The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1893-05-20
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THE BRIGGS CASE REVIVED
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WASHINGTON. May iA.-The sscond
days. ssesioa oe ths Presbytsrian general
assembly opened with Devotional exer-
cisss. Dr.. harsha Of NehsaskA moved the
appointment Of committee to formulate
an expression OF opinion on the Chinese
exclusion act ~ it Affects forsi9u mis-
seDnary work. Adopted.
Ihe annuAi reports Of various church
boards, such ~ thoss on tssnpsraucs,
bsushcence. missions, freedmen, etc.,
show encourAgine rssults In every brunch
OF work undertaken BY the Prsshytsrian
church. These reports win b. taken up
BY the general assembly nov In session
here and considered from time to time.
Tho reports ofahs cosmmittes on temper
snce contemplAtss, With shame, tho spsc-
tacle OF ''vast national eroeshop" at
tho worlds fair and favors the es-
adjustment Ivy congress OF an i'm
partial commission to INQUIRE con.
ceruinR the liquor trafIic, such a. has
been provided for in q bin passed several
times by tho senate. but defeated by the
liquor interest In the house. Tho report
emphasizes tho statement that the church
10 not . political organisation, but II the
question of morals b TO bscomea question
Of politics also, the church "a not pre-
cihdea on that account from dealing With
II. The report also protests against the
system known Al the army canteeu. In
which u 10 claimed officers and soldsrs
are detailed d as saloon keepers.
I110 n sh~ <->~. sss> -
alto oenehcence shows tho tot al receipts
% eli boards during the ycar 10 be
t2.s99.562. an increase over last year of
slIs, ,.sS. In the Sunday school and foreign
| mission fields the year was one of pros
perity and developm<Dt. Home mission
work. however, has mol been 90 prosper
Gus, partly owing to lack Of funds and
partly owing to the increasing difficulty
In reaching tho foreign and skeptical ele.
ments Of the population.
COMMITTEE REPoRrs.
After the routine business was dis.
posed Of, ex.Moderator Young projected
into the proceedings the first Of the i'm.
portant questions before the assembly,
the report OF tho committee upon tho ro-
lation OF the assembly and theological
seminaries. The COMMITTEES says that Il
was evidenced at the time OF the forma.
ton of the first theological seminary Of
the Presbyterian church, that IL was the
purpose OF the church to maintain a di.
rect and complete control by its general
assembly Of the teachings and the prop
erty Of Its theological semiuaries. As the
church grows In numbers with the growth
OF the country, other seminsries and
schools wsre formed, some of them ON sub
stantially the same plan 90 Princeton.
The ssminaries organised substantially
under this plan were Princeton.
Webster, Mccormick. Danvills and
Omaha. Other seminariss, organised
under different plans, have become
connected With the church. Union and
Lane are typical OF two classes. Auburn
and San Francisco Of tho other classes.
While Union and Lane are regarded as In
connection With the Presbyterian church,
the church has no control Of any kind
over the teaching or property Of these
seminaries and can afford the donors Of
funds 10 them no protection In the matter
Of applying their gifts to the purposes for
which they arc made. Auburn Is con.
troiled by certain prssbytsrIes and San
Francisco by certain synods. The COM
mittee says that II has come TO no conciu.
sion - to what method should bs adopted
by the church, either by securing more
effective control over the property and
teachings Of existing sen,inaries or secur.
ing control Of the teachings and property
OF future seminAriea.
Elder Thomas McDougali Of Ciuclunntj.
who largely drafted the report, sah that
he believed the time had come, In the
matter Of the control Of theoloaicsl ssm.
inaries, when the genius of the Presbyter.
ian church should bs at least equal 10 the
executive ability displayed In ordinary
business, and II any teacher, employed for
O specific purpose 1T o specific salary.
should for any reason become unfit IN dis.
charge his duties. Q way might be found
TO dispense with his services without
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