THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, (0. S.) THE SEVENTY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, met in the Third Presbyterian Church, Newark, New Jersey, May 19, 1864. Owing to the absence of JOHN H. MORRISON, D.D., the retiring Moderator, WILLIAM L. BRECKINRIDGE, D.D., was, on motion, appointed to open the sessions with a sermon, which he did from 2 Corinthians viii. 9: "For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich." The Permanent Clerk reported the following Commissioners, who were enrolled as members of the Seventy-Sixth General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. MINISTERS. ALLISON, JAS. W. Colt, Samuel F. PRESBYTERIES. RULING ELDERS. J. C. Allison. Palestine. C. O. Waters. Transylvania. J. P. Lapsley. Passaic. Chippewa. Chas. Fuller. New Albany. Andw. J. Hay. Thos. Oldham. E. H. Smith. St. Louis Hudson G. B. Pogue. West Virginia E. B. Hall. Nassan. Noah Evans. H. M. Graydon. J. C. Cook. S. M. Ross. St. Clairsville. W.C.Kirkwood. FENTON, JOSEPH F. LANE, GILBERT C. C. Brokaw. Northumbl'd. J. McCormick. Milwaukie. Transylvania. Henry Gilmore. Steubenville. E. J. Beall. James Wood PRESIDENT OF HANOVER GOLLIGE HANDVER, INDIANA MODERATOR OF THE GENEPAL ASSEMBLY OF THE FRESBYTER AN HURCH, 1854 Liggett, J. A. Logan, S. C. Lord, D.D., Willis Lowe, Benj. I. Lowrie, D.D., J. M. MACLEAN, D.D., John McMaster, D.D., A.S. Marshall, Wm. R. Miller L. Merrill Miller, Samuel Milligan, Josiah Moore, R. B. Morrow, N. V. Musgrave,D.D.,G.W. MCCANDLISH, Wм. McCarrell, Alex. McDougall, Jr., J. McElwain, Andw. McKaig, C. V. McKee, James A. NEVIN, D.D., Alfred Nimmo, Gers'm H. Nixon, J. Howard OWEN, THOMAS PAXTON, D.D., J. D. Pinkerton, J. A. Platt, Joseph Porter, J. Jermain Pratt, John H. Ebenezer. Lake. William Ernst. Rockwell, A. 0. W. H. Boyd. J. C. Mateer. Rogers, W. S. Scovel, S. F. Shearer, F. A. Chicago. Huntingdon. James Parker. J. P. Wallace. S. Whittlesey. J. S. Furst. SCHENCK, D.D., W.E. Philadelphia. Jas. Andrews. J. Morehouse. Sheldon, D.D., Geo. Elizabetht'n. M. Osborn. Spence, William B. Sidney. Stevenson, S. II. New York. I. L. Reed. Wm. Walker. YOUNG, D. P. Roberts, Belville Rochester C. Wm. Shepard. W.Lexington Wm. Allen. W. C. Bovard. Indianapolis. Chas. N. d. Saltsburg. TOTAL......249. DELEGATES FROM CORRESPONDING BODIES. JAMES P. WILSON, D.D., Minister, and JOSEPH ALLISON, Ruling Elder, from the General Assembly of The Presbyterian Church, holding its session in Dayton, Ohio, in 1864. JOHN T. PRESSLY, D.D., from the General Assembly of The United Presbyterian Church of N. A. DAVID D. DEMAREST, D.D., from the General Synod of The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, N. A. JAMES WOOD, D.D., of Madison Presbytery, was elected Moderator.* RAVAUD K. RODGERS, D.D., of New Brunswick Presbytery, was elected Temporary Clerk. JAMES WOOD, D.D., was born near Saratoga Springs, New York, July 12, 1799; hopefully converted in early youth; made a public profession of religion at the age of seventeen: graduated at Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., in 1822, and at the Theological Seminary, Princeton, N. J., in 1825; was licensed to preach by Albany Presbytery, in 1824: ordained and installed pastor of the Presbyterian Church, Amsterdam, N. Y., in 1826; was appointed agent for the Presbyterian Board of Education for the south and south-west, in 1833; was elected Professor in the Theological Seminary, New Albany, Indiana, in 1833; was elected Associate Corresponding Secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Education, in 1854; was elected President of Hanover College, Hanover, Indiana, in 1859. His published works are as follows: A Treatise on Christian Baptism, Old and New 'Theology, Memoir of Sylvester Scovel, D.D.; The Best Lesson and the Best Time to Learn it; The Gospel Fountain; Grace and Glory; A Call to the Sacred Office. Most of these have been issued by the Presbyterian Board of Publication, Philadelphia, Pa. Also, numerous articles for Periodicals, especially The Home School and the Church and The Presbyterian Magazine. Bills and Overtures. WILLIAM L. BRECKINRIDGE, D.D., of Louisville Presbytery, Chairman of this Committee, reported the following Overtures: OVERTURE, NO. I.-From the Board of Domestic Missions, requesting a modification of the resolutions adopted by the General Assembly of 1860, on Certificate of Honorary Membership. On motion of Rev. Dr. Musgrave, it was referred to the next General Assembly. No. II. From Joseph M. Wilson, of Philadelphia, Pa., on MANSES, or Comfortable Homes for Presbyterian Ministers, free of rent, as follows: WHEREAS, The importance of providing MANSES for the comfortable accommodation of Presbyterian ministers and their families, is a duty, the performance of which cannot be much longer delayed, but the magnitude of the operation demands a careful scrutiny of the state of the Church, and a thorough knowledge of her condition; therefore, Resolved, That the churches under the care of the General Assembly be requested to reply to the following questions: 1st. Please give the name of your church, with the year of its organization. 2d. What has been (about) the annual rent paid by your minister for a house to live in? or 3d. Have you a MANSE for your minister, thereby securing him a comfortable home? 4th. If you have a MANSE, how long has it been finished, and (about) what amount in rent does your minister annually save by living in the MANSE. 5th. What was the plan you adopted to awaken the interest of the people, and thus secured the means to build your MANSE? You will please let your answer to this question be as full as possible, (as these replies will be published,) and you thereby aid your brethren who have not yet erected a MANSE, but who will do so as soon as they may see how it can be done, by showing them how it has been done. 6th. Have you a Glebe attached to your MANSE? If so, hat is saved to a minister's family by tilling a few acres? 7th. Please give a description of your MANSE, its size, and accommodations, with specifications of its cost, as far as possible, with diagrams of the arrangement of the rooms, the attention paid to ventilation, the capacity of its library or study, together with such other suggestions as may tend to increase the value of these returns. Resolved, That the ministers, ruling elders, deacons, trustees, or members of the churches under the care of this General Assembly, be earnestly requested to make early and full replies to these questions, adding any information or making any suggestions that may awaken an interest in behalf of MANSES, or Comfortable Homes for Presbyterian Ministers. Resolved, That said replies, suggestions, and information, be sent to Joseph M. Wilson, Philadelphia, Pa., to be by him arranged and classified in time to be presented to the next General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. Resolved, That Joseph M. Wilson be authorized to supply the Stated Clerks of the Presbyteries, in connection with this General Assembly, with a sufficient number of copies of this Overture as there are churches within the bounds of said Presbyteries, with the understanding that the Stated Clerks will attend to their distribution among the churches. |