Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-05-19
RELIGIOUS TOPICS.
Proceedings Of The Presbyterian AS
sembly at Washington.
THE ryEnnASCY OF THE BIBLE.
When the Church is Entitled TO Deal
with Political Questions
Temperance Work.

wAsursuroS, May 10. - The mos,
notable part OF DIR. Young's annuai
s.rmop. delivered before the Pfcsoy-
t,sian assembly yestertay, was 'hN
relating TO the Inerrancy Of tho scrip
tures. Upon the subject he said;
"Our own beloved church has again
aud again expressed the firm aud set
tied conviction that no discrimination
ms 10 truthiulness can be made between
different parts OF this Bible; that from
beginning 10 end, from the opening
sentence Of Genesis to tho last verse IN
Revelation, tho Bibles the very word
of God. or tho same purpose land
this should lie conclusive) Ia tho clear
positive testimony OF Christ. From
end TO END hs placed the seal OF royal
asscnt upon the book. Upon no other
theory or belief can We, us 1t seems TO
me, claim divine, lnfaliihle,
perfect constitution for n church.
No apprehension should be felt ~ 10
the safety OF the Bible. No possible
harm can befnll II here. To doubt IL
disloyalty to God. To fear II IN sin.
1t courts the most searching invosti-
gationr 1t welcomes the eharpest criti.
cism. From the flaming ordeal
through which 1t Is now passing, IL
will come forth as it has from all other
merry tests--in It's full integrity, with
out 80 much as smell Of hfe about ~.
And when the very names OF those
radical q reign rationalistic critics who
nrs seeking 10 destroy Its historical
truthfulnesr, Its perfect infallibllity,
with their widely heralded produc-
productions shall have been buried In
common oblivion, the Bible, the
whole Bible, history, biography, pro.
pbesy and doctrine, shall by increasing
millions Of believers continue to be
received, read and priced above all
earthly possessions IN the very work
OF Almighty God"
AT THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
came the election OF IA moderator.
The nominations were M f0llowt: Rev.
DIR. Charles A. Dickey Of Pniladel-
phia; Rev. George Baker Of Philadol-
phia and Rev. Willis q. Craig OF the
Universiiy OF Chicago; Rev. Calvin
Stewart, ID. ID. OF Washington. The
result II tho ballot was rs follows:
Craig 32i, Baker 1893, tho other canal
dates having Withdrawn.
VARIOUS REPORTS.
The annual reports OF the various
church boards, such as those on tent
perance, beneficenoe, missions OF free-
dom, etc., show encouraging results In
every branch Of the work undertaken
by The Presbyterian church. These
reports will be- taken up by the general
assembly now In session here and
.auatil 4. Yad frant fins In lima
The report OF the committee on tenn
perance contempl,tes with shame the
spectacle OF the "vast national grog.
shop" Mt the Worlds Fair; favors the
establishment by Congress OF an Inn
partial commission to inquire concern
ing the liquor traffic such has besn
provided for In the bill passed several
times by the Senate bur defeated by
tho liquor interest In tho House. The
report emphasizes the statement that
church Ia not n political organization,
but II the question OF morals becomes
question OF politics also, the church
Ia not precluded on TINT account from
dealing with II. The report also pro-
tests against the system known as the
army canteen, In which 1t is claimed
the officers and soldiers are detailed as
saloonkeepers.
The report OF the committee on sys-
tematic beueficence shows total re-
cejpta Of all boards during the year OF
$1,000. 762, anu increase over last year
Of SITS, 705.
la the Sunday school and foreign
mission fields, tho year WAS one
Of prosperity and development.
Tho home mission work, however,
hae not been ~ prosperous, partly
axtfts. 20 aatr NJ f..s.. ia "A La
owing TO the increasing difficulty OF
reaching the foreign and skeptical
elements Of tho population.
THE CHINESE QUESTION.
The secoud days session OF tho
Presbyterian general assembly opened
with devotional exercises. DIR. Harsha,
Nebraska, moved the appointment OF
committee TO formulate an expression
Of opinion on the Chinese exclusion
act, AZ It affects foreign missionary
work. Adopted.
Rev. DIR. Duncan, Of the Episcopal
church, wis introduced. He IL u
member OF the joint committee on
church unity. He said the committee
had been IN session for two days.
There were four points the Episcopal
church deemed essential to assist the
vi VI thtbu tuty pthF-
tically agreed, and the fourth involved
largely u difference In terms. He
pIophesied, there. ore, unity In not
distant future.
Protest Against sunday Opening.
ST. LOUIS, May l9.--The Young
People's Christian Union OF the
United Presbyterian church this morn.
ing adopted protest against the Sun.
day opening OF tho Worlds Fair and
elected the following officers: Presi-
dent Il. Il. Elliot OF the AiorRi ~ Sun,
Ohio, secretary; Miss Kate Marion,
Allegheny, Pa, treasurer; w. Il.
Stewart, Pittsburg ana A. II. MofIit,
Monmouth, Ills.
Miss SANDS AMI MIR. DELAMAH
Married nj tho Church OF Heavenly
Rest.
NEW York, May l9.-Nellle Viz.
ginia Sands, this city, and Joseph
Raphael Delamar were married. at the
Church OF Heavenly Rest. DeIamnr
is the owner Of q belt OF gold mines In
Delamar, Idaho. He owns an entire
towDsite OF that place. His income 10
$i,0O0,000. Mr.. and Mrs. Delamar will
Wait the Worlds Fair ana travel for q