St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-14

down beside him with mine."
President Northrop responded with
some fine irony directed toward DR..
Noble and that incident was over. But
the debate went on. The reception the
speeches of the opposing sides met from
the body of the council showed that the
resolution for change in the manage
ment of the American board would be
adopted, but that rendered the fight
made by its opponents none the less bit
ter. 1t isn't much of revolution, said
the friends of the resolution, that re-
qulres twenty-five years in which to re-
Volve. The difference between electing
the members Of the American board by
the state association and nominating
them. was the difference between may"
and must" Under the resolution the
churches would certainly get repre-
SentatlOn.
ssHarVard University
would still be loyal to the church, said
Dr. Montgomery, of Chicago, in speak
Ing of the necessity for the churches
managing their own affairs, ''if. in the
years gone by, it had been governed by
the churches"
Then President Northrop's motion to
recommit the question to special COM
mittee Of five was adopted. The COM
mittee, composed of DR.. A. H. Quint,
Rev. Ii. A. Simpson. Gen. B. M. Cutch-
con and Rev. Franklin Fairbanks. will
report this morning. and the considera-
ton of the report will be made special
order the first thing. There is no doubt
that something similar to the resolution
before the council yesterday will be
adopted.
The report of the committee on Gre
dentlalS came on constitutional Ques-
lions. In it there was another reminder
of a political convention in an Ala
bama case" 1t was aquestion of recog-
nlZlng one Of two state organizations. A
tlnge of
The Color Line
was thrown over this question. The
color line, it seems, caused an effort to
unite the two Alabama organizations to
be abortive. The old Alabama Congre-
gational association contained some
colored churches. The opposing body,
composed of accessiOnS to cJngrega-
tionalism from methodism, declined to
accept overtures for the formation of
state association. The representative
of the older body, including seventeen
churches. claimed that the color line
alone caused the split. The representa-
tive of the other body, composed of
formerly existing under Methodist con-
ditions, claimed the color line had
nothing 10 do with 1t. The organiZa-
ton representing the seventeen
churches is the one that has been rec
ogniZed as the regular state organiza-
ton. Although the question was not
settled yesterday. the seventeen
churches will doubtless be recognized
as the state association, and the dele
gates from the other organization will
be admitted representatives of local
body. The other constitutional queS-
lions will come up with this question
today. The Congregationalists have
never yet recognized the color line.
At the morning session the council
adopted resolution declaring that
Secret Societies
are drawing men away from the church
and calling for the appointment of a
committee to consider this matter.
Officers were elected as follows:
Secretary. Rev. Henry A. Hazen, Mas
sachusetts; registrar, Rev. William II.
Moore, Connecticut; treasurer. S. B.
Forbes, Connecticut. The following
standing committees were appointed
for three years:
Publishing Committee-Rev. A. II.
Quint, Massachusetts; Rev. A. Z. Dun
ming, Massachusetts; Rev. Samuel B.
Forbes, treasurer; Rev. Henry A.Hazen,
secretary; Rev. w. II. Moore, register.
Relation of Benevolent Societies to
the Church-Rev. d. w. Clark, Massa-
chusetts; Rev. A. II. Ross, Michigan:
Rev. Simeon Gilbert, Illinois; Thomas
J. Borden, Massachusetts,; Rev. NJ. w.
montgomery, Illinois: Rev. f. q. Clark,
New hampshire; I. D. Demond, New
York.
Resolutions From New Haven West
COnference-Rev. c. L. Palmer. Con-
necticut: Rev. Arthur Settle, Massa-
chusetts; Hon. Franklin Fairbanks,
Vermont: Rev. Newman Smythe. Con
necticut; Rev. James G. Johnson, lii
nois: Rev. A. H. Bradford, New Jersey:
Walter K. Bigelow, Massachusetts.
On American Home Missionary Asso-
ciation-Rev. Jonas Brad, Ohio: Rev. J.
NJ. Sturtevant, Illinois: Wallace G..
Webber, Massachusetts,; Rev. Henry
Fairbanks, Vermont; Rev. j. D. White
law, North Dakota.
American Missionary Association
Rev. E. U. Packard. New York; Rev.
man, California; Rev. D. +. Bradley,
Michigan; Rev, Henry NJ. Herrick, Min
neSota.
Congregational Sunday School and
Publishing Society-Rev. Arthur Little,
Massachusetts; Rev. E. NJ. Chapman,
New Hampshire; Rev. George F.
Waters. New Jersey: Rev. o. d. Fisher,
Ohio: A. d. French, Iowa.
New West Education Commission
Rev. II. L. Griffin, Maine; Rev. c. o.
Brown. California; Rev. j. B. Thrall.
Utah; J. H: Metz, Missouri; Rev. w.
A. Hobbs, New York.
College and Educational Society-Rev.
Charles r. Palmer, Connecticut: Rev.
n. W. Montgomery, Illinois; Rev.A.H.
Ross, Michigan; Rev. S. L. LOOMS,
On Church Buildings-RevW Walter NJ.
Barrows. Illinois; Rev. j. E. Adams,
Maine; Henry Perkins, Ohio; Rev. E.
H. Stickney, North Dakota; Rev. L. S.
Rowland. Massachusetts.
On report OF the American Board of
Commission of Foreign Missions Rev.
Richard Cordley, Kansas; Rev. A. E.
Cunning, Massachusetts; w. j. Null
ford, Michigan; Rev. Nv. Sims0n. Ohio:
Rev. A. w. Archibald, Iowa: Rev. W.
H. Ward, New York; Rev. Warner F.
Day, Illinois.
The matter of making a congregational
exhibit at the worlds fair brought out
an Endorsement of the action in congress
III NOtillE W CIOSC lIlC 1uiI VII OunQuV.
The whole question was finally referred
to special committee.
International Council.
In the evening Rev. DR.. Gilbert. of
Chicago, addressed the council on "Sys-
tematic BeDevolence." On his recon-
mendation the council, by resolution,
advised each church to set apart one
day for the consideration of systematic
beneyOlence
The report Of the committee on the
John Robinson memorial in Leyden,
Holland. was presented by Rev. DR..
Palmer.
The details of the erection of this me-
mortal were published Wednesday
morning. The committee has on hand
S4S5.l0. This will be contributed toward
the erection of a 5000 memorial church
In Gains6orough, England. the birth
place of John Robinson. The council
directed DR.. Palmer to try to collect
$1,000 more for the same purpose.
The report of the delegates to the
inf