New-York tribune., 1889-10-18
THE OLD OFFICERS REELECTED
A DIVISION OF SENTIMENT ON TWO MEN,
SECRETARY ALDEN OPPOSED BY THE LIBERALS
AND THE REV C. A. DICKINSON BY THE
OoNsERv ERvATIvEs-PREsIDENTs sToRRs
SAVES BOTH BY HIS WISDOM
AND SKILL-SPEECHES AND

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. sToRRs
SAVES BOTH BY HIS WISDOM
AND SKILL-sPEECHES AND
MOTIONS.
Af+ar the noon recess the Lords Supper was cele-
brated the leaders being the Rev Dr. G f. HerrlcK'
of Constantinople and the Rev. DR.. s. q. Bucklng-
ham. of Massachusetts. The deacons were CHOSEN
from the lay members of the Board Inc report
on the Turkish Mission was then read by Joseph
Cook. of Boston, who added these words in defence
Of the Prudential Committee.
This port exhibits missionaries as sc'e c m roeges
fonnders OF theological semnarlcs ana teacnS ss tba
native ministry Now Il !, Sog for PcScaso and and Con-
stantRople for Boston and Bombay 30 ,oi we ndoei
We do not or pS0s 6 snR Rec coese @ Cr Of any chair
mirisfry IS instructor, as Emmons or Hopkins usea
70 Of Hose places severely. 1t b not any
or every council whose verdict enough W ehfp efo 10
confidence that the men are NJ lJr bn as the are
many theological students here, ana as haNe Teom
theological student 9 least MGgn oSSenI beg leave
to say hat nobody means TO be mean IN eHSn9e , ~ ea
ibis Prudential Committee, who carry in their hearts
the burden of full conviction that IS never saio we %
any nan 5 s to G sr In rps R for the harvest but the
lion Is not one Of Congregational fellowship, u is oho
OF oeS5 d Ug %e do not settie theological professor
or president of college without very Srea care care
/ IarQe
i la r. t P,r,dentis Committee We ask no severer e-
animation, set up no higher bar n 6ap
in @ n696a2 m2r a9 9nS %c Ss Sc n Ho Boston ard ropu
utterly misleading the insinuadons and lhuenuoee %
IN o the Contrary effect Young
men will be treated honorably by this B0ard as IaS
If is a very high Office which you have when you go
abroad, for you TO be an ns t1lctor OF hauve III MN y
istry. II IS the policy of this Board 10 rear up q
| native ministry and 10 make missionaries the In
suuctors Of them II you pass through soneH n%u M
sponsbiitles, nothing strange has happened to you
nothing other than would happen to you In tho bap
1t has been my fortune 70 be something OF
traveller in the region of missions and as was saiu @
Of his tour Of the world. missionaries lock hands IN
the great stations they close UP the gaps gaps IN the ne
abroad under tests less severe than would be applied
to you if you were Baptist, Methodist or Presey-
unity Of the Spirit in the bonds Of peace"2 Conge
gatonalists are independent, IN sense, but We
soemnly as that ! exist that It Is mover safe foi
TO die in l his sdr sHs An n, OPPOSITE OPnCE
we shall find along tho highway big Of the Scriptures
Let open the windows Sr 70 IN '9ie h eSeFg @ G
that no man has right 10 offer the hope Of regener
ton beyond deathaDd we shall hall come both here an(
al the ends OF the earth 10 the " unIy oil the spri
In the bond Of peace" NppauSel
Tho following corporate members were elected
tho Rev DIR. Lleygellyn Pratt. Professor Chester D.
uortranft. William A. Slater, Charles A. Jewell
the Rev. DR.. f. F. Williams William II. Bradley
tho Rev. DR.. Charles c. Creegan. the Rev. Dr. A. r
Dunnipg. F. b. Knowles. the Rev. DR.. D. March
the Rev. DR.. Lyman s. Rowland. the Rev. David
\ Beach. A. G. Cumnock, j. NJ. W. Hall, The
Rev. William A. Waterman, the Rev. w. II. War
rem. the Rev. Alexander r. Thain. John D. Cutter
! Franklin Fairbanks, President Edward d. EatoI
t and David G. Bell
TWO REPORTS BY A NOMINATING COMMITTEE
I The committee appointed to nominate officer
! brourht IN two reports. DR.. Noble read the ma
: iortv report and Professor Fisher spoke for tn
, minority The reports agreed in the main; ex
; cent that the majority dropped the Rev. Charlie
dickinson from the Prudential Committee an
; the minority dropped Dr. Alden from the oiIic
!, ~ home secretary. The Rev DR.. Gordon entere
) ~ once into a eulogy of Mr. Dickinson, and sai
hot an effort TO brand him and send him adrit
u,as made because he favored Mr.. Noyes, and th
.hurcbes would so understand It,
DIR Noble interrupted DR. Gordon to ask wha
} the churches would say If Dr. Alden was brande
and sent adrift.
5 DIR. Gordon replied that the conservatives wer
not dependent on one maa. as the liberals were