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 Relieved, had passed through a discussion of it with so much harmony and Christian feeling—so strong an exhibition of the spirit of concession and respect for the feelings of one another. Mr. Pryor felt assured the South would enter into the spirit and object of these resolutions and endeavor to give them efficient operation. The spiritual condition of nearly two millions and a half of people was to be affected by them. He hoped their importance would be deeply appreciated. We regard them, said he, as but the incipient stage of the scheme. We yet deem that we need something more efficient—we need more zeal, more humility, more self-denial, more of the spirit of our Lord and Master, inthis matter. All, he was sure, would, with one accord, concur in the first resolution; the only resolution on which he thought there might be a difference of opinion, was the 3d resolution, which pointed out the kind of agent to take charge of the matter. Some man must be elected for that important duty; and he felt persuaded that the brethren from other sections would feel the importance of selecting him from the South or South-west. He hoped all the resolutions would pass unanimously. It would be a most felicitous conclusion to their deliberations. Looking to the everlasting salvation of those people whom in His Providence had cast amongst us, he hoped the Assembly would see their way clear to pass these resolutions unanimously. Rev. Mr Robinson, of Ohio, moved to strike out the 1st resolution. He and others could not vote for every thing in Dr. Jones discourse, and he hoped the question of approving that discourse would not be mooted. Mr. Pryor said that in adopting that resolution, which expressed a mere general satisfaction with the discourse, the members would not, of course, be bound for every word or idea it uttered. The question on each resolution offered by Dr. Pryor was then put, and they were all adopted—the first with two or three dissenting voices, the others without dissent.