, 1877-05-23

Ecncy haA arisen calling for ctangs of action on
s giF' rs II Ssss =
andn limited asEtee in the Gtk srsady sssTs M
peculiar, ar,tinx from tho nt.cr nteenee nf any.
oi llome stI'.ion: e.n ''t come II hi. ' '
In thcrc territories we n'nst begin at the very
"rsp iecare sa% hsse aser rect
control Of tho mtselenarfcf. Snch schools are not
for ssem1ar slons sns tos tfctons, IT,
rttncIon. These schoola should not bc fett m.
controlled, and 1t seems cmtncntly desirable that
recommend that thc Hoard be allowed To- snasaIn
snsh SCHOOLS y ihs payment in Of INC sstshGfs m ts
Preststeres H IN Whieh tHey arc eommissionsa b.
the Board.
The paragraph which It was proposed to
change having been read,
sai.l that his reasons iar Wishing tho substitu.
ton was, firstly, tint tho time Ind been reached
when change In tho manner OF conducting
tlDmc-Mfssion work had become absolutely
Mormon md no spanish clement to I dcai : viii.
No person who had listened to Tho speech Of the
young man who la1ore.l among tho Mormons
could doubt that be had bccii comncllea to
preach tic Gospel Under great dlf}lcultfos.
What tho speaker wanted was Tint these schools
In Utah should bo taken under tho pro-
teetlo,, Of tho Church and co:,,-
sey lad By Ype.n h' t ff'9ts'f s liz 5onas ss a.:
were hcatl,cn, dark as Egyptian night, and tho
way to rcach 10 tho adults sns through the chill
drsn The question wns. whether tic work
% a,Fsd o" Or 9
lie had looked nftcr the Synud Of Kansas for
nearly ten years. tho Territory comprising about
one-scycnth of fttcwholcof the United States. AZ
but In tho ,iear future there would be u dc,nnnl
and a necessity for them, and lie wanted tho
scllool-wUrk made regular part Of tho rrcsby-
tcrian lfonlc-Misslon work. In Kansas they
,er month during the past tcs, years, and there
was no reason why this glorious result should
not be duplicated In Texas.
THE NEv. NA. BAKER,
n member Of tho Committee, had been opposed
to that part Of tho report referred to, atltl had
reverted to his original opinion that tho Gcncr-
al Assembly ought to allow the, proposed
amendment. III all aeatlsen countries II was
necessary tint tho hclool should accompany tho
Church. Thc only, question waa rs 10 whether.
tho Board If Home A(issions should bo Intrusted
with carrying out tho new order of things It
lad been said that this was an Innovation, and
dangerous precedent; but le thought there WIS
no fear Of a conflict between tho Hoard OF iome
Missions and other Church boards. II tho for
lncr allowed any disposition to trcspass on tho
functions Of other Boards tic next General As
surtl for great General Assembly to cnnBcut 10
be killed By tho letter when tho spirit would
keep alive. fApplause.]
There waa nodoubt about thcerpcdtcncy OF tho
measure, and It was unworthy Of tic Assembly
to give my consideration to tho petty question
Of jealous[cs between boards. let tho Doasds
cn1llc together and decide rs to what their pow
them walk between Tho Doarsls, and rclcgato
them nil to t1ielr proper places
TIE REV. ". II. JAMKs,
| Of Cincinnati, another member ot the Commit
tee, Ind come 10 an entirely different conc1ll-
aim tn tfJn 1n4A knfnkNf. HH Nffn{i1 fhnt IL
this work wRs given to the H0ulc-M Mission
Board 1t woull couilIct With that OF tho ror-
crn-Mlssions Board, which ha'l Charge Of tho
It was said that this would only bu local, but
| llow lo,ig would Il 80 continued Every
thing should BIO louc. de*ently aud n
otder,, and II any ci'ango was na.Ie
tic California Chinese mud tho Indians shout!
! .llso bc taken trosu tho Foreign Missions Board
aud placed IL tho hands of tho board Of Homo
Mlssions. The work Of hl'e latter VA to preach =
vcrtca TO educational purposes there would bo
trouble. It wna almost certain that In tho flt-
turc there wu,llll to demand that funds should
ho 30 ;sr alto = present s T. WI sa,' Tint
TH,Acs should hu used for such purposes. l1c
WA oppuaod To TIC proposed change, at auy
| rutc fur the preacnL.
THE Nav. MR. WILDER
Uttered M a'nens!tncnt TO tho amendment to tho
effect that the Hume Boat1l be authorized to
iltrMisiI their missionaries with funds for tho
support Of SCHOOLS where ncrtlcd, 80 far ns the
state III the treasury would permit. lie was In
iavur of haying schools under the carr OF tho
Homo Missionaries, but his objection to their
having commissions from tho Doar,l was that
there R,l,st 10 frequent changes III these teach.
| crs, and tho raEsslhnaricB on tho ground could
better determine WHO wcrc Ut tcachcra than tho
\ best Incl, IN New York.
The Rev. Sir. Gil', 70 show how necessary Il
wns tn hayu more OF the l!Eht Of tho Gospel
nk.n Tn Arf1 1ajI
little wooden god which lie said VIVA being wuE-
slipped by u tribe OF Indians In that Territory.
| Ill., LOWRY
said thnt there WIS m onltaalon tn the remarks
FL far. IN that tho language Of tho population
REFERRED to Ind not bcen mentioned, 80 fur as
lie could alecrtatn, 1t was sought to apply tic
ncw methods atnongst Indian anl Spanish
Dr. Mcssllllan .ati the ortslnnl overture was
introduced In frcsbytnry that OF Utah) )where
the English tanglucc only wns spoken.
Or. Lowry said TINT It was there understood
that tho Mor'nons formed the ao'ltnry cxccp.
thought thrrc was tu danger OF \ conflict be-
twcun tho Church Boarts. Tlicso were the agents
Of the Church, md wero not to he considered
70 stats wlilyh Of thcso ageucles It would use:
When tlloy llad q Board already At work, and
which hail lono that work for over forty ycars,
Il was y question aa to tho Wisdom Of making;
ss Fo4esa Misstons Ia Lad pa sesspt facties toi
doing tho work. The Churcl, was ono n IL
organism. mud should commit tho work to tue
pr1pcr agency, which ho claimed 10 be The
Foreign Missionary board. Religious people
often suffered themselves 10 be beguliet by .
jugRlcrv ot word. 81 much should not he
mmlo Of names; foreign mission work ,ncanl
TIC evangclIzatlon OK hcatilcn speaking an
other tongue, and these were proper sub}..cta
for tho Foreign sllssion eoc!cty, whether found
un tho American Cont!nent or elsewhere,
The question was. III short: llcre was work t.
b. dung. and what agency sloall the Church
nlort for.loInE TT !leaRpfoycd ct the caution, y
commend Itself to their good senac.
THE rev. sl. VAN DYKE
told OF Sunday-hcl,ool acholar who, when .
speaker asked Wllas Ito should sny, replied
"Say Amen, and Sit dorm" Ill., had riscn tt
order to ,ay ".An,cn." The Lord Jesus Chris!
to al! peollc. II VIVA u futal mistake to nlalst
any difference between preaching and tcachng
A Boar1 was by M means out OF tho control 0l
tllc Assembly. Ito waa member VI the Board
OF Foreign stlsa!nns, but was BY. no means less
friendly to the Homo Mission Board IN consc
nuencc. This great Held wa allcasly committed