Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-05-22
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Hut the Count of Presbytertess shows
Two-Thirds Vote for Changes in


SARATOGA, May l6.--The election of DR.. Moore
as moderator yesterday hns given the reyison-
lists little setback, and is regarded as
strategic advantage for the opposition 10
many 1t may appear remarkable that an as.
sembly whose majority are revisionists should
have selected for its presiding officer such an
antl-revisionist as DIR. Moore. the result is
said 10 have been directly due however, TO 4
caucus held on Thursday morning in when
Philadelphia was conspicuous. IL was VIC
tory snatched from deieat.
The reYisinntsts, by thor own majority vote,
were led TO select n leader under whom their
opponents must fight, and the latter Will I'M
doubleday prescribe the lines on which tause
reYiSionists who care anything about results
must work. The Rev Dr. Robert Russell Booth,
the oldest pastor in point of service in the NV
York Presbytery. u candidate for the position
OF moderator, describes this clever bit OF
manBuvering by saying that he was defeated
by the sudden influx of n wave Of harmonic
ing; that the church happened 10 be in a state
of fusion; that In. Moore having been strongly
put in nomination by Dr. lIerrck johnson tho
delegates To the assembly wore selzed with
sense Of his long service as chief clerk and as
Il publisher Of digests, and in their enthusiasm
asked. why go further!p
More remarkable than all, the caucus which
brought this 10 pass was one held by fennsyl-
vania anti-reysionists--a caucus which good
DIR. Booth his assembly did not seem 10 DO
acquainted
Tho stated clerk reported with reference to
the answers returned by the presbyteries To
the oyertures regarding revision and new
creed sent down by the last assembly as fol
lows: 1872 presbyteties answer the question ~
tho Affirmative, &C In the negative, refuse 10
answer, and have not reported.
1t was decided that n committee OF flVe be
appointed by the moderator to canvass the an.
swers Of the presbytcries and to make their
| report
SARATOGA, N. Y, May t7.-At the morning
| session OF the Presbyterian general aseem'
| bly, after devotional exercises led by the
moderator and the reading OF tho report OF
the committee on bills and overtures the
| or settings OF the Hsae nbly were sent TO the
assemblies OF the Southern Presbyterians,
the Cumberland, the Preshyterians and the
United PreHbyterians. The Rev. J. Il. Smith,
ID. D., reported for the committee on the
revision OF the text OF the confession oil
faith and cateohisms that they had
completed their work on the confession
and askad TO be continued for that on the
catechism. which was done. The board Of
reliet for disabled ministers and the widows
and orphans OF deceased minister pro.
sented It's 18th annual report. The number
of beneticaries on the roll 10 GA AL minis
tiers, 1855 widows aud "a orphan families
At the Minister'S Home at Perth Amboy, n
j., 10 families are cared for, making tota
OF 6i2 families, ~ more thar last year.
Forty-four persons on the roll have died
and n families have heen added 10 1t. A
lnrge number of legacies a2gregatint
SD OGO nave added 80 mucn TO the tunds o
the board that no special appeal to th,
churches was headed. This sid Is givel
according to rule adopted by the last as
eemhly providing that every retired minis
ter over 70-yeaIs-old who has served as
missionary or pastor not less than 30 year
shall be entitled to receive not more thai
$500 year without TN annual recommen
dalton from his Presbytery as heretofore
/ The oldest minister aided is in his 94th y al
the average age ia rs and the average tim
In service Is 48 years. Twenty six vet eran
received $7,251, Just three.iourths tn
amount given each OF the judges OF tn
United States Supreme court when retire
: at tho age OF 10. The income of the boar
. from ali sources was $l5s.245 for the yea
and the expenditure $i439s2. for tho sam
period, leaving balance OF Sl5,26s.
\ resolution was adopted urging th
church to raise not lese than Sl50000 an
, the ruling elders were exaorted to see thu
I this was done.
,, Remarks were made by the Rev. W.
Kattell, d. D. He emphasized the fact thi
there were 500 non-contributlng church,
and still larger number that contribu
only two mitres.