, also, the Christian women have most hap-
pily shown during the year how much can 'be done by a little concerted effort.
Touched witli a deep sense of the needs of their sex in heathen lands, tiie ladies of
the First and Second Churches, Allegheny, Pa., Mouinouth and vicinity, Illinois,
York, N. Y., Mercer, Pa., St. Clairsville, O., and other places, have formed efficient,
societies and have liberally contributed to our funds with reference more particw-
larlv to work being being done, as far as practicable, for the evangelization of heathen
Avomen. This the Board would urge the Assembly and the whole Church to en-
courage. The contributions from missionary societies amounted to i»52,836.98.
THE SA-B.BATH SCHOOL AND CHIJ^DaEX.
A large number of Sabbath Schools have been engaged in making contributions to
our Foreign Missions. In many instances, also, i>arents have instructed their chil-
dren in regard to the condition of tlie heathen, and the privilege and duty of having
the Gospel sent to them. Many of the young in our churches have felt this state of
things, and have davised and liberally furnished means in various ways and amount*
for carrying on the work. Who can doubt that from the young thus instructed and
trained may vet come the real and enlarged benefactors and workers of the Church ?
One hundred and fifteen contributions, amounting to §2,500.05, came in from over-
one hundred Sabbath Schools.
It is specially gratifying that, during the past year, numerous bequests have come
into the Treasury. More and more a noble disposition has been manifested thus by
Christian men and women to make Ciirist one of their heirs. May this spirit widely
spread I The Board only suggest that the making of a will with a bequest be
promptly and correctly done, lest a sudden death, or some mistake, or oversight in
the drawing of it, may have it proved null and void. The whole amount reeeived
from legacies was $17,327.75.
The Board are able to give here only an abstract of the different missions. The
full statement will appear in the annual report that will be issued in pamphlet form^
and which ouglit to find its way into every family, and be carefully read by every
member of our United Presbyterian Church.
The headquarters of this mission are at Damascus. With it are the following-
nine stations: Nebk, Deir Atiyeh, Yabrud, Kasheiya, Ain-esh-sliaara, Bludan,.
Kulat Jendal, Amy and Maara. For all these, the only missionaries from our
Church are Kevs. John Crawford and J. F. Patterson, M. D., and their wives. Most
happily, however, this mission is carried on still in tiie cordial co-operation of the
Presbyterian Church in Ireland with us in it. The following statistics for the year
ending Dccemlier 31st, show that this oldest and to many very dear mission of our
Church has 10 stations, or points of labor ; 2 missionaries, one of whom is a phy-
sician, and two assistants; 16 other teachers and helpers; 75 communicants, (an in-
crease of 12 on profession); 195 average attendance upon the Sal)bath services ; 10
infant baptisms; 80 scholars in the Sabbath School, and 354 in the day and boarr ing
schools. Steadily this mission pursues its work, and though Moslemism is mani-
festing its old hatred and threatening opposition to Cliristianity, yet God is on the
side of His servants and His truth shall prevail.
This mission makes an earnest appeal for at least one female missionary to take
charge of the girls' schools and of the work among the women, and as there is no-
one ibr this work in that mission, the Board recommend the apjtointment desired^
believing that great good will result from it.
This mission has five stations, viz. : Gujranwalla, Ihelum, Sealkote, Zafierwal
and Goordaspore. It has now four American* and one native ordained ministers-
and tlieir wives, two female missionaries, 11 other teachers and helpers, 114 com-
*One, Rev. J. S. Barr and family, are now in tliis country.
1^?5.] Minutes of General Assembly — Appendix. 195
municants, 572 of average attendance, and 1,067 pupils in the schools. During the
year ending on December 31st, 50 persons were added to the membership of tlie na-
tive churches of the mission — 42 of whom were on the profession of their faith. In
the same time the mission baptized G6 persons — 39 of whom were adult-professing
believers, and 27 were infants.
This mission has steadily carried forward its work of preaching the Gospel, as far
as possible, at all the stations, and in itinerating through the two large districts
which it occupies of over two millions of souls. It has had tliorough Scripture in-
struction given in the schools. It has had much good work done among the native
women ; and as it is expected, another devoted female missionary will be early sent
to this field, i^re of this important work still will be carried on, and it is not
doubted with the happiest results.
The mission in Egypt dates from 1855. It has now eight principal stations, viz. :
Alexandria, Cairo, Monsura, Sinoris, Osiout, Moteali, Nakayleh and Koos, with nine
outstations, viz. : Medinet, Suft, lioda, Mellowa, .Jawally, Bagoor, Badari, Tahta
and Luxor, — making seventeen established places in all, besides several others where
more or less of mission work is done. During the year closing with December last,
this mission had six foi'eign and two native ordained ministers, one physician and
one printer, who is also a licentiate and teacher, 13 foreign female missionaries
and assistants, and 65 other teachers and helpers — nuiking a total of 88 laborers.
The whole number of communicants is 596 ; of whom 150 were added during the
year — 104 being on the profession of their faith. The average attendance on public
worshij) was 986. The whole number of baptisms was 82. In all the stations but
Suft and Eoda there are schools in full operation with 1,170 scholars in them. In
the Sabbath Schools there are 733, in the Academy 100, in the Theological Sem-
inary 1 2, in the day schools, 642 ; of the whole number of pupils, 642 are males and
528 females. The voluntary contributions of the native churches amounted to
$3,106, and the tuition fees to §567, — making thus nearly §4,000 paid by the people
in the interest of the churches and schools. The number of volumes of books sold
was 10,176, and the cash realized from them was $2,541.
Since the first of January this mission has been strengthened by the addition of
two foreign missionaries, and one female missionary ; and the Board cannot but con-
gratulate the Asseuibly and the mission upon the success that has attended the
effort to raise up a native ministry in the fact that on the 26th of March last, eigiit
young men, who had been trained, in the Collegiate and Theological School, were
licensed, after extended and careful examination to preach the everlasting Gospel, —
four having completed the entire course, and four to return another session.
THE COLLEGE AT OSIOUT.
This Institution has continued to answer well its purpose. Dr. David E. Jolni-
Bton has been chosen President, and will devote himself titorouglily to it. Its great
need is a suitable building, apparatus, library, &c.; and the Board cannot but iiope
that an Institution that is so much called for, and that has been so rich and promis-
ing in its first fruits, will not appeal in vain for the aid required.
DIFFICULTIES.
In closing this part of their report, the Board are constrained to say that wliil«?
the mission in Egypt has been specially snccessful in its general operations during
the year, and more and more widely and encouragingly has had its great work open
up, yet it must also be stated that serious difficulties have arisen between it and the
Board: Chiefly, it is believed, from misunderstandings in regard to salaries and
allowances for children. About eighteen months since, the Board, after consulting
with the other Boards of Foreign Missions in this country prepared a schedule (tf
the salaries, outfits, allowances, &c., — which, in the average, was believed to be in
excess of what other Boards are paying. This schedule was approved by the Gen-
eral Assembly, and it was thought would be satisfactory to all our missionaries.
The mission in Egypt, however, objected, and made out tiieir estinuites for 1874 on
a basis fixed by themselves. The Board did not act on tliese estimates last year
until its April meeting, and then, from all the light it had, concluded to abide by
the new schedule. The result of this action did not reach Egypt in time to enable
5
l96 Minutes of General Assembly — Appendix, [vol. iv, no. ^.
the mission to communicate with the Board previous to the meeting of the General
Assembly. On the morning after the Assembly adjourned, a telegram was received,
addressed to the Moderator and signed by Eev. S. C. Ewing, requesting the Assem-
bly to accept the resignation of himself, Ke^. D. Strang, and Miss Campbell, unless
the estimates for salaries and house rent were allowed. This_ telegram went to the
Moderator, and was sent by him to the Board to take such action as the case seemed
to require.' The Board, not believing that the Church would justify it in granting
the demand of the telegram, accepted Mr. Ewing's resignation, and informed Mr.
Strang and Miss Campbell that their resignations would also be accepted if they were
not satisfied with a change of salaries which Avas made by the Board, after it had re-
ceived additional information from some of the brethren in Egypt. ^Ir. Ewing did
not return to this country, and Mr. Strang and Miss Campbell remained though not
strictly in accordance with the arrangements proposed by the Board. In this course
these missionaries, it is proper to state, were sustained by their brethren in the field.
The whole matter has been the subject of lengthy correspondence. Eflbrts have
been made by both parties to reconcile and harmonize the difficulties. But the ac-
tion of the Board has not been satisfactory to the mission. When the estimates for
1875 were received, they were found to be based again upon a scale fixed by the
missionaries themselves. The Board then deemed it best to submit this estimate,
with those of all the missions in detail, to the General Assembly, and so informed
the brethren in Egypt. Eecent action, however, on their part, shows continued dis-
satisfaction, and that they have taken steps to submit the whole matter to the Gen-
eral Assembly. In this the Board heartily joins, at the same time regretting that
such a course should seem necessary. All the papers and correspondence therefore
are herewith transmitted to the Assembly for a complete and thorough investigation
of the difficulties from their first inception.
The Board has always been disposed to yield much to the missionaries in the field
— in some cases perhaps too much. It was thought, however, that there was a limit
bevond which it could not go, and it will be a great relief to have the General Assem-
bly pass upon its action in this case, and give direction as to the control of the great
matters committed to its care, trusting that any action that may be taken will result
in the continuation and increase of the good work in Egypt.
In this important mission, it pains the Board to have to report that Eev. J. C.
Kevin is still the lone laborer. During the year, though in every application the
Board has made to young men to go to the foreign work, this field has been set for-
ward as one of the most needy and important, yet no one has been finally able to go ;
and still, as so often and long before, our missionary has to make in his report again,
most earnest appeals for reinforcement. Unhappily, also, a portion of the year he
was himself in feeble health ; but he has steadfastly held his post, and, as far as pos-
sible, had the work carried on, teaching in the schools, preaching and expounding
the Scriptures, and writing and translating works that shall render the mission more
and more efficient and useful. And while we have not statistics either of the schools
or of a church, yet the seed is steadily sowing, and it is hoped the good time is com-
ing when there shall be a blessed and glorious reaping.
In the midst of all that has been so long discouraging in regard to new laborers
for this field, the Board are happy to say that arrangements are making to send out
a female missionary at an early day, and it is recommended that the Assembly will
continue the direction to the Board to send the needful reinforcements, and that all
will join in the prayer, and in the eflbrt to secure the laborers whom God will own
and bless in the work of bringing China to^Christ, and the great salvation to millions
perishing there.
OONCIiUSIOK.
In bringing the report to a close, the Board desire to say that while some painful
things have occurred, and in some instances there have been I'ailures to forward the
reinforcements that were desired ; yet, upon the whole, there lias not been any year
probably when as much has been accomplished in our foreign Avork as the past one.
Five new missionaries have been sent to the field, and three former ones liave been
returned to it. In one mission eight well trained and furnished native men have
been licensed by tlie Presbytery to preach the Gospel. In the three missions from
which lull accounts have come, larger accessions have been made to the native
churches than usual. In one of the missions two girls' boarding schools have beea
1875.] Mimdes of General Assembly — Ajypendix. 197
opened. In all the schools the Scriptures have been systematically read and studied
with the clearest indications of its being with good effect. In the churches also at
home and among numerous friends outside, there have been manifested a cheei i g
liberality and a prompt and willing spirit to respond to our calls for aid in tliis
treat and holy cause. The individual donations during the year amounted to
,6,302 12.
While, then, almost everything of the past bids us all thank God and take cour-
age, let it be felt now, as never before, there is a call to go forward, — forward to the
work of sending' the Gospel to the destitute — forward in seeking to evangelize and
bless the world.
THE BOARD.
Mr. Thomas Stinson, who has been from the beginning one of the most active
members of the Board, has resigned his place in it in consequence of the complica-
tions of the mission in Egypt. The term of service of S. C. Huey, John Alexander,
and J. B. Dales, expires at this meeting of the General Assembly, and they decline
a re-election for the same cause. For the same reason and also in order that the
Assembly may be entirely free to act without reference to the present Board, Revs.
W. W. Barr, F. Church, W. C. .Jackson and J. C. Wilson tender their resignations
also to the Assembly — these being all the remaining members of the Board, except
Mr. William Getty, who, while concurring fully in all the past action of the Board
in regard to tlie Egyptian Mission, yet does not consider it his duty to resign at the
present juncture,
EECOMMENDATIOKS.
The Board respectfully recommend the following action especially to the attention
of the General Assembly :
1. That thanks be given to God for the rich favors of his providence and grace so
generally shown us as a Church in carrying on the missionary work — that fervent
prayer be offered that the Holy Spirit may more and more accompany the word
preached among the heathen and taught in the various schools, — that Christians may
be stirred up to still greater interest in this cause, and to make more systematic and
earnest efforts on its behalf; and that no roots of bitterness may be suffered to spring
up or diffiulties arise whereby in any way the work of God may be hindered or his
cause reproached.
2. Tliat the gratitude of the Assembly be expressed by name to the several societies
and individuals whose liberal and timely help is particularly mentioned in the re-
port.
3. That three thousand copies of the annual report in full be published — that every
congregation be urged to procure some of these reports, and have them circulated
from house to house — and that pastors and elders be urged to have all their people
obtain the information contained in them in reference to our foreign work.
4. That the Assembly instruct the Board to seek, and, if possible, send out one
mission fami'y, and at least one female missionary to China, one female missionary
to India, and one to Syria.
5. That with the appropriations which should be made to meet the amounts that
may be fixed upon from the estimates of the several missions, the Assembly will also
appropriate $5,000 for outfits, traveling expenses, &c., of new and returning mission-
aries— and that all the churches be urged to make contributions as early as possible
in the year to meet these appropriations and to enable the Board to make its monthly
remittances to the missions.
6. That, as in all our missions, the Board is urging the missionaries to encourage
and carry on, as far as may be possible, and in the best ways practicable, the work of
educating and evangelizing heathen women, the Assembly urge the women in all our
churches to make individual contributions for this purpose, or organize and carry on
societies for it that the Board may have in its general fund the means of more and
more thoroughly and usefully performing this in common with the other parts of our
great work.
7. That in view of the large amount of money the mission in Egypt have in hand
for erecting a new missionary building in Cairo, and of the difficulty of raising, in
tlie churehes here at home, monies beyond the increasing calls of each year for cur-
rent expenses, the Assembly approve the action of tlie Board in directing the mission
to build within the limits of the sum they have, and thus not incur a debt and be
under the necessity of calling upon the churches at home for a/Iditional grants.
1 98 Minutes of General Assembly — Appendix, [vol. iv, no. 2.
8 That the Assembly apt)rove of the action of tlie Board in acceding to the pro-
position of the committee of Foreign Missions of tlie Associate Reforined Synod to
co-operate with us in carrying on the mission worlc in Egypt— that it accept also
from tlie commitlee.the ofler of a missionary to he under the direction of our mis-
sion, and l)e supported by funds which that Synod will regularly furnisli— and that
it express its earnest desires for the happiest results to follow this pleasant uniting
and working of the two churches in the Foreign Missionary field.
Kespeclfully submitted,
W. "W^. Babr, President.
J. B. Dales, Cor. Sec.
Pldladelphia, Mcnj 14, 187f.
ESTIMATES.
Egypt, Currency |)37,1':)0 00
Syria, " 4,205 95
India " 14.470 22
. China, " .-• 1,667 50
Total .?57,493 67
REPORT OF THE BOARD AND OF THE GENERAL
COMMITTEE OF HOME MISSIONS.
In accordance with 'tlie directions of the General Assembly, we desire to_ present
tlie following Report. In the good providence of God, the great work of exten-
ding the kingdom of Christ in our own land has been carried on through another
year with an encouraging degree of success.
I. — REPORT OP THE BOARD.
The subjoined statements taken from -our report to the General Committee will ex-
hibit to some extent what has been accomplished during the year now drawing to a
close.
Aid was granted by the last Assembly to 203 Stations, under the care of forty-eight
Presbyteries. From ten of these Stations no reports have been received. The re-
ports of eighty-five are incomplete, embracing only a portion of the year. In the
Stations from which reports have been received, there is a membership of 9,391,
with an average attendance of 17,641. The additions to the Church have
been 633 on profession, and 767 on certificate, while the decrease by death and
removal has been 525. In the Sabbath Schools connected with these Stations,
there has been an average attendance of 8,715 scholars. These same Stations have
contributed to the Boards of the Church during the year $4,236, and for the sup-
port of their own Pastors or Missionaries $49,6.30. The number of Church Edifices
reported is 134. One luindred and twenty-nine Missionaries have been employed
during the whole or a ])art of the year. All the appropriations, as far as they became
due, have been paid. The sum of $4,402.85 was wltldield, inasmuch a.s the conditions
upon which the aid was granted, had not been fulfilled. Of the money placed at the
disviosal of the Board to meet emergencies, the sumof .?3,499 v, as appropriated.
In regard to the Stations placed by the last Assembly under the liead of Special
Missions, we can only give brief statraents :
Boonsboro, Presbytery of Cedar Rapids. — The arrangments contemplated with
reference to this place do not seem to have been carried out.
Vir/ton, Presbytery of Cedar Papids.—J^ev. P. 11. Drennen has labored there in
accordance with his a])pointment, faithfully and diligently. The results have not
been adequate to the eiibrts put forth. He writes, "the prosj^ect with us is not en-
couraging."
Indianapolis, Presbytery of Indiana. — Rev. J. P. Roljb, appointed to this field, has
been at liisi>ost since the beginning of the year, and has labored earnestly and perse-
veringly. He writes, that the prospect, thougli for a time discouraging, has been more
clieerjng fpr some months past,
1875.] Minutes of General Assembly — Appendix. 199
Topeka, Presbytery of Kcmsas. — The Missionary assigned to tliis Station became
discouraged, and the Board felt constrained to release him at the end of the first
quarter. Tlie services of Rev. J. II. Cooper were secured about the close of the se-
cond quarter. So acceptable and successful have been his labors that it is the desire
of the congregation and of the Presbytery that he be reappointed for the coming
year.
Kansas City, Prcsbi/terij of Western 3fmouri. — Rev. D. M. McClellan was appointed to
this place for six months. About the close of the first quarter, at tiie solicitation of
the congregation, he consented to remain with them, and was installed as Pastor of
that important misson.
Bed Oak, Freshytery of Nebraska. — According to appointment. Rev. J. S. TurnbuU has
has been laboring in tliis field, with brightening prospects of success.
Omaha, Presbytery of Nebraska. — Rev. Thos. McCague, assigned to this Station, has
been laboring with his accustomed zeal during the year.
Chicago, Presbytery of Chicago. — This congregatian secured the valuable services of
Rev. J. W. Bain, wfio was installed as their Pastor early in the year, and he has been
laboring there with an encouraging degree of success.
Evans, Colorado, Presbytery of Neosho. — Rev. S. B. Reed, appointed to this Station,
entered upon his work early in the year. As a result of his efforts, a congregation
with forty-five members, has been organized, and there is every reason to hope, that
under the care of this faithful brother, it will ere long be self-sustaining, and be-
come a centre of important influences in that widely extended and growing field.
Rev. W. H. McCreery, who had been released from his appointment to Oregon, went
out to Colorado, with the approval of the Board, and has been doing good service in
two unorganized Stations.
San Jose, Presbytery of San Francisco. — A congregation, numbering forty-two mem-
bers, has been Organized at this Station, which has enjoyed the services of Rev.
Alexander Calhoun.
Warficld, Kentucky, Presbytery of Chillicothe. — Rev. N. R. Kirkpatrick is the Mis-
sionary in charge of this Station. He writes: "As yet we have no organization.
We have had services regularly every Sabbath ; generally two services in addition to
the Sabbath School; nearly all the families in the village attend our public service,
and with one or two exceptions, all are represented in our Sabbath School. Our
congregation ranges from forty to seventy-five. In the Sabbath School Ave have
forty-five scholars enrolled. It is a Avide, destitute field."
At the beginning of the year we had in the treasury, exclusive of investment
funds, .?2,455.y2. This, with what came in subsequently, enabled us to pay all orders
within sixty or ninety days after they became due. The contributions during the
year have been, from Presbyteries, $27,062.20, from Sabbath Schools, $1,273.49, from
miscellaneous sources, $5,523.22 ; in all $33,858.91. Of this, $2,112.70 were the pro-
ceeds of legacies for tiie investment fund, so that $31,740.21 was all that was avail-
al)le to meet the obligations of the Board. This, with the balance on hand, enabled
us to pay claims to tlie amount of $34,346.10. While we have been able this year to
meet tlie demands upon us more promptly than in any former year, yet our financial
condition is not quite so encouraging as it was at the beginning of the year. In
view of the condition of the country it is not at all surprising that our income this
j'car should fall $1,423 below v/hat it was the 'year jireceding. We began the year
with a balance of $2,455.32. When it closed on the 30tli of last April we had on
hand only $239.52, with unpaid claims to the amount of $122. This should receive
the attention of the Assembly inasmuch as about $9,000 will become due on the first
of .July, and unless some special effort is made, we will not have the means to meet
our obligations for several months afterwards. There is one matter brought out by
our Treasurer's report full of promise for the future; that is, the growing interest of
the chihlren of the church in the Home Mission work. In the contributions of the
Sabbath Schools there is a gain of $117.32 over those of the pre^'ious year.
The term of service of the following members of the Board will expire with tiiis
meeting of the Assembly, viz. : Rev. James Kelso, Rev. W. J Robinson, and G. M.
Reed, Esq.
II. — EEPOKT OF THE GENERAL COMMITT
The Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the General Committee of Home Missions was
held at Mansfield, ()., beginning Wednesday, May 19th, 1875. Forty-nine delegates
were present — all the Presbyteries being represented except Minnesota, Oregon, San
Francisco, Stamford and Vermont. The Committee was organizec ^y the election
of Rev. J. T. Brownlee, Chairman, and Rev. W. S. Owen.s, Assistant Secretary.
Harmony and dispatch characterized our delibei'ations. The results herewith pre-
sented it is hoped will JUWt tlie approbation of tlie Assembly.
200 Minutes of General Assembly — Appendix, [vol. iv, no. 2.
The amount of money desired for the coming year was $51,500. After carefully
considering the requests of the Presbyteries and relative importance and necessities
of the several Missionary Stations, aid was granted to the amount of $42,465, includ-
ing $5,000 placed at the disposal of the Board to meet emergencies that may arise
during the year. The appropriations were limited to this amount, not because it was
all that was really required, or that could be judiciously expended in this service,
but for reasons that are at once obvious when the experience of the past and the
probabilities of the future, as well as the financial condition of the country are prop-
erly considered.
Tlie different Presbyteries applied for the services of eighty-four Missionaries.
One hundred and ten men were reported for appointment for the whole or part of the
year, — representing the full time of one hundred and four men. It will thus be seen
tliat there is a large number of men able and willing to serve the Church, who can
be employed only a part of the year, while several are left, so far as the Board is
concerned, without employment altogether. Nearly all of these brethren might be
effectively employed in the great mission fields of the West had we the means to sus-
tain them. The manner in which the means and men at our disjDosal have been dis-
tributed will appear from the following tables :
1. AID GRANTED.
AUec/heny Bellevue, 55300; Fleming, 300.
Benver Valley Beaver Falls, $200; Clarkson, 65, (half time).
Big Spring Lower Chanceford, $100.
Bloomington Belleflower, $75, s.,* half time; Hoopeston, 500, s. s.;t Loda,
75, s., half time; New Brenton, 250, s.; Smith's Station,
50, s.; Sugar Branch, 200, s. or 100, s.
Boalon First Boston, $200; Sutton, 200 ; Whitinsville, 200 s. s.
Brookville Lumber City, $400; Pine Creek and Cherry Run, 200, s.; Eeyn-
oldsville, 300, s. s.
Butler East Bradv, $500, s., or 300, s. s.; Parker City, 200.
Caledonia Franklinville, $200, s.
Cedar Rapids Amity, $150; Second Cedar Eapids, 300, s.; Concord, 100, s. s.;
Traer, 300, s. s.
Chicago First Chicago, $1,000; Eock Eun, 100, s. s.; Shannon, 100, s. s.
Cleveland Champion, $300, s. s., congregation to raise 500.
Conemaugh Johnstpwn, $800, s. s.
Delaware Davenport, $200, s.; Meredith, 200, s., or 100.
Des Moines Adams and Corning, $200, s. s.; Corydon, 75, s., half time;
Des Moines, 350 ; Jefferson, 50, s., half time ; Lenox, 200,
s. s.; Mt. Avr, 400, s.; Newton, 100, s.; Palo Aho, 100, s.;
Platte Valley, 100, s. s.; Promise City, 100 ; Winterset, 200, s.
Detroit Austin, Sheridan and Can., $100 ; Caledonia and Con., 200,
s. s., congregation to raise 350 ; Davisvlle, 100, congregation to
raise 500; Fairgrove and Con., 150, s. s.; Port Huron, 1,000;
Eedhouse, Brockway and Clyde, 100, s. s.
Frankfort Cross- Creek, $200, s.
Garnett Chetopa and Labette City, $400, s., or 200; Edgertonand Olathe,
200, s.; Howard City and Longton, 300, s. s.; Lyndon, 75 ;
Ottawa, 400.
Indiana Caledonia, $200 ; Indianapolis, 1,000; Madison, 150, congrega-
tion to raise 600.
Kansas Carnahan Creek and Con., $350, s., or 250, s. s.; First Lawrence,
400 ; First Leavenworth, 250 ; Montana and Amity, 400, s. s.;
Solomon Eapids, 300, s. s.; Topeka, 800-; Winchester and Con.,
400, s. s.; Zion and Con., 300, s. s.
Keokuk Davenport, $500, s., congregation to raise 400; Keota, 175, s.;
Mediapolis, 300, s., congregation to raise 450.
Lake Oil City, $250, s., congregation to raise 750 ; Summit, 200.
Le Claire Cascade and Con., $100, s. s.; Clarence, 150; Putnam and
Con., 225, s. s.
Mumfield Chase City, Va., $150; Stanton Eiver, Va., 200; Utica, 400, s.
Minnesotn Argyle and Con., $250, s. s.; Caledonia, 100, s. s.; Eden Prairie
and Con., 50 ; Leven and Zion, 2D0, s.; Eome, referred to the
Board.
♦Condition of settlement.
tCondition of stated supply.
1875.] Minutes of General Assembly — Appendix. 261
Monmouth Alexis, $200, s.
Monongahela Jefferson, $100, s.; Mansfield, 100, s.; Wylie Avenue, 200.
Muskingum Thornville and Rush Creek, $200.
Nebruska Cass Centre and Atlantic, $500, s. r., Clarinda and Page City,
275, congregation to raise 425 ; Mission Creek and Con., 400,
s. s.; North IJend, 300 ; North Page, 300, s. s.; Omaha, 1,000 ;
Pawnee City, 250 ; Red Oak, 400, s., or 300, s. s.; Scotch Val-
ley, 150.
Neoxho Alta $100, s. s., one-third time; Americus, 175; Arkansas City
400, s., or 300, a. s.; Cntre Ridge, 75, s. s., one-third time ; Cot-i
tonwood Falls, 100, s. s., one-third time; El Paso, 100, s. s.,
one-third time ; Evans, Col., 450, s. s.; Kalida, 75, s. h., one-
third time; Plymouth, 100, a. s., one-tliird time ; Walton, 100,
s. s., one-third time ; Wenona and Namaqua, Col., 500, s. s.;
White City, 100, s. s., one-third time; Wichita, 400, s. s., two-
thirds time.
First Nav York Second Jersey City, |150; 127th street, 100, s.
Second New York First Brooklyn, $200, congregation to raise 1,200.
Oregon Halsey, $200, s. s.; Warm SjDring Indian Mission referred to
Board.
Phikidelphia Seventh Philadelphia, $300 ; Oxford, 200.
Princeton Somerville and Eden, $200, s. s.
Rock Island Rock Island, $400.
San Francisco Roseville, $300, s. s.; Salinas City, 300; St. Jose, GOO; s. s.. Santa
Ana, 500, s. s.
Sidney Macedon, $150.
Southern Illinois Salem, 400, s. s., congregation to raise $400 ; Xenia Prairie 200 s.
Steubenville Carrolton and Con., $150.
Tennessee Big Spring, $150; Dickson, 200; Hopewell, 250, congregation to
raise 400 ; Nail's Creek, 200.
Vermont Greensboro, $250, s.
Wabash Mt. Pleasant, $200, congregation to raise 600; Murray and Con,
200, congregation to raise 550.
West Missouri Bethel, $200, s., congregation to raise 300; Centerview, 200,
congregation to raise 600; Greenwood, 200; Kansas City,
700 ; Warrensburg, 500, s. s.
Westmoreland Latrobe, $ 1 00.
Wheeling Bellaire, $600; Brownsville and Con., 200, s. s.; Martinsville, 300,
Wisconsin Lisbon, $100; Oshkosh, 400, congregation to raise 500: York-
ville, 150.
The Board To meet contingencies, $5,000.
2. MISSIONARIES APPOINTED.
Adair, J. H., Garnett, whole year,
Ashenhust, J. Y., Mansfield, whole year,
Biddle, A. S., 2d quarter, Brookville ; 3d, Mansfield.
Black, J. K., referred to his Presbytery.
Black, J. P,, 1st quarter, Sidney ; 2d, Mansfield ; 3d, Conemaugh,
Black, W. A., referred to his Presl)ytery.
Blair, D. H., 1st and 2d quarters. Lake; 3d, Butler; 4th, Keokuk,
Brown, M. M., AVest Missouri, whole year.
Brownlee, M. B., 1st quarter. Lake ; 2d, Westmoreland,
Bryan, John, referred to his Presbytery,
Bryson, J. C, 2d quarter, Boston.
Campbell, PI D., Bloomington, whole year.
Ciierry, W. B., 1st quarter, Sidney ; 2d, Chillicothe,
Christy, I). D., referred to his Presbytery.
Clark, J. L., 1st quarter, Westmoreland ; 2d, Mercer ; 3d, Lake ; 4th, Big Spring,
Clark, S. F., Des Moines, whole year.
Cooper, E. C., 1st quarter, Neosho ; 3d, Nebraska,
Currie, W, P., Kansas, whole year,
Donaldson, William, 1st quarter, Chillcothe ; 2d, Bloomington; 3d Lake- 4th
Butler. ' '
Dufii Jackson, Neosho, whole year.
Dysart, T. P., Ist quarter, Mansfield ; 2d, Southern Illinois; 4th, Caledonia.
^02 Minutes of General Assembly — Appendix, [vol. iv, no. 2;
Fee, K. N., Oregon, "vvliole year.
Fitzgerald, Thomas, 1st, 2d and 4t]i quarters, Keokuk ; 3d, Monmouth.
Galbraith, William, referred to his Presbytery.
Gelvin, D. M., 1st and 2d quarters, Garnett ; 3d, Neosho ; 4th, Indiana.
George, D. P., 1st quarter, Garnett; 2d and 3d, Keokuk.
Gibson, Josiali H., 1st quarter, Keokuk ; 4th, Bloomington.
Gibson, .John H., 1st quarter, Keokuk.
Given, James, 1st and 2d quarters. Cedar Eapids ; 3d and 4th, Garnett.
Graham, J. D., 2d, 3d and 4th quarters, Garnett.
Hamilton, R. C., 3d quarter, Neosho ; 4th, Garnett.
Hammond, J. C, 1st quarter, Caledonia; 2d, Delaware; 3d, Conemau ^h ; 4th,
Keokuk.
Hammond, R. J., referred to his Presbytery.
Henry, James, 1st quarter, First New York ; 2d, Big Spring ; 3d and 4th, Stamford.
Herron, J. M., Vermont, whole year.
Herron, S. T., Des Moines, whole year.
Houston, A. Y., 1st and 2d quarters, Stamford ; 3d and 4tli, Des Moines.
Hume, H., 1st quarter. Big Spring.
Hunter, W. M., 1st quarter, Princeton ; 2d, Sidney ; 3d and 4th, Keokuk.
Imbrie, J. J., Wheeling, whole year.
Irons, I). W., 1st quarter, Butler ; 2d and 4th, Lake ; 3d Big Spring.
Kidd, Wilson, 1st qnarter, Conemaugh ; 4th, Caledonia.
Long, J. W., 1st and 2d quarters, Nebraska.
Martin, J. K., 2d quarter, Nebraska ; 3d, Le Claire.
May, John R., 1st and 2d quarters, Indiana.
Mayne, Alexander. 1st, 2d and 3d quarters, Minnesota.
Murray, G. R., 1st and 2d quarters, Des Moines ; 3d and 4th, Nebraska.
McAllister, W. J., Detroit, whole year.
McAuley, W. R., referred to his Presbytery.
McCartney, Joseph, Nebraska, whole year, far Omaha.
McCoy, A, G., 1st quarter, Des Moines, 4th, Westmoreland.
McCrea, R. T., 1st and 2d quarters, Nebraska; 3d, Caledonia.
McCreery, W. H., Neosho, whole year.
McDowell, N., 1st quarter, Le Claire ; 2d, Bloomington.
McHenry, D. S., San Francisco, whole year, for Santa Ana.
McKay, D. G., 1st quarter, Delaware; 2d, Caledonia; 3d, Boston ; 4th, Le Claire.
McKee, John S., Butler, whole year.
McKelvy, Joseph, Kansas, whole year.
McKerihan, M. F., 1st quarter, Monmouth ; 4th, Sidney.
McKerihan, William, 1st quarter, Brookville : 4th, C(;nemangh.
McLachlan, D., Wisconsin, whole year.
McLane, D. W., 1st quarter, Mansfield ; 2d, Caledonia; 3d, Bloomington ; 4tli, Dela-
ware.
McLellan, J. M., referred to his Presbytery.
McMillan, Andrew, Le Claire, whole year.
McMunn, J. S., 1st quarter, Mansfield ; 4th, Bloomington.
McNeal, James, Tennessee, whole year,
Nesbit, R. B., 1st quarter, Bloomington; 2d, Monmouth; 3d, Keokuk; 4th, Ne-
braska.
Orr, A. H., 2d quarter, Conemaugh.
Palmer, J. D., 2d quarter, Conemaugh ; 3d, Des MoiHes ; 4th, Nebraska.
Pattison, John, Cedar Rapids, whole year.
Pollock, M. M., referred to his Presbytery.
Pollock, W. A., Nebraska, whole year.
Rawaon, W. T., referred to his Presbytery.
Reed, S. B., Neosho, whole year.
Reed, G. M., 2d quarter. First New York ; 4tli, Conemaugh,
Reid, D. F., Minnesota, wJiole year.
Reid, W. H., Vermont, whole year.
Riddle, Clinton, 1st quarter, Keokuk ; 4th, Mansfield.
Ross, J. S., Minnesota, whole year.
Ross, M. L., 2d quarter, Garnett ; 3d, Indiana ; 4th, Neoslio.
Sands, J. D., 1st quarter. Lake ; 4th, Des Moines.
Scott, J. C, 4tli quarter, Mansfield.
Scroggs, J. A., 1st quarter, Stamford ; 2d, Lake ; 4th, Neosho.
Shaw, D. E., Keokuk, whole year.
1875.] Minules of General Assembly — Appendix. 203
Shaw, W. E., 1st quarter, Boston ; 2d, Butler ; 3d, Brookville; 4th, Lake.
Shearer, James, Des Moines, whole year.
Smith, J. N., 1st and 2d quarters, Neosho; 3d, Bloomington ; -1th, Garnett.
Stevenson, William, Southern Illinois, whole year.
Stewart, A. S., 1st quarter, Beaver Valley; 4tli, Monmouth.
Strong, C. II., Kansas, whole year.
Swaney, J. W., Conemaugh, whole year, for Jolinstown.
Taylor, John, Neosho, whole year.
Taylor, John, Western Missouri, whole year.
Taylor, J. W., 1st quarter, Bloomington ; 2d, Le Claire ; 3d, Mansfield ; 4tli, Cedar
Rapids.
Thome, J. L., 1st quarter, Nebraska ; 2d, Keokuk.
Thompson, R. J., 1st quarter, Southern Illinois; 2d, Keokuk ; 3d, Mansfield.
Thompson, S. F. Tennessee, whole year.
Todd, D., Le Claire, whole year.
Todd, John, referred to his Presyytery.
Torrence, J. T., Bloomington, whole year.
Turnbull, J. S., 1st, 3d and 4th quarters, Garnett ; 2d, Neoslio.
Turner, H. B., Detroit, whole year.
Turner, T. E., Chicago, whole year.
Veazey, John H., 1st quarter, Neosho ; 4th Lake.
Wallace, Wash., 1st and 2d quarters, Detroit; 3d, Keokuk; 4th, Mansfield.
Watson, T. M., Neosho, whole year,
Wilson, T. J., Oregon, whole year.
Wright, Wellington, 1st, 2d and 3d quarters, Kansas ; 4th, Princeton.
Wyatt, R. C, San Francisco, whole year, for Roseville.
Young, R. G., 1st quarter, Conemaugh ; 2d and 3d, Princeton ; 4tli, Des Moines.
For convenience of reference by Presbyteries, the following table is added :
Beaver Valley 1st quarter, A. S. Stewart.
Jilg Spring 1st quarter, H. Hume; 2d, James Henry ; 3d. D. W. Irons ; 4tl),
J. L. Clark.
Bloomington For the whole year, E. D. Campbell, .T. T. Torrence; 1st quarter,
R. B. Nesbit, J. W. Taylor; 2d, William Donaldson, N. Mc-
Dowell ; 3d, D. W. McLane, J. N. Smith ; 4th, Josiah H.
Gibson, J. S. McMunn.
Bodon 1st quarter, W. E.Shaw; 2d, J, C. Bryson ; 3d, D. G. McKay.
Brookville 1st quarter, William McKerihan ; 2d, A. S. Biddle ; 3d, W. E.
Shaw.
Butler For the whole year, John S. McKee ; 1st quarter, D. W. Irons ;
2d, W. E. Sliaw ; 3d, D. H. Blair; 4th, William Donaldson.
Caledonia 1st quarter, J. C. Hammond; 2d, D. G. McKay, D. W. McLane;
3d, R. T. McCrea ; 4th, T. P. Dysart, Wilson Kidd.
Cedar Bapiih For the whole year, John Pattison ; 1st quarter, .James Given;
2d, James Given ; 4tli, J. W. Taylor.
Chieago For the whole year, T. E. Turner.
Chillicothe 1st quarter, William Donaldson ; 2d, W. B. (!herry.
Conemaugh For the whole year, J. W. Swaney; 1st quarter, Wilson Kidd,
R. G. Young ; 2d, A. H. Orr, J. D. Palmer; 3d, J. P. Black,
J. C. Hammond ; 4th, W. McKerihan, G. M. Reed.
Delaware 1st quarter, D. G. McKay; 2d, J. C. Hammond; 4tb, D. W.
McLane.
Des Moines For the whole year, S. F. Clark, S. T. Herron, James Slieiirer ;
1st quarter, G. R. Murray, A. G. Mc(_;oy ; 2d, G. R. Murray ;
3d, A. Y. Houston, J. D. Palmer; 4th, A. Y. Houston, J. I).
Sands, R. G. Young.
Detroit For the whole year, VV. J. McAllister, H. B. Tuyner ; 1st ipiar-
ter, Wash. Wallace; 2d, Wasli. Wallace.
Garnett For the whole year, J. H. Adair; 1st (piarter, D. M. Gelvin, D.
P. George, J. S. Turnbull; 2il, D. M. Gelvin, J. D. Gra-
liani, M. L. Ross; 3d, James (iiven, J. D. Graliam, ,J. S.
Turnbull; 4th, James Given, J. D. Graham, R. C. Hamilton,
J. N. Smith, J. S. Turnbull.
Indiai.a 1st and 2d quarters, J. R. May; 3d, M. L. Ross; 4tli, D. M,
Gelvin.
6
§04 Minutes of General AssembJy — Appendix, [vol. iv, no. ^.
Kanms For the wtole year, W. P. Currie, Joseph McKelvy, C. H.
Strong ; 1st, 2d and 3d quarters, Wellington Wright.
Keoknl- For the whole year, D. E. Shaw; 1st quarter, Thomas Fitz-
gerald, Josiah H. Gibson, John H. Gibson, Clinton Riddle;
2d, Thomas Fitzgerald, D. P, George, J. L. Thome, R. J.
Thompson ; 3d, D. P. George, W. M. Hunter, R. B. Nesbit,
Wash. Wallace ; 4th, D. H. Blair, Thomas Fitzgerald, J. C.
Hammond, W. M. Hunter.
Lake Ist quarter, D. H. Blair, M. B. Crownlee, J. D. Sands ; 2d, D. H.
Clair, D. W. Irons, J. A. Scroggs ; 3d, J. L. Clark, William
Donaldson ; 4th, D. W. Irons, W. E. Shaw, J. H. Veazey.
Le Claire For the whole year, Andrew McMillan, D.Todd; 1st quarter,
N. McDowell ; 2d, J. W. Taylor ; 3d, J. K. Martin; 4th, D. G.
McKay.
Mamfield For the whole year, J. Y. Ashenhust; 1st quarter, T. P. Dysart,
D. W. McLane, J. S. McMunn; 2d, J. P. Black; 3d,'A.S.
Biddle, J. W. Taylor, R. J. Thompson; 4th, Clinton Riddle,
J. C. Scott, Wash. Wallace.
Mercer 2d quarter, J. L. Clark.
Minnesota For the whole year, D. F. Reid, J. S. Ross; 1st, 2d and 3d quar-
ters, A. Mayne.
Monmouth 1st quarter, M. F. McKerihan ; 2d, R. B. Nesbit ; 3d, Thomas
Fitzgerald ; 4th, A. S. StcM'art.
Nebraska For the whole year, Joseph McCartney, W. A. Pollock; 1st
quarter, J. W. Long, R. T. McCrea, J. L. Thome; 2d, J. W.
Long, J. K. Martin, R. T. McCrea; 3d, E. C. Cooper, G. R.
Murray ; 4th, G. R. Murray, R. B. Nesbit, J. D. Palmer.
Neosho For the whole year, .Jackson Duff, W. H. McCreery, S. B. Reed,
John Taylor, T. M. Watson ; 1st quarter, E. C. Cooper, J. N.
Smith, John H. Veazey ; 2d, J. N. Smith, J. S. Turnbull ;
3d, D. M. Gelvin, R. C. Hamilton ; 4th, J. A. Scroggs, M. L.
Ross. y
Fii'st New York 1st quarter, James Henry; 2d, G. M. Reed.
Oregon I^or the whole year, R. N. Fee, T. J. Wilson,
Princeton 1st quarter, W. M. Hunter; 2d and 3d, R. G. Young; 4th, Wel-
lington Wright.
San Francisco For the whole year, D. S. McHenry, R, C. Wyatt.
Sidney 1st quarter, J. P. Black, W. B. Cherry; 2d, W. M. Hunter;
4th, M. F. McKerihan.
Stamford 1st quarter, A. Y. Houston, J. A. Scroggs ; 2d, A. Y. Houston ;
3d and 4th, James Henry. .
Southern Illinois For the Avhole year, William Stevenson; 1st quarter, R. J.
Tliompson ; 2d, T. P. Dysart.
Tennessee For the whole year, James McNeal, S. F. Thompson,
Vermont For the Avholeyear, J. M. Heron, W. H. Reid.
West Missouri For the whole year, M. M. Brown, John Taylor.
Westmorekmd 1st quarter, J. L. Clark; 2d, M. B. Brown lee ; 4th, A. G. Mc-
Coy.
Wheeling For the whole year, J. J, Imbrie,
Wisconsi7i For the whole year, D. McLachlan.
3. SPECIAL MISSIONS.
The following action was taken with reference to certain missions, wliose claims
\vere considered by tlie General Committee :
1. Resolved, That Salem, in the Presbytery of Southern Illinois, be granted $400
on condition that the people raise an equal amount ; and that Rev. H. P. Jackson be
appointed to that field for this year.
2. That the Presbytery of Cleveland should take steps to explore West Cleveland
and report at the next meeting of the General Committee.
3. That $1,000 be granted for Indianapolis, and tliat Rev. James Brown, D.D., be
tl^pointed as the missionary.
4. That $1,000 be granted for Port Huron.
5. Tliat !^500 be granted for Atlantic and Cass Centre, Presbytery of Nebraska,
and that Rev. R. T. McCrea be appointed to labor there for the first six months, and
Rev. G. R. Murray for the second six months,
1875.] Miymtes of General Assembly — Appendix. 205
6. That 1800 be granted for Topeka, and Rev. J. H. Cooper be assigned to that
place for tl\e year.
7. That $1,000 be granted for Omaha, and that llev. Joseph McCartney be sent to
the field for the year.
4. MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
The following resolutions were adopted and are recommended to tlie Assembly for
approval :
1. Resolved, That in order to pay the claims against the Board (!!^9,000),_due July
lat, to meet which there are only 1150 in the treasury, congregations be directed to
forward contributions on or before July 15th.
2. That, in order to check the growing tendency manifested all over the Church,
to make private arrangements for supplying vacant pulpits, vacancies be supplied
only by men appointed by the General Comnaittee, Board, or Presbyteries.
3. That Presbyteries be directed not to withhold any money raised for the Board
in order to pay appropriations which the General Committee or the Board refused
to grant.
4. That an order for $15 be drawn on the Treasurer of the Board in favor of the
Sexton of Mansfield congregation, for services rendered during the meeting of the
Committee.
5. That 15,000 be placed at the disposal of the Board to meet emergencies which
may arise during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
J. T. Bkoavnlee, Chairman.
John G. Bkown, Secretary.
Mansfield,' Ohio, Mai/ 25th, 1875. Wm. S. Owens, Assistant Secretary.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF FREEDMEN'S MISSIONS.
The Board of Freedmen's Missions respectfully submit to the General Assembly
the following report :
At the beginning of the ecclesiastical year, Rev. J. P. Wright was elected mis-
sionary, to labor at JSTashville, Tennessee, and at the 1st of September, he took charge
of the work. Rev. S. F. Thompson had the oversight of the field till that time.
On the 15th of September the school was opened, under the supervision of Brother
Wright, with Misses Jennie McCahan and Lizzie Wright as teachers. During the
year'the school had an enrollment of one hundred and thirty-four.- A small tuition
fee was charged, of fifty and twenty-five cents per month, according to grade ; but,
owing to hard times, was largely abandoned during the last months.
The attendance on public worship was not large, but constant and encourag-
ing, and the Sabbath School (enrollment over one hundred) was kept up during the
year. During the latter part of the winter Mr. James Given, a ruling elder in the
congregation since its organization, died; a loss to the little flock not easily re-
paired.
At the July meeting of the Board, John Dean, Esq., Treasurer, resigned, and
H. J. jNIurdoch, Esq., was elected Treasurer. The vacancy thus occurring in the
Board is not yet filled. By reference to the Treasurer's report it will be seen that
the receipts have been, exclusive of balance from last year:
From Presbyteries $4,553 17
" Individuals, Congregations, Sabbath Schools, etc 906 16
" Tuition and Sundry Sources, per Rev. J. P. Wright, Nashville.. 252 55
" Bale of Property in Vicksburg 401 74
16,110 62
A note for $400, on sale of property at Vicksburg, due July 1st, was collected by
our agent and deposited in the Freedmen's Savings Bank, and a draft for the same
forwarded to the Board. While the draft was in tramitu the Freedmen's Bank,
Washington, D. C, suspended, and the branch banks closed with it, and our draft w*8
returned, protested. It is now in the hands of the Commissioners appointed to settle
up the aflfairs of the bank, and we will receive the per cent, which the bank will be
able to pay on its liabilities, which we are informed, will not he less than fifty per
cent,
206 llinutes of General Assembly — Appendix, [vol. iv, no. 2.
The Beconrl payment on property bouglit in Knoxville, Tennessee, which was due
March 31st, h;is, by arrangement, been withheld, negotiating the payment of the en-
tire claim, the Board to receive reasonable discount on advanced payment. The
whole claim, including interest, is 552,500. This arrangement we expect to have
completed in a lew weeks. There is no other claim against the Board.
The Treasury has at present. Cash 15,748 71
Notes for Property sold in Vicksburg 1,400 00
There is due from the Board of Church Extension 2,667 50
" " " " " Home Missions 300 00
Making a total available assets over liabilities, not including
property, of. :.$7,616 21
PROPERTY.
The deed for the school property in Nashville has been prepared by the chairman
of the trustees of the shareholders, and signed by two, and forwarded to the third for
his signature, and, when returned, it will cost the Board $350 for shares not released.
The old school projierty in Knoxville, Tenn., has not yet been sold. The decree for
its sale has not yet been returned by the Chancery Court. A bequest, referred to in
a former report, valued at $4,000, payable at the death of a party named in the will,
may also be mentioned here.
NORMAIi SCHOOL.
The .Syncjd of Illinois, at its last meeting, passed a resolution requesting the Board
to prepare an accurate statement of the amount necessary to carry on the work for a
year, when the buildings are prepared, &c. We have the pleasure of presenting the
ibllowing, prepared by our Missionary, Eev. J. P. Wright, as an approximately
correct estimate :
" The Baptist Institute, Nashville, enrolls from one to two hundred students annually,
has about sixty boarders, assists personally (less or more) about twenty, employs
five teachers — two ministers and three female assistants — runs its own boarding de-
partments, &c., &c., and the whole annual cost to their Board is less than five thou-
sand dollars. Central Tennessee College, Methodist, has seven teachers — three male
and four female — a total enrollment last year of two hundred and sixty-two scholars,
sixty-six boarders, <fcc., and the whole cost for the year to their Board was about four
thousand dollars. These institutions are to the churches to which they belong just
about what our proposed one at Knoxville ought to be to the United Presbyterian
Church, and really, as far as I have data from which to form a judgment in the case,
cost them as much, if not more, here, than ours need cost us there. They are really
theological training-schools, and are literary only so far as seems yet indispensible to
their real success in the work at which they are mainly aiming — raising up of the
freedmen themselves able and wise preachers and other Christian teachers. This,
brethren, is just what every Church now seeking or that would successfully seek the
Christianization and true elevation of these people must have. Every day's observa-
tion and experience in this work more and more confirms the conviction that to
attempt to dispense with such a training school is just to kill the whole work."
This estimate being correct, it will be seen that the outlay, after the work is
fairly inaugurated, will be but small. The Board feels encouraged, from the mani-
fest willingness of the Church to sustain this work, from the amount contributed this
year, notwithstanding the discouraging action taken by some Presbyteries and Synods
last fall. With the above showing, and the very low rates at which building is
being done in Knoxville this season, (at least twenty-five per cent, less than in
Pittsburgh), we feel that the time has come, and the way is open, to proceed without
delay to erect the necessary buildings and open the school. Some correspondence
hae been had with some of the Ministers of the Associate Eeformed Church South,
in which it M'as suggested that probably their Church and ours could co-operate in
this work. The suggestions were very fraternally received. Dr. J. I. Bonner, of the
Female Seminary, Due West, S. C, writes as follows : " I am sure our Synod would
not only throw no obstacle in the way, but would be glad to help you on. There is
ielt in our Church, a need for more effort among the colored people, for their eleva-
tion and salvation, than we are putting "forth. The States have undertaken to do
Bomething for their education, but, as a matter of fact, but little is accomplished; one
reason of this is the want of proper teachers. But the Church, as such, is bound
to iopk after their moral culture, their spiritual and higher interests, and but little
1875.] Minnies of General Assevnhly — Appendix, 207
can be done in this department without educated colored preachers. They prefer
instructors of their own color. These colored preachers have to be educated and
trained by the C'hurcl), North or vSoutli, or both co-operating."
We p'-esent this thought as one, in our judgment, very important, and request its
careful consideration.
Our missionary, after extended and careful inquiry into the condition of the freed-
men, most heartily concurs in the above opinion, and writes thus: "These people
are in a condition very peculiar indeed — ignorant and degraded, wild and foolish in
their religious notions, absurd and ridiculous in their religious performances. Still
they not only are religious, but the large body of them have a form and a name of
(Jhristianity. The colored population of Nashville and Edgefield is about 9,000.
Out of this population the different African Churches report a membership of 6,493,
(and, with good reason, this is believed to be the condition of afliairs all over the
State). This shows to my mind, conclusively, that there is a very limited element out-
side of their now existing organizations, on which an outside power can come in and
operate, in hope of gathering it up into a distinct and different connection. In one
word, those facts show me, conclusively, that if we (outsiders and foreigners in two
senses) will come in and help to lift up these masses, we must, for the present and a
good long future, be content to take hold of them just where they are, and operate on
them, even remaining substantially and formally in the Church connections in which
we mainly, yea, almost entirely, lind them : that is, we must be content to educate, in-
struct, develop, lift up, as best we can, both intellectually, morally and religiously,
these great masses."
With confidence, we ask the careful attention of this Assembly, to this department of
Chrisiian v/ork, and also an appropriation of $15,000, to push the work immediately
in view, to a speedy completion.
After a most careful review of the condition and wants of this mission, in the light
of the opinions above expressed, and the experience of all other churches engaged
in this good work, the Board unanimously and earnestly recommend that the Church
would either esfablish the Normal School, and place this mission on a pei-manent
Itasis, or abandon it altogether.
The term of office of Rev. John S. Sands and II. J. Murdoch, Esq., expires with
tills meeting. Rev. W. H. Andrew, elected by the last Assembly, has not met with
the Board during the year, and J. W. Witherspoon, Corresponding Secretary, ac-
cording to the charter, is only ec-offido a member of the Board. We ask the Assem-
lily to fill these vacancies.
By order of the Board.
R. B. EwiNG, Prtddent.
Pili-'bHrgh, Pa., May \llh, 1875.
J. W. WiTHEiiSPOON, Cor. Sccrdiiri/.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF CHURCH EXTENSION.
Tlie Board of Church Extension respectfully submits to the General Assembly
the following report of the work committed to it:
As in the preceding year much embarrassment has been experienced in conse-
f[uence of the financial condition of the country. Congregations have been pressed
by creditors, and, in some instances, their property has been saved only by the
prompt interposition of the Board. With the very lirtiited means at command, it
has not been possible to meet the many urgent calls for help, or even to pay appro-
priations in the order in which they were granted, but every eflbrt has been made to
give the greatest possible relief.
The receipts, exclusive of balance from last year, have been :
For the General Fund, from Presbyteries $ 8,554 31
For the Loan Fund, from Presbyteries §1 971 37
From Congregations 650 00
From Sabbath Schools and Society 83 00
From individuals 1,732 03
From Legacy 100 00
From Proceeds of Propertv 3,189 70
$ 6,726 10
For special objects, chiefly by Sabbath Schools and in-
dividuals ; '. 1,578 16
Total $16,858 57
208 Minutes of General Assembly — Appendix, [vol. iv, no. 2.
Of this amount, $6,240 were received during the month of April. In consequence
of this the account closes with a large balance in the Treasury, Avhich was empty a
few days before, and will soon be empty again. Early contributions and frequent
remittances would save much inconvenience and loss.
It will be seen that the receipts fall far below the amount asked for by the General
Assembly. After making all due allowance for the peculiar circumstances of the
past year, it is evident that very many do not yet appreciate the importance of the
work. To establish it in its proper jjlace in the hearts of the people requires the lull
support of the Assemblj' and of pastors and sessions.
PROGRESS OF THE WORK,
Very gratifying evidence has been given of the good accomplished by tlie aid
rendered. In the warmest terms congregations and pastors have expressed their
obligation to the Church, and report that the entrance to the their new sanctuary,
or the removal of debt, was followed by the most happy spiritual blessings. In
some cases the aid given has not only saved the building from sale, but apparently
the congregation itself from failure.
Grants not called for. — The congregation of Pleasant Ridge, in the Presbytery of
Des Moines, by great exertion, succeeded in completing its house without the aid
granted ; and the congregation of Keokuk has not called for the loan promised.
Big Greek. — The congregation of Big Creek, in the Presbytery of Neosho, has
withdrawn from the United Presbyterian Church. Instructions have been given for
the foreclosure of the mortgage,
Indianapolis. — The church at Indianapolis remains unfinished. To complete it,
by the erection of the main building, would require about $5,500. The congrega-
tion was already exerting itself to its utmost ability, and the regulations of the
Board would not permit it to assume the whole work, even if the necessities of other
congregations had not been too great to allow it.
The property is a valuable one, and is held in fee simple by the Board. The un-
expected foreclosure of a mortgage required the Board to advance $350. The pro-
ceeds of the old property, available after a few months, will meet this, and all in-
debtedness, and leave a Ijalance of about $500 to the credit of the new property.
The Board has given |1,000 to the present building. In view of the peculiar cir-
cumstances of this congregation and the importance of the issue involved, the As-
sembly is asked to give instructions.
Omaha. — In consequence of the necessity of giving immediate aid to other con-
gregations, no progress has been made in paying for the Omaha property beyond the
payment of certain special contributions. It was judged better not to press the sale
of the imused lot at tlie present time.
Port Huron. — The congregation of Port Huron is laboring under an oppressive
debt. The Board has given aid, but the burden is still too great for the small con-
gregation, and, unless removed, must crush it. The congregation is the only Pres-
byterian one in the community, and is in a good condition. With this debt removed
it would soon be strong and influential. The field in itself, and in its relation to the
future growth of our Church in the Northwest, is a very important one. The Board
therefore asks instructions.
APPROPRIATIONS.
Experience has shown the necessity of a very strict adherence to the regulations
adopted by the Assembly in making appropriations. In some cases tliis may cause
delay, but it is found that the interests of congregations as well as of the Church at
large, are advanced by this course. Each application has been carefully considered,
and the appropriation has been made as small as possible.
The appropriations amount to $8,200, and are as follows;
CONGREGATION. PRESBYTERY. DONATION. LOAN.
Bellaire Wheeling ...'. $ 550 00
Keota Keokuk $1,000 00
Mansfield Monongahela 500,00
Mt. Ayr Des Moines 400 00
North Page Nebraska 300 00
Oil City Lake 300 00
Pittsburgh, 10th Monongahela 2,000 00
Promise City Des Moines 300 00
Salinas City San Francisco 500 00 2,000 00
Springdale Allegheny 300 00
West Bethel , Princeton 100 00
|4,500_00 |3,700 00
ISTS.] Minutea of General Assembly — Appendix. ^09
PROPERTY OF DISSOLVED CONGREGATIONS.
The property in Middletown, Iowa, has been sold, and the proceeds placed in the
Loan Fund. The property in Waupaca, Wis., has not yet been sold.
The Board can take measures for the sale of the property of congregations dis-
solved or alienated only when it has a diiect claim. Much trouble and loss would
be avoided if Presbyteries would give careful attention to the title in all new pur-
chases of property.
Bloomington. — The claim against the property in Bloomington, 111,, has been
amicably adjusted, the Board receiving $1,285. This avoided all the costs and con-
tingencies of the suit entered.
Salem, Oregon. — Much difficulty attended the collection of the note held for the
claim against the congregation in Salem, Oregon ; but at length, as the issue of a civil
process was uncertain, the note was surrendered on the payment of 11,200 coin.
THE LOAN FUND.
The receipts for the Loan Fund have been $6,726.10. To this the Board has
added the balance from last year, $2,485.52 — making an increase in the fund of
$9,211.62. The total amount of the fund is $37,585.73. Loans from this fund have
begun to mature, but in the peculiar circumstances of this year, the Board has been
under the necessity of granting an extension of time.
It has been ascertained that, in some instances, congregations indebted to the
Board have allowed other debts to be formed, or to increase. While this may not
impair the mortgage, it is in violation of the spirit of the grant made ; and as it
weakens the ability of the congregation to repay its loan, may in the end make it
necessary to foreclose the mortgage. It is therefore recommended that all congre-
gations indebted to the Board be required to make an annual report of their financial
condition to the Presbytery, and in case the report should show an increase of debt,
that the Presbytery notify the Board immediately.
SECURITIES.
Since the last report the following securities have been received :
MORTGAGES FOR DONATIONS. MORTGAGES FOR LOANS.
Congregation. Amount. Congregation. Amount.'
Americus $ 300 00 Americus $ 1,000 00
Arkansas City 640 00 Arkansas City 600 00
Chariton 444 00 Chariton 400 00
Jersey City, 2d 486 00 Jersey City, 2d 2,000 00
Leavenworth, 1st 1,000 00 Keota (on private property)... 1,000 00
Mission Creek 300 00 Mt. Ayr 400 00
Oil City 600 00 Oil City 2,000 00
Pawnee City 500 00 Pawnee City 500 00
Piper City 240 00 Pittsburgh, 8th 5,000 00
Pittsburgh, 8th 10,000 00 Pittsburgh, iOth 1,500 00
Pittsburgh, 10th 5,000 00 Rock Island 1000 00
Rock Island 2,000 00 West Galway 200 00
Sloan's Station 362 00 Winfield.....' 300 00
Sugar Branch 780 00
West Bethel 100 00 $15,900 00
West Galwav 2,175 00
Winfield ! 586 00 Total $41,413 00
$25,513 00
DEEDS.
In trust, Clarkson, Pa., and I)aytoh, O.; in fee simple, Indianapolis, and Promise
City, Iowa ; to the Trustees of the General Assembly, Mt. Ayr.
^10 3iinutes of Oeneral Assembly — Appendix, [vol. iv, no. 2.
PARSONAGES.
During the year an application was received for aid to a parsonage, and inquiries
on the subject have been received from other places. The Board, after a careful
consideration of the Constitution and Regulations, decided that no authority was
o-iven to appropriate money for this piu-pose. The receipts are not equal to the
present work, and therefore, if the Assembly shovdd judge it desirable to provide for
parsonages also, a separate and special fund should be authorized.
ATTORNEYS.
The Board is under great obligatinns to Attorneys Brown and Lambie, of Pitts-
burgh, Pa., for their valuable professional services, frequently and freely rendered.
With great promptness, and the highest faithfulness, they ha^e given counsel and
and prepared all legal papers required. In view of the large interests involved —
interests that are becoming larger every year — the Board asks the Assembly to elect
a solicitor, or to authorize the Board to make such election.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
The regulations adopted by the last Assembly work satisfactorily, and sufficiently
protect the interests of the Church. With the view of increasing contributions and
enlarging the work, the following recommendations are sulmiitted for consideration :
1. That the Board be authorized to accept contributions, subject to such annuity
and payable in such manner as may be agreed upon ; such contributions to be se-
curely "invested, and the annuity never to exceed the annual interest received. There
may be persons who wish to devote their money to religious uses, but who may de-
sire the income from it during life. This would afford them an opportunity of doing
so, and avoid all uncertainties concerning bequests.
2. That the Board be authorized to keep any contribution of $5,000, or upward,
from one person, or family, or church, as a separate loan fund, bearing such name
as the donor may designate ; the investment and work accomplished by it, to be re-
ported annually.
3. That the Board be authorized to receive temporary loans, without interest, to
be repaid on such notice as may be agreed upon. The season of building is the
time in which there is the greatest scarcity of funds, and by such means the Board
would, in some cases, be able to give relief to congregations.
REVIEW.
It is now five years since the present plans were adopted, and a simimary of the
work may be useful.
The receipts of the Board have shown an increase over the contributions reported
for this purpose, during former years. The burden of the work is more equally
distributed by the prohibition of special agents. The contributions made are more
fully secured against loss or perversion. The Church has more definite information
of the work, and, therefore, more interest in it. Also, more atteution has been
awakened to the tenure of church property.
Aid has been given to seventy-eight congregations, to the amount of |!90,G00.
Some of tliese are new organizations, in important fields ; some are older, but had
never possessed a church, or were oppressed, in some instances, to the point of
failure, by a too heavy burden of debt. These congregations have a membership of
about 0,000, and already contribute, for all purposes, in sustaining the Gospel, over
$70,000 a year.
A loan fund of |37,''J85 has been secured. There are bonds and mortgages
in the possession of the Board, amomiting to $71,660, and deeds securing property,
estimated at $105,000, making a total of $176,660. The Boai'd lias also received
from the proceeds of the property of congregations dissolved, or alienated from us,
$3,959, not including property not yet sold, or $1,059 more than all the expenses of
the Board.
These results may encourage the Assembly to give mature consideration to the
work, and to take such measures as may be found best for its enlargement. Our
missionaries earnestly appeal to us to come to their help, and secure them churches,
before the fruits of their labors are scattered and lost.
18? 5.] Minutes of Qenerat Assembly — Appendix. 211
VACANCIES.
The term of office of Eev. R. B. Ewing, Rev. T. H. Hanna, and Mr. Samuel Dyer,
expires with this year. Mr. George McCague, a member of the Board since its
organization, always prompt in attendance, prudent in his counsel, and liberal in his
contributions, has resigned on account of increasing inlirmities, and liis resignation
has been accepted.
By order of the Board.
John S. Easton, President.
Pittsburgh, Pa., May M, 1875. A. G. Wallace, Cor. Secretary.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLICATION.
In this, our Aimual Report, we would mention the goodness of God in preserving,
our property from loss by fire and flood, so destructive in portions of our city and .
and irom theft and robbery, so rife in our own and other parts of the country.
Our work has been prosecuted in the usual way and witli the usual results. _ Special
attention lias been given, as Iieretofore, to the circulation of tlie Scriptures in conve-
nient and attractive, yet economical forms. We take pleasure, and feel some degree
of pride, in exhibiting to the Assembly and the public wliat we consider a model as-
sortment of Bibles, Testaments and Psalm Books, besides a fair catalogue of choice
religious and Sabbath school books, catechisms, etc.
In the latter department we liave added dunng the year, Boston's Four-Fold
State, Anderson on Faith and Eomaine on Faith. We have also purchased a set of
stereotype plates of that excellent system of instruction, Fisher's Catechism.
The whole number of books, besides smaller Catechisms, &c., issued during the
year, is 51,200 copies.
It is, perhaps, unnecessary at this time to oflfer argum,ents or refer to facts demon-
strating the importance, and even the vital necessity of this part of the Church's
work. The press, next to the pulpit, is the power of the day in accomplishing good.
Directly or indirectly, it enters into all the educating processes of the family,_the State
and the Church. It modifies and shapes the opinions and practices, the business and
recreations of all classes and in all departments of society. Art, science, politics,
religion, truth and error, every form of vice, old or new, employ, with powerful
efl'ect, the press to familiarize the public mind with their respective objects and prin-
ciples. And it surely does not, and cannot, need proof that the Church, and our
branch of it, should vigorously employ this mighty influence in harmony with tlie
teachings of our standards and the ^oice of the pulpit.
The following statement shows the financial condition of the Board :
ASSETTS.
Real Estate, Nos. 53 and 55 Ninth street, valued at $50,000,
cost % 49,147 49
Bible Plates 17,476 37
Miscellaneous Plates 6,256 85
Merchandise, p^r Inventory 26,253 46
Sundry Book Accounts 12,685 29
R. S. Smith, Treasurer, (cash balance) 3,191 46
Bills Receivable 4,644 12
Cash on hand ^ 219 86
$ 119,874 90
LIABILITIES.
Mortgages $ 8,000 00
Bills Payable 2,600 00
McElroy Bible Fund, (permanent loan) 10,380 00
Indiana Co. Bible Fund, (permanent loan) 1,433 00
Sundry Book Accounts due 2,852 43
$ 25,265 43^
Capital Stock, 187.5 I 94,609 47
<• 1874 90,990 00
Net gain during the year ••. $ 3,619 47
7
212 Minutes of General Assembly — Appendix, [vol. iv, NO. 2.
Merchandise, per Inventory , I 26,253 46
" sold during the year, „ 23,103 17
" donated from Psalm Book Fund 426 09
" " " Bible Fund 301 25
" " " Sabbath School Fund 76 34
I 50,160 31
Merchandise on hand May 1st, 1874 $ 26,837 83
" bought during the year 21,656 00 48,493 83
Net gain on merchandise I 1,666 48
EfiCEIPTS.
Cash on i.^nd May 1st, 1874 $ 889 57
" from Churches for Board 2,475 49
" " Individuals 33 65
" " Business Sources 27,52127
. I 30,919 98
EXPElifDITtrRES.
Paid for Merchandise...;.; $ 20,212 87
" on Bills Payable 2,100 00
" Salaries ; 2,437 47
" Uniondale Cemetery 1,167 50
" Expenses and Sundry Accounts .' 1,590 82
'■ $ 27,508 GG
Cash Balance;.. ; I 3,411 33
Net Assets $119,874 90
Net Liabilities 25,265 43
Capital Stock $ 94,609 47
Sy comparison t\'ith the report of last year, it will be seen that our capital stock has
iticreasd $3,619.47. Tliis is in addition to $840 of old book accounts closed as worth-
less, making the gain on the year's business $4,459.
It is our painful duty to report, that notwithstanding diligent efforts to collect old
debts due, a large proportion still remains unpaid. In many cases we have good
pl-otniseg ; in some, no response ; from others, we have the plea of inability ; in a few
instances, our requests for payment have been met with angry refusals. It is ho^jed
that, by patient importunity, most of these last will be overcome.
The aggregate indebtedness to the Board by ministers, Sabbath Schools, congrega-
tions, booksellers, &c., has been reduced from $15,665 last year to 112,685 this year
Dr nearly 13,000. This, however, is rather an index of the decrease of sales on
credit, than of claims collected. Of the amount on our books, $2,658 have been due
from one to eight years.
Our present plan of operation was adopted when our means were very small.
These having largely and very gratifyingly increased, would it not be well for the As-
sernbly to consider the question of enlarging our sphere and plan as our means enlarge.
This may be practicable without materially increasing our expense.
We would ask liberal appropriations for the coming year ; and if the Assembly
will say what proportion of the Church's contribution shall be used for the assist-
ance of Mission Churches and Sabbath Schools, it will very much assist us in deter-
mining what to do in many cases. We suggest one-half of the general receipts be 8o
used.
The term of service of Rev. W. J. Robinson and Messrs. Thomas McCance and
W. M. Gormly expires at the present meeting of Assembly.
Respectfully submitted by order of the Board.
S. Collins, Superintendent.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF EBUCATIOK.
The nnmbef of students who have received aid from the fullds of the Churcli,
through this Boftrd, during the past year, is twenty-eiglit, of whom thirteen are
studerits of theology. They are under the jurisdiction of various Presbyteries, as
hsual, and have attended the various institutions of learning — literary and theo*
logical.
1876.] Minutes of General Assembly — Appendix. 213
Eeferring the Assembly to the statement of our Treasurer, which accompanies
this report, for details, we present here the following general statement concerning-
our funds : "'
Eeceived during the year, closing April SOth, 1875 :
From Presbyteries ,,,,, ,, $ 4 223 81
" Loans 4^'625 00
" Individuals, Legacies, Beneficiaries, and interest 933 23
Total Receipts , ^ 9^782 03
Add Balance reported beginning of last year , 675 35
Total 110,457 38
Our Expenditures during the same time have been :
Payments to Beneficiaries $ 5 225 84
Meeting Bills Payable 3800 00
Officers' Salaries, Contingent Expenses, and Interest ; 458 68
Total Expenditures $ 9 484 52
Leaving a balance at the end of the year, April 30, of. '972 86
The number of our beneficiaries the year ending March 31st, 1874, was twenty-
seven, to whom we paid, as will be seen by referring to our last year's report,
$3,762.50 ; while during the past year with a list of twenty-eight beneficiaries, we
have paid $5,225.84, which is $1,463.34 more than the previous year, with only'one
additional beneficiary.
The explanation is as follows : A number of students of theology had not re-
ceived the installment for March, 1874, when the report for the year then ending was
prepared, as they had left the Seminaries which they had attended, and their locali-
ties had not yet been ascertained. The payment of the March installment for 1874
to these persons is, therefore, included in the expenditures for the year ending April
30th, 1875.
The Presbyteries have contributed more liberally to the funds of this Board, the past
year, than for some previous years. This is, so far, encouraging ; still an indebted-
ness of $2,375 rests upon the Board, which it is most desirable to have removed, for
various reasons : First — It is consuming the Church's funds by the necessary pay-
ment of interest. Second — It must at length be paid, either by the Church, or by
tlie members of the Board, wlio have become responsible for it. Better far to do it
promptly. Third — It is unpleasant for the members of the Board to have the
weight of this responsibility resting on them, and they are unwilling to continue
under it.
We can only think of two ways by which the extinction of this debt can be
effected : One is by increased liberality in conti-ibutions ; the other, by curtailing
our expenditure. As it is necessary that something be done, we would suggest cur-
tailment in one direction : Would it not be well to withhold aid from literary
students — at least till they enter the Junior year in College? Besides economy in
the use of funds, we ofler these reasons : First — It would probably be better for the
young men themselves. If aid be given from the very beginning of the course, is
there not danger of their acquiring the habit of depending too much on aid, to the
neglect of forming the habit, needful to make anyone efficiently useful, of exercising
their own energies, and depending on their own resources? Second — Though a
young man may sincerely intend the ministry when entering on his preparatory
course, he is more likly to change his intention than at a later stage ; and, Third —
Though he may seem to have good talents, yet his mental capacity, and especially
his adaptation to the ministry, have yet to be proved. When a student has advanced
to the latter part of his literary course, a much more correct judgment can be formed
in these respects.
This measure may, we think, be adopted without serious injury to the cause of
ministerial education — perhaps with advantage to it. But should it fail to enable us
10 gain the desired object, and should further curtailment become necessary, and
should an obstacle thus be put in the way of young men coming forward to the min-
istry, while we sliall deeply regret the existence of sucli a necessity, we wish it to be
considered that it is a necessity which tliis Board cannot control. The Church is
able to control, and prevent or remove it. With the Church we leave the responsi-
bility. _ ^
Among the objects for which this Beard was created are these, as stated in the
Constitution ; " To cherish and difluse an educational spirit throughout the Church,"
214 Ilinutes of General Assembly — Appendix, [vol. iv, no. 2.
and "To co-operate with the Presbyteries, the Synods and the Assembly, in the estab-
lishment of institutions of learning." A word, then, in relation to these objects can-
not be out of place :
Evangelical religion always promotes intelligence among the people, and makes
them tlie friends of education. This we think unnecessary to prove, as almost all
Evangelical Protestants will admit it. Presbyterianism, especially, has never
flourished without the common school and the higher schools ; the college and the
school of theology flourishing also. We expect our people to be the friends of
learning, as a matter of course, just as we expect them to be the friends of sound
doctrine, and of Scriptural Church order. We expect them to give their children all
the benefit of our common schools, but have we not a right to expect them also to be
active in founding and encouraging the high school, the academy and the college ?
If religion, as held by us, is to prosper, these institutions, as sv;bordinate to it, must
exist and prosper. The promotion of learning is not foreign to tlie oV>jects We have
in view in our profession of religion, but strictly in harmony with them, and, in-
deed, essential to their being realized. Might not the Assembly, then, take action
directing and urging our people to show themselves tlie friends of higher, as well as
common education ?
It is not so easy to point out a practical way in which they might show their in-
terest in this matter. But why could not Presbyteries and Synods take action look-
ing to the establishing of high schools and academies in their bounds, and guiding
the people to act in concert in sustaining them? Such schools would give the oppor-
tunity to any who wislied a better education than could be obtained in the common
school ; would, doubtless, often bring to light abilities which would otherwise have
remained dormant, and would also give good opportunities to judge whether young
men possessed gifts suitable to the Gospel ministry. Might not the Assembly call
the attention of Presbyteries and Synods to this matter ?
A leading obje-^t in extending pecuniary aid to students of theology, as we under-
stand it, is to enable them to attend and enjoy the benefit of our Theological Sem-
inaries. We observe, with regret, a practice, which seems to be on the increase in
some parts of the Church, of allowing students to pursue their theological studies at
hoine, under the direction of tlieir Presbyteries. In some instances credit for one
session of the theological course is allowed for the attention paid to theological
study during a summer's vacation, without any preceptor, and after only a very gen-
eral examination. In some instances, too. it seems, credit is given for such att( ii-
tion as the student could give while engaged in other pursuits. Surely, their theologi-
cal training, under such circumstances, must be superficial.
None of these, it is true are beneficiaries of this Board. But would it not be
much better for them to become such, and enjoy the advantages which our Semin-
aries afford ?
We need not say to the Assembly that the present is no time to allow men to enter
the niinistry with superficial theological training, or with such low views of min-
isterial responsibility as is implied in their being willing to enter on the work witli-
out the best ministerial training wliich the Church can furnisli.
Would it not be well, then, for the Assembly to direct the Presbyteries to take
sucli action as will require their students of theology, unless in very special cases, to
pursue their studies in theology at one of our seminaries ?
As Dr. Alexander Young removed from Monmouth last summer, Prof. E. F. Keid
was appointed to fill his place till the meeting of the Assembly. We recommend
his election for the remaining part of the time for which Dr. Young was elected.
The time for which D. A. Wallace, D.D., James H. Martin, Esq., and Eev. D. M.
Ure were elected ends at this meeting of the Assembly. It is the province of the
Assembly to fill their places, by re-election or otherwise.
By order of the Board.
.John Scott, President.
David A. Wallace, Secretary.
G. D. Henderson, Cor. Secretary.,
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF MINISTERIAL RELIEF.
To the General Assembly to meet in Wooster, Ohio, on tlie fourtli Wednesday- < f
May, LS75, llie Board uf Ministerial Belief respectfully submit this their seciid
annual rcjjort :
As required hy the Constitution, the Board lias held regular quarterly mectli f s
duruig the year. ' ^ut littk- business was transacted at these meetings,
1875.] Ilinutes of General Assembly — Appendix. 215
The Treasurer's report, which has been audited and found correct, shows, that the
sum of $2,184.61, has been received during the j'ear from collections from the
churches, from individual contributions, and from interest on investments.
Expenditures have been, for beneficiaries, $600, and for incidental expenses, f>9.75.
One disabled minister, and tliree families of ministers, disabled or deceased, have
received aid during the year. These were recommended by four different Presby-
teries, and the rules of the Board relating to grants were in each case observed. It
is believed that the aid thus given has been thankfully received, and the Church has
her reward in the gratitude of the needy whose wants have been supplied, and we
know that she will have her reward from him who has said : "Inasmuch as ye have
have done it unto one of the least of these, my brethren, ye have done unto me."
It will be seen from the above that the demands upon the treasury for tlie year
have not been very large, and that the current receipts liave more than met these de-
mands. It is not doubted, however, that as this Board and its workings become
better known to the entire Church, the draft upon the treasury from year to year
will be much larger than at present. The Board, therefore, trusts that the Assembly
will take such action as will, if possible, secure a collection for the year, from all
the congregations throughout the Church.
Since it is believed that there may be really needy and deserving cases in the
bounds of the Cliurch that liave not been brought to the attention of the Board, we
would ask the Assembly to call the attention of Px-esbyteries again to this matter, and
to direct that they shall carefully inquire into the circumstances of disabled minis-
ters, or of the families of deceased ministers within their bounds, that every deserv-
ing case may receive due attention. The Lord has put it into the liearts of the peo-
ple to contribute for this good cause, *and it would be sad if any who need and deserve
their beneficence should, through their own backwardness, or the inattention of Pres-
byteries, be overlooked.
As the Presbyteries have not yet become familiar with the regulations of the Board
as fixed by the Assembly in relation to the conditions upon which grants are made
to beneficiaries, the Board have prepared a blank forin of application for their guid-
ancic in this matter. This form is herewith submitted to the Assembly, and if ap-
proved, it will, in future, be sent to the Presbyteries making application that it may
be, by them, filled up and submitted to the Board.
An act of incorporation has been secured as directed by the Assembly. This char-
ter is herewith ti-ansmitted for examination, and, if necessary, for acceptance by the
Assem])ly.
At the meeting of the Board held on the 10th of May, Mr. Wm. Arrott offered his
resignation as a member. It was accepted, and Mr. Thomas Stinson was elected to
fill his place.
According to the •" General Constitution " of the Boards adopted by the last As-
sembly, a Corresponding Secretary for each Board is to be elected for a term of four
years by tlie Assembly. This requirement was overlooked in the case of this Board
by the last Assembly. The Secretary elected by the Board has been performing the
duties of Corresponding Secretaiy for the year. As, however, he is not authorized
to do this, the Assembly should elect one to this office according to the Constitution.
The term of office of Messrs. Henry Harrison, James McCandless and James
Brown, expires with this meeting of the Assembly.
Respectfully submitted. W. W. BAER, Secretary.
CHARTER OF THE BOARD OF MINISTERIAL RELIEF.
(Granted May 8, 1875, by the Court of Common Pleas No. 2, of Philadelpliia, Pa.,
Hon. James T. Mitchell, Judge ; and recorded in the Office for Recording Deeds, for
said city, in Charter Book No. 2, page 126, &c.)
To the Honorable the Court of Common Pleas No. 2, of the City and County of Phil-
adelphia :
The petition of John B. Dales, D.D., W. W. Barr, D. D.. James McCandless,
John Alexander, William* Getty, William Arrott and George B. Shelton, all of the
city of Philadelphia, and James Brown, of the city of Pittsburgh, respectfully rep-
resents :
First. That the United Presbyterian Church, of North America, lias, by its Gen-
eral Assembly, appointed and constituted your petitioners, together with Henry Har-
rison, of the city of New York a Board or Committee thereof to effectuate the ends
liereinafter set forth.
Second. That your petitioners, together witli tlie said Henry Harrison, have here-
tofore, as a voluntary association, performed the trusts imposed upon thtm by their
appointment, as aforesaid.
216 Minutes of General Assembly — Appendix, [vol. iv, no. 2.
Third. That the business of the said Association, or Board, would be greatly fa-
cilitated by their erection from a voluntary association into a corporation and body
politic.
Fourth. That your petitioners therefore desire to avail themselves of the provi-
sions of an Act of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Approved April 29th, A. D., 1874.
Fifth. That, under the provisions of the said Act, they certify as follows :
I. Tliat the proposed name of the contemplated corporation is " The Board of '
Ministerial Relief of the United Presbyterian Church of North America."
II. That the purpose for which it is formed is tlie relief of disabled and super-
annuated ministers, and the widows and orphans of deceased ministers of the said
Church.
III. That the places of business of the proposed corporation are : First, The
City of Philadelphia, and Second, Such other places as may be designated by the
General Assembly of the said Church.
IV. That its existence is to be perpetual.
V. That there is no capital stock, and no subscriptions thereto, and consequently
your petitioners cannot certify the residences of any such subscribers.
VI. That the number of its Directors is nine, three of whom shall be elected an-
nually by the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church of North
America ; the Directors for the present year are your petitioners, and the said Henry
Harrison, whose names and residences are herein above set forth.
Your petitioners therefore pray as follows : •
I. That your Honors will decree, that three or more of the petitioners herein
named and named in the certificate of the Recorder of Deeds, hereunto annexed
having acknowledged this petitfon as their act and deed, and due proof of the pub-
lication of notice of intention to apply for the benefit of the above named act, having
been required and heard upon the recording in the office of the Recorder of Deeds
for Philadelphia, as well of this petition and the certificate of acknowledgment thereof,
as the decree thereon, your petitioners shall be a Corporation under the laws of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
II. That the corporate name of the said corporation shall be "The Board" of Min-
isterial Relief of the United Presbyterian Church of North America."
III. That by that name your petitioners and their successors in the above recited
trust shall have perpetual succession.
IV. That by that name it shall have power to maintain and defend judicial pro-
ceedings.
V. That it sliall have power to make and use a common seal and alter the same at
pleasure.
VI. That it may, hold, purchase and transfer such real and personal property as
the purposes of the Corporation may require, and may receive and hold any and all
bequests, devises, or legacies which may be given to it, conditionally, or uncon-
ditionally, in fee simple, or for a lesser estate ; provided that it shall not hold real
estate to an amount, the clear yearly value, or income, whereof shall exceed
twenty thousand dollars.
Vli. That it shall have power to appoint and remove such subordinate officers and
agents as the business of the Corporation requires, and to allow them a suitable com-
pensation.
VIII. That it shall have power to make by-laws, not inconsistent with law, for
the management of its property, the regulation of its affairs, and the investment,
funding and distribution of its moneys.
IX. That it shall have power to enter into any obligation necessary to the transac-
tion of its ordinary affairs.
X. That it shall have all and singular the powers not herein above specified,
which may be enjoyed by Corporations created under and by virtue of the Act
aiforesaid. And your petitioners will ever pray, &c.
John B. Dales, William Arrott,
W. W. Barr, George B. Skelton,
James McCandles;?, "William Geity.
1875.] Minutes of General Assembly — Appendix. 21?
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON NARRATIVE AND
STATE OF RELIGION.
In response to blanks sent out according to direction of last Assembly (a copy of
which is herewith jjresentf d), your Committee received returns from forty-two of the
fifty-two Presbyteries in this country, embracing nearly six hundred congregations.
Many of them, however, were incomplete, owing to the failure of congregations to re-
port in time to their Presbyteries.
On this account, the report of your Committee will present a very inadequate view
of the state of the church and its progress during the past year. From the data in
our hands we glean the following:
NARRATIVE.
1. Death of Ministers. — The past year, like the one preceding, has made sad in-
roads by death upon the ranks of our ministers. The following is the list of those
wliose names will no more appear upon our rolls, and the reading of which now for
the last time makes our hearts sad : John McMaster, D. D., Moses Arnot, G. M.
Hall, Jos. H. Pressly, D. D., Michael Harshaw, David Currie, G. C. Brown, D. W.
French, D. D., J. M. Donaldson, W. E. Erskine, J. H. Peacock, J. E. Kichey, A. P.
Taggart, R. Gailey — fourteen in all — good men and true, "who, having served their
generation according to the will of God, fell asleep and were gathered to their fathers."
Some of them were veterans, who having served the full term usually allotted to the
servants of Christ, had been retired from active service, and have now been honora-
bly discharged by the great Captain of our Salvation, and, as we confidently trust, ad-
mitted by him to the enjoyment of their everlasting rest and reward. Others were
in the prime of life or vigor of youth, cut down in the midst of their usefulness, at a
time when it would seem to us they could but illy be spared by the churcli. But he
"whose they are and whom they served" thought otherwise, and in love to them — it
may be in judgment, certainly in the way of warning to us who remain — he has called
tliem home, and left us weak and sorrowing. In one Presbytery alone — that of
Southern Illinois — which had been sorely bereaved before, three more of their num-
ber have been removed this year by death. Truly, the hand of the Lord has been
heavy upon that Presbytery, and, Avhile the whole bodj"^ sufl'ers in the loss, that jiart
of it which has been so sorely stricken, has special claim upon the sympathy of the
rest. Whilst, therefore, in regard to these beloved brethren who have gone before,
we can say, "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea,
saitli the Spirit, for they rest from their labors ; and their works do follow them." In
reference to ourselves, we are called upon to gird up the loins of our minds, and, over
their fallen forms and in presence of their shining examples, to consecrate ourselves
anew to the Lord's work, and to cry more earnestly "to the Lord of the harvest to
send forth laborers into his harvest."
2. Ordinations and Licensures. — It is matter of devout thankfulness that the ranks
thus so sadly depleted have been more than filled up in number by the ordination of
fifteen to the gospel ministry, and the sending out of twenty-six as probationers for
that work — thus giving assurance that the Lord is answering the prayer of his peo.
pie, and remembering his promise to "give them pastors after his own heart."
3. Releases and Installations. — While, also, there have been but twenty-six releases,
there have been, on the other hand, forty-five insl:allations of pastors — a most encour-
aging featvire in the history of the past year, as indicating a reaction from what has
appeared for some time to be a growing evil in the church.
4. New Organizations. — While there have been five congregations disorganized,
there have been eleven new ones organized, and the same number of new mission
stations established.
5. Additions. — The additions to the membership of the church are in excess of the
decrease by about eleven hundred, of which nearly four hundred have been by adult
baptism, showing a gradual but steady growth and increase from the world as well
as from the children of the church.
6. Contributions. — In reference to the amount contributed for the support of ordi-
nances and the spread of the gospel, the statistics, so far as received, indicate, even in
those regions which have sufieredso severely from the grasshoppers and other insects,
a liberality which bears a favorable comparison with former years. Owing to the
incompleteness of the reports on this subject, we are unable to give aay more definite
statement.
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But even from tliis brief and imperfect narrative, and assuming that those Presby-
teries which have not rei^orted have done as well as those which have, we have cer-
tainly sufficient reason, at least, to ''thank our God and take courage."
STATE OF RELIGION.
The reports on this suVet, though in many instances 'vague and unsatisfactory,
present matter for mingled humiliation and thanksgiving. In response to the ques-
tion, " What is the general spirit of the congregations ?" the almost uniform report
has been favorable. While .some congregations are listless and inactive — in some
cases weakened by internal divisions and dissensions — for the most part harmony and
brotherly love appear to prevail, and God's people are found generally striving to-
gether with one heart and one mind for the faith of the gospel. But few cases of dis-
cipline are reported, and scarcely any which have come up as in past years by appeal
to the higher courts. Nor does this arise, as we have reason to believe, from any in-
difference to the truth or any disposition to lower the standard of purity and morali-
ty in the clnirch. Perhaps there never has been a time, in the history of our beloved
Zion, when there has been a more entire unity and harmony of sentiment and feeling
among the ministry and membership, and a disposition earnestly and faithfully to
11 aiatain all the principles of our profession.
retention has been called largely, during the past year, to what may be considered
as a distinctive feature of our branch of the church — the preaching and exhibition
through the pulpit and the press of the great and important doctrines of grace. These,
we have reason to believe, have been presented in most, if not all, our congregations
with a fullness and a clearness not excelled in any other branch of the church, or
even in our ovm in former years. As a consequence God seems to have blessed the
la-bors of his servants for the conversion of sinners and the sanctification of believers.
Although no special revivals of religion are reported, yet in some places a more than
usual. interest has been awakened, and from all, or nearly all tlie Presbyteries, we
receive the cheering report, that by the blessing of God attending the diligent and
faithful use of the ordinary means of grace, the Lord's work is progressing quietly
and without observation, but steadily and surely progressing. Nearly all report the
moral influence of their Presbyteries as growing.
Attention is called by some to the employment of special and continuous services
of prayer and preaching, not only during the Week of Prayer, but also at other times,
with gratifying results. It is suggested, as worthy of your consideration, whetlier it
would not be well for the Assembly to recommend to and urge upon Presbyteries the
propriety of holding such services in all their congregations, both settled and vacant,
at such times as might suit the circumstances of each. To this end pastors and stated
supplies might be appointed to assist each other, and also to endeavor to utilize the
lay element of the church more largely in the work of evangelization in their respec-
tive fields.
It is believed that this would be attended with better results than the observance
of but one season of prayer and effort by all at the same time — like the Week of
Prayer — which is in danger of degenerating into a mere form like the observance of
Lent, or any other stated time not authorized by Scrijjture appointment.
It is gratifying to know that, in the large majority of congregations, prayer meet-
ings and Sabbath Schools are maintained with a good degree of regularity and
efhcieucy. On the other hand, however, we are pained to learn that in many of the
Presbyteries there are congregations — in some two, and in some more — which have
neither prayer meetings nor Sabbath Schools. Surely this ought not so to be. Let
these agencies be employed, not in the way of superseding, but rather of supplement-
ing and assisting the performance of the duties of family and personal religion ; and
certainly God will bless them, as he has done, when thus employed for the accom-
plishment of great good both to young and old.
In regard to the errors and sins which act as hindrances to the Lord's work, be-
sides those which are common to all places and times of the Church, such as worldli-
ness, unbelief, formality, and the like, special mention is made in very many in-
stances of tlie evil influence of secret societies, intemperance, and Sabbath desecra-
tion, not so much among our own membership as in the world around and among
surrounding churches.
It is gratifying to learn that, while intemperance and Sabbath profanation prevail
to an alarming extent, yet among our own members there is a very general regard
manifested for the sanctity of the Lord's day, and a growing influence in favor of tem-
perance, even to the extent of total abstinence. In reference to the latter, there has
been marked progress, largely as the result of the woman's movement, and in spite
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of the fact that in some places the zeal of many has seemed to slacken and the in-
terest to abate. In view of the number and power of these evils an<l the hosts of in-
fidelity and popery which are combining on all sides against the Lord's cause, we
have need to cry with Jehoshaphat of old, "Oh, our God, wilt tliou not judge them?
for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us, neither
know we what to do ; but our eyes are upon thee." "Would it not be well for the As-
sembly to appoint a day and call the people to fasting and prayer, as did that pious-
king, that they might cry mightily to the Lord? Who knowetli but he will return
and leave a blessing behind him ?
There is but one other subject to which attention is directed in these reports, and
. that is : The best means, or those found most efficient, in raising money for the sup-
port and spread of the Gospel — in other words, the state of religion as regards the
grace of liberality. The Apostle enjoins upon the Corinthians, and so upon the
Church in all ages, " As ye abound in everything, in faith and utterance and knowl-
edge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace
also." It is impossible, from bare statistics of amoimts contributed, or the average
per member, to arrive at a correct or even approximate estimate of the condition of
the Church in this respect ; for the reason that these do not give us any information
respecting that which the Scriptures assign as the standard of comparison, viz., the
measure of prosperity which the Lord has granted to his people during the past
year-; or, in other words, the extent of their ability which varies widely in different
localities. It is a hopeful symptom that notwithstanding the financial embarrass-
ment which is still pressing upon the business of the country, more or less affecting
all classes, and the famine almost amounting to starvation which has prevailed in
some localities, yet the operations of the Church, both at home and abroad, have
been carried on by her various Boards with fewer appeals for relief from embarrass-
ments than in former years.
Still, it must be admitted, that while we have less reason to complain than perhaps
some other churches, yet our people are far from " having attained or being already
perfect" in this respect. It might be worth while to inquire what is needed to pro-
mote the growth and increase of this grace in the Church. Without doubt the great
need is a baptism of the Spirit, shedding abroad the love of Christ in his people's
hearts, and thereby constraining them to a more entire and unreserved consecration
of their all to his service. For this we should seek with earnest, believing, importu-
nate prayer. But, from the reports of Presbyteries, it is safe to infer that one great
reason of the slow progress in this grace is tiie absence of any systematic and regular
employment of giving as a divinely appointed means of grace and ordinance of wor-
ship. ■ Nearly all the Presbyteries report the same old plan of raising funds for re-
ligious purposes, by yearly subscriptions, pew rents and occasional collections. In
one report we have this homely but expressive figure — " Constant pumping and the
suction very imperfect." A few, indeed, report that the card and envelope system
with weekly or monthly stated collections, has been found to work well. But the
most are content year after year to go on in a kind of hap-hazard way, without any
system at all. Without venturing to propose any particular plan, we would suggest
whether some system miglit not be prepared for and adopted by all tlie Presbyteries,
which would serve to direct the congregations in making their contributions to the
various funds with some degree of promptness and regularity. Surely if intelligent,
•conscientious giving to the Lord, according as he hath prospered them, were re-
garded by the people in the same light as the preaching and reading of the word,
family worship, secret prayer, or any other of the means of grace, to be observed with
the same regularity and system as a part of religious worship, we might expect, by
the blessing of God attending his own ordinance, to witness a great improvement in
this respect.
And here we may be pardoned for offering a suggestion which comes to us from one
of the Presbyteries — whether the plan of apportioning a certain amount to be raised
by each congregation, according to its membership, is not calculated to mislead the
people in regard to the true standard of duty, and to limit their liberality to the
lowest amount that is absolutely required, instead of urging them to aim at reaching
the true standard of giving which the Scrijjtures represent as the measure of re-
sponsibility. "If there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what^a
man hath and not according to what he hath not." " Let every one lay by him m
store as the Lord hath prospered him." " She hath done what she could."
Oh, if the people of God could be brought in any any way to realize their obliga-
tion " to Him who died for them and rose again," and under the constraining in-
fluence of His love to feel like the primitive Christians, tliat nothing they have is
their OAvn — "to have all things common" in the sense of holding all their posses-
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sions subject to the claims of His cause ; if "they would bring all their tithes into
the storehouse" — not one tithe, or two tithes, but all the tithes— "that there may be-
meat enough in His house " — until they would need to be restrained from, rather than
urged to, giving more; might we not expect that God, according to His promise,,
"will open the windows of Heaven and pour out the blessing" which is now re-
strained, and " so make all grace to abound toward us that, in always having all
sufficiency in all things, we might abound to every good work, being enriched in-
everything to all bountifulness which cuuseth thanksgiving to God."
And " may he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for his
people's food and multiply their seed sown and increase the fruits of their right-
eousness." Amen.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the Committee.
J. G. CarsojST, Chairman.
REPORT OF THE PERMANENT COMMITTEE ON SABBATH
SCHOOLS.
In presenting this their annual report to the General Assembly, the Committee
desire, first of all, to express their gratitude to God that he has in his kind provid-
ence raised up the Sabbath School as an instrumentality in the Church for the re-
ligious training of her children, and for gathering in and instructing children of the
world who have none to care for their souls. They would also give thanks to God
for his favor to the schools of our Church during the past year, and for the good that
has been done through their instrumentality.
NOTES AND LESSON PAPERS.
The last Assembly made it the duty of the Permanent Committee " to prepare, or
secure the preparation of suitable notes for the teachers, and lesson papers for the
children, and to publish them in such periodical, or periodicals of the Church, as-
might be willing to admit them, or as the Committee might deem best adapted to the
purpose." This direction of the Assembly the Committee have endeavored faith-
fully to execute. Unable themselves to undertake the preparation of notes and lesson
papers, they secured the services of brethren in the ministry in different parts of the
Church, whom they deemed competent to the work. The Rev. Dr. D. A. Wallace,
of the Presbytery of Monmouth, the Rev. D. S. Littell, of the Presbytery of Char-
tiers, the Rev. J. A. Williamson, of the Presbytery of Albany, and the Rev. Dr.
Alexander Young, of the Presbytery of Monmouth, have prepared the notes and
papers for the successive quarters of the year beginning with Julv, 1874. The work
done by them has differed somewhat in style and form, but we think it has been gen-
erally satisfactory wherever it has been used, and that upon the whole it has afforded
as much substantial aid to teachers and scholars, as any similar help that has been
published during the year in our country. A devoted and intelligent pastor writing
in relation to the notes and papers of the present quarter, says : " I feel pretty sure
our sheets will bear favorable comparison with any in the land. They are proving
a great comfort and blessing here, and I have no doubt elsewhere also."
These notes and papers have been published in the Repository and Worker during
the year — the Committee deeming this periodical better adajjted to the purpose than
the papers of the Church. The publishers of the Pvepository issued the lesson leaves
separately to such schools as desired them, and they also expressed their willingness
to publish the notes separately, and at a reasonable cost, provided there was a demand
for them in separate form. Such demand has not been mrde to ax\y considerable
extent, and accordingly the notes have been issued only in the Repontory uj) to this
time. The present publisher is willing to issue them in separate form should the
Church desire him to do so.
, From the best information the Committee have, they entertain the opinion that
probably not more that one-half of the officers and teaidiers in the schools through-
out the Church have taken these notes and papers during the year. From this we
infer that probably not a few teachers are without any special assistance in preparing
for their work on the Sabbath; and that possibly not a few others are assisted by
publications from sources outside of our own Chui-ch. It is our judgment that every
teacher should have the advantage of the special help tliat is now given by means
of notes and lesson papers ; and that in every case pastors and sessions should see
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that this lielp is used. If in any case tlie teachers cannot procure this assistance for
themselves, tlie congregations should at least share the expense witli them.
As to lielps from sources outside of our Churcli, the Committee would say, that
while some of these are known to he valuable and comparatively safe, yet others
inculcate doctrines conti-ary to those received by us, and none of them contain any-
thing that will instruct the children and youth in the distinctive principles and
polity of our Church. We cannot but regard this as a matter of importance, and
one to which the Assembly should give special attention. If we arc to maintain our
X)lace as a Church, it is vitally important that our youth should be made familiar
with our principles and work. Let them be taught for a few years by means
of helps that either oppose our principles, or ignore them, and their attach-
ment to the Church will be weakened. The result cannot but be alienation, dis-
integration, and ultimate extinction of existence. If therefore, the assistance now
given to our teachers and scholars is not what it should be, let the Assembly take
immediate steps for its improvement, and let it be made such that none can question-
its value or excellence.
THE INTERNATIONAL LESSONS.
It is assumed that nearly all of our schools are using the International Series of
Sabbath School Lessons. If any of them are not using these, the Committee, from
their experience and observation would most earnestly advise their introduction at
the earliest possible day. The objections to their use are few, and most of these
usually give way when a fair trial has been made. The advantages arising from their
use are great, and far outweigh the objections. The mind of the whole Christian
people of this and other lands is being turned to these lessons, and the best talent of
the churcli es is given to their elucidation. There is now being given to the Church
an opportunity for the intelligent and systematic study of the Bible such as she has-
probably never enjoyed at any period in her liistory. The pastors, congregations,,
and Sabbath Schools that fail to take advantage of this will stand in their own light,
and will suffer as the result. If Mie whole Church shall take hold of these lessons,,
and use them as she should, we do not hesitate to predict that ihe present rising gen-
eration will become more intelligent in the Scriptures than any one that lias pre-
ceded it. The design is to go through the entire Bible b}' means ot judiciously
selected lessons. The parts thus omitted can readily be adverted to and explained
in connection with the selections, and thus when the series shall be completed, those
who have gone carefully through it may have an intelligent view of the teachings of
the Scriptures both of the Old and New Testaments. Such a result is surely de-
voutly to be wished and prayed for.
PROPER USE OF THESE LESSONS.
Just here it may not be out of place for the Committee to proffer a little advice as
to the ways in which these lessons should be used. It has been already indicated
that the Assembly should see to it that the best possible notes upon the lessons are
prepared and put within the reach of the Church. \\ hen this is done, the teachers
should make the most diligent use of these notes, and all other helps at their com-
mand, that they may be thoroughly prepared for their w-ork. Tt is our conviction
also that it will be of incalculable service if pastars will take up and explain the
lessons before they are taught in the schools. This they can do either in classes
formed especially for their teachers' benefit, or else as a part of their regular expo-
sition of the Word in their pulpits.
It is a matter to be regretted that many of our schools are closed during the winter
season. Most of these, it is presumed, will lose in a large measure the advantages of
the International Lessons. In these circumstances we would earnestly advise that
no school be closed for any part of the year, unless the necessity for closing be abso-
lute. If there are cases in which schools must be discontinued for a time, we would
earnestly ask, would it not be well for the pastors or supplies in such instances to
take up on each Sabbath the lesson for that day, and make it the subject of his ex-
pository discourse, and accompany this with the advice to parents to carry the in-
structions home with them, and teach the lesson diligently in their families ? By this
means the connection in the lessons might not be broken, and the Sabbath School
work might hs virtually continued, although the schoils were closed for a time.
We would also in this connertion advise that pastors would in all cases endeavor
to have their entire congregations study these lessons together in the Church, or if '
this be not practicable, then in their homes. We judge that it will be of unspeak—
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able advantage if the pulpit, the congregation, the Sabbath School, and the family
can be made a unit in this great and good work of studying together the Word of
God.
GROWIXG IMPOKTANCE OF THE SABBATH SCHOOL.
We need hardly say to the Assembly that it is our decided conviction that the
Sabbath Sciiool work is advancing in its importance from year to year. God in his
providence has given this work to His Church. It cannot, witlioiK guilt, be ignored,
neglected, or undervalued. 'The Church is under solemn obligation to guide wisely
and control this work, and to use it in such a way as best to promote the glory of
God in the advancement of his cause. She must see that the School is kept in its sub-
ordinate place, and as an essential and vital part of the congregation. If slie shall
allow it to become separate and independent, it will prove a curse rather tlian a
blessing. She must provide for it properly qualified teachers, furnish them with all
necessary assistance tor their work, and give the school its necessary material aid.
Pastors and elders must be foremost with their countenance and active assistance.
The youth of their churches must not be permitted to grow up strangers to tliem.
They must get that hold upon them which the Sabbath School so well enables them
to get ; and they must bind them to themselves by its strong and loving bonds. The
pulpit must keep this work before the people, and press its importance and obliga-
tions upon them. It specially must instruct parents as to their duties in relation to
the school, and solemnly warn them not to shift their responsibilities to its shoulders.
Pastors must come to see that a large part of their work lies in the Sabbath School.
They may not in all, or in many cases superintend their schools. But their presence
must be in them. They must sea that their services of worship, while animated, are
yet as solemn, and earnest and devoted as those of the sanctuary. There must not
be one religious atmosphere in the school room, and another in the church. One
spirit must pervade both. Pastors alone can secure and promote this. Their office
is distinctively to feed the flock, to instruct, to oversee, to guide it. TJiey are to preach
the Word. This they must do to all who come under their influence — to the family,
from house to house, to the Sabbath School, and the congregation.
CONVENTION.
Judging that it might give an impetus to the SabbatK School work tliroughout the
Church, if a number of tlie brethren could be gotten together for conference, the
Committee assumed the responsibility of calling a Convention to meet in Wooster,
just preceding the meeting of the Assembly. At the time of preparing this report
we cannot wiih any certainty predict the result of this movement. There seems to
be considerable interest taken in the matter, and it is hoped that the good influence
of the Convention will be felt throughout the entire Church.
THE COMMITTEE FOR NEXT YEAR.
As the present Committee have served for a period of three years, and as their work
is one of considerable labor and responsibility, they would again respectfully ask the
Assembly to relieve them, and appoint another committee, the members of which
shall be in some other locality in the Church.
Eespectfully submitted by the Conimittee, W. W. Barr, Chairman.
KEPOET OF COMMITTEE ON TRANSFER OF SEMINARIES.
The Committee appointed by the last Assembly "to tender to the respective Syn-
ods the provisions of the Enabling Act of 1870, and request favorable action in refer-
ence to the transfer of the Theological Seminaries to the care of the General Assem-
bly," respectfully report as follows:
1. The Synod of New York adopted tlie following resolution:
"That in view of all the circumstances surrounding the Seminary at Newburgh, we
deem it inexpelient at the present time to make any change in tlie control of the
Seminary."
2. The Synod of Pittsburgh adopted the following paper:
" Whereas, The General Assembly, at its meeting in Pittsburgh, in 1870, adopted
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what is known as tlie ' Enabling Act,' by which any Synod or Synods having the
control and management of a Theological Seminary may transfer the same to the
General Assembly;
And "Whereas, Some of our Synods have already authorized such transfer ;
therefore.
Resolved, 1st. That the Synod of Pittsburgh, accepting the first part of said Enab-
ling Act, as correctly defining tiie relation of the General As-;embly to the Semina-
ries, does hereby agree (the First Synod of the West and the Synod of Ohio concur-
ring) to transfer the entire control and management of the Theological Seminary,
located at Allegheny, to the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church,
according to the conditions specified in the latter part of said act ; and also to recom-
mend its consolidation with other Seminaries.
Resolved, 2d. That the Principal Clerk of Synod be directed to give notice of this
our action in the transfer, to the Principal Clerk of the General Assembly ; and also
to the Roard of Directors of the Seminary."
3. Th3 First Synod of the West resolved :
"That tins Synod approves of the transfer of the Seminary to the care of the Gen-
eral Assembly, and — the Synods of Pittsburgh and Ohio approving — that the Board
of Directors be instructed to prepare and submit to the Synods having control, a formal
act of transfer."
4. The Synod of Ohio. By an oversight, the subject was not brought before this
Synod, and, therefore, no action was taken.
5. The Second Synod adopted the following :
"Risolved, 2d. That this Synod respond favorably to the proposal of the General
Assembly relative to the transfer of the Theological Seminary to the care of the As-
sembly, according to the 'Enabling Act' of 1870."
6. The Synod of Illinois adopted the following resolution :
"Resolved, That we are in favor of the transfer of all the Theological Seminaries
to the care and control of the General Assembly."
7. The Synod of Iowa adopted the following in regard to the question of transfer :
"That this Synod believes that all our Seminaries should be under the control of
the General Assembly, and whilst we would not make thetransfer of the consolidated
Seminary to the care of the Assembly, a condition of this arrangement," (that is, the
arrangement of this consolidation of the two Seminaries,) "yet we cannot but express
earnest hope that our brethren of the other Synods cou'^erned will concur with us in
this view, and such transfer be made as early as'possible."
8. The Synod of Kansas adopted the following paper :
" Whereas, The General Assembly did, in 1870, adopt an enabling act, by which
our Theological Seminaries may be transferred to the General Assembly ; and,
whereas, the General Assembly did also, at its meeting in 1874, appoint a coinmittee
to tender to the respective Synods, at their approaching meetings, the provisions of
the enabling act of 1870, and request favorable action in reference to the transfer of
Theological Seminaries to the care of the General Assembly ; therefore,
Resolved, That we accept the provisions of said enabling act."
All of which is respectfully submitted.
W. W. Barr, ChairuKin.
REPORT OX PRESBYTERIAN CONFEDERATIOK
The Committee appointed to meet with committees of other Presbyterian Churches,
and confer on the subject of Confederation, respectfully report :
That a meeting was held in the city of New York, December 3d, 1874. Commit-
tees were present from the Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, the Synod of the
Keformed Presbyterian Church, the General Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian
Church, the Synod of the (late Dutch) Reformed Church, the Calvinistic Methodist
Church, the United Presbyterian Church of North America and the Presbyterian
Church of Canada.
The conference was very frank and fraternal. Special care was taken not to inter-
fere with any thing distinctive of the different bodies represented, and to make the
Confederation, if formed, such as would in no way disturb their separate organiza-
tion, order and testimony. With this view, after a protracted conference, the follow-
ing propositions were adopted with remarkable unanimity :
1. In the opinion of tha churches represented at this meeting, it is desirable to
form a confederation of the Reformed Churches Iiolding to the Presbyterian system, in
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order to mauu-^ot the substantial unity of these cluirches, and to combine them in the
accomplisliment of the great work committed to them by the Head of the Church.
2. While furnishing to tlie Presbyterian Churches a means of entering into closer
fellowship with one anotlier, this confederation is not meant to separate them in any
■way from other churches which hold by Christ, the Head, with which churches it
will always be ready to co-operate. j:::Z-
3. This confederation does not propose to form or adopt a new confession of faith,
but will require every church proposing to join to submit its creed, and will admit
only the churches whose creed is in conformity with the consensus of the Eeformed
Churches.
4. It shall not interfere with the internal order and discipline of any church.
5. It shall hold, from time to time, a General Council, composed of representatives
of all the churches constituting the confederation.
6. The representatives to this Council shall always consist of an equal number of
ministers and elders.
7. The General Council shall take only such subjects as have been submitted to
the oliurch by her great Head.
8. The General Council shall seek to guide public sentiment aright in various
countries, by papers read, by addresses delivered, by information collected for publi-
cation, by the exposition of sound scriptual principles and defense of the truth.
9. The decisions come to by this Council shall be laid before tlie several churches,
and be entitled to receive from them a respectful, a prayerful and careful considera-
tion.
10. It will labor to promote the peace and harmony of the churches.
11. It will ever rejoice to support weak and struggling churches which have to
• carry on their operations amid infidel and anti-Christian opposition.
] 2. It will defend, by all lawful means, those who in any country are persecuted
for conscience' sake.
13. It will serve to procure for the churches that freedom of government and of
action which Christ has given to such as their alienable privilege.
14. It will employ all moral means to distribute the mission work of the churches
on the foreign field, so as to prevent missionary enterprises from interfering with or
hindering each other ; that missionaries be sent to every nation, and our Lord's
command be fulfilled by the gospel being preached to every creature.
15. It will encourage the churches to combine efforts to provide for the religious
wants of great cities and other destitute portions of the home field.
16. It will press upon all the churches the imperative duty of securing the ade-
<jnate instruction of the young in Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments.
17. It will make every effort to protect the Sabbath as a Divine Institution, fitted
to convey so many blessings, temporal and spiritual.
18. It will endeavor to combine the churches in their eflbrts to suppress intemper-
ance and the other great prevailing vices of the age, and generally to promote the
moral improvement and elevation of mankind.
1^ 19. It will aim to foster among Christians systematic beneficence for the further-
ance of Christian objects.
20. It will make systematic efforts to meet prevailing forms of infidelity all over
ihe world.
21. It will seek to combine the Prote-stant churches in opposing the errors and in-
roads of Eomanism.
22. In order to organize a federation, a committee shall be appointed to correspond
with the committees of the British churches, and with other churches throughout the
world holding to the Presbyterian system. This committee, in correspondence with
ihe committee of the British churches, shall call a preparatory meeting of the com-
mittee of all the churches joining in this confederation, to be held in Loudon or
elsewhere in 1875.
This preparatory meeting is expected to agree upon and circulate in proof a con-
stitution of the confederation to be held, if possible, in 1876. This preparatory
meeting shall agree upon a provisional jiian of representation — that is, upon the
number of deputies to be sent by each church to the first general convention.
In accordance with the twenty-second proposition, a Committee was appointed to
correspond with connnittees of foreign Presbyterian churches in regard to the pro-
posed meeting in London this year, and to prepare a draft of a Con.stltution to be
submitted for adojjtion at that meeting. Dr. John B. Dales was nominated by our
Committee to act on this .loint Committee of Correspondence ; and Drs. J. T. Cooper
and Alexander Young were nominated to represent us in the London Conference —
■either one who might find it most convenient to attend, or both if they could go.
1875.] Minutes of General . :.iisemhly — Appendix. 225
The Joint Committee of Correspondence has arranged to have the Conference in
X/ondon meet on the 21st of July of this year. This Joint tIJommittee has also
-ugreed, at a meeting in New York, April '20th, upon a draft of a Constitution to be
laid before the London Conference, which is herewith submitted as serving to show
miore fully die nature and design of the whole movement.
PKEAMBLE.
Whereas, The Church of God, though composed of many members, is one body
in Christ ; and.
Whereas, T!;e Reformed Churches holding by Presbyterian principles are sub-
stantially one in doctrine, government and principle ; it is therefore agreed to form
■a Presbyterian Alliance, to meet in General Council from time to time, in order to
manifest .the oneness of the Churches, and to combine them in furthering the great
ends for which the Church was instituted by her Head, it being understood that the
Presbyterian Churches in thus uniting do not mean to separate from other Churches
which hold by Christ, but will be ready to join them in Christian fellowship, and in
promoting the cause of the Redeemer.
1. Designation. — This Alliance shall be called th^ Confederation jof tlie Reformed
Churches, holding to the Presbyterian system.
2. Bond of Union. — The bond of Union is Christ, and the Scriptures of the Old
and New Testaments. Any CIiuitIi expressing by its supreme court a wish to join
the Confederation, shall submit its creed, and be admitted by a vote of the General
Council, those Churches only being admissable, whose creed is in accordance with
the Consensus of the Reformed Churches.
3. Constitution. — The Council shall consist of delegates appointed by the Churches
joining the Confederation, the number from each church being regulated by a plan
sanctioned by the Council, and proceeding on the principle of the number of congre-
gations in the churches, the delegates, moreover, from each Church always consist-
ing of an equal number of ministers and elders. The Council may, on the recom-
mendation of a Committee on Overtures, choose associates not delegates, and invite
them to sit and to deliberate, to oft'er suggestions, to deliver addresses, and to read
papers.
4. Powers. — The Council, while it has the power to determine what Presbyterian
Churches shall be allowed to join the Confederation, shall not interfere with the in-
ternal order or discipline of any Church. It shall take up only such evangelistic
subjects as have been committed to the Church by her Great Head. Topics may be
• brought before it by any Churcli which is a member of the Confederation, or by
members of the Council, on being transmitted by the Committee on Overtures. The
decisions and recommendations of tlie Council shall be transmitted to the supreme
courts of the several churches, and be entitled to receive from these a respectful and
prayerful consideration.
5. Objects. — The Council shall seek to help all weak and struggling churches, to
promote freedom of church action, to gather and disseminate information concern-
ing the Church at large, to commend the Presbyterian system as combining sim-
plicity, efficiency, and adaptation to all times and conditions, and shall entertain all
.subjects that are directly concerned with the work of evangelization, as tlie follow-
ing: The peace of the churches; the distribution of mission work; the com-
bination of church energies, especially in reference to our great cities and desti-
tute districts ; the religious instruction of the young ; the sanctiiication of the Sab-
bath ; the suppression of intemperance, and other great prevailing vices ; systematic
beneficence ; and the overthrow of Infidelity and Romanism.
6. Methods. — The Council shall seek to guide and stimulate public sentiment by
papers read, by addresses delivered, by publishing and circulating information about
the state of the churches and of missions, and by the exposition of sound Scriptural
principles and defences of the truth.
7. Change of Constitution. — This Constitution shall not be changed except by a
motion made at one meeting of Council, and carried by a two-thirds vote at the next
meeting.
These statements and papers sufficiently show the action of your Committee and
•Ahe results thus far. All of which is respectfully submitted.
David R. Kerr, Chairman.
226 Mimdes of General Assembly — Appendix, [vol. iv, KO. 2^
REPORT ON SUSTENTATION.
It is not the purpose of the Committee to enter upon the discussion of tlie subject,
whether the Church shoukl make provision to sustain those pastors that are settled
in weak and indigent congregations. This has been thoroughly and efficiently done
in the report of a former Commit! ee. And the fact that this subject has been before
the Assembly for several years, indicates a purpose to entc upon this work whenever
a practical plan is presented that promises success. The difficulties surrounding this
.subject are neitlier few nor small. To devise a scheme that will meet with general
favor, and be universally applicable in all parts and in all places of our widely ex-
tended Church, with the diversity of interests and expense of living in different
places, would require more than human sagacity. All we can hope for, then, is to ■
present an outline by which the executors can be guided in the exercise of a large
discretion in its practical application.
In the scheme herewith presented it is not designed to create a new Board, but
identify this with the Home Mission work, where it properly belongs, and charge
the Home Mission Board with its execution. As a connnencement, we propose the
minimum .'^alarj'^ shall be fiSOO, and should the Church be satisfied with the arrange-
ment and respond with liberal contributions, then the amount can be increased as the
necessities of the case may require. *
It is not projiosed to extend aid to those congregations where the contributions to-
wards the support of a pastor is less than eight dollars per member. There are now
about ninety pastors, nearly one-fourth of all the pastors in the United Presbyterian
Church, who are settled in congregations with less than one hundred members, and
who are receiving from their congregations less than eight hundred dollars. To
supplement the salaries of these to the minimum proposed will require about eighteen^
thousand dollars as they now stand reported on the statistics of the Church. Some
of these ninety pastors are now receiving aid from the Home Mission Fund, but
when we deduct the amount they are now receiving it will still require some twelve
thousand dollars more to give each a salary of eight hundred dollars. To raise a
Sustentation Fund adequate to meet the present wants will require a little over four
per cent, on the aggregate salaries, or nearly 25 cents per member. This would re-
lieve the Home Mission Fund of a present expense of nearly six thousand dollars
which are now paid pastors settled in missionary stations. Still, the aggregate in-
crease of contributions would have to be about twelve thousand dollars. Is the
Church prepared to meet this additional expense ?
COXSTITUTION.
Article I. A fund shall be created by annual contributions and donations to be
known as the Sustentation Fund, and which shall be under the management of the
Board of Home Missions.
Art. II. The object of this fund shall be to supplement the salaries of pastors
settled in weak and indigent congregations.
Art. III. No congregation shall receive aid from this fund whose contributions to«
the support of the pastor does not average at least eight dollars per member.
Art. IV. The minimum salary of a pastor receiving aid from this fund shall be
eight hundred dollars.
Art. V. All application for aid shall be accompanied by a certified statement, en-
dorsed by the Presbytery to which the congregation belongs, stating the condition,
and circumstances of the congregation, their ability and prospects, and this state-
ment shall be received annually, and no aid shall be granted unless these conditions
are complied with. '
AiiT. VI. A form of application and a system of questions shall be prepared by
the Board which shall be filled up, and the questions satisfactorily answered, both by
the congregations and the Presbytery, before aid shall be granted.
Art. VII. The Board shall report to the Assembly annually the names of the-
congregations receiving aid, the amount of aid granted, and all other things neces-
sary to a proper understanding of the work being done, and also an estimate of the-
probable amount that will be required for the ensuing year.
H. H. Thompson,
James McCutchkon,
T. Sweeney,
Committee..
1875.] Minutes of General Assembly — Appendix. 227
REPORT ON THE PRESERVATION OF RECORDS.
If any meml)er of the Committee, appointed by the Fourteenth General Assem-
bly, on the Collection and Preservation of old Records and other Historic Docu-
ments, has made any progress in the work during the past year, it has not been re-
ported to the Chairm.an. He has written quite a number of letters to various persons
in the Church during the year ; some of these letters have been answered, and others
unanswered, and as the result of these inquiries, he has nothing to report. There
being nothing upon which it could act, and nothing special requiring a meeting of the
Executive Committee, after consultation with some of the members, it was deemed
unnecessary to call it together. Unless there is more interest manifested in the work
a-ssigned to this Committee than has ever yet been manifested, the Chairman is
firmly convinced the whole work had better be abandoned. Accordingly on his own
motion, without consulting the other members, he is prepared to recommend for
adoption by the General Assembly, the following resolutions:
1. That all the old records and other historic documents, now in the hands of the
members of this Committee, be at once forwarded to the care of the Superintendent
of the United Presbyterian Book Rooms, Ninth street, Pittsburgh, Pa., for safe
preservation.
2. That in consequence of the little attention paid to the orders of former Assem-
bleys on this subject, and the little interest taken in the work by the Church, the
whole project of collecting these old records be now abandoned, and the Committee
discharged.
If the Assembly deems it unwise to abandon this work, it will please appoint some
other person as Chairman of this Committee. Respectfully,
W. H. Andrew, Chairman.
228 Minutes of General Assembly — Appendix, [vol. iv, no. 2.
SUMMARY OF TREASURERS' REPORTS.
RECEIPTS.
From
rresbj-tfries.
Assembly'^
Fund.
Foreign
nissions.
Home
Kissions.
Fr'dmen'a
MlBklons.
Church
Extension.
FubllcRtion.
Education.
HinUter*!
Uelief.
Albany
$ 10 00
148 16
23 00
27 45
9 00
8 35
S 769 72
2,411 52
1,955 57
1,321 86
442 00
352 53
43 92
242 40
1,921 05
704 69
100 90
1,849 74
271 77
105 00
427 00
632 50
728 08
187 25
187 20
1,094 35
69 55
493 35
22 10
1,109 00
803 24
168 15
696 43
972 30
37 10
32 45
1,355 36
3,099 62
890 00
191 00
450 23
440 39
649 32
68 75
1,228 78
165 30
1,519 15
$ 502 80
1.623 60
1,199 18
1,093 47
384 20
319 21
56 35
165 22
1,321 74
382 61
67 03
1,209 65
243 60
122 00
208 00
481 80
435 33
323 60
231 12
755 59
63 50
353 63
28 85
996 25
750 45
148 70
672 04
685 62
46 00
89 70
953 19
2,432 00
775 00
368 00
335 88
245 00
632 13
97 20
800 00
142 80
565 00
8 128 00
956 88
357 95
423 91
100 25
44 60
1 21 70
17 37
540 03
226 55
89 52
542 42
115 90
28 28
157 61
; 185 00
1 27 00
: 282 95
! 66 75
337 33
18 00
63 65
13 50
122 00
232 33
81 75
187 99
110 41
6 00
9 95
325 37
1,134 09
125 00
111 85
38 30
17 00
175 92
$ 101 56
288 32
60 25
75 66
23 75
13 23
5 00
10 00
108 85
39 62
1 25
89 39
6 60
5 00
35 29
78 35
25 92
20 50
1 111 00
334 66
181 47
126 75
50 25
43 00
18 00
18 65
210 36
104 32
10 75
274 40
29 86
28 00
61 29
113 69
83 77
73 50
15 00
85 79
2 40
28 26
21 20
128 55
111 73
41 90
30 47
71 59
9 26 50
8 624 85
117 00
212 08
68 00
60 70
126 88
Argyle
Beaver Valley
52 00
37 05
29 00
17 50
4 40
12 00
35 48
10 75
45 31
16 70
33 40
342 00
52 08
11 05
Butler
112 57
53 16
15 82
385 17
64 00
25 00
38 00
108 90
11 80
13 45
60 72
32 00
Chillicothe
30-00
10 00
14 25
19 00
8 50
! 24 80
5 00
Des Moines
4 50
25 53
4"25
143 00
48 12
2 00
30 00
2 00
65 50
54 58
6 95
65 98
15 00
15 00
4 15
59 81
122 00
50 00
31 11
57 80
35 50
Keokuk
26 50
16 95
12 40
40 00
170 00
33 81
40 05
109 00
66 00
24 50
Lake
10 00
16 54
14 29
Mercer
10 00
3 90
1 75
45 18
55 00
506
15 00
7 00
9 38
120 43
341 35
90 30
Mouniouth
237 78
314 16
100 00
31 97
Monongahela
53 50
Muskingum
Nebraska
20 00
46 96
27 19
59 50
60 00
54 31
4 40
200 00
26 93
127 00
16 35
67 60
62 95
13 00
90 00
1st Ohio
Philadelphia
• 34 00
15 00
6 90
150 00
26 50
101 00
494 00
35 50
280 00
246 93
16 09
110 20
135 00
Eock Island
48 00
Sidney
Southern Illinois....
Stamford
" "l6"65
""53'"54
2 00
34 50
28 96
1 00
35 00
564 26
339 00
76 93
1,333 82
17 00
42 00
100 10
114 05
1.7.52 32
802 30
100 45
1,281 90
457 87
• 229 85
53 37
941 22
11 15
27 00
67 75
68 90
1,181 02
555 27
126 59
1,035 16
38 00
115 90
210 05
38 00
3 90
31 35
13 15
Steuben ville
276 56
506 69
* 100 03
152 73
5 55
15 00
15 53
13 45
214 28
57 20
3 90
105 00
76 73
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Wabash
1 25
21 45
445 76
1 25
Westmoreland
Wheeling
217 50
82 43
136 00
42 31
3 00
109 00
4 50
41 60
17 00
343 20
16 80
Xenia
233 15
25 12
Total
S 882 86
^30,734 75
2,509 05
2,836 98
6,302 12
17,327 75
127,062 20
1,273 49
410 00
2,344 95
2,749 27
14,5.53 17
102 15
36 00
349 50
110,175 68
56 00
27 00
1,732 031
100 00
$ 2,425 49
$ 4,223 81
11,374 31
Sabbath Schools....
'i',060'00
Individuals
Ijegacies... .
80 50
279 00
60 00
575 00
87 40
Sales of Property
401 74
3,189 70
1
Interest
82 40
395 01
29 00
19 22
584 17.
Hents ... .
1,796 59
25,730 68
■Sales
1 1
672 10
725 05
1,578 16
Total Receipts
Loan
Sl,965 20
66 777 76
$33,858 91
$6,113 62
$16,858 57
$30,030 40
5 5,157 03
4,625 00
675 35
J2,045 88
Balance, 1874
1,678 81
089 54
6,095 86
1,626 64
2,485 52
889 57
138 73
Total
8!3,6-U 07
?07,467 30
S39,954 77
J7,740 26
$ 19,344 09
S 30,919 98
$10,457 38
82,184 61
1875.] 3Iinutes of Gmeral Assembly — Appendix. 229
PAYMENTS.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S FUND.
By payments to^Board of Home Missions % 1,1-1:1 20
" " ' " Foreign Missions 1,141 20
" Warrants of General Assembly, Nos. 2 — 18 570 10
<' " Trustees of Assembly, Nos. 9 and 10 117 65
2,970 15
Balance April 30, 1875 673 92
Total § 3,64-1 07
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
By payments to Syrian Mission $ 2,903 78
" " " India Mission 11,040 13
" " " Egyptian Mission 27,980 27
" " " China Mission 12 48 /
" " " outfits, passages, &c 3,601 65
" " " Missionaries in this country 639 67
46,177 98
Salary, printing, exchange, &c 1,201 32
By permanent investment 4,550 00
52,529 30
JBalance April 30,1875 14,938 00
Total $67,467 30
HOME MISSIONS.
By payments to Missionaries $33,660 55
" salary, printing and all expenses 685 55
34,.'i46 10
Balance April 30, 1875, 5,608 67
Total $39,954 77
FREEDMEN's MISSIONS,
By payments to Missionaries 3 1,385 00
" special contributions for salary, and incidental expenses
on building at Nashville 252 55
'" salary and contingent expenses 354 00
1,991 55
JBalance April 30, 1875 5,748 71
Total • § 7,740 26
CHURCH EXTENSION.
By payments to Congregations $15,773 21
" salary and contingent expenses 597 18
" expenses of sales, securing titles, &c 63 65
16,434 04
Balance April 30, 1875 2,910 05
Total ?19,344 00
230 Ilinutes of General Assembly — Appendix, [vol. iv, no. 2^
PUBLICATION.
Bv bills payable ? 2,100 00
" salaries 2,437 47
" contingent expenses ■ 1,590 82
" stock p\irchased 20,212 87
" bond paid 1,167 50
27,508 66
Balance April 30, 1875 3,411 32
Total ^30,919 98
EDUCATION.
By payments to Beneficiaries $ 5,225 84
" salary and contingent expenses 340 00
5,565 84
" loans paid 3,800 00
" interest 118 68
3,918 68
9,484 52
Balance April 30, 1875 ' 972 86
Total $10,457 38
MINISTERIAL RELIEF.
By payments to Beneficiaries $ 600 00
" contingent expenses 6 75
• 606 75-
" permanent investment 594 25
1,201 00
BalanceApril 30, 1875 983 61
Total $ 2,184 61
1875.] Minutes of General Assembly — Appendix. 231
EREATUM.
In tlie list of Standing Committees, page 152, eighteentli line from the bottom, read
as follows:
Church Extbnsiox. — Ministers : James Harper, D. D., Marion Morrison, Alex.
McHatton. Elders : Wm. E. Brown, Hoa. J. C. Brown.
Publication.— ilfuusfers ; D. S. Kennedy, P. Y. Smith, L. Proudfit. Elders :
Wm. Getty, T. C. Elliott.
Education.— iJ/misiers ; John Eippey, J. T. Wilson, E. B. Taggart. Eiders :
Prof. W. N. Aiken, A. F. Alexander.
- Ministerial Belief, &c.
232 3Jinutcs of General Assembly — Appendix, [vol. iv, no. 2..
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CONDENSED STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR ENDING MAY, 1875.
Synods
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Presbyteries
5(5
Ministers.
Ministers without cliarge
Pastors and Stated Supplies..
Total M inisters
175
430
611
Ministers deceased
Received from other churches
Dismissed to other churches..
Ministers ordained
Ministers installed
15
2
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52
Ministers released
Licentiates
Licensures
Students of Theolog}'
75
44
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Congregations.
Congregations with Pastors or
stated supplies 527
Congregations vacant 248
Total congregations 775
Congregations organized dur-
ing the year 19
Congregations dissolved or
dismissed 17
Mission Stations 34
New Stations during the year 20
Houses of worship erected,... 18
Total cost of houses reported..|l 25,030
Average cost 6,946
Congregations having no
houses 109
Parsonages 78
" built 4
" built, total cost $ 11,900
Membership.
Members received on profes-
sion 4,103
Members received on certifi-
cate.. 3,467
Deaths and removals 5,833
Total members reported 76,063
Adults baptized 500
Infants baptized 3,961
Sabbath Schools.
Schools open whole year 420
Schools open part of the year 216
Total schools reported 636
Average months open 10.2
Officers and teachers 6,311
Number of scholars reported.. 53,232
Contributions by Sabbath
Schools f 24,234
Contributions.
Salaries of Pastors and S. S...$ 451,695
Congregational expenses 255,525
To the Boards 103,025
General contributions 62,413
Total contributions 872,658
Legacies 21,237
Average contributions per
member 12.31
Average salary of Pastors 1,012
Foreign Missions.
General Missions 42
Mission Stations 3
Missionaries 36
Communicants 785
Pupils in schools 2,589
Native helpers 95
Native ordained ministers 3
Native Licentiates 8
Appropriation for the year... $66,200
Expenses for past year 52,529
Home Missions.
Churches and Stations receiv-
ing aid, 1874-75 203
Ministers and Licentiates un-
der appointment 99
Appropriations for 1875-76...$ 42,465
Expenses for past year 34,346
Institutions.
Theological Seminaries 4
Students in attendance 100
Colleges 2
Total Students in attendance.. 530
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i 875.] Minutes of General Assembly — Appendix. 26t
MINISTERS ORDAINED.
KAME. DATK. PRESBYTERY.
A. S. Aiken April 29, 1875 Big Spring.
John R. Alexander lanuary 20, ia75 Mansfield.
W. J. Cooper June 9, 1874 Allegheny.
J. P. Cowan June 10, 1874 Des Moines.
W. W. Curry April 14, 1875 , Beaver Valley.
J. E. Dodds September 22, 1874 Butler.
B. J. Forrester January 21, 1875 Albany.
J. B. Galloway December 9, 1874 Le Claire.
John Giffen January 26, 1875 Wheeling.
James A. Grier June 2S, 1874 Chartiers.
H. H. Houston March 2, 1875 Monmouth.
John M. McArthur October 29, 1874 Xenia.
A. D. McCarrell October 1, 1874 ..Mansiield.
Mathew S. McCord December 29, 1874 Boston.
W. H. MeCreery September 1, 1874 Westmoreland.
T. L. Scott August 26, 1874 Beaver Valley.
D. M. Sleeth December 2, 1874 Wheeling.
J. W. Swaney July 9, 1874 Conemaugh.
William H. Vincent June 16, 1874 Westmoreland.
J. C. White April 14, 1875 Wabash.
Thomas Wylie— 21 January 26, 1875 Argyle.
MINISTERS INSTALLED.
NAME. DATE. CONGREGATION. PRESBYTERY.
A. S. Aiken April 29, 1875 .Lower Chanceford Big Spring.
Robert Acheson November 24, 1874 .Stamford Stamford.
J. W. Bain Augnst 26, 1874 Chicago Chicago.
Thomas Balph January 26,1875 St. Clairsville Wheeling.
S. M. Black February 2,1875 Summit Lake.
William Bruce, D. D April 27, 1875 Massie's Creek Xenia.
A. W. Clokey June 16, 1874 Hamilton 1st Ohio.
W. J. Cooper June 9, 1874 Mt.Nebo Allegheny.
J. P. Cowan June 10, 1874 Des Moines Des Moines.
W. W. Curry April 14, 1875 E. Palestine Beaver Valley.
J. E. Dodds September 22, 1874 Mt. Varnum Butler.
James Duncan March 3, 1875 Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids.
R. (t Ferguson January 19, 1875 Butler Butler.
B. J. Forrester January 21, 1875 Lisbon Abany.
Inivid Forsythe October 21, 1874 Stanwood Le Claire,
J. B.Galloway December 16, 1874 Clarence Le Claire.
J.D.Glenn November 17, 1874 Center and Wurtemburgh Beaver Valley.
H. Q. Graham December 8, 1874 Center and Homer City Conemaugh.
S. H. Graham December 22, 1874 Bellevue Allegheny.
James A. Grier June 23, 1874 Chartiers X Roads Chartiers.
Wra. S. Harper September 1, 1874 Buena Vista Westmoreland.
H. H. Houston March 2, 1875 Fairfield Monmouth.
J. M. Johnston November 19, 1874 5th Pittsburgh Monongahela.
Rufus .Johnson December 9, 1874 Elvira Le Claire.
John Kirkpatrick January 27, 1875 W. 25th street. New York 1st New York.
John M. McArthur October 29, 1874 Reynoldsburgh Xenia.
A. D. McCarrell October 1, 1874 Millersburgh xMansfleld.
D. M. McClellan November 26, 1874 Kansas City W. Missouri.
J. U. McClanahan January 2, 1875 Wintersett Des Moines.
M. S. McCord December 29, 1874 Providence Boston.
Hugh McHatton September 17,1874 West Bethel Princeton.
W. H. McMaster December 29, 1874 Princeton Princeton.
J. W. Martin November 17, 1874 Pleasant Hill Muskingum.
W. G. Moorehead April 2,1875 4th Allegheny Allegheny.
J. H. Morrow June 17, 1874 Yorkville Wisconsin.
John Patterson August 25, 1874 Mountville and Camp Run Beaver Vallev.
James Price August 25, 1874 Hoboken 1st New York.
G. P. Raitt September 8, 1874 Mt. Pelier and N. Branch Des Moines.
J. L. Robertson.. November 24, 1874 Leesburgh and Plain Grove Mercer.
Robert Scott May 4,1875 Jane street, New York 2d New York.
Thomas A. Scott June 30, 1874 Burlington Delaware.
D. M. Sleeth December 2, 1874 Caledonia Wheeling.
R. B. Taggart June 9, 1874 2d Washington Keokuk.
Josiah Thompg«n Februrary 19. 1875 Four Mile Beaver Valley.
J. D. Turner: August 26, 1874 E. llth street, New York 1st New York.
a. W. Torrence October 11, 1874 Centerview W. Missouri.
Wra. H. Vincent June 16, 1874 Fairfield Westmoreland.
Wm. Weir November 9, 1874 .Martin's Ferry Wheeling.
J. C. White Aprill4, 1875 Mt. Pleasant Wabash.
J. D. Whitham September 2, 1874 Fairfax, Florence Cedar Rapids.
J. B. Whitten January 25, 1875 7th Philadelphia Philadelphia.
JamesT. Wilson September 23,1874 Parker City Butler.
Thomas Wylie— 52 January 26, 1875 Hebron Argyle,
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^MINISTERS RELEASED.
NAME. DATE. CONGREGATION. PRE.SBYTERY.
J. L. Aten April 7, 1875 Unitj' First Ohio.
J. W. Bain June 9, 1S74 Third Allfgheny Allegheny.
S. M. Black July 14,1874 Evansburgh and Watsons Run. ..Lake.
T. F.Boyd December 15, 1874 Bethel, Allegheny Westmoreland.
Wm Bruce September 28, 1874 Low Point ." Bloomington.
J. C. Campbell April 20, 1875 Paris Frankfort.
W T. Campbell December 29, 1874 Little York Rock Island.
J. Clokey, D. D January 26,1875 Springfield Xenia.
D. W. Collins April 14, 1875 Conemaugh Conemaugh.
J. H.Cooper October 16, 1874 Morning Sun First Ohio.
L. I. Crawford July 14, 1874 Sandy Lake.
J. P. Davis, .August 2d, 1874 Tumliusou's Run & Hookstown..Fraiikfort.
R. G. Ferguson June 29, 1874 Mercersburgh and Cove BigSpring.
J. R. Fisher June 17, 1874 Hebron Argyle.
S. H.Graham October 27, 1874 Seventh avenue. New York First New Y'ork.
W. S. Harper December 15, 1874 Buena Vista Westmoreland.
A. Y'. Houston January, 1875 Ryegate Vermont.
S M. Hutchison May 12, 1874 Washington and Fairview Muskingum.
J. B. Johnston, D. D June 9. 1874 St. Clairsville Wheeling.
J. M. John.ston June 16, 1874 Central Allegheny Allegheny.
John Lackey June 10, 1874 Pleasant Valley Keokuk.
S. W. Lorimer March 31, 1875 S. Henderson Monmouth.
D. T. McAuley March .31,1875 Big Creek Neosho.
R. T. McCrea August 2.5, 1874 1.,ebanon Mercer.
E. N. McElree April 28, 1874 Second Freeport Butler .
Jos McHatton April 7,1875 Hopewell First Ohio.
D. k. McKnight October 21, 1874 Mt, Gilcad Frankfort.
D. W. McLane March 10,1875 Mahoning and Smyrna Conemaugh.
AV. H. McMaster September 1, 1874 Bethel, Westmoreland Co Westmoreland.
W. G. Moorehead January 26, 1875 First Xenia i Xenia.
D. F. Mustard January 12, 1875 New Bethlehem Frankfort.
Aijdrew Ren wick June 24,1874 Olathe Garnett.
J. L. Robertson September .30, 1874 Plumer Lake.
Wm. Robertson April 4, 1875 Brockway, Clyde and Red House.Detroif .
James Sawhill April 14, 1875 Cascade and Pressly Le Claire.
W. P. Shaw March 30, 1875 Noblestown Monongahela.
W. C. Somers May 12, 1874 New Salem Muskingum.
J. N. Smith..! June 25, 1874 Garnett Garnett.
D.Thompson May 12,1874 Clearfork Muskingum.
J. D. Turner June 30, 1874 Union Monongahela.
D. M. Ure August 4, 1874 Second Monmouth Monmouth.
r! E. Wilken December 29, 1874, Sandusky Keokuk.
J. T. Wilson September 2, 1874 Pratt Creek Ced'^r Rapids
J. P.Wright September 2,1874 Bethel W. Missouri.
R. G. Young — 14 May 4,1875 Brownsdale and Union Butler.
ORGANIZATIONS. •
CONGKEGATIONS.
KaME. date. presbytery.
Whitinsville December 30, 1874 Boston.
Richmond April 13, 18*5 Brookville.
Holyoke December 25, 1874 Butler.
AMity February 27, 1875 Cedar Rapids.
Cedar Rapids, Second September 11, 1874 •'
Traer February 25, 1875 '• "
Lenox September 19,1874 Des Moines.
Sheridan April 4, 1875 Detroit.
Longton February 14, 1875 Garnett.
Nortonville October 11, 1874 .Kansas.
Zion August 14, 1874 "
Tarkio April 18, 1875 Nebraska.
Alta October 27, 1874 Neosho.
Center Ridge September, 1874.... "
Evans September 5, 1874 "
Wichita October 24, 1874 "
Warm Spring July 19, 1874 Oregon.
San ,Tose, November 6, 1874 San Francisco.
Irwiu — 19.... October 17, 1874 Westmoreland.
PRESBYTERY.
Neosho November 10, 1874 Svnod of Kansas.
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MINISTERS, LICENTIATES, AND CONGREGATIONS.
I, ALPHABETICAL LIST OF MINISTERS.
4®* III the first eoliinm will be found, first, the name of the Minister; second, of the Presbytery,
third, the Post Olhce Address : — In the second, the date of ordination and the Presbytery by which
ordained.
Abbreviations— A., Associate; A. R., Associate Reformed; P., Presbyterian; R. P., Reformed
Presbyterian.
Abbey, A. S., Lake, Wayne, Pa May 7, 1872, Lake.
Acheson, Robert, Stamford, Stamford, Out., Can September, 1857, Northern Illinois Association.
Adair, J. H., Garnett, GalesburKh, Kau.sas .Tune 19, 1866, ConemauRh.
Adair. John M., Big Spring. M'Alevy's Fort, Pa March 16, 1859. Philadelphia, A.
Aiken, A. S., Big Spring, Airville, Pa April 29, 1875, Big Spring.
Alexander, J. R., Mansfield, Cairo, Egypt January 20, 1875, Mansfield.
Alexander, Josiah, Mercer, New Bedford, Pa October 27, 1853, Muskingum, A.
Alexander, S., Beaver Vallev, Darliugton, Pa August 21,1855, Ohio, A.
Allen, A. J., Steubenville, Carrolton, Ohio October, 1857, Iowa, A.
Anderson, A. R., Chartiers, Venice, Pa April 17, 1860, Chartiers.
Anderson, David, Albany, West Galway, N. V April 4, 1871. Albany.
Anderson, John, Detroit, Martin, Michigan June 20. 1857, Michigan, A. R.
Andrew, James H. Argyle, Cambridge, N. Y February 20, 1855, Philadelphia, A,
Andrew, Wm. H., Monongahela, Cor. Main and Grant
streets, Pittsburgh, Pa October 14, 1848, Iowa, A.
Arbuthnot, James, Chillicothe, Wheat Ridge, O April, 1826, Lancaster, P.
Armstrong, J., Mercer.New Wilmington, Pa September 16, 18.56, Lawrence, A. R.
Armstrong, R., 1st N. Y., 270 Ogden av., Jersey
City; N. J June 29, 1847, Monongahela, A. R.
Ashenhust, J. Y., Mansfield, Chase City, Va May, 1846, Ref. Dis. Pres.
Ashton, A. F., 1st Ohio, Monroe, O October 19, 1866, Michigan.
Atchison, J. M., Rock Island, Little York, 111 February 18, 1875, Rock Island.
Atchison, R. R., Mansfield, Fredericksburgh, O February 21, 1871. Mansfield.
Aten, Adtian, I'st Ohio, College Corner, O November 14, 1827, Miami, P.
Aten, J. L., 1st Ohio, College Corner, O February 8, 1860, Lake.
B.vtLEY, J. A., Sidney, Sidney, 0 .Tune 23, 1863, Lake.
Bain, J. W.. Chicago, 812 Jackson, Chicago, 111 November 12, 1861, Chartiers.
Baldridge, B. L., Kansas, Leavenworth. Kansajs January 11, 1851, Michigan, A. R,
Ralph, Thomas, WheeHng, St. Clairsville, O October 30, 1864, Chartiers.
Barclay, D., Monongahela, White Ash, Pa July 6, 1865, Wheeling.
Barnes, J. G., Monmouth, Monmouth, Illinois August 12, 1862, Allegheny.
Barnes, R. H., Keokuk, Keota, Iowa
Barnett, James, D. D., Egypt, Center Ridge, Kansas..July 23, 1844, 1st Ohio, A. R.
Barr, .Tames S., Sealkote, Canonsburg, Pa June 25, 1861, Chartiers.
Barr, AV. W.,D. D., Phila., 705 S. 16th st., Phila.' Pa.. .September 28, 1859, Philadelphia, A.
Bigger, Samuel, Argyle, Putnam, New York September 29, 1868, Argyle.
Bigham, J. C, Merce'r, Grand Rapids, Mich August 10, 18.55, Mahoning, Free P.
Black, A. M., D. D., Chillicothe, Warfield, Kv November 5, 1846, Muskingum, A.
Black, J. F., 1st Ohio, Oxford, Ohio ". April 21, 1874, 1st Ohio.
Black, J. K., Sidney, California, Mich July 30, 1861, 1st Ohio.
Black, J. P., Cedar Rapids, Knoxville, Iowa .June 16, 1864, Des Moines.
Black, S.M , Lake, Erie, Pa June 24, 1873, Lake.
Black, W. A., Butler, North Hope, Pa August 29, 1851, Shenango, A.
Blaikie, A., D. D., Boston, 42 Chandler st., B'n, Mass..October 10, 1831, Pictou, Nova Scotia.
Blair, David, Conemaugh, Indiana, Pa October 7, 1818, Chartiers, A.
Blair. H. H., 2d New York, .34 Perry st.. New York...Septeraber, 1836, Albany, A.
Bonner, D. F., Caledonia, Caledonia, New York June 16, 1865, Des Moines.
Bonner, J. H., Chillicothe, Mt. Joy, Ohio October 27, 1841, Indiana, A. R.
Borland, J. B., Steubenville, Richmond. O September 12, 1871, Steubenville.
Boyd, Joseph, Des Moines, Carlisle, Iowa May 6, 1857, Big Spring, A. R.
Boyd, J. C, Monongahela, Mt. Lebanon, Pa April 14, 1858, Monongahela, A. R.
Boyd, R. H., Muskingum, New Salem, O April 12, 1864. Monongahela.
Bracken, T., Detroit, Oil City, Pa August 19,1869, Detroit.
Brandon J. A., Allegheny, Dorseyville, Pa September 12, 1871, Allegheny.
Brandon, J. S., Allegheny, Ogle, Pa. June 10, 1873, Allegheny.
Breadin, W. P., Butler, Coultersville, Pa May 11, 1S43, Lake, A. R.
Brittain, J. R., Lake, Greenville, Pa September 4, 1866, Lake.
Brown, Hugh, Wisconsin, De Kora, Wisconsin August 15, 1832, Glasgow, Scotland.
Brown, James, D. D., Keokuk, Keokuk, Iowa September 11, 1840, Chartiers, A.
Brown, J. G., D. D., Monongahela, 40th st., Pitts, Pa..December 29, 1846. Monongahela, A. R.
Brown, M. M., West Missouri, Greenwood, ^lo October 16, 1846, Illinois, A. R.
Brown, J. H., Sidney, Piqua, Ohio September 12, 1864, Monmouth.
Brown, N. E, Butler, Jacksville, Pa June 26, 1866, Butler.
Brown, N. H., Keokuk, Ainsworth, Iowa October 13, 1862, Chicago.
Brown, Samuel, Brookville, Willet, Pa August 16, 18.53, Blairsville, A. R.
Brown, Thomas, Keokuk, Crawfordsville, Iowa February 26, 1850, Muskingum, A.
Brown, Williams, Des Moines, Eugene, Iowa June 16, 1869, Des Moines.
Browne, R. A., D.D., Beaver Valley, New Castle, Pa,.December 31, 1844, Monongahela, A. R.
Brownlee, E. A. Minnesota, Blue Earth City, Minu.. ..March 8, 1861, Kansas.
Brownlee, J. D., Steubenville, Wellsville, O May 10, 1870, Steubenville.
BrQWRlee, J. T., Chartjersj, West Middletqwn, Pa October 31, 1850, Albany, A.
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Bruce, D. G., Keokuk, Mediapolis, Iowa May 18, 1869, Big Spring.
Bruce, James, Delaware, Andes, New York May 13, 1858, Philadelphia, A.
Bruce, Win., Blooniington, Low Point, Illinois Septemher 15, 1837, Miami, A.
Bruce, Wni., D. D., Xenia, Xenia, O April 26, 1855, Philadelphia, A.
Bryan, John, Princeton, Bloomington, Indiana September 7, 1841, Muskingum, A.
Bryson, J. C, West Missouri, Warrensburgh. Mo November 12, 1850, Blairsville, A. II.
Buchanan, J H., Sidney, Huntsville,0 October 12, 1842, 2d Ohio, A. R.
Buchanan, J. N., Wabash, Hebron, Indiana November 29, 1851, Michigan, A. R.
Buchanan, J. S., Monmouth, Monmouth, Illinois November 24, 1840, Steubenville, A. E.
Buchanan, J. W., Chicago, Tamarac, 111 June 13, 1865. Michigan.
Bull, J. L , Cedar Rapids, Traer, Iowa July 8, 1847, Miami, A.
Burns, J. A., Des Moines, Verona, Iowa .■ September 20, 1872, Des Moines.
Cai,dwem., a. H., Mu.skingum, Antrim, O Januarys, 1804, Lake.
Calderhead, E. B., West Missouri, Mulberry, Mo August 11, 1841, 2d Ohio, A. R.
Calhoun, A., Philadelphia, San .lose, Cal August 25, 1858, Mansfield, A. R.
Calhoun, Joseph, Des Moines, Indianola, Iowa November 12, 1873, Des Moines.
Calvert, A. H., Allegheny, Etna, Pa December 22, 1868. Allegheny.
Campbell, Gawn, 2dNew York, 422 W. 44th st., N. Y..October, 1850, Vermont, A.
Campbell, James C. Frankfort, Paris, Pa November 14, 1848, Steubenville, A. R.
Campbell, J. C, Philadelphia, 36 N. 38th st., Phila November 18. 1872, Philadelphia,.
Campbell, J. T., Muskingum, Indian Camp, O Oct'ber 26. 1869, Muskingum.
Campbell, R. G., Wheeling, New Athens, Ohio November 23, 1863, Wheeling.
Campbell, R. Gregg, Caledonia, Elgin, N. Y September 1, 1870, Caledonia.
Campbell, R.S., Rock Island, Coal Valley, Illinois Jline 12, 1856, Iowa, A. R.
Campbell, W. A., Xenia, Clifton, Ohio September 3, 1861, Xenia.
Campbell, W. T., Monmouth, Monmouth, 111 June 14, 1871, Rock Island.
Carlile, W., Big Spring, Shippensburgh, Pa October, 1847, Big Spring, A. R.
Carson, D. W., Frankfort, Industry, Pa October 28, 1852, Chartier.s, A.
Carson, J. G., Xenia, Xenia, Ohio November 13, 1856, Chartiers, A.
Christy, D. D. Beaver Vallev, Wurtemburgli, Pa July 3, 1860, Saltsburgh, P.
Church. F., Philadelphia, 3335 Woodland st, Phila.. ..February 23, 1844, Trinidad, A.
Clapperton, J. B., Argyle, Shushan, New York June 22, 1969, Argyle.
Clark, A. D., D. I)., Alleg'y, 184 Chartiers, Alleg'v, Pa..August 12, 1846, 2d Ohio, A. R.
Clark, J. A., Butler, Prospect, Pa April 12, 1859, Buller.
Clark, J. L.. Albany, West Galway, N. Y July 22, 18.58, Saratoga, A. R.
Clarke, Matthew, Conemaugh, Pine Flat, Pa Augu.st 16, 1853, Blairsville, A. R.
Clark, S. F., Princeton April 13. 1865, Chicago.
Clarke. S. W.. Steubenville. Richmond, O August 3,1847, Monongahela, A. R.
Cleland, W. J. Minnesota, Wilton, Minnesota
Clokey, Joseph, D. D., Xenia, Springfield, O August, 1827, Muskingum, A.
Clokey, A. *V., First Ohio, Hamilton, O ' January 23, 1868, Indiana.
Cochran, D. C, Kansas, Moore's Summit, Kan June, 1849, Mansfield, A. R.
Coleman, A. B., Tennessee, Fayetteville, Tenn July 8, 1862, Conemaugh.
Coleman, W. M., Monongahela, Pittsburgh, Pa April 12, 1859, Monongahela.
Collins, D. W., Conemaugh, Blairsville, Pa August 11, 1849, Northern Indiana, A.
Collins, J. A., Neosho, Americas, Kan August 10, 1858, Shenango, A.
Collins, Samuel, Allegheny, 55 9th st., Pittsburgh, Pa.September 10, 1847, Miami, A.
Comin, J., D. D., Muskingum. Rixville, O May 28, 1851, 2d Ohio, A. R.
Cooke, Wm., Butler, Harrisville, Pa November 10, 1859, Monmouth.
Coon, S. M., Steubenville, Salineville, O April 1, 1845, Ohio, P.
Cooper, E. C., Neosho, Kalida, Kansas March 18, 1869, Kansas.
Cooper, J. H., 1st Ohio, Morning Sun, O September 19, 1866, Chicago, R. P.
Cooper,J.T.,D.D.,Alleg'y,175 Sandusky .St., Alleg'y, Pa.September 25, 1839, Philadelphia, A.
Cooper, W. J.. Allegheny, Emsworth, Pa June 9, 1874, Allegheny.
Cowan, J. P., Des Moine.s, Des Moines. Iowa June 10, 1874, Des Moines,
Crabbe, H. W., Caledonia, BufTalo, N. Y April 22, 1868, Indiana,
Crawford, A., 2d N. Y.,47 Clinton St., Newark, N. J. ..September 25, 1864, Cavan, Ireland.
Crawford, John, Argyle, Damascus, Syria April 13, 1857, Washington, A. R.
Crawford, L. I., Lake, Sandy Lake, Pa June 16, 1864, Le Claire.
Cresswell, R. J., In transitu December 26, 1871, Delaware.
Crowe, ,Tames, Phil'a, 2245 N. Second St., Phil'a, Pa. ...November 26, 1860, Philadelphia.
Cummins, C, Mercer, Wheeler, Pa October 22, 1846, Miami. A.
Curry, W. P., Kansas, INIanhattan, Kansas September 23, 1858, Northern Illinois, A.
Curry, W. W., Beaver Valley, East Palestine, O April 14, 1875, Beaver Valley.
Dales, J. B.,D.D., Phil'a., 1628 Filbert st., Phil'a, Pa.June4, 1840, New York, A. R.
Davidson, Wm., D. D., 1st Ohio, Hamilton, Ohio September. 1841, Ref. Dis., Pres.
Davis, J. P., Chartiers, Munntown, Pa September 3, 1872. Frankfort.
Dice, J. S., Beaver Valley, Moravia, Pa April 21, 1874, Beaver Valley.
Dick, J. M., Oregon, Eugene City, Oregon
Dick, J. N., D. D., Butler, Kittanning, Pa October 16, 1849, Butler, A. R.
Dodds, David, Butler, Baldwin, Pa June 4, 1872, Butler.
Dodds, .Tames, Wisconsin, Vernon, Wis March 14, 1872, Wisconsin.
Dodds, J. E., Butler, North Hope, Pa September 22, 1874, Butler.
I>oig, J. R., D. D., Monmouth, Monmouth, Ills September 10, 1842, Richland, A.
Doig, R. T., Delaware, East Meredith, N. Y October 29, 1868, Delaware.
Donaldson, Wm., Monongahela, Pittsburgh, Pa December 7. 1870, Caledonia.
Donnan, David, Lake, Cochrant^m, Pa June 20, 1850, All)any, A.
Drennen, P. H., Cedar R.Tpids, Vinton, Iowa. April 30, 18.">5, 2d Illinois, A. R.
DutF, D. A., Westmonlaiid, Cavettsville, Pa lune 15, 1869, Caledonia.
Duff, D. K., Brookvillc^ Dayton, Pa October 2d. 1856. Clarion, A.
Duff, Jackson, Neosho, Centre Ridge, Kansas lune 27, 1,S44, Illinois, A. R.
T>uncan, James, Cedar Rapids, Cedar i;a|iiils, Iowa. ..August, 1850, 2d (ihio, A. R.
Dunn, W. C, Steubenville, Scroggstiold, oliio April 14, 186.5, Sidney.
I'ysart, T. P., Indiana. St. Clairsyille, Ohio Aj^ril 16, 1863, Des Moines.
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Easton, J. S., P. D., Westniiireland. Allegheny, Pa...May 5, 1S36. Pliiladclphia, A.
Easton, W., Philadelphia, Smyrna, Pa June 7, 1827, Philadeljjhia, A.
Edgar, J., Mercer, New Wilmington, Pa November 16, 1859. Caledonia.
Edie, J. A., Monmouth, Clayton, 111 May 7, 1857, Monmouth, A.
Elder, A. H., Westmoreland, M'Keesport, Pa .July 7, 186y, We.stmoreland.
Elliott, J. C, St. Louis, Swanwick, 111 October 7, 18(;3, Chicago
Elliott, J. H., 1st Ohio, Twenty Mile Stand, 0 Septeniber 17, 18fi8, Nebraska.
Er.skine, J., 1st New York, Walden, N. Y .^..January 8, 1852, Saratoga. A. R.
Evans, J. C, Beaver Valley, Freedom, Pa September 17, 18()7. Alleglieny.
Ewing, R. B., Monongahela, Station A, Pittsburgh, Pa.,January 10, 18.W, Xenia.
Ewing, S. C, Egypt.'Cairo, Egypt May 2, 18(i0, Allegheny.
Ewing, W. D., Butler, Slippery Rock, Pa February 22, 187(J, Butler.
FAIBI.EY, J. L.. Bloomington, Roberts, 111 September 2G, 1850, Philadelphia, A. K.
Fee, R. N., Oregon, Lewiston, Idaho, Ter November 29, Illinois, A. R.
Ferguson, J. H., Keokuk. Washington, Iowa
Ferguson, R. C, Butler, Butler, Pa October 17, ]86fi. Big Sprincr.
Findley, J. G. T>., 1st New York, Newburgh, N. Y October 14, 18(39, 1st New York.
Findley, W., D. I)., Mercer, New Wilmington, Pa May 25, 18.37, Lake, A. R.
Findley, W. A., (iarnett. Independence, Mo April 3, 1867; 1st New York.
Finney, .1. P., Chillicothe, Wheat Ridge, O November 15, 1866, Wabash.
Fitzgerald, S. G., IMiiladelphia, 810 N. 20th st.,Phira.May 4, 1874, Philadelphia.
Forrester, B. J., Albany, Lisbon Center, N. Y January 21, 1875, Albany.
Forsyth, D., Keokuk, Stanwood, Iowa Novemljer 15, 1860, Butler.
Forsythe, Hugh, Muskingum, Caml)ridge, O May 25, 1842, 2d Ohio, A. R.
Frazer, J. I., Beaver Valley, Beaver Falls, Pa April 25, 1861, Indiana.
Frazier, S. R., Monongahela, Pittsburgh, Pa June 11, 1867, 1st Ohio.
Free. P. W., Lake, Waterford. Pa September 6. 1871, Lake.
French, D. H., Man.sfield, Mansfield, O May 2, 1861, Chartiers, A.
French, J. M., Rock Island, Norwood, 111 June 27, 1872, Rock Island.
French, R. W., Chicago, Peotone, 111 October, 1844, Illinois, A.
French, W. H., 1st Ohio, Cincinnati, O August 27, 1857, Richmond, A.
Gagkr, S. D., Oregon. Waterloo, Oregon July 18, 1850, Manstield, A. R.
Galley, J., Monongahela, 803 Penn av.,Pittsl)urgh,l'a..April 24, 1866, Butler.
Galbraith, W., Butler, Freeport, Pa November, 1836, Allegheny, A.
Galloway, J. B. Keokuk, Clarence, Iowa December 19, 1874, Le Claire.
Gelvin, I). M., Princeton, Bloomington, Ind October 30, 1867, Detroit
Gibson ,T. D., Delaware, South Kortright, N. Y January 6, 1839, Caledonia, A. R.
Gibson, J. P., Detroit. Southfield, Mich April 22, 1874, Detroit.
(iibson, M. M,,San. rran.,8 Liberty st.,San.Fran.,Cal...7uly 21, 1864, Sidney.
Gibson, W. M., Albany, WestCharlton, N. Y November 29, 1855, "Chartiers. A.
Giften, John, Egvpt, Cairo, Egypt .lanuary 26, 1875, Wheeling
Giliillan, A. B., Caledonia. Peoria, N. Y May 12, 1869, Caledonia.
Gillespie, J., Stamford, Milton, Ontario, Canada June 26, 1851, Stamford, A.
Gillespie, W. J., S. Illinois. Sparta, 111 October 17, 1869, Illinois, R. P.
Gilmore, John. Sidney, West I'nion, O Se])tember 27, 1842, Monongahela, A. R.
Given, James, Westmoreland, Burrell, Pa Ajiril 12, 1854, Monongahela, A. R.
Gladstone, W. R., Argvle, East (ireenwich, N. Y September 8, 1868, Argyle.
Glenn, J. W., S. Illinois. Mari.ssa, III December 28, 18.55, Illinois, A. R.
Glenn, J. D., Beaver Valley, Wurteni burgh, Pa June 15, 1850, Michigan, A. R.
Goodwillie, David, Cleveland, (iirard, O April 26, 1826, Ohio, A.
Goodwillie, D. H., Detroit, Commerce, Mich September 27, 1855, Stamford, A.
Gordon, Andrew, Cedar Rapids, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. August 29, 1854, Albany, A.
Gordon, D. M„ Cedar Rapids, Cedar Rapids, Iowa November 11, 1864, Philadelphia.
Gordon, H., Argyle, Coila, New York July 2, 1848. Northern, R. P.
Graham, A. J., I)es Moines, Indianola, Iowa June 15, 1870. Dcs Moines.
Graham, H. Q., Conemaugh, Phillips Mills, Pa September 20, 1854, Chillicothe, A. R. .
Graham, J. F., In transitu, Denver, Col September 30, 1863, Monmouth.
Graham, J. M., Monmouth, Monmouth, 111 June 22, 1842, 1st Ohio, A. R.
Graham, R., Monmouth, Biggsville, 111 April 29, 1873, Monmouth.
Graham, S. H.. Allegheny, Robella, Pa August 12, 1862, Frankfort.
Graham, W. M., Neliraska, Cass Centre,Iowa June 13, 1867, Delaware.
(iray, R., Wabash Murray, Ind August. 1856, Indiana, A. R.
Greer, J. C, Brookville, Lumber City, Pa June, 1857, Blairsville, A. R.
(jrier, James, D. D., Monongahela, Noblestown, Pa.. .August 10, 1839, Monongahela, A. R.
Grier, James A., Chartiers, Locust Hill, Pa.., June 23, 1874, Chartiers.
Grimes, W., Wheeling, Glencoe, Ohio August 18, 1858, Muskingum, A.
Grove. J. L., Butler, Worthington, Pa October 23, 1872, Butler.
Guthrie, T. C, D. D., S. Illinois, Sparta, 111 April 16, 1826, Pittsburgh, R. P.
Hammond, R. J., Tennessee, Fayetteville, Tenn November 15, 1843, All)any, A.
Haney, W. H., Caledonia, Muniford, N. Y June 8, 1865, Xenia.
Hanna, T. H. Monongahela, Pittsburgh, Pa February 18, 1862, Philadelphia.
Hannay,Thonias,D. D., Stamford, Sullivan, Ont.. Can. 1842, New York, R. P.
Harper, James, D.D ,1st New York, Newburgh N. Y.. October 31, 1850. Albany, A.
Harper, John, Bloomington, Smithville, 111 December 8. 1858, Washington. A. R.
Harp'r, ^V. S, Muskingum, New Concord, O August 21, 1872, Muskingum.
Harris,!)., I>es Moines, Lacona, Iowa August 2, ]SC)4. Monmouth.
Harsha, J. W., Argyle, South Argyle, N. Y April 28, 1840, Ohio, A.
Harvey, W., ICgypt, Cairo, Egypt". August 29, 1864, Detroit.
Hatch, C. B., iMonongahela. L^Oianon Church, Pa Tune 25, 1872, Monongabil.i.
Hawthorne, Win., In transitu, Mooers Forks. N. Y. ..September 24, 1852, Cambridge, A.
Henderson, James M., Southern Il]inois,Oakdale, 111. May 8, 18.34, Miami, A.
Henderson, John JSL. Monmouth, Elvira, III May 2. 1868, Monmouth.
Henderson, (i. D., Monmouth. Monmouth, 111 October 19, 1849, Northern Illinois, .V,
Ilenning, W. E., Argyle, North Argyle, N Y June .30, 18.5.3, Cambridge, A,
lienry, Andrew, Albany, Perth Centre, N, Y , June 13, 1871, 1st New York.
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Heron J. M., Boston, 42 Chandler st., Bi>ston, Mass...May 17, 1S48, Caledonia, A. R.
Herron J. C, Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas October 14, 1845, Chartiers, A.
Herron S. T., Des Moines, Corning, Iowa May 20, 1846, Ohio, A.
Hervey H. H., Lake, Hartstown, Pa June 15, 1853, Lake, A. R.
Hogg John, D. D., Egypt, Cairo, Egypt May 22, 1800, Egypt.
Hogg John. Boston, Lawrence, Mass August 30, 1864, Stamford.
Hood John, Frankfort, Burgettstown, Pa April 9 1872 Frankfort.
Hood S. M. Allegheny, Bakerstown, Pa September 13, 1870, Allegheny.
Houston, A.' Y., Vermont, Ryegate, Vermont February 17, 1858, Chartiers, A.
Houston, H. H., Monmouth, Sparland, HI March 2, 1875, Monmouth.
Howie, James, Southern Illinois, Cuba, Mo September 9, 1868. St. Louis.
Hubbell, S. C, Sidney, Scotch Ridg'\ Onio April 20, 1869, Muskingum.
Hutchinson F. A., Monongahela, Koblestowu, Pa. ..October 19, 1849, Southern Indiana, A.
Hutchison, J. C.. Monmouth, Monmouth, 111 June 6. 1862, Monmouth.
Hutchison, .1. F., Indiana, Madison, Ind October 17, 18.53, Springfield, A. R.
Hutchison, W. R., Garnett, Ottawa, Kansas September 10, 1S61, Butler.
IMBRIE, D. R., Wheeling, Harrisville, Ohio January 25, 1872, Allegheny.
Inches. David, Monmouth, Monmouth. Ill September 30, 1869, Monmouth.
Ingles James, Princeton, Scotland, Ind April, 1854, Northern Illinois, A.
Irons, J. D., Monongahela, Hulton, Pa May 15, 1873, Monongahela.
Irvine S. G., Oregon, Albany, Oregon March 12, 1851, Muskingum, A.
Irving, C. Delaware, Stamford, N. Y September 9, 1846, Saratoga, A. R.
Jackson, H. P., Xenia, Cedarville, 0 December 19, 1865, Lake.
Jackson. J. B. Westmoreland. Greensburgh, Pa... April 8, 1873, Westmoreland.
Jackson W. C, Phil'a, 1930 Christian St., Phil'a, Pa. ..February 7, 1854, Shenango, A.
Jamieson. J. M., Steubenville, Hopedale,0 May 1, 1860, Steubenville.
Jamison, J., Big Spring, Gettvsburgh, Pa August 21, 1855, Butler, A. B.
Jamison, S., Big Spring, Muddy Creek. Pa August 16, 1848, Blairsville, A. R.
Jamison, W. H., Butler, Conoquenessing, Pa June. 1846, Steul)enville, A. B.
Jeffers E T D D., Mercer, New Wilmington, Pa September 25, 1865, Philadelphia.
Johnston, J.B., D. D., Wheeling, St. Clairsville, O....June, 1834, Western, R. P.
.Johnston, J. R., Chartiers, Washington, Pa June 18. 1863, Chartiers.
Johnston, J. M., Monongahela, Allegheny, Pa April 20. J859, Rochester, R. P
Johnston, Wm., Indiana, Spring. Hill, Ind April 23, 1856, 2d Ohio, A. R.
Johnstone, Rufus, Keokuk, Elvira, Iowa June 15, 1869, Muskingum.
Kane,W. P., Argyie, Argyle, N. Y November 20, 1873, Argyle.
Katz, OUver, Westmoreland. Saltsburgh, Pa December 31, 1861, Westmoreland.
Kelso, James, Westmoreland. Negley. Pa May 25, 1852, B airsville, A. R.
Kennedy, D. S., Allegheny, Sewickley, Pa September 4, 1862, Chartiers.
Kennedy, T. J., Beaver Valey, Beaver, Pa September 6, 1859, Lake.
Kerr, D. R., D. D., Monongahela, 72 3d av., Pittsbgh.January 21. 1842, Monongahela, A. R.
Kerr, Joseph R., Phil'a, 1716 Master St., Phil'a. Pa. ..April 11, 1864, Allegheny.
Kerr, Samuel, Butler, Harrisville, Pa September 8. 1852, Shenango, A.
Kenne^yi^T.\j.,' Beaver Valey, Beaver, Pa.^...... ...^..September 6^ 1859^Lake.
Kerr," ~ ~ "' . . -««i t^..^
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King, A. G., Delaware, Delhi, N. Y June 18, 1868, Delaware.
Kirkpatrick, N. R., Chillicuthe, Wartield, Ky June 22, 1854, Indiana. A. R.
Kirkpatriek, John, 1st New York. New York May 28, 1868, Bailebay, Ireland.
Knox, W. H., Monongahela, Pittsburgh, Pa April 21, 1873. Monongahela.
Kyle, J. R., Boston, Fall River, Mass October 12, 1864, St. Louis.
Lackey, John, Keokuk. Dutch Creek, Iowa November 14, 1866, Wisconsin.
Lansing. Gillian, D. D., Egypt, Cairo, Egypt August 7, 1850, New York, A. R.
Laughead, I. N., Keokuk, Washington, Iowa November 14, 1839, Indiana A.
Lee, J. B., Delaware, Bovina Valley, N. Y September 7, 1856, Albany, A.
Leiper, H. Y., Steubenville, Moore's Salt Works, O... January 1, 1867, 1st Ohio.
Leiper, J. H., Steubenville, East Liverpool, O June 30, 1868, Steubenville.
Lindsay, D., Garnett, Garnett, Kansas October 18.34, Muskingum, A.
Littell, D. S., Chartiers. Clokey, Pa July 18, 1861, Frankfort.
Logue, J. W., Cleveland, Northfield, O October 4, 1843, Ohio, A.
Lorimer, S. W.. Monmouth, Sagetown, 111 December 12, 1866, Keokuk.
Love, T., Wheeling, Shepberdstown, Ohio... November 15, 18.54 Lake, A. B.
Lytle, James P., Muskingum, Sago, 0 September 18, 1853, Miami, A.
M'Allister. W. J., Chicago, Coultersville, 111 April 10, 1872. Chicago
M'Arthur, John M., Xenia. Xenia. O October 29. 1874, Xenia.
M'Arthur, S., Chartiers. New Concord, O November 1, 1838, Muskingum, A.
M'Arthur, J., Monmouth, Olena, 111 September 11, 1846, Cambridge, A.
M'Ayeal, R. A., Des Moines, Oskaloosa,Iowa November 8, 18.56, 1st Iowa, A. R.
M'Bride, Andrew, Indiana, Moorefield, Ind April 9, 1873. Indiana.
M'Bride, S. B., Westmoreland, Parnassus, Pa September 6, 1870, Westmoreland.
M'Burney. F., Big Spring, Mexico, Pa August 14, 1856, Philadelphia, A.
M'Cague. Thomas, Nebraska. Omaha, Neb May 9, 1854, Chillicothe, A. R.
M'Callister. J. R.. Rock Island. Rock Island, 111 October 1855, 2d Illinois, A. R.
M'Campbell, Luther, Butler, .Slate Lick, Pa June 24, 1873, Butler.
M'Carrell, A. D., Manslield. ]\nilersburgh. O October 1, 1874, Mansfield.
M'Cartney, Joseph, Lakp, Kreeport. Pa June 20, 1860, Conemaugh.
M'Cartnev, A., Mansfield, Bovd's Mills, O I)pcpmber9, 1858, Mansfield.
M'Caughan, ('. T.. Des Moines, Winterset. Iowa April 22, 1840, 1st Ohio, A. R.
M'Clanahaii, W. S,. Rock ,.sland, Viola, 111 October 22, 1865, 1st Ohio.
M'Clellan, D. M., West Missouri, Kansas City, Mo.. ..September 10, 1867. Conemaugh
M'Clelland, H. R.. Beaver Valley, Mt. Jackson, Pa... October 27, 1870, Mercer.
M'Clelland, Geo. T., Lake, Franklin, Pa May 5, 1874, Lake.
M'Clenahan, James IT., Des Moines,Winterset, Iowa..September 9, 1869. Le Claire.
M'Clintock, J., Mansfield August 13. 1846, Miami. A.
M'Clure, J, T., P, P„ Whesling, Wheeling, W, Va„...Maj' 28, 1850, Steubenville, A. R,
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M'Connell, W. A., Chartiers, Hickory, Pa June 15, 1859, Mansfield.
M'Connell, W. T., Beaver Valley, Lowellville, O November 18, 1873, Beaver Valley.
M'Cord, M. S., Boston, Providence, R. I December 29, 1874, Boston.
M'Cormick, (i., San Francisco, Salinas City, Cal October 22, 1872, Butler.
M'Coy, Elijah, Monmouth, Kirkwood, 111 May, 1840, Ref. Dis. Pres.
M'Cracken, C. L., Boston, Thompsouville, Conn October 28, 1873, Boston.
M'Cracken, R. J., Bloomington, Hoopeston, 111 May, 1848, Pittsburgh, R. P.
M'Crea, R. T., Mercer, Worth. Pa November 9, 1869, Mercer.
M'Cready, R. J., Nebraska, Pawnee City, Neb April 28, 1871, Nebraska.
M'Creary, W. H., Neoslio, Winona, Col .September 1, 1874, Westmoreland.
M'CuHoch, J. .S., 2d N. Y., 31li E. 122d st.. New York..August 23, 1859, Bloomington.
Macdill, David, D. D., Chillicothe, Cherry Fork, O... September 8, 1853. Chillicothe, A. R.
M'Dill, A. T., Nebraska, College Springs, Iowa April 4, 18G9, Chicago.
M'Dill, N. C, Indiana, Richland, Ind November 24, 1852, Indiana, A. R.
M'Donald. H. A., Cleveland, 42 Cedar av., Clev'd, O..October 14, 1869. Chartiers.
M'Dowell, N., Monmouth, Monmouth, 111.. July 13, 1847, Chartiers, A.
M'Elheney, G., Beaver Valley, Darlington, Pa October 1850, Mahoning, F. P.
M'Elree, E. N., Butler, Freeport, Pa Tune 16, 1862, Butler.
M'Elree, J. C, Butler, Clintonville, Pa May 5, 1869, Butler.
M'Elwee, W. M., D. D., Frankfort, Frankft Spgs, Pa.April 1, 1827, The Carolinas, A.
M'Farland, H. C, Monongahela, Highland av., Pitts.April 12, 18.53, Monongahela, A. R.
M'Farland, J. W., Westmoreland, Denver Col September 24, 1857, Richland, A.
M'Farland, W. H., Muskingum, Cambridge, O January 7, 1860, Muskingum.
M'Gibbon, A. W ., Delaware, New Kingston, N. Y April 25, 1866, Bloomington.
M'Gill, J., I>etroit, LexiugtoTi, Mich September, 1838, Muskingum, A.
M'Gill, J. A., Big Spring, M'Coysville, Pa October 7, 1851, Ohio, A.
MacHatton, Alex., Princeton, Morea, 111 September, 1851, Northern Indiana, A.
MacHatton, H., Princeton, Robinson, 111 1858, Xenia, A.
MacHatton, Joseph, 1st Ohio, Morning Sun, O November 6, 18.55, Sidney, A. R.
M'Henry, D. S., Delaware, De Lancey, N. Y 1850, Pliiladelpia, A.
M'iCee, Joseph, Cedar Rapids, Marshall, Iowa September, 18.37, Muskingum, A.
M'Kee, J. R., Chartiers, Claysville, Pa October 18, 1854, North Illinois, A.
M'Kee, James P., Sealkote, Gujranwala, India September 20, 1870, Lake.
M'Kee, S. E., Keokuk. Washington, Iowa June, 1856, De Claire, A. R.
M'Kee, W. R., Frankfort, Bavington, Pa September 4, 1860, Argyle.
M'Kelvey, Joseph, Kansas, Solomon Rapids, Kan June 20, 18G7, Kansas.
MacKenzie, W. A., Argyle, Salem, N. Y April 5, 1865, Allegheny.
McKitrick, E. S , Allegheny, Allegheny, Pa
M'Kitrick, J. M., S. Illinois, Tilden, 111 November 2, 1871, W. Missouri.
M'Knight, D. K., Frankfort, Clinton, Pa July 9, 1872, Frankfort.
M'Knight, J. C, Garnett, Chetopa, Kansas June 10, 1856, 2d Illinois, A. R.
M'Lachlin, Alex., Chartiers, Taylorstown, Pa April 15, 1873, Chartiers.
WLachlin, I)., Wisconsin, Rock Prairie, Wis October 10, 1872, Wisconsin.
M'Laren,D. C.,D. D., Caledonia, Geneva Station, N.Y.January 1, 1820, Washington, A. R.
M'Lane, D. W. Conemaugh, Blairsville, Pa October 16, 1868, Monmouth.
M'Lean, D. H. A., D. D., Monongahela, Mansfield, Pa..September 2, 1841, Shenango, A.
M'Lean, D. M. B., Chartiers, Canousburgh, Pa January 13, 1863, Allegheny.
M'Lellan, J. M. Detroit, Detroit, Mich August 27, 1833, Lanark.
M'Masters, W. H., Princeton, Princeton, Ind September 5, 1871, Westmoreland.
M'Michael, J. B., Xenia, Bellbrook, Ohio October 9, 1862, Xenia.
M'Michael, E. S., Des Moines, Newton, Iowa November 19, 1872, Des Moines.
M'Millan, Andrew, Monmouth, Olena, 111 June 9, 1869, Monmouth.
M'Millan, W. H., Allegheny, Allegheny, Pa October 4, 1864, Monmouth.
M'Nab, Joseph, Lake September 17, 1867. Lake.
M'Nary, J. W., 1st Ohio, Dayton, Ohio October 8, 1863, Xenia.
M'Nary, W. P., Princeton, Bloomington, Ind December 8, 1866, Kansas.
M'Neal, James, Tennessee, Marysville, Tennessee. ..August 10, 1854, Muskingum, A.
M'Rea, James, Princeton, Salesville, O August 8, 1865, Muskingum.
M'Watty, R., Mercer, Mercer, Pa September 29, 1854, Lawrence, A. R,
Madge, J. G., Mansfield, Daltou, O August 9, 1870, Mansfield.
Mairs, G., Argyle, Argyle, New York Mav 1823, Washington, A. R.
Makhiel El Belyene, Cairo, Egypt February 20, 1867, Egypt.
Mann, David, Stamford, Walton, Ontario, Canada December 27, 18.55, Arraandale, U. P., Scofand.
Marling, M. M., Wheeling, Roney's Point, West Va..April 3, 1864, Kansas.
Marshall, S. C, Des Moines, Albia, Iowa July 16, 1861, New York.
Martin, J. K., West Missouri, Mo April 16, 1868, Western, R. P.
Martin, J. F., Des Moines, Monroe, Iowa November 15, 1866, Allegheny.
Martin. J. W., Muskingum, North Salem, O April 6. 1862, Steubenville.
Martin, Samuel, Sealkote, Sealkote, India July 3. 1866, Steubenville.
Maughlin, J. S., Nebraska, Onawa, Iowa October 21 1852, S. Indiana, A.
Mayne, A., Des Moines, Promise City, low. a May 4 1861, Arkansas, A. R., South.
Meek, S. W., Delaware Walton, New York September 3, 1873, Delaware.
Mehard, W. A., D. D., Mercer, New Wilmington, Pa..May 9, 1850, Lake, A. R.
Meloy, W. T., Wheeling, Cadiz, O June 2, 1865, Wheeling.
Melvin. W., Vermont, Albany, N. Y 1858, New York, A,
Mercer, Thomas, Chillicothe, Decatur, O January 19, 1859, Michigan.
Miller, W. F., Mansfield, Savannah, 0 September 19, 1872, Mansfield.
Mitchell, C. H.. Chicago, Savannah, 111 June 11, 1872, Chicago.
Molfet, W. T., Chicago, Freeland, 111 April 3, 1861, Chicago.
Montieth, Thomas W., Detroit Port Huron, Mich July 8, 1873, Detroit.
Montieth, R. C, Delaware, North Kortright, N. Y...
Montgomery, A. S., Princeton, Carmi, 111 December, 1854, Tennessee, A.R.,Scuth.
Montgomery, J. H., Monmouth, Monmouth, 111 .Tanuary 26, 1864. Monmouth.
Moore, S. B., S. Illinois, Preston, III June 4, 1873, S. Illinois.
Moorehead, W. G., Allegheny, Allegheny, Pa July 1, 1862, Sidney.
Morri-son, M., Nebraska, College Springs, Iowa August 21, 1850, Chillicothe, A. R.
Morrow, D., San Francisco,Rovesville,Placer Co.,Cal June 20, 1857, Michigan, A. R.
Morrow, James, S. Illinois, Tilden, HI January 2, 1840, 1st Ohio, A. R.
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Morrow John, Chartiers, Taylorstown, Pa September 30, 1873, Chartiers.
Morrow, J. A., Steubeuville, New Rumley, O October 16, 18G2, Chicago.
Morrow, J. H., Wisconsin. Union Grove, Wis July 2, 1872, Detroit.
Morrow, S. F., P. I)., Albany, 48 Lancaster street,
All>any, New York Tuly 8. 1840, Albany, A.
Morrow, T. «., Blooniington, Wenona, 111 April 14 1869, Monmouth.
Morrow AVm., Blooniington, Chenoa, 111 fuly 14, 1808, Muskingum.
March J C Muskingum, New Concord, () November 6, 1851, Southern Indiana, A.
Mustard, D. F., Des Moines, Mt. Ayr, Iowa October 8, 1872, Frauklbrt.
Nash J H., Rock Island, Sunbeam, 111 October 8, 1857, Monmouth, A.
Nelson John A.. Westmoreland, Mt. Pleasant, Pa April 9, 1872, Westmoreland.
Nevin, J. C, Monongaheia, Canton, China September 30, 1859, Monongahela.
Nevin' W. G., Clevelinid, New Lisbon. O June 5, 1872. Butler.
Nibloc'k, J. H., Wiscoiisiii, Oshkosh. Wis '. October 12, 1865, Wisconsin.
NicoU, David, Le Claire, Do Witt, Iowa November 17, 1869, Le Claire.
Oldham, M. M., Xenia, Springfield, O December, 1848, Ref. Dis. Pres.
Ormond, B. K., Mercer, Sharon, Pa.: September 9, 18.58, Lawrence, A. R.
Ormond, G. K., D, D., Monongahela, Pittsburgh, Pa..April 10, 1852, Monongahela, A.R.
Ormond. Marcus, Wheeling, West Alexander, Pa August 17, 1858, Allegheny, A. R.
Owens, Will. S., Coneniaugn, Indiana, Pa May 18, 1809, Philadelphia.
Parks, H., Wheeling, St. Clairsville, O April 26, 18.32, 2d Ohio, A. R.
Patterson, D. J.,2d N. Y., 282 Dean St., Brooklyn, N.Y.April 27, 1848, Nothern R. P.
Patterson, John. Beaver Vallev, Wurtemburgh, Pa.. .July 5, 1855, Muskingum, A.
Patterson, J. F., Philadelphia, Damascus, Syria September 27, 1872, Philadelphia.
Patterson, R. M., Chartiers, Thompson ville. Pa November 11, 1861, Butler.
Patterson, Samuel, Beaver Valley, Darlington, Pa.. ..September 25, 1849. Monongahela, A. R.
Patterson, T. P., Westmoreland, Unioutown, Pa October 28, 1864, Monmouth.
Pattison, Alex., Keokuk, Birmingham, Iowa May 10, 1844, 2d Ohio, A. R.
Paul, David, D. D., Muskingum, New Concord, O December 13, 1853, Monongahela, A. R.
Pollock, D. H., Westmoreland. Elizabeth, Pa August 21, 1849, Blairsville, A. K.
Pollock, R. n., D. D., Mansfield, Wooster, O October 22, 1840, Indiana, A.
Pollock, Thomas H., 2d New Y'ork, Jersey City, N.J.May 17, 1871, 2d New York.
Pollock, W. A., Nebraska, Mission Creek, Iowa November 17, 1858, 1st Illinois, A. R.
Pollock, W. C, Blooniington, New Berlin, 111 March 1835, Shenango, A.
Porter, Byron, Conemaugh, Elderton, Pa August 21, 1850, Ohio, A.
Price, James, 1st New York, Hoboken. N. J September 4, 1856, Philadelphia, A.
Pringle, J. V., Blooinington, Pana, 111 May 11, 1865, Mansfield.
Proctor, F. M., Mansfield, Mansfield, 0 November 9, 1858, Caledonia, A. R.
Proudfit, L., Des Moines, Corydon, Iowa October 18, 1869, Des Moines.
Proudfit, T. P., S. Illinois, Sparta, 111 , July 14, 1863, Muskingum.
Purdy, J. L., Frankfort, Florence, Pa October 18, 1854, Clarion, A.
Raitt, G. p., Des Moines, Patterson, Iowa Tuly 17, 1866, Conemaugh.
Ralston, S. S., D. D., Le Claire, Le Claire, Iowa May 1838, Tennessee, A. R.
Ralston; W. D., Leclaire, Scotch Grove, Iowa August 28, 1863, Le Claire.
Rankin, A. R., Indiana, Milroy, Ind , Augutt 25, 1852, Northern Indiana, A.
Rawson, W. T., Detroit, Burnside, Mich Aqril 4, 1850, Baptist Council.
Reed, S. B., Neosho, Evans, Colorado April 18, 1857, Allegheny, A.
Reed, W. G., Allegheny, Springdale, Pa ISIarch 28, 1854, Lawrence, A. R.
Reid, D. F., Minnesota, Ella; Wis November 1841, Mansfield, A. R.
Reid, S. C. Butler, Pardoe, Pa October 23, 1856, Muskingum, A.
Reid, W. H., Wabash May, 1860, Ohio, Ref. Pres.
Reid. W. J., D. D., Monongahela, 38 Federal street,
Pittsburgh, Pa April 7, 1862, Monongahela.
Reiiwick, A.. Garnett, Olathe, Kansas November 26, 1867, Wabash.
Reynolds, John A., Rock Island, Rock Island, 111 June 17, 1863, Monmouth.
Richie, W. M., Bloomington, Paxton, 111 September 11, 1862, Frankfort.
Rippey, John Caledonia, Cuylerville, N. Y' August 6, 18.56, Saratoga, A. R.
Robb, J. P., Indiana, Indianapolis, Ind April 28, 1860, Boston.
Robb, W. A., Xenia, Jamestown, O April 23, 1863, Xenia.
Robertson, J. L., Mercer, Plumer, Pa March 22, 1867, Stamford.
Robertson, P. C, Caledonia, Buena Vista, N. Y' July 23, 1847, New Y'ork, A. R.
Robertson, W., Detroit, Brockway, Mich March 26, 1861, Detroit.
Robinson, G. A. B., Philadelphia, Oxford, Pa July 29, 1869, Monongahela.
Robinson, W. J., Allegheny, Allegheny, Pa December 6, 18.59, Caledonia.
Rogers, James, Minnesota, Minn Tune 12. 1833, Y'ork, U. P., Canada.
Rogers, Robert, Albany, Pattersouville, N. Y May 31, 1871, Albany.
Ross, J. S., Keokuk, Birmingham, Iowa April 5, 1865, Keokuk.
Ross, M. L., Argylo, Philadelphia, Pa May 4, 1869, 2d New York.
Ross, Randall, W. Missouri, Greenwood, Mo April 25, 1849, 2d Ohio, A. R.
Sands, J. S., Monongahela, cor. Forbes and Gistst..
Pittsburgh, Pa April 21, 1868, Monongahela.
Sankey, J. P., Caledonia, Rochester, N. Y June 30, 1864, Caledonia.
Sawhill, James, Le Claire, Cascade, Iowa June 18, 1863, Le Claire.
Scott, J., D. D., Monmouth, Monmouth, III September 19, 1843, Chartiers, A.
Scott, J. P., D. D.Detroit, 130 Wayne st., Detroit, Mich. January 31, 1855, Richland, A.
Scott, Robert, 2d New York N, Y
Scott, T. A., Delaware, Garrattsville, N. Y November 2, 1869, Cleveland.
Scott, T. L , Soalkote,Sealkote, India August, 26, 1874, Beaver Valley.
Scouller, J. B., Argyle, Newville, Pa November 13, 1844, New York, A.R.
Scouller, J, Y., 1st Ohio, Fairhaven, 0 July 21, 1847. 1st Ohio, A. R.
Service, John, Vermont, Barnet Centre, Vermont... April 26, 1854, N. Cong'l. Asso., Belfast, Ireland.
Shankland, J. A., Wisconsin, Villisca, Iowa April 11, 1860, Chicago.
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Sharp, J. P., Frankfort, New Sheffield, Pa September 27, 1870, Frankfort.
Shaw, W. P., Monongahela, Oakdalc, Pa August 30, 1855, Chicago, R. P.
Shearer, J. S., Des Moines, Oskaloosa, Iowa October 13, 1858, Indiana, A.
Shortt, W. B., Argyle, Cambridge, N. Y December 13, 1853, Washington, A. R.
Simpson, E. C., 1st Ohio, Richmond, Ind May 5, 1874, 1st Ohio.
Simpson, T. R., Steul>enville, Steubenville, O October 10, 1844, Philadelphia, A.
Sleeth, I). M., Wheeling, Cairo, W. Va December 2, 1874, Wheeling.
Small, Edward, Mercer, Mercer, Pa ; October, 1839, Shenango, A.
Small, Gilbert, Wabash, Idaville, Ind November 1, 1856, Miami, A.
Smeallie, A. M., Delaware, Kortright, N. Y January 30, 1872, Delaware.
Smith, Alex., Sidney, Northwood, O April 11, 1806, Chicago.
Smith, J. D., Chicago, Hanover, 111 April 12, 1870, Chicago.
Smith, J. N., Garnett, Oarnett, Kansas December 2, 1851, Shenango, A.
Smith, R. H., Wabash, Holland, Mich June 28, 1846, (ironing Classis, Holland.
Smith, P. Y'., Boston, Wilkinsonville, Mass February 28, 1866, Boston.
Snodgrass, W. J., Mercer, West Middlesex, Pa August 24, 1869, Mercer.
Somers, W. C, Muskingum, Kimbolton, O May, 1853. Caledonja, A. R.
Speer, J. S., Chartiers, Canonsburgh, Pa September 3, 1807, Westmoreland.
Spencer, F. M., Kansas, Leavenworth, Kansas September 29, 1871, Kansas.
Spencer, Wm. G., Princeton, Portland Mills, Ind April 20. 1865. Southern Indiana.
Steele, J. C, West Missouri, Warrensburgh, Mo June 14, 1838, 1st Ohio, A. R.
Steele, J. D., West Missouri, Warrensburgh, Mo October, 1856, Keokuk, A. R.
Stevenson, E. H.. Philadelphia, Oxford, Pa November 4, 1852, Ohio, A.
Stevenson, J.. Chartiers, Buffalo, Pa December 1, 1859, Wheeling.
Stevenson, W. R.. Westmoreland, West Newton, Pa..September 19, 1871, Conemaugh.
Stewart J. Chillicothe, Y'oungsville, O September 22, 1858, Le Claire, A. R.
Stewart, Robert, Delaware, -Newburgh, N. Y' November 9, 1806, 1st Ohio.
Stewart, R. B., In transitu, Gill Hall, Pa November 1, 1871, Nebraska.
Stewart. S. J.. Steubenville, Steubenville, O April 17, 1872, 1st New Y'ork.
Story, Alex., Keokuk, Columbus City, Iowa July 12, 1847, Shenango, A.
Sturgeon, H., Beaver Valley, Darlington, Pa May 6, 1852, Richland, A.
Swaney, J. W., Conemaugh, Johnstown, Pa July 9, 1874, Conemaugh.
■Swift, E. P. Sealkote, North India
Taggart, J. C, Steubenville, East Liverpool, O June 30, 1809, Steubenville,
Taggart, R. B., Keokuk, Washington, Iowa September 2, 1869, Delaware.
Taggart, S., Chartiers, West Middleton, Pa April 14, 1835, Monongahela, A. R.
Tate, .1. T., Minnesota, Lake City, Minn September 15, 1853, Iowa, A.
Taylor, John, Neosho, Washington, Iowa June, 12, 1873, Minnesota.
Taylor, J. E., In transitu, Chicago. Ill August 24, 1859, Saratoga, A. R,
Taylor, J. W., Mansfield, Mansfield, O June 14, 1865, Sidney.
Teas, John, 1st New York, Paterson, N. J May 7, 1872, 1st New l''ork.
Tedford, J. H., Wabash, Tetersburgh, Ind April 1, 1862, Mercer.
Telford, John C, Conemaugh. W. Lebanon, Pa January 1, 1850, Clarion. A.
Telford, M. S., Brookville, Stanton, Pa June 16, 1864, Conemaugh.
Thomas, E. Z., Westmoreland, Negley, Pa December 16. 1873, Westmoreland
Thompson, D., Neosho, Arkansas City, Kan Sejjtember 18, 18.38, Chartiers, A.
Thompson, H. H., Sidney, Urbaua, O September 9, 1847, Lake, A. R.
Thompson, Josiah, Beaver Valley, Beaver, Pa January 14, 1858, Chartiers, A.
Thompson, R. G., West Missouri, Kingsville, Mo.. ."August 14, 1845, Mansfield, A. R.
Thompson, R. J., Neosho, Arkansas City, Kan April 15, 1874, Garnett.
Thompson, S. F., Tennessee, Dickson, Tenn August 7, 1855, Boston, A. R.
Thorn, D. M., Allegheny, Emsworth, Pa October 14, 1868, Conemaugh.
Timmons, J. H., Allegheny, Tarentum, Pa June 13, 1860, Allegheny.
Todd, Daniel, Le Claire, Volga City, Iowa May 14 1802, Chicago.
Todd, John, S. Illinois Septemoer, 1842, Allegheny, A.
Torrence, G. W., West Missouri, Centerview, Mo June 16, 1858, Kansas, A. R.
Torrence, J. T., Cedar Rapids, Florence, Iowa September 13, 1859, Ohio, A.
Tris, A. C , 1st N. Y., 413 West 4oth St., New York.. ..Dec.l9,1845,Classisof Zealand, Dufch Ref Sec.Ch.
Turnbull, Richard, Xenia, Xenia, O November 13, 1867, Des Moines.
Turnbull, J. H., Cedar Rapids, Traer, Iowa June 19, 1872, Cedar Rapids.
Turnbull, T. B. Rock Island, Aledo, 111 April 16, 1873, Rock Island.
Turner, T. E., Chicago, Kirk's X Roads, Ind December 28, 1870, Keokuk.
Turner, J. D., 1st N. Y., 1029 3d av.. New York October 10, 1861, 1st Ohio.
Turner, William, Princeton, Bloomington, Ind June 16, 1836, Indiana, A. R.
Ure, D. M., Monmouth, Monmouth, Illinois October 8, 1862, Argyle.
Vance, J. A., Wisconsin, Sussex, Wisconsin October 9, 1849, Iowa, A.
Van Eaton, J., Caledonia, York, New York October 3. 1849, Caledonia, A. R.
Vincent, G. C, D. D., Brookville, Brookville, Pa November 23, 1841, Illinois, A.
Vincent, A. S., Keokuk, Brighton, Iowa April 18, 1872, Keokuk.
Vincent, W. H., Westmoreland, Ligonier, Pa June 16, 1874, Westmoreland.
Waddle, B., D. D., Sidney, Kenton, O May 6, 1829, 2d Ohio, A. R.
Waddle, J. B., Chartiers, Midway, Pa September 15, 1863, Lake.
Waddle, J. M., Monmouth, Kirkwood, 111 May 14, 1863, Chillicothe.
Waddle, W. G., Wheeling, New Athens, Ohio November 16, 1859, Wheeling.
Wade, N. E., Allegheny, Bakerstown, Pa May 7, 1866, 1st Ohio.
Wait, J. 'W., Tennessee, Lincoln, Tenn September 26, 1873, Tennessee.
Wallace, A. G., Beaver Valley, New Brighton, Pa June 6, 1854, Blairsville, A. R.
Wallace, D. A., D. D., LL.D., Monmouth, Mon'th, Ill..June 3, 1851, New York, A. R.
Wallace, Henry, Keokuk, Morning Sun, Iowa April 1, 1863, Monmouth.
Wallace, H. F., Des Moines, Knoxville, Iowa June 12, 1872, Des Moines.
Wallace, James, Sidney, Bellefontaine, 0 .....October 25, 1832, Miami, A.
Wallace, John, Rock Island, Monmouth, 111 June, 1824. The Carolinas, A.
Wallace, J. M., Cleveland, Youngstowu, 0 September 29, 1868, Rock Island
Wallace, Jos. R., Lake, Jamestown, Pa June 14, 1871, Lake.
Wallace, R. G., Wheeling, Bellaire, O June 6, 1861, Delaware.
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Wallace, W. L., Big Spring, Newville, Pa June 13, 1861, Big Spring.
AVatson, Andrew, Egypt, Cairo, Egypt May 15, 1861, Allegheny.
Weede, S. H., Rock Island, Colona. Ill October 23, 1867, Rock Island.
Weede, N. C, Keokuk, Birmingham, Iowa Noveinber 13, 18.33, Monongahela, A. R.
Weir, William, Wheeling. Martin's Ferry, O June If, 1866, Allegheny.
White, I. N., Steubenville, Gavers, O May 7, 1861, Argyle.
White, James, Muskingum, Mt. Perry, O April 16, 1862, Muskingum.
White, J. C, Wabash, Mulberry, Ind April 14. 1875, Wabash.
White, S. Stewart, Pliil'a, 36 N. 38th St., Phil'a, Pa. ..November 2, 1871, Philadelphia.
Wliitliam, J. \)., Cedar Rapids, Fairfax, Iowa Octolier, 1841, Washington, P.
Whitia, J. L., Minne.sota, Burbank, Minn August 12, 1862, Detroit.
Whitlen, J. B., Philadelphia, Frankford, Pliil'a, Pa..October 25, 18.54, Chartiers, A.
Wiley, George JNl., Argyle, West Hebron, N. Y October 12, 1863, Vermont.
Wilkin, Ralph E., Monmouth, Monmouth, 111 September 10. 1872, Keokuk.
Williams, M. B., Argyle, Cambridge, N. Y April, 1820, Northern, R. P.
Williamson, J. A., Albany, Johnstown, N. Y September 27, 1864, Albany.
Williamson, John, Sidney, Bellelontaine, O June 18, 1867, Sidney.
AVilliamsou, R. I)., Albany, 4 Ida Terrace,Troy,N.Y.May 5, 1859, Albany.
Williamson, W. C, Keokuk, Washington, Iowa June 15, 1869, West Missouri.
Wilson, D. C, Nebraska, Clarinda, Iowa June 27, 1863, Conemaugh.
Wilson, Isaac A., Nebraska, North Bend, Neb July 5, 1866, Manstield.
Wilson, J. A., Beaver Valley, Beaver, Pa September 17, 1872, Beaver Valley.
Wilson, J. B., Detroit, Almout Mich October 18, 1855, Stamford, A.
Wilson, J. C, Pliiladelphia, 1(536 Franklin st., Phil'a.April 13, 1869, Allegheny.
Wilson, James T., Butler, Parker City, Pa January 2, 1861, Conemaugh.
Wilson, J. T., Cedar Rapids, Cedar Rapids, Iowa June 18, 1873, Cedar Rapids.
Wilson, Samuel, D. D., Xeuia, Xenia, O April 27, 1831, ^Miami, A.
Wilson, T. J., Oregon, Warm Springs, Oregon May 5, 1864, Michigan.
Wilson, Thomas, Steubenville, Annapolis, O September 16, 1835, Muskingum. A.
Winter, T. W., Lake, Adanisville, Pa September 10, 1857, Nortliern Illinois, A.
Wishart, Wm., D. D., Manstield, Ontairo, O September 2, 1847, Muskingum, A.
Witherspoon, J. W., Allegheny, Allegheny, Pa September 15, 1863, Frankfort.
Worth, J., Oregon, Brownsville, Oregon June 18, 18.30 1st Ohio, A. R.
Wright, I. T., Allegheny, Bakerstown, Pa June 11, 1872, Allegheny.
Wright, Joseph, Delaware, Davenport, N. Y
Wright, J. P., Tennessee, Nashville, Tenn May 4, 1850, Michigan, A.R.
Wright, Wellington, W. Missouri, Greenwood, Mo October 19, 1859, Michigan.
Wyatt, R. C, Des Moines, Hoopeston, 111 September 20, 1872, Des Moines.
Wylie, R. T., 2d N.Y., 350 Grand st.,Will'msb'g, N.Y.May 28, 1872, 2d New York.
Wylie, Thomas, Argyle, West Hebron, N. Y January 26, 1875, Argyle.
Young, A., D. D., LL.D., Monmouth, Parnassus, Pa..June 23, 1842, Steubenville, A. R.
Young, A. I., Westmoreland, Turtle Creek, Pa June 15, 1869, Frankfort.
Young, R. G., Butler, Browusdale, Pa September 5, Butler.
Yusef, Tadrus, Egypt, Nakhaleh, Egypt November 1, 1871, Egypt.
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF LICENTIATES.
NAME. PRESBYTERY.
R. H. Barnes Keokuk.
A. S. Biddle Monmouth.
D. H. Blair ...Monmouth.
Thos. A. Blair Monmouth.
M. B. Brownlee Chartiers.
W. R. Bruce Frankfort.
E, D. Campbell Mansfield.
W. B. Clierry. Allegheny.
W. A. Edie....... Allegheny.
J. H, Ferguson Keokuk.
Thomas Fitzgerald 1st Ohio.
G. T. Galbraith Ist New York.
D. P. George Steubenville.
J. H. Gibson 1st Ohio.
J. D. Graham 1st New York.
R. C. Hamilton 1st Ohio.
J. C. Hammoud Allegheny.
James Henry Brookville.
R. H.Hume Argyle.
W. M. Hunter Steubenville.
J. J. Imbrie Beaver Vailey.
J. M. Imbrie Butler.
D. W. Irons Frankfort.
J. C. M. Johnston Monongahela.
Wilson Kidd Big Spring.
J. M. Long Bloomington.
Wm. R. McAuley Brookville.
D. G. McKay 1st New York.
Edward McKee Delaware.
J. S. McKee Monongahela.
Thomas B. McKee Mansfield. .
J. S. McMunn Muskingum.
M. F. McKirahan Sidney.
Wm. McKirahan Sidney.
H. G. McVey Muskingum.
John R. May Chartiers.
E. C. Monteith Rock Island.
A. W. Morris Monmouth.
NAME. PRESBYTERY.
G. R. Murray 1st New York.
R. B. Nesbit 1st New York.
A. H. Orr Chartiers.
J. D, Palmer Muskingum.
M. M. Patterson Westmoreland.
John Pattison Oregon.
M. M. Pollock Westmoreland.
Geo. M. Reed 1st New York.
Clinton Riddle 1st New York.
J. D. Sands Monongahela.
J. C. Scott Indiana.
Joseph A. Scroggs Westmoreland.
D. E. Shaw Westmoreland.
W. E. Shaw Monongahela.
Wm. Stevenson S. lUlinois.
A. S. Stewart 1st New York.
D. S. Stewart ...Boston.
Charles Strong Princeton.
John Taylor W. Missouri.
J. L. Thom Chartiers.
J. S. Turnbull Xenia.
Hugh B. Turner Xenia.
John Veazy Frankfort.
Washington Wallace Cleveland.
T. M. Watson Monongahela.
Evert Westing Monmouth.
Joseph Wright Delaware.
Shenodeh Hauna Egypt.
Girgis Rufael, Egypt.
Girgis Obeyed Egypt.
IscarosManood Egypt.
Theophilus Girgis Egypt.
Yakoob Sheer Kalvi Egypt.
Athanasius Gabriel Egypt.
Hauna Abd-es Seyyid Egypt.
George Lawrence Sealkote.
J. N. Dotta— 75 Sealkote.
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ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CONGREGATIONS.
JSS^The following list gives the name of the congregation, the Presbytery to which it belongs,
and if known, the date of its organization.
The assistance of all interested is asked, that the exact date of the organization of every Congre-
gation may be obtained. Address corrections to the Second Clerk.
NAME. PRESBYTERY.
Adams Des Moines, 1871.
Adamsville Lake.
Aiusworth Keokuk. •
Albany Albany, October 1800.
Albany Oregon, 1853.
Albia Des Moines.
A'edo Rock Island.
Alexandria Egypt, August 26, 1S68.
Alexis Monmouth, May, 1871.
Allegheny Wcstni'd, May 24, 1873.
Allegheny, 1st Allegheny 1830.
Allegheny, 2d Allegheny, 1834.
Allegheny, 3d Allegheny.
Allegheny, 4th Alleghenv.April 17, ISfiO
Al egheny, 5th .'. Allegheny, Nov. 18, 1862.
Allegheny, 6th Allegheny, 1848.
Alta Neosho, October 27, 1874.
Americas Neosho, March 15, 1859.
Amity Cedar Rapids,Feb.27, '75.
Amity ; Kansas,,Tanuary 30,1874.
Amity Mansfield, 1861.
Amity Nebraska, June, 1857.
Andrew Le Claire.
Andes Delaware, 1?32.
Antrim Muskingum, 1824.
Apollo Westmoreland.
Argyle Argyle.
Argyle Minnesota, .Tan 21,1871.
Arkansas City Neosho, March 2, 1873.
Atwood Brook ville.
Austin Detroit.
Baltimore Philadelphia, 1828.
Barlow Muskingum, 1850.
Barnet Centre Vermont, 1790.
Beaver Beaver Valley Aug. 1, '53
Beaver Falls Beaver Val.,'july 26, '69.
Beaver Run Brookville, 1842.
Beech Woods Brookville. Feb. 26, 1870.
Bellaire Wheeling, April 29, 1872
Belle Flower Blomiington, Oct. 21, '71
Bellefontaine Sidney, 1832.
Belle Prairie Princeton, 1864.
Bellevue Allegheny, May 21, '72.
Belmont Wheeling.
Berea Garnett, February, 1858.
Beracha Conemaugh, 1830.
Berlin Bloomington, 1852.
Bethel Beaver Val., about 1800.
Bethel Bloomington, June 3, '53
Bethel Butler.
Bethel Comemaugh, 1800-10.
Bethel Indiana.
Bethel Le Claire.
Bethel Mercer, 1839.
Bethel Southern Illinois, 1580.
Bethel W. Missouri,Mar.28, '68.
Bethel, Allegheny co Westmoreland, 1804.
Bethel.Wesim'd county, Westmoreland, 1784.
Bethesda "..Westmoreland, 1782.
Bethlehem Brookville.
Bethsaida Wabash. 1849.
Bsulah Caledonia, Feb. 24, 1854.
Beulah Westmoreland.
Big Mound Keokuk
Big Spring Big Spring.
BigSpring Tennessee, 1868,
Biggsville Monmouth, Jan. 3, 1866.
Birmingham Keokuk.
Blairsville Conemaugh, about 1850.
Bloomfield Muskingum, Mar.20, '68.
Bloomfield, Steubenville, 1871.
Bloomington Princeton, 1833.
Boonsboro Cedar Rapids, 1853.
Boston, 1st Boston, 1846.
Bovina Delaware, 1809.
Braddock's Field... ..,..,„Westmorelaud, 1864.
NAME, PRESBYTERY.
Brighton Keokuk.
Bro'adalbin Albany, 1804.
Brock way Detroit.
Brooklyn. 1st 2d New York.
Brooklyn, 2d 2d New York.
Brookville Brookville, 1845.
Brown.sdale Butler.
Brownsville Oregon, 1851.
Brownsville Wheeling.
Bruce Detroit, 1850.
Buchanan Hill Wheeling.
Buena Vista Westmoreland, 1867.
Buffalo Butler.
Buffalo Caledonia.August 9,1848.
Buffalo Wisconsin.
Burgettstown Frankfort.
Burrows Wabash.
Burlington Delaware, June 8, 1835.
Butler Butler.
Cabin Hill Delaware.
Cadiz Wheeling, 1809.
Cairo Egyyt, Feb. 15, 1863.
Calcutta Steubenville.
Caledonia Caledonia, October, 1810.
Caledonia Indiana.
Caledonia Detroit, 1843.
Caledonia Minnesota,March 19, '61.
Caledonia Wheeling, 1R43.
Caledonia Wisconsin, Sept. 4, 1862.
California Sidney.
Calipooia Oregon, 1853.
Cambridge Argyle.
Cambridge Muskingum, 1814.
Campbeir Detroit, May 20, 1871.
Camp Creek Chicago, Dec 1, 1863.
Camp Run Beaver Val., Sept. 28, '72
Canonsburgh Chartiers.
Canonsburgh Sidney.
Carnahan Kansas, 1862.
Carmel Indiana, 1812.
Carrolton Steubenville.
Cascade Le Claire, Oct. 27, 1862.
Cass Centre Nebraska, 1867.
Cassville Wheeling, 1837.
Cfesar's Creek Xenia, 1844.
Cedar Creek Rock Island.
Cedar Rapids, 1st Cedar Rapids, 1851.
Cedar Rapids, 2d Cedar Rapids,Sept.ll, '74
Cedarville Xenia, 1844.
Center Beaver Valley. 1820.
Center Chartiers, 1858.
Center Kansas, 1865.
Center Ridge Neosho, September, 1874
Centerview W. Missouri.Dec. 24, '67.
Centerville Butler.
Centerville Michigan, 1838.
Centerville .' Des Moines. Mar. -S, '72.
Centralia Southern Illinois, 1858.
Champion Cleveland.
Chase City Mansfield, July 25, 1!m2.
Chariton Pes Moines.
Chartiers Chartiers.
Chartiers X Rroads Chartiers, 1810.
Cherry Fork Chillicothe, 1805.
Cherry Run Brookville, 1858.
Chetopa Garnett, May 10, 1869.
Chiastin Oregon, 1824.
Chicago Chicago.
Cincinntiti 1st Ohio.
Clarence Le Claire, 1860.
Clarinda Nebraska, Feb 22, 1864.
Clarkson BcaverValley, Aug. 1862.
Clarksville Mercer, 1840.
Clavton Monmouth, 1845.
Clear Fork Muskingum.
Cleveland .....Cleveland, 184-^
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Clifton Xenia, 1860.
Clinton Butler.
Clinton Frankfort, 1797.
Clintonville Butler.
Clyde Detroit.
Cochrantoh Lake.
Coila Argyle.
Colona Rock Island.
Columbus City Keokuk.
Commerce Detroit, 181.5.
Concord ~ Big Spring, about 1807.
Concord Cedar Rapids.
Concord S. Illinois, Oct., 1841.
Conemaugh Conemaugh, about 1818.
Connotton .Steubenville.
Corning Des Moines, 1871.
Corydon Des Moines.
Cottonwood Falls Neosho, May 2-5, 1872.
Coultersville Southern Illinois, 1870.
Cove Big Spring.
Covington Caledonia, July 1, 1845.
Crawfordsville Keokuk.
Crete Coneniaugh, about 1850.
Cro.ss Creek Frankfort.
Cuba S. Illinois, Sept. 12, 1868.
Cuylerville Caledonia, about 1824.
Dalton Mansfield.
Darlington BeaverVallev,aboutl800.
Dayton Brookville, 1833.
Dayton 1st Ohio, 18G0.
Davenport Delaware, Oct. 30, 1868.
Davenport Rock Island, 18.54.
Davisvillfc Detroit.
Decatur Chillicothe,Sep.26, 1848.
Deer Creek Allegheny, 1802.
Deer Creek.. . Mercer, 1808.
De Kora Wisconsin.
De Kalb Mansfield, 184^4.
Delaware Nebraska.
Delta Oregon, Aug. 10, 1871.
Des Moines Des Moines.
Detroit Detroit, May 8, 183.3.
De Witt Le Claire, Sept., 1855.
Dickson. „ Tennessee, Oct. 9, 1869.
Donegal Westmoreland, 1803.
Drenthe Detroit, 1850.
Duncannon Big Spring.
East Brady Butler, 1871.
Eastbrook Mercer.
East Greenwich Argyle, 1849.
East Liverpool Steubenville, 1852-'.53.
East Palestine Beaver Valley, 1835.
East Salem Argyle, 1820.
East Springfield Steubenville, Nov. 1867.
East Union Allegheny. 1850.
East Union Conemaugh, 1830.
East Union Muskingum, June 27,'42.
East Unity Butler.
Eden Princeton.
Eden Prairie Minnesota.
Edgerton Garnett, March 7, 1869.
f^gypt Wheeling.
Elderton Conemaugh. about 1853.
Elkhorn Southern Illinois, 1868.
Ellison Monmouth, 1859.
Ellisville Monmouth.
Elmira Monmouth, 1850.
El Paso Neosho, Marcli 16, 1873.
Elvira Le Claire, 1853. •
Emporia Neosho, Sept. 10, 1869.
Erie Lake, 1812.
Etna Allegheny, Feb. 1.3. 1868.
Evans Neosho, Sept 5, 1874.
Evansbnrgh Allegheny, 1835.
Evansburgh Lake, 1826.
Fairfax Cedar Rapids, 1858.
Fairfield Monmouth, 1840.
Fairfield Westmoreland, 180.3.
lair Grove Detroit, Oct. 8, 1873.
Fairhaven 1st Ohio, 1834.
Fairview Butler.
J''airview Muskingum.
Fairview W.Missouri, Nov. 17, 1868.
Fall Creek Chillicothc.
Fall River Boston, 1846.
Fleming , .AUeghepy, Inav. G, 1869,
Flora S. Illinois, .lune 10, 1871.
Florence Cedar Rapids.
Florida Albany, about 1786.
Four Mile Beaver Vallev, 1812.
Fountain Green Monmouth, 1859.
Frankfort Frankfort, 1790.
Franklin Lake, 1862.
Franklin Wheeling.
Franklinville Caledonia, June 25, 1867.
Fredericksburgh Mansfield, 1818.
Fremont Detroit.
Freeport, 1st Butler.
Freeport, 2d Butler, 1849.
Galesburgh Garnett. May 25, 1872.
Gait Stamford, 1824.
Garnett Garnett. Oct. 17, 1859.
Georgetown Lake, 1825.
Gettysburgh Big Spring, 1774.
(iilead Sidney, 1855.
Glade Run Allegheny.
Glade Run Steubenville, 1818.
(ilendale Minnesota.
Goodland Detroit.
Goshen Muskingum.Sep.21,1832.
Graham's Church 1st New York.
Grand Prairie Keokuk.
Grand River W.Missouri, Sep. 17, 1868.
(irandview Keokuk.
Grant's Hill Steubenville, 1866.
(irasshopper Falls Kansas, 1866.
Greenfield Chillicothe.
(Jreenville Conemaugh, 1861.
Greenville Lake.
(ireensboro Vermont.
Greensburgh Westmoreland.Sep.l9,'.57
Greenwood W.Missouri, Mar. 17, '68.
(iuinston Big Spring, 1754.
Gujrauwala Sealkote, 1863.
Halsev Oregon, 18.54.
Hamilton 1st Ohio, 1817.
Harbor BeaverVal. Aug. 20, 1852.
Harlansburgh Butler, 1854.
Harmerville Allegheny. 1838.
Harmony Bloomington, 1836.
Harmony Butler.
Hanover Chicago, Sept., 1841.
Hanover Frankfort.
Harrison Keokuk.
Harrisville Wheeling, Jan., 1866.
Hartstown Lake. 1830.
Haysville Mansfield, 1832.
Hebron Argvle, 1792.
Hebron W^abash, 1839.
Hebron Monongahela.
Henderson Monmoutli. Nov., 1830.
Herinon Beaver Valley, 1848.
Highland Le Claire.
High Ridge Wheeling, 1824.
Hoboken 1st N. Y., Nov. 29,18-54.
Holden W^Missouri,Mav2,1868.
Holyoke Butler, Dec. 25, 1874.
Homer City Conemaugh, 1855.
Homestead Rock Island, 1852.
Hookstown Frankfort, 1846.
Hoopeston Bloomington,May5,1872.
Hopewell Big Spring.
Hopewell 1st Ohio. 1808.
Hopewell Southern Illinois, 1832.
Hopewell Tennessee, 1871.
Hopkinsville 1st Ohio, 1815.
Howard Caledonia, 1826.
Howard City Garnett, .Ian. 18, 1873.
Huntsville Sidney, 1831.
Iberia Mansfield, 1829.
Idaville Wabash, 1843.
Indiana Conemaugh, 1818.
Indianapolis Indiana.
Indianola Des Moines.
Irwin Wcstmoreland,Octl7,'74.
Jacksonville Conemaugh, about 1845.
Jack.sonville (iarnett, Julv 30, 1870.
Jacktown Mansfield, 1872.
Jamestown Lake, 1845.
Jefferson Brookville, about 1840,
Jetferson , P?s ^loiijes. 1870,
1875.]
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279
Jefferson Monongahela, 1857.
Jefferson Steubenville.
Jersey Citv, 1st 2d New York.
Jersey City, 2d lat N. Y., May 19, 1871.
Johnstown Albany, about 1825.
Johnstown Conemaugh, Aug., 1871.
Jonathan's Creek Muskingum.
Jordan's Grove Southern Illinois, 1828.
Kalida Neosho, Oct. 28, 1870.
Kansas City. W.Missouri, Mar. r2,'G9,
Kenton : Sidney, 1840.
Keokuk Keokuk.
Keosauqua Keokuk.
Kerr's Ridge Lake, 1852.
Keota Keokuk, June IS, 1878.
Kingsville W. Missouri, Nov. 8, '67.
King's Creek Frankfort.
Kirk wood, (Yg.America)Monniouth, 1858.
Kittanning Butler, 184o.
Knoxville Steubenville.
Knoxville Des Moines.
Kortright Centre Delaware, June, 1789.
Lacona Des Moines.
Lansingville Delaware.
Latrobe Westniorerd.May 29, '53.
Laurel Hill Westmoreland, 1791.
Lawrence Boston, 1868.
]>awrence Kansas, June 18, 1867.
Leavenworth, 1st Kansas. May 1, 18.58.
Leavenworth, 2d Kansas.
Lebanon Mercer, 1850.
Lebanon Muskingum, 1838.
Lebanon Steubenville, 1831.
Lebanon Tennessee, 1865.
Lebanon AVabash, Dec. 16, 1872.
Le Claire Prairie Le Claire, 1849,
Leesburgh Mercer, 18.59. '
Lee's Summit W. Missouri, June 14,'67.
Leipsic Sidney, 1857.
Lenox Des Moines, Sept. 19, '74.
Levin Minnesota.
Liberty Cleveland, 1805.
Lil)erty Keokuk.
Lisbon Albany, 1804.
Lisbon Wisconsin, 1847.
Little Muskingum Wheeling.
Little York Rock Island, 1863.
Living Lake Keokuk, April 15, 1868.
Loda Bloomington, Sep.18,'67.
Logan's Ferry Westmoreland.
Londonderry Muskingum.
Longton Garnett, Feb. 14, 1875.
Lower Chanceford Big Spring.
Low Point Bloomington, Nov.13,'54.
Lumber City Brookville, 1866.
Lyndon Caledonia, Feb. 28, 1840
Lyndon Garnett, May 1, 1872.
Maeedon Sidnev.
M'Keesport Westmorel'd,Oct.lO,1851.
Madison Indiana, Sept 16, 1844.
Madi-son Westmoreland, 1860.
Mahoning Beaver Val., about 1795.
Mahoning Conemaugh, Oct. 1, 1827.
Mansfield Mansfield, 1819.
Mansfield Monongahela.
Marissa Southern Illinois, 1870.
Marlette Detroit.
Marshalltown Cedar Rapids, Oct. 19,'67.
Martin Detroit, 1842.
Martin's Ferry AVheeling, 1851.
Massie's Creek Xenia, 1804.
^techanicsburg Conemaugh.
Mechanicstown Steubenville.
Mediapolis Keokuk.
Mercer, 1st Mercer.
Mercer, 2d Mercer, 1812.
Merccrsburgh Big Spring, aljout 1810.
Meredith Delaware, May 26, 1870.
Mexico Big Spring.
MilHiu Monongahela.
Millersburgh Mansfield.
Milton Stamford, 1824.
Milroy Indiana. »
Mission Creek Nebraska, Aug., 1872.
5*Io«itea,u ,.,,,., ,.,.,W.Missp,uri, Oct, 26,18(iS.
Monmouth, 1st Monmouth.
Monmouth, 2d Monmouth, 1868.
Monmouth, 3d Monmouth, 1867.
Monmouth, 4th Monmouth, 1865.
Monroe Des Moines, 1862.
Monroe Mansfield, 1825.
Montana Kansas, Feb. 14, 1874.
Morea Princeton, 1859.
Moteah Egypt, 1871.
Morning Sun Keokuk.
Morning Sun l.st Ohio, 1820.
Mt. Avr Des Moines.
Mt. Chestnut Butler, 1857.
Mt. Gilead Monongahela, 1843.
Mt. Hermon Muskingum, March 1857.
Mt. Hope Chartiers, 1800.
Mt. Jackson Beaver Valley, 1820.
Mt. Joy Chillicothe,Nov.8, 1851.
Mt. Nebo Allegheny, 1841.
Mt. Pelier Des Moines, Dec. 3, 1867.
Mt. Pleasant Allegheny.
Mt. Pleasant Chartiers.
Mt. Pleasant 1st Ohio.
Mt. Pleasant Westmorelund, 1802.
Mt. Pleasant Wabash.
Mt. Prospect Chartiers, 1860.
Mt. Sterling Keokuk.
Mt. Varnum Butler.
Mt. Vernon Mansfield, 1843.
:M(Hintviile Bt'averValley,about18G9.
Mud Creek S. Illinois, June 1, 1871.
Muddy Run Philadelphia, 1742.
Mumford Caledonia, May 13, 1809.
Murray Wabash, 1840.
Nails Creek Tennessee.
Nakhaleh Egypt, 1871.
Nashville Tennessee.
Neshannock Beaver Valley, 1868.
Newark 2d New York, 1832.
Newburg 1st New York, Dec. 5, '59.
Newton Des Moines, Dec. 3, '70.
New Alexandria Westm'l'd, Aug. 19,1805.
New Athens Wheeling, 1851.
New Bethel Keokuk, May, 1869.
New Bethlehem Frankfort, 1864.
New Brenton Bloomington, May 14, '67.
New Brighton Beaver Val., aljout 1820.
New Castle BcaverVal.,Dec. 25, 1849.
New Concord Muskingum, 1812.
New Kingston Delaware, 1853.
New Lisbon Cleveland, 1839.
New Market Steubenville.
New Plymouth Muskingum, Nov.27,'65.
New Salem Muskingum, May 30, '63.
New Vernon Lake, Oct. 24, 1853.
New Wilmington, 1st Mercer, 1809.
New Wilmington, 2d Mercer.
New York, Charles st...;^l New York.
New York, Graham 1st New York.
New York, Harlem 2d New York.
New York, 7th ave 1st New York.
New York. E. 11th st 1st New York, Mar.29,'.53
New York, W. 25th st... l.st New York,Oi;t.31,'49.
New York, ,Tane st 2d New York.
New York, W.44th st....2d New York.
New York, r27th st 1st New York, Feb.20,'73
Noblestown Monongahela, 1792.
North Argvle Argyle. 1830.
NorthBend Nebraska. July 19. 1861.
North Branch Des Moines,June 5, 1869.
North Buffalo Chartiers, 1778.
North English Des Moines, Dec. 1, 1866,
North Henderson Rock Island, 1842.
North Kortright Delaware.
North Page Nebraska, April 3, 1870.
North Shenango Lake, 1849.
Northfield Cloveland, 183 1.
Nortliwood .'>idney, 1S59.
Nortonville Kansas, t)et. 11, 1S74.
Norwich...'., , Muskingum.
Oak Grove Kansas. August 8, 1873.
Oakland., .....Beaver Val., Aug. 19i'70,
Oakland Brookville.
Octoraro Philadelphia, 17.54,
Ohio Frankfort, 1820.
OH City Lakie, April 13, l&Q^,
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Olathe Garnett, Kov. 10, 1866.
Olena Monmouth. Sept. 8,1759.
Olivet Conemaugh, 1840.
Omaha Nebraska, Jan., 1868.
Ontario Mansfield, 1849.
Osceola W.Missouri, Nov. 24, '70.
Oshkosh Wisconsin, May 20, 1864.
Oskaloosa Des Moines.
Osioot Egypt, 1870.
Ottawa Garnett, July 20, 1867.
Oxford 1st Ohio, 1837.
Oxford Philadelphia, 1754.
Page City Nebraska, June, 1871.
Palineto..' Tennessee, 1865.
Palo Alto Des Moines, Dee. 3, 1870.
Pana Bloomingt'n,June 22,'66.
Parker City Butler, 1837.
Paterson 1st New York, 1856.
Paris Frankfort.
Pawnee City Nebraska, May 6, 1867.
Paxton Bloomington, Oct. .3, '59.
Pepin Minnesota, Nov. 16, '67.
Peru Des Moines, Oct. 25, '70.
Peter's Creek Chart iers.
Philadelphia, 1st Philadelphia, 1796.
Philadelphia, 2d Philadelphia, 1831.
Philadelphia, 3d Philadelphia, 18.37.
Philadelphia, 4th Philadelphia, 1844.
Philadelphia, 5th Philadelpliia.
Philadelphia, 6th Philadelphia, 1850.
Philadelphia, 7th Philadelphia, 18.55.
Philadelphia, 8th Philadelphia. 1796.
Philadelphia, 9th Philadelphia, 1860.
Philadelphia, 10th Philadelphia, 1863.
Philadelphia, North Philadelphia, 1867.
Pigeon Creek Chartiers, 1817.
Pine Creek Brookville.
Pine Creek Alleghenv.
Piney Fork Steubenvill?, 1800.
Piqua Sidney, 1815.
Pittsburgh Wabash.
Pittsburgh, 1st Monongahela, 1800.
Pittsburgh, 2d Monongahela.
Pittsburgh, 3d Monongahela, 1836.
Pittsburgh, 4th Monongahela.
Pittsburgh, 5th Monongahela, 1859.
Pittsburgh, 6th Monongahela, 1855.
Pittsburgh, 7th Monongahela, 1860.
Pittsburgh, 8th.... Monongahela, June, '68.
Pittsburgh, 9th Monongahela.
Pittsburgh, 10th Monongahela, Apr.16,'72
Pittsburgh, 11th Monongahela, 1847.
Plain Grove Mercer. Oct. 19, 1859.
Platte Valley Des Moines, Dec. 15, '73.
Pleasant Grove Des Moines, 1871.
Pleasant Hill Muskingum, Sept. 24,'67.
Pleasant Hill Wheeling.
Pleasant Ridge Des Moines, 1872.
Pleasant Unity Rock Island.
Pleasant Valley Keokuk.
Pleasant Valley Wabash, 1859.
Plum Creek Brookville.
Plumer Lake, March 18, 1870.
Plymouth Neosho; July 3], 1869.
Poland Beaver Valley, 1864.
Portersville Butler.
Portland Princeton, 1859.
Port Huron Detroit, 1868.
Power Lake.
Pratt Creek Cedar Rapids, 1865.
Pressly Le Claire, May 9, 1868.
Princeton Princeton, 1816.
Promise City Des Moines, Nov. 27, '63.
Prospect Butler, 1835.
Prosperity S. Illinois, 1867.
Providence Boston, 1847.
Puckety Westmoreland, 1810.
Putnam Argyle.
Putnam Le Claire, 1868.
haccoon Frankfort, 182.3.
Red Honsc Detroit.
Rod Oak Nebraska, Nov. 1, 1871.
Rensev'lle,,.,,, ..........Xeni^
Remington , Beaver Val., Aug, 29, '70.
Reynoldsburgh , Xenia, 1817..
Jieypvl.dsville, ^,...,...Brook\il>^,
Rich Hill Butler.
Richland Garnett, August, 1863.
Richland Indiana. April, 1839.
Richmond Brookville. April 13, '75.
Richmond Garnett, April 8, 1874.
Richmond l.st Ohio, adout 1830.
Richmond .Steubeuville, 1835.
Ridge MusMngum.
Robinson Frankfort.
Robinson's Run Monongahela,about 1790
Rochester Caledonia, 1848.
RockBluir. Nebraska, 1860.
Rock Island Rock Island, 1854.
Rock Prairie Wisconsin, March 5, '67,
Rock Run Chicago.
Rocky Spring Beaver Valley.
Romine Prairie S. Illinois, 1870.
Rome Chillicothe, July, 1862.
Rome Minnesota, Oct. 28, 1871.
Roney's Point Wheeling, 1871.
Roseville San Francisco.
Roundhead Sidney.
Rush Creek Muskingum
Ryegate Vermont, 1790,
St. Charles Des Moines.
St. Clair Monongahela. 1804.
St. Clair-sville Wheeling, 1830.
St. Louis S. Illinois, March, 1840.
Salem Argvle 1766.
Salem S Illinois, Sept. 24, '1855.
,Salem Waba.sh, 1837.
Salinas San Francisco, 1868.
Salineville Steubeuville.
Saltsburg Westmorerd,Sep. 27, '27.
Salt Creek Muskingum, 183C.
Sandusky Keokuk.
Sandy Lake.
Sandy Lake Lake.
San Francisco San Francisco, .Tan. '66.
San Jose San Francisco, Nov, 6,'74
Savannah Mansfield, 18.55.
Scioto Chilicothe. Sept.28, 1848.
Scotch Grove Le Claire, 1856.
Scotch Hill Butler, 1837.
Scotch Ridge Sidney, 1842.
Scotch Valley Nebraska.
Scotland Princeton, 1847.
Scroggsfield Steubenville, 1818.
Service Des Moines.
Service Frankfort.
Sewickley Allegheny, 1864.
Sewickley Westmoreland, 1806.
Shannon! Chicago. Oct. 4, 1859.
.Sharon Mercer.
Shelocta flonemaugh, about 1853.
Shenango Lake, 1810.
Shenango Beaver Valley, 1810.
Sheridan Detroit, April 4, 1875.
Shiloh Butler.
Shiloh Indiana.
Sidney Sidney, 1829.
Slippe'ry Rock Butler.
Sloan's Station Steubenville, Mar.l2, '70.
Smith Creek Blonmouth.
Smvrna Conemaugh, about 1845.
Solomon Rapids Kan.sas, May 17, 1873.
Somerville Princeton.
Somonauk Chicigo, Mar. 18, 1846,
Sonoris Egypt, Mar. 25, 1873.
South Argvls Argyle, 178.5.
South Buffalo Chartiers, 1811.
Southfleld Detroit.
S. Hender.son Monmouth, 1835.
Sparta South Illinois, 1836.
Spring Creek Bloomington, 1853.
Springdale Allegheny, Nov. 4, 1873.
Springfield Butler, 1810.
Springfield S. lllinoi.s, 1812.
Sj>ringfield Xenia.
Spring Hill Indiana, July, 1825.
Spring Grove Monmouth.
Stamford Delaware.
Stamford Stamfo'd, 1785.
Stanton River Mansfield, Jan. 4, 1873,
Stanwood Le Claire, 1868,
Sterling Valley Caledonia, 1820.
Stevibenville Steubeuville, 1810.
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Stewart's Station Westmorel'd, Jan. 5, 'GO.
Stoue Valley Big Spring, 1801.
Stow Cleveland, 1834.
Sugar Branch Blooinington,Nov.l3,'07.
Sugar Creek Xenia.
Sugar Run Sidney, 1841.
Suiumersett Des Moine.s.
Summit Lake, January 14, 1874.
Summit Monmouth, Feb., 1872.
Summitville Keokuk.
Sunbeam Rock Island, 1852.
Sunday Creek Muskingum.
Susquehanna Brookville, 1853.
Sutton Boston. 1856.
Sycamore 1st Ohio, 1798.
Talicavey Allegheny, July 15, 1868.
Tarkio Nebraska, April 13, 1874.
Taylorstown Chartiers, Aug. 15, 1872.
Tarentum Allegheny.
Teller Stamford, 1830.
Thomsonville Boston, 1845.
Thorn ville Muskingum.
Tippecanoe Wheeling.
Topeka Kansas, Dec. 17, 1870.
Traer Cedar Rapids,Feb. 25,'75.
Tranquility Cedar Rapids, 1860.
Tranquility Chillicothe, 1807.
Troy Albany, 1834.
Troy Cleveland.
Troy Detroit, 1850.
Tumlinson's Run Frankfort, 1834.
Turtle Creek AVestmoreland, 1829.
Tu.scarora Big Spring, about 1800.
Union Butler, 1824.
Union Des Moines, 1869.
Union Monongahcla, 1794.
Union S. Illinois, 1828.
Union Westmorel'd, Aug, 7, '58.
Union ville Detroit.
Unionville., Sidney, 1826.
Unioutown Wheeling.
Unity Chillicothe, April, 20, '46.
Unity Des Moines. Dec. 2, 1872.
Unity 1st Ohio, 1849.
Unity West'land, Apr. 2, 1833.
Unity Wheeling, 1815.
Urbana Sidney, 1844.
Utica Lake.
Utica Mansfield.
Vandalia Princeton, 1859.
Venice Chartiers.
Vernon Wisconsin, Sep. 6, 1847.
Verona Monongahela.
Vienna Indiana, 1847.
Vinton Cedar Rapids, 1857.
Viola Rock Island.
Walton Delaware, 1865.
Walton Neosho, April 24, 1874.
Walton Stamford, 1859.
Warm Spring Oregon, July 19, 1874.
Warren .' Wabash, 1847,
WarrensLurgli West Missouri,
Warrenton Wheeling.
Washington Chartiers, 1820.
Washington, 1st Keokuk.
Washington, 2d Keokuk.
Washington Muskingum, 1825.
Waterford I^ke, 1812.
Watson's Run Lake, March 6. 1869.
Wayne.- Lake, 1859-
Wellsville Steubenville, 1848.
Weuona Bloomington, May 18,'55.
West Alexander Wheeling, 1838.
West Beaver Steubenville.
West Bethel Princeton, 1870.
West Charlton Albany, 1794.
West Delhi Delaware, 1843.
West Fairfield Conemaugh, 1843-44.
WestGalway Albany, March 26, 1867.
West Hebron Argyle, 1802.
West Kortright Delaware, 1850.
West Middlesex Mercer, 1841.
West Middletown Chartiers, 1814.
West Newton Westm'land, Nov.5, 1850.
West Sunbury Butler.
West Union Allegheny, 1842.
West Union Chillicothe.
West Union Conemaugh, 1816,
West Union Princeton, 1850.
West Unity Butler, 1835.
Westminster Keokuk.
Wheatland Chicago.
AVheeling Chartiers, 1835.
Wheeling Wheeling, Nov. 24, 1833.
White City Neosho, April 25, 1873.
White Hall Princeton, June 13, 1867.
White Oak Des Moines.
White Oak Grove Bloomington.Sept. 1, '51.
White Oak Springs Butler.
Whitinsville Boston, Dec. 30, 1874,
Wichita Neosho Oct. 24,1874.
Willamette Oregon, July 9, 1850.
Williamsfoid Stauiloid, Oct. 3, 1873.
Wilton Chicago.
Wilton Minnesota.
Winchester Kansas, Dec. 13,1869.
Winfield Keokuk, Oct., 1865.
Winterset Des Moines.
Wooster Mansfield, 1815.
Worthington Butler, June 19, 1851.
Wurtemburgh Beaver Val., Feb., 1860.
Wyoming Le Claire, Nov. 4, 1859.
Xenia, 1st Xenia, 1810.
Xenia, 2d Xenia, 1806.
Xenia, 3d Xenia, Dec. 20, 1869.
Xenia Prairie South Illinois, 1862.
Yellow Creek Steubenville, 1820.
York Caledonia, 1813.
Yorkville Wisconsin, Jan. 5, 1847.
Youngstown Cleveland, 1859.
Zion Kansas, Aug. 14, 1874.
Zion Minnesota, Oct. 9, 1862.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
SUCCESSION OF OFFICERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
MODEKATORS.
A. D. PLACK OF MEETING. NAME. PRESBYTERY.
1858 Pittsburgh, Pa -Rev. J. T. Pressly, D. D Allegheny.
1859 Xenia.Ohio *Rev. P. Bullions, D. D Albany.
1860 Philadelphia, Pa Rev. .L Clokey, D. D Xenia.
1861 Monmouth, 111 Rev. R. D. Harper, D. D Xenia.
1862 Pittsburgh, Pa Rev. J. T. Cooper, D. D Philadelphia.
1863 Xenia, Ohio Rev. Alex. Young, D. D., LL. D... Monmouth.
1864 Philadelphia, Pa Rev. D. A. Wallace,' D. IX, LL. D..Monmouth.
1865 Washington, Iowa *Rev. .J. B. Clark, D. D Allegheny.
1866 Allegheny, Pa Rev. D. R. Kerr, D. D Monongahela.
1867 Xenia, Ohio Rev. J. B. Dales, D. D Philadelphia.
1868......Argyle, New York Rev. James Harper, D. D New York.
1869 Monmouth, 111 Rev. R. A. Browne, D. D Mercer.
1870 Pittsburgh, Pa *Rev. T. S. Kendall, D. D Oregon.
1871 Xenia, Ohio Rev. R. A. McAyeal, D. D Des Moines.
1872 Washington, Iowa Rev. J. S. Easton, D. D Westmoreland.
1873 Philadelphia, Pa Rev. .J. Y. Scouller, D. D 1st Ohio.
1874.. .."..Monmouth, 111 Rev. .J. G. Brown, D. D Monongahela.
1875 Wooster, Ohio Rev. W. W. Barr, D. D Philadelphia.
^Deceased.
PRINCIPAL CLERKS.
1858 Rev. Samuel Wilson, D. D. 1866 Rev. James Prestley, D. D.
1859 Rev. James Prestley, D. D. 1867 Rev. J. T. Cooper, D. D.
1863 Rev. .L T. Cooper, D. D. 1875 Rev. W. J. Reid, D. D.
SECOND CLERK.
1868 Rev. A. G. Wallace.
TREASURER.
1859 .James McCandless.
TRUSTEES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Term Expires.
Rev. R. B. Ewing, Rev. W. H. Andrew, William Reed .% 1876
T. McCance, S. B. W. Gill, Thomas .Jamison 1877
James McCandless, R. E. Stewart, Esq., Graham Scott 1878
Secretary — Graham Scott, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Treasurer — James McCandless, 214 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, Pa.
BOARDS.
Foreign Missions: —
Rev. W. C. Jackson, William Getty, Thomas Stinson 1876
Rev. F. Church, Rev. W. W. Barr, Rev. J. C. Wilson 1877
John Alexander, S. C. Huey, Rev. S. G. Fitzgerald 1878
Stated Meetings. — Second Tuesday of each month, at 6.30 P. M.
Corresponding Secretary. — Rev. j". B. Dales, D. D., 1628 Filbert street,
Philadelphia, Pa 1878
2^-ef(,su7-er.— William Getty, Esq., 605 S. Second street, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Home Missions : —
Rev. W. J. Reid, Rev. W. S. Owens, R. A. Cunningham 1876
Rev. J. W. Witherspoon, S. Mahood, James McCutcheon 1877
Rev. James Kelso, Rev. W. J. Robinson, G. M. Reed 1878
Stated Meetings. — At the Book Rooms, on second Monday of each
month, at 10.30 A. M.
Correspond inc/ Secretary. — Rev. J. G. Brown, D. D., 40th street, Pitts-
burgh, Pa 1876
Treasurer. — George M. Reed, 94 Fifth avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Freedmen's Missions : —
Rev. W. G. Moorehead, Rev. T. H. Hanna, Dr J. T. Cooper 1876
Rev. R. B. Ewing, Rev. T>. S. Kennedy, Rev. W. H. McMillan 1877
Rev. J. S. Sands, H. J. Murdock. P.Dick 1878
Stated Meetings.-At the Book Rooms, on second Monday of each month,
at 9 A. M.
Corresponding Secretary. — Rev. J. W. Witherspoon, Allegheny, Pa 1878
Treasurer. — H. J. Murdock, 72 Third avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Church Extension : —
Rev. J. S. Sands, Rev. J. W. Witherspoon. William Reed 1876
Dr. J. S. Easton, Anthony Lewis, J. P. Hanna 1877
Rev. D. M. B. McLean, Rev. A. H. Elder, Samuel Dyer 1878
Stated Meetings. — At the Book Rooms, on second Monday of each
month, at 1.30 P. M.
Corresponding Secretary. — Rev. A. G. AVallace, New Brighton, Pa 1878
Treasurer. — Samuel Dyer, 43 Federal Street, Allegheny, Pa.
Publication : —
Rev. W. J. Reid, Rev. J. C. Boyd, Rev. S. H. Graham 1876
Dr. D. R. Kerr, W. Reed, W. Stevenson 1877
Rev. W. R. McKee, T. McCance, R. E. Stewart, Esq 1878
Stated Meetings. — On the first Monday of each month, at 10 A. M.
Superintendent. — Rev. Samuel Collins, 55 Ninth street, Pittsl^urgh, Pa.,
Treasurer. — R. S. Smith, Esq., Union National Bank, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Education : —
Dr. A. Young, Hugh Nash, Rev. J. A. Reynolds 1876
Dr. John Scott, J. M. Turnbull, Rev. W. T. Campbell 1877
Rev. D. A. Wallace, D. D., J. H. Martin, Rev. D. M. Ure 1878
Stated Meetings. — First Tuesday in August, November, February and
May.
Corresponding Secretary and Treasurer. — Rev. G. D. Henderson, Moh-
mouth, 111 1878
Ministerial Relief: —
Dr. J. B. Dales, John Alexander, W. Getty 1876
.James McCartney, Thomas Stinson, Geo. B. Skelton 1877
Henry Harrison, James McCandless, Rev. S. S. White 1878
Stated Meetings. — First Tuesday in January, April, July and October.
Corresponding Secretary. — Rev. W. W. Barr, D. D., 705 South 16th street,
Philadelphia, Pa 1879
Treasurer. — J ames McCandless, 214 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, Pa.
COMMITTEES TO REPORT TO THE NEXT GENERAL
ASSEMBLY.
On Credentials. — Rev. S. S. White, Chairman, p. 187.
()n Reduction of Fares. — James McCandless, Chairman, p. 187.
On Narrative aiul State of Religion. — Rev. R. A. Browne, D. D., Chairman, p. 71.
On Sabbath Schools. — Rev. R. B. Ewing, Chairman, p. 168.
<Jn Preservation of Records. — Rev. J. C. Boyd, Chairman, p. 175.
On Transfer and Government of Seminaries. — Rev. D. A Wallace, D. D., Chairman,
p. 186.
t)n Church Paper. — Rev. R. A. McAyeal, Chairman, p. 174.
<hi the Deaconship. — Rev. James Harper, D. D., Chairman, p. 186.
284 Minutes of General Assembly — Appendix, [vol. iv, no. 2.
DELEGATES TO OTHER CHURCHES.
To the Associate Reformed Synod of the South :
Kevs. W. McElwee, D. D., and J. T. McClure, D. D., principals ; Eev,
J. B. Dales, D. D., alternate.
To the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church:
Eev. D. K,. Kerr, D. D., principal ; Eev. S. F. Morrow, D. D., alternate.
To the Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church :
Eev. E. Armstrong, principal ; Eev. D. McDill, D. D., alternate.
THEOLOGICAL SEMINARIES.
Newburgh. — Senior Professor, Eev. James Harper, D. D., Newburgh, N. Y.
Secretary of the Board, Eev. S. F. Morrow, D. D., 48 Lancaster street, Albany,
N. Y.
Treasurer, Thomas McCann, Newburgh, N. Y.
Ali-EGHENY. — Senior Professor, Eev. A. D. Clark, D. D., 184 Chartiers street, Alle-
gheny, Pa.
Secretary of the Board, Eev. W. L. Wallace, Newville, Pa.
Treasurer, Eev. W. J. Eeid, D. D., 38 Federal street, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Xenia. — Senior Professor, Eev. S. Wilson, D. D., Xcnia, O.
Secretary of the Board, Eev. Jos. McHatton, Morning Sun, O.
Treasurer, J. B. Carruthers, Xenia, O.
Missionary Seminary, Egypt. — Senior Professor, Eev. John Hogg, D. D., Osiout,
Egypt.
COLLEGES.
Westminster, New Wilmington, Pa. — President, E. T. Jeffers, D. D.; Secretary of the
Board,'Rev. J. W. Witherspoon, Allegheny, Pa.; Treasurer, A. E. Sloane,
Esq., Allegheny, Pa. Terms begin September 1, January 5, and April
5. Commencement, June 21,
Monmouth, Monmouth, III. — President, D. A. Wallace, D. D., LLD.; Secretary of the
Board, 3o\\n J. Glenn, Esq., Monmouth, 111.; Treasurer, David Graham, Mon-
mouth, 111. Terms begin September 7, January 10, April 10. Commencement,
June 22.
STATED MEETINGS.
General Assembly, Second Church, Philadelphia, Wednesday, May 24, 1876.
Synods. Place and Tune of Meeting. Stated Clerk.
New York Caledonia, N. Y., Thursday, September 30, 1875,
7.30, P. M J. B. Dales, D. D.
Pittsburgh McKeesport, Pa., Tuesday, October 19, 1875,
7 P. M W. J. Eeid, D. D.
First Synod Erie, Pa., Tuesday, September 28, 1875, 7.30
P. M ." Eev. H. H. Hervey,
Ohio.! Steubenville, O., Tuesday, October 19, 1875, 7 Pro tern.
P.M E. H. Pollook, D.D.
Second Synod Bellefontaine, O., Thursday, September 30, 1875,
7 P.M Eev. G. Small.
Illinois Somanauk, 111., Thursday, September 30, 1875,
2 P. M Eev. W. T. Moffet.
Iowa Morning .Sun, Iowa, Friday, September 17, 1875,
11 A. M Eev. S. C. Marshall
Kansas Greenwood, Mo., Tuesday, October, 12, 1875,
7:30 P.M '. Andrew Eenwiek,
1875.] Minutes of General Assembly — Appendix.
285
APPROPRIATIONS.
To the Board of Foreign Missions $66,200
" " Home Missions 42,405
" " Freedmen's Missions 15,000
" " Church Extension 30,000
« " Publication 5,000
" " Education 5,000
" " General Assembly 2,000
•' " Ministerial Eelief A Collection
286
Minutes of "General Assembly — Index
INDEX.
\lternate of Moderator, 156. |
■Vnpropriations : General Assembly, 179 ; Church ,
Extension. 170 ; Education, 173 ; Publication, [
175 • Foreign Missions, 181; Freedmen's ,
Missions 176; Home Missions, 200 ; Minis-
terial Relief, 163.
Assembly: Constituted, 149; Adjourned, 190; j
Next Meeting of, 186. i
Assistant Clerk Elected, 153. , ^ ^, ^ I
Associate Reformed Synod of the South : Corres- j
pondence with, 153, 156, 177.
Boards : Members of, 282 ; Members Resigned, 165
197.
Centennial: Report of Committee on, 187.
Charter of Board of Ministerial Relief, 215.
China Building Fund: Report of Agent, 172;
Thanks to Agent, 178.
Church Extension : Report of the Board, 207 ;
Report of the Committee on. 168.
Clerk: Principal, elected, 152; Second, elected,
186 ; Assistant, elected, 153.
Committees : Standing, 152, 231 ; Permanent, On
Narrative and State of Religion, 171 ; On
Sabbath Schools 168 ; Special, On Theological
Seminaries, 1-55; On Amendments to the
Constitution of the Board of Home Missions,
159 ; On Home Missions, 167 ; On Publishing
Information with Regard to Home Mission
Stations, 172; On a Church Paper, 174 ; On
Preservation of Records, Ac, 175; To Confer
with the Associate Reformed Synod of the
South, 177; On Temperance, 179; On Plan
for Trasfer and Government of the Theolo-
gical Seminaries, 186; On the Deaconship,
186 ; On Credentials, 187 ; On Railroad Fares,
187 ; On Women's Missionary Societies, 188.
Confederation of Presbyterian Churches : Report
of Committee on, 223 ; Action on, 186.
Congregations, List of, 277.
Correspondence, Reports of the Committee on,
158, 177.
forresponding Churches: Delegates to, 17*;
Reports of Delegates to. 155, 156, 165 ; Dele-
gates from; The Reformed Presbyterian
Church, 152, The Associate Reformed Synod
of the South. 153, 156; The Presbyterian
Church, 164, 175.
Devotional Exercises ; Report of the Committee
on, 156.
ICducation : Report of the Board, 212 ; Report of
the Committee on, 173.
Erratum, 231.
I'iuance: Reports of the Committee on, 178, 184.
Financial Agents, 156.
Foreign Missions: Report of the Board, 191;
Report of the Committee on, 180 ; Conference
on, 155 ; Resignation and Re-election of
Corresponding Secretary. 182, 184.
Freedmen's Missions : Report of the Board. 205 ;
Report of the Committee on, 176.
Home Missions : Report of the Board and General
Committee, 198; Report of the Committee
on, 165; Conference on, 164; Special Com-
mittee on, 167; Next Meeting of the General
Committee, 186; Regulations of the Board
and General Committee, 159.
Hours of Meeting and Adjournment, 154.
Invitation to Visit Uuiver.sity, 155, 158.
.lews. Donation for the Evangelization of, 168, 178.
licentiates. List of, 276.
Memorials and action taken : From the Mis-
sionaries in Egyjit, 153, ISl ; On the estab-
lishment of a Church Paper, 153, 174 ; On
changing the Proshvterial connection of the
Congregation of Troy, 153, 154, 128; On
Deaconesses, 153, 168, 186; On the Licensure
of certain Stiidents, 154, 183 ; On the Organ-
ization of Ladies' Missionary Societies, lo4,
188; Asking the Assembly to express sym-
pathy with the Presbyterian Church of Ire-
laud, 154, 188; On publishing Information
with regard to Home Mission Stations, 154,
171 ; On changing the Constitutions of the
Boards, 154, 172 ; On changing the time of
the commencement of Sessions of the Theo-
logical Seminaries, 154, 185; On Normal
School among the Freedmen, 155, 176; Ou
amendments to the Constitution of the
Board of Home Missions, 156, 159, 174, On
On Encroachments of the Papal Hierarchy,
164, 187 ; On the Records ot the Western
Reformed Presbvterian Presbytery, 164, 178 ;
On Systematic Benevolence, 180, 184 ; On the
Appointmentment of a General Financial
Agent, 180, 189. ^ „ ,
Ministers: List of, 269 ; Deceased,266; Installed,
267 ; Ordained, 267 ; Released, 268.
Ministerial Relief: Report of the Board, 214;
Report of the Committee on, 163; Charter
of the Board of, 215 ; Amendments to the Con-
stitution of Board, 183. . .
Minutes of Assembly ; Approved, 188 ; Edition
and Price of, 189.
Minutes of Svnods, Approved, 188.
Missionary Presbyteries, Relation of, to the
Assembly, 189. .
ISIoderator ; Elected, 152 ; Alternate of, lo6.
Narrative and State of Religion : Report of the
Permanent Committee on, 217 ; Report ot
the Standing Committee ou, 170; Appoint-
ment of Permanent Committee on, 171.
Nominations, Committee on, 172.
Officers of Assembly, 148, 282.
Orders Granted, 179.
Organizations, 268.
Presbyterian Confederation, 186, 223.
Principal Clerk Elected, 1.52. , , , „ .
Publication : Report of the Board, 211 ;. Reports
of the Committee on, 175, 189.
Railroad Fares, Committee on, 187.
Records : Report of Permanent Comnittee on,
2''7' Report of Special Committee on, l/o ;
Appointment of Permanent Committee on,
175.
Revision , Report of Committee on, 188.
Roll of Assembly, 149.
Sabbath Sc'hools: Report of Pernianent Com-
mittee on, 220; Report of Standing Com-
mittee on, 167 , Appointment of Permanent
Committee on, 168.
San Francisco Church Property, Report o)
Committee oji, 176.
Second Clerk, Elected,-186. „,,.,,,„„
Selections from Psalms to be Published, 189.
Statistics : Report of Second Clerk, loo; Report
of Committee on, 182; Tables of, 232— 2bo.
Superintendents of Missions, lo6.
Sustentation : Report of Permanent Committee
on, 226; Report of Special Committee on,
168.
Temperance: Report of Permanent Committee
on, 180 ; Report of Special Committee on, 18o.
Thank's: Res.;lutionsof, 180. ■ , r-r.,,.
Theological Seminaries: Report of Special Com-
mittee on, 185 ; Report of Permanent Com-
mittee on Transfer of, 222
Treasurer's Reports , Summary of, 228.
Trustees of Assembly, Report of, 191.
Western Reformed Presbytery, Records of, 164,
178.
Young Men's Christian Association, Corres-
]M)ndence with, 155, 158.
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EIGHTEENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Jlcuy ^Ji.t% to 81st, 1876.
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