The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-26
lPresbYterIan General Aa,emblH,

: j. T. WAYIAN, Seey.
tPresbyterian General Assembly.
sr. LOUIS, May 25-At the mornip
session Of the Presbyterian General AS
sembly report was read from q specia
committee appointed by the last Genera
Assembly to confer with the Centennia
Committee 10 regard TO the appointment
ofspeakers, stating that they had q Con
ference on the 8lst Of March, the resul
Of which would be announced 10. the com
ing report 91t' l9 'i''
DR.. Howard Crosby, from the Com
mittee appointed at Baltimore, 10 look in
\ to federation Of oil the Presbyterian
bodies. He reported that they had q
meeting In New York, and sent invita-
tons TO all the churches In Europe and
this country, inviting them to appoiu,
committees 10 arrange details, and the y
recommended this body to do the same,
DR.. Crosby also reported from the special
committee appointed In regard to colIec.
ting the debt Of the Board Of Education
that only a small portion Of the debt had
been collected owing to the panic r.
Judge Drake obtained the floor for the
purpose of making personal explana.
tlon. He said he hHd been PANIED to learn
that some Of the remarks he made Satur.
day were Objectionable to some OF the
members. He thought his meaning must
have been misinterpreted an he desired
was to,make known to all, that, there is
an under current in the Church against
its past standard Of Calvinistic liturgy. 1t
was supposed further that he elected
upon. those who had been connected with
the new Church. This was not 80. He
said with shame that the under current
manifested itself more among those who
used 10 be tho old school Presbyte, isns
than among those who used 10 be tho new
school Presbyterisns.
A telegram was received from the Pres:
byterian Church South, now in session at
Columbus, Miss, acknowledging the salu
tation and extending greetings. Ordered
placed on the minutes Of the Assembly.
Alter brief discussion 1t was agreed
that hereafter during the discussion Of the
subject OF consolidation the speeches be
limited 10 ten minutes each.
DR.. Lyman Il. Atwood, OF tho Synod
Of New Jersey, was the first speaker. he
said the discussion, lasting as It has, was
eating into the benevolent work OF the
Church. This work was like sensitive
plant, and easily affected. The whole
question was ono Of church economy,
and tsprinciple Of economy was that CT.
tciency OF labor is augmented byla divls.
ion. One man can attend best 10 the in.
terest OF one department. he had vet to
learn. that there would be any improve.
ment in Evangelism as 0 whole
in msssipg boards together. In re.
gard TO the proposed changes, he thought,
starting with sustentalion, that the
amount oil collections Tor this purpose
would be 10 virtually abolish 1t. There
was 8 most dangerous tendency In the
United States just now TO separate the
weak from tho strong. Old Boards had
made some mistakes perhaps, but they
could rectity them In the. future. New
Boards would not do any better. It had
been said there was extensive feeling III
the Church for consolidation, but he be-
lieved the region OF the feeling was
small.
Dr.. G. W. Musgrave, of Philadelphia,
followed in speech against consolidation,
which he said, as proposed, was nothing
more than Capitalization. He had been
q pastor Tor twenty years and secretary
ten, and knew something Of the manner
10 which people contributed. No matter
in what cause you ask money IRON
them they invariably give you five dol
lGrs, and II you consolidate the objects
under one Board you decrease your rev.
enue. 1t was not consolidation 10 call
these Boards bureaus, there Is no saving
| in such proceeding. he did not sec any
great reason for change any way, the
church to-day led the worlds vanity In a
matter OF contribution. He had been
Chairman Of the Committee on Freed.
men, aud the understanding WAS that 1t
should be temporary to meet the exigen.
cies of time. II should be discontinued
whenever It can be. In regard to the
church erection he opposed Its being
merged with the Board Of Home Missions,
he would keep it distinct and have II
transferred to this great Central City oil
the west. II tho people In tho west
wanted more churches they should do
an they could TO keep that board intact.
The constant advocating oL change ID
the boards he thought had an effect on
men who left in their wills hequests to
the various boards.
On motion ot DR.. Herrick Johnston
the consideration Of the second point In
the minority report was postponed, and
the point relating to publication taken up
DR.. VIM. Breed, Of Philadelphia, gave
statistics relating to the work done By
the publication society and colporteurs
In ten years three million volumes ant
thirty million psgcs of tracts had beer
distributed. -A -s aJa
DR.. U. G. Logan, Of Scranton, said |
there was to be consolidation he wantet
Board Of Evangelization with BoarC
OF Homo Missions as an outcropplnR,