The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-05-22

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of the Presbytery for the different benevo
lent objects which are prosecuted BIZ
direction OF tho general assembly. Ala
each synod shall appoint committee OF
the benevolent working Of the church
These EynOdiCal committees shall be sub
ject construction iromtho general commits
| sion, exercise supervision over tho Pres
bytcrial committees in their work, receive
reports as above directed to 10 made tC
them, ascertain whether unemployed
ministers, liCenliatGs, and candidates who
reside within the bounds of the Synod
can find work in other Presbyterics than
their own and making n complete digest
OF all the Information gathered on these
subjects, They shall report the same Ia
the General Commission Of Foreign Pres
byterics and Syhods, as also to more dis.
tant ones In the home field, md may 70.
port In writing when II Is found imprac.
ticablc or inCOnyenient to send delegates.
Let the assembly GnjOin upon all the
churches the practice Of periodical giving
10 all causes recommended by the general
assembly according to,the principles Com.
mendCd In the word of God and more
particularly In the specific direction Oh
tho Apostle in Cor. xvi. 9:
upon the first day of the week. let every ono
OF you lay by him In store as God hath prospCrcd
"All the provisions Of the General As.
scmbly for the regulation of part of the
church work, here included, not incon.
sistCnt with the above, shall continue in
operation; and all provisions that conflict
with, or arc rendered unnecessary by the
foregoing, shall be and are hereby an.
nnlled. The present arrangements for
this church work shall continue until the
above boards and general commission arC
in operation. The General Assembly Is
recommended to appoint delegate from
each Synod, TO be members OF tho gen.
cral commission, and to hold their office
until such time rs their places may be
supplied by regular election in the re.
spcCtivo SynOds; and tho Assembly is
also requested to fix the time and place
OF the first meeting Of the General Com.
mission, and also instruct the churches
that from and alter such meeting all con.
tributiOns for benevolent work Of the
church shall be sent Immediately to the
treasurer. II Is also recommended that
tho Assembly, in appointing II committee
to nominate members Of the respective
boards, SEQ TO II that the several Syn.
DDS are represented on such.
at was resolved that the Assembly bC
recommended ut once to incorporate the
work now carried on in behalf of freed.
men with the work ul home missions
under It's respective departments.
LASTLY, In regard TO the important sub.
leCt Of ministerial relief, the committee,
after careful inquiry, have concluded to
recommend that this Assembly appoint
II special committee for further investiga.
ton, who shall put in requisition the ser
vices Of experts in this very difficult mat.
ter Of life insurance, and having due re.
gard to the valuable existing plans and
preferences Of our people, shall consider
the report ut the next Assembly rs to
the prncticability and lesirableness Of the
plan by which each congregation may, in
addition to the salary Of It's pastor, pro.
vide for the annual premium for the as.
suranCG Of his life by per Centage
upon Ills salary so arranged, that
part shall lnnure TO the benefit Of the
minister who cannot be thus provided
for; second, that assurances shall be so
arranged ms not to be violated by trans.
fCrs from one charge to another, and so rs
to benefit thedisablGd as well rs for families
Ol the deceased; third, so as 10 include tho
advantages Orthe mutual plan Oflifo insur.
nncc; and also 10 consider If relief 10 min.
listers and their families should not in all
cases be In the form Of annuitics These
suggestions, implying modes and princi.
pies which are subject 10 general inquiry,
the committee deem to be Of importance
in order to the adoption, ir possibility our
church, Of 4 satisfactory plan Of minisLe.
rial relief
"All Ol which is respectfully submitted
to this General Assembly"
The report was accepted and made the
second order for Wednesday.
SECOND DISPATCH.
CHICAGO, May 90.
To days session of the Presbyterian
General Assembly, almost exclusively di.
rected to the consideration of the report
Of the Standing Committee on education
Ii states that during the year under the
care OF this board there had been GiC
students of whom $50 were biological, 2iS
were collegiate and 1856 academic. OF
these 30 had completed their studies dur
ing the past year, and had also been ex
tended 10 several Welcli students II
had been determined by the Board o.
Education that for the present under or
binary circumstances, the rate Of allow
anCes should not exceed one dollar and
fifty cents to the theological students; ont
dollar and twenty cents to the collegiate
and one dollar 10 the academies. An in
crease however, Il made practicable wa'
desirable and recommended. The re
CENTS OF the year have been $7OSl9,2O
total payments up To April. 80 last havI
been $f0,44O17, leaving balance o
$3G2,12, the remainder of the May
appropriations now due, amounting
| TO $4,000. When these are paid tlcrt
would remain nothing to meet the fall
and winter payments, which wOult
amount 10 $iB0,0O0. Acts had been pass
ed nv the Legislatures of New York ant
Pennsylvania whereby the two old Board
had been united and the transfer Of prop
eriy lcgalizcd The report closes with Al
urgent appeal for more means OF useful
ness, and asks that the question hepresset
on the attention Of churches and people