Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-16
Presbyterfan Assemblies.

PREPARATIONS FOR MEETINGS OF THE TWO
GENERAL BODIES OF THE UNITED STATES.
From the Baltimore Sun.
Two important Presbyterian bodies will as
semble on Thursday, Dist inst. One, the gen.
eral assembly of the Presbyterian church in the
United States, and Familiarity known as the
Northern Presbyterian Church, will assemble
in the First Presbyterian church in Cincinnati,
Ohio, and the other, the general assembly of the
pres6yterian church popularity known as the
First Presbyterian church in Houston Texas
Neither branch Of the church regard themselves
as either northern or southern, but that term is
one from the other. Inside the church one g
distinguished only as the general assembly
the Presbyterian church in the United States
OF America, and the other as the general as
sembly Of the Presbyterian church in the United
States, leaving off the words 'of America"
AT the opening OF the general assembly, which
meets in Cincinnati, Rev. George p Hays, DID,
moderator of the last session, which met in
Mr. Hays was o pfiy pa ane of ting
Second Presbyterian church, Baltimore This
| assembly Is made up of commissioners from the
Columbia, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iowa X ansas
kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ne
braska. New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pacific,
Wisconsin. From the Washington presbytery
the commissioners are Rev. j. A. Browson, d.
A: $. Eagleston. Among the important matters
which will come before the assembly are over.
lures on the Revised BOOK OF Discipline on re-
duced Representations in the general assembly
and on ecclesiastical commissions The statfS-
teal reports last year at the session in Saratoga
made the following exhibit of the esbyterian
church in the United States of America:
| Synods, "a; presbyteries, 100; candidates. 733
icentiates, 275; ministers, 5,341; elders 1 8 $685.
deacons, q, 2S7; churches, 1913; COMMITMENTS,
| 615,942; Sunday-schoo1 members, 6S7 269:
total contributions, $40, 169 ,4O1 of which sum
1885. 79l was congregational 1920, O2;3 home
missions, $500, 22O foreign missions,
The general assembly, which meets at Hous-
ton, Tex. is composed Of commissioners from
the synods OF Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia.
Kentucky, Memphis, Mississippi Missouri
Nashville, North Carolina, South Carolina
south Georgia and Florida Texas and Virginia
This will be the first time the assembly has ever
| assembled in the state of Texas The commits
| sioners from the Maryland presbytery, which is
embraced within the synod of Virginia are
| Rev. X. l.. McMurran, Of Mt. Washington. and
| Elder IL. Renshaw; alternates Rev A. T.
Graham and DR.. ]. H. Prentiss. The church
has missions in South America, China Greece
| Mexico Italy and among the Indians The sta
tistical reports last year showed that there are
In the United States Synods, 13; presby teries
| IS; licentiates, 50; ministers, -: Churches
1893; ruling elders, 6.454; deacons. 1850:
total number of communicates 131 ,25S: teach.
ers in Sunday schools and Bible classes, s $50;
scholars in Sunday schools and Bible classes
81 1888; total contributions, 81 1884 433 includ-
ing 500, 553 tor foreign missions, 1857 .73I for
pastors salaries and congregational $500, 1O2.