Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-05-20

religions sense approves should underlie
the performance of every public duty
aud IL means that those who assume 10
be religious teachers In this land where
the people rule are related in RESPONSE
biIity TO those in public station.
"You, therefore, l hope, will permit
me to say that you do we'll TO insist up
on the conscientious discharge or onclai
obligations and though yoC ought never
to shrink from the duty, accomplishing
good government will not be fully MADE
unless you teach the people oy precepS
and example that they will hnd tneir
safety and welfare In enforcing W On
their public servants the observance OF
the mandates of Christianity and NOR
ality.
"There ought TO be inspiration In the
thought that our country's destiny Is In
our own hands, and it ought TO dignity
our Americanism to feel and know that
those who teach, and those who govern,
and those in every walk OF citizenship
have a share In our preservation as
Christian people and in the guarantee
this affords Of grand national acnleVe-
ments."
The visitors were then presented by
name to the President by DR.. Bartlett,
and to Mrs. Cleveland by Colonel j. M.
Wilson, Superintendent Of Buildings
and Grounds, who was in full dress uni
form. They then strolled through the
parlors and conservatory and afterwards
took their departure.
This evening a general meeting In be-
! half of the Sunday school work OF the
church was held.
Stated Clerk Roberts announced that
the reports of the various boards, COM
mittees and officers of the church and
assembly had been received, with lew
exceptions, and would be duly present
| ed. The answers Of the presbyteries to
! the overtures sent down last year had
also been received, DIR. Roberts stated.
and the result would be announced In
due time.
Mr.. A. D. F. Randolph, Of New York,
presented the report of the special COM
mittee on the publication Church at
Home and abroad, detailing the changes
that have been made Ia the publication
with view to improving 1t in matter
and appearance. The expenditures for
1892 were S2s, s,731; receipts, S29, 564; de-
! felt, Sl57; average monthly circulation,
21,O4s. The deficit for 1891 was S3,sSS.
The report was accepted.
DIR. Smith, OF Baltimore, introduced
to the moderator, and through him TO
the assembly, Rev. DR.. Duncan, OF the
Episcopal Church, who represented the
ioint committee which had under con-
sideration the subject OF church duty.
This committee has been In session for
the past two days, and Rev. DR.. Duncan
was selected TO represent the Episcopal
branch before the assembly. He was
received in an appropriate speech by
DIR. Craig and replied in the
same vein, predicting great good
as the outcome OF the committees
work. He said that there were
four points which the Episcopal church
believed to be essential TO basis OF
union, and upon the three Of them they
had practically agreed. The fourth, upon
which no practical conclusion had been
reached, involved largely difference
in terms. As the final outcome Of the
committees work, DR.. Duncan prophe-
sled practical and harmonious unity OF
the churches, and that in the not very
distant future instead OF two church
organizations,
THERE SHALL BE BUT ONE.
At this point, the moderator an
nounced the standing committees. He
had been unable. he said, as yet to COM
plete the Committee on Synodical Re-
ports. The following are the chairmen
OF the several committees: Bills and
Overtures, VIM. c. Young; Judiciary,
George d. Baker; Polity, w. w. Har-
sha; Home Missions, Loyal L. Graham;
Foreign Missions, Herrick Johnson;
Education. Thomas d. Ewing; Publ
cation and School Work, James II.
Brookes; Church Erection, Calvin w.
Stewart; Theological Seminaries, John
Dixon; ministerial relief, David Gregg
Freedmen, George L. Spinning; aid for
colleges. Charles A. Dickey; correSpon'
dence, NJ. L. Hill; benevolence, George
Ii. Fullerton; narrative, 5. NJ. Davis
Temperance, James Mathews; leave OF
absence. John Reed, Jr., mileage
Franklin L. Sheppard; finance, VIM. A.
Heron.
The special committee on the Chinese
Exclusion Act was announced to con
sist of ). NJ. Catchings, Of Detroit; M
II. Stratton, Salem, n. j.; and Cyrus L.
Pershing, Pottsville, Pa.
Rev. William Henry Roberts was an
nounced to be vice moderator.