New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-21
1J1sTyCE FOR AGED MINISTERS.
NOT A PENSION, BUT A SOLEMN DUTY

NOT A PENSION, BUT soLhAlN JUL
sporIp THE TERN RELIEF" DE CHANGED FoF
SOME OTHER THAT WILL BETTER EXPRESS
THE PROPER RELATION OF THE CHURCH
TO WORTHY GLASS.
On. Of the causes annually presented 70 the
General Assembly, which never 1als 10 ara"
forth many expressions Of sympathy, Is the Doafu
Of Relief for Disabled Ministers and the WIDOWS
and Orphans Of Former Ministers DE- l. D
usmliu. OF Washington, the Chairman Oh u"
standing Committee. read its comment on the
h!rty-fourth annual report OF inc Do''u' "N'0'
catcd with DR. lInmlin on the comii.'o1 "te
these ministers: Nathan 5. smith, DaNlu NsoN'
Cyrus ! Hunter. E. II. Rcinhart Thomas Martin
IN Cabins s / Milliken; with Elders c. A.
Dewitt. f. W. Snyder, George Bowman H. J.
,s,mons F. E. Hoaghnd, F. Z. Hartman, IT,
Jcre niSh Long.
The committee said that On increase OF thirty
one families aided by the Board was reported.
Several have withdrawn because they no longer
need the aid; many Of the bencaciarieS nave
died during the year. The present total Oh
families is 6lj. The report continued:
OF the Ministers Home At Perth Amboy with rs
twenty.clght guests We need not speak, as uc AZ
sembly for itSclf on SATURDAY as We Dcin nI
nny IN Tho onc but in the enre work Of which It IS
part Several successive Assemblies have urgently
Recommended thar least $780, oo be contributed at
nualiy hy The churches for this work But u has
never been done. Recent reports show me toi0" a
totals OF fund fund e EsGsSGa fG iss GG9 AZ 10 ?s5
| FlJG323 SO; 1888. $3.50 1913 40; 1852 sl@7'c2 IS
LAY MISSIONARIES TO RECEIVE AID.
The committee referred TO the action OF the
! last Assembly, which referred TO the Board oil
| Relief an overture from the Preshytery OF canton
asking that regularly appointed lay missionaries
Of the Board Of Foreign Missions and their families
| receive aid from the Board OF Relief After care
! ml consideration, the Board resolved that
| in the opinion Of the Board the action OF the
General Assembly Of 1888, directing that women
who have given Themselves 10 the missionary work
| be placed on the roll for the bcnefactonS OF this
| Board upon the same conditions as minister's rs
| tablish,S n precedent uron which lay miss ohareS
commissioned by thc Foreign Board should also ne
placed upon our roll The comm t'cc recommended
! that this be done rs the best method Tor Tue
present for supplying felt need
The following recommendation was made by the
| committee, and was heartily applaud'd Dy inc
members OF the Assembly.
We have also considered the rrport Of the special
committee appointed last year on mHthGls ol az
mInsirai,oD oi fund, - the Board 81 Relief Emch
EScrv bonor,hly retoi minister over seventy year.
Of age who e IN reed. and who Ia, served oul Inuy
as a MISSIONARY OF N" lm" or Foreign Eoan or a.
pastor or stated suppl Tor ps1od IN nc agsroSa
moi .sS than thirty ars, ShhI BE- ,nii!cH 2S So
: rvIcc 20 draw rom thn Hold Of Ministerial Kci"i
an anpuaI sum f,r nv support without III" necessity 81
Icing annually recommended therefor by
the Prr,by,ry. when such m'n'; ;,c,
and amount Of his necd NOT exceeding $500 per
nri r.. aInlca.on " tbc board with his indorSc
mont thereon 10 tho years o. service such mhF,r
has rendered his neh or h"lds OF labor WHO te
pf n.
PrrSbyNry record on iS MINUTES ~ shsiI thrn y"
ihc duty Of the Roard to pay such annual amount 50
dlrcct.d by his Prtby'ery or tho applicant h,mncm,
maGs n. appropriation 10 whole IN part no longer
necessary.
DIR. CATTrLL's IMPRESSIVE ADDRESS.
Thu genial and efficient secretary OF tho Board
Of Relief was introduced, after Dr. Hamlin Ind
made few remarks emphasizing the recommenda-
,ions Of his committee DR. Cattell was the prcsi
dent OF Lafayette College for twenty years, having
prcyouSly been the classical professor ~ Tint ~
| sutution Under his administration the assets NJ
rho Institution were increased from $4,000 to
| 5000 600, mainly ny his own eNrrtions. He gave
liberaIIv from his pocket, contributing $4,000
for one hall. and Srying the college for merely
nominal salary a large port Of the time. DR.
Cot,eu Is recognized as q superior scholar, nm
accumulated and aRnble gentleman. OF great
energy Of character, and nm excellent preacher
In rising 10 PLEAD for his aged brethren yestcr-
dny Or Cntten quoted the statement OF Plutarch
that Arstides the Just after q long life OF eminent
service 70 the State died in such poverty that not
only could he make no provision for his fnmily.
lint he did not leave enough 10 pay the expenses
- his funeral" This reference 10 the poverty OF
tho crca, statesman was not merely 10 show that
| no was an honest man and he'd passed with clean
ihnnds through his administration OF many and
tmportaut public trusts. Tlutarch emphasizes the
| fact that AristidcS had voluntarily turned away
from all the business pursuits by which he might
lhaye obtained honest wealth. He had done tins,
not from idlcnrss or for selfish enjoyment hut tht
ne miaht give 10 the service OF the State his whole
time and strength And this though It left HIM
poor, bcspcaks, says Plutarch, d great and cie-
waited mind lie then said:
There elias. Of mon at tho present day you know
| 10 whom my thoughts turning who have also como
IN an old age Of povcriy after lives OF no less self
denial aud labor for the public good thAa tha wh'h
! has made the name Of Artstldcs 20 ihuStriOus II
| was ONLY last wcck received a letter from ono OF
these men-unc brief sentence OF which torlbly ~
called TO me this fact Let me quote t.; In case
be wautinG' need not .ay to you that ths patriarch
he was born while washington "aS IrrsESnr OF m
not because has boon Idle or prohgaico or rechcNS
in somo speculative enterprise II - not because ne
has been careless lmprOvidcnt IN his eN-
prnditureS II a, liberty 10 give You his name
you would al once recognize him at man OF sI H
All those gifts Of mind and heart he has wrought
for morn than half century with unwear!ed ana sell
sac rI0cinE toll for the good OF others. Nor has ne
been oveTtahcn IN his old age by those rcverSes OF
fortune that sometimes sweep away The earnings OF
long, 9borous life The simple tHc rs tS SsS aoe ana n
decd and noblrst that any man can rhoosr-but one
that ordinarily Offer even WI Tom me y,ar t 70
50 that now. In his nnetyhr1 year, he is 50 poor