The morning news., 1889-05-18
DIxIE's PREsBYTERIANs.
Two or Three Subjects Stirring up
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general assembly of the Southern Presbyte-
rian church met in its second days session
| at 10 o'clock this morning. Committees
were appointed and reports heard. The
following paper, which promises to raise
some serious trouble, was submitted by the
| secretary and assistant secretary of the
executive COMMITTEES of the foreign missions
| board:
To the General Assembly, Convened at Chatta-
| tGnoogd;
The undersigned beg leave respectfully to
| state that within the past year, in the transac-
tion of the business intrusted by the church TO
| the executive committee on foreign missions,
difficulties of a painful nature have been
created aud especially charges of a serious char
| acter, some of them relating to both of the
dersigned, others relating only to the secretary,
have been made by Rev. W. U. Markland, d. D.,
| chairman Of the executive committee Belev-
| ing these charges to be wholly unjust, the
| dersigned will respectfully ask of the general
| assembly that an investigation of them and all
| these difficulties be made without delay that
| such relief may be granted as the case may re-
quire. Very respectfully,
NJ. H. Houston,
| D. c. RANKIN.
It was announced that DR.. Markland was
| in the room and would speak for the execu-
tive committee. DIR. Houston then pro-
duced the atfidavits of eight of the mem
bers of the committee to show that DR..
| Markland was not authorized to represent
|
wanted to make an explanation. The as
sembly refused to hear him, and took
| recess.
| THE TWO SECTIONS.
| Upon reassembling the clerk read the re-
| port of the committee on the conference of
| the northern and southern general assem-
blies on cooperation in church work. A
committee of thirteen, of which NJ. d.
| Hogue, D. D., was chairman, appointed by
| fn ,r11if Zoo,
of the northern church in conference in
| New York Dec. Is last, and again at
| Atlanta April II. They formulated an ex-
| tended report reviewing the past relations
of the two churches and their cooperation
| in mission work AID evangelization. After
| referring to the causes which led to the
rupture of the Two congregations, the joint
| committee agreed to submit to ths two
assemblies the following recommendation
as part of the basis for union of the two
| bodies:
This joint committee, waving consideration
| of their differences heretofore stated, agree to
| recommend to the two assemblies:
| l. That the relations OF the colored people in
| the two churches be allowed to remain in Stdtu
! quo, work among them to proceed on the same
| lines as heretofore
q That all proper aid, comfort and encour-
agement in a spirit of kindly christian brother
| hood and confidence shall be extended by each
church to the educational and evangeliZing eff
| forts of the other for the colored race with a
| view to the encouragement of every laudable
| effort to this end on both sides.
g. Schools and churches under the care Of the
board of missions for freedmen and CORE
spending work undertaken by the southern
| sembly, especially its Tuscaloosa institute for
| the education of colored ministers, shall be
| heartily recommended to the givers of our
| respective churches for practical aid mu-
| tually concerned in the same great missionary
work for the glory of God and the blessing Of
our common country.
| L. AS to cooperation in matters of publication,
| the committees report that such Cooperation
| is also secured between the business depart
| ments of the committee of publication at Rich
| mond and board Of publication at Philadelphia
| 1t would seem that we have reached the limits
| Of cooperation so far publication is con-
| cerned. We make no report with regard
to cooperation in educational institutions.
| that question is comprehended in the larger
| one of the evangelization of the colored people,
and will no doubt be controlled by the decisions
| OF our general assemblies In relation to that
great interest II only remains to add that the
| discussions which preceded the adoption
| OF the foregoing report, both in the city
of New York and in Atlanta, were all cnarac-
terized by freedom, frankness and entire cour-
| tesy In independent expression of conscien-
| tious convictions on points where differences
| of opinion prevailed there was not a
| word uttered which was inconsistent with
| christian concord With a single desire to as
certain what was true, in order to do what was
| right, the brethren composing the committees
of the two assemblies held their protracted con-
| ferences in humble dependence on the wisdom
which comes from above and which is profit
able to direct.
| cluded TO print and hold over the report for
I further discussion.
| MARYLAND GRANTED FIVE MINUTES.
After an extended and animated discus
| sion, five minutes time was granted DR..
w. U. Markland Of Baltimore, president
of the executive committee on foreign mis-
sions, to make an explanation in regard to
/ - L. Il
| Rankin. He produced a letter from mem-
bers Of the executive committee requesting
| him to attend the assembly, He said he
| was astonished when he learned that
Messrs. Houston and Rankin had gone
| around and gotten up the paper presented
to the assembly. He said the difficulty
| between Mr.. Houston and himself arose in
great extent over the question of whether
| the ruling Of the new testament should con- \
troll in mission work. The st. Louis
and Baltimore assemblies had heard the
matter and decided in his favor II it
had to come up again be wanted the whole
affair Investigated. A resolu ION providing
for such an investigation was tabled.
A Telegram of salutation was received
from the northern Presbyterian assembly
in session at New York.
A motion to appoint committee to ad-
lust the difference between the North Caro-
lima synod and Mecklenberg presbytery
was adopted.
ADDRESSED BY A NEGRO.
An address was heard from a colored min
ister of Chattanooga.
Dr. j. N. Craig submitted the report OF
the committee on homo missions for the
year ending March 81, showing the collec.
tions to have been S5S,334, which is S6,1SO
less than tho preceding year.
After the adjournment several commit
tees held meetings.
The night session consisted OF devotional
exercises. A fine sermon was preached by
Rev. DR.. W. u. Markland of Baltimore
upon text in Esther iv. IL. He came
not, he said TO speak Of the young Jewish
maiden who, by romance stranger than
fiction, rose 60 emine1ce In fame
aud power, not to dwell upon the
mighty empire that hourished upon
tine Persian plain, but IL was his intention
TO speak Of the fair bride Of Christ, the
eternal spouse whom he should lead 70 the
crystal stairway srotloss and full OF purity,
that vast Kingdom of Righteousness un-
bounded by cline or distance, which In all
It's grandeur and glory shall yet cover the
sin. Scared earth aud make II indeed the
abode Of heaven itself. In an eloquent and
forcible manner he urged renewed Efforts
toward tho conversion of the world.