New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-22
TO EVANGELIZE AMERICA,
THE CHURCH AND THE COLLEGE.
THE MISSIONARY AND THE TEACHER HAND
IN HAND.
AN ENTIRE DAY SPENT BY THE GENERAL AS
sEMBLY IN DISCUSSING MATTERS RELAg.
ING TO THE WELFARE. OF THIS oouN.
TRY-Two ASPECTS OF THE
SOUTHERN QUESTION TO
BE PRESENTED

BE PRESENTED!
The General Assembly yese rdsy discussed mat
ters quite as important as any that had been be-
iore u on previous days, hut happily no one ex-
patlated upon this fact. The day was occupied In
topics national in their character and while NO
one raised the cry OF America for Americana
all the speakers seemed Impressed with the urgent
need that there is to secure foothod for religion
m the West. And not for the church alone, but
for the school rs we'll
Home Missions occupied the greater part Of
the forenoon and all the evening The Board
which has charge of this depa rtment' has proved
tS right to appeal to the practical sympathy of the
church For eighty-seven years il has been
prosecuting vigorous and successful work.
Abundant testimony to this fact was borne yes
terday by pastors and elders from the Western
part of the country. In some States only ons
or two Of the hundreds Of fourishing Presbyterian
churches were able to start without aid from this
Board. Nor is its work confined to the West.
Think Of 5ls Presbyterian churches vacant in the
large and vigorous synOds OF New-York Pennsyl-
yania, Ohio, Indiana and Michigan; not all va.
can't from their own feebleness, but presumably
largely from thaa Cause To look at il in another
light, there are 35i churches in these synods that
have less than thirty members each. Yet what
n small number thirty is to constitute a self
sustaining church No one can think OF the
vastness and Importance of the four new States
without thrill. Only few years ago there
WAS not one Presbyterian church in the entire ter
ritOry OF Dakota; to-day there are 04 churches,
eight Presbytcrics and four synods. The
missionary work among the Mormons in the South
in the cities, among the people OF foreign birth,
was ably treated in the report and heartily conf
mended in the speeches that followed the recon-
m Of SANDING m yuhi
the annual report was referred.
The Board OF Aid for Colleges and Academies
is doing an admirable work in the West where
its operations are principally confined. IL has
only been in existence few years, but it's infu-
cnce is being felt throughout the Church. To
quote from the report Of the Standing Commit
tee The closing years Of the first century Of our
Church have given US no better legacy than the
organization OF this board. The wonder is that
ninety-four years were allowed TO pass without
any concerted efforts of this nature. Much was,
indeed, done by Presbyterians from the begin
ming in the cause of higher education. bus
il done in sporadic way, without
the Official or united action Of the Church.
Ihe truth OF the old Persian proverb has always
been recognized by our Church. Whatever you
would have IN the life Of o nation you must put
into the schools but until the year 1888, when
this board was established the Church gave no or
ganc expression OF it's high estimate Of the value
OF schools and colleges For sixty-six years we
had our annual day OF prayer for colleges and
Schools but the praying was not matched with
concerted working. We enter upon the new cen
tury with this board as the organic expression OF
the sentiment OF our Church oD the subject ot
cdncauon, an expression which corresponds 10 and
iuStfcS our established concert Of prayer Last
year tlrty-sX institutions were aided by the board.
Connected closely with the work done by the
oldest and the youngest organizations of the As
semby was the report on Immigrant Popuh-
tion,7 adopted after II little quibbling over the
Recommendations made by the committee, Or
Qnniation is said to be the need OF the Church.
Not new board, but some systematic effort Of
the Church by which the Board OF Home Mis-
siOns can be enabled to help more effectively the
advancement Of the work, thought 10 be suf-
ccnt 20 meet the demand. 1t was decided that
WHEN a new secretary Of this Board is appointed
hc shall devote his time chiefly 20 the Immigrant
population. One OF his requirements must be his
ability To preach in German.
Four topics are settled upon for to-day As
g:3O a. m Immediately after the devotional
exercises, the Committee on Conference with
tho Committee from the Southern Assembly IS
cNuectcd TO complete its report. II is probable
that the recommendations OF the committee Sug-
EcStlng cooperation with the SouihcFh oFeIurCn
will he adopted without debate. although one or
two may speak in behalf OF the minority reporo
submitted by Samuel w. Breckenridge. of ST
Louis At 10 a. m. Foreign Missions will be dis
cusScd This Board will consume the remainder
n Tho forenoon AT 2:3O D. m the special COM
mirtcc on the Frecdmen'S Board will again move
he adoption OF the fourth recommend aton;
The Board Of Publication and SnndaS-Schoot WI
tc discussed M 3 o'clock In the evening For
aCn Missions will be the subject Of the popular
meeting 10 hc held in the Madison Avenue Pres
bytcrian Church.