Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-25
PBESBYTEhIANS SORTH AND
SeITH
Procecdings or tho Two Assemblies
Yesterday.
rBy tclccraph,o tho DIsps,cs.l

New YORK, May PA lively discussion
on the question OF co-operliion with the
Soul1rm Church IN Yesterdays session OF
the General Assembly oi the Pre-5ytcri n
Church W9s the csi-c ~ brnciny large
audience f0 DR.. Cr0,hS's church this morn
iug I'D Anticipation % hcariuE coutrunnre'
u tac debate. Almost The frs thing done
was the reading OF q telegram from the
stated Clerk of me southern Assembly, noW
in session. announcing ihat tuat body h1d
adopted the majority report no favor OF coz
operation i'm The matter, % publication, ETC.,
by vote q go 10 -. This stsleme Mt was
received with applause.
The debate on ;he third section oi the ma
iority rcport--co-Operaiiou in eyangehZug
the pe1ple-w1s continued.
The first two sectlona-cO-onerailon IN
home and foreign miseious-wcTe adopted
yesterday. The report Is the came as that
adopted hY tbc Southern Assembly,.
Rev. Dr. Joseph I. smith, Chairman OK the
committee ihat drew up the report, held That
separate churches were desired by the CO.
loTcd people themselves.
Rev. Or. Sirykcr. OF Chicago, said that he
would vote for no report that asked one
Chri.tsn 10 stand de at the communion
table IN favor Of another. He moved 10
strike out that part ~ tho report which
reads: While couceding the eXisinc situi-
ton, il lthe Northern Assembly approves
The policy Of separate churches, prcShyte-
rios, and synods. subject % the choice of the
coored people Themselves
Rev. Dr. Hamlin. ot Washington. moved
that the word "practlce De substituted for
the word "policy" in this sentence, aud
that It be allowed 10 remain in.
Rev. b. j. Samucls, Of North Carolina, a
c0lored clergyman. said It was neither the
practice nor the policy oi the Church IN TIE
south 10 organize separate churchc,.
pr. Hamlin's substitute was laid on the
table.
The vote on Or. Strykers amendment was
taken and il was carried by about 800 TO 30.
With this exception the paper as whole
was adopted and the paper on cooperation
was also approved q.
The next thing was the adoption OF the
msjority report as a whole aS amended.
Tlis vas done. only few noes beng heard
when the question was put.
\ motion was then made 10 telegraph the
Souhern General Assembly wba, had been
done.
Rev. Or. George r. Puryis, OF Pittsburgh,
moved as AZ amendment that when The Clerk
telegTaphs the clause stricken out be also
adds that The reason 10 was done was mot
10 prejudice the future action nor to outline
tue future policy OF this Church, but SIMPLY
because this assembly did not believe that It
.tsted the historical facts IN the ease" This
was rricd by a vote OF 2C2 TO ~.
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, May 2E-Thc South.
ern Presbyterian Assembly was called 10
order this morning. 4 motion was carried
% allow the members lot present when the
vote on cooperation wa. taken last night 10
record their votes on the minutes. A num-
Der OF delegates who voted against the
measure asked leave to file written protest
against the action of the assembly IN adopt
ing the cooperation report without first re-
ferri1g TIE matter TO the rc-byterie' for an
expression oi opinion. The request wa,
granted.
The report OF the standing Committee on
Home Missions. the substance OF which hai
already been given, was read and adopted.
The Executive Committee was reelected.
The report of the standing Committee on
Sabbath schools was submitted, showing
l,56l schools this year, against l,3sG last
year. but,a decrease IN the number OF
scholars. The report was adopted.
Dr. l.. Q. Mallard offered the report Of
the Standing Committee on Foreign Mis-
sions. II was considered seriltim. 4 clause
stating that "while approving the union OF
churches OF Presbyterian faith and order in
foreign lands, the assembly dlscouraces every
union Of missionaries or churches whose dis
tinctiYe features OF our belief and govern
meut are surrendered and those entering
into such union will no longer be considered
our missionaries and entitled 10 our sup
port" created some discussion. \ recess
was taken.
At2 O'Clock this section OF the report was
refsrred TO a special committee 10 report IN
the next assembly. The report as adopted
reduced the Executive Committee Of For
eirn Missions from fifteen to eleven mem
bers, abolished the office OF assistant, and
placed the duties Of that Office upon the
Treasurer and provided that those officers
should be selected by the assembly.
DR.. N. II. Houston, present secretary, was
reelected. For treasurer, IL {. RANKIN was
elected. The members OF the Executive
Committee, as selected for the following
year, are Rev. J. II. McNeely, d. D., Rev.
Jerry Witherspoon. u. d., Rev. G. \. Tren-
holm, Rev. A. L. EARNS, Rev. K. {. Reed,
x. J. G. Gordon, c A. K. Thompson, .. w.
FrisrsOn, and j. Bobran.
A telegram was read from the New York
Assembly which ws' referred TO the special
committee on cooperation with Instructions
to report al & o'clOcS. A special committee
was appointed to report TO the next assembly
on evangelism among the colored people.
The report Of the Standing Committee on
Publication was read and adopted. Tue
remainder Of the afternoon session was de-
voted to the consideration OF the revision ol