Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-26
Details of the Days Session.

DETROIT, MICH, May 25.--At this morn
ing's session of the Presbyterian general
assembly after devotional exercises and
the references Of 4 few oVertures TO the
committee on theological affairs, discussion
on the seal was taken up, but Went Over.fOr
further consideration. The standing com
mittee on freedmen reported, through DR..
ErSkine of Carlisle, Pa.
Rev. DIR. Allen, secretary of the board,
said that his interest in the work had been
growing ever since he was boy on his
fathers plantation, and especially during
the eleven years of his seCretaryship. The
present generation of negroes will largely
decide the character of all succeeding gem
erations, vino will come after them, and who.
for good or i'll, will grayely influence the
future Of the country. The only solution is
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION FOR HIM.
No man can tell how much negro can
learn-he has just started, but twenty-five
years has proved a good capacity. You
will see tonight several young colored fel-
lows that look as well and can preach as
well as any of you. Then they are coming
to the front in various lines OF business.
One of them in Kansas owns d street rail
way and is just buying another They
pay taxes on sl,9Co,eoo worth
of property. Two churches have
become self-sustaining. There is
encouraging progress at Biddle university,
Charlotte, n. c.; Concord, n. c.; Crockett,
Tex; Cotton Plant, Ark; Augusta, Ga.
Abbeville, S. c.: Danville, Va; Burke
vile, Va; Chester, Charleston and Beau
fort, S. c., and Pine Bluff, Ark. and we
hope to have one in Mississippi under the
patronage of Illinois ladies. We received
from 1866 (our first year. to 1869, S126, 29S. 93,
from 1870 to 1880 s5l3, 1876 80, from 1881
to 1891 S1,1S6, 400 SO: total in TWEEN
ty-six years, 81 SGT, 026.21 Total for
last year sl76, 1860 This does
not include what freedmen have given in
self-support. The total number of mis-
sionaries, white, IA; colored, 100. Cate
chists, white, 4; colOred, 10. Teachers.
males, white, 10; colored, "a; females,
white, 81; colored, S.. Churches organized
in the year, Z; total churches under our
board, 269 Emissions, Il commandments added
during the year on certificate, 1893;
examination, 1896; total communicates, l5,-
$50: total Sabbath-schools, 259; total pupils
in schools. Is, 2l2; total schools, 81; total
pupils, II ,029; total teachers. 49,; number
of churches contributing, 1891; Sunday
schools contributing, 324: women's mis-
sionaries and bands contributing, 1l2l.
THE STANDING COMMITTEE
on bringing together vacant churches
and unemployed ministers reported through
Herrick johnson, D. D., of Chicago. certain
recommendations which were determined
to strengthen the Episcopal power of the
presbytery. After animated discussion of
its provisions by DR.. Lowry of Philadei-
phia, who opposed the fourth section as
being black list of ministers and churches,
who for any reason decline to come under
the proposed agreement, DR.. johnson said
no such list would be published.
Elder Van Rensselaer, of New York
thought there ought to be more black lists
of those who won't mind the assembly.
Elder Tyndall of California thought good
advice was better than the list unless
PENALTY WAS FIXED.
Clerk Robert thought the whole matter
must be sent down to the presbyteries.
Another brother thought this:
of honor.
President Patton recommended that be-
fore final enlistment it be referred to
special committee to report TO this assem-
bly, on the question of the conStitutionaiity
of the plan, which he much doubted, but
offered to withdraw his motion till all sec
tons had been acted upon.
Leave to withdraw was by vote re-
fused, and an adjournment cut off further
debate.
The board of education made the follow
ing report: The officers remain the same
as last year; the number of applications for
aid in preparing for the ministry has con-
siderably increased, owing to the pressure
being brought upon young men to enlist;
955 were recommended by presbytery, a
considerable increase. Owing mainly to its
scarcity of funds, eighty-six were declined,
most of them in their academy studies, and
this will cost US the loss of some valuable
recruits. There are fifteen more vacant
churches than last year. many of them large
and strong ones, and it is every year harder
to get able men for these. Then, too, the
labors of the Sabbath school mis-
sionaries have been 50 pleased that many