Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-05
ONLY THE BIBLE LAW
The Rule for United Presbyterians
Regarding Divorce.
YOUNG MEN FOB EVANGELISTS
Desired to Carry on Religious Work Among
the Freedmen.
Is BITTERLY AsSAlLED
,sprc,,1 rr1reRAM TO THE p1srArcH.l

rsPrc1LL rFIKGRAM TO THE D1sPArcH.1
BUFFALO. June 4.-The General As
semblv of the United Presbyterian Church
devoted most of to-day's session to discuss
ing the freedmen's mission and foreign
missions. The fraternal greetings of the
Reformed Church were delivered by DR.. Tai
bot w. Chambers, of the Sabbath Reform
Union. The Committee on Reform gave
yerv satisfactory report to the Assembly. 1t
showed an improved condition of things
and urged request that the President incor-
porate in his thanksgiving proclamation
proper recognition of Jesus Christ as
Supreme Ruler of the nation. All laws,
respecting divorce, not in accordance with
Bible teaching were vigorously condemned.
Emphatic resolutions were passed in re-
lation to the lodge system, and fayoring the
use of the Bible in the common schools
Missions among the freedmen were reported
vigorous and fruitful. There has been an
aggregate of -, 720 scholars during the year.
There is debt on the Freemen's Board OF
ST., ,S79 SO. The board asked the Assembly
to appropriate S40,0 to carry on the work
for year and pay the debt.
EvANGELIsTs FOR THE SOUTH.
The board asked for limited Presbyterian
power, which was granted, along with the
appropriation, to carry on the work The
following resolution was then adopted:
That. inasmuch as the Freedmen's Mission
field is far removed from any of the organized
Presbyteries of our church. and 1nasmuch as
some exercise Of Presbyterial control VIII be
necessary in selecting and setting apart young
men as evangelists, and the estab ablishing OF
stations and organizing of congregations, 1t is
hereby ordered that the ordained ministers OF
AAI Ntr,ISs nxpfrh
power under the advice and approval of the
board, to employ missionaries; to license men
to preach: to ordain ministers after completing
their course of study; organize congregations
and ordain elders, and the same commission
shall report to the General Assembly through
the board.
This was the most important part of the
report. The report of the Committee on
Foreign Missions was presented by the ven
erabie DR.. Dales and adopted. 1t showed
affairs to be in excellent condition. Misses
Mary E. Work and Mamie r. Martin were
appointed missionaries to Egypt and India
respectively. During the year two devoted
missionaries-M Sarah B. Lansing, at
Cairo, and Mrs. Edna Morrison, of Gull
franwala, India-died in service:
RoMANIsTs AssAILED.
The report continues:
The assembly have heard with sorr ow and in
Q1Gnatl0n OF the INVASION OIL Lu6 OuuTcu OIL
Rome upon mission bounds-not to evangelize
and elevate the native heather, but to seduce
and draw away many who had been led. under
the labors of our missionaries, to turn from
their heathenism to profess their faith in
Christ, and become members of the native
churches. The rules of the manual should be
SO amended as to allow the unmarried female
missionaries and the married female missiOna-
ries. who assume all the responsibilities of mis-
sionaries, to sit as members in the missionary
associations, TO advise and to vote in all the
matters pertaining to their work.
The following appropriations were made:
Egypt, $4,000; India, SAG, 900. Home
salaries-Missions, $4,000; children,
81, 800; printing and distributing re-
ports, abstracts, stationery, postage, etc.,
81, 200; travelling of missionaries, 81 200;
expenses of interest, $500 contingencies,
$1,000; extension of the work, $500. To-
tai, $4,000.
Rev. T. W. Anderson and Elder Spear,
of the First Church, New York City, were
present at to-day's meetings. Mr.. Ander-
son has been at Albany delivering his
lecture on can Evening With
Gamblers" The New York Synod had
special session to arrange for the meeting at
Barnet, VT, in September. In an interval
in the afternoon the delegates were treated
to a carriage ride through the city. The
session will probably end tomorrow.