St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-27
ORGANIC UNION.
PresDyterians Take a Long SteI
in That Direction.

PreSDyTerI3nS rake Long Step
in That Direction.
PHILADELPHIA, May 26.-The ques-
ton of reunion of the two great bodies
of the Presbyterian church, which was
the occasion of such an exciting episode
III Yesterdays afternoon session, again
came up Unexpectedly this morning,
and in twinklng of all eye was passed
out of the range of controversy and de-
bate, as ar as this assembly is con-
celned, and long step was made in
the direction of organic union. The re-
suit was received with perfect whirl-
wind OF applause and congratulation
among the commissioners and spectators
who crowded the galleries, and who
were apparently taken completely by
surprise by the SuddenneSS of the turn
in the proceedings.
The second order of the morning
the report of the standing committee on
temperance-had just been reached and
Rev. w. O. Campbell, ID. D., had
mounted the platform to speak to its
adoption, when the Rev. DR.. Smith, of
Baltimore the venerable eX-moderatOr
of the assembly, stepped forward and
announced that the special committee
of conference, TO which had been re-
ferred yesterday all matters relating to
was ready to report.
Rev. William c. Young, D. d., read
the report, which was substantially as
follows:
That this general assembly commend
the fidelity and efficiency of the COM
mittee appointed last year to confer
with a committee of the Southern as
sembly, as expressed in the report yes
terday submitted, and that while it
lI lA,l fJ,ra
cept that report as a definite form of
union, this assembly declares its hearty
approval of all answers in the commit
tees report touching the various queS-
tiOns submitted to it by the committee
of the Southern assembly. Further
more. the general assembly expressed
the hope that the fraterniZing spirit that
had been manifested III these centennial
days might prove the beginning of an
era OF more cordial fellowship and CO.
operation between the two assemblies
OF the Presbyterian church. 1t was rec
commended that the committee of con-
ference appointed laStyear be continued
with the addition of five members to
confer with any similar committee that
might be appointed by the Southern as
Sembly respecting cooperation of the
two branches of the church.
The report concluded by declaring
lHlS cooperation III us 1ulIeSG sense
could be accomplished
ONLY AN ORGANIC UNION,
and expressed fullest confidence in the
brethren of the Southern assembly.
The report recommended that the adj
ditiOn of tie following members to the
committee of conference: Rev. Henry
Darling, d. D., of Clinton, n. Y; Rev.
Charles S. Pomerot, ID. D., of Cleve-
land, Ohio; Rev. c. c. Young, ID. d., of
Louisville; Hon. S. NJ. Breckenridge, of
ST, Louis: Hon. Henry NJ. Knox, of
scarcely finished reading than a score
of voices moved its adoption, and there
was visible excitement among the COM
miSSioners and auditors. A single
member was seen struggling for recOg-
milton in the body of the hall, but he
was unable to make himself heard, and
a mighty volume of ''ayeS" answered
the moderatOr'S question. That settled
ii, and the stated clerk, Rev. William
II. Roberts, ID. d., Immediately tele-
graphed the action to the South
ern general assembly at Baltimore.
AS soon as the excitement had sub
sided the regular order was quietly re-
Sumed. Rev. DR.. Howard Crosby pre-
scented the report of the standing COM
mittee on theological seminaries, show
ing general prosperity of these institu-
tiOnS. There are eight theological
Summaries under the control of the gen.
eral assembly with a roll of COS students.
Princeton, Auburn and Danville showed
an excess of income over expenditures,
while slight balance appears on the
other side of the accounts of Union,
Western, Mccormick and Lane. The
San Francisco seminary did not send in
its returns to the committee. The re-
port urged the utmost care on the part
OF professors in the SeminarieS in COM
batting the
GROWTH OF INFIDELITY
and error that are beingIinSidiously prop
agated from learned sources. The re-
port of the standing committee on tenn
perance was presented. The report
recommends that church people by no
means sanction the traffic in liquor,
either indorsing the bonds of dealers or
renting buildings to them, and included
resolutions diSclaiming political mo-
tiyeS, but declaring in favor of the en-
tire suppression Of the traffic in intoXi-
eating liquors as beverage, and rec
Ommend to the session that church
membership be denied to liquor dealers.
DIR. Campbell spoke in favor of the
adoption of the report and its accom-
panying resolutions. DR.. Howard
Crosby. opposed the adoption of the
resolution denying church membership
to liquor sellers, and hoped it would be
stricken out. The sentiment of the as
Sembly was apparently so strongly in
favor of the resolutions that the debate
was not prolonged, and they went
through with only a few dissenting
voices. The assembly then adjourned
until Monday.