The morning news., 1890-05-21
CHURCHMEN ANDTHEC CUP
THE PRESBY TERRAIN ASSEMBLY
DIVIDED ON THE ISSUE.

DIVIDED ON THE ISSUE.
The Temperance Committees Report
Prepared by DR.. William Brown of
Florida, and Accompanied by Papers
from DR.. Hodge of Princeton and Dr.
Thornwan of South Carolina.
AsHEvILLE, N. c., May 20.-The fifth
days session of the Southern Presbyterian
general assembly opened with prayer by
Rev. j. Rumple, ID. D., Of Salisbury, N. C.
The reading of the report of the commit
tee on temperance appointed in 1883 had
been made the special order for to-day. 1t
was Immediately taken up. 1t required
nearly an hour for its reading. 1t fully
covered the entire question. The report
consisted Of papers written by DR.. William
Brown of Florida, chairman Of the temper
ance committee, accompanied by
papers of DIR. Hodge of Prince
ton and DIR. Thornwan of
South Carolina, both Of whom are now de-
ceased, taking substantially the same view
of the question as that advanced by DIR.
Brown, who argued against interference Of
the church in matters of social government.
BY conceding the right of the church to
legislate on such questions, there was no
telling where it would lead TO. In fact, it
would ultimately resolve itself into a church
and state despotism, and was therefore in
imical to individual liberty and the rights
Of conscience.
THE scprprrrprs ON rrwpppAvor
As to the scriptural Interpretation of
temperance it was held to consist in moder-
Of tba scr;T'tra ~, r Au ,"ara ao ~ ;nt ne VINES
oh.o ~ So .sn "oie y. an ineo1lcating l,g
in tha;r rra,. nuS I'D ,odara+ - a. o'e'Srng T.i
,,oSarr pupei .,t 81" .,,n Snoa1 9Oe SSS; Ine
tronSla+;oS Gt,S sno ,,t auu iiepIew
sa I.1nas -. ,sa s f,snS fnensep T. vines
S1ho,o;0 - thr us1 ms io.uSeu py over
RihIa ha;S, o;toS many pN'S'oses VI Tue
DiTie me oeins ciseu.
doai;q qGeS.ntn y; as ~ wns.ner @ shs use OF anu
co,,, NO., -, a. iroli
tSa rna; To;nt ~ Sr ~ tha s H was
He held that it was a matter of expediency.
and cited illustrations OF that principle in
tne teaching OF the apostles, notably, that
referring TO essence. TO sum up the pur-
porc oi tne ADDRESS ana accompanying pa
perS was a recornInenoation tnat the church
declare neither for prohibition nor for
license.
EVIDENCES OF DIsAPPRovAI.
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nosal ~ tba raoort o. ,ba aa,Sro,.s 40 Sre u.s.
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ouostion '"S
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w T. Tevra,,"e ,annad ~ +hns on tSa Suug Ivy. y,
niacad on the docrst All tba rax, Su asooi Ie
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Of 1S9 TIs S,,otisn sss - as S1e se''ioi
During the discussion it was proposed to
print the report which did not recommend
TOTAL abstinence, and circulate it among
tne prespyterles.
"A commissioner thereupon inquired,
w no VIII pay Tor the printing!
Another responded: "The whisky men
VIII pay the DILL"
REPLY FROM sARArocA
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..1e.,,, asor Iau VeesIan from tne
;ner sant Sa.,rd .. Al aspay s W Cne greet
50 Is, = so-' N'1.' 10y, S' ~ ieeu oa ioiio"s'
c,,r;r goneral hfsenloiy Ia session az saratoga
naessaSa IA is,o,nn W your dra.ernal
and peace from the tr,,e God e-@0e' 'N0ie'
WIN. q. MOORE. Moderator
w. H. CoBERrs, Stated Clerk.
DIR. W. A. Campbell read the report of the
committee on society and tithes. The com
mittee presented both a majority and mi
nority report The FORMER was siyned hv
W. ID. Groves, =. w. Suber, and G. l..
hague, ana stated that with regard to the
over0ures asking the assembly to take some
acoioh on tne ques1lon OF titnes they rec
onluienoed 1nat the matter De referred to a
special commltuee TO meet IN 1871. The
minority report was signed oy w. a. camp
CELL ana Il. N. McAuiey, and asked that the
present session attend TO the matter In case
1ne InlnoriUy report should De accepted.
FIGURES FOR CONSIDERATION
The comn,ittaa frrpisbad sor,a s,uros
fo, ,ho a..oS, Luz nioneu Pills ng1res
of sevantv-ona nro.hrtor;es ss,,;n, t.aS Uus
hean Jvr;t+s,, t and asEaa sn. .ho;. 10.
no snars of The ,o,ns 80 t;ttas M .;n.un Sneli
a;eht bod ros,,ordad ~ of .tie Sly
f;ffu-ona bad ,,,,.;t.o,, 49, -. ...e NJ
49, ,id r,t tnoo oos;ao 4 .ai9 vow
t;tbas h;ndng IT, I.,rota tha. 'io tha =" sst y,
racard Il as H;,dina o. ,ras sn@' onoy ulu
initial and s;r had 81 oTio;nre ~ onooln- A.
Tho r,i.taa r,on,d ,.ooo,,,,,or,d eo9
facts ba s,,read 49,, tSo ,.a;r.ta .ua. I Inose
f~rtbar aa,;o,s 49,, LIZ W .I.a aSe aiu no
Dr n n naS;as g s"num n,nrad ~ that Isv as
report be adopted, This motion was
seconded, and w. D. Grove, who had signed
the majority report, rose to speak on it. but
not conffning himself to the matter under
discussion storm OF obJectlons forced him
10 retire.