Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-05-24
ASTEP TOWARD UNION
THBNORTHBRN ASSEMBLY ADOPTS A UNION
PLAN OF WORK.
Dr. Crosby RsiOicss That They Are Able 10 Help
Their Brethren Of the South-MOrs
Educated Ministers Needed
In the Field.

NEW YORK, May 23.-The subject Of
"fOreign correspondence" was taken up by
the Presbyterian General Assembly at its
session to-day. The moderator introduced
Rev. DR.. Clark, of the Reformed Church,
Philadelphia, who spoke OF the work done
in foreign lands by bis church. The mod
orator thanked DR.. Clark for his attend
ance, and expressed the hope that he
would live to see the day when the Re-
formed and Presbyterian churches would
walk together. They were both ICalvinis-
tic and preached good doctrines. Rev.
Mr.. Prochet, of the Waldensian Church, in
Rome, Italy, made strong appeal to the
Assembly for aid for the Presbyterian
Church in Italy.
The report of the Committee on Educa-
tion was presented by Rev Geo. T. Purves,
of PittsburK. The report shows that be-
cause of want of funds to educate young
men for the ministry, an unusually large
number of churches are without pastors.
The Rev. Dr. Ferry, of Illinois, and Rev.
DR.. Poor, Secretary Of the Board of Edu-
cation, spoke upon the report The bur-
den of their remarks was that money must
be had or the work of educating young
men will be seriously affected.
COOPERATION WITH THE SOUTH.
The report of the Committee OF Confer
ence on Fiaternal Cooperation in Christian
Work with theSouthern Church was called
up. The report says the committees of both
churches agreed upon cooperation in for
eign mission work. Cooperation in the
home field and reference to cooperation in
the evangelization of the colored people is
recommended; that the relations of the
cOlored people in both churches be allowed
TO remain IN statu quO the work among
them them to proceed on the same line as
before; that the sympathy of both churches
be extended towird the evaDgelizatiOn Of
the cOlored race, and that work undertaken
by the Southern Assembly, such as the
Tuscaloosa Institute for the education OF
colored ministers be mutually recon-
mended.
The part Of the report relative to CO.
operation III Ine lOIelRn mlbslOu hOIhi Whe
passed. The second part on cO-operetiOn
in the home field Was opposed by Rev.
John Fox, who held that the Northern
Church had already proposed marriage TO
the Southern Church, and was rejected,
and that the part of the report under dis
cussion bound them too close to, and with
the South.
DR.. O. L. Thompson said it would be An
economy of men and means if the report
was adopted. Messrs Curry and Fulton,
OF Kentucky, opposed the resolutions. Rev
DR.. Crosby supported the report. "one of
the grounds OF complaint against it," he
said, lis that the Northern
Church has more money than the Southern
Church, and that therefore the Southern
Church would reap greater advantage by
this union. This ought to be a source Of
qualification to us rather than of COM
plant"
A vote was taken and the first two
clauses Of the report on home missions
were carried. The third and fourth clauses
were then consolidated and carried.
The question of cooperation in the evan
gelizaliOn OF the colored people was next
taken up, but the hour Of adjournment
having arrived, il was postponed.