Proceeding--of the Northern and southern^tleneral Aaaeanblfea.
NewYork. May 21.^The Presbyterian^general assembly spent the first part of the^session to day in discussing the proposed^plan of work among freedmen. This was^followed by a report on home missions, for^which about SVO0.000 was asked for next^year to keep up with the growth of the^west
Whenthe afternoon session opened Rev.^Or. Hamlin, of Washington, spoke and^disapproved of using foreign language in^church work, and thought the use ot Ger^^man should uot be continued beyond the^first generation. Rev. Dr. Ambrose C^smith, of Illinois,wanted to know just how^many first generations there were. ^You^have first generations of (iermans and other^nationalities coining here to-day, and tbis^will probably continue for years to come.^We want to evangelize and American^^ize the Europeans arriving in this^country. It seems the only means^we have to do tbis are two schools sus^^tained by tbis assembly, who can preach to^their country men in the German tongue.^^Dr. Smith thought if the (rerman theologi^^cal school at Dubuque, of which he is pres^^ident, gut an endowment of $100,000 it^could fulfill its mission of educating and^evangelizing the German population of the^northwest for all time, Some speakers re^^ferred to the effective work being done by^the synod of Minneso'a among the Scan^^dinavians and Bohemians. It was agreed^to add another see*-.-*- . to the force of the^board of home missions and it was decided^he must be able to preach in German.
