The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-05-26
Presbyterian General Assembly

! SARATOGA, May 26-At the Presbvteria, ,,o,
eral assembly to-day the report of the commit.
tee on synodical records was read. Thew WOW
mostly approved.
,. me report OF the standing committee on pub.
| Howard Crosby. -N"n' Dr.
Resolutions were offered approving the vor,,
ana recommending that the committee consider
the expectancy OF publishing SUNDAY school
| helps and literature in the German and ScanSi
| navian languages S0''ii0l-
Inc report OF the committee on unen1nIoved
| ministers and vacant churches was rreSan+od
II recommended an increase of The enison,o;
powers OF the Presbytery and paid secretary
10 facilitate intercourse and a fund of sS o0o ~
pe cahea the ministerial adjustment fund to
! pay expenses. N' W
The committee on finance reported that tho
! expenses OF the assembly were provided for and
paiance III the treasury of S72 900. One reason
| lot tne accumulation OF so much money in Tho
general fund is the prospect of a meeting On nv
Facinc coast, which Will inVole an extra ev
pense OF not less than sixty thousand dollars
c - large nuInoer OF committee reports were
acted on. Relating TO the request from two
! coloreo Presbyterles to be treated as indenendo
CIV IN lheir appIlcatlon for missionary aid The
Same as Ynlle Presbyteries. the report of the
committee on freedmen favored lleeninp tba ON
IN subordinatlon 10 The freedmen's hoard Nr
Booth, OF New York protested indignantir
against tne recommendation of the board
After spirited debate it was voted f7e In 195
to grant the requeStiof the colored PreshvteriaS
Inc report OF the committee on deaconneSSeS
recognized the claim that women sn~vod ~ -
apostolic church in an office si1nilar 10 tho, nc
deacon and held they may be elected md sot
apart IN a similar way. this not being n stem in
the direction OF giving them license To nraacb
Inere was a long debate on the ouestion Of
amendlng the form of government To correS
ponu 10 the report but the recommendations of
Inc committee that there be sent down 70 the
PreSbyterles an overture for such n change ,aS
accepted. Neo " do
AT the night session the nominating connmit,oo
announced the following committee to do the
actual work of revision and report to tho Wv. a
sembly 1871. The committee was accented nv,
the assembly unanimously. Seminary nrofesSs
ors, w. ii. Greene, of Princeton; Thomas II
hastings, OF Union: NJ. Bride of Allephenv.
w. II. Beecher. of Auburn: E. d. MOTIFS IF
Lane; Herrick johnson, Of Mcconnell: WiIliam
Alexander, of San Francisco.
OColIege presidents, Francis Patton of Princa-
ton, William Q. Roberts: of Lake Forest.
PaStorS-W. Z. Moore, of Columbus Ohio
linoderator Of the assembly,: H j. Van DYKE
OF BrooiSiyn; Ebenezer ErSl1ine of Chamber
burg Pa; J. L. Lcftwich. of Baltimore I r,
Nichols, Of st. Louis; E. R. Rurkhalter If
Cedar Rapids. Iowa. VI
Elders--EX-Justice Strong of Washington.
ex-senator McMillin, of ST. Paul; Judge Alfred
HANG, OF Scranton, Pa. Emerson 10 White Of
CINCINNATI; Judge Henry d. Savior. of
Huntington. Indiana; Winthrop d. s
Gilman, OF New York; Barker Eurnere of
Trenton, n. j.; William Ernest. of Covington
ay, George Junkin, of Philadelphia: CHARLES
il. Charnley- Of Chicago.
Delrolt was chosen on the second ballot &c
the place oil meeting for the next assembly.