The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-05-24
Presbyterian General Assembly.

New YoRK, May 23.-1n the Presby
announced that its cOmmittee would hay
q meeting with the Centennial Commits
sioners Wednesday, in regard to closipI
the exhibition on Sunday. 1t Is iounC
impracticable 10 have the General AS
sembly appear in body as designed
The report on the union OF the C6urcl
Sustentation with the Board Of Home
Missions elected an earnest discussion
which continued throughout the afternoon
and evening sessions, and was ended b.
referring the report TO a. committee to b.
appointed to-day During the afternoon
the reports OF the Board OF Church Erec
tion and OF the Committee Of Trustees O
the Assembly on the relief fund for dis
abled ministers, and wives and orphans o
deceased ministers, were distributed. Th'
former report showed that the gross re
ceipts for the year were S125, 1000. One
hundred and twenty-five churches receiy'
ed their appropriations amounting tc
$GS,677 while $43, ,2S9 remains to be paid
The Presbyterian General Assembly
continued Its session to-day.
The Committee on 0yertures, from the
Synod Of Missouri, asking that second
baptism be required in the case Of Roman
Catholics converted to .ProteStantisn,
report the paper back to the Assembly
for further consideration.
The Moderator announced the follow
ing as special committee on the report
Of the Committee on Home Missions and
Sustentation Of Ministers: Rev, Drs. w.
E. Knox, s. L. Campbell, John G. Rankin
and David J. Walter; Elders Louis E.
jackson, Of New York; John II. Atwood,
Of Philadelphia, and I. 7. Alexander, OF
Louisville. ..tn "a
Judge Williams, Chairman ofthe Com
miltee on Beneyolence, said that Of 500 900
to aid in building churches, the dis
bursements had cost $4,000, and the
Committee believed this was too large a
ratio Of expenditure. The amount ap-
propriated for the previous year was
1920, and cost Of disbursements $l0.-
900 for salaries and office expenses. As
this was more than IS per cent upon the
disbursements, the committee recon-
mended that this work be performed by
officers OF the House Board who we're
willing 10 undertake the task.
The report Of the Standing Committee
on Home Missions warmly commended
the work Of the Board in the last year;
recommended self.sustaining churches,
joint missionaries Of the Board In the
work among children, and that COM
mittee Of women be appointed by each
Synod to aid in the Home Mission work.
Grouping Of contiguous churches was ad.
yised, that they might sooner become
seli.sustaining. The importance Of the
work among our foreign population vas
urged, especially among the Germans and
the persecuted Cinnamon on our shores.
Contributions by the mission churches
for other church work, were spoken OF
rs mt 10 be censured, and as likely to in.
or. ass, the prosperity and liberality OF
sucu churches.
3 Rev. DR.. Dickinson, Secretary Of the
Board Of Home Missions, in his address,
dwelt upon the importance Of home
spoke Of the work and hard.
ships Of the missionaries, and then reierr'
ed to the importance Of inculcating patri:
o,ism in children as we'll as piety, oi
which true patriotism was part. The
Germans among us must be Amer
icanized to make our work among
them effective. 1t was natural that
they should love their own Lam
guage, but they must be taught the
English tongue and learn to love the
English bible. He urged the importance
Of work among the Chinese, the tide Of
whose immigration to this country could
not be stopped by any opposition. Some
Of them had been converted and they
we're the best missionaries who could be
lent back to China. He next referred to
the Indians and to the success OF the mis-.
sionary work among the Cherckees. He
spoke Of the bible in schools and families
md said that Americans would not be
worthy Of their name ii they did not
1t undisturbed.
After the usual religious exercises, re-
cees was taken.