The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-27
Presbyterian Genernl Assembly,.

Presbyterian General Assembly.
sT. LOUIS, May 25.-The General Az
sembly this forenoon resumed the debat
on consolidation. Rev. Dr.. Ellis, OF Sa
Francisco, said that the people in his par
Of the country were decidedly In favor q
consolidation. he thought sustentatiol
and home missions could be united witt
good eject The facilities Of colportae
Work should be increased, Mr.. Aiken
OF Detroit, agreed with what had beel
said, though he represented no particnla,
section. In regard to missionary salaries
he thought there should be q uniiorn
system instead Of tho present mode wher1
the salary is fixed In one place and an
other depends on the caprices OF a conere
gregatiOn. He didn't fear, believing In
Jay was passed when It could have any
pefmanency In the church. DR., VIM.
" Roberts, Of Elizabeth, N. j., spoke
u favor Of sustentatIon and the Board d
Home Missions, which be thought were
one work and should be together. There
are Two or three points In which they diff.
iet, but this could be easily remedied,
Inc sustentation fund would have failed
long ago had It not been for two gentle
men on the Board Of Home Missions, Rev,
Paxton and ]. Paxton, D. D. II there a
friction Tor tho reason that both depart
ments are the same, unite them, and this
disappears. So with the missions for freed
men-they all should go together,
Or. Howard Grossly said that II sus-
Igntalon was broughtinto the Board Of
Home Mission, the idea would be Loaf
as regards Capitalization. Il was q com.
parauve idea II there was 100 much CEN
ralization, then diffnsion, then centraliza.
lion Is q good thing so the word and the
changes wrung on Il simply means NOTHING.
speaking as a New Yorker he said, he,
as well as every Mininister in New York
would be heartily glad il every Board
which is now located in New York Cily
was out OF II; they wished they were IN
Philadelphia, but most OF all, they wished
they were In this great city oI the West,
ana ne did not say this for Buucomb,
kev. MIR, Grau, OF Peoria, Ills, was on.
posed to tho consolidation OF any two
boards. NV
Rev. T. p. Hunt, of tho Presbyterv of
hsckawana, the old apostle of temper
ance, pitched into everybody. He was
against consolidation. for the reason that
II any board had enough to do now. il
would be Overworkcd, even with the ad-
dion OF a single other bosrd. The reme.
dGy against friction was already provided.
1t was 10 the presbyteries.
DF. g. Rea, OF Topeka, Ka,, was in
lavGr oil tho amendment, aud spoke eli.
oquently concerning the carly settlement
OF the Presbyterian Church in Kansas,
Ihere was no friction in any department
Dr., Robertson, of Rochester, N. Y.
Glu not want sustentation nut In the
hands OF tho Board OF Home Missions. II
would be oyer.shadowed there. and the
Ohurch could not afford 10 sec so great a
work neglected.
u. Herrick johnson, author of the mi.
norlty report, supported the same In an
soie speech. There was an advantage In
Oulked causes, just as Foreign Missions
are oulked. 1fHome Missions were on as
grand scale as the other, it would
prosper In the same degree.
Kew. Frederick r. Watunp, OF Pitts-
DurRn, Pa', senior member from the
ftesoytery, where the Board Of Instruc-
ton is located, did not want any change
made, and differed from DR., Johnson IN
thinking that consolidation would secure
economy. N'A '-SN-'
A lively debate then took place OF, A
motion that at Q o'clock this afternoon tho
DEBATE on the question OF sustentation
and Homo Missions cease, and the
question be put in the second item in ihe
minority report. ~. =
Judge Drake offered an amendment
that at halt.past 9 o'clock all debatcs
cease and that the Assembly vote on The
whole question, WV
Several gentlemen objected in stroup
terms'to this proceeding of choking al
heV. MIR. Adams, colored gentleman
from South Carolina, expressed a desire
mat the several Sons OF Ethiopis who
were present would be heard.
pE VIM. breckenridge said that it was
indecent men who had occupied the
most OF tho time Of the Assembly in al.
tempting TO cut of the debate.
Judge Drake did not think Il becoming
in Dr. Beckenridge to say what he did
hoderator-1 call Judge Drake TO or
DER. There must be no personalities
Judge Drake replied that he had sery.
ed in the highest legislative bodies ia the
country and knew what q personality
Wts' He would not be personal, but he
did not think 1t becoming in any man 10
characterize q motion touching the buT.
ness Of the body as indecent.
Dr. Breckenridge was sorry, but be did
NOT mean the word in any sense as unkind
or uubecoming'
The amendment Of Judge Drake was
lost, and motion to take q vote on The
question Of taking sustcntatlon out Of the
Board OF Home Missions at 8 O'clock this
afternoon prevailed,
Rev. s. ]. Wilson, Moderator at tb,u
point delivered q very touching address Of
welcome to tho four delegates from Scot.
land and ireland, presenting them % the
minutes OF tho Assembly oil 1878.
Inc debate was then resumed, and DR.
6oolh, Of New York, Chairman Of The
Committee on Consolidation, argued in
Iavor OF the majority report, What ho
wanted was o minimum of $1,000 for
saelr ministry. Tho Homo Mission Board
nc would take out OF New York and plant
II mere in this great city. Recess.