The General Assembly [pp. 545-580]

The General Assembly.
not a pure matter of conscience and of principle, and come
forward to relieve this body from the embarrassments that surround it.
The Committee accordingly recommend the following:
Resolved, 1. That the Church Extension Committee of the
City of Washington, appointed by the Presbytery of Baltimore,
be requested by this Assembly to continue to act, with the addition of the Rev. Messrs. Gurley and Henry as members of
the same.
Resolved, 2. That the papers presented to this Assembly on
this subject, to wit, the memorial of ministers in Washington,
Georgetown, and Alexandria, the memorial of the Presbytery
of'Baltimore, and the report of the Church Extension Comimittee of the City of Washington, be appended to the Minutes of
this Assembly.
Resolved, 3. That this Assembly appoint one minister or
elder in every Presbytery, to whom, as to a beloved son, this
body will commit the charge of this business in the bounds of
the several Presbyteries; that these ministers or elders be
requested to adopt any plan which they in their wisdom may
deem best for the speedy completion of this work; that they
be requested, as far as possible, to carry this effort into every
particular congregation, however small or feeble; and that
they be requested to report as soon as possible, and remit the
funds collected to Charles Stott, Esq., Treasurer of the Church
Extension Committee, of the City of Washington, or to Samuel
D. Powel, of Philadelphia, Treasurer of the Board of Missions.
Resolved, 4. That all our Presbyteries be requested to take
measures, at their fall sessions, to carry out the wishes of this
body as above expressed, in all cases of failure from whatever
cause.
Foreign Missions.
The Rev. John C. Lowrie, D.D., one of the Secretaries of
the Board of Foreign Missions, addressed the Assembly in
reference to the operations of the past year, and the wants and
plans of the Board, giving an interesting and very encouraging
account of its condition. The entire receipts of the year are
about $20,000 in advance of the year preceding-this, how
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