MINUTES
OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE
IN THE
UNITED STATES:
WITH
A.1ST APPENDIX,
Vol. I.
A. D. 1S65.
AUGUSTA, GA.:
TKINTED AT TIIE CONSTITUTIONALIST JOB OFFICE.
1865.
INSTITUTIONS AND OFFIQERS
of the
ymbijteri'Jtt C|nrr| iu tftc iiluM §tatfs.
CLERKS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
R<„v. Josefh R. Wilson, D. D., Stated Clerk, Augusta, Ga„
licv. Wm, Brown, D. D., Permanent Clerk, Richmond, Ya,
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF DOMESTIC MISSIONS.
Rev. J. Leigiiton Wilson, D. D., Secretary, Columbia, S. C.
Rev. Prof'. James Woodrow, Treasurer, Columbia, S. C.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF FOREIGN MISSIONS.
Rev. J. Leighton Wilson, I). D., Secretary, Columbia, S. C.
Rev, Trof. James Woodroav, Treasurer, Columbia, S. C.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF PUBLICATION.
Rev. E. Thompson Cairo, D. D., Secretary, Richmond, Va.
Wm. F. Taylor, Esq., Treasurer, Richmond, Va.
EXECUTIVE. COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION.
Rov. E. Thompson Baird, D. D.. Secretary, Richmond, Va.
Wm. F. Taylor, Esq., Treasurer, Richmond, Va.
TREASURER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Je^e A. Ansley, Esq, Augusta, Ga.
MINUTES.
Macon, Ga., December 14, 1865;
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the (late)
Confederate States of America, (having been prevented by the con¬
dition of the country from convening in May last, according to ap¬
pointment,) met, in pursuance of the call of its Moderator, in the
Presbyterian Church at Macon, Ga., on Thursday, the 14th day of
December, 1865, and was opened with a sermon by the Rev. John
S. Wilson, D. D., Moderator of the last Assembly, on the text,
»Tobhua 13, 1; "There remaineth yet very much land to be pos¬
sessed."
After the sermon, he proceeded to constitute the sessions with
prayer.
The Permanent Clerk, from the Committee on Commissions, re-
purtfd that the following Commissioners had appeared and been
regularly enrolled, viz :
I. SYNOD OF ALABAMA.
tresbyteries.
East Alabama,
South Alabama,
Tuscaloosa,
ministers.
R. Nail, D. D.
James K. Hazen,
rulino elders.
N. S. Graham,
B.II.Craig, |5i)
Arkansas,
Cmk Nation,
I/O Ha a,
Ouachita,
Cut raker,
Flint River,
Florida,
(h orgia,
llopeiri'll,
IT.
III.
IV.
Cki< hi saw,
M< /aphis,
North Mississippi,
in dent District,
Tiisaotibia,
C. A. Stillman, D. D.,
SYNOD OF ARKANSAS.
Sam'l W. Davies, (4) Tkos. D. Chumi, (4)
SYNOD OF GEORGIA.
E. P. Palmer, W. L. Whitman,
J. C. Patterson, D.D, Henry H. Jones,
A. W. Clisby,
David Wills, W. L. Mitchell,
SYNOD OF MEMPHIS.
0. F. Rogers,
Philip II. Thompson,
A II. Caldwell, (2)
J. II. Gillespie.
W. II. Mitchell, D. D.,
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Y. SYNOD OF MISSISSIPPI.
Central Mississippi,
East Mississippi,
Louisiana,
Mississippi,
New Orleans,
Red River,
Tombcclbee,
E. T. Baird, D. D.,
Robert Bell,
A. McCallum,
P. Calhoun,
K. S. Gladney, (4)
SYNOD OF NASHVILLE.
VI.
Holston,
Knozville,
North, Alabama,
Nashville,
VII.
Concord,
Fayettcville,
Orange,
VIII.
Bethel,
Charleston,
Harmony,
South Carolina,
Brazos,
Central Texas,
Eastern Texas,
Western Texas,
East Hanover,
Greenbrier, t
Lexington,
Montgomery,
Roanoke,
West Hanover,
Winchester,
Geo. A. Caldwell,
James Park,
F. A. Ross, D. D.?
Wm. Brown, D. D.,
John Miller, (3)
J. C. Brown,
B. 0. Walker,
F. H. Bowman,
L. H. Blanton,
T. W. Hooper,
J. D. Mitchell, D. D.,
Richard Mcllwaine,
Robert T. Berry,
A Baker,
Henry T. Barthtt,
R. A. Minnis, (4)
James Miller,
R. F. Lester, (3)
J. T. L. Preston, /
A, G. Matthews,
SYNOD OF NORTH CAROLINA.
J. L. Kirkpatrick, D.D., Daniel H. Hill, 4)
B. L. Beall,
James McQueen, A. J. McQueen,
J. M, Sherwood,
H. G. Hill, Charles Phillips,
Jesse H. Lindsay
SYNOD OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Geo. Howe, P. D.,
Thos. Smythe, D. D , (3)
J. L. Wilson, D. D., W. L. T. Prince, (3)
Donald McQueen.
S. S. Gaillard, ' A. Walker,
J. R. Riley,
IX. SYNOD OF TEXAS.
* Sam'l A. King, (3)
X. SYNOD OF VIRGINIA.
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The Assembly then proceeded to the election of officers, which
resulted in the choice of the Rev. Geo, Howe, D. D., a Commissioner
from the Presbytery of Charleston, as Moderator, and of the Rev.
H. (t. Hill, a Commissioner from the Presbytery of Orange, as
Temporary Clerk,
E T. Baird, D. D., Jacob D. Mitchell, D. D., J. L. Kirkpatrick,
D. D., and Prof. Charles Phillips, were appointed a committee on
elections, to whom were referred the cases of persons present
without commission or with defective commissions.
The Rev. Dr. Jno. N. Waddell, through the retiring Moderator,
offered his resignation as Stated Clerk ; which, on motion of Dr,
Brown, was accepted, and the thanks of the Assembly accorded to
him for his faithful services as an officer of this body.
On motion of Dr. Nail, it was made the first order of the day for
to-morrow morning to proceed to the election of Dr. Waddell's suc¬
cessor.
The following resolutions were presented by the Rev. Dr. Brown,
and unanimously adopted ; and the Moderator requested to appoint
the committee contemplated therein, at his convenience :
Resolved, 1. That it is proper that a Pastoral Letter shall^be ad¬
dressed by this General Assembly to the several churches under
their care, that they may be the more fully re-assured concerning
various points of great importance connected with our position,
and be counselled in faithful love, concerning the solemn obliga¬
tions resting upon them.
2. That, for this purpose, a committee, consisting of one member
from each Synod shall be appointed, whose duty it shall be to pre¬
pare tliQ Letter, and make report as soon as practicable.
On motion of Dr. J. L. Wilson, it was made the order of the day
for to-morrow morning at 11 o'clock to hear the reports of the
several executive committees.
On motion of the Rev. D. Wills, the Assembly resolved to meet
every day at 9 o'clock A. M., to adjourn at 2 I\ M.; and to spend
the lirst half hour of each session in devotional exercises.
The following communication was then read, afld accepted as the
report of the committee on the revision of the form of govern¬
ment, &c. : s
The undersigned, chairman of the committee on the revision of the Form
of Government, B 10k of Discipline, Directory for Worship and General Rules
fur Judicatories, would rcsptctfully represent to the General Assembly that
the state (if the country lias rendered it impossible for the committee to come
toother since the date of the Assembly's last mee ing, nineteen months ago,
at Charlotte, H. C.
The committee then repoi ted that they had carefully revised tbe general
rulisof order with Jefferson's manual and some other authorities in their
hands, adding a few rales to tbe previous collection ; and that they had alro
cla-i-ifiHd those rulis under distinct heads, so that any rule desired might be
found at a glance They had also made some few alterations in the Book of
Discipline as it cam*'to us from the hands of the former chairman, our be¬
loved and honored Brother Thomwell: the chi?f of these being
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1st. The introduction of a chapter on 1he Discipline of the Church as it is
to be administered, in regard to her baptized, non-communicating members ;
and
2d. The more full and complete statement of the Doctrine of Censure in
its various forms of Admonition, Suspension, Excommunication and Deposi¬
tion.
The committee still further reported that they had ma<?e a beginning in
the revision of the Form of Government, and had been much impressed
■with the desirableness of a more scientific statement of the Scripture doctrine
of Church. Government than is found in our present form. The book is not
fully abreast of the doctrine as actually developed amongst u?. For example,
it contains no full statement of the radical principles of the system. Kor is
there any adequate presentation of our doctrine of the Court?, or of the duties
of the different office-bearers. Again, the Evangelist appears nowhere
except in a clause appended to the chapter on ordination and the general
references of the chapter on Mi=sions. Finally, the method prescrib d for
ordaining Elders and Deacons without imposition of hands, is clearly un-
scriptural, and calls loudly for amendment in that particular.
This recapitu'ation is made to let the Assembly understand precisely the
present condition of the work.
The Assembly at Charlotte instructed ug to complete our work and furnish
copies for distribution amongst Ministers and Elders as the best way of
reporting our work so that it may be examined with care. The undersigned
would state that it was found impossible to obey these last injunctions for the
want of funds. With a view to carry through without expense the instruc¬
tions of the Assembly in their -spirit, however, he propose3, as soon as the
mails are generally re-establishe i throu *hout our country, to procure the
publication of the Rules of Order and of the Book of Discipline in successive
portions in our several church papers.
With reference to the Form of Government, it is to be feared that we
shall hardly be able to get the committee together before next summer.
But an unavoidable delay in the completion of this part of our work will be
of the less consequence, if by publi?hing the Rules and Book of Discipline
this winter we can succeed in so introducing them to the notice of the Church
as that the Assembly next spring can begin to act upon those papers.
All which is respectfully submitted.
JXO. B. ADGER,
> Chairman of Committee.
The following letter was received through the Moderator ; and
on motion of the R,ev. Dr. Wilson, the committee named therein
was discharged, and the papers referred to were ordered to be re¬
turned to their respective authors :
Union Tiieo. Seminary, Ya., Dec. 4th, 1865.
Bev. and Dear Brother : I beg leave to return to the General Assem¬
bly, through you, the papers of the committee, revised by that body at
Charlotte, N. C., in May, 1864, touching the relations of the Church to our
slave population. A previous committee, of which Dr. Lyon, of Mississippi,
was Chairman, had prepared a report, and this was submitted, with further
instructions, to a eommittee consisting of Messrs. Dabney, Mclnnis, Kirk-
patrick, Mitchell and Bartlett, to report in May, 1865.
The same public calamities which prevented the meeting of t,-e Assembly,
has prevented action by this committee. I have not assembled them s'nee,
because the almost impossibility of travelling made it unreasonable, and the
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violent revolution which has since occurred, makes the relations of the
Africans to us so different^ rom the former. As the subject is now totallj
new, I have judged it best to remit it into the hands of the Assembly, ic
order that they may be unobstructed in the power of forming a new Commit¬
tee and of i?s,ing new instructions, should they see proper.
Prayina that your counsels may be guided by the spirit of Gcd, I wmlc
humbly subscribe myself,
Your "brother in the Gospel,
E. L. DABNEY.
To the Moderator of the General Assembly, Macon, Ga.
The committee on Elections reported as follows, and their repor
was adopted :
The committee on elections report that they have sufficient evidence tha
the Presbytery of Maury has been merged in the Pre-bytery of North Ahi
bama, according to the terms of union with Ihe United Synod ; and that th
Rev. F. A. Ross, D. D. is present with, a commission from the said Presb^
tcry. The Committee reccom t end that Dr. Ro-s he accordingly enrolled.
The committee further report that the Rev. James Fark, of the Presbyter
of Knoxville, is here without a comnrssion ; but, for satisfactory reasoi
arising out of the peculiar circumstances of the case, tley recummind that 1
be admitted to a seat.
On motion the Assembly adjourned until to-morrow morning t
(.) o'clock. Closed with prayer by the Rev. Dr. Ross.
Friday Morning, 9 o'clock.
The Assembly met and spent the first half hour in devotion
exercises, according to appointment.
The minutes of yesterday were read and approved.
The Hev. A. H. Caldwell, from the Presbytery of North Missi
bipri, and Mr. B. II. Craig, Ruling Elder from the Presbytery
South Alabama, (having' mislaid or lost their commissions, and
appearing that they had been regularly chosen by their respecti
Presbyteries,) were recommended to seats in this body by the co
mittee on elections ; when, on motion, they were enrolled as ad<
tional commissioners.
The Moderator announced the appointment of the followii
standing committees : »
On Bills and Overtures.—Ministers, E. T. Baird, D. D., ,T.
Mitchell, D. D., E. P. Palmer, Richard Mcllwaiue, Jas. K. Haz<
Ruling Elders, Charles Phillips. H. T. Bartktt.
Judicial Committee.—Ministers, R. Nail, D. D., R. C. Walk
James McQueen. Ruling Elders, A. Walker, Jas. Miller-
On Theological Seminaries.—Ministers, C. A. Stillman, D. D.:
II. Blanton, J. R. Riley, Philip H. Thompson,DonaldMoQue
Ruling Elders, W. L. Mitchell, A. G. Matthews.
On Domestic Missions.—Ministers, J. L. Kirkpatrick, D. D„ F.
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Rosfc, D. D., A. W. Clisby, J. H. Gillespie, T. W. Hooper. Ruling
Elders, Jesse H. Lindsay, N. 8. Graham.
On Foreign Missions.—Ministers, Robert T. Berry. F. H. Bow¬
man, George A. Caldwell. Ruling Elders, A. J. McQueen, H. H.
Jones.
On Publication—Ministers, J. L. Wilson, D. D., Wm. Brown,
D, D., 0. F. Rogers. Ruling Elders, W. L. Whitman, A. Baker.
On Education.—Ministers, J. M. Sherwood, 3. L. Beall, S. S.
Gaillard. Ruling Elders, Charles Phillips, James Miller.
On the Narrative.—Ministers, Wm. H. Mitchell, D. D., Robert
Bell. Ruling Elder, H. T- Bartlett.
On Foreign Correspondence.—Ministers, J. D. Mitchell, D. D.,
A. McCallum, P. Calhoun. Ruling Elders, A. Baker, A. Walker.
On Leave of Absence.—Ministers, Donald McQueen, James K.
Hazen. Ruling Elder, H. H. Jones.
On Systematic Benevolence.—Ministers, J. C. Patterson, D. D.,
J. C. Brown, James Park.
On Devotional Exercises.—Ministers, David Wills, J. R. Riley,
Ruling Elder, Jesse H. Lindsay.
On Records of Synod of Arkansas.—Ministers, James McQueen,
L. H. Blauton. Ruling Elder, N. S. Graham.
On Records of Synod of Georgia.—Ministers, Richard Mcllwaine,
Philip H. Thompson. Ruling Elder, A. J. McQueen.
On Records of Synod of Memphis.—Ministers, R. C. Walker,
Robert H. Berry. Ruling Elder, H. H. Jones.
On Records of Synod of Mississippi.—Ministers, S. S. Gaillard,
T, W. Hooper. Ruling Elder, W. L. Whitman.
On Records of Synod of Nashville.—Ministers, Donald McQueen,
F. H. Bowman. Ruling Elder, Chas. Phillips.
On Records of Synod of North Carolina.—Ministers, A. W.
Clisby, George A. Caldwell. Ruling Elder, James Miller.
On Records of Synod of South Carolina.—Ministers, David
Wills, 0. F, Rogers. Ruling Elder, A. G. Mathews.
On Records of Synod of Texas.—Ministers, Robert Bell, B. L.
Beall. Ruling Elder, Jesse H. Lindsay.
On Records of Synod of Virginia.—Ministers, Philip H. Thomp¬
son, J. M. Sherwood. Ruling Elder, N. S. Graham.
The Moderator also announced the following committee to pre¬
pare a Pastoral Letter to the Chur^nes, in accordance with the re¬
solutions of yesterday ; Rev. William Brown, D. D., C. A. Stillman,
D. D., J. H. Gillespie, F. A. Ross, D. D., J. L. Kirkpatrick, D. D.t
J, L. Wilson, D. D., W. L. Mitchell, and Henry T. Bartlett,
The first order of the day, viz : the election of a Stated Clerk ti
fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of the Rev. Dr.
Waddel, having been taken up, the Rev. Joseph R. Wilson, D. D ,
was unanimously elected to this office. His acceptance of the
same having vacated the office of Permanent Clerk, the Rev., Wm.
Brown, D. D., was unanimously elected to fill said vacancy.
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The following letter was received and read to the Assembly ;
when, on motion of Dr. Wilson, it was ordered that the Bev. R.
Morrison named therein, lie heard on the floor of this body imme¬
diately subsequent to the presentation of the reports of the execu¬
tive committees :
Office Board of Aid for Sovthehn Presbyterian Pastors,
Louisville, Ky., Dec. 12,18G5. J
To the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, iu
session at Macon, Ga. :
Eev. and Dear Sir—Oar Brother, the Rev. R. Morrison, of the Presby¬
tery of Louisville, bears th>s letter, and the letter of our Board of Aid to
your General Assembly. He is authorized to explain to you the plans and
purposes and hope3 of onr organization, more fully than they can be troa'ed
in a written communication. Be pleased to receive our brother for the pake
of h's own bigh worth and for the sake of the mission he bears.
Yery truly and respectfully,
Your most ob't servant,
JAMES H. HUBER,
Sec'y and Trcas."
Reports from the Faculty of Union Theological Seminary, from
the Faculty of the Seminary at Columbia, from thfe chairman of
the Board of trustees of the latter Seminary, and from its treasu¬
rer, were read to the Assembly ; which, together with the finan¬
cial statements exhibiting the condition of the funds of Columbia
Seminary, were referred to tho Standing Committee on Theological
Seminaries.
Various overtures on the Moderator's table were referred to the
standing committee on Bills and Overtures.
A paper from members of the Synod of Nashville, after being
read to the Assembly, was, on motion of the Eev. Dr. Mitchell, re-
l'orred to the committee on Bills and Overtures.
The following report from the chairman of the committee on
the Eevision of the Hymn Book, was received; and, on motion of
Prof. Phillips, was referred to the standing committee on Publi¬
cation :
New Orleans, Dec. 6,
The undersigned, chairman of the committee on the revision of the Hymn
Bo k, begs leave respectfully to bubmit the following statement to the Gener¬
al Assembly :
That no meeting of the committee has been held since e sessions of ihe
Assembly at Charlotte, in 181)4. The extremely agi'at d -*tate of the coun¬
try after Jhut period, and the rapid rushing of events in the early part of
the present ye.ir, rendei ed it impracticable to convene the committee, widely
scattered a* it was over the country: and the failure of the Assembly to
meet la*it Spring, cut off t! e last hope of bring'ug it together. Since that
time the disorganization of the country lias been so entiie as to restrain the
intercourse which ncght have 1 cen held' by correspondence The work of
r< v iMon stands precisely as in the last Pi port to the Assembly, in May, 1804.
It niu^t ols > be mentioned that the original revised copy of the Hymn
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Book, prepared by the committee, was destroyed, together with all tbe pri¬
vate paptrs, books and household effects of the undersigned, in the general
conflagration of Columbia in Ftb'y last. This, howeve'r, is a loss easily re¬
paired ; as it will cost little labor to re-produce the woik from the consecu¬
tive reports of committee, as published in the Appendix to the Assembly's
Minutes.
Having had no conference with the other members of the Committee, the
following suggestion is made With diffidence as resting upon the single judg¬
ment of the writer- As the Assembly desires to produce a Hymn Book
which shall not soon be displaced in the worship of our churches, it may be
well, at this stage of the revision, to commit the work to an entirely new set
of men, who shall bring their taste and judgment, reviewing the work of your
committee and completing it—thus securing a double guarantee that the
book when published will meet the wishes and wants of the whole Church.
This suggesiion, made without the knowledge of bis colleagues, springs from
no desire to throw the labor or the re=ponsibility of this important work upon
others : but from a simple wish to add every possible assurance that the work,
when accomplished, will be wo thy of acceptance by the Church—and this
assurance will at least be doubled if the work passes through the hands of
two committees ; the second of which enjoying the fruits of criticism by
the first. Should this suggestion commend itself to the judgment of the
Assembly, I would strongly urge that the committee be a local one, or at
least not so widely scattered as the present committee, The work to be per¬
formed is simply executive—and one or two weeks, solidly devoted to the
business by a committee that can easily be convened, will finish it in sea9on
to present it complete for adoption by the A=scmb!y in the Spring. Hymn
Books are now wanted throughout all our churches, which yet are restrained
from the purchase by the expectation of the revised book which shall super¬
sede those now in use. It would have been impossible hitherto to have pub¬
lished the Hymn Book, even if it had been ready for the press—but, as all
restriction is now removed, it is important to meet promptly the wants and
wishes of the Church in this particular.
Yery respectfully,
B. M. PALMER,
Chairman.
Narratives from the Presbyteries of Fayetteville and South Ala¬
bama, and a report on systematic benevolence from the Presby¬
tery of Fayetteville, were referred to the committees appropriate to
these subjects.
The order of the day for 11 o'clock was announced, when the
Annual Reports of the Executive Committees of Foreign and Do¬
mestic Missions were read by the secretary, the Rev. Dr. J
Leigh ton Wilson : and respectively referred to the Standing Com¬
mittee on those two subjects.*
The Rev. Dr. William Brown, from the Executive Committees of
Publication and Education, presented the Reports of these Agencies,
which were referred to the Standing Committees on Publication
and Education.*
The Rev. Mr. Morrison, from the Board of Aid for Southern
Presbyterian Pastors, located at Louisville, Ky., was now intro-
*Sce Appendix for thee reports.
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dared to the Assembly, and presented the following salutatory letter
in explanation of the agency he represents :
■' Kentucky Board of Aid for Southern Pastors : Tn the General
Assembly of the Pre-byterian Church, Macon, Ga. :
Brethren, beloved in the Lord, "grace be to yon, and peace from God our
Father, and from our Lord Jtsus Cnrbt. Blessed be God, even the Father of
• ur Lord Jtsus Christ, the Father ofmereies, and the God of all comfort;
who comforteth us in all our tabulation, that we may be abb to comfort
them which are in trouble by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are
comforted."
The-e presents are to tell you that, ont of the love we hear for you in onr
Lord Jesus Christ, and from the belief that if we were in any trouble, ypu
would try to comfort us ; and above all, from the knowledge that onr
Master's cause demands that H:s pastors within your bounds should be ?peedi-
lv relieved from pres-ing want, freed from worldly care and avocations, to
the end that they may devote their whole lai or to his business, your brethren
in this city and commonwealth make this overture.
In forming a plan which the accompanying documents name, to thus
build up the Redeemer's kingdom, all parties in our Church have met upon
common ground, and Buch has been their zeal and quick response to this
call,that, although but a very few days hate elapsed t-ince it was made, yet
already llie funds of this Board amount 1o six thousand dollars, and the work,
it can be said, has but just begun. Let the hearts of the brethren of your
Assembly be joined together with one heart in this work. We a'k of y(u
that you will, in order to effect a prompt and efficient disbursement of the
funds entrusted to our hands, appoint one or more brethien, as may sun*
good to you, from each of your Presbyteries, whose duty shall be to corres¬
pond with this Board, and indicate to us to whom our offering of love shall
be sent. This co-operation on your part will be of great importance to us,
as it will insure a speedy and careful discharge of our duty in this atter as
stewards of thewLord. Wo trust, thetefore, that you will not deny our request,
atid that we may quickly hear from you, acquainting us with the names of
the brethren you will appoint agreeably thereto.
Beloved brethren, hope in the Lord, and remember Bis words un'o His
servants, upon which he has caused us to hope, wherein He saith : '• The
Lord shall comfort Z'on. lie will comfort all her waete places : And He
will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the
Lord ; joy and gladness shall bo found therein. Thanksgiving! and the
voice of melody."
" Brethren, pray for us. Now the God of pea,ce, that brought ngain from
the dead our Lord Jesus, that Grent Shepherd of the sheep, tlnough the
blood of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect in every good woik, to
do His wi.l, working in you that whiehis well pleasing in His sight, through
Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen." ''Peace be to
the brethren, and love with faith from God the Father, and the Lord .lesus
Christ. Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity.
Amen."
Wri'ten from Louisville, Kentucky, December 12th, 1805, iu behalf of the
Board, by y< >ur servant and brother, for Christ's sake,
JAMES H. HtTBER, '
• Secretary and Treasurer.
After the reading of this letter, the Rev. Mr. Morrison proceeded
to address the Assembly in further explanation of the subject of
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its contents ; when, on motion of the Rev. Dr. Baird, the following
resolutions were unanimously adopted :
Resolved, 1st, That this Assembly express their great sitisfaction at tlie
presence of Rev. Robert Morrison, as the represent itive of the "Kentucky
Board of Aid for Southern Pastors," recently organized at Louisville, and re¬
turn him iheir sincere thanks for his able and interesting address.
Resolved, 2d, That the letter from the Kentucky Aid Asyor-iation and the
subject mat'er of Mr. Morrison's address, he referred to the Standing Com¬
mittee on Domestic Missions, with instructions to prepare a suitable minute
fur our adoption.
The Rev. Richard Mcllwaine offered the following resolution
which, on motidn of the Rev. Robert T. Berry, was laid on the
table :
" Resolved, That when the time for adjournment to-day shall arrive, the
Assembly will take a recess till 7 o'clock P. M., to meet in the Lecture
Room of this Church ; and jfchat this shall be tbe order for each day during
our sessions."
The Assembly heard a statement from the Rev. Dr. Kirkpatrick,
with reference to the proceedings of the Trustees of the General
Assembly, from which body no report has been received; when, on
motion of the Rev. Dr. "Wilson, a committee, consisting of Rev. Dr.
Kirkpatrick, Ool. Mitchell and N. S. Graham, was appointed to
report to this Assembly what additional steps, if any, are necessary
in order to secure a competent charter for this body.
On motion of the Rev. Dr. Wilson, it was made the duty oi; the
Committe'' on Bills and Overtures to report at 10 o'clock to-morrow
morning on the subject of the name which this Assembly shall
hereafter bear.
Dr. Ross presented a paper on the subject of "social recrea¬
tions," which was referred to the Committee on Bftls and Over¬
tures, with directions to report to the Assembly to-morrow morning
at 11 o'clock.
On motion of the Rev. Dr. Ross, the Rev. Geo. A. Caldwell was
added to the Committee on Bills and Overtures.
On motion the Assembly adjourned until to-morrow morning at
9 o'clock. Closed with prayer by Piof. Charles Phillips.
Saturday Morning, 9 o'clock.
The Assembly met, and spent the first half hour in devotional
evercises. The Minutes of yesterday were read and approved.
The following members were reported and took their seats, viz :
R. E. Lester, Ruling Elder from the Presbytery of East Hanover ;
Rev. Thomas Smythe, D. D., from the Presbytery of Charleston ;
W. L. T.* Prince, Ruling Elder from the Presbytery of Harmony ;
J. T. L. Preston, Ruling Elder from the Presbytery of Lexington.
On motion of Dr. J. L. Wilson, it was resolved that when the
Committee of Bills and Overtures shall have presented a name for
our Church, it shall be in order for other members to do the same;
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the various names shall then be disposed of seriatim ; and speeches
on the subject shall be limited to five minutes each.
An Overture from the Presbytery of East Hanover concerning
depositories for religious books, was read and referred to the
Standing Committee on Publication.
The order cf the day was taken up, and the Committee on Bills
and Overtures made a report, (Overtures No. 2 and 3,) recom¬
mending that the name of the Church shall be The Pbesbyterian
Church in the United States; after which various other names
wore proposed by members of the Assembly. *
On motion of Mr. Bowman, the resolution offered by Dr. "Wilson
was reconsidered, and then on motion of Dr. Nail was amended by
striking out the words, " the various names shall then be dis¬
posed of seriatim" and inserting the following : " If on the first
vote no name shall have received a majority of the votes, then all
the names shall be withdrawn except the four highest, and then
continue to drop the name having the smallest vote, until one shall
liave a majority ; and that the vote be taken by calling the roll."
After considerable discussion on the merits of the names pro¬
posed, the vote war} taken with the following result: For the
name proposed by the committee, 42 ; Presbyterian Church in the
South, 7 American Presbyterian Church, 2 ; Protestant Presby¬
terian Church in the United States, 2.
The vote was then made unanimous, and the report of the com¬
mittee was adopted.
The order of the day for 11 o'clock was postponed till 10 o'clock
Monday morning. ^
The resolution proposing a change in the time of meeting during
the present sessions, which had been laid on the table, was taken
up, when it was resolved to meet in the Lecture Room to-night, and
thereafter, at 7 o'clock.
The Standing Committee on Finance presented a report, which
was adopted, and is as follows :
The Stand'ng Committee on Finance (consisting of the Stated and Perma¬
nent Clerks and the Treasurer,) beg; leave to report that, in order to meet
the expenses ol this Assembly, they recommend the following schedule of
assessments : The following Presbyteries shall be assessed in tbe sum of
twenty-five dollars ($25 00) tach, viz : South Alabama, Hopewell, Mtmphi?,
Mississippi, New Orleans. Concord, Fayetteville, Orange, Harmony, South
Carolina, East Hanover, Lexington, Roanoke, and West Hanover. The fol¬
low ir-g in tbe sura of twenty dol'ars ($20.00) each, viz : East Alabama, Tus-
caloi &a, Flint Iliver, Tombeckbee, Nashville, Bethel, Charleston, Greenbrier,
Mi >n*gomery and Winchester. The following in the sum of ten dollars
($10.00) each,viz: Arkansas,Ouachita, Cliemkee, Florida,Chickasaw, North
Mississippi, Tuscumbia, Western District, Central Mississippi, Louisiana,
1L i'ston aud North Alabama. The followingin the sum of five dollars ($5.00)
each,\iz: Crtek Nation, Indian, Georgia, East Miss:s?ippi, Eed Paver,
Ki oxville, Brazos, Central Texas, East Texas and West Texas.
Th« Committee likewise recommend thut the published Minutes of this
Assembly shall be famished by the Stated Clerk to all who shall desire the
s.mje, for the turn of fifty ants a copy.
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The Committee on Bills and Overtures reported Overture Xo. 1,
which was adopted, and is as follows :
Overture No. 1, from a Convention of Ministers and Elders, belonging to
the Synod of Nashville, informing the Assembly that that Synod had not
been able to meet since the Fall of 1861 ; declaring their cordial adherence
to this body, and their approval of our position and principles; and request¬
ing the Assembly to appoint a meeting of Synod at an early day.
The committee recommend that this request be granted; and that the
Synod of Nashville be directed to meet in the Presbyterian Church of
Iluntsville, Alabama, on the Thursday before the third Sabbath of January,
1866, at half-past six o'clock P.M., and that the sessions be opened with a
sermon by the Rev. Robert Hardin, D. D.. or in cash of his absence, then
by the oldest minister present, who shall preside until a Moderator be chosen.
The committee reported also Overture No. 4, which after con¬
sideration was recommitted ; Messrs. Preston, John Miller and
Smythe being meanwhile added to the committee ; also Overtures
Nos. 5 and 6, which were placed on the docket.
A report was received from the Committee on Devotional Exer¬
cises, which was approved.
On motion the Assembly adjourned to meet in the Lecture
Room at 6 o'clock. Closed with prayer.
Saturday Evening, ? o'clock.
The Assembly met and was opened with prayer.
The Rev. Samuel A. King, from the Presbytery of Central
Texas, was, upon report of the Committee on Elections, enrolled as
a member.
Overture No. 7 was reported by the committee and adopted,
and is as follows :
Overture No 7, from the Presbytery of Central Mississippi, representing
that under the terms of the union agreed upon with the United Synod, two
ministers and at least two churches properly in the bounds of the Synod of
Memphis, were transferred to that Presbytejy. and requesting the Assembly
to rectify this matter.
The committee recommend that the Rev. E. M. Richardson and Rev.
George P. Richardson, together with the churches of Granada and Panola,
and any other churches formerly connected with the Presbytery of Lexing¬
ton South, which lie north of the northern boundary of the Synod of Missis¬
sippi, be and hereby are transferred from the Presbytery of Central Missis¬
sippi to the Presbytery of North Mississippi of the Synod of Memphis.
Also Overture No. 8, which was adopted, and is as follows:
Overture No. 8.—From the Synod of South Carolina, declaring in sub¬
stance its continued approval of the course adopted by the Southern Presby¬
teries, in organizing this General Assembly ; declaring its purpose to adhere
with renewed energy aud affection to our own chershed denomination ; ex¬
tending a welcome to our communion and fellowship, to all who cordially
adopt our standards and sympathize with us in our principles as to the
province of the church; and warning onr churches against all schismatieal
intruders.
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The committee recommend that the Assembly express its agreement with
the Synod in these views.
Also No. 4, which had been recommitted. The report, being
adopted, ia as follows :
Overture No. 4.—An inquiry from an Elder of one of our ehurche3 as to
what is the duty and christian course of a Church Session, when a minister
or agent of the Old School General Assembly (North) presents himself
amongst us, with a request to labor in our churcbes, or occupy one of our
vacant houses of worship.
The commiitee recommend that this overtuie be answer d by the adop¬
tion of the following resolutions, viz:
Resolved, 1st, That the Presbyterian Church of the North (Old School)
is to be looked upon simply as a separate and distinct ecclesiastical lody ;
and that the ministers and agents ot that church have no further or higher
claims on onr courtesy than any other churches of the sanH sec'icn of the
country, which hold to the same symbols of f iitli and order with ourselves.
Resolved, 2d, That this Assembly has no reason for recommending any
other usages or rules in re pece to our fellowship with other ecclesiastical
bodies than those that have long been familiar in all our Sessions and Pres¬
byteries ; and will net attempt to define afresh in what cages and in what
degree errors in belief and practice thall exclude from our pulpits, or suspend
ecclesiastical communion.
Eesol ved, 3d, That our ministers and churches be, and hereby are warned
against all ministers, or other agents, who may come among us to sow the
8' eds of division and strife in our congregations, cr to en ate schhm in our
beloved Zion. And owing to the peculiar reasons for prudence which now
exist, we enjoin it upon our ministers and sessions to exercise special caution
as to whom they admit to their pulpits; and in cases of doubt, to refer to ihe
judgment of the Presbyteries the whole question of the nature and extent of
Courtesy or cf nntenance they may extend.
Resolved, 4th, That the Assembly would remind sessions 'liat in no ^ase i#
it proper for them to invite ministeis of other denominations statedly to
occupy any of our pulpits without the consent of llie Presbyteries, and the
known purpose of tuch ministers, at the earliest suitable opportunity, to
unite with us in ecclesiastical reJali ns.
The meeting of the next General Assembly was appointed to bo
held in the First Presbyterian Church in Memphis, Tennessee, on
the third Thursday of November, 18G6, at 11 o'clock A. M.
Overtures Nos. 5 and 6 were taken up and adopted, and the
Moderator of the Assembly, together with the Chairman of the
Committee on Bills and Overtures, were appointed a committee to
explain to the Presbytery of South Alabama the reason for de¬
clining to accede to the request. The report is as follows :
Overtures No. 5 and 6.—From the Synod of Alabama and the Presbytery
of South Alabama respectively, requesting Ihe Assembly to amend the* rule
requiring the examination of ministers on their deception by the Presbyteries,
60 as to make it optional.
The committee recommend that as there is co evidence that the rule has
not worked well, the Assembly decline to make the change requested.
The committees on the records of the Synods of Arkansas,
Georgia. Memphis, Mississippi, Virginia, and Texas, reported
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severally that no records had been placed in their hands, and were
discharged. The records of the Synod of South Carolina were,
upon the recommendation of the committee, approved so far as
written.
A letter from Rev. J. E. C. Doremus, in regard to the revised
Hymn Book, was read and referred to the Standing Committee on
Publication ; also a resolution on the same subject, offered by Rev.
Mr. Berry.
On motion, the Assembly adjourned till Monday morning, 9
o'clock. Closed with prayer.
H Monday Morning, 9 o'clock.
The Assembly met and spent half an hour in devotional exer¬
cises. The Minutes of Saturday were read and approved.
The following members appeared and their names were enrolled :
Rev. R. S. Gladney and R. A. Minnis, from the Presbytery of
Tombeckbee ; Rev. Sam'l W. Davies and Thos. D. Chunn, from Pres¬
bytery of Arkansas, and D. H. Hill, Ruling Elder from the Pres¬
bytery of Concord.
On motion the Committee on the Records of the Synods of North
Carolina and Nashville, not having any records to examine, were
discharged.
The Committee on the Records of the Synod of Alabama report¬
ed, and upon their recommendation they weie approved so far as
•written.
The Committee on Bills and Overtures reported on Overtures
Np. 10, No. 11 and No. 13, and the reports'on the same were ac¬
cepted and adopted, and are as follows :
Overture No. 10,—From the Presbytery of North Alabama, fequesting
this Assembly to re-adjust the boundary between the Synods of Nashville
and of Memphis, so as to throw the county ot Madison, in the State of Ala¬
bama, into the Presbytery of North Alabama and the Synod of Nashville,
and
Overture No. 11, from a member of the Synod of Memphis, requesting
that in whatever arrangement of the boundary adopted, the churches aui
church property w'thin the bounds of the Presbytery of Tuscumbia, shall
belong still to the Synod of Memphis.
The committee recommend the adoption of the following resolution :
Resolved, That the ministers and churches within the county of Madison,
Alabama, formerly connected with the Un:ted Synod be adjudged to belong
to the Presbytery of North Alabama for the present ; but that all the inter¬
ests of the Presbytery of Tuscumbia and the Synod of Memphis be pre¬
served intact. This temporary arrangement the Assembly adopts for want
of the necessary information ; but it hereby urges the judicatories interested
to endeavor to agree on a definite boundary line, and to report to the nest
Assembly, in order that this matter may be conclusively settled.
Overture No. 13, from the Synod of Mississippi, requesting the Assembly
to adjust the matter of conflicting boundaries between that Synod and the
Synod of Alabama, arising oat of the terms of union with the United Synod!"
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The committee recommend that all tlie min'sters and churches formerly
connected with I lie Presbyopics cf the United Synod, but which lie within
the bound? of the Synod of Alabama, be and hereby are transferred to the
Presbyteii"8 within which they are respect'vely located.
The order of the day (being the ETeport on Popular Amusements,)
having arrived, it was further postponed until 12 M., to take up the
iimport of the Standing Committee on Publication, which committee
then proceeded to report respecting that work, and also on the
subject of Psalmody.
The order of the day for 12 o'clock was taken up, (the considera~
tion of the report of the Committee of Publication having been sus¬
pended for that purpose,} and the report of the Committee on Bills-
and Overtures on Popular Amusements, (Overture* No. i>,) was
accepted and adopted, and is as follows :
Overture No. 9.—A paper from the Rev. Dr. Eoss on the subject of fash¬
ionable amusements, containing three inquiries, with their proposed answers.
The c immittee recommend that the inquiries be answered as follow?, viz :
1. " Whether every churcli session has the right to make it a rule that
dancing and other amusements are d'sciplinary V"
Answer.—No church judicatory has a right to make any new rules of
church membership, different from those contained in the constitution ; but
it is the undoubted right of the church b< ssion and of every other judical my,
to make a deliverance, affirming its sense of what is "an offence," in the
meaning of the Book of Discip ine, ch. 1, eec. 3.
2. '' Whether such rule commonly ex:sts in Presbyterian Churches V"
Answer.—Prob »bly none ot our judicatories are as faithful as 1hey ou^ht
to he ; but it is believed that the churches generally do, in some foim, dis¬
countenance dancing. And the Presbyterian Church, through its supreme
judicatory, has repfatedly borne its testimony against dancing, and other
worldly amusements.
H. " Whether such rule is expedient; or what shouM be the mind of tlie
whole body, and what its action ?"
An>wer.—It is the duly of every judicatory to enforce the teachings of our
standards on this and other fashionable amusements, such as thialrical per¬
formances. card flaying, ftc. And while the Assembly bel eves that the
" lascivious dancings" declared to be forbidden in the seventh commandment,
by the answer to the l.'59th question of the Larger Ciitech'sin, are not those
u->ual in our best society, yet it is our belief that the tenor of the teachings of
the scriptures and of our stundaids, is in direct opposition to this social
us'ige. Christ's kingdom is not of this world ; and the Apostle exhorts
(Christians not to be conformed to the world. Though we do not soy that
all these worldly amusemenis are " in their own nature s-inful," it is clear
that tli^y " may tempt" those who engage in thpm, and otheis, to sin : and
moreover, the Scriptures condemn them as worldliness. ]f the practice of
the dance in mixed assembl es be not conforming to the world, it is difficult
to name any offence against t'ic injunction of the Apostle. Nor netd the
Church of Christ have any hesitancy in announcing its position on this sub¬
ject ; for the men of the world, with one consent agree that it is inconsistent
with the nature of tiie Christian profession, for members of the church to en-
goge in the dance.
In this connection, the Acs mbly would take occasion to exhort onr Chris¬
tian people to avoid the excesses into which they are in danger of being
drawn by the demands of fashion. The scriptures forbid "reveilings/' and
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all intemperate self-indulgence ; with which teachings the prevalent custom
of protracting social assemblies, with or without music and dancing, to the
hours of the morning, hut especially when accompanied with drinkirg or
card-playing, is manifestly inconsistent. Moreover, the Assembly, observing
tbatprrties of pleasure are usually composed almost exclusively of unmarried
young people, would give it as its'earnest advice tbat the best form of social
re-union be made to partake as much as possible of the style and tone of the
family circle, in which youthful enjoyment is tempered by the presence of
the older and married member?.
The Assembly expresses itself with the more earnestness on this whole sub¬
ject, because of the disposition which is observed in all parts of our borders
to run info the inordinate indulgence of worldliness at this time, in forgetful-
ne=s of the mighty ehastcnings of God which are even jet upon us ; and
because we see members of our churches and our beloved baptized youth,
in forgetfnlneaa of ihe covenant of God, which is upon them, carried away
with the worlus delusions, to the subveision of the divine iufluenc&s of the
sanctuary, and to the neglect of the interests of their souls. Wherefore, the
Assembly would urge our people to take the word of exhortation; to abstain
from all forms of evil ; and to study and pursue that sobriety which be-
cometh the Gospel, so tjiat the Church of Christ f-hall indeed be " a peculiar
people." And we hereby exhort our ministers and church sessions to a dis¬
charge of their duties. Let i hem proceed by affectionate and faithful in¬
struction from the pulpit, as well as in private ; by admonition, and by such
other measures as Christian prudence may dictate ; bat when all other means
fail, then let them proceed to Kich methods of discipline as shall separate from
the Church those who love the wt.rid and practice conformity thereto rather
than to the law of Christ.
The special committee on Beneficiary Education, appointed by
the Assembly of 1864, to report at the next assembly made a report,
which was made the order of the day for 7 o'clock.
As unfinished business, the Report of the Standing- Committee of
Publication was then resumed, amended and discussed.
On motion Rev. J. D. Mitchell, D. D., Rev. John Miller, and Rev.
R,. S. Gladney, were added to the Committee on Foreign Missions.
The Assembly then adjourned to 7 o'clock P. M. Closed with
prayer.
Monday Evening, 7 o'clock.
The Assembly met and was opened with prayer by Dr. J. L.
Kirkpatrick.
The Committee on Bills and Overtures made reports on Overtures
No. 12, 14 and 15—all of which were accepted and adopted, and
are as follows .
' Overture No. 12.—An inqu'ry from a member of this Assembly, asking
whether a Presbytery has a right t.o ordain a licpnt'ate to the work of the
Gospel Ministry, dimply because he desires it, although nei'her one cr more
churches have requested that he should be ordained.
The committee lecommmd the following answer, viz f Every office in the
Church af Cod, according to the Scriptures and the standard of our Church,
is a definite charge ; and hence no man can lawfully be ordained to the
Gospel Ministry unle&s it be to the performance of some work appropriate
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to that office according to tlie constitution. And as one great evidence
of a divine vocation is a call from a particular church, po m n ought to
l»e ordained, except in caws extraordinary, without such a cull. Mori over,
as persjns aie liable to mistake tlx ir calling, and as the office of the minis¬
try is a permanent one, by Divine institution, Presby eries ought to txer-
cise great caution in orda'uinff Evangt-Ii ts, lest the ministry be filled with
intruders, and the Church be afflicted with a vagrant and secularized clergy,
if or ought they ever to do so, until full proof has been made of the licentiate,
by the Presbytery which ordains him, and it has received such a favorable
report concerning him from the churches, as gives the promise of wide
usefulness.
The case mentioned in the memorial seems to violate all these principles.
If the lrentiate he not called to a particular churcb, and if he he not look¬
ing to the work of the Evangelist in frontier and des'ilute settlements, his
ordination, sine litulo, would be not only irregular and unconstitutional, hut
manifestly unscriptural.
Overture No. 14.—An inquiry from a Ruling Elder of Flint River Fresl <y-
bytery, viz : Can a Ruling Elder who has removed from the bounds of his
church, and who for a peril d of eighteen months or two years, has not eom-
inurnd or worshipped with the church, be allowed to resume his S"at in the
session without returning to res de in the limits of the congregation ?
The committee recommend the following answer, viz; The provision <f
the constitution, th it no man is eligible to the office of Elder unless he is a
member of the church in which he is to serve, was evidently des gnud to
prevent the existence of a non-resident Eld' rship. And s nee the rights of
office and the discharge of its duties go together in the ordination engage¬
ment, this Assembly judg s tl at when an Elder voluntarily aud peimu-
nently ri moves beyond the bounds of a con»regit ion, he isttureforc disquali-
liej Jrom di-charg rig tl e functions of his office, aud is no longer to be i u-
Mdered as an Acting Elder.
Overture No, 15.—From the Prisbytery of C'ntral Mississ ppi,d:ssentini,
from certain language used in the minutes of the last Ctmeral AsN'mbly on
tha subject of valid and invalid baptism, and requesting this As euibly to
make a new and more patislaetory deliverance.
The committee recommend the following minute, viz:
The langua e from which the Prisbytery dissent, that tl is is "the 1rue
idea of bap ism, viz: that it sets lb th the death of Christ," taken by i'-
Ht'lf, is pos-obly liable to xni«appiehension. But iua-much as the minute in
question, in tvo or three different forms, does distinctly state the true di c-
trme, it is manifet-t lhattht- la«t As-embly meant to teach tliatbap'ism '• s ts
forth the death of Chrit-l,"' by exhtbitit g to us the benefits there..f in thur
'li'ectual application to us by th-* Holy libost. In thes milir expression in
the fame deliverance where it is said that bapt:sin '• sets Him (Cur st) forth
as cruc fied for us ar.d rait-ed a»ain for our ju tifieaiion," it i* evidmt that tl is
langu me is used in the sense previously explained in the mil ute itsilf, Viz :
'' that baptism was des'gned to signily ami seal our fellowship with Chris',
in II s death and in His resurrection, with all the benefits there* f." Tht>e
expreswio'is, tlms explaineJ, are as-umlly in accordance wi'h our standards
and wi'b the word oftjod.
The Committee on the Charter made a report which was accept¬
ed and adopted, and, on motion of Dr. J. L. Kirkpatriek, the Chair¬
man of this committee was appointed to make known the last re-
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solution in this report to the gentlemen mentioned in it. The re¬
port is as followg :
The Committee on the s'ibject of the Charter would report—
That although no official information bas been laid be ore the General As¬
sembly, the following statement of facts touching the matter of the Char-
tor, as provided for by the last Assembly, may be received as undoubtedly
correct, viz:
Soon after the adjournment of the last General Assembly, on application
was made to the Legislature of the Slaie of North Carolina for an act of
incorporation ; which a pp'ication proved successful, and a charter was ob¬
tained with only one slight and immaterial modification of the terms proposed
ty the committee of the Genenl Assembly. As required by the Charter,
the trustees assembled in Charlotte, N. C.. on day of , 1864, de¬
clared their acceptance of the Charter, and organized by the appointment of
the Hoti. 'Ihomas C. Perrin, of Abbeville, South Carolina. President ; ihe
Rev. Dr. B. M. Palmer, of New Orleans, Secretary ; and John Crawford,
Esq., of Columbia, South C>rolina. Treasurer.
It is believed that all that is now necessary to be done is for the General
Assembly to appoint a committee to make an application to the Legislatvre*
of North Carolina, to change ihe name -tr;d style of the body to which the
Charter has been granted from the " General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church in the C< nfederate States," to " The General As-eiably of the Pres■
byterian Church in the United States."
We therefore, recommend that Joseph H. Wilson, James M. Hutchison,
A. A. McLean, and Duncan Shaw, Ruling Elders of our Cburch, now hold¬
ing seat-s in the Legislature of North Carolina, be appointed and requested to
obtain from that body the above change in the Charter, and do what elfe, if
anything, may be necessary to secure tousthe full benefits of that instrument.
The order of the day, viz : The Keport of the Committee on
Beneficiary Education, was then heard, accepted, discussed, and
re-committed to the committee, to report to the next Assembly.
Nominations for -the Executive Committees of Education, Publi¬
cation, Domestic Missions, and Foreign Missions, were announced,
and the elections were made the order of the day for 10 o'clock
to-morrow.
The Committee on Theological Seminaries marie a Report, which
was accepted, amended and adopted, and is as follows ;
We have had placed in cur hands the following papers, which we recom¬
mend be published ;n the appendix to the Minutes of this Assembly, viz ;
The IIpf ort of tl e Faculty of Union Theological Seminary ; the Report of the
Faculty of the Theological Seminary at Columbia, South Carolina; the
Report of the Treasurer, and a Statement from the Chairman^ of the Board
of Director of the same institution.
'1 hese documents brings u^ painful intelligence in regard to the present
condition of these cherished institutions of the Church. The public calami¬
ties which have di pressed all Ihe interi sts of our portion of the land, have
fallen with heavy weight upon them By the failure of the Confederate Gov¬
ernment, and the partial destruction of the moneyed corpornt'ons in which
"the funds of these Seminaries were invested, their 'arge endowrmnts have
been reduced to dimensions which are entirely inadequate to iheir support.
But we learn als<3 that in both instances the buildings and libraries with
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blight rxcaptions, Lave been preserved intact. The members of the two
f«i cultics also retain their chairs, and continue their labors, sustained, in
grtat measure, by the liberality of the dhttrches within the States in which
they are located. While then these heavy lo?se? are a most trying dippenssi-
ti hi, we cannot but be encouraged by the indications of the Divine
favor, in 'what i* still preserved to us, and in the strong hold which
tlie-e nurseries of the Church have upon the hearts of God's people.
The eidownieit of Union Seminary is reduced to ninety or one hundred
thousand dollar*, and even that does not yield at present one cent of
income. But the Synod of Yireinia, with the co-operation of the Synod
of North Carolina, have adopted measures for the temporary support of
both professors and students, and for replacing the lost endowment, which
have already been attended with encouraging success. The Assembly has
only an advisory control of Ibis Seminary—but we suggest that they
heartily commend tlie energy and Z"al with which i's managers have met
the emergency, and urge upon the Churches snch a response to these efforts
as sha'l not only eu-ta'n it through its present trials, but in due time place
it upon a broa-ler foundation than ever.
The endowment of the Seminary at Columbia has been reduced fiom
two hundred and seventy thousand to sixty-nine or seventy thousand
dollars—only three thousaud of which, or a little less, yields any cash in¬
come at present. Three professors, besides the emeritus professor, retain
their position'. No provision has been made for their support, except that
the Synod of South Carolina has initiated a system by which contributions
in money, clothing and provisions are being secured for tliesnppo.it of both
professors and students—the scholarship for the support of the latter being
reduced in value to about five thousand dollars. But it is evident t' at this
by-tern, or some similar one, mast become genfral, in order to meet the de-
ru.iud. The whole Church mu«t come up to our help in this emergency.
Th's institution must be sustained. In connection with the ri-ter seminary
111 V irginia, it is indispensab'e as the grand means by which the Church is to
extend or even maintain her strength, and her very life. Its past history is
tull of marks of the Divine recognition am* blessing. Its fruit* are found
tin mgliout all our bounds, and in many other parts of the enrth. As an ap-
j r i\e<l, established and successful means of sending fiirth labor* rs into the
h.im'fct, we cannot afford to dispense with it, even temporarily. We re-
(oiuiiioiid, therefore, that the Assembly urge npon all our pastors and btat» d
.mi] plies to take up contributions in money and in othir forms, as may be
c rneiiient, at the farlitst practicable time, for the support of this Seminary,
to lie forward d to the treasurer, Mr. Andrew Crawford, at Columbia, South
Caiolina, to be applied by the board of directors to the support of the pro-
ii rs—and upon the Presbyteries to give special attention to this call.
Two chairs in this Semina<y are now vacant, viz: that of Pastoral TlieoV
<, .11 id Sao rod Rhef< iric, and that of Didactic and P ilemic Theol igy. In the
prt nt condition of the endowment, and the s'ate of the whole Church, we
do not deem it e\pedi ait to attempt, at present, to fill these chairs. We
lai i it tie necessity for d^lay, but as the constitution of the Semina-y pro-
i' 1m that the duties of all vac int professorships shall be performed by the
members, nf the evicting faculty; as these mrmb ts are already engaged in
these duties, and as they are fu'ly c mipi'tent to discharge them to the satis¬
fy tion of the Church, we feel assured that the Sem'nary will go forward effi-
c i tly and t>u ce s'ully in it* great work ; and that it will continue to enjoy
the (onfidence and support of the Church.
I he committee nominate for re emotion all the members of the existing
It ard of Directors, and Mr. Andrew Crawford as Treasurer.
K'-spe^tlully Bibmitted by order of the committee.
C. A. STILLMAN, Chairman.
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On motion, the hearing1 of the Pastoral Letter was made the
order of the day for to-morrow morning at 11 o'clock.
The Assembly then adjourned until to-morrow morning at 9
o'clock. Closed with prayer.
Tuesday Morning, 9 o'clock.
The Assembly met and spent half an hour in devotional exercises.
The Minutes of yesterday were read and approved.
The Standing Committee on Education made a report, which
was accepted and adopted, and is as follows :
The Standing Committee on Education report that thpy have examined
the papers submitted to them. These papers contain nothing, as far as they
relate to the past operat:ons of the Assembly's committee, that require notice.
Up to the c'ose of the war, our young men were in the army, and the amount
of funds collected was small; aud thjs amount became worthless when tLe
Confederate Government was overthr own. Since the close of the war, no¬
thing has been done by the committee—no beneficiaries assisted, no funds
collected.
There are two thoughts suggested, however, in the brief report of the
Executive Committee, that deserve the earnest attention of this Assembly,
connected as they are with the future of our Church.
(1.) The first of thfse is " the increasing need of ministers of the Gospel
to enter upon the labors of our vabt field." During the last four years, very
few have entered the ministry Nearly the whole of those who were in tLe
various stag s of preparation for the safred work, were called into the
field of civil strife and forced to suspend their studies. Not a few of tLe.:e
gave up their lives in the conflict ; others had their health so permanently
broken that they have been compelled to aba' don their cherished hope of
preaching the Gospel; and still others perhaps by the delay thus in cur ret1,
and from otiier causes, have eut red into secular pursuits for life. An inter¬
ruption of four years in all preparation for the regular supply of ministers
for our churches, is a serious matter. It creates a gap not easily filled ; and
unless the church shall use extra exertion to supp'y this want, very sad in¬
deed may be the consequences to our Zion. Ministers with us are not made
in a day. It reqxiires time to fit thr m for their holy woik. And by 1 lie
time that those who now enter upon their course of preparation, even under
the most favorable circumstances, shall be able actually to commence their
labors, the want of ministers will be far greater tban now. The prosperity
of the country, it is hoped, will be rapidly returning. Our present feeble
churches, crushed under the weight of accumulated misfortune, will be placed
in a condition to sustain again the Gospel among them. New and impor¬
tant fields, in the increasing population and prosperity of the country, will
open to us and invite us to occupy. With this prospect in view, can we be
indifferent to the subjec' beiore ua ? Are we not bound to labor as God may
give us ability, and to pray with our whole heart, that the number of minis¬
ters may be greatly increased throughout our borders ? Next to the placing
upon their feet our overthrown and crippled congregations, is the supply of
faithful and devoted men to break to them the bread of life. The number of
these is at present inadequate to the demand, should our Domestic Missionary
operations be blessed to the sustentation of feeble churches ; while the va»t
field that, in human probability, will soon open to us in the regions beyond,
will require many, many more.'
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(2.) The other thought suggested in the committee's report is, the greatly
diminished means of those seeking the holy office. MaBy who, a short time
wince, were abundantly able to pursue their course of preparatiob for the
ministry, independent of aid from the funds of the church, have suffered the
loss of ail worldly substance. They are poor indeed ; and unless assistance
bhall be rendered them, they will necessarily be driven to other pursuits for a
time—perhaps permanently. It is important that maDy of thote at least
who are now hoping to preach the Gospel, should meet with no unneces¬
sary delay in preparation for the sacred work. An interruption already of
four or five years has interfered seriously with their studies. Now that
the way is open for a resumption of these studies, let not a further inter¬
ruption be fore d upon them from a want of means to support themselves
at Co'lege, or at the Seminary. But unless our churches ccn^e up with a
hearty good will to the telp of these young men, this must inevitably be the
result. Years must elapse—years of comparatively little profit to themselves,
or the cburch—before they shall be able to enter the ministry ; if, indeed,
many of tliem shall not be so discouraged as to abandon all thought of en¬
tering npon the holy work.
With these thoughts before us, your committee would submit the following
resolutions :
Resolved, 1st. Tiiat our present condition as a Church deinanda special
attention to the subject of ministerial education, both from our Pre&byleries
and our people, that wortl'y joung men, desiring to enter the ministry, may
not hick the necessary means of prosecuting their studies.
lid. That our churches be urged to contribute to this cause as God shall
prosper them, recognizing the fact that it is a duty they owe to the Great
Head of the Church, to assist tho-e whom He has chosen to the holy work
of the ministry, to secure that intellectual preparation necessary to efficiency
jn their work,
8d. That, while the need of ministers is great and pressing, Presbyteries
should relax none of their vigilance in selecting those upon whom the
charities of the church are t« be bestowed. Let th<m be very careful on
this particular point. The experience of the past shows the necessity fur
double diligence here. One unworthy subject rt reiving aid from the funds of
the church, may do an injury to the cause that scores of worthy recipients
will not be able to repair.
4th, That Presbyteries be urgei to carefulness in observing the require¬
ments of our standards in regard to education. Under present circumstances,
there is a strong temptation to depart from jthese requirements. But let
them be fully maintained.
5th. That ministers and people be urged to remember in all their ap¬
proaches to the throne of the heavenly grace, that injunction of the blessed
Saviour, " Pray ye the L rd of the harvest, that He would send forth labor¬
ers into His harvest." Let parents dedicate their sons to the blessed work of
preaching Christ; and let. all God's people seek out those who may esteem it
a duty and a privilege to point sinners to " the Lamb ot God that taketh
away the sin of the world."
In conclusion, the committee nominate, as members of the Executive Com¬
mittee for the ensuing year, the fame persons selected as members of the
Executive Committee of Publication, viz:
Secretary—IW. E. T. Bai-rd, D. D.
Treasurer—Wm. F. Taylor.
Members—T. V. Moore, D D., C. H. Read, D. D., M. D. Hoge, D. D.
Wm. Brown, P. D., W. H. White, P. F. Howard, Roger Martin, W. D.
Cooke, James GordoD.
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The following resolution respecting1 a day of prayer for the youth
of our land, was adopted :
Resolved, That the General Assembly appoint the last Thursday of
February as a* day to be observed in f-pecial piayer, on behalf cf tfce youth
of our country, with a view to the increase of the ministry, and that the
Sabbath preceding be appointed as a day of special instruction from the
pulpit on tbat subject.
The Committee on Systematic Benevolence made a report which
was accepted and adopted, and is as follows :
The Committee on Systematic Benevolence, bpg have to report, that al¬
most nothing has been placed in their hands for consideration.
The Presbytery of Fayetteville alone has made a report, and that report
merely states that it is believed that the churches contributed liberally du¬
ring the past year, but their contributions became worthless by the fall of
the Confederacy.
The subject of Systematic Benevolence has long been felt to be one of
vital importance in connection with the Kingdom of Christ. The great
work given to the visible church, in its organized capacity is to evangelize
the na ions of the earth—to convert the world that lieth in wickedness
—from Satan to Christ—from sin to holiness. The instrumentality to be
used is Ihe truth of God, as revealed in the holy Scriptures. That truth is
to be communicated by the dissemination of the Bible—by the circulation of
religious tracts and books, and especially the preaching of the Gospel by iht
living ministry. The object aimed at in Systematic Benevolence is, to bring
tbe resources of the whole Church to bear upon the grand and glorious en¬
terprise. The best method of accomplishing this, perhaps, remains to be
developed. That which germs to be most needed now is to have the people
instructed in the grace of giving and brought up to tfce proper standard of
Christian liberality.
Tc this end the committee recommend that the Presbyteries be urged to see
to it, that their ministers diligently teach the people tluir duty and their in¬
terest ton upon this subject. They should be made to feel and to believe
that the Christian character carnot be complete unlers the grace of liberality
is prominently developed, and that the surest way to secure food and raiment,
and the comforts of life for themselves is to seek first the Kingdom of God.
The Kingdom of Christ first—should be inscribed, as the m.tto, on every
heart.
It is suggested to the Editors of religions paptrs that they keep this subject
constantly before their readers—and to the Committee of Publication, that
they issue as Foon as practicable, a large number of tracts acd small books,
upon the subject, suitab'e for easy and wide-spread circulate n.
The committee further recommend that it be enjoined upon 'he church
sessions to adopt some plan by which every member cf their congregations
may have an opportunity and be appealed to, whether poor or rich, young or
old, even in these times of tiial, to contribute something to the various objects
of benevolence, which demand thpir benefactions. That the s?s«ions report
to the Fresbyteries, an^ that the Presbyteries report to the Assembly the plan
they have adopted and their results.
All which is respectfully submitted.
JAMES C. PATTERSON", Chairman.
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The Committee on Leave of Absence reported that they had
granted leave of absence to B. H. Craig, after Saturday evening's
session, and to Geo. A. Caldwell and H. H. Jones from Monday
evening. •
The reading of the Narrative was made the third order of the day,
aft^r the Pastoral Letter is considered.
The Committee on Domestic Missions made a report, which was
accepted.
While this report was pending, the Assembly took a recess for
five minutes to allow the members of the Synods to consult re*
specting the appointment of Commissioners from each Synod to
co-operate with the Central Executive Committee. These commis¬
sioners were appointed and their names inserted in the report of
tbe Committee on Domestic Missions, which was then adopted, and
is as follows : *
The Standing: Committee, to whom have been r ft-rred tbe reports of the
Executive Committee of Domestic Missions, and certain matters relating to
he same general cau e, reeojom nd to the General Assembly:
1, That the proceedings of lhe Executive Committee since the meeting of
the last General Assembly, and their ddigence in the prosecution of the work
assigned them, also the repoit of the Treasurer, oe approved ; and that these
papers be published in the appendix to the Minutes of the Assembly.
2. That for the next year the Executive Committee consist of Rev. Drs.
George Howe, J. B. Adger, J. It. Wilson, Revs. A. W. Millet, and J. L.
Girardpau ; Prof. Jo?eph LeOonte. Andrew Crawford, Henry Miller, and
R. L. Bijan, Ecqs. Tb it Rev. J. L°igh'on Wilson, D. D., be tbe Secretary,
and Rev. Prof. James Woodrow, Treasurer.
8. That the General A trembly rem'nd the Executive Committee and all
our ministers and churches as well, that the work of Domestic Missions
which has ever stood among the Christian enterprise of our age and country
ns one of unsurpassed importance, has within lhe last twelve months assumed
a magnitude and an urgency which n quires a large ar.d instant increase of
zeal, energy and self-sacrifice. Never since the planting of the church on
this western continent, has a more pressing and author.tative call been ad¬
duced to the people of God to arise and build the walls and repair the
waste places of Zion.
4. That the General Asaembly solemnly- admoni h all our ministers,
churches and people, and do ei.jo'n upon them not in anywise to intermit
their labors for the re'igious instruction of the co'ored people in our land.
Whilst the change in the leiral and domestic relations of this clas« does not
release the clmrcli from its obligation to stek tbir moral and spiritual wel¬
fare, by all the means which it is rornpet1 nt to the church to employ, their
Le'pless condition and their great r exposure to temptation, and leading to
vice, irri'lig'on and ruin, both temporal and eternal, which remit from that
change, rrake the strongest appnal to our Christian sympathies on their be¬
half, in their spiritual destitutions, and demand of us. whether we are office¬
bearers or private members of the church, redoubled diligence- ia supplying
them with the paving oidinances of the Gospel.
5. That there be a committee to prepare and submit to the next General
Assembly, for review and approval, a practical scheme cr plan fur the reli¬
gions instruction cf t'e colo-ed people adapted to their now a'tered civil and
f Hal condition, and that this committee beearnest'y desired to give to this
task thqir b'.st attention at d efforts. *
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6. Tbat the General Assembly adopt the suggestions of the Executive
Committee in relation to the raising of a " sustentation fand" for the exist¬
ing exigencies of our churches, but assign the conduct of this agency to the
Executive Committee of Domestic Missions, a'so that a member from each
Synod be appointed to co-operate with the general scheme set forth in their
report.
7. That Rev. T. R. Welch, Little Rock, Arkansas, be the commissioner
from the Synod of Arkansas ; Rev. R. Nail, D. D., Tuskegee, Ala., from
the Synod of Alabama ; Rev. D. Wills, Macon, Ga., from the Synod of
Georgia ; Rev. J. 0. S eadmin, Memphis, Tenn., from Memphis; Rev. J. A.
Lyon, D. D., Columbus, Miss., from Mississippi; Rev. W. E. Caldwell,
Pulaski, Tenn., from Nashville j Rev. J. Rumple, Salisbury, N. C, from
North Carolina.; Rev. S. A. King, Milford, Texas, from Texas ; and Rev.
J. D. Mitchell, D. D., Ltnchburg, Va., from Virg nia.
8. That the General Assembly order collections in behalf of the sustenta¬
tion fund, to be made in all our churches on the second Sabbath of February
next, or as soon thereafter as practicable ; and that the proceeds be forwarded
immediately to the Treasurer of the Executive Commits e, Professor Jarues
Woodrow, at Columbia, S. C.. or to the Synodical Commiss:oners.
9. That the General Assembly express their profound gratification at the
manifestation of Christian sympathy and kindness on the part of our brethren
in Kentucky, as exhibited in their fraternal letter to this body, and in the
Dame of the great Master, theirs and ours, accept their generous tender of
aid in ministering to ihe necessities of our impoverished churches. Further
—tbat the Moderator of the Assembly address a communication to the«e
brethren, expressive of our feelings in this regard.
10. Tfiat the General Assembly appoint the Executive Committee fir
agent for receiving and disbursing such aid as may be forwarded to them fcy
the Kentucky Board of Aid for Southern Pa«tor.a, and enjoin upon the com¬
mittee promptness in distributing the benefaction arcording to the urgency of
the necessities existing in the vaiious portions of the country.
The Committee od Bills and Overtures reported respecting tlie
religious education of the colored people. This report was adopted,
and is as follows :
Overture No. 16.—What is the course to be pursued towards the colored
people within our bounds ?
On this subject your committee recommend the following action :
Whereas, the colored people never stood in any other relation to the Churcli
than that of human beings lost with us in the fall of Adam ; and redeemed
with us by the infinitely meritorious death and sacrifice of i hrist, and par¬
ticipants with us in all the benefits and blessings of the Gospel; and whereas,
our churches, pastors, and people have always recogn:z°d this claim to Chris¬
tian equality and brotherhood, and have rejoiced to have them associated in
Christian union and co rmiun on in the public services and precious sacra¬
ments of the sanctuary:
Resolved, lr-t, That the abolition of slavery by the civil and military pow-
e"s, has not altered the relation' as above defined, in which our Church stands
to the colored people, nor in any degree lessened the debt of love and service
which we owe to them, nor the interest with which we would still de-ire to
be associated with them in all the privileges of our common Christianity.
Re?olved, 2d, That whereas experience has invariably proved the advan¬
tages of the colored people and the white being united together in the wor¬
ship of God, we see no reason why it should be otherwise, now that they are
frtedmcn and not slaves. Shoifl 1 our colored frieDds think it best to separate
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fr )m u«, and organize themselves into distinct congregations under white
Pastors and Elders for the present, or under colored Elders and Pastors as
soon as God, in hit* providence shall raise up men suitably qualified for
those offices, this Church will do all in its power to encourage, foster
and assist them.
Resolved, 3d, Tbat the Rev. J. L. G'rardeau, of Charl< ston Presbytery,
Rev. D ivid Wills, of Hopewell Presbytery, Rev. H. C. Alexander and Rev.
A1 xander Martin, of Roanoke Presbytery, and Dr. J. L. Wilson, be appoint¬
ed a committee to report on this whole subject, and to recommend action to
the next Ovneral Assembly.
Resolved, 4th, That the committee appointed in the above resolution, be
also the committee provided for in the Report on Domestic Missions.
The order of the day, the election of the members of the Execu¬
tive Committees, nominated yesterday, was postponed to hear the
Pastoral Letter; which letter was then read and unanimously
adopted.* *
It was requested l>y the Assembly that this letter shall be printed
by the religions papers of our Church, and that the Committee of
Publication was directed to furnish five thousand copies in pam¬
phlet form for circulation, and the letter was recommended to be
read in all our churches on the second Sabbath in February next.
The Kev. Dr Ross obtained leave to enter the following" dissent
on the Minutes :
" I regret tbat I must dis3ent from that part of thi3 admirab'e paper,
which declares that the Church has no right to give its deliverances on
political questions arising either in the State or Federal legislatures, or
couits of justice. Because the Church is two-fold—the Church spiritual,
aud the Church as organized.
'• In itj fir«t idea, it is not of this world. Ia its second, it is of the
world in manifold relations. For illustration: it may be united to tho
State, and if rot, it may dicidewhat is the power over it. (See Rom xii :
1—4.) And it may declare when the power has ceased to be God's min¬
istry for good. The only limitation to its action Ls Christian wi&dom,
and love.
•< Tjjere are two ideas on this great and delicate subject. The commit¬
tee represents the one—I believe the other. I know, too, that this General
Assembly feels it3elf committed to the position taken in tie Pastoral
Letter.
"Ithm de=ire to express my di'sent, in a minner most delicate, from
the opinions of brethren I fo highly honor—while to every thing else in
the letter I give my cordial assent. F. A. ROSS."
The Committee on Forfeign Missions made a Report, which was
adopted, as follows :
The committee to whom was referred the annual report of the Executive
Committee on Foreign Missions, submit the following report:
The Presbyterian Church in the United States, now met in General
Assembly, fully recognise the fundamental principle, that oar Lord Jesus
Christ constitufcd in this world a Kingdom, which is His Chnrch, which
is not of this world, and of wh'ch He is the only Head and King. It is
limited by its constitution to no particular territory or locality, nor con-
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fined to any particular nation or State, but was designed to be, and is, the
Chnrch of ail ages, and of all nations, kindred, tongues and peoples.
To this Church He committed His word and ordinances, and commis¬
sioned it to go into all the woild and preach the Go-pel to every creature.
Accordingly, we acknowledge ourselves debtor to both tbe Greeks and
to the barbarians, both to the wise and to the unwise, so as much as in us
lay, we are ready to preach the Gospel everywhere, and to all men, know¬
ing no differerce in our ministrations between the Jew and tbe Greek,
the Barbarian and Scythian, the bond and the free ; " for the same Lord
over all is rich unto all that call upon Him."
We acknowledge that to all tha< believe in Him, there is one Lrrd, one
faith, one baptism, one God aDd Father of all, who is in all, and through
all, and over all.
We need no other argument for the work of Foreign Missions, than that
which satisfied the miDd of the great Apostle of the Gentihs, and the Church
in his day, viz: " How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not
believed? Aud how shall they believe in Him of whom ihey Lave net
' heard ? And how shall they hoar without a preacher ? And how f-hall
they preach except they "be sent ?"
The Church of God is one, and her work is oce, whether at home or
abroad. Therefore,
Resolved, 1st, That our Foreign Missionary organization be continued,
and that the Executive Committee is authorised to zo forward with their
work, and occupy, as far as practicable, whatever openings may prefect
themselves in the providence of God in any part of ihe world ; and espe¬
cially to direct their attention to Africa as a field of missionary labor pecu¬
liarly appropriate to this Church, and with this view to secure as scoa £3
practicable Missionaries from among the African race on this continent whe
may bear the Gospel of the grace of God to the homes of their ancestors.
2d. To sustain and carry forward thi=» work, this Assembly solemnly ?c :
earnestly exhorts all our people to make liberal contributions to this object,
according to their ability, to offer their fervent prayers for Goj's bles.-in^
upon our efforts, and to consecrate their sons to the service of Him wlio
counted not His own life dear unto Him, but g'adly gave it ap for ns a'l.
3d. That an opportunity may be statedly offered for special prayer fjr
Foreign Missions, this Assembly recommends tbe observanre of the monthly
concert of prayer in all oar congregations, and that contributions be made at
the same time to this object.
4th. That this Assembly tenders to our Missionaries among the Indian s,
and those among whom they labor, our hearty affection and sympathy iD all
their dis're-ses and desolations, and pledges the churches to an earnest effort
as soon as practicable, to raise the amount stated by the Secretary to be
necessary to their support, and the relief of their present distress.
5th. That in our Colleges, Theological Seminaries, and Sunday Schools,
this subject be brought to the notice of our children and youth, and an effort
be made to interest them in behalf of this cause.
6th. That the report of the Executive Committee be approved and printed
in the appendix to the Minutes, and that our religious newspapers be re¬
quested to publ:sh the same. Also, that the Treasurer's report be approved
and printed in the appendix to the Minutes.
The committee unite in the nomination of the same officers nominated by
the Committee on Domestic Missions.
The following' persons were elected members of the Executive
Committees of Publication and Education :
Secretary, Rev. E. T. Baird, D D., Treasurer, Wm. F. Taylor; Com.
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rnittee, Rev. E. T. Baird, D. D , Rev. T. Y. Moore, D. D., Rev.
C. II. Read, D. D , Rev. M. D.Hoge, D. D., Rev. Wm. Brown, D. D.,
Wm. F. Taylor, W. II. White, P. P. Howard, Roger Martin,
W. D. Cooke and Jame8 Gordon.
The following were elected members of the Executive Commit¬
tees of Domestic Missions and Foreign Missions :
George Howe, D. D., J. B. Adger, D. D., J. R. Wilson, D. D.,
Rev. A. W. Miller, Rev. J. L. Girardeau, Prof. Joseph LeConte,
Andrew Crawford, Esq., Henry Muller, Esq., and R. L. Bryan,
Esq., with J. Leighton Wilson, D. D., Secretary, and Prof. James
Woodrow, Treasurer.
The following persons were appointed Directors of the Theologi¬
cal Seminary at Columbia :
Andrew Crawford, Treasurer. Ministers-Rev. John Douglas, Rev
J. R. Wilson, D. D., Rev. J. Leighton Wilson, D. D., Rev. S. H.
Hay, Rev. E. P. Palmer, Rev. Rufus K. Porter, Rev. Wm. Banks.
Ruling Elders—Hon. T. C. Perrin, Hon. J. A. Inglis, J. A. Ansley,
Esq.
The following resolutions were adopted respecting the endow¬
ments of Professorships in this Seminary :
Received, That, in the judgment of tbis General Assembly, it is very im¬
portant that tie Directors < f the Theological Seminaly at Columbia shall at
once tnter upon the work of re-endowing the Professorships of that institution.
Resolved, That the Churches and Presbyteries be urged to sustain this
prime interest of our Stnnnary and that their gifts and contributions be
prompt and libera).
Resolved, That the Assembly commend the promptness and zeal of the
Synods of Nor.h Carolina arid Virginia, in their efforts to resuscitate Union
Theological Seminary in its endowmeut.
The report of the Committee on the Narrative was read and
adopted.*
The Rev. Drs. J. N. Waddell and C. A. Stillman, were added to
the committee to report respecting the religious instruction of the
colored population to the next Geueral Assembly.
A resolution was adopted as an addition to the report of the
Standing Committee on Publication, and then the report was
adopted as a whole, and is as follows:
The committee to whom was referred the report of the Publication Com¬
mittee, would respectfully report that they have examined the same with
care, and would embody their views in the following statements and resolutions:
That in view of the great need of religious literatnre among us, both for
Sabbath schools and guieral reading; in view of the difficulty of publishing
anything like an adequate supply for some time to come ; and also in view
of the advantages to be derived from a judicious selection of suitable books,
both in this country and in Europe, the following resolutions are offered :
1st. Resolved, That the Publication Committee be charged with the duty
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of most carefully selecting from every available source, whether in Europe or
America, the very best tracts and books suited for Sabbath schools and
general reading, and have these books stamped -with their imprimatur, bu
that they may be known to our people as bearing their endorsement.
2d. That the Executive Committee be directed to establish depositories for
these books at such points as, in the judgment of the committee, may best
facilitate their circulation. That these books be sold at a email advance oa
the co-t, and the proceeds of the same be re-fnvested in other books that may
be in demand.
3d. That an effort be made to raise $50,000 (as soon as practicable) for the
purpose of setting this scheme in operation, to supply the destitute with
books and tracts, and to print such books and tracts as may be in special de¬
mand ; and further, that annual collections be taken up in all our churches
for sustaining this general cause.
4th. That the committee be further instructed to rec~mmence, as soon as
practicable, and under such arrangements as they may think best, the publi¬
cation of a newspaper for the use of our children and Sabbath schools ; and
that it be recommended to all our churches and Sabbath schools to give this
paper as wide a circulation as possible.
5th. That the thanks of the Assembly be tendered to Dr. Leyburn for his
past and very effective services as Secretary, and that Rev, E. T. Baird, D. D-,
be selected to fill that place.
The o'her members of the committee elected, were :
Wm. F. Tat lor, Treasurer ; Rev. T. Y. Moore, D. D.,Rev. C. H. Read,
D. D., Rev. M. D. Hoge, D. D., Rev. Wm. Brown, D. D., Messrs. W. H.
White, P. F. Howard, Roger Martin, "W, D. Cooke, James Gordon.
The Committee on Publication would further report, in relation to the
letter of the chairman of the Committee on Psalmody, that the suggestion
in relation to a new committee, be adopted in part, so as to include a part of
the old in the new. That, according to this arrangement, the following be
the committee, viz : Drs. T. Y. Moore, Moses Hoge, C. H. Read, William
Brown, J. L. Kirkpatrick, Thos. Smythe, J. D. Mitchell, R. L. Dabney, and
B. M. Palmer ; Rev. Mes=rs. Dod and J. L. Girardeau.
1st. That this committee be instructed to complete their work as soon as
possible, consistently with it3 gr:at importance, and report to the next
Assembly.
2d. That the paper presented to the Assembly by Mr. Berry, be referred
to this committee.
3d. That this committee be instructed to initiate measures for the compila¬
tion of suitable music for the Hymn Book, which will be adapted alike for
social and public worship, and for the use of Sabbath schools.
4 h. That the Committee on Psalmody be instructed to select from the
book which they may compile, such hymns as may be especially adapted to
the use ©f Sabbath Schools, wh'ch, with such other hymns as the committee
may deem suitable, shall be printed in a separate volume.
The Assembly then adjourned till half-past 3 o'clock. Closed
with prayer.
Tuesday Afternoon, 3| o'clock.
The Assembly met and was opened with prayer.
On motion of Rev. Mr. "Walker, the following resolution was
adopted :
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Resolved, That the thanks of this Assembly be and are hereby tendered to
Mr. James Miller for tbe fidelity and diligence with which he has discharged
the duties of Treasurer of the committees of Eduraiion and Publication, and
also to the other members of there committees who have £0 zealously labored
to make these institutions a blessing to our Zion.
The Committee on Foreign Correspondence, and the Judicial
Committee, reported that no business had come before them, and
were discharged.
The committee appointed last year to report to this Assembly
011 the subject of Voluntary Societies operating in our congrega¬
tions, having failed to make a report, was continued, and directed
to report to the next General Assembly.
On motion of Dr. Kirkpatrick, the thanks of the General Assem¬
bly were returned to the citizens of Macon, to the authorities of
the several churches offered for the use of the body, to the railroads
offering facilities of travel to members, and to the public press of
the city ; and the pastor of the church is requested to make known
this resolution in such manner as may be deemf d best.
A motion was made by Col. Preston to take tip a resolution in
regard to liturgies, which hud been laid on the table at the labt
General Assembly, which motion was lost.
The Minutes of to-flay were then readwand approved.
It was then moved and adopted, that this General Assembly be
dissolved, and that another General Assembly constituted in abim*
ilur manner, be required to meet in the First Pr<nbyterian Church
in the city of Memphis, on the third Thursday (l5lhj of November,
1M6, at 11 o'clock A. M.
The Assembly was dissolved accordingly. Closed with singing,
prayer, and the Apostolic benediction.
WILLIAM BROWN,
Permanent CUrk.
.TOSEril R. WILSON, Stated Chrh
3
APPENDIX
:o:
NARRATIVE OF TIIE STATE OF RELIGION.
TIIE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CIIURCH IN THE
UNITED STATES TO TIIE CHURCHES UNDER THEIR CARE :
Beloved Brethren :—" Grace be unto you, and peace from
God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ." Since the
meeting of our last Assembly, the clangor of war has ceased to re¬
verberate through our beloved country. The black cloud which
lowered so portentously in the political horizon, has burst, and left
behind it deplorable evidences of the tornado of which it was the
harbinger. To-day, however, as the supreme judicatory of our
Church, we are permitted to send you our fraternal and affectionate
salutations amid comparative peace and Quietude.
Although the untoward termination of the sanguinary conflict
has blighted the hopes and disappointed the expectations of thou¬
sands, we deem it our duty, as part of the people of God, to thank
and praise His holy name, because the sword has been sheathed,
and the precious lives of multitudes of our valuable citizens have
been spared.
Whilfct we mourn over the sad scenes which we are compelled to
contemplate, it is exceedingly gratifying to enumerate some of the
tokens of God's goodness and grace which He has vouchsafed to us
as a Church.
From the reports of the Presbyteries presented to the Assembly,
we learn that, notwithstanding the terrible trials and tribulations
through which our people have passed; notwithstanding the la¬
mentable fact that some of our churches have to gaze, with riven
hearts, on the sanctuaries oI the living God demolished, and others
on their houses of worship desecrated and delapidated, still we
have much cause for praise and gratitude to our covenant-keeping
CJod, who has fulfilled to us the promise that " though He may visit
the iniquities of Israel with a rod and. their transgressions with
stripes, yet His loving kindness will He not utterly take from them,
nor suffer His faithfulness to fail."
We arc happy' to inform you that the reports from the Presbyte¬
ries of Cherokee, Montgomery, Florida, Fayetteville and South
Alabama, communicate tLe pleasing intelligence that some of their
churches have enjoyed seasons of refreshing from the presence of
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the Lord. And the last named Presbytery also reports that, at its
last meeting, two candidates for the Gospel ministry were taken
tinder its care. The Presbytery of Tuscaloosa, also, has been most
signally blessed by a gracious and extensive revival in four of its
churches ; the result of which was the reception of one hundred
members on profession of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. And
these glorious results have been induced by protracted and perse¬
vering efforts, on the part of Christ's ministers, in the pul&it from
day to day, and by the fervent prayers of God's people.
In the important field of Domestic Missions, also, the laborers
have reaped a rich harvest. In the army, hundreds, perhaps thou¬
sands of gallant soldiers, have, we trust, believed to the saving of
their souls, and put on " the whole armor of God, that they may be
able to withstand in the evil day."
It also affords subject matter for thankfulness, that, in almost all
our churches, the people enjoy the inestimable privilege of having
the glorious Gospel of God's dear Son statedly and faithfully
preached ; that the congregations are, very generally, large, attea-
tive and interesting ; and that in many places where there have
been no special manifestations of the influences of God's Spirit,
many have, we believe, been effectually called, and adopted into
tlie family of God.
Another indication of the presence and power of God's grace in
our midst, we derive from the fact that, although the property of
our people has been devastated, and their homes desolated, seve¬
ral of our churches express a laudable determination to sup] ort
those faithful ministers of Christ who have sympathized with them
in their sorrows, comforted their hearts in the dark night of afflic¬
tions, and participated in their privations and perils. The duty of
sustaining the laborers in the Lord's vineyard, we would earnestly
urge on all our churches, especially at the present time, lest, owing
to the high price of provisions and of the other necessaries of life,
they may be constrained to turn aside to secular avc cations, in
order to obtain a comfortable support for their families, which the
scanty salaries they generally receive, as ministers, do not afford.
And should they be compelled, from necessity, to pursue other em¬
ployments, you well know that their spirituality would be injured,
their pulpit ministrations would become less edifying, the piety of
our communicants would be diminished, and the spread of the
Gospel retarded.
Several of the Presbyterial reports present another encjuraging-
itern. They inform us that the youth of our churches continue, regu-
larl}'', to receive instruction in our Sabbath Schools. We have
always attached the seal of our approbation to these institutions,
and fully recognized their beneficial influence in the moral and re¬
ligious culture of the young ; but, we fear, it not unfrequeutly
happens that parents depute to Sunday School teachers the import¬
ant duty, and delightful privilege, which appertain to themselves,
of training up their children " in the nurture and admonition of the
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379
Lord." We would, therefore, caution those of you who are heads
of families, against the sin of violating your baptismal vow, by
substituting the teachings of the Sabbath School for that catecheti¬
cal instruction and those lessons of piety which should be imparted
by Christian parents to their children in the family circle, and.
from the performance of which no earthly institution can absolve
you. And we would remind you, that our Church has always re:
garded and recommended the Shorter Catechism of the Westminster
Assembly, as a most excellent compend of the fundamental doc¬
trines of our holy religion.
In view of these evidences of the gracious presence of God iu
our Zion, with devout gratitude we would exclaim : " Bless the
Lord, 0, our souls, and all that is within us, ble?s His holy name.
Bless the Lord, 0 our souls, and forget not all His benefits, who
l'orgiveth all our iniquities, who healeth all our diseases!" But,
there are other facts related in the Narratives which are well cal:
culated to evoke from the heart of each of us the lamentation of
the prophet: " 0 that my head were waters and mine eyes a foun¬
tain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the
daughter of my people I"
It causes surprise and sorrow to learn that so very many of our
churches have neglected to make any, even the smallest, contribu¬
tions to the support of the committees which the Assembly has
elected to carry on the benevolent operations of the Church. These
committees need additional funds to give greater efficiency to their
important work ; and the Committee on Theological Seminaries, at
the present meeting, reports the painful intelligence that " the
public calamities have iallen so disastrously on these cherished in¬
stitutions as to reduce their endowments to dimensions wholly in¬
adequate to their support."
That giving is a means of grace, is a doctrine which has long
been taught by our Church, but it seems that many of our churches
fiave practically ignored this truth, and have forgotten " the words
of our Lord Jesus Christ—that it is more blessed to give than to
receive." It is true, that the impoverished condition of our people
will not justify the expectation of contributions as large and liber¬
al as those which were bestowed in former years; but, neither will
cur present poverty warrant the manifest indifference and delin¬
quency which most of our churches exhibit. The degree of respon¬
sibility is, " according to that a man hath, and not according to
that a man hath notand on this principle the contribution < f
the tvv > mites of the poor widow was lauded by our Lord ab >ve all
the costly offerings of the affluent.
We would thus earnestly impress on every member of the Church,
the duty of making self-denying efforts to sustain these benevolent en¬
terprises. Until we endeavor to attain to the measure of duty iu
this regard, it would be presumption to expect that copious
showers of Divine grace shall be affused on ouif churches, (rod
hays : " Bring ye all the tithes into the store-house, that there may
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be meat in ray house, and prove me now herewith—if I will not
open you the windows of heaven and pour you out a blessing that
there shall not be room enough to receive it."
We have also to express our deep soriW that the vice of intem¬
perance, which so frequently causes the ruin of families, the loss
of health, fortune and character, and the damnation of immortal
souls, prevails, not, indeed, among our members, but within the
bounds of several of our congregations ; and that in other parts
of our Zion there is apparent among our communicants an apathy
in regard to spiritual things, and a sinful couformity to the plea¬
sures and fashions of the world, which tend to obliterate that
plain line of demarcation which should ever 'exist between the
Church and those who possess no love for the Saviour, and make
no professions of piety.
In regard to the instruction of the colored population, a field
once so faithfully cultivated, and so fruitful, the reports narrate that
there is, of late, a marked change in their religious deportment.
Instead of crowding the courts of the Lord, as formerly, and making
the churches resound with their hymns of praise, and listening
with tearful eyes to the glad tidings of salvation, comparatively
but few of them are seen in the assemblies of the saints. This
change, it is believed, is to be attributed to the insinuations of de¬
signing men, who, for sinister purposes, have sought to alienate
their affections from those ministers whom they once delighted to
honor, and whose preaching was blest to their salvation and edifi¬
cation ; and to a misconception of the relations which we sustain
towards them as a Church, and a misapprehension of the feelings
we entertain for them as a people. We have, however, evidences
recently, of an improvement among them, and a desire to seek the
good old paths, and again to listen to the proclamation of the great
truths of religion.
But there is another topic to which we desire particularly to call
your attention. Most of the narratives make the painful and hu¬
miliating statement that prayer meetings are sadly neglected in
our churches. Brethren, if there ever was a time in our history
when faithful, fervent, wrestling prayer was needed, that time is
the present. Now, when vice in its various forms is rampant ;
now, when infidelity is raising its hydra head j now, when a spirit
of fanaticism prevails; when we have melancholy proof that pride,
covetousness, worldly-mind ednoss and lukewarmness are among the
sins of many who profess to have devoted themselves to God ; now
is the time when it is especially incumbent on us all—ministers
and people—to cry mightily to the Hearer of Prayer, who says to
us : "Call upon me in the day of trouble ; I will deliver thee ;
and thou shalt glorify me. Ask and ye shall receive ; seek and ye
shall find ; knock and it shall be opened unto you."
Our national sins have aroused God's wrath, and caused Him to
visit us with sore national calamities and bereavements. Instead
of looking, as we have reason to believe some do, to human wisdom
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STATE OF EELICrlON.
381
and an arm of flesh for our deliverance, let us recognize Jehovah as
the King of Nations as well as King of Saints. Let us cordially
acquiesce in the dispensations of his inscrutable Providence, re¬
membering that His divine supervision extends over peoples and
nations, and that His all-seeing eye beholds, and His omnipotent
arm over-rules, for His own glory and their good, the most minute
events in the lives of His saints. " The hairs of your head are all
numbered." We exhort you, therefore, brethren, to humble your¬
selves under the mighty hand of God, and with contrition confess
that 41 He has punished us less than our iniquities deserre." If,
with meekness and penitence we confess our sins, we have the
sweet assurances of God's word, that incalculable temporal benefits
and ineffable spiritual blessings shall be granted to us as a nation
and as a Church. " Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye
even unto me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weep¬
ing, and with mourning : And rend your heart, and not your gar¬
ments, and turn unto the Lord your God : for He is gracious and
merciful, slow to anger and of great kindness, and repenteth Him
of the evil. Who knoweth if He will return and repent, and leave
a blessing behind Him ; even a meat offering and a drink offering
unto the Lord your Goa. Gather the people, sanctify the con¬
gregation, assemble the elders, gather the children. Let the
priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the
altar, and let them say, spare thy people, 0 Lord, and give not
thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them;
wherefore should they say among the people, where is their God ?
Then will the Lord be jealous for His land, and pity His people.
Yea, the Lord will answer and say unto His people, Behold I will
send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied there¬
with: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen.
And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my
Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall
prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men
shall see visions. And it shall come to pass that whosoever shall
call on the name of the Lord, shall be delivered ; for in Mount
Zion and Jerusalem shall be deliverance. Fear not, O Jacob,
juy servant; and thou, Jerusalem, whom I have chosen. For I
will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry
ground ; I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing
upon thy offspring, and they shall spring up as among the grass, an
willows among the water courses."
" Now, the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our
Lord Jesus Christ, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the
blond of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect in every good
work to do Ilia will, working in you that which is well pleasing in
Jlis sight, through Jesus Christ, to whoai be glory forever and
ever."
GEO. HOWE,
Moderator.
382
PASTORAL LETTER.
[Appendix,
A PASTORAL LETTER FROM THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
TO THE CHURCHES UNDER THEIR CARE.
♦
Beloved Brethren in the Lord :—Such were the convulsions of
the country and interruptions of travel last Spring, that a meeting
of the General Assembly of our Church at the time appointed, was
impracticable. It has been now convened under circumstances
of peculiar interest, involving the gravest responsibility. From
this fact arises tbe special duty of addressing a pastoral letter
to the churches under our care, by which they may be the more
comfortably re-assured concerning various points of great impor¬
tance connected with our position, and be counselled in faithful
love concerning the solemn obligations resting upon them.
That these weighty matters may be the more distinctly set in
order before you, let the following points, concisely presented, be
brought under your prayerful consideration :
I. Our Relation to the Civil Governments of the Country.—
The storm of war has, during the four years past, swept over
nearly every part of our bounds ; a war so vast in its proportions,
so bitter in its animosities, so desolating in its effects, as to make
it an astonishment to the nations. Its sacrifices in treasure and in
blood, its public losses and private griefs, swell beyond all calcula¬
tion. As to its particular causes, or upon which party rests the
blame, chiefly or wholly—these are questions which the Church of
Christ has no commission to decide. Beyond a doubt, however, its
great root is to be found in those lusts which war in the members.
Of these it becomes us to own our full share, and because of them
to humble ourselves under the mighty hand cf God.
During the prevalence of this war, " the higher powers" actual¬
ly bearing rule over most of our bounds, and to which under the
word of God we were required to be " subject," were the Govern¬
ment of the Confederate States, and those of the r.everal States
Constituting it. By the event of the war, the first has been over¬
thrown, and the second, as constituents thereof, are changed. The
" higher powers," now bearing rule over us, are confessedly the
Government of the United States, and those existing in the States
wherein we reside. The rightfulness of these several authorities,
or to which of them the allegiance of our people, as citizens, was,
or is primarily due, are matters upon which a judicatory of the
Church has no right to pronounce judgment. The relation of the
Church of Chvist to civil governments is not one dejure but de facto.
As right and good, or wrong and wicked, they rise and fall by the
agency or permission of God's providence. In either case, the at-
titude of the Church towards them is essentially the same. As
long as they stand and are acknowledged, obedience is to be en¬
joined as a duty, factious resistance condemned as a sin. But in
regard to conflicts between existing governments, or as to move¬
ments in society, peaceful or otherwise, to effect political changes,
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PAbTORAL LETTER.
the Church as such has no more control over them, than it has over
the polls of the country. If it has authority to uphold ou the one
side, it has equal power to condemn on the other ; if to suppress
a political movement, then also to instigate it. In truth it has
neither ; and to assert the contrary is to corrupt the Church in its
principles, forever embroil it with the strifes of the world, and
plunge it headlong into ruin.
Under these views, and considering the extraordinary conflict
through which the country has passed, as well as the extraordinary
circumstances in which it is now placed, it is incumbent upon us to
exhort you, brethren, to " obey thera that have the rule over you,
and submit yourselves." Fulfil with scrupulous fidelity all your
obligations to the governments of the land ; remembering the duty
of this compliance, " not only for wrath, but also for conscience
sake." " For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may
put to silence the ignorance of foolish men."
II. Our Relation to the Church.—It is not necessary we should
here minutely define the nature of the Church. It is enough to
say that it is a kingdom, though in the world yet not of it; that
it is a body of which Christ is the sole Head; purchased by His
blood, to the exclusion of all other merit, and renewed by His Spirit,
to the exclusion of all other power ; aud that it is united to Him
by the bond of faith. From this living Head the members re¬
ceive all their vitality, control and protection. It is therefore a
spiritual body. Its sole commission is to preach the Gospel to
every creature, and it is called to that holy living which the
gospel enforces.
It follows from this, according to the admirable statement of
our Confession of Faith, chap. 31, sec. 4, that—" Synods and Coun¬
cils are to handle or conclude nothing but that which is ecclesiasti¬
cal ; and are not to intermeddle with civil affairs, which concern
the Commonwealth, unless by way of humble petition in cases ex¬
traordinary, or by way of advice, for satisfaction of conscience, if
they be thereunto required by the civil magistrate."
It is equally clear from this and from what was before observed,
that the civil magistrate or military ruler has not the shadow of a
right to restrain the freedom of the Church, by excluding its own
chosen pastors and imposing others, or closing its houses of wor¬
ship, or visiting pains and penalties upon its ministers or members,
for using the privilege of worship.
How often both of these great principles have been trampled into
the dust within a lew years past, melancholy facts mosttully attest.
Of all such utter confusion of the things of Ciesar with the things
of God, it becomes our people to beware, and against it faithfully
ti» bear witness.
The events passing before us bring up with fresh power the im.
portance of keeping in mind this very point, this vital truth, thai
the Church of Christ is indeed a spiritual kingdom, and is therefor*.
like Mount Zion. that abideth forever. The Church is safe throngl
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[Appendix,
the deluge, bat only in her ark, not in the ark of the State. It ia
owing to this fact, and to this only, that she can ride out the storms
that leave the shores of this world strewn with the wreck of
everything which the hand of man has constructed.
But it is our desire, "brethren, to counsel you at present concern¬
ing the special relation you sustain to this part of the Church with
which you are more immediately connected. Four years ago we
were constrained to organize a separate General Assembly. This
was done because of an attempt by a part of the Church to im¬
pose a yoke upon our consciences, " which neither we nor our
fathers were able to bear." Our testimony upon this and other
points of great interest, is before the Christian Churches of the
world, in the address made to them by the General Assembly of
1861 ; and if any schism exists, we are willing the impartial judg¬
ment of nien should be passed upon the question, as to where the
sin of it lies. This organization was formed out of elements among
the oldest in the history of the Presbyterian Church in this coun¬
try. It carries with it nearly one-third of the whole original
Church. It includes a territory of twelve States. It embraces
ten Synods, forty-six Presbyteries, one thousand ministers, and
about seventy thousand church members, and was effected and has
been continued with a unanimity which has hardly a parallel in
the history of such movements. It was not made to subserve any
political or secular interest whatsoever. The reasons for its contin¬
uance not only remain as conclusive as at first, but have been exceed¬
ingly strengthened by events of public notoriety, occurring each
succeeding year.
It may be proper at this point to declare concerning other churches
in the most explicit manner, that, in the true idea of "the communion
of saints," we would willingly hold fellowship with all who love our
Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity; and especially do we signify to all
bodies, ministers, and people of the Presbyterian Church struggling
to maintain the true principles of the same time-honored Confession,
our desire to establish the most intimate relations with them which
may be found mutually edifying and for the glory of God.
But, whilst earnestly exhorting you to walk in love towards all
your fellow-Christians, peculiar circumstances, well known, make it
our plain duly tc pnt you on your guard against attempts to disturb
and divide your congregations. We are a branch of the Church as
complete in our organization, as thoroughly distinct and harmoni¬
ous, and as secure in our prospects as any other in the land. Ap¬
preciating this fact, we are sure common self-respect, to say no¬
thing of a jealous care for the honor of your Church will repel all
unworthy attempts of men who may lie in wait to deceive, and to
.cause you to fall from your own steadfastness.
III. Our Relations to the Negro Population.—The extraordi¬
nary circumstances in which, by recent events, this people are
now placed, aii8 our relations to them is a subject too immense
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PASTORAL LETTER.
385
to be passed over in silence. The former relation between our
r-itizens and most of this population, was that of master and
(servant. The address of our General A ssembly before referred to,
contains the only full, unambiguous, and deliberate, and authorita¬
tive exposition of our views in regard to this matter. We here
re-affirm its whole doctrine to be that of Scripture and reason.
It is the old doctrine of the Church, and the only one which
keeps its foundations secure. That address contains, among other
statements, the following :
*4 We would have it distinctly understood that in ou^ ecclesiasti¬
cal capacity, we are neither the friends nor the foes of slavery ;
that is to say, we have no commission either to propagate or abolish,
it. The policy of its existence, or non-existence, is a question
•which exclusively belongs to the State. We have no right, as a
4 Church, to enjoin it as a duty or condemn it as a sin. Out
business is with the duties Which spring from the relation : the
duties of the masters on the one hand, and of their slaves on the
other. These duties we are to proclaim and enforce with spiritual
sanctions. The social, civil, political problems connected with
this great subject transcend our sphere, as God has not entrusted
to His Church the organization of society, the construction of
government, nor the allotment of individuals to their various
stations. The Church has as much right to preach to the monarch¬
ies of Europe, and the despotisms of Asia, the doctrines of
jepublican equality, as to preach tq the governments of the South
the extirpation of slavery."
This relation is now overthrown, suddenly and violently ,• whether
justly or unjustly, in wrath or in mercy, for weal or for woe, let
history and the Judge of all the earth decide. Bnt there are two
considerations of vital interest which still remain.
One is. that while the existence of slavery may, in its civil aspects,
be regarded as a settled question, an issue now gone, yet the law¬
fulness of the relation as a question of social morality, and of scrip¬
tural truth, has lost nothing of its importance. When we solemnly
declare to you, brethren, that the dogma which, asserts the inhe¬
rent sinfulness of this relation is unscriptural and fanatical; that it
is condemned not only by the word of God, but by the voice of the
rhurcli in all ages; that it is one of the most pernicious heresies of
i lodern times ; that its countenance by any church, is a just cause
of separation from it, (1 Tim. 6, 1—5) we have surely said enough
t > warn you away from this insidious error, as from a fatal shore.
Whatever therefore we may have to lament before God, either
for neglect of duty or for actual wrong towards our servants, while
the relation lasted, we are not called, now that it has been abolished,
t > bow the head in humiliation before men, or admit that thememo-
y of many of our dear kindred is to be covered with shame because,
hke Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, they had bond-servants born in their
ouse, or bought with their money ; and who now, redeemed by the
Mine precious blood, sit down together in the kingdom of God.
The other consideration connected with this subject is thejprcsent
386
PASTORAL LETTER.
[Appendix,
condition of this'people. We may righteously protest that -with
their wretchedness, already incalculably great, that with their
prospects, to human view dismal as the grave, our church is not
chargeable ; that it may hold up its hands before heaven and earth,
washed of the tremendous responsibility involved in this change in
the condition of nearly four million of bond-servants, and for which it
has hitherto been generally conceded they were unprepared.
But in this dispensation of Providence which has befallen the ne¬
groes of the Southern States, and mainly without their agency, youi
obligations to promote their welfare, though diminished, have nut
ceased. Debtoi's before to them when bound, you are still debtors
to them free. You are bound to them not only by the ties of a
common nature, a common sin, but a common redemption also.
They have grown up around and in your households, have toiled for
your benefit, ministered to your comforts and waDts, and have often
tenderly, faithfully nursed you in sickness. They are still around
your doors, in the bosom of your community. Many of them are
your fellow-heirs of salvation. Together with you, they all need
jt; greatly need it for time—for eternity. We are persuaded you
will not turn away from them in this day of their imagined
millenium—we fear of terrible calamity. Do all you can for their
best welfare, and do it quickly, for they already begin to pas.}
rapidly away. " By pureness, by knowledge, by long suffering,
by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, by the word
of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on
the left, by honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report,"
let it be shown to all men that nothing shall withdraw the sympathy
of your,, heart or the labor of your hand from a work which must of
necessity and ever rest chiefly upon those who dwell in the land, not
upon the strangers who visit it. If their condition is made better, if
souls are plucked as brands from the burning, you will have the
comfort of knowing that you were, under God, instrumental in such
happy results. Should our worst fears be realized, and their doom
be sealed, you will have a pure conscience at the bar of the final
Judge. ,
We have thought it important to restate the general principles
here presented, not because your faithful devotion to them is doubt¬
ed, but because, as those who watch for your souls, we " would not
be negligent, putting you always in remembrance of these things,
though you know them, and be established in the present truth," and
because, to the reproach of religion in many places, they have sunk
out of view, and the Church of God has been thereby brought intc
perilous times
Bear with us now while we Mould, in faithful love, counsel
you concerning the solemn responsibilities resting upon you.
Think, first, of the magnitude of thq work thrown upon ou*
hands.
We find ourselves with our two theological seminaries much
shattered in their resources. Most of our colleges are financially
A. D. 1805.]
PAStORAL LETTER.
337
disabled, many almost ruined. Many of our houses of worship are
despoiled or laid in ashe^, our people impoverished, our ministers
p'jantily supported. We are indeed deeply afflicted. But shall we
therefore draw back, sink down into despair, leave our beloved
Church to sit in sackcloth, and gross darkness to cover the people?
Every heart cries out—" This must never be !M On the contrary,
our Church must invigorate and extend all her present schemes of
action, as well as embrace new ones as they offer themselves. If
so, then she must address herself to this work with an energy
she has never yet known. But how shall she be strengthened for
it ? Allow us, in a few words, to remind you of old, well-tried
principles; for our rules and plans need keeping rather than
mending, and there is ample room prepared within the scope of
our cherished schemes, fur bringing* out of the grave an untold
treasure of buried talent, and making it useful in the Master's
lause. To effect this, *
We must have a supreme consecration to God. "Ye are not
your own, ye are bought with a price," must be engraven more
doc ply upon our hearts. The great practical drawback in the
'hurch is not that the consecration of its members is insincere,
but that it is not habitually supreme. It does not subordinate
every thing else to the cause of Christ. Is it any wonder, then, that
the aim of lifo is so earthly, and the work of life so feebly
grasped V If ever our Zion shall arise and shine, it will be under
thy light of {1 people intensely, constantly devoted to doirgthe will
< f God. " Wherefore we beseech you, brethren, by the hiercies of
C»od, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, accepta¬
ble unto God, \tThich is your reasonable service.''
Remember that there is Work for All.—One infallible sign of a
mluemed heart is a desire to know and obey God. Its very birth-
< ry is : " Lord, what wilt thou have mo to do V' When you be-
•,une members of the church, from the very nature Of the transae-
t' in, some of its interest was transferred to your keeping ; you as¬
hamed a part of its responsibility. In your profession you identi-
Jiod yourself with the Lord Jesus, with his cause and kingdom.
Is this, however, a deep, or a very general impression ? Is it n< t
manifest that multitudes eome into the Church with the feeblest
* onvirtion of duty in view ? They seem hardly to know or to care
whether the Master has done such a thirtg as to give to li every
i Kin bin own work." We entreat you to remember that He has
omitted none of His servants in the great command, "occupy till
I come." And it is only when in Him the whole body is fitly
liamed together, and compacted by that which every joint supplieth,
a vordiug to the effectual working in the measure of every part,
t at it maketh increase to the edifying of itself in love.
If, then, contemplating the magnitude of our work, we shall con-
Necrato ourselves supremely to Him who gave himself for us, and
then remember that there ia a work for all to do, what will be the
icsult
388
PASTORAL LETTER.
[Appendix,
The treasury of the Lord will be full. There will be such an
outpouring by our people as has never bo/en known in our history.
" All experience shows that the Chjirch has never been replenished
in lier operations by the ample bounty of a few men, so much as
by the collected mites of her innumerable poor disciples." In this,
as in other respects, the history of the Free Church of Scotland is
full of instruction for us. Are we poor ? So were they. But
nobly did they bear out with them, not only their grand testimony
to the supreme Headship of Christ as King in Zion,.but the burden
also of sustaining every scheme of benevolence necessary to the
complete equipment of their organization. Are we afflicted as well
as poor ? So were the churches in Macedonia ; yet, " in the great
trial of their affliction, their deep poverty abounded unto the riches
of their liberality." Let but this spirit thoroughly pervade our
people, and what shall we soon witness ? You will educate your
ministry, and then amply support them ; and to do this you will
give a generous support to your colleges and theological seminaries.
You will supply your people with the printed truth in every proper
form of it, and therefore you will give them the Bible, the tract,
and the religious volume. You will plant churches where they are
needed ; you will push church enterprise into every accessible part
of the land. The Holy Spirit will be poured out from on high.
Our desolations shall be repaired, until " streams shall break out-
in the desert, and the wilderness shall blossom as the rose."
And now, brethren, "whatsoever things are true, whatsoever
things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things
are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of
good report ; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise,
think on these things." '• Consider what we say, and the Lord give
you understanding in all things." Strive to '* stand complete in
all the will of God." Strive to be " living epistles known and
read of all men." Serve the Lord in cheerfulness. Refrain from
murmuring; pray for a meek and submissive spirit. Desire more
that your trials should be sanctified than removed. So forgive
your enemies that you may be able to " lift up holy hands without
wrath or doubting." Be bumble, watchful, prayerful and useful.
Do all in your power to minister to the comfort of those who minis¬
ter to you in holy things. Try to do good in a Saviour's church
and a world of sin. Let piety be shown at home ; let the Holy
Sabbath be indeed a day for (jrod, and let your children be trained
up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Live daily near to
the Cross of the Saviour, and then will all these fruits of righteous¬
ness abound through Jesus Christ, to the praise of the glory of his
grace.
You have been called to pass through deep waters; you hav«
had Sorrow upon sorrow. It was the path your Saviour trod, and
He will grant you in it Ihe comfort of His love, and the fellowshij
of His Spirit. Some of our dear brethren in Christ, and some o
them in the ministry, have had cruel mockings and scourgings
A. D. 1865.]
DOMESTIC MISSIONS.
389
have suffered stripes and imprisonments, and the loss of all things.
Our prayer has been with you in your calamity. Cast your burden
on the Lord, and He will sustain you. Remember-that the Church
of God has often passed through the heated turnace, but the form
of the Son of God has been seen with her, and she is still uncon-
sumed. " The bush"—said Rutherford, that great light of the
Church of Scotland—" the bush has been burning these four
thousand years, but no man hath seen the ashes of that fire to this
day." Be faithful unto death. Very soon will all these troubles
end, and your home be reached, into which no enemy shall ever
enter, and from which no friend shall ever depart.
We desire to tell you, dear brethren, and with thankful, joyful
hearts, how good we have felt it to be here. We have taken sweet
counsel together, and gone to the house of God in company. We
are in peace and love one with another. No strife distracts our
beloved Zion. We depart to our homes thanking God and taking
courage, resolved to stand in our lot and labor with a more unre¬
served devotion for the upbuilding of that only Kingdom which
cannot be moved.
Receive these words of instruction and exhortation, which in the
fulness of our hearts we send to you, greeting.
" And now, brethren, we commend you to God, and to the word
of His grace which is able to build you up, and to give you an in¬
heritance among all them that are sanctified."
" The God of all grace, who hath called us unto His eternal
glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered awhile, make you
perfect, establish, strengthen, settle you."
" The gr9.ee of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the
communion of the Holy Ghost be with you all. Amen."
GEORGE HOWE,
Moderator.
Macon, Ga., Dec. 19th, 1865.
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COM¬
MITTEE OF DOMESTIC MISSIONS.
The Executive Committee of Domestic Missions respectfully re¬
port, that duiing the ecclesiastical year, commencing May, 1864,
and terminating May, 1865, they have prosecuted the work entrust¬
ed to their care, with all the energy and wisdom they possessed,
and, as they trust, not without tokens of the Divine favor.
Very little was done, or attempted, in the way of promoting
evangelical religion in the more destitute and frontier regions
of the country, owing to the unsettled state of public affairs,
and the want of suitable missionary laborers. Only one missiona¬
ry was commissioned during that period, and it is no! certainly
known that he ever entered upon the work assigned him.
390
DOMESTIC MISSIONS.
[Appendix,
The work in the army, to which the attention of the committee
was mainly directed, was carried on with systematic efficiency,
and perhaps with as important results as those of any previous
year. More than one hundred missionary laborers were commis¬
sioned during the year, nine-tenths of whom were in active service
foi? longer or shorter periods, and all whom received their support,
in part or whole, from the contributions of the churches. What
number were in actual serv'ce at the time of the surrender of our
two main armies, is not certainly known, but perhaps more than
fifty. A large proportion of these brethren had been connected
with the army for periods varying1 from two to four years, and per¬
formed labors, and endured hardships, which perhaps will never be
fully understood in this present life. The churches, to the last,
were exceedingly generous in their contributions, and at no time
was the work retarded for the want of funds. Thousands of our
beloved soldiers were converted through the instrumentality of
these labors, some of whom are gone to rest, whilst others have been
spared to beautify and uphold the Church of Christ on earth. What¬
ever disappointment may have been experienced by us as a people,
in relation to the establishment of our independence, as a Church
we should ever be grateful to Almighty God for the repeated and
abundant outpouring of His Holy Spirit upon our armies during the
progress of the bloody conflict. That our camps should have been
made nurseries of piety, is something not only new and unprece¬
dented in warfare, but may be regarded as an encouraging token
of God's purpose to favor and bless our future Zion. If these rich
and spiritual fruits are carefully gathered and husbanded for the
Master's use, we may soon have occasion to forget our temporal
sorrows in tne abundance of our spiritual joys.
The failure of the Assembly to meet last May, left the committee
without instructions as to their duties in the new state of things
brought about by the providence of God. They have regarded
themselves, however, as constructively in office, but have been able
to accomplish very little from the want of mails and the facilities of
railroad travel. These difficulties are now passing away, and the
Assembly, in the good providence of God, is met to deliberate on
these great matters.
As the clouds that have so long overspread the country are
gradually being lifted up, we have revealed to us a work of immense
proportions to be done in healing the wounds, restoring the desola*
tions, and building up the broken down walls of Zion, as well as
extending her borders to the more remote and frontier regions of
the country.
In the judgment of your committee, three departments of mis¬
sionary labor claim the attention of the Assembly at the present
time, viz : 1st. The building up of our crippled and broken down
churches. 2d, The extending of the knowledge of the Gospel to the
destitute and frontier regions of the country. 3d. Providing reli¬
gious instruction for the colored peqple among us.
A. D. 1865.]
DOMESTIC JnSSIONS.
391
The first of these is undoubtedly the most urgent, but, it is hoped,
will claim the attention of the Assembly only for a limited period.
The second is a permanent work, and must tome up for considera¬
tion from year to year. The third has claims of the most weighty
and serious character, and like the second, will come up for conside¬
ration as often as the Assembly shall meet. In the present unde¬
veloped state of feeling among the negro population, it is impossible
toxicide what general course of instruction would be best suited
to tneir circumstances. Perhaps the best course for the Assembly,
at its present session, will be to remind the churches under their
care of their duty to instruct these people in the way of salvation
—leaving it for each church to pursue that course which in its
judgment will seem best—and appoint a committee to report to the
next Assembly some general plan to be adopted by all our churches.
It would be well for that committee to be composed of individuals
from the different sections of the country, so that all the varied
aspects of the subject may be before their minds in preparing the
report.
The restoration of our crippled and broken down churches is
undoubtedly the object which claims the immediate and earnest
attention of this Assembly. These churches are to be found in every
sec!ion of our country that has been occupied for any length of
time by Northern soldiers, and especially along the broad track of
those desolating marches that were made through most of the
central Southern States. Wherever the armies have gone, the
country has been desolated, the peo(ple have been impoverished,
and in the great majority of cases, the sanctuaries of the living God
have either been entirely destroyed, or so much injured as to be
unfit fo-use. In many places our people are not only without
houses in which to worship, but are without ministers to break to
•them the bread of life. Some of our ablest and most earnest minis¬
ters have been compelled to betake themselves to school-keeping,
or some other secular employment, in order to provide their families
with the means of subsistence. Worse than all, in the very midst of
this distress and prostration, an en^my threatens to invade our
borders, sow dissensions among 01* people, and gather our flocks
into folds which they have not known. If ever there was occasion
for the people of (rod to rally as one man, and put forth all their
energies with united front against those who are seeking to divide
and destroy, the present is that occasion. If we would be true to
the great Head of the Church, or would be faithful to those spiritual
flocks of which He hath given us the care, we must defend them
from all these insidious encroachments in whatever name or garb
they may come.
No doubt all our chuiches are suffering, to a greater or less
extent, from the effects of the terrible conflict through which we
have just passed But some have not suffered to the same extent
with others, and such would no doubt be glad to testify their
gratitude to God, as well as their love to the brethren, by con-
392
DOMESTIC MISSIONS.
[Appendix,
tribnting of their substance to tfie general welfare of all the suffer¬
ing churches. May not God have permitted these great calamities
to overtake us for the purpose of developing among us that spirit
ofliberality which distinguished the primitive churches, in like
poverty, and which may be the means of uniting us as one common
brotherhood for any trials or triumphs He may have in reserve foj
us ?
What seems especially necessary at the present time, in the judg¬
ment of your committee, to rally the whole Southern church, and
bring out all her disposable resources, is to bring forward some
feasible plan by which their gifts may be brought together and be
laid out wisely and judiciously in relieving the distresses of the suf¬
fering churrhes. The committee, therefore, would recommend the
appointment of what may be called a Sustentation Committee,
somewhat after the plan of the Free Church of Scotland, whose duty
tt shall be to raise and disburse funds in connection with this great
object. That committee need consist only of a chairman, a secre¬
tary, and one commissioner from each Synod. Let it be the duty
of the chairman, or secretary, to occupy some central position in the
eountry, from which he can have easy access to the churches and
the commissioners, and, for the time being, have the general
direction of affairs. Let it be the duty of the commissioners to
canvass their respective Synods, ascertain what churches are
needing help, what ones are able to contribute, and do all they
can by correspondence and visitation to collect funds for this general
object. At the expiration of three months, or as soon after as
practicable, the secretary and the commissioners shall meet to¬
gether, and with all the facts they have gathered, proceed to
disburse the funds according to their best judgment. It would be
also well for the Assembly to designate a day when collections
should be taken up in all the churches for this object. It is not
proposed that the commissioners should receive any compensation
for their services further than have their traveling expenses paid.
It is confidently believed, that there are brethren in all our Synods
who, if called by the Assembly to this work, would cheerfully
devote three months to this purpose without any pay, further than
the satislaction of knowing that they are engaged in a work of
mercy.
It is confidently believed, also, that by this plan, all our crippLd
churches may be placed on their feet, at least so far as the support
of their pastors is concerned, before the meeting of the next Assem¬
bly. The question of aiding these churches in rebuilding their
houses of worship had better be deferred until that time. The As¬
sembly will then be in possession of facts that will enable them to
act wisely and efficiently in relation to whatever course it may then
be thought best to pursue.
If objection is felt to the multiplication of agencies under the
direction of the Assembly, then the same object may be attained
simply by uniting the commissioners above mentioned to the Ex-
A. D. 1^65.] DOMESTIC MISSIONS. 393
ecutive Committee of Domestic Missions, and givir.g tbem the
power of committeemen, so far as this particular enterprise is con¬
cerned.
All of which is respectfully submitted, on behalf of the committee;
J. LEIGHTON WILSON,
Secretary.
CO
CO
REPORT OF TREASURER OF DOMESTIC MISSIONS.
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States of America, in account with James Woodrow, Treasurer of Domestic Missions.
DR.
To cash paid Missionaries and Chaplains.
To salaries of Officers
To traveling expenses of Secretary
To office expenses
To taxes 011 old currency, express freights, &c..
To balance in Treasury, May 1, 1865.
'50,627 67
5,000 00
312 50
428 96
5,262 77
35,021 96
CR.
$96,653 86
The undersigned have carefully examined the accounts of Prof. James Woodrow.
as Treasurer of I)omestic Missions, and the corresponding vouchers and find them
strictly correct.
JOSEPH LeCONTE, I Auditing
J. A. CRAWFORD, 5 Committee.
Columbia, S. C., May 1, 1865. ___________________
By balance in Treasury, May 1, 1864.
By donations from Churches, etc., from May 1, 1864, to May 1, 1865.
By interest on Bonds, &c
533,464 04
61,756 07
1,433 75
B
$96,653 86 %
The whole of the balance Sue on this account is in the form of Confederate
money.
JOSEPH LeCONTE, ) Auditing
J. A. CRAWFORD, \ Committee.
>
*3
&
A. D. 1865.]
FOREIGN >TISSIONS.
395
fourth annual report of the executive
committee of foreign missions.
The Executive Committee of Foreign Missions, in present¬
ing tlieir fourth annual report, have to lament that their
labors are still restricted to a narrow sphere, and even in
relation to this they cannot render a very satisfactory account,
owing to their very restricted intercourse with the missiona¬
ries during the last eighteen months. No letters at all have
been received from Southern missionaries laboring in foreign
lands; and none from missionary brethren in the Indian
country, except such as have been brought by casual travel¬
ers from that region. One was received from the venerable
Dr. Kingsbury, of June last, in which it was stated that the
missionary work was going on as usual, and the inquiry was
made, whether, in the prostrated condition of the country,
any further pecuniary aid could be expected from the South¬
ern churches. The Executive Committee responded by for¬
warding $1,300 to New Orleans, of funds that were provi¬
dentially on hand, for their use. At the same time, they were
assured that as soon as our religious newspapers and railroads
were established, their wants would be brought to the notice
of the churches. That pledge as yet has only been partially
redeemed.
More recently fuller communications have been received
from the missionaries, several of whom were at Little Rock,
in attendance upon the Synod of Arkansas, to which they
belong, and which met there in October last. There was
some sickness among the missionaries at that time, and a
good deal of distress among the Indians, owing to desolations
occasioned by the war an<{ misunderstanding with the gov¬
ernment in the settlement of their affairs. The missionaries
seemed to be deeply impressed with the importance and the
duty of continuing their labors among the people, but could
not do so unless sustained by help from abroad. According
to their estimates, it will require about $6,000 for their sup¬
port. This sum, in former times, could easily have been
raised, and the committee are of the opinion that it can be
done the coming year, unless there is more distress and pros¬
tration in general affairs than is hoped will be the case. What
changes are, to be made in the general condition of the Indian
country cannot be foreseen, and therefore it is impossible to
determine what plan of missionary operation should be
adopted for that field at the present time. It would seem to
be the duty of the Church to go forward on the same general
396
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
[Appendix,
plan heretofore pursued, committing the whole to the great
Head of the Church, and wait for clearer light to guide us in
the future. *
But, whatever course may be adopted in relation to this
particular matter, the c©mmittee earnestly recommend the
continuance of your Foreign Missionary organization. Much
majr be done, even in our crippled condition, to carry on this
great work. We can scarcely set up a claim to be regarded
as a true branch of the Church of Christ, or take an honorable
place in the sisterhood of evangelical churches, unless we
keep this object constantly and distinctly before our minds.
It should ever be made the controlling principle of all our
movements. The command to go into all the world and
preach the Gospel to every creature, is in fact the only com¬
mission which the Lord Jesus has given to his Church on
earth : and any branch of that Church that disregards this
command, imperils its own spiritual life.
In setting out in this great work, we shall find that other
branches of the Church are greatly in the advance of us.
Many of them have made progress in the establishment of
Christian churches among the heathen, in the acquisition of
their languages and the translation of the Word of God into
those languages, in the establishment of Christian institutions,
and the training of young men in those institutions to preach
the Gospel, which we may not attain for a half century. But -
what of that % If it is not too late for us to commence our
career as a separate and independent" Church, surely it is
not too late to commence the faithful discharge of those
functions which are the inseparable attributes of every true
Church of Christ. The same providence which forced us to
take one step, requires us to take the other. That we are few
and feeble, is no sufficient reason for withholding our hands
from the work. With God there is.no constraint to work by
few or many, tn the course of His providence, many that are
first shall bfe last, and the last the first. He may, in the
exercise of His sovereign pleasure, crown our feeble efforts
with his richest blessings, and hasten the time when our
Southern Zion shall occupy a prominent and leading position
in the prosecution of this great undertaking.
We are not to suppose, for one moment, that the great work
of evangelizing the heathen nations of the earth is drawing
to a close. All that has already been achieved by mission¬
ary effort, important as those achievements are, can scarcely
admit of comparison with what remains to bo done. As
yet, only the outposts of the kingdom of darkness have been
assailed. The surface of heathendom has scarcely been
A. D, 1R65.]
FOEEK+N MISSIONS.
397
ruffled. If thousands and hundreds of thousands of benighted
heathen inen have "been made to rejoice in: the light of the
Gospel, mill ions and hundreds of millions remain in all the
darkness of unmitigated paganisnl. Not to make particular
mention of the millions in Europe and South America who
are enveloped in pupal darkness, the great pagan nations
of Africa, India, China, Northern Asia and Japan, have*as
jet scarcely felt the first glow of that Christian love that
is to transform their whole moral character, or caught the
first gleam of that glorious Gospel day that is to chase away
all their darkness. Your missionaries, in the inscrutable
providence of God, may have reserved for them the great
honor of being the first to carry the light of the Gospel
into the deepest recesses of this darkness ; and though hist
in the field, may be the first in the rich harvest that is to
be reaped by the combined labors of the whole Church.
Before entering largely upon this undertaking, however,
we have an importifht work of preparation to be done at home.
Our people, it is true, are not strangers to the work of For¬
eign Missions. In former years they have borne an honora¬
ble share in carrying it on. They have contributed of their
substance to its support ; they have prayed earnestly for
its success ; and, in many cases, they have cheerfully given
up their sons and daughters to labor in it. But, after all,
Southern Christians have only been co-operators in the work.
The chief agency and chief responsibility have heretofore been
with the Northern Church, by whom we are now excluded
from even an honorable co-operation. If, therefore, we would
continue to have a share in it, we must carry on the indepen¬
dent work which has already been commenced, the chief re¬
sponsibility of which, under God, must rest upon oui own
shoulders. Hereafter, our contributions, our prayers, and
the consecration of our cliildren, must be made under a more
direct sense of our responsibility to the ^reat Head «of the
Church. Our people must be made familiar with this great
idea, and they must be trained to all that benevolence, self-
denial, energy and self-reliance which is necessary for the
successful prosecution of so great a work. The rising gene¬
ration must be made to appreciate the greatness of the cause,
and that no sublimer object can possibly challenge their per¬
sonal devotement. The children and youths in our sabbath
schools and in our seminaries of learning, must be instructed,
not only in relation to the general claims of this cause, but
they must be made familiar with the actual facts and results
that attend the prosecution of it by other branches of the
Church. But all this can bp accomplished only by an agency
398
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
[Appendix,
appointed by the Church for this express purpose. Besides
which, we know not how soon we may be called, in the
providence of God, to take an active part in the prosecution
of it. It is believed that there are young men in the Church,
at the present time, who are looking forward to engaging in
it, and are only waiting for the Church to bid them go for¬
ward. Let us then be prepared for any duty to which the
great Head of the Church may call us, feeling assured that
He will give us grace and necessary resources to accomplish
any task He may assign us.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
On behalf of the Executive Committee.
J. LEIGHTON WILSON,
Secretary.
REPORT OF TREASURER OF FOREIGN MISSIONS.
CO
Oi
ot
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in 'he Confederate States of America, in account with James Woodrou), Treasurer for Foreign Missions.
DR.
To cash paid Missionaries to Indians.
To salaries of Officers
To office expenses ...
To taxes on currency, discount, Arc
To balance on hand in Treasury, May 1, 1865.
$7,266 40
3,000 00
780 50
827 09
34,153 90
*46,027 89
The undersigned have carefully examined the accounts of Prof. James Woodrow,
as Treasurer of Foreign Missions, and the corresponding vouchers, and find them
strictly correct.
JOSEPH LeCONTE, ) Auditing
J. A. CRAWFORD, S Committee.
Columbia, S. C., May 1, 1865.
CR.
By balance in Treasury, May 1,1864. $35,656 46
By donations from Churches, etc., from May 1, 1864, to May 1,1865 10,371 43
f40,027 89
The whole of the balance due on this account, is in the form of Confederate
money, with the exception of $2,298 37 in gold—now on deposit in the London Joint
Stock Bank.
JOSEPH LeCONTE, > Auditing
J. A. CRAWFORD, $ Committee.
<W
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C£>
400
FEBLICATIOST.
[Appendix,
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE OF PUBLICATION.
The Committee of Publication, in presenting to the Gener¬
al Assembly the report here submitted, have to regret that,
"ijnder existing circumstances, the materials for preparing it
were so defective. By the tire "which on the 3d of April last
laid in ashes so much of the city of Richmond, our office,
with all its contents, was entirely consumed. Not even the
office books were saved, from which various items of interest
might have been embodied in this report. Your Secretary,
the Rev. Dr. Leyburn, finding his work suspended for the
time, and no longer the means from it of a pecuniary support,
withdrew to another part of the country. In the absence,
therefore, of the usual sources of information, nothing definite
can be produced in the document here offered. It may, how¬
ever, be stated, in general, that the operations of the commit¬
tee continued to be prosecnted with increasing energy and
success.
The report of the Treasurer, herewith submitted, shows that
the whole amount of receipts for the year ending March 31,
1865, was $93,555 42, and the expenditures $69,124 72, leav¬
ing a balance of $14,430 71, in Confederate money, the receipts
and vouchers for which were consumed in the bank where
they were deposited.
A very large amount of reading matter, consisting of Bibles,
New Testaments, and other religious books and tracts obtained
from England, as well as valuable tracts of our own publica¬
tion, was put into circulation, most of it in the Confederate
army. Of the " Soldiers' Yisitor" a large edition continued
to be published, and the demand for it, as well as for all other
gospel truth we could supply, showed how eager were our
soldiers for whatever would teach them the way of salvation,
and strengthen them in the trials through which they were
passing.
The " Children's Friend" was kept alive, but with an issue
greatly diminished. Its highest circulation (in the Spring of
1863) was about twelve thousand; at the time our operations
were suspended, it was only about three thousand. This was
owing, in a large degree, to the disturbed state of the country,
and to the very imperfect facilities for its distribution through
the mails.
In reviewing our operations for a period of about three
years, we find cause for both humiliation and gratitude.
Our Church has certainly not rendered to the Lord according
A. I). 1865.]
PUBLICATION.
4(
to all His benefits. To reflect Low much more might ha
been accomplished had we possessed more ample means, ai
been moved by a supreme consecration to God, should fill
with sorrow. When, on the other hand, we bring to view t
"undoubted fact that, through the agency of the committee,
(great multitude have been brought nearer to. the Saviour, ^
find cause to bless His holy name.
The past, with its scenes of strife and bloodshed, its convi
sions and changes, its public calamities, its private sorro'
and desolations, has now vanished beyond our reach, and go
to make its record for history and for the final judgmei
Praying to be instructed by its awful voice, we find ourseh
called now to reach forth unto the things which are before.
The question presents itself, how can we best supply c
people with religious literature under the circumstances
which we are now placed ? After much deliberation, i
committee would recommend to the attention of the Gene
Assembly a scheme of which the following is the outline :
The Committee of Publication shall be charged with t
duty of most carefully selecting from every available quart
whether in Europe or America, the very best tracts and bo<
suited for Sabbath schools, and other religious reading. 1
a descriptive catalogue of these publications be prepared a
distributed among our churches. From this list let th
make selections, and send orders accordingly. The proce<
of sales to be re-invested. A small profit to be laid uj
purchases—which would be at wholesale—so as to cover
penses. Annual collections to be taken in our churches,
heretofore, from which donations can be made to the de
tute, and for publishing such books and tracts, original e
selected, as may be specially demanded.
The necessity and usefulness of some plan of this kind, t
also its practicability, need not be here presented, especia
as the General Assembly has already given the scheme, in
essential parts, a hearty approval. See minutes for 1863.
Should it still thus receive the sanction of the Church,
will be necessary for the General Assembly to provide for
details required to carry it into practical effect.
The Synod of Virginia having, at its last meeting, reques
the committee to take immediate steps to meet the press
wants of its churches for Sabbath School books, and hav
raised on the spot $1,000 for defraying the expenses connec
with a beginning of the work, we are gratified to report i
tome valuable results have been already reached. An ag
was sent, as soon as practicable, to visit various houses
publication in the Northern cities, and make such selecti
402
PUBLICATION.
[Appendix,
as were judged suitable. His report is herewith submitted
for inspection. It will show that he was very courteously re¬
ceived, and that very generous terms were offered in many
cases.
To the house of Robert Carter & Son, of New York, we are
indebted for a reduction of one-half the usual price upon all
b'ooks which our agent selected as specimens from their cata¬
logue. The Presbyterian Board of Publication in Philadel¬
phia were so Jnnd as to present to us all the books selected
for the same purpose from their large and valuable list.
Your committee cannot doubt that, should some scheme of
this kind be entered upon and prosecuted with energy, it will
meet the hearty approbation of our people, and grow into
wide usefulness in the diffusion of the truth as it is in Jesus.
The publication of the " Children's Friend" has not been
resumed, for two reasons. One is that the means of circu¬
lating it over the country have been too limited. This hin¬
drance, it is expected, will soon be removed by the re-estab¬
lishment of the mails and postoffices throughout the land.
Another serious difficulty Larises from the limited circulation
which the paper had when suspended, and the apprehension
that it is not practicable to sustain a paper of this kind by
our denomination alone. Without entering into this subject
more minutely, the committee would refer the Assembly to
such of its members as may be in attendance upon its ap¬
proaching sessions, for any explanations that may be needed.
A thoroughly good paper for the children of the Church is an
enterprise of unspeakable importance, and the best way, all
things considered, for securing such an agency for those com¬
mitted to our care, merits the most careful consideration of
her highest judicatory.
Undismayed by any trials and toils through which we may
be called to pass; cheerfully trusting in the merciful and
almighty guidance and protection of Him who was with His
Church in the wilderness, we desire to go forth sowing the
recious seed by the side of all waters, assured of the joyful
arvest in God's own good time, and to the praise of the glory
of" His grace. ,
T. Y. MOORE,
President
WILLIAM BKOWN, Seiy. Pro Tern.
Richmond, Dec. 6th, 1865.
A. D. 1865.]
education.
403
STATEMENT OF THE TREASURER'S ACCOUNT OF
PUBLICATION FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st
MARCH, 1865.
RECEIPTS.
By balance on hand lnt April, 1864 $27,001 61
By contributions to publication $54,166 83
By contributions to " Soldiers' Vinitor" .. 1,091 70
By subscriptions to "Children's Friend" 5,2S1 18
By sales at Depository 5,810 21
By profit on Confederate Bonds 148 89
66,498 81
By remittances for " Philadelphia Board" • 55 00
$93,555 42
DISBURSEMENTS.
To cost of paper $09,277 10
To composition, press work and binding 19,867 42
To officers' salaries 18,700 00
To incidental expenses 5,689 69
To office furniture 32.1 00
To type and fixtures 2t>7 50
To balance on band in bonds and notes of Confederate States 14,430 71
$93,555 42
THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE OF EDUCATION. *
The Committee of Education submit the following report:
Your committee have liad no beneficiaries receiving aid
since the last report.
The statement of the Treasurer, accompanying this report,
will show that the contributions have been $2,552 80, which,
together with a balance on hand March 31, 18^5, makes the
whole amount in his hands in Confederate money, (now worth¬
less) to be $7,802 41.
All that the committee deem it necessary to say farther, is
that during the war this part of our benevolent operations
was suspended. Nearly all of our young men receiving aid
were called into the army, or were, by causes connected with
the war, interrupted in their studies.
In the present changed condition of affairs, this great work
is opened to us with new interest, not only because of the
increasing need of Ministers of the Gospel to enter upon the
labors of our vast field, but also because, for reasons well
known, the means of those seeking the holy office are generally
bo greatly diminished.
This subject, in all the magnitude of its interests, is, under
God, in the hands of our General Assembly, for such advice
404 theological seminary. [Appendix,
and control as, in their wisdom, may be judged best in the
circumstances.
T. Y. MOORE,
President.
WILLIAM! BROWN, Sec'y Pro Tem.
Statement of the Treasurers account of Education for the year ending 31s< March
1865.
By balance on hand lwt April, 1864
By contributions to Education
$5,249 61
2,552 86
To balance on harfd in Confederate States bonds and notes..
$'7,802 51
$7,802 41
STATEMENT SHOWING THE CONDITION OF THE
THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AT COLUMBIA.FROM
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
To the General Assembly <yf the Presbyterian Church, in
session at Micon, Georgia :
As Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Theological
Seminary of the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia, now
under the care of the General Assembly, I beg leave to
submit this brief statement with the view of bringing the
Seminary to your attention.
Owing to the derangement of all business, and the break¬
ing down of all public transportation, consequent upon the
fall of the Confederate Government, no meeting of the Board
of Directors of the Seminary has been held during the pre¬
sent year, and no official report can be made.
The undersigned, deeming it matter of great importance
that the General Assembly should have before it the subject
matter of the Seminary, has thought it not improper to submit
this statement with the reports of the Treasurer and Faculty,
for your consideration,
The report of the Treasurer containing his account of re¬
ceipts and expenditures up to the first of May last, the end
of the fiscal year, is complete, and believed to be correct.
His letter, sent in with the report, shows the loss to the Semi¬
nary, by the overthrow of the Southern Government, to be
very large. Of the investments, which amounted at the last
annual report to over two hundred and sixty thousand dollars,
he thinks now that not more than sixty-nine thousand dollars
can be regarded as solvent. This heavy loss, it is feared, will
seriously embarrass the General Assembly in its expectations
A. D. 1565.]
ideological semikaby.
405
hk to tlie operations of tiie Seminary. "We have, however,
abundant cause to be thankful that the buildings and Library
of the Seminary have been saved.
^Believing that it is very important that the Seminary should
btill be kept open, for the reception and instruction of candi¬
dates for the ministry, the Faculty, with commendable zeal,
have consented to continue their labors in the Seminary. It
is hoped that some arrangement will be made for their sup¬
port at least.
For the particulars, as to the investments, you are referred
to the Appendix of the Minutes of the General Assembly of
18G4.
The Professorship of Didactic and Polemic Theology is
vacant.
Hie report of the Faculty, herewith submitted, will give
you the state of the Seminary and its prospects.
Hoping that this school of the prophets may survive the
fhock that it has received, and that it may soon be restored
to its former power and usefulness,
I am, respectfully, yours,
THOS. C. PERKIN,
Chairman.
KEPOET OF TIIE FACULTY OF TIIE THEOLOGICAL
SEMINARY AT COLUMBIA.
The Faculty of the Theological Seminary at Columbia,
under the care of the General Assembly, in making their annual
report, have to lament over the disasters which have befallen
this beloved institution, in connection with the general ruin
which surrounds us on every side. During the occupation of
Columbia by the forces of General Sherman, when he laid
two-thirds of the city in ashes, the buildings of the Seminary
were saved from conflagration, through the good providence
of God, by the vigilance, intercessions and representations,
chiefly, of the refugee families which had sought shelter with¬
in them. The valuable Library is intact, with the exception
of some volumes which were loaned out, and perished in the
dwellings of those who had them in possession. The fences,
too, were in great part destroyed, and some of the furniture
has disappeared, but otherwise the premises have sustained
no permanent injury. The funds of the institution, however,
which, according to the tabular statement in the Appendix
to your last Minutes, amounted to $270,224, have been in a
THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.
[Appendix,
good measure lost in the general crash and ruin of all invest¬
ments. Only one item of the whole, amounting to less than
$3,000, yields any immediate cash income. For a particular
statement of the funded condition of the Seminary, we must
refer you to the report of the Treasurer and Board of Direc¬
tors. Under these circumstances, it has been a question
among those most immediately connected with the institution,
whether the Seminary should temporaribly suspend its opera¬
tions, or be continued without interruption. We have regarded
it worthy of the utmost efforts of the Church to sustain it.
The number of students educated within its walls, is 364, of
whom 67 have departed this life. Of the remainder, 83 are
laboring in South Carolina, 38 in Georgia, 28 in Alabama, 35
in North Carolina, 28 in Mississippi, 8 in Tennessee, 5 in
Louisiana, 6 in Arkansas, 6 in Virginia, 6 in Florida, 4 in
Kentucky. It has its representatives too in New York, Penn-
sylvana, New Jersey, Illinois, California, Yermont, New
Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Texas, Minnesota,
Oregon, Missouri, Ohio, India and China, and has had its
missionaries in the Indian Territory and Western Africa. An
institution yielding such fruits should not be abandoned, and
its temporary suspension would be a great evil, both because
the attention of students would be diverted from it, and the
affection of the churches would become cooled towards it.
The Professors feel it their duty, therefore, to re-open the
Seminary to such students as may resort to it, and to appeal
to the generosity of the Church to sustain it by their contri¬
butions, as was done before the invested foundations were es¬
tablished. As the scholarships for the support of beneficiary
students have shared the same fate with other funds, provision
should be made also for them. The Synod of South Carolina
has already initiated a system by which it is hoped contribu¬
tions in money, clothing, and provisions may be obtained,
and, if other Synods, Presbyteries and Churches, will follow
this example, the Seminary may still be carried forward in
these times of public and private calamity.
There are two professorships vacant in the Faculty: that
of Pastoral Theology and Sacred Rhetoric, formerly occupied
by the Rev. Dr. Leland, now Professor Emeritus, and the
chair of Didactic and Polemic Theology, occupied provisionally
by Rev. Dr. Palmer, whose time of office has expired, and
who has resumed his post as pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church in New Orleans. The duties of these departments of
instruction will be assumed, as far as practicable, by the ex¬
isting Faculty, in accordance with the requirements of the
Constitution. But this arrangement cannot long continue.
A. D. 1865.] THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. 407
The prosperity of the Seminary demands that these chairs he
tilled "by judicious and able divines, who can bestow upon
thein their entire labors. There have been but three students
connected with the Seminary the last year, and its exercises
rfj-ere wholly suspended after the burning of Columbia by the
Federal army on the 17th of February last.
In behalf of'the Faculty.
GEORGE HOWE,
Chairman.
Theological Semi/nary, Columbia, Dec. 4, 1865.
S
408
REPORT OF
[Appendix,
REPORT OF TREASURER OF THE THEOLOGICAL
SEMINARY AT COLUMBIA.
Andrew Crawford, Treasurer, in account with the Theological Seminary of the Synod of South
Carolina and Gsorgia—South Carolina Professorship.
1865. Dk. Cr.
To balance due May 2d, 1864
To interest on 2>Confederate Registered Bonds
To interest on $10,300 7 per cent Confederate Bonds
To interest on $2,100 8 per cent Confederate Bonds
To dividends on 80 shares Bank Charleston
To dividends on 9 shares Bank of Charleston (new stock)
To dividends on 26 shares Farmers' & Exchange Bank, Charleston
To dividends on 100 shares Columbia Bridge
To dividends on 202 shares Commercial Bank, Columbia
To dividends on 52 shares Exchange Bank, Columbia
To balance due Treasurer this year
By Dr. Leland's salary to 1st April, 1865
By Treasurer's salary to 1st April, 1865
$620 11
16 00
721 00
168 00
960 00
54 00
52 00
2,000 00
404 00
104 00
$5,099 11
900 89
|6,000 00
Andrew Crawford, Treasurer, in account with the Theological Seminary (if the Synod of South
Carolina, and Georgia—Georgia Professorship.
To interest on $11,000 7 per cent Confederate Bonds
To Geo. M. Thew, agent, (interest).
By Dr. Howe's salary to 1st April, 1865
By balance in hands of Treasurer
$770 00
2,403 6a
3,173 65
Andrew Crawford, Treasurer, in account with the Theological Seminary of the Synod of South
Carolina and Georgia—Perkins Professorship.
To interest on $10,000 7 per cent Confederate Bonds.
To balance due Treasurer
By balance due Treasurer last year
By Dr. Woodrow's salary to 1st April, 1865.
By Dr. Woodrow recording deeds, &c.,
3,521 40
Andrew Crawford, Treasurer, in account with the Theolntiical Seminary of the Synod of South
Carolina and Georgia—Third Professorship.
To interest on $6,500 7 per pent Confederate Bonds
To interest on John and Harriet Inglis1 Bond of $6,000.
To dividends on 256 shares Bank of Camden
To dividends on 32 shares Bank of Charleston
To dividends on 297 shares Commercial Bank of Columbia
To balance due Treasurer
By Dr. Adger's salary to 1st April
$455 00
420 00
1,280 00
192 00
594 00
59 00
$3,000 00
$3,000 00
A. D. 1865.] TREASURER OF SEMINARY.
m
And/tw Crawford, Treasurer, in account with the Theological Seminary of (he Synod of South
Carolina and Georgia—Fourth Professorship.
——-
To interest on $7,500 7 per cent Confederate Bonds...
To interest on $1,000 8 per cent Confederate BondH
To dividends on 32 shares Bank of Georgetown
To dividends on 254 shares Farm era' & Exchange Bank, Charleston....
To dividends on 16 shares "Washington and N. O. Telegraph Comp'y..
To dividends on 213 shares People's Bank
To balance due Treasurer
By 'balance due Treasurer last year
By Dr. Palmer'* salary to 1st April, 1805..
Dr.
Cr.
$525 00
80 00
64 00
508 00
45 00
426 00
$1,648 00
3,160 44
$4,808 44
$1,808 44
3,000 00
$4,808 44
Andrew Crawfi/rd, Treasurer, in account with the. Theological Seminary of the Synod of South
Carolina arid Georgia—Library Fund.
To balance in hands of Treasurer last year
To interest on $2,000 7 per cent Confederate Bonds this year.
Andrew Crawford, Treasurer, in account with the Theological Seminary of the Synod of South
Carolina and Georgia—Perkins Fund for DisabU d Ministers and their Families.
To balance in hands of Treasurer last year $K05 00
To interest on $10,000 7 per cent Confederate Bonds 700 00
$1,505 (Hi
Amirtte Crawford, Treasurer, in account vHth the Theological Seminary of the Synod of South
Carolina and Georgia—Perkins Fund for Educating Pious Young Men for the Ministry.
To balance in hands of Treasurer last year $569 701
To interest on $10,000 7 per cunt Confederate Bonds 700 00
$1,269 70 f
CONTINGENT FUND.
To r.inh received from Dr. Howe, room rent
To interest on $7,<HH) 7 per cent Confederate Bondn
To interest on $4,000 8 per cent Confederate BondH
By Revs. H. II. Tlay, $15, E. P. Palmer $Cfi
l!y Ke\«. .lohn Douglas $20, R. K. Porter $22
Ity Dr. J. It. Wilson
l<y half quire paper lor Director*) and Secretary...
Ity repairs <in buildings paid Dr. Woodrow
}!> printing 500 copies ot the Constitution
liy insurance on Buildings and Library
Ity Treasurer's expenses...
if) t alance in hands of Treasurer.
$1,067,40
$1,067 40
410
DEPORT OF TREASURER.
[Appendix,
Andrew Crawford, Treasurer, in account with the Education Committee of the Synod of South
Carolina and Georgia.
1865.
To balance due by Treasurer last year, per account
To interest on $8,000 7 per cent Confederate Bonds.. .
To interest on $250 8 per cent Confederate Bonds
To interest on 2 7-30 Treasury Notes
To dividends on 44 shares Union Bank, Congregational and Presbyterian
To dividends on 20 shares Farmers' & Exchange Bank, Charleston....
To dividends on 20 shares So. Ca. Railroad Bank and 20 shares new
Fabieo scholarship
To dividends on 50 shares Bank of South Carolina, Lanneau scholarship
To dividends on 100 shares People's Bank, Telfair Timothy scholarship
To dividends on 92 shares Commercial Bank, Ellison scholarship....
To James T. Latta, annual donation...........
By Arbuthnot, Jacobs, Gaston and Cliandler, for Sustentation.
By balance in hands of Treasurer in Confederate currency...........
Dr.
$166 09
560 00
20 00
29 20
351 34
40 00
Cb.
515 00
139 75
200 00
184 00
200 00
$2,405 38
$140 00
2,265 38
$2,405 38
The balance due Treasurer from the within balance, is $1,115 43 in Confederate currency.
No change has been made in the investments since last year. See minutes of the General
Assembly.
ANDREW CRAWFORD, Treasurer.
Columbia, S. C., May lsi, 1865.
A. D. 1865.] union theological seminary.
J »
411
REPORT OF TIIE FACULTY OF UNION THEOLOGI¬
CAL SEMINARY.
To the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church in the Southern States :
Rev. and Dear Sik :—Owing to the state of the country,
the Board of Directors of Union Theological Seminary held
no meeting during the past year; consequently, there' will be
no report from that body to the General Assembly.
The Faculty of the Seminary conceive that tney will be
rendering an acceptable service to the Assembly, and a useful
one to the Seminary, by presenting a brief statement of the
condition and prospects of the institution. During the session
closing on the 2d Monday of May last, there was only one
student, an exempt from military service for physical infirmi¬
ty, attending the instructions of the Seminary. About the
close of the session, one who had been in service, a resident
of the vicinity, and former student, Mr. P. P. Flournoy, re¬
sumed his studies, which he continued to prosecute till this
session, when he was joined by seven others of the former
students : Messrs. Barnett, Brown, Bailey, Hitner, Greenlee,
M'Intyre, and Martin. Besides these, the following young
gentlemen have matriculated this session:
Mr. Geo. L. Leyburn, graduate of Washington College, Ya.,
and licentiate of Roanoke Presbytery,
j. Mr. Francis M'F. Swoope, member of Hebron Church,
Lexington Presbytery, and student of the University of
Yirginia. •
Mr, Edward Lane, member of the Second Church, Rich¬
mond, and student of Oglethorpe University, Geo.
Mr. John Silas Young, member of the Cumberland Pres¬
byterian Church, Lebanon, Tenn., and graduate of Cumber¬
land University.
Mr. Matthew Hale Houston, member of the Waynesboro'
Church in Lexington Presbytery, and graduate of Washington
College, Va.
Mr. William U. Murkland, member of the College Church,
in West Hanover Presbytery, and graduate of Hampden
Sidney College, Ya.
Mr. Robert H. Nail, candidate of the Presbytery of East
Alabama, and graduate of Oglethorpe University, Geo.
During the four years, in "the generally thinly occupied
condition of the building, and the want of means for proper
repairs, by the ordinary course of decay in such circumstances,
412 union theological seminary. [Appendix,
«
both the buildings and enclosures have become considerably
dilapidated. Lawless persons have taken advantage of the
times to depredate on the contents of the rooms, to some
extent, and some articles of furniture have suffered for want
of the attention which constant use supplies. The Library is
in good condition, though a few books have been misplaced,
probably through the negligence of persons who had the use
of them sometimes without the Librarian's knowledge.
Until last July, the funds of the institution continued
to yield the usual income, and they had considerably in¬
creased nominally, though the depreciation of the currency of
the country greatly reduced their real value. By the generosity
of the friends of the Seminary, by other than professional
labors, and by a very stringent economy, the professors con¬
tinued at their posts with the single exception that one of
their number was employed for some months in the army as a
a chaplain or an officer, with the approval of the Board. In July,
however, there was no income from the funds. So much of the
funds of the institution as was invested in Bank stocks is totally
lost; the amount is from sixteen to twenty thousand dollars.
The remaining funds, amounting, to the best of our knowledge,
to ninety or one hundred thousand dollars, consist of State
and other securities, which may ultimately be available as
sources of income. For the present, and we know not how,
much longer, the institution has not a cent of income from
any source. During the last summer, some benevolent persons
of the Presbyterian churches in Baltimore, understanding the
straightened condition of the Seminary, and the prospective
difficulty of keeping it open, conceived the idea of offering
aid. They made contributiona in money and goods, and sent
them by one of their number, who, on ascertaining more fully
the condition of the institution, proposed that one of the pro¬
fessors should visit Baltimore to make further collections for
the temporary support of the Seminary. This was done. On
reaching Baltimore, he was most cordially welcomed by those
whose friendly and sympathizing sentiments for Southern
people, had, for years, endeared them to thousands of sufferers
by wounds and disease and imprisonment. He applied to no
others. After spending two weeks in Baltimore, he was en¬
couraged to extend his visit to New York. After spending
about three weeks in all, in the prosecution of his object, it
was left for farther effort in the hands of a most efficient and
zealous clergyman of Baltimore. It has been since ascertained
that six thousand dollars have been raised, nearly two-thirds
of which have been paid. Part of these funds are to be
applied fur necessary repairs, and part for the aid of indigent
A. D. 1865.} UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINAKY.
413
students. Doubtless, but for pecuniary difficulties, more of
them would now be at tlie Seminary. It is important they
should be. Having lost their means, often injured their health,
and expended four years in military service, they have not
the funds for supporting themselves while studying, and have
not the time, even if the few and thronged avenues for gain
afforded the opportunity for engaging in remunerative labors.
Under these circumstances, the Faculty recommended to
the Synod of Yirginia that measures should be promptly
adopted, for securing such aid that no student need hesitate
in pursuing his theological studies. They felt that this was
not only an act of justice to these young men, but one of the
soundest policy on the part of Jhe Church. There may be, for
reasons of temporary force, and in special localities, a redun¬
dancy of ministers, but a few years of the ordinary ravages of
death, and of the natural increase of population, not to mention
what may accrue by immigration, will effect great changes in
the aspect of the Church. It is therefore believed that prompt
and zealous efforts should be made to sustain the means for
furnishing our people increasing numbers of able and faithful
ministers of the gospel. In compliance with these views, the
Synod of Yirginia adopted means for raising contributions
for th<5 support of both professors and students ; and directed
a member of the Faculty to resume the agency for the col¬
lection of funds in Baltimore and at other points North,
•among persons favorable to Southern interests, both for tem¬
porary sustentation and for replacing the lost endowment.
"This has been begun with encouraging prospects of success.
These plans having been reported to the Synod of North
Carolina, were also heartily approved by that body.
The undersigned beg leave to conclude this report by an
earnest appeal, through the Assembly, to the churches and
the people for their renewed and fervent prayers for the
school of the prophets over which the Head of the Church has
called them to preside.
rSi-nedl SAMUEL B. WILSON,
B. M. SMITH,
THOMAS E. PECK,
E. L. DABNEY,
f Faculty of Union Seminary •
Union T'kio. Sem.} Prince Edward co., TV, Dec. 5,18G5.
ALPHABETICAL LIST
OF
MINISTERS AND LICENTIATES.
:o:
Adams, "Wm. H., Eufaula, Ala.
Adger, D. D., J. B., Columbia, S. C.
Alexander, Henry C., Charlotte C. IL, Va.
Alexander, James C., Greenesboro', N. C.
Alexander, J. C., Milton, Tenn.
Alexander, J. H. Kosciusko, Miss.
Alexander, J. H.,-Quitman, Ga.
Alexander, S. C., White Hall, N. C.
Alexander, S. C., Black River Chapel, N. C.
Alexander, Thomas, Cotton Gin, Texas.
Anderson, E., Summerfield, Ala.
Anderson, John, Jacksonport, Miss.
Anderson, J., Clarkesville, Texas.
Anderson, J. Monroe, Yorkville, 8. C.
Anderson, Robt. C., Martinsville, Va.
Anderson, Roht. B., Yorkville, S. C.
Anderson, Robert N., Cairo, Va.
Anderson, W. A., Newbern, Tenn.
Arbuthnot, J. 8.
Armistead, D. D., Jesse S., Farmville, Va.
Armistead, C. J.
Armstrong, D. D., G. D., Norfolk, Va.
Atkinson, C. M., Canton, Miss.
Atkinson, Joseph M., Raleigh, N. C.
Atkinson, D. D., J. M. P. Hampden Sidney, Va.
Axson, I). D., I. S. K., Savannah, Ga.
Axson, Samuel E., Rome, Ga.
Backman, N., Kingsport, Tenn.
Bailey, J. S., McConnellsville, 8. C.
Bain, John K., Nashville, Tenn.
Baird, D. D., E. T., Richmond, Va.-
Baird, James R., Yorkville, S. C.
Baird, "Washington.
Baker, Archibald, Madison, Fla.
Baker, C. A., Louisville, Ala.
Baker, D. 8., Port Gibson, Miss.
Baker, John P., Holcombe's Rock, Va.
Baker, John W., Augusta, Ga.
Baker, R. M., Buena Vista, Ga.
Baker, William E., Staunton, Va.
Baker, William M.
Balch, R, Ty Minden, La.
Balentine, H., Boggy Depot, C. N., Ark.
Banks, Alexander R., Tulip, Ark.
Banks, H. H., Hazlewood, S. C.
Banks, William, Hazlewood, 8. C.
Bard, Sam'l, Monroe, La.
Bardwell, J., Shuqulak, Miss.
Barkley, Andrew H., Crawfordsville, Miss.
Barr, J. Calvin, Lewisburg, Va.
Barr, James 8., Fancy Hiil, N. C.
Bartlett, J. L., Sumter, S. 0.
Bartlette, W. F. V., Natchez, Miss,
Beach, Charles, Charlottesville, Va.
Beall, B. L., Charlotte, N. C.
Beattie, Alexander, Arkadelphia, Ark.
Beattie, James, New Orleans, La..
Bell, John, Greenville, Tenn.
BelL Robert, Erata, Miss.
Bell, Robert 8., Washington, Va.
Bell, T. D., Harrisonburg, Va.
Beman, I). D., C. P., Mount Zion, Ga.
Benton, Thomas H., Skullyville, Ark.
Berry, Robert T.
Bertron, Samuel R., Port Gibson, Miss.
Billings, Silas, Duffield's, Va.
Bingham, Sam'l J., Gainesville Junction, Miss.
Bittenger, E. C.
Black, Duncan B., Burgaw, N. C. »
Blackburn, John N., Boston, Tenn.
Blackburn, J. N., Camp Creek, Tenn.
Blain, John S., Deerfield, Va.
Blain, Samuel W., Greenwood Depot, Va.
Blair, Alexander A.
Blair, B. B.
Blair, William C., Goliad, Texas.
Blanton, Lindsay H., Salem, Va.
Bocock.D. D., John H., Halifax C. H., Va.
Boggs, D. C., Winnsboro', S. CJ.
Boggs, G. W., Camden, Ala.
Bogg£, George W., Winnsboro', 8. C.
Boggs, W. E., Winnsboro', 8. C.
Boone, Joseph, Round Top, Texas.
Boozer, John I., Pine Bluff, Ark.
Boude, Henry B., Forsyth, Ga.
Bowden, Nathan T., Powelton, N. C.
Bowman, D. D., Francis, Farmville, Va.
Bowman, F. H., Mount Sidney, Va.
Bowman, J. Rice, Buckingham C. H., Va.
Boyd, C. L. R., Cross Keys. Ala.
Boyd, T. M.
Braekett, G. R., Rowan Mills, N. C.
Bradley, Robert, Kingstree, S. C.
Bradshaw, James N~ Chattanooga, Tenn.
Bradshaw, T. R., Sweetwater, Tenn.
Brearley, H. M., Clio, S. C.
Brearly, William, Darlington, 8. C.
Briscoe, John P., Blountville, Tenn.
Bright, J. E., Minden, La.
Brooks, W. C.
Brown, Henry, Richmond, Va.
Brown, H. C. »
Brown, Hugh A., Mossing Ford, Va.
Brown, J. D. A., Mars' Bluft, S. C.
Brown, John Calvin, Frankfort, West Va.
Brown, Joseph, Amelia 0. H., Va.
Brown, Lee C., Hillsville, Va.
Brown, Samuel, Lexington, Va.
Brown, S. tf., Shoni^Uo, Miss.
A. I). lbcr>.] MINISTERS AND LICENTIATES.
415
Brown, Thomas, Abingdon, Va.
Brown, Thomas, Philadelphia, Tenn.
Brown, I). D., William, Richmond, Va.
Brown, B., 8pring Place, (ia.
Buist, E. H., Newberry, H. C.
Buist, D. 1)., Edward T., Greenville, 8. C.
Hunting, It. F., Nashville, Tenri.
Burgett, J. K., Mobile, Ala.
Burkhead, J. I). W., Luwridesville, 8. C.
llurwell, Robert, Charlotte, N. C.
ISutler, (t. W., Hkipperville, Ala.
Buttolph, T). L., Ricehoro', (ia.
I!>uru, H. H., Waverly, Texas.
If} Hilton, < 'yrun, Eagle Town, 0. N., Ark.
Caldwell, A. II., Surd's, Miss.
Caldwell, C. K., Pittsboro1, N. C.
Caldwell, (ieorge A., Athens, Ha.
Caldwell, ,1. M. M., Htitesville, NT. C.
Caldw<'lt, John M., Kockford, Tenn.
Caldwell, <). 15.
Caldwell, Robert, Pulav>ki, Turin.
Caldwell, It. H., Query 's Turn-Out, N. C.
Caldwell, W. E., Elklori, Term.
Calhoun, N. W., Harrisonburg, Va.
( alhoun, 1'., New Orleans, La.
Calvin, Joseph H., Oakland College, Miss.
Campbell, A. I)., Clayton, Ala.
Campbell, Duncan A., Brandon, Miss.
Campbell, E. H., Humboldt, Ti un.
Campbell, It. It., Canton, Miss.
<. amp hell, 8. It., Henderson's Mills, Tenn.
Campbell, \Vdli;tm A., Powhatan C. II., Va.
Campbell, Win. <}., 8taunton, Va.
Carlile, William, Anderson C. H., 8. C.
Carothers, J V., Houston, Miss.
Carotheis, W. W., Yorkville, 8. 0.
C.irrington, An xander It., Abingdon, Va.
Carroll, .1. Il.il.stcd, New Haven, Ct.
Carruth, T. A., Micaiiopy, Fla.
< 'arson, .lobn L\, Mills River, N. C.
Cirter, H. C.
Carter, Thomas N., Fincastle, Texas.
Carter, W. A., Mobile, Ala.
Carter, William 1!., Elizabethtown, Tenn.
Vrtntledge, (iroven H., l!old 8pring, <}a,
-fathers, I). I>., Eli W., Gilmer's 8tore, N. C.
•(.Vise, Joel T., Victoria, Texas.
Castleton, Thomas.
Cater, Edwin, Surnmerville, Tenn.
Chamberlain, Hiram, Brownsville, Texas.
Chamberlnin, N. 1'., Tliibodeaux, La.
( handler, A. E., Mailiuon, Fla.
Cbapman, J. I!.
Chapman, 1). ])., It. Hett, Henderson, N. C.
Chase, I). D^ Benjamin, Natchez, Miss.
Chevalier, Nicholas, (ronzftlew, Texan.
Cleghorn, Elisha B., New York.
Cleland, Thomas II., Union Church, Miss.
Cleveland, T. 1'., Diuiielsville, (}a.
dishy, A. W., Tliomasville, (4a.
Clymer. John W., Woodstock, Va.
Coble, John H., Gilopolis, N. C\.
Cochran, Isaac, Darlington Heights, Va.
Cochran, John M., Victoria, Texas.
Cochran, David, Jackson, Tenn.
Coit, George H., Americus, Ga.
Colton, 1). 1>., 8imeon, Ashehoro', N. C.
Coltoti, J. II., Jackson's Spring, N. 0.
Comfort, I>avid.
Connelly, J. M., Columbus, Texas.
Connolly, Malcolm, C., Bronham, Texas.
Converse, I). 1)., A., Richmond, Va,
Converse, F. B., Richmond, Va.
Cooper, R. E.
Copeland, Charles C., Wlieelock, C. N., Ark.
Corbett, William B , Cheraw, 8. C.
Cozby, J. 8., Br)an (J. H., G-a.
t>
Cousar, James A., Selkirk, 8. C.
Craig, John N., Lancaster, 8. 0.
Crane, Edward P., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Crane, William H., C^uincy, Fla.
Crawford, W. A., Winchester, Va.
Crawford, A. L., Warren, Ark.
Crawford, T. C., Dirt Town, (ia.
Cummins, J>. H., Covington, Tenn.
Cumpston, E. H., Ten nelly town, D. C.
Cunningham, A. N., Montgomery, Ala.
Cunningham, David H., Mountain Cove, Va.
Cunningham, D. D., H. B., Columbia, 8. C.
Cunningham, William M., Lagrange, (ia.
Cnrrie, Archibald, Hillsboro', N. C.
Currey, R. ()., Knoxville, Tenn.
Curtis, L. W.
Custer, Philander M., Mt. Meridian, Va.
Dabney, D. D., R. L., Hampden Hidney, Va.
Dalton, 1'. H., nigh Point, N. C.
Dana, William (!., Charleston, 8. C.
Daniels, J. J., Auburn, Miss.
Davidson, E. C., Water Valley, Miss.
Davidson, Joseph T., Homer, La.
Davies, J. A., Yorkville, 8. 0.
Davies, 8. W., Augusta, Ark.
Davis, John II., Charlotte, C. H., Va.
Davis, Robert N., Lincolnton, N. C.
Davis, I). D., 8. 8., Augusta, Ga.
Davis, Thomas E., Davidson College, N. C-
Davis, William H., Mount Carmel, 8. U.
l>eane, Henry L., Griffin, (ia.
Denny, .John C., Monticcllo, N. C.
Denny, (4. H.
DeVeaux, T. L., Lowndcsborn', Ala.
Dickson, A. F., Orangeburg, 8. C.
DickHon, H. It., Rockhill, 8.C.
Dickson, Michael, Milford, Texas.
Dinwiddie, Wtn. M., Boston, Ga.
Doak, D. D., Alexander A., Knoxville, Tenn.
Do.ik, Daniel G., Oxford, Miss.
Doak, J. W. K., Greenville, Tenn. *
Doalc, D. D„ 8amuel W., Greenville, Tenn.
Dobbs, C. H., Durant, Miss.
Dod, C. 8.. riaquemine. La.
Doll, J., Yanceyville, N. ('.
Donnelly, 8., (ireenwood, 8. C.
Doromus, D. 1)., J. E. C., Rosedale, La.
Douglas, James, Blackwtocks, 8. C.
Douglas, John, ('harlotte, N. C.
Douglas, It. L., Unionville, S. C.
Dow, John Ii., Aiken, 8. C.
Downing, J. (J-., Lawrenceville, <4a.
DuBose, John E., Tallahassee, Fla.
Dudley, Jacob D., Dover Mills, Va.
Dunlap, Mitchell D., Academy, Va.
Dunlop, James E., Bainhndge, (ia.
Dunlop, William C., Marshall, Texas.
Dunwody, James B., Marietta, (ia.
Dutton, D. D., Warren B., Charlestown, Va.
Eagleton, George E., Concord P. 0., N. 0.
Eagleton, D. D., Wm., M urfreesboro', Tcun.
Edwards, John, Whcelock, C.N., Ark.
EcIIr, Edward, Keachi, La.
Eldridge, E. D.
Emerson, Luther, Middlohrook, Va.
Emerson, W. U., Meridian, Mit-s.
English, Thomas R., Maj esville, 8. C.
Enloe, Asahel, 8pringport, Miss.
Erwin, T. W., Blackstocks, 8. C.
Evans, R. R., (iermantown, Tenn.
Ewing, Daniel B., Dublin, Va.
Ewing, F. L.
Ewing, John D., Lisbon, Va.
Fairley, David, Manchester, N. C.
Farnham, Baldwin.
416
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF
[Appendix,
Farrow, W. T.
Faucette, Thomas IT., Oxford, N. C.
Ferguson, A. N., Crane's Creek, N. C.
Ferrill, George W., Tally Ho, N. C.
Finney, E. D., Washington, Miss.
Fink, Pliny, Doaksville, N. C.
Fitzgerald, James H., Buckingham C. H., Ya.
Flanagan, .Tames H., Kingswood, Va.
Fletcher, P., Richmond, Ya.
Flinn, William, Milledgeville, Ga.
Foote, D. D., William H., Komuey, Va.
Ford, J. Franklin, Minden, La.
Foremen, Stepheri, Tahlequah, Ark.
Forrest, 1). I)., John, Charleston, B. C.
Foster, G. R., Wgtumpka, Ala.
Frary, J. L., Shepherdstown, Va.
Fraser, Donald, Madison, Fla.
Freeman, J. F. W., Richmond, Va.
Frierson, D. E., Jeffries' Creek, 8. C.
Frierson, Edward ()., Goardin's Dppot, B. C.
Frierson, J. Simpson, Ashwood, Tenn.
Frierson, J. Stephenson, Mt. Pleasant, Tenn.
Frierson, 8. R., Starkville, Miss.
Frontis, Stephen, Deep Well, N. C.
Frost, J. H., Corpus Christi, Texas.
Fullinwider, P< H., Huntsville, Texas.
Gaillard, J. H., Tupelo, Miss.
Gaillard, 8. 8., Greenville, C. H., S. C.
Galloway, 8., Midville, Ga.
Gamble, James.
Garrison, R. C., Woodville, Tenn.
Gaston, LeRoy B., ^Enterprise, Miss.
Geary, John M., Plain's Store, La.
Gibbs, George M., Clinton, N. C.
Gihert, Joseph, Mount Olive, Miss.
Gihert, J. F., Ahheville C. H., 8. C.
Gildersleeve, Benjamin, Abingdon, Ya.
Gill, Sidney 8., Hickory Withe, Tenn.
Gilland, James R., Indian Town, S. C.
Gillespie, James II., Denmark, Tenn.
Gillespie, W. F., Liberty, Miss.
Gilmer, George H., Farmville, Va.
Gilmer, T. Walker.
Gilmore, J. H., Kerr's Creek, Va.
Girardeau, J. L., Charleston, S. C.
Gladney, R. 8., Aberdeen, Miss.
Goulding, Francis R., Macon, Ga.
Graham^ James R., Winchester, Va.
Graham, John C., Moscow, Texas.
Graham, , Covington, La.
Graham, Robert C., Mack's Meadows, Va.
Grasty, John S., Fincastle, Va.
Graves, A. R., Zion Seminary, Miss.
Graves, Eli, Quitman, Ga.
Graves, E., 8an Antonio, Texas.
Graves, Joel S., Greenfield, Ga.
Graves, N. Z., Little Rock, Ark.
Graves, Robert J„ Oaks, N. C.
Graves, William, Mills River, N. C.
Gray, D. D., J. H., Memphis, Tenn.
Gray, Robert, Rydnersville, Va.
Gray, William A., Ripley, Miss.
Gready, William P., Walhalla, 8. C.
Green, E. II., Mount Tleasant, Texas.
Green, E. M., Washington, Ga.
Greer, James, Covintrton, Ga.
Gregg, W. A., Mar's Bluff, 8. C.
Ilagaman, Abraham, Lake Providence, La.
II.ill, George, Fayette, Miss.
Hall, James ]>., Woodlawn, N.
Hall, J. M., Vienna, La.
Hall, Samuel B., IVntreville, Miss.
Hall, W. A., New Orleans, La.,
Hall, William A., Eaton, Tenn.
Hall, William T.
Hall, William, Oxford, Ala.
Halliday, S. F.
Halloway, A. H.
Hamilton, William E., Monticello, Fla.
Handy, I. W. K., Portsmouth, Va.
Hardie, Henry, Woodstock, Va.
Hardin, D. D., Robert.
Harding, E. H.
Harris, John K., Lynchburg, Va.
Harris, John M., Romney, Ya.
Harris, J. L., Somerville, Va.
Harrison, D., Liberty Hill, S. C.
Harrison, Peyton, Baltimore, Md.
Harrison, William, New Market, Tenn.
Harrison, W. A., Courtland, Ala.
Harrison, W. P., Knox Hill, Fla.
Hart, Andrew, Pattonshurg, Va.
Hart, Edson, New Orleans, La.
Harvey, Holmes L., Alpine, Ala.
Hatch, L. D., Greensboro', Ala.
Hawes, H. H., Ford's, Va.
Hay, 8. H., Camden, 8. C.
Haynes, James, Indian Creek, Va.
Hazen, James K., Prattville, Ala.
Hendee, Homer, Macon, Ga.
Henderson, I. J.
Henderson, D. C., Wynnesboro', La.
Henderson, R., Danville, Miss.
Hendrick, C. 8.
Hepburn, A. D., Wilmington, N. C.
Herring, Needham W., Kenansville, N. C.
Higgins, D. 1)., Samuel Hall.
Hill7 H. G., Hillsboro', N. C'.
Hillhouse, J. B., Steele's, S. C.
Hines, Edwiud, Sassafras Fork, N. C.
Hodge, Samuel, Bn >ylesville, Tenn.
Hodgman, 8. A., Hempstead, Texas.
Hoge, John M., Jolmsonvilie, Ark.
Hoge, D. D., Moseb D., Richmond, Va.
Hogshead, Alexander L., Collierstown, Va.
Hollander, J., New Orleans, La.
Holmes, D. D., James, Covington, Tenn.
Holmes, Z. L., Laurens C. H., S. C.
Hood, Jacob, Mills River, N. C.
Hood, Nathaniel, Dundridire, Tenn.
Hooper, T. W., Christians burg, Va.
Hopkins, A. C.
Hotchkin, Ebenizer, Doaksville, N. 0.
Houston, R. A., Greenenboro', Ga.
Houston, Samuel R., Union, Va. ,
Houston, R. R., Rooky Point, Va.
Houston, W. W., New Hampden, Va. "
Howe, D. D., (xeoige, Columbia, S. C.
Hoyt, D. D., ISathan, Athens, Ga.
Hoyt, J. W., N.iMhville, Tenn.
Hughes, A. G., Mebanesville, N. C.
Humphreys, David, Rock Mills, 8. C.
Humpln-eys, D. W., Sardis, Miss.
Humphreys, James M., Newbern, Va.
Hunter, John, Jackson, Miss.
Huntington, J., Nashville, Tenn.
Hutchison, D. I)., J. R., Houston, Texan.
Hutton, C. M., Sumterville, Ala.
Hyde, E. F., Scutlletown, S. C.
Hyde, G. C., Atchafalaya, Ala.
Invin, David C., Harrisonburg, Va.
Isler, S. H., Burgaw, N. C.
Jackson, Matthew W., Rough Cr.'i k, Va»
Jacobs, Ferdinand, Washington, Ga.
Jacobs, W. P., Clinton, 8. C.
James, Albert A., Jones\ille, S. C.
Jennings James H., Bloomery, Va.
Jolnis-on, Angus, T5>halia, Mitw.
Johnson, A. G., Manassas, <H.
Johnson, Daniel, Gilopolis, N. C.
Johnson, T. P., Batesviile, Miss.
Johnson, William.
Johnston, F. H., Lexington, N. C.
Johnston, R. Z., Providence, N. C.
A. D. 1865.] MINISTERS AS
Jones, John, Griflin, Ga.
.Ionian, I>. £., Manison, N". C.
Junkin, K. I>., Brownsburg, Va.
Junkin, William F., Fancy Hill, Va.
Kalopothakes, M. D., Athens, Greece.
Kaufman, J. Henry, Baltimore, Mil.
Keith, William J., Grillin, Ga.
Kelly, J.
Kenmore, Charles, Augusta, Ga.
Kennedy, .Tames (!., Htatesville, N. C.
Kennedy, J. (1., Itidgeway, H. C.
Kennedy, .T. L., Wiiliamstoii, H. C.
Kennedy, K. 1\, Highland, Va.
Kennedy, ft. W. B., Pleasant Ridge, Ala.
Kennedy, W. L.. 1'leusant Itidge, Ala.
K<'rr, D. I)., A. H., Delta, Tenn.
Kerr, H. M., Water \ralley, Miss.
Kerr, J. W., Columbus, Mibs.
Ketchum, It. C., Clarksville, Ga.
Kilpatrick, W. M., Mocksville, X. C.
Kimmons, John A., Baltillo, Miss.
King, < 'lmrles B., Savannah, Ga.
King, James, BriHtol, Tenn.
King, J. L., l'erry, Ga.
King, John It., lloiston Valley, Tenn.
K inn, W. M., Garden Valley, Texas.
King, H. A., Meltord, Texas.
Kingsbury, I). I)., C., Doaksville, C. N., Ark:
Kirkland, A., Raleigh, N. O.
K irkpatriek, I >. J)., J. L., Davidson Col., N. C.
Kirkpatrick, John M., Danville, Va.
Kline, A. L., Columbia, Tenn.
Krider, JU. Hcott, Rowan Mills, N, C.
Lacy, Beverly T., Wytheville, Va.
Lacy, I). I)., Drury, Wilson. N. 0.
Lacy, M. L., Charlotte C. II., Va.
Lacy, "William H., El Dorudo, Ark.
Lacy, William H. *
Lafar, I>. X., Anderson 0. II., R. C.
Lafl'erty, It. II., Charlotte, N. C.
Lamar, T. J., Maryviile, Tenn.
Lambe, H. B., Natchez, Miss.
I-ane, Charles W., Greenesboro', Ga.
I^anneau, John F., Marietta, Ga.
Lapsley, D. D., It. A., Shelby Hprings, Ala.
Jjarkin, —, McLeod, Miss.
Ldw, T. H., Florence, H, ('.
Jjiwrence, A. B., Bovina, Mies.
Lea, T. D.,Paulding. Miss.
Leach, D. I)., J. H. C., Farmville, Va.
Leavenworth, A. J., Petersburg, Va.
Lee, Edmund, Havannah, Ga.
Lee, William States, Graniteville, S. 0.
Leftwich, J. T., Wytheville, Va..
Legare, T P TC.. Orangeburg, 8. C.
Legare, T. JUL., Orangeburg, B. C.
Leland, D. I)., A. W., Columbia, S. C.
Leps, James II.
Lewis, J. N., Richmond, Ala.
Lewis, Reuben, Ilolcombe's Rock, Va.
Leybum, George W., Liberty, Va.
Leyburn, I). D., John, New York.
Lillev, John, Micro, Ark.
Lindley, Daniel, Port Natal, South Africa.
Lindsay, J. <)., Mount Cannel, 8. C.
Lindslcy, D. D., J. B., Nashville, Tenn.
Little, James, Gainesville, Fla.
Lockridge, A. Y., Ringgold, Ga.
Long, I. J., Sumter, H. C.
Love, H. J., Natchez, Miss.
Loughridge, A. J., Alta Springs, Texas.
Loughridge, R. M., Alta Springs, Texas.
Lupton, Jonah W., Winchester, Va.
L>nch,Thomas, Mcbanesville, N. C.
Ljoii, 1>. D., James A., Columbus, Miss.
L}ons, J., JcU'ersonvllie, Va.
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Mack, J. B., Mayesville, S. C. *
Mack, D. D., William, Columbia, Tenn.
Mallard, Robert ()., Atlanta, Ga.
Marable, B. F., Warsaw, N. C.
Markliam, Thomas R., New Orleans.
Marks,'Richard T., White Sulphur Springs, Va.
Marshall, D. D., M. M., Vaiden, Miss.
M arshall, D. D., Wm. K., Henderson, Texas.
Martin, Alexander, Aspenwall, Va.
Martin, C. P. B., Augusta, Ga.
Martin, Edward, Nottoway C. H., Va.
Martin, James, Little Rock, Ark.
Martin, Joseph H., Guthriesville, S. C.
Mathes, A. H., Grays burg, Tenn.
Matthews, Wm. H., Pittsylvania C. H., Va.
Mecklin, A. H., Poplar Creek, Miss.
Meredith, J. D., Cuba, Tenn.
Mickle, Robert A., Marion, Ala.
Millen, S. C., Taylorsville, N. C.
Miller, Arnold^., Charlotte, N. C.
Miller, Charles A., Chrit-tionsburg, Va.
Miller, John, Petersbui^, Va.
Miller, J. W., Ga; II. 1, Ti xis.
Miller, Willis L.,Greenesboro1, N. C.
Milner, R. W., Acworth, Ga.
Mitchell, J. C., Mobile, Ala.
Mitchell, D. D., J. D., Lynchburg, Va.
Mitchell, D. D., Wm. H., Florence, Ala.
Monroe, Hugh'A., Fayetteville, N. C.
Montgomery, A. I).,
Montgomery, James R., Yazoo City, Miss.
Montgomery, John W., Lawsonville, N. C.
Montgomery, H. M.
Montgomery, T. F., Hogansville, Ga.
Mooney, A. M., Pontotoc, Miss.
Moore, J. W., Austin, Ark.
Moore, D. D., Thomas V., Richmond, Va.
Moore, Wm. D., Port Gibson, Miss.
Moore, William S., Franklin, N. C.
More, Gajlord L., Fort Gaines, Ga.
Morey, 1., Franklin, Tenn.
Morgan, Gilbert, Sumter, H. C.
Morgan, N. R., Eutaw, Ala.
Morris, F. C., Osceola, Ark.
Morrison, H. M.
Morrison, James, Brownsburg, Va.
Morrison, James E., Morven, N. C.
Morrison, Lull., Cross Timbers, Mo.
Morrison, D. I)., R. H., Cottage Home, N. C.
Morrison, William N., Asheville, N. C.
Morrison, W. W., New Harmony, Ala.
Morrow, C. N., Ashehoro', N. C.
Morrow, Thomas, Homerville, Ala.
Morse, A. A., Due West, H. 0.
Moseley, Bennett W., Oakley, Va.
Moseley, H., Palestine, Texas.
Moseley, J. W., Richmond, Va.
Mullaly, F. P., Pendleton, 8. C.
Murkland, H. B., Bethany Church, N. C.
Murray, James, Portsmouth, Va.
Murray, L., Montieello, Ark.
Myers, D. I)., Joseph H.
McAllister, Hector, Kyle's Landing, N. 0.
McAllister, R. K., Fort Mill, S. C.
MeAuley, W. H., Uniontown, Ala.
McBiyde, I>uncan Daniel, Averasl>oro' N. C.
McCallie, T. H., Chattanooga, Tenn.
MeCallum, Angus, Union Church, Miss.
McCampbell, J., Lexington, Miss.
McChain, James, Abingdon, Va.
MeCombs, G. B., Beech Grove, Tenn.
McConnell, J. A., Camden, Miss.
McConnell, William, Houma, La-
McCord, J. W., Walnut Grove, Ark.
McCorkie, A. B., Talladega, Ala.
McCorkle, F. A., Greemille, Tenn.
Mc(\>rmick, William J., Gainesville, Fla.
McCoy, Hi P. R., Charlottesville, Va.
McCoy, Robert.
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ALPHABETICAL LIST OF
[Appcndh
McDearmon, James, Evergreen, Va.
Me,Donald, Henry, Port Gibson, Miss.
McDonald, Neill, Fayetteville, N. C.
McDonald, W. A., Morrison's Tan Yard,N. O.
McDowell, James, Manning, S. C.
McDuiiic, D., Ly rich wood, S. C.
McElhenny, D. D., John, Lewisbarg, Va.
McFarland, D. D., Francis, Mint Spring, Va.
McFeatters, Matthew, Texana, Texas.
McGuttey, D. D., LL.D., W. A., Univ. of Va.
Mcllwaine, Richard, Farmville, Va.
Mclrmie, R., Enterprise, Miss.
Mcintosh, John K., Eufaula, Ala.
Mclntyre, K.
Mclver, John L., Buffalo, N. C.
McKay, Keill, Summerville, N. C.
McKee, James M., Orion, Ala.
McKinney, O., Enterprise, Miss.
MoKinuey, D. D-, Samuel, New River, La.
McKinnon, L., Gilopolis, N. V.
MeKittrick, John, Oak Hill, Ga.
McLees, H. W., Sadler's Creek, 8. C.
McLees, John, Greenwood, 9. C.
McLees, Robert, Seneca, S. C.
McLean, Hector, Malta, N. C.
McLean, M. J., Bridgeville, Ala.
McLean, J. M., Mobile, Ala.
McLure, D. M., Kingstree, S. C.
McMartin, P. A.
McMillan, Andrew, Springfield, N. C.
McMillan, John. Cross Timbers, Mo.
McMullen, D. D., R. B., Clarksville, Tenn.
McMurran, J. W., Pine View, Va.
McMurran, K. S., Glade Springs, Va.
McMurray, Francis, Union Springs, Ala.
McNair, Daniel, Galveston, Texas.
McNair, E., Williamsport, La.
McNair, Evander, Eufaula, Ala.
McNair, Malcolm, Gilopolis, N. C.
McNeeley, L.,»HiIlsboro', Axk.
McNeiley, J. H.
McNeill, Hector, Montpelier, N. C.
McPherson, James P., Montpelier, N. C.
McQueen, Archibald, Queensdale, N. C.
McQueen, Donald, Sumter, S. C.
McQueen, James, Fayetteville, N. C.
McQueen, Martin, Crane's Creek, N. C.
McWhorter, William, Bachelor's Retreat, S. C.
Naff, Isaac N., Dublin, Va.
Nail, James H., Tusk<'gee, Ala.
Nail, D. D., Robert, Tallade<ra, Ala.
Naylor, James, Middleton, Miss.
Neil, J. W., Mobile, Ala.
Neill, Thomas B., I'airview, S. C.
Neil, William, Gallatin, Miss.
Newman, Charles C., Talladega, Ala.
Newton, Henry, Jefferson, Ga.
Niven, T. M.
Nourse, Charles H., Leesburg, Va.
Ogden, Thomas A., Natchez, Miss.
Orr, Samuel
Osborn, Robert, Fairton, N. J.
Oscar, Newton, Crystal Springs, Miss.
Ostrom, V. C., New Orleans, La.
Otts, J. M. I'., Greensboro', Ala.
Overstreet, R. M., Georgetown, Texas.
Paine, Henry II., Holly Springs, Miss.
Palmer, D. D., B. M., New Orleans, La.
Palmer, I). F., Marion, Va.
Palmer, E. P., Marietta, Ga.
Palmer, Edward, Walterboro1, S. C.
Parish, Consider, Clinton, Miss,
j Park, James, Knoxville, Tenn.
Park, John S., Memphis, Tenn.
Parks, G. D., Enola, N. 0.
Parsons, L. H., Tallahassee, Fla.
Patterson, D. D.f James C., Griffin, Ga.
Patterson, M. A., Mount Holly, Ark.
Patton, F., Oxford, Miss.
Paxton, Thomas N., Marion, N. *->■
Payne, A. G., Comite, La.
Pearson, W. F., Temple of Health, b. y.
Peck, Thomas E., Hampden Sidney, V a.
Peden, A. G., GrifHn, Ga.
Peden, Mitchell, New Prospect, Miss-
Penick, Daniel A., Pioneer Mills, N. C.
Penick, Jr., Daniel A., Concord, N. C.
Penick, P. Tinsley, Liberty, Va.
Penland, Alexander, Redman, Ala.
Ferryman, J. M., Creek Agency, Ark.
Peters, B. F., Fayetteville, Ala.
Petrie, I). D., Geo. H. W., Montgomery, Ala.
Petrie, G. L., Montgomery, Ala.
I'harr, D. D., Samuel C. Alexandriana, N. C
Pharr, Walter W., Statesville, N. C.
Pharr, Walter S., Park's Store, N. C.
Pharr, William W., Coddle Creek, N. C
Phillips, Charles, Chapel Hill, N. C.
Phillips, D. D., James, Chapel Hill, N. C.
Phillips, John, Glade Mills, Md.
Phillips, J. W., Marion Miss.
Pickens, A. M., Centre Point, Tenn.
Pickens, John A., Brownsville, Tenn.
Pierson, Phillip, New Ziou, 8. C.^
Pinkerton, John, Mount S>lon, Va.
Pinkerton, William, Steel's Tavern, Va.
Pitzer, A. W., Liberty, Va.
Pope, Fielding, Maryville, Tenn.
Porter, Abner A., New House, S. C.
Porter, David H , Savannah, Ga.
Porter, Edward E.
Porter, G. J., Hendersonville, N. C.
Porter, J. D., Stockton, Ala.
Porter, R. K., Berzelia, Ga.
Powers, Uriah, Big Lick, Va.
Pratt, H. B., Charlotte, N.#C.
Pratt, John W., Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Pratt, D. D., N. A., Roswell, Ga.
Preston, Thomas L., Westview, Va.
Price, Philip B., Richmond, Va.
Price, Robert, Rodney, Miss,
Price, Samuel J., Yaneeyville, N. C.
Price, William T., McDowell, Va
Proctor, John O., Gerardstown, Va.
Pryor, T>. D., Theodorick, Nottoway C. H. Va.
Pugli, John W., Warrenton, Va.
Purviance, D. D-, James, Natchez, Miss.
Quarterman, N. P., Walthourville, Ga.
Ramsey, D. D., James B., Lynchburg, Va.
Rankin, Jesse, Lenoir, N. C.
Ratchtord, W. W.
Raymond, H. R., Marion, Ala.
Read, D. IX, C. H., Richmond, Va.
Reece, R. S., Lexington, Va.
Reid, Alexander, Doaksville, C. N.
Keid, J. W., Philomath, Ga.
Reid, R. H., Reidville, 8. C.
Reid, 8., Irvine, Hernando, Miss.
Reid, W. M., Mayesville, S. C.
Rice, Jame» M., Covinsrton, Va.
Rice, I). D., John H., Mobile, Ala.
Richard*, J. G., Liberty Hill, 8. C.
Richardson, J. if., Flowers' Place, Miss.
Richardson, E. M., Grenada, Miss.
Richardson, G. P., Grenada, Miss.
Richardson, William T., Waynesboro', Va.
Ricketts, ,T. B.
Riddle, William, Sidon, Miss.
Riley, J. R., Laurens C. II., S. C.
Robinson, John J., Lexington, Ga.
Robinson, John M., Jackson Hill, S. C.
Rockwell, E. F., Davidson College, N. C.
Rogan, Daniel, Kingsport, Tenn.
Rogan, F. A., Brookham, Miss.
A. D. 1SG5.] MINISTERS AND LICENTIATES.
419
Ropers, ,T. L.
Rogers, O. F., Verona, Mi«-s.
Root, Timothy, Gunters\ille, Ala.
Rosamond, .1., Fayetteville, Ala.
Row, Henry It., (inn Mills, Va.
Rohn, I>. Ij., F. A., Iluntsville, Ala.
Roudehush, H. <■#., Woodv ille, Miss.
Royston, A., ltheatown, Twin.
Kulfner, William H., Lexington, Va.
Rumple, .Tcthro, Salisbury, N. C.
Russell, George A., Humrnervilie, N. C.
Russell, R. D., Nanalalia, Ala.
Russell, R. Y., Blairsville, H. C.
Rutherford, E. II., Enterprise, Miss.
Pafford, Heniy, Greenesboro', Ga.
Palter, I. IL, Monroeville. Ala.
Sample, W. A., Fort Hrnith, Ark.
Handerson, L). D.,Eutaw, Ala.
Savage, William T., Grenada, Miss.
Hawtelle, 15. N., Tuncumbia, Ala.
Hawtell, Eli N., Tyrrer's Station, Tenn.
Haye, .fames II., Lewisville, H. C.
Hcott, G. K., l^ockhart, Texan.
Hcott, John A., Halifax 0. II., Va.
Hee, Charles 8. M., Fishersville, Va.
Hcllars, Duncan, Black River ('h.ipel, N. C.
Hhanks, 1). W., Amelia (!. H., Va.
Hharp, J. T)., Alto, Texas.
Hharpe, W. W., Due Went, 8. 0.
Hhaw, Colin, Black River Ohapel.N. C.
Shearer, John Ji., Black Walnut, Va.
Hheetz, William C,, Mortfantowu, N. C.
Hhepperson, John G., Otter Bridge, Va.
Hhepperson, <3. M.
Hherrill, II. E., Forest Grove, Miss.
Hherwood, John M., Fayetteville, N. C.
Shields, H. K., Lyrmville, Tenn.
Hhive, Kufus W., Pontotoc, Miss.
Hhotwell, Nathan, Rutherfordton, N. (\
Silliman, A. P., Clinton, Ala.
Himpson, F. T., Washington, <in.
Hinclair, Alexander, Charlotte, N. 0.
Sinclair, James, Lumberton. N. C.
Hinclair, John (\, Fayetteville, N. C.
Hin^letwry, W. II., Hingletaryville, H. 0.
Hmith, Alexander, Fayetteville, Tenn.
Hrnith, A. 1'., Spartanburg, H. <
Hmith, B. J., Austin, Texas.
Hmith, D. D., B.'nj. M., Hampden Sidney, Va.
Hmith, Charien II., Scotland, Ark.
Hrnith, 1>. F., Jacksonville, Ala.
Hmith, H. P., Rocky Mount. Va.
Hmith, H. A., (Vntrevillr, Ala.
Hmith, H. ('., Hhubuta, Miss.
Hmith, Henry
Hmith, Henry M., New Orleans, Ln.
Hrnith, J. Henry, Greenef-boro', N. 0.
Hmith, Henry 11., Leesburtj, Va.
Hmith, Robert C., Talmai?e, Ga.
Hmith, T. K., Iteidville, H. C.
Hmith, W. H., Newport, Tenu.
Hmoot, R. K.
Hmylie, John A., Livonia, La.
Hm>th, 1>. I>,, Thomas, Charleston, H. C.
Hmjthe, <>. U. P., Louisville, Miss.
Hmythe, It. L.
Homerville, J'imeH, Bridjjfeville, Ala.
Homerville, W. ('., Columbia, Texas.
Sparrow, 1). D., P. J., Cali.iha, Aid.
Hprunt, James M., K.en-iriH\ille, N. C.
Stacy, James, Newnan, O.i.
Htanfield, H. A., Milton, N. C.
Stark., Oliver 1'., D >aksvillc, ('. N., Ark.
Htedman, I>. D, James ()., Memphis, Tenn.
Htfwart, C B, Fainiew, H. (^
Stewart, J. Curtis, Murphy, N. ('
Stewart, L '*n ler L, \siie\ilie, Is U.
Utiles, D. D, Joseph C
Htilhnan, D. D., C. A., Gainesville, Ala.
Htoddard, William
Htoddard, W. R.
Htratton, James, Jackson, La.
Htratton, D. D., Joseph B., Natchez. Miss.
Btrother, James W., Brownsville, Texas.
Htuart, Samuel D., Staunton, Va.
Htuart, Thomas C., Pontotoc, Miss.
Sturgeon, J. C.
Hullivan, J. O., Elkton, Tenn.
Hutton, William 0., Pee Dee, H. (\
Hwift, William, Fort Deposit, Ala.
Tadlock, James D., Jonesboro1, Tenn.
Tate, Robert, Hill's Creek, N. 0.
I'aylor, Ii. F.
Taylor, A. G., Walnut Grove, Ark.
Taylor, Robert J., Lexington, Va.
Ted ford, Ralf E., Maryville, Tenn.
Telford, William B., Houwton, Fla.
Tenney, Lev i, Holado, Texas.
Thomas, Enoch, Churchville, Va.
Thomas, J. D., Richmond, Va.
Thompson, Philip Hi, Mason's D<-pot, Tenn.
Thompson, William H., Bolivar, Tenn.
Thompson, William 8., N< w Canton, Va.
Thomson, J. II., McLeod's, Miss.
Tidball, William 1>., Concord Depot, Va.
Todd, David A., Htrother's Depot, H. C
Towles, Daniel 1'., Teachej's, N. C.
Trimble, E. C., JacltHon, Tenn.
Trimble, William W., BrowiiHburtf, Va.
Turner, D.D., D. McNeill, Abbeville C. H., S. C,
Vance, D. P., Andrew, Cloyd's Cri-ck, T< nu.
Vass, Lachlan C., Amherst C. H., Va.
Vaunhan, Clement It., Cole's Ferrj, Va.
Vedder, C. H., Hurnruerville, H.
Vemon, W. H., Li'wisliurif, Term.
Waildel, P. D., John N., Oxford, Miss
Wailes, Bi-nj/tmin M., Greenfield, Va
Walker, J. A., McKinley, Ala.
Walker, Robert C., Churchville, Va.
Walkup, J. W., Hpout Hprinij, \ a.
Walton, R. H., Broadwaj, Va.
Wallace, James A., Fort Gaines, <ia.
Wallace, J<»hn H., ('lear Branch, Va.
Wallace, M. J., M'»rlbrook, Ark.
Wallace, James, Concrete, Texas.
Warden, William, WardenHvilIe, Va.
Wardlaw, T. DeL'icy, Clarks\ ille, Tenn.
Warren, W. H.
Warrener, I'. W., New D tuville, Texas
Watkins, Samuel W., Farmville, Va.
Watson, A. M., Bridni wile, Ala.
WatHon, Jariies, Helma, Ala.
Watson, J. F., Yorkville, K. C.
Watwrn, H,»muel L., Yorkville, H. C.
Watt, J. H., Marihboro', Va.
"SVatts, W. B., Miranda, N. C.
Waui?h, Joseph.
Way, Rii'liam <J|., Riceboro', 'ia.
Wayne, Benjamin, New Orleans, La.
Weeks, Joseph, Natchez, Miss.
Wells, shepherd, Columbia, Tenn.
Welch, Thomas R., Little Rock, Ark.
Whaley, F. N , darken ille, Va.
Wharey, James M., Wytln-ville, Va.
Wliarey, Thomas, Kejs\ille, Va.
White, Charles, Berryville, Va.
Wliite, George William, Han Marino, Va.
White, Henry M., (Hade Sprinuf, Va.
White, James E , Chester, H. C.
White, D I> , R B., Tuscaloosa, Ala.
White, T. W., McFarland's, Va.
White, !► D , William H., Lexinccton, Va.
Wilcj, C iKin H., (-ireensboro', N. C.
Wilhelm, W. F-, Blaekshurff, Va.
420
ALPHABETICAL LIST.
[Appendix*
Willbanks, J. 8., Cross Hill, S. C.
Williams, C. Foster, Ashwood, Tenn.
Williams, Edwin T., Quincy, Fla.
Williams, John C., Cokesbury, 8. C.
Williams, William G., LaGrange, Ala.
Williamson, Robert B.. Macon, Miss.
Williamson, T). D:, 8., Washington, Ark.
Wills, David, Macon, Ga.
Wilson, D. D., Alexander, Melville, N. C.
Wilson, Hugh, Lexington, Texas.
Wilson, James, Wheelock, Texas.
Wilson, James, Knoxville, Tenn.
Wilson, James M., Rogers vi lie, Tenn.
Wilson, D. D., John 8., Atlanta, Ga.
Wilson, John Davies, Wilkesboro', 3ST. C.
Wilson, D. D., J. Leighton, Columbia, 8. C.
Wilson, J. M., Seguin, Texas.
Wilson, D. D., Joseph R., Augusta, Ga.
Wilson, Lewis P., Hedgesville, Ya.
Wilson, D. D., Bam'l B., Hampden Sidney, Va.
Wilson, 8. B. O., Mountain, Tenn.
Wilson, William V., Lynchburg, Va.
Wilson, W. W., Bishopville, 8. C.
Wimpy, Jesse, Marion, Ark.
Winford, J. S., Mason's Depot, Tenn.
Winn, T. 8., Havana, Ala.
Withe rspoon, A. J., Linden, Ala.
Witherspoon, T. D., Memphis, Tenn.
Witherow, T. 8., Holcombe's Rock, Va.
Wood, M. D., Torkville, 8. C.
Wood, William A., Asheville, U". C.
Woods, Harvey, Wahalak, Miss.
Wood burn, J. A.
Woodhull, George 8., Point Pleasant, Va.
Woodrow, James, Columbia, 8. C.
Woodruff, John, Quincy, Fla.
Woodworth, M. W., Thompson's>4 Roads, Va,
Wright, Allen, Boggy Depot, C. N".
Wright, A. H., Liberty, Texas.
Tandell, L. P., Mason's Depot, Tenn.
Yates, William B., Charleston, 8. C.
Young, A. W., Memphis, Tenn.
Young, Henry P., Galveston, Texas.
Zivley, John H., Austin, Texas.
Note bt the Stated Clerk.—I have employed every means for making the above list as
nearly complete as possible. The almost entire absence, however, of Presbyterial Statistical
Reports, has rendered the existence of some errors unavoidable, especially in post office ad¬
dresses. The names of members of the former "United Synod" have been printed in their
alphabetical places, with their post office directions, so far as these could be ascertained.
I take this occasion, also, to deplore the late appearance of the Minutes; which is due to
eauses over which I had no control,
J. R. W.
INDEX.
-:o:-
ASSEMBLY met, 347 ; hours for seVous, 349, 356, 357 ; place and time of
next, 309; dissolved, 375.
BAPTISM, report of committee on overtures concerning, 3G3.
BENEFICIARY EDUCATION, report of committee on off red, 862; report
re-committed and committee continued, 364.
BILLS AND OVERTURES, addition to committee on, 358.
CHARTER, report on, 364.
COLORED PEOPLE, report of committee on overtures concerning proper
treatment of, 370; committee appointed, to report to next Assembly
touching religious instruction of, 871; this committee added t<>, 373.
COMMISSIONERS ENROLLED, 347; additional, 351, 356, 35b, 360.
DABNEY, Rev. Dr. R. L., letter from returning certain papers, &c., 350.
DOMESTIC MISSIONS, report of Executive Committee of, 354, 3R9;
treasurer's report, 394 ; report of Standing Committe on, 3(59; Ex¬
ecutive Committee nominated, 364 ; elected, 373.
DOREMUS. Rev, J. E. C.. Letter frem referred, 360.
EDUCATION, report of Executive Committee of, 354, 403; treasurer's
statement 404 ; report of Standing C mmiitee on, 366 ; Executive
Committee nominated, 364 ; elected, 372.
ELECTIONS, Committee on, 349 ; reports of Committee, 351, 35K.
EXAMINATION of MINISTERS, overtures to alter rules for, refuit d, 359.
FINANCE, report of Standing Committee of, 357.
FOREIGN MISSIONS, report of Executive Commit'ce of, 354, 395 ; treas¬
urer's report, 399 ; Standing Committee on add* d to, 362 and repot t
of, 371 ; Executive Committee nominated, 364 ; elected, 373.
HUBER, James II., letter from introducing Rev. R. Morrison, 353.
LEAVE of AIWENCE, report of Stimding Committee on, 369.
KEN I UCKY BOARD OF AID FOR SOUTHERN PASTORS, ealutafory
letter from, 355 ; 'letter reft rred to Standing Committee on Domestic
Missions, 356 ; thanks to for generous sympathy, ,'170; Executive Com¬
mittee of Domestic1 Missions appointed agtnt for disbursing fundi re¬
ceived from, 370.
LEYBUIIN, Rev. Dr. John, thank? of Assembly tendered to, 374.
LICENTIATES, overture on ordination of under certain circumstances an-
swi red, 362
MINISTERS & LICENTIATES, alphabetical list of, 414.
MORRISON, Rev. R., addresses A«embly in beha'f of Kentucky Board of
A'd for Southern Pastors, 355 ; thanks to, 356.
NAME OF THE CHURCH, mode of selecting, 358 ; selection of, 357.
NARRATIVE OF RELIGK >N, 376.
NASHVILLE, meeting of Synod of appointed, 358.
NORTUhRN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, agenta and ministers of, how to be
»ece ved, 359
OFFICERS, elect, d, 349.
OVERTURES, requesting change of certain boundary line?, 360.
422
INDEX.
PASTORAL LETTER, committee appointed to prepare, 352 ; report of com¬
mittee, 371 ; deposition to be made of, 371; letter, S82; Dr. Boss'
protest to poition of, 371.
PERMANENT CLERK, Dr. Brown elected, 352.
POPULAR AMUSEMENTS, report adopted concerning, 361.
PRESBYTERY OP CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI, overture from and action
on, 358.
PUBLICATION, report of Executive Committee of, 354, 400 ; treasurer's
statement, 403; report of Standing Committee cn, 373; Executive
Committee nominated, 364: elected, 372.
REVISION of FORM of GOVERNMENT, &c,, let'er from chairman of
Committee on, 349.
RULING- ELDERS, non-residi nee of disallowed, 363.
STANDING COMMITTEES appointod, 351.
STATED CLERK, resignation of Dr. Waddel, 349 ; Dr. Wilson elected, 352.
SUSTENTATION FUND, comn issioners appointed to aid Executive Com¬
mittee of Domestic Missions in superintending, 370; collections lor
required, 370.
SYNODIOAL RECORDS, Committees on, 352 ; report* on, 359, 360.
SYNOD OF .-OUTLi CAROLINA, overture from and action on, 358, 359.
SYSTEMATIC BENEVOLENCE, report of standing Committee on, 368.
THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, at Columbia, letter from chairman of Board
of Directors, 404; report of faculty of 405; treasurer's Teport, 408 ;
resolutions concerning endowment of Professorships in, 373 ; election
of Directors, 373.
Union Theological Seminary, report of, 411,
Report of Standing Committee. 364.
TRUSTEES OF GENERAL AS5- EMBLY, statement of proceedings of, 356.
VOLUNTARY SOOIE 1'IE Committee to report on cont'nued, 375.
"WADDEL, Rev. Dr. John N., thanks to, 349.
YOUTH, day of prayer appointed for, 368.