The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-03-24
THE PRESBYTERIANS
In Oregon Making Great Prepara-
tons for the General Assembly.
THOUSANDS OF THE FOLLOWERS
or Calvin to visit the Pacific Coast in
May..-I.argc Committees Appointed
to Make Their Visit Pleasant and
to Instruct Them In the ilcautics Of
the Laud ofthc Setting Sun.

PORTLAND, 0RE., March 23.-Thc First
Presbyterian church OF this city has
taken time by tho iorelock and has up.
pointed its committee OF arrangements
for tho coming general assembly. Tho
meeting is 10 begin on May 10, and is 10
continue throughout tho month. The
Detroit assembly directed that DIR.
Arthur J. Brown and tho elders OF the
First church and Dr.. W. II. Roberts,
tho stated clerk OF the assembly, con.
stitntc committee OF arrangements,
with power to add TO tlrcir number
Tho enlarged committcehas been divid.
cd into subcommittee having charge
OF tho hospitality, information, finance,
preparation. music, railroa d Transports
ton and executive.
The First church issues a monthly pa
por called The Ihptridn. In recent
number m editorial states tho assist
ance OF Il considerable number OF repre-
sentative Presby,erians aud citizens
has been invited in tho work OF propar.
alton for tho assembly. They realize
that the undertaking is Il large one, and
tho reason given for it is this: "Thc
commissioners proper number 800, aud
as all their expenses are paid, every
man will be present" 1t is said that
there is likely TO be such scramble for
election rs the custom presbylGrics
have seldom known. 1t is estimated
that an additional hundred men, repre-
scnting the religious and secular press
and boards OF the church, Sunday school
missions and special committees APP
pointed to report next May, will be
present. Many OF tho commissioners
will bring their wives end daughters.
and other members OF the fair, sex will
come as delegates OF tho women's
boards. Besides ! 900 people expected
from tho east, IN equally large number
OF visitors arc expected from Washing
ton, Oregon and California. attracted
by the unusual spectacle OF q great
church congress. and multitudcs from
the east, to whom the low rates and
special trains and assembly excursions
will bring the opportunity Of LIFETIME
to visit the Pacific coast"
The Information committee is said 10
be new idea, and the reason for its
existence is this: "The commissioners
andvisitors vii! be strangers in strange
land: they vii! want to know thous-
and things about population, climate,
business, resources, attractions, history,
places, objects OF interest and how to
get there" The members are expected
to be thoroughly informed on every
conceivable subject that visitors want
to know, and to be omniprescnt and
omniscicnt. It is hoped that the next
assembly will be pre-cminenly mis-
sionary assembly,. and while the west
is interested in tho Briggs case and in
revision, the problem OF the evangelical
tlon OF the great west is to them OF par
amount importance. \ reception at the
exposition building is among the posi-
bilitics on a scale that will surpass any
thing OF the kind Portland has ever seen
The representatives OF the press havo
been promised that tho "fattcd calf shall
be killed for them," whatever that
means. The mayor OF the city heads
the committee on excursions, and trips
to the Willamette Valley, the Columbia
river and Mount Hood are promised,
while journey on u special steamer to
Alaska is among tho possibilities. The
finance committee will have o deposit
OF $4,000 at the disposal OF tho assembly
in case it is needed. DR.. Brown has
written Il recent letter calling attention
to the fact that the assembly adjourned
to meet at Portland ii satisfactory ar
engagements were made with the rail-
roads, and us this condition is met the
committee OF arrangements has no power
to accept the invitation OF Kansas City,
which was given solely with the under
standing that the assembly could 60
there in case satisfactory arrangements
were not made for carrying the great
body across the continent The follow
ing are the members OF the committee
OF arrangements: The Rev. Arthur J.
Brown, general chairman; tho Rev.
Thomas Boyd, secretary; William