The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-05-28
EREfIGIoUs WORKERS.
HOME MISSION WORK DISCUSSED
BY THE PREsBYTeRlANs. I

The ronrd's Report to che General As
sen,biy sudden Death of DR. Van
Dyise, FORMER Moderator--Bnptists
TnIR OF niissions-Condition OF Gospel
Work ia various Tisids.
DgrEorT. May 27.-The Presbyterian
general assembly convened at the usual
hour Yesterday morning. After devo-
tional Exercises and reading of the min
utes, overturc8 were referred to COM
mittees, and orders of the day fixed for
several items Of business. the first order
of the day being Vacant churches and
unemployed ministers.
A delegate opposed the proposition to
fix the SALARY of the secretary Of corre-
spondence ct 81, 800 year as unneces-
sary, because the presbytcry has a man
for the work This money, he said,
would give the gospel to many weak
churches. The $1,000 salary was
knocked ont, 81 500 set as the price and
the matter referred for consideration of
its constitutiOnality
Rev Andrew " Raymond. of Al
bany. N. Y. presented the report of
committee on home missions. The
pleas usually sent up for home missions
spoke Of need of helping the far west.
This was wrong. The home mission
field embraced the whole United States.
the large cities as wen as the mining
camps. PTeshyterianigm was on the in
crease in the New England field. The
home mission board is %9S. 600 in debt an
increaseof sci, 900, caused by the falling
off of the legaCies EecCmmittee recon-
mended q general missionary conven-
tion for this fall and a collection for
home missions in the Sunday schools the
Sunday before thanksgiving. The COM
mittee further recommended that
81 10000 be the amount set aside for
this work for the year. The report was
accepted.
Death of DR.. Van Dyke.
The death of DR.. Henry J. Van Dyke,
of Brooklyn, ex-moderator of the assem-
bly,, was announced by the moderator.
The assembly sent a telegram of condo
,or, ,e to the widow and appointed COM
mittee u, draft a minute to be presented
10 the asse,nI''v. The moderator then
suspended business :..rd made touching
prayer ON the dispensation winch 'lle
Lord had put upon his church.
The committee on missions among the
freedmen recommended that 81, ,OOO, 600
be set aside for the work during the year.
A discussion on home missions followed,
the committee recommending the expen-
diture of 81 900, 600 on the work. Mr., Van
rensselaer,, of'New York, was inclined to
believe the sum could not be raised, but
the assembly seemed to think otherwise.
A recommendation to provide an Italian
bible was adopted,
Sabbath Observance.
At the afternoon session Col. T. Shep-
herd, of New York, presented the report
of the committee on Sabbath observ-
ance. 1t declared against the tendency
toward the violation Of the Sabbath evi-
denced in the opening of art galleries
and reading rooms. The excuse given
that they were intended for the benefit
of the poor was set down as delusion
and snare. The committee recon-
mended the closing of the worlds fair
gates on Sundays and the setting aside
of the first week in April, 1892, as a
week of prayer for Sunday observance.
The report was adopted and minor mat
ters occupied the assembly until ad-
tournament