The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-05-18
Is LIKELY to Prove u bone of Con-
tentlon Before Adjournment
Business Transacted Yester-
day-southern Branch,

| AAIlHk VI hAhSASANSs 49, fNS"N ~1A' "
L. Thompson, the retiring moderator, il
the course OF his sermon yesterday
made the following reference to thu
mooted question;
"Perhaps II we were called upon Il
make a statement Of doctrine adapted Il
meet the battle front OF to-day We CoulC
prohtably dismount some artillery tha
has been used to defend the logical re
lations Of Gods thoughts and purposes
| in a past eternity and carry II around Ia
that side OF the fortress where the very
ground shakes with the combined as
sault upon Gods living personality and
his relations TO the universe to-day
Probably, perhaps, now we might also
put additional emphasis on the word ol
God rs an infallible rule Of faith and
practice, on tho divine person OF the
redeemer and the accountability OF man
to His Judgment throne, on salvation
by grace alone, on a spiritual kingdom
on earth in which all men are brethren,
and on that anality Of character here
which Is the basis Of Gods moral gov.
ernment hereafter These doctrines in
some phase or other are in the arena oil
debate to-day, and We will occupy It well
II We define them sharply and hold them
firmly"
Moderator Roberts called tho second
days session OF the Presbyterian Gem
e1l assembly to order shortly after
o'clock this morning. The church was
but partly filed with delegates at the
time. The first half hour was spent in a
service OF song and prayer. The bust.
ness session began. The old rules for
tho government Of the assembly were
adopted. ]. \. Duliield, D. d., Of Now
Brunswick, extended an invitation to
the Assembly from Princeton college
and seminary to visit that place a week
from next Saturday, Theinyitauon was
accepted and on that day the session Of
the Assembly will close at II o'clock,
The moderator then announced the
standing committees for the session.
Upon the invitation OF the Union Theo-
logical seminary the Assembly will visit
that institution Immediately upon ad-
journment on Monday.
The report OF tho committee on extinct
churches was then read. In the opin-
ion OF this committee church property
committee should be appointed to whom
all cases OF defunCt churches should be
referred. The report was adopted,
Rev. DR.. Morris, the chairman OF the
educational committee, read the report
OF that committee. The report showed
that at present there were more titan 800
churches, with membership OF from
ono to twenty-five members, without
pastors because Of lack Of funds. This
lack OF ministerial help, the report said,
was serious question and ono that
should be squarely met. The rate Of
dissolution WIS last year SO per cent, the
largest in the history OF tho Presby.
terian Church. The case OF tue dissolA-
tion OF thought, perhaps due TO the mi:
gratory habits Of the people, Is princl.
pally 10 bo attributed to the need oi
money. The chairman said that work
among the Colored population needed
attention which 1t would be wise TO give
it. The constant diminution OF the min.
isterial force by reason OF old age and
disease also required attention. In con
Clusion he paiil the church must have
paid and ordained ministers to peeI
this growing demand for ministerial. aid
1t was vital to church interests and re-
uuired prompt and vigorous action.
Then Colonel Elliott F. Shepard read
the report OF tho Committee on Sabbath
Observance, In II h6 found seyeral sub
jects for songratulallon, among them the
closing OF the liquor saloons In CinCin
natl and the decrease in the circulation
OF Sunday newspapers. The COMMITTEES
| had oiap In view the stoppage Of the
! transportation Of maiis on Sundays ant
the decrease Of interstate traffic. Col
Shepard recommended the plan OF the
| kmeriGan Sabbath Union for carrying
out these thipRs. 4 motion was madt
and carried to the effect that the report
be adopted, when Dr.. Allison, OF ALE
pheny, Pa, called the attention ot thl
meeting 10 a statement made TO him By
n Cincinnati minister who was not
I Commissioner, and therefore was no
allowed to talk hImueli. The statemen
was that at the last election ID Oinpin
natl Mr.. Moseby said he would not On
force the law closing the saloons on Sun
DAYS and he was elected Mayor on tha
issue, 90 that the saloons there wer
opeu every day. Col. Shepard said b
was unaware Of that, and he pgrseq I
strike tho reteIplga oil sabbath obseFv
ance In Cincinnati out OF his report
Y. Smith, Of Baltimore, read repor
on cooperation In missionary hom
work and foreign publications and th
education OF freedman.
The report OF the special Committe
on Missions ubmitted by DR.. Charles A
Dicley, OF Philadelphia, recommends
thaE tic Board Of Missions for Freedmen
! as nov constituted and lsrqlod, be col
lInued that 1t should control he'eptii
,, work among tho freedmen and not d
/, pond upon tho constitution otthe churc
! 10 other boards, but that II assistance
! needed its appeals should DO approve
!, OF, The Board Of Home Missions au
Board ei Mission for Freedmen wei
!. tommohded 70 confer at least once
year on question: Of mutual lnteres
: The report was approved, v" ''
Az the afternoon session, Rev, j.
Smith continued bis paper on uniC
4 mission Work Win tue southern Cnufc
d He pfeiaced his remarks by pointing o.
}, the he0essity Tor OYangellSlng the color
o portion oft population, gH9 BaId Nh
the Southern church recoFnlEed thai u
n states Of the colofed people was q
q -. same aS that Of the white people. n
Y negroes, he said, looked forward 10
y = separate African church. That m
% % come about, said The speaker, while I
" " question Of organic Union between
" church Ia the North and In The Sou
" " lies In allegiance; We must content Of
i. selves with Uniting on les impctta
ajudgs gSmpel n, breckenridge, Of
Louis, pEesenlel ANA Rlotlty report, q
Ing that nothing lees Than organic nnl
,o between bosl churches would pfG
u ~ satisfactory, Both reports willbV prin'
VI and lpid before the assembly.
%, At'thlb point ID the proceeding
nd man jumped up from ono ot Wy y
X, benches and standing al The head oi