Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-05-26
ECCLESIASTICAL.
THE PRESBYTERIAN GENERAL AS
SEMBlY.
Y. NJ. c. A. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Of
St. PatriCks Cathedral, New York
City, An Event Of Unu-
suaISpIendOr and Mag
nifcance.
PRESBYTERIAN General Assembly.

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Board of Home Missions was taken mp
and discussed.
Elder Andrew w. Curtis, Synod oI
Atlanta, Ccolored) favored the retention
of the Freedmen's Committee, and Rev.
DIR. Wilson, of the Freedmen's Board,
wanted to know what could be expected
from the Home Mission Board for the
Freedmen if a consolidation was made.
His organization had been under a kind
of sentence OF death for five years, yet
their work had been noticeable. The
Board of Home Missions has already alb
solved some boards, and if they go on
there will only be two Boards in the
church.
Elder Thompson, OF Cincinnati, spoke
for the retention OF the Freedmen 5
Board, and said that the only reason
given for the transfer was the reso-
luton of several assemblies in 1874.
He did not believe that if the
transfer was made the collections for
the Home Missions would be
at all increased and the works among
the Freedmen will be stopped. The
Freedmen's Board have special work
to do, and if they are not kept up there
will be great loss.
Rev. Geo. Smith, OF Santa Fe, favored
the transfer. Rev. DIR. Beatty, OF Pitts
burgh, favored the continuance OF the
board, and defended the Freedmen's
Board from the charge OF bad faith to-
ward the General Assembly in now
striving to be returned.
Rev. DR.. Allison, Treasurer OF the
Freedmen's Board, said the Baptists,
Methodists, Congregationalists and Epis-
copalians sustained the Freedmen's
Board The United Presbyterians once
dropped a special committee for the
Freedmen, and after four years reinsta-
ted the work. Last year the Freedmen $
Board gave the home missions eighty
churches, and the result is that the con-
tributions from the Northwest, hereto
fore given to the Presbyterian Freed
mems Board, were turned over to the
Freedmen's commit
tee, and the latter now watched this
vote, to 90 in and occupy the land il the
Freedmen's Board is abolished.
Rev. DR.. WalcOtt Calkins, of Buffalo,
asked il the Secretary of the Home Mis-
sion Board would pledge the Board TO
continue the schools.
Rev. Dr. Dickson, the Secretary, said
he could not pledge the Home Mission
Board for the schools, still it was near
his heart. In reply to question in re-
gard TO sustentation, he said that since
il came 10 their care they had cleared it
from debt and put it in funds.
Rev. Dr. Calkins said that he favored
the transfer.
Rev. DIR. Jones, Chairman of the
Frcedmen's Board, said that he had no
end TO gain by the continuance, except
the benefit OF the Church.
The question OF transfer was lost ayes
100, nays 3l4.
The rcportof the Committee on Freed
men was adopted.
The report of the Committee on Edu-
cation was adopted.
Adjourned till Monday.
Cathedral Dedicated.
New YORK, May 25.-The new Saint
Patrick's Cathedal, on the corner of Fifth
avenue and Fiitleth street, was dedi-
Gated to public worship to-day under
the invocation of Saint Patrick, with
grand, solemn and imposing services.
In the history OF the Roman Catholic
Church in American no event has been
celebrated with such magniticence or
splendor. There were between 1000
and 5000 people in the building when
the services commenced. The high
altar was lit up with countless candless
and presented beautiful appearance.
Among the many persons present
were Gen. A. +. Sickles, Chief
Justice DAILY, Cornelius Van
derbilt, Henry Bergh, Controller
Kelly, Judge Brady, IL. J. Tappan,
Sheriff Reilly, Judge Waterbury
Arthur Leary, John Mutually, Henry
l.. Hagnet, JAS. Lynch, Eugene Kelly
and Joseph r. O'Donohue. But seldom
has such number ofhigh dignitaries of
the church been assembled as to-day,
as the following took part in the ser
vices: Archbishop Gibbons, OF Balti-
more; Archbishop Purcell, of Cincinnati /;
Archbishop Wood, of Philadelphia;
Archbishop Williams, OF Boston, Arch
bishop Lynch, OF Toronto, and
Archbishop Hannah, of Halifax
Bishops Laughlin, Brooklyn, McQuaid,
of Rochester; Ryan, of Buffalo; McNier-
nev. of Albany; Carrigan, of Newark /;
Lynch, of Charleston; Belker, of Will
mingtOn; Gross, OF Savannah; kaln, OF
Wheeling: Moore, of st. Augustine; /;
Keane, of Richmond; Elder, OF Natchez
Quinlan, of Mobile; HcndricksOn, OF
Providence; Healey, OF Portland; Nc
Mahan, of Hartford; Mullen, OF Erie ;
Shanahan, of Harrisburg; O'Hara, Of
Scranton; Quigg, OF Pittsburgh; Buttes'
Of Alton: RYAN, DIST. Louis; o 'COnnor, OF
Nebraska; McClOskey. OF Louisville;
Faebbe. of CovingtOn; Borgeis, of De-
troit; Chatari, OF Nincennes; Ireland, OF
1t. Paul: Heiss, of la Crosse; Dupamet,
of Ottawa: Sweeney, of St. Johns, y. B. +;
Rogers, of Chatham, \. b., and Rt.
Past Manager Seton, ID. D., PrOthOnary
Apostolic. The celebrants Of Mass were
Cardinal John MCCloskey, Celebrant;
Very Rev. Thomas Preston, first assis-
tant Deacon; Rev. A. j. Donnelly, sec
ond assistant Deacon; Rev. Edward
Meghvnn, Deacon OF Mass; Rev.
James II. Mclean, Sub-Deacon ;
The Masters of Ceremonies were Rev.
J. NJ. Kearney, F. II. Farrelly, II. c.
Mcdowell and VIM. Hogan. There
were also cantors for the Miserere, tor
the Litany and for the procession.
The musical portion OF the services
were in keeping with all the other cere-
monies. The sanctuary chorus OF the
Paulist Fathers Church, numbering
100 men and boys, sung the proper
of the mass. The organist was aided by
a choir of 100 voices and full orchestra
of wind and string instruments. The
"Kvrie" was from Haydn's Third Mass,
and the Gloria" the "Credo," the
"Sanctus" and the Agnes Dei' were
from Haydus, Sixteenth Mass. The
Geogorian music was rendered by the
choir OF the Paulish Fathers. Ii was
half past 10 O'Clock before the cere'
monies began with the procession from
the vestry. First came the attendants
and servers, then tie chorus OF chanters
then 80 priests, then the bishops in
full canonicals, then the archbishop
arrayed in their gorgeous vestment'