The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1877-06-13

Professor Campbell bore his testimony
to the comparative merits of beneficiary vii
other students. For a quarter of centur
he had been associated with such young mel
The failure of beneficiary is like that of
minister-he falls from a conspicuous pos
ton.
The fall of one single beneficiary Studen
therefore, creates great sensation.
He was connected with church that ha
always on its hands the beneficiary educatio
of some young minister. 1t SO happene
that, last year, they took up a talented youn
man, but somewhat eccentric. This eccen
tricity led him to think he could not 60 int
the Presbyterian ministry, and he went int
the Methodist Church. Hehas paid back ever.
cent expended on him. This departure ha
made more impression on the ladies OF tina
society than the correct course of ten mel
that they had previously educated.
While may not give the beneficiary stu
dents the preference over others, / do ga.
they are fully equal to the others.
DR.. Waddel, Secretary of Education, sai'
it was matter of surprise to him that tn
Assembly was more willing to hear speeche
on any dry subject rather than that of bene
fciary education. From the speeches made
it was evident that all considered the subjec
important. The main question was abou
the method of administering the system.
First, then, there ought not to be any com
parison drawn between either class of stu
dents. There are failures in both, for they
are both human beings You would find there
are about as many good in one as in the other
Again, the General Assembly urges 6
friendly and hearty cooperation with the
central committee. We don't command oil
eujoin, but merely urge. There the matter
ends. Nobody ever hears of the resolutions
afterwards. DR.. Waddel read the action Of
the Assembly of 1866-refusing to eDjoir
Presbyteries to send all their moneys to the
Executive Committee, provided collections
are taken up in all the churches.
Of the sixty-three Presbyteries, fifty are
in full cooperation with the AGSembly'f
council, FIVE cooperate partially, seven do
not cooperate at all. and the other is for
eign Presbytery. Nobody has right to
quarrel with the PreSbyterieS that do not CO.
operate, unless they fail to send US little
money. When Presbytery does profess to
CO. operate with this Committee, and when
the Committee does send the Presbytery every
dollar asked for, it is to be expected that the
Presbytery should contribute to the fand.--
One Presbytery asks this poor Committee to
take under their care three excellent young
men, highly recommended. The Committee
do unhesitatingly accept them, support them,
pay every cent of the appropriation asked
for. So far, SO good. Well, we have a
treasury. That Presbytery got $475, and
they gave us $23.11. Well, there's the
Synod of Texss-a country of magnificent
elements of success in its incipiency, and Of
magnificent men but Texas is poor. Texas
preachers preach well, and get very little
money for it. That Synod does more for
the cause of Education than any other Synod
in proportion to its resources. Brazos Pres
byteny alone sends liberal contribution
Texas asks us to take three men-it supports
them, and helps to support the candidates of
that great Presbytery that sent US $23.ll.
Is that right?
No, sir it is not right 1 pronounce it a
wrong. During the past year l saw that if
we didn't take some extraordinary measure,
we would come out again in debt. So we
drew up special appeal, sent out in time, to
operate before it was too late. Then we se-
lected list of churches of which We request
ed a specific amount.
In sending to some of our brethren that
appeal, some of them said: 6" What does
this mean ?" But he wrote to me, "Do you
want an additional collection to what was
sent-$50 already sent ?" Nothing had been
received. Yet the money had been collected
and lay there ($262) for over month. The
moral is, when you take up collection, please
send it by the very next train. We may
need tive do need it. 1t is not only the
amount, butthe promptness with which money
is sent that does the good. We remit to the
students once month and we paid up every
dollar before the General Assembly met
But / won't brag. The fact is, if We had had
200 students, we couldn't have begun to do
it. We have been able to do it because we
have had fewer students and gave them less.
Well, you say, why did you do that? why
did you not give them the usual appropria'
ton The answer is patent-we didn't have
the money to give.
do not believe in debts, either of churches
or individuals.
DR.. Waddez argued that Education was in
dispensabe to the Church. its foundation,
the cause of Foreign Missions, is yonder pill
lar, and SusteDtation is another pillar; but
YOU do not see Education. It is out of sight
it is the foundation. You cannot see it, but
you cannot do without it. Let the work be
increased,
Rev. Mr.. Daniel said there was point tt
which the Secretary had not referred, bu
which was one of great Importance. 1t wal
this: that the policy of the Committee hat
been to conduct the work with the least pos
sible expense. To gain the aid of our peo
ple it must be shown that the effort was con
Quoted in the most economical manner.
The whole expense of the Committee hat
not reached $4,000. Had the number o
candidates been larger, there would have beel
no larger increase of Office expenses. Al
that is unnecessary is excluded. Nearly al
our secretaries state that this cause is at tn
basis.
The whole of the report as amended wa
adopted.
SUsTENTATI0N.
(EYENING SESSION OF SIXTH DAY.
AF,or Tho readinD of the Renort of tn