The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-23
drowned in Lake Geneva, was a son Of
the late General Woodbury., United States
Ptesby,erlan Grneral Assembly.

ST. Loun, May % The Second dayi
session Of the Presbyterian General as
sembIy was opened by the Moderator
Rev. Q. j. Wilson, and one halt spent Il
devotional exercises, The programme fol
meetings provides for two sessions eact
day. beginning at Q A. n. and continuing
tH P. n, with recess from 10 3 r. N
Tor lunch; second session from s 10 10
P. n. The Moderator announced the an.
pointtnent of the following Committee.
on bills and overtures, Judicial, committee
ponHc Of the Church, home missions,
lotelga missions, education, publication,
cnutch election, theological semInaries,
ministerial relief, freedmen sustentation'
correspondence, benevolence, mileage, a.
nance, narration and leave Of absence,
eynodical records from large number
OF churches were handed in, also papers.
memmortals, overtures, &C., which were
relered to their appropriate committees
without reading. The annual renorts
from the boards ofhome missions, foreign
missions. education, publication, missions
lor freedmen, the sustentation fund, be.
nevolence and finance, trustees of Pres.
oytery and General Assembly, and treas.
urers OF the General Assembly and The
church. '->''1S' " 'H'
Dr.. VIM. Breed, Of Philadelphia, DR..
James L. Robertson and Judge James L,
Drake were appointed a committee TO 60.
lect o place Of meeting for tho next Gen.
eral Assembly.
A great part Of tho morning session was
taken up considering q formula for the ad.
mission Of members to the Church, At
the last session Of the Assembly a formula
had been presented by committee and
referred 10 this Assembly. Several OF tbe
members had amendments to offer, and
many had new formulas made out. After
considerable discussion on the motion OF
Or. Niles, OF Philadelphia, the whole
matter was referred TO committee OF
seven, who were instructed TO report by
Monday noon or sooner II possible. on
motion Of Rev. Howard Crosby. OF
New York, all academic and Clinic tltles
were ordered TO be omitted In The recordS
Of the Assembly.
AZ noon the repoit Of the Committee
on Consolidation Of Boards OF Church0
was taken up. It contains the financial
statistics Of several boards and claims
the figures being taken from the minutes
Of the Assembly for the year ending NAV,
1873, and are aggregated as follows
salaries, $6O,860; printing, &c, S24 9B7:
travelling and office expenses, SlI 525:
total expenses, $0S, S,97s; amount spent on
the objects, $li25l,1sO; total funds re.
celVed ior the year, 1884. $40, divided
among the boards as follows: Foreign
missions, $500 '775; home missions, $50.
470i church erection, $l70,774 sustenta-
ton, $40, 1858; education, $il5 900; minis
terial relief, $Sl ,309; freedmen, $50 zoo.
publication, $55. 800; amount spent by
these boardSis as follows: Foreign mis-. |
sions, 1915 sos; home missions Rae Gbs.
church erection, $l0l, ,744; susten tation'
$01 ,4S2i education, $lO4 $50; minis
terial relief, $74 1856; freedmen, $54 8S4;
publication, $57 .046; total, 81 25l 5s4
=. IN regard 10 the consolidation OF the
different departments Of tho work for The
purpose Of increasing their efficiency, The
Committee recommend the establish.
ment OF four District Boards for tbe over.
sight and control Of the benevolent work
which the church carries on at home and
abroad as follows: A Board OF Foreign
Missions, q Board Of Home Missions. A
Board Of Education and Relief Board
Of publication. It Is recommended for. |
thcr that tho Standing Committee on
beneVolence and Finance be discontinued
a minority report was submitted by Dr.
herriGk johnson, which provides lor the
same Boards recommended by the ma.
lority report, with an addition Of a Board |
Of Church ErectionS. Both reports were