THE

ACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

General Synod

OF THE

REFORMED PROTESTANT DUTCH CHURCH

IN

NORTH AMERICA,

CONVENED AT THE VILLAGE OF POUGHKEEPSIE,

JUNE, 1850.

New-York:

PRINTED FOR GENERAL SYNOD BY JOHN A. GRAY, 79 FULTON, CORNER GOLD ST.

Acts and Proceedings

OF THE GENERAL SYNOD OF THE REFORMED PROTESTANT DUTCH CHURCH IN NORTH AMERICA, CONVENED IN THE VILLAGE OF POUGHKEEPSIE, ON WEDNESDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF June, in the YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY. THE SESSION CONTINUED FROM THE FIFTH TO THE ELEVENTH DAY OF JUNE, INCLUSIVE.

FORMATION OF SYNOD.

ARTICLE 1.

OPENING OF SYNOD.

The Synod was opened with prayer by the Rev. Jacob Van Vechten, D. D., the President of General Synod at its extra session held in the month of August last; who preached a sermon on the evening of the first day of the session, from Matt. iv. 1-11: "Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterwards an hungered," &c.

FROM THE PARTICULAR SYNOD OF NEW-YORK.

1. From the Classis of New-York.-Rev. John Knox, D. D., Jeremiah S. Lord, Talbot W. Chambers.*(a) Elders-Josiah Carey, Abraham Van Nest, Daniel P. Ingraham.†

* Obtained leave of absence after the third day of the session.

Took his seat on the sixth day of the session.

(a) Succeeded on the seventh day of the session by his primarius, Rev. J. B Hardenbergh, D. D.

2. From the South Classis of New-York.-Rev. Isaac Ferris, D. D., Frederick F. Cornell, Mancius S. Hutton, D. D.§ Elders-James Young, (b) W. W. Groesbeck.§

3. From the Classis of New-Brunswick.-Rev. Hervey D. Ganse, J. A. Van Doren, George Schenck. Elders-John S. Denise, John Stoothoff, Peter D. Vroom.‡

4. From the Classis of Bergen.-Rev. Benjamin C. Taylor, D. D., James Scott, D. D., Alexander H. Warner. Elders-George Newkirk, Joseph W. Duryee.

5. From the Classis of Paramus.-Rev. Isaac D. Cole. ElderTeunis Haring. (a)

6. From the South Classis of Long Island.-Rev. Abraham I. Labagh, Malcom N. McLaren.§ Elder-Thomas G. Talmage.

7. From the North Classis of Long Island.-Rev. Richard L. Schoonmaker, Nicholas E. Smith.

8. From the Classis of Philadelphia.-Rev. Alphonso A. Willets, Peter Labagh,* Abraham O. Halsey. Elders - Cornelius Van Cleef, Christian E. Spangler.

9. From the Classis of Poughkeepsie.-Rev. Francis M. Kip, Chas. Whitehead, Brogun Hoff. Elders-John Barnes, John Lounsbury,(c) Benjamin D. Welsh.

10. From the Classis of Passaic.-Rev. John A. Liddell, Garrit C. Schanck, Joseph Wilson.* Elders-Paul B. Debow, Simon S. Van Ness.

11. From the Classis of Illinois.-Rev. George G. Sill.

* Took his seat on the second day of the session.
+ Took his seat on the third day of the session.
Took his seat on the fourth day of the session.
§ Took his seat on the sixth day of the session.

(a) Obtained leave of absence after the second day of the session.
(b) Obtained leave of absence after the third day of the session.
(c) Succeeded on the sixth day of the session by Elder John H. Rosa.

12. From the Classis of Hudson.-Rev. Benjamin F. Murden, Polhemus Van Wyck, John Gosman, D. D.* Elder-Philip Niver.

FROM THE PARTICULAR SYNOD OF ALBANY,

1. From the Classis of Albany.-Rev. William W. Halloway, Philip Peltz, Isaac N. Wyckoff, D. D. Elders-Jacob Lansing, (d) Theodore F. Cornell.§

2. From the Classis of Ulster.-Rev. Victor M. Hulbert, Charles H. Stitt, Alexander Gulick. Elders-Jacob Eltinge, John V. L. Overbagh.

3. From the Classis of Rensselaer.-Rev. Edwin Holmes. ElderJohn N. Vedder.(e)

4. From the Classis of Washington.-Rev. Samuel T. Searle, Uriah Marvin, John H. Pitcher. Elder-Abraham Van Vechten.(d)

5. From the Classis of Montgomery.-Rev. John H. Carle, Garrit L. Roof, James Murphy, D. D.* Elder-Richard Hudson.

6. From the Classis of Schoharie.-Rev. Lawrence H. Van Dyke, Ransford Wells, John M. Scribner. (c) Elder-Peter M. Swartz.*(c)

7. From the Classis of Schenectady.-Rev. William J. R. Taylor, Jacob Van Vechten, D. D., (a) George R. Williamson.* Elders-John Ogsbury, Abraham W. Toll.t

8. From the Classis of Cayuga.-Rev. Aaron B. Winfield, Cornelius Gates.* Elder--Vincent Conrad.*(b)

9. From the Classis of Orange.-Rev. James B. Ten Eyck, John B. Alliger, Samuel B. Ayres.*(c) Elders-Richard Hardenbergh, Hugh Milliken.t

* Took his seat on the second day of the session. Took his seat on the third day of the session. Took his seat on the sixth day of the session.

§ Took his seat on the seventh day of the session.

(a) Obtained leave of absence after the first day of the session, and was suc

ceeded on the fourth day of the session by Rev. Abraham J. Swits.
(b) Obtained leave of absence after the second day of the session.
(e) Obtained leave of absence on the third day of the session.
(d) Obtained leave of absence after the fourth day of the session.
(e) Obtained leave of absence after the sixth day of the session.