St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-11
YESTERDAYS SESSION.
There Was More Bitterness Over
the Committee of Nine Report.

There Was More Bitterness Over
the Committee of Nine Report.
The most interesting feature of yes
terday mornings session of the Ameri-
can board was the report of the "com-
mittee of fifteen" This committee was
appointed two years ago to consider the
relations of the board to the churches
and individuals who make it their mis-
siOnary agent, and the eXpediency, in
view of the facts which they may ascer-
tain, of securing a closer union between
them. especially including the subject
OF the selection of corporate members.
The report recited certain statistics
and concluded by saying that it would
make no proposition for action by the
board at the present time, and recon-
mend that the committee be discharged.
The report was. adopted with but two
dissenting voices, and the organization
| remained as before. The board, as is
we'll known, is close corporation, and
it had been proposed to change this
and make it more democratic by giving
the separate churches representation as
such.
President Bartlett, of Dartmouth col
lege, read a report of Home Secretary
Alden's paper of yesterday on OMISSION
airy Motives" This paper reopened the
discussion of that bone of contention,
the report of the committee of nine.
The discussion took the form of gen.
eral apologetic line of remarks on the
Squabble of the day before. Rev. DR..
Emerson and DIR. Quint, of the commit
tee of nine, once more insisted that the
committee stood upon its reports. But
they regretted that the discussion had
been so acrimonious, and were sorry it
had been reopened. DR.. Quinn said he
believed that the prudential committee
had acted under such light as they had,
but the committee of nine had better
light. A vote of thanks was afterwards
voted the committee of nine.
Rev. j. E. Tracy, of India, delivered
missionary address. in which he en-
tertainingly and graphically described
the mission work among the HindoOS.
Mr.. Washburn, of New York, read the
questions now formulated for use in
examining missionary candidates. Rev.
DR.. Alden wanted to know what the
power OF the home secretaries was in
taking action upon the application of
candidate. Only last night a young
man had applied to him for an
appointment as missionary, but
under the new rule he wasn't sure
whether he had power to confer with a
candidate before communicating with
the prudential committee. Several gen.
tlemen told him he should have better
sense than to think any such thing, and
the debate became warm again, Home
Secretary Alden again approaching the
melting point. Judge Shipman, of Con-
necticut, made hot speech, in which
he protested generally against the way
this matter was being conducted, he
saying that certain brethren, meaning
probably DR.. Alden and some of the
prudential committee, were ''pretend-
ing" in order to work upon the feelings
of the board. He thought that any pri-
vate crOss-eXamination of candidates
/ should be stopped. The recommends
tiOns of the committee of nine were
practically adopted, aud that question
was left for good.
President j. B. Angel, of the Uni
versity of Michigan, reported ON Chi
| nese missions. The reports show steady,
though slow. progress. There are four
missions in North China, each one of
which had not only its stations, but its
out-stations, except that at Hong Kong.
The report states that the preachers for
China must be reared in China; Allu-
sion was made to the medical work.
| treatment in the hospitals con-
nected with the missions during
the period covered by the reports.
| Rev. DIR. George r. Merrill, of Mime
| apolis. chairman of the committee OH
India and Ceylon, read his report. DR..
Merrill said that there was progress, not
slow, but sure and steady. The promi-
nence of Sunday school work was noted,
as we'll as the introduction Of the So
cIety of Christian Endeavor, which was
accomplishing great deal. Robert
Windsor, missionary from India, fol-
lowed in brief talk, in which he de-
Scribed the situation in India. There
! was a great opportunity there. But
some things were needed, and among
| others $4,000 rupees.
Some Sunday Services.
Rev. DIR. Richard S. Storrs, of Brook
lyn, will occupy the Plymouth church
pulpit tomorrow forenoon. In the
evening DR.. Storrs will preach at the
| First Congregational church.
| Rev. DR.. William M. Taylor, of New
| York, will preach at Westminster to-
| morrow morning. In the evening DR..
Taylor will occupy DR.. Tiffany's pulpit
| at the Hennepin Avenue NJ. E. church.
| At the Centenary church the pro-
gramme is Rev. Dr.. Hovey, of BridgA
! port, in the forenoon, and Rev. DR..
| Tewksbury, of Seattle, i'm the evening.
At the First Baptist church DR.. w. E..
| Merriman. of Boston, An the forenoon,
and Rev. Joseph Cook in the evening.
Rev. Joseph Cook will preach at the