Superintendents, and to express pointedly the disapprobation of this Synod of the last mentioned resolutions and proceedings of the Board of Superintendents. H. OSTRANDER, Chairman. Resolved, That a certified copy of the proceedings of this Synod, in the case of Mr. Van Dyke, be transmitted to the Board of Superintendents. ARTICLE XX. Particularia. A bill for printing one hundred Synodical Circulars, amounting to $2, and The door-keeper's bill, amounting to $2 44, were presented and ordered to be paid. ARTICLE XXIV. Resumption and Close. Resolved, That on account of the departure of the President by leave of Synod, the Rev. C. D. Westbrook be President pro tem., and as such sign the Minutes of Synod. The Minutes having been read and approved Synod adjourned, and was concluded with prayer. CORNELIUS D. WESTBROOK Pres't. pro tem. BENJAMIN C. TAYLOR, JAMES B. HARDENBERGH, Official copy from the original minutes. } Clerks. JOHN KNOX, Stated Clerk. Acts and Proceedings Of the General Synod of the Reformed Dutch Church in North America convened in the city of Albany on Wednesday the fourth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight. The Session continued from the fourth to the tenth day of June, inclusive. FORMATION OF SYNOD. ARTICLE I. Opening of Synod. The Synod was opened with prayer by the Rev. C. C. Cuyler, the President of the last General Synod; who preached a sermon in the evening of the first day of the Session, from Solomon's Song vi. 10. ARTICLE II. Members Present. FROM THE PARTICULAR SYNOD OF NEW YORK. 1. From the Classis of New York. Rev. Jacob Brodhead, D. D., William M Murray, D. D., George Dubois. Elders Isaac L. Kip, Samuel Delamater, John Clark. 2. From the Classis of New-Brunswick. Rev. Jacob I. Schultz, George H. Fisher, and Isaac M. Fisher. Elders Andrew Howel, Jacob R. Hardenbergh, and John M. Schenck. 3. From the Classis of Bergen. Rev. Staats Van Santvoord, and James V. C. Romeyn.* Elder Ephraim Van Giezen. 4. From the Classis of Paramus. Rev. Wilhelmus Eltinge, Benjamin C. Taylor, and John I. Christie. Elders Christian Zabriskie, and Henry P. Kip. 5. From the Classis of Long Island. Rev Jacob Schoonmaker and James Otterson.* 6. From the Classis of Philadelphia. Rev Gabriel Ludlow, Jacob C. Sears, and John Van Liew. 7. From the Classis of Poughkeepsie. Rev. C. C. Cuyler William S. Heyer, and M. W. Dwight. FROM THE PARTICULAR SYNOD OF ALBANY. 1. From the Classis of Albany. Rev. John Ludlow D. D., Robert Bronk, and Jeremiah Searle. Elders, Abraham Van Dyck, Abraham Van Vechten, and John Schuyler, Jun. Took their seats on the second day of the Session. † Obtained leave of absence on the sixth day of the Sesion. Mr. John J. Ostrander, a secundus, took the seat of Mr. Van Vechten on the 2. From the Classis of Rensselaer. Rev. A. H. Dumont, Asa Bennett, and Peter S. Wynkoop.* Elders John De Frost, Jun., William P. Heermance, and Teunis G. Snyder.t 3. From the Classis of Montgomery. Rev. Abraham Van Horn, and Isaac S. Ketcham.‡ 5. From the Classis of Schoharie. Rev. Paul Weidman, and John H. Van Wagenen. 6. From the Classis of Ulster. Rev. Samuel Van Vechten, and Henry Ostrander. 7. From the Classis of Washington. Rev. Corns. Bogardus, Jacob D. Fonda,** and Abraham I. Switz. Elders Frederick G. Barringer, and Peter A. Quackenboss. 8. From the Classis of Schenectady. Rev. Jacob Van Vechten, James Murphy, and Thomas Romeyn. Elders Isaac Fonda, Jun., and Garrit Benson.tt * Rev. Jacob Sickels, a secundus, took his seat on the fifth day of the Session. † Mr. Nicholas Harden, a secundus, took his seat on the fifth day of the Session. Took his seat on the sixth day of the Session. $ Obtained leave of absence on the third day of the Session. Took their seats on the second day of the Session. ¶ Obtained leave of absence on the second day of the Session. ** Rev. Isaac P. Labagh, a secundus, took the seat of Mr. Fonda on the sixth day of the Session. tt Obtained leave of absence on the third day of the Session, and his seat taken on the fifth day of Session by Peter Becker, his secundus. VOL. III. 13 (17) |