Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-23
PRESBYTERIANS.
THE FIFTH DAYS SESSION OF THE GENE
RAJ ASSEMBLY.
a Revision OF the Confession OF Faith
Missions Among the Freedmen and
Other Matters Discussed.
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NEW YORK, May %. The NTH days de-
hherafiOns Of the General Assembly OF ire
Presbvierians began this morning.
Alter The customary PRAYER and eXhorta-
ton and the approval OF yesterdays min
uies. the report II tn1 Committee OF Con-
ference on Fratcrnal CO-Opcraton IN chris
tnn W0rk was submitted 10y joseph !.
smith. who SAID that the action on the S0uth~
efn Assembly placed thls General Assembly
under no obligations and lett them Tree 10
take whatever action they pleased. lt was
agreed 10 have tins and the minority report
presented by judge Breckenridge, which
held mat nothing les thpn organic union
between both Churches would prove salts
factory. be- printed snd distributed among
the delegates. and that action on them he
taken tomorrow.
Quite mn important question here came up
for discussion.
Dr. Charles l.. Thompson. chairman Of the
Committee or Bills and Oyeriures, intro
dUccd the msiicr OF he differences existing
both M thc committee aud Tie assembly on 2
revision q the confession ~ f1ith. over.
lures from fifteen lFcshyicrics hal been re-
CeNcd asking fuf n revision. The recon-
I@cndsiou Of toe committee was thai eacn
81 these fifteen presby teries DO written ~ ana
asked these questions: DO you desle re-,
vision o. the confession Of isiih ~ " II
80. ~ WHIST respect and q what eNientf
f. was moved and seconded that this recon-
meuda;iou boo adopted.
Dr. Crosby thought the course recon-
mcnded by the committee was a wise one.
The question had now assumed such pro-
portions thai they could not afford 10 daily
with ~ or they might be accused u coward
ice. While DR.. crosby was speaking DO was
interrupted by the order %; the day, and a
motion that the further consideration Of the
resolution De put down for Friday morning
next WAS carried.
The matter ~ adopting Cl1use 4 o. thr
recommendations q the Specitl committee
on missions among the freedmen came uI
for discussion a. soon a. the afternoon Sfs-
sion opened. The clause asks Tor an cx-
preston ~ confidence in the committee and
Am endorsement Of the manner In when u
has carried ont the work Entrusted 10 u.
Or. T. =. Hlmln. OF Washington, oppased
this on Friday Last on the grounds that
the sue5ial committee refused tO hear me
formation relating to mi, work volunteered
hv the Washin. t0n Pfe,hvtery. luslrlo cd
honorabiy dscnargiug the committee a'
Ciansc 4 ot their recommendations al.'
called for. he moved a substitute To- tlr el-
feet that the special committ,e le retained
in Office for another year, and that 1t lsi,r
10 the information in posses'ion OF th'
Washington Prcsbytery Re thought this
WIS not asking too much.
General J. W. Foster, Of Washington ai'C
urged The continuance 81 The special commit
tee 50 that they might hear what the Wash
ington Prsshytcry had t0 .1y.
Rev. Dr. Dickey, chairman, replied. liz
said that the last speaker compared ine r.
suits Of the WORK done by The Freedmen
Eosrd with those Of Home Missions, 10 Tho
deirimcnt Of the frccdmcn's, ana the com-
par son was totally unfair, because the
Trcedmeu'- Board laboIcd under dillcultie'
that were unknown IL the Home Mission
Board.
At4o'clock the Moderator asked whether
the assembly would extend the time on me
discussion. lCries OF "Que~iion ~ Dr
Hamhn's substitute was put and received
about 30 ayes, while there were nearly Jo.
NAYS 50 the substitute was lost.
The report Of tbr special committee ~
whole was then adopted without dissent.