The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-05-31
United Presbyterian Assem- bly,.

byterian Assembly, fourth day. DR..
Morrow, of Albany, and Rev. 5. Owens,
offered paper with reference to the en-
croachments Of the Roman Catholic
church, in this country. |: called the
attention of the Assembly 70 the efforts
of that church TO control the public
schools, and to influence the political
character OF the nation Dr. A. a. +.
Taylor, president of Wooster UniverSi-
ty, was recognized as the delegate from
the Presbyterian church, and will be
heard on Tuesday afternoon. The report
of the Home Mission Board. show, S4l
men appointed to preaching stations,
while 10 applied for appointment; S&9,-
l4j were appropriated to the mission s;a-
tons for the present year. The follow
ing appointments to important stations,
are singled out: Rev Jas. Brown, ID,
to indianapolis; Rev. Geo. r. Murry, 10
Atlanta; in the Presbyteria Of Nebraska,
Rev. Jas. McCortney, to Omaha; Rev. j.
IL. Cooper, Topeka; Rev. II. p Jackson,
Salem, Illinois. The greater part of the
missionaries are not sent to one Congre-
CATION or even to one Presbytery, but
three months to one place and three to
another. No two quartered in the same
locality. This method of working has
been successful in the past, and seems TO
be highly thought of by the majority Of
the Assembly.
The report of the Committee on Home
Missions by Rev. ID. 5. McHenry, was
the subject of discussion during the fore
noon.
Dr.. Brown, Secretary of the BoarG
warned the assembly against increasing
the appropriations. lie said many
Young men offering their services to the
Board could not be employed because u
large number of the vacant congrcga-
tions are allowed to make their own en-
gagcments for preaching. This tendency
to congregationulism he condemned.
Rev. !. G.. Carson, spoke
very earnestly against the
distribution of supplies made by tho
General Committee giving the prefer
encc to students of the second year over
ministers and iIccntials, who have finish
cd their course. lie had voted against
this on the General Committee, because
tho General Assembly, had forbidden
the Presbvteries to license two students.
Rev. J A. Balm spoke in favor OF giving
appointment, other things being equal to
the married men. First. a motion to re-
woke appointments of still students that
have not completed theological course,
called out some sharp speeches from
Revs. j. G. Carson, d. j. McKevey, j.
L. Britain, W. ). Owens and others, but
was finally lost. A resolution to pre-
vent vacant congregations from supply
ing their own pulpitS independently of
the Board of Home Missions introduced
by the board, was opposed by Elder
Getty, who discovered more red tape
than he thought necessary in securing
ministers through the board. also by
Elder McCandless that the resolutions
would be dead. DR.. Reid favored it a.
necessary to maintain the self respect of
men sought as candidates. The best men
in the host sense lack the brass 10 push
themselves in as candidates for the pull
pits. Dr.. Bowen said this resolution
only embodied the custom of tho AsSo-
citation of the \. and T. p churches, and
a rcoticring of this position would save
us from the difficulties that besct churches
in other denominations where vacant
church in II deairabl" place is literally
besiegcd with candidates. We
need to cultivate moro Of the
spirit that led men in former years to re
gard the appointment Of the church as
the appointment OF God. Mr.. Wallace
thought something should be doncin thi,
direction, but that tho resolution OF the
comwittce was too stringent. Rev. j. K.
Britain offered an amendment to the cf-
feet that the vacant congregations receive
preaching through the Committee OF
Supplies The resolution finally adopt
ed, proposed by DR.. Wallace, is as fol-
lows: In order to check the growing
tendency all over the church to make
private arrangements for supplying va
cant congregations it is directed by the
Assembly that hereafter vacancies be
supplied only by men appointed by the
general committee. the boards or the
Presbytery.
Rev. NJ, McAyel, offered an additional
resolution, making it obligatory on APP
pointees to ill their appointment unless
they can make arrangements satisfactory
to the presbytery to which they are up
pointed.