Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-05-18

York report Of Committee on Mexico
Rev. J. II Griffith, ID, New York; I'D
dress, Rev. Wsylsnd Hoyt, ID, Penn
sylysnia.
! The meeting in Calvary Church hearC
extracts read from the report OF the EHecu
| tive Board by the Rev. l. A. Crandall, @
| New York, the Recording Secretary. Tht
other proceedings were accounts OF the
SeCretary's work among foreigners 10 thi,
country. The general subject of the work
was discussed by thu Rev. Wm. NJ. Haigh,
D. d., Illinois; the BOhemisns, Rev. 4. X.
Parker, d. d., Illinois; the Poles, Rev. F..
Ellis, Michigan; the Germans, Rev. J. C.
Grimmell, New York; the Socie,y's work
in Mexico, Rev. W H. Sloan, from City OF
Mexico.
The proceedings of the Society continued
to-day. In order to accommodate the
large numbers in attendance at the meet
iugs the committee of arrangements have
secured the use of the Congregational
Church for evening meetings in addition
to the Calvary Church The Eighth street
synagogue, nearly opposite the Calvary
Church, is used for committee meetings
The use Of the synagogue was courteously
offered gratuitously by the Jewish congre-
CATION worshipping there.
Among the topics discussed tG day, was
the report Ot Dr. Thomas, of the Eluca.
tional Committee, proposing constitution
for the new society. This constitution
proposed that the society he called The
American Baptist Education Society, its
object being "the promotion of Christian
eductton under Baptist auspices in North
America The society shall he composed
0i annual members contributing SO
year, continuous members making one
contribution OF 800, and annual dcl,pa'cs
chosen by Baptist educational societies, hy
trustees of educational institutions. and
hy State " Territorial conventions Pro-
vision is made for the officers usual 10 such
organizations, including an Executive
Board of thitty-siX members.
4 good deal of interest has been awak-
ened by the address of lev. De- q. +.
EaChes, Of New Jersey, on the separation
Of church and State, in which he attacked
the Roman Catholics sharply. lie said
there was everywhere an aggressive move
ment by the Romish Church against the
separation OF church and State. He said
that in this country such movement had
met with partial surcess in some OF the
States In the State of New Jersey the
State Reform school for boys had been
ROmanlsd. lie referred also to the prac.
ticr in New York Of sending Catholic hoys
who were to be sent to relurm schools To
Catholic Institutions
lie referred to the appropriations for the
support Of the Indian schools, and said that
last year more money was granted Tor the
support oi Catholic schools of this kind
than for the schools of all other drnomina.
tions combined. \ people numbering
only onc.tenth Of the population obtained
over - per cent of the appropriations
He said that Indian schools supported
wholly 10y the Government were passing
under thu control of the Catholic Church.
II was national outrage and injustice to
put sn large an influence over the educa-
tlon Oi the Indians in the hands of the
Roman Church They, as Rlp,ist4, pro.
tested that this iAvOTtsm should stop, and
atop at once. He believed the formation
Of Baptist educational snCiety would be a
barrier against the power of Roman aggrCs-
aion