Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-05-27

TIE WORK or pRosCLYriNo IN
THC WEST.
Ministers Wanted 10 Preach 10 the
People that a Million Dollars
are Wanted.
ny TELEGRAPH 10 tho NEwGt
TuE DETROIT MEETING.
business Transacted by the Presby.
toTian. Yesterday.


tcTian- Yesterday.
DETHolT, May ej.-l,ecommcnda.
tlous were made In connection with
the overture asking that each Presley.
terry be- invited % send ouu delegate e
the full meeting u the missionary
convention, and that such delegates
phall constitute - -pvcial committee on
the home mission within the bounds OF
vlch ftvhytcry; also urging the board
q push Sabiath school work among
tue lUIciBu population.
The moderator announced the In.
Simultaneous death u Prof Van Dyke
ct Br1Dklyu, who nal Just resigned his
paHiOMtu ~ take tine chair of rystcmn.
tic theology Va Union Theological semi.
nary. a Telegram ui confidence 20 his
widow was voted
d. Mcmillan, tho new secretary Of
the now board VI home missions,
spoke AT some length OF the work OF the
boari In the Wet. Ho gayea vivid
picture of the difficulties " getting
nearing Tor the guspei In some u the
new towns, during their booming
period, when Sunday was by far thr
most busy day " the week. In the West
nowadays there IN almost nothing Of
the old-time dvslry between the dc.
nominations. Ho said the Indian IL
very accessible 10 the gospel and work
among them !. very hopeful. Had We
spent ~ Per cent. VI whnl it cOst 10 Hill
them in cyaugeliling them there would
have been no ghost dance. He told of
the great prUgTcss made IN New
Mexico among The Spanish.AmerlCuns
aud In Utah. lie concluded by wing
That things should not bo let 80 ~ de-
fault for lack ~ money.
Elder Van Rensselaer, Of New York
said, In rcgatd ~ tho recommendation
10 raise million dollars "What ~
the use Of pludgfng ourselves ~ raise
this money " We don't do II? 10 Is
mOCkgry unless We eau reach the nom
contributing churches. Let us be in
dead earnest. 10 IN the ministers.
They read the notlcc In u tfemulous
voice, but none preach and inform the
people about IT,"
Rev. IhOmns Boyd % Oregon told
how they raised money there. lie
| said their 1872 home mission churches
had paid their share VI the great debt.
James Lewis, DID, VI Illinois spoke
Of the aspects Of the work In the cen.
trail part Of the country. lilo thought
the amount voted was not an ahso.
lutte pledge, but the mark 10 DO arrived
at.
The recommendation Of the report
were then taken up soristim. Rev.
A dolphus Krcbs OF 81. Louis urged
better provision for the two German
svmluhrlc.. The Gormans were tired
of resolutions not acted upon.
Recess until $50 pm.
At the afternoon session Col. Elliot
+. Shepherd VI New York read the re-
port Of the committee on obscrvanceoi
| the sabbath.
The standing committee ofthe board
/ n aid 10 colleges responded through
/ Rev. De. Hays Of California. IL aids
threc colleges and i've academies, or.
| ggnizcd before 1855, tho year when
tho hogrd was established, a. well M
/ twelve colleges and sixteen academies
/ orgRnikei siHco. The aided Institutions
have 81 ,l53, 21s worth Of property. The
amount received during tho year was
Slnl ,O0g.
rhcsppcihl committee Of the board Of
| publication, through Judge Hand OF
Scranton, Pa, stated their reasons for
approving the report made earlier In
the season. Judge Hand addressed
the assembly at great length on the
subject u the management Of the
board, defending II warmly.
II. L.. simmons (thc fighting elder),
Ia chairman VI tho special committee
that was appointed la 1855 by the as-
srmhly Ia response 10 demands made
by various bodies, and the synod Of
Ohio In particular, Occasioned 10y state
mcnts as To the high prices paid by the
board Of publication for work anu ma.
terlals. In simmons address he dis
avowa all Intention 10 inslnuato or
chnfVe crookodnoss or dishonesty
against tho board, IL business commit
tee or any Of its employees. His report
was directed against their trying 10
manage business involving great
mass u details, for which they have
not the necessary knowledge or train
ing.
Pending further discussion, tho hour
for adjournment left tho matter yet 10
be- settled. Admissions already made
by Judge Hand imply saving Of not
less than y3O,OO1a year IN result Of
following Slmmonh recommendations.
Simmons Is confident, " the rest Of his
recommendation arc adopted, that a
saving Of at least $50, 900 annually will
be effected.