Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-18
PRESBYTERIANS.
Proceedings of the Northern Assembly at Sara
toga and the Southern Assembly at
Asheville, n. C.
NORTHERN PREsBYrER1ANs,


morning session of the Presbyterian as
sembly, after devotional exercises and
reading of the report of the committee
on bills and overtures, Rev. J. Smith
reported for the committee on
revision of the text of confession
of faith and oatechism, that they
had completed their work on confession,
and asked to be continued for that on
catechism, which was done.
The board of relief for disabled minis
tiers and widows and orphans of de-
ceased ministers presented its
thirty-ffth annual report. The num-
Der of benfioiaries on the roll is
4,24l ministers, $50 widows and
twenty-tour orphans. Eighteen families
uncared for, making total of 642 fam
lilies, twenty-seven more than last year.
Forty different persons on rolls have died,
and seventy-seven families have
been added to it. A large
number of legacies, aggregating
500, 024, have added SO much to the
funds of the board that no special appeal
to churches was needed. The oldest
minister aided is in his ninety fourth
year, the average is seveuty-eight, and
the average time in service is forty
eight years. TwentY-six veterans received
$3.50 just three-fourths the amount given
each of the justices of the supreme court
when retired at the age of seventy. In
come of board from all sources was
Sl59, 945 for the year, and expenditures
SLAB. 952 for the same period, leaving q
balance of SIS 1868.
A resolution was adopted urging the
churches to raise not less than Sl50 900,
and ruling elders were exhorted to see
this was done.
Remarks were made by Rev. W. c.
Kattel. He emphasized the fact that
there were $500 non-contributing
churches, and still larger number that
contribute only two mites.
In taking up the report of the commit
tee on the method of making changes in
confession and constitution it was voted
that after the speeches of Drs. Crosby
and Patterson, speeches be limited
to ten minutes. Mr.. Crosby then
proceeded with long speech and was
followed by DR.. Patterson, in which he
took the ground that the assembly had
legal, but not a Presbyterian right to
make the change proposed By the report
of the committee.
To-DAY's SESSION.
Special to the Gazette.
AsHEvILLE, N. c., May 1.-THE COM
munion services of the Southern Presby-
terry last night surpassed in its sublime
simplicity the magnificent display
of the previous evening. The Rev.
D. a. Penick, closely related to Texas,
and the Rev. NJ. G. Hutton of George
town presided. The home mission re-
port was thrilling. 1t says neither we
Dor our fathers have seen a state of
affairs like that which exists to-day.
For twelve or fifteen years this portion
of our country lay among the ruins OF
a destructive war. Sources of untold
wealth have been develo ped, towns and
cities are rapidly covering the lands.
millions of capital and numbers
of people have already come among
us. The white, the red and the black
man are all here. Mexico, New Mexico,
and Arizona are on our borders. The
need of the hour is concentration of per-
son aud purse. Special appropriations
was asked for the Alabama Indians in
Polk county, Texas.
AsHEvnLE, N. c., May 16.-The gen.
eral assembly of the Presbyterian church
met again this morning. After prayer
Moderator PARK announced the standing
committees. The following resolution
was adopted:
Resolved. that this assembly again re-
organize the American Bible society ao-
cording to the constitution upon which it
is organized and principles upon which it |
is at present conducted as an aid of our
church in the distribution of the Scrip |
lures, and as such commends it to the
confidence and support of all our people. |
That we recommend our churches to
place the Bible case among objects of !
beneficence, and to make an annual con-
tribution for it to be turned to auxiliary
societies in their neighborhood or directly
to the parent society in New York.
Rev. NJ. Houston, secretary of foreign |
missions of Nashville, Tenn, submitted |
q report on foreign missions, showing |
that during the past year fourteen mis-
sionaries had been sent to mission fields,
the largest number ever sent out by the
church in one year. An important mis- |
sion of great interest has been under |
taken to the Congo Free State OF Africa.
Receipts of the treasury from all sources
for the year amounts to Sl07 627-Sll,- |
572 more than for any previous year.