Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-05-22
ABOUT THE FREEDMEN
THB C0L0RBD BRETHREN DISCUSSED AT
THB GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
DR.. Nichols Asks for $4,000 for Home Missions
What the Women Have DOns-Mr. Thomas
Kane and His Letters Of
"Profuse Thanks"

NEW YORK, May 21,-The Presby teriau
General Assembly continued its session to-
day. The general order of the day, the
confederation of the fourth resolution Of
fered by the special committee of the
Board of Freedmen, was taken up 1t was
this report that caused controversy on
Friday between Rev Drs Dickey and
Hamlin, yesterday. An attempt to affect a
compromise between the two factions was
begun. Rev. DIR. Crosby this morning
moved to strike out a portion of the reso
luton which he considered would arrange
matters to the satisfaction of all. The
nortion to be stricken out was that relating
10 the confidence of the Assembly placed
in the ability of the Board of Freedmen
This was the Objectionable portion. Rev,
DR.. Ketchum offered substitute for DR.
CcOsbS's motion, but the hour having ar.
rived for the Home Mission report, the de-
bate was brought to an end.
DIR. Nichols, Chairman of the Committee
on Home Missions, then read his report
The report recommended that for the en-
suing year the sum of 1876, 600 be author.
lied for the uee of home missions. This
large amount is considered necessary be.
cause of the rapid rate at which the west.
ern and northwestern portions of the
country are being settled and for work
emong the white and black population oi
the South. The W0mau's Home Mission,
unaided and alone, raised the sum of 1851,
900 during the year. The report OF the
Committee on the Whole was highly
satisfactory one and was heartily ap-
plauded.
Mr.. Thomas Kane, of Chicago, gave the
Assembly few hints in relation to OBJ
tanning donations for the homo mission.
His advice was to write profuse letters oi
thanks to all who gave.
Then the debate on the report of the
Board of Home Missions was resumed and
participated in by Mr.. Robert 7. Simms,
Rev. John Menand, NJ D.; Rev. Edgar L
Williams, of Illinois, and Rev. DR.. Robert
N. Adams of Minnesota, who spoke of the
bad condition of affairs in the Black Hills.
Then tie debate was closed, and the reso.
olutions, as recommended by the commit
tee, were adopted.
When the afternoon session opened, the
Rev. DR.. T. S. Hamlin, of Washington,
President Harrison's pastor, spoke and
disapproVed of using the foreign languages
in church work as much as possible, and
thought that the use of German should
not be continued beyond the first genera
tiOn.
Rev. DR.. Ambrose G. Smith, of Illinois,
wanted to know Just how many first gen.
erations there were. Y0u have first gener-
ations OF German and other nationalities
coming here to-day and this will probably
continue for years to come. We want to
evangelize and Americanize Europeans ar.
irving in this country. The Only means
we have 10 do this are the sustained by
this assembly. Who can preach to their
countrymen in the German tongue. DR..
Smith thought that if the Germ theo-
| logical school at Dubuque, of which he is
| President, got an endowment Of 500, 900
it could fulfill its mission Of educating and
evangsliziDg the German population of the
Northwest for all time.
1t was agreed TO add another secretary tC
the force of the Board of Home Missions
and it was decided he must be able tC
preach in German. The report of the
standing committee of the board of aid fol
colleges was presented by Rev. DR.. Thomas
Hastings. One-third of the Presbyterian
Churches had made donations. DR.. Hast
inps said the board OF aid would re-
ouire 100000 or S2O0,COO The re-
nort recommended that the Bible bf
adopted as the only text book in any
school endowed by the Boaad of Aid; that
special attention be paid to the establish
meut of Presbyterian Academy midway
between the common school and the col
lege. The following were reelected NEIL
bers of the board: Rev. DR.. II. johnson,
Rev. DR.. S. ]. Mcpherson, Rev. DIR. John
W. Dinsmore, Rev. DR.. J. L. Withrow,
Charles NJ. Charmley, H. Hibbard Root,
H. Mcclellan and W. H. Swift. The re-
port and recommendation were unani-
mously adopted. Adjourned.