Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-25
THE SOUTHERN PREsBYTERlANs.
The Assembly Acknowledged Ivan
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of Worship.
90 tho niapafch
TBy telegraph to the Dispatch.l

AsHFyIrLE n. c., May 24.-ln the Pres
bvterian General Assembly, South, to-day
the paper touching the proposed Peace
Congress was taken up. II wasmoyed that
the minority report of the committee,
which approves the Church's action on
the paper, DO adopted, instead OF the ma
iority report, not favOring such action.
After considerable discussion the report
was adopted. >,
The special committee on the eyangeli-
zation of the cOlOred race recommended
the organization of colored Sunday schools
and the appointment of q field missionary
who shall labor for their evangellzatlOn.
DIR. Stllman, superintendent OF the Tusca-
looea Colored Seminary, was sure that the
evanCelization of the colored people would
settle the race problem. When they were
induced to give up their superstitIons and
embrace true religion there would no
lonrer be race problem. The results al
ready achieved indicated the importance
of the work. The speaker believed the
colored people were az susceptible OF I'M
provement as any people on earth, Inc
assembly should help educate colored min-
listers TO preach to their people.
G.. II. Fleming, chairman Of the Com
mittee on Evangelization of the Colored
Race. said northern preachers had been
tried among the negroes and they tailed TO
do 5he good hoped for.
The report of the Standing Committee
on Revised Directory of Worship recon-
msnds-frst. that the question OF revision
be postponed indefinitely. second the
striking out of Chapter y. of the Revised
Directory of Worship.
The report was adopted
Colonel j. j. Wade offered q resolution
OF thanks 70 the citizens of Asheyille for
their bountiful and elegant hospitality.
AdOptp rod bV n rising vote.
The Moderator appointed as additional
members of the committee on KeYlsion OF
the Directory of Worship Rev. ID. G. Davies,
of kentucky. and Rev. Il. 7. Kerr and
Rev. W. II. Lacey, of Virginia.
On the overture from South Alabama
asking that the assembly order the stated
Clerk of the assembly to send down to each
minister and every member of the sessions
a copv of the minutes of this meeting OF
the assembly, the committee recommend
ed that the request be not granted, and
added q plan Of selling the minutes
through the stated clerks of the presby-
tories.
DIR. Wilson. the stated clerk, said that
similar resolution had been passed at pre-;
vlous assem- bly,, and it had cost II ,4OO and
swamped the treasury. He sald u wouId
benefit the pastorate, but would not bene-
fit the assembly. The report OIL tne cOui-
mittee was adopted.
Rev. Mir. Foster offered u resolution that
the validity of the bonds of the treasurrers
of the executive committees be judged by
the committees. Carried.
Mr.. Holt, of Selma, Ala, offered a reso'
luton commencing the work OF the Sea-
mans Chaplain. Adopted.
The Moderator stated that the CLERK re-
ported no further business before the
body. Devotional exercises followed, ahu
then the Moderator pronounced the oehel
| diction, dissolved the assembly. ana eailso
the next wears assembly to meet in the
First PRESBYTERIAN church at Birmingham
Ala. on the third Thursday IN May.