New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-02
WHATAPASTORSEES
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO CHURCH PEOPLE.

ITEMS OF lNIERf-SI ~ NHUhO bOl LIZ
Although the General Assembly Of the Presbyterian
Church IS now a matter Of history, glance Dack-
ward NAV not be out Of order. Great as was ue
,ror, accomplished at Portland, there is no donbt
tnat there is feeling West and East. that IT was
NOT all its promoters hoped IL would be- "rland
invited the PresbyteTans 10 cross the continent be
cause they expected mighty uplift in the interest
Of home mi ssons. The prayers. the plans everything
that was done OF the Pacific Coast looked toward that
end and while great deal accomplished there
is general feeling that the Assembly could have
disposed OF the Briggs case and the Union Seminary
case With something Of that CELEBRITY with WHICH
revision was swept from the docket. and given more
time 10 education IN the West and the great cause
Of home missions
However opinions may differ In regard to the
division of tme at the great meeting. there is put
one sentiment In regard to the Moderator. President
w c. Young OF Centre College, Ky, the successful
candidate over eight competitors, every one OF "hohl
would have been honor to the place. was hiouei
presiding officer Quick 10 give decisions, ne wa
equally prompt to withdraw one when convinced uIS'
he had erred. That there might be no question re
gard NJ the personnel OF the committees. ne TOOK
means TO secure a representation Of what proved 10
be the minority in the Assembly that was consioern
equitable by all. And this he did, MS ne sald III HIS
closing address, not because he was "shns 10 IL oy
public opinion Of the press representatives
had telegraphed. but because he was DESTROYS that
side ShOulO Dc lalilN rcp4te'"NVN' 80 iV' -
who is to preach in the Brick Church THIS month VIII
find q hearty welcome awaiting him here II has NE
Is spared until next May he Will open the Assembly
,ust forty vosrs from the week in which his sther
then the president Of Centre College, WAS CHOSEN
Moderator OF the Old School Assembly
Another clergyman who won golden honors ut the
Assembly was the pastor Of the First Church, where
the meetings were held. DR.. Arthur j. Brown,
.wEnrlond lad went to Portland from Chicago
odv achi we'd
and * today one OF the ablest preachers and most
successful Christian workers on the Pacific '"'S
His efforts In securing the Assembly Tor the Nor'n"'S'
met With hearty response from the cluzehs " '"'
land churches of nearly every denomination sh''us
with the Presbyterian in extending hearty Western
wsloome TO their Eastern ansmen. Dr loniis "oi!
termed the meeting The Assembly Of Roses Never
In tho history Of The Assembly, its Oldest mep'
has there been such a floral display as at Portaho
And the flowers sent to the church were only V""'"
Of the generous hospitality lavShed upon te Vsi'oIs
in the homes where many of them were eh'erlmhN
Reference TO the pastor OF the First Church "ouu Oe
incomplete which omitte. mention OF Mrs Br'Wh'
v,hose work ~ not so great in the public eye as her
husbands IS equally important The efficient com
mittees aided largely I'll dispstchng business ana
making the visitors comfortable during their stay III
Portland.
There was great regret heard on every side that
Professor Green, of Princeton seminary the reuris
Moderator
and deliver the sermon which he had prepared iof 'e
occasion. But this feeling was mfigated soneWh".
nv the fact that the was In the POSSESSION VI
the Assembly and read by the stated cicrh' AZ
was mes sage OF peace which undoubtedly had gie'.
effect upon menUwing the minds Of those VINO i'so
gone 10 the Assembly strongly convinced mat inc.
bad inst fbe proper solution to all the questions tAat
were 10 be discussed DIR. W. ii. Roberts. the s'a'ea
clerk and Dr. W f. Moore, the permanent CLERK were
as usual ndefati gable in their labor ana were pun
pcly thanked by the Moderator for their inVhlua0le
help during the session.
AS 10 the results of the Assembly, they are oriciy
told The h.resy trial Of DR.. Briggs, which occupied
more than fifth Of the time, was reIlanded oach 10
the New-Yorl PresbytcIy for further hearing. Tie
whole d csson al Portland did not touch the merits
OF the case except incidentally. The rotation Of
Union Seminary to the Gerev Assembly, considered
OF greater Importance than the case OF Dr. BI'ggs te
second longest question before In. body STANDS prsc-
ticay where il did last year, except that tne AS
sembly having failed to reach satisfactory undef-
standing with The Seminary through its committee Oh
conference has now agreed to leave 10 arbitration ue
decision regarding the transfer Of professor already
tn the faculty from one department TO another.
Unions request that II be released from the agree,
ment OF 1870, by which II came under the power VI
tho Assembly, wac denied and i've men were seieS7eo
TO meet representatives OF the seminary the Yen
t. choose FIVE others and the question OF me transfer
to be settled by these fifteen. This proposition o'"~
not bouch the uuesuon whether or not the seminary
shall continue 70 be under tie control Of The Assembly
as IL has been for twenty years.