The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-05-23
PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY.
A Lengthy Report on Sabbath
Observance Submitted.
BRIGGS CASE COMES UP.
A Season OF Hot Talk on an Amend
ment OF DR.. Young.
The Third sunday in Jnne Fixed Upon a:
a Day When Sermons Be Preached
Against Opening the Worlds
Fair Gates on Sunday.


terrain general assembly opened with de-
votional exercises. Bills and overtures
were then distributed to the committees,
after which the report of the special COM
mittee on Sabbath observance, of which
the late Colonel Elliott F. Shepard was
chairman, was read by his private secre-
tary. The report reeited the successful
efforts of the Committee in securing the
Sunday World 5 lair closing clause in the
congressional act.
The report recommended the adoption
of resolutions of regret at the death of
Colonel Shepard; an expression of graft
tude for the success of his effort to secure
national sanction for Worlds fair closing;
declaring any attempt hereafter to open
the gates Sundays would be a gross affront
to Christian conscience and a hagra mt
breach OF faithi that in view OF the action
OF the local directory favoriug opening of
the grounds, the Importance of urging
the people to stand by their conscience at
whatever sacrifice OF personal profit or
pleasure, is apparent, and points out that
now is good time for the formation of
associations to protect the weekly day of
rest. Recommends the distribution of
Sabbath literature at the World s fair.
When the order of bills and overtures
was reached, there was short, sharp
struggle over the matter of the reference
of ogertures in the Briggs case. There
was considerable misunderstanding and
much confusion for time, but IN the end
all the Briggs overtures were offered to
the judiciary committee.
The board OF missions among Freedmen
reported and recommended S250,000 Tor
work and $500, QUO for the Biddle univer-
sity, which was accepted.
The moderator then announced the re-
naming committees. Among the chair
man of synods are: California Harry S.
Jordon; Oregon, Henry G. Pollock;
Utah, Louis R. Foote; Washington,
James n. McDiffond.
Then there was another outbreak in
the Briggs case. DR.. Young stated that
overtures from Chicago and Detroit had
been found to have no reference to the
Briggs case and insisted that they had
been sent to the committee upon church
policy, and he moved to so amend.
There was season of hot talk then, but
the amendment was beaten and the over
ture went to the committee.
recess was taken at noon, during
which the commissioners were photo
graphed in groups.
AT the afternoon session the report of
the committee on Sabbath observance
coming up for consideration, President
Warfield, of Lafayette college, proposed
an additional recommendation that the
third Sunday in June be set apart as
day when sermons be preached in all
churches and prayers be offered in behalf
of the effort to keep the gates of the
World fair closed.
Rev-e Mr.. McCauley of Dayton, O.,
offered another addition, to-Wit: That in
case the Sunday closing rule be violated,
the exhibit of the Presbyterian church be
removed. Several recommendations to-
gether with these were adopted.
In the progress of the discussion Rev.
w. S. jerome of Pontiac, Mich. opposed
the removal of the Presbyterian exhibit
in case the Sunday closing law was vio-
lated. He opposed it for the reason that
If the fair was kept open on Sunday,
there was all the more reason why the
exhibit be where the people could see
good. Mr.. Jerome was over
in the minority, he and Rev.
T. B. Rennic of Geneva, N. T., being the
only two against the removal.
The report of the committee on educa-
ton was presented by Rev. Thomas D.
Ewing, of Corning, la. 1t commended
the work of the board and as6ed $3.50, GOO
for the work next year. The board was
now comparatively out of debt and the
had been reduced from 81 ZOO to
$500. DR.. Poor said that in the past six
years the Presbyterian denomination was
to draw on other denomina-
tions for $50 ministers to do its WORK.
An appeal for money to carry on the
work OF educating young men for the |
was supplemented by President
Warheld of Lafayette college, who de-
nounced as shame and reproach the atti-
tude of the church towards young men |
who desire to prepare for it's ministry and |
have not funds to secure an education.
Elder Davis Jacks of Monterey, Cal.
closed the discussion with the suggestion !
that he would give 800 towards wiping |
out the 5000 debt of the board still re- |
(applause) and if suitable man
was secured to talk money out of mems |
pockets for the education of young men,
instead OF 81 ,0C0 year from Captain
Jones, the cause might get from SEE, 900 to
S40, 600, and he would pay 500 a year
towards paying the right man. [Great
applause The recommendations of the
committee were adopted.
An overture from the presbytery at st.
asking the board of education
70 lend money to candidates who prefer
20 borrow rather than to accept a gift,
vas reported with favorable recon-
the maximum amount to be
oaned to be $3.50 per annum, which rec
was adopted.
Rev. M. Reed of the North China Pres
)ytery presented resolution which was
eferred to the committee on the Chinese
Exclusion act. Expressions of deep graf
tude for fayors extended missionaries
md their work in China by the Chinese
and for settlement of the
difficulties which exist, especially in
chang Tung province; also for very val
liable aid rendered by United States Min
ster Derby. The assembly then adj
burned until tomorrow.
REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN.