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.
Anderson, S. Mc
BACKUS, D.D., J. T.
Bailey, Winthrop
Baldridge, S. C.
Batchelder, J. M.
Baynes, J. W.
Beattie, R. H.
Beatty, D.D., C. C.
Breckinridge, W.L.
Burt, D.D., N. C.
Burtis, D.D., A.
Bush, George C.
CAMPRELL, JAS.K.
Candee, D.D., I. N.
Carnochan, J. G.
Carson, James C.
Clarke, Walter II.
Cleland, Thos. II.
Cobb, A. P.

Colt, Samuel F.
Cowhick, J. Y.
Craven, D.D., E. R.
Craven, H. L.
Crowe, D.D., T. S.
DALE, JAMES W.
De Lancey, R. A.
Dubois, R. P.
Duncan, C. C. B.
ELLIOTT, D.D., David
Everett, B. S.

PRESBYTERIES. RULING ELDERS.

Palestine.
Cedar.
Albany.
Connecticut.
Saline.
Des Moines.
Michigan.
North River.
Steubenville.
Louisville.
Cincinnati. Stan. Matthews
Buffalo City. Daniel Kelley.
Newton. John White.
New York. A. B. Belknap.
Schuyler. Jas. H. Wilson.
Susquehanna. Hiram Stevens
Blairsville. Robt. Fulton.
Corisco.
Transylvania. J. P. Lapsley.
Monmouth.
Luzerne.
Donegal.

J. C. Allison.
C. O. Waters.
J. S. Alrich.
Jacob Webster
R. W. Pratt.
James Welsh.
T.W.Lockwood
Jas. O. Merritt.
James G.Allen.

Passaic.

Chippewa.
New Albany.

Chas. Fuller.
H. B. Essick.
W. Rankin, Jr.

Andw. J. Hay.
Philadelphia. Henry Harper.
Londonderry.
New Castle.
Zanesville.
Allegheny C.
West Jersey.

Thos. Oldham.
John D. Stokes.
Lewis McBride

E. H. Smith.
Arch. Beyea.

St. Louis
Hudson

West Virginia E. B. Hall.
Palmyra
Benecia.

Chillicothe.

Carlisle.
Nassau.
Beaver.

G. B. Pogue.

Noah Evans.

H. M. Graydon.
J. C. Cook.

S. M. Ross.

St. Clairsville. W.C.Kirkwood.
Zanesville. Jas. McCreary.
Genesee Riv. Edward Crosby.
Londonderry. J. W. Kinnicut.
Baltimore.
West.Reserve.
Louisville,

FENTON, JOSEPH F.
Ferrier, Edsall
Flanagan, J. II.
Forman, A. P.
Fraser, Thomas
GIRARD, E. GRAND
Gordon, J. Smith
Greenleaf, D.D., J.
Grimes, Joseph S.
Grove, T. A.
HAMILTON, A. R.
Harlow, James M.
Haskell, T. N.
Hays, George P.
Hoge, Moses A.
Hopkins, D.D., H.H.
Hudson, John P.
Hughes, Watson
Hynes, Thomas W.
JOHNS, JOHN H.
Johnson, Baker
Johnson, John
Junkin, D.D., D. X.
KEAN, WILLIAM F.
Kempshall, E.
Kirkpatrick,D.D., J. Raritan.
Krebs, D.D., John M. New York.
Kudob, Ernst

LANE, GILBERT

Lapsley, J. T.
Laverty, Wm. W.

C. C. Brokaw.

Northumbl'd. J. McCormick.
Redstone. Andw. Christy.
Kaskaskia.
New Castle.
Winnebago.
Luzerne.
New York 2d.
Allegheny.
Elizabetht'n.

Milwaukie.
Newton.

Transylvania.

Henry Gilmore.
Robert Carter.
James Brown.
Wm. Annin.
Wm. Wilson.

E. Houghton.

John Ogden.

M. Reyerson.

Steubenville. E. J. Beall.

Highland.

J. H. McGrier.
J.M.Chambers.

Chicago.

Lowe, Benj. I.

Lowrie, D.D., J. M. Fort Wayne. Joseph Gorrell.
MACLEAN, D.D., John N. Brunsw'k. Peter Davis.
McMaster, D.D., A.S. New Lisbon. John Dildine.

Bloomington W. P. Pearson.

Phila. 2d.
Dubuque.
Phila. 2d.
Peoria.
Marion.

T. C. Henry.
Thompson Bell.
R. Mc Dowell.
James Ayres.

J. M. Briggs.

Crawfordsv'e. Jos. Wallace.
Troy.
Albany.

Speer, William Owatonna.
Spence, William B. Sidney.
Steele, J. A.
Stevens, L. M.
Stevenson, S. II.
Stewart, W. B.
TAYLOR, A. A. E.
Taylor, Alfred
Templeton, S. M.
Thomson, A. E.
Thompson, C. K.
Thorburn, A. McA.
Tully, David
Tustin, D.D., Sept.
VAN DOREN, W. II.
Virtue, Andrew
WALSH, JOHN J.
Warner, John R.
Westervelt, S. D.
Wilson, David A.
Wilson, Elijah
Wilson, James G.
Wood, D.D., James
Wortman, M. L.
Wray, John

A. Eldridge.

Potomac. C. E. Lathrop.
Whitewater. Wm. Byram,
Wooster. Zenos Z. Crane.

Furrukhabad

Carlisle.

[salaer.

Mohawk.

Erie.

Rice, D.D., N. L.

New York.

I. L. Reed.
Wm. Walker.

YOUNG, D. P.

Roberts, Belville

Rochester C. Wm. Shepard.

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 Presby tery, 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 18309; 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, numerons articles for Periodicals, especially The Home School and the Church and The Presbyterian Magazine.