The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-05-21
THE PRESBYTERIANS,
PROCEEDINGS OF THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY.
Work or the Publication Board
interesting Discussion Relative
10 the SOnI OF Christ Descend
lug Into HeIl-The Gray
Heads Predominant. and
The Subject is Indc1i-
nIIely Postponed.
Correspondence OF the Register.

Correspondence OF the Register.
PITTsBURGu, May 20.
Robert Carter, of New York, the
well-known publisher, conducted the
morning services, after which DR..
Allison spoke against the over
ture of the Philadelphia Presbytery rels-
tive to the phrase in the Apostles Creed
about Christ's soul descending into hell
HIS argument was that the same thing
applied in the faith of other religions,
and that change in this respect would
be followed by too many changes.
DR.. Junkin obtained the platform TO
read the report of the Committee
on Board Publication. On the motion
to adopt DR.. Jennings offered an amend
ment enjoining the Board to publish in
| foreign languages matter which would
stay intemperalce.
DR.. Schenck, Secretary of the Board,
spoke on the question, and rcfesred to the
power OF the press tor good or evil. He
referred to the boss inGdel of the country,
Ingersoll, and deprecated that his lee
turcs found their way INTO the hands Of
wde-awake children of Christian par
ents. He asked that the Board be sus-
tanned 1t had 50 far sent out at least
5O,OJ0OOO copies Of books and tracts, has
$500 different publications now out, 1000
volumes OF which are permanent works.
DR.. Jennings, speaking on his amend
ment, said that fifty years ago himself,
DR.. Swift and Prot Halsey constituted
committee to examine into the temper
ance question, and his experience was and
is that temperance tracts in the German
language are ne, led badly. He COM
planned that in nearly one hundred and
twenty publications in foreign languages
not one is dlsLinctiveIy temperance in its
tone.
DR.. Junkin thought it bes. to leave the
matter with the Board.
The temperance amendment was car
ricd, and another amendment WAS tackled !
on to the original report by insLructing
the Board to publish tracts warning the
colored people Of tho errors OF Catholi.
cism. AS amended, the report was
adopted.
DR.. Allison again took the floor on the |
objections to tho Apostles creed, and |
pictured the gicc OF the liberals should |
the objection be sustained. The Presby- |
terlan Church should not reject clause |
of its creed which has lasted for three |
hundred years.
Some parliamentary pyrotechnics were |
INDUCED in, tending to squelch the ques.
ton, DR.. KempshalI, OF New Jersey, |
making q motion finally to indefinitely |
postpone. This brought DR.. Patterson,
Of Philadelphia to the floor. This
gentleman is the champion Of the |
objection. He knocked one argument |
after another from DR.. Allison's position |
snd was proceeding to demolish the |
latter gentleman cncctually by quoting /
from scripture when the question was IN
sisted upon, and the motion to postpone |
was carried on a division by vote OF |
20 TO 100. The younger and more pro-
presslve members believed in settling the |
question then and there. This ended the |
morning session.
At the afternoon session, beginning ut |
5 o'clock, their was dearth OF business |
st first, reports OF committees being |
called up without answer. The Com |
mIttee on Elections reported the arrival |
of several new delegates. The Committee
on Syuodical Records, was requested to |
call ut the platform and obtain the re-
cords, rs their names were read,
Rev. Newton, Of Michigan, offered q
resolution, rehcarsing the spread OF ra-
tionallstic and liberal notions and intem- |
perance among the educated classes IN |
India and resolving that the Assembly |
assist IN the work of establishing a boys |
boarding school n the LOdiana mission. |
1t was lamcntable that it was only !
lack of funds that prevented the lustlLu- |
tion of such school ss would save the |
youth of that mission. Tne gentleman !
said that the missionaries OF other !
churches are educating the children who |
should properly receive instruction from
the Presbyterians.
On motion the resolution was referred |
to the Board Of Foreign Missions.
Rev. Yicely offered resolution pro-
vldlng tor the seLLlng apart OL Luo IhiIu
Sabbath of every June tor especial SER
vice for Sabbath School children, and |
that one weekly prayer meeting be held
once a month to pray for tho conversion |
Of children. Tho resolution passed.
The papers relating to the Prc:byter'
ism Housj were referred TO the Finance |
Committee.
An overture from the Synod Of Long |
Island, asking that the Assembly separ
ate the business and missionary depart
ment OF the Board o! Publication, was
offered. The Committee on the Board |
recommended no change, as the accounts
are kept separate. |
Rev. jenkins quoted from the report OF |
the Board and held that the accounts are .
somewhat mixed up, and that to repre-
sent otherwise is not putting the matter
in proper light.
THIS question brought forward a num-
Der of debaters, and there was very IN
teresting debate. BAlAkD'