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OF THE

GENERAL ASSEMBLY

OF THE

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

IN THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:

WITH AN

APPENDIX.

NEW SERIES, VOL. VIII., A.D. 1884.

PHILADELPHIA:

PRESBYTERIAN BOARD OF PUBLICATION.
BY THE STATED CLERK.

MCCALLA & STAVELY, PRINTERS.

1884.

OFFICERS.

REV. GEO. P. HAYS, D.D.,.

Moderator.

REV. WILLIAM H. ROBERTS, D.D., Stated Clerk and Treas.

REV. WILLIAM E. MOORE, D.D.,.

REV. DAVID S. JOHNSON, D.D.,..........
REV. JOSEPH E. NASSAU, D.D.,.
REV. JOHN M. BAUGH,.

MR. ELIAS RIGGS MONFORT,...

Permanent Clerk.

Temporary

Clerks.

MINUTES,

ETC.

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA met, agreeably to appointment, in the First Presbyterian Church of Saratoga Springs, New York, on Thursday, May 15, 1884, at 11 o'clock A.M., and was opened with a sermon by the last Moderator present, being a Commissioner, the Rev. Henry Harris Jessup, D. D., from Isaiah 43:5, 6; and Matthew 28:19-20: "Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the East, and gather thee from the West; I will say to the North, Give up; and to the South, Keep not back; bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the Earth;" and, "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations; and lo! I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world."

After the sermon, the Assembly was constituted with prayer.

The Committee of Arrangements presented its report, which was adopted, and is as follows:

The Committee of Arrangements recommend

That the Assembly meet each morning at 9 o'clock, and spend the first half-hour in devotional exercises.

That they adjourn at 12 o'clock, and meet again at 3 P.M. That they adjourn at 5.30 P.M., and, when an evening session is held, it be at 7.30 o'clock.

That the Lord's Supper be administered at 7.30 this evening; that the Rev. Henry H. Jessup, D.D., preside; the Rev. David Dimond, D.D., administer the bread; and the Rev. Charles S. Robinson, D.D., the cup. Also, that Elders John W. Easby, Thomas. Kane, John J. Glenn, H. D. McCarty, J. C. Maxwell, Edward Gridley, Elisha Taylor, Wilford L. Wilson, William C. Wilson, Charles H. Langdon, John T. Nixon, Edward C. Walker, Hooper C. Van Vorst, Harvey J. King, Louis Chapin, Samuel Field, Elias R. Monfort, Henry W. Williams, Thomas R. Stockton, and John Robertson, aid in the distribution of the elements. That a meeting be held to-morrow, Friday evening, in the interest of sabbath-schools, the Rev. Henry H. Jessup, D.D., to pre

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