Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-05

Reed, adding that he was not angry, but felt
deeply wronged. broadening his swath, DR..
| George included all the defendants in the
charge that they had endeavored to preju-
| dice the church against the prosecution.
! He admitted that there had been bad faith,
but held that it was on the part of the men
who had charged that they had "crushed the
Pittsbury Presbytery with all its d. d. "
DR. George showed considerable skill in his
the heads of his opponents He held that
the Pittspurg Presbytery had gone to the
| end of its tether, and even strained it, in
efforts to reach conclusion satisfactory to
the young men, but without getting to it or
removing q suspicion that he had been
| overly jealous and anxious to out-Herod
Hcrod.
The effect of his argument was various, as,
| while the prosecution generally held that he
| did excellent work, a liberal remarked to q
reporter: "Dr. Georges speech was vindi-
cation and defense of himself and not of
Pittsburg Presbytery, though appointed to
perform tho latter duty" But, of course,
| due allowance must be made for variation as
60 estimate of merit of theological argu-
ment
One of the suspended young men says
there is nothing in the charges that they
are not able to answer, but he did not ex-
press the conviction that the verdictOf the
Court would be in their favor.
The speech of DIR. George will be continued
this morning.
All License Laws Are Condemned.
The evening session opened with the regu-
lar devotional exercises after which the
work of receiving reports, commenced Mon
day evening, was continued. Rev. S. r.
Wallace presented the report of the Com
mittee on Sustenation and Church Erection.
The boards under their control were re-
ported to be in a healthy condition.
The Rev. j. t. thompson presented the re-
port of the Committee on Temperance. 1t
strongly affirmed prohibition Is the position
of the church now and for many years past.
The whole system of license was condemned
as contrary to the laws of God and destruc-
tive of tho interests of man. Tobacco was
also touched upon and its use and sale de-
plored. All members were called upon to
free themselves from the habit or promoting
its sale.
The report of the Committee on Presby-
teriau Reports was read by Rev. p. J. Crow.
1t showed that the condition of the Church
was healthy though it could be better. In
the last year there had been decrease of IL
in the membership of the Church. There
had been an increase of several hundred in
the number of Sabbath school pupils There
are now more licentiates and ministers than
there are congregations for.
Thousands for Foreign Missions.
Rev. A. Fitzpatrick presented the report of
the Committee on Finance. During the last
year over $4,000 was donated to the foreign
missions, 5000 more than was donated the
previous year. The funds of the church
were reported to be in excellent condition
and the endowments steadily increasing.
The church now has S244, 900 in invested
funds. OF the donation of Sl7, 900 from John
Wright, one-half of which was to go to for
eign missions and the other half to the en-
dowment fund, the committee recommended
that of the foreign mission share one-half go
to the current fund of foreign missions and
the other half to be invested to be drawn ON
as the Synod directs.
Upon Recommendation of the committee a
resolution was adopted directing that $500
lo maid nf HIN l1rlrt
An aunt of Miss Boyd had died. and by her
will decided her property to the church. She
also made some bequests, among them $500
TO her niece, Jane Boyd. 1t was afterward
learned that the balance of her estate, from
shrinkage, loss, ETC., was not sufficient to
pay the bequests. In view of this, and
though not legally responsible, it was de-
cided to pay the bequest of $500 to the niece.
The report of the Finance Committee was
still under consideration when the meeting
adjourned until this morning.